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I have some questions that might sound stupid, but I just rooted my first 2 phones over the last 2 days, so I'm definitely new at this and still don't know a lot about this.
I have a defective Thunderbolt (VERY frequent reboots caused by the May OTA update) that I got Verizon to replace with a Droid Charge. I rooted the Thunderbolt because I wanted to be able to do things with my phone that the manufacturers prevent you from otherwise doing (such as changing the font, installing new ROMs, etc). I need to send the Thunderbolt back to Verizon, but I still have it and figured this would be a good time to experiment with rooting.
Anyway, what I want to know is if there's a way to pull the HTC dialer, calendar, contacts & e-mail apps off of the Thunderbolt and put them on the Charge (and, have them actually work!), as I really like those apps. As I said, my Thunderbolt is rooted, and I found things on it like Calendar.apk, HtcContacts.apk, and HtcDialer.apk, but there are also other files with similar or related names. My Charge is rooted also, with a non-stock kernel (imnuts' PeanutButta Jelly Time) and a non-stock ROM (GummyCHARGED 1.8.5).
So, if anyone knows how to do this and could explain to me how to go about it, I'd REALLY appreciate it!
Thanks,
Dennis
You can try pulling some of the system apks from the system/app folder like the calender. Dialer might be a little more complicated, think that's something integrated in he framework or with sense . Know there are a lot of other installable dialer and keyboards out there so sure its possible
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dmw_4814 said:
I have some questions that might sound stupid, but I just rooted my first 2 phones over the last 2 days, so I'm definitely new at this and still don't know a lot about this.
I have a defective Thunderbolt (VERY frequent reboots caused by the May OTA update) that I got Verizon to replace with a Droid Charge. I rooted the Thunderbolt because I wanted to be able to do things with my phone that the manufacturers prevent you from otherwise doing (such as changing the font, installing new ROMs, etc). I need to send the Thunderbolt back to Verizon, but I still have it and figured this would be a good time to experiment with rooting.
Anyway, what I want to know is if there's a way to pull the HTC dialer, calendar, contacts & e-mail apps off of the Thunderbolt and put them on the Charge (and, have them actually work!), as I really like those apps. As I said, my Thunderbolt is rooted, and I found things on it like Calendar.apk, HtcContacts.apk, and HtcDialer.apk, but there are also other files with similar or related names. My Charge is rooted also, with a non-stock kernel (imnuts' PeanutButta Jelly Time) and a non-stock ROM (GummyCHARGED 1.8.5).
So, if anyone knows how to do this and could explain to me how to go about it, I'd REALLY appreciate it!
Thanks,
Dennis
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You can try to use titanium backup on your Thunderbolt to backup all user apps, system data, and system apps. Remove the Micro SD card. Insert your Micro SD card into the Droid Charge, and use Titanium backup to move certain apps that you would like to use. However, keep in mind that the stock HTC apps, may not work properly on a Droid Charge. ie, keyboard, tethering, etc. Hope this helps.
system apps are going to need the htc framework to run.
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In fact any sense related programs will just force close with sense framework. And sense framework cannot be ported or moved. Sorry man. But look at the bright side, you have a brand new plastic phone with the worst UI the world has ever seen, but you did get swipe preinstalled. Nice.
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system apps are going to need the htc framework to run.
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madroix said:
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In fact any sense related programs will just force close with sense framework. And sense framework cannot be ported or moved. Sorry man. But look at the bright side, you have a brand new plastic phone with the worst UI the world has ever seen, but you did get swipe preinstalled. Nice.
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He could get lucky and someone will make a port of sense for samsung phones like they did for touchwiz and non samsung phones. Until then, I'd say he's stuck.
madroix said:
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In fact any sense related programs will just force close with sense framework. And sense framework cannot be ported or moved. Sorry man. But look at the bright side, you have a brand new plastic phone with the worst UI the world has ever seen, but you did get swipe preinstalled. Nice.
