Is this still a good phone - HTC Sensation

So I think I'm getting this phone tomorrow. I have a tracfone version of the galaxy s2 and I'm trading for the sensation. I glanced through the treads. It seems like there is still development for this phone. I saw vipers ROM. Is that pretty stable?
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pitbullmommy45245 said:
So I think I'm getting this phone tomorrow. I have a tracfone version of the galaxy s2 and I'm trading for the sensation. I glanced through the treads. It seems like there is still development for this phone. I saw vipers ROM. Is that pretty stable?
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Viper Rom is full stable , I'm using it from day it released
Almost all Roms for sensation are stable enough. . . .
And sensation is not fast as galaxy s2 but I prefer sensation over s2 due to sense and lot of custom Rom with great dev support

Got the sensation wednesday and loving it
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Itsakash said:
Viper Rom is full stable , I'm using it from day it released
Almost all Roms for sensation are stable enough. . . .
And sensation is not fast as galaxy s2 but I prefer sensation over s2 due to sense and lot of custom Rom with great dev support
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k thanks. i have the trafphone s2 so its not nearly as good as the tmobile or att version. i never knew there was a differance but there is lol.

Itsakash said:
Viper Rom is full stable , I'm using it from day it released
Almost all Roms for sensation are stable enough. . . .
And sensation is not fast as galaxy s2 but I prefer sensation over s2 due to sense and lot of custom Rom with great dev support
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Try clocking to 1.5 GHz (or 1.78 GHz). Then run benchmarks again.

still strong
yup it is still good phone considering I'm changing ROM every 2 days

Yes its still a very good phone. Great developers working hard and they have made this possible. Great support, great roms.

It's not bout the phone itself, it's about the Community.
And the Community itself is currently more vivid than any other comparable phone at this age.
The Community just made this phone such a great piece of hardware. And honestly I prefer the way it is built. I've never seen a smartphone where you can replace the whole body with a relatively cheap new Batterycover.

This biggest issue I have with this phone is every time I install a rom another seems to appear or get updated. It's usually right after I get everything set back up the way I like it, lol. Nearly every rom I've installed has been stable enough for everyday use. While I don't like using sense, the viper sense 5 rom is flying on this thing!

The community supporting the Sensation is absolutely awesome. Be it a ROM with or without Sense, you'll certainly find one that's going to make you appreciate this phone.

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CM7.... WHY???

just a quick qeustion, why does everyone love cm7?? like whats so good that i hear alot about it?
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just a quick qeustion, why does everyone love cm7?? like whats so good that i hear alot about it?
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Read this.....http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/the-complete-review-of-cyanogenmod-7-walkthrough-guide
Cm7 is fast and quite customizable.
Myt4g on pacquiao type roids.miui.panache.
My old Desire with CM7 on it has never been so fast! It's a really nice modified rom that's fast and doesn't have all the Sense bloatware on it.
That being said, I like Sense. And I'm happy with my Sensation now . But I might give CM7 a try just for kicks.
It's vanilla Android with small tweaks that make it great. You have a small ROM that is fast and made by a team of awesome coders.
CM goes way back with the first google phone. So allot of people know it.
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Very stable. FAST. More ram. And once its out, MIUI!
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the real question is why anyone uses any rom that ISNT cyanogenmod
Stock android bluetooth stacks.... =)
i love sense to be honest but, the way HTC handles bluetooth with their w/ sense devices is annoying
Ndokami said:
Stock android bluetooth stacks.... =)
i love sense to be honest but, the way HTC handles bluetooth with their w/ sense devices is annoying
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THIS. The stock bluetooth stack in this phone is horrible. I can't get more than 10 feet from my phone without it disconnecting & I can't even turn my head without the audio cutting out.
g1user101 said:
Very stable. FAST. More ram. And once its out, MIUI!
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^^^^THIS^^^^
MIUI all day everyday once it comes out though ah
Because I've been smoking crack for a year now and once you start it's really hard to give the stuff up.
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I had an Eris before my current DInc2 and cm is crap for both. They have little to NO support for my phone and every time I run their ROM it fails as bad if not worse than the half assed alphas put there. Sure it has cool customization choices, but on my DInc2 it is worthless in my opinion until it is fully functional.
I (and you) should never settle for less than fully functional for something so "popular"
Sorry, usually my posts are much nicer than this. I just hate kool-aid.
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Why are u being a Debbie-downer in the sensation forums cause u have issues with another phone?
jdelforge5684 said:
Why are u being a Debbie-downer in the sensation forums cause u have issues with another phone?
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Sorry, I am still getting used to the xda app and thought I was in a general cm thread. Didn't mean to hijack another phone's thread.
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mr2324jgf said:
the real question is why anyone uses any rom that ISNT cyanogenmod
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Cause stock Android is ****, that's why. If I wanted stock Android I would've got a Nexus S
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Cause stock Android is ****, that's why. If I wanted stock Android I would've got a Nexus S
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Totally agree.
I think it's great that people are given options, but I'm happy with stock, and without sense android really really sucks for me.
xaccers said:
Totally agree.
I think it's great that people are given options, but I'm happy with stock, and without sense android really really sucks for me.
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I have to agree. I had the nexus s and i hated it the stock ginger is boring loving sense so much now .
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The one good thing to come from CM7 is MIUI - which I'm quite looking forward to trying (although I probably go back to Sense)
Personally I am more of a fan of the CM7 based ROMs that come after. Each developer gets a chance to put there own unique touch to the cm7 based ROMs. I remember from the nexus one days after cm dropped the ROMS came flying in with everyone's personal touch. The CM7 code provides a rock solid base with all features working.

