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Disappointed with my friends Sensation

Hello guys.
As the topic states, I'm trying to help my friend get the best user experience with the Sensation.
I myself, use a Galaxy S II, and have been using this + Galaxy S I for like 10 months now.
But this guy came to me to show off his brand new Sensation - I tried it - and I thought it TOTALLY sucked!? The UI is really slow and sluggish, not much different from a HTC Hero lol (ok well not that bad, but compared to my CM7nized Galaxy, it looks like a failed toy)
I was really disappointed for him, and I promised I'd find him the best ROM/kernel combination out there.
I thought it was a simply matter of bloatware and bad optimization at HTC's part. So I flashed LeeDroid onto his device, it got a bit better, but animations aren't as fluent as I'd like them. I can even discern the frames per second by eye.. (almost)
Is overclocking the only answer? I saw some kernels which support 1.89GHz, but since I have no knowledge of HTC, I wouldn't dare try.
Questions:
*What's the fastest ROM out there?
*What's making the Sensation so slow compared to Galaxy S II and iPhone 4? You'd think a dual core would run any version of Android easily.
*Do I have to overclock to make the Sensation lag-free?
*Why are there no AOSP roms yet? Is there something preventing this?
*Is his device maybe faulty?
I appreciate your answers.
And please, I didn't come here to troll or flame. Just trying to help my friend, so lets keep it civilized and no Android Phone-rivalry hate

dyallo said:
Hello guys.
As the topic states, I'm trying to help my friend get the best user experience with the Sensation.
I myself, use a Galaxy S II, and have been using this + Galaxy S I for like 10 months now.
But this guy came to me to show off his brand new Sensation - I tried it - and I thought it TOTALLY sucked!? The UI is really slow and sluggish, not much different from a HTC Hero lol (ok well not that bad, but compared to my CM7nized Galaxy, it looks like a failed toy)
I was really disappointed for him, and I promised I'd find him the best ROM/kernel combination out there.
I thought it was a simply matter of bloatware and bad optimization at HTC's part. So I flashed LeeDroid onto his device, it got a bit better, but animations aren't as fluent as I'd like them. I can even discern the frames per second by eye.. (almost)
Is overclocking the only answer? I saw some kernels which support 1.89GHz, but since I have no knowledge of HTC, I wouldn't dare try.
Questions:
*What's the fastest ROM out there?
*What's making the Sensation so slow compared to Galaxy S II and iPhone 4? You'd think a dual core would run any version of Android easily.
*Do I have to overclock to make the Sensation lag-free?
*Why are there no AOSP roms yet? Is there something preventing this?
*Is his device maybe faulty?
I appreciate your answers.
And please, I didn't come here to troll or flame. Just trying to help my friend, so lets keep it civilized and no Android Phone-rivalry hate
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Keep well in mind that YOUR phone has been out MUCH MUCH longer than our Sensations. Also, we JUST got S-OFF recently which leaves very little time to have been developing.
Also, from what I understand, android is not utilizing the sensations dual cores properly, yet. That, along with Sense 3.0, and the lack of hardware acceleration all come together for a less than wow effect. However, with ADW EX (paid) my phone is faster than I can discern. That, and the fact that I froze Sense along with a lot of other stuff with Titanium after I rooted.
Give it time, you will see the Sensation really begin to fly. CM7 is due any day now for us as well...After thats all taken care of, have a look at the sharp look of the Sensation! Its got the looks on the outside right now, and soon someone will give it the looks it can have on the inside. HTC rushed this phone and designed it to appeal to the masses.
Id bet that the phone with ADW EX and Sense 3.0 frozen would look as fast as yours. It may not hang in there, yet, with the benchmarks but your daily use would likely seem to be just as fast. Oh and that is with my stock ROM and no overclock.
Matt

I purchased an SGII and was really impressed with the camera.....
and that was all.....
Sold it on ebay 2 days after purchase!
Cheap plastic.....
And if it's that good, why put CM7 on it? It shouldn't need improving should it?

