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Hi all in sensation.....
I have just bought new HTC sensation over my LG optimus one...just over excited about receiving
Tell me some good and worse thing about it...also about rooting ,best Rom and all.....
I just found some links by searching but the original user experience review can only given by a daily user tell me some....

The good: POWER!
The bad: Battery life.
ROMs: there are many good ones. Personally I use Insert Coin because it comes with extras out of the box. OpenSensation has improved a LOT. There is a great tutorial for SOff Root Recovery etc. Read it and follow it carefully, you won't have problems.
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Welcome aboard mate! Well the good things is performance speed its really blazing fast! Good camera and the bad stuff are battery life is not the best but gets through the day
I use myself virtuous inquisition rom its a aosp android 4.0.3 rom and it's great I like sense as well but was kind of bored lol
Warning : unlock bootloader via revolutionary not HTC because if you'd ever have to return the device for warranty purpose they will find out you have S-off...
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shahkam said:
Welcome aboard mate! Well the good things is performance speed its really blazing fast! Good camera and the bad stuff are battery life is not the best but gets through the day
I use myself virtuous inquisition rom its a aosp android 4.0.3 rom and it's great I like sense as well but was kind of bored lol
Warning : unlock bootloader via revolutionary not HTC because if you'd ever have to return the device for warranty purpose they will find out you have S-off...
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Thank you guys for saying that warning....
did u try
MIUI
cyanogenmod 7.2 .?
Is there a development going for cyanogenmod 9.0.?

I switched from a optimus t(p 509, same thing essentially)
The while process is slightly different, but more work involved. I was running iridium vanilla for a while on optimus, then mik's cm 7.1, then since January the cm nightlies.
Now I'm running virtuous inquisition with faux's kernel (had Sebastianfm's one, but testing this one). It's so far the best aosp hybrid, sense-less
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jazzzzzzz said:
Thank you guys for saying that warning....
did u try
MIUI
cyanogenmod 7.2 .?
Is there a development going for cyanogenmod 9.0.?
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Cm9 is being worked on by kmobs, vorbeth is doing his own with collaboration with cm team. Since ics just came to the sensation, cm9 is starting up, keep your eye out for when the nightlies begin.
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Paulenski said:
Cm9 is being worked on by kmobs, vorbeth is doing his own with collaboration with cm team. Since ics just came to the sensation, cm9 is starting up, keep your eye out for when the nightlies begin.
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Optimus is going into rc1 for cyanogenmod 9,I just miss it.........
What about MIUI any one tried.?

OpenSensation is basically CM9 under a different name. What is on CM9 github its the same as what is on OpenSensation GH.
Everything works
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My first Android phone was the optimus one. It has the best battery life IMHO...
On the sensation>>
Good: Development support, Screen, Speed, hardware design.
Bad: terrible battery life! I mean really bad. stock battery can only last me 4 hours on heavy usage. And low speaker volume.
Roms and Kernels: I'm using ARHD now, stable. Best kernel is Bricked and faux.
Upgrade to ICS if you haven't already. ICS made my phone fly.
If you have the money, buy some bigger capacity aftermarket battery like from Anker. The stock HTC battery ia dork
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MIUI....???
Is there a touch recovery like TWRP.?

MIUI is good, but I find it a little buggy (I only tried the first official rom though).
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Did sensation have some tweek for beats audio.?

jazzzzzzz said:
MIUI....???
Is there a touch recovery like TWRP.?
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Yes. 4EXT touch recovery is now the standard recovery for ICS roms. Works very good.
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If you prefer AOSP over Sense, then OpenSensations build of CM9 is daily driver material. If you prefer Sense, Sense-O-Matic allows you to choose what parts of sense you install right in the ROM installation in recovery. Both are great. I go between them when I feel like switching the look and feel of the phone. Also, use and get used to 4EXT Recovery. There is a controller app for the recovery in the market and is totally worth the 2 or 3 bucks it cost. Hope all this helps. I just got my sensation about a month ago. Came over from a G2X and couldn't be more pleased.

