I don't know why some may say ICS on Sensation is lagy, but I can say it is smoother. I love everything about the update. If you have a Sensation 4G, the ICS update is well worthy to update to. So, the update is not available in the US, it is worth rooting and the whole 9 yards, be advised! Getting ICS on Sensation 4G is a wreck of work, but there are a lot of helpful threads to seek into before attempting anything. I'm rooted/CID/Firmware ready to flash and I love ICS 4.0.3 Sense 3.6 Being on Sense 3.0 Gingerbread can't compare! So, thanks to all of the helpful threads and Developers and last but not least XDA!...CHEERS!
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Nice
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I agree completely with you. I flashed ICS and I haven't looked back at all.
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I was worried just after install, my Sensation was all over the place, but all has settled down and I am really happy with ICS glad to have left gingerbread behind
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jalyn02 said:
I don't know why some may say ICS on Sensation is lagy, but I can say it is smoother. I love everything about the update. If you have a Sensation 4G, the ICS update is well worthy to update to. So, the update is not available in the US, it is worth rooting and the whole 9 yards, be advised! Getting ICS on Sensation 4G is a wreck of work, but there are a lot of helpful threads to seek into before attempting anything. I'm rooted/CID/Firmware ready to flash and I love ICS 4.0.3 Sense 3.6 Being on Sense 3.0 Gingerbread can't compare! So, thanks to all of the helpful threads and Developers and last but not least XDA!...CHEERS!
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1 Flash Firmware
2 Flash Rom
Where exactly is the difficulty?
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1 Flash Firmware
2 Flash Rom
Where exactly is the difficulty?
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He is probably talking about the whole rooting process as well.
Ngo93 said:
He is probably talking about the whole rooting process as well.
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Even that wasn't hard. Unlock your bootloader which is almost fully automated, flash su, done.
arent mikes firmwares rooted already? so no worrys about that
ics wokrs like a charm
flashed it 3 days ago, my batt is at 12% !
Can only agree, even for a novice is not that hard to do at all, just have to follow guide (there are quite few around) to the letter and all goes well.
From what I've read is people who cut corners and miss important steps that often have problems with their phones.
Many thanks to everyone here on Xda for their hard work bringing us goodies!
Ok I just wanted to clear up what seems like some confusion that everyone is having. To flash the ICS and Sense 3.6 OTA file all you have to do to a stock Sensation or stock Sensation XE is to S-off your Sensation first then write Super CID to your Sensation. That is it really, you have to S-off because branded Sensations will only flash ROMs that have the correct security clearance for whatever carrier that the branded Sensation is from. You need Super CID so the OTA file will pass the cid check during the flashing process. You do not have to be rooted as being rooted has nothing to do with being able to flash a ROM.
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1 Flash Firmware
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Where exactly is the difficulty?
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I have not had a HTC phone in years, Mytouch 3G to be exact. I read the treads before I even think about flashing, and boy did I see a few with bricked phones soft bricked/ hard bricked, and lots that was confused. I'm a good guy and I just hate when somebody destroy something they care about. So, with that said, I hope to put precaution in those who are fast to act and slow to read. Thanks to all of you for sharing your thoughts about ICS, my feelings are likewise
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Sorry, but I just had to add, coming from a Google flagship phone/dev phone without any third party security and bloatware, it was a one step thing just root and flash. So, I'm proud to say I felt like a nube coming back to HTC
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Hey devs,
Found a few threads from the HTC Desire department where they are talking about Android 4.0 and making a 4.0 ROM for the Desire...
Is that also possible with our Sensation? I mean, we have better processor, GPU, screen etc. Haven't found anything about this in the Sensation department yet.
Thought I'd ask
Greetings!
Why can't you report stuff on the XDA app yet?
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hurrpancakes said:
Why can't you report stuff on the XDA app yet?
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Why do people like you have to be such hard asses on the new guys?
Although he posted in the wrong section not many people understand the layout of this forum some just google sensation deving and get linked directly to here.
Remember you were a noob once too.
It will happen when google release ics source code
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yes, of course Android 4.0 will be released by our fellow devs on XDA I can't see it happening mainstream across all networks for months though.
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Its deffently out on the Desire. My mate was running it, although nothing worked as of yet
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Its deffently out on the Desire. My mate was running it, although nothing worked as of yet
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Yes it is, It's an SDK port
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I saw some screenies on the Nexus Galaxy, looks slick as hell! I might just have to get the Nexus too when it comes out. Too many new phones, not enough time to enjoy a single one before I'm on to the next.
bump, would be a nice idea...
microang said:
bump, would be a nice idea...
