Ok so we all know you cant actually get HTC sense ported to the atrix but I came up with a combo of apps that work as a perfect mirror of it.
Launcher: He launcher- use this to add the Sense style lancher bar. Lots of options for sense style
Wallpapers: Pyramid wallpapers- Includes all your favorite HTC wallpaers
Clock: Fancy widgets pro- Tons of sense style clocks, H7C is closest to stock
Sense Animations: Fancy widgets Pro-Enable it by clicking on the weather icon on the clock>menu>configure>Advanced>Enable forcast animation and enable unlock animation.
All apps are property of their owners I take no credit for design or funtion... just the pack of them together
Wow I was just checking here to see if I could find this. Taking this inspire back to exchange for the atrix
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good to hear!
Nice work! So how long til the Sense port is complete? An ETA would sure be nice!
I have a confession guys... I traded my atrix for an htc desire hd plus 100 dollars yesterday. I have only had the desire hd for 1 day and I'm already trading back to the atrix. for those tempted there is no going back to a normal phine after using the atrix.
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I have a confession guys... I traded my atrix for an htc desire hd plus 100 dollars yesterday. I have only had the desire hd for 1 day and I'm already trading back to the atrix. for those tempted there is no going back to a normal phine after using the atrix.
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Haha I know I went back to my heavily customized nexus one (temporary brick) and honestly I was a big fan and didn't like to think it wasn't as fast as newer devices but I notice it in apps I notice it in swype... I know I said this with my n1 but this phone with more mature software will last me for a long time.
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Sense animations works! thanks!
All of my Fancy Widget clocks are small on the screen. How do you make them large?
rozzco said:
All of my Fancy Widget clocks are small on the screen. How do you make them large?
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I figured it out. Durr
rozzco said:
All of my Fancy Widget clocks are small on the screen. How do you make them large?
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Having the same problem. Even after enabling the H7C theme. No animations either
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PixoNova said:
Having the same problem. Even after enabling the H7C theme. No animations either
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You have to select Fancy Home.
Hm... I selected fancy home, but it still gives me the ugly clock without the skin. (I've tried applying it several times)
PixoNova said:
Hm... I selected fancy home, but it still gives me the ugly clock without the skin. (I've tried applying it several times)
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Go to Appearance/Widget Style and select Flip style.
rozzco said:
Go to Appearance/Widget Style and select Flip style.
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zOMG my hero!
PixoNova said:
zOMG my hero!
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10charac
I noted a bug in the fancy widgets FAQ that states you have to click the screen once after unlocking to stop the animation before the screen will respond to other clicks.
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Has anyone else noticed that some of the apps in the is missing in the home drawer. I have at least 2, Angry Birds Rio and Samurai 2, which are installed but not shown.
There has been a little piece of wondering if I would have been better off getting a HTC instead of the Atrix... But now with big thanks to this thread, I have everything wanted in my 1st Android phone... And a hole lot more.
Now if I can find the weather widget or live wallpaper that has the windsheild wipers when it's raining, I'll be the happiest newbie on XDA.
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Staunch said:
There has been a little piece of wondering if I would have been better off getting a HTC instead of the Atrix... But now with big thanks to this thread, I have everything wanted in my 1st Android phone... And a hole lot more.
Now if I can find the weather widget or live wallpaper that has the windsheild wipers when it's raining, I'll be the happiest newbie on XDA.
sent from rooted MB860, now with sense.
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Just allow te weather animations on FW and time it rains where u live u'll c the wiper come out
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jhild352 said:
Ok so we all know you cant actually get HTC sense ported to the atrix but I came up with a combo of apps that work as a perfect mirror of it.
Launcher: He launcher- use this to add the Sense style lancher bar. Lots of options for sense style
Wallpapers: Pyramid wallpapers- Includes all your favorite HTC wallpaers
Clock: Fancy widgets pro- Tons of sense style clocks, H7C is closest to stock
Sense Animations: Fancy widgets Pro-Enable it by clicking on the weather icon on the clock>menu>configure>Advanced>Enable forcast animation and enable unlock animation.
All apps are property of their owners I take no credit for design or funtion... just the pack of them together
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What about the status bar? huh?
Related
Where I can find widgets for my phone? I am looking for differents clock.