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No, maybe you should read my ENTIRE post before commenting! Actually I have a new plastic phone, but I do NOT have the worst UI the world has ever seen, since I rooted it and installed a custom ROM! GummyCHARGED 1.8.5 installs an interface that is the closest to a stock Android install that I've ever seen (Google branded phones excepted, as I've no experience with them). That Samsung TouchWiz interface is a MAJOR reason why I rooted the phone in the first place!
At least my new plastic phone doesn't reboot 8-10 times a day, including right in the middle of phone calls!
Dennis
dmw_4814 said:
No, maybe you should read my ENTIRE post before commenting! Actually I have a new plastic phone, but I do NOT have the worst UI the world has ever seen, since I rooted it and installed a custom ROM! GummyCHARGED 1.8.5 installs an interface that is the closest to a stock Android install that I've ever seen (Google branded phones excepted, as I've no experience with them). That Samsung TouchWiz interface is a MAJOR reason why I rooted the phone in the first place!
At least my new plastic phone doesn't reboot 8-10 times a day, including right in the middle of phone calls!
Dennis
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Here's an alternative, maybe post this in the Charge section of the forums, as I doubt very many people in the Thunderbolt section are fond of the Charge or would be able to help you mod it. Just saying.
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Mean Bro Greene said:
Here's an alternative, maybe post this in the Charge section of the forums, as I doubt very many people in the Thunderbolt section are fond of the Charge or would be able to help you mod it. Just saying.
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Yeah, I only posted this here because it involved pulling apps off of the Thunderbolt, and I figured Thunderbolt owners would know the most about doing things like that!
Dennis
dmw_4814 said:
No, maybe you should read my ENTIRE post before commenting! Actually I have a new plastic phone, but I do NOT have the worst UI the world has ever seen, since I rooted it and installed a custom ROM! GummyCHARGED 1.8.5 installs an interface that is the closest to a stock Android install that I've ever seen (Google branded phones excepted, as I've no experience with them). That Samsung TouchWiz interface is a MAJOR reason why I rooted the phone in the first place!
At least my new plastic phone doesn't reboot 8-10 times a day, including right in the middle of phone calls!
Dennis
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All of that still doesn't change the fact you have samsung hardware not supported by the htc sense framework by default. You might have something close to AOSP and still using touchwiz (such as the stripped/themed roms on the thunderbolt) or you might just have an actual AOSP based rom. However, none of that changes the fact that the Sense framework supports sense hardware (which none of that samsung uses) and many of the drivers on the phones are not opensource and so that's what keeps from being as simple as pulling off some .apks on a sense ROM and installing onto your phone. As mentioned, you are far more likely to find someone who can build a sense like framework/launcher from the ground up in the samsung centered or general android development forums than here.
If we're going to resort to name calling and insults by either party, I'll just report the thread to a moderator, because none of that is really needed it's off topic. There's been too much hate going around lately on xda and it just turns off those that really try to help (like me).
If you want a lead of some party to ask, I would contact the developers that ported the touchwiz interface to all android phones or start asking in the older samsung forums that have more development going on (or in the general ones as mentioned). They would probably be the most interested in helping as I mentioned before. http://www.xda-developers.com/android/modified-touchwiz-4-launcher-for-all-android-devices/ (these guys)
Experts out there. Looking for your opinion and preferences.
I am currently running BAMF's SoaB ROM with Sense 3.5. I started having some Sense restarting issues, especially when returning from apps. So I decided to reinstall GoLauncher and haven't had any problems since.
So the question I have is this. (I have only recently rooted, so I am a noob)
If I don't really plan on using sense, and I don't really miss the sense widgets, are the AOSP roms faster in terms of screen transitions, opening apps, closing running apps, memory maintanence, power consumtion?
Is it better to have Sense or give AOSP roms a shot? Or should I find a Senseless ROM?
