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Best rom and kernel for battery life?

which rom and kernel and you using and what type of battery life are you getting? im using faux 0.03 kernel on interactive setting and the senseless rom 1.3 and with heavy use im getting about 5 hrs, how about everyone else?

I tried InsertCoin and Revolution HD and the battery life was awful. Everyone said I needed to calibrate my battery, let it charge and die a few times but none of that worked. I went back to stock and I got over a day and a half
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I am using insert coin 2.2.2 and am getting about 2 -2.5 days with moderate use web browsing constant connection to the net for email ect but I have it under clocked to about 350mhz when the screen is off.

DeezNotes said:
I tried InsertCoin and Revolution HD and the battery life was awful. Everyone said I needed to calibrate my battery, let it charge and die a few times but none of that worked. I went back to stock and I got over a day and a half
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Same here! My battery life is so much better on stock. I also kept having data outages when I was using custom roms. I wasn't getting important calls and text messages. I went back to stock rom and everything is great again.

Fuse8499 said:
Same here! My battery life is so much better on stock. I also kept having data outages when I was using custom roms. I wasn't getting important calls and text messages. I went back to stock rom and everything is great again.
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Exactly my reason for avoiding ROMs. Its too bad people here get so pissy when you wont try their fav. ROM.
I am holding out for CM7. They have a GREAT reputation!
BTW-For all those that are using a min clock speed of 300+Mhz, I notice that my STOCK cpu min is 192Mhz. Try dropping your min speed down some, as that seems to be what the stock ROM uses...
Matt

mrg02d said:
Exactly my reason for avoiding ROMs...I am holding out for CM7.
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Umm yeah...just what do you think cm7 is? Smh

Behold_this said:
Umm yeah...just what do you think cm7 is? Smh
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Alright, I guess some things need to be SPELLED out for some here...
I meant to say, CUSTOM ROMS, as in, ROMS built by everyone and their grandma here.
Seems everyone has their own ROM these days...And I read a LOT of complaints about them. Please, dont go to bat for the ROMs. Everyone gets to have an opinion, let me have mine this time and back off. We have valid complaints.
Why is it that anytime someone here mentions anything slightly less than great about a ROM, someone with jungle fever has to step in and twist their nuts?
Matt

Wow! Dude cm7 IS a custom rom! Again smh

Behold_this said:
Wow! Dude cm7 IS a custom rom! Again smh
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FOR REAL?! Holy smokes! F CM7 then! Almost made a BIG mistake!
Try reading a bit more next time?! I anticipated an idiot comment so I defined it within the comment, so please read it as I spent a lot of brain cells coming up with it.
For real people, act like you will win a million bucks for figuring out what someone means before you go and flame them for something they said...Makes the world a better place!
Matt

Read your post again! You're the one still confused, lol. again smh. Btw saw in android forums you left xda! I was so excited, but now you're back after talking all that mess over there. You're a real class act!
http://androidforums.com/introductions/395957-transferring-over-xda.html#post3078246

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Read your post again! You're the one still confused, lol. again smh. Btw saw in android forums you left xda! I was so excited, but now you're back after talking all that **** over there. You're a real class act!
http://androidforums.com/introductions/395957-transferring-over-xda.html#post3078246
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What he's saying is he's waiting for a custom ROM with no Sense and good reputation (i.e. CM7) to come along, then he'll flash that. He doesn't want to flash any custom ROM because he's heard bad things about some, which may or may not be true. You got a problem with that?
Personally, my favourite custom ROMs for the Sensation are InsertCoin 2.2 and Android Revolution HD. I'm not gonna flash any more ROMs until I can completely refresh my Sensation and put a clean, small ROM on it, without Sense. That ROM is CM7

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Read your post again! You're the one still confused, lol. again smh. Btw saw in android forums you left xda! I was so excited, but now you're back after talking all that mess over there. You're a real class act!
http://androidforums.com/introductions/395957-transferring-over-xda.html#post3078246
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"They certainly have a reputation that they are trying to overcome that I have seen first-hand myself.
Thankfully, AndroidForums suffers from no such bad-rep, and we are all striving here to make sure that continues."
Looks like XDA has alot of work to do. Alot of people like you here. Who cares why I am still here? I am...Why do you care so much? I find it interesting that there are a handful of turds, including you, that go around making trouble for people. Are you THAT unhappy with life that you need to make others unhappy?
I believe most people here would agree that my point was made, correctly. Whats your age? I feel like I am arguing with a teenager that has yet to make it to Algebra 2. (No offense to those that HAVENT had Algebra 2...)
If you have zilch to say about what "WE" are all talking about, then why not go flash a ROM? Or better yet, have some lemonaide! :-D
Matt

Kurisu87 said:
I am using insert coin 2.2.2 and am getting about 2 -2.5 days with moderate use web browsing constant connection to the net for email ect but I have it under clocked to about 350mhz when the screen is off.
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What program are you using for UV?

