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.
Daz555 said:
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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Does anyone know of a vanilla Rom with the sense people?
or is there any way to port the sense people to vanilla roms?
there's an app for ADW launcher
http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.mjdev.people
liljom said:
there's an app for ADW launcher
http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.mjdev.people
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i meant the contacts, not the widget. the dialer and contacts which is call contacts on vanilla but people on sense. i do not like the layout of the contacts on vanilla.. is there anyway like import the sense people over or something?
These types of questions are asked so often....
the answer is no, definately not, never will, never can. You need all the htc frameworks for it to run, and to have those the rom needs to be sense based.
shinyfong said:
i meant the contacts, not the widget. the dialer and contacts which is call contacts on vanilla but people on sense. i do not like the layout of the contacts on vanilla.. is there anyway like import the sense people over or something?
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Try Dialer One from market or aTAKEphONE. Last is paid app and first is free. They have kind of sense-like-dialer suggesting names while typing numbers or t9 letters.
your only option is a sense rom that has had most of the other sense stuff ripped out of it.
like superhero 2 (by the villain team) or similar.
Couldn't you just use a sense rom and then use the default android home? That's give you the htc framework and the vanilla interface.
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the ones with much of the other sense stuff ripped out actually do perform faster than full sense roms just running a different launcher. it's strange, but true. It hink sense must run a bunch of background processes or something that aren't absolutely necessary for the most useful sense stuff to still be available (like the people app etc).
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the ones with much of the other sense stuff ripped out actually do perform faster than full sense roms just running a different launcher. it's strange, but true. It hink sense must run a bunch of background processes or something that aren't absolutely necessary for the most useful sense stuff to still be available (like the people app etc).
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how do we rip out such sense stuff?
and how so we change the colour of the dailer? and the contacts
Hey guys,
how does Samsung Touchwiz feel in the daily usage, assuming you come from HTC Sense?
I currently own a HTC Hero, and I need a new phone. How is the Facebook integration, calendar and email client?
Cheers, Martin
Hi,
I'm used using sense on android and winmo on a HTC.
when I compare it to Touchwiz, the samsung version feels odd, unlogical.
Personally I don't care a lot about Touchwiz.
Back to your questions:
Email client: (Gmail) it's almost the same
Facebook: I don't know i don't use it.
Twitter is the same too.
Calendar: I didn't like the one on Sense and I don't like the one on Touchwiz. I'm using Smooth calendar (free app)
draexler said:
how does Samsung Touchwiz feel in the daily usage, assuming you come from HTC Sense?
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First you are just happy with your new girlfriend and don't even think bad of her if she does things you think is strange...
You accept a lot, and think you just need to adjust and that everything will work out in the end...
Don't misunderstand me now.... you still Love the looks on your girl, her beauty is stunning.... but do come to the conclusion that looks often isn't everything you need...
So.. when you recognize this sad fact you will quite fast think of solutions to reproduce your old girlfriends habits and ways of doing things you loved about her....
You would probably install a new launcher, Go SMS, Go Dialer, Go Contacts and other beautiful widgets....
And soon you realize.... Beauty and mind does exist in one package after all...
And you are in love yet again...
draexler said:
Hey guys,
how does Samsung Touchwiz feel in the daily usage, assuming you come from HTC Sense?
I currently own a HTC Hero, and I need a new phone. How is the Facebook integration, calendar and email client?
Cheers, Martin
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I've never cared for the Facebook for HTC add-on and Peep (Twitter add-on), so always used the official Facebook/Twitter app sync.. Touchwiz does have its SNS aggregation app which is similar to HTC for Facebook/Peep, but not using it either
Linking contacts is the same in the Touchwiz contacts app as it is in the HTC contacts app. Although Sense does auto-link contacts far more efficiently (always autolinks whatsapp contacts whereas I've had to do that manually in Touchwiz) and there are no notifications for suggested contact merges in Touchwiz.
The calendar is the same, doesn't look as nice but offers essentially the same functions
The email client is a bit better as it has multiple Exchange ActiveSync support with HTML rendering.. also allows split-view in landscape mode which is a nice touch.. although it is a bit of a battery hog.. have 3 accounts set up on push and it uses over 15% of my battery, used to use Seven on my HTC and would use under 5%.
Overall, I prefer Sense over Touchwiz
I used to own the HTC Desire. I like Touchwiz a lot. Personally, I think that sense looks a little tired now. Even their tablet looks like a bloated version of their existing phones. But then touchwiz is all new to me, and I love the SGS2, so maybe my judgment is clouded.
draexler said:
Hey guys,
how does Samsung Touchwiz feel in the daily usage, assuming you come from HTC Sense?
