Sense 4.0 features! MUST READ. - HTC Sensation

HTC announced this week, their new Sense 4.0!
They've will be rolling out the BETA version to 300 lucky users of the HTC Sensation/XE only in the UK! (HTC Eleveate Programme)
The rest of the worlds HTC Sensation/XE users will get it by Q2 end depending on Country and Carrier! (only after MWC 2012, Barcelona. Patience...........
So, coming to the "QUIETLY BRILLIANT" specs!
1. Landscape support for the home screen.
2. Bubbly sliders have been replaced with squared buttons.
3. Sense buttons now feature descriptive text which accompanies the button icon.
4. Lock screen will be able to display task or to-do lists, favorite contacts for quick dialing and direct access to notification bar.
5. Updated email client with threaded messages and improved layout.
6. Smart Sync technology which syncs your email based on your usage habits.
7. Reader feature in browser strips away ads and other useless web clutter.
8. Read/Watch Later feature in browser saves content in a widget which can be accessed at a later time (even offline).
9. Guest Mode Scene disables phone functionality and access to personal data.
10. Beats Audio profile updated to work with third-party applications.
11. Full DropBox integration with 50GB of free cloud storage.
12. HTC Speak. Yes, much like Apple's Siri.
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HTC Sensation/XE users, if you wants to have a look at the Sense 4.0 ROM leak from HTC Endeavour (RUU), please try this ROM by TripNRaVeR HERE. But its wayy to buggy! Definitely not a daily driver, but amazing work by the Dev!
Watch the Video of the ROM linked above, HERE
HTC haven't confirmed what phone will get ICS and when!
So far, HTC Sensation/XE, HTC Evo 3D, and a few others have been confirmed.
No idea about the HTC Evo 4g, HTC Desire HD and Droid Incredible!
Thought, the new line of HTC phone from 2011 will get ICS by the end of Q3!
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Let me summarize Sense 4.0 for those who arent sure. As you can see from the post above HTC has added even more useless "features" into the next release of Sense. It will be even more bloated, take up far more memory, and suck your battery dry faster than ever! In addition it will have lots a stupid animations that will enable you to impress little children. The worst part of it will be that Sense 4.0 will negate most of the benefits of pure ICS by layering on hot steamy piles of horse sh*t! The good news is that with Google requiring all future Android phones meet a certain standard, we will see less and less of these "enhancements" being added by manufactures and carriers. This will help stop the fracturing of Android and make it easier for developers to make apps that work across the entire platform. In addition, now that Google owns the division of Motorola that makes Android phones we will soon have a number of proper Android devices to choose from. People looking for pointless "features" and "eye candy" will still be able to get their fix of course; except going forward it will come with piece of fruit on the back of the device.

webmaster said:
It will be even more bloated, take up far more memory, and suck your battery dry faster than ever!
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That's so true! Sense 4.0 is gonna be a 500+ MB update.
The problem is, they add more and more, keeps stacking. Which makes it bloated..
They should start over again. Its just MENU AFTER MENU AFTER MENU!

Anybody on here got it yet? @CalCi059 not trying to start a war but how do you know it has been released yet? <----- im not saying it hasnt been released would just like to know how you found out

CalCi059 said:
That's so true! Sense 4.0 is gonna be a 500+ MB update.
The problem is, they add more and more, keeps stacking. Which makes it bloated..
They should start over again. Its just MENU AFTER MENU AFTER MENU!
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They dont need to start over, they need to hit DELETE and stop producing garbage like Sense. They should focus on producing solid hardware like they used to, and rely on the STANDARD ICS build developed by Google. a 500mb updated??? Jesus Tap Dancing Christ thats a whole lotta crap!

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Anybody on here got it yet? @CalCi059 not trying to start a war but how do you know it has been released yet? <----- im not saying it hasnt been released would just like to know how you found out
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Lol! Thats okay man.
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a 500mb updated??? Jesus Tap Dancing Christ thats a whole lotta crap!
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Hahahahhaha! The HTC Endeavor RUU ROM was about 600 MB and the Dev striped it down to 500 MB!