jazzzzzzz said:
Did sensation have some tweek for beats audio.?
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Yes. There are add-ons for non XE ROMs. You can also get Beats by flashing an XE ROM on your Sensation (you will need SuperCid though)
I'm writing this from a normal Sensation with an XE ROM (in my case Insert Coin)
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jazzzzzzz said:
MIUI....???
Is there a touch recovery like TWRP.?
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I used cwr on my optimus, i used cwr touch on the sensation but 4Ext is way better touch for sensation.
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Thanks for all the help ....
Also one more...
Gave me good links you have tried for
() rooting
()installing custom recovery(4ext as users said)
()unrooting and installing stock gb and stock ice
Thanks in advance...

jazzzzzzz said:
Thank you guys for saying that warning....
did u try
MIUI
cyanogenmod 7.2 .?
Is there a development going for cyanogenmod 9.0.?
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I tried miui v4 i really liked it but there wasn't fully themes working yet so switched yes there is cm9 in our dev section but haven't tried cyanogen yet
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Sorry for going a bit off track here,I didn't want to start a new thread. Im due for an upgrade very soon. If some of y'all could pm me or reply here, with the pros an cons of this phone. I'll greatly appreciate it, thanks.
Again, very sorry to get off track.
If I helped, give thanks, if you please.
........Death before dishonor........
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Mr.Highway said:
Sorry for going a bit off track here,I didn't want to start a new thread. Im due for an upgrade very soon. If some of y'all could pm me or reply here, with the pros an cons of this phone. I'll greatly appreciate it, thanks.
Again, very sorry to get off track.
If I helped, give thanks, if you please.
........Death before dishonor........
Team inferno
Leader
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Well it is a great phone, feels great in the hand , screen is quite good , speaker is good camera is great if you'd ask me what i really dislike sometimes i get signal drop like whit my old device at school i could get full signal now i barely get 1-2 bars...
Battery life is not the best but gets the job done ... I like it also because there is alot of developement for this device ! I wish front camera was better quality but meh i don't use it that much ...
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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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[Q] Viper ROM users

I plan on testing out Viper's ROM on my Sensation tomorrow & I wanted to see how you guys like it & what kernel you used with it.

Hi there. I use pyd-x stable 3 kernel on my viper Rom . I really love it. The Rom has tons of customization and that particular kernel has a system tuner type of mod that goes with it and you can flush your system on terminal emulator if it's getting lag. This kernel is very fast and I've got great battery life .
I'm very happy with my set up. Play around with different kernels and see what suits you best. Best wishes !
sent from HTC sensation, soff, 3.33 firmware, viper Rom, sense 4.1, mugen battery. please press thanks if I helped in anyway.

One of the better roms I've used, preferred at the moment
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Been on Viper for about 2-3 weeks now...Customization is awesome. The team is very helpful as well as non team members. I was running Coredroid for a long time and decided to try this for a while and I give Kudos to both roms and member..im sure you wont be disappointed.

Viper
Skip-Breezy said:
I plan on testing out Viper's ROM on my Sensation tomorrow & I wanted to see how you guys like it & what kernel you used with it.
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The ROM is wonderful except, if you set something in the settings wrong it goes into a reset loop. I have no idea which setting it is as you have to reinstall the ROM including a full wipe to make the restart loop go away. I have now given up on the ROM until someone can tell me it stops restarting

I'm currently on Elegencia's ROM but I've heard nothing but good comments about Viper's ROM so I'm use it for a while

Been using this ROM for about a month now with latest Faux kernel. Battery life awesome, love all the tweaks, running smooth as a babies butt!
Had no reboots, very stable. Only minor gripe is that recently don't always get message notifications for Handscent. Probly something on phone not the ROM though.
Defo recommend!
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I used to use it but would get a gradual lag over time so I went to CM10 went back now am back on CM10. CM10 by Bruce is amazing, jelly bean rocks.
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I'd try it been on it awhile now..latest version is simply amazing
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yeah...CM 10 rocks any day. Bruce is awesome

Chance
Any chance that you can post the link to the CM10 rom?
Joshua3109 said:
I used to use it but would get a gradual lag over time so I went to CM10 went back now am back on CM10. CM10 by Bruce is amazing, jelly bean rocks.
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corbin1747 said:
Any chance that you can post the link to the CM10 rom?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1782009

