Sense 6 impressions

[patchs]

Overall, I like it but I miss the HTC live weather wallpaper which is what I was using til today.
And how can you choose a different theme color than orange, green or purple?
If you look at the themes, you see different shades at the top of the wallpaper, I'd like blue, not purple.
Plus it changes the wallpaper.

 

[michaelp68]

I've noticed that my signal strength bars have changed dramatically, going way down.

With Sense 6, are the bars indicating data or voice signal strength?

Either way, wow, I've gone from full bars in my office to only one bar.

 

[Loiter]

Like the changes . Super excited about being able to change the fonts. Can anyone recommend a good font package

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I have the same question.
I really love the Helvetica font but it is too small and thin so I don't use it.
Any suggestions?

 

[anticlutch]

Love the Helvetica as well, but it is awfully thin. If it were a little bit thicker (bolder?) I think it would be perfect. For some reason though, it reminds me a lot of the font that iOS uses... perhaps it's the same font?

 

[TimmE]

About the lock screen. On mine swiping to the right brings me to BlinkFeed. Swiping to the left brings me to my home screen. Swiping up brings me to what I was doing when the phone locked.

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[dixie_boysles]

my first impression i am dissapointed with the update.



i was hoping the unlock direction could be configured to open specific apps or perform certain tasks depending on the direction of the swipe. as it turns out, you cannot configure it. using nova (and i suspect any launcher other than sense), the padlock performs the same action (just unlock the phone) regardless of the direction i slide my finger.


i also thought i could customise the theme colour. it turns out, we get only 3 ugly pre-made inflexible themes to choose from (purple, orange, dark green) and it seems i cannot get rid of the horrid green switcher colour unless i change the entire theme to something else and get instead a dreadful electric orange or purple instead. i just wanted the old light blue theme colour back and, sense 6, for whatever reason, won't let me choose a colour of my liking.

lock screen widgets now display an awkward grey frame when switched to and from - wtf.

also, before it was possible to scroll up a notification on the lock screen to open the notification's app directly. havent figured out how to do this with sense 6..

positives include the ability to unlock by sliding anywhere on the screen and the improvement on some apps - notably the camera.

Install WidgetLocker if you want that functionality

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[Deputy1]

I like it so much, I reactivated my One, and deactivated my new S5!

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[monkmullen]

also, before it was possible to scroll up a notification on the lock screen to open the notification's app directly. havent figured out how to do this with sense 6..

This. This drives me nuts. I can't figure out why they removed this feature, and I'd rather not have to install a separate app to get it back. Bummer.

 

[Loiter]

This. This drives me nuts. I can't figure out why they removed this feature, and I'd rather not have to install a separate app to get it back. Bummer.

If I understand what you are asking, I had the same problem.
I think I found out.
When you turn it on and the notifications appear on the lockscreen (I'm talking about lockscreen notifications like mails, missed calls, SMS) you then swipe a bit down and it's like a separate board appears. It's even shaped like a rectangular. Then you tap the notification and the app opens.
Again, I'm not sure if you are asking the same thing.

Also, anyone did this with the double tap? I can't be the only one having an US unlocked version and I can turn off the screen.

 

[cgardnervt]

All sounds great! However att has yet to see it. But I will stick with Nova Launcher.

 

[kar4ken]

Live Weather Wallpaper!

Why do these updates always have to take things away? Live weather wallpaper was one of my very favorite features and one of the main reasons I stuck with HTC for my new phone. I want to revert to the last version. So annoying.

 

[kar4ken]

Re: Live Weather Wallpaper!

I want my Live Weather Wallpaper back. I need to figure out how to revert to previous version. Oh, and my customized ringtones. Last time I updated they took away my option to not have to swipe to start. Now they take away more that I like. Why?

 

[cgardnervt]

Re: Live Weather Wallpaper!

Is the lock screen still craptastic?

 

[jumblednonsense]

Re: Live Weather Wallpaper!

While I'm glad to finally have the ability to change the lockscreen background (because I still think it was a really stupid decision to make us use the same wallpaper in 5.5), I noticed that the position of the icons on the home screens seem to have shifted? Or was a line of icons taken away? The way I have my home screens set up, I only have one row of icons on each screen, so it was immediately noticable that they'd shifted up a bit.

That default font was too small after the update, and usually I don't mind small fonts but even I couldn't deal with it. But upping the size to medium changed it to look something like the font that had been in Sense 5.5, so that was a bit of a relief.

 

[QuickStorm]

I noticed the icons shifted up too! It's bothering the crap out of me. Also my time/weather widget used to be gray see thru now it's white. Smh....

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[ivanhtcm7]

After reading all this i decided not to update, lots changes in ui that most of people complain. The only pro is camera interface, since no tap2wake dam u htc u hurt us ='(

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[regor60]

USB storage no longer seems to work

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[hpilot]

When I plug in the charger, the screen now comes on. I hate that. It didn't do that before. Any way to turn it off?

 

[blg923]

When I plug in the charger, the screen now comes on. I hate that. It didn't do that before. Any way to turn it off?

Mine has always done this.

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[johnnyenjoi]

Mine has always done this.

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Mine has always done this too. I like the update overall, I just wish there was a way for us to get those neat Motion Gestures. Anybody try the "extreme power saver" yet?