Turn off Sense UI in HTC EVO 4G, Run Stock Android 2.1

by Jeffry McDowell on May 15, 2010

We all know that America’s first 4G smartphone HTC EVO 4G running Sense UI is arriving on 4 June. Don’t you like Sense UI? Worry not! The android phone EVO 4G has an option that many of us have been waiting for. Any guesses? Well, in HTC EVO 4G you can easily turn of the HTC Sense UI and use stock Android 2.1 instead. To do so, you need not to hack your ROM.

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To turn-off Sense UI and run the stock Android 2.1 home screen on the Sprint EVO 4G just navigate to Settings > Manage Applications > HTC Sense > Clear Defaults and Force Stop

Done!

You might also like to learn more about HTC EVO 4G handset:

Via – androinica

Tagged as: Android, Android 2.1, HTC, HTC EVO 4G, Sprint

{ 11 comments }

Owen May 15, 2010 at 3:42 pm: Then conceivably one could possibly upgrade 2.1 whenever Froyo 2.2 hits the air while Sense UI is down?
PJ May 15, 2010 at 5:52 pm: why you want to diconnect Sense UI?
nerdrow May 15, 2010 at 8:06 pm: Ummm… that's just changing the launcher app, NOT making it a standard Android 2.1 image or “turning off Sense UI.”
Jeffry May 15, 2010 at 10:58 pm: The Sense UI is beautiful,however devices with Sense don’t get updated very fast and easy!
xxdesmus May 18, 2010 at 1:17 pm: AWESOME news. I was hoping to use the stock UI instead. Thanks!
Marni Slayton May 30, 2010 at 2:44 pm: No. This does not turn off Sense UI. All this does is set the Home app to the default 2.1 launcher. You'll see this if you open Contacts. The Sense version of People is still running. The guys over at XDA dev forums are working on a 2.2 port though. No Sense in that ROM. (No pun intended.)
coxy June 7, 2010 at 8:11 am: This person is right; you can even do this on the HTC Hero and use the android interface.
coxy June 7, 2010 at 9:11 am: This person is right; you can even do this on the HTC Hero and use the android interface.
Rybad June 29, 2010 at 7:50 am: OK, so I just wanted to try this to check out the native interfact (because I'm an X-WinMobile user). I didnt see any difference, and now, my HTC Sense has no defaults.

How do I put this back the way it was?
Dalejames13 June 30, 2010 at 4:43 am: its not letting me clear defaults all the sudden, could that have to do with the recent update or some shit
Dalejames13 June 29, 2010 at 11:43 pm: its not letting me clear defaults all the sudden, could that have to do with the recent update or some shit