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HTC Sensation or the Tmobile G2X?

I'm stumbled between these 2 device on T-Mobile.
Even though the Sensation has 768 MB ram, and the G2X has 512mb ram, from all the videos I seen on youtube, the G2X seems a lot faster than the Sensation.
From gaming point of view, which will get more support? the Geforce ULP or the Adreno?

There is already a good thread comparing the two phones.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1120184
An app called Tegra zone made by Nvidia list games designed for the Tegra 2 devices.
I think there are current about 10 games on the list. I have some games on the Xoom, and the visual quality is excellent. Not sure how much improvement you will see on a smaller screen.

Bigmille said:
There is already a good thread comparing the two phones.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1120184
There is also an app called Tegra zone made by Nvidia list games designed for the Tegra 2 devices.
I think there are current about 10 games on the list. I have some games on the Xoom, and the visual quality is excellent. Not sure how much improvement you will see on a smaller screen.
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I wonder if a stock HTC Sensation will run faster than a G2X.

To test it, we will need to root our phone and use app like SystemApp Remover to disable Sense, install ADW luncher on both devices and try it out.

Bigmille said:
To test it, we will need to root our phone and use app like SystemApp Remover to disable Sense, install ADW luncher on both devices and try it out.
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Ja ja ja, no root no nothing just out of the box.
If you want just call HTC ,cry and tell them that Sense sucks.
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I think you have misunderstood me, I was not complaining about Sense or lack of root. I was just point out a fair way to test the speed of both devices, which requires rooting our phone.
This is my 1st HTC android device, I'm currently enjoying the Sense overlay, and don't think it "sucks".

The fair is two units out of the box.
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I had the g2x for two weeks and that thing was noticeably faster than the sensation running sense or adw without root/vanilla android. But the battery life was terrible on the g2x and I prefer the screen, form factor, and camera on the sensation.
I am actually surprised how nice sense is compared to the last time I used it. Big fan if they can get some of the slowness out of it.
Either way both phones are sweet.

I owned the G2X before the Sensation and was disappointed. The battery life was terrible and I had problems syncing it with my car's BT. I think the fact that T-Mobile is still "out of stock" of the G2X on their website speaks volumes about the phone. It has issues.
I have no complaints about the Sensation.

I'll let you know tomorrow when my Sensation arrives. The G2x is a very fast phone, it's just chalk full of odd bugs that in the end, were driving me nuts. I'll put them head to head and see which one I like the most.

I own both, and because of the data issues I'd say the g2x. The Sensation has a better feel and look imo. Audio is better on the g2x.
I think once the bootloader is unlocked on the sensation, it'll be a beast.
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The Sensation by a country mile.

jlevy73 said:
I'll let you know tomorrow when my Sensation arrives. The G2x is a very fast phone, it's just chalk full of odd bugs that in the end, were driving me nuts. I'll put them head to head and see which one I like the most.
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I also own both and the sensation wins with me hands down. I hate the g2x a total waste of my money so far I have no complaints with my sensation I am using adw so I don't have to fool around with sense but I do miss the contacts/dialer app of vanilla android

I had the g2x and sent it back. Non of the Rome are particularly special. The screen is really nice, but the phone has bugs. I prefer the button layout on sensation, though its not stellar sensation at least has a notification led, and g2x GPS doesn't work. Like, at all.
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G2x was way faster. fastest android phone i've ever used. I didn't even think android was capable of being that speedy.
like someone else said, with the g2x i had to manually connect the bluetooth everytime i turned on the car.
Sensation connects immediately and hasn't given me any bluetooth hiccups. Only phone i've owned i can say that about.
I love sense, but i hate the overall slowness of the phone. Might be sense, or screen, or whatever, but g2x was blazing for me. sensation..... usable. not fast, and the lag isn't terrible but enough to notice.
The feel/form factor of the sensation is awesome. Feels like a true successor to the Nexus One. Unlike the Nexus S.
Hopefully once the sensation is rooted someone will make a ROM that makes it speedy while retaining Sense.
I dunno about this battery life thing though. Unplugged it (sensation) around 1230. It's 955 and power saver came on. I keep the screen brightness all the way down, all radios on except gps, gmail on push, yahoo/fb/twitter on refresh every 2 hours (update on screen unlock too).
The last Nexus one i had (ironically with the sense 3.0 rom), i unplugged it on a friday evening, monday morning it was around 30%. same radio/app setup as the sensation.
Oh, and for some reason the sense keyboard works much better than swype.

I was willing to trust LG with buying a phone (I use it for business also), and that was my biggest mistake.
The phone looks like someone just threw together a phone, without spending much time on testing. It has SO MANY issues that come right out of stock, that is unforgivable.
Ive had plenty of phones, and the only phone that was worst than the LG was the G1 - only because it was the first phone with android.
I just got the HTC and I must say im impressed with it, so far it seems really stable. Plus it feels better, it looks better and it acts better.
Forget about the LG, nobody should get that phone, because LG might think that their phone was a success, and they might make another one.
You are better off getting the MyTouch 4g instead of the G2x, but if you are wondering between the Sensation and the G2x - deff. get the Sensation.