using stock kernel + rom i have 0 lag and phone is amazing...
just used adb method to pause all applications not being used/bloatware
but you could also just delete unused apks with root explorer or whatever you may have since ur already s-off with root
(suggest backing up if you have any problems u can restore apk :| )

kurtish said:
I purchased an SGII and was really impressed with the camera.....
and that was all.....
Sold it on ebay 2 days after purchase!
Cheap plastic.....
And if it's that good, why put CM7 on it? It shouldn't need improving should it?
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'Cause it's been a while since I ran Cyanogenmod, and I wanted to try the latest nightly.
Normally, I use VillainROM which is based on Samsungs sources, but with bloatware removed and deodex/zipaligned apks which is almost just as fast.
Thanks though, I'll forward your tips on freezing all Sense apks and run ADW Launcher EX instead (incidently, this is the launcher I use on my own phone and yes, i love it too.)
But no ROM or Kernel recommendations? Aww, I went through all this S-Off crap for nothing?
Give a dog a bone

Try any 2.3.4 ROM (I'm using InsertCoin). The phone will be much faster
Swyped from my HTC Sensation

idavid_ said:
Try any 2.3.4 ROM (I'm using InsertCoin). The phone will be much faster
Swyped from my HTC Sensation
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Thanks, alot of people seem to be recommending InsertCoin

How do u freeze HTC Sense
Sent from my HTC Sensation

rickyjune said:
How do u freeze HTC Sense
Sent from my HTC Sensation
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I believe with Titanium Backup or something similar.

rickyjune said:
How do u freeze HTC Sense
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Titanium Backup Pro. I'm not sure what all exactly you need to freeze, but I'm sure anything with "Sense" in it you'd want to freeze.

rickyjune said:
How do u freeze HTC Sense
Sent from my HTC Sensation
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Delete rosie.apk or freeze it. I delete mine. I use adw ex anyway and its faster than sense
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dyallo said:
Thanks, alot of people seem to be recommending InsertCoin
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I use LeeDroid. Constant updates and tweaks.
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Try Android Revolution HD 2.1.0, I just flashed this last night. Really impressed. Loads faster and still using the stock kernel for 2.3.4
Custom kernel's are on there way for this rom too which should make it fly.

Btw, does your friend have/had the newest 2.3.4 OTA? It improves speed as well
Swyped from my HTC Sensation

2.3.4 version of the custom rom i am using has definitely made a big speed improvement over 2.3.3

He is on LeeDroid rom now, I believe its 2.3.4 based! Right??

yeah it is based on 2.3.4

lol, yet another Galaxy troller

PLEASEEEE use the P3D Neon V4 ROM and use the kernel it comes with. Honestly, it's the best ROM I have used on the Sensation. Flash that, look at the UI and it'll make you wish you could have Sense 3.0 on your GalaxyS2. Make sure you also flash the 4.1 update on top!
It's smooth, has good battery life, and has a sexy theme with a lot of eye-candy that doesn't slow the phone down. If you don't believe me, please flash it and report back with what your friend says. Don't report back with what you thought of it, just what he thought because I don't wanna read a biased post lol.
Also, when we finally get CM7, the speed will be on-par with any other dualcore device.

Deleted due to possibly being troll like.
Sent from my Leedroided Htc Sensation 4g!

Desire to Sensation. I feel like ive gone backwards.

I owned the desire for about a year, flirted with the sgs for a short while and now i have gone for the dogs b.....ks, ive had the sensation for 3 days!
W.T.F. The battery life is aweful, sense fc's randomly screen doesn't appear to be any better than the desire and scrolling lists is aweful especially in my favourite friend stream and news widgets etc. etc. ...
On my desire i ran RCMixS which had sense 2.1 with sense 3.0 lockscreen and it ran far more smoothly than my new device and when i sold it i first reverted it to stock and it was like lightening!
On my new sensation i ran stock 2.33 and played with this and was most disappointed but luckily, i thought, 2.34 is available so i s-offed, rooted and tried a few 2.34 based modded roms. Not impressed so i went to stock 2.34 which was marginally better but still terrible.
What is going on here, htc's flagship phone and it's streets behind the sgs that i owned (sgs 1 that is!)
I loved the sense ui but why have htc released it this state??
I woke up to the postman on Saturday morning excited (yes at my age!) and now i am one very p...ed off htc customer with another 2 year contract.

