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So here's the deal. I just bought one, and I'm looking forward to developing for it.
A few questions first:
1. What kinds of roms do you like? and Why. I want to please my user base, as well as pick it.
2. What features are you missing from Sense, MIUI, AOSP, or whatever else the kids are using these days? (this includes things you see on other devices and wish you had on sensation, or things you think of yourselves)
3. What kinds of roms do you think have ABSOLUTELY no point; For example, I think a re-post of CM with a new kernel and a theme built-in is ridiculous... What do you think?
4. What do you prefer about a rom you flash on sensation? if you had to choose between battery and performance, which? if you had to choose between pretty theme/heavy apps or bare-bones cleanliness, which? This kind of relates to q1...
Before I start repeating myself, I'd just like to say that sensation has a bunch of amazing devs going for it, and has a unique look and a terrific user base, and I'm thrilled to be a part of it.
Please leave intelligent responses, to help make your device better!
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Ok I will be the first hear. I have only had my Sensation since September 1st so I have not yet flashed a custom ROM to it. I am kind of giving the stock ROM a good trial run first.
I think since so many people, including me, are reporting touch screen issues, especially with pulling the ring up to unlock the device. You should really consider implumenting something that gives you a choice if you want to use the lock screen or not. Maybe a widget or a added choice in the settings to disable the lock screen. Or maybe even a G-Sensor operated lock screen, you know shake the device to unlock it.
I personally like the dialer UI of HTC Sense 3.0 and the text messaging in sense. I do not like the fact that you can not do what I call free scroll through your apps in the app tray. You have to scroll inn predefined blocks of 20 apps at a time. I personally like a bear bones ROM with a lot of downloadable add ons that you can install if you want. That way you can truly customize your device to suit you and you needs and likes.
I also think you should add a percentage meter that can be put in the status bar at the top cause the stock ROM does not have that option. I really like being able to see my battery percentage not just a battery with a green bar.
Also I miss the CyanogenMod settings in settings that I used in the Hyperdroid-CM7-v2.1.0 -HeadyHoneybadger ROM on my HD2.
I really am not to fond of the bottom launcher bar in the stock ROM either. I like the small launcher like the one in the above mentioned ROM so anything like that would be great.
A better music player than the default Android music player would be a plus also.
Last thing I can think of is something that will turn your WiFi off when you leave the WiFi area, say your home WiFi. And maybe even turns it on when you get back in range of your home WiFi network.
If I think of anything else I will post it here in this thread. Hope you get some more responses.
Edit: I forgot to mention, I prefer performance over battery. But not to the point that the battery will not last at least 8 hours
I'd choose a ROM that keeps Sense 3.0, intelligently overclocks the CPU to maximise performance when the phone is awake and being used, and underclocks it when the phone is asleep to maximise battery life. Another biggie for me would be a camera apk that reduces the compression and noise reduction that the stock Sense camera apk uses which cause Sensation photos and videos to lose sharpness. And I'd like Beats from the Sensation SE included too.
Over to you...
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I'd choose a ROM that keeps Sense 3.0, intelligently overclocks the CPU to maximise performance when the phone is awake and being used, and underclocks it when the phone is asleep to maximise battery life. Another biggie for me would be a camera apk that reduces the compression and noise reduction that the stock Sense camera apk uses which cause Sensation photos and videos to lose sharpness. And I'd like Beats from the Sensation SE included too.
Over to you...
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All of the above is already available.
To OP. Welcome to Pyramid forums.
It's very tough competition here mate, so good luck to you (no sarcasm).
To make ROM successful you'd have to make it unique or a lot better than others ( very, very hard to achieve) or both together.
Coming from the Mytouch 4g my favorite Roms were the Aosp Roms they are so light and quick with amazing battery. I would love one similar to fuax's aosp rom from the mytouch 4g. Also I'm a fan of better battery since I use my phone for music and internet all day!
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Oh - and...
1080p YouTube playback
MKV file playing
Visualiser for media player
If I think of more I'll be back, but you should have enough to keep you coding for a while
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ive had my phone for 3wks and just flashed HD Revolution but stripped it with a viperMod [hated the TMobile and HTC widgets] and loving it so far
the only problem for me is the yukky battery life but its far superior to my HD2, can do so much more with it
my advice is to flash Recovery and jump right in
Miui.
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tinky1 said:
All of the above is already available.
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Really? Awesome news! Which ROM has them all?
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Any ROM really, with add ons available. I.personally recommend InsertCoin 2.2.5 SSE
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Really? Awesome news! Which ROM has them all?
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I would like to see a Sense 3.0 ROM, but super fast (if that's possible) by removing useless junk and optimizations and **** (I'm currently using InsertCoin and it is fast, but it would be awesome to see iOS or WP7 responsiveness)
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I've been debating about this over the weekend since I installed ARHD on my Sensation.
