HTC Evo 4G: How to turn off the Sense UI
Sprint's HTC Evo 4G is my first Android phone, and it's been a fantastic experience so far. But as fancy as the Sense UI is, I actually like the vanilla Android look. It also helps improve battery time a little bit. Turning off the Sense UI is fairly easy.
Tap Menu and select Settings, Applications, Manage Applications. Scroll down and tap on HTC Sense. Scroll to the Launch by default section and tap the Clear Defaults button. This will "unbind" HTC Sense as the default application launcher. It's still running, however, so now, directly below in the Controls section, tap the Force Stop button, and press OK.
Now when you tap the Home button, you'll be prompted for an application to handle the request. You can either select Launcher, or go back to HTC Sense. Check the box to set your choice as the default option.
If you decide you don't want the regular Launcher anymore, and would like get the Sense UI back, the process is similar: Go back to into the Menu, drill down to Manage Applications, but this time scroll down to Launcher, tap Clear Defaults, and Force Stop. Now when you tap the Home button, you'll be prompted again.
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