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[Q] Install HTC Sense apps on CM6?

I tried out CM6 today, and there are some things I absolutely LOVE about it. It's VERY responsive, more so than any other ROM I've tried. I love the launcher and the transparency to the wallpaper when you're scrolling though your apps. And I love the 3d gallery.
There are some dealbreakers for me though.... I don't like:
1- The camera app, I much prefer the HTC once.
2- The contacts list, I loved he way the stock one synced w/facebook updates and user pictures.
3- The calendar, which again synced with dates from facebook (birthdays, events, etc).
Are there apks that I can download to replace the ones in cm6 with? Or will I have to use a Sense ROM to get those?

No. It won't happen. If you want Sense, go to Sense. Otherwise, just look for alternative apps on the Market.

short answer, no
long answer;
sense widgets only work with the sense launcher. download official facebook app to sync with cyanogenmod or syncmypix. for the calendar, use ebobirthday to grab facebook birth days then sync to gmail and in gmail under calendar on the left at the bottom click "other calendars" then add "browse interesting calendars", then more tab, then subscribe to "Contacts' birthdays and events" as for the camera, someone made progress getting it working on the n1 but have not seen anyone trying to get it working on evo. right now, it is still a bit ugly and some things do not work, but they will soon enough. when cyanogen and the rest of the team are done, you will be able to do way more with their camera than you every could with the stock on. infact you already can with a large assortment of codecs and fine tuning options. hope this helped

You could try LauncherPro Plus. It won't give you a camera app, but it has an ever-increasing assortment of Sense-like widgets.

@DomSim: Thanks for the long answer =] I though from reading another thread that CM6 didn't link the contacts w/facebook, but you're telling me otherwise, so I will give that a try (I'm flashing CM6 again as I post). Honestly, the larger font on the contact list still bothers me, I wish it were smaller =[ And thanks for the info on getting the calendar sync, I don't think I EVER would have figured that out, hahaha!
@Noxious Ninja: Thanks for the suggestion. I will give it a whirl once I'm flashed back on CM6. =]
One more thing I missed: The stock Sense clock/w weather! I love that clock =[ But I actually like the clock from CM6's lock screen better. Is there a widget for that?

Beautiful Widgets
skyyhacylon said:
One more thing I missed: The stock Sense clock/w weather! I love that clock =[ But I actually like the clock from CM6's lock screen better. Is there a widget for that?
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want to go from Sense to AOSP. Can you help me with my transition?

i have been using sense since i got my evo i do enjoy it a lot but after playing with CM6 and other AOSP roms i love the speed and the feel of the rom. the problem is, there are a few things in sense that are absent in aosp that always keep me coming back to sense. do you guys have some recommendations for some of the following problems?
-linking facebook contacts with current contact (it only works if the names are exactly the same)
-The stock dialer is horrible IMO. i like how in sense i can just tap the keypad and it will search my contacts
-Is there any better camera apps? the aosp one is fugly
-any good agenda widgets? i like the one in sense the best so far
-are there any good facebook stream widgets like friendstream?
-what aosp kernal gives me the best combo of speed and battery? in your opinion
-gmail is great, except for the fact that i cant zoom on anything. what do you think the best alternate email app is?
when i look at it written down like this it doesnt really seem like it should be so hard of a transition for me but for some reason it is, lol.
also rather than making a whole new thread, what is the difference between the free version of launcher pro and the donate?

hockey4life0099 said:
i have been using sense since i got my evo i do enjoy it a lot but after playing with CM6 and other AOSP roms i love the speed and the feel of the rom. the problem is, there are a few things in sense that are absent in aosp that always keep me coming back to sense. do you guys have some recommendations for some of the following problems?
-linking facebook contacts with current contact (it only works if the names are exactly the same)
-The stock dialer is horrible IMO. i like how in sense i can just tap the keypad and it will search my contacts
-Is there any better camera apps? the aosp one is fugly
-any good agenda widgets? i like the one in sense the best so far
-are there any good facebook stream widgets like friendstream?
-what aosp kernal gives me the best combo of speed and battery? in your opinion
-gmail is great, except for the fact that i cant zoom on anything. what do you think the best alternate email app is?
when i look at it written down like this it doesnt really seem like it should be so hard of a transition for me but for some reason it is, lol.
also rather than making a whole new thread, what is the difference between the free version of launcher pro and the donate?
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I had heard that you could sync Facebook contacts in the CM6 Nightly, but I am not familiar with that part.
For the dialer, Dialer One from the Market.
Camera, I like FXCamera, Market as well.
Agenda widgets, I dunno, but Launcher Pro Plus has calendar and Contact widgets that mimic the sense ones. Also in the Plus version, you can resize any widgets however you like, just a tap away.
I actually prefer ADW Launcher, mostly cause you can add rows and columns to the homescreen.
Hey... I think this thing makes phone calls too!

-linking facebook contacts with current contact (it only works if the names are exactly the same)
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Turn on FB contact sycing from the official app, sounds like you did that already. You could also try to manually link contacts, edit contact, press menu and choose join. You'll see a list of possible accounts (FB included) to join.
-The stock dialer is horrible IMO. i like how in sense i can just tap the keypad and it will search my contacts
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Dialer One. I don't use it, I just enter names from the home screen via the Google search widget or use Voice commands.
-any good agenda widgets? i like the one in sense the best so far
-are there any good facebook stream widgets like friendstream?
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Purchase Launcher Pro. Not free but it's the best purchase you can possibly make when using CM.
-what aosp kernal gives me the best combo of speed and battery? in your opinion
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I use Snap 7.5. It possibly gives the best battery life of any ROM/Kernel combo, Sense ROMs included.

