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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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.
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As it comes time to upgrade once again, I find myself confronted my many options. The phones I am looking at are the Infuse 4g, Inspire 4g, Atrix 4g, Focus and iPhone 4. I am very partial to the Android devices and was hoping to end up with one. I currently have an iPhone 3g but want to trade up due to performance and battery life issues.
I would greatly appreciate some discussion and information on these various devices and the problems and plus's of each. I like the Atrix due to its power, battery and potential if the bootloader is ever unlocked. The Inspire is interesting due to the wide amount of development but I have sever concerns about the power in comeing years, battery life, despite ROM's and the speaker. I like the Infuse's screen, power, and, due to unlocked bootloader, development potential.
I have had Samsung "dumb" phones in the past, the SMS flawed Impression and the sub-par Solstice, so i have some concerns about Samsung phones. I like HTC but dislike them putting tiny batteries in their high end phones. Motorola is generally OK but I understand support is a bit lacking. iPhone is super reliable but I believe the OS is stale and boring. Also, i worry about the 4's future with the advent of the iPhone 5 in the coming months and, like I said, I like Androids.
Lets get some discussion going!
This is posted in the General's of all 3 phones. Excluding the Focus.
Hi there! i have had my Inspire for 2 and a half months. The first thing I must say is, I am unsure of how battery life was on the Iphone, but battery on the Inspire could be better. As any smartphone, the screen consumes A LOT of power. Only twice, however, has my battery not lasted me through the day. On average, I consumed 5% battery per hour on moderate use (25-30 texts per hour, fiddling with a few widgets, looking at stocks, etc) when unrooted on the stock ROM. On heavy usage (screen on especially if playing games, etc), expect to consume at least twice that. I have later rooted and upgraded to the Inspired Ace ROM and done a few battery calibrations and my battery has seemed to sustain much better.
Battery aside, this phone ROCKS! First impressions may be lacking as the battery cover was very difficult to remove on mine, even left scratches where a screwdriver was needed to pry it. The case covers that up though. The phone seems to be very fast and powerful. I have never had any major problems with this phone. It is by far the best phone I have every had. The only problems I have had were when this phone was stock and unrooted. I have more apps than any one person needs (>100) and the built in Froyo application manager does not seem to handle this number well. You have to exit the Manage Applications app then go back to it to load them all sometimes. This problem was fixed with the installation of a Gingerbread ROM, however.
Root was painless with bubby's simple root. (I was almost disappointed at the small amount of user input required! )
The HTC Sense ui makes the phone very user friendly, as it includes many custom widgets for things like mail, stocks, news, and other things. The SRS Enhancement included with Sense ROMs makes music sound amazing.
I have included the high parts here. If there are any more questions you have, please ask. I will be happy to answer any questions you have, as I would HIGHLY recommend this device.
hey will! im thinking about getting a inspire, but a user at the store todl me the phone freezes alot. is that true for all inspires or probably happened to him because he bough a faulty or defected device?
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hey will! im thinking about getting a inspire, but a user at the store todl me the phone freezes alot. is that true for all inspires or probably happened to him because he bough a faulty or defected device?
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That's not true for my phone.
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thank you! and also, i saw the inspire in the store, and the picture and just the quality of the screen and colors was BEAUTIFUL, i thought it was the exact if not better than the iphones visual quality. But i saw somewehre that the iphones resolution is better? how!!!
It has to do with the inspire being superlcd whilest the iPhone has a retina display which in essence is a very high res lcd to the best of my understandings. Keep in mind, however that the inspire's screen is much larger. (take that, Mr. Jobs!) As for the freezes, the guy at the ATT store must be a fan of another phone he is trying to push (blackberry perhaps? Sure...) Or has a total lemon. Mine has never truly frozen. The app manager lagging due to so many apps in froyo and one time out of a thousand in a text message the keyboard would not type when unlocking the phone straight to messaging were the only "freezes" I found and like I said, hitting back and re entering solved instantly.
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thank you! and also, i saw the inspire in the store, and the picture and just the quality of the screen and colors was BEAUTIFUL, i thought it was the exact if not better than the iphones visual quality. But i saw somewehre that the iphones resolution is better? how!!!
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The iPhone is somewhat nice...But considering it is Apple I must hate it naturally, retina is wonderful, but side by side with an inspire I do not see much of a difference.
