[REQ][DEV]Port Sense 3.5 lockscreen to Sense 2.1/3.0 hybrid ROMs

ZeGuitarist · May 9, 2012

This thread is in Development because I mean to share a development idea that I had with the devs here. I don't have the knowledge or skill to work this out myself, so I'm hoping to start a discussion among devs who can do something with it.

Right. At the moment, Sense 2.1/3.0 hybrid ROMs are all using the Sense 3.0 lockscreen - but it's still an old version of that lockscreen, ported in the early days of the HTC Sensation (by seo if I'm correct). Resizing for the lower resolution on the Desire was necessary, and you can see that clearly on the lockscreen - icons and text appear slightly "squashed", and performance is slightly choppy as well.

However, on full Sense 3.5 ROMs ported from the HTC Runnymede, the lockscreen is graphically flawless, and it's lagfree as well, probably largely due to the fact that no resizing is involved. It's just a much better lockscreen than the Sense 3.0 one found in Sense 2.1/3.0 hybrids.

My question/idea is: could this properly sized Sense 3.5 lockscreen be ported from Bliss or Runnymede ROMs to work in Sense 2.1 ROMs?

I'm hoping for this to be a place for devs to discuss and hopefully work out this idea. Mods, if you still think this is in the wrong place, feel free to move.

Thanks in advance!

rzgomba · May 9, 2012

Question is whose ROM for Base?

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dani_vh92 · May 9, 2012

rzgomba said:
Question is whose ROM for Base?

Sent from my HTC Desire using xda premium

I suggest Rsk or Seb's ROM

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ZeGuitarist · May 9, 2012

Both of which are based on Runnymede RUUs. Keep in mind that the question is to port the lockscreen from Sense 3.5, not from a single specific Sense 3.5 ROM - so the base will come from HTC, not from any custom ROM developer here.

In other words, this question is pretty much irrelevant.

ZeGuitarist · May 11, 2012

Bump. I'm hoping at least one of the few developers still left here could look into this.

lenny_kano · May 11, 2012

ZeGuitarist said:
Bump. I'm hoping at least one of the few developers still left here could look into this.

Might have a go if you want. Something different. Not for a couple of days though. Sense isn't my thing but smali /apktool is. I'll pm when I can.

ZeGuitarist · May 11, 2012

lenny_kano said:
Might have a go if you want. Something different. Not for a couple of days though. Sense isn't my thing but smali /apktool is. I'll pm when I can.

Many thanks, man! Looking forward to it.

I was hoping we could do most of our communication in this thread, though. That way, other devs could chip in wherever help may be needed. And that could be welcome, if Sense really isn't your thing

Hoping to see as much dev input as possible here, and it seems we're off to a great start. Thanks again!

lenny_kano · May 11, 2012

ZeGuitarist said:
Many thanks, man! Looking forward to it.

I was hoping we could do most of our communication in this thread, though. That way, other devs could chip in wherever help may be needed. And that could be welcome, if Sense really isn't your thing

Hoping to see as much dev input as possible here, and it seems we're off to a great start. Thanks again!

Ok no probs. I have enough pms for porting and mods, a thread would be a good change

No promises, but ill do my best to have it done this weekend. It's not that I'm anti-sense, but I've always been on my miui builds (for at least 8 of the 11 months I've owned an android phone). Fingers crossed

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lenny_kano · May 11, 2012

Which 2.1+3.0 Rom do you use at the moment? I already have a few 3.5 zips so can get the lockscreen easy enough, just need to know which Rom to use when doing the porting /testing? (and so I can see what you mean about the visual problems.)

Still won't know how big a task it is until I look tomorrow.

Spatnonkl · May 12, 2012

His signature says he is using the Alex-V's ROM.
I haven't tried Alex-V 1.8 ROM yet, but i use InsertCoin for years now. I'd love to see it in InsertCoin 1.1.4 as well. I'll stay tuned.

ZeGuitarist · May 12, 2012

lenny_kano said:
Which 2.1+3.0 Rom do you use at the moment? I already have a few 3.5 zips so can get the lockscreen easy enough, just need to know which Rom to use when doing the porting /testing? (and so I can see what you mean about the visual problems.)

Still won't know how big a task it is until I look tomorrow.

I'm on Alex-V 1.8 for cm7r2 now, the link is in my sig. I don't think there's much of a difference with other 2.1/3.0 ROMs (like InsertCoin), if any difference at all - as far as the lockscreen goes, that is. They all use different implementations of a2sd (standard, data++, ad2sdx, even int2sd), which probably needs looking into.

And take your time. It's already immensely appreciated that you're willing to look into it in the first place.

island3r · May 12, 2012

This looks like a very interesting project. To be honest though, I don't think a hacked up version of the ring lockscreen will go any faster on sense 2.1 roms.
If you check out any pure Sense 3 port you will see that the lockscreen is way smoother than any 2.1/3.0 hybrid or even a 3.5 rom, even with all the resizing.
In my opinion it all comes down to framework changes between sense versions.

But anyway, I guess a good starting point would be a smali by smali compare between an original sense3 htclockscreen.apk and one from the hybrid roms to roughly see what needs changing. Then you could try to apply the same modifications in the 3.5 lockscreen apk.

ZeGuitarist · May 12, 2012

island3r said:
This looks like a very interesting project. To be honest though, I don't think a hacked up version of the ring lockscreen will go any faster on sense 2.1 roms.
If you check out any pure Sense 3 port you will see that the lockscreen is way smoother than any 2.1/3.0 hybrid or even a 3.5 rom, even with all the resizing.
In my opinion it all comes down to framework changes between sense versions.

Possibly, but in any case we'd still lose the graphical imperfections of the old, resized Sense 3.0 lockscreen. In Sense 3.5, the ring is a lot bigger too - it sticks out further from the bottom, making it easier to grab and unlock. Even just graphically, it's better than the current lockscreen.

Also, nobody's ever tried this, so we'd never know if it'll be faster.

island3r said:
But anyway, I guess a good starting point would be a smali by smali compare between an original sense3 htclockscreen.apk and one from the hybrid roms to roughly see what needs changing. Then you could try to apply the same modifications in the 3.5 lockscreen apk.

I concur. Thanks for your input!

lenny_kano · May 12, 2012

Trust me, I know what needs doing

How hard it is to do is the question, porting apks between frameworks is fairly simple unless they are massively different and the apk is hugely dependent on it.

I had miui v4 themes working on evervolv by hand porting the code, and ported apks between frameworks before so have a fair idea what needs doing .

island3r · May 12, 2012

This thread will turn out to be highly educational then. Nice

lenny_kano · May 14, 2012

Just fyi, due to a couple of things taking longer than I thought yesterday, will most likely get around to looking at this on Wednesday. I'll post when I have anything useful.

ZeGuitarist · May 14, 2012

Alright. No worries, I've got plenty of revision to kill time until then.

Iperzampem0 · May 14, 2012

Is there a way to "install" Sense 3.0 lockscreen on Sense 1.9 (stock HTC gingerbread for Desire)?

lenny_kano · May 15, 2012

Iperzampem0 said:
Is there a way to "install" Sense 3.0 lockscreen on Sense 1.9 (stock HTC gingerbread for Desire)?

Not without modifying it, and no, I have no plans to look at anything else sense related, sorry.

Please stay on topic.

lenny_kano · May 16, 2012

Been trying to get Alex-Vs rom since yesterday, and download is stuck at 98% and has been disconnecting constantly. PITA and I'm tired so hopefully it'll finish tomorrow and I can have a look.

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