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Last year we had the Original Desire, it wasn't long before it was rooted and had plenty of support.
This year we had the Incredible S, The Desire S and the Sensation and its like the Desire S has been forgotten about.
I think it's because the phone is so similar to the incredible s with the incredible s being slightly better. Also by naming it desire s you expect it to carry on the legacy of the original desire which i don't think it pulled off that well.
dan-fish said:
I think it's because the phone is so similar to the incredible s with the incredible s being slightly better. Also by naming it desire s you expect it to carry on the legacy of the original desire which i don't think it pulled off that well.
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It didn't carry the legacy of the Desire at all, I'm regretting getting it, it is a fantastic phone but its never gonna get any decent level of support.
Spoke to someone in the trade.They think the desire s will be abandoned by htc meaning no support or updates.Its a major flop hence the cheap deals.They cant give them away.
Problem is it was released at the wrong time, there will be little to no support from hackers either I suspect.
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still a sick phone though.
prolly once the s-off-ing gets released, more people will develop/port to desire S.
my guess is most roms could be ported over easily to DS from IS and DHD
I wonder is the Incredible S having the same issues thanks to the Sensation? I think the Galaxy SII is the Desire of 2011, it'll be the one getting all the support I reckon.
I just hope it'll get S-Off'd so I can root my device
That's all and people are doing that
It's a mid-range phone, so most people will get it, but very little of the dev community on xda will get it unless they are trying to make major developments on it which sucks D:
Is HTC not supposed to be unlocking the boot loader? Or is this just going to be on new phones?
I thought it was just new phones.
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Phillmitchell said:
Spoke to someone in the trade.They think the desire s will be abandoned by htc meaning no support or updates.Its a major flop hence the cheap deals.They cant give them away.
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I doubt that very much. The Desire S is stable with no generic problems, updates to sense 3.0 will come in due course, it is something they are working on. Incredible S has not received any updates since the 2.3 update, while the Desire S launched with 2.3. I fail to understand what the fuss is all about
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I doubt that very much. The Desire S is stable with no generic problems, updates to sense 3.0 will come in due course, it is something they are working on. Incredible S has not received any updates since the 2.3 update, while the Desire S launched with 2.3. I fail to understand what the fuss is all about
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@others i am pretty sure the phone will get updates in the future...
& alpharevX team is working on software s-off & have succeeded they will release it in public soon...
Alsoo you can't say anything about it not getting updates no more
I recieved an OTA update just now (like literally 15 minutes ago) and all it adds is **** i don't want. (bloatware). Yayyyy
new software number now = 1.47.161.2
I, like others on this forum, don't really see what the problem is. I came from a Hero and got the Desire S based on its merits as a handset straight out of the box, not what it could be with rooting and modding. As a straight out of the box experience, I've been overjoyed with the performance, look 'n' feel and general use of this phone. I did pay to borrow an XTC clip and s-off'd it quite quickly and as a tinkering handset, it's even better. The important thing is I would have been happy with it as it was... the s-off and root just makes a great handset even greater
The recent (albiet buggy) ports of Miui and Gingerbread/CM7 are evidence that the Desire S has a rich and rommy future
I'm guessing that everyone posting in this thread has a Desire S in which case...
If as me you like the device (which was why I bought it in the first place) then great, I can't see any need to continue adding to this thread.
If you don't - then buy another device or IMO don't continue adding negative posts to threads like this that will mainly be read only by other Desire S owners. It's still too early to predict/guess the level of support the device will get in the future and as the last month should have shown us no-one can accurately predict what HTC will do!
We all have the device and probably will all have it for at least one year, in some cases maybe two so either way we'll have to live with. So let's at least try to be positive!