Reason I have not just gone and done the instillation of anything else, it two fold. Time is limited to me (Mondays are my free day, so I am catching up on other things) and my wife is still unhappy that I have rooted and installed a custom ROM, so doing it again without data would really piss her off. Happy wife, happy life.
So any opinions, advice, recomendation, etc would be great. Thanks again guys and gals!
Whatever you do , do not flash ics android 4.0 its unstable.
My opinion if you like a lot of theming then go with sense 3.5/3.0
But if you don't care about the looks and just want a fast stable Rom go with Aosp roms they are faster
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Whatever you do , do not flash ics android 4.0 its unstable.
My opinion if you like a lot of theming then go with sense 3.5/3.0
But if you don't care about the looks and just want a fast stable Rom go with Aosp roms they are faster
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I found Sense to be difficult to theme to my taste, hard to change icons, fonts, etc. But using an alternative launcher I can go theme crazy! Thanks for the information, looks like AOSP 1, Sense 0 so far!
I guess what I ment to say was all the widgets look good on sense , but it might just be the Rom you Downloaded that causes the force closes. What phone do you have ?
Whoops, forgot the important stuff! Running a Thunderbolt. And the ROM was fine for a good month, and it seems to just be internet based programs that cause it to restart. When returning home from those like internet explorer or inbrowser, it flashes to the white screen then back to Sense. No biggie because I rarely have reboots now, and its still pretty quick. And battery is fantastic!
Then it all depends on your taste just read all the bugs when viewing a ROM. I'm running a sense 3.5 ROM and prefer if better then Aosp. Hope I helped.
Looks like there's a minor uproar over changes HTC made to memory management and multitasking in sense4 in the One series. I'm assuming this affects any sense4 ROM running on the Rezound as well (or any sense4 ROM for any device).
In a nutshell, it seems HTC kills non-sense background tasks & apps much more aggressively to ensure there's plenty of memory available for sense4. This seems to be negatively affecting some apps that users expect to run in the background.
http://www.androidcentral.com/multitasking-htc-one-x-isnt-broken-its-customized
http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-speaks-sense-4-multitasking-and-memory-management
Some users believe true multitasking is broken, HTC says it's working as designed...
Lol. I've actually been enjoying Sense 4, much to my surprise, but that's just funny.
Sense 4--it's not leaner and more stripped down, it just edges everything out for resources. That recognition of how bloated Sense is is a little too real.
Doesn't surprise me in the least.
Am I the only one that honestly prefers sense 3.6?
doesn't suprise me considering how many people have complained about sense having to restart when exiting an app. Give it more resources and that won't happen. I personally think all launchers should be like that.
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doesn't suprise me considering how many people have complained about sense having to restart when exiting an app. Give it more resources and that won't happen. I personally think all launchers should be like that.
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agreed. i didn't get that issue often, but when i did, it pissed me off. i ran sense 4 and i loved it...i just wish the rosie were smoother..that honeslty made me go back to sense 3.6 because it was as laggy as when my Inc ran 3.0 roms. can't deal with a laggy rosie!
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agreed. i didn't get that issue often, but when i did, it pissed me off. i ran sense 4 and i loved it...i just wish the rosie were smoother..that honeslty made me go back to sense 3.6 because it was as laggy as when my Inc ran 3.0 roms. can't deal with a laggy rosie!
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did you see htc's official response to all the complaints? Basically said that yes they tweaked android's memory mgmt to assure a proper Sense experience...
Thats basically what V6 supercharger does anyway, so I'm cool with it.
I love me some Sense...altgough I have no idea why.
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I'm just enjoying my sense-free experience.......
Guess you wont need to run Task Killers anymore. Oh wait you guys don't use those do you?
Manufactures just can't win leave tasks running people use task killers, kill the task and people complain. Nothing wrong with freeing up a little memory for the OS, especially when you got a bunch of crap running in the background that ain't doing **** but using memory/CPU and killing your battery. Its impossible to #win today..