Ermm...source for Sense 4.0 preview? Android 4.x surely?
As far as I'm aware the preview is for Sense 3.5(6?) and will only be open to selected (or more likely those who have an Sensation/XE) members of the Elevate program or HTC Developers in Europe.
Though I'd be quite happy to receive Sense 4.0 ahead of the One X!

Yeah, we already know about this. It's NOT Sense 4.0 but at some point in the next week a few in the HTC Elevate programme will get to receive the ICS OTA. It's NOT started yet

http://www.itproportal.com/2012/02/...eive-preview-of-sense-for-android-ics-by-htc/

CalCi059 said:
http://www.itproportal.com/2012/02/...eive-preview-of-sense-for-android-ics-by-htc/
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Yeah, that link is WRONG!!! Get your facts straight before trusting something from a 3rd party...
https://www.facebook.com/notes/htc-uk/update-on-android-ice-cream-sandwich-upgrades/362002257162595
No mention of Sense 4.0...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1498950
No mention of Sense 4.0...
Yes, they mention Android 4.0 but we're not getting the new Sense before the One X

EddyOS said:
No mention of Sense 4.0...
No mention of Sense 4.0...
Yes, they mention Android 4.0 but we're not getting the new Sense before the One X
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You do know that ICS will come with Sense 4.0 right?
They're gonna talk about Sense 4.0 in MWC, Barcelona. But, they are rolling out ICS + Sense 4.0 to those lucky 100, just a beta test of the ROM.
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Yes, for the One X...for the Sensation we'll be getting Sense 3.5/6 (as the leaked ROMs have already shown us)
If you read the other thread on here HTC's PR has said the Sensation won't get Sense 4.0 yet. And it's more like 300 users who are in the HTC Elevate programme

EddyOS said:
Yes, for the One X...for the Sensation we'll be getting Sense 3.5/6 (as the leaked ROMs have already shown us)
If you read the other thread on here HTC's PR has said the Sensation won't get Sense 4.0 yet. And it's more like 300 users who are in the HTC Elevate programme
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I'm already on Sense 3.6 Can't wait for Sense 4.0
They've rolled out to the 300 users yet?
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CalCi059 said:
You do know that ICS will come with Sense 4.0 right?
They're gonna talk about Sense 4.0 in MWC, Barcelona. But, they are rolling out ICS + Sense 4.0 to those lucky 100, just a beta test of the ROM.
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You're misinterpreting and twisting news , I can give you credit for that.
BUT
There was no official announcement from HTC that we will get Snese 4.0 , Questions asked to HTC via Twitter and Facebook regarding 4.0 were ignored.
Yes they gonna talk about Sense at MWC but that doesn't mean it will come to Sensation , most likely its for Ville and Endeavor only. Maybe we will get it this fall.
I'm too lazy to search for sources for my arguments but they here on XDA
p.s. Next time please use search before posting, try to avoid MUST READ text in your titles and dont beg for "Thanks"

CalCi059 said:
I'm already on Sense 3.6 Can't wait for Sense 4.0
They've rolled out to the 300 users yet?
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Not yet no. If they had there'd be a lot more talk about it. It's meant to start this week but no news as yet

EddyOS said:
Not yet no. If they had there'd be a lot more talk about it. It's meant to start this week but no news as yet
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Le' me edited my post! Better now?
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CalCi059 said:
I'm already on Sense 3.6 Can't wait for Sense 4.0
They've rolled out to the 300 users yet?
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Rolled? Maybe trolled.
BTW Why we have another Sense UI 4.0 thread?

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BTW Why we have another Sense UI 4.0 thread?
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Yeah, there's so many it's becoming confusing.

