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[AUG 29][1] 1.45.401.2 OTA changes

Here are a list of changes in the 1.45.401.2 update
-screenshot (power+home)
-MUCH smoother (no lag)
-shows green dot in HTC contacts list next to people who are online on google talk
-ability to purchase movies in HTC watch
-backup SMS option in menu in messages app
-Picasa Web Albums in HTC Gallery app now show
-Google talk video chat
-volume boost for the speaker
-Trim videos in HTC Gallery
-change size of font in HTC messages app with pinch
-record in .mp4 instead of .3gp (tmobile)
-added apps (tmobile)
post more you guys noticed and ill update the list
or let me know if some things aren't new

Here's a change! Self Reboot after updating and trying to play Cordy.

Ahm.screen shot doesn't work..the picture saved has 0 bytes. Dunno why :|

nicoaraalex said:
Ahm.screen shot doesn't work..the picture saved has 0 bytes. Dunno why :|
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Mine works just fine

photo gallery bug
Bug resolved in picasa gallery, I was not able to see photos, when I choose a picassa gallery it starts to flash and didn't show any photo.
Now works correctly.

nunomeneses said:
Mine works just fine
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It works on mine too wery fine!

nunomeneses said:
Here's a change! Self Reboot after updating and trying to play Cordy.
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Ah quick question sir, are you complety stock? As in you haven't soffed or rooted your phone?
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App

Anyone in UK got this OTA yet?
[sits drumming fingers]

vincepg13 said:
Ah quick question sir, are you complety stock? As in you haven't soffed or rooted your phone?
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Mine is completely new and stock, no root
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nunomeneses said:
Mine is completely new and stock, no root
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Yer this ota breaks graphics with some games, sigh, hopefully HTC will fix soon
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Gtalk Video chat works
Noticed a new app called HTC likes

No CRT animation?

Sound has been boosted, At least from the speaker I can notice a big difference. Also the the stock music app is picking up the embedded album art correctly now on my imported iTunes library.

HTC likes was always there, and it's still bloatware :-( the real changes for me are better dual core support and gtalk video, so now you don't poorly supported third party apps, like VTalk. Now I can use a poorly supported Google App!
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iphone?
BonesRed said:
HTC likes was always there, and it's still bloatware :-( the real changes for me are better dual core support and gtalk video, so now you don't poorly supported third party apps, like VTalk. Now I can use a poorly supported Google App!
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Maybe you should have purchased an Iphone?

New icon displays in Notification bar when HAC is enabled.

kevinniven said:
Maybe you should have purchased an Iphone?
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LOL -he sure complains like one!

Is the speaker really louder? I'm dying to get this, but fully rooted and Rom'd up.

Definitely seems louder to me.
Tried the game Cordy off the Market and the graphics spaz out to look like when a desktop pc GPU is dying. Also the stock browser closes all windows except the one you have open when you close it.

I can confirm on 2.3.4 on a stock Sensation by pressing home and power it will take a screen shot and photos will be in the camera shots album.. Pretty freaking nice of them to include this feature

[Q] SRS & Dolby Sound Profiles on XE Based ROM

Is there anyway to get the SRS and Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound Profiles on an XE based ROM?
Beats audio is good, but i'd prefer to have the option between them all, & i think the dolby audio while watching videos sounds better.
I'm using Android Revolution HD 3.6.4 on a regular sensation

Same here also, im trying to find a thread that will enable the dolby/srs mobile on ARHD 3.6.2 rom.. Still cant find it..

This is availble for sense 3.5 based roms. I know that. But can't find it for 3.0.