I will be getting the Sensation on the 15th and I am currently using the G2X. After I play around with the Sensation, I will decide which one I am giving to my wife. I was one of the lucky ones who got a G2X with absolutely NO bugs and a great battery. There's no doubt that the G2X is faster and snappier than the Sensation so it all comes down to form. Hold both of them and see which one you like better. Also ask yourself if you want Sense or Vanilla. In my opinion the Sensation looks better but the G2X providing you get one with no bugs, performs better.

jrwingate6 said:
I will be getting the Sensation on the 15th and I am currently using the G2X. After I play around with the Sensation, I will decide which one I am giving to my wife. I was one of the lucky ones who got a G2X with absolutely NO bugs and a great battery. There's no doubt that the G2X is faster and snappier than the Sensation so it all comes down to form. Hold both of them and see which one you like better. Also ask yourself if you want Sense or Vanilla. In my opinion the Sensation looks better but the G2X providing you get one with no bugs, performs better.
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Hopefully you'll get a sensation without any bugs or major issues. I had the g2x, it was great but I just didn't like stock vanilla.
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Robboftw said:
The Sensation by a country mile.
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I wouldn't call it a country mile. The only way I would call it a country mile was if the Sensation performed better than the G2X. The only phone I would call a country mile over the G2X would be the SGSII because it both looks better and performs better than the G2X. The Sensation only looks better.

jrwingate6 said:
I wouldn't call it a country mile. The only way I would call it a country mile was if the Sensation performed better than the G2X. The only phone I would call a country mile over the G2X would be the SGSII because it both looks better and performs better than the G2X. The Sensation only looks better.
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You worry far too much about some things. It may not score as high in benchmarks but they are benchmarks, its a PHONE for god sake!
All I have seen you do is complain, I don't even know why you are bothering to get one if you think its so awful...

Would you recommend the G2X?

Its time to get a new phone. I haven't decide between the G2X and the sensation. So I ask if you would recommended the G2X. Please say why you would or would not.
Thanks
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Once the bugs are fixed I'd stick this phone up against any phone out there. I like the phone a lot with bugs might love it without the bugs.
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No. I've warned people away from it already who have asked me. I don't want to be the person who advised the phone and they get one that has all the issues we read.

I fully recommend it. Its a great phone all around. Sensation has lots of issues you could encounter as well as the g2x. Personally I've barely had any problems with the phone at all. Its super fast and snappy and I'm thinking after using it I can't ever go slower without feeling inferior. I've read a lot about each phone and here's my take... if you want a phone that's got slightly better hardware and a stripped down ui (no sense) then go g2x. If your not so critical about quality and basic ui and want a more flashy yet slightly bogged down phone that's a little more user friendly go sensation. Neither phone is superior than the other, just personal preference. Personally I love my g2x and I think the sensation looks cheap in comparison.
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unique77 said:
I fully recommend it. Its a great phone all around. Sensation has lots of issues you could encounter as well as the g2x. Personally I've barely had any problems with the phone at all. Its super fast and snappy and I'm thinking after using it I can't ever go slower without feeling inferior. I've read a lot about each phone and here's my take... if you want a phone that's got slightly better hardware and a stripped down ui (no sense) then go g2x. If your not so critical about quality and basic ui and want a more flashy yet slightly bogged down phone that's a little more user friendly go sensation. Neither phone is superior than the other, just personal preference. Personally I love my g2x and I think the sensation looks cheap in comparison.
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Agree 100%
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The G2x is awesome if you have a little patience and don't mind doing a few tinkerings yourself to fix a bug or two.
The G2x is the best phone out on the fence with the Samsung Galaxy S II and the best, hands down, phone for games.
The phone itself is amazing but was rushed out of the gate with gimped software. Luckily we have great devs here that quickly came to the rescue. LG has also put out two test updates and preparing for a final release. We also have CM7.1 and Miui rooms, custom OC/UV kernels and the whole nine.
The G2x is a hackers delite right now but not at the point where it is ready for your grandmother. Once the final-stage update hits things will be smooth sailing for all.
Boom
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player911 said:
The G2x is awesome if you have a little patience and don't mind doing a few tinkerings yourself to fix a bug or two.
The G2x is the best phone out on the fence with the Samsung Galaxy S II and the best, hands down, phone for games.
The phone itself is amazing but was rushed out of the gate with gimped software. Luckily we have great devs here that quickly came to the rescue. LG has also put out two test updates and preparing for a final release. We also have CM7.1 and Miui rooms, custom OC/UV kernels and the whole nine.
The G2x is a hackers delite right now but not at the point where it is ready for your grandmother. Once the final-stage update hits things will be smooth sailing for all.
Boom
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Copy that!
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Highly recommended. It's an awesome phone and I've always said that. Most problems you'll hear about are software related and as mentioned above there is great dev support for this phone. CM7 is very solid and fast and there are many other great roms too. If you're comfortable flashing basically anything other than stock, then you'll be very happy with this phone.