I currently own a HTC Hero, and I need a new phone. How is the Facebook integration, calendar and email client?
Cheers, Martin
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I miss sense, it has so many little touches touchwiz (and 3rd party launchers/widgets) miss.
Coming from Sense first from TP2 and then from Desire there was quite big change.
But I didn't actually like Sense that much and used to use Go Launcher.
I am still using Touchwiz but there are some issues which are really annoying.
First of all the home screen is the most left one. That is so stupid. Probably the biggest issues with touchwiz.
Calendar app I think is better than with Sense. I actually uninstalled smooth calendar after finding this.
Also strange thing is that with Sense I could look my facebook pictures from the gallery application. Currently I cannot do it or then I just dont know how to do it. But that is a big downside.
After all touchwiz is not so bad as people are complaining. I dont miss the extra eye candy from Sense 3.0 and there are some good things with this UI. I would give it 7+
draexler said:
Hey guys,
how does Samsung Touchwiz feel in the daily usage, assuming you come from HTC Sense?
I currently own a HTC Hero, and I need a new phone. How is the Facebook integration, calendar and email client?
Cheers, Martin
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I've come from an HTC Desire and for me, TouchWiz is a clear improvement over Sense in some ways, and needs a lot of work in others. It certainly feels faster, but that might just be down to the horsepower that the GSII has available. Also, you're not forced to have 7 home screens. I have 2 home screens with my essentials on them and nothing else. I guess I'm a minimalist
Facebook integration is decent, although the Contacts app isn't as good as Sense at auto-linking Facebook contacts to your existing contacts. Calendar is nice, although for some reason it can only pull in your events calendar from Facebook. As I recall, Sense was capable of pulling in events and birthdays. I don't use the built-in email app (I use the Gmail app instead).
Other niceties:
- Built-in MSN client
- Decent camera (far better than the Desire anyway)
Other niggles:
- The lock screen takes some getting used to. I ended up installing an alternative because I didn't like it.
- The apps list is more akin to how apps are ordered on the iPhone than on other Android devices: you have to manually order them rather than them being ordered alphabetically.
- The media scanner is unable to process the metadata in AAC/M4A files. They play just fine, but show up as "Unknown Artist" etc. in the music player.
All in all though, it's a brilliant phone. I was blown away by how fast it is coming from a Desire, so moving to it from a Hero will blow your socks off.
Don't care for it personally - feels clunky and outdated.
I went SPB first and now LauncherPro - much happier.
If I had been stuck with TouchWiz though it'd still have been an excellent phone...
I never cared for Sense on my HTC device when I used it, I flashed a stock CM7 based rom.
So the look was minimalistic.
The TouchWiz needs some work doing to it, for example (and I may have missed something here), the programs in "Applications" are added in the order installed. I prefer the A - Z scrolling icons (not the list you can get it TouchWiz).
LauncherPro for me any day, or GoLauncher maybe as a 2nd choice.
TouchWiz doesn't do it for me I'm afraid... The dialer is great, but I don't like the dock/app drawer at all.
It took me ages to get used to Launcher Pro after using sense, but now I cant use anything other than Launcher pro (with it set up the way I like).
CandyAndy said:
Coming from Sense first from TP2 and then from Desire there was quite big change.
But I didn't actually like Sense that much and used to use Go Launcher.
I am still using Touchwiz but there are some issues which are really annoying.
First of all the home screen is the most left one. That is so stupid. Probably the biggest issues with touchwiz.
Calendar app I think is better than with Sense. I actually uninstalled smooth calendar after finding this.
Also strange thing is that with Sense I could look my facebook pictures from the gallery application. Currently I cannot do it or then I just dont know how to do it. But that is a big downside.
After all touchwiz is not so bad as people are complaining. I dont miss the extra eye candy from Sense 3.0 and there are some good things with this UI. I would give it 7+
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You know a default.prop edit changes that to have the default screen wherever you want.
how do u do that pulser?
I went HTC Sense (On a Hero) to an iPhone 4 to SGS II.
Played on a DHD a lot whilst having an iPhone 4. I find Touchwiz 4.0 quite nice, very smooth and I prefer the browser to sense I have got used to the smoothness of the iPhone. Never liked the way the Sense browser scrolls and to be honest it's hardly changed since the Hero days, etc.
used a couple of htc devices with sense, the last one was a rooted desire with a combination of sense 2.1 and sense 3.0 and I must say that in terms of hardware samsung is ahead of any htc right now but touchwiz has nothing to do with the usability of htc sense
I don't like the calendar on SG2 (app and widget) and I need that, I don't like that SG2 social hub is not better integrated with contacts ... etc. I just love my new SG2 but I have to say it, HTC did a great job with sense
And one important thing - SG2 "smart" dialer is not so smart and some contacts I will only find if I make a search contacts, they will not appear if I type first few letters from the name .... and I hate that ... it was so easy on HTC to call someone when driving ....