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Looks like there's a minor uproar over changes HTC made to memory management and multitasking in sense4 in the One series. I'm assuming this affects any sense4 ROM running on the Rezound as well (or any sense4 ROM for any device).
In a nutshell, it seems HTC kills non-sense background tasks & apps much more aggressively to ensure there's plenty of memory available for sense4. This seems to be negatively affecting some apps that users expect to run in the background.
http://www.androidcentral.com/multitasking-htc-one-x-isnt-broken-its-customized
http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-speaks-sense-4-multitasking-and-memory-management
Some users believe true multitasking is broken, HTC says it's working as designed...
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It's not just sense 4 roms. I'm running cleanrom 4.4 based on the leaked ICS and sense 3.6. The task killer in this thing kills off almost all background tasks after a day or so. I have a lot of widgets and apps that run in the background and are supposed to update every few hours (especially facebook widget and twitter widget). they work for the first day or so, then after that they all stop updating. Only way to fix it is for me to do a fresh reboot then they work again for a day or so, then quit.
Also, if you notice the changelog for the OTA update that came out in January one of the biggest changes was that they supposedly "fixed" the task killer from being overly aggressive because it was killing off HTC's own email app and keeping it from fetching mail on a regular schedule. I think all they did was add in an exception for the HTC mail app. It still kills off third party email apps and lots of widgets. It's very frustrating having to reboot every other day just to get widgets to stay updated.
I did notice that in GB in one of the settings menus there was an option to not have taskmanager start at bootup. I never experimented with that, I just upgraded to ICS and havent seen that option in the menus.
This really bugs me, if only because I was accused of trolling when I posted a link to a Gizmodo article where HTC said that Sense was bloated and unwieldy, and that they were fixing it in 4.0. Well it turns out they weren't fixing it, they just messed with how Android handles memory so they didn't have to fix it. Wtf?
Anyone compare minfree on gb vs our latest ics leak to see if sense 3.6 does this as well?
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So I've come to a delimma.
Sooner or later, there will be an official port for CM9 or AOKP for the Evo LTE.
I had an OG evo for 2 years, and never really liked sense. Even when Sense 3.0 came out, I liked the ring lockscreen and the fact that you could drag a new message to the ring to open it etc... But I always found the sense 3.0 ports to the OG Evo to be half baked, or slow/laggy.
I stuck true to Evo Deck, and when he started developing the ICS deck, I kept up with it, as well as AOKP.
After using my Evo LTE for a week, I've grown to like sense 4. I really like the lockscreen features, specifically the dragging message feature. I find that sense 4.0, true to it's theory of development, is much less obtrusive than sense 3.0, but deep down I still have a yearning for pure google, the true ICS flavor (or at least AOKP, same flavor, but with sprinkles.)
I know that the lockscreen shortcuts can be emulated with a quad or octo lockscreen, but what about the sliding message feature?
What are your guys' thoughts on the matter?
Who's going to stick with HTC's sense when CM9 or AOKP (or even Kush's ROM if he's making it own, haven't kept up with it recently) come or, and who's going to jump ship to a non-sense rom and why?
I'm excited to hear what everyone else thinks!
Have you looked at go locker? Or widget locker? Those two have some nice features that emulate the sense lockscreen and are nice when you run aosp and aokp.
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Hmm, I don't generally like using third party lockscreens, in my experience they're pretty buggy and don't mesh well with the os, a lot of blinking out when you unlock lag, re-locks etc
get a nexus LOL .
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CM9 all the way as soon as it's released. I actually had a hard time deciding between this and the Galaxy Nexus but I couldn't pass up on the specs of this thing.
Cm9 allllll the way... As long as all the camera functions get ported over.
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so is ANYONE sticking with sense?
I also noticed that google wallet doesn't work with rooted phones....
I'll go back and forth between the two. I love sense4 but it's glitchy.
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yohaq said:
so is ANYONE sticking with sense?