New user from Mytouch 4G forums

Hey everyone tomorrow morning I'm getting my sensation and can't be more excited.
Just wanted to say tomorrow I will be rooting my phone asap
Any suggestions on some good starter Roms?
This forum is 100 times larger and more active then the mytouch 4g forums
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awesome bro i remember seeing you in those forums I too switched
as for roms depends whether you want sense or not
MIUI is perfect AT this moment. based on the HTC ICS Base so you get both the camera and everything else working.
Official HTC Rom like ARHD, coredroid etc - Stable and fast rom with Sense 3.6(personally dislike Sense but you can install a mod to make it just like stock android, look under themes and apps)
CM9 - video camera doesnt work so well, bluetooth no go,
sense 4 - camera not so much with no autofocus, but almost good enough
I suggest - ICS stock rom with HTC base. like hypernonsense
adolfo778 said:
awesome bro i remember seeing you in those forums I too switched
as for roms depends whether you want sense or not
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Nice to see some familiar names and I'm hoping to try sense 4.0 the Mt4g has a lite version 4.0a I think but I want the whole package
Also man as we came from the same forum how hard was it to root this phone. I remember the mt4g being so easy
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This one is easier.
Came from mt4g too.
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I really like the ARHD ROM. It works great on my Sensation 4G. I am using SebastianFM kernel and ARHD 6.5.4 great battery life and good stability.
Good luck!
Can't you wait till the end of the month and get One S super amorled display
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overthinkingme said:
This one is easier.
Came from mt4g too.
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thanks man just got the phone going home to root it
iG0d said:
I really like the ARHD ROM. It works great on my Sensation 4G. I am using SebastianFM kernel and ARHD 6.5.4 great battery life and good stability.
Good luck!
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I actually used that on the mt4g
epsix said:
Can't you wait till the end of the month and get One S super amorled display
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Bro I just traded a mytouch 4g for a sensation for free I'm lucky to even get a trade like that
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joemoss said:
Nice to see some familiar names and I'm hoping to try sense 4.0 the Mt4g has a lite version 4.0a I think but I want the whole package
Also man as we came from the same forum how hard was it to root this phone. I remember the mt4g being so easy
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I came from mt4g and found the sensation easier to root. I am running coredroid on the mt4g and on my sensation. The mt4g is for my son, he bought one off a kid at school for $20, because the kid didn't like the battery life. I am real happy with coredroid on both phones. Just make sure to go through a few battery cycles before judging any of the roms, most will break in and give great battery life in a few days, at least in my experience.
+1 for ARHD - its the most stable, the most fastest and the support is amazing.... (IMO)
I highly recommend trying it out. Throw in Sebastians kernel and having a Full day AND a half battery wont be a rarity any more.
there are a lot of guides on how to flash it, Its the most popular ROM, The guides are fairly simple, and if you dont like it, flash to something else
Welcome Im from the MT4G forums, aqnd im a flashaholic so i say try them all currently im back and forth between HyperNonSense v1.5(discontinued) and OrDroid Sense 4.0
jaysun3000 said:
Welcome Im from the MT4G forums, aqnd im a flashaholic so i say try them all currently im back and forth between HyperNonSense v1.5(discontinued) and OrDroid Sense 4.0
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Im running ordroid right now and It's flawless
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6 months on and My Sensation xe is

