I'm being given one of these at work. Coming from Sense I reckon it'll be a real shock to the system and 1 I'm not looking forward to!
I got used to the beautiful Sense widgets with their well-designed and consistent look and feel. Can anyone tell me what stock widgets are included please?
Thanks everyone
Ruudfood said:
I'm being given one of these at work. Coming from Sense I reckon it'll be a real shock to the system and 1 I'm not looking forward to!
I got used to the beautiful Sense widgets with their well-designed and consistent look and feel. Can anyone tell me what stock widgets are included please?
Thanks everyone
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Sorry, I think that I have not really get your point/issue?!
You want to have (HTC) "Sense"-like widgets on your SGS2?
Just you are used to them and like their optic?
Come on ... Samsung designes its hardware for TouchWiz.
If you were asking about getting rid of all Samsung bloatware to come to "pure" (Google) Android, then I would understand you.
For Sense-like apps and widgets, you have to search for yourself.
But you will find some threads about this topic.
Hi It_ler
Thanks for your reply but I think you've misunderstood. I know I'm not going to get Sense-like widgets with Touchwiz. I was using Sense as an example of the sort of widgets that COULD be included in Touchwiz (if you're familiar with Sense). For example, the Sense Facebook chat widget or the FriendStream widget (those are just EXAMPLES, btw!)
What I'm asking is what widgets are provided out of the box with Touchwiz?
So no-one can tell me what the stock widgets are on this device?
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Well, I don't know about the rest of you but I enjoy the functionality of MySense in certain respects. My dislikes are not enough to get me to jump to an alternative launcher but they are enough to make me want changes.
In my eyes.... two things will make Espresso aesthetically pleasing and more functional. The first being redirecting/replacing the My Faves with Browser or messenger. And the second... changing the drawer icon to the FROYO blocks icon.
Now, I don't have a full grasp on what would be involved in doing so, but common sense or my lack of understanding perhaps tell me those 2 icons and the 1 remapping can't be too involved. To anyone out there ready and willing to take this on... I will volunteer to be the guinea pig for testing. Me and Nandroid are best friends.
Looking forward to it.
you forgot your recent app's thing lol or did you find that one?
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you forgot your recent app's thing lol or did you find that one?
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Lol, not forgotten... that is still on my list in the quest of a perfect MT4G. I am going to make that one my personal project. I figured it is in my best interest to enlist some "qualified" help for the Espresso Project.
lol the things you mentioned above are my exact problems with the stock launcher as well everything else i like as of lately ive jus been using a combination of iced glacier and ADW to get sumthing almost similar to wat you discribed but in all i would love to see an actual rom that benifits both i too will be a tester for anyone who decides to take on this project and good luck
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lol the things you mentioned above are my exact problems with the stock launcher as well everything else i like as of lately ive jus been using a combination of iced glacier and ADW to get sumthing almost similar to wat you discribed but in all i would love to see an actual rom that benifits both i too will be a tester for anyone who decides to take on this project and good luck
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ADW is a nice launcher. I just hate losing the MySense features by doing so....
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ADW is a nice launcher. I just hate losing the MySense features by doing so....
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i agree ADW doesnt have any real widgets so it does put u at a loss. if sumone could successfully merge the two launchers and have the benifits of both we would have a fricken great rom for this phone. i tried to flash the apks from the glacier rom onto the ADW launcher but it freezes the homescreen i cant get the widgets to successfully adapt to the ADW protocols which puts me back to sqaure one lol
what is root?
I turned my phone on and now the screen glows???? wtf your rom borkded it.... can I abd push ota or does the motherboard need fixing???? thanx in advance
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I turned my phone on and now the screen glows???? wtf your rom borkded it.... can I abd push ota or does the motherboard need fixing???? thanx in advance
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Motherboard for sure... I will PM you my address. Sent me your phone and I will fix it when I get a chance.
-iced glacier,
-adw
-pure calendar widget
-stock twitter app & widget
-simiclock (has weather now)
-quick settings for the best customizable power and brightness controls and can be launched from tapping simiclock when set up that way, also can be added to status bar
-circle battery (just looks cool and clean)
All of this together makes me very pleased with this phone. I have test out sooooo many different apps for these functions and various roms on other phones.. just my taste and opinion.. but give them a try if you havent.
