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[Q] guys, how do u think about in s and desire s ?

Hi guys, I want to buy a phone, now am wandering about the incredible s and desire s
which one do you think is better?

Desire S choosen
Hi,
I had the same situation, finaly I've bought the Desire S and I'm happy with it. It is a litte big smaler then the Incredible but exept the camera as far as I know everything is the same.
The Desire S for me personaly looks much more noble then the Incrdible S and is fitting in every pocket.
I've had the HD2 before with WIN6.5 and Andoird (Desire HD Rom) for mails/Inet etc. and an additional smaler phone to make calls. Now after everything will be set up I'll be only the Desire S.
Cheers
Mike

bioheart said:
Hi guys, I want to buy a phone, now am wandering about the incredible s and desire s
which one do you think is better?
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It comes down to two things, how big a phone do you want to carry around in your pocket? and which one feels best in your hands....
I'd suggest you go to a shop and try out both dummies....whichever feels best should leave in your pocket (and I don't mean nick the dummy!).
I personally like a smaller size, The D HD is way too big IMHO (I've come from HTC Diamond2 which was also 3.7" screen)
The phones are very similar spec wise, I rarely use a camera...so mega pixels don't matter to me!
They both have the same signed problems when it comes to custom ROMS and root.
Good luck.

Thank u. it will be my first android, in considering ur words, i think maybe the desire s will suit me.

Desire s fits perfectly in hands..i'll choose desire s as a replacement for my hero
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Is it a good phone?

Hi, just a curiosity. I came from the Desire HD (rooted and bla bla bla) and I'm wondering where is the difference between this Sensation and the DHD. I do not feel it really different... I tought it was double faster or something like that, but exept the resolution I cannot find great changes..

Build quality is better (for me, at least).
It's much more compact, easy to hold.
Sense 3.0!
Instant Capture on the camera
HTC Watch
It's dual core

Haven't got mine yet so I can't comment on it just yet, so let me just refer you to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1110350

Trekest said:
Haven't got mine yet so I can't comment on it just yet, so let me just refer you to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1110350
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Suggest to not upgrade... sorry.

redbullcat said:
Build quality is better (for me, at least).
It's much more compact, easy to hold.
Sense 3.0!
Instant Capture on the camera
HTC Watch
It's dual core
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Would like to respond to these:
1. Both are the same ssize screens.. so other then ergonomics..
2. Desire HD has sense 3.0
3. Instant cap will be ported
4. HTC will be ported..
5. Dual core.... sure? I guess?
Edit: Good phone. But good upgrade...?
I'd say no.
if you are coming from the Regular Desire then I'd say upgrade for sure. From Desire HD? No.

Use the topic above ..no need to create an extra topic and yes it is definetly worth an upgrade
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Maedhros said:
Would like to respond to these:
1. Both are the same ssize screens.. so other then ergonomics..
2. Desire HD has sense 3.0
3. Instant cap will be ported
4. HTC will be ported..
5. Dual core.... sure? I guess?
Edit: Good phone. But good upgrade...?
I'd say no.
if you are coming from the Regular Desire then I'd say upgrade for sure. From Desire HD? No.
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1. Screen size doesn't matter in this case. The Sensation is a lot more streamlined and it's thinner width ways than the DHD, due to 16:9 screen. The DHD is also much more rectangular than the Sensation; the Sensation has curved edges, like the Nexus One. Thus, the Sensation feels quite a bit smaller than the DHD.
2. DHD has Sense 3.0, but it's not official. It always feels better when it's official!
3. Don't know about Instant Capture being ported; it may be something to do with the hardware. I believe Instant Capture is done by continually auto focussing.
4. Like Google Movies, I don't know if Watch will work on a rooted device (due to copyright restrictions, etc) let alone on a device it wasn't made for, i.e. DHD.
5. Dual core is awesome

whats the battery life like on the sensation with daily use? Im thinking of upgrading from my hd2, i love the android roms for hd2 and how hackable it is, but battery life is crap and i dont want an ugly double size battery.
Thanks