I have both the G2X and the Sensation. I would reccomend both phones and both phones do things better than the other. You have to make the decision yourself and if I were you, I would use both phones for a couple hours to figure out what you like the best.
Someone mentioned that the Sensation is boggy but its only boggy in the UI when running Sense. HTC did a terrible job optimizing it. I'm sure it will be updated soon though. When it comes to everything but the UI, the phone is actually faster than the G2X. It loads Google Maps faster, loads all apps faster, zooms and scrolls through web pages faster and takes pictures a lot faster due to continuous focus.
Most people don't know that the Sensation is faster than the G2X outside of the UI because they hanvnt had the time to actually sure down with it. They have only messed around with it in the store or watched videos.
When it comes to the UI, if you use ADW or Launcher Pro in place of Sense, the phone becomes as responsive if not more responsive than the G2X.
If you want, I can make a video for you backing all my statements up. Also, what kind of responses do you expect to get when you post this question in the respective phones forum? HAHA.
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jrwingate6 said:
I have both the G2X and the Sensation. I would reccomend both phones and both phones do things better than the other. You have to make the decision yourself and if I were you, I would use both phones for a couple hours to figure out what you like the best.
Someone mentioned that the Sensation is boggy but its only boggy in the UI when running Sense. HTC did a terrible job optimizing it. I'm sure it will be updated soon though. When it comes to everything but the UI, the phone is actually faster than the G2X. It loads Google Maps faster, loads all apps faster, zooms and scrolls through web pages faster and takes pictures a lot faster due to continuous focus.
Most people don't know that the Sensation is faster than the G2X outside of the UI because they hanvnt had the time to actually sure down with it. They have only messed around with it in the store or watched videos.
When it comes to the UI, if you use ADW or Launcher Pro in place of Sense, the phone becomes as responsive if not more responsive than the G2X.
If you want, I can make a video for you backing all my statements up. Also, what kind of responses do you expect to get when you post this question in the respective phones forum? HAHA.
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I'm gonna disagree. The sensation even with adw ex isn't faster than the g2x... Honestly I heard the browser with a special fix was also faster than the g2x browser.. Not true in my experience, the sensation was not much faster than my vibrant.
The sensation wasn't slow with adw, but you couldn't fly through the ui with as much ease and speed as the g2x. Ultimately that's what really brought me back to the g2x..
Just saying imo my 4 g2xs were faster than my 3 sensations even with adw ex. I will agree sometimes the sensation interacts with apps quicker, but straight ui browsing and must things the g2x wins. Also gaming, there was a huge difference in gaming from that extra resolution on the sensation...
No brainer, the g2x is all around better in my opinion.

jase33 said:
Its time to get a new phone. I haven't decide between the G2X and the sensation. So I ask if you would recommended the G2X. Please say why you would or would not.
Thanks
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Yes, I would recommend. I have not had any problems with the phone. It's easy to handle and easy to root and update. If you buy a new one from T-Mobile and not off eBay or Craig's list you should avoid problems. I had no problems with mine, purchased June 9 from Amazon wireless.

bighulk666 said:
No. I've warned people away from it already who have asked me. I don't want to be the person who advised the phone and they get one that has all the issues we read.
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I guess ur the only one that wont recommend the g2x
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smashpunks said:
I'm gonna disagree. The sensation even with adw ex isn't faster than the g2x... Honestly I heard the browser with a special fix was also faster than the g2x browser.. Not true in my experience, the sensation was not much faster than my vibrant.
The sensation wasn't slow with adw, but you couldn't fly through the ui with as much ease and speed as the g2x. Ultimately that's what really brought me back to the g2x..
Just saying imo my 4 g2xs were faster than my 3 sensations even with adw ex. I will agree sometimes the sensation interacts with apps quicker, but straight ui browsing and must things the g2x wins. Also gaming, there was a huge difference in gaming from that extra resolution on the sensation...
No brainer, the g2x is all around better in my opinion.
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I've said it before in recent posts but out of the 4 Sensations I had, all of them have been different in speed. The first 2 I had were pretty slow but the last two were fast. Right after you gave up on your Sensation we found a fix that makes the UI a lot faster and more responsive. It was as simple as turning "Tell HTC off". When it comes to gaming, I can only speak for two games and both of those games look better and run better in the Sensation. They are Angry Birds and HomeRun Battle. A UI can only be so fast before it doesn't really matter anymore and both of the phones (once ADW is on the Sensation) are pretty much at that level. In my opinion it is more important to have a faster web browser and faster app interaction than it is to have a fast UI. On the G2X, Google maps takes a while to load when moving it around but on the Sensation it is instant. Also my contacts pictures take a couple se ones to load while scrolling on my G2X but there already there as you s roll on the Sensation. Finally, when scrolling through the market, the app pictures take a while to load on the G2X but are also instant on the Sensation.
Seriously though, I can't tell which UI is faster when running ADW on the Sensation. Maybe I have my settings different than what you did. You know I don't have any problems making a video to back up my statements. Would you like me to make another video for you showing the speed of my Sensation while using ADW?
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Yes. Especially now with MIUI giving it a sexy UI to match the hardware.