Jorte calendar is nice, and its free!

thanks guys. currently i have my phone unrooted because i needed to take it to the sprint store, but when i finally get my replacement ill load cm6 on there. i think im gonna try launcherpro and dialer one. still dont know what kernal to use though. does snap 7.5 have better battery than 7.6 w/ turbo? ill give that agenda widget a shot too. hopefully this time i can make that full transition.

Typo-Like Apps (Calendar & More) ?

Hey there,
im using typoclock and im loving this way of showing things.
Are there more Widgets / Apps like this ?
Im STILL searching for a nice looking calendar typo widget
to use it with my typoclock, but all look pretty awful in comparison.
If only typoclock creator could make a typocalendar.
Or is there something liek this out already.
greetings,
danny

Look on the Market for Minimalistic Text. I think that fits your requirements.
EDIT: Online Market Link For --> Minimalistic Text

andyharney said:
Look on the Market for Minimalistic Text. I think that fits your requirements.
EDIT: Online Market Link For --> Minimalistic Text
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But its not gonna work as a calendar :/

How do you mean
work as a calendar
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Do you want it to display the day, date, month, year?
or
You want it to collect your events from your calendar and display them?

andyharney said:
How do you mean
Do you want it to display the day, date, month, year?
or
You want it to collect your events from your calendar and display them?
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damn you are right. my fault.
and yes, display the events.
somehow "calendar" is only linked with events in my head.
so you got any ideas for that ?

Take a look here for Pure Calendar.
Does the middle screenshot look like what your after?

andyharney said:
Take a look here for Pure Calendar.
Does the middle screenshot look like what your after?
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Goes into that direction.
Can i set it to only display like 3 lines ?
wanna place it under my clock and there is not like much space !

mydanny said:
Goes into that direction.
Can i set it to only display like 3 lines ?
wanna place it under my clock and there is not like much space !
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if you use launcher pro you can resize the widget, im not sure if that would just squash the 6 lines, or if it would crop it when resized..

Contacts Widget App - Non Scrolling

As above, I'm looking for a contacts widget that will work with 2.3.3. Does anyone know of any? I've tried a half dozen or so from the market but they either don't work, or don't work the way I want them to.
I'm just looking for a non-scrolling sense type one. I don't want to install any launchers or anything like that, I'm happy with the phone as it is in that respect, so I would rather have a static one.
The closest one to the mark was Contact Widget, it looked the part but was very buggy. It was meant to show 20 contacts at any one time but after I had selected the 20, it then only displayed 4 and pretty much froze. Not sure if that's a 2.3.3 issue or not.
Any recommendations?

If you want one that's non-scrolling, I would suggest not installing anything. Just add shortcuts to your contacts on the home screen. You can also put them into a folder if you so choose.

ohyeahar said:
If you want one that's non-scrolling, I would suggest not installing anything. Just add shortcuts to your contacts on the home screen. You can also put them into a folder if you so choose.
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Thanks for that, 2 years I've been running android and didn't know that lol.
I eventually found and sorted out elixir which does the job nicely.

[Q] I'm going to be switching from an iphone....Will the nexus/android do this...

Hey guys,
I have finally decided to make the switch to Android with this phone, however I do have a question I was hoping to answer before I switch...
One of the features I missed on my Iphone was being able to turn on my phone and have the homescreen display my outlook calendar and to do list(windows phone). I have tried doing some research and some hands on the Verizon store so I know about widgets...although the ones on the droidx I played with were very small.
So my question is...can I set my homescreen to give me half the screen worth of outlook events/tasks and then move everything else to other pages? Sorry if this is a repeat/stupid question but I appreciate the help!

The calendar app has a widget which will show your calendar apps, you can sync to outlook via various means including exchange activesync for your e-mail.

You also can download a app like Jorte it has several different widgets sizes like. 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 of the screen size.

I use Launcher Pro Plus. Great widgets (calendar, agenda, facebook, tweeter, etc). I hope app will get updated for ICS

Also the CalenGoo app has tonnes of different size widgets for all your needs!

kkh786 said:
Also the CalenGoo app has tonnes of different size widgets for all your needs!
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this looks like it will work great!
soon as I switch there will be no more excuses why I forgot to do something!

you can also install widget locker and display all of this on your lock screen (the initial screen you see when you turn the screen on)

Haha as you see there are many ways to do things on Android. +1 for Possibility.

you can do almost anything on android. super customizable! That's the beauty of Android.

Jorte can do this

There is also an app called Pure that is a highly customizable widget for your ToDo app of choice and Calendar, and looks much better IMHO. Jorte is the best calendar I've seen and that's what I use as an app, but with Pure you can skin the widget (I like highly transparent) and set all sorts of options so it looks perfect on the home screen...
So yes, the beauty of Android is you have TONS of options to do what you are looking for... Granted I haven't used an iPhone before, but I venture to guess you'll have many more options than you have now.