HTC Hero Sense UI on Motorola Droid

HTC Hero Sense UI like Theme on Motorola Droid

By Taimur Asad | December 24th, 2009

Ever wished to have got the powerful Sense UI from HTC Hero on your Motorola Droid? Droid, which ships with Android 2.0 has got the plain and simple interface which comes as stock from Android 2.0 OS. But now thanks to folks over at AllDroid, you can now get the attractive looking Sense UI like theme right on your Motorola Droid.

Sense UI on Droid

From flip clock and weather widget on the home screen, to widget based multiple screens, to skinned icons, everything has been skinned to match the look and feel of HTC Sense UI from Hero. The theme is compatible to work with MetaMorph which is available for free from Android Market. MetaMorph is basically an app to help you skin your phone without having to go into recovery mode.

Sense UI on Droid

Follow the simple steps posted below to get Sense UI like theme on your Droid. You’ll need a rooted Droid with Android 2.0 or 2.0.1. Apparently, some have also got it to work with the leaked Android 2.1 ROM for Motorola Droid. Follow the guide posted here to Root your Droid on Android 2.0.1 if you haven’t already.

Step 1: Get MetaMorph which is available for free from Android Market.

Step 2: Download HTC Hero Sense UI like theme for your Droid.

Step 3: Move the downloaded files into "AndroidThemes" folder found in /sdcard on your Droid phone.

Step 4: Start MetaMorph, navigate to the folder where you have copied the file and select the theme.

Step 5: Touch “OK”, followed by “Apply All” to apply all the .apk files in the theme package.

NOTE: If you are using Android 2.1 on your Droid, MetaMorph might tell you multiple times during installation that it is skipping certain files. This is normal and a known issue. Just ignore these prompts as the theme regardless of this.

Sense UI on Droid

That’s about it! You should now have the gorgeous looking Sense UI like theme on your Droid. Feel free to ask me any question regarding any problem that you may encounter when installing this theme.

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Brian

No way near UI Sense, I must say.
Dan

How's the lag time? I've tried several home screen replacements and have defaulted back to the crappy Moto version for the speed. My wife has an Eris and the UI is the one thing we are missing out on with our Droids
DroidInWilly

I'm running into two issues: 1. I can't find the “AndroidThemes” folder on my SDcard. I created one manually but am not sure if it will work. 2. When I try to run MetaMorph, it throws an error “some files could not be extracted and set up. Please make sure you have enough free space in /system and that BusyBox is installed”. I clearly have enough space so space isn't the issue. It sounds to me like a permissions issue where it isn't able to write to the /system folder even though my phone has been rooted. Also, I have no idea what it is referring to with BusyBox.
DroidInWilly

I'm running into two issues: 1. I can't find the “AndroidThemes” folder on my SDcard. I created one manually but am not sure if it will work. 2. When I try to run MetaMorph, it throws an error “some files could not be extracted and set up. Please make sure you have enough free space in /system and that BusyBox is installed”. I clearly have enough space so space isn't the issue. It sounds to me like a permissions issue where it isn't able to write to the /system folder even though my phone has been rooted. Also, I have no idea what it is referring to with BusyBox.
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Andrew

it will work if you create it yourself in the root of the sd card, thats what i had to do
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Madison

what all happens when you jailbreak the droid
tom

When I laund MetaMorph, I get the error saying “It does not look like your phone has root acces! The file: su could not be found” How do I get root access?
Barry

how do you revert back to the original theme?
ochoa

https://www.redmondpie.com/root-motorola-droid-o…
go to that page and it will tel u everything