Just got the sensation to replace my LG G2x and first thing on the list of things to do is ROOT! I plan on following the stickie on this forum to do it so wish me luck! I switched from Verizon using a thunderbolt so I feel right back at home with this phone!
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welcome to the sensation "thing" lol. Atleast there are more people getting the sensation even though there are new phones coming out.
Welcome...i'm also new in here...
Good choice with htc sensation,you won't regret...belive me...cheers
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yeah its a lot lighter than the Thunderbolt but its the same phone! I just love it! I haven't rooted yet and am freaking out. I always feel so overwhelmed when i look at the whole step by step process because i look at the whole picture instead of the little steps....AHHHHH
Welcome aboard, enjoy your great new device, and happy flashing!
Welcome dude!! Before u purchase senny, did u do all the research first and read xda? If yes, then good for you. If not, then dont feel regret later!! and please dont compare it to SGS2..thanks
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Consider MIUI for Sensation! It's pretty awesome!!
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I also came to the Senny from the G2x. It's a much better phone. Rooting is really not hard at all.
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Keep an eye on coredroid. And careful flashing
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Gotta ask - Why do you need to root? Have you even tried to use the phone as it is?
I always root my phones....just something I have always done.
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One reason for root : Adfree
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Great phone! Until the GN is released which will replace my Sensation. Happy flashing!!!!
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One more reason for root: it's YOUR phone. Welcome back home.
I run Android Revolution HD v 4.1.x
Sense 3.5 interface - If for no other reason, Root so you get Sense 3.5.
Cant get sense 3.5 on Sensation without Root (yet).
In my opinion, 3.5 is a big step up from v3.
Keep on rooting boys !!
Just got myself a sensation as well. Coming from a line of samsungs, most recently the sgs4g. Man there are so many options with this phone as compared to the sgs4g.
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many reasons for rooting: speed and awaken 3D and 2D gaming power!!
was really upset with stock sensation XE.
But ARHD ROM (Cool), Amaze Cam Mod, Bricked kernel 1.5r1 beta 1(fixed 3D & 2D issues and no freeze cam after applying Camfix) and ARHD Radio....
It's A Superior Master Piece!!!!
I don't mind stock I just loved my titanium back up and can't have it unless I'm rooted. Still haven't done it yet....still overwhelmed lol
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lets just say, all the fun stuff happens when its rooted
I love amaze cam. And also titanium backup and Mybackup are reasons to root. i couldnt imagine a phone without my backups
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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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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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Like the title says. In your opinion what do u like the best. I'm currently running ExtremeSensation Dream 2 by TheLegendaryLegends.
I've just got the ce and loving it. Wanted to know if I'm missing out on an amazine Rom that's hidding someware lol
Thanks in advance for replys.
Brody5
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I prefer Android Revolution HD (i'm on 6.5.1, will try 6.5.2 later today), InsertCoin also worked like a charm on my device. At the end it's personal preference I think. But look at the number of replies on the ARHD thread, it shows how active the Android Revolution team and the community is. The support is amazing. I love it.
I am using elegancia rom, arhd is simple rom where u must add every think by yourself, elegancia have everything built in, and also is beautifle. Aaaand also u can chose some options in instalation like oc kernel (better cpu, like 1,5 or 1,7 instead 1,2). Give it a try, i wont be dissapointed.
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IC is by far the smoothest and it gets updated at least 2 times per week. ARHD is good too but I always return to IC! Try them and choose the one that fits your needs
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+1 for Android Revolution The support is mega, thats what i love more than anything.
Fair enough you may have to add modds / tweaks yourself, But thats because not everyone wants a ton of mods n stuff, Some people just want a stock looking custom ROM.
IMO its better than having them all built into the ROM and having to dissect it to remove the stuff you dont want..
But the main thing is personal preference.... There is not better / worse ROM
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But the main thing is personal preference.... There is not better / worse ROM
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I must agree with that, u must try it for u self and decide. Unless there is a rom, wich is very, very, very bad, but talking about all main roms, u must decide for u self.
Thanks guys. I'm going to try each one of these roms that has been mentioned.. What I'm looking for is something that looks good, has very good battery life and is fast. First one I'm going to try is InsertCoin. Is there any good asop roms floating about.. I used to use Oxygen Rom on the HTC Desire S.
Thanks for the replys there very helpfull.
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Thanks guys. I'm going to try each one of these roms that has been mentioned.. What I'm looking for is something that looks good, has very good battery life and is fast. First one I'm going to try is InsertCoin. Is there any good asop roms floating about.. I used to use Oxygen Rom on the HTC Desire S.
Thanks for the replys there very helpfull.