I also noticed that google wallet doesn't work with rooted phones....
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I tried setting up Google Wallet today just for the hell of it and it just wouldn't work. I think it's because I have 2-step verification enabled on my account. Doesn't matter, I never really planned on using it anyway except maybe to spend the $10 they give you for signing up. There are about 4 different mobile payment methods that are all supported by different companies (almost none of which support Google Wallet) I have a feeling it's not going to survive very long anyway. Even the GNex on Verizon doesn't have it installed because Verizon supports a different payment method.
As for Sense, it was useful on earlier versions of Android to make things a little prettier and more user friendly. Matias Duarte and his team have done a great job to address that and now I just feel it gets in the way. Think of what you have to go through just to change the wallpaper. On stock ICS you long press on the screen and choose change wallpaper. On this you pull down the notification tray>settings>personalize>wallpaper. It's just not intuitive and simple like it should be.
Another thing that bothers me is the recent apps. It seems like they changed some stuff just for the sake of changing it and have a worse implementation of it.
I personally have always preferred Sense or Sense based ROMs. Could never get into the vanilla experience on a phone it just looks so "8 bit" to me. I'll definitely be keeping Sense 4, love the look and functionality.
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I personally have always preferred Sense or Sense based ROMs. Could never get into the vanilla experience on a phone it just looks so "8 bit" to me. I'll definitely be keeping Sense 4, love the look and functionality.
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There in lies the beauty of Android, everyone can have exactly what they like. Take for instance the roms for the OG EVO by MagnusRagnarok, I always felt they were way over the top but there are a lot of people who liked them. I personally always defaulted to either CM7 or Fresh roms. I do feel that ICS is quite beautiful in it's elegance though, much more so than earlier versions of Android. It's not handicapped like iOS but still very intuitive.
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There in lies the beauty of Android, everyone can have exactly what they like. Take for instance the roms for the OG EVO by MagnusRagnarok, I always felt they were way over the top but there are a lot of people who liked them. I personally always defaulted to either CM7 or Fresh roms. I do feel that ICS is quite beautiful in it's elegance though, much more so than earlier versions of Android. It's not handicapped like iOS but still very intuitive.
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This is what matters is to keep what you said in mind. For example I like to try the newest thing but I got the EVO over the nexus for sense. That way I could play with the newest thing but always go back to sense.
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I've never flashed ROMs before and initially I loved Sense, however the issues with multitasking and Sense reboots is driving me insane!
Nova Launchers is helping, but I think I'll be trying a ROM, but only if it's fully functional.
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so is ANYONE sticking with sense?
I also noticed that google wallet doesn't work with rooted phones....
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I will stick with sense as I have not had the issues others have had. (Multitask, lag, etc..) Sense seems to run fine for me, hell it's a phone..
Also I have rooted my phone and google wallet works just fine. It did take me many attempts to get my 10$ credit but it seems to wkr fine. the issue I have is I never take my phone with me into stores, etc... so I haven't tested it yet...
I am going to get some (already ordered) some NFC tags so I can play with that seems kewl..
http://tagsfordroid.com/tags/Home.html
Also I really love the camera on this phone and all the functions. It's pretty awesome!
I will hang on to sense for a while until CM9 is fully vetted...and seems stable then I will probably try it...
So far so good... my friends are jealous!
For anyone who hasn't tried it yet the sense 4 car dock is arguably the best car dock I've used.
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I've always used Sense. I want to like stock and it is getting better but I still feel it is just a little behind UI wise.
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Thanks for the good discussion! I'm still on the OG EVO, running SOS ROM. Swagstr has done wonders to make Sense 1.0 run as it should but what I'm hearing regarding sense 4.0 just bugs me. Multitasking is something I use a lot of and sense restarts have always plagued me. I love the scenes in sense, use one for home and one for work and generally like the polish it brings. Hate the laggy aspects as well.
