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Will I like the Sensation?

Long story short, I lost my Samsung Vibrant (my previous upgrade 5 months ago) or it was stolen and T-mobile offered me a Free phone if I extend our lines for 2 years. (couldn't get the deal in the future or I would have waited for the Galaxy 2 probably) Which overall wasn't a big deal as we have been with them for 5 years and everything works out well. (plus we can still downgrade/upgrade our plan)
Anyway,
I chose the Sensation and had a few questions.
Will I like it? It seems very promising and I loved my G1.
More importantly, can I root it and throw on the roms I see floating around? Some people In reviews said the boot loader is locked? But not on newer versions?

the phone is GREAT. rooting and s-off is very easy. go into android developement and there will be the thread for it. the roms are all mostly sense roms. cm7 is out but still in beta but its pretty stable. so is MIUI, a iphoneish not really rom. only things wrong with miui is wifi calling and bluetooth. i think so with cm7 too.

g1user101 said:
the phone is GREAT. rooting and s-off is very easy. go into android developement and there will be the thread for it. the roms are all mostly sense roms. cm7 is out but still in beta but its pretty stable. so is MIUI, a iphoneish not really rom. only things wrong with miui is wifi calling and bluetooth. i think so with cm7 too.
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Have you noticed any signal issues? I've read a few but the majority of the people didn't have it.
I'm excited. HTC is awesome build quality. Should be plenty even with the slower dual core compared to the galaxy.
Only thing I was really worried about was screen but it seems this one is pretty good.
Also, is the Zagg shield worth it? I really want a decent screen protector but hate trying to put them on.

about the screen,
maybe it's not as beautiful as I-PHONE, but I think the quality is very good already.
It's a good phone, I like it very much
so~~~many things here, you can discover to modify you phone, and improve it performance.
Don;t worry, just check it out ~XD

I think you'll love it. I used to have an iPhone4 and love this phone. The build quality is real good. The speaker seems a little on the quiet side. I'd recommend rooting it ASAP and installing CM7. Yes, it's in the alpha phase right now, but it's real fast and CM is so nice imho of course.
So yeah, the Sensation has a great screen, a good feel, and is pretty quick. Much faster than a stock SGSII if you install a modded ROM and overclock it ;-)

I will for sure root it and put a rom on it. Not so sure I will overclock it.
Can you comment on call quality and speed? My vibrant only had 3g so looking forward to 4g.
I'm almost thinking of downgrading my data plan too. The last 4 months of use on my Vibrant I did maybe 350MB's total out of 5GB.
Any comments on a Zagg screen? that or is there something easy to put on it off Amazon? ( i have 2 day shipping)
Any clue when t-mobile will get the Galaxy s2? That's the only other phone I would have wanted but, I had to go with one today as I couldn't get the deal again.

im not really a big fan of screen protectors so i really cant recomend one. i do know that the zagg sheild is a good screen protector. i have used one in the past and i liked how it feels. its really solid and thick so you will get the feeling that nothin will scratch it unlike any of the other screen protectors out there. tmobile sells one as well. but i had one on my hd2 but i didnt like it cause it has a matte finnish to prevent smudges and it just felt awkward whenever i move my thumb around. you can always look around on ebay for a really cheap one. but like i said i really dont use them. i buy them and i wind up removin them a few weeks later. idk y its just the way i am. and i never had a problem with scracthes. with the exception of the hd2 but i had that phone for over a year before i got that scratch and you really cant see it plus i replaced it with the sensation a week later.
as far as the galaxy s ii i believe it comes out sometime next month. most likely at the end. anyone can correct me if im wrong here.
i for one love htc phones just becuase of build quality and sense ui. but some people dont like sense so its really up to the user on that. just go to the store and play around with the sensation and the galaxy s ( i know its not the s ii but its close to it.) and see for yourself. i think youll love the htc sensation.
edit: get the zagg sheild. i think its the best bang for your buck

I'm much in the same boat guys, going to be coming from an iPhone 4.
I've had a Nexus S and an Atrix, but didn't like the Atrix due to the screen and motoblur (at the time development was slow), and the Nexus S build quality was appalling.
I just want good battery life and great build quality, good screen and fast.
Will I like it do you guys reckon ?

