HTC Sense 6.0 UI - Lollipop vs KitKat comparison

Earlier this month HTC has released Android 5.0 for the HTC One M8 together with the HTC Sense 6.0. New Over The Air (OTA) update started rolling out for WWE unbranded devices on Wednesday (28.01.2015), so during these few days I had a chance to look closely at the user interface changes after the update. I didn't expect many, because HTC Sense version is still the same, but Android Lollipop is quite a big platform upgrade, so some major and some little visual changes are all over the place.

I hope you'll enjoy reading!

Something I couldn't really capture and compare are new Android 5.0 animations. The effect of the touched button is really nice. There are more improvements and changes in this area, but it's not my intention here to describe Android L animations or transition effects. Below is just en example of how the new Android L touched button animation works.

Source: www.goo.gl/W59bHJ

Below you can find a side-by-side comparison of a different UI components from the HTC Sense 6.0 before and after the upgrade to Android 5.0 (KitkKat vs Lollipop). Picture on the left always represents Android 5.0.1 Lollipop with the HTC Sense 6.0, while the picture on the right shows Android 4.4.4 KitKat with the HTC Sense 6.0 on board too. Have fun!

Main screen - nothing has really changed here. Also the widgets screen where you can configure different widgets and a number of desktops remains unchanged.

Lock Screen - one of the most changed element of the HTC user interface. The notification system in Android 5.0 Lollipop has been significantly updated and this has an important impact to the Sense Lock Screen too.

First of all, the notifications are no longer visible on the status bar, but when the device is locked they appear on the lock screen in a form of a list with a content preview. You can dismiss any of them the same was as before - by sliding it left or right.

The bottom arrow pointing to slide a finger up to unlock the device is also gone. The "Charging" icon has been moved to the bottom of the screen and the look of the "locker" icon is also slightly different. In case of too many notifications on the Lock Screen you can expand the hidden ones by clicking on the "+1" button at the end of the list.

The animation to unlock the device is also different. It seems that now it makes no difference whether you move your finger up, left or right. No matter what direction you choose, the locker will only go up and unlock the device.

Pull down menu - that one is also related to the extended notifications system in the Android Lollipop. The pull down menu is now semi-transparent and it looks much different. The "X" icon works the same as before and you can use it to dismiss all notifications at once. There is also a "Settings" icon that takes you directly to the Settings menu. The Quick Settings icon is gone, because the flipping animation is also gone, and to enter the Quick Settings menu user has to swipe down again while being in the pull down menu.

You can also tap and hold your finger on the particular notification to see more details about the app that sent the notification.

Quick Settings - works pretty much the same, only the background is different due to the previously mentioned changes in the notifications system. I think even the icons are the same.

Task Manager - one of the greatest changes I've noticed so far. The list of the applications you can run from the Tasks Manager is pretty impressive and it's not gone even after device reboot. It works very fast too. This is a true multitasking, finally!

Keyboard selection - the keyboard icon to select different input method is moved from the notification bar to the navigation bar. You no longer need to pull down the menu and tap on the keyboard icon to change the input method. Just click on the keyboard icon on the very right side of the navigation bar.

The menu window to select a different keyboard type is also slightly different. Now it's using Material Design framework.

Power menu - the only change in the Settings ---> Power menu is removed "Fast boot" mode. I have no clue why HTC decided to remove it but personally I wasn't even using it, so I don't cry :)

Security - there are quite a lot of changes in this system component. You can't add any lock screen widgets any more. As far as I know not many used that feature, but maybe HTC will bring it back in the HTC Sense 7.0 update. There is also a new feature called "Smart Lock" - a new tool to make unlocking your phone easier. You can set it to keep your phone unlocked when you have a trusted Bluetooth device connected to it, when it's in a familiar location like your home or work or when it recognises your face. HTC also decided to remove the "Notification settings" and "Unlock Music Automatically" from the Security screen.

Settings menu - only 2 changes here - new search icon that allows you to find settings components fast and easy. However it doesn't have many key words yet. Also "Sound" changed to "Sound & Notifications" (more details about that change below).

App notification - one of the reasons why "Sounds" changed to "Sounds & notifications". You can now go to Settings ---> Sounds & Notifications ---> App notifications and scroll down to see a list of all apps installed on your device.

Just select and tap of the app to enter new menu where you can prevent the app from sending you any kind of notifications ("Block") or set the priority of the app notifications to be shown at the top of the list ("Priority").

Apps manager - slightly re-designed with a new cool "Material Design style" device RAM memory bar. Now it also separates system apps from user apps.

Another cool feature is a new "Disabled" tab in the Settings ---> Apps menu, where you can see a list of all disabled (frozen) apps. By taping on the app and entering App info screen you can enable the app.

Display & Gesture - a few little updates here too. "Brightness" changed to "Brightness level". The "NOTIFICATION LIGHT" sub-menu is moved to Settings ---> Sound & notification section.

Sound & Notifications - this place is quite re-organized. After the Android Lollipop update the "NOTIFICATIONS & ALARMS" sub-menu is gone and its content ("Notification sound" and "Alarm") is moved to "GENERAL" sub-menu.