DeezNotes said:
I tried InsertCoin and Revolution HD and the battery life was awful. Everyone said I needed to calibrate my battery, let it charge and die a few times but none of that worked. I went back to stock and I got over a day and a half
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After saying that my battery life on those ROMs was "awful" I feel the need to follow up. I posted a bit about it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16852910#post16852910 but the short story is I'm now on Revolution HD 3.0.0 and after some research I found that the Facebook apps are doing something with the Calendar which was draining the battery. I'm only a few hours in, but so far so good with no account being added to either Facebook app.

Fed up with Android, lags, bugs, etc

I have a sensation which, spec-wise at least, should be a powerhouse, dual core, loads if ram, bla bla but i am FED UP WITH LAGS, CRASHES, BUGS, for a device with that much power i expect FLAWLESS performance, and not to f*cking crash!! Sense crashes constantly (i only get a week or two without crashes if i factory reset the phone, but i dont think that is the point of having such a powerhouse!)
Apps are buggy, there will always be something, im not saying it happens always but it IS HAPPENIG, today Gtalk wouldnt start, it kept returning to the menu (solution:close background data, open gtalk, it will prompt u sth, enable background and it works) but guys this stuff shouldnt be happening at all.
I am a DIE HARD iOs hater, but dammit, that thing newer has lags/crashes/bugs... It just... Works.. f*uck.. i hate to say that but its, true, it just works
(And the roms and stuff are great, but still there isnt any rom that is 110% working)
I hope things will change in the future, or i will start considering to shift to the Cupertino based company..
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It sounds like you have a faulty phone. Why dont you get it replaced under warrenty?

I've read posts here, and contacted support, they told me that sadly, that was normal. Here is the article on engadget regarding the topic (it is short and worth reading )
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/18/bugs-with-htc-sense-and-gingerbread/
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Flash a no-sense rom in that case or try an ICS rom with sense. ARHD seems to be a popular one. Just don't give up that quickly

artov said:
Just don't give up that quickly
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Ill give the stock ICS a go in a week/two, after that ill start flashing and hopefully it will be better..
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I'm with hungry81. Faulty phone. That is not normal and if support tells you that is normal, I say you tell them that if that is normal, it is unacceptable and you want your money back. My sensation does non of these things. It did shut off on me today, but I've had it since September, and this is the first time it's done that to me using stock ROM. It could be a corrupted memory card. I had my defy get real fussy like that, so a backed up and reformatted the sd card, then loaded everything back on, and have had no problems since.

How bout WP7
Well, if you don't get your problem dealt with, might I recommend a WP7 phone? Spec wise it is inferior to Android, but many ppl don't realize that a 1GHz single core is plenty of power to drive a WP7 phone. The GUI is as smooth as butter, no lags, crashes, etc. You should really try one of these phones and see what I'm talking about. And since it is being continually developed, it will probably catch up to iOS and Android in the specs department. But AGAIN, I stress that these phones don't need all that power. Try one out and you'll see what I mean

I think it might be that fual core chip, if I had to guess.
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I would try the non sense ROMs.

Yeah, your best bet is to ditch sense, and go with stock. Therefore your problem isn't actually android, but HTC..
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I have an epic 4g touch (samsung galaxy S II line)..and i've had none of the problems you've described.
Maybe you should try a non-HTC Sense phone before condemning the entire Android OS? It's not like it's HTC Sense or the highway. There's AOSP, Touchwiz, Motoblur, etc...lots of options.

