[Q] Issues with SPB Shell 3D - HTC Amaze 4G

I have installed SPB shell and it keeps going to the home HTC sense launcher.... very sad... I have tried to clear the defaults for HTC sense, but there is no options. I noticed this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1148676
same issues.
Does anyone have this for the Amaze and does it work??

killfist said:
I have installed SPB shell and it keeps going to the home HTC sense launcher.... very sad... I have tried to clear the defaults for HTC sense, but there is no options. I noticed this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1148676
same issues.
Does anyone this for the Amaze and does it work??
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What do you means by "there is no options" when trying to clear default home launcher?

Yes. I have to uninstall then reinstall in order for it to work. Kind of a pain.
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killfist said:
Yes. I have to uninstall then reinstall in order for it to work. Kind of a pain.
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Are you using or have you used Home Switcher from the market? I use that app to go back and forth easily from Go Launcher(or any other launcher) to Sense. Lets you go in and choose the launcher, clear defaults etc.

Its and awful and extremely overpriced launcher with no customization features, all it has is bling!!! I returned it within 15 minutes of getting it...ADW ex is much better and customizable!!

synergymike said:
Are you using or have you used Home Switcher from the market? I use that app to go back and forth easily from Go Launcher(or any other launcher) to Sense. Lets you go in and choose the launcher, clear defaults etc.
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Thanks I'll try that
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Try going into HOME SETTINGS and under EXPERIMENTAL. Make sure all those options are turned off. SPB does warn you of instability if any of these choices are activated. Hope this helps.

Wait, did you buy it?
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If your phone is rooted,
1.Rename spbshell.apk to launcher.apk
2.Move spbshell.apk to sytem/apps & then set permission (owner -READ WRITE,other Read only)
try it

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App icons not showing

I'm pretty sure I've read about this in other threads, but the apps that I have on my SD card only have the generic Android app icon on the home screen and inside folders on home screen.
I read on Google that you can use an app called Fast Reboot and it would restart Sense, but when I run it, it says it restarted Sense but it didn't...
Any other ideas?
Thanks in advance.
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i have the same problem
go to personalize, then change the skin. Make sure you search before you post a new topic. Hope this helps though.
i found a way to fix it ...go to settings ....applications ....manage applications ...htc sense and then force stop the htc sense then press home ...sense will restart and the icons will show ...it worked for me
brian6592 said:
go to personalize, then change the skin. Make sure you search before you post a new topic. Hope this helps though.
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Thanks. And sorry. For some reason the search always force closes on my phone. :-/
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raed81 said:
i found a way to fix it ...go to settings ....applications ....manage applications ...htc sense and then force stop the htc sense then press home ...sense will restart and the icons will show ...it worked for me
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You know, I knew that would work but for some reason I just assumed that Sense wouldn't have been listed in the app list and just never bothered to actually check..... I feel stupid!
But thank you!
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missing htc apps

