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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???
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.
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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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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
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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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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.
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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
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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
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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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The launcher seems limited, and even worse, has some pretty big performance issues. It seems fast *for the most part*, but relatively frequently, when I go to close or launch an app there is a pause or delay. Anyone else experience this?
So who else has ditched the Sense 4 launcher for Nova or something else?
I, personally, like some of the widgets offered through Sense, however I do not like the limitations. The things that pushed me to switch primarily are 4x5 rows/columns for icons and such along with a superior dock setup. Stock sense with an app drawer and 4 options is just too limited. I made the jump for Nova launcher when my OG Evo was running ICS and purchased the paid app and have not regretted it once. 3 sets of dock bars, refined folders nestled within them, along with my 4x5 screens. I miss a very few of the sense widgets, but most of them I have replaced with Android Pro Widgets (free version is enough for me on this one).
Just my overall 2 cents. Plus some of the stutters with sense seem to be absent on Nova
Other than the inexplicable restarts after some applications, I think it's being locked into the 4x4 grid that will be the end of the Sense 4 launcher for me. If it was just 4x5 I could look past a lot more of the other things.
I've been using Nova. It's like butter.
Thanks for the feedback, guys. Been using Nova and I love it too. Shame I can't use some of the Sense widgets though. I was really starting to like the calendar and the people widget. Not worth the hassle of using the launcher, though.
vulcZ said:
Thanks for the feedback, guys. Been using Nova and I love it too. Shame I can't use some of the Sense widgets though. I was really starting to like the calendar and the people widget. Not worth the hassle of using the launcher, though.
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I am not sure of the calendar, but the people widget in Android Pro Widgets i *think* is very very similar to the sense ones. Check it out, may be worth your time!
If Sense 4.0 had landscape mode for the home screen, it would be PERFECT. I am addicted to the calendar widget which is what is keeping me stuck on Sense. I tried NOVA and think it is the best launcher I have tried. Nova is super fast and has landscape mode. If it could use Sense widgets it would be a no brainer to switch.
Do any of you know if ANY launcher out there supports sense widgets?
I have used Go Launcher EX since the beginning of time, and love it
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Launcher Pro maybe?
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I use Go Launcher and loving it. Here is my home screen...
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Apex pro is top dog for ics roms. Much better than nova. After U install, go into settings, advanced, and change update to betas so U get the newest.
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PaulHBK said:
I use Go Launcher and loving it. Here is my home screen...
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What clock widget are you using?
touch_rules said:
What clock widget are you using?
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Its from Beautiful Widgets and its called "Roboto Clock"
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I like sense 4 too, along with some of the widgets, but I leave my phone on the kickstand all day at work so having a landscape desktop is more important to me.
I tried both Apex and Nova. I'm currently using Nova (free version so far) and it's working great for me. I like that you can customize the rows/columns in both of those launchers.
Title says it all. I've been cycling between sense, apex, go, and nova, but can't decide which one to stick with. I'm leaning towards nova. What do you guys think about your launchers?
fachadick said:
Title says it all. I've been cycling between sense, apex, go, and nova, but can't decide which one to stick with. I'm leaning towards nova. What do you guys think about your launchers?
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Apex. Smoothness period
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I'm pretty impressed with Sense 4.0. My OG Evo was senseless 100% of the time, but I don't feel bogged down by it this time around.
I still have Apex installed and use it too... But find that I don't mind using sense.
Honestly, if someone modified sense to
A) accept gestures and b) added one more row to the home screen
I don't think I would really leave it.
The "frequent" tab in the app drawer and native folder support makes all the difference.
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Nova for the drawer tabs.
Apex
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Nova. Been using it since ICS launched.
rawdikrik said:
I'm pretty impressed with Sense 4.0. My OG Evo was senseless 100% of the time, but I don't feel bogged down by it this time around.
I still have Apex installed and use it too... But find that I don't mind using sense.
Honestly, if someone modified sense to
A) accept gestures and b) added one more row to the home screen
I don't think I would really leave it.
The "frequent" tab in the app drawer and native folder support makes all the difference.
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I agree...they made some quality improvements to it.
I normally switch the launcher quick but this time I'm still on Sense...not bad!
HTC Sense 4.
Mainly because I'm a Sense fan, I don't have a legit reason why .vs other launchers but it's what drew me to HTC.
Before it was just because they made the best WinMo phones.
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aliwho said:
Nova. Been using it since ICS launched.
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Yup. Same here. I suppose mist of the things I like about it could probably be found in other launchers. Familiarity, I suppose. I like the adjustable transparency in app drawer, and resize all Widgets, and changing desktop grid (which i know is available in other launchers, well,...except sense)
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Sense 4.
Since PPC days.
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Nova. I'd go Sense if they would add 1 more row to the screens and give me a larger / scrolling dock
I used to be a huge fan of LauncherPro until the developer dedicated all his time and effort to a music app and abandoned the launcher replacement that everyone loved. I just stick with Sense because I know I won't have to worry about any issues.
