Sense hiding some apps? - HTC Rezound

I've installed ADW launcher to see if it yields better battery life.. it will take a while to figure that out since daily use varies from day to day.
However, I noticed that ADW drawer has few more apps than Sense does.
Following apps were in ADW's All Apps drawer, and are not in default drawer, driven by HTC Sense:
Camcoder
Car panel
Dock mode
Mirror
Quick lookup
I assume that Car panel launches itself if we have proper accessory; but I find it useful even without it.
I don't see way to add shortcuts for these when HTC Sense is set to default launcher.

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ADW, Go Launcher, ETC have their own app icon packs that just pull up whatever app you have installed. The phone already has a camcorder built into the camera app, which IMO is better because who needs the clutter of 2 when it is as simple as 1 touch to alternate between the 2. Car Dock opens in the dock, no need for an app unless yours isn't launching, etc...

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I have the same issue when using go launcher. There's sokebapps that won't show up in go launcher no matter what. Guayaquil are still installed but only show in the sense launcher. You can make shortcuts on the homescreeens to the hidden apps but that's kinda akward.
Anyone have any ideas why its doing this?
Sent from my ADR6425LVW using XDA App

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The launchers have not yet been adapted to this phone yet. The launchers are probably looking for APK's that don't exist, so they don't overlay the app icons over the ones that are actually there.

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I personally just like using Launcher Pro. I have the screen completely icon/widget free except for the drawers at the bottom. Very minimal & even when we get ICS I'll still use it.

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mirror would be a pretty cool app...unless all it is is the camera app with the front facing camera on?? lol
i'm still wondering how the HELL to just have a shortcut for facebook chat so i don't have to use the damn widget, and so i don't have to download the facebook messenger app.......if you use the widget, it opens up an app......but you can't open the app unless you have the widget out. other sense 3.5 phones had the fb chat shortcut in the app drawer, but this doesn't.

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postmortem. said:
I've installed ADW launcher to see if it yields better battery life.. it will take a while to figure that out since daily use varies from day to day.
However, I noticed that ADW drawer has few more apps than Sense does.
Following apps were in ADW's All Apps drawer, and are not in default drawer, driven by HTC Sense:
Camcoder
Car panel
Dock mode
Mirror
Quick lookup
I assume that Car panel launches itself if we have proper accessory; but I find it useful even without it.
I don't see way to add shortcuts for these when HTC Sense is set to default launcher.
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Yes, sense has the ability to hide what its told to hide. IN side of /system/customize/MNS/ there is a file called Default XML. It sets up a lot of Sense options and has the following code to hide those lines:
<function name="applications_hide">
<set name="plenty" max="7">
<item name="package">com.htc.HtcNaviPanel</item>
<item name="class">com.htc.HtcNaviPanel.CarDockActivity</item>
</set>
<set name="plenty" max="7">
<item name="package">com.android.htccontacts</item>
<item name="class">com.android.htccontacts.ViewCallHistory</item>
</set>
<set name="plenty" max="7">
<item name="package">com.htc.dockmode</item>
<item name="class">com.htc.dockmode.DeskDockActivity</item>
</set>
<set name="plenty" max="7">
<item name="package">com.htc.htctwitter</item>
<item name="class">com.htc.htctwitter.TwidroidSplash</item>
</set>
<set name="plenty" max="7">
<item name="package">com.htc.android.quicklookup</item>
<item name="class">com.htc.android.quicklookup.QuickLookupTabControl</item>
</set>
<set name="plenty" max="7">
<item name="package">com.htc.stock</item>
<item name="class">com.htc.stock.ui.HomeActivity</item>
</set>
<set name="plenty" max="7">
<item name="package">com.android.camera</item>
<item name="class">com.android.camera.CamcorderEntry</item>
</set>
<set name="plenty" max="7">
<item name="package">com.htc.connectedMedia</item>
<item name="class">com.htc.connectedMedia.ConnectedMedia</item>
</set>
<set name="plenty" max="7">
<item name="package">com.adobe.reader</item>
<item name="class">com.adobe.reader.AdobeReader</item>
</set>
<set name="plenty" max="7">
<item name="package">com.android.camera</item>
<item name="class">com.android.camera.MirrorEntry</item>
</set>
<set name="plenty" max="7">
<item name="package">com.android.htccontacts</item>
<item name="class">com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity</item>
</set>
<set name="plenty" max="7">
<item name="package">com.android.stk</item>
<item name="class">com.android.stk.StkLauncherActivity</item>
</set>
<set name="plenty" max="7">
<item name="package">com.htc.facebookchat</item>
<item name="class">com.htc.facebookchat.app.FacebookChatSwitchActivity</item>
</set>
</function>
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To restore which function you want its as simple as remove the appropriate lines (Need custom ROM or S-OFF / ROOT). The first iteration of Evo 3D ROMS (1.x) had the mirror in the launcher. The second iteration (2.x) hid the Mirror. Why? IDK. They just did. Thats how I learned about the hidden apps in Sense.
Hope that sheds some light on it for you.

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Ha! And there's facebook chat app. Crazy stuff man..why do they hide it?
Sent from my ADR6425LVW using XDA App

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jayochs said:
Ha! And there's facebook chat app. Crazy stuff man..why do they hide it?
Sent from my ADR6425LVW using XDA App
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Because there is so much damn bloatware on it to begin with? Hell if I know, lol

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jayochs said:
Ha! And there's facebook chat app. Crazy stuff man..why do they hide it?
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Probably because the design team for this phone looked at user interaction models based on data collected over time about which apps were launched from widgets and which were launched by icons, and found that fewer people used the app the way you want to.

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this is what I'm removing to hopefully show the mirror app in the drawer;
<item name="package">com.android.camera</item>
<item name="class">com.android.camera.MirrorEntry</item>
</set>
<set name="plenty" max="7">
But it still doesn't. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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scrosler said:
To restore which function you want its as simple as remove the appropriate lines (Need custom ROM or S-OFF / ROOT).
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I pulled my xml file removed:
<set name="plenty" max="7">
<item name="package">com.android.camera</item>
<item name="class">com.android.camera.CamcorderEntry</item>
</set>
Then replaced it, rebooted and still doesn't show. What am I missing?
I'm running 1.1 btw

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Nothing on this???