Non-Sense

[hortonj54]

I was messing around with an app called lockbot or lock 2.0 yesterday, and somehow while the phone was "locked" I switched from Sense UI to pure android. At first I was baffled at how my phone did this while it was supposed to be locked, but then I figured out from the lockbot/lock 2.0 lock screen you can open up a wide variety of menus. I guess I managed to hit the secret code.

Anyway, I figured while I have Android running I would try it out. I really love it. The Eris seems to be much smoother on every app I try. Even the "call end" button seems to take faster. I love Sense UI, but I love the performance my phone has right now. And I managed to fit everything I "needed" onto the 3 provided screens.

I am going to continue testing the phone without Sense, but I was curious if anyone had any things to look out for that could help me determine wether or not I should return to sense.

 

[Bigwidge]

Re:

Is this true? If the Eris really is faster without Sense, I think I might just give it a shot, I mean I can always turn Sense back on, right? Sounds like something worth trying if you say it makes it seem faster.... can anyone else back him up on that? Thanks in advance

PS: a pic would be great

 

[addictedwayz]

2nd that does run a lil smoother on android with sense off

 

[GreenAcid]

2nd that does run a lil smoother on android with sense off

How do you turn Sense off?

 

[addictedwayz]

2nd that does run a lil smoother on android with sense off

How do you turn Sense off?

Settings, manage applications, find HTC sense click on it and and click clear defaults and now everytime you click the home screen you have the option to use HTC home or Android home

 

[l0stperfecti0n]

This is awesome, the phone is faster with sense turned off.

 

[Droidster163]

so this is only on the Eris and not the Droid?

 

[l0stperfecti0n]

Yes, because the Droid does not have HTC's Sense UI.

 

[KinderwoodLabs2]

2nd that does run a lil smoother on android with sense off

How do you turn Sense off?

Settings, manage applications, find HTC sense click on it and and click clear defaults and now everytime you click the home screen you have the option to use HTC home or Android home

Cool! Probably a dumb question, but can you turn Sense back on the same way?

 

[diverbelow]

How do you turn Sense off?

Settings, manage applications, find HTC sense click on it and and click clear defaults and now everytime you click the home screen you have the option to use HTC home or Android home

Cool! Probably a dumb question, but can you turn Sense back on the same way?

When you please the home button, you will be given a choice of home or HTC Sense (something like that).

 

[diverbelow]

This is awesome, the phone is faster with sense turned off.

Yes, you have the 3 home screens instead of 7, and non of the HTC widgets. My wife has the Eris and she like the phone with no sense but misses some of the HTC widgets.

 

[addictedwayz]

How do you turn Sense off?

Settings, manage applications, find HTC sense click on it and and click clear defaults and now everytime you click the home screen you have the option to use HTC home or Android home

Cool! Probably a dumb question, but can you turn Sense back on the same way?

If you set Android to default then yes u can turn sense back on the same way but if you don't set to default then just tap the home screen and it will give you the option to use HTC home or just home witch is Android home

 

[Bigwidge]

I downloaded an app called home switcher, it lets me pick beetween sense ui or vanilla android. I kinda like the android without sense, but i miss the big clock and some of the widgets. But I do like that with sense turned off, it lets me use the trackball to highlight and select apps on my home screen.

 

[hortonj54]

After 2 days of Vanilla I have found I really don't miss much from sense. I still have the sense keyboard (although currently using Swype) all my contacts still have the Facebook pics and updates.

I do miss some of the widgets, but I have just downloaded a couple apps to replace.
Such as:
Battery Widget for HTC Battery Widget
WiFi Toggle for the HTC switches (I rarely used the BT and GPS switches)
Dial@bar to replace the phone button on the bottom of our screens. It's nice not having to exit out of the browser to go to a contact or the dialer, just pull down the notification bar!

Not having 7 screens is not a deal breaker, but 5 (like what comes with Android 2.1) would be nice. 3 is doing the job just fine for now.

All in all the gain in performance I am experiencing far outways the coolness of Sense for now.

Lets see what I am thinking in a couple weeks

 

[refthemc]

Theres an old app called "Advanced Launcher" that looks just likes the Vanilla home but you have the option to choose how many screens you want and other things as well. Here is the app if anyone wants to give it a try...

AdvancedLauncher.apk