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Have you tried opening the Android Market and searching for clock widget? Last I checked there were hundreds of them.
feliciepr7 said:
Where I can find widgets for my phone? I am looking for differents clock.
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I think HTC's clock/weather widget is by far the best, but for a good alternative, check out Beautiful Widgets in the Market.
Ok I will, didnt know the market have that, thank you for the post.
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TeeJay3800 said:
I think HTC's clock/weather widget is by far the best, but for a good alternative, check out Beautiful Widgets in the Market.
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the only complaint about the stock one is after awhile it looks kinda plain... I love BW just for how much you can customize it, this is the 4th phone I have put it on
Here are some nice widgets to check out:
BattStatt - nonclock
Beautiful Widgets (well worth the money via the market)
Desktop Visualizer - nonclock
Extended Controls - nonclock
One Seven - day of the week
SwitchPro - nonclock
Tajm - text based clock
TypoGraph - text based clock
Not a widget per se, but I'm a new convert to LauncherPro as a substitute app launcher. Its truly awesome and highly customizable.
Let me know if you have any problems finding them.
Also try out Fancy Widget Pro. Best HTC clock replacement in my opinion.
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I've always wondered if it was possible to use HTC's widgets (specifically the clock and weather widgets) on CM9 or any other custom rom for that matter. I've always been limited to only using Sense custom roms because I really enjoy HTC widgets. Thanks!
Sense widgets only work on Sense ROMs
though there are similar widget skins available for Beautiful Widgets and for Fancy Widgets
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Sense widgets only work on Sense ROMs
though there are similar widget skins available for Beautiful Widgets and for Fancy Widgets
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Similar does not equal same though. I really like the HTC Sense clock and weather widget. Its truly beautiful. And its truly a flip clock with the flip animation. The ones from Beautiful Widgets and Fancy Widgets don't compare imo. They don't look as good and they don't do the animations...
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PaulHBK said:
Similar does not equal same though. I really like the HTC Sense clock and weather widget. Its truly beautiful. And its truly a flip clock with the flip animation. The ones from Beautiful Widgets and Fancy Widgets don't compare imo. They don't look as good and they don't do the animations...
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even more so with the Sense 4.0 version being much better than the older ones, unfortunately, it's one of the trade-offs of switching launchers, or to AOSP ROMs.
miguelfp1 said:
even more so with the Sense 4.0 version being much better than the older ones, unfortunately, it's one of the trade-offs of switching launchers, or to AOSP ROMs.
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I have a hard time believing these devs can't find a way to recreate that flip clock. They can't rip that out of a sense ROM?
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PsiPhiDan said:
I have a hard time believing these devs can't find a way to recreate that flip clock. They can't rip that out of a sense ROM?
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I believe that Sense apps and widgets are proprietary and require libraries that are only found in Sense ROMS. Correct me if I'm wrong.
PsiPhiDan said:
I have a hard time believing these devs can't find a way to recreate that flip clock. They can't rip that out of a sense ROM?
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Fancy widget originally did recreate HTC's flip clock but then they got a Cease and Desist letter from HTC
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BUMP!
I would also love the Sense clock on an alternative launcher.... Its awesome
The problem is all sense widgets work off the sense framework and sense resources. That's what makes it difficult to port to a aosp Rom.
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I was hoping to come back to this thread and see better news. So is it official? No HTC weather or clock on any other roms? HTC really messed up with the way they handle multitasking in my opinion. That is why I need to go to a different rom. I just want to take the clock and the weather with me
see the thing is. it wouldn't necessarily be all that difficult to port them over its just that they can't... their HTC's widgets not googles. there is weird licencing and such around it which is why you can't find anything that looks JUST like them in the market and why they have never been in aosp roms or in launcher other than the htc launcher that comes on htc phones.
PhxkinMassacre said:
see the thing is. it wouldn't necessarily be all that difficult to port them over its just that they can't... their HTC's widgets not googles. there is weird licencing and such around it which is why you can't find anything that looks JUST like them in the market and why they have never been in aosp roms or in launcher other than the htc launcher that comes on htc phones.