rddocke said:
This is availble for sense 3.5 based roms. I know that. But can't find it for 3.0.
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How's your video recording on your phone friend, I tried mine today the video quality is ok but the audio is bad, I mean there's too much base on the audio that you could barely understand the people talking on the recorded video. I took the video inside my room no noise whatsoever.
Have you seen this thread or have you tried the mods they have here. Here is the thread link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1253447
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jhobert said:
How's your video recording on your phone friend, I tried mine today the video quality is ok but the audio is bad, I mean there's too much base on the audio that you could barely understand the people talking on the recorded video. I took the video inside my room no noise whatsoever.
Have you seen this thread or have you tried the mods they have here. Here is the thread link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1253447
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Sounds like you have stereo record on as you are recording. Do you have mikes camera mod installed?
I particularly like mikes camera mod, it allows you to manipulate the bitrate for videos. If you don't have it you should get it
But try switching stereo record off in your settings and see if that works for you. If thy doesn't work try clearing data from the camcorder ap then reboot, test it out and let me know

rddocke said:
Sounds like you have stereo record on as you are recording. Do you have mikes camera mod installed?
I particularly like mikes camera mod, it allows you to manipulate the bitrate for videos. If you don't have it you should get it
But try switching stereo record off in your settings and see if that works for you. If thy doesn't work try clearing data from the camcorder ap then reboot, test it out and let me know
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I'll try it friend and let you know. I'll search for mikes camera mod also if mono recording doesn't work.
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[Q] Bad sound from Sensation's movies.

Today I tested move making by my new phone.
I observe that sound from movies are bad, distorted. (movie file checked at PC)
Is this a typical for this device? Is this a software/hardware problem?

Do you mean video recording? If so, yes, stereo sound recording (mono works fine) is clipped and distorted in Sense 3.0 - the mic gain is set on too high. It's fixed in Sense 3.5 if you want to try a ROM with that.

aNYthing24 said:
It's fixed in Sense 3.5 if you want to try a ROM with that.
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Well mine is still choppy, I'm using the amaze cam though. Are you using the stock cam?
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aNYthing24 said:
Do you mean video recording? If so, yes, stereo sound recording (mono works fine) is clipped and distorted in Sense 3.0 - the mic gain is set on too high. It's fixed in Sense 3.5 if you want to try a ROM with that.
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Clipped - yes, it's a good word.
At mono mode the problem not occur - thx.

Hi im using the Amaze cam update, and rom insert coin 3.4.0 android 3.5.
Got tobe honest my sound quilty is rubbish. This was recorded in stereo though, will mono be better.
not sure if any rally fans hear, but this is what i mean.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPTl4Pq_-ss

piimp said:
Well mine is still choppy, I'm using the amaze cam though. Are you using the stock cam?
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I haven't tried it myself, but I've read the stock 3.5
fixed the issue.

aNYthing24 said:
I haven't tried it myself, but I've read the stock 3.5
fixed the issue.
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I'm having same problems with my stock 3.6.. how to switch to 3.5 without rooting (sure this problem wil solve with downgrading?)?
mono works fine (didn't test it much) but for now it's ok..

playerxl said:
I'm having same problems with my stock 3.6.. how to switch to 3.5 without rooting (sure this problem wil solve with downgrading?)?
mono works fine (didn't test it much) but for now it's ok..
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You would need to most likely downgrade to gingerbread firmware and install one of the older Sense 3.5 beta Roms. I used to use Bulletproof and stereo recording was great on that rom.
You might want to stay on ICS/Sense 3.6 and give lgcamera a shot from the market. I use it to get higher bitrate in video and aac audio.
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Two-way call recording

Hello all,
I have seen that many custom ROMs boast built-in two way call recording.
I have Endymion v3.1 installed and would like to know how to record a call.
Anybody?
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rel_dude said:
Hello all,
I have seen that many custom ROMs boast built-in two way call recording.
I have Endymion v3.1 installed and would like to know how to record a call.
Anybody?
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No problem, just download this software and, run, and give superuser permission
download

Works! Thanks.
But is there any way of not recording every call, but having a menu option when in call to record?
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HTC Sensation Sound Quality?

Hey all, I'm new to XDA and just picked up a HTC sensation. I noticed the sound quality, coming from an iphone to Sensation, is not even close. Any sugguestions (apps/tweaks) since this model does not come with beats audio already on it? (FYI I have not rooted/unlockd the phone) Thanks in advance.