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HTC Confirms Sense 3.0 Update for Desire S

Great News for all Desire S & Incredible S Owners, HTC SENSE 3.0 Update is Coming
HTC Customer Support
Due to the high request we can confirm today, that our HTC Desire S and Incredible S models will receive the Sense 3.0 update in the coming weeks. Please stay tuned!
Please show your support by liking our new Customer Support Page!
~ HTC, Quietly Brilliant
Link for Facebook Page
this is really.. oh my god yea!
Fingers Crossed for an unlocked bootloader with the SENSE 3.0 update
This facebook page has been reported as being fake
comments are epic desire hd hardware is too bad for sense 3.0
don't we have same hardware like desire hd? lol
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We can confirm today, that our HTC Desire S and Incredible S models will receive the Sense 3.0 update
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Apart from the obvious when, another question is how much of the Sense v3.0 will we get? ported ROMS have shown our hardware is capable of running the full Sense v3.0, will they agree?
they wrote we get sense 3.0, in the comments the wrote desire hd get PARTS of sense 3.0
so i guess we will get... full sense 3.0
WHAT!!!Is it a good news? It is quite laggy using Incredible S with sense 2.1,I don' t think it can handle sense 3.0
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It's all a marketing strategy by HTC, to promote & sell new devices. For them DHD is old enough and perhaps achieved it's required sales quota. :S
this is really great news
cant wait for the update
Nice indeed. They probably made a customer support FB account so that people can vent there instead of the HTC page.
Really not sure about this, my Desire S goes really smooth now, and from what i`ve seen from the dual core Sensation is that it`s lagging a bit. Also with the same amount of RAM i`ve got 360 MB free from a cold boot and the Sensation only got 190 MB free.
i had it running on desire hd with 1ghz (not overclocked) and it didnt lagged at all, it was running beautiful
mojav: don't compare it, sensation got higher screen resolution => more work for cpu/gpu
It's still is a great news
Well, hopefully the update will happen by the end of this month. Now i don't know whether i need to root my phone or not........... Sense 3.0 was the thing that pushed me off the edge. Now, since i'm getting is without Root, why risk bricking my phone??
Well i hope they will add tweaks with the sense 3... if they do that then we dont have a real reason to root the phone
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Well, hopefully the update will happen by the end of this month. Now i don't know whether i need to root my phone or not........... Sense 3.0 was the thing that pushed me off the edge. Now, since i'm getting is without Root, why risk bricking my phone??
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Same here .... but i doubt that "HTC Customer Support" account belongs to HTC...
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Same here .... but i doubt that "HTC Customer Support" account belongs to HTC...
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Why go for a fake page? just to generate fans!!! that's implausible & totally not worth it, also they are advertising on HTC Official page, didn't they think it through that their cover will be blown before they know it!? I believe they are genuine & belongs to HTC..
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Why go for a fake page? just to generate fans!!! that's implausible & totally not worth it, also they are advertising on HTC Official page, didn't they think it through that their cover will be blown before they know it!? I believe they are genuine & belongs to HTC..
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I'm also not sure whether this page is genuine or not but regardless, I "LIKE"d it on FB. I'm busy for the next 2 weeks, and I'll wait to see if it's just a stupid sham. I'm pretty sure there will either be news on the Sense 3.0 update, or an announcement by HTC saying the page is fake. If it's the latter, then XTC Clip, here i come !!
EDIT: This may seem stupid, but i think that creating a fake page and telling fans that there will be a Sense 3.0 update seems a nice way of getting one for real. Think about it - fans see the post and get hope, soon there's a post on the official page saying that his was fake, and before you know it, there's thousands of angry protesters spamming HTCs wall. Sound familiar??
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I'm also not sure whether this page is genuine or not but regardless, I "LIKE"d it on FB. I'm busy for the next 2 weeks, and I'll wait to see if it's just a stupid sham. I'm pretty sure there will either be news on the Sense 3.0 update, or an announcement by HTC saying the page is fake. If it's the latter, then XTC Clip, here i come !!
EDIT: This may seem stupid, but i think that creating a fake page and telling fans that there will be a Sense 3.0 update seems a nice way of getting one for real. Think about it - fans see the post and get hope, soon there's a post on the official page saying that his was fake, and before you know it, there's thousands of angry protesters spamming HTCs wall. Sound familiar??
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http://www.facebook.com/pages/HTC-Customer-Support/119223678163164
Ibo De La Vega Can
you confirm if this update will bring the unlocked bootloader for the both of them ?
8 minutes ago
HTC Customer Support Ibo, yes it will
Well.. if not fake its awesome, and make sense.. bring the unlock to bootloader and a reason to dont unlock it
But may be fakse

[Q] Is Sense 3.5 coming too for Sensation?

