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hey guys i just need a little bit help here.
im new to the sensation
and i am running Bulletproof 2.2.1
and its very slow, and i even get a ****ty score on quadrant
and i see there are several kernals out there and i wanted to know witch ones are compatible with sense 3.5 bulletproof
and witch one is the best one. by best i mean faster overclocked
thanks in advance

You can try Faux or Bricked, both are great.
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Faux 0.2.3 is out soon with a whole host of new features, I've found that I can't get Faux 1.89Ghz version to work (boot loops) but it may work for you. Due to this I use Bricked kernel and then I can overclock (if I want to) up to 1.72Ghz which seems to be the max for my chip!

Here's a really good kernel 2.6.35.14-Bricked-v 1.2-gpuoc 320-ondmnd [email protected] #6 this is what I use and It's awesome so far I've been useing this kernel for three days and It's lighting fast

I'm on BP also and while quadrant is low with stock, I've found stock kernel to be smooth and stable. Today I did flash bricked 1.4, and while my CF scores and quadrant went up significanty, I had lag on homescreens and games like asphalt 6 hd. I have no idea what the problem was. It could have been my Rom, or the way I flashed bricked kernel because I have read so many positives with using bricked.
I went back to stock kernel and all is smooth again, but with low benchmarking scores....
So I guess I'm saying take benchmark scores with a grain of salt. Although it would be nice to have my cake and it too.
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whats you quadrant score? i flashed that kernal but i had problems with 3D and he said he fixed it on the latest version 1.4. and when i used setcpu my phone kept rebooting

I don't remember my quadrant score, but CF bench score was really high with bricked 1.4, above GS2.
Now back to stock kernel my CF bench is back to around 5000. Just under the atrix scores.
(But with stock I have no issues with with gameloft games, no lag in asphalt 6 hd.)
I will probably try again in the near future as it could have been user error on my part.
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Fk quadrant scores! It all depends on how ur phone is running
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g1user101 said:
Fk quadrant scores! It all depends on how ur phone is running
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I agree!
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gustav30 said:
I don't remember my quadrant score, but CF bench score was really high with bricked 1.4, above GS2.
Now back to stock kernel my CF bench is back to around 5000. Just under the atrix scores.
(But with stock I have no issues with with gameloft games, no lag in asphalt 6 hd.)
I will probably try again in the near future as it could have been user error on my part.
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talking about games i havent be able to play them on any rom. some says its not supported and somes dont have the 3d graphics on them

Do the current kernels all have these problems? I would like to know this before I get this phone. And I noticed someone OC'd to 1.8GHz, is this to fix lag or just for fun? Such OC would lead me to question the Sensation's speed quite a bit. Sorry for hijacking the thread, didn't want to make a new one.

Do the current kernels all have these problems? I would like to know this before I get this phone. And I noticed someone OC'd to 1.8GHz, is this to fix lag or just for fun? Such OC would lead me to question the Sensation's speed quite a bit. Sorry for hijacking the thread, didn't want to make a new one.
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I am running CM7 SelfKang9, with Faux's AOSP 0.2 Kenrnel (1.78ghz OC) and undervolt (Thermal Patch). Everything is smooth as butter and battery life is beyond excellent (getting avg 6mA idle). If you're interested in benchmarks, I have gotten as high as a 6499 AnTuTu score, and a 7424 in CF bench. It does run fine at its rated speed of 1.5ghz, I'm just always gunning for that extra speed.
Edit: For Comparison, my friend has an Atrix, using CM 7.1 and Faux with a 1.3 ghz OC, and he was getting slightly slower benches (6000 AnTuTu). Although both phones run great.

I'm using pyramid3d 8.0.1 along with the bricked 1.2 kernel.
Runs perfect. No lags, and no other problems, although quadrant scores are really low. Quadrant really means nothing IMO.
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pardoned said:
I'm using pyramid3d 8.0.1 along with the bricked 1.2 kernel.
Runs perfect. No lags, and no other problems, although quadrant scores are really low. Quadrant really means nothing IMO.
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Sense has a nice bug from HTC that affects Quad & other benches negatively, this can be fixed by using AOSP/CM/MIUI, I noticed this on my previous phones. I think HTC has some lingering debugging enabled in Sense.
Louer Adun said:
I am running CM7 SelfKang9, with Faux's AOSP 0.2 Kenrnel (1.78ghz OC) and undervolt (Thermal Patch). Everything is smooth as butter and battery life is beyond excellent (getting avg 6mA idle). If you're interested in benchmarks, I have gotten as high as a 6499 AnTuTu score, and a 7424 in CF bench. It does run fine at its rated speed of 1.5ghz, I'm just always gunning for that extra speed.
Edit: For Comparison, my friend has an Atrix, using CM 7.1 and Faux with a 1.3 ghz OC, and he was getting slightly slower benches (6000 AnTuTu). Although both phones run great.
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Thanks for clearing things up for me, I was worried that the phone had speed issues and the OC was to fix that, now I'm not worried with that anymore. Hopefully I order mines next week, but I plan on undervolting & underclocking, just as I did on my MT4G. Although you benches have restored my confidence in the phone.

What is the best rom for my sensation?

Hy there.i am the new owner of a super smartphone named sensation. I want to know what rom should i use for best performance and great battery life? I want to chose between the stock one, cm7 cyanogen, or android hd revolution. I see that most of you chose the revolutiob hd.....why?
I notice that i want a fully work rom, with all the features work properly.....so....what is the best rom for you?
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There is no "best" rom. Depends what you need. If you're new to the Sensation I suggest that you stay with the Stock ROM and kernel. In my personal opinion it's the most comprehensive solution that doesn't cause any side effects. I tried quite some of custom roms and either they where suffering from poor performance, contained bugs or just the battery drainage was unbearable. Not to mention that staying on the stock rom enables OTA updates.