machmanx said:
Well, if you don't get your problem dealt with, might I recommend a WP7 phone? Spec wise it is inferior to Android, but many ppl don't realize that a 1GHz single core is plenty of power to drive a WP7 phone. The GUI is as smooth as butter, no lags, crashes, etc. You should really try one of these phones and see what I'm talking about. And since it is being continually developed, it will probably catch up to iOS and Android in the specs department. But AGAIN, I stress that these phones don't need all that power. Try one out and you'll see what I mean
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Lol, epic post! Keep trying though.
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The saddest part is that I've bought the sensation MAINLY because of HTC sense.. it was the only reason I didn't go sgs2, so removing sense would be like, an uttermost humiliating defeat for me...
I will try all the stuff u said and keep u posted with the progress by updating this thread...
Oh and seriously guys u know what I was talking about, I am not criticising android, Iove it with all my heart, but iOS is the most stable thing I have ever seen. Did u ever hear of it crashing or lagging? No.. and that goes for ipads, macs, etc, again, as much as I hate apple and that scumbag Steve Mobs, I really envy that aspect they have... :/
machmanx said:
Well, if you don't get your problem dealt with, might I recommend a WP7 phone? Spec wise it is inferior to Android, but many ppl don't realize that a 1GHz single core is plenty of power to drive a WP7 phone. The GUI is as smooth as butter, no lags, crashes, etc. You should really try one of these phones and see what I'm talking about. And since it is being continually developed, it will probably catch up to iOS and Android in the specs department. But AGAIN, I stress that these phones don't need all that power. Try one out and you'll see what I mean
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As a matter of a fact, I really like the metro UI! and I have been with Nokia's forever LOL, at least the hardware is good (build quality) ^^
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Xxul said:
I have a sensation which, spec-wise at least, should be a powerhouse, dual core, loads if ram, bla bla but i am FED UP WITH LAGS, CRASHES, BUGS, for a device with that much power i expect FLAWLESS performance, and not to f*cking crash!! Sense crashes constantly (i only get a week or two without crashes if i factory reset the phone, but i dont think that is the point of having such a powerhouse!)
Apps are buggy, there will always be something, im not saying it happens always but it IS HAPPENIG, today Gtalk wouldnt start, it kept returning to the menu (solution:close background data, open gtalk, it will prompt u sth, enable background and it works) but guys this stuff shouldnt be happening at all.
I am a DIE HARD iOs hater, but dammit, that thing newer has lags/crashes/bugs... It just... Works.. f*uck.. i hate to say that but its, true, it just works
(And the roms and stuff are great, but still there isnt any rom that is 110% working)
I hope things will change in the future, or i will start considering to shift to the Cupertino based company..
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Xxul said:
Oh and seriously guys u know what I was talking about, I am not criticising android, Iove it with all my heart, but iOS is the most stable thing I have ever seen. Did u ever hear of it crashing or lagging? No.. and that goes for ipads, macs, etc, again, as much as I hate apple and that scumbag Steve Mobs, I really envy that aspect they have... :/
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Well actually...... YES.
http://www.macworld.com/article/133078/2008/04/tco_iphone_freeze.html
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1293076
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=454195
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=410646
http://ipod.about.com/od/iphonetroubleshooting/a/iphone_crashes.htm
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3127518?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2387605?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3374469?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3243698?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1731389?start=0&tstart=0
ETC and continues on for About 13,600,000 results, the same results can be found for ipads, ipods and anything apple
Apple products they DON'T just work. Now appologise and say sorry for propogating an annoying marketing myth, and never do it again.

hungry81 said:
Well actually...... YES.
http://www.macworld.com/article/133078/2008/04/tco_iphone_freeze.html
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1293076
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=454195
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=410646
http://ipod.about.com/od/iphonetroubleshooting/a/iphone_crashes.htm
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3127518?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2387605?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3374469?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3243698?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1731389?start=0&tstart=0
ETC and continues on for About 13,600,000 results, the same results can be found for ipads, ipods and anything apple
Apple products they DON'T just work. Now appologise and say sorry for propogating an annoying marketing myth, and never do it again.
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Post of the week
Onto the issue at hand, a lot of reviews for the Sensation report unexplained lag. Other dual core and similar spec'd phones don't lag like the Sensation does. If i had to guess it would be an improper build of HTC Sense.
Try a nonsense ROM can help. Get ADW launcher and beautiful widgets and you will hardly notice a difference. ICS should be able to offer other improvement. Most alpha builds reports night and day improvements with ICS.
If you don't want to use a ROM atm, avoid live wallpapers, turn off flash, avoid using too many widgets. Basically everything that makes an Android worth having, avoid until you can figure out the source of the lag.
Get a task manager and see if killing the tasks help, if it does then it is a memory issue either by a rouge app or (again) probably caused by the memory hog that is Sense.