Hey i have a question.. is the new sense 3.5 coming too for the HTC Sensation?
As it's aimed at lesser powered devices I'd say no but you never know
Surely it must work, I wish I knew how to resize the files from the new DHD rom and try to port it over.
Yeah, just seen the DHD Bliss-based ROM. Ideally we'd need to wait for another qHD device to be released to get it. Or that new 4.5"-screened HTC Android phone announced recently (like the Titan)
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Yeah, just seen the DHD Bliss-based ROM. Ideally we'd need to wait for another qHD device to be released to get it. Or that new 4.5"-screened HTC Android phone announced recently (like the Titan)
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i thought titan was gonna have wp7?
maybe the revamped sensation will have it, but it wont really matter to me because i like senseless better
It is, but I'm sure I've heard there's gonna be another Android handset the same size. Could be wrong, mind
EDIT: The Holiday is 4.5" but leaks so far show Sense 3.0
The only thing I'm interested from in Sense 3.5 is the new Notes widget. That looks slick.
of course it will come out
Yeah, I'm sure it will come out, we have an excelent development team here
Most likely
What files would er need to port and how do you resize them to fit sensation ? I know that the HTC apks are needed but what other files are needed......libs etc?
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As it's aimed at lesser powered devices I'd say no but you never know
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There is a light version for underpowered devices, there's also a full version for high end devices, the htc rhyme comes with the simplified version, while the runnymeyde(or whatever its called) comes with the full sense
This is the runnymede rom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZC2NQm0HoI
Today....maybe?!
EDIT: Yeah...ist out now. First ROM with 3.5 Leak available! Nice!
I hope it will beacuse it'll be nice to be able to eliminate the seventh home page on my Sensation Z710e.
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Today....maybe?!
EDIT: Yeah...ist out now. First ROM with 3.5 Leak available! Nice!
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We've had it for the last 2 weeks or so! There's a load of ROMs in Dev with Sense 3.5
EDIT: Old post, my bad!

Will Sensation Get Ice Cream Sandwich?