I know CM7 is still on Alpha, but I'm wondering if it's worth switching over the CM7. I used to run CM when I had my Nexus, and it was awesome. I don't know why but Sense is just so appealing to look at and the Eye Candy is just awesome, so I'm kind of debating on whether or not I should make the switch to CM7 or not. Also, how's the battery life on CM7 in Alpha? ARHD is giving me pretty much 10-12hours of usage with everything on and fairly heavy usage.
I was using revolution HD for a while on my sensation. I did the XE with beats 3.6.0 upgrade too, and it was nice... although I wanted to give cm7 a try. I am very impressed... for alpha, it is incredibly stable. Camera is nicer, it's nearly instantaneous (where revolution still had a 1-2 second delay between launch and home) boot is faster, battery is better... all sorts of neat things.
Basically you're going to be giving up your Camera, HTC keyboard, Video Recording, Sense Dialer. I tried it and went back to LeeDROiD, because I couldn't handle the camera and missed the keyboard.
nothing in the world beats htc keyboard >>
Spekko said:
nothing in the world beats htc keyboard >>
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ehh, swype much?
RussianBear said:
ehh, swype much?
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+1
I can't live without Swype
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If you don't need the eyecandy... go with CM7.
If you do need the eyecandy... go with MiUi.
If you need HTC stuff... stay with Sense. Otherwise CM and MiUi rape Sense on performance.
Personally I use both. I like both and have always been loyal to the CM roms on all my phones. The I lovethe speed of this rom however I do like ARHD. The What ever I feeling that week I run. I keep nandroids of both and keep them up to date and restore when needed.
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nothing in the world beats htc keyboard >>
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I much prefer Swiftkey X.
But, the camera and lockscreen are two significant reasons I always end up coming back to a Sense rom.
nrvnqsrxk said:
Basically you're going to be giving up your Camera, HTC keyboard, Video Recording, Sense Dialer. I tried it and went back to LeeDROiD, because I couldn't handle the camera and missed the keyboard.
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You lose all these things? You can't use the camera or record video?
For me I'd say Swype > HTC Keyboard
I have no idea what the Sense Dialer is, but I'm sure the alternative is that you can still dial and call people. =)
I agree I have the beats theme with the alien lockscreen. I know many are not impressed with the beats Software however my music sounds great. I use SwiftKey x as well. I just wish there was a bigger selection of skins.
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relic419 said:
I much prefer Swiftkey X.
But, the camera and lockscreen are two significant reasons I always end up coming back to a Sense rom.
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Yeah SwiftKey is the nuts. Just because you have a sense rom doesn't mean you have to use it. Plenty of launchers out there. I'm uprooted using lp+ and the phone is flying. Really tempted to go with arhd though.
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n0oblettz said:
You lose all these things? You can't use the camera or record video?
For me I'd say Swype > HTC Keyboard
I have no idea what the Sense Dialer is, but I'm sure the alternative is that you can still dial and call people. =)
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He just means HTC's version of each.
In my opinion MiUi is the best ROM. I think it beats out CM for total functionality and the themes and eyecandy are endless. It's CM taken to the next level. I even used to run the Swype keyboard on it with my HD2, haven't tried with the Sensation.
RussianBear said:
ehh, swype much?
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personally, i hate swype with a passion
What about a Rom that mixes the best of both worlds?
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Cm7 alpha 7 as the option to launch up to 4 apps from the lockscreen... That's why we love cm nightly... Updated every night! And we're not even in the official nightly yet
Hi my name is DloBrown and Im A nightly addict who've been sober for too long!!!
There might be too many bugs in CM7 at the moment for me to just jump on to it. How easy is it to keep updating nightlies? Will all my apps stay from each update to update? Helping with the alpha and providing issues may be something that would make me switch over.
using CM7 alpha 7 right now. Loving it. The only thing I missed was the lock screen and alpha 7 has a similar one to sense, so i'm good now. 1080p recording still not active but will be. Also
one other thing I miss about sense was the face book to contacts sync. CM7 can sync them but not as good. I have some contacts under nicknames that sense used to match with my face book friends. But overall I prefer CM7, much smoother and more customizable.
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I have Android Revolution 3.60. im on Bell and haven't flashed the recommended radio. Im scared to do so, as my other phone- moto dext would overwrite my existing radio with tmob's if i updated it. Im used to flashing roms with no radio. My battery really sucks it drops like mad and have to constantly charge
CM7 all the way, but...
I have been using CM7 for a couple of weeks, and I can say that even in alpha, this rom is great. The bugs are not that significant (at least for me) and it is extremely fast. I am not big in the eye candy thing, so for me I prefer a simpler rom than one with more bells and whistles.