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ICS is being worked on in another thread, just have patience....
Ace42 said:
ICS is being worked on in another thread, just have patience....
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link please
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link please
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1323676
Tyr using Reverted ASOP 1.1.0 with zip on xboarders old rom that has a ICS zip file that makes our sensation look like it is running ICS. Here are some screen shots.
htc sensation Z710E TMOBILE
When will an update 4.0 ics for rooted device be available and or are they working on it.
Android 4.0 is already out !!
where have you been ???
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Android 4.0 is already out !!
where have you been ???
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Lol, I've been under the rocks I stuck my head out and saw there was an update 4.0 I tried different ways to install ics on gingerbread but seems difficult. Anyway think you could help me seems I'm having the most touble install / flashing the 3.32 radio on my z710e tmobile I have 1.17.111 hboot and forgot how i did it also I just changed my sdcard from 8 gig to 16 gig and know 32 gig I guess changing cards and files / folders might have corrupted some files I should redo the whole revoulution root proccedure. :banghead::banghead:
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Lol, I've been under the rocks I stuck my head out and saw there was an update 4.0 I tried different ways to install ics on gingerbread but seems difficult. Anyway think you could help me seems I'm having the most touble install / flashing the 3.32 radio on my z710e tmobile I have 1.17.111 hboot and forgot how i did it also I just changed my sdcard from 8 gig to 16 gig and know 32 gig I guess changing cards and files / folders might have corrupted some files I should redo the whole revoulution root proccedure. :banghead::banghead:
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no need to change the sdcard...
need some info here..you are 1.17.111 and i assume you are SOFF (deduced this by reading your post)...
the only misssing this is cid...if you are supercid thats good...otherwise
get the corresponding 3.32 firmware for your cid...or you can simply supercid as you are soff "fastboot oem writecid 11111111"
firmware thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21711154#post21711154
now for iCS you require 3.32 firmware...and what issues you are facing when flashing the firmware ?
you can take this guide as refernece for flashing firmware (steps 4 and 5 for flashing firmware)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1472298
Hey ya'll I'm coming from a rooted Mytouch4g that I did a warranty exchange with, got the Sensation last night I've been reading we will get the ICS update next month.
I'm already itching to root this phone I sure do miss the simple root apps like ad block.
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Hey ya'll I'm coming from a rooted Mytouch4g that I did a warranty exchange with, got the Sensation last night I've been reading we will get the ICS update next month.
I'm already itching to root this phone I sure do miss the simple root apps like ad block.
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I guess it depends on your comfort zone ;-)
There are many ICS ROMs based on "leaked HTC ICS" that work well. Until the official HTC ICS comes out we don't know the delta.
I, personally, would root, but I haven't had an unrooted device in two years lol. I'm on gingerbread still, because every ICS rom I've tried hasn't been as stable or fast as my modified cm7. It's really up to you, but if you've had your last phone rooted, chances are you'll root this one too lol, it's just a matter of when. Anyway, welcome to the sensation forums and good luck
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Nothing wrong with rooting, it's possible to unroot if u have to send it back for defects, why not
Thanks fellas...I guess what it is is that I didn't succeed in getting S on once I went back to stock on the mytouch before I sent them both back lol o well seems rooting is easier on this phone then the gfree method for the mytouch and that was pretty easy itself
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Hello. I'm semi-bricked so I cannot use android 4.03 roms. They just don't work for me. I loved arhd 5.01 because I thought it would be awful but it isn't. It has epic speech recognition problems though, it just says unfortunately voice search has stopped. It says this for each of the voice needed applications. Does anybody have any other 4.01 roms? Preferably sense but I don't mind
You could try hypernonsense, so smooth, fast and stable.
Is it android 4.01 or gingerbread
Please stop flashing your phone until you know what you are doing. I would think after all of the trouble you had previously after flashing firmware being stuck with s on and your phone being in an unusable state you would have stopped messing with it.
Go back to stock and leave it alone. You are eventually gonna brick it. You need to do a lot of reading so you are not asking for help all day, everyday.
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Please stop flashing your phone until you know what you are doing. I would think after all of the trouble you had previously after flashing firmware being stuck with s on and your phone being in an unusable state you would have stopped messing with it.
Go back to stock and leave it alone. You are eventually gonna brick it. You need to do a lot of reading so you are not asking for help all day, everyday.
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+1 for this suggestion.
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sensation lover said:
Is it android 4.01 or gingerbread
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It's an ICS rom (4.03). Full wipe is needed.