Hi,
Going to upgrade from my Legend to a Sensation this weekend, just hoping someone could chime in, Was curious if Sensation will get an upgrade to Ice Cream when it comes out! Thanks!
Can't see any reason why not. We all got the latest Gingerbread update eventually, so I reckon there will be a phased release of ICS.
The Sensation absolutely should get ICS. Expect a slew of improvements with it too, especially true dual-core support and in general an OS that can match the hardware this phone has.
I did exactly the same upgrade as you and have not regretted my decision, In some way shape or form we WILL get ICS
Definitely must get, because there is an agreement between google and htc regarding os updates, i don't remember the period .
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Just the fact we are a dual core phone and ICS has true dual core support should mean we will get the update. Not that it really matters cause well get some 4.0 roms regardless.
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when the normal desire get gingerbread Sensation will ic
What can I expect to be different from the ics I've heard its like a link from our wonderful gingerbread to the 3.0 honeycomb os.
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What can I expect to be different from the ics I've heard its like a link from our wonderful gingerbread to the 3.0 honeycomb os.
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we just get happy with any update even its free update and have nothing inside
Well, we nearly had it sooner. There was a Nexus S that leaked out with ICS on it. It appears that Google remote wiped it before it could be extracted. The thread is on XDA somewhere.
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Well, we nearly had it sooner. There was a Nexus S that leaked out with ICS on it. It appears that Google remote wiped it before it could be extracted. The thread is on XDA somewhere.
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They can do that? That's a bit scary.
jooolio said:
Definitely must get, because there is an agreement between google and htc regarding os updates, i don't remember the period .
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18 month to be exactly!
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Of course we will receive it as of right now the sensation is htc flagship Not for long but it's still as the last generation of processor and don't forget Cyanogen 8... Yepp Christmas should be just fine!
Hi my name is DloBrown and Im A nightly addict who've been sober for too long!!!
What? Might as well wait till 10/12 get HTC Amaze! !!!
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aNYthing24 said:
They can do that? That's a bit scary.
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Im sure if they did in fact do that it was probably something built into that specific phones firmware because it was some form of prototype.
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when the normal desire get gingerbread Sensation will ic
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Gingerbread has been available for the original Desire since August:
http://androidcommunity.com/htc-desire-android-2-3-gingerbread-update-released-20110801/
No...Just like Google can remotely remove applications from your device, they can remotely wipe any device...Each one of those Nexus S devices were normally accounted for...When that video leaked all they had to do was do a head count and see (for the sake of conversation we'll say prototype 7) Prototype 7 was missing and wipe it. They have all the information and all to lock it and also have it tied to admin permissions which we all can do on any device running 2.3. It was part of the Enterprise update for business on GB.
Will we get ICS?? I doubt anytime soon, as HTC takes forever embedding Sense into the damn framework and they will NEVER release a non Nexus device without Sense. So if we do you can bet your arse it will be at the most about April/May before we see it.
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Will we get ICS?? I doubt anytime soon, as HTC takes forever embedding Sense into the damn framework and they will NEVER release a non Nexus device without Sense. So if we do you can bet your arse it will be at the most about April/May before we see it.
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I was thinking about this. Didn't they say that Google are responsible for OS updates from ICS and not the handset manufacturers as they got pissed with HTC/Samsung etc taking forever to release stuff?
So does that mean all phones released on ICS and beyond will be from Google or that they will have doen the testing and given to HTC to give to us mere mortals on decent Gingerbread phones? Who knows but i'm betting HTC screw us with at least a 6 month wait.
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No...Just like Google can remotely remove applications from your device, they can remotely wipe any device...Each one of those Nexus S devices were normally accounted for...When that video leaked all they had to do was do a head count and see (for the sake of conversation we'll say prototype 7) Prototype 7 was missing and wipe it. They have all the information and all to lock it and also have it tied to admin permissions which we all can do on any device running 2.3. It was part of the Enterprise update for business on GB.
Will we get ICS?? I doubt anytime soon, as HTC takes forever embedding Sense into the damn framework and they will NEVER release a non Nexus device without Sense. So if we do you can bet your arse it will be at the most about April/May before we see it.
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The G2 says hi.
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Judging from past experience, if you are asking for a official HTC ICS update for the Sensation, the answer is "very likely" but you probably have to wait a long time.
Typically, when a new version of Android is released, HTC wouldn't update its existing devices to the new version until a few months after it has shipped a whole line of new devices with the new Android version. And because of it having to port Sense over to the new Android build, it would also take HTC quite some time to come up with new devices for the new Android build.
But if you don't need Sense, you will surely get ICS on Sensation. I'm sure Cyanogenmod will be one of the earlier available and full-feature ICS roms. They release their version of Gingerbread for the Nexus One even before Google pushes stock Gingerbread to it.

Android 4.0 update to be released soon (before 1st of March)