Presuming that you have made sure there are no rogue apps preventing your device from sleeping, here's the "solution" to your problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16885608&postcount=9

bobsie41 said:
I owned the desire for about a year, flirted with the sgs for a short while and now i have gone for the dogs b.....ks, ive had the sensation for 3 days!
W.T.F. The battery life is aweful, sense fc's randomly screen doesn't appear to be any better than the desire and scrolling lists is aweful especially in my favourite friend stream and news widgets etc. etc. ...
On my desire i ran RCMixS which had sense 2.1 with sense 3.0 lockscreen and it ran far more smoothly than my new device and when i sold it i first reverted it to stock and it was like lightening!
On my new sensation i ran stock 2.33 and played with this and was most disappointed but luckily, i thought, 2.34 is available so i s-offed, rooted and tried a few 2.34 based modded roms. Not impressed so i went to stock 2.34 which was marginally better but still terrible.
What is going on here, htc's flagship phone and it's streets behind the sgs that i owned (sgs 1 that is!)
I loved the sense ui but why have htc released it this state??
I woke up to the postman on Saturday morning excited (yes at my age!) and now i am one very p...ed off htc customer with another 2 year contract.
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Maybe you nedd to do a few things to make your experience with your new phone better. I have had the opposite feelings about this phone that you mentioned. Try running this setup, its awsome on battery life and no lag!
1. Flash InsertCoin 2.3.4 v2.2.2
2. Flash the new EU radio
3. Flash the RIL .0169HMQ
4. Install Spare parts and put window transitions to "fast".
I'm running the same exact setup minus InserCoin because I wanted to run a TMOUS based 2.3.4 rom. Try it...it will help! The phone is fast as hell and stable! hope this helps!

Lakeshow423 said:
Maybe you nedd to do a few things to make your experience with your new phone better. I have had the opposite feelings about this phone that you mentioned. Try running this setup, its awsome on battery life and no lag!
1. Flash InsertCoin 2.3.4 v2.2.2
2. Flash the new EU radio
3. Flash the RIL .0169HMQ
4. Install Spare parts and put window transitions to "fast".
I'm running the same exact setup minus InserCoin because I wanted to run a TMOUS based 2.3.4 rom. Try it...it will help! The phone is fast as hell and stable! hope this helps!
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Thanks for your reply.
What's the scrolling like in the friendstream and news widgets please?

What is the ril ?
And where i can download it ?
Lakeshow423 said:
Maybe you nedd to do a few things to make your experience with your new phone better. I have had the opposite feelings about this phone that you mentioned. Try running this setup, its awsome on battery life and no lag!
1. Flash InsertCoin 2.3.4 v2.2.2
2. Flash the new EU radio
3. Flash the RIL .0169HMQ
4. Install Spare parts and put window transitions to "fast".
I'm running the same exact setup minus InserCoin because I wanted to run a TMOUS based 2.3.4 rom. Try it...it will help! The phone is fast as hell and stable! hope this helps!
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vladnosferatu said:
What is the ril ?
And where i can download it ?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1202867 flash it in CWM. It will give you Max optimization for the radio. Assuming your on a 2.3.4 rom, grab the last one on the list.

If you're already using a ROM based on 1.45.401.2 and have the latest radio then you have the correct RIL already

You're out of your mind if you think sgs is better. I've used both and this is much faster. Just try the browser on a loaded website.
Gotta love these trolls.

