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[Q] which rom is best for htc sensation?

which ROM do you think is best for htc sensation?
I DIDNT CRACK/FLASH MY PHONE SO PLEASE POST ANY LINK TO PROCEED
i want these apps to work without force closing:
camera like HTC AMAZE
phone calls
HTC SENSE 3.5 (i dont want it like SENSE 3.0, it will restarts every time i uninstall any app)
GTALK WITH VIDEO CALLS
WITH MORE BATTERY LIFE
Bluetooth with audio output

For what you're after I'd have a look at the InsertCoin ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1198684

you could also try the RCmix

rjeeva said:
which ROM do you think is best for htc sensation?
I DIDNT CRACK/FLASH MY PHONE SO PLEASE POST ANY LINK TO PROCEED
i want these apps to work without force closing:
camera like HTC AMAZE
phone calls
HTC SENSE 3.5 (i dont want it like SENSE 3.0, it will restarts every time i uninstall any app)
GTALK WITH VIDEO CALLS
WITH MORE BATTERY LIFE
Bluetooth with audio output
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What does crack/flash mean. It's S-OFF'ed right?
I would recommend Bulletproof. ARHD eats batteries, and when I was on InsertCoin it was slow and camera FC'ed.

Bulletproof if you want a Sense experience. That ROM is very solid and under appreciated. I like to bounce between Bulletproof and CyanogenMod.
Sent from my CyanogenModded HTC Sensation 4g.

I have to say its Bulletproof for me at the minute, battery life is brilliant compared to any of the others I have tried.

Ok so, I hope this doesn't in terms become a thread jack but, I had recently installed Andorid Revolution HD by Mike and it had it's ups and downs for me, but I wanted something else. My friend had recommended that I try out cyanogenmod, which I did, just flashed it last night. Now the major difference I've noticed is, no HTC sense and very empty, which I liked because it gave me a sense of room to customize my phone more.
The only problem I'm having is, when I had the Revolution installed my battery was much more signficantly better than it is right now. I've done battery calibration and I've had it drop down to at least 25% and then I went to full charge last night. Today I used the phone to drop it down to 38% and then I went to full charge and this is all without any phone calls. Just text messages and Facebook, anyone know what I can do to improve battery life?
Btw what does FC means :X

SlwDrvr said:
Btw what does FC means :X
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FC = force close. An unexpected/abnormal termination of the application.

SlwDrvr said:
Ok so, I hope this doesn't in terms become a thread jack but, I had recently installed Andorid Revolution HD by Mike and it had it's ups and downs for me, but I wanted something else. My friend had recommended that I try out cyanogenmod, which I did, just flashed it last night. Now the major difference I've noticed is, no HTC sense and very empty, which I liked because it gave me a sense of room to customize my phone more.
The only problem I'm having is, when I had the Revolution installed my battery was much more signficantly better than it is right now. I've done battery calibration and I've had it drop down to at least 25% and then I went to full charge last night. Today I used the phone to drop it down to 38% and then I went to full charge and this is all without any phone calls. Just text messages and Facebook, anyone know what I can do to improve battery life?
Btw what does FC means :X
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Underclock your cpu there is no need for 1.5 really
Use juice defender to manage your connections, (turns them off and on when screen off and on)
Try different kernels
Keep screen brightness down
I find all roms don't report battery stats totally accurate, more so in cm7 builds,
Bare in mind sense 3.5 is in beta
And...
CM7 is still in alpha
If you want perfect builds you'll be waiting a little while
I find insertcoin the one with least errors
But I've not tried bulletproof I will do tho tonight
Sent from my CM7 Sensation XE using xda premium