According to @HTC_NL, the sensation range of devices will receive the ICS update soon (before the 1st of March). On the 1st of March an ice white sensation will be released in Holland.
Link here (it's in Dutch of course): http://www.whizpr.nl/persberichten/8268
Article from tweakers.net (source):
HTC provides users of the Dutch Sensation, Sensation Sensation XL and XE soon an update to Android 4.0 ICS. On March 1 also appears that a white Sensation Android 4.0 already installed.
To update existing devices called HTC no period, the manufacturer has only said that "soon" will take place. The update was on the air offered to users. It is still unclear whether the devices with the update to ICS also immediately be provided with Sense 4.0.
About new features in Android 4.0 version of HTC Sense is still little known, HTC has just announced that shortcuts at the bottom can be adjusted by the user. Recently there appeared images of the new version of Sense, showed that the appearance, colors and screen animations differ from both Android 4.0 and the current versions of Sense.
HTC Sensation spent the last year in June from 2.3 with Android. Last autumn there were the Sensation XE and XL on the Sensation. The Sensation runs on a Qualcomm MSM8260 dual-core SOC running at 1.2 GHz. The GPU is an Adreno 220. The phone has a 4.3 "LCD with a resolution of 960x540 pixels. The camera has a maximum resolution of 8 megapixels and shoots video at 1080p with 30fps.
The manufacturer will this spring, next to the white Sensation, presumably releasing new models. These will most likely at the Mobile World Congress telecommunication fair, which takes place later this month in Barcelona, ​​are presented
Nevermind, HTC has clarified that the phone will be coming with 2.3 and will be upgradeable to 4.0 ... lame.
http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/2/27...nching-in-white-with-android-4-0-on-march-1st
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Nevermind, HTC has clarified that the phone will be coming with 2.3 and will be upgradeable to 4.0 ... lame.
http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/2/27...nching-in-white-with-android-4-0-on-march-1st
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Thank you! This'll help tell me what rumors are fake sooner!(assuming the site isn't providing us with false information!) It'll be a long wait However, ty devs for sharing the leaks. They work pretty damn good so far!
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According to @HTC_NL, the sensation range of devices will receive the ICS update soon (before the 1st of March). On the 1st of March an ice white sensation will be released in Holland.
Link here (it's in Dutch of course): http://www.whizpr.nl/persberichten/8268
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This would be awesome, as they would release kernel sources with this phone which might be compatible with the original Sensation/Sensation XE... which would allow better custom kernels for ICS which is the only thing wrong with [email protected] at the moment! (apart from the *few* minor bugs )
I wont hold my breath that it will be soon
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There will be not ICS on 1 March, on XE White. R u blind all? Read!
Update: HTC just wrote us to say that its original press release was incorrect — it'll actually ship with Android 2.3 and be upgradeable to 4.0 down the road, just as its other Sensation versions will be. In other words, don't expect an ICS-equipped Sensation on March 1st... but you can expect a white one with Gingerbread. Furthermore, the white Sensation is already available in select markets, so the PR is simply announcing its upcoming availability in Benelux. Now, the question becomes: how much longer is the wait for the upgrade?
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C'mon...when it goes live, it will...
Counting will make you nervous and nothing else...root it and have it right now...
And, be careful what you wish for cause you just might get it...
hexen88 said:
There will be not ICS on 1 March, on XE White. R u blind all? Read!
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Yes how retarded of people not pre-emptively predicting an updated article.
Take a chill pill.
Im seriously not impressed with the way HTC are masking ICS, AOSP ICS is a beautiful thing, so can sense be, but htc have gone about it all wrong with sense 3.6 and 4, I think im steering away from HTC slowly but surely, and can almost guarantee that I will be going AOSP ICS when it is stable!
Oh man, there is 3 threads about "1 march ics", and one opened after 1st etc... noone sees that article is updated? Or even that some thrads r arleady open with updated information? Please...
drivexcore said:
Im seriously not impressed with the way HTC are masking ICS, AOSP ICS is a beautiful thing, so can sense be, but htc have gone about it all wrong with sense 3.6 and 4, I think im steering away from HTC slowly but surely, and can almost guarantee that I will be going AOSP ICS when it is stable!
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You can say that again...
I like sense functionality, unlike its skining...it would be nice if they keep sense with AOSP design...
I like the ROM's that are already out there, and as posted above as soon as AOSP is stable I'll be going to that.
On the other hand I wonder what's taking HTC so long, we have devs that do this for fun and they're releasing great ROMs and here you got a major company that you would think have lots of professional devs that do this for a living and they take forever.
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On the other hand I wonder what's taking HTC so long, we have devs that do this for fun and they're releasing great ROMs and here you got a major company that you would think have lots of professional devs that do this for a living and they take forever.
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A chef here has to make a rom which is pre made and stable and tweaks it. If it works for 99% of the users it's good. Htc has to release a rom which work for 100% of the users.
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felixoanta said:
On the other hand I wonder what's taking HTC so long, we have devs that do this for fun and they're releasing great ROMs and here you got a major company that you would think have lots of professional devs that do this for a living and they take forever.
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You forget that it isn not just a phone software that they need to update and polish, they need to sort out all cloud services that their ecosystem is all about (eg facebook for HTC, watch, hub, likes etc).
I would rather wait a few weeks to get a finished product, than have unpolished system that has memory leaks or whatever...
You forget that average user doesn't want to mess with rooting and flashing and they even don't know about that alternative (and/or care) so they cannot and will not flash new "xda" software when official rom "breaks"...
Very true, didn't think about that.
well, you can press thanks button so i can open new thread sooner
hope they release it soon..
I and my wife have an rooted firmware now.
but somethimes the phone reboots...
i don't care, but the wife don't like it hehehe.
kloenie said:
hope they release it soon..
I and my wife have an rooted firmware now.
but somethimes the phone reboots...
i don't care, but the wife don't like it hehehe.
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U can always change your wife. Maybe developers from XDA can make some new RomWIFE. But... how to do wipe then?
No point in this...
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Htc confirms desire s ics!!!!!!!