My HTC Vivid on gingerbread + official sense 3.0 and unofficial sense 3.5 is buttery smooth. Just saying.
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No idea why everyone is saying use a Senseless ROM, Sense it at fault.
That's utter crap.
Try flashing a custom ROM, you'll find it makes a big improvement to speed and overall reliability

hungry81 said:
Now appologise and say sorry for propogating an annoying marketing myth, and never do it again.
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Are u out of your mind? Do us a favour and read posts with more attention
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iOS multitasking + other problems
Well, I read that iOS 5 drains a lot of battery for the simplest tasks. On top of that, there are other issues related to web browsing (like crashing browser) and other issues. I'd say look into this before setting your heart on iOS. I mean, it could take them a long time to fix it.
And yeah, a lot of ppl have love for Nokias since they were so good. I'm glad they're making phones with WP7. But for now I'll stick to my HD7
Rootin' for the underdog (WP7)

cm7 v sense

as i know,cm7 and the miui are the most rocking rom in android,but im wondering that why our sensation forum is not ?isn't cm7 performance can beat over sense?

CM7 and Miui are great add-on fir Sensation, I buy HTC for Sense UI ,smooth scrolling, great email apps,navigation and great widget. Screw those who said Sense is slow. If I want AOSP I would've get Samsung. To me AOSP sux balls and boring.
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Sense !!!!!!
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ansonchan said:
cm7 and the miui are the most rocking rom in android
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i've tried both and didn't like them at all

here's the bottom line. Sense is cooler looking (except the ICS sense 3.5, to me it looks like ****. seriously. wtf. ). It IS slower. People who said it isn't are in denial. Sense is just really heavy due to the framework and ****.
Aosp is boring. as EpSix said. but, it's fast. muuuuch faster than any sense rom. Doesn't matter what "aosp" rom it is. CM7, MIUI, CM9. It's all faster than sense. Problem is it doesn't look as good out of the box. The customizations are endless when a stable build comes out. Just take CM7 + ADW Launcher + Theme chooser. it's heaven.

illuminarias said:
here's the bottom line. Sense is cooler looking (except the ICS sense 3.5, to me it looks like ****. seriously. wtf. ). It IS slower. People who said it isn't are in denial. Sense is just really heavy due to the framework and ****.
Aosp is boring. as EpSix said. but, it's fast. muuuuch faster than any sense rom. Doesn't matter what "aosp" rom it is. CM7, MIUI, CM9. It's all faster than sense. Problem is it doesn't look as good out of the box. The customizations are endless when a stable build comes out. Just take CM7 + ADW Launcher + Theme chooser. it's heaven.
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What part of this sense 3.6 looks ****.
Its also super fast now on this rom Elegancia 2.1.6, maybe not quite up to Aosp speed, but close enough.
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big_sw2000 said:
What part of this sense 3.6 looks ****.
Its also super fast now on this rom Elegancia 2.1.6, maybe not quite up to Aosp speed, but close enough.
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I'm sorry if I have offended you in any way, but I am a more minimalistic person. I do not like fancy neon colors. to me it's an eye sore. but that's what sense gives. so I guess my point wasn't valid. it's up to the user, but to me it's ****.

illuminarias said:
I'm sorry if I have offended you in any way, but I am a more minimalistic person. I do not like fancy neon colors. to me it's an eye sore. but that's what sense gives. so I guess my point wasn't valid. it's up to the user, but to me it's ****.
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No offence taken. lol
I just seen it as a way to show off my device, and what can be done with sense. And the fact that you say sence is cooler looking.
Everbody has the on way, other wise we would all be using the same rom, like sheep.
The only thing that i dont get. Is why people buy HTC to use Aosp roms.
Im sorry if my post came across as being a little agressive.
Steve

I bought HTC because it was between the Sensation and the S2. The S2 woud've cost me 65,000won vs the Sensation's 56-57,000won. (In Korea, you don't buy the phone outright unless you want to drop 850,000won. So you pick a plan and a phone and pay off the phone in installments.)
I liked Sense but wanted ICS already so I flashed a custom ROM.