Also the 3.5 inch screen is such a huge turn off for me...having a nice 4.3 inch screen to type messages and play games on beats the iphone right there...
(I just noticed im going against the iPhone alot)...Lets attack the Focus! I also considered this phone, I enjoy windows and all, but a mobile OS that is still new to the game didnt interest me much...4 inch screen was okay, I found it a little too small for my taste and I know most of you are saying "whoah .3 inches! Huge deal!" it actually is a really big difference, have you ever compared an inspire side-by-side with a focus? Plus its Samsung, every samsung takes forever to charge, and they are not the highest of quality.
The atrix is a nice competitor, but yet not one at the same time. Cool it has a dual core, so what? My inspire blows it out of the water overclocked at 1900Ghz(of course not constantly running). I can run my inspire at 500Mhz and it is still extremely fast and it surprised me. Also as many know the locked bootloader on the Atrix is also a big turn-off, not custom kernels and plus no ability to remove motoblur? jeez just the fact it runs motoblur makes me cringe, and also the fact that it is made by motorola.
Now moving onto the infuse, finally. This is the best competitor to the Inspire, although I had a choice of getting it I purchased the Inspire, here is why. A 4.5 inch screen was just to large for my hand, I would rather be using an actual tablet than using a half phone half tablet. Also the fact that it is Samsung also scares me, not the best quality device. Touchwiz is not my thing either! Although once rooted that all can change, I still dont like how it is the native OS. If you are really banking on buying an Infuse, you should really just wait for the Galaxy S2 to come to the US, that phone will be a beast. If you read this whole post then kudos to you, I apologize ahead of time for all of the grammatical mistakes and comma splices, but you cant blame me, just got out of school, time for summer .
Yeah I have not used and Samsung Android phones, but my last phone (well last 3 due to warranty replacements) was a Samsung Jack. Between WinMo and Samsung, I'm definitely a lifetime customer of any of its competitors. Plus HTCs recent decision to stop locking bootloaders will be nice for future phones if you are going to mod. My last Samsung was more like samsuck. Just saying.
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thank you both!! To me, HTC Sense is so well made that all the other operating systems? lol or whatever they are called in my opinion are just a more flexible edition of the IOS. I mean really, i look at the atrix, its widgets are boxes liek the iphone, it scrolls liek the iphone, and i find, well, i dont know if its the infuse or the atrix but the screen of one of them, may be both, is liek darkened? Its display isnt bright but its almost liek a gloomy type of brightness that the phone has. Im surprised no one else has commented or complained about it. But yea, i really want the Inspire, but ppl keep saying wait for a dual processor, but im only goign to get a dual processor phone that has HTC Sense the best in the business!
Not sure about the infuse, but I am pretty sure they do make sense based ROMs for non HTC devices. I know I have seen them for the galaxy s. So if you can get a non HTC dual core and want it to have sense, I'm sure you can find a ROM out there. However, from what I have read the second gen snapdragon (aka scorpion, according to HTC's specs) processor can hang with them fairly well especially with o/c kernels.
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I would like to add, that the Infuse has 428 of RAM and the Inspire has 768, very noticeable difference. Yes, gsII is going to be a beast, but I still don't wanna touch a Samsung. After having one of their dumbphones for a year and a half before getting this phone at the end of Feb, and reading their mishaps with the last year concerning the gs line and the fact I can't stand douchefizz, I will no longer consider Crapsung. I'd rather wait longer to give up my Inspire. The only phone I will give my Inspire up for right now is the rumored HTC Holiday. This is my first smartphone, and I am very happy! Liked em since I first saw the Evo and Incredible last year. Now, since owning this phone, I am HTC 4 Life!
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I would like to add, that the Infuse has 428 of RAM and the Inspire has 768, very noticeable difference. ...
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I am SO glad to see this. I had been jonesing an Infuse, but couldn't find a RAM spec. Jones now over. All I need is an overclockable kernel for Inspired Ace and even the 1200 MHz of the Infuse won't give me any envy.
I am very happy with the MDJ's v19 kernel on inspired ace. Overclock up to 1.6 GHz supported. I know some kernels will go up to 1.8 but I find this kernel good for battery life. I have leedroid on my sd card to try, but never have as I am happy with MDJ.
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I am very happy with the MDJ's v19 kernel on inspired ace. Overclock up to 1.6 GHz supported. I know some kernels will go up to 1.8 but I find this kernel good for battery life. I have leedroid on my sd card to try, but never have as I am happy with MDJ.