jrwingate6 said:
If you want, I can make a video for you backing all my statements up. Also, what kind of responses do you expect to get when you post this question in the respective phones forum? HAHA.
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Hey if you can do that and don't mind i will really use that info. The g2x and Sensation will be the next phone i will get. They have what i want in a phone:
Dual core
4inch plus screens
and dev support(once the bootloader is unlocked sensation will have plenty)
My concerns are that it seems the g2x doesn't run smooth without rooting and flashing a custom rom? Now if that's the case then that's fine.
Also another question do any of these phones have NFC? which also makes me want a Nexus S(Not a deal breaker, but i always wanted to try out the NFC tags)

903tex said:
and dev support(once the bootloader is unlocked sensation will have plenty)
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I hope you are right but I'm not so convinced. If there are devs out there who are holding off on buying a new phone until a monster with an unlocked bootloader comes along, I don't know that they will be getting the Sensation later this year when it finally gets unlocked. If they see the Hercules or Nexus 3 next to the 5 or 6 month old Sensation I think they will choose newer. It would be cool to see support for the Sensation, so I hope I'm wrong.
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player911 said:
The G2x is awesome if you have a little patience and don't mind doing a few tinkerings yourself to fix a bug or two.
The G2x is the best phone out on the fence with the Samsung Galaxy S II and the best, hands down, phone for games.
The phone itself is amazing but was rushed out of the gate with gimped software. Luckily we have great devs here that quickly came to the rescue. LG has also put out two test updates and preparing for a final release. We also have CM7.1 and Miui rooms, custom OC/UV kernels and the whole nine.
The G2x is a hackers delite right now but not at the point where it is ready for your grandmother. Once the final-stage update hits things will be smooth sailing for all.
Boom
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Concur
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Suprah said:
I guess ur the only one that wont recommend the g2x
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Someone had to. I like my phone, lucky enough to get a great one on launch day. The GPS really pisses me off about it.
People I know with Android devices never heard of rooting or loading custom roms. The phone almost requires you to do so to work properly; thus, I don't recommend it for the average user.

bighulk666 said:
Someone had to. I like my phone, lucky enough to get a great one on launch day. The GPS really pisses me off about it.
People I know with Android devices never heard of rooting or loading custom roms. The phone almost requires you to do so to work properly; thus, I don't recommend it for the average user.
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Then again, "average user" probably isn't browsing XDA for advice.

My g2x is great it will hold me over until they release project kal-el devices
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Thinkin bout gettin a sensation!!

Hi all, please don't start havin a go at me cos I'm in a situation that after I choose one, I have to stick with.
Ok here goes, I currently have a galaxy s2 which I got 3 weeks ago on a 2 year contract.
Although I'm happy overall with the phone, I really miss sense and some other stuff that htc offer.
Before my galaxy s2 I had a desire hd and was really happy with it.
Now...my girlfriend gets her upgrade in 2 weeks but she is willing to let me have it just as long as I sell this phone.
Now what I'm askin is, is it worth the jump from the galaxy s2 to the sensation??
I've read reviews and I even lurk on this part of the forum just to see how the device is doing.
A few things I've read have concered me like dust under screen, heavy lag, poor driver quality hence phone not as fast as say for example the galaxy s2.
Now I don't mind it not being as fast cos I'm an avid rommer and I'm sure custom roms will come out to speed it up right??
Just asking for a bit of Honest advice really, I know I'm in the sensation forum but would like people to have an honest answer and either say yeah its a good phone jump over or say no its not a good idea.
I'm askin u guys cos I haven't actually had a chance to play with the sensation yet and as I said earlier, once I choose, I've got it for 2 years.
Please help.
Oh sorry bout the post I've seen these type of posts before but I really do need ur advice.
Thanks guys.
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If your main issue is with sense not being there then you'd probably like the sensation more. I really don't like most of sense to be honest. Sense feels so bloated. (Waiting for cyanogenmod and i'm going to upgrade in 5months anyways).
I think they're both great devices, if you aren't happy with the gs2 maybe you should go test out a sensation?

Not a huge fan of sense either but it's a great phone and there are already some great roms around. In fact I'm finding the Leedroid and adw launcher ex combo so silky I can easily wait as long as necessary for Cyanogenmod.
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Man im willing to trade my sensation for your galaxy s 2 lol. It depends what you're looking for. Every review says the galaxy s 2 is the best phone but that doesn't mean the sensation isn't good. It's a very good phone, it does lag tho because sense is heavy and it's a memory hog. I'm not into rooting cause I have no idea how to do so but if that's your thing and you wanna install ROMs on it than give it a try. But I think you should keep you SGS2 just in case. Me personally I would go with the S2

Its good news for HTC that users love sense so much

Have both the sgs2 and sensation...first time using sense and I definitely like the eye candy stuff, and build quality feels nice to hold it in hand. I don't care much about sense bloatware since I use sgs2 if I need fast performance or cm7. My main point of buying sensation was for sense
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Its good news for HTC that users love sense so much
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I like Sense quite a bit myself....but I hope that the next update takes the bloat down a notch. All that eye candy comes at quite a noticeable price...
Reminds me of when I had to 'upgrade' my old PC from Windows 98SE to Windows ME.....shudder...