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So are you saying the creators of these roms may get sued by HTC if they included the clock and weather widget in there rom? Or are you saying it is impossible to find these widgets because they aren't a simple file or apk? Sorry if this is a basic question
knlmwq said:
So are you saying the creators of these roms may get sued by HTC if they included the clock and weather widget in there rom? Or are you saying it is impossible to find these widgets because they aren't a simple file or apk? Sorry if this is a basic question
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both, they're APKs, but they're also 100% completely tied to HTC's Sense framework and files, so they're never gonna be found outside of a Sense ROM, and it's also why they're not available outside of the Sense launcher.
You could try:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1627140
Sense is built DEEP into the ROM. You can't just rip a piece out of it and expect it to work
Or, you may want to look at these -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1576980
What is the best weather widget? As stock razr widget sucks
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Free widgets or paid? for me im using HD widgets best customization IMO. also beautiful widgets are not bad as well
I have the Met Office installed - that comes with 2 widgets
Try "one more clock free". You can have this Chrome rings clock/weather widget that looks exactly the same as one from new razrs. except for fliping rings
I use the circle one ripped from the Atrix HD.
I like Fancy Widgets. No conflicts, updates smoothly. Easily customizable appearance.
danam said:
I like Fancy Widgets. No conflicts, updates smoothly. Easily customizable appearance.
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+1
eWeather or Weatherbug
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firemanj79 said:
What is the best weather widget? As stock razr widget sucks
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thank you for share！i'm form China，i also like this very useful app！by 你对我好
GO weather work very good !
palmary weather is pretty well
bringing this back since im looking for a new weather widget... i was using GO weather EX and it was ok but looking for something with a lil more detail... also i want to know the actual temperature and not just what it "feels like" ... i would actually like to know both! LOL
iLLdWes said:
bringing this back since im looking for a new weather widget... i was using GO weather EX and it was ok but looking for something with a lil more detail... also i want to know the actual temperature and not just what it "feels like" ... i would actually like to know both! LOL
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My preference in Ascending Order:
Android Weather Widgets
Beautiful Widgets
HD Widgets
Yahoo Weather
BeWeather
Fancy Widgets (app update was last done in Jan 2012, not a fan of slow update and fix app)
Yahoo weather widget
firemanj79 said:
What is the best weather widget? As stock razr widget sucks
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I would rather prefer yahoo weather widget. it updstes every 30 minutes and is perfect on my smartphone. also includes a notification icon which shows weather and also a notification widget too
foltambo said:
Try "one more clock free". You can have this Chrome rings clock/weather widget that looks exactly the same as one from new razrs. except for fliping rings
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Agreed! You can build whole new clock-weather widgets from the default ones. I think it's not a specific weather widget, but kind a cool and quite stable. Recommended!:good:
WillKennerley said:
I use the circle one ripped from the Atrix HD.
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+1 much better
:victory:
firemanj79 said:
What is the best weather widget? As stock razr widget sucks
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i prefer miui weather，
gismeteo the best
I heard that the new chronus widget was coming on for cm10.1 nightlies? haven't seen it yet
HD Widgets
HD Widgets is on sale right now .99. It's on par with BW and it's weather widget will use Weatherbug data.
So I'm still debating whether I want this phone or not. I currently own a galaxy nexus and I must say I like stock a lot. Ive never had sense and I wonder how it is compared to stock. I played with it at the store but I don't think it's enough to determine whether to purchase or not. I hate touch wiz and the moto skin but to me sense has always looked nice. Is it clunky or cluttered compared to stock ? Does the skin make the phone lag at all? Just some information about it would be nice since everywhere I read says it's ugly or bad.
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You hate moto skin ? The new one looks great on the razr m... Ok but to your question the sense skin is simply beautiful. They really took the time out to make it look great and the gpu can definitly handle it well. Keyboard sucks tho. And i wish they incorporated true mulittasking lioe touchwiz and lg ui did... One thing you will hate is that sense isnt optimized for the big display so luch homescreen and app drawer is wasted. This can be fixed by using nova or any other launcher.
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No true multitasking? So it's not like stock multitasking?
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Gja88 said:
No true multitasking? So it's not like stock multitasking?
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By true multitasking i mean two apps open on the screen at once (watching a movie and texting). It has the typical multitasking ability
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Like the note 2.
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Sense is fine and it runs fine on the DNA, it's not as intrusive as Touchwiz and it's not as simple as untouched Android. However that's exactly why I don't really like it. With my Nexus phone I get to experience the real android that I know and love. I get updates quick and I get to enjoy watching Android get better and better.
