LiquidSolstice Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Have you tried Dialerone? It allows a similar experience to the Sense dialer in that you can use corresponding letters on the numbers for contact searches. http://www.appbrain.com/app/dialer-one/kz.mek.DialerOne It's unfortunately not nearly as fast as the Sense dialer on my Sprint Hero. (Yes, 2 year contract, I deal with it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singh400 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 All the HTC Apps are so thoroughly embedded into Sense ROM frameworks that this would be impossible. It's the reason why Sense can never be ported to a different ROM unless there's a source to go with it.Totally gay :(Have you tried Dialerone? It allows a similar experience to the Sense dialer in that you can use corresponding letters on the numbers for contact searches. http://www.appbrain.com/app/dialer-one/kz.mek.DialerOne I'll try it now. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlueRaja Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I'm really surprised by the way things are going here, that is, Stock over Sense. I'm an avid tamperer, i've used Cyranogen, OpenDesire as stock and to be honest i don't like them, they seem alot faster and more responsive but lacking useability, Cryanogens app screen is bloody awful, scrolls like a pig and just looks wrong. Also, take the phone dialer as mentioned above, on sense you can start typing a contacts name and it locates them, nice and easy, on Stock it just thinks your putting in a number its doesn't have the lookup, so you have to scroll down all your contacts to find the contact you want. Yeah, its got favorites but its not as good or useable. In addition, its just kind of, well - fugly. On the Sense side of things I've used mainly LeeDroid for my Desire, however I've recently switched to the RCMixHD rom, the desire HD rom on the Desire which take sense up a notch. I like the HTC Facebook and Twitter apps, the clock on the home screen and the animations, etc, some of the themes and available addons are lovely from the HTC Hub. There is just more useability to the HTC sense roms - the normal Roms are a bit bland and dull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoneAvail Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I'd take Sense, the sense that came with my MyTouch4G. It's sense with some stuff T-Mobile added. But today I came to stock because of the CM7 RCs and I miss the clock, the weather animations and the simicity of the sense roms. The last used apps bar in the pull down notification bar was really useful and I caught myself couple times since last night when I switched to CM, looking for that bar on the notification area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabe3 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I like stock, but I want the sense weather widget that has multiple locations. haven't found a weather widget yet that I can scroll through different locations without going into an app. except for the sense one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3ntury Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 LauncherPro for me, with a sense-imitating clock style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Advancer Subscriber² Posted February 17, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted February 17, 2011 I'm running stock 2.3.2 Amethyst ROM on my Desire - just love it and don't really miss all the nonSense (pun intended) ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjoswald Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I use "Liberated Aria (Froyo)" with the stock launcher. I tried Cyanogen but didn't like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizkit Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I use Cyranogen on my Dinc, but even without it Sense isn't bad. I would normally use Zeam. Honestly the only thing I use Cyranogen for is the better lock screen and better in-call screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Wagyu Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 I've not had a chance to try out a phone that doesn't have Sense UI. But if Stock or other ROMs that don't use Sense have smooth scrolling of SMS conversation messages, and HTC Calendar (in Agenda view), then I will want to get away from Sense. I just hate how laggy it feels scrolling through a few messages on my HTC Desire, and I'm only viewing like 8 messages of a SMS conversation with one person. Likewise for the HTC Calendar app in Agenda view, it seems like it's literally choking at the 10 or so events I have on display when scrolling through it. :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PT 13 Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 I hate sense ... so Stock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpus Veteran Posted June 12, 2011 Veteran Share Posted June 12, 2011 My experiences have only lead me to believe that Sense is a slow and bloat-filled UI (except on the HTC Flyer I reviewed...). I prefer stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulsiphon Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Go AOSP or go home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsupersonic Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Both are nice, and have their pros/cons. Sense is very polished, fast and probably the best manufacturer launcher on Android hands down. It however slows down updates. Stock is nice, customizable, and decently fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancedar Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Try Redux for Desire. Solid, fast, light, themed version is subtle yet beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiteJammin Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Stock over Sense by 100%. I got a Nexus S just for the fact that its a stock phone, i cant stand the manufacturer UI's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zivan56 Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 I use a very stock Android version (HyperdroidGBX) which is stripped down for speed. I would be able to tolerate Sense if it was as fast and nice looking as on Windows Mobile (where it has native 3D acceleration) and it supported Android with screen density of ~160. Right now it has huge oversized buttons which are pointless on large screen phones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zumiiiiii Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Just moved to Go Launcher, really liking it, does seem nice and fast, and quite a few themes available on market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrk Reviews Posted June 20, 2011 Reviews Share Posted June 20, 2011 I don't even use the stock Android UI :p I do like Sense but it's a bit too "all in one" for my liking. I like to keep things minimal and customise from there so I much prefer to have full control over what intragegrations are in my phone as well as be able to control them at will and only stock Android (Or Samsung phones with Touchwiz) fully allow that. Samsung's implementation differs Sense in that all the core features of the Samsung UI is built around the stock Android system so hardware acceleration, widgets and features can still be enjoyed by installing another launcher whereas with Sense you must be using a SenseUI to get the Sense features and widgets. I have LauncherPro Plus and while the widgets are very much the same, the remainder of the features (dialler T9 etc) are not. To combat this I just use GoLauncher EX and Dialer One which gives a nice and polished experience with improved T9 dialler searching and customisation. But that's just me :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberKewl Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Actually if you're on android 2.x, stock is pretty boring especially on Nexus One or Nexus S. I prefer other launchers instead of sense such as go launcher/adw/launcher pro, they're very customisable. Sense UI isnt that bad actually just that it can be slow especially when you add too much stuff to your homescreen and have too many animations going on. For honeycomb on the other hand I prefer the stock UI over the custom launchers like Adw or Launcherpro, i think google did a great job in the stock honeycomb UI overall - you can live without custom ones :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjcrazy Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 HTCSense. Winner for me. Admittly I haven't tried stock, but it doesn't appeal to me. MarkusDarkus 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardcore Til I Die Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 I prefer Sense other than the fact it's really slow compared to stock. For that reason I run stock.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowelieTowel Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 stock android is the best with launcher pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgevella Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 stock android w/ launcher pro. Reason: runs smoother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmak Administrators Posted July 3, 2011 Administrators Share Posted July 3, 2011 LauncherPro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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