Database Info

ROM Choice Help?

Hi gang...I'm new to the Sensation and the rom choices are staggering!
I need a little guidance on what I should do....I'm about to root and need a solid fast daily driver...as I depend on my phone for family, emergencies and for business.
I'd like ICS..but concerned about stability and app compatibility.
Or
Should I just stick to a GB rom?
Your feedback would be greatly appreciated

well obviously GB for now are more stable than ICS but now i am using insertcoin 4.6.1 and it is running great...if you want to be sure flash GB

I too am wondering if the ICS builds are a daily driver that can be trusted, and if so which one is favored by the community? I love the ICS on my prime but I don't know how it will go on my sensation . I came back to the sensation for ICS as I like the functionality of it. I left the gs2 because touchwiz just ruined any version of Android in my opinion,

I recently installed the ICS around 5 days ago. I'm using ARHD 6.3.0 and its working great. I haven't noticed any major bugs whatsoever, and I've only had minor problems with wifi-calling.
I'd say go for ICS. You'll be better off with ICS sooner or later anyways.

I used the Darkforest rom for weeks and never had an issue. The only reason I'm not using it now is because I've flashed the 'official' beta ICS from the HTC Elevate test. That is available on the Insertcoin website for download, if you want semi official and very stable then this is it!

I stuck with GB roms for a few weeks after getting my XE purely for the stability reason, but ive been running a few ICS roms and found ARHD, InsertCoin and Elegancia to be pretty safe bets for daily use if you like Sense. But if you're after a stable AOSP experience theres always Virtuous Inquisition which ive used for about a week at work with no problems.

For the last few weeks I've been using Insert Coin and never experienced any problems whatsoever. No force closes on anything, no reboots, no lag. I'm no dev but in my experience it's smoother and every bit as stable as Gingerbread.
Go for it!

Thank you everyone...ICS it is...now to which one....haha
I think the consensus have been ARDH vs Insert Coin.
Of those 2..which offers the stability..and customization of themes etc?

I have tried both ARHD and IC. I started with ARHD but the lag was a bit much. I switched to IC and have not looked back. I am not sure about themes but for stability and speed its IC for me

Vinsane said:
Hi gang...I'm new to the Sensation and the rom choices are staggering!
I need a little guidance on what I should do....I'm about to root and need a solid fast daily driver...as I depend on my phone for family, emergencies and for business.
I'd like ICS..but concerned about stability and app compatibility.
Or
Should I just stick to a GB rom?
Your feedback would be greatly appreciated
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Purely a personal choice, Virtuous Inquisition as it offers an ICS AOSP feel. Get the 1.27.1100 HBOOT and you're sorted.
GB will be dead in the water soon so won't be a realistic option.
EDIT: I meant to add that ICS and the updated firmware seems to give better battery life.

Try Virtuous Inquisition 3.5 ICS. Bettery battery life than GB, good stability, can be used as daily driver. Only minor bugs. IMHO hybrid aosp is far better than pure Sense. Better for RAM and more delicate for battery Virtuous Inquisition has HTC camera and stock HTC music player with ability to be used with beats audio (this needs seperate update package).
What's more, this ROM doesn't have annoying desensed bugs like power saving mode under 20% of battery and fast boot.

VI 3.5.0 and don't look back.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium

Flash this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1258543
And follow this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1261008
and you'll be gravy until official ICS is released.

[Q] Best Sense 4.0 rom so far?

So now that we have multiple roms based on Sense 4.0, which one is the best for you and why?
As for me I am still waiting the next step for fixes

"Best" is simply not to tell.
What works great is Kings Rom. Tried all 4.0 Sense-Roms til now. Virtuos was the first rom I flashed and a lot of things worked great, but BT with headset didn't work. That seems to work with Kings rom. Also tried Elegancia as I am using Elegancia roms since I rooted and s-off'ed my phone.
Til now all sense 4.0 roms seem to have some difficulties. Mostly animations won't work and on some BT won't do.
Til problems are solved, I'll revert to sense 3.6

Now all based sense 4 are the same and they have same problem.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium

In terms of speed and stability?

Are same till now ..

If you're looking for speed and stability, don't go with any of them. Even the One S version is for a phone with an S4 processor, we have an S3. Unfortunately, while the S3 is still powerful, the S4 has many improvements from what I hear. Sense 4 roms may never be as fast as 3.6 or AOSP-like roms.