With my Samsung devices I know that I can't expect to get the latest from Google but I actually really like touchwiz for a lot of it's own things. Before the DNA I had the S III for a while and I loved certain functions like swiping with my palm to take a screenshot or putting the phone to my ear while texting someone to call that person. I loved being able to easily play a video on a corner while texting someone or just checking anything real quick. Touchwiz in my opinion manages to feel like a completely different experience.
With the Droid DNA, it feels like I'm just using a nicer looking version of original Android but without some of the nice things like swiping from my camera app to see the gallery right away and flick away pictures I didn't like. Not saying this is a bad thing, I'm sure plenty of people absolutely love that. Personally, i think it's lacking, but I still think the phone is amazing, I'll probably end up getting rid of my Nexus for a Note 2 and then adding some nice rom on this one to make it look Nexus...ish.
Dri94 said:
...the sense skin is simply beautiful. They really took the time out to make it look great..... One thing you will hate is that sense isnt optimized for the big display so luch homescreen and app drawer is wasted. This can be fixed by using nova or any other launcher.
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But by using a different launcher, you then lose Sense...
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Wired4Fun said:
But by using a different launcher, you then lose Sense...
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Yea. Yu lose the ui, which what i was sayin if yu dnt like it.... Still get the other sense stuff.
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Dri94 said:
Yea. Yu lose the ui, which what i was sayin if yu dnt like it.... Still get the other sense stuff.
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???
What other Sense stuff do you 'still get'? Honest question. With any other launcher, I lost my keyboard, clock, weather, dialer, calculator, calendar, pretty much everything.... Am I missing something here?
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Wired4Fun said:
???
What other Sense stuff do you 'still get'? Honest question. With any other launcher, I lost my keyboard, clock, weather, dialer, calculator, calendar, pretty much everything.... Am I missing something here?
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You must be thinking of something else. If you replace the launcher, the only things you lose are the widgets that come with the stock launcher, such as clock / weather. Everything else is unchanged.
charlatan01 said:
You must be thinking of something else. If you replace the launcher, the only things you lose are the widgets that come with the stock launcher, such as clock / weather. Everything else is unchanged.
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This... I wish i lost keyboard. I like stock
"The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall."
Dri94 said:
This... I wish i lost keyboard. I like stock
"The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall."
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Then install a stock keyboard, this isnt ios
Wired4Fun said:
???
What other Sense stuff do you 'still get'? Honest question. With any other launcher, I lost my keyboard, clock, weather, dialer, calculator, calendar, pretty much everything.... Am I missing something here?
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What are you talking about, the only thing you loose is sense widgets
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I personally love HTC Sense. However I have come to love the stock android experience.
Ive used sense from OG EVO, Evo LTE, and now DNA. Sense does some pretty cool things and its VERY polished. On the DNA there is no lag and thanks to the 2GB or ram i wouldnt worry at all about it. Ive never had a single issue with it. Its really organized and easy to find what you are looking for. I would say that its the most complete android OEM launcher. Icons are very polished same goes for apps and widgets. I really dont get why people dont like it... whats not to love about it? sure stock is wonderful but sense is just as good if not better.
Someone else mentioned multitasking windows. a side note to that... its only supported by a few samsung devices running crapwiz and its very under developed. Not even avail. to US devices (without root, please correct me if im wrong on this, i dont want to mislead anyone)
I would say Sense kinda ruined the rest of android launcher experiences due to the fact that Its just really that good. I dare you to give it a whole hearted run through and tell me that it just isnt all that... go ahead try it.
Bigandrewgold said:
Then install a stock keyboard, this isnt ios
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Im goin to. I installd 4.2 gapps n fukd my fone so i had been cautious. Saw somone say kb work tho
.torrented said:
Someone else mentioned multitasking windows. a side note to that... its only supported by a few samsung devices running crapwiz and its very under developed. Not even avail. to US devices (without root, please correct me if im wrong on this, i dont want to mislead anyone)
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It is availible to us devices. And soke multitasking is better than none. Also lgs take on it with the keyboard and watching a video is great
"The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall."
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You must be thinking of something else. If you replace the launcher, the only things you lose are the widgets that come with the stock launcher, such as clock / weather. Everything else is unchanged.