Try ROM+Kernel associations until you find something that "fit" your phone well.
I am running Android Revolution HD with Unity v8 kernel, that's the best for me, but for some Unity v8 is very slow.
For others, InsertCoin is faster than unity whatever the kernel.
Others think Stock kernel is smoother and more reliable than custom kernels
etc
etc
etc
What I mean here is that the Sensation is weird in the way people flashing the same rom, same kernel, using the same clockwork, flashing just the same way, experience very different results! I can have 7606 CF bench points with my rom, some will have 1800 with exactly the same
Really, try again, reboot at least twice after flashing, make your opinion, try anoither kernel, if you don't like, flash another ROM
it's, in my opinion, and for the current situation, impossible to tell what rom or what kernel is the best.
Just one thing is sure for me: Sense is really not optimized, so I always remove it and use Launcher Pro instead (but some where reporting Launcher Pro as slow and other launchers fast, etc, once more it varies a lot!)

bobsie41 said:
I owned the desire for about a year, flirted with the sgs for a short while and now i have gone for the dogs b.....ks, ive had the sensation for 3 days!
W.T.F. The battery life is aweful, sense fc's randomly screen doesn't appear to be any better than the desire and scrolling lists is aweful especially in my favourite friend stream and news widgets etc. etc. ...
On my desire i ran RCMixS which had sense 2.1 with sense 3.0 lockscreen and it ran far more smoothly than my new device and when i sold it i first reverted it to stock and it was like lightening!
On my new sensation i ran stock 2.33 and played with this and was most disappointed but luckily, i thought, 2.34 is available so i s-offed, rooted and tried a few 2.34 based modded roms. Not impressed so i went to stock 2.34 which was marginally better but still terrible.
What is going on here, htc's flagship phone and it's streets behind the sgs that i owned (sgs 1 that is!)
I loved the sense ui but why have htc released it this state??
I woke up to the postman on Saturday morning excited (yes at my age!) and now i am one very p...ed off htc customer with another 2 year contract.
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Simple, they haven't.
Either 1) you've got a duff phone (most likely) or 2) Vodafone have screwed their Sensations.
Mine on O2 is lovely, but then I've never had a slow phone from O2.
You've changed ROMs and still had issues, which suggests a hardware problem.
Flash it back to stock, take it back to Vodafone and demand a replacement/repair.

[UPDATE]HTC sensation India got 2.3.4 update software version 1.45.720.

India got update 2.3.4 update with software version 1.45.720.
Till now I have seen change with
1) icons clarity.Icons look very fine now.
2) 130 MB RAM free most of the time time (stock ROM)
Let me know if any one know more changes ..bcoz I don't see any surprises

I am on a Custom ROM. HTC will take ages to make their stock ROM as good as the custom ROMs available on this forum....Try one of them...you will also forget the stock ROMs.

@ mathrania but will i loose warranty ? And when i tried rooting my sensation it was not detecting my cell on 1st step only if u can help tht will be much better ..It say waiting for phone though it is connected

You loose some to gain some. Go for insert coin 2.2.5 sse with bricked kernal .5 and see results. Superfast ROM and very good battery.
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I also observed the following:
new Facebook app (updated to latest I guess. I am using stock HTC Facebook app)
its noticeably smoother now
battery consumption is worse. I will do battery calibration again this weekend and then if it still remains as bad. Earlier I could go upto 1.5 days with moderate use and still have 20-25% juice left. Now it was like after 8-10 hours of moderate use I was at 45% level.

sidd6800 said:
India got update 2.3.4 update with software version 1.45.720.
Till now I have seen change with
1) icons clarity.Icons look very fine now.
2) 130 MB RAM free most of the time time (stock ROM)
Let me know if any one know more changes ..bcoz I don't see any surprises
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I hvn't updated to 2.3.4 yet, I'm still on 2.3.3, but I still get around 150-200 MB free RAM. So ur 2nd point has no relation to 2.3.4 at all! Also check ur google Talk app., ur HTC Sensation might now hv the video chat feature. HTC made only subtle changes via the 2.3.4 update, it basically includes a few bug fixes & a few visual fixes. Also the sense crashes might be reduced now.
I'll update my phone in a couple of weeks, I'll be able to answer this better after updating.

can you check to see if your camera's macro function is now f'ed up?
I've almost had it up to here with that and the constant home button/screen shot issue. I almost threw my phone yesterday in frustration.

