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[Q] Is this phone even out..?

Hi there,
I see that the threads on HTC Sensation are thriving, yet whatever site I look at the phone seems yet unreleased.
For those who have the phone, at which countries has it been released? Or how did you buy yours / where can we order one?
Thanks in advance.

aydahm said:
Hi there,
I see that the threads on HTC Sensation are thriving, yet whatever site I look at the phone seems yet unreleased.
For those who have the phone, at which countries has it been released? Or how did you buy yours / where can we order one?
Thanks in advance.
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It's been released on Vodafone UK. Not sure where else.

Also with VFR in France I think

VF-DE released the phone a week ago - Friday 20th.
Mine is on its way - i hoped it would arrive today, but it seems i have to wait until monday.

And on Vodafone NL.
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Released for online orders on Vodafone Ireland
and Just Ordered mine!!!!!!
€469 PAYG and sim unlocked too!!
Delivery on Tuesday - gonna be a looooonnnng two days

DiZzle. said:
And on Vodafone NL.
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Does it have 16GB internal memory?

Ruudfood said:
Does it have 16GB internal memory?
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No, it has 1GB.

OTA Update

Did anyone else get an update message today?

No. What update? Proof?

That's a big no here, and checking for an update doesn't give any results either
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Don't toy with my emotions...

I haven't. T-Mobile in Boston, MA here.
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i sense tmo us will be the last one to get =/

There has been OTA updates in Europe. I'm from Denmark and I have received it. Also heard that UK has got it.
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I'm from Germany and I received it, too.
It's an update from the Vodafone Stock Rom 1.27.162.1 to 1.35.162.1

are the ota updates dependent on the kernal and not on your location or the mobile network?

I got an update notice (t-mobile, Missouri), but it was just some silly application update. Nothing cool. My wife got the same one at the same time. Maybe this is what you got?

Same here - just some application update. No sort of FW push if that is what you mean.

Holland got ota too.
Here in Holland we got the OTA on branded and unbranded phones too.

Same in France a few days ago. French people using Sense say it improved Sense. Some with touchscreen issues say it's better.
As I use Launcher Pro and never had touchscreen issues, this OTA is just a vast joke for me, nothing new.

This reminds me of the South Park episode where Randy Marsh kills an alien, galaxy police ask him if they've seen anyone,
France: "Nope can't say that we have"
Germany: "Anyone? Nope nobody."
followed by a bunch of other countries.
Offtopic, apologies, hilarious how ironic these threads are, specifically this one...

I'm in Cambodia I've got Asian version..., I just updated to 1.35.707.1

Nope. No update here in California.
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No updates in Hong Kong. HTC often skips over Hong Kong altogether unfortunately...

imkr1 said:
I'm in Cambodia I've got Asian version..., I just updated to 1.35.707.1
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same here in Indonesia, i also got this update
anyone got this update and having trouble with perma temp root?
i cant root it ever since i update my htc sensation with this.
i tried removing superuser and reboot, and run the perm temp root again, but still not working

Not sure what my version is as I bought it in China and comes with all asian language versions (so maybe a generic asian version), but I'm on 1.28 and tried an update check which came up empty.

I just got updated to 1.35.707.1. I am from South Asia- Bangladesh

Europe WWE vs Asia WWE

Hello!
Maybe it's a stupid question.
Official sales of Sensation did not start yet here in Ukraine, but you know, I just can not wait. I can buy gray imported Europe WWE (401) or Asian WWE (707) (I also have seen 701 CID, do not know what it is?).
The question is, if I purchase Asia WWE device, will I have problems? Looks like it have different radio versions.
Main question is: Will I be able to flash it with Europe WWE after we will get unlocked bootloader, or it may have incompatible hardware?
Current operation frequencies is not a problem, my carrier does not have 3G, I'll be using EDGE connection.

Asian ROM won't have European locales so unless you wanna use English I'd get the European handset

I plan to use English interface (it just looks better than cyrillic).
Interesting thing, device with 701 CID had Russian locale as well. I assumed, that 701 is Asian too, but I may be wrong. I did not find on XDA any mentions of x.xx.701 ROM versions.
Can I tell form the box what version of phone is inside? Nonofficial devices sold in sealed boxes, and nobody would open it before purchase.

You can't unfortunately, you can only assume that where it's being purchased from will dictate the version

EddyOS said:
You can't unfortunately, you can only assume that where it's being purchased from will dictate the version
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not necessarily...mine was shipped from Hong Kong and i actually have an Indian version with a 720 number, different to the 'asian' number
(yes, i know india is in asia )

Can some one tell me which ROM have Russian lang?

B1ackbird said:
Can some one tell me which ROM have Russian lang?
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x.xx.707 had Russian.
But, I think it safe to assume that all ROMs contain large amount of locales. Correct me if I wrong.

I bought an asian version and the seller told me to get the app more locale 2 from the market. With it you can have any languages you want!
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Hi
I have also asian sensation (1.35.707.1) and also using it in Ukraine.
Can someone tell me do I have any good _technical_ reason to flash a European rom? Don't care about locale, i'm using English anyway.
How about radios or any other core software? I'm concerned with reception quality, maybe with EU rom i'd have a better reception?
I had HTC Incredible S, and after updating to EU rom from Asian reception was terrible (might also be a common Android 2.2->2.3 upgrade issue)
Thanks!