There is also a new "NOTIFICATION" sub-menu with a possibility to configure Flash notifications, App light notifications, previously described App notifications, notifications content (when device is locked) and Notification access.

That's all I've spotted so far. My conclusion? Android 5.0 Lollipop update for the HTC One M8 is a huge improvement, yet most important changes are under the hood (like ART). However, regular user shouldn't be sad because there are quite a lot of UI changes too. The new notifications system works very well and I'm sure HTC will bring us even more amazing stuff with the HTC Sense 7.0 update.

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HTC One M8 receives official Lollipop OTA update [WWE & T-Mobile]

If you were waiting for the official Lollipop OTA updates for your HTC One M8 – wait no more! Today HTC has started rolling out update for the .401 WWE (World Wide English) devices and - which is surprising - for the T-Mobile carrier in various European countries (f.g. 118 - PL, 111 - DE).

Android 5.0 Lollipop is available for the HTC One M8 since few days already - we wrote about it here: HTC One M7 & HTC One M8 Android Lollipop stock system dumps and here: HTC One M8 received Android 5.0.1 Lollipop with the HTC Sense 6 UI but since today the gates are open for owners of the unbranded WWE devices too! Previously OTA was available only for  the M8 Developer Edition variant.

OTA package for WWE devices is 782MB (4.16.401.10) and can be downloaded from here.

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HTC One M7 & HTC One M8 Android Lollipop stock system dumps

Android 5.0 "Lollipop" has been unveiled on June 25, 2014 and it’s the latest version of the Android mobile operating system developed by Google. Only few months later the HTC One M7 - the best smartphone of the 2013 and the HTC One M8 - the best smartphone of the 2014 are already running Android Lollipop together with the most powerful Android custom UI - HTC Sense 6.0.

HTC One M8

Software version: 4.16.401.10 CL448934 | Status: Official

Android version: Android Lollipop 5.0.1 | LRX22C | SDK: 21

Kernel version: 3.4.0-g6af28ec

Radio version: 1.25.214500021.06G_20.68.4196t.01_F

HTC SDK API: 6.55

HTC Sense version: official 6.0 / 6.5

HTC One M7

Software version: 7.15.401.1 CL456114 | Status: Official

Android version: Android Lollipop 5.0.2 | LRX22F | SDK: 21

Kernel version: 3.4.10-g1d6af31

Radio version: 4T.33.3218.15_10.33N.1718.01L

HTC SDK API: 6.55

HTC Sense version: official 6.0 / 6.5

As you can see the HTC One M7 is running slightly newer Lollipop version with a higher kernel version. Worry not - HTC will soon bring us another update based on the Android 5.0.2 and few weeks after HTC One M9 (?) is released HTC will update HTC One M8 with the latest HTC Sense 7.0 UI.

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Together with the new official system updates for the HTC One M7 and the HTC One M8 we've also updated the Android Revolution HD custom ROM.

HTC One M8 - Android Revolution HD 34.0

HTC One M7 - Android Revolution HD 90.0

Stock system dumps of these updates can be found on our site, under "Downloads" section or directly from the Android File Host site:

HTC One M8 stock system dumps collection - Android File Host

HTC One M7 stock system dumps collection - Android File Host

You can find the download links in the "Downloads" section or just click this link.

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How to: Unlock external SD Card writing for all apps in Android 4.4 and 5.0

In Android 4.4 "Kitkat" (API 19) Google has changed the default permissions for the external SD Card (usually microSD). Since that Android OS version third-party apps have no more access to write on the SD Card. It's a bit problematic, because now you might not be able to use your favourite Files Manager to move or copy files on the external storage.

Some time ago I wrote a comprehensive guide about the differences between external storage (microSD Card), internal storage (virtual SD Card) as a part of the userdata partition and internal storage (virtual SD Card) as a separate eMMC partition - Virtual SD card on Android.

Now let's get back to our R/W (Read/Write) permission "problem" on the external storage. There are 3 things you need to know before going any further:

1. This change was made by Google for a security reason. Keep that in mind!
2. Root access is required to make proper changes on your device.
3. This method might break OTA updates on your device if you're running stock operating system. I wrote "might" because this trick is based on modifying the /system/etc/permissions/platform.xml file, which isn't frequently updated by phone manufacturers, but most likely it will be updated when next major system update arrives (f.g. KitKat ---> Lollipop).

Procedure

Note: root required!

1. Start up your device normally and wait for the system to be fully loaded.
2. Open any files manager of your choice (Root Explorer, ES File Explorer, Total Commander) and make sure it runs with superuser permissions.
3. Mount your system partition as R/W (Read/Write) to perform any changes.
4. Navigate to the /system/etc/permissions/ folder and look for the platform.xml.
5. Copy the platform.xml file into the same location as platform.xml.bak file.
6. Open the platform.xml file with any text editor on your device and search for the following line:
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE">


It should look like on the picture below:



7. Now you need to add a 3rd GID (Group ID): <group gid="media_rw" /> and you need to make it looks exactly like on the picture below:

8. Using Root Explorer or any other Files Manager of your choice make sure that the platform.xml file has proper permissions: Owner R-W | Group R | Others R (0644 rw-r--r--). You can also use adb shell to set permissions with a chmod 0644 /system/etc/permissions/platform.xml command.
9. Reboot your device and enjoy!
10. In case of problems with OTA update just remove modified platform.xml and rename platform.xml.bak to its original name.