geekyhawkes said:
whats the battery life like on the sensation with daily use? Im thinking of upgrading from my hd2, i love the android roms for hd2 and how hackable it is, but battery life is crap and i dont want an ugly double size battery.
Thanks
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I upgraded from the HD2 to the Sensation; albeit I was using a crappy Nokia for 3 weeks in between. My opinion is that the Sensation is better, battery feels like it lasts twice as long and once the small bugs are sorted (i.e phone restarting occasionally when using the camera and the flash is required) I cannot see a reason why anyone would not want to upgrade to this.
As for the camera flash causing the crash, I have uninstalled App Killer and it hasn't happened since so maybe a work around until an official update is released.

Thanks, im onto vodafone now, my hd2 has been ace but i cant live with the crap battery any longer. Here is hoping reception on the sensation is fixed as well. Vodafone had told me i would have to wait a month longer for an upgrade but im going to press hard and see how i get on!

[Q] Sensation XE root

I already have the Sensation and thinking of buying the Sensation XE.
I was wondering if I can S-Off it with Alpharevx's tool or is Sensation XE shipped already S-OFF by HTC ?

doublecheese said:
I already have the Sensation and thinking of buying the Sensation XE.
I was wondering if I can S-Off it with Alpharevx's tool or is Sensation XE shipped already S-OFF by HTC ?
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Hi,
You would not want it to be done by HTC,because you could not then remove it.
However, Revolutioary works fine on XE phones,and if you want to reverse it ,you can.
Check my sig for s-off guide.
Anyway,why would you want XE if you already have a Sensation.
They are the same phone.

I had to S-OFF mine

malybru said:
Hi,
You would not want it to be done by HTC,because you could not then remove it.
However, Revolutioary works fine on XE phones,and if you want to reverse it ,you can.
Check my sig for s-off guide.
Anyway,why would you want XE if you already have a Sensation.
They are the same phone.
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Thanks for the info...
I don't like to hang on to a phone more than 4-5 months , I have had my Sensation since April and I am kind of bored with it I think a RED Colour improvement could be fine Otherwise my Sensation is working perfectly well .
It just that I am bored and now I am itching to buy a new phone and unfortunately HTC did not come up with another alternative.
Until HTC come up with a new model, I thought of buying the SGS II or iPhone 4S , but I don't know why I am allergic to all "iPhone" and all "i" family and I don't like the Samsung phones. So I think the best choice is the Sensation XE
What about Evo 3D , should I buy the XE or Evo 3D ? What do you guys think ?

doublecheese said:
Thanks for the info...
I don't like to hang on to a phone more than 4-5 months , I have had my Sensation since April and I am kind of bored with it I think a RED Colour improvement could be fine Otherwise my Sensation is working perfectly well .
It just that I am bored and now I am itching to buy a new phone and unfortunately HTC did not come up with another alternative.
Until HTC come up with a new model, I thought of buying the SGS II or iPhone 4S , but I don't know why I am allergic to all "iPhone" and all "i" family and I don't like the Samsung phones. So I think the best choice is the Sensation XE
What about Evo 3D , should I buy the XE or Evo 3D ? What do you guys think ?
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Sensation and the XE is about the same with the exception of a higher cpu frequency and beats audio tech... so aint much of a diff... if you're dying to change your phone why not wait awhile for the galaxy nexus?

BlackRozeInc said:
Sensation and the XE is about the same with the exception of a higher cpu frequency and beats audio tech... so aint much of a diff... if you're dying to change your phone why not wait awhile for the galaxy nexus?
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I like the "SENSE 3.0/3.5" and HTC itself .
Since my first HTC, HTC Touch Pro in 2008 , I did not buy any other brands apart from HTC ...

doublecheese said:
I like the "SENSE 3.0/3.5" and HTC itself .
Since my first HTC, HTC Touch Pro in 2008 , I did not buy any other brands apart from HTC ...
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I can respect that... well if thats the case then the 3d is the way to go... if you want to get the XE you could just flash one of the roms... that way you have best of both i guess...