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The only thing that i dont get. Is why people buy HTC to use Aosp roms.
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Why shouldn't they? Unless you buy a Nexus device you're going to get a manufacturer GUI, whether it's Sense with HTC, Touchwiz with Samsung, Blur with Motorola, etc.

k0nfucius said:
Why shouldn't they? Unless you buy a Nexus device you're going to get a manufacturer GUI, whether it's Sense with HTC, Touchwiz with Samsung, Blur with Motorola, etc.
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Lol getting my ass kicked in hear
Sorry me being thick, not thinking others supliers use there own GUI like touchwiz etc.
Like i said above, everyone has diffrent ideas, i was just wondering.
Steve

big_sw2000 said:
The only thing that i dont get. Is why people buy HTC to use Aosp roms.
Steve
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To me, I bought this device because of the dual core, and I don't want a Samsung. I would have gotten the gal nex if it was HTC.
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big_sw2000 said:
What part of this sense 3.6 looks ****.
Its also super fast now on this rom Elegancia 2.1.6, maybe not quite up to Aosp speed, but close enough.
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The nasty clock. The ****ty outerglow on all the icons, the ****e textured background and the horrendous weather icons.

Installed CM7 and MIUI and never looked back. ICS is awesome too!

the last good Sense was 3.0, which is why I'm still on it. 3.5 and 3.6 feel clunky and I haven't met anyone who prefers the soft gray over 3.0s hard grays and blacks.
AOSP roms offer the best battery life and smoothest experience, but there aren't any rock solid ones for the Sensation yet.
as for MIUI, it has always been very slow and laggy. maybe if it were GPU accelerated, but no goddamn way is that going back on my phone.

Sense for apps and widgets.
Miui for iphone look
Aosp for plain look
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Sense UI sucks!
First of all the calendar app doesn't even show titles of events on the boxes(you have to click on them to see it), which is USELESS if you use calendar. You might as well take an actual, physical wall calendar and just mysteriously draw boxes for all your appointments, because that's all you get with Sense calendar.
Personalize button stuck on the main screen is also retarded lol, who the bloody hell is changing their wallpaper/ringtone that frequently to need it stuck on their main screen! Calm down with the uber personalization, I just want to use my phone!
The USB cable screen is a hulking behemoth of steaming poo, why are there like THIRTY THOUSAND OPTIONS FOR USING A USB CABLE?! The first time I saw it I had to change my undergarments. Stock Android just has "connect to pc" and then.....what do you know? "disconnect from pc."
And on the dialer screen, god help you if you decide to call someone you don't have a photo for. The giant huge ass green Android that pops up on the screen with a white background will blind you and scar your eyes forever with its obnoxious ugly huge size. Jesus phone, calm your ass down, I just want to make a call!
Want to use secure lockscreen? Good luck! You can't even see who's calling you, because they are so desperate that you use their nifty HTC lockscreen. You have to use two lockscreens! What a bunch of ****!
I also always hear people talk about their HTC widgets. Well who the bloody hell in their right mind would want a huge ass clock taking up half the screen? Not to mention you already have a clock(look at the top right corner of your phone) but why buy the Sensation and have a big screen just to put a clock that takes up half the screen on it?! I guess you can look "cool" to your friends, but I prefer a useful home screen!
Not to mention it's LAGGY!
I am currently using CM7, I was using VQ but couldn't stand the reboots. Waiting for a stable CM9 release.

sergeybrin said:
Sense UI sucks!
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Fair enough if that's your opinion.
First of all the calendar app doesn't even show titles of events on the boxes(you have to click on them to see it), which is USELESS if you use calendar. You might as well take an actual, physical wall calendar and just mysteriously draw boxes for all your appointments, because that's all you get with Sense calendar.
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Never use the Calendar so I can't comment on it.
Personalize button stuck on the main screen is also retarded lol, who the bloody hell is changing their wallpaper/ringtone that frequently to need it stuck on their main screen! Calm down with the uber personalization, I just want to use my phone!
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I don't think it's that big a deal. For 'normal' users who may not know about long pressing the home screen and going to the settings Menu it could be fairly useful. Besides, I believe you could re-assign it to something else if you want, at my old Hero could.
The USB cable screen is a hulking behemoth of steaming poo, why are there like THIRTY THOUSAND OPTIONS FOR USING A USB CABLE?! The first time I saw it I had to change my undergarments. Stock Android just has "connect to pc" and then.....what do you know? "disconnect from pc."
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Bit big of an exaggeration there ! There's only 5 options (On ICS).
Once again I do think it makes things like Tethering a bit quicker to use. I don't use HTC Sync but I can definitely see why it's on the cable screen, people who use Outlook may need to sync their Calenders every day or so and this just makes it easier.
And on the dialer screen, god help you if you decide to call someone you don't have a photo for. The giant huge ass green Android that pops up on the screen with a white background will blind you and scar your eyes forever with its obnoxious ugly huge size. Jesus phone, calm your ass down, I just want to make a call!
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I don't have photos for anyone and I always though it looked fine. Never bothered me since my phone is up to my ear so I don't look at it anyway apart from briefly.
Want to use secure lockscreen? Good luck! You can't even see who's calling you, because they are so desperate that you use their nifty HTC lockscreen. You have to use two lockscreens! What a bunch of ****!
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Not sure about this one since I had a call today and my phone was locked and I could see the caller fine. Maybe this is different on ICS and Gingerbread.
I also always hear people talk about their HTC widgets. Well who the bloody hell in their right mind would want a huge ass clock taking up half the screen? Not to mention you already have a clock(look at the top right corner of your phone) but why buy the Sensation and have a big screen just to put a clock that takes up half the screen on it?! I guess you can look "cool" to your friends, but I prefer a useful home screen!
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Me! Although, I didn't buy the Sensation just for the clock.
I keep it mainly because I find the weather section useful and it acts as a shortcut to alarms and the stopwatch etc.
So no it's not to look 'cool' (at least not in my case).
Not to mention it's LAGGY!
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I think it was always quick and smooth, didn't notice any lag on Stock Gingerbread.
With ARHD it's quick, the only thing that could be a bit quicker is the Settings Menu, but it's beta so that's a non issue.
I am currently using CM7, I was using VQ but couldn't stand the reboots. Waiting for a stable CM9 release.
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I look forward to CM9 as well.

