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[Q] Will I eventually have to update firmware?

I was wondering will I eventually have to update the firmware if I want to move to ICS in the future? Or is this just something we have to do in these early beta builds?
Its just on my G2 I could flash an ICS ROM just like flashing a gingerbread ROM, and I dont really see why with the sensation its so different...
Thanks

If you want ics on your phone you have to update. If you wait for an ota update HTC will update it for you. That's how HTC works.. ics needs more stuff to boot than gb.. it's easy though to update
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Well if your talking about a stock ics, it's much harder to get it ported and done. That's why devs just wait for a leaked update from HTC for our phones specifically. I'm sure after HTC fully releases our final stable(ISH) ics update devs will be able to use that and make a more stable (and BETTER) rom then what HTC has to offer. be patient , if your a true sensation fan than you'll love it once it's here. (hopefully lol)
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[Q] CRT Animation?

What happened to CRT anims in roms? I used to love the animation but no rom has it anymore! Tempoted to go back to gingerbread just to get them back! Anyone got any idea how to enable/add it? I know smali (a little) so can prob do it myself

bonesy said:
What happened to CRT anims in roms? I used to love the animation but no rom has it anymore! Tempoted to go back to gingerbread just to get them back! Anyone got any idea how to enable/add it? I know smali (a little) so can prob do it myself
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If you know some smali, help us do the patch! I created a test version today (find it on my ROM thread) but it didn't work.
It's not as easy as some people think because with GB people before us had already done it so they knew what code to add. I don't and so therefore I am using the GB services.jar file as reference but sooo many things are different in ICS's services.jar file that using a program like windiff or beyond compare does not help much when comparing.
If someone already knows the code to add, I invite them to step forward and help
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CRT Screen Off - Animation Mod or Tweak

Hi All
I have seen in various posts how to modify the framework-res.apk to enable the screen animation.....
Can I flip get this working. I can pull the apk from the phone but when I decomile I get errors, once it has compiled it is about 3mb smaller than original so something is clearly wrong..
Can anyone recommend a mod pack / Tweak pack I can flash over a stock ICS OTA rom that will enable this little change?

I do not understand why this isn't a addon on every custom rom out here.... Only arhd has it at the moment..
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shahkam said:
I do not understand why this isn't a addon on every custom rom out here.... Only arhd has it at the moment..
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Just casually stepping in here. No ARHD does not have a CRT animation for ICS because there isn't one made at the moment. Please check your info before you post...
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Hello,
If you look at my post about crt-off animation ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538485 ) you'll see that Htc has f****d service.jar AND hwcomposer.msm8660.so lib witch is "unfixable" for now. And there is no crt-on animation in stock ICS, only in CM9 or other AOSP "tunned" rom.

Jonny said:
Just casually stepping in here. No ARHD does not have a CRT animation for ICS because there isn't one made at the moment. Please check your info before you post...
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Sorry made a mistake its for gb only i guess..
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nono2lozere said:
Hello,
If you look at my post about crt-off animation ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538485 ) you'll see that Htc has f****d service.jar AND hwcomposer.msm8660.so lib witch is "unfixable" for now. And there is no crt-on animation in stock ICS, only in CM9 or other AOSP "tunned" rom.
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Not sure what to do about the lib but the services.jar issue is fixable, just need to change the consist to always return true on screen on/off animation (might be called z animation in the smali - not sure atm, will look a bit later)
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hello,
Yes I know service.jar is fixable, that's what I've done! But hwcomposer.msm8660.so needs to be recompiled (or hacked) with missing functions.

The CRT Animation is the one mod that I really don't wanna live without, but there hasn't been a stable one released for ICS yet. I guess all the devs are waiting for the final ICS releases.
BUT, someone created one for ICS named 'dirty CRT animation-off.' It obviously doesn't have the screen on animation, but it does have the screen off. It isn't 101% perfect, but I'd say closer to like 96%. Good enough to tie you over though. Believe me, no one is more eager to get a final version of CRT than I.......glad to see there are others.
It's a little ways down this forum.
Darren
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darren1021 said:
The CRT Animation is the one mod that I really don't wanna live without, but there hasn't been a stable one released for ICS yet. I guess all the devs are waiting for the final ICS releases.
BUT, someone created one for ICS named 'dirty CRT animation-off.' It obviously doesn't have the screen on animation, but it does have the screen off. It isn't 101% perfect, but I'd say closer to like 96%. Good enough to tie you over though. Believe me, no one is more eager to get a final version of CRT than I.......glad to see there are others.
It's a little ways down this forum.
Darren
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Could you link me to that please ? Even an off animation would do the job for now
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shahkam said:
Could you link me to that please ? Even an off animation would do the job for now
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Hello,
Here is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538485
This the link I have give some post below (and it's my work).

darren1021 said:
I guess all the devs are waiting for the final ICS releases.
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Where have you been?