That being said, ARHD is the best Sense rom out there, especially because it was the first one with full access to the dual core processor. Mike1984 has done a great job with the rom, it is extremely stable and the add-ons are nice. I have to be honest and I don't think that there is a camera app that can beat the Sense one. I am talking about basic functions, meaning taking pics and recording video, as there is no 2-3 seconds delay after pressing the shutter button.
I don't think that CM7 is for everybody (not right now), so if you just want your phone to work flawlessly, I will say go with ARHD.
P.S.: I personally don't like MIUI, it is too iphonish for me, but I would agree with another person in this forum, who says that it is the evolution of CM7. I do like the performance of the rom, just not the look of it, I hope that they bring back the app drawer.
i like everything about this phone but the ui
then you shouldn't have gotten the phone .. and this is a Q and should not be in the dev section
cjindustry said:
i like everything about this phone but the ui
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seeing as u have 98 posts u should know by know where to post... smh
cjindustry said:
i like everything about this phone but the ui
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Then you should've gone HTC... Normally we're not like this. Post things in the right section and we're much nicer.
You did try the phone before you bought it, right?
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cjindustry said:
i like everything about this phone but the ui
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well do you just want the launcher and widgets or the whole set of menus dialer and more?
you can use 3rd party apps like go contacts and launcher pro and go weather or beautiful widgets or fancy widget and replace the lock screen with a market ap but to port the ui takes work both ui's have some kernel integration and the phones use completely different hardware so it takes a lot of work from experienced developers and none here have any interest in that. best i can tell you is to buy a sensation or it's canadia equivelant if you are not satisfied with market app.
though i do like mikeys suggestion.
I prefer Mikey's suggestion, agree with Dani's and suggest you look at how the proposed Sense port went for the original sgs and then come back......
I used Sense with Cookie's improvments. The GO Launcher and ALL of its addons are actually far superior - then add 2 quicklauncher - and this phone DESTROYS sense. Just a bit more work to get all assembled - but its all there and WAY MORE.
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I used Sense with Cookie's improvments. The GO Launcher and ALL of its addons are actually far superior - then add 2 quicklauncher - and this phone DESTROYS sense. Just a bit more work to get all assembled - but its all there and WAY MORE.
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Thanks BSW11 for your feedback I'll try that
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I LOL'D! HAHA
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Getting TRUE sense UI on samsung based rom is (impossible??). Porting them is a lot harder then anyone might think.
sense is very heavy. i remember even 2 years ago on windows mobile phones it consisted of thousands of files. and it seems to only have gotten more bloated. its definitely not impossible, but its so intertwined with the framework, it would take alot of work. htc is not going to make it easy.
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Getting TRUE sense UI on samsung based rom is (impossible??). Porting them is a lot harder then anyone might think.
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yeah I didn't know.. I know they port all the time from htc to htc so didnt know how it was from htc to another model or another model to htc.. the sense 3.5 for my inspire was great but the phone button broke, so i got the samsung infuse until the next htc came out.. I do however like some of the feedback i got and with a few free apps from the market ive got it dialed in with the htc looks without the battery cpu and mem hog.. may just get the galaxy 2 and mod it the same way and see if i can hold off on the htc.. but i hear the htc holiday aka raider is going to be amazing
Just wondering what is the best rom for performance....but packed with features and also completely off topic....but does anyone know if the sensation xe is 4g??
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speedyjay said:
Just wondering what is the best rom for performance....but packed with features and also completely off topic....but does anyone know if the sensation xe is 4g??
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Hi,
In the time you've been waiting for an answer,you could have made a nandroid backup,visited THIS FORUM,and picked,say,the most popular ROM.
You could then install it and see for yourself what it is like.
Each ROM thread has a brief description of what it is like,and the whole process would take 20 minutes.
If you don't like that one,choose another.
Why wait for someone else's OPINION,when you can make an informed decision for yourself.
Just saying.
speedyjay said:
Just wondering what is the best rom for performance....but packed with features and also completely off topic....but does anyone know if the sensation xe is 4g??
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Try them all, it's your phone at the end of the day.
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The rom I recommend is the Android Revolution HD, specially version 4.1.x is great and has the latest version of HTC sense, try it..
Pyramid 3D is the best for me so far. Maybe LeeDroid when it gets updated with custom kernel.
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DIGITALIZED is very smooth and has no faults and has the sense version 2.3.5 and 3.5 sense
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The best ROM by far is CM7. Don't listen to these noobs.
I would say Android Revolution HD, but you should try different roms with different kernels to find one that suits your need.