Wingzer said:
I'm much in the same boat guys, going to be coming from an iPhone 4.
I've had a Nexus S and an Atrix, but didn't like the Atrix due to the screen and motoblur (at the time development was slow), and the Nexus S build quality was appalling.
I just want good battery life and great build quality, good screen and fast.
Will I like it do you guys reckon ?
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Yup, go for it

Tbh I can't tell much different between the quality of this screen and the iphone 4. Except that ours is bigger of course.
I love this phone. Now that I am sense free with cyanogenmod its easily the fastest phone I've ever seen.
The only real ***** is the usual one with htc phones. Htc always put **** external speaker in their phones. Its still useable but compared to some of the other smart phones out there it could be better.
Sent from my Cyanogenmod 7 loaded Htc Sensation 4g.

dr.m0x said:
Tbh I can't tell much different between the quality of this screen and the iphone 4. Except that ours is bigger of course.
I love this phone. Now that I am sense free with cyanogenmod its easily the fastest phone I've ever seen.
The only real ***** is the usual one with htc phones. Htc always put **** external speaker in their phones. Its still useable but compared to some of the other smart phones out there it could be better.
Sent from my Cyanogenmod 7 loaded Htc Sensation 4g.
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+1
When you hear that DONG on blackberry, there is that real feel to it, on Sensation it's more like donk

Fitztang said:
about the screen,
maybe it's not as beautiful as I-PHONE, but I think the quality is very good already.
It's a good phone, I like it very much
so~~~many things here, you can discover to modify you phone, and improve it performance.
Don;t worry, just check it out ~XD
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I came from an Iphone and I think I actually prefer the sensations screen... im not sure why!

Galaxy Nexus Vs. Sensation

Hey guys I Just got the galaxy nexus, and I just wanted you guys to know that you have an amazing phone. I'm sure most of you guys already know this but its true. I'm very happy with the nexus, but hindsight, it was not worth the money spent on to upgrade. Since I had to buy it straight out, sold my phone for 300 so it really cost me 300$ but still, it hurt a little.
Anyway, most people know already the screen is amazing on the nexus etc... It's true. But the sensation has a good screen too! This isn't really a ccomparison as much as a... realize how good the sensation is phone. When I went from the G2 to sensation i was like holy **** I can never go back to my G2 and how slow it is, when I went from my sensation to my Nexus I was like cool... i miss my capacitive buttons Getting used to it though.
Anyway, Have a good holidays and thanks to all the devs.

hey, enjoy your GN. It's an awesome phone.
you are running ICS! I'm jealous!
once we get the ICS update I'll be golden for awhile... until Tegra 3 phones start to roll out.
all said and done though, you'll get updates first since you are on a Nexus phone.
sure, bit costly, but I'm sure it will serve you well.
enjoy it my friend.

Okay this thread made me wait a while. Thanks a lot! I was willing to exchange my Sensation for the nexus, didn't care much about the money.
I'm already on ICS, pure AOSP but I really love the GN's screen! And it's front look. Anyway, im in the worst mood today, my phone fell hard on the ground and got a tiny cut on the left side where the charger input is located. Really bugging me.

To be honest had an n1 and passed on the ns and gn because I don't like Samsung phones.
I like the sensation because the form factor is similar to the n1. I love the screen and the back cover which will make replacing scratched or damaged"cases" ready to fix.

[Q] Is htc one s worth buying?

currently I looking for a new phone, and I found htc one s is pretty good, so I want to ask you guys opinions. Is there any problem that makes you dont like this phone? or is there any problem with this phone?
Also, I am going to buy a unlocked on on ebay, so if I have a tmobile prepaid sim card, it should work perfectly on the tmobile htc one s right? Including my 5G data?