[Q] Whats the best rom for newbie here

Hi guys,im kinda new around HTC ,can some one give me an advice which custom rom suits for this sensation with very minimum bugs..thanks
*just moved out from galaxy W and its totally different
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dollyaja said:
Hi guys,im kinda new around HTC ,can some one give me an advice which custom rom suits for this sensation with very minimum bugs..thanks
*just moved out from galaxy W and its totally different
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My recommendation would be
[ROM][Sense 4.1][25.09] Team Venom presents: ViperS 1.3.5 - welcome to the future
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671547

ARHD is a good start, very stable and close to stock ROM.
ViperS is stable, minimum bugs.
Elegancia also good.

Wahh,theres a lot in sensation yah,thanks for advice guys,ill check up closest to the stock first for learning :thumbup:
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The very first Rom I flashed was virtuous inquisition. I recommend it for first timers. It's not quite stock but you will have zero problems with it and one heck of a good battery life. It's a no fuss everything working except hdmi out. You won't have to worry about up dates. It's rock solid .its a sense-less Rom. It's a great place to start. Then when you get braver you can experiment with different roms. I think you will like it.
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Use ARHD OK..
Mantep tu gan ARHD, Tinggal Unlock, S-OFF, DOWNLOAD, INSTALL, ENJOY..
heheheee...
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Hmmm
make sure that when you are going from one rom that works to another that you've never tried that you backup your current state...
Nothing worst than going through all the trouble of making your phone all nice and quick and then switch to another rom and find you've lost your settings and what not if you want to go back.
dollyaja said:
Hi guys,im kinda new around HTC ,can some one give me an advice which custom rom suits for this sensation with very minimum bugs..thanks
*just moved out from galaxy W and its totally different
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My suggestion to you is try all of the available roms and see which one YOU like
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ROMs are very subjective, different people like different things, no 2 people think in the same way so the only way to find out what is best for you is to try some ROMs yourself...

Fakhri 19 said:
Use ARHD OK..
Mantep tu gan ARHD, Tinggal Unlock, S-OFF, DOWNLOAD, INSTALL, ENJOY..
heheheee...
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Hahahaha,iya nih mumet..pindah haluan dr wonder ksini,nyari yg deket ama stock sih,s off udh semua tinggal sikat.
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Try different roms and see what you like
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dollyaja said:
Hi guys,im kinda new around HTC ,can some one give me an advice which custom rom suits for this sensation with very minimum bugs..thanks
*just moved out from galaxy W and its totally different
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ARHD,Elegancia and Vipers top 3 roms.

Im running on ahrd first,and see how it gies for next 3 days. Kinda curious for that Jellybean stuff but dont have the sense effect
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_SGY said:
My recommendation would be
[ROM][Sense 4.1][25.09] Team Venom presents: ViperS 1.3.5 - welcome to the future
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671547
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+1 for Viper. Beautiful and a lot of customisations and tweaks

Hi I suggest you try out SEVERAL different roms , then make your OWN choice because roms are subjective and its all a matter of personal tastes and opinions. What I like, you might not like at all! Please don't sell yourself short! Experience several for yourself and see which meets Your needs! That said, I personally enjoy viper. Ľoads of customization ! But if you don't try out SEVERAL, your really going to miss out. So please , do yourself a favor and experience the difference in the roms. This is the fun part ! Then you can draw your own conclusion! You will enjoy the experimentation! Then you will truly find what meets your needs! If you just go by opinion without experimenting for yourself you Are truly missing out! So do your nandroid backup and enjoy finding the right Rom for you that meets your needs ! With your OWN opinion! Have fun and I really Hope you take my advice so you don't miss out on what's available! Happy flashing and best wishes to you!
sent from HTC sensation, soff, 3.33 firmware, viper Rom, sense 4.1, mugen battery. please press thanks if I helped in anyway. Aziz