https://www.facebook.com/notes/htc/update-on-android-ice-cream-sandwich-upgrades/10150762287733084
Update on Android Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades
by HTC on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 5:04pm ·
HTC has been working hard to get its Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades ready, and we’re excited to announce that our first round of ICS upgrades will roll out by the end of March for the HTC Sensation, HTC Sensation 4G and HTC Sensation XE, followed soon there after by the HTC Sensation XL.
In addition, we can confirm Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades will be coming later this year to the HTC Rezound, HTC Vivid, HTC Amaze 4G, HTC EVO 3D, HTC EVO Design 4G, HTC Incredible S, HTC Desire S and HTC Desire HD. Stay tuned for more updates on Ice Cream Sandwich releases in the coming weeks.
taken from the htc facebook page
This may have just been added to Facebook but if you had scrolled down you would've seen this has already been posted.
At least it's confirmed now
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yep! true.
later this year (
YES!
I TAKE back ALL I *****ed about HTC earlier
Thank you!!
I can't wait for the custom ROM fun to begin all over again!
Now we no longer need to rely on the XL ports!
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WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so happy right now. Saw the post on twitter and went crazy. After faulty eMMC's, locked bootloaders and no updates, i was thinking of going samsung next time. Not gonna happen.
HTC, learning from their mistakes.
EDIT: Just read that the Sensation will get it by the end of march, and the XL soon after. Then, probably the Evo 3D will follow. Our device should be the first among single core family (DHD and IS, not Sensation XL) to get the update, like it got the 2.3.5 Sense 3 update. I believe it would be close to late April/early, May. So it's gonna be quite a long wait. But better late than never
I'm amazed...... Wow, never expected this! Glad its confirmed.
shrome99 said:
WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so happy right now. Saw the post on twitter and went crazy. After faulty eMMC's, locked bootloaders and no updates, i was thinking of going samsung next time. Not gonna happen.
HTC, learning from their mistakes.
EDIT: Just read that the Sensation will get it by the end of march, and the XL soon after. Then, probably the Evo 3D will follow. Our device should be the first among single core family (DHD and IS, not Sensation XL) to get the update, like it got the 2.3.5 Sense 3 update. I believe it would be close to late April/early, May. So it's gonna be quite a long wait. But better late than never
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Seems a long way off, but like you say, better late than never
I'm sure there will be a leaked ROM for the us, DHD, IS, XL, and it could be easily ported
THing is, it won't ship with Sense 4.0, but instead 3.6
Bit sad....
It's kind of like the original Desire upgrade. It got the Gingerbread update, but HTC chose not to update the Sense version to 2.1.. THey kept the old version (Maybe because of internal memory issues?)
THat was kind of a rubbish update IMO.
Hopefully our update turns out to be good!
We really don't need to care of Sense 3.6 or 4.0. Even the update isn't important. What's important is the kernel 3.0 that will accompany it, and it's source. After that, a Sense 4 port should be easy. It'll be just like what we have now - official Sense 3 and ported Sense 3.5, both on Android 2.3.5
Maybe we get lucky and get Sense 4 right away, who knows. All i know is, HTC won my loyalty with this.
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shrome99 said:
We really don't need to care of Sense 3.6 or 4.0. Even the update isn't important. What's important is the kernel 3.0 that will accompany it, and it's source. After that, a Sense 4 port should be easy. It'll be just like what we have now - official Sense 3 and ported Sense 3.5, both on Android 2.3.5