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When using Apex or Nova launchers:
Sense Calculator widgets are GONE.
Sense Calendar widget is GONE.
Sense Clocks widgets are GONE.
Sense Mail widgets are GONE.
Sense Messenger widgets are Gone.
Sense Music widgets are GONE.
Sense Notes Widgets are GONE.
Sense People Widgets are GONE.
Sense Photo Album Widgets are GONE.
Sense Power Dashboard Widgets are GONE.
Sense Tasks Widget is GONE.
Sense Stocks Widgets are GONE.
Keyboard and Dialer do remain the same.
Wired4Fun said:
When using Apex or Nova launchers:
Sense Calculator widgets are GONE.
Sense Calendar widget is GONE.
Sense Clocks widgets are GONE.
Sense Mail widgets are GONE.
Sense Messenger widgets are Gone.
Sense Music widgets are GONE.
Sense Notes Widgets are GONE.
Sense People Widgets are GONE.
Sense Photo Album Widgets are GONE.
Sense Power Dashboard Widgets are GONE.
Sense Tasks Widget is GONE.
Sense Stocks Widgets are GONE.
Keyboard and Dialer do remain the same.
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All of which, are stock widgets as he stated. When you replace the sense ui, you lose all Sense widgets.
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Wired4Fun said:
When using Apex or Nova launchers:
Sense Calculator widgets are GONE.
Sense Calendar widget is GONE.
Sense Clocks widgets are GONE.
Sense Mail widgets are GONE.
Sense Messenger widgets are Gone.
Sense Music widgets are GONE.
Sense Notes Widgets are GONE.
Sense People Widgets are GONE.
Sense Photo Album Widgets are GONE.
Sense Power Dashboard Widgets are GONE.
Sense Tasks Widget is GONE.
Sense Stocks Widgets are GONE.
Keyboard and Dialer do remain the same.
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Those are just the widgets though, Sense is much more then the widgets. For example, you have all the great sharing options, the cool animations, lock screen widgets, and all the widgets you mentioned still have their apps you can open. So no, you don't lose sense just by switching launchers, you lose just the nice widgets, and you can find replacements for most of them in the play store. :good:
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The Sense seems like an alternative launcher, where as the Touchwiz makes itself seem like a different OS entirely, due to all the Touchwiz gimmicks integrated through out the system.
I honestly love the Sense UI. I've used it since my Incredible, and every custom ROM I've put on that and my Rezound has had Sense. I don't find that it negatively affects performance in any way, and (for me at least) it greatly enhances the user experience. I was helping my girlfriend set up her new Asus Transformer Tablet running stock 4.1 Jellybean, and also her mom's new SIII, and the lack of widgets and functionality from Sense that I've now taken for granted was seriously bothering me. Plus, Sense is pretty
Dri94 said:
You hate moto skin ? The new one looks great on the razr m... Ok but to your question the sense skin is simply beautiful. They really took the time out to make it look great and the gpu can definitly handle it well. Keyboard sucks tho. And i wish they incorporated true mulittasking lioe touchwiz and lg ui did... One thing you will hate is that sense isnt optimized for the big display so luch homescreen and app drawer is wasted. This can be fixed by using nova or any other launcher.
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I have to agree. I bought my stepdaughter a razr m and my opinion of moto went up a notch. It's at notch one.
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Hello,
I'm kind of new to these launchers. Just got Nova and wanted to maybe hear from some of those who may have used it a bit longer on their HTC one.
Since installing nova, Have you seen changes in
1) Battery life
2) Camera
I was curious to wether or not sense 5 has anything to do with the quality of the photos of the ultra pixel camera
Thanks yall
-Nick
The launcher doesn't get rid of sense and it doesn't effect the camera.
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The only thing Nova changes from Sense is the transparent status bar. (Which I miss) Also, you cant use Sense clock widget on Nova.
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Nova is good for hiding the blink feed if that feature annoys you
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SKyRocKeting727 said:
Also, you cant use Sense clock widget on Nova.
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Search HTC Sense 5 Clock on these forums. It's a skin for fancy widget, comes pretty close to the original.
mrflip69 said:
Search HTC Sense 5 Clock on these forums. It's a skin for fancy widget, comes pretty close to the original.
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Thanks but HD widgets does a pretty good job.
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