I tend to get jealous of SGSII users who have their Super Amoled screen and massive internal storage. Touch Wiz also seems to have matured a lot since I last played with it. However, the grass is always greener on the other side. I'm positive I would envy Sensation owners if I had the SGSII.
That being said, I love sense a lot and it makes my daily activities very easy to accomplish. Build quality on the phone is the best I've ever handled. Simply, it's a beast of a phone especially after using these optimized roms in the dev section. The biggest problem with the phone is the wifi deathgrip. Also the speaker is the as loud as it could be. Other than that, this is the perfect phone for me.
Definetly get it you think sense is right for you. Just be aware that you are settling for inferior (though not by much) hardware.

Short and sweet but....
I went from sgs2 to sensation and I'm happy overall. Yea it lags from time to time and its not the pure numbers animal that the sgs2 is but I enjoy the battery life, qhd, and build quality of the sensation over the sgs2. Also, sense is much better than touchwiz. With the current cm7 builds for sgs2 the sensation still has better battery life with sense and all the syncing going on. Even vs stock sgs2 rom.
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i would have suggested the evo 3d since the sense on it is smoother while the sensation is known to be buggy. That being said my sensation doesn't have any problems at the moment.

Thanks for the replies everyone, yeah the main points I'm happy with the galaxy s2 is the screen, camera and speed.
Other than that, I'm not a fan of much else, don't really like touchwiz and also the screen isn't fluid, mine stutters and its a known problem, there is a fix though.
Also no notification light is a bummer as well.
I think u guys have convinced me to jump over ;-).
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Hope you'll enjoy your sensation
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You won' t regret ;-))
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Saying Goodbye To this Phone, What are your Experiences with this Phone?

So, my dog broke my HTC Sensation 4G's screen ... Now getting Samsung Galaxy S II T-Mobile. This was a great phone. Learned many things about android. Learned about Security Off and On, Radios. Everything. It was pretty bad though with no Custom ROMs.So I want to know what did you think of this device and how it performs. Before a last goodbye.

SGSII is nice, I played with it while still in development. Reason I wouldn't get it? Low dev support. Sure, there's a whole bunch of support for the SGSII in other countries but that version is COMPLETELY different then the one your getting. ALL the guts are different right down to the display so everything that has been done to that one wont work on the one your getting. It's a US only version. Just my .02.
I trialed the Amaze (yes I work for TMO). It was nice, fast but not faster than my Sensation and DEFINATELY not faster customized. Again, it's issue is it is only a TMO phone so dev support will be low. It will be nothing like the Sensation.
On to the Sensation. Best phone I've ever used, hands down. Everytime I pick it up, I'm still amazed by what I can do with it and it's user interface. Yeah, Sense 3.0 has a long ways to go but its so nice to play with. Something new almost every day!

I gotta be honest, when I first got my Sensation I was quite disappointed with the horrible UI that comes with it out of the box. But then I flashed Senseless Extreme, which made it a lot more tolerable. Now that I have flashed CM7 I am completely happy and my phone is extremely fast and smooth. I couldn't ask for more. Much more fun to use than my old Nexus One. I just love the huge, brilliant screen and the awesome CPU.

I personally am disappointed in this phone, but I enjoy it at the same time. I find the fact that it isn't perfect is what makes it fun: fun to try to make it better by modding it. If I had a phone that I liked out of the box, I never would have discovered rooting and custom ROMs and the like. I only joined xda because I was so disappointed.
Overall, I will never buy a LCD display phone again, the poor software integration left me wanting, and problems like the crappy speaker and decidedly average battery life were disappointing. So I am disappointed, but this phone has opened me up to the Android world (1st android phone and 1st smartphone) and I'm excited to see what it can do with ICS. I'll milk this phone for what its worth for sure.
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The Janitor Mop said:
I personally am disappointed in this phone, but I enjoy it at the same time. I find the fact that it isn't perfect is what makes it fun: fun to try to make it better by modding it. If I had a phone that I liked out of the box, I never would have discovered rooting and custom ROMs and the like. I only joined xda because I was so disappointed.
Overall, I will never buy a LCD display phone again, the poor software integration left me wanting, and problems like the crappy speaker and decidedly average battery life were disappointing. So I am disappointed, but this phone has opened me up to the Android world (1st android phone and 1st smartphone) and I'm excited to see what it can do with ICS. I'll milk this phone for what its worth for sure.
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Basically, +1 an all of your points

i had a sensation too and opted out for the galaxy S2 ,i wouldnt worry about the dev support fo the galaxy as is there already a few devs over there and iit will continue to grow. i just couldnt deal with the dust issue .when you send a phone back because of this and the one you get back has it worse than the one you sent then its a problem. with that being said i loved everything else about the sensation but it was time to move on as i was sick of getting replacement handsets. galaxy is a very nice phone and i dont think i went backward any

