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Initial phone setup in Sense 4

HTC Sense has always been distinguished by a simple and convenient setup process and Sense 4 continues this tradition. Using the phone you start from the selection of the language and telecom operator.

Next, you can choose when using data transmission using mobile Internet and Wi-Fi or only when Wi-Fi is available, it is also proposed to select the synchronization method - automatic or on request.

The next step is invited to configure Wi-Fi and connect to available wireless networks. At this step, we can first see the new HTC Sense 4 keyboard, which did not undergo significant changes since Sense 3, it still looks great, only this time in dark color, there are functions of automatic adjustment and prediction words.

Next, it is proposed to create an HTC Sense account or enter a login and password if you already have it. This will give you full access to all advanced services and applications from HTC, this item is not mandatory and can be skipped. After that, you will be offered to create or enter the data of the existing Dropbox account, to obtain a bonus 25 GB from Dropbox and HTC.

The final setup step is the proposal to copy the data from your old phone.

Security in Sense 4

The audio personalization menu allows you to select a custom or standard ringtone for a call, notifications, messages and alarm clock, it is possible to save the sound circuit.

Sense 4 Home Screens

7 home screens are available for use, switching between which is carried out with branded 3D effects from HTC.

By clicking on the Home button on the central screen, DURGA SENSE branded chip appears - preview of all home screens, so you can see all your home screens on one page and quickly choose the desired one.

Sense 4 Notifications Panel

In addition to system notifications and all applications from the status bar have quick access to the settings menu. Notifications can be removed by the finger on them to the left or right, in general the statusbar is practically no different from the stock ICS.

Menu "All applications" in Sense 4

Here we are waiting for much more changes compared in previous versions of Sense and stocks of ICS. Pages with applications scratch horizontally, displayed 20 pieces on the page. Below are the tabs familiar to the HTC Sense users to switch between all applications that are most used and third. From above are the quick access buttons on Google Play, the search for installed applications, as well as the sorting button of the installed applications by date and alphabet. All these innovations should significantly facilitate work with a large number of applications.

Folders in Sense 4

Comparison - Left Sense 4, Right - Stock ICS

You can create folders in Sense 4 as well as in the usual Android 4 - just drag the application icons to each other. Pressing the folder opens the window with its contents, in contrast to the stock interface ICS, in Sense 4 Added a button for adding applications to the current folder, which greatly facilitates the organization of applications.

At the top - Stock Folders ICS, bottom - Sense 4 folders

Significantly in favor of Sense 4 different is the appearance of the folder with applications, in stock ICS - only the icon of the first application is displayed, the rest are located behind it, in Sense - 4 We see the first four icons located with a grid looks much better and more convenient than the stock option.

Lock screen

Sense 4 allows you to put the widgets on the lock screen (player, weather, social network), change the background, as well as make 4 applications that can be started by dragging them into the unlock ring. All this significantly expands the functions of the lock screen of your smartphone, which can now serve not only to watch time.

E-mail and text messages

Not all Android users use to communicate Gmail or Google Voice, HTC Sense 4 to take care of them, providing an e-mail brand application that has an intuitive and user-friendly interface, as well as the possibility of fine tuning and connecting any postal service.

Text messages (SMS) are implemented as always and convenient, as in previous versions of Sense. Added sorting and backup messaging functions.

Browser and Flash.

Stock Browser Android has always been good, but thanks to HTC in Sense 4 it has become even better! Really fast and convenient browser and built-in Adobe Flash 11. Flash can be turned on and off by one tap on the settings menu.

Music

The corporate music player from HTC has an excellent updated interface, as well as close integration with the new sensation interface. Beats Audio which has recently been the HTC super popular marketing trick is also present, the function turns on and off for all sound applications on the smartphone, makes the sound slightly cleaner and loud.

Camera

Over the improvement of the HTC camera application worked especially carefully. The camera application starts very quickly, on the left there are buttons on and off the flash, the shooting mode button (default is automatic, a variety of pre-installed modes is available - HDR, panorama, portrait shooting, etc.). The big blue button on the right is located, which will immediately select one of the many effects for overlaying on the photo taken, there is a button for quick access to the gallery and switching between the shooting modes of the photo and video.

Gallery Sense 4.

The gallery is intuitive and minimalist, view the photo in the slideshow mode, sharing photos with your friends in one tap.