Maybe we get lucky and get Sense 4 right away, who knows. All i know is, HTC won my loyalty with this.
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Yeah
Thats the main reason I'm happy too
I have no intentions of using the official update itself. I'm just interested in getting the base for this ROM & the kernel source. From there devs can tweak the base (Lowveld ) And the ROM will be much better
Hopefully HTC still release a WVGA device that will come with Sense 4.0 (although it seems unlikely)
Because the ROM will need resizing the images etc, which is not a easy and perfect job.
Virtuous Unity was a great job by the team, they resized the Sensations qHD Sense to work on our device. But unfortunately it still had flaws, inconsistent size issues, & wasn't as fast as the WVGA version we have now...
Anyway, enough of my rambling, I'm really happy with HTC's decision! They are even supporting the DHD which is a 2 year old phone.
Seriously, that device is lucky! It went from 2.2 + Sense 2.0 > 2.3.3 + Sense 2.1 > 2.3.5 + Sense 3.0 > 4.0.X + Sense 3.6/4.0
2 major OS updates and 3 major Sense updates! Thats as good as Apple with their iPhone 3GS updates!
One thing i did notice, was they haven't announced any plans to upgrade the HTC Flyer to ICS...
I was considering buying one if it did get the update officially
dan-fish said:
This may have just been added to Facebook but if you had scrolled down you would've seen this has already been posted.
At least it's confirmed now
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i know it was already posted,but this is the first htc themselves have said on it rather than some random website.so this deserved its own thread
Crazy news. Keeping my desire s a tad longer then...
I also think this is great news, as I am not much for rooting and doing stuff to my phone. And better late than never.
BUT I think the main problem is that all the big phone producers have their own UIs on top of Android, meaning that we never get the updates OR really really late.
If they just would let google control updates, then all users would have ICS already on their phone regardless of brand and phone (overseeing old phones that cannot handle the new software).
I know that the big companies need to differentiate themselves from each other.. but still, just what I would prefer.
Waiting for HTC Sense on ICS
I dont know about you guys but I am pretty happy with HTC Sense and would love to have an ICS rom with Sense. Will wait for the update from HTC to try out ICS on my Desire S.
I just got a good reason to keep my desire s for another 6 months.
That guy who came out earlier and say he believes all the phones running gingerbread should be able to run ICS was right after all.
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Updated news:
I can't post links but go to blog.htc.com/2012/03/ics/
b1nar10s said:
Updated news:
I can't post links but go to blog.htc.com/2012/03/ics/
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I can't see any relevant information regarding the Desire S in this so-called "update".
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b1nar10s said:
Updated news:
I can't post links but go to blog.htc.com/2012/03/ics/
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Absolutely not relevant
Sent by my fingers to your head.
Actually, this was relevant, but a month ago. Now, everything you will see about the update in the General section will be re-posts or "information leaks on ETAs" from highly unreliable sources. The update is close, it'll be here in April and as soon as it comes, there will be a post with a download link in the DEV section
shrome99 said:
The update is close, it'll be here in April and as soon as it comes, there will be a post with a download link in the DEV section
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There are no leaks - so I fear that the update is far away.
in former times the ROMs always "leaked" (aka ROM for beta testers) 1 month before the official releases...

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