I'd recommend Bruce's cm10 ROM as long as you don't need to use the front facing camera, been a smooth experience for me.
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elvisypi said:
+1 for Viper. Beautiful and a lot of customisations and tweaks
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Ive seen this rom on my friend sensation,and its way so cool,bunch of tweak with sense 4 ui,ill mark on my next list
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realsis said:
Hi I suggest you try out SEVERAL different roms , then make your OWN choice because roms are subjective and its all a matter of personal tastes and opinions. What I like, you might not like at all! Please don't sell yourself short! Experience several for yourself and see which meets Your needs! That said, I personally enjoy viper. Ľoads of customization ! But if you don't try out SEVERAL, your really going to miss out. So please , do yourself a favor and experience the difference in the roms. This is the fun part ! Then you can draw your own conclusion! You will enjoy the experimentation! Then you will truly find what meets your needs! If you just go by opinion without experimenting for yourself you Are truly missing out! So do your nandroid backup and enjoy finding the right Rom for you that meets your needs ! With your OWN opinion! Have fun and I really Hope you take my advice so you don't miss out on what's available! Happy flashing and best wishes to you!
sent from HTC sensation, soff, 3.33 firmware, viper Rom, sense 4.1, mugen battery. please press thanks if I helped in anyway. Aziz
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I will try all well recomended with min bugs rom,thx d advice :thumbup:
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I highly suggest that you S-OFF your device. It will save some headache. A few ROMs such as ARHD and ViperS can be flashed on S-ON device without any issue. But if you want to try other ROMs and kernels, S-ON device could stuck in boot loops even with smartflash enabled. If you S-OFF, flashing ROM is just like changing underwear!

Best of all
The first ROM I flashed was Virtuous ROM: Inquisition and it was perfect. till I got kind of bored.
I then moved over to ViperS witch is pretty good. But a but off on battery life... it could be me cause of all the things I've been tweaking.
My suggestion would be to head here (http://www.htcsensationroms.com/) and see all the roms for sensation.
http://www.htcsensationroms.com/
Good Luck Buddy
dollyaja said:
Hi guys,im kinda new around HTC ,can some one give me an advice which custom rom suits for this sensation with very minimum bugs..thanks
*just moved out from galaxy W and its totally different
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Im New!! Need Advice!!!

Hey guys i just got a sensation today for 80 dollars and i want to root the device and flash a rom, but i want to have an opinion on which direction should i go. I want to have a stable rom, fast, smooth, and good battery life. Any Advice??

Hi
Search for " HTC sensation all in one toolkit" and do as it us said in that guide,
For flashing rom search for " how to flash Rom with s-on"
You will find both the guide in xda ,
Sry for not giving you the direct link
My xams are on so replayed directly
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shrex said:
Hi
Search for " HTC sensation all in one toolkit" and do as it us said in that guide,
For flashing rom search for " how to flash Rom with s-on"
You will find both the guide in xda ,
Sry for not giving you the direct link
My xams are on so replayed directly
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Thanks!

daworship said:
Hey guys i just got a sensation today for 80 dollars and i want to root the device and flash a rom, but i want to have an opinion on which direction should i go. I want to have a stable rom, fast, smooth, and good battery life. Any Advice??
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Hi! Take "HTC sensation all in one toolkit" for root,s-off and for a good rom, you must try Elegancia last rom.Good luck!

I've been using the Viper ROM for a few months. Stable and fast.
Worth to try.
Regards
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i tried lots of rom but my choice Albino's CM10.1 Android 4.2.2 ROM. If you start this rom, you won't search another.

The best way try them one by one and decide which suit you better.
Sense Rom:
ViperS
DarksSense
AOSP
Albino Rom
Miui by s89
The choice up to you
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CM10 Nightlies w/Sultan Kernel
daworship said:
Hey guys i just got a sensation today for 80 dollars and i want to root the device and flash a rom, but i want to have an opinion on which direction should i go. I want to have a stable rom, fast, smooth, and good battery life. Any Advice??
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I've been nosing around, trying out different ROMs on my Sensation 4G and by far the best battery life I've gotten has been from flashing the CM10 nightlies (right off the CM site) and then flashing the Sultan Kernel for JB/AOSP over it. When idling it drains extremely slowly. For instance, last night, I was at 59% after 9 hours of heavy use, I left it alone for three hours then came back and it was still at 59%.
Granted, perhaps there's a bug with the battery reporting software, but I don't think so.
There are a lot of good ROMs in the development area, though. It really depends on whether you like Sense or not and then what features you're looking for.