Automotive Dock Station Mode

A special mode in which your smartphone HTC turns into a convenient assistant while driving a car, the center is located a large widget of hours and weather, and large buttons are displayed to access the dialer, music, navigation using Google MPAS and radio.

Sense 4.

The HTC Sense telephone application has always been a benchmark among Android users, a super convenient intuitive contact search, it is more convenient to switch between a set of numbers, contacts, groups and a call log. All phone features on one screen! In Dark color Sense 4, the dialer looks even better than in previous versions of Sense.

Contacts in Sense 4

Contact management is implemented as conveniently possible, you can quickly choose which contacts we want to look - from the phone, SIM, Google or other sources.

The viewing mode of one contact looks great, a big photo and all contact data are conveniently located on one page.

Multisasciation in Sense 4

Sense 4 Left, Ice Cream Sandwich Right

Switching between running applications looks more beautiful than in stock ICS, but perhaps less convenient because Spreading takes place to the left and right, and to complete the selected application, it is necessary to pull its previews up.

The calendar

The calendar looks great, downstairs are tabs to view the month, day and lite of affairs.

Weather in Sense 4

Weather from HTC - the best weather app for Android. Incredibly beautiful effects, a convenient and accurate forecast, a temperature schedule.

The weather can also be installed as a background for the lock screen, in this case special effects will be involved when the screen is turned on.

Options for developers

New menu for developers in Sense 4. With many functions, it became a real discovery. Here you can enable the display of the processor frequency, enable and disable HWA, turn on the display of connectivity to the touchscreen, change the animation parameters and many other parameters, the presence of which will be useful not only to application developers for Androidbut also just advanced users android1

That's all, as a result, we can say that HTC once again managed to create a better shell for AndroidThat even despite all the improvements in the new look still looks great and makes the use of the smartphone much more convenient. The most important thing is that in the new version Sens.e, managed to implement a real modern and convenient interface that is an excellent alternative to stock ICS and many other launcher Android.

Detailed review of HTC Sense 4 (60 screenshots with description + video):
rating 80 out of 80. Based on 80 ratings.
Total 80 reviews.

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Choosing a smartphone, the user draws attention to the design and technical parameters, without deepening in the shell details. Although it is with the interface that you have to communicate daily. And what it is more convenient and clearer, the more comfortable will be the use of a smartphone.

Nice Google Android will not surprise anyone, and most of the apparators available on the market are equipped with a basic shell. And only some manufacturers, such as Samsung and HTC, offer their own superstructures. The most interesting today is the HTC Sense 4.0 solution, used in the new HTC ONE smartphones line, and in this review we will tell you about the new shell on the example of the most productive flagship of HTC - One X.

Lock screen

A good blocking screen informative allows you to perform some actions without opening the smartphone menu.

In HTC Sense 4.0, various options for laying the lock screen are available, but an important feature of this element is the quick access buttons to the identical applications that are located on the main screen.

There are four of all four, and the ring is installed under them, which must be pulled up to unlock the smartphone. If you want to use one of the four quick access buttons, you should touch it and pull it into the center of the lock ring. In the menu item Personalization you will find eight predefined styles of the lock screen, including contacts, event tape, photo album and performance. Each style can be flexible to configure so that you see only relevant information.

In the locked state of the smartphone, a system string with a list of notifications is now available. There you will find the settings button.

Working tables

Unlocking your smartphone, you will see the main desktop. There are only seven them, and in the new version, their number can be varied to one.

Registration of the bottom of the main screen is one of the most important changes. There are four labels that are selected by the user on the principle of the most important functions or are completely disconnected with the unlucky, as well as an unsubstantiated menu call button in the center.

At the top of the screen there is a status bar, pulling the notification panel and the "Settings" button, when you click on which, first of all, open wireless connections and networks.

When turning desktops, you will see a three-dimensional effect similar to that that was used in Sense 3.0. But the possibility of circular motion developers turned off.

The updated view also received the personalization menu. The collection of widgets is represented as a gallery with a horizontal scrolling. Before installing the widget on the desktop you can see its appearance and the area occupied on the screen.

Also available and a list of widgets for quick search by name. By selecting the desired one, you need to pull it up on the thumbnail of one of the desktops. In this case, if there is no free space on the selected table, it is highlighted in red, and if everything is in order, the desktop unfolds on the whole screen, and you can only arrange the widget in the selected place.