I can't wait for a decent port of htc sense 3.0 on my SG2
until I will find it I have to remove touchwiz and buy spb shell 3d from the market
I came from DHD and Touch Pro 2, Tytn II with Sense.
Don't like the Touch Wiz/Samsung
-Keyboard (spezial characters on second page)
-E-Mail App (no multi Mail markers to delete at once)
-Music Player
-Facebook Integration
-Dialer
-Wheater
-no control over WLAN, GPS, 3G, Data Connection, Bluetooth, Thetering, Fly Mode and many more options etc. in one place
etc.
SGS II has a lot of power an could handle Sense easy, once it has been portet.
Sorry but TW is IMHO crap...
Would love to see a Sense Rom on SGS II
am i the only one that actually likes touchwiz??! I find it does everything really smoothly. Sense was overwhelming. It changed too many things! Once landscape is introduced for touchwiz il probably be using it by default.
Indeed, I love the TouchWiz interface and gladly choose it over sense. Since you can install a calendar widget on Samsung, but you can't get away from sense on a HTC. TouchWiz is really fast and don't change the Android experience in a bad way.
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I wasn't too fond of sense and ended up not using it in favor of adw although I occasionally went with GO and LP. Had them all on the phone. As already noted the default home screen can be moved in touchwiz, search for the thread and there are detailed instructions. Rooted users can also sort the app drawer alphabetically with an app called sort apps. It will come up in a market search for touch wiz. I am using touchwiz now but essentially with all the wiz removed. I dislike hubs as they are more bloat than benefit to me and have never used them. I love the little slider that lets you cross the home screens. Easier and quicker than pinching and done one handed instead of having to two hand to pinch or swipe all the way back and forth. I have been giving touchwiz a go for a while now. I also have LP and GO installed and I'm finding I like touchwiz once its been de wizzed. If it were customizable in being able to choose rows and columns and that sort of thing I would be happy with it.
TouchWiz has the option of getting everything in alphabetical order and in up/down list. You can move apps freely around the different pages in original mode if you wish too. I love it and the quick switches in the notification bar just makes it great.
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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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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?
I bought SGSIII earlier today, and I already miss features of HTC Sense. Touchwiz dialer sucks. Is there anything I can download from Play with Snese look and feel?
Also Touchwiz doesn't have a space saving 4x1 clock/weather widget. I install one from Beatiful Widgets, but it is not as good as the HTC one.
I want to ask the other HTC refugees, what are your coping strategies?
I'm coming from the OG Evo, but I never liked Sense much to begin with. I used MIUI on my Evo and plan to do the same once a MIUI build is released for this phone. Right now, I'm not having too many problems coping, but I don't plan on keeping TW any longer than necessary. My biggest issue right now for every day use is the lack of a convenient brightness slider, but that should be fixed whenever the next OTA happens.
stopeject said:
I bought SGSIII earlier today, and I already miss features of HTC Sense. Touchwiz dialer sucks. Is there anything I can download from Play with Snese look and feel?
Also Touchwiz doesn't have a space saving 4x1 clock/weather widget. I install one from Beatiful Widgets, but it is not as good as the HTC one.
I want to ask the other HTC refugees, what are your coping strategies?
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For a 4x1 widget, try HD Widgets.
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I never liked HTC Sense, I can never get used to it. I used either MIUI or CM rom. Also came from og htc evo as well. Touchwiz is a much better experience than HTC Sense imo... but I rather use AOSP.
HTC dialer was so good I didn't even program speed dials. Just typing 2-3 numbers or letters of a name would instantly bring the right contact. And they had Facebook picture integration (at least in GB ROMs). I also miss the short haptic buzz when a call was connected.
stopeject said:
I bought SGSIII earlier today, and I already miss features of HTC Sense. Touchwiz dialer sucks. Is there anything I can download from Play with Snese look and feel?
Also Touchwiz doesn't have a space saving 4x1 clock/weather widget. I install one from Beatiful Widgets, but it is not as good as the HTC one.
I want to ask the other HTC refugees, what are your coping strategies?
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I use go launcher ex with all the go widgets all with sense theme. As far as dialer I use go contacts with dark theme. Not exactly sense look but I find it more useful as you can swipe to go from dialer to contacts and to favorites.