So now we have 3 main roms:
-Baadnewz
-Shnizlon
-Virtuous
I want to choose between Baad beta 10 and Shnizlon 1.6.0
Help!

There can't be no good ROM for now, cause the source for Sense 4.0 just been out for a few days. I'll wait for some more stable versions.

I think after trying all of the Sense 4.0 roms, Virtuous S4X is probably the best.

I am on Baadnewz beta 10 (perhaps upgrading to 12) and I am very happy!
Everything work,fast enough and very little bugs.
Only Rootexplorer is not working as app
BT is not working of course. I wonder if they will make it work one day, it's a BT 4.0 and Sensation is 3.0

sshede said:
If you're looking for speed and stability, don't go with any of them. Even the One S version is for a phone with an S4 processor, we have an S3. Unfortunately, while the S3 is still powerful, the S4 has many improvements from what I hear. Sense 4 roms may never be as fast as 3.6 or AOSP-like roms.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That being said, please do remember that the HTC One V also has Sense 4.0.
I have been running Virtuous for the past few days, and there is absolutely no lag anywhere!

There are no nightlies yet for the sensation? i searched but i havent found a single post in the devs area with cm9 , just roms based on it

Chad_Petree said:
There are no nightlies yet for the sensation? i searched but i havent found a single post in the devs area with cm9 , just roms based on it
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
They're not really working on it yet. The Sensation is in their second wave of devices that they're seriously focusing on.

Team Venom
I've searched this web for quite a while, and the Viper3D is by far the best 4.0 sense ICS out there. I have no issues, and the simple little quirks that it did have are solved. Wonderful daily rom, constant updates with a little humor and I've flashed each and every one of them including the multies. Everything works, tweaks are fabulous, I have no complaints and it has been my daily driver for quite a while and don't see my self changing it.
Anything Virus is included in, I'm following, and with the well established and newly named Venom team? They are setting it off!!!!
Sent from HTC Evo3D
1.5 s-off via Juopunut Bear
Sense 4.0 Sense
32G SD
CDMA

Stock Ice Cream Sandwich with Sense 4.0 ROM

So as far as I can tell sense 4.0 will not becoming to the Sensation via HTC and from reading these boards I notice that some of the Developers out there have begun porting sense 4.0 into ROM's which can be used on the Sensation
My question is which ROM is the most stable and bug free and closest to the stock HTC One which has sense 4.0 and can be used on the Sensation?
Thank you for any help and advice given

4.0
Dr Asqueroso said:
So as far as I can tell sense 4.0 will not becoming to the Sensation via HTC and from reading these boards I notice that some of the Developers out there have begun porting sense 4.0 into ROM's which can be used on the Sensation
My question is which ROM is the most stable and bug free and closest to the stock HTC One which has sense 4.0 and can be used on the Sensation?
Thank you for any help and advice given
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There is no right answer to this, no two Sensations are exactly the same and in terms of ROM'S, radio's, kernal's and so on opinions WILL vary. The ports are getting better but that tends to happen with time. Best advise we can give you is try them for yourself and decide. Its your phone, use whats best for you. Getting off my soapbox now, I thought Virtuous was pretty good but when back to ARHD until ports are better.

parmijo11 said:
I thought Virtuous was pretty good but when back to ARHD until ports are better.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
ARHD isn't a Sense 4.0 ROM, it's Sense 3.6, and Virtuous Inquisition isn't Sense 4.0, it's a de-sensed ROM from Sense 3.6 but still contains Sense libs and camera.
Dr Asqueroso said:
So as far as I can tell sense 4.0 will not becoming to the Sensation via HTC and from reading these boards I notice that some of the Developers out there have begun porting sense 4.0 into ROM's which can be used on the Sensation
My question is which ROM is the most stable and bug free and closest to the stock HTC One which has sense 4.0 and can be used on the Sensation?
Thank you for any help and advice given
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The most stable out of the Sense 4.0 ROMs is Ordroid, others simply haven't caught up to it yet. Virtuous has started one but it will be a wait before it catches up to Ordroid - Ordroid was established before most of the other Sense 4.0 ROMs so that will probably be the most stable and bug free, not to mention closest to the One Series. Elegancia 4.0 has a differently themed status bar, so it isn't stock.