I love the new EVO hardware and while I was tempted to go with the GNex, it's just too dated now. If it wasn't for the multitasking screw up, I'd be picking one up today. In the meantime, I'm reading reviews and seeing what the Devs have in store.
A couple of questions:
What are the opinions on multitasking? I switch from Touchdown to Enhanced Email, to Voice, Pulse, Handcent almost constantly during the day. This sounds like a hair pulling situation in Sense 4.
Sense restarts? I know it's a sure thing to restart if too many browser tabs are open, but I also get it if I switch from Pulse to browser or another app a few too many times. Are people seeing frequent restarts?
Thanks again!
I haven't used sense in over a year. I use widget locker for the lockscreen, nova launcher for the launcher, beautiful widgets for the time/weather on the home screen. Even use a different dialer - dialer one, which allows way more customization than the stock.
IMO, sense does nothing more than dumb down the phone. If you want a dumb phone, go iphone
The pic below with the clock at the top is my home screen. Clock at the bottom is the lock screen. Everything right where I need it.
I've always liked sense best because I didn't really like the look of stock android, but now ICS went better on the UI side. I still think I like sense 4 better though.
I actually liked Sense as well. Even though I rooted my OG EVO to get superuser stuff and wi-fi tether, I stuck with sense.
Sense 4 looked very nice BUT it was reloading constantly. Every time i exited an app.
There are several root-required tweeks I have seen that are supposed to help this, but I'm not sure how much you can do as much memory as Sense is taking up.
For now problem solved with Nova Launcher, which I think I will keep even after I decide to Root & ROM - Very interested in what is going on with Viper's custom ROM myself.
Also, if you want to try a different phone dialer, check out aTakephone, just like my old Treo!
HI All,
I'm moving to the Rezound from a Droid Charge that I had lots of issues with, and so I have a few questions. First I'm impressed with the amount of the Dev activities. I've never seen so many different ROMS for a phone.
I'm used to using ODIN and CWM to root my phone and install custom ROMS/kernels.
I've found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1641670 to help me on rooting the new phone. From Reading the forum here, it seems that Amon-Ra is the best version of recovery to go with.
My questions have to do with What ICS ROM should I install? Which has the least problems and best battery life? The same for a kernel.
I'm still not quite sure about the S-On/S-Off thing. I basically want to get on ICS and get rid of Bloat. I'm not planning on going S-Off yet, but if I do flash a kernel, I'd go with the ph98img.zip method (at least for now).
Does the Rezound have Gorilla Glass or do I need to get a screen protector for it? The Charge had GG (or so I was told) and I never put a protector on it.
What is the best case for both with the standard battery and the extended battery?
The Phone just arrived. It did come with the standard back, but no battery and support says I should get that tomorrow.
AndroidCraig said:
HI All,
I'm moving to the Rezound from a Droid Charge that I had lots of issues with, and so I have a few questions. First I'm impressed with the amount of the Dev activities. I've never seen so many different ROMS for a phone.
I'm used to using ODIN and CWM to root my phone and install custom ROMS/kernels.
I've found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1641670 to help me on rooting the new phone. From Reading the forum here, it seems that Amon-Ra is the best version of recovery to go with.
My questions have to do with What ICS ROM should I install? Which has the least problems and best battery life? The same for a kernel.
I'm still not quite sure about the S-On/S-Off thing. I basically want to get on ICS and get rid of Bloat. I'm not planning on going S-Off yet, but if I do flash a kernel, I'd go with the ph98img.zip method (at least for now).
Does the Rezound have Gorilla Glass or do I need to get a screen protector for it? The Charge had GG (or so I was told) and I never put a protector on it.
What is the best case for both with the standard battery and the extended battery?
The Phone just arrived. It did come with the standard back, but no battery and support says I should get that tomorrow.
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alright. here we go!
1. yessir amon ra is da best.