Hi , just saw your message.
I was going to buy the Evo 3D earlier , but according to the tests I reviewed out of the 3 phones ( Sensation, Sensation XE, Evo 3D) Evo 3D seems like the slowest . So I decided to not to buy the Evo 3D
Anyway, yesterday I bought the Sensation XE already , seems a little slower than my Sensation somehow.

doublecheese said:
Hi , just saw your message.
I was going to buy the Evo 3D earlier , but according to the tests I reviewed out of the 3 phones ( Sensation, Sensation XE, Evo 3D) Evo 3D seems like the slowest . So I decided to not to buy the Evo 3D
Anyway, yesterday I bought the Sensation XE already , seems a little slower than my Sensation somehow.
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Hi i was told that the android 2.3.x can't use all of the dual core power. Maybe u will feel the diff. whne android 4 comes out

qassamy88 said:
Hi i was told that the android 2.3.x can't use all of the dual core power. Maybe u will feel the diff. whne android 4 comes out
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You where told correct, maybe try flashing custom kernel to get more speed, I recommend bricked 1.6 beta 6 as the most stable
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium

Need an Advice

Hello Guys,
I'm new to this section here, maybe I'll also stay here.
I need an advice of you guys.
My current Smartphone is a HTC Legend, it's an older device and also a bit broken (battery hinge).
Today a friend offered me his HTC Sensation, he bought it about half year ago. He wants to switch to an iPhone (eeewww!).
There are a few scratches in the glass. You cannot see them while you are using the Device, but if you look closely in light you can see them.
On the side there are some scratches too (on the metal :S)
But he offered it to me for
250€!!!​Shall I take it or would you say I should wait for another device or even for a 4G Device.
I don't know a lot about the stability with Custom Roms (i love cyanogenmod) and about the upgrade availability with ICS for example.
And I loved to mod my HTC Legend, I had S-OFF, but then I had to return it to HTC to let them fix my Touchscreen and I had to remove S-OFF again. And with the current bootloader it's impossible to S-OFF it again
Maybe it would be nice to hear some Germans too, because I don't know much yet about the Plans of o2 for their 4G Network.
And I just have a Netzclub card (The old one with 200MB)
EDIT: At the moment a Electronic Discounter in Germany offers the EVO 3D for 269€ - would it be a better choice, its nearly the same, isnt it?

250 Euros isn't a bad price for it.
You could wait but IMO it would certainly be a big upgrade over the Legend. Maybe it's worth waiting till MWC to see if any new devices like the Ville are ideal for you.
The EVO 3D is similar except I think it's a bit bulkier with 3D and 1GB of RAM compared to the Sensation with an 8MP (EVO had 5MP IIRC), no 3D but is slimmer.

My Problem is that I'm just a Student and I don't have too much money...
The Camera wouldn't be a problem in my opinion...
Basically three options:
Wait, HTC Sensation, HTC Evo 3D

Ahh I see. If I were you I'd go with the EVO then if the Camera doesn't matter.
But if you're not in need of a new phone then it's probably advisable to wait till MWC IMO.

I say get the Sensation, its a great device with some flaws (nothing major tho) but Evo 3D is useless, that 3D stuff is just a gimmick. As for the waiting...well you said you're a poor student (just like me ) so I think it doesnt matter, whatever HTC shows at MWC wont be cheap

If you like cm you will only have cm7 for now. The AOSP ICS support for this rom is pretty lacking. If you want ICS you will have to settle for sense.