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Quick threadjack, been looking for an overclock kernel for IA!
The only d/l link I'm finding is for MDJ v22... any chance you can link me to v19?
I suppose I should keep up with the changing kernels a bit better! V22 is just the latest update. it should be as good or better that v19. Allows higher oc speed best I could tell by the changelog. I suppose I should update my kernel as well! Remeber to change the governor to smarta** for better battery life without the need to set screen off profiles with the ondemand governor. That is what I have read and seems to work, anyway.
Hello XDA,
I currently have the HTC Aria (Rooted) and I was wondering if I should get the HTC Inspire 4G. I have been considering it for a while and my upgrade date is in a few months and I was wondering, is this a great phone?
In my opinion yes the Inspire is a great phone but if you still have to wait a few months; HTC has some new stuff coming down the pipe Dual core, 4.5" screens, Ect... Although by the time you upgrade the Inspire will more than likely be free while your other options will not. As for what AT&T has out there right now I would still pick the Inspire. Even if they would have not screwed up my change from Alltel and gave them to me for free to keep me happy.
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Hello XDA,
I currently have the HTC Aria (Rooted) and I was wondering if I should get the HTC Inspire 4G. I have been considering it for a while and my upgrade date is in a few months and I was wondering, is this a great phone?
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I had the Aria and now have the Inspire. The difference in size and weight took some gettting used to, but the Inspire is a great phone with a much better selection of ROMs. I have no regrets whatsoever.
I agree with tmcfarland. I came from an aria and I love it. Plus there have been no problems getting used to it other then the size difference. Just be sure if you root to read everything through it is a little more involved than the aria but still very doable.
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This is the best phone eva! Now seriously it is a pretty beastly phone, speeds are great, screen quality is great, data speeds are the best your going to get until LTE and the build quality is amazing along with DEV support. Thats all you need to know
my favorite phone so far! although my second best is the blackjack 2 so this is really in a different world.
camera is amazing too...
like its been said waiting will offer a newer htc phone but its prolly gonna cost you where as this inspire might be a free phone when your due
Thanks guys, I went to an At&t store in my area to check the phone out, it seems pretty cool. And does anyone suggest a specific ROM, I have been looking at some extremely great ones.
I have enjoyed Gingerbeast for a whole week already, world record fot me...but i would also recommend honeysense, 2.1 sense mixed with 3.0
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I'm going against the grain here and not recommend this phone. I'm on my third phone. Im not hard on them at all. The speakerphone and freezing problems is why I returned the first one. The second one the screen totally went out. Both were stock. My current version is rooted and custom and so far no problems. It does drop calls but that may just be the service although never had q problem with my previous device. The battery is puny and you will need a charger with you at all times. I give the phone a 6 out of 10.
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Hey, I'm almost always around a charger and my battery on my Aria isn't so great either, so do you see me complaining?
When will you have the phone? For now I would recommend trying something like miui, very much like iPhone and completely different from the other inspire roms.
Definitely try gingerbeast, super fast.
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Tpgb is a great rom. I just got an inspire after having a captivate and my wife has an aria I would def get the inspire I thought my cappy was nice but the inspire blows it away. Im on tpgb rom now and my battery life is better than any cappy rom ive rver been on and it is ridiculously fast
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Wait. I have the aria and 2 inspires and would tell you to wait. The phone has issues, but I will say I still love it. Looks like the sensation is coming to ATT and lord willing maybe the sgs2 . If you think battery life on the aria is bad your really in for a bad surprise with the inspire. They have the same size battery.
Performance wise the inspire is rock solid, on par with the dual core beasts. I can run the tegra and gameloft games without a hitch. But the cell signal, WiFi, and definetly Bluetooth performance is sub par. It is a phone afterall. The speaker is bad, unusable for videos without the volume apk. I honestly think the metal body is what hinders the radio. Most have issues with the screen, my two included. Hell a case can kill Bluetooth as can your Hand covering the side.
Not trying to poop all over our beloved gadget, just telling it like it is. Go into any if the forum here and ask the opinion of that phone. I promise you it will be 90% positive, except the atrix. Lol
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I still use my Aria and I have the Inspire...The Aria is good in the car because I can control everything with one hand and my thumb...cant with the Inspire.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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...
I`m coming from an iPhone so this will be my first android phone. I'm very familiar with jailbreaking so I'm looking forward to rooting my future phone.