No update here in Canada yet
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No my camera is still working fine
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Ya and now i have gmail video chat
Nothing special with friends stream
Scroll much smooth and battery drain like hell
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How to take screen shot with home screen button
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power + Home = screen shot

It's been eleven days since Android Police published this story detailing the discovery by Trevor Eckhart of some serious security issues within HTC's more recent software. Three days after that HTC responded, and now, a further week or so later, we are seeing reports of an "important security update" being pushed to HTC Sensations throughout Europe.
Now this update is available in India from 29th Oct 2011. While HTC does not specify exactly what the ~9 MB update addresses, the timing seems right to relate to the preceding story. Besides alluding to some positive-sounding "performance improvements and new features", the update description does not mention any further details, and HTC certainly doesn't dwell on the nature of the security update itself.
Quick Update - After you install the ~ 9 MB file. Check for update again you will get a ~400 KB update as well not sure what that is for...
Has somebody in India done this??
Will check any improvements and post the same....

It's been eleven days since Android Police published this story detailing the discovery by Trevor Eckhart of some serious security issues within HTC's more recent software. Three days after that HTC responded, and now, a further week or so later, we are seeing reports of an "important security update" being pushed to HTC Sensations throughout Europe.
Now this update is available in India from 29th Oct 2011. While HTC does not specify exactly what the ~9 MB update addresses, the timing seems right to relate to the preceding story. Besides alluding to some positive-sounding "performance improvements and new features", the update description does not mention any further details, and HTC certainly doesn't dwell on the nature of the security update itself.
Quick Update - After you install the ~ 9 MB file. Check for update again you will get a ~400 KB update as well not sure what that is for...
Has somebody in India done this??
Will check any improvements and post the same....

The next update was probably an application update. I had noticed that the "make more space" under "SD & phone storage" in the settings showed an error (something in the lines of "no action attached"). After the application update, its working fine.
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[Q] Sensation XE LAG prob

Hi, I have got brand new XE. It is a way cool phone. But the problem is that it is pretty laggy. Then I am scrolling menu, internet pages it is lagging. It is thinking (loading stuff) too long. One time it has even rebooted. I can't understand because everything is stock in it. No custom rom, kernel.
So I want to ask you guys if this ways is the one it suppose to work?
I was using Galaxy S2 before and it was perfect phone for me until it was stolen. It worked perfect, there was no lag. And now in this laggy Xe i can't feel no convenience.

madbeardo said:
Hi, I have got brand new XE. It is a way cool phone. But the problem is that it is pretty laggy. Then I am scrolling menu, internet pages it is lagging. It is thinking (loading stuff) too long. One time it has even rebooted. I can't understand because everything is stock in it. No custom rom, kernel.
So I want to ask you guys if this ways is the one it suppose to work?
I was using Galaxy S2 before and it was perfect phone for me until it was stolen. It worked perfect, there was no lag. And now in this laggy Xe i can't feel no convenience.
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This is xda. We flash our phones as quick as we can. Try to root your phone and flash some other roms.
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Thanks for fast response. I know what the main idea of XDA is. But the actual question is still the same. Is HTC putting laggy phones to the market or is it mine phone faulty?
I would like to avoid flashing at this case. I want to keep guarantee. I am aware of loosing it..

Try a factory reset.

madbeardo said:
Thanks for fast response. I know what the main idea of XDA is. But the actual question is still the same. Is HTC putting laggy phones to the market or is it mine phone faulty?
I would like to avoid flashing at this case. I want to keep guarantee. I am aware of loosing it..
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1)Phone isn't faulty
2)SGSII has GPU rendering or HW accel.
3)HTC hasn't optimized Sense yet to have HW accel
Sense has always been laggy on stock, this holds true since Sense made its debut on the hero; such a shame that 2 years later the issue is still present in 3.0 . IF you root the phone can be returned to stock too, I'm sure you will prefer the perf boost from root...I use IC(insert coin) and it's extremely fast at 702 w/ smartassV2, and there's a MOD for a super fast rosie to make the homescreen faster. However it's your choice to keep the XE on stock or return it for SGSII.