With all the people out there interested in getting rid of the sense features on their phone and going full aosp.
I think it would be cool to strip down a sense rom and replace the sense features with mock sense applications. I for one know that you can get a mock sense 3.0 lockscreen and you can make your home screen look pretty close to sense with some fancy widgets and adw ex launcher. I would like to keep the quick settings bar as well, but strip it down some and add the pull down settings like aosp, but keep the task manager thingy. That's pretty cool to me.
Anyone up to the task of putting that one together?
There's already two I think like that, but suggest it in the appropriate ROM threads where the devs ask for ideas.
EDIT: Yea senseless and supra I think has what your looking for.
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There's already two I think like that, but suggest it in the appropriate ROM threads where the devs ask for ideas.
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Thank You. Will do.
So you want to take the sense applications out of sense and replace them with applications that aren't sense but look like sense?
Dialer one can be made to look a lot like the sense dialer, and with a lot more options and customization.
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So you want to take the sense applications out of sense and replace them with applications that aren't sense but look like sense?
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Just a random idea. I've seen others do it with the EVO 4g. Supposedly makes it faster. I'd like to see it. That's all.
Ok I'm tired of the sense 3.0 original look so I'm getting a launcher! I love the sense Widgets tho, WHICH LAUNCHER ALLOWS USE OF ORIGINAL SENSE WIDGETS? I watched a video of adw & it looked like the guy was using original widgets! His sense clock even scrolled like its supposed to
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KaoMinerva said:
Ok I'm tired of the sense 3.0 original look so I'm getting a launcher! I love the sense Widgets tho, WHICH LAUNCHER ALLOWS USE OF ORIGINAL SENSE WIDGETS? I watched a video of adw & it looked like the guy was using original widgets! His sense clock even scrolled like its supposed to
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As a devleoper, I can share a developer's spin on the issue.
As far as I've seen and heard, Sense widgets rely on specific HTC framework files which are all closed sourced and essentially owned by HTC, not to be used by 3rd parties w/o permission from HTC.
With that aside, there is nothing stopping others from duplicating the look/feel/functionality of sense widgets and putting them in the Market. Haven't heard anything of HTC seeking legal recourse from "look a like" widgets, etc.
If you saw something you liked, which seemed to offer everything you were looking for from a Sense widget, I would suggest going after that alternative, until HTC releases their code for public use.
I personally wouldn't count on HTC releasing their Sense launcher/framework/widget code for public use anytime soon.
Hope that helps clarify!
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As a devleoper, I can share a developer's spin on the issue.
As far as I've seen and heard, Sense widgets rely on specific HTC framework files which are all closed sourced and essentially owned by HTC, not to be used by 3rd parties w/o permission from HTC.
With that aside, there is nothing stopping others from duplicating the look/feel/functionality of sense widgets and putting them in the Market. Haven't heard anything of HTC seeking legal recourse from "look a like" widgets, etc.
If you saw something you liked, which seemed to offer everything you were looking for from a Sense widget, I would suggest going after that alternative, until HTC releases their code for public use.
I personally wouldn't count on HTC releasing their Sense launcher/framework/widget code for public use anytime soon.
Hope that helps clarify!
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Thanks so much for the reply! Do you think fancy Widgets is the best alternative then?
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For the clock I think beautiful Widgets or HD Widgets are the best. I use launcher pro plus with launcher pro glass sense skin for the bookmark, friendstream and calendar Widgets and they're almost exact.
I just started using Pro Launcher Plus a few days ago. I was a bit reluctant to because I really like the Sense Widgets. But I found the same Sense widgets for Pro Launcher plus and with a few other modifications like mclock, minimalist text and simple text, I've been able to customize a pretty cool "sense like" theme that' even cooler than the original Sense 3.0 that I was running.