I sold my sensation for the SGSII with T-mobile and it's the best decision I've made. The sensation stock is such a piece of crap, but thanks to the devs the phone is decent. But its sucks that you have to root your phone in order to get good performance. The SGSII? Smokes the sensation in every category except screen resolution. But the Super AMOLED plus display makes up for it. If you haven't seen it in real life you don't know what I'm talking about. It's simply AMAZING. No wonder why it gets all the praises.

I wish I knew how you make this phone lag. Mine is completely stock and I have no lag at all and good battery life. Of course I have no dust issues either so maybe I got an anomaly
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I had the sensation, then switched to the amaze, then went back to the sensation. Played with the sgs2 and I hated the touchwiz ui crap. I know that is complete personal preference so personally it was enough for me to not get it and go back to the sensation. So I absolutely love my sensation. Even in stock form.

I heard a lot of complaining about the Sensation on this forum before I got it and I was pretty worried about buying it. When I played with it in the store, I thought it was a little laggy in scrolling and opening apps.
Buying it was the best phone decision I've made. I'm not a techno-wiz, but s-off, rooting and installing Android Revolution HD + the Bricked kernel was easy and has made the phone incredibly fast, usable and fun to use. Seriously the best phone I've ever used.

I went the other way I had a gs2 sold it why 2 reasons firstly the thing gets very very hot when playing games and I mean hot secondly its to thin uncomfortable to hold well it was for me. I then bought the sensation but lost my job so had to sell it I was gutted best phone iv ever had. Got a new job but bought a HTC desire s which iv still got but today iv just ordered a new sensation which ill get wensday carnt wait
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Got mine Friday rooted right away customized everything down to font. Hyper sensation cm7.1 rom overclock kernel 1.782 I think it is. Very stable and smooth. Fast. Excellent camera,battery life. Abdoluty no issues. Aldo fastest boot over had on any phone even after flashing new. Roms. Apps on SD, internal 1.5 avaliable out if 1.15 .
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This is the best phone I've had hands down. It took a lot to get it there but the best things in life... Well you gotta work for them. After getting CM7 and the anker 1900 battery this phone is a beast. I'm sure it'd kick the crap out of the tmo sgs 2.
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This is the best phone ive ever gotten myself..I played with the sgsii and it feels like a toy in your hands and i also hated the touchwiz ui..I was planning to get the amaze but the phone is way too thick and the design is crap compared to the sensation..

I love this phone. Got it on launch day and have had no real issues. Maybe I got lucky? I have insurance but have never had any reason to send it back.
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Love the phone! Came from Epic 4G, and I don't see myself ever buying a Samsung phone (unless, of course, it's a Nexus device!). It seems the TMO SGS2 might suffer a similar fate of having poor dev support as the Epic 4G because of the considerably different hardware (specifically the processor); they still haven't received Gingerbread, and no CM7 support (even the SGS1 hasn't received a stable CM7 build I believe).
Anyway, this was my first experience with Sense, and I have to say it blows TouchWiz out of the water, and offers some nice enhancements to stock Android (see camer). Despite the attractiveness of Sense, I put CM7 on this bad boy, and it is leaps and bounds better than the stock experience. Even tried going back to Sense, but a few hours later, I was restoring my Nandroid backup!
Take a look at CM7 benchmarks on the Sensation, you'll see that they are very comparable, if not better, than the stock SGS, which kind of suggests Sense is really bogging down the system.

Camera on the Sensation is great, and the resolution offers the most screen real estate that I've ever had on a phone. It's really fast, and does almost everything I want it to do. All it's missing now is Siri

I was disappointed in the phone at first, like some of you, but it has really started to grow on me. One thing that needs to happen, when you first get a sensation, is to S-Off, root it, and then put a modded ROM on it.
It doesn't even matter if it's a Sense mod, AOSP/CyanagenMod, or CyanagenMod - the stock needs to go to really get a feel for what this phone can do.
I actually like the LCD screen, although the SGSII's super-amoled screen is nice. I call it a toss-up.
I think what really did it for me was the realization that the software can be changed - but the hardware is much more difficult. This phone just feels better in my hand than the SGSII. I've been lucky enough not to have a "dust under the screen" problem (yet).
I dunno, maybe it's because I came from a clunky BlackBerry and an even clunkier OpenMoko.

I love this phone! I got it when all sensation still run as S_On and after while S_off and rooted this phone from 6/10 boost to 8/10 then someone on the this forum post out how to self unlock the phone without call the mobile provider it make it 9/10 to me. After flash custom rom and do some "Tweak" with the setting and skin. Even some iphone fanboy will play my phone while we hangout.