Wow thanks for all messages. when I started this thread I wasn't aware the ics build we have doesn't support the CRT off like the nexus.
tried the dirty off buts it not worked :-(

Now I user Revolution rom 4.0.3 by Mi, can I update its? Sorry my English.
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viethung888 said:
Now I user Revolution rom 4.0.3 by Mi, can I update its? Sorry my English.
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??? Don't understand what you are asking I'm afraid...
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I am also one that really needs my CRT animation. Another easy albeit not 100% pure CRT animation can be obtained by downloading and using Screen Off and Lock in the play store. There is an option to add a shortcut in the notification pull down. So basically you'll get a similar to cm7/9 experience with a pulldown notification shortcut and CRT off. Now I just gotta get in there and replace/delete the icon on the status bar. We'll see how that goes.
My boy @akashpatel hooked it up. Got screen off and lock in the notification with no status bar icon
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Since April 4th OpenSensation supposedly has CRT animations.

HatteSoul said:
Since April 4th OpenSensation supposedly has CRT animations.
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It does I was running it I had missed it so badly! Maybe someone can get the word thingies (script I think lol I'm a noob sorry) and use it in other ROMs?
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OpenSensation is based on CM9 (cyanogen mod 9) which is completely different than our sense ICS builb, so we cant take CRT anim from this rom to sense ICS.

Any new updates on this?

Unless HTC Randomly decide to release the closed source binaries,i highly doubt it.I too miss the old CRT animation

New To Sensation Development So...

Hey guys I just picked myself up a Sensation 4G (Not new to Android Dev.) so I was thinking about creating,my own custom rom but wasn't sure what the Sensation guys like in their roms. I came from the Huawei u8150 were getting CM9 to run without a gpu was a move from the lord. So far I have tried Stock, Insert Coin, and Android Revolution roms all were great but I like a little cyanogenmod in my life. Would you guys like a new CM9 build crossed with a few tweaks of mean and fixes I find. Is so vote for it. Also reply with what you, look for in a rom.

C'Mon Guys I need feedback
At least vote, i would prefer comments but 1 peanut is better than no peanuts

x_SCOS_x_ELITE said:
Hey guys I just picked myself up a Sensation 4G (Not new to Android Dev.) so I was thinking about creating,my own custom rom but wasn't sure what the Sensation guys like in their roms. I came from the Huawei u8150 were getting CM9 to run without a gpu was a move from the lord. So far I have tried Stock, Insert Coin, and Android Revolution roms all were great but I like a little cyanogenmod in my life. Would you guys like a new CM9 build crossed with a few tweaks of mean and fixes I find. Is so vote for it. Also reply with what you, look for in a rom.
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I would love a new cm9 rom. If you can add some themes then that would be perfect!! Lol
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What I'd really love to see is a cm9 rom whit theme chooser working but idk yiu can't really do much to make a cm9/aosp rom to look different then other roms unless different themes...
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I vote for cm9 based miui v4
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I will start the rom today and if all goes well, I can have an early release out by Saturday. At first it will probably be stock cm9 with a few tweaks but then I will see what I can do about theming.

A CM9 ROM will be awesome. Are you going to try to get it working by yourself? You could get together with the open sensation project guys and make more progress that way. Just a thought
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Welcome to the Sensation boards, and thanks for asking for input. I'm not a sense hater by any means, but I ALWAYS go back to AOSP roms. CM9 and Open Sensation are compiled nicely, but for some reason make my phone heat.
So, any build compiled from source would be welcomed. Each phone is different, hopefully your build keeps mah phone cool.

AOSP ROM with a Sense Camera would be loved by many, I am sure.

usaff22 said:
AOSP ROM with a Sense Camera would be loved by many, I am sure.
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Not possible I'm afraid.
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moshe22 said:
A CM9 ROM will be awesome. Are you going to try to get it working by yourself? You could get together with the open sensation project guys and make more progress that way. Just a thought
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Yea I thought about speaking to them about it but I figured since I am newer to the phone I could try to mess with it a little myself before I go messing with other peoples work.

There seems to be a good number of sense roms and cm9 roms out there... why not try something kinda out there?
like a port of an xperia rom (I think Xperia S has the same chipset) or samsung's? (I know there's an xperia-ish rom out there but i think it's just aokp with xperia mods and I think that Sony's UIX is pretty good and not bloaty).
just thinking out there... porting something like that might be too much.

i have already begun working on rom but i'll keep it in mind. thanks for the idea

Cyanide X
Hi, your ROM "Cyanide X" is running on my HTC Sensation since the "beggining". Very good work, smooth an stabil. Im testing all possibilities, will let you know in short
Mimo (IFO)

IFO said:
Hi, your ROM "Cyanide X" is running on my HTC Sensation since the "beggining". Very good work, smooth an stabil. Im testing all possibilities, will let you know in short
Mimo (IFO)
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He already released his rom? where is it as I cannot find it in the development section

I haven't had the time to make a thread for it I'm sorry. I've been taking finals and will be through next week. Though I will not stop working on roms. For now you can find the Rom in Rom manager. I try to post here when I get home
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I like a fast Rom with a clean, stock look.
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MIUI v5