I like apex, up to seven customizable icons in the dock and landscape homescreen.
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Oh, I almost forgot. Nova allows for vertical scroll in app drawer, which I love. I don't like having my desktop and drawer scroll the same way. Confused my muscle memory. Or I'm just that thick lol.
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I like both Apex and Nova. Just wish one of them would add the ability to customize the app drawer grids (5x6, 6x6, etc.) and icon resizing.
I am using stock sense for now but have used Apex mostly on my tablet. I will probably use Apex once I get bored of stock or if I try out CM9 at some point.
I am not a huge fan of the rotating screen transition HTC uses so I may change a little early just to get the normal slide transition back.
I might also try Nova or whatever launcher allows the vertical scrolling app drawer. I'm not a fan of the paginated style. I feel like it was done to hide lack of smoothness of the phones in the past.
i am using apex and cant use anything else. now that themes are there too. there is a free black theme that gets rid of most of the blue. very nice
i use adwpro
rawdikrik said:
I'm pretty impressed with Sense 4.0. My OG Evo was senseless 100% of the time, but I don't feel bogged down by it this time around.
I still have Apex installed and use it too... But find that I don't mind using sense.
Honestly, if someone modified sense to
A) accept gestures and b) added one more row to the home screen
I don't think I would really leave it.
The "frequent" tab in the app drawer and native folder support makes all the difference.
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I don't know a way to make Sense rotate and since the charger/usb for these phones is on the side, a dock with Sense seems useless. I use APEX usually.
sense on all HTC phones is my pick because it ties in with everything else so much. if it was a nexus or aosp i would use apex
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
Hello everyone, ive loved android ever since i moved from the original iphone to the g1. Never much liked stock launchers until now actually. I used adw, go for a long time. Now with touchwiz on the s 3 i tried apex and nova for a 5x5 grid but i keep going back to touchwiz for features.
Just wondering what does everyone dislike about touchwiz?
Features i like (other launchers may have them and I dont know)
-holding page indicator to slide between screens especially in widgets. I have so many.
-widget view in general and adding to screen
-quickness of page sliding and behavior motion
-hiding apps in app drawer
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The old touch wiz was absolutely unusable. This version I think is actually quite nice. I find myself missing some features from it using cm9.
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Other than the UI which is horrible....I'm actually a fan of the new TW. AOKP/CM9 aren't quite necessary anymore due to the beast under the hood! Especially with an OC kernel...losing functions like the camera and motion is not worth it (maybe with further development in the future we may get more goodies but as of now)....I'll stick with TW and TSF Shell!
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I agree. I like cm9 simplicity but I miss my tw stuff. I personally can say Samsung put up some competition for cmteam
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TouchWiz 4 has made significant improvements. I always thought that Samsung was confused with the previous versions of TouchWiz, like they wanted to look and feel like iOS, but didn't know they're using a better and competing operating system. I'm sure if Google didn't force manufacturers using Android to have a back button and settings button, Samsung would skip on that. TouchWiz 4 cuts down on that a lot, though the icons still piss me off. TouchWiz 4 is light on memory, RAM, and is smooth.
I still prefer Sense. Sense, although a resource hog, still has a few features over TouchWiz 4. At the same time TouchWiz 4 has features over Sense 4. But, the features that matter more to me are on Sense 4.
So, I guess I hate older versions of TouchWiz, but TouchWiz 4 isn't so bad. Not bad at all.
Still supporting the people trying to bring Sense 4 to this phone and other Samsung devices.
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TouchWiz 4 has made significant improvements. I always thought that Samsung was confused with the previous versions of TouchWiz, like they wanted to look and feel like iOS, but didn't know they're using a better and competing operating system. I'm sure if Google didn't force manufacturers using Android to have a back button and settings button, Samsung would skip on that. TouchWiz 4 cuts down on that a lot, though the icons still piss me off. TouchWiz 4 is light on memory, RAM, and is smooth.
I still prefer Sense. Sense, although a resource hog, still has a few features over TouchWiz 4. At the same time TouchWiz 4 has features over Sense 4. But, the features that matter more to me are on Sense 4.
So, I guess I hate older versions of TouchWiz, but TouchWiz 4 isn't so bad. Not bad at all.
Still supporting the people trying to bring Sense 4 to this phone and other Samsung devices.
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I like the stock touchwiz but as the folder look ugly so i moved to nova but i miss the weather widget from accuweather which came with touchwiz as i cant get the same on nova. If someone knows how i can use that with nova launcher it will be gr8
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Agreeing with the rest of the replies here. I'm running CM10 but I found it hard to find replacements for the video and music player apps. They just worked.