Before buying make sure u get the s4 chip one like mine lol don't get ovetclockrd s3 not worth it find out when the person bought the phone because if he got it near release date there were chipping problems where paint comes of and buy a case asap ask others about the 5g stuff got no clue I love this phone to bits everything is awesome and battery life is reasonable for a smartphone I have problems with storage advertised u get 16gb but we only get to use 9.93 gb however when s off comes well be able to fix that personal opinion get it if u have a reasonable budget for example I'm on tmobile eu and my contract works out 12pm free phone so quite happy if u got abit more to spend get galaxy s3 because dual core is becoming "old fashion" personally I wouldnt get it cuz screen too big I feel my screen is big but its personal prefernce hope it helps
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wow, thanks for you advice. I am gonna ask about the processor

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pandazzz319 said:
so if I have a tmobile prepaid sim card
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Make sure it is a "micro-sim"

I really do recommend this phone. I previously owned the hd2 which I had rooted with nexushdCM9 which was a great setup; but this new one s is so much more of a upgrade. It really an awesome phone. I've had it for about a week and no problems at all.

ABSOLUTELY worth buying without a question. I bought this phone a few days ago (coming from a LONG line of Android phones back to the Hero) and was only getting it to hold me over til the gs3 comes out in a few days and was going to take it back. I am still going to look at the gs3, but honestly, its going to have to be REALLY amazing to pull the HTC away from me.
But as mentioned above, make sure you get the phone with the s4 chip cause cause the s3 is just old tech.

My dad has this phone, be absolutely loves it, the screens beautiful and its very responsive. You'll love it.
Sent from my HTC One X

I just switched from HTC Evo 4G and loving the One S, Its almost is almost 44 grams lighter and almost 1/2 thinner. and both have a 4.3 inch screen its really easy to use in one hand. The Evo 4G was to heavy to use in one hand. I'm as happy as can be. I did get it free for fathers day Sweet!!
Remember if you get the bigger screen you will most likely need two hands to operate it, that was the deal breaker for me with the One X or SGS3. The only reason I when to t-mobile to see the phone was because it was free. But when I saw it and felt it in my had and in my front pocket I was amazed by it, apart from One x bigger screen it also looks weird. I would have loved the bigger screen but I did not like using 2 hand for a simple status check on my phone.
Either way both phones are amazing i'm sure.

already bought the phone and got it, love it so much! slim and sexy~ only problem is my first boot has the overheat issue, but after I turn it off for like an hour and turn it on again the problem went away, overall it is a great phone

Still a good phone to buy?

Looking to get new phone. Options are SGS2, Sensation 4g or LG Optimus L9. Buying used, shooting for the galaxy first but is the sensation a good fa back? Hoping to get something that could last me a year if I don't get the next IPhone. I know, bad word sorry. Ill get the soap
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still is a good phone. I have chosen the Sensation over the used SGS2 and Iphone 4 last xmas.

I think its still good but i would personally would choose a gs2 over this phone reasons arent many though i would because i need a bigger screen for my thumbs, its actually a little faster than sensation and i can make it look like a galaxy s3,,, downside is that screen is lower than the sensation, build quality feels cheaper, camera seems better on sensation.... over all gs2 will win with speed, buy a case for your phone makes it feel better, camera is still good and lets be real we dont use all the roms out there so we just need a few developers that can work on a few roms like cm10.1, the gs3 rom that works on s2, and it is a great phone if u dont wanna spend on an s3 since the s4 is right around the corner
Sent from my HTC Sensation

Sensation all the way! I think it's still a great phone, although the S2 is getting an official JB update.

I don't need official jelly or ice cream or kitkat. Ill put a custom rom on whatever i buy, offical roms tend to get bogged down with bloat and take forever to come out.Yea IDk about the s4 even, that would be like 600 dollars and in 6 months I won't have that so I'll stay under 300. If i could i'd be getting the nexus but just low supply and just over my budget. Want a good camera, speedy enough to play a handful of games, not going to tackle GTA, stuff like cut the rope, angry birds or songpop. I casual game on phones, got a console for hardcore gaming.part of me likes to tinker with all the roms and stuff but a bigger part of me is annoyed at that and would just like a stress free phone but I have to deal with it for now