SlwDrvr said:
Ok so, I hope this doesn't in terms become a thread jack but, I had recently installed Andorid Revolution HD by Mike and it had it's ups and downs for me, but I wanted something else. My friend had recommended that I try out cyanogenmod, which I did, just flashed it last night. Now the major difference I've noticed is, no HTC sense and very empty, which I liked because it gave me a sense of room to customize my phone more.
The only problem I'm having is, when I had the Revolution installed my battery was much more signficantly better than it is right now. I've done battery calibration and I've had it drop down to at least 25% and then I went to full charge last night. Today I used the phone to drop it down to 38% and then I went to full charge and this is all without any phone calls. Just text messages and Facebook, anyone know what I can do to improve battery life?
Btw what does FC means :X
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You just flashed it, expect your battery to be really bad for the first four cycles or so. Fully charge and discharge at least three times. Once it stabilizes, your best bet is to exercise battery conservation practices, like Juice Defender mentioned earlier.
Sent from my HTC Sensation

I've run ARHD for several version, I switched to InsertCoin and really like it. Runs a little hot on my phone with bricked kernel. Truthfully I'm waiting for an official release of cyanogen mod. Any ideas when that will be?

Oh alright, I'll give Juice Defender and Bulletproof a try as well. Yeah I do understand that CM7 is still in the alpha stage.
In terms of "best roms for sensation," what makes CM7 so much more popular? Or all the available roms out there like InsertCoin, Revolution, Bulletproof are just as popular but it depends on the user preference?

SlwDrvr said:
Oh alright, I'll give Juice Defender and Bulletproof a try as well. Yeah I do understand that CM7 is still in the alpha stage.
In terms of "best roms for sensation," what makes CM7 so much more popular? Or all the available roms out there like InsertCoin, Revolution, Bulletproof are just as popular but it depends on the user preference?
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User preferences really, it doesn't use htc sense its pure google it runs how google intended it. There's no bloatware and no un necessary processes, it's clean and smooth.
Sent from my CM7 Sensation XE using xda premium

I would recommend Bulletproof, the guy that devs for that phone is brilliant.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App

today i will try insertcoin

Rcmix Is the best out there.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e with Beats Audio using xda premium

Cm7 alpha8
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Try core Droid
sent from my sensation 4g xda Core Droid v2.5 GB 2.3.4 kernel 2.6.35.14- Bricked-v 1.2-gpuoc [email protected]#6

HyperSensation is a very nice version of the CM7 if you like minimalistic

Right now elegancia Rom is really stable. Awesome battery life and performance. Everything works flawless.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium

[Q] Alternate replacement for samsung galaxy s 4g ?

I have just received my samsung galaxy 4 g few days ago ,and I love everything in it expect the poor battery life which makes me have to charge it twice a day,with lite to moderate use,I contacted tmobile about that and they decided to replace the phone BUT with an alternate replacement since they run out of galazy s 4g ,
they offered me mytouch 4g slide .or LG g2x,
I know they both have better camera ,and i love the way the samsung feels to touch,the screen ,etc
do you think i should deal with the battery problem and keep the samsung ?
or i should pick one of those ?which one do you recommend ???

denverguy said:
I have just received my samsung galaxy 4 g few days ago ,and I love everything in it expect the poor battery life which makes me have to charge it twice a day,with lite to moderate use,I contacted tmobile about that and they decided to replace the phone BUT with an alternate replacement since they run out of galazy s 4g ,
they offered me mytouch 4g slide .or LG g2x,
I know they both have better camera ,and i love the way the samsung feels to touch,the screen ,etc
do you think i should deal with the battery problem and keep the samsung ?
or i should pick one of those ?which one do you recommend ???
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There are numerous tweaks etc for battery life and more. Gingerbread greatly improves battery life compared to Froyo which is stock. I normally get a 2 days+ on battery life. Check out the Dev. section

Well I had a g2x when they first came out and it was a god awful piece of sh#+. I have no idea about the my touch slide. I would suggest going to their forum and read around for problems they have. Don't ask if their phone is better because they will of course say yes. Look for common issued people complain about. As far as your current phone goes the battery life on froyo was crappy but having to charge twice a day with light use is not normal in my opinion.
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denverguy said:
I have just received my samsung galaxy 4 g few days ago ,and I love everything in it expect the poor battery life which makes me have to charge it twice a day,with lite to moderate use,I contacted tmobile about that and they decided to replace the phone BUT with an alternate replacement since they run out of galazy s 4g ,
they offered me mytouch 4g slide .or LG g2x,
I know they both have better camera ,and i love the way the samsung feels to touch,the screen ,etc
do you think i should deal with the battery problem and keep the samsung ?
or i should pick one of those ?which one do you recommend ???
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Juice Defender app and Raver's Octane ROM... insane battery life!