I just bought this xe 2 days ago..so far, did not notice any lag..yet..
Try factory reset..maybe it will fix it..
^^
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naimmkassim said:
I just bought this xe 2 days ago..so far, did not notice any lag..yet..
Try factory reset..maybe it will fix it..
^^
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You are lucky then. Because mine is very laggy!!! Ok... Not that much. Sometimes I can feel lag when typing, scrolling, browsing...
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Ace42 said:
1)Phone isn't faulty
2)SGSII has GPU rendering or HW accel.
3)HTC hasn't optimized Sense yet to have HW accel
Sense has always been laggy on stock, this holds true since Sense made its debut on the hero; such a shame that 2 years later the issue is still present in 3.0 . IF you root the phone can be returned to stock too, I'm sure you will prefer the perf boost from root...I use IC(insert coin) and it's extremely fast at 702 w/ smartassV2, and there's a MOD for a super fast rosie to make the homescreen faster. However it's your choice to keep the XE on stock or return it for SGSII.
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I guess ya right. SGS2 couldn't be compered as is has got acc. I was overclocled mine old sgs2 to 1.6ghz and ir was perfect. I thought that 1.5ghz of xe holds some serious power. Maybe it is. However, i really need to root it, its the only way to seek for it.

When I was on stock unrooted roms, I always depend on task killers to keep things smooth. Although it is said that gingerbread has its memory management. Hope it works for you. To each his own. Some feel stock is best. Cheers

madbeardo said:
Hi, I have got brand new XE. It is a way cool phone. But the problem is that it is pretty laggy. Then I am scrolling menu, internet pages it is lagging. It is thinking (loading stuff) too long. One time it has even rebooted. I can't understand because everything is stock in it. No custom rom, kernel.
So I want to ask you guys if this ways is the one it suppose to work?
I was using Galaxy S2 before and it was perfect phone for me until it was stolen. It worked perfect, there was no lag. And now in this laggy Xe i can't feel no convenience.
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You have a Sensation XE. Congratulations. If you want to get the best user experience out of it: flash a cooked ROM.
Whether it's due to sub-optimum policy of HTC or the superb qualities of the cooks on XDA doesn't matter. Enjoy your smartphone.
If you don't want read through tons of messages in order to find stable ROMs: MIUI and CM7 are not ready yet; Hypersensation offers a nice alternative; and in my opinion the best ROM that 'feels' close to stock is SenSEAY 2.1. It's clocked @1.2GHz, so it's not the fastest, but it has zero issues and full functionality. But even at that relatively lower speed it is definitely smoother (=feels faster) than stock (updated OTA to *.4).
best regards
and enjoy (=don't stay sad too long over the loss of your Galaxy SII)

I can't say that my XE is laggy, I'd do a reset as mentioned above.

Is phone still worth?

Hi guys,
I van get this phone cheap, is it still good? It woukd be used as second phone
I would put ViperS. It got speed and else?

stifler05 said:
Hi guys,
I van get this phone cheap, is it still good? It woukd be used as second phone
I would put ViperS. It got speed and else?
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It's good enough for main, and it's very good for second phone, everything is smooth, and in november, we will get Sense 5 , so stuff will be much faster Buy it

Thankas mate.
Can get it for 120 euros which is cheap for this phone here
Hows the baterry?
Well, even if I get old bad baterry, I can still order new one

stifler05 said:
Thankas mate.
Can get it for 120 euros which is cheap for this phone here
Hows the baterry?
Well, even if I get old bad baterry, I can still order new one
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Battery is probably the weakest point of the phone. Stock battery gives about 2.5 hrs on screen with 10 hrs total , however, I use the 1900 mah anker battery which gives about 14 hrs use and 4 hrs on screen time.
There are also many awesome ROMs to choose from (sense, aosp, aokp, miui...)
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AndroidSupporter318 said:
Battery is probably the weakest point of the phone. Stock battery gives about 2.5 hrs on screen with 10 hrs total , however, I use the 1900 mah anker battery which gives about 14 hrs use and 4 hrs on screen time.
There are also many awesome ROMs to choose from (sense, aosp, aokp, miui...)
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Dude, you probably got a bad battery with your device. I can go through a WHOLE day (read: 24 hrs) of moderate use and still get battery (with right use and turn-offs I managed to get 5 days where having the phone on would drain it (I was in the middle of nowhere)).
I'm using the phone for two years now, and yes, the battery could be better, but with the right cinfig it's great (on CM ROMs I get some nice battery life, and Sense ROMs are fine, too).
As for performance, It's quite good for a 2 year old device. ROMs are smooth (although I think sense ROMs might have a memory management issue (across all versions I used - Sense 3.0->4.5), because after a few days of use, they become slow and require a reboot (I'm not a big fan of task killers). But there are solutions to increase RAM (you can have SWAP on about any partition you like).
Overall, ROMs run great (do not take my RAM issues as a deal breaker, it's only after a week of use, and even this is on a ROM that was never meant to run on the device). Smooth, and run apps well.
You won't regret it.
Oh, and almost forgot. I spoje of how the phone is, but the development community (and the community itself, beside the devs), is great.