Is there a way to get missing htc apps like htc notes+widget htc hub flash light app and fm radio as an installable APK without root
Good call, I didn't realize they weren't included..can anyone provide these apks? Or is it as simple as copying them from my Dinc to the SD card and installing on the phone?
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Ndaoud360 said:
Is there a way to get missing htc apps like htc notes+widget htc hub flash light app and fm radio as an installable APK without root
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TeslaLED in the market is a great replacement for flashlight. Can't get the htc hub.
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Yeah, I was wondering where the flashlight widget was after I got to go through my phone yesterday. The greedy bastards at Verizon strike again.
TeslaLED works well enough, but I love the three levels of intensity offered by the HTC widget. I wonder if anyone has done an app that gives you a slider to vary the light intensity.
Haven't tried all the flashlight apps, the market has too many. Once we get root you can use the htc flashlight apk.
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The one called LED Light is HTC themed.
I don't see why having root would make a difference for the HTC Flashlight app. Maybe there's a reason that I don't know. I have that apk and it will not install.
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Might not be compatable with 3.5.
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UHF3 said:
I don't see why having root would make a difference for the HTC Flashlight app. Maybe there's a reason that I don't know. I have that apk and it will not install.
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It's a system apk and will not install except with a root level adb push. It may also need libs that are not there.
NilsP said:
It's a system apk and will not install except with a root level adb push. It may also need libs that are not there.
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That makes sense to me.
FYI the apk I was attempting is from a 3.5 rom
NilsP said:
It's a system apk and will not install except with a root level adb push. It may also need libs that are not there.
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I was able to get it to "work" on my phone after sending the apk to my phone and copying it to /system/app using root explorer, however it only works on one level instead of 3 like on the Dinc.
I was able to get the apps needed to install by hacking the manifest but I can't get the htc options to load.
Im still working on it. I got to at least show the get more options on each category
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I think this may help, Personalize > widgets > get more HTC widgets. Has a lot of stuff in it.
Mordecaidrake said:
I think this may help, Personalize > widgets > get more HTC widgets. Has a lot of stuff in it.
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Not the same thing as the op is requesting
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fernando sor said:
Not the same thing as the op is requesting
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Ya you're right, I just checked it, on my Thunderbolt I had noticed many none included widgets. Like notes if I recall correctly, figured it would be the same here, it's not :/
fernando sor said:
I was able to get the apps needed to install by hacking the manifest but I can't get the htc options to load.
Im still working on it. I got to at least show the get more options on each category
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Nice. Looking forward to what you figure out.
Mordecaidrake said:
I think this may help, Personalize > widgets > get more HTC widgets. Has a lot of stuff in it.
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that's not on this phone. it's on every sense 1.0 phone, but not the higher sense ones. all it says is "show all HTC widgets" instead of "get more htc widgets" like it used to..and show all just litearlly shows all of the HTC ones on the phone in one list. annoying.
jayochs said:
that's not on this phone. it's on every sense 1.0 phone, but not the higher sense ones. all it says is "show all HTC widgets" instead of "get more htc widgets" like it used to..and show all just litearlly shows all of the HTC ones on the phone in one list. annoying.
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Yeah we need hub.
from what i can see there are about 5 apps needed for htc hub to operate. i was able to get them to install and myhtc to install by hacking the manifest. there is still something crucial missing. perhaps libs as nils said. hard to trouble shoot without root.
on sense 3.5 it is different. the get more options is on the top right instead of at the bottom like on sense 3.0. as i said i was able to get that to show up but connecting to htc hub caused fc
I did find a flashlight app somewhere but dont remember where and it does fully work. Also couldnt we port over those apps like notes hub and fm radio from a HTC Sensation XL system dump or rom?

[Q] [HELP] Problem with GO Launcher EX

I recently installed Go Launcher on my HTC Evo 3d, and I notcied that when I play games, the touch controls are behaving strangely. For example, if pushing right arrow to move my character in an NES emulator, if I press the a or b button on the other side of the screen, my character will stop moving right. It's a very strange issue and it affects all games I have tried. Haven't been able to find any help online. Thoughts or suggestions?
Not go launchers fault.
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Could you expand on that at all? I don't have the problem when I'm not using Go Launcher.
Uninstall GoLauncher EX would be your best bet. I don't see why you should go out of your way to install faulty launchers on your phone.
Yeah, I have. I just want to use it because it seems to have a lot of really cool themes for it. I used ADW launcher but Go launcher is far better.
BarnabyJones said:
I recently installed Go Launcher on my HTC Evo 3d, and I notcied that when I play games, the touch controls are behaving strangely. For example, if pushing right arrow to move my character in an NES emulator, if I press the a or b button on the other side of the screen, my character will stop moving right. It's a very strange issue and it affects all games I have tried. Haven't been able to find any help online. Thoughts or suggestions?
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I have the same problem with go launcher ex and I am sure it's go launcher. My touch screen response becomes real choppy. You can check this with touch screen test app.... I haven't found a fix so I Uninstalled it....
Tuoni said:
Uninstall GoLauncher EX would be your best bet. I don't see why you should go out of your way to install faulty launchers on your phone.
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Golauncher is by far the best, along with all the go software, htc could learn all about speed and functionality
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bloodrain954 said:
Golauncher is by far the best, along with all the go software, htc could learn all about speed and functionality
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It sure is nice but not when you are playing games or basically need multi touch-sliding games.
sounds like the problem i was having when i had a lock screen replacement, messes with the multi touch for some weird reason :/ but i use go launcher and only have that problem when i use go locker or widget locker etc
84guy said:
sounds like the problem i was having when i had a lock screen replacement, messes with the multi touch for some weird reason :/ but i use go launcher and only have that problem when i use go locker or widget locker etc
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Hmmm....I'll try again.... This time without go locker.
hi friends,
I installed go launcher on my htc chacha and I have an annoying problem with hardware keyboard
1) I cant dial numbers. I have to press phone(green key) then dial a number.
2) Before installing it when I typed a letter it went smart dialing and I FOUND IT VERY USEFUL, but now it goes to google search and completely useless.
anyone can help????????
bloodrain954 said:
Golauncher is by far the best, along with all the go software, htc could learn all about speed and functionality
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Lol. It has some decent sliding animations but isn't a patch on Sense.
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help
hi friends,
I installed go launcher on my htc chacha and I have an annoying problem with hardware keyboard
1) I cant dial numbers. I have to press phone(green key) then dial a number.
2) Before installing it when I typed a letter it went smart dialing and I FOUND IT VERY USEFUL, but now it goes to google search and completely useless.
anyone can help????????
majidnourollahi said:
hi friends,
I installed go launcher on my htc chacha and I have an annoying problem with hardware keyboard
1) I cant dial numbers. I have to press phone(green key) then dial a number.
2) Before installing it when I typed a letter it went smart dialing and I FOUND IT VERY USEFUL, but now it goes to google search and completely useless.
anyone can help????????
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Because go launcher doesn't support the keyboard in the same way Sense does.
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Atomix86 said:
Lol. It has some decent sliding animations but isn't a patch on Sense.
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You let me know when sense is half as smooth or creative and actually useful as golauncher.
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bloodrain954 said:
You let me know when sense is half as smooth or creative and actually useful as golauncher.
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Clearly behind the times and hasn't used Sense 3.5 or above. Trolls gonna troll.
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84guy said:
sounds like the problem i was having when i had a lock screen replacement, messes with the multi touch for some weird reason :/ but i use go launcher and only have that problem when i use go locker or widget locker etc
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Yep this was the issue.... I uninstalled go locker and the touch screen issues went away.
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Atomix86 said:
Clearly behind the times and hasn't used Sense 3.5 or above. Trolls gonna troll.
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You let me know when 3.5 is official, kthx
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Replacement launcher (ADW EX) but with annoying Menu button