big_sw2000 said:
The only thing that i dont get. Is why people buy HTC to use Aosp roms.
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This is my third Android Device. Two of them have been from HTC and the other from Motorola. I buy HTC not because of Sense, it does provide some 'eye candy' but its not for me. I go with HTC because of their great build quality and the fact that they are so developer friendly. With the number of ROMs under development, its hard to not find one that doesn't work for you.
AOSP CAN be boring, but with a few modifications, you can make look just as good as Sense:
Check out ADW EX as a launcher replacement. Tons of themes to choose from and easy to swap out icons.
I use Beautiful Widgets for a 'sense like' clock. IMO, it runs circles around the stock sense clock widget, much more customizable.
I do use the Calendar quite frequently. Pure Grid Calendar Widget is just as good as the sense calendar if not better.
Bottom line: to each their own. Some like a minimal look. Others like a flashy setup. Find what works for you and enjoy it. =D

ratchetnclank said:
The nasty clock. The ****ty outerglow on all the icons, the ****e textured background and the horrendous weather icons.
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Like i said, everyone to there own. Thats exactly what i like about Sense.

[Q] Rom Recommendation

Hey guys,
I've been out of the flashing game for some time now and looking for a fresh rom.
Some of the things I really look for are,
-solid battery life
-good camera interface (ive taken over 1600 photos since sep 2011)
-I hate a phone that freezes and WILL SACRIFICE bells and whistles for it
-I DIS-like the sense feature that allows the screens to rotate like a carosel (iv done it waay too many times on accident)
I will say I do prefer sense, for all the built in features that are very stable. But since the inspire has been out for a while maybe some of the alternates have STABLE features BUILT IN.
Here are a few that I really enjoyed
-Gingerbeast....can you say battery life and stability!!
-LeeDroid....the first rom i ever tried, good balance of features
-WCX_Sense....sense done beautifully! (not great battery life though)
and here are a couple roms that didn't fit my personality/desires
-virtuous unity 1.27
-original rumrunner
-ace miui
**I'm not a fan of adding a lot from the market** I usually find this slows the phone and adds to the stability issues
Open to try anything that you guys think would work well...even if its an updated version of something i didn't really like last time around
Thanks!

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Coredroid is really good, its my preferred sense rom. lots of tweaking options within it.

WOW and removing apk's was pointless, (lmao). What one ROM may work great for one person may not work great for another. You have to try them out yourself. I love Redemption 4.0 has its small issues, but also Absolution 3.7 is very solid.