astar26 said:
Dude, you probably got a bad battery with your device. I can go through a WHOLE day (read: 24 hrs) of moderate use and still get battery (with right use and turn-offs I managed to get 5 days where having the phone on would drain it (I was in the middle of nowhere)).
I'm using the phone for two years now, and yes, the battery could be better, but with the right cinfig it's great (on CM ROMs I get some nice battery life, and Sense ROMs are fine, too).
As for performance, It's quite good for a 2 year old device. ROMs are smooth (although I think sense ROMs might have a memory management issue (across all versions I used - Sense 3.0->4.5), because after a few days of use, they become slow and require a reboot (I'm not a big fan of task killers). But there are solutions to increase RAM (you can have SWAP on about any partition you like).
Overall, ROMs run great (do not take my RAM issues as a deal breaker, it's only after a week of use, and even this is on a ROM that was never meant to run on the device). Smooth, and run apps well.
You won't regret it.
Oh, and almost forgot. I spoje of how the phone is, but the development community (and the community itself, beside the devs), is great.
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Well, idk I'm a pretty heavy user and have tons of background apps running all the time. My WiFi is on 24/7, as well as GPS, and mobile data, so that may justify why my battery is not up to par.
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AndroidSupporter318 said:
Well, idk I'm a pretty heavy user and have tons of background apps running all the time. My WiFi is on 24/7, as well as GPS, and mobile data, so that may justify why my battery is not up to par.
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Yeah... that might explain it. Sorry for my arrogance mate (though now i'm in a similliar config too, and battery starts showing signs).

stifler05 said:
Thankas mate.
Can get it for 120 euros which is cheap for this phone here
Hows the baterry?
Well, even if I get old bad baterry, I can still order new one
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I get about 3 hours screen on, not bad for 2 years old battery....

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nikola016 said:
It's good enough for main, and it's very good for second phone, everything is smooth, and in november, we will get Sense 5 , so stuff will be much faster Buy it
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I know that Sensation and Xe will get the 4.2.2 Official update , But my question is Will sense be updated to 5 ? If its updated to 5 I believe the wait is Worth !!!!!

v-6rajgr said:
I know that Sensation and Xe will get the 4.2.2 Official update , But my question is Will sense be updated to 5 ? If its updated to 5 I believe the wait is Worth !!!!!
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sorry dude,....this phone never getting Official Android 4.2.2.....hell we didnt even get sense 4, until team venom and other devs got down to it, and today the main reason we have good roms is sharing the chip with HTC One S.....although even One S wont get official 4.2.2, so again not happening..
But still very good phone, been using it for 18 months and will probably use it another 6months to 1 yr....