I have not rooted my EVO LTE yet. But I installed ADW EX for now and can't stand the menu button on the bottom. It takes up too much space.
I'm not a Sense fan and was hoping version 4.0 was better, but but after a couple of days I still prefer pure Android. Unfortunately I can't figure out why HTC and others are adding permanent home, and back and recent buttons when ICS looks better without them.
Even when I root and install CM9, for example, I'll have a huge menu button that takes up too much space.
Anyone see what I'm talking about?
What can we do about it?
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Man I installed go launcher and I'm wondering the same exact thing. I upgraded to this phone to have a bigger screen than my s2 and I can't even do that without sense..
Does anyone know how to get rid of that menu vertical ... at the bottom?
I think an option is to use Apex or Holo launcher. They seem to be better suited for ics. Just saw a video review of it here http://goo.gl/cykps
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Another option is Nova Launcher. It is a true ICS launcher that is really slick and and does away with the three dot menu.
There is a mod that could be flash to remove menu bar and remaps it. Have you guys tried it?
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If you flash cm9 they remapped the buttons that crap is gone, it's running way better than sense also. Just a few minor issues.
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But is there an official CM9 out for the evo? One thing I'm not liking is the 1gb ram and sense. Sense is still too heavy for 1 gb ram. Sometimes it takes 15-20 seconds to load the sense launcher.
I bought apex pro. Better, but when I jump to different apps then hit the home button, sometimes it takes a few seconds to load the launcher.
That just tells me memory is running out somewhere (sense).
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OP, just to clarify, when you unlock and run CM9 , you WON'T have the big long menu bar. Even on sense, if you're rooted you can get rid of it.
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scottspa74 said:
OP, just to clarify, when you unlock and run CM9 , you WON'T have the big long menu bar. Even on sense, if you're rooted you can get rid of it.
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+1 on Nova.
Running Fresh 1.0 with Nova launcher, no lag but never really had any of the Sense 4.0 reload issues that some talked about anyway. Figured it was just the GS3 people trying to troll but maybe a bad batch of cells went out too..
Anyway, NOVA is sick! Setup the way you want, gives you better visual then GO etc (IMO) and great on footprint (memory). Works very well and as the other user stated, its native to ICS anyway. Give it a shot, blows the doors off anything else I tried and no lag anywhere..
Fresh is great too IMO, there are some great multitasking tips using the ROM toolbox, adjusting heaps etc..works well also,
scottspa74 said:
OP, just to clarify, when you unlock and run CM9 , you WON'T have the big long menu bar. Even on sense, if you're rooted you can get rid of it.
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What you say would be a solution for my discontent. I'm going to root soon and will remove some of the sense bloatware, but removing the menu also interests me. Regarding CM9 once it's officially supported ill be on board.
I bought apex and almost bought nova instead. They both look interesting.
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Just to let you know the menu button on the bottom shows because those apps having been optimized to ICS, yes after 7-8 months and developers still doing the same, thats the reason you dont see any system apps doing that, cause their optimize, I wish developers would tho
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So it's just a matter of time before more apps are optimized? It is very annoying...
tried nova launcher today it's great!
Born2Evo said:
So it's just a matter of time before more apps are optimized? It is very annoying...
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Yup
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Another option I wouldn't mind would be to hack the recent apps button to make it think it's the menu button. I'm used to long pressing the home button anyways. I think the Sgs3 is like that.
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livpalm said:
Another option I wouldn't mind would be to hack the recent apps button to make it think it's the menu button. I'm used to long pressing the home button anyways. I think the Sgs3 is like that.
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You should look around in the development section. Both issues you mentioned already have fixes.
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jadoe05 said:
You should look around in the development section. Both issues you mentioned already have fixes.
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Will do just that. Thx
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Lock screen shortcuts are gone.