k0zmic said:
But if you're not in need of a new phone then it's probably advisable to wait till MWC IMO.
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The problem is that those prices are just offers with limited time.
And the Evo doesn't have that much Roms available :-(
Pikabat said:
I say get the Sensation, its a great device with some flaws (nothing major tho) but Evo 3D is useless, that 3D stuff is just a gimmick. As for the waiting...well you said you're a poor student (just like me ) so I think it doesnt matter, whatever HTC shows at MWC wont be cheap
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That's exactly what I'm thinking. Can you tell me more about the flaws?
sergeybrin said:
If you like cm you will only have cm7 for now. The AOSP ICS support for this rom is pretty lacking. If you want ICS you will have to settle for sense.
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Is there any hope for CM9 for the Sensation? And is it already confirmed that the Sensation gets ICS?
OH, just a quick thought, how much internal space does the data partition have? My legend has a 512 mb rom, so not much space left for apps (I'm using data2ext)
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i dont know if that is a good price since i am in the US but the biggest issue i have with my Sensation is AOSP/Cyanogen dev support. if I could go back I would probably go with a Galaxy S2 or Galaxy S 2 X (very similar specs to Sensation) since they have much better dev support

sensation is a great phone. I also own an evo3d. I prefer my sensation over my evo3d. Sensation has more devs and stuff going on than the evo. Though if you wait for the latest and greatest I am sure it will cost a pretty penny. Though another thought if you buy the phone from him and get service I believe you could get a new phone at your carrier but you would have to verifiy that with your carrier of choice.
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using XDA App

fabi280 said:
That's exactly what I'm thinking. Can you tell me more about the flaws?
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WiFi and signal reception can suffer death grip issues (easily fixed if you get a case ) , Sense sometimes crashes for no reason and you can notice that it slows down the phone from time to time, battery life is average. Again nothing serious but it can be frustrating , software problems are genrally fixed in custom roms if you're willing to root it
p.s it has been rumored that we will get ICS after MWC , probably in the first week of March

HTC Desire S vs. HTC Wildfire S

I saw a few videos but nothing that changed my mind.
I currently have a wildfire s but seeing now this phone that i have missed, i compared to see these things that i need but lack in my Wildfire S:
Gorrila Glass - I was mistaken thinking Wildfire S had gorilla glass..
Proccesor - Wildfire = 600Mhz , Desire S = 1Ghz
Camera - Both have 5megapixel, though i don't care for the camera, i want a secondary camera which is one of the stronger reasons i want this phone
Internal Storage - Wildfire S has a REALLY big problem with this, and App2SD doesn't fix much
RAM - Slightly more ram
But on the videos on the net i saw, the Wildfire S always won in speed tests and people prefer it more.
My question is do the people prefer wildfire s becouse it is almost the same on a lower price, or becouse it's really faster ?
And also, where do you presume i can buy Desire S at the MAXIMUM LOWEST PRICE, used or whatever. I don't care if it's new or used. i just want it. BADLY.

while it is definitely better than the Wildfire S, it's not worth an upgrade. You'll just be buying an old device in exchange for an older one..... IMO, you should get a One V. Hell, you can get a Sensation for a little more price if you want it

shrome99 said:
while it is definitely better than the Wildfire S, it's not worth an upgrade. You'll just be buying an old device in exchange for an older one..... IMO, you should get a One V. Hell, you can get a Sensation for a little more price if you want it
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Yea i though about that but i like the Desire S, tho it's like 2 months older than Wildfire S, the One V isn't exactly what i'm looking for, i'm looking for a HTC with a good 1Ghz+ proccesor and secondary camera but the amount of money i have at my disposal isn't high... q_q

The secondary camera is a dealbreaker then. Just check the price of the Sensation. If it's too costly, the Desire S is your only choice.

shrome99 said:
The secondary camera is a dealbreaker then. Just check the price of the Sensation. If it's too costly, the Desire S is your only choice.
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I see there are HTC Sensation , 4G, XL and XE
It says the 4G doesn't have gorilla glass yet it costs more

Get the regular one if you can. The XE is just OC'd (which you can do yourself) and beats audio. The regular one is cheaper, but not available in some countries now due to the XE.
Sent from a device waiting for Kernel 3, WAKE UP HTC

Buy the original sensation and over clock it to make it a xe :-D
Sent from a Desire S waiting for Kernel 3. WAKE UP HTC!!!!

suku_patel_22 said:
Buy the original sensation and over clock it to make it a xe :-D
Sent from a Desire S waiting for Kernel 3. WAKE UP HTC!!!!
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I can't seem to find the original on ebay.