Best phone Iv had. Coming from the HD2, and more recently the Galaxy S2, I cam honestly say this phone is near perfect. I diched the Galaxy S2 in the end because the touchwiz was in my opinion behind the HTC sense interface. The S2 was buggy and battery life lousy. The des S's build quality it brilliant, has a really quality feel to it. The 3.7 inch screen is also just right.. Hits the sweetspot between portability and usability. Personally I feel the 4" plus screens make the handset to big... Feels like taking a step back. Sure, the S2s hardware beats the desires in everyway, but when it comes to usability.. The desire kills it. For starters, theres no lag when waking up the phone..shockingly there is with the s2 which boasts a dual core processor. To sum up, I feel that the desire s is an awesome handset, not the most powerful, but it's reliable, does the things you want it to and more outa the box..and once s-off'd and sense 3 components added, I feel the phones near perfect. If I had to suggest just one improvement, I'd say keep the phone exactly as it is..but add some dual core muscle.
There.. That's my two pence worth.
No phone will get manufacturer support for more than 18 months or so in the new retail world. As to whether enough modders buy it to make it better, I really don't care much. I'd like HTC to fix a few niggles, but basically that's about it. I don't particularly care if it is upgraded to Android 3.0 either.
I came from the original Desire which I rooted and tried numerous different roms infact I got addicted to flashing not one week would go past without me trying a new Rom
My main qualms with the desire were lack of internal memory and I couldn't wait for gingerbread and sense 2.1
Now the DS has all these features as standard and people are still not happy in time all the custom roms will come you will be able to root and be s-off I'm sure when the original desire came out all these didn't turn up over night
So people please be patient
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I feel that the Desire S is the most attractive HTC phone in general.
I agree, it's pretty looking, robust, not too big.
Hello all,
I have a few quick questions to ask. I had recently "test-drived" the Sensation XE and found it to be a really good phone for me, therefore I will be purchasing it very soon. Although, I really dislike the ROM and Launcher as they drain battery like mad. Just wondering, currently what is the best ICS rom for the Sensation (XE) and also are there any problems that may occur when it comes to actually using an ICS rom on a Sensation (as all the roms i've looked at are currently in their beta stages).
Thank you for any answers provided.
Comprehensive thread of ICS problems and fixes: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1405457
I'd probably say ARHD is the best but do have a look around and see what is best for you.
I'm having trouble deciding if I should get the XE or SGS2, what do you rekon?
Both phones are very good. My wife has SGS2, I have her tmo employee 1st ed. sensation. ( i believe 1st ed., prob same as 1st retail shipped) i digress.
The sensation is rooted and has been through the works with almost every customer rom/kernel here.
We recently switched phones for two days and I went to work on her SGS2. For me its personal preference. After 2 days with juggernaut-sgs2, I missed the sensation.
Both phones work well and both companies have updated versions of them both.
If your willing to wait a month or two I'm sure that another phone will be around to outdate both the SGS2 and Sensation.
The sensation XE uses the same roms as the Normal sensation as the screen size is the same and stuff.
I'd say the best rom is this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1408351
The best thing to do for is to try all the roms till you find one that you like.
I prefer insert coin. A lot of updates and the forum thread is more clean. Because mike(dev of android revolution hd) gives the changelog before dating up his rom, there is alot of trash to be found in his thread and a lot of double posts. But in the end its a question of your own taste. Greets
I'm buying one for 180$
Coming from a g2x
Is it worth it????
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Definitely worth the buy. Sensation is getting updated ROMs for ICS at ridiculous speeds. Have not regretted getting this over SGX2 one bit.
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Great developers for the sensation...totally worth it.
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Phones are on par, wait one more month.
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Absolutely. Sensation is a incredible phone.
bstylz911 said:
I'm buying one for 180$
Coming from a g2x
Is it worth it????
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I really like the sensation but if you are going to buy one you will want to root it straight away and run a custom rom because HTC sense drains your battery amazingly. In terms of speed the sensation isn't at the very top but it's EXTREMELY near but it makes up with the camera which captures much better images than the Samsung galaxy s2 who's screen resolution is so badge you can count the pixels if you had the time.
Piggy-back
Since the recent mega-price-cut, the Sensation has finally fell within my meagre budget constraints.
The only think making me stop swiping my card to buy it is the mega discussions about the different issues faced - screen/unresponsiveness mainly.
