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Help Altering the Sense 3.0 Carousel animation??

boriqua2000

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does anyone know if it's possible to lower the sensitivity of the home screen carousel?? i tend to flick from home screen to home screen pretty quick and this carousel thing is driving me nuts spinning and spinning. i want to give sense a chance,if it isn't possible im going back to launcher pro.i can't stand this thing.:mad:
 
i flip it like the old evo and it flips normally. i have to want to flip it fast to get it to go..

Same, I haven't had a problem "accidentally" spinning it all the way.

I did notice however you can change directions while you are spinning it. Also, if you tap on one of the screens while it is spinning it will stop on that one, you don't have to wait for it to finish (if you do let it finish it will stop on whatever screen you were on when you initiated it).
 
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i couldn't take it anymore.i went back to launcher pro. that carousel was making me want to throw the phone against the wall. love the lock screen though. launcher pros 3d app drawer moves so smooth on this phone. i didn't like senses new page by page thing in the app drawer. at first i thought there was something wrong with the phone.
 
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I didn't like senses new page by page thing in the app drawer. At first I thought there was something wrong with the phone.

Agreed, I don't like the 'pages' in the app drawer either. I think they should have had a way to toggle it on for 'pages' or off so it is 1 flowing page. One work around is to hit the menu key in the app drawer and change it to the list style format instead of the grid. Then you have a flowing list of apps, just not in a grid style.
 
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The best way to avoid the carousel for me has been to swipe from only the right half of the screen. If you swipe all the way across the screen, the carousel I'd much easier to engage. Shortening the swipe and keeping it on the right side has worked for me, in fact I cant swipe fast enough to even get the carousel
 
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When I first got my 3vo, I liked the short carousel animation we see when unlocking the phone. But after a few weeks of use, I find myself waiting impatiently during that 0.5 seconds it takes to spin before I can use my phone.

I know we're only talking about 0.5 seconds, but I'm wondering if anyone knows how to disable or shorten this animation? I've tried playing with window animation settings under display settings, but that doesn't control it.
 
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When I first got my 3vo, I liked the short carousel animation we see when unlocking the phone. But after a few weeks of use, I find myself waiting impatiently during that 0.5 seconds it takes to spin before I can use my phone.

I know we're only talking about 0.5 seconds, but I'm wondering if anyone knows how to disable or shorten this animation? I've tried playing with window animation settings under display settings, but that doesn't control it.

I would love to turn this ONE animation off. I always feel like I am waiting on it. However I don't see a way to disable it.
 
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I highly recommend trying GO Launcher EX. It has many screen flipping transition effects to choose from and does not have any carousel. The newest version just came out Tuesday and I've been loving the extensive customization options. I'm pretty sure it consumes less battery than Sense and I have already confirmed that is uses about 1/3 the resources. Also it allows you to add as many home screens as you could ever want. Beware, you will lose most of the HTC widgets but GO has made many of it's own to replace them, and most are free.

Personally, I found the carousel completely useless because it spins so fast you cannot really accurately choose where you want to go. I wonder how much battery was lost every time I unlocked the phone and watched it spin.
 
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