Yup, as i said, they've stopped selling it (at least in india) since the XE came out.
Sent from a device waiting for Kernel 3, WAKE UP HTC

Before buying desire s, you should read about frying emmc ( sorry if wrong shortcut) chip. Just to know about it

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HTC-Sensa...bile_Phones&hash=item3cc64bd84a#ht_699wt_1185
Can you guys help, i am thinking of buying this auction.
But i'm not sure if i will be able to fix it.

Smileyz0r said:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HTC-Sensa...bile_Phones&hash=item3cc64bd84a#ht_699wt_1185
Can you guys help, i am thinking of buying this auction.
But i'm not sure if i will be able to fix it.
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Hmmm... it could be software. If you get it, root it and load a custom ROM on it, hopefully the issues will go away!
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda premium

olyloh6696 said:
Hmmm... it could be software. If you get it, root it and load a custom ROM on it, hopefully the issues will go away!
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda premium
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Some jizzbag got it for £134.00, very good price if he gets it fully working.
meh q_q i'll wait for another sucker D:

Smileyz0r said:
Some jizzbag got it for £134.00, very good price if he gets it fully working.
meh q_q i'll wait for another sucker D:
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I think i may be that jizzbag!
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shrome99 said:
while it is definitely better than the Wildfire S, it's not worth an upgrade. You'll just be buying an old device in exchange for an older one..... IMO, you should get a One V. Hell, you can get a Sensation for a little more price if you want it
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Sensation yes, better than Desire S by far, but One V... nope. I would not trade the RAM of Desire S on the RAM of One V.
About upgrading from Wildfire S to Desire S - a big YES on this one, the CPU is far better, the display is far far faaaaaar better, and about anything else is better on the Desire S.

The winner is desire s

To my opinion, if you're looking for device like Wildfire S, and its size properties are satisfies you, maybe you should also have a look to Desire C (prev. Wildfire C). It has the latest OS and Sense.
Sorry if I'd mistaken.

-BUMP- Hello again!
I'm getting a HTC Sensation XE tommorow (yay 8D)
and i wanted to ask if there is anyway to put a cusom rom for it yet becouse i didn't find anything on xdadevelopers =o
I think it can be rooted tho

Smileyz0r said:
-BUMP- Hello again!
I'm getting a HTC Sensation XE tommorow (yay 8D)
and i wanted to ask if there is anyway to put a cusom rom for it yet becouse i didn't find anything on xdadevelopers =o
I think it can be rooted tho
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Have you looked at the sensation xe forum...?
Sent from a Desire S waiting for the Kernel V3 Source Code.

Smileyz0r said:
-BUMP- Hello again!
I'm getting a HTC Sensation XE tommorow (yay 8D)
and i wanted to ask if there is anyway to put a cusom rom for it yet becouse i didn't find anything on xdadevelopers =o
I think it can be rooted tho
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Three forums for sensation and sensation XE are the same.
Both are the same devices....
Sent from a Desire S waiting for Kernel 3 sources. WAKE UP HTC!!!!

Smileyz0r said:
-BUMP- Hello again!
I'm getting a HTC Sensation XE tommorow (yay 8D)
and i wanted to ask if there is anyway to put a cusom rom for it yet becouse i didn't find anything on xdadevelopers =o
I think it can be rooted tho
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Sensation now has the official upate to ICS, so i think for developers it's more easy to find drivers for all workign functions, opposed to Desire S (kernel 3.0 is still in development).
Try to look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1112 or maybe CM9 official forums...