Still BOSS 8)
Rock solid,
Beautiful screen
Great sounds
Does everything
Rooted
Running CM9
Very smooth and fast.
Makes the iPhones look positively dinosauric
Absolutely no need to upgrade either.
ADORE
A very nice posting from my brick
Totally agree
Have no plans on changing my Sensation this year, as it does everything i need.
All these 2012 Smartphones don't really offer anything that makes me want to change.
Had mine for 3 months now and looks like I made the right decision absolutely love it look forward to many more months of awesomeness from this phone
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Does everything work with CM9?
pr0x2 said:
Does everything work with CM9?
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Yes.
YouTube is a bit choppy,
But that's it really ....
A very nice posting from my brick
Love the phone! Had a iPhone a few weeks when my sensation was on service (dust inside the display, got a brand new display for free )
After using a laggy iphone, I realized how much i love the sensation.
It's a sensation... Easy as that.
Same here. My Sensation is 6 1/2 months old, it has no scratches and still looks and feels like on the first day. It's an awesome phone, but the ability to run CM9 makes it still more awesome
I am also running CM9 and got it clocked at 1ghz and hahaha even at this speed is super smooth.
I am really glad that we got CM9, it would be hard to get a phone that doesn't get CM9 support to be honest because these companies overlays are full of bloatware and drain battery super quickly.
The real problem with HTC phones is Sense. I got to have it at like 1.7 to be smooth but then the battery sucks really bad. Then if I clock down to about 1.2 which is when I notice a battery difference, it's all choppy and stuttery.
Just yesterday I played with an HTC One S and I don't really envy anything about it.
And I too feel the same way as a previous poster and that is that I don't feel the need to upgrade.
CM9 + Sensation= Fast, Smooth, Great battery life.
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How do I get CM9? I haven't run Cyanogen since my G2X.
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Rackfoo said:
How do I get CM9? I haven't run Cyanogen since my G2X.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494373
Rackfoo said:
How do I get CM9? I haven't run Cyanogen since my G2X.
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Go to the Android development section, the thread is called Open Sensation. Should be on either the first or second page.
Your phone needs to be rooted and S-OFF, and you need to have the ICS firmware. Flash through recovery after complete wipe, and enjoy.
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Best One X Evita rom?

