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[Q] I need your opinion!

Hello all,
I'm currently using the samsung vibrant and I'm about to pick up a new phone tomorrow. I know everything there is to know about the vibrant aside from JTAG operations. the phone has been outstanding and reliable from the beginning to end. I post this because I wonder what you guys feel about your sensation... always was an HTC fan but if I were to get the Galaxy S 4g then I would be right at home. They are very hard to actually brick and that is what I love most. So how's the sensation?? you guys get alot of bricks on this device? I've been doing some research and this phone looks amazing with some of the custom roms and themes I've seen so far. I really want to get it because of its highly updated processor. But how dangerous is it to flash custom roms and what not?
I appreciate your input

I switched from a captivate I know exactly what your saying but it looks alot more complicated then it is if you follow the instructions and guides properly you will be ok. Overall I love this phone its amazing and great support on here for it
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offwiththeface said:
I switched from a captivate I know exactly what your saying but it looks alot more complicated then it is if you follow the instructions and guides properly you will be ok. Overall I love this phone its amazing and great support on here for it
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yeah sad to say.... the vibrant is dying.... at least that is what it seems like. Cant seem to get a solid gingerbread rom going although they are getting close. I read some lines from a rom thread that shows how to turn your sensation into the XE version... is that what you did? or is there really a better version out there? lol I have no idea

Yea I did that the developers name is Mike and he is sick. His rom android revolution is unreal
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I switched from the g2x and the sensation is very easy to root if you follow the guide exactly. It is also the best phone available in my opinion.
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Well if the choice is between the Galaxy S4 and the Sensation... that's easy. Sensation! Not even close.
If you are a huge Sammy fan you might want to delay and compare the Hercules with the Sensation.

Decision was made, you guys were right, this phone is a beast. Within 2 days I already flashed ARHD 3.6.0 and I'm very impressed. Thanks to all
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Xe ruu on sensation?

Hi, I've been wanting to flash a stock xe ruu, radio, kernel etc on my sensation. I.lookd around but couldn't find a straight forward answer. So how would this work if at all. And if sumthing does go wrong, will it jst be a standard restore? thanks in advance
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You didn't look very hard as this has been covered this week, as well a number of times over the last few months

The vbulletin search can be a little tempromental at times, you need the right text input to get accurate results.
Try this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1361041

Thanks guys ill try out that post. Yeh as UKseagull said u need the right words, when I searched very little of the posts were related
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Sensation or Sensation XE ?

Hey guys,
how's it going Sensation-ers ?
as it reads, I wanna buy one of them, is the XE worth the extra money?
plus, will Sensation ROMs work on the XE?
btw, i used to be a Galaxy S user, then stupidly enough I bought HTC Titan .. WP7 suck! , big time, failure on both fronts, fun and practicality !,, just an awesome OS design.
If you go Android,, you never go back ! ... Testified !
Thanks

From what i have read they are basically same and there is ROM for Sensation that turns Sensation into Sensation XE?!
BTW, I'm having the same question as you! Sensation XE is 33 eur more expensive than regular Sensation, but comes with good quality headphones i read somewhere? So are that headphones worth 33 eur if everything else is same? Have XE also stronger battery?
Can someone help us to solve this dilemma please?

LiooO said:
From what i have read they are basically same and there is ROM for Sensation that turns Sensation into Sensation XE?!
BTW, I'm having the same question as you! Sensation XE is 33 eur more expensive than regular Sensation, but comes with good quality headphones i read somewhere? So are that headphones worth 33 eur if everything else is same? Have XE also stronger battery?
Can someone help us to solve this dilemma please?
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If u want to save more just buy the normal sensation but if u more too music go for XE,its bundle with beats earpiece i have both & lovin it!
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how about the screen ?? ,, is it as washed as they say in reviews? I'm asking cause i know when you using it daily it's not the same .. so how's it from your point of view?

I have the XE and the screen looks great, although there is some text ghosting when scrolling through settings menu etc. Nothing that concerns me though.
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There are 2 type of screen. If you got the AUO acer, then you got the vivid, pinkiest color, gosting issue and no wash a way screen. But if you got Sharp screen, you got screen with no vivid or pinkiest and gosting issue, but you got wash a way screen. Search thread about the two type screen on general section and you will understand it.
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Thanks 2 all XDA-Devs

Hey all,
Since i cant post in the dev pages i would like to thank all devs here on XDA (Especially the HTC Sensation ROM builders).
I think you all are doing a great job and all for the benefit of the common pple.
I own a Sensation XE and i've had various ROM's (VariousROM Inquisition, Android Revolution HD and now OrDroid).
It just keeps getting better and better...
Keep up the good work all !
Cheers,
Marty

Agreed ordroid and arhd are my favorites.. by far
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Not to be rude but just pushing thanks is likely good enough... No need to start a thread :/
Sent from outer space 3000 years in the future (with my now extremely outdated, but still freaking awesome, HTC Sensation Z710e)