I was comparing the specs of these two but I kind of like the screen size of the Sensation, but love the exterior of the G2x. right now I'm leaning towards the G2x but I heard that the interface is fairly bland compared to the HTC and that it has a lot of problems. I'm sure I'll be able to add a theme or skin by rooting, correct? I also heard the HTC has a locked bootloader, whatever that means. I'm guessing that plays a big part in rooting. Any idea which I should get? Also, I was wondering if I do get an HTC would I be able to remove the Sense(the interface)?
G2X. all the way. I came from an iphone as well and was looking for a new UI but if you're looking for a sweet iPhone-ish UI definitely flash MIUI. Great battery life, stability and usability.
You should go with sensation, fancy right out the box. You don't have to root for custom skin or theme. If you are a person, who do not mind some little problem to get the best out of other thing like speed, smoothly, the handling of the hardware on your hands, then go with g2x. If you go with gwx you will need a good amount of time to find out which rom + kernel will be the best for your need, nobody will be sure that rom will be best for you seen some ppl have luck with all different rom. Seen you from iPhone you should try Miui rom 1st, you can dl it here or one from rootzwiki.
sensation is a POS with POS reception. Grip of death issues make wifi weak to unusable. skinny screen makes landscape the only way you can keyboard, but then wifi goes out.
Lots of great ideas put into something with ****ty implementation. My g2x has 2x the reception of my sensation. I'll never buy an HTC phone again.
EDIT: BTW, it got lower reception than our motorola cliq's, by 1-2 bars all the time, but if you picked it up, it lost another bar. Moto cliq would have 3-4 bars at my house, or my dad's house, where the sensation had 1-2, and if you picked it up, it became 0-1 causing dropped calls. Horrid.
What kinds of problems have you guys encountered with the G2x? And is it true that it has more dev support than Sensation?
I don't have a Sensation but I came from Mytouch 4G, which is a great HTC phone and still wish if I could trade my G2X to get the MT4G. I got this G2x as a replacement for my MT4G (insurance) about 2 weeks ago and i went thru 4 times of exchange due to reboot, auto turn off problem. G2X forum doesn't have much dev support (you can always check and compare between forums to see).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1278780
Good luck with your choice.
btw, G2X doesn't have build-in LED, which is a big - for me
If u plan on rooting, go with the g2x because it was my first android phone too and it was easier to start of with since it is easier to root. Sensation u can root but it has more steps to it. My phone only rebooted once.
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Ohh btw if u use GPSa lot go with the sensation.
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Thankds for the info so far.
Is the screen bleed on the G2xs a common problem? What about the dust under the screen of the sensation?
EDIT: And what other androids should I consider other than the SG?
xxtruplayaxx16 said:
Neither, wait for the S2 or the Amaze aka souped-up Sensation.... or wait for the Prime.
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+1 on this.
The G2x is an amazing phone, but it's going to be outdated pretty soon, sadly.
Im trying to get a phone off craigslist for cheap. Found a couple HTCs and G2xs. Doubt there will be an Amaze when its released. Looks great though :O
I have a g2x and a Sensation. The Sensation has a bigger screen, g2x wins hands down everything else.. the Sensation does not even have reception at my house, G2x and even Mytouch 4G have 2 bars, G2x feels twice as fast and the battery lasts longer..
My only small beef is the buttons are in a different order on the G2x and I really love the HTC Sense lock screen and weather Widgets.
But to me the G2x is a better phone..
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Just a warning if you use bluetooth stereo for like your car or headphones, it'll only work on the G2x on roms based off the official 2.3.3 rom. So you won't be able to run CM7 or MIUI without losing bluetooth stereo support.
I love my G2x (mine has no problem), and the recent Gingerbread update seems to have solved issues in most case.
With the Galaxy S II's coming out to major carriers, and the Nexus Prime weeks away... I would wait.
But seems like you need a quick phone now.
I love my G2x. We have working CM7, MIUI, and lots of custom roms. Since the Sensation has been unlocked, I'm sure they are starting to pick up some stuff too.
Most people think the development has been slow, but we have LOTS of roms... the problem is that nothing new has come out to develop. We have the latest CM7 builds based on AOSP 2.3.5, we have the latest MIUI, and we have several stock-based roms. What more can you ask for?