murtazasamiwala said:
sorry dude,....this phone never getting Official Android 4.2.2.....hell we didnt even get sense 4, until team venom and other devs got down to it, and today the main reason we have good roms is sharing the chip with HTC One S.....although even One S wont get official 4.2.2, so again not happening..
But still very good phone, been using it for 18 months and will probably use it another 6months to 1 yr....
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I got a confirmation from the HTC India support that Sensation Xe will get a Update Possibly 4.2.2 but as usual they don't know the date
but here is the mail that I got from them
" Thank you for contacting HTC support.
As per your email, we understand that you want to know when the 4.2.2 upgrade will be available in India for the HTC Sensation XE handset.
We understand how important it is for you to have your phone upgraded to the latest available operating system in the market.
Since the phones manufactured by HTC are country-specific, so are the updates released for them. That is why an update available in one country might not be immediately available in another one.
We are currently working on the 4.2.2 upgrade, and it is slated to be released soon.
When this happens, you will receive a notification on your phone (if it is connected to the internet). "

v-6rajgr said:
I got a confirmation from the HTC India support that Sensation Xe will get a Update Possibly 4.2.2 but as usual they don't know the date
but here is the mail that I got from them
" Thank you for contacting HTC support.
As per your email, we understand that you want to know when the 4.2.2 upgrade will be available in India for the HTC Sensation XE handset.
We understand how important it is for you to have your phone upgraded to the latest available operating system in the market.
Since the phones manufactured by HTC are country-specific, so are the updates released for them. That is why an update available in one country might not be immediately available in another one.
We are currently working on the 4.2.2 upgrade, and it is slated to be released soon.
When this happens, you will receive a notification on your phone (if it is connected to the internet). "
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Well, this is surprising...
To be very honest, it is quite possible the HTC employee who replied to you is a complete idiot....because i checked the htc website, and no such update is planned, not even for One S, which has better specs than sensation..
Although if it is true, it would be awesome...because the main problem for our phone is that HTC has not released a JB ION kernel...for Revelation/ViperS-JB, SebastianFM ported it from VilleC2....so if they release any JB rom with full kernel sources, it would be ****ing awesome...
Hell if this happens we might even see ViperS with Sense 5.5/6 and android 4.3
Although as i said, highly unlikely.

murtazasamiwala said:
Well, this is surprising...
To be very honest, it is quite possible the HTC employee who replied to you is a complete idiot....because i checked the htc website, and no such update is planned, not even for One S, which has better specs than sensation..
Although if it is true, it would be awesome...because the main problem for our phone is that HTC has not released a JB ION kernel...for Revelation/ViperS-JB, SebastianFM ported it from VilleC2....so if they release any JB rom with full kernel sources, it would be ****ing awesome...
Hell if this happens we might even see ViperS with Sense 5.5/6 and android 4.3
Although as i said, highly unlikely.
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Well I Certainly Agree with you but Lets wait for a couple more months to see what happens And I believe HTC should respect the customer at-least the customer who bought the flagship products. and well the 4.0.3 combined with sense 3.6 sucks the life of the device :silly:
All I can saw now is Lets Wait :fingers-crossed:

v-6rajgr said:
I got a confirmation from the HTC India support that Sensation Xe will get a Update Possibly 4.2.2 but as usual they don't know the date
but here is the mail that I got from them
" Thank you for contacting HTC support.
As per your email, we understand that you want to know when the 4.2.2 upgrade will be available in India for the HTC Sensation XE handset.
We understand how important it is for you to have your phone upgraded to the latest available operating system in the market.
Since the phones manufactured by HTC are country-specific, so are the updates released for them. That is why an update available in one country might not be immediately available in another one.
We are currently working on the 4.2.2 upgrade, and it is slated to be released soon.
When this happens, you will receive a notification on your phone (if it is connected to the internet). "
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Just one word: FAKE !!!
In India, we have One S Ville C2, which is discontinued and you're expecting Sensation to be upgraded to 4.2.2 !!!
And You're believing HTC India !!! Ha ha...
-Sent from Hunt's Sensation

hunt said:
Just one word: FAKE !!!
In India, we have One S Ville C2, which is discontinued and you're expecting Sensation to be upgraded to 4.2.2 !!!
And You're believing HTC India !!! Ha ha...
-Sent from Hunt's Sensation
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I totally agree with you!! It really makes no sense upgrading the sensation which is a year (?) older than OneS. There is no benefit for HTC. I dont know where this email comes from or if it really is real. A few days ago they brought 4.2.2 to OneX+ and i think this was the last update for that too. So there will never be a new official updqate from HTC for OneX and below. And I dont think it is country-specific...