Yeah. It's nice to see your appreciation but I've opened a thread like this and it for closed and I was told to use the thanks button instead. I've seen it happen to several threads like this.
Also even if you had enough posts you definitely shoupdnt have posted this in the dev section.
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I did use the thank button but of just doesnt deel the same.
If they wanna close the thread fine, i just wanted to say cheers.
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It's a nice thought, I know what you mean. I'm sure the devs appreciate it
Sent from outer space 3000 years in the future (with my now extremely outdated, but still freaking awesome, HTC Sensation Z710e)

The devs make having a sensation a real sensation!
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Hello everyone

Just switched to my millionth android phone, coming from a t989, picked up a sensation. Looking to eventually root and find a clean stable ROM. Looking forward to some suggestions, maybe tips and tricks.
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Hi and welcome! You can take a look at Sensation general forums and they have the rooting guides there. Also look at sensation android development and the roms Are there. Before anything you need to know your h boot version in order to find the guide that is correct for you. In order to find that you pull out your battery, then place it back in and press your volume down and power button at the same time. A screen will come up with your information. On top will be your h boot version. Write it down. Then you can find the correct rooting guide for your boot version.l read through the guide a few times. I suggest to even print the guide out so you can refer to EVERY step with ease . I did this and trust me it helps a lot because you can't miss a single step. Before you begin familiarize yourself with the guide. It's worth the effort in the end. Before you know it you will be S-off and rooted . I do suggest you also S-off because you will have more freedom later and be able to flash a lot easier. This is my opinion. I'm S-off. S off is like security off . Since your rooting you might as well soff also. The guide will tell you how. I hope these tips help you out. And I want to say again welcome. Best wishes!
sent from HTC sensation, soff, 3.33 firmware, viper Rom, sense 4.1, mugen battery. please press thanks if I helped in anyway.

Thanks for all that awesome information, I'm very familiar with routing and s-off and all that. To be honest,I underestimated this phone. I have never seen so much development for a phone and I'm kinda overwhelmed with all the roms, as to which are popular and stable and the latest.
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I am kinda confused though, is it normal that the phone signal shuts off with the battery door off?
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Nickdroid86 said:
I am kinda confused though, is it normal that the phone signal shuts off with the battery door off?
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yeah, the antennas are built into the back case

Oh that's a strange design lol
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I've got to say, I had 3 Amazes, this is my first sensation and I like it so much better, but I can't quite pinpoint why. It feels great in the hands, I love the groove asking the glass, and the thin-ness of it. I know speed for disc the amaze is suppose to be better, but this phone is real nice.
One thing I notice, it seems a little longer, yet a little more narrow as far as the screen goes? Maybe it's just me, coming from a 4.52 inch screen
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Just checked my hboot version, it's 1.27.0000 so I'm going to start looking into the easiest way to perm root my sensation and see which ROM is best. Viper seems like the most popular.
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You're right, viper is the most popular, but that's probably because team venom does so much work with sense and they have devs for a lot of HTC devices so they get things done and put a ton of features, by the way, be careful on juopunut bear. I know you've had the amaze and you've probably already done it, read everything very carefully because you do not want your new phone to be bricked
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For ICS ROMs I'd have to say ARHD is by far the fastest and smoothest. Cm9 wasn't bad but I still find it laggy and buggy even in final build. I won't mention jellybean because you said you wanted something stable and I take that as no betas . Good luck and just remember that if you get s-off and super cid you will save yourself a lot of trouble with incompatibility issues.
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REMEMBER TO HIT THANKS IF I HELPED YOU IN ANY WAY, IT'S POLITE AND APPRECIATED.

If you to try a sense rom really close to vanilla ICS I would go with virtual inquisition. I used it for many months, it was really good battery life was great. But development has seized for that rom.
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I hate to be that guy that asks, but is there an all in one method I could follow for hboot 1.27.000 to get s-off and root with recovery? I've been searching I'm kind of overwhelmed lol. Could someone provide a link? Thanks in advance.
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Not quite sure what happened, I followed the direction to the T using this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661631
For some reason my phone boots up perfectly fine, but nothing is showing up with the phone on, only the notification bar, everything else is black???

Nickdroid86 said:
Not quite sure what happened, I followed the direction to the T using this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661631
For some reason my phone boots up perfectly fine, but nothing is showing up with the phone on, only the notification bar, everything else is black???
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means your phone is temp rooted, run the un temp root script

I figured it out, just had to finish the instructions lol. It didn't say anything about the black screen so I jumped the gun and got worried lol. It's all good now, downloading viper ROM
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Nickdroid86 said:
Thanks for all that awesome information, I'm very familiar with routing and s-off and all that. To be honest,I underestimated this phone. I have never seen so much development for a phone and I'm kinda overwhelmed with all the roms, as to which are popular and stable and the latest.
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I think you never saw the development for the amazing htc hd2^^
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Drowzz said:
I think you never saw the development for the amazing htc hd2^^
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I had the hd2 back when it first got android dual booted lol
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Is there a kernel I can just overclock the stock ROM with?
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Nickdroid86 said:
Is there a kernel I can just overclock the stock ROM with?
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