New G2x's come with Gingerbread out of the box so they typically work better then the original outlook (boinked software). My cousin has a new stock GB G2x and has no issues with it (came from an iPhone 4). The Sensation also has/had some pretty major issues out of the box with their touch screen not being responsive and dust under the screen (hardware problems). I don't think you can fix a boinked Sensation with a bad touch screen sensor with custom software.
The G2x can be a beast if you want it to.
Just curious...
I have the option to trade my Infuse for an HTC Inspire (non HD version). Both phones are in like new condition. I know many of you have multiple phones so any advice?
Before deciding on the Infuse back in August 2011, I considered buying the Inspire but I found that the screen was not as clear and bright. It reminded me of old, grainy LCD monitors. I also don't really like SenseUI but that is an easy fix with root/custom ROM.
I would also check out their forum on XDA to see how they're doing over there (I do this with EVERY phone I think about purchasing, lol). I have heard HTC offers codes to unlock the bootloader for most of their devices so that's a plus also. If you plan on rooting it and loading custom ROMs, I would also definitely check the CyanogenMod and MIUI sites to see if they offer ROMs for it. Every little bit helps.
YMMV but seeing as how they're very comparable in the spec department, you should seriously consider it. I know I did.
I've known a few people with the HTC Inspire and it's by far one of the worst phones I've ever seen. Now, granted that's probably 90% due to HTC's ****ty software, and a custom ROM would probably help it out immensely (I tried to convince my friends to let me put a custom ROM on, but they'd prefer to just whine about how much they hate their phone *shrug*).
I would suggest that you take caution in swapping for that phone. The Infuse is by far a better phone, but the development community is dead, which is why, I assume, you'd want to trade it. Otherwise there's no reason to trade.
The dev community is dead huh... must be on a different infuse forum than I am bro.
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My only reason for considering it is my mother has the HTC and likes it better due to the size, easier to txt. The screens don't even compare. I have no issues with my Infuse and would have to flash back to stock for her but I don't want to swap for a phone that doesn't handle custom ROMS, Apps well etc. I was just thinking about helping her out. The size is no biggie for me.
Thanks for the input
I have an htc inspire running abcession ics 4.0.3 OC to 1.92g and it is amazinglly fast and smooth.... its all up to what YOU want bro.
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My only reason for considering it is my mother has the HTC and likes it better due to the size, easier to txt. The screens don't even compare. I have no issues with my Infuse and would have to flash back to stock for her but I don't want to swap for a phone that doesn't handle custom ROMS, Apps well etc. I was just thinking about helping her out. The size is no biggie for me.
Thanks for the input
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I'm guessing you mention size because the Inspire is smaller. Honestly, the Infuse FEELS smaller to me. The Infuse is a little bit taller, it's width dimensions are nearly the same, and it's quite a bit thinner which gives it a smaller feel to me. I find the Infuse much better feeling in the hand than almost any 4.3" phone due to it's thin lightweight design. Being that it's only a tenth of an inch wider, I don't think it would make a whole lot of difference in texting for her.
Most important factor is you said flashing back to stock for her. This is where a HUGE warning flag pops up. HTC's Sense UI is absolute dog **** on that phone. It crashes frequently, it slows the phone down incredibly. That phone has turned more people to iPhones than any other Android phone I know. If you'd be running stock software, then I HIGHLY suggest you avoid the Inspire. Sense used to be something you WANTED on a phone, and Sense 4.0 looks like it's getting better again, but for a while there I wouldn't have taken a phone with a Sense based UI if you paid me. If you're willing to put a custom ROM on it for her, then the Inspire has some decent ICS ROMs as dman mentioned, and probably even pretty good Senseless GB ROMs, but stock, no way. It reminds me of the original stock version of Eclair on the Captivate. Slow as dirt. At least that's my opinion and the impression I got from using several friends' Inspires.
AJerman said:
I'm guessing you mention size because the Inspire is smaller. Honestly, the Infuse FEELS smaller to me. The Infuse is a little bit taller, it's width dimensions are nearly the same, and it's quite a bit thinner which gives it a smaller feel to me. I find the Infuse much better feeling in the hand than almost any 4.3" phone due to it's thin lightweight design. Being that it's only a tenth of an inch wider, I don't think it would make a whole lot of difference in texting for her.