After reading fixes and tweaks it seems as if most of it is fixable by rooting appropriately. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
So my question to all the Indian owners of the Sensation is:
Is it still worth the buy? Given that One S isn't coming to India anytime soon...
I have seen and handled this device at Croma and quite like the look and feel of the UI. I have no question about its functionality but only concern was such a widespread report of issues with the phone.
Some encouraging words might help... more than just 'go for it...'
Well worth it! Enjoy and happy flashing!
Thanks Galaxys!
I'm really interested to hear from people in India about its long-term stability and any issues that they might've had over the past months?
I came from the G2x as well and I gotta say I'm way more happy with my Sensation. Then again I really like Sense so that was the major factor for me but their are many others as I later found out. Great support with constant updates for ROM's, if you root, which im sure you will your on xda for god's sake!
psychoshrink said:
Since the recent mega-price-cut, the Sensation has finally fell within my meagre budget constraints.
The only think making me stop swiping my card to buy it is the mega discussions about the different issues faced - screen/unresponsiveness mainly.
After reading fixes and tweaks it seems as if most of it is fixable by rooting appropriately. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
So my question to all the Indian owners of the Sensation is:
Is it still worth the buy? Given that One S isn't coming to India anytime soon...
I have seen and handled this device at Croma and quite like the look and feel of the UI. I have no question about its functionality but only concern was such a widespread report of issues with the phone.
Some encouraging words might help... more than just 'go for it...'
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All the issues of sensation happened ages ago believe me they got fixed by august or so.....and. the fixes are so simple that it makes you think that is that what causing me problems
Also in order to fix those issues root is not required but I strongly recommmend you to root it to get access to awesome ICS custom roms. The devolepment is blazing fast you'll see atleast 3 Rom updates every day and all of them are new features (no bugs on ics at all)
Also you have Sense4 ports which will give you one S look
As for the phone its really cheap now
For a dual core beast atleast
If you are familiar with flashing custom roms and all I strongly recommend you to flash it.
See the HTC stock Rome doesn't have complete gpu rendering so you feel a difference of touch when compared to so called overpriced iPhones but once you have custom Rom installed and couple of tweaks the UI or touch is definetely better than iPhone (my previous phone is iPhone4 which I've lost it and I can assure you this)
Also camera ...its a beast inside but caged by HTC crappy software....but recently one guy was able to break it and after that the quality of photos and videos quadrapled ( I got a camcoder which records 1080p videos and now my sensation beats it by miles)
The only downtrade to sensation is battery. the stock battery is crap .you can improve battery perf by some of custom roms but go for an extended battery.
I have anker 1900 one and I easily get 1 day battery with heavy use (5 hrs screen time and atleast 1 hr gaming) and this is cheap only 1-1.3k
Also when you have stock HTC Rom the performance is poor when compared to SGS2 but with custom Rom you can compete with SGS2 easily.
All the things need to be done for custom Rom installation is reversible (helps in case of warranty purposes) but you need to be careful while doing the steps
There are guides for every thing here in xda so please follow them step by step
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Thanks SO much for that highly reassuring reply. Just the kind of mental peace I was looking for before investing my hard earned money on a phone which I've been stalking since its launch!
Was thinking twice only because of (not anymore) alarming issues.
I've never owned ANY smartphone before (let alone android) so am still noob when it comes to flashing, rooting etc. But, I learn fast and with help from xda folks, I will unleash the beast in my new purchase
Mostly will order it by tomorrow night.
From my personal experience, everything is better then Sensation on stock ROM after official ICS update .... everything, even Nokia 3210
psychoshrink said:
Thanks SO much for that highly reassuring reply. Just the kind of mental peace I was looking for before investing my hard earned money on a phone which I've been stalking since its launch!
Was thinking twice only because of (not anymore) alarming issues.
I've never owned ANY smartphone before (let alone android) so am still noob when it comes to flashing, rooting etc. But, I learn fast and with help from xda folks, I will unleash the beast in my new purchase
Mostly will order it by tomorrow night.