2. as for ics rom, if you want sense 4 go with newts or team pkmn, for sense 3.6 id say go with con rom. if you want senseless, go with con rom and choose the de-sense option. as for kernel, the only real ics kernel is sebastians, which is good for overclocking.
3. S-OFF Immediately!! its great because you can go right back to stock if necessary, also you have to htcdev unlock to be able to s-off
4. im not sure about the gorrila glass. my screen is cracked from a fall, so its not the best.
5. best stock case is a CruzerLite case, hands down. as for extended, there are that many cases. i know there are some that fit around it though. cruzerlite cases WONT work with extended battery.
Also, say goodbye to odin. to reset your phone, we use RUU's which are either on phone or ran as a .exe file.
also, htcdev unlock. its pretty much necessary for flashing and even to go s-off. when flashing amon ra, you can either use fastboot commands which are a pain, or flash this in the bootloader.
all this stuff is easier then it sounds. just make sure to read up before attempting and if you have any questions, dont hesitate to inbox me
AndroidCraig said:
HI All,
I'm moving to the Rezound from a Droid Charge that I had lots of issues with, and so I have a few questions. First I'm impressed with the amount of the Dev activities. I've never seen so many different ROMS for a phone.
I'm used to using ODIN and CWM to root my phone and install custom ROMS/kernels.
I've found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1641670 to help me on rooting the new phone. From Reading the forum here, it seems that Amon-Ra is the best version of recovery to go with.
Amon Ra is the best recovery, but you can use TWRP as well
My questions have to do with What ICS ROM should I install? Which has the least problems and best battery life? The same for a kernel.
It depends if you like sense 3.6, 4.0, or stock/AOSP
If you like sense 3.6, Scott's Cleanrom or Cleanrom Pro or Con's Conrom v4
If you like sense 4.0, try out Newts One XxX or PKMN's Venusaur Rom
If you like stock/AOSP, try Scott's Cleanrom DE or Conrom desensed
I'm still not quite sure about the S-On/S-Off thing. I basically want to get on ICS and get rid of Bloat. I'm not planning on going S-Off yet, but if I do flash a kernel, I'd go with the ph98img.zip method (at least for now).
For what you seem to need, your best bet would just be unlock and try S-OFF at a later time (I'm still s-on if it makes you feel any better )
Does the Rezound have Gorilla Glass or do I need to get a screen protector for it? The Charge had GG (or so I was told) and I never put a protector on it.
DEFINITELY get a screen protector, no GG here
What is the best case for both with the standard battery and the extended battery?
Personally I don't use a case, I've dropped mine a few times with no problems, but if you really want a case, I'd suggest a Cruzerlite or an Otterbox, I have no idea about the extended battery cases though...
The Phone just arrived. It did come with the standard back, but no battery and support says I should get that tomorrow.
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Welcome to the community and good luck!
Edit: dang you antp lol
Welcome sir. You made a good choice with the Rezound the screen, processor and camera are all top notch.
So to start you will want to see what it gets shipped with is it gingerbread or ICS?
I can help you root it either way actually did both ways.
As for roms here is what I suggest. You will start by RUU and then back that up so you can always go back. After that the best starting point is Scotts ROM. I would use their Rezound forums they have always been really helpful. The nice thing about Scotts is if you would rather not go S-OFF yet it still works as it has the same base as stock or the RUU. To be honest with you see how you like stock after you flash the RUU as Sense has gotten better its nice to at least try your manufacturer settings(I cant live without HTC clock app).
BUT and this is the thing the best ROMs are mostly S-OFF because alot of them are based off the ONE series and have alot of great tweaks(Scotts does as well) but Sense 4.0 is a big imporvement and TEAM PKM ROMS are really fast, really stable, and great developers.