Most important factor is you said flashing back to stock for her. This is where a HUGE warning flag pops up. HTC's Sense UI is absolute dog **** on that phone. It crashes frequently, it slows the phone down incredibly. That phone has turned more people to iPhones than any other Android phone I know. If you'd be running stock software, then I HIGHLY suggest you avoid the Inspire. Sense used to be something you WANTED on a phone, and Sense 4.0 looks like it's getting better again, but for a while there I wouldn't have taken a phone with a Sense based UI if you paid me. If you're willing to put a custom ROM on it for her, then the Inspire has some decent ICS ROMs as dman mentioned, and probably even pretty good Senseless GB ROMs, but stock, no way. It reminds me of the original stock version of Eclair on the Captivate. Slow as dirt. At least that's my opinion and the impression I got from using several friends' Inspires.
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I meant that I would flash my Infuse back to stock for her but wanted to be able to flash solid ROMs to the Inspire for myself. IDK, I have no issues at all with my Infuse but I didn't want to get stuck with a shotty phone. We'll see just wanted some input in case I swapped.
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Your exactly right... the inspirebis extremely slow and laggy stock... it needs a custom rom to run at its full potential
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I meant that I would flash my Infuse back to stock for her but wanted to be able to flash solid ROMs to the Inspire for myself. IDK, I have no issues at all with my Infuse but I didn't want to get stuck with a shotty phone. We'll see just wanted some input in case I swapped.
Thanks Peeps
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Oh, I completely misunderstood because I didn't read well enough! Yeah, I dunno, that's a tough choice. For one I think the Infuse is an entirely better phone than the Inspire, but the Inspire isn't that far behind and does have some decent ICS ROMs where the Infuse doesn't, so that's tempting. I don't think I could give up my SAMOLED+ screen though.
Brother had an inspire before i got the infuse. I find the inspire to be thicker and heavier than the infuse. Those are big problems with me especially when the infuse runs with a bigger screen and battery. Plus once you go super amoled you just cant go back
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Between the infuse and inspire, I'd take the Infuse just because its thinner and has a better screen.
I wish HTC came out with a thinner phone. Of all the factory UI's, I enjoy HTC's the most.
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before coming to the infuse i had the htc inspire..the infuse is DEFINITELY a step up in my opinion. A lot of bugs on the inspire including issues that many were finding, as well as myself, that when you used the flash on the camera the phone would restart itself.
1300 mAh vs. 1750mAh.. enough said for me.
I still have my Inspire. DO NOT TRADE FOR AN INSPIRE.
1) Screen sucks.. Seriously all washed out.
2) Lack of codec support. Playback of MKVs sucked even with other players.
3) Stupid useless unibody design makes it heavy and impossible to replace the 1280mAh battery with a higher capacity one.
4) No internal storage.
5) The camera sucks.... Ok maybe it's not the camera but instead the software. Videos and pics are compressed much more than the Infuse. Oh... The lens sticks out like a nipple. WTF HTC?
6) No HDMI-out if that matters to you.
6 cons off the top of my head. HTC really dropped the ball with the Inspire. Dumbasses.
I've had the infuse for quite sometime and picked up a inspire a while back on Craigslist and have to admit I haven't really used the infuse since. I'm running ice cold sandwich on my inspire and its smooth and fast. but really its ones personal preference but myself I like the inspire but they are both great phones with great roms to use get both and switch back and forth
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I wish HTC came out with a thinner phone. Of all the factory UI's, I enjoy HTC's the most.
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Totally off-topic but... here's one.
Man i got both phones and DO NOT trade the beautiful infuse for the Inspire 4G i repeat DO NOT trade!.
The build of the Inspire "feels" kinnda better being heavier and having a nice design but BELIEVE ME that 1230 mAh batery does down FAST, the camera does not compare to the Infuse camera, and the screen quality on the Infuse is just not reached by the Inspire.
They are both GOOD phones, thats why i bought em both but I you can only have one, keep the Infuse ALWAYS.
Don't do ittt!
I just traded my old Inspire for an Infuse about two weeks ago. Let me tell you that it is one of the better choices I've made! I would stick with the Infuse for the screen alone, the Super AMOLED screen is beautiful! Probably the easiest screen to read in daylight that I've ever seen. Apart from that, the processor (at stock speeds) is faster and I also find the camera to be better on the Infuse (software maybe? Cause aren't the cameras the same?)
My inspire is running Abcession by the collective ICS 4.0.3 and it makes my infuse look sad... apparently you don't know how to set that inspire up... its a beast. Able of OC to 2.1 ghz on ics... its a beast...period
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