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You are definitely gonna enjoy your purchase
and when you got the phone follow these guides
1. Guide to do Basic things that are to be done for making your phone flashable with any custom rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
this guide will hep you in reversing all the changes you've done too in case of warranty purposes.
2.As you are having your first smartphone You would probably like the Sense UI
(User interface which is HTC software on top of android ) so I would suggest you to go for ARHD rom which is completely stock with tons of optimizations done on it (just see the change log )
This is guide to flash ARHD (completely noob proof )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1472298
njoy also PM me if you are facing any issues and you didn't got answers from this forum ( which is highly impossible )
Hi guys
Sorry for asking this question, if it has already been asked. I did try searching the forums.
My girlfriend is buying the HTC Sensation on sale in 2 hours time.
I wonder if I should make her update directly to the official ICS before beginning to set everything up in GB. We live in Denmark which AFAIK should have received official ICS.
What are your experiences with the official ICS? Is it very buggy or is it better than the stock GB on Sensation?
Is it smoother or more laggy?
Does it drain more or less battery?
It seemed to me that the first official ICS had some bugs... but can I assume that most of these have been fixed in a small update which can be run afterwards?
I know that custom roms are nicer, but I believe she would like to stay on official ROM at least for the first 3-4 months.
Also, can she downgrade to the official GB version again after updating to ICS?
Any recommendations or stories about user experiences are most welcome!
Thanks in advance
BR, Martin
All smart phones kill battery's but 3.6 is stable as your going to get
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Also, can she downgrade to the official GB version again after updating to ICS?
Any recommendations or stories
You can update it to ics normally. .. its so stable more smother with better ui sence u can give it a go try to see if the update relesed from setting al>>about phone>>chech for update I think it did hit ur country. .... U can downgrade to gb any time u want by flashing back the firmware and then flash the europ version go to development section read the 3rd thread the guide of sensation it will learn u how to downgrade and debrand, ,,,or brand it again
Good luck
Here is the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1530004
Reference Thread
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I can definitely recommend the official ICS upgrade on the Sensation.
It has been running on my Sensation XE for about 4 weeks now, with battery life nearly doubled compared to Gingerbread. It is fast and smooth like butter on my Sensation XE.
I've not felt the need to root my handset, I really love the Sense 3.6.!
I sold my Samsung Galaxy S II before the 'official' ICS upgrade, but I already had the leaked ICS running on it well before it was made available.
I bought the Sensation XE with the knowledge that the official ICS would be available shortly.
And I don't regret that move.
As someone who used the HTC Sensation on Gingerbread for 6 months, getting ICS was like HTC giving me a quad core new phone for free. It is MUCH better with ICS. Battery life lasts at least twice as long. Performance is on par with iOS, something which I could never say with Android 2.3.
Compared to my iPad 2, it is now 90% the smoothness. Before it was hardly 45-50% as smooth.
So yeah, I would like to say good job Google! And good job HTC!
ICS has hardware acceleration, boasting better battery life and a smoother experience, I can't go back to a phone or rom that doesn't have it.
ICS is amazing, yes. Sense 3.6 is a great upgrade from 3.0 but ever since I rooted my phone and installed sense 4 I am never turning back. It's so clean and smooth I just can't go back to any 3.X Sense version ever again. You won't be sorry if you give sense 4 a go ahead.
Well I got a Job and my Sensation XE seems like its old now, but I cant decide on a replacement, Ive got my eyes set on the S III, One X+, Nexus 4 or the HTC DROID DNA.
To me what i'm looking for is performance and which has a bigger ROM selection, any suggestions would be appreciated, I can wait for another month or 2 if anything new is coming out and the above are just what ive looked at so if there are better please let me know
Nexus 4 will have more development but most roms will be aosp based, so no sense or tw if you're into those. Its performance is slightly worse than the droid dna but better than every other phone.
HOWEVER, when there is a new version of android, you won't have to wait for anything. The devs will quickly update their roms and you will always have the latest android version first.
Droid DNA is great.! And you should consider xperia Z too. (best from Sony)
Or wait till s4
Life!