Does it have the scrolling sense clock!? I mean, I have used it on evo 3d but seriously bro LPP needs an update bad
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Hi everyone,
I was wondering if there is a clock widget looking exactly the same that the Sense's one. I precise :
- I'm looking for a widget not a ROM or a launcher either.
- I'm looking for a clock widget which looks like really exactly the same that the Sense's one, not something more or less equivalent.
So if you know where to find this I really appreciate that you share this with me.
Thanks.
I assume it's the Sense 4.0 widget that your looking for:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23780247#post23780247
All it takes is a simple Google search.
LithiumTheory said:
I assume it's the Sense 4.0 widget that your looking for:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23780247#post23780247
All it takes is a simple Google search.
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Yeah I forgot to precise but I'm looking for the Sense 3 widget.
I searched but it was a long time ago, it's true. I just remembered that I never found it.
And I'm asking here to be sure I'm not downloading some virus.
Then I'm afraid not, you need the Sense 3.0 resource/framework files to use the widget.
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Then I'm afraid not, you need the Sense 3.0 resource/framework files to use the widget.
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Arf, thanks anyway.
I am currently a Desire HD user and there are quite a few aspects of Sense which I like. Primarily it is the Sense widgets which make it shine above the other offering.
How do the Touchwiz widgets compare? In particular I'm very attached to the social media widgets in Sense - namely FriendStream and Twitter. The widgets provided by the Facebook and Twitter apps are shocking in comparison to those on Sense so I'd be interested to know how the Touchwiz ones compare - or if Touchwiz even has them.
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I am currently a Desire HD user and there are quite a few aspects of Sense which I like. Primarily it is the Sense widgets which make it shine above the other offering.
How do the Touchwiz widgets compare? In particular I'm very attached to the social media widgets in Sense - namely FriendStream and Twitter. The widgets provided by the Facebook and Twitter apps are shocking in comparison to those on Sense so I'd be interested to know how the Touchwiz ones compare - or if Touchwiz even has them.
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TouchWiz doesn't have any particular built-in social networking features, like Sense does, so you'd have to go with the ones that you'll get off the market (not necessarily the official apps). Other than this, the provided TouchWiz widgets (including calendar, tasks, alarms, music player and flashlight, to name a few) are good, I don't know how they'd compare to the ones from Sense, though.
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TouchWiz doesn't have any particular built-in social networking features, like Sense does, so you'd have to go with the ones that you'll get off the market (not necessarily the official apps). Other than this, the provided TouchWiz widgets (including calendar, tasks, alarms, music player and flashlight, to name a few) are good, I don't know how they'd compare to the ones from Sense, though.
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That is disappointing because all the ones I've tried are garbage in comparison to Sense.
Anyone know any good Facebook and Twitter widgets?
there are roms getting ready and bettef day by day
in that devs have ported htc sense to galXy s3
so......soon enugh
Daz555 said:
That is disappointing because all the ones I've tried are garbage in comparison to Sense.
Anyone know any good Facebook and Twitter widgets?
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try friendcaster and twedt caster
looking for the sense weather widget
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You could try android pro widgets from the market I found them to pretty good sense replacements. I came from desire and touchwiz was a bit of a big change after 2 years with HTC.
You can also get a theme called "graphic dark" for it which give a sense colour theme to the widgets.
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+1 for Android Pro Widgets, although there are enough Sense-style widgets out there for just about everything.
Must admit that I'm a serious apartheid eugenics lunatic ("lunatic" seems somewhat tautological with respect to these terms, granted...) when it comes to TW and Sense - each should stay with their own kind.
Segregation now and forever!
Yours faithfully,
Android George Wallace
thanks for the reply. what im looking for is the sense full screen weather when u first wake up the phone. i didnt see it on android pro widgets.
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+1 for Android Pro Widgets, although there are enough Sense-style widgets out there for just about everything.
Must admit that I'm a serious apartheid eugenics lunatic ("lunatic" seems somewhat tautological with respect to these terms, granted...) when it comes to TW and Sense - each should stay with their own kind.
Segregation now and forever!
Yours faithfully,
Android George Wallace
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Yes Sense or Senseless no half sense .
jje
thank you.
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