This phone is great. With a custom ROM it runs ultra fast. I recommend IC 3.3.1 with it.

Good Bye G2x

Just wanted to say goodbye! Pretty good phone over all, but i have to say the Amaze is soo much better/snappier/batterylife. I always felt like LG was crap in general. Their T.Vs were very poorly made, their everything sucks! LG OPtimus 2x Proved to be a mediocre device. HTC Amaze is well... amazing, and im happy to have moved on! Good bye G2x, you were great to me!

That's odd. everything i've heard about the amaze is that the battery life isn't very good. I checked out their development thread and read the same thing. Are you saying the battery life is better? If so then by how much?

Gotta tell you I put Arcee's ICS SK3 on this G2x of mine, and it feels like I'm using a Nexus device. I don't think the battery life is better on the Amaze IMO. What is better though is the camera. It has a dedicated camera button, and user uploaded images look nice, miles better than ours.
My G2x has fulfilled all my needs but I'd say the only thing mediocre about this phone is LG's support. They just can't be arsed to provide news on updates to us (left us out of the loop with this ass-handed comment "The exact start dates can vary by market, as each country can have different requirements, depending on the carrier and the smartphone model.". It basically means, blame T-Mobile if ICS takes too long), work with T-Mobile/Nvidia in terms of updates, kernels, drivers etc.. At least HTC cares about you guys in that department.
Well, best of luck to you on your future Amaze 4G endeavors!

After putting ICS on this phone I regret selling my other 2 g2x I had......Hell I sometimes use the g2x more than my galaxy nexus also.....the battery on this is epic compared to the galaxy nexus at times!!!

ed116 said:
Pretty good phone over all... LG OPtimus 2x Proved to be a mediocre device.
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Wha? Is it good or mediocre? Hmm...
Seriously though, Happy enough with my G2x to wait another year for the contract to end. Amirite?
Good luck with the Amaze!

this device is nice, with ISC its much faster and battery life is better. never liked the HTC devices.

Agreed...other than screen size i wouldnt train this phone in right now....amoleds are nice but only when brightness is high....sure there are more powerful phones but its all numbers. Other than being able to brag on benchmarks most of the time most of us wouldnt notice
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To each their own. I held out for my G2X to come out when it was one of the first dual core phones to come out with the intention of getting a good amount of mileage out of it since it was somewhat future proof, which was my main reason for staying away from the Galaxy Nexus S. Now that our awesome developers are starting to piece together ICS for the phone, I feel like it is finally reaching it's full potential. Battery life for me has been insanely good and this alpha build is incredibly stable for me as I have no problems running it as a daily driver. But HTC does make great phones, my first Android phone was the mytouch slide. The Mrs. still uses it, rooted and with cyanogen of course, and I'm still impressed with how solid of a phone it is. Hope you enjoy your Amaze!
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So far my battery is at 90% and ive taken it off charge since about 10:00 AM EST -5 , with the g2x the same amount of usage it would have been at like 60% , i cant compare them side by side, the amaze feels better in my hand though, and MUCH more snappier. The 512 Ram kind of killed the phone a bit, compared to the 1GB the amaze has, camera blows it away, and sense is pretty nice, IMO. The device never heats up, never lags, never anything! maybe its just me but even with ICS, unless overclocked to 1.2Ghz atleast, it wouldnt be smooth at all! also this has the penta band frequency which is good over here in canada cause wind/mobilicity do not have 2g bands so yeah. Thats my imput. Also this phone is more beautiful in terms of looks. Its just so attractive!
What i do miss about G2x? - How easy it was to flash roms! i just got this device last night and im not going to flash any roms as of yet, but it seems too complex.
also my cousin owns the galaxy nexus and ic an say my amaze is much snappier overall even though it is on 2.3, but then again his screen resolution is a bit higer, and cpu is clocked less. Also screen on Gnexus is too blue-ish