Reinaldo33897 said:
WOW and removing apk's was pointless, (lmao). What one ROM may work great for one person may not work great for another. You have to try them out yourself. I love Redemption 4.0 has its small issues, but also Absolution 3.7 is very solid.
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I tried to explain what features are important to myself
I did not ask what is the best rom, or what is your favorite, simply which current rom will fit MY listed preferences best.
Wasn't trying to make this a super generic newb post...

and with respect. this is a development site. its a collection of projects and hacks. this isnt a library where you ask about a genre of books and we take you to them. just download and try. best bet

Virtuous Affinity seems to be pretty solid for a sense ROM. RCMix3D Runny 4.0 was also pretty best. I use my phone heavily and haven't noticed many bugs on Virtuous Affinity so I would recommend it to you.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA

I always recommend CM7

schinner16 said:
I tried to explain what features are important to myself
I did not ask what is the best rom, or what is your favorite, simply which current rom will fit MY listed preferences best.
Wasn't trying to make this a super generic newb post...
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I understood what you were saying good buddy. Just seemed like your last sentence was asking opinions on roms But like Darunion said you just have to download and try. Good luck on your search.
Sent from my HTC Inspire 4G using xda premium

If you are looking for stability, no carosel, and the best battery life I have ever experienced give the Juicy R2 version ROM a try. The link is in my sig. It is Gingerbread 2.3.3 and Sense 2.5. No added mods, or bells and whistles. Seriously thinking of going back to it myself. Using WCX at the moment. It is a great ROM but I have to agree that it is not the best for battery life. I can do without the new weather app in 3.0 and 3.5.

Agoattamer said:
If you are looking for stability, no carosel, and the best battery life I have ever experienced give the Juicy R2 version ROM a try. The link is in my sig. It is Gingerbread 2.3.3 and Sense 2.5. No added mods, or bells and whistles. Seriously thinking of going back to it myself. Using WCX at the moment. It is a great ROM but I have to agree that it is not the best for battery life. I can do without the new weather app in 3.0 and 3.5.
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Sounds like that might be the first one I try. Thanks for all the comments guys, sorry for distracting and using the site for something it wasn't intended for.

Only joking here: but darunion gets yelled at by the mods sometimes, so it's good.

notobsessivejustcurious said:
Only joking here: but darunion gets yelled at by the mods sometimes, so it's good.
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sorry i dont know who you are. i have not been 'yelled at by mods sometimes'. Your post is completely unrelated to the topic and directed at me. saying youre joking doesnt fix it. I was not the topic of discussion here. please refrain from further posts of this nature.

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Only joking here: but darunion gets yelled at by the mods sometimes, so it's good.
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I Would beg to differ on this.
Now for the OP see one of the biggest issues is that a rom could run 100% on my device but not on yours. That is the reason for the try them out yourself and see what works best for you.

Darunion said:
sorry i dont know who you are. i have not been 'yelled at by mods sometimes'. Your post is completely unrelated to the topic and directed at me. saying youre joking doesnt fix it. I was not the topic of discussion here. please refrain from further posts of this nature.
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You got it.

Roms are very subjective as everybody has told you. I would recommend CoreDroid V9.4 that is truly awesome and battery life great. RCmix and WCX have been discontinued unfortunately, so I would just use a rom that is still supported. Anyway, all roms in here are great and very smooth and stable. In the end, it will depend on what you like....

[Q] Why flash custom ROM on SK4G?

First, I am very new at rooting and customizing Android and appreciate any help understanding. Please don't take my questions wrong, the screenshots on these ROMS look amazing and I know more than a few tons of hours went into developing and testing, it really is that I am not comprehending the differences I'm finding.
Thanks to the help of the great tutorials here, my SK4G is now successfully rooted! I've been looking at ROMS now for a very long time and found I am really leaning towards Glorious Overdose v5 or neXus JB.
What I'm wondering though, is why would I go through the trouble and risk of flashing if it is essentially still running froyo? Since it's rooted, could I simply uninstall the junkware and use Holo or ADW for a similar effect and virtually no risk? Of course I do see the difference in the kernal version, but as I said I am new to this and it's just my guess that kernal is even a big difference maker.
I am very obviously missing something here, and though I am searching I'm not quite finding what it is I'm not understanding. Otherwise as the video stated when I signed up... I'm a noob...

kelltech said:
First, I am very new at rooting and customizing Android and appreciate any help understanding. Please don't take my questions wrong, the screenshots on these ROMS look amazing and I know more than a few tons of hours went into developing and testing, it really is that I am not comprehending the differences I'm finding.
Thanks to the help of the great tutorials here, my SK4G is now successfully rooted! I've been looking at ROMS now for a very long time and found I am really leaning towards Glorious Overdose v5 or neXus JB.
What I'm wondering though, is why would I go through the trouble and risk of flashing if it is essentially still running froyo? Since it's rooted, could I simply uninstall the junkware and use Holo or ADW for a similar effect and virtually no risk? Of course I do see the difference in the kernal version, but as I said I am new to this and it's just my guess that kernal is even a big difference maker.
I am very obviously missing something here, and though I am searching I'm not quite finding what it is I'm not understanding. Otherwise as the video stated when I signed up... I'm a noob...
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I didn't read
Flashing a rom gives you more space / faster an more reliable
Glorious overdoes v5 is a bit buggy here an there an over all is the largest "rom" due to the aroma
I use nexus jb is slim fast reliable its really good the creator ric has made many roms each better then the last (theming wise) demkantor is really great dev only a few people here anymore an these two still make this phone amazing
Sent from my SGH-T839 using xda app-developers app