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I have been using go launcher as well for one sole reason; the contacts widget. I like having a widget for direct calls. I hate how when you go to contacts or logs, to press on a name and it takes you to another menu which you have to choose either call or text. Sure you can slide to direct call but I just want to press and it calls immediately. Something so simple that I wish was an option in settings.
Guys, thanks for advise, Go launcher is way better than the stock one.
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I have been using go launcher as well for one sole reason; the contacts widget. I like having a widget for direct calls. I hate how when you go to contacts or logs, to press on a name and it takes you to another menu which you have to choose either call or text. Sure you can slide to direct call but I just want to press and it calls immediately. Something so simple that I wish was an option in settings.
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I too was was a Die-hard HTC Sense fan. However, TW 5 have improved so much I do not miss my HTC Amaze 4G. Whenever a contact is on your screen like SMS, Call log,etc, just put the phone to your ear and it will automatically dial the number for that contact.
stopeject said:
Guys, thanks for advise, Go launcher is way better than the stock one.
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But at least the stock laucher doesn't send your personal data to China
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stopeject said:
I bought SGSIII earlier today, and I already miss features of HTC Sense. Touchwiz dialer sucks. Is there anything I can download from Play with Snese look and feel?
Also Touchwiz doesn't have a space saving 4x1 clock/weather widget. I install one from Beatiful Widgets, but it is not as good as the HTC one.
I want to ask the other HTC refugees, what are your coping strategies?
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Anything new takes a little time to get used to. I think, if.you stick with it, you'll find TW to give you a more simplified, "closer to stock ICS" experience. Sure, its not stock ICS and Samsung likes to add a lot of color, but IMHO Sense uses too many useless transitions and extra tabs and extra steps...run on sentence but you get the point. There are plenty of widget alternatives, I personally like Fancy Widgets. For alternative launchers, Nova is nice.
stopeject said:
I bought SGSIII earlier today, and I already miss features of HTC Sense. Touchwiz dialer sucks. Is there anything I can download from Play with Snese look and feel?
Also Touchwiz doesn't have a space saving 4x1 clock/weather widget. I install one from Beatiful Widgets, but it is not as good as the HTC one.
I want to ask the other HTC refugees, what are your coping strategies?
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I found a Sense 4 clock widget lookalike, no flip animation though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1576980
Have you tried go contacts? That comes with a dialer that works just like the sense one. Btw, touxhwiz dialer should show your fb contact pics. Not sure why yours isn't. You need to sync with the app, not the built in fb sync.
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I'm sure someone has already tried it, but what about titanium backups of HTC Sense apps, would those install on this phone? Dialer, etc.
I too miss Sense... I miss it already even though i forced my self to a vanila rom on my desire for a month before i got my gs3
Got 3 years to get over it! LOL
I am also a convert to TW. I initially missed the Sense but after I learned the shortcuts built into TW dialer, I prefer it. Make sure you read the tips that pop up and not just close them without reading. The swipe to call or text is a pretty cool feature I think.
No1ustad said:
I'm sure someone has already tried it, but what about titanium backups of HTC Sense apps, would those install on this phone? Dialer, etc.
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Nope is more into the system then use copy and paste
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Sense gives me headache. Too old its colors are stressful. Touchwiz has vivid colors and not jist black and white
Hahah I thought I was the only one who preferred Sense.
I use GoLauncher for all my Launching needs on both this S3 and my original Evo.
But Sense's Contact app just blows this and every 3rd party away. I loved the auto-merge features, the integrated facebook/twitter/picassa/messaging by contact.. and it just looked nice.
The closest I've found for the contacts is an app called "ConTapps" which does the same integration with Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn, etc.. (In fact I think it does a better job than sense)... however it does not have a nice way to navigate via groups, all your contacts are one big list, and duplicates must be manually 'merged' (Dups due to facebook,twitter,etc.. my google contacts are VERY clean online in the cloud).
As for a Dialer... Right now I'm using "aTakePhone". I've used it since my old Palm Centro, then my Evo, and now my S3.. It doesn't appear that there's been much updates to handle the S3's screen resolution (small gaps on the edges of the dialer) but feature wise it has everything you'd want in a dialer, including a nice scrolling 'quick bar' on the dialpad menu. You can even customize the searching parameters so it won't search till you've placed X # of letters, searching within company names, etc...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...EwMiwiY29tLnNoc2guYW5kcm9pZC5hdGFrZXBob25lIl0.
I really miss the HTC contacts app... *cry*.