I definitely think is not bad but is not as responsive as cm9(idk it probably just me and have to do a fresh flash ) but sense 4 is so nice looking too but is a hog of memory, I like stock features like battery percentage, great camera app(hated gs2 camera speed),notification toggles, swype right to call, etc but cm9 for some reason is always my favorite I could live with eathier one tho, I think touchwiz would be better if menus would be white like sense or black looking like ICS, the grey color looks outdated somehow , the green battery should be blue as well, and bring the folder option to drag and make a folder on stock launcher
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Don_Perrignon said:
I still prefer Sense.
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What exactly do you miss about it?
ak789 said:
I like the stock touchwiz but as the folder look ugly so i moved to nova but i miss the weather widget from accuweather which came with touchwiz as i cant get the same on nova. If someone knows how i can use that with nova launcher it will be gr8
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Agreed the folder issue on the launcher is really the only issue I have with TW. Other than that I think it is fine.
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The trashness of the folder view on touchwiz cannot be overstated. Things that are changed for worse (compared to stock) grind my gears. I would miss smart stay but since it never worked for me i can't say that I do. Only the bottom bar for launcher/drawer and tilting to move apps across home screens are things I miss.
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KappaG9 said:
What exactly do you miss about it?
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Im wondering the same thing cuz i used it for a couple of weeks and that it was non sense.
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ncmt4g64 said:
Hello everyone, ive loved android ever since i moved from the original iphone to the g1. Never much liked stock launchers until now actually. I used adw, go for a long time. Now with touchwiz on the s 3 i tried apex and nova for a 5x5 grid but i keep going back to touchwiz for features.
Just wondering what does everyone dislike about touchwiz?
Features i like (other launchers may have them and I dont know)
-holding page indicator to slide between screens especially in widgets. I have so many.
-widget view in general and adding to screen
-quickness of page sliding and behavior motion
-hiding apps in app drawer
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Just a matter of peoples personal taste I guess. I was actually shocked and baffled that you would even ask this.
I gave TW a few hours, since I had actually grown comfortable with HTC Sense on my TB. However TW was borderline unusable for me. The UI just doesn't seem to make a lot of sense, and simple tasks are made more complicated. It just seems ugly and clumsy to me. Having used Sense, Blur, and TW. I would say Sense was by far the best, and TW by far the worst. Custom launchers are better than all of them though.
I was unable to find any features that I cared about that TW gave me, that CM or far better launchers like Nova didn't. However there are many many options that Nova gives you that TW does not.
Like I said in the beginning though, it's a matter of personal taste.
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KappaG9 said:
What exactly do you miss about it?
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I personally don't "miss" Sense, however I understand what these other folks are talking about.
Compared to TW, Sense was just a very nice looking UI. Other than just looking better than TW, it was easy to use, and didn't add extra annoyance to using the phone. Other than some limitations of the launcher, I actually really liked everything else sense provided.
I messed around with TW plenty, and I honestly just can't find anything good to say about it. The launcher is awful.
I expected as much though, with Nova installed this phone is bad *** and was everything I hoped for.
Opinions, opinions... I played with the HTC One X and I did not like the aesthetics of the UI on Sense 4.0 at all. It just looked... ugly, bulky, and consumptiuous as far as space goes. TouchWiz 5 just looks nicer to me and it's a lot easier on the phone's resources.
i HATE the way TW looks as well as sense.
ICS based launchers like apex and nova look awesome to me. So based off of that, I stick with apex. Looks great, fast, customizable
I actually was hoping to use TW. But it has one thing missing that my preferences keep me from living without: multiple scrolling docks. I was quite surprised that function was not on TW, given all the raves of how it had improved. That is a basic function available on almost any third party launcher.
I used my GS3 stock for awhile and quite got used to TouchWiz. My only complaint is how the Launcher organizes things in the app drawer. I can set it to do alphabetical, which I prefer, but folders are also placed in alphabetical order instead of at the beginning of the drawer.
I tried to go back to GoLauncher (what I used on my TBolt) but I found it to be rather sluggish.
The current versions of both Sense and Touchwiz are much better than stock ICS imo. I went to CM9 because of how much people rave about 'stock ICS' but it was pretty underwhelming. Back to TW now and enjoying it.
vinuneuro said:
The current versions of both Sense and Touchwiz are much better than stock ICS imo. I went to CM9 because of how much people rave about 'stock ICS' but it was pretty underwhelming. Back to TW now and enjoying it.
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The happens to a lot people,personally like cm7 but no how it look , so I prefer since back then now days I take both, there nice but like I said cm9 just feels more responsive to me
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jgalan14 said:
The happens to a lot people,personally like cm7 but no how it look , so I prefer since back then now days I take both, there nice but like I said cm9 just feels more responsive to me
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Personally, I like Sense a lot (I LOVE the sense widgets), but even when I was using my rezound daily I used Apex Launcher for a number of reasons.
When I wanted a sense widget, I swapped back to sense with home switcher.
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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