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HTC’s Android Lollipop update roadmap

According to the HTC-Vietnam site, Android 5.0 Lollipop update with the HTC Sense UI on board is suppose to land on multiple HTC devices in 2015. Thanks to HTC's impressive update timing we can already enjoy Lollipop taste on the HTC One M7 and the HTC One M8 in both Sense and Google Play Edition flavours. Earlier in 2014 we already wrote about possible roadmap in this article: "HTC devices to receive Android 5.0 "Lollipop" update". Here are some fresh details:

January:

• HTC One M8
• HTC One M7

February:

• HTC One E8
• HTC Desire Eye
• HTC One M8 Eye
• HTC Butterfly 2

March:

• HTC One Max
• HTC One M7 Dual SIM
• HTC Desire 816
• HTC Desire 820u
• HTC One Mini 2
• HTC One E8 (China)
• HTC One M8 Eye (China)

April:

• HTC One Mini 2 (UL)
• HTC Desire 610
• HTC Desire 820s
• HTC Desire 510
• HTC One Mini

As you can see, HTC is about to update all of the high-end and most of the middle-end devices. Well done, HTC!

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How to: Fix no access to the virtual SD card after Android Lollipop update

This solution is based on the experience with some HTC and Nexus devices, however it will work on any device running Android Lollipop or newer/older Android OS with SELinux (Security-Enhanced Linux) kernel security module.

What's the problem? Sometimes you might not be able to access the content of the internal userdata memory, also known as "virtual SD card" - located as /data/media/0 on the userdata partition. The "bad" workaround is to boot the device in a recovery mode and gain the access to all files from there, but this doesn't solve the problem at all.

Repair Process
Note: root required!

1. Download this mini-sdk package and extract it to c:\mini-sdk
2. Connect your device to the PC
3. Start up the device normally, wait until system is fully loaded
4. Open a command prompt on the PC (cmd.exe), type and confirm each command with ENTER:
5. cd /d c:\mini-sdk
6. adb shell
7. su
8. restorecon -FR /data/media/0
9. exit

What's going to happen? Restorecon is a program used to restore file(s) default SELinux security contexts. It can be run at any time to correct errors or to add support for new policy. With a corrected SELinux security context for the /data/media/0 you will be able to access the content of the virtual SD card again.

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ROM MaximusHD 50.0.0 | Android 5.0.2 Lollipop | Sense 6.0 ( 1.0 )

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Video hướng dẫn cài đặt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSbbkj4CTH8

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Phiên bản HTC J one android 5.0.2 sense 6.0 đầu tiên cuối cùng đã được port từ M7 hoàn thành , by tutonline.net & gocmobile.net

ROM ĐƯỢC PORT TỪ M7

Credit :  http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2189373

Thông tin hệ thống:

Based on HTC One 7.15.401.1
Android 5.0.2 (LRX22F)
Sense 6.0
Amazing battery life
Fast and Stable
Tweaked for Best Performance
OTA Updates
APM
Auto-Kernel Flash
OpenGL ES 3.0
Deodexed
Zippaligned
Rooted
Aroma Multi-Language Setup (Supports 24languages now)
Option to remove unneeded apps
Option to install additional mods
Support of init.d
Always newest ROM bases
And many more

KERNEL :

- GPU OC và UC với các mức 128, 200, 320, 400, 450, và 487

- ROW, SIO, ZEN, FIOPS io schedulers

- OnDemand, Performance, Power Save, Intellidemand, Intelliactive, Intellimm, Smartmax, Lionheart, and Optimax Governors

- Max Screen Off CPU Frequency

- Advanced TCP Congestion controls

- Fast Charge

- Simple GPU governor

- Faux Sound Control

- User Space Voltage control

- Intelliplug HotPlug alternative & intellithermal

- Screen Wake options: Sweep2Wake, DoubleTap2Wake, Logo2wake, pocket detection, flick2wake, pick2wake, and Logo2Menu

- ZRAM/ZCACHE/SWAP

- CPU Boost

- Neon drivers

- Linaro 4.9.3 - cortex a15 toolchain

- 03 Optimazations

- Kexec Hardboot

- LZ4 Compression

Hướng dẫn cài đặt :

Download ROM and put it on internal sdcard

Put device in bootloader mode (Power + Volume Down)

Enter Recovery and do wipe first

Find in Recovery “Choose zip from sdcard” choose appropriate zip file

Proceed steps that Aroma installer gives

Reboot device after finishing installation

Vui lòng sử dụng tako0910 twrp_2.8.1.0_m7wlj.zip để cài đặt

Chú ý : Lần đầu tiên khởi động sẽ mấy từ 15 đến 20 phút , hãy kiên nhẫn chờ đợi .

BUG :
NFC

Download

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MD5 : 8798672b20481ffc58d87ab21d455832

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