usaff22 said:
ARHD isn't a Sense 4.0 ROM, it's Sense 3.6, and Virtuous Inquisition isn't Sense 4.0, it's a de-sensed ROM from Sense 3.6 but still contains Sense libs and camera.
The most stable out of the Sense 4.0 ROMs is Ordroid, others simply haven't caught up to it yet. Virtuous has started one but it will be a wait before it catches up to Ordroid - Ordroid was established before most of the other Sense 4.0 ROMs so that will probably be the most stable and bug free, not to mention closest to the One Series. Elegancia 4.0 has a differently themed status bar, so it isn't stock.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks, I'm well aware that my dialy driver ARHD is a sense 3.6, however heres the title of what I was referring to [X Series] Virtuous S4V Alpha3 [Sense 4.0 Android 4.0.3], link is below and as you can clearly see its a SENSE 4.0. I would not refer to a AOSP ROM when the OP is clearly asking about 4.0.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513055

OrDroid is the best Sense 4 ROM. It gets updated everyday, literally, everyday. It does have a few bugs but as far as random reboots and crashes, none of those. It's very stable I use it as my daily driver.

Is it stable enough to use it every Day, also for working? Is the performance Like on Sense 3.6? I'm asking cause I was that silly to download the update to ics -> I'm s-on. need to wait for juopunutbear tool to test it myself. :banghead:
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using XDA

kHinsch said:
Is it stable enough to use it every Day, also for working? Is the performance Like on Sense 3.6? I'm asking cause I was that silly to download the update to ics -> I'm s-on. need to wait for juopunutbear tool to test it myself. :banghead:
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using XDA
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I use it every single day, no problem. Besides mms and bluetooth are buggy. Everything else works like a charm. I don't think its as fast and smooth as say ARHD with Sense 3.6 but its pretty close.

JustinRawr said:
OrDroid is the best Sense 4 ROM. It gets updated everyday, literally, everyday. It does have a few bugs but as far as random reboots and crashes, none of those. It's very stable I use it as my daily driver.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This right here. OrDroid is an excellent ROM. And Shnizlon is always fixing/changing things and listening to feedback.

parmijo11 said:
Thanks, I'm well aware that my dialy driver ARHD is a sense 3.6, however heres the title of what I was referring to [X Series] Virtuous S4V Alpha3 [Sense 4.0 Android 4.0.3], link is below and as you can clearly see its a SENSE 4.0. I would not refer to a AOSP ROM when the OP is clearly asking about 4.0.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513055
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
VI is not an AOSP ROM. It is a de-sensed ROM, which looks like AOSP. However, it is based on Sense 3.6 and contains many of the libs still there. A true AOSP ROM is compiled from scratch or based on the CM9/AOKP source.
Otherwise, Ordroid is much more established than S4V.

As mentoined above OrDroid is an excellent Sense-4 rom with a helpful dev-team. There is also InsertCoin which is as stsble and fast as OrDroid. Both roms auto loads your apps from Play Store after flashing.Very convenient for a flashaholic like myself.
Sent from my HTC Sensation using Tapatalk 2

usaff22 said:
VI is not an AOSP ROM. It is a de-sensed ROM, which looks like AOSP. However, it is based on Sense 3.6 and contains many of the libs still there. A true AOSP ROM is compiled from scratch or based on the CM9/AOKP source.
Otherwise, Ordroid is much more established than S4V.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You really need to read before you speak. Look at the link I posted, I never mentioned VI, you assumed I did.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G with Beats Audio using Tapatalk 2

ordroid, shiznlon updates like every other day

parmijo11 said:
You really need to read before you speak. Look at the link I posted, I never mentioned VI, you assumed I did.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G with Beats Audio using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You never mentioned either, so maybe it would be helpful if I didn't assume and you didn't think someone could see into your mind to predict what you mean.

Let it go bro...
usaff22 said:
You never mentioned either, so maybe it would be helpful if I didn't assume and you didn't think someone could see into your mind to predict what you mean.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is the last I'm speaking on this, its not my fault you assumed i was talking about VI and didn't SEARCH. I didn't assume others could read my mind but there is more than one Virtuous rom.