At the bottom of the personalization window you will see three bookmarks. In addition to the widgets for the main screen, it is possible to install application icons and shortcuts. Tapping on the application label, it will automatically appear on the active desktop, but it is also possible to drag the shortcut on any of the tables and install in the selected position.

If you need to place a large number of icons on the desktop, we recommend grouping them in folders. To create a folder, it is enough to drag one icon to another. A total of 12 labels can be stored in the folder.

In the Personalization menu item you can select the plot of the design of the main screen and the cover.

Menu

The menu in the HTC Sense 4.0 shell is presented in the form of a grid with icons and the possibility of horizontal scrolling between pages.

At the bottom of the screen there are buttons that allow you to sort the applications by frequency of use or display only downloaded programs.

At the top of the display, the search buttons are installed, access to the application store and the settings menu. Sut applications in the menu can be both alphabetically and by the date of last use.

Manager running applications

This interface detail looks excellent.

Screenshots of active applications are turning like the main screen pages. By clicking on the image, the application unfolds in full screen mode, and when shifting up - closes.

Settings

The setup item has become more informative and understandable for an inexperienced user.

All items are divided into three parts - wireless connections and networks, personal and telephone.

At the first point, you can enable the right communication module or open the menu for its settings.

Among the interesting options are a monitor use of network capabilities. It allows in a graphical form to see information about consumed traffic and statistics of messages and the duration of conversations.

Camera

The changed camera interface made it possible to release the maximum space for the viewfinder.

The miniature buttons on the left side of the screen call the settings panel and the shooting mode selection menu, and also switch the outflow mode.

The zoom indicator is set to below, and on the left you will see the buttons of the photo and video filming, call the gallery and the menu of visual effects.

It is noteworthy that HTC Sense 4.0 allows you to simultaneously take video and taking pictures, as well as shoot a series of up to 99 frames. After shooting a series of photos, the device offers to choose the best snapshot and remove the rest in order not to clog memory.

Music

The updated music player is now even more convenient.

The application has been integrating with media services Tunein Radio and 7digital, and also knows how to recognize the compositions using the Soundhound utility.

The recycled design of the player seemed significantly more attractive. Album covers are displayed in three columns, and when playing compositions, an enlarged disk cover is displayed on the screen or detailed album information.

When playing music through the headphones, the equalizer is automatically activated, and there are both Beats Audio and the preset modes.

The music widget is presented in three versions - the miniature displays only the control buttons and the disc cover, the average is additionally equipped with a scroll bar, and the largest is the largest area of \u200b\u200bthe main screen and contains the covers of four newly listened albums.

Dropbox.

One of the most valuable innovations in HTC Sense 4.0 is to integrate with cloud Dropbox storage service.

The owners of new HTC smartphones will receive a free biennial subscription to 25 GB of Dropbox space.

This volume is sufficient to store multimedia content, and flexible settings will allow you to control the contents of the content to the network. If you are already using the Dropbox service, then in addition to the base 2 GB, you will receive not 25, but 23 GB of space.

Notes

A convenient application for creating various notes with a simple interface and high enough functionality.

You can create both text notes and voice, as well as made by the camera or drawn in a graphic editor.

The application is synchronized with the calendar, and for convenient access to notes is provided by a special widget.

Impression

HTC Sense 4.0 can deservedly be called the most successful mobile shell of existing ones. Its main difference from the previous version is improved personalization opportunities as the work desks themselves and their content. Now the user will be able to configure the interface even more flexibly.

Also Sense 4.0 received a more functional lock screen, a traditionally strong set of widgets, and three-dimensional effects enhance the sensations from using a high-tech product. Among the interesting improvements: integration with cloud service Dropbox with 25 GB of space that the user receives for storing content and the updated settings panel.

In the near future, on our site you can familiarize yourself with the review of the flagship of the Taiwanese manufacturer, HTC One X, which was tested by a new guy shell.

High Tech Computer Corporation or Briefly HTC Taiwanese manufacturer of smartphones and tablets. Devices from this company have always differed good performance and quality. Every year fans of this company are more and more, and flagship apparatus occupy high positions in all sorts of reviews and ratings. But of course, the devices themselves and software are often not perfect. Today's article will be devoted to a common error with Sense HOME on HTC. Next, let's talk that this is an error and how to correct the problem on phones and tablets.

What is Sense Home?