I'm wanting to port an MIUI V5 ROM to the MT4GS. Right now I'm using the HTC Sensation version. The available HTC devices for the MIUI V5 ROM show:
HTC Sensation 4G
HTC Sensation XE
HTC Evo 3D (GSM)
http://en.miui.com/thread-2651-1-1.html
As this is the first time that I am attempting to port a ROM I'm definitely going through learning pains.
I figured the HTC Sensation 4G would be the best ROM to use to port, Anyone think otherwise?
Also I'm trying to find a good JB 4.1.2 AOSP/CM base. Does anyone have any suggestions?
I was hoping to use this one by kornyone:
[ROM][Official]MyTouch4G Slide CyanogenMod 10 20130101 (Alpha 3) - 4.1.2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1972273&highlight=4+1+2
However, the direct download links are no longer available and was hoping to find a stable base.
Also, I've got it to show the boot animation, however, I think because the resolutions are different on the Sensation than they are the MT4GS it is displaying offsync. How does one resolve ports if the devices have different resolutions? Still new at all this.
Any help would be grateful. Tried searching forums, and haven't found anything recently but will keep trying.
Thanks.

syzoogle said:
I'm wanting to port an MIUI V5 ROM to the MT4GS. Right now I'm using the HTC Sensation version. The available HTC devices for the MIUI V5 ROM show:
HTC Sensation 4G
HTC Sensation XE
HTC Evo 3D (GSM)
http://en.miui.com/thread-2651-1-1.html
As this is the first time that I am attempting to port a ROM I'm definitely going through learning pains.
I figured the HTC Sensation 4G would be the best ROM to use to port, Anyone think otherwise?
Also I'm trying to find a good JB 4.1.2 AOSP/CM base. Does anyone have any suggestions?
I was hoping to use this one by kornyone:
[ROM][Official]MyTouch4G Slide CyanogenMod 10 20130101 (Alpha 3) - 4.1.2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1972273&highlight=4+1+2
However, the direct download links are no longer available and was hoping to find a stable base.
Also, I've got it to show the boot animation, however, I think because the resolutions are different on the Sensation than they are the MT4GS it is displaying offsync. How does one resolve ports if the devices have different resolutions? Still new at all this.
Any help would be grateful. Tried searching forums, and haven't found anything recently but will keep trying.
Thanks.
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no cm10 is stable for mytouch 4g slide. use cm10.1 for porting
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So using a JB4.2.2 base and porting from the HTC Sensation MIUIv5.
Has some initial issues with the updater-script but worked through it. Now got as far as the MIUI logo showing during the boot process....
And now that's where I'm at. So now I'm diving into using apktool to mod the framework to minimize the differences. I love technology and a while back programmed using a scripting language but at this point I'm thinking I'm either in over my head or this is where the fun begins!
In choosing the HTC Sensation I found that from the MIUIv5 device list, this was probably the closest match to the MT4GS.
Out of the HTC devices out there is there a better device to port to MT4GS than the HTC Sensation?
When a device is stuck during boot process. Would I be able to reboot into recovery, mount the USB storage device and navigate somewhere that would give me logs as to why it's not booting all the way?
Still new, so if I missed something obvious, definitely let me know.
Thanks.
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If adb is working try to pull a logcat during the bootloop.
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You can't port miui v5 from sensation on top of cm 10.1 . Sensation and Evo 3D are all on 4.1.2 you can't port a 4.1 ROM on top of a 4.2 rom
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Notorious said:
You can't port miui v5 from sensation on top of cm 10.1 . Sensation and Evo 3D are all on 4.1.2 you can't port a 4.1 ROM on top of a 4.2 rom
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Doh!! For some reason I thought it was a 4.2 ROM. Now looking back at it again it even has 4.1 at the end of the filename for the HTC Sensation ROM..
http://en.miui.com/thread-2651-1-1.html
Thanks for saving myself further time heading down the wrong path. 'Should have caught that before' :silly:
Back to the drawing board, hopefully with better results.
Thanks

syzoogle said:
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Doh!! For some reason I thought it was a 4.2 ROM. Now looking back at it again it even has 4.1 at the end of the filename for the HTC Sensation ROM..
http://en.miui.com/thread-2651-1-1.html
Thanks for saving myself further time heading down the wrong path. 'Should have caught that before' :silly:
Back to the drawing board, hopefully with better results.
Thanks
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Just keep tryong
TEAM US!™

syzoogle said:
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Doh!! For some reason I thought it was a 4.2 ROM. Now looking back at it again it even has 4.1 at the end of the filename for the HTC Sensation ROM..
http://en.miui.com/thread-2651-1-1.html
Thanks for saving myself further time heading down the wrong path. 'Should have caught that before' :silly:
Back to the drawing board, hopefully with better results.
Thanks
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I recommend porting miuiandroid builds they have better translations and have multilang packs
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Notorious said:
I recommend porting miuiandroid builds they have better translations and have multilang packs
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I just went to the http://miuiandroid.com/ website to check it out.. I saw a link to preorder Xiaomi MI3 which goes on sale in October. It had US price of $499... I know Hugo Barra, just went over to Xiaomi, but I can't find anywhere on the web that it says it will work on any US network. I it had GSM and the same frequencies that AT&T T-Mobile use.
Does anyone know if the MI3 will work on any of the US Networks?