sunsurfer42 said:
Juice Defender app and Raver's Octane ROM... insane battery life![/QUOTE
+1
Battery life is definitely good on octane
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I found charging twice a day to be normal on any stock android so far. Tweaks definately make it way better but I doubt a stock G2x or MT4g slide is going to be any better in that regard. My friends MT4g was about the same as my stock GS4G. Everyone I know with a G2x hates it and says its a POS. Just my 2 cents

so you guys think i should possibly deal with the battery problem and keep the SGS4G?
or at least exclude the LG G2x?

I would at least flash the bali uv kernal and see if you like the improved battery life first. If its not enough the octane rom is killer for battery life. Fyi the bali is for your stock froyo and simply a kernal while maintaining your stock rom and octane is based on gingerbread and a whole different ballgame

Dude I used to be dissapointed in this phones battery life. But after running any gb rom with juice defender, it had improved GREATLY. Batt life on octane is insane.
Sent from my SGH-T959V using XDA App

I concur had the same poor battery life on stock gs4g then i upgraded to gingerbead and it had waaayy better battery life. Like previous have stated theres a lot of tweaks for better battery life and also after you flash a new firmware or even as soon as u get a new phone you gotta calibrate the battery also.The g2x, my friend also has it and he hates it also. I used it and it was pretty slow and laggy probably all the bloat.

That does not seem like normal to me either. Do you have lots of widgets running in the background? do you play games often? do you have some kind of task killer software? Look at your 4G/Edge icon is it constantly running? These things drain your battery very fast. I dont know about the my touch 4g slide or the g2x research on those and then decide.
My advice is if it truely is a bad hardware problem then do trade it in. There's nothing you can do to fix it. If it's not then you can decide wether you want to keep it or trade it in.

New to the Sensation

Well my Vibrant has been replaced on a warranty exchange with a Sensation! I loved my Vibrant, but am looking forward to this device.
Just curious if there is anything i need to know about the phone? Pro's Con's.. quirks.. whatever..

It's probably the best phone available on T-mobile right now, other then the HTC Amaze 4G

welcome to world of frustration. Where you would curse the poor battery life, and wonder while using internet or making a call that why device is heating up so much...

dream-merchant said:
welcome to world of frustration. Where you would curse the poor battery life, and wonder while using internet or making a call that why device is heating up so much...
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funny, my sensation doesn't go over 38 Celcius with overclocked (1.89Ghz) CPU's...

noobie75 said:
funny, my sensation doesn't go over 38 Celcius with overclocked (1.89Ghz) CPU's...
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Are you using wifi while browsing? Try use mobile data, than see how much temperature you get.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App

The sensation is seriously the best phone I've had. As far as battery life goes, please read through certain posts on the forum on how to increase your battery life. I am using MIUI 1.11.18 ROM with Bricked 1.6 beta 1 Kernel and I have been getting incredible battery life. Having said that, I also use other tools like FauxClock to actually underclock the processor and Juice Defender to improve battery life even more. I'm certainly no techie but reading through these forums has helped me immensely. I can't recommend enough you research the right steps in order to improve your battery life.

how do you like it?

i too am getting a Sensation as a replacement for my vibrant. its not here yet, so just reading up until it gets here.
is this link really the easiest/best way to get the stock phone ready to flash custom roms and kernels?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
any suggestions on what to read up on?

dream-merchant said:
welcome to world of frustration. Where you would curse the poor battery life, and wonder while using internet or making a call that why device is heating up so much...
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Ended up giving to my wife since I am getting an SGS II but she is getting amazing battery life. Well compared to her G2 that wouldn't make it through a day she now makes it minimum of 12 hours.. that's good for a powerhouse device.
kboater said:
i too am getting a Sensation as a replacement for my vibrant. its not here yet, so just reading up until it gets here.
is this link really the easiest/best way to get the stock phone ready to flash custom roms and kernels?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
any suggestions on what to read up on?
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Dude i just used the guid in the development section. Followed it step by step
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
and flashed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098849 since it looked to be close to stock with all of the mods i was looking for.
Good luck