Looking for a good aokp Rom as long as I have working data/wifi, calls, and camera id be set
Running the rogers version as well
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There are two to choose from was it hard to decide?
Well I know there are two different dev forums so my concern is flashing one that doesn't work
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There are two different aokp roms. Lol
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There are two different aokp roms. Lol
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You should probably send him over to the Endeavor forum to increase his choices. He can flash one of theirs and tell us how it worked out
That's not funny.
I'm not a newbie I came from a s2 skyrocket I'm just unfamiliar with this device and don't want to hard brick it
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You don't want to stray out of this set of forums. International one x roms could easily brick your phone.
GroovyGeek said:
You should probably send him over to the Endeavor forum to increase his choices. He can flash one of theirs and tell us how it worked out
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Please don't post jokes like that. Some might actually believe you and try flashing one of them.
confyzone said:
Looking for a good aokp Rom as long as I have working data/wifi, calls, and camera id be set
Running the rogers version as well
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Im running this.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1790032
It has working camera but not video camera, not sure if when you said camera video was included.
It is a great ROM and has an awesome dev.
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Please don't post jokes like that. Some might actually believe you and try flashing one of them.
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Sorry I could not resist. Back to being a good boy now.
Until we get the kernel source for the 4.0.4 I think sense 4.1 based roms are going to give the best performance and battery life. I do prefer aosp based roms but what is the point if you end up sacrificing all the things that aosp roms are supposed to give you just to get away from sense.
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Yea I ended up going with aokp 4.0.4 and well after a day I actually missed some things from sense so went back to my backup
I think the reason I was skeptical of sense was because of touchwiz on my old skyrocket
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What ROM did you decide on? I flashed pretty much all the available ROMs for our phone and found myself coming back to CleanROM 4.5. The CleanMODS definitely adds value and it's very good on battery too. Usually get about 16hours of moderate use and she's down to about 35% at the end of the day.
Also, Sense 4.0/4.1 is much better than any of the other OEM skins (TouchWIZ, Blurr, etc..) as it's the most intuitive of all the skins. Prefer it to AOSP Android now because it's just as snappy with so much functionality included. Ran AOSP ROMs on my old DZ because Sense 2.0, 2.1, 3.0, 3.5 were all crap and bloated; as soon as Sense 4.0 came out, it was like HTC finally got the message.
+1 for CleanRom.
Do your homework. The ScottsRoms CleanRom 4.5 DE had everything I wanted and nothing else to bog it down.
I'm also an APEX believer now for the fact that it restored my desktop after an upgrade.

most stable rom.