I think there are 2 separations, Sense or non-sense, decide which side then try some roms =]
Are any of the ROMS fully customizable? I want to be able to turn off the foolish ring lock and remove all the themes wallpaper and live backgrounds from this phone. plus i would like to remove all the pre installed apps. I only want phone and messaging and vpn on my phone . i also want to brows the files on my pc and access them with some sort of file manager. i would like to change the hard set buttons on the main sreen to diffrent ones that i use . i would like to lock the screen from carouseling to just a single screen that dosent move. is there such a rom?
Not all of us are gossip queens or attracted to shiny objects.... we need a real phones that do real work... becides social masturbation!
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The best ROM by far is CM7. Don't listen to these noobs.
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You mean the most unfinished ROM? Or the most likely not to be finished ROM?
Don't take it personal noob.
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Are any of the ROMS fully customizable? I want to be able to turn off the foolish ring lock and remove all the themes wallpaper and live backgrounds from this phone. plus i would like to remove all the pre installed apps. I only want phone and messaging and vpn on my phone . i also want to brows the files on my pc and access them with some sort of file manager. i would like to change the hard set buttons on the main sreen to diffrent ones that i use . i would like to lock the screen from carouseling to just a single screen that dosent move. is there such a rom?
Not all of us are gossip queens or attracted to shiny objects.... we need a real phones that do real work... becides social masturbation!
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So why the hell did you buy a smartphone?
PygoShlee said:
So why the hell did you buy a smartphone?
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lol +1
and to the guy who posted that -
Android is by far the most customizable OS out there.
Wait for a weekend or some other free time, read for about an hour and do it yourself. You can add or remove anything you want anywhere if you know how. If you cant be bothered reading or cant understand the explanations on how-to do whatever youre trying to accomplish, dont root your phone. Until then you're better off selling your phone, buying a nokia, reading up on android from basics and buying another android phone when youre done being helpless.
You claim youre a 40 year old biker. Unless you've been biking for a living, you'd have some basic computer skills. Thats all you need.
gunsforeveryone said:
Are any of the ROMS fully customizable? I want to be able to turn off the foolish ring lock and remove all the themes wallpaper and live backgrounds from this phone. plus i would like to remove all the pre installed apps. I only want phone and messaging and vpn on my phone . i also want to brows the files on my pc and access them with some sort of file manager. i would like to change the hard set buttons on the main sreen to diffrent ones that i use . i would like to lock the screen from carouseling to just a single screen that dosent move. is there such a rom?
Not all of us are gossip queens or attracted to shiny objects.... we need a real phones that do real work... becides social masturbation!
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Spoken like a true troll! Get u'r self an iphonie because XDA is way over u'r head!!
Take a look at coredroid.all comes down to personal choice. But at least take the time to check it out.
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I fell in love with Sense 3 on my Evo 3D, but I think I'm over it now. I'm tired of the behemoth ROM downloads, etc.
However, I am in love with this fast focus, pic in video, etc camera that this One S has stock. What can I do ROM wise to cut the fat but keep the amazing camera? I want CM10, but the camera sucks. I understand that the camera is probably something sense framework related isn't it?
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I fell in love with Sense 3 on my Evo 3D, but I think I'm over it now. I'm tired of the behemoth ROM downloads, etc.
However, I am in love with this fast focus, pic in video, etc camera that this One S has stock. What can I do ROM wise to cut the fat but keep the amazing camera? I want CM10, but the camera sucks. I understand that the camera is probably something sense framework related isn't it?
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Look at the Sense-based ROMs under the development forum. You won't find anything like it in AOSP/AOKP.
Try sense based miui (there are 2 different ones, make sure you get sense based). Personally not a miui user, but sounds like what you may be looking for.
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Try sense based miui (there are 2 different ones, make sure you get sense based). Personally not a miui user, but sounds like what you may be looking for.
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I'll try that out, normally I wouldn't but I'm intrigued on this phone. I can't imagine how sense would mesh with that.
I'm blown away by this camera though. Not to veer the thread off too far but anyone know how to do the burst mode? I found something about limit to 20 shots per second or something like that, but I can't get it to burst
Just keep holding the shutter button down and it will start bursting until you left you finger or reach the limit
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Ahh good , I was expecting mode
Found a great solution to my problem I got Viper One S ROM and unchecked Sense. Kept the lock Ring and the awesome camera
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Found a great solution to my problem I got Viper One S ROM and unchecked Sense. Kept the lock Ring and the awesome camera
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Yeah I was running that for a while. Still doesn't match the speed & smoothness of JB/CM10 (IMO) but true it does give you perks from both. Good news is we get official JB within the next month, so won't have to compromise much longer :victory:
So when official One S JB comes out then cyanogenmod can have the stock camera? I've been running Trickdroid but there's no updates on that and my phone starts to run like crap after a couple weeks. Just put CM10 Back on today, and forgot no good camera.
cm10 camera can do burst mode, but it's very clunky and in the menu.