Btw for the amaze their is a tool box that does everything for u, install drivers, s off and flash cwm and a rom all from the tool box. I'd say its pretty easy. They are even numbered in order on the toolbox
Edit: here is link for the tool box and I think in wrong about s off. Sorry never had an HTC phone so I don't know how s off or on works. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1493905
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Just wanted to say goodbye! Pretty good phone over all, but i have to say the Amaze is soo much better/snappier/batterylife. I always felt like LG was crap in general. Their T.Vs were very poorly made, their everything sucks! LG OPtimus 2x Proved to be a mediocre device. HTC Amaze is well... amazing, and im happy to have moved on! Good bye G2x, you were great to me!
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The amaze is actually ****ty compared to the G2x which can actually compete with the SGS2. The Amaze is ugly, has bad battery, will have s-off issues, and HTC has just always been **** imo everything HTC has released has been proven to be a pile of **** sooner or later (excluding the HD2). Anyways, the only thing wrong with the G2x is the stock software, and some of the ROMs here will really bring out the speed and battery life of it.
Have fun with your Amaze.
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So far my battery is at 90% and ive taken it off charge since about 10:00 AM EST -5 , with the g2x the same amount of usage it would have been at like 60% , i cant compare them side by side, the amaze feels better in my hand though, and MUCH more snappier. The 512 Ram kind of killed the phone a bit, compared to the 1GB the amaze has, camera blows it away, and sense is pretty nice, IMO. The device never heats up, never lags, never anything! maybe its just me but even with ICS, unless overclocked to 1.2Ghz atleast, it wouldnt be smooth at all! also this has the penta band frequency which is good over here in canada cause wind/mobilicity do not have 2g bands so yeah. Thats my imput. Also this phone is more beautiful in terms of looks. Its just so attractive!
What i do miss about G2x? - How easy it was to flash roms! i just got this device last night and im not going to flash any roms as of yet, but it seems too complex.
also my cousin owns the galaxy nexus and ic an say my amaze is much snappier overall even though it is on 2.3, but then again his screen resolution is a bit higer, and cpu is clocked less. Also screen on Gnexus is too blue-ish
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It's gotta be user error, I have my G2x underclocked to 750 mhz and everything runs smooth as butter, and I can get over 2 days battery life easily.
But, to each his own, I may think HTC devices are ugly but beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

lol whats so ****ty about the amaze in your eyes? has better everything, s3 processor, better Gpu, more ram. The looks are debateable, some like the HTC some like the G2x better, you should not completly put a device down. The Amaze is just an upgraded Sensation in terms of everything, and maybe it was just me, but i reinstalled 2x version of ICS from CM9 with full wipesand everything. and thanksfor that link moehmad
Edit: also the screen on/off was actually a bit unresponsive on the g2x which always pissed me off

Np for the link, don't forget to tell me how everything goes for the root tool kit. I wanna use it for my friends phone but i haven't done anything to htc yet so I don't wanna ruin his phone. Also here is the link to install kernel cuz I don't think the tool kit has it, haven't checked in a while.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1328141

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lol whats so ****ty about the amaze in your eyes? has better everything, s3 processor, better Gpu, more ram. The looks are debateable, some like the HTC some like the G2x better, you should not completly put a device down. The Amaze is just an upgraded Sensation in terms of everything, and maybe it was just me, but i reinstalled 2x version of ICS from CM9 with full wipesand everything. and thanksfor that link moehmad
Edit: also the screen on/off was actually a bit unresponsive on the g2x which always pissed me off
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The fact that it will have s- on/off issues and that horrible heavy ass sense ui. Also, I don't understand people saying that the ICS roms are the smoothest they've tried on the G2x, if they are they've been doing something wrong with the Froyo/GB roms. Eaglesblood 2.3.7 with Trinity ELP kernel underclocked to 750 gave me the performance of a stock G2x at 1Ghz and gave me extremely long battery life. The ICS roms are not meant to be smooth yet, just to work and give G2x users a taste of ICS.

dont know anything about Amaze (specs do look good) but I have zero problems with G2x, built quality is good, fast, no lag, battery is very good on 1.1Ghz kernel. My next phone will be at least 720p with NFC and CM support.

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So far my battery is at 90% and ive taken it off charge since about 10:00 AM EST -5 , with the g2x the same amount of usage it would have been at like 60% , i cant compare them side by side, the amaze feels better in my hand though, and MUCH more snappier. The 512 Ram kind of killed the phone a bit, compared to the 1GB the amaze has, camera blows it away, and sense is pretty nice, IMO. The device never heats up, never lags, never anything! maybe its just me but even with ICS, unless overclocked to 1.2Ghz atleast, it wouldnt be smooth at all! also this has the penta band frequency which is good over here in canada cause wind/mobilicity do not have 2g bands so yeah. Thats my imput. Also this phone is more beautiful in terms of looks. Its just so attractive!
What i do miss about G2x? - How easy it was to flash roms! i just got this device last night and im not going to flash any roms as of yet, but it seems too complex.
also my cousin owns the galaxy nexus and ic an say my amaze is much snappier overall even though it is on 2.3, but then again his screen resolution is a bit higer, and cpu is clocked less. Also screen on Gnexus is too blue-ish
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yeah the blueish problem always happens with nexus phones, ROMs will calibrate the screen colors though.

G2x would have been a much better phone if it had a 4.3 inch qhd screen. Its still a nice phone. Well built compaired to lgs latest crapline.
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vabeachfc3s said:
G2x would have been a much better phone if it had a 4.3 inch qhd screen. Its still a nice phone. Well built compaired to lgs latest crapline.
Sent From Space Using My ICS Flavored Sensation
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And RAM. 512mb's is just far too little...
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thats true
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Goodbye?
For me this phone is now living up to it's full potential with ICS. I love the speed and stability that it now has. I am on a fixed income, so when I bought the G2X I knew it would have to be my phone for a long time.
Barring hardware issues, it looks like this phone will work great for me.