Lost my lock screen shortcuts and can't get them back. Box is checked in "personalize" settings. Any ideas?
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Try changing an icon in your dock.
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Zippernuts said:
Lost my lock screen shortcuts and can't get them back. Box is checked in "personalize" settings. Any ideas?
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Are you completely stock, or have you changed ROMs/kernals/themes?
Bigandrewgold said:
Try changing an icon in your dock.
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That didn't work either, I'm completely stock.
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Zippernuts said:
That didn't work either, I'm completely stock.
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Hmmm. Here's what I would try next, just for the hell of it: remove all of your icons from your dock and from your main home screen. Change your wallpaper to something else stock. Reboot. Put one normal, everyday (like the phone dialer or people, etc) icon/shortcut - not a widget - in your dock. Reboot. Check lockscreen. See your shortcut?
HTH!
Try going to personalize under settings and go to lock screen. There should be options for different lock screen options.
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rupret27 said:
Try going to personalize under settings and go to lock screen. There should be options for different lock screen options.
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I tried that as well I guess they are gone forever.
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What did you install before this happened? You said you are stock, but are you rooted? Delete anything? This wouldn't just disappear without either clicking that setting off, or deleting something you shouldn't have.
I know you said stock... but did you install a different launch.. ie Nova, Apex... etc. and stop/freeze sense. When i did that i lost the lockscreen apps. Kinda sucks but sense needs to be running to have those, regardless of using it or not.... Good luck
FlyingCaveman said:
I know you said stock... but did you install a different launch.. ie Nova, Apex... etc. and stop/freeze sense. When i did that i lost the lockscreen apps. Kinda sucks but sense needs to be running to have those, regardless of using it or not.... Good luck
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I'm using nova, still stock No root. I'll try sense and see if they come back them.
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FlyingCaveman said:
I know you said stock... but did you install a different launch.. ie Nova, Apex... etc. and stop/freeze sense. When i did that i lost the lockscreen apps. Kinda sucks but sense needs to be running to have those, regardless of using it or not.... Good luck
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You're right man, switched to sense and they came back. Thanks, just have to decide if it's worth it now, really like nova. Thanks a million.
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Zippernuts said:
You're right man, switched to sense and they came back. Thanks, just have to decide if it's worth it now, really like nova. Thanks a million.
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Lockscreen shortcuts are the icons in the sense dock. Even if you are running nova it will pull them from the sense dock.
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Yeah keep nova installed and just make sure sense is running... A little waste of memory, but with 2gb you'll never notice.
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FlyingCaveman said:
Yeah keep nova installed and just make sure sense is running... A little waste of memory, but with 2gb you'll never notice.
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The only thing that sucks is that too change the shortcuts i have to enable sense to change them. Then switch back to nova.
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With this you can remove Rosie and still have the shortcuts I think.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1874278
Zippernuts said:
The only thing that sucks is that too change the shortcuts i have to enable sense to change them. Then switch back to nova.
Sent from my DNA, which everyone knows is better than the Note 2.
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Don't disable Sense. As far as enabling it to change the dock, just go into Nova settings and use the "Default launcher" button towards the bottom. Go to Sense, "Just Once" and set your dock. Hit the Home button and click Nova, "Always". Done.
same prob with htc one
i installed xposer installer and sense 5 tool box and everything was fine. but the next day i decided to re install my ARHD Rom to get rid of the mods had done before and then, my lockscreen apps were gone and widgets on lockscreen are not working...
ron.adams said:
i installed xposer installer and sense 5 tool box and everything was fine. but the next day i decided to re install my ARHD Rom to get rid of the mods had done before and then, my lockscreen apps were gone and widgets on lockscreen are not working...
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I think you're in the wrong forum, the Droid DNA doesn't have an ARHD rom.

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