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Please stop flashing your phone until you know what you are doing. I would think after all of the trouble you had previously after flashing firmware being stuck with s on and your phone being in an unusable state you would have stopped messing with it.
Go back to stock and leave it alone. You are eventually gonna brick it. You need to do a lot of reading so you are not asking for help all day, everyday.
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I understand your point of see but with phones like this I can't stand with sense , sfr sh*** apks and others... (not removable). I flash and I like it, my phone is fully boosted/customised, smooth, stable and good batery life. What can I as more ????
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It's an ICS rom (4.03). Full wipe is needed.
I understand your point of see but with phones like this I can't stand with sense , sfr sh*** apks and others... (not removable). I flash and I like it, my phone is fully boosted/customised, smooth, stable and good batery life. What can I as more ????
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You know what you are doing, this user clearly doesn't. I am not being an ass, I flash my phone also but I read a lot. I read these forums thoroughly before doing anything. It's getting tiresome reading all of the problems people have all because they don't read.
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Go look for my post and read slow its under general
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You know what you are doing, this user clearly doesn't. I am not being an ass, I flash my phone also but I read a lot. I read these forums thoroughly before doing anything. It's getting tiresome reading all of the problems people have all because they don't read.
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You know, at the beginning I didn't realy know what I did, I'm french and my English isn't perfect... But with time and perseverance, I can say : now I know what I do. I think persons in trouble must insist.. Some people can help them and I'm OK with you, they must read before do something.
did u flash 3.32 firmware? i was a noob once and flashed ics roms on gb firmware, and the result-bootloops
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Rhiannon224 said:
Please stop flashing your phone until you know what you are doing. I would think after all of the trouble you had previously after flashing firmware being stuck with s on and your phone being in an unusable state you would have stopped messing with it.
Go back to stock and leave it alone. You are eventually gonna brick it. You need to do a lot of reading so you are not asking for help all day, everyday.
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Well im sorry but i dont want to start any arguements. I know exactly what i'm doing and why i am doing it. Android 4.01 roms are the only ones that work for me, yes i did make a fatal mistake but after much reading ( yes i did) i know what's happening
I'm furthermore 'sorry' if i have angered you experienced users but i have not really asked for help with my phone for a while now and i dont intend to. I wasn't posting this to be annoying, I just needed help finding android 4.01 roms and incase anybody else needed them.
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did u flash 3.32 firmware? i was a noob once and flashed ics roms on gb firmware, and the result-bootloops
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Yes I flashed it. I think you should :
1. Flash 3.32 fw
2. Wipe data/ factory reset
3. Wipe cache partition
4. Wipe davlink cache
5.Flash virtuous 4.0.0
6. Reboot
Then if it work you can flash addons, kernels
Just manually checked my wife's HTC software update, and it finally has the Android 4.0 ICS Sense 3.6, I d/l'd it, but havent installed it yet. Is there any reason I shouldn't update, say if I decided to root it anytime in the future?
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It will be best to root before update.because it will be a whole lot easier with the hboot version you have now. You should be able now to use revolutionary and if you update, It's likely you will no
longer able to use it depending on your hboot. Revolutionary supports certain hboot versions and some ics might not be supported. This is my understanding and I was also told the same thing. So I rooted on revolutionary then updated to 4.0.3 and custom Rom .of course its possible to root after update, just more difficult in my opinion. Good luck in whatever you decide to do. Hope this helped out a bit.
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That is helpful, thanks. I am kinda curious to compare it to my Sensation, rooted on 4.0.3 AHRD sense 3.6. Hers is still completely stock.
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That is helpful, thanks. I am kinda curious to compare it to my Sensation, rooted on 4.0.3 AHRD sense 3.6. Hers is still completely stock.
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Let her use both devices and make the decision. My wife is still running stock GB on hers and sees no reason to change it. Don't push her and be held responsible for any changes she does not like.
There are certain apps that you'll have bugs and compatibility issues with on ICS, but most of those should be ironed out by the developers over time.
Definitely s-off before hand either way. That way you'll have the ability to easily downgrade if she doesn't like it...
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Let her use both devices and make the decision. My wife is still running stock GB on hers and sees no reason to change it. Don't push her and be held responsible for any changes she does not like.
There are certain apps that you'll have bugs and compatibility issues with on ICS, but most of those should be ironed out by the developers over time.
Definitely s-off before hand either way. That way you'll have the ability to easily downgrade if she doesn't like it...
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Thanks a lot, great advice from the exact perspective I needed. You are awesome!