SO here is what I am suggesting for you(Start by unlocking through HTCDEV.com
1.) ROOT
2.) Flash Amon Ra(CWM is buggy)
3.) Flash RUU (Stock ICS)(this will break root but you can get it back as I remember)
4.) Back up Stock ROM
5.) Try Sotts Roms http://www.scottsroms.com/content.php (The directions for this process is on the Forum)
6.) Proceed with S-OFF http://www.droid-life.com/2012/04/22/htc-rezound-finally-receives-s-off-via-juopunutbear-tool/
7.) After this try either Scotts Dev Edition 1.4 Stock ICS (No Sense) or Team PKMN http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630696
Any other questions feel free to ask. These sites will help alot in your Journey
Xda Developers
Droid-life.com
scottsroms.com
Also the battery is not great decent but nothing special. SO buy an extra battery and this charging dock which charges the phone and battery simultaneously
http://www.amazon.com/RND-Power-Sol...d=1340143349&sr=8-1&keywords=HTC+rezound+dock
I just charge at night and put the extra battery in my wallet and I have battery all day no problems. You cna pretty much leave 4g on all day, screen on full brightness, and GPS and never worry about it.
Case I bought this one and a pack of screen protectors the case is cheap but its nice and fits perfectly
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005TQRLQG/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0065VZBEI/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00
AshtonTS said:
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Welcome to the community and good luck!
Edit: dang you antp lol
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ninja'd =]
Thanks for the replies. What is the difference between Sense 3.6 and 4.0?
Where can I see and play with Sense 4.0?
I've never used sense and have no clue about them. Also if I go Senseless, what is the launcher in the ROM? I've been using Go Launcher EX on my Charge and like it. Is Nova or Apex better than Go or Sense?
AndroidCraig said:
Thanks for the replies. What is the difference between Sense 3.6 and 4.0?
Where can I see and play with Sense 4.0?
I've never used sense and have no clue about them. Also if I go Senseless, what is the launcher in the ROM? I've been using Go Launcher EX on my Charge and like it. Is Nova or Apex better than Go or Sense?
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here we go again!
1) sense 4 is not made for our device. people like Joelz, newt and bored ported it over. it is cooler IMO but a bit buggy/laggy for some. its come a long way. sense is basically HTC's skin which is pretty basic for anyone to pickup and enjoy.
2) id say go with Apex. i think it has more in the free version. the paid versions make them equal. i used to like go but now it kinda meh
AndroidCraig said:
Thanks for the replies. What is the difference between Sense 3.6 and 4.0?
Where can I see and play with Sense 4.0?
I've never used sense and have no clue about them. Also if I go Senseless, what is the launcher in the ROM? I've been using Go Launcher EX on my Charge and like it. Is Nova or Apex better than Go or Sense?
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Sense 4.0 has a much cleaner look, less unnecessary files, a few more features and more eye candy, albeit with more bugs/glitches.
Look at one of the Roms I'm the development section to see Sense 4.0
If you go senseless, I think most roms include Apex launcher (Cleanrom DE does at least) personally I like Apex better than go or sense, but some people say the sense 3.6 and 4.0 Rosie (sense launcher) are smoother than Apex or Nova or Go or what have you. I would say Rosie is smoother, but I prefer the stock ICS look.
Edit: Argh again!
AndroidCraig said:
Thanks for the replies. What is the difference between Sense 3.6 and 4.0?
Where can I see and play with Sense 4.0?
I've never used sense and have no clue about them. Also if I go Senseless, what is the launcher in the ROM? I've been using Go Launcher EX on my Charge and like it. Is Nova or Apex better than Go or Sense?
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Sense 4.0 jsut has a cleaner look. Better Music Player which is nice. Camera is different(but some features are buggy because it is a One X Rom) Overall they are slight changes but you notice them .
droid-life.com does a great review of the ONE X that should help give you an idea. Sense has alot of nice features to it, its heavy due to animations and things as such , but overall 4.0 lessens this issue. OR go to an AT&T store and check out the ONE X
Apex Launcher seems to be the choice for msot ROM makers and is a really great replacement I would choose that. One Nice thing about NOVA is that its made by tesla coil so it integrates with Widget Locker
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