Root it. Then you can put on a rom that has beats already installed. All it is is software
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like the above post says. First root your phone then install any custom rom that has beats audio in it.

root your device.. Then you can install new mods (softwares) which can increase the sound of your speakers or like the above stated.. Use a beats enabled ROM.. The thing about iphone is (after using iphones for past 3 years) its not as customizable as the android phone. And i feel, amongst the android phone.. HTC device has the most quality and best community interms of development.

You can try what you like but nothing I've done (beats/volume+/etc.) has made any real difference and compared to the iphone the sound output is a complete joke (my friends and family with iphones have literally started laughing out the output.)

threeclaws said:
You can try what you like but nothing I've done (beats/volume+/etc.) has made any real difference and compared to the iphone the sound output is a complete joke (my friends and family with iphones have literally started laughing out the output.)
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It actually is embarrassing trying to play a song I like for my girlfriend on this phone and it royally fails. I then sheepishly ask to use her 4S which just abuses this phone. And good luck talking on the phone with the windows down. You won't hear a damn thing.
Literally my only complaint about this phone. Wish they would have put a better speaker in this bad boy.
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Does rooting really enhances the audio quality? How drastic is the change?

aperez86 said:
Hey all, I'm new to XDA and just picked up a HTC sensation. I noticed the sound quality, coming from an iphone to Sensation, is not even close. Any sugguestions (apps/tweaks) since this model does not come with beats audio already on it? (FYI I have not rooted/unlockd the phone) Thanks in advance.
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sensation has a terrible loudspeaker
nothing you can really do about it to be honest. equalizers wont help much since its more of a hardware issue (they used a ****ty speaker)
headphone quality is amazing though

Using srs made my sensation sound better than a 3gs
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aperez86 said:
Hey all, I'm new to XDA and just picked up a HTC sensation. I noticed the sound quality, coming from an iphone to Sensation, is not even close. Any sugguestions (apps/tweaks) since this model does not come with beats audio already on it? (FYI I have not rooted/unlockd the phone) Thanks in advance.
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Install Poweramp, its a powerful music player with equalizer controls. It beats having Beats.

root it
Root your device and install Viper-S Rom
It has beats-audio and you will love iT
aperez86 said:
Hey all, I'm new to XDA and just picked up a HTC sensation. I noticed the sound quality, coming from an iphone to Sensation, is not even close. Any sugguestions (apps/tweaks) since this model does not come with beats audio already on it? (FYI I have not rooted/unlockd the phone) Thanks in advance.
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Sound quality in sensation is hardware issue more than software (although the stock player isn’t good too, as crosstalk problem is really serious). Not only the speaker mentioned above, chip used, amp circuit used are not quite well in sensation. Having beats audio won’t help much too as it is only a (software) equalizer boosting the bass and treble, if you able to try EQ with variable cf and Q, or 1/2Oct EQ, boosting first 3 and last 3(for 1/2 Oct) with 4dB, you'll get what HTC called "beats audio". Qualcomm CPU is also a problem affecting sound quality as it forced resampling the sound signal from 44.1kHz (usually used by CDs and Android will also force resampling to this) to 48kHz(used by video format), which increase the total harmonic distortion.
Few things you can try to improve sound quality of sensation, install music player (Poweramp, PlayerPro, Neutron, Rockbox, etc.), using a better headphone (better with active noise cancellation as mobile phones usually have serious distortion due to wireless signal, monitor, mobile signal, etc.). Equalizers won’t help sound quality but coloring it.

harsh.deep said:
Does rooting really enhances the audio quality? How drastic is the change?
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Its not rooting that enhances the sound its the mods you can apply afterwards that will.
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OTA possible?
aperez86 said:
Hey all, I'm new to XDA and just picked up a HTC sensation. I noticed the sound quality, coming from an iphone to Sensation, is not even close. Any sugguestions (apps/tweaks) since this model does not come with beats audio already on it? (FYI I have not rooted/unlockd the phone) Thanks in advance.
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We got our Sensation 4Gs with OS 2.3.4 and the audio in/out sucked. The OTA ICS 4.0.3 update addressed a lot of those issues. It doesn't fix the hardware but the speakers sound a little louder and definitely clearer, as does the audio in newer video recordings. Recordings played back from before the ICS update still exhibit "audio crappiness".

root your sensation first