I'm on insertcoin rc5 now.
Works good, not super smooth while turning pages on home screen.
Any reason to switch to ordroid?
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using Tapatalk 2

parmijo11 said:
This is the last I'm speaking on this, its not my fault you assumed i was talking about VI and didn't SEARCH. I didn't assume others could read my mind but there is more than one Virtuous rom.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I already knew about the other Virtuous ROM, however, S4V is much less established, and when you mentioned ARHD, you could be easily talking about VI too. It isn't my fault you chose not to mention the actual name of the ROM.

How is the battery life on OrDroid and InsertCoin? Compared to Sense 3.6 Roms? I really want to flash Sense 4 but I need battery life that is at least on par with most Sense 3.6 roms, I need to make it through a day. Thanks

Ballzif said:
This right here. OrDroid is an excellent ROM. And Shnizlon is always fixing/changing things and listening to feedback.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've just flashed my phone with 2 sense 4 roms. first with Blue Sense. looks fine but it tweaked a lot and and with the DX, sometimes it's just confusing.
With OrDroid, everything seems to be work fine even some says they unable to pair with other device, but I managed to get my phone paired with my laptop..
I wanted to go on and try other sense 4 roms but seems to me, I will stick with OrDroid for a while until there is complete bug free rom released.

JustinRawr said:
Besides mms and bluetooth are buggy. Everything else works like a charm.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Don't forget the following non-functioning items:
- wifi hot spot
- HTC Watch (can not watch rented movies)
- camera bugs (face detection, HDR)
It is a great ROM, but still has a ways to go to get out of beta. I love it but cannot use it as a daily ROM because of the bugs. Of course all the Sense 4 ROMs have these bugs.

[Q] OrDroid or Android Revolution?

I currently have opensensation and I'm missing sense. I had OrDroid until a bit after it was turned into CoinDroid and I never used AR. Im not looking for which maybe better I just want some one to make my mind up for me.

Corbanski said:
I currently have opensensation and I'm missing sense. I had OrDroid until a bit after it was turned into CoinDroid and I never used AR. Im not looking for which maybe better I just want some one to make my mind up for me.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Run each and decide which you prefer?

I used ARHD when I first rooted my phone. Loved it, but once Sense 4.0 came out, never switched back to ARHD. OrDroid is what I've been running for a while and I love it. Good support and great ROM. Stick with OrDroid.

I would recommend Elegencia. Very clean ROM. See my sig. Otherwise, ARHD is also solid.

They are the 2 ROMe I've been running recently. On ARHD T-Mob right now, Rosie is definitely smoother, swiping away apps is smoother, but notification pulldown and settings menu are slower. OrDroid 7.1.3 Rosie isn't as smooth (and probably won't be for a while), but the pulldown is instant, and I would argue that Sense 4 is better overall than 3.6. I'm personally going back to Sense 4, but ill probably try one other than OrDroid.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA

ARHD was the first ROM I flashed, but I just like sense 4. OrDroid is my best choice. The ROM gets updates in just a number of days. Also its now better than ever and I haven't really faced major issues. Both ROMs are good performance wise. No lags and all. It's up to you if you like Sense 3.6 or 4.0. Both ROMs should work well.
Sent from my Sensation using XDA

Corbanski said:
I currently have opensensation and I'm missing sense. I had OrDroid until a bit after it was turned into CoinDroid and I never used AR. Im not looking for which maybe better I just want some one to make my mind up for me.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Both of them I used for a certain while,I like OrDriod because its GUI is awesome.

You really can't go wrong with ARHD. I think that the overall look of sense 3.6 is MUCH better. The clock on Sense 4 is kinda ugly, and the dock is like a throwback to gingerbread...
Also, the stability on a sense 3.6 rom is probably just better than a sense 4 rom.

i used both and preferred arhd because hdmi output is important for me. but when the hdmi problem solved for sense 4 roms i'm going to return ordroid. because sense 4 is more smoother than sense 3.6
arhd has no/any bugs. "everything" , i mean everything that come to your mind working perfectly, stable. but sense 4.0 looks amazing, ordroid work %95 perfect.
if you want stock look, choose arhd. if you want better look, choose ordroid. both roms are perfect.

For me, it's function over appearance - always. Sense 4 looks nice but it's still slower than Sense 3.6, though not by much.