CyanogenMod Battery Life

Just wondering how all of you are finding battery life on CM7 (or possibly other AOSP based ROMs)
One of the main reasons I decided to ditch Sense 3.5 and use CM7 was the battery gain (as Sense is known to be a heavy resource hog)
The speed is amazing. Much faster than Sense, no doubt.
But I'll be honest. I'm not too impressed so far. Battery seems to be more or less the same for me on CM7 as on Sense ROMs. I thought many people said it was better?!
What about everyone else? Is battery life for you good or bad on CM7?
Cheers!
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Sent from my HTC Desire S

olyloh6696 said:
Just wondering how all of you are finding battery life on CM7 (or possibly other AOSP based ROMs)
One of the main reasons I decided to ditch Sense 3.5 and use CM7 was the battery gain (as Sense is known to be a heavy resource hog)
The speed is amazing. Much faster than Sense, no doubt.
But I'll be honest. I'm not too impressed so far. Battery seems to be more or less the same for me on CM7 as on Sense ROMs. I thought many people said it was better?!
What about everyone else? Is battery life for you good or bad on CM7?
Cheers!
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Sent from my HTC Desire S
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In the end it really depends on how you use the device. Most do see better battery, but to be honest I see the same battery life on a sense based rom that I removed most of sense from that I saw on CM based roms

Thanks for the reply mate!
Yeah, I'm talking about using the phone both In the same way I do on a daily basis.
On either ROM, they both require me to charge it everynight.
I don't see much of a difference... I was hoping for the promised great battery life on CM7!
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CM7 is great it really does save battery just find the right settings for your phone mate
i can easily recharge my phone everyday but with good settings i easily make a 2-3 days battery life time using cm7 with usage of my phone

Kannibalism said:
CM7 is great it really does save battery just find the right settings for your phone mate
i can easily recharge my phone everyday but with good settings i easily make a 2-3 days battery life time using cm7 with usage of my phone
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Thanks for the input mate
Care to share your settings?
I'm usually a very careful user with monitoring my battery
I have CPU profiles to Underclock, I switch of radios when I don't meed them etc
But my battery life is the same as Sense.
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i havent use any kind of CM7 before for my GS, but with CM9 i found it good

My battery life improved when I froze
DSPManager

rosenbs said:
DSPManager
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Are you implying that DSP manager is the source that drains battery?
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Sent from my HTC Desire S

For my LG GT540 the battery life increased with CM 7.1.0.
I think it is depending on battery type and device.

Serial Thrilla said:
For my LG GT540 the battery life increased with CM 7.1.0.
I think it is depending on battery type and device.
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Well I've got a HTC Desire S . Before, I was using Sense ROMs which were known to drain battery quicker.
Quite impressed so far today though. Battery seems to be lasting longer than the past dew days for some reason.

olyloh6696 said:
Well I've got a HTC Desire S . Before, I was using Sense ROMs which were known to drain battery quicker.
Quite impressed so far today though. Battery seems to be lasting longer than the past dew days for some reason.
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Battery life takes a few days to even out after a rom flash. Normally run a rom for about a week to get a real feel for the battery life

I found the battery life to be about the same as sense when i installed CM7 on my HTC Desire GSM. But that was a non-issue for me since I have a charger in the office and at home.

When I had an HTC Desire, I always got much better battery life from AOSP roms such as CM7.
On the other hand, others reported that they got better battery life from Sense roms.
Try it out and see.