I miss flip phones they never broke down at least not any of the ones i ever owned... remember when a phone was for phone calls and text and the sometimes web browsing for myspace or google
Sent from my HTC Sensation

I recently bought my Sensation XE for £130. The way I looked at it is that it is not worth spending more than £150 on a second hand phone because the Nexus 4 is only £240. The SGS2 at the time was selling for about £190 second hand. So I decided to save some money and have a play with the sensation.
I've found that premium accessories for the sensation are very cheap when compared to the SGS2. I guess they are trying to flush out stock for the sensation as the SGS2 is still available new.
Rom development on cyanogenmod is a bit further behind on the sensation if that is important to you. There is a wealth of roms to play with on the sensation and that situation should get even more interesting with the asian htc one s recently getting updated to jelly bean. The ICS roms work the best so far but JB 4.1 roms are solid for use. JB 4.2 is on the horizon.
I can't say which phone is better but the sensation is not bad.
Hope this helps.

yea i think that does help. I may just save some coin and go with the sensation.guess If it last 9-10 months, I can look at my options then.

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I was doubting between sg2 and sensation over a year ago. Still regret my choise (going for sensation).

well here's what I'm looking at. galaxy is 244, and the price fluctuates a bit. the sensation is 178. I want to shoot for the galaxy but I would like to save the 66 bucks, but I think what if I need to stay with the phone I get for a year, what will hold up best in terms of use. I want it to be speedy, doesn't have to be quad core speedy but I'd like it to not hang when I select and app or unlock the screen. 3g, 4g doesn't matter, as long as its decently fast to stream Pandora. If i do any uploading of vids it'll be on wifi mainly. Think screen washout in sunlight and camera quality both front and rear are my big concern. I have read some issues with gs2 getting bootloops without being rooted or rom-ed, i also worry about scratches on the glass buying used. guess my worries are the same as buying a car. want it to get me through without worry but not cost me my life savings (or lack of),

screamline458 said:
well here's what I'm looking at. galaxy is 244, and the price fluctuates a bit. the sensation is 178. I want to shoot for the galaxy but I would like to save the 66 bucks, but I think what if I need to stay with the phone I get for a year, what will hold up best in terms of use. I want it to be speedy, doesn't have to be quad core speedy but I'd like it to not hang when I select and app or unlock the screen. 3g, 4g doesn't matter, as long as its decently fast to stream Pandora. If i do any uploading of vids it'll be on wifi mainly. Think screen washout in sunlight and camera quality both front and rear are my big concern. I have read some issues with gs2 getting bootloops without being rooted or rom-ed, i also worry about scratches on the glass buying used. guess my worries are the same as buying a car. want it to get me through without worry but not cost me my life savings (or lack of),
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I have the sensation, wife has the s2. She likes it, I don't. I like mine, she don't
I was thinking of getting a Nexus 4 recently mine was doing some random **** (slow, homescreen reloads etc). Not really anything huge just annoying. But after thinking about it, I couldn't afford to drop that kind of money on a phone when I could be putting it towards other stuff.
I was wanting to root it for ages so finally did it. It improved a crap load! I did notice my battery wasn't really lasting through the day though. Again, I wanted to get a decent one for a while so I thought, new battery = cheap "new" phone.
It's working a treat.
The wife is starting to get annoyed with the s2 now as well - can't help with the specifics but I think it's just doing little annoying things as well.
We've both had ours for over 2 years. They're both running strong but after giving the sensation a freshen up, it's got a new lease on life. I think if you rooted etc the s2 you'll get similar results.
Personally, if you're looking at saving money and only want it to last a year - Sensation. I don't think it'll be that much slower than the s2 (in fact I think mine is faster than the wife's). And you can put the $60 towards the new beast. I really don't think the s2 is $60 better.

The Sensation has a terrible battery life. Stay away!

ungraph said:
The Sensation has a terrible battery life. Stay away!
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Actually mine is pretty good !
Sent from my HTC Sensation using xda premium

lg 9
No one has talked about the lg 9 I would suggest looking at reviews and the forums here. I've played with it. It was nice, not too cheap feeling. Pretty snappy, but it was new and few apps installed. The camera has never impressed me on m sensation. The lg is only a five mega pixel so I would guess they saved money here, though tmobile is offering it for around 200 new,

it still is a pretty good phone, and running pretty smooth with a custom rom

I have a sensation 4g (lot of battery drain) but I have a new battery that is 1900mAh.
With custom rom, its blazing fast. But i'd recommend SG2 anyway because I'm korean.