OrDroid 8.2 (Sense 4.0) FTW! I have never experienced a better Rom than this one. Plus it gives you extremely quick and smooth Sense 4.0. I had my doubts before flashing it, as I was concerned about the performance of Sense 4.0, but it blew me away! I would recommend everyone to flash this ROM!

aayush3009 said:
OrDroid 8.2 (Sense 4.0) FTW! I have never experienced a better Rom than this one. Plus it gives you extremely quick and smooth Sense 4.0. I had my doubts before flashing it, as I was concerned about the performance of Sense 4.0, but it blew me away! I would recommend everyone to flash this ROM!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
+1
Sent from my Sensation using XDA

K i d said:
You really can't go wrong with ARHD. I think that the overall look of sense 3.6 is MUCH better. The clock on Sense 4 is kinda ugly, and the dock is like a throwback to gingerbread...Also, the stability on a sense 3.6 rom is probably just better than a sense 4 rom.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think the dock on OrDroid is such an eyesore.
I used ADHD for months and it was solid. Recently I have noticed several bugs. It looks like mike1986 has a One X, so sensation support may dewindle.
I don't know if I am the only person to have graphics issues with Ordriod and Chrome Beta , but outside that.... I like Ordroid better.

What kernel did you use with ordroid?
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA

[Q] i want to go "sense"less

i am using ViperS 1.3 ROM for my sensation and i want to go "sense"less can you suggest good senseless ROMS for me? and if you can give me the links, that would be fanstastic.
ViperS ROM rocks. I just want to try sensless for and see the difference.

Try hypernonsense or virtous inquisition. They are both senseless. You can find links in the development thread.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using Tapatalk 2

Also CM9 is very good too.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

Try virtuous inquisition, it's a great sense less Rom .great battery life too! I used it myself for awhile then I started missing sense. That's when I switched. But it's a rock solid Rom , you won't have any issues . Best of luck.
sent from HTC sensation, soff, 3.33 firmware, viper Rom, sense 4.1, kernel version PYD-X stable 3.1, mugen battery 3800mah. Please press thanks if I helped in anyway.

I'm currently running Bruce's CM10. It is quite stable, and super smooth.

The answer depends on what you want to do. If you want to keep Sense elements like the camera and some apps that came stock with the phone then you'll want to have a true de'sensed ROM like HyperNonsense or ARHD (with the desensing script run during install from 4EXT recovery, otherwise ARHD will still look like Sense)
Both will get you the pure Android look and feel. ARHD will do it with a lot of tweaks that make it run better. HyperNonsense will do it and give you just enough to boot the device to allow you to customize it with the apps you want.
However, both are still 'sense' at their core. They just don't look it.
On the other hand if you want to completely leave Sense and have a lot more flexibility you can go the Cyanogen route. Both CM9 and CM10 are pure Android with no Sense elements. They are much more customizable with both system tweaks and graphical tweaks (like UI theming). But some Sense based apps won't work on them.
If you want to go that route there are difference between 9 and 10. 9 is ICS and is more complete with working Wifi Calling available. 10 is Jelly Bean and a lot smoother and faster, but still has some bugs being worked out and wifi calling does not work with it (yet)

Skipjacks said:
The answer depends on what you want to do. If you want to keep Sense elements like the camera and some apps that came stock with the phone then you'll want to have a true de'sensed ROM like HyperNonsense or ARHD (with the desensing script run during install from 4EXT recovery, otherwise ARHD will still look like Sense)
Both will get you the pure Android look and feel. ARHD will do it with a lot of tweaks that make it run better. HyperNonsense will do it and give you just enough to boot the device to allow you to customize it with the apps you want.
However, both are still 'sense' at their core. They just don't look it.
On the other hand if you want to completely leave Sense and have a lot more flexibility you can go the Cyanogen route. Both CM9 and CM10 are pure Android with no Sense elements. They are much more customizable with both system tweaks and graphical tweaks (like UI theming). But some Sense based apps won't work on them.
If you want to go that route there are difference between 9 and 10. 9 is ICS and is more complete with working Wifi Calling available. 10 is Jelly Bean and a lot smoother and faster, but still has some bugs being worked out and wifi calling does not work with it (yet)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
with wifi calling do you mean skype, gtalk, viber and etc.? thanks!

No it's a feature in sensation 4G... calling and mms through wifi... no need of tower... In US it's good.... But not for Asians...
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using Tapatalk 2