Thanks for the additional replies! Yeah, I think my battery has improved more since i sstarted this thread, as the phone has settled down more...
I had 83% battery when I unplugged my phone at 7AM this morming.
Now its 11:35PM and I got 8% left
I've been using the phone moderately for web browsing, texts, calls, installing apps, arond 1hr aand a half music. Also managed to do 2 NANDroid backups and 1 restore! pretty impressed so far!
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I find pretty similar battery life, on my desire S. haven't really found any mod providing better life than any other.
have you tried the battery extending tip here (can't post link, stupid new poster restrictions):
http(colon slash slash) myhtcdesire.com/tag/battery-life
works on desire s also, I don't have any scientific measure but battery life certainly feels improved since I did it

Getting about 18-20 hrs. Cm7 sensation
sent from my Sensation

vabeachfc3s said:
Getting about 18-20 hrs. Cm7 sensation
sent from my Sensation
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Is that better than on Sense for you?
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My battery life has been much better on ASOP roms like CM7 than sense roms. Plus you can't beat the extra storage room that ASOP roms provide.

The battery life on my Optimus 2X grew by probably about 20%, then using vadonka's kernel, it increased it a bit more. I haven't really tracked it but it can go for a few days if I turn off data, 3G and just leave it though!

nkusen said:
My battery life has been much better on ASOP roms like CM7 than sense roms. Plus you can't beat the extra storage room that ASOP roms provide.
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Yeah I know! one of the advantahes of AOSP, I have much more ROM storage space!
On Sense, with all my apps, I had 860mb free
On CM7 with all my usual apps, plus a bunch of themes and games I have 0.95GB free! Amazing!
I also have at least 150-200mb more RAM ttoo
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[Q] Which ROM to replace Revolution 7.3?

UPDATE: My phone is the TMO Sensation 4G, unlocked, rooted, S-OFF using Juoponutbear wire trick, Android Revolution 7.3 ROM, 4EXT Recovery.
I have been using the Android Revolution 7.3 ROM since it came out but I see a lot of devs have pushed the Sensation even further since then. Also, it's time to completely reset the phone again (too much stuff installed and uninstalled) so I figured WTH, I'll check out ROMs again too.
So here's what I'd like:
1. Good working camera. I do vids and lots of high rez shots.
2. Voice dialing via bluetooth. Did anyone ever solve this without a third party app? It got introduced when TMO did their ICS "upgrade" which, IMHO, was worse than what they had.
3. Good battery life.
4. HTC Sense. I use it for HTC Sync only. It does the job even if it's buggy. Show me a good alternative for syncing my Outlook 2003 contacts and calendar and I'd dump Sense & Sync in a heartbeat.
5. Good audio.
6. Minimal bloatware. I install enough crap on my own.
7. I don't need a lot of fancy customizations and it would be nice if the phone was a tad faster.
8. There are lots of GAPPS I never use but I do use Maps, Play, I never use G Music, G Video, G+, etc. My email of choice is K9.
9. I'm OK changing 4EXT to something else if it's not a total ***** to do.
OK hope that's specific and friendly enough! What say you oh wise XDA peoples?

Oh and should Heartbleed be a consideration? Like I think the latest Viper ROM uses a vulnerable version. How does that affect things?

RealSkier said:
Oh and should Heartbleed be a consideration? Like I think the latest Viper ROM uses a vulnerable version. How does that affect things?
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you can use this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout.heartbleeddetector&hl=el

I'm in the same boat as you at the moment. I mostly want battery life though. I'm on HyperNonSense ATM, but was on ViperS 5.0. I didn't like Sense 5, and HNS is kinda bad on battery. So I'll sub to this topic, and look at it for updates.
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By the way, do you have an Anker? What do you normally get for daily battery life on ARHD?

ClipTy said:
By the way, do you have an Anker? What do you normally get for daily battery life on ARHD?
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Yes I have an Anker battery. If I don't make any calls and just leave the phone alone (no screen), I can go for well over 2 days even with the phone grabbing email every 15 minutes. But if I start doing anything that needs the screen, probably a max of 24 hour. If it accesses the GPS then the battery drains quickly. I suspect if I turned off the K9 email updates, battery life would be much better.

May I just say that I'm getting terrific battery life with ARHD. It's been about a day and a half, and I haven't charged this thing. I've kept the screen dimmed, and the WiFi on. I'm at 33% battery. Glad I switched. Also, I have been reading that the InsertCoin Rom is a good ROM to check out if u like customization.
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