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Default HTC Sense & SPB Mobile Shell.

Does anyone know of a method of switching between these two shells on the HD2? It seems to me it's impossible to get Sense to run without uninstalling SPB, which seems a bit ridiculous to me. I like both interfaces and would like to choose one or the other depending on my mood.
 
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Yes, I have the same problem with my htc hd and spb shell 3.5
anybody found a solution?
 
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Especially given the fact that some apps are actually integrated into Sense, and once disabled, you are unable to access or use them!
 
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Does anyone know of a method of switching between these two shells on the HD2? It seems to me it's impossible to get Sense to run without uninstalling SPB, which seems a bit ridiculous to me. I like both interfaces and would like to choose one or the other depending on my mood.
Unfortunately, No.

It seems that SPB mobile shares resources (classes) with HTC sense. Once SPB mobile is installed, SPB mobile overwhelms HTC sense. Either SPB Mobile or HTC sense, not both.

I use SPB mobile and Leo.

It's a pity. Many functions of HTC Leo cannot be used then. So, if you love HTC sense, don't use SPB mobile; if you desperately want SPB mobile, don't buy Leo.

I think the burden should be on SPB. It is their responsibility to develop interface software that compatible with their target.

Unfortunately, they have not taken this responsibility.
 
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Unfortunately, No.

It seems that SPB mobile shares resources (classes) with HTC sense. Once SPB mobile is installed, SPB mobile overwhelms HTC sense. Either SPB Mobile or HTC sense, not both.
WRONG!

i wrote a little tutorial on how to switch between SPB shell 3.5 and sense smoothly without the need to disable either.

do a search in this forum. (ill try and find it for you also)
 
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do a search in this forum. (ill try and find it for you also)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...8&postcount=36

Beat you to it

It's a bit bizarre that you can't have an SPB shortcut in the quicklinks. Maybe someone will resolve that, because that would really help!
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haha... nice one :)
 
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It's a bit bizarre that you can't have an SPB shortcut in the quicklinks. Maybe someone will resolve that, because that would really help!
yeah true... i think someone tried to map the left softkey to spb home but that didnt work either. At least we have some form of switching for the time being.
 
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WRONG!

i wrote a little tutorial on how to switch between SPB shell 3.5 and sense smoothly without the need to disable either.

do a search in this forum. (ill try and find it for you also)
Yes, you are right, I was wrong. I am happy that I was wrong!

I tried. It works. The solution is quite simple indeed, surprisingly. Many thanks for the amazing solution.

I searched official forum of SPB but no solution is presented there. People on that forum discussed and all despaired at last. So I thought Spb and Sense cannot live together.

Someone wrote in this forum that s/he still uses HTC because there is XDA-developers. I join his/her comment.
 
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Sense is sluggish and causes the same in SPB!


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