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Elagancia is fast, and IMO have the best look, I am using 1,7 kernel, and don't have exellent battery life, but many people say they do, maby they using less kernel.
Extreme Sensation Dream 3 is out so it should better now
Darkforest!
Cant leave this rom..
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ARHD with faux kernel ICS nice combination +1
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I know the title says Sense 3.6, but Sense 4.0 is really good. Give it a go.
Link to one of the best Sense 4.0 ROMs here
all roms are same only themser,mods,kernels, which you can flash so its pity to compare peoples work but i bet they all are same cos based on same leak
I really love insertcoin roms... Really good stuff
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I'll look into that one... Green time lol I tryed Prime 5 yesterday. It was perfect for me but the only thing that made me change my Rom was because the GPS didn't work at all... It's a shame because I really liked Prime 5.
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I know the title says Sense 3.6, but Sense 4.0 is really good. Give it a go.
Link to one of the best Sense 4.0 ROMs here
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Thanks redbullcat. Will take a look.
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matt95 said:
I really love insertcoin roms... Really good stuff
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I'm a fan of insertcoin too.. I used to use his Rom on the HTC desire
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Arhd.
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I prefer stock looking roms so I'd have to say, ARHD. I've been using it awhile now and really havn't had any complaints. Plus the support is very good!
Take a look at Lee Droid as well. Supposed to be really good
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Hey everyone tomorrow morning I'm getting my sensation and can't be more excited.
Just wanted to say tomorrow I will be rooting my phone asap
Any suggestions on some good starter Roms?
This forum is 100 times larger and more active then the mytouch 4g forums
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awesome bro i remember seeing you in those forums I too switched
as for roms depends whether you want sense or not
MIUI is perfect AT this moment. based on the HTC ICS Base so you get both the camera and everything else working.
Official HTC Rom like ARHD, coredroid etc - Stable and fast rom with Sense 3.6(personally dislike Sense but you can install a mod to make it just like stock android, look under themes and apps)
CM9 - video camera doesnt work so well, bluetooth no go,
sense 4 - camera not so much with no autofocus, but almost good enough
I suggest - ICS stock rom with HTC base. like hypernonsense
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awesome bro i remember seeing you in those forums I too switched
as for roms depends whether you want sense or not
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Nice to see some familiar names and I'm hoping to try sense 4.0 the Mt4g has a lite version 4.0a I think but I want the whole package
Also man as we came from the same forum how hard was it to root this phone. I remember the mt4g being so easy
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This one is easier.
Came from mt4g too.
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I really like the ARHD ROM. It works great on my Sensation 4G. I am using SebastianFM kernel and ARHD 6.5.4 great battery life and good stability.
Good luck!
Can't you wait till the end of the month and get One S super amorled display
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overthinkingme said:
This one is easier.
Came from mt4g too.
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thanks man just got the phone going home to root it
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I really like the ARHD ROM. It works great on my Sensation 4G. I am using SebastianFM kernel and ARHD 6.5.4 great battery life and good stability.
Good luck!
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I actually used that on the mt4g
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Can't you wait till the end of the month and get One S super amorled display
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Bro I just traded a mytouch 4g for a sensation for free I'm lucky to even get a trade like that
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joemoss said:
Nice to see some familiar names and I'm hoping to try sense 4.0 the Mt4g has a lite version 4.0a I think but I want the whole package
Also man as we came from the same forum how hard was it to root this phone. I remember the mt4g being so easy
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I came from mt4g and found the sensation easier to root. I am running coredroid on the mt4g and on my sensation. The mt4g is for my son, he bought one off a kid at school for $20, because the kid didn't like the battery life. I am real happy with coredroid on both phones. Just make sure to go through a few battery cycles before judging any of the roms, most will break in and give great battery life in a few days, at least in my experience.
+1 for ARHD - its the most stable, the most fastest and the support is amazing.... (IMO)
I highly recommend trying it out. Throw in Sebastians kernel and having a Full day AND a half battery wont be a rarity any more.
there are a lot of guides on how to flash it, Its the most popular ROM, The guides are fairly simple, and if you dont like it, flash to something else
Welcome Im from the MT4G forums, aqnd im a flashaholic so i say try them all currently im back and forth between HyperNonSense v1.5(discontinued) and OrDroid Sense 4.0
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Welcome Im from the MT4G forums, aqnd im a flashaholic so i say try them all currently im back and forth between HyperNonSense v1.5(discontinued) and OrDroid Sense 4.0
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Im running ordroid right now and It's flawless
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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 :/
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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
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The devs make having a sensation a real sensation!
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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!
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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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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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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???
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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???
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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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Bricked, Faux, SebastianFM, XxXPatchaXxX... take your pick