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I think official doesn't worth it i suggest the ordroid rom its quite stable i'd say but if you think your wife just needs her phone to call/text you should update as its really stable..
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Im still undecided on whether to root my sensation xe and flash a stock ics rom considering I'm not the biggest fan of htc sense or should I wait for the jelly bean update and carry on using launchers like Nova right now. thanks in advance.
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IMHO I`d s-off & root... Make sure you have got a correct RUU so you can restore everything for warranty purposes.
I think... The sensation will probably not get Jellybean officially, but the Ville C2 definitely will. All current Sense 4 ROMS for the sensation are based on Ville C2 RUU.
You will need s-off/root/4ext to install this.
Just root, you can use CM10 which will be working well soon.
Android 4.0 is going to be getting old hat (already) and sense 3.6 is old hat compared to Sense 4... So really, you have to root.
Unless HTC decide to make a Sensation update with Sense 4 & Jellybean (hell will freeze over...), or Sense 3.6 & Jellybean? Doubtful
Root root root
Yes. Root it.
First off, you will still be able to get the official JB release. You will just have to flash it manually intead of getting it OTA. (And for that matter you will probably be able to get it here before you would OTA)
Plus, once you are rooted you'd have more JB variants available to you anyway.
Root! It likely will be available here BEFORE the upstate is released, IF the sensation gets a official update At all! If not you will likely have it available for you here! Thank God for xda and it's Genius developers! You must root before you have all these wonderful things available to you! You won't regret it for a second! I sure don't. I'm running android 4.0.3, sense 4, firmware 3.33, all thanks to xda! They made me love my device Again! By rooting your making your device truly your own! Customization on the deepest levels! You will love it once your rooted and s off. It's great ! You don't like something , just change it to what you do like. Rooting gives this freedom! Best of luck! I have A feeling if your waiting for official jelly bean you will be waiting a long time if not forever. Root and soon it will be available!
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I think I have realised official OTA always take the longest to be released and the date keeps being pushed back..the wait for the gingerbread was worse than ics at one point..I'm going to brave it out at some point this week and root...thanks alot xda family.
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I think I have realised official OTA always take the longest to be released and the date keeps being pushed back..the wait for the gingerbread was worse than ics at one point..I'm going to brave it out at some point this week and root...thanks alot xda family.
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Good call! I was gonna wait for an official ICS build. It got shifted more times than I care to remember, and by the time it actually came, it was nearly JB time already. Thank god for xda!
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Rooting.is.ALWAYS.Worth.It.
Especially if you plan to wait on HTC for a JB update. 'Cause you could probably try Key Lime by the time they release one on JB. And thats if you're pretty lucky.
Where are you getting the info that Jellybean will be official? I have not seen any such statement
I just assumed if the phone can handle sense 4 and ics we should be in line for jelly bean at some point..but I just don't think I'm willing to wait now...HTC usually supports a phone for 2 OTA's then abandon it and leave to the user.
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Guys, I'm having this same dilemma !
I know that I'll be waiting a long long time for JB to come on the XE, does it make sense to root the phone ?
I have never done this before, however, so would someone please guide me to a page where I could understand this process better and hopefully do it without bricking my phone
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I just assumed if the phone can handle sense 4 and ics we should be in line for jelly bean at some point..but I just don't think I'm willing to wait now...HTC usually supports a phone for 2 OTA's then abandon it and leave to the user.
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I doubt that the Sensation is going to get 4.1 at all from HTC.
If a more recent device like the Amaze did not get any promise of an update to JB from HTC, what is your basis for assuming that the Sensation is getting it at some point? Just because it is capable of Sense 4 and ICS doesn't mean HTC HAS to give it Sense 4, let alone 4.1.
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versifier said:
Guys, I'm having this same dilemma !
I know that I'll be waiting a long long time for JB to come on the XE, does it make sense to root the phone ?
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What dilemma? The Sensation isn't getting JB from HTC. If you want it, root it. That's it.
versifier said:
Guys, I'm having this same dilemma !
I know that I'll be waiting a long long time for JB to come on the XE, does it make sense to root the phone ?
I have never done this before, however, so would someone please guide me to a page where I could understand this process better and hopefully do it without bricking my phone
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To find the correct guide you need to know your boot version. In order to find this version you pull battery, put battery back in and press power and volume down at the same time and hold until the phone boots, on that page it will have the information there on your hboot. Once you know what that is then you can find the correct guide example - guide rooting s off for h boot 1: 27.... , then you follow that specific guide for your h boot version. Hope this has helped.
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