Sense Home. (Next SH) is a pre-installed program on the device, installed by the manufacturer in new models. This widget serves for fine and convenient adjustment of the device. Speaking of understandable language is a user interface and a launcher - to quickly run the most frequently used applications, programs.
According to the functionality in Sh, more functions than in analogs. Visual design can be configured to the smallest details, change the wallpaper, install live wallpaper, screensaver, there are pre-installed themes for every taste and a huge number of topics on the Internet. Thanks to the built-in news aggregator, you get the latest news, records, interesting information directly from Social Networks VKontakte, Twitter, popular sites. Message output blocks are conveniently configured. Summarizing the above - if you like to set up the topic to your taste and color - Sens Houm is a great assistant.

Error Sense Home in HTC how to fix

You should not panic if you have noticed messages like "An error Sense Home" occurred, "An error occurred in the Sense Home application" or "Stop Street". There are failures during updates or long work of the application, as well as software conflicts and incompatibility. Almost all modern programs contain "cache" of data. Over time, the cache clogs, filled with superfluous temporary files - from here there are problems and annoying messages. Below describes a simple and effective way to eliminate this error, perform all the actions in order and problems will not arise:

There are cases when the conflict calls the latest installed programs, games. If the error began to appear after the recent installation of the software - see what the latter was installed and can I replace or do without it. The more programs and games - the more different garbage, which slows down the operation of the device and entails errors. Keep the file system clean and the phone will serve you for many years. And also do not forget to install and update antiviruses.
I hope you figured out what this program is and how to fix the error in Sens Home. By tradition traditions on the topic with a detailed overview of the user interface.

The network has already appeared information that HTC is for other Android devices. Recently, this data was confirmed as a leaking APK file. Recall, until recently, this fresh version of the shell was exclusive for HTC 10 and some other devices of the Taiwanese manufacturer.
The launcher can already be freely downloaded and install almost any device with the Android operating system not lower than 4.4 Kitkat. Of course, performance on all smartphones and tablets is not guaranteed, but the author of the news has already managed to try the shell on Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact. Users from the network report that the launcher works well on modern devices like the current and last year's flagships.

The HTC Sense Home 8 interface superstructure is distinguished by several own widgets, its layout icons, as well as a special information hub on one of the virtual desktops. This page offers news, a map with nearby institutions and more. Users also have access to the "living" desktop. It represents wallpapers in which you can set the launch of applications to different objects. You can download the HTC Sense Home 8 launcher for Android on Treshbox.

HTC first introduced a smartphone on Android, she also developed a smartphone for Google and did a lot for this platform in general. One of the most important merits of HTC is Sense's corporate interface. There is something close to Samsung (the Koreans have Touchwiz 3). All other android market players lags behind. The advantage of HTC in the program part is so clear that the HTC brand keyboard is unofficially already extended and is installed on other devices. Unfortunately, the interface is completely removed until it turns out, and it is constantly being finalized. For example, in the latest version, an online HTCSense.com service appeared, which I test in detail below.

I did not exaggerate about "finishing and recycle". HTC really adds a lot of new to the standard OS functionality. For example, only HTC has been supporting Flash 10.1 before the output of Android 2.2. For example, only the HTC on a par with Sony Ericsson can extend the standard input window text in SMS, others do not know how. For example, only the HTC has the most comfortable keyboard among Android options, which is unsolved inferior to the iPhone, if generally inferior. There are many such examples, they are of different scale and importance. But the meaning is one: the company really knows how to make software, and on "excellent". That is why I decided to tell about Sense and HTCsense.com more, they deserve it.

The only thing that confuses me lately is the path of development Sense. I use the interface from the very first version, and at the beginning of the development it was not so functional, but not so complicated. Now even without additional software, it is not easy to find something in the mixture of icons, before it was much less than different functions. Moment on an amateur. The expansion of functionality is an unconditional plus. But in parallel you need to optimize it all. I am ready to argue, soon we will see the folders in the Sense menu, so that the list does not turn into an infinite sheet. In the meantime, let's see what is now.