immorality said:
I didn't read
Flashing a rom gives you more space / faster an more reliable
Glorious overdoes v5 is a bit buggy here an there an over all is the largest "rom" due to the aroma
I use nexus jb is slim fast reliable its really good the creator ric has made many roms each better then the last (theming wise) demkantor is really great dev only a few people here anymore an these two still make this phone amazing
Sent from my SGH-T839 using xda app-developers app
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Thanks for pointing out Overdose is buggy, I have that and nexus JB downloaded so perhaps I'll go with JB. Admittedly I'm a bit nervous to take that next step and flash. If I brick I have no backup phone, but it looks like the instructions here on this website are pretty clear and easy to follow. Plus, I'm a risk taker lol!

There are many reasons to flash a custom ROM, in addition to what Immortality said: you can flash one that looks and feels more like GingerBread, IceCreamSandwich, JellyBean, etc. You can pick one that isn't so bloated (although once you're rooted, you can pretty easily remove the bloat). I've tried a few, and here are my notes:
GOV33+LEAN-PERFORMANCE-RELEASE - Started out good, but over time SU stopped working, battery life degraded. Liked LauncherPro. Maybe it just needs to be reinstalled
neXus_JB_v1.2 - Colors hard to read (white on gray). Seems like too many unnecessary apps (live wallpapers, etc).
MeMoRy - Based on GOV3.3 Lean. Uses Lightning Launcher, which I didn't like at first, but it's very simple and presumably lightweight. However, the supplied Jelly Bean keyboard keeps crashing. I installed the ICS keyboard and removed the JB keyboard, and this is now the ROM I use.
Windxixi just posted about a new ROM that he says is based on GB and works: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42562471#post42562471. Might be worth following.

Windxixi just posted about a new ROM that he says is based on GB and works: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...1#post42562471. Might be worth following.
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Thanks for your insight, very much appreciate it. I did see that GB post, looks really interesting. Once someone determines if it's actually upside down as in his pic or not I may just go with that one. Unless it really is upside down, that would seriously drive me nuts!

kelltech said:
Thanks for your insight, very much appreciate it. I did see that GB post, looks really interesting. Once someone determines if it's actually upside down as in his pic or not I may just go with that one. Unless it really is upside down, that would seriously drive me nuts!
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Should be fix-able but yes if you look at the track pad an the screen the settings is upside down an in chinese japanese
Sent from my SGH-T839 using xda app-developers app

immorality said:
Should be fix-able but yes if you look at the track pad an the screen the settings is upside down an in chinese japanese
Sent from my SGH-T839 using xda app-developers app
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Sweet, definitely keeping my eyes open on that thread because I know for certain I cannot fix it! I haven't even had the guts to flash a new ROM yet or even delete bloatware, only froze it so far...

i like both gov2 and nexus jb.
both of them smooth like a charm

kelltech said:
Thanks for your insight, very much appreciate it. I did see that GB post, looks really interesting. Once someone determines if it's actually upside down as in his pic or not I may just go with that one. Unless it really is upside down, that would seriously drive me nuts!
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I can say that the ROM is not upside down:
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But I still wouldn't use it if this is your only phone. Keyboard does not work so you are stranded with a virtual keyboard. Battery life does not seem to be all that great. No buttons work on the actual phone except the power button, trackpad button, and the volume down button. The gyroscope does not work and I have not even set up my SIM on this so I don't know how it works with actual use.

shadowscott said:
I can say that the ROM is not upside down:
But I still wouldn't use it if this is your only phone. Keyboard does not work so you are stranded with a virtual keyboard. Battery life does not seem to be all that great. No buttons work on the actual phone except the power button, trackpad button, and the volume down button. The gyroscope does not work and I have not even set up my SIM on this so I don't know how it works with actual use.
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It is my only phone and doesn't look like I'll get to buy a new one any time soon. Thanks for the advice!

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