Will you be tethering or otherwise requiring faster data? SGSII is HSPA+42. Sensation is HSPA14.
For me, the difference at home is 2-3mbps vs 7-11mbps, and in the city, can be 4-6mbps vs 12-18mbps.

Still a good phone but with a reasonable price, or I'll save more for a Nexus 4

no tethering. Nexus 4 would be nice if there it wasn't sold out and I had another 100 bucks for it
bought the S2

[Q] I can't decide... S4 ($49) or HTC One (Free)

So I can get the S4 for $49 through AT&T directly or the HTC One for $0, both plus tax of course... have to love California franchise tax board but I digress...
As you can see, I currently own an S2 and have absolutely loved it ever since I've had it. It's been a great phone. My fear in getting the S4 is that it's gonna be a incremental upgrade whereas the One is something completely new. But is that better?
My S2 is the 16GB version with a 8GB microSD inside and that's been more than enough room. So the One with 32GB would be overkill. But then there's no removable battery and I've replaced mine once.
Will I get bored of the S4 pretty quick or is it really THAT much of an upgrade? Does Blinkfeed get old quick with the One? I know the earbuds are pretty kick ass with the One though.
I hate these types of decisions.

Kadin said:
So I can get the S4 for $49 through AT&T directly or the HTC One for $0, both plus tax of course... have to love California franchise tax board but I digress...
As you can see, I currently own an S2 and have absolutely loved it ever since I've had it. It's been a great phone. My fear in getting the S4 is that it's gonna be a incremental upgrade whereas the One is something completely new. But is that better?
My S2 is the 16GB version with a 8GB microSD inside and that's been more than enough room. So the One with 32GB would be overkill. But then there's no removable battery and I've replaced mine once.
Will I get bored of the S4 pretty quick or is it really THAT much of an upgrade? Does Blinkfeed get old quick with the One? I know the earbuds are pretty kick ass with the One though.
I hate these types of decisions.
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i think you would be happy with either phone. HTC and Samsung Are great companys they both never disappoint me with their phones. if you have any friends with a S4 or One i would check theirs out see which your like (go to your service provider store to test out also but Personally i love Samsungs phones better and would recommend buying a S4 instead, i think i have heard the S2 is getting some of the 4's goodies so i would wait a little longer. hell wait for the S5 to come out just another 4 months away xD

Trozzul said:
i think you would be happy with either phone. HTC and Samsung Are great companys they both never disappoint me with their phones. if you have any friends with a S4 or One i would check theirs out see which your like (go to your service provider store to test out also but Personally i love Samsungs phones better and would recommend buying a S4 instead, i think i have heard the S2 is getting some of the 4's goodies so i would wait a little longer. hell wait for the S5 to come out just another 4 months away xD
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Well I was under the gun to make a decision as this wasn't a normal offer so I went with the S4. I've had great luck as I said with my S2 and a few of my friends have the S4 and they love it. But I did spend some time using the One and it's just built so well and Blinkfeed is quite slick. In the end, I chose based on a few things like the placement of the power button on the One and lack of a front button like the S4 has. Really minor things but I had to rationalize it one way or the other... :victory:

Kadin said:
Well I was under the gun to make a decision as this wasn't a normal offer so I went with the S4. I've had great luck as I said with my S2 and a few of my friends have the S4 and they love it. But I did spend some time using the One and it's just built so well and Blinkfeed is quite slick. In the end, I chose based on a few things like the placement of the power button on the One and lack of a front button like the S4 has. Really minor things but I had to rationalize it one way or the other... :victory:
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i hope your happy with it then! i enjoyed my S2 for the week i had it untill i bricked it xD! and yes the One is Very slick phones are getting way to powerful its crazy.