Sense 5 - what makes it better?

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Oct 17, 2013 at 4:43 PM
My apologizes to create a new thread about Sense 5 which seems to be a hot and controversial topic right now.
I've got my hands on that controversial ROM with Sense 5 a couple days ago just because I was curious to see what kind of improvements Sense 5 over Sense 4+ will offer.
I don't really want to discuss a ROM itself, only Sense 5 is what interests me at this point.

To be honest I did not like it at all. Sure, it was snappier than my current ViperS 3.1.2 with Sense 4+ but besides Blinkfeed which I hardly care about it did not seem to offer any major improvements...
To me what made Sense and HTC phones preferred choice (besides hardware + design) were Sense looks and widgets that are mostly gone from Sense 5. I rely on mail and messaging widgets daily and also calendar/task widgets with my upcoming appointments have a prominent placement.
Without these I can just install any deSensed ROM on my HTC Sensation and slap any good launcher on top of it to get a similar results... :rolleyes:
I know that I am coming late to the party, Sense 5 has been available for ages now, but until today I never had a chance to try it on my beloved Sensation. After my recent experience I will probably stick with Sense 4+ for a very long time because it works really well for me and I have also decided to postpone purchase of a new cellphone (I am still waiting for HTC to introduce a new flagship phone with micro SD slot included - HTC One Max is not what I am looking for).

I would like to hear about what are your thoughts as far Sense 5 is concerned and why should I forget about my favorite Sense 4 widgets...
 
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Oct 17, 2013 at 4:55 PM
jkolner said:
Im not a Sense fan, but Sense5 should be lighter and faster.
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As I have mentioned in my post, it is definitely snappier (because it's lighter = missing features). Obviously I use specific apps to do what I am trying to accomplish but for me specifically what made Sense attractive choice were widgets that provide needed information with one glance. These missing features in Sense 5 is what makes me to consider abandoning HTC phones all together and try different brand (Sony Z1 looks good to me).
Maybe I should rephrase what I am trying to say... "What makes Sense 5 better then lets say Nova launcher for example?"
 
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Oct 17, 2013 at 6:00 PM
Nicx59 said:
I haven't tested one yet, but I LOVE how Sense looks.
I want my phone to look nice too :p
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I wholeheartedly agree, looks of Sense was originally what attracted me to HTC phones in a first place, in my case starting with HTC Diamond. Damn, I am probably getting old :crying: since I still like "retro" Sense 4 design bit more than oversimplified Sense 5 icons. But it's mostly features that I value. My current ViperS 3.1.2 with it's tweaks makes my Sensation an amazing phone. The only thing I was hoping for with Sense 5 was faster, snappier performance without giving up on features.
 

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Oct 17, 2013 at 6:15 PM
Just give it some time. The official ViperS Sense 5 (with tweaks) isn't even out yet.

If you're looking for some widgets & features, I think some modders will take care of that.

And well, thank god for custom ROMs we can pretty much have any version of Sense on Sensation. 7 different versions! Damn.
 
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Oct 17, 2013 at 8:43 PM
Yeah, I know what you mean. I used the calendar, calculator, music and Notes widget the most, and they're gone from Sense 5. That's pretty much the only thing I miss, I really don't know why they would throw it out, it was something that differentiated sense from other launchers. Now it's all the same to me.
 
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boleguc said:
Yeah, I know what you mean. I used the calendar, calculator, music and Notes widget the most, and they're gone from Sense 5. That's pretty much the only thing I miss, I really don't know why they would throw it out, it was something that differentiated sense from other launchers. Now it's all the same to me.
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That is what I mean...
I have Asus Memo Pad 10, Tegra 3 makes it pretty fast and cost/value is very good as well. I have replaced original (slow) launcher with Nova launcher (currently my favorite) and decided to reduce number of screens to 3 although I might as well do fine with one only.
With general lack of useful widgets my screen is filed with grid of app icons and folders. It begins to resemble Apple products I despise.
 
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boleguc said:
Yeah, I know what you mean. I used the calendar, calculator, music and Notes widget the most, and they're gone from Sense 5. That's pretty much the only thing I miss, I really don't know why they would throw it out, it was something that differentiated sense from other launchers. Now it's all the same to me.
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Venom sense 5 have many widgets like calendar ,music ,gmail,contact ,old clock and new clock too :) so don't worry once we get full working sense 5 we other dev might be able to port those other remaining widgets too like note .btw what other widgets u want whether u don't need in sense 5 as u can see it everywhere ,friendsstreem u also don't need that cause of blink feed ,which r the remaining (most of them on sense 4 r useless) :)

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Harbir said:
Venom sense 5 have many widgets like calendar ,music ,gmail,contact ,old clock and new clock too :) so don't worry once we get full working sense 5 we other dev might be able to port those other remaining widgets too like note .btw what other widgets u want whether u don't need in sense 5 as u can see it everywhere ,friendsstreem u also don't need that cause of blink feed ,which r the remaining (most of them on sense 4 r useless) :)

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You think those widgets can be ported? I know when I was on the desire forums that some had tried to port some widgets from GB sense 3.6 to earlier sense, but I don't think they managed to that. Hope it will be possible :)
 
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Blinkfeed of sense 5 is useless. It's usable in sense 5.5 only, because there you can finally customize the sources to be displayed.
So if the only or main reason to switch to sense 5 is just blinkfeed then there's no reason, because you won't use it much.
I wish that sense 5.5 porting would be feasible :)
 
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Oct 27, 2013 at 1:59 PM
Nicx59 said:
You do realize that sharing that here isn't allowed, right? ._.
And even that KangSense has a few bugs.. I think it's like Team Venoms old build, which another developer 'stole' and fixed a little.
I'm gonna wait for Team Venom's official.
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You can share anything as long as it is not warez. At the end of the day until someone has PROOF it is team venom rom then it's allowed to be shared :)

I only shared so people can flash to get a taste of sense 5 that's all.
 
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