Chinese Sensation

Hey there
I know I've been inactive on XDA for a while, I'm sorry for that
My Sensation has been stolen a while ago and I wasn't able to get it at all, so I'm planning of getting a new one. I live in Egypt and not planning of buying one from here at all.
I'm currently planning of getting an HTC Sensation XE, what you guys think about it? Or should I wait for the Sensation XL?
For now, I have a friend traveling to China, so maybe he'll buy it from there, is it a bad idea? What Software Versions come on Chinese Sensations?
About the price, will it be cheaper in China or USA?
Thanks a lot guys

I currently live in China and got my sensation here 2 weeks ago. I don't think there's an official Chinese version of Sensation. All I've seen here are black market handsets (I might be wrong though).
But what I'm certain is that most of the Sensation sold here is European version. They rooted the phone and replaced the ROM with those found in Hongkong or Taiwan version of the Sensation (so they can change the main language to Chinese).
When I purchased mine, I was offered that kind of handset for 2900CNY (without the memory card though, I even doubt the phone IMEI matches the box IMEI). There's also another set (Hongkong version) which is brand new, unrooted, still wrapped in original plastic packaging, and carried 8gb TF card). They do not need to do anything to this phone because it's Hongkong version, it supports Chinese by deafault. After some bargaining I managed to get it at 3130CNY.
230CNY difference, but if you minus the 8gb TF card (goes for around 100CNY), the difference is only about 130 CNY. But I feel much safer with the brand new handset. And so far I had no complaint at all.
Hope this helps

as a chinese, i wanna tell you that most htc phones' users in Mainland China are not using phones that should be sold in chinese mainland(most use phones that should be sold in HongKong and Taiwan, and my sensation should be sold in singapore), although we just buy them in mainland china. so our phones are not legal and have no guarantee. so don't buy cell phone in mainland china, obviously HK, TW, USA, or any other contries are better choices.
sorry for my bad english, i hope my reply can help you.
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forzanetti said:
I currently live in China and got my sensation here 2 weeks ago. I don't think there's an official Chinese version of Sensation. All I've seen here are black market handsets (I might be wrong though).
But what I'm certain is that most of the Sensation sold here is European version. They rooted the phone and replaced the ROM with those found in Hongkong or Taiwan version of the Sensation (so they can change the main language to Chinese).
When I purchased mine, I was offered that kind of handset for 2900CNY (without the memory card though, I even doubt the phone IMEI matches the box IMEI). There's also another set (Hongkong version) which is brand new, unrooted, still wrapped in original plastic packaging, and carried 8gb TF card). They do not need to do anything to this phone because it's Hongkong version, it supports Chinese by deafault. After some bargaining I managed to get it at 3130CNY.
230CNY difference, but if you minus the 8gb TF card (goes for around 100CNY), the difference is only about 130 CNY. But I feel much safer with the brand new handset. And so far I had no complaint at all.
Hope this helps
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hey man, u r right but actually the most version in china is hongkong's ,taiwan's, and some other asian contry's(just like singapore version).

-=JohnDoe=- said:
hey man, u r right but actually the most version in china is hongkong's ,taiwan's, and some other asian contry's(just like singapore version).
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I was offered 欧版 which I assume is European version?? 港版 and 亚太版 are slightly more expensive..

Actually its more important to find a sim-free phone rather than what country its origins. Cos the roms can still be flashed but if you land with a sim-locked phone, it won't be easy for you.

forzanetti said:
I was offered 欧版 which I assume is European version?? 港版 and 亚太版 are slightly more expensive..
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yeah 欧版 is european version.
港版 and 亚太版 are more expensive just because they support chinese as original language

Thanks a lot guys!
Seems like a big deal buying it from china as I prefer buying one legally and still in the box..
So, seems like I'm buying an XE from Dubai What you think about this phone?
Any recommendations? Should I go for another phone instead? what you guys think?
Thanks again everybody

thunderskain said:
Actually its more important to find a sim-free phone rather than what country its origins. Cos the roms can still be flashed but if you land with a sim-locked phone, it won't be easy for you.
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I don't mind buying a sim-locked phone, I can manage it
I just need to find the right place to buy it from hahaha

I bought a HTC Sensation in the Netherlands and it seemed to be a imported united kingdom model and there was no Dutch neither Chinese in the list off languages.
However that was easy solved. You just need to download an app from the Market called MoreLocale 2
Because it seems in fact the language is there, but you can just not select it via the settings and need this app, as far as I saw it worked perfect because the HTC Sensation is not setup in Chinese.

DexterMorganNL said:
I bought a HTC Sensation in the Netherlands and it seemed to be a imported united kingdom model and there was no Dutch neither Chinese in the list off languages.
However that was easy solved. You just need to download an app from the Market called MoreLocale 2
Because it seems in fact the language is there, but you can just not select it via the settings and need this app, as far as I saw it worked perfect because the HTC Sensation is not setup in Chinese.
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Thank you
I don't understand Chinese, I was just scared to buy a Sensation from China and to find it fake or without warranty..
I just didn't want to find myself with a Stock Chinese Rom, as I like using Stock Rom for the first week or two then start using Custom Roms..

claudenegm said:
Thanks a lot guys!
Seems like a big deal buying it from china as I prefer buying one legally and still in the box..
So, seems like I'm buying an XE from Dubai What you think about this phone?
Any recommendations? Should I go for another phone instead? what you guys think?
Thanks again everybody
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It'll be slightly overpriced, but of you don't mind that, go for it!
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using XDA App

Official ICS update, T-Mobile Germany, Sensation XE

Hey, I just received my ICS update on Sensation XE FINALLY after all this waiting. Before you ask any questions: I bought this phone from Romania, it's not simlocked, it has T-mobile branding (software only: boot screen, default message tone, etc) and I say it's from Germany cuz the only english language I can choose from settings is "English (Germany)".

Did you safe the update file?

If by "safe" u mean save, no, I didn't save it.