Here are the main features of the Software from HTC:

Editing Word / Excel / PowerPoint Documents
Fast contact transfer from the old phone
Pre- and post-photo editor
Wireless audio / photo / video player via DLNA
Built-in WiFi 3G Router
Loading branded widgets via the Internet
Combining multiple contacts and lining with Facebook \\ Twitter profiles
Built-in reader EL.Knig with store and dictionary
Synchronization with iTunes via HTC Sync
Performance recognition and song fragment songs
Automatic subscription to your personal Google Reader RSS
Automatically reduces call volume if you take it in hand
New widget HTC PEOPLE with the latest automatically updated information about friends
Shows where your trusted friends are at any point in the world.
Built-in Twitter and Facebook Customers
Quick access to new melting and pictures for personalization

The most interesting in the new version of Sense is htcsense.com. If fota updates already passed, then the HTC goes on, online. This service includes 5 main elements: information panel, posts, contacts, footprints, HTC HUB. All of them allow you to make various manipulations with a smartphone remotely.

Information panel. First, there is a speech about the loss of the smartphone. Remotely from the computer can make a smartphone to send a signal, even if it is in Silent mode. Again, you can remotely find a smartphone on the map and even block it if you lost - so that no one can take advantage of your information. And you can send a message about a refund message to the phone. Finally, you can redirect calls and messages to another number. We emphasize: all this is done from the computer without direct contact with the smartphone.

Messages. You can remotely find from the computer in hundreds of messages. Moreover, without having to do it on the smartphone itself.

Contacts. You can add images to smartphone contacts. You can sort contacts by groups.

Footprints. With the help of Google Maps, you can find interesting places that you have already visited in the past and build a route to them.

HTC Hub. Perhaps on a par with My Dashboard, this is the most interesting. Here is the base of the content for the smartphone. Applications, Topics, Ringtones, etc. You can recommend the program to friends or change the wallpaper on the smartphone by downloading them from the database of dozens on different topics (nature, animals, etc.).

In a dry residue, we have a unique example of an online service that actually provides several useful features at once. Then the HTC will refine hcsense.com and expand its functionality. But now I really like the ability to download additional content directly from the device through a convenient manager. Also liked the idea with HTC Likes - the recommendations of software by friends. From other features it seems to me a practical phone search function.

Now let's see what's new in Sense itself. I liked the HTC Fast Boot technology most, which is used in new HTC starting with Desire Z and HD models. Its essence lies in the fact that the smartphone starts almost instantly. The technology is similar to the hibernation mode on the PC - the information is stored in RAM, which means that if you do not remove the battery, the start of the device takes no more than 5 seconds. RAM, as is known, is energy-dependent, and therefore, when removing the battery, the Fast Boot does not work, the same is the same about a minute to load as usual.

Two new applications that HTC will now prevent into their smartphones - this is a Soundhound and "Car Panel". The first serves to define the artist and the name of the composition, the second is an interface for automotive navigation. In the latter case, you get a convenient panel with access to all basic functions, including POI.

From other interesting applications - Bookmate and subscriber blocking ("black" list). With blocking, everything is clear, something new here is difficult to invent. Bookmate is a reader in the form of a book club. You can read and browse books from the shelves of friends, add them to your library, share them in social networks. No longer need to download anything: any of 62,000 books can be started to read in one click. The stylish screen widget for HTC Sense will provide easy and convenient access to the entire Bookmate library. But the file manager at HTC as it was not, and not now. It is rather strange, you have to download third-party applications from Market.

DLNA support appeared. Now you can conveniently transfer multimedia to a TV on Wi-Fi immediately to the TV and show friends. HTC smartphones can also work in Wi-Fi router mode. The only thing - in both cases I advise you to connect the device to the power supply, this is a weak place of HTC. Functionally added a lot of trifles. For example, now there is an automatic subscription to your Google Reader RSS, there is a merging of multiple contacts and linking with Facebook \\ Twitter profiles and individual Facebook \\ Twitter applications, there is a quick transfer of contacts from the old phone, there is a pre-post-step step, etc. . There are really a lot of innovations, and all together they significantly improve functionality. But the opposite side, as I wrote, is excessive complication of the interface.

"Quick" labels appeared in the status menu, and all multimedia is grouped into one manager. In general, the interface also changed noticeably. For example, during a call, the upper line is painted in green, and any choice of miniatures (for example, screen theme) is now with a beautiful three-dimensional animation. In addition, many new widgets appeared.

As you can see, with external similarity with predecessors, the new Sense raises the functionality to a new level. Entering online - a very important step for HTC, no analogs. It is very good that the company not only does not waste the advantage in comparison with other Android brands, but also comes up with something new. If you choose a smartphone on Android, Interface Sense can become really an important point. I strongly recommend it to take into account, because the shell really turned cool.