Root SenseUI

[baronzeus]

Why does everyone seem to hate SenseUI? I find it beautiful and very smooth. I wouldn't want to remove it when I root my phone.

I also get VERY good battery life after my recent battery tweaks.

 

[0tter]

Mostly because Sense UI causes it to take a lot longer to get Android updates.

 

[jasonb1985]

i'm keeping sense. it was one of the main reasons i got the phone.

 

[Bug Splat]

Why does everyone seem to hate SenseUI? I find it beautiful and very smooth. I wouldn't want to remove it when I root my phone.

I also get VERY good battery life after my recent battery tweaks.

Me too. I like it. I came from using SPB Mobile Shell 3.5 on my last phone and I loved that UI. Sense reminds me a lot of SPB and I feel right at home using it. I always thought the basic android UI was very boring.

 

[baronzeus]

Mostly because Sense UI causes it to take a lot longer to get Android updates.

Aren't all post-Froyo updates supposed to be very simple, regardless of what UI you have?

 

[cdodge]

i'm keeping sense. it was one of the main reasons i got the phone.

same here

 

[GrandMasterB]

i'm keeping sense. it was one of the main reasons i got the phone.

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+1 One of the main reasons I upgraded from my Moto Droid.

 

[e30kid]

I like stock Android better. I liked my setup on the Droid. I'm not a huge fan of the HTC predictive text and I could do without all of the apps that duplicate functionality.

 

[Zenze]

I prefer vanilla android but it just comes down to personal preference really.

 

[CheezWiz]

I would ditch sense for SPB Mobile Shell for Android if they would ever release it.. I am coming from WinMo as well... For now, I am keeping sense..

 

[zombii matt]

i like the HTC predictive text since i use the compact qwerty keyboard but i prefer the look of vanilla android

 

[yojoe600]

used to hate sense on winmo but warmed up to it and thats why i got this phone... ill be keeping it

 

[jasperwill]

what changes exactly are in htc sense UI that are not in the stock android os?

things i know about and like:
phone bar at bottom of screen, apparently predictive text

 

[coolbone]

Lots of apps like peep and friendstream. And the phone dialer is custom, it's not always noticable, but it's pervasive.

From the Incredible Drooooiiiid.

 

[jasperwill]

just looking through my phone and the internet it looks like i don't use anything from HTC sense that wont be taken care of with Froyo.
everything that i use is either part of froyo (phone icon on home screens) or i have downloaded it from the app store. so i guess i have nothing to lose rooting to a 2.2 rom once someone makes one.

 

[e30kid]

I can't stand the auto HTTP thing in the browser. It's completely useless and highly annoying when I want to search for something. That alone is enough for me to want Sense to be off of my phone.

 

[jasperwill]

Thanks for saying that. I didn't know I could use Google search from the address bar in my incredible. I was thinking it didn't matter cuz I would just type go and then tap Google then type my search into the site. I guess I have been doing it the long way.

 

[jtcarnes]

In the browser, change your home page to about:blank. When you click in the address window, it auto-highlights and you can just type your search terms in and hit enter.

 

[zeke88]

i dont hate sense or stock. but i will install which ever release first.

 

[xvenom89]

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+1 One of the main reasons I upgraded from my Moto Droid.

Same, exactly. Also, the hardware was a big plus.

 

[jasperwill]

i dont hate sense or stock. but i will install which ever release first.

i havent used stock except in the store on the moto DROID but it seems unfinished and sense UI seems to be a good way to draw a larger customer base into the android OS. its just prettier. maybe 2.2 will make the OS pretty enough to be more interesting to the general public.

once a 2.2 stock rom is created for my DINC i will definitly be trying it out. but only if it comes out before the 2.2 sense UI. i just dont have a use for root right now and havent seen any benifits to changing between sense and stock 2.2 (either direction)

its funny: i tried out the droid in the store and hated the OS because there was too much customization and just looked thrown together.
as soon as i got my phone and was able to put everything where i wanted and see the icons in my own patterns instead of just filling the entire home screen with icons i can definitly see myself using stock 2.2 with no issues.
im sure this was because in the store everyone that walked in was moving stuff around and it was just a mess.

 

[Piiman]

I can't stand the auto HTTP thing in the browser. It's completely useless and highly annoying when I want to search for something. That alone is enough for me to want Sense to be off of my phone.

I'll bite, What's the "auto HTTP thing"

 

[yojoe600]

when u open the internet browser it already gives http before u type in a address... so if u want to search then u have to delete that first

 

[jasperwill]

although jtcarnes gave a workaround up above, that only works if you don't already have other windows open. i would like to be able to just start typing into the address bar of an already being used tab for searches.

 

[ponchera]

I screwed up HTC Sense, actually, all launchers are crashing on me after rooting, not sure what I may have installed that's causing this, did too many things at once (and can't recall what).
SOOo before reloading the stock ROM, anyway I can backup/restore my Sense homescreen layout?