hey all, looking to flash the most stable rom for the inspire out there! anyone wanna give me a few good stable roms?
Anything gingerbread is rock solid. ClearDroid and Virtuous Unity are my favorite for Sense and Gingerbeast and Absolution rock if you want to be senseless. The ICS roms are stable enough for daily use but might have small issues that keep them from being the right choice for you. Personally, I love Redemption but there are others that have more active development. I haz not tried jellybean but I would guess that is the same or worse when compared to ICS. You will have to try some out and see what works best for you.
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Warrior 3000 said:
hey all, looking to flash the most stable rom for the inspire out there! anyone wanna give me a few good stable roms?
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Anything based on stock will be the most stable. 2.47.502.7 and 3.20.502.52. Att just released the last base with sense 3.0. I'm on blackout Ics right now and really am enjoying it. It is sense and Ics. But as always try them out and see what you like. No single rom is for everyone.
The one you find stable when you try them out. Anything else is strictly opinion and these threads are not allowed
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I don't think he is outta line really. Not the usual "what's the best Rom" thread which isn't allowed. Just looking for stability which actually there are more stable roms than others. Stock being the most stable.
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Gizmoe said:
Anything based on stock will be the most stable. 2.47.502.7 and 3.20.502.52. Att just released the last base with sense 3.0. I'm on blackout Ics right now and really am enjoying it. It is sense and Ics. But as always try them out and see what you like. No single rom is for everyone.
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This...minus Blackout ICS..I'm still using Abso 3.7 (have been for the last 3 months or so)..I've heard great things about blackout though..I'm impressed after my hiatus from XDA that people are a little less quick to fire bomb someone asking a question that has been asked numerous times before. :good::good: and it's been a while Gizmore!
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This...minus Blackout ICS..I'm still using Abso 3.7 (have been for the last 3 months or so)..I've heard great things about blackout though..I'm impressed after my hiatus from XDA that people are a little less quick to fire bomb someone asking a question that has been asked numerous times before. :good::good: and it's been a while Gizmore!
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Yes it has been a while. I just recently returned too a few weeks ago. Had to put down the phone for a while back in January.
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Gizmoe said:
I don't think he is outta line really. Not the usual "what's the best Rom" thread which isn't allowed. Just looking for stability which actually there are more stable roms than others. Stock being the most stable.
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But he uses his phone different than you and his phone isn't your phone thus what may be stable for you isn't stable for others
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Nick281051 said:
But he uses his phone different than you and his phone isn't your phone thus what may be stable for you isn't stable for others
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Actually his phone is my phone. Both Inspire™4G. What was made to actually run on this phone is going to be the most stable. Thats just a fact. As far as preference in options and ui then thats opinion.
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Gizmoe said:
Actually his phone is my phone. Both Inspire™4G. What was made to actually run on this phone is going to be the most stable. Thats just a fact. As far as preference in options and ui then thats opinion.
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Not necessarily, his phone is the same model, but they aren't the same exact device. Also, that isn't necessarily true, at&t's last update was completely broken and unstable. Any rom in the section was made to work with our phone and can run it just as good as an at&t built rom. Most times better.
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Not necessarily, his phone is the same model, but they aren't the same exact device. Also, that isn't necessarily true, at&t's last update was completely broken and unstable. Any rom in the section was made to work with our phone and can run it just as good as an at&t built rom. Most times better.
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I agree that 2.47.502.7 was buggy and I did not like it even when devs re cooked it. As for the last update 3.20.502.52 or even the original Rom they ran flawlessly. And to use roms with these bases was really all I was saying to him. Just stick to roms built off of these for the most stable experience. I've spent quite amount of time unrooted and also running every Rom you could possibly flash on this device and when I am on an actual inspire base every part of the phone runs the way it should ( with the exception of 2.47.502.7). I think we agree, I just meant roms based off stock, not necessarily stock itself.
As for what Rom to run that differs all together. I'm on an Ics sense Rom that was never intended for our device but I'm willing to live with a little instability for more options and Ics
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Stable roms = Gingerbread
Small issue roms = ICS and JellyBean
Is all you need to know. We can use DHD roms on our Inspires if you want to take look at that forum as well.
You will have to test a rom out for yourself cause what may be awesome to one person may be utter crap to others its yp to your preference.
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Reinaldo33897 said:
Stable roms = Gingerbread
Small issue roms = ICS and JellyBean
Is all you need to know. We can use DHD roms on our Inspires if you want to take look at that forum as well.
You will have to test a rom out for yourself cause what may be awesome to one person may be utter crap to others its yp to your preference.
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This is pretty much all I was trying to say
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This is pretty much all I was trying to say
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And what I said in the first reply.
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And what I said in the first reply.
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Yes I agree. Gingerbread is most stable. Some dhd base though have minor issues like agps not updating accurately, scanner apps not reading barcodes, battery drain, intermittent WiFi/data issues, Sound problems.. etc. Nothing major though. My favorite dhd base was the sense 3.0 update they got. Runs the smoothest imo. Sense 3.5 and up gets a little clunky.
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Yes I agree. Gingerbread is most stable. Some dhd base though have minor issues like agps not updating accurately, scanner apps not reading barcodes, battery drain, intermittent WiFi/data issues, Sound problems.. etc. Nothing major though. My favorite dhd base was the sense 3.0 update they got. Runs the smoothest imo. Sense 3.5 and up gets a little clunky.
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Sense 3.5 was actually the sensation xl, very similar hardware. I kinda liked it my favorite being erebus xl, dev recently updated it and it is pretty sweet
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Sense 3.5 was actually the sensation xl, very similar hardware. I kinda liked it my favorite being erebus xl, dev recently updated it and it is pretty sweet
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Yeah I really do like 3.5. The options are definitely worth it. I used to be on bindroid team and we had it running pretty good. I haven't tried any gb based ones recently I bet they got em running pretty smooth now.
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As stated before, Gingerbread ROMs are generally more stable than ICS ROMs. That said, my favorite is Primo-S v3.5. Its ICS + Sense 4.0A. Its not the most stable mod out there, but extremely stable, enough t be used as a daily driver. The most stable I've tried is of course Cyanogenmod 7. Second is Android Revolution HD.
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I am looking for a stock rooted rom, i rooted and jailbroke the phone but now there is no sound, every where i look that has it the links are broken, can i please get some help...
stdroid said:
I am looking for a stock rooted rom, i rooted and jailbroke the phone but now there is no sound, every where i look that has it the links are broken, can i please get some help...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1810461? I believe it works, I flashed it just a couple days ago...

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