What jackos is saying is right, there is no best rom. Its up to you to read through the threads and find a couple you like the look of. Then start flashing roms, eventually you'll find the one that does what you want. As long as you make backups you pretty much can't go wrong.

Thank you peopele for the answers.....
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I am waiting some other opinions....
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I would recommend giving Coredroid a shot.
They have released their final version, (2.7) it's a super stable ROM that i use as my daily, has great battery life (once calibrated) it's nice and fast and works without needing much (if any) tweaking.
But the best thing you can do is back up your current rom and try flashing a few, see what you like best. Sense or No-Sense, themed, stock, 3.0 or 3.5 there are many options.
Before I settled on Coredroid I tried CM7 and ARHD. I loved CM7 but I had a few issues with the ROM (mainly due to the camera) but I love CM7 and the support and updates that frequently get pushed out.
ARHD was great, everything was all good with that ROM, battery life was good once calibrated but I had issues with MMS that I couldn't fix so I tried out Coredroid and loved it.
The issues I had with CM7 and ARHD could have been fixed by me if I had the time and patience but Coredroid worked out of the box so was a winner for me.

Android Revolution
I use android revolution. I am a rather novice user, dont know all the ins and outs of Android (or Linux) and i think ARHD is pretty easy and stil you benefit from being rooted and having some more control...
That said the only other ROMS i tried are Revolver and RCMix, but i liked ARHD better because of the Sensation XE "unlock"...

Please tell me if the android revolution really makes an 1.5 gh procesor.....because i can't see how it does it.......it doesn't make sense.........it use less ram then the stock one?
Wich rom use less ram than the stock one??
10x very much for the answers....
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siretnicu said:
Please tell me if the android revolution really makes an 1.5 gh procesor.....because i can't see how it does it.......it doesn't make sense.........it use less ram then the stock one?
Wich rom use less ram than the stock one??
10x very much for the answers....
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Apparrently the sensation processor was underclocked, so most of the custom ROMS simply remove that underclocking. Regarding using less RAM, that is due to the ROM developers removing some pre-installed apps and services that consume memory.

siretnicu said:
Please tell me if the android revolution really makes an 1.5 gh procesor.....because i can't see how it does it.......it doesn't make sense.........it use less ram then the stock one?
Wich rom use less ram than the stock one??
10x very much for the answers....
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All info is right here. You WILL find out answers quicker if you just read through guides than if you'll wait for someone to reply. In case of any problem, probably someone already had it and solution is found = search. In (unlikely) case of a unique problem, you'll have all people on this forum trying to help you. Good luck in learning.
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brett_c said:
Apparrently the sensation processor was underclocked, so most of the custom ROMS simply remove that underclocking. Regarding using less RAM, that is due to the ROM developers removing some pre-installed apps and services that consume memory.
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1st is wrong, 2nd is partially right.
CPU is clocked at whatever speed by using CUSTOM KERNEL, it has nothing to do with rom.
RAM is normally freed by more aggressive task killer, sense prioritizing (major) + some apps removal (minor).
Again, all info is here, just spend an hour or two looking into it, will save you a lot of time down the line

Damn, tinky1, I can't believe you wrote this nonsense.
Of course Sensation has got a stock underclocked processor. You better read the Qualcomm MSM8260 whitepaper before you try to prove someone wrong.

Miui.us 11/26/11 FTW
I just have to say it. I have tried a ton of ROMS and just made my first donation to a ROM by the name of Miui. While bluetooth doesn't work for me it is still the best ROM.
My favorite things are...
Battery Indicator as a line running across the top
themes, there are just so many
battery and signal is amazing

I'd really like to see some signal strength tests for miui v sense roms, is there really that much difference between them?
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????
First, if you want to stick to tech specs, then read that msm8x60 is native at 1.2-1.5, so TECHNICALLY its neither underckocked or overclocked between these frequencies.
Second, processor is not physically set to 1.2, its all on sw level.
Third, he said custom roms remove underclocking-wrong, just as I explained, its.custom KERNEL which deals.with clocks.
Fourth , before you try to prove someone wrong who is proving someone else wrong, do some thinking
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Damn, tinky1, I can't believe you wrote this nonsense.
Of course Sensation has got a stock underclocked processor. You better read the Qualcomm MSM8260 whitepaper before you try to prove someone wrong.
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tinky1 said:
????
First, if you want to stick to tech specs, then read that msm8x60 is native at 1.2-1.5, so TECHNICALLY its neither underckocked or overclocked between these frequencies.
Second, processor is not physically set to 1.2, its all on sw level.
Third, he said custom roms remove underclocking-wrong, just as I explained, its.custom KERNEL which deals.with clocks.
Fourth , before you try to prove someone wrong who is proving someone else wrong, do some thinking
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Well, on OG Sensation XE kernel underckocked to 1.2
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I guess you don't know yourself what you're talking about
About the rom-kernel thing, I would agree with that if custom roms wouldn't overwrite kernels. So if you install a custom rom you change the clock too. Makes sense to me.

It depends what KERNEL is included with the ROM. So no, custom ROM does not under/over clock UNLESS custom KERNEL is included. So we are back to kernel being responsible for clock again.
Re your quote from another thread. Read again, carefully and take the note of word "kernel".
You seem to see what you want to see, instead of looking into post and understanding what it actually means. Re-read from my first post in this thread.
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Quote from another thread:
I guess you don't know yourself what you're talking about
About the rom-kernel thing, I would agree with that if custom roms wouldn't overwrite kernels. So if you install a custom rom you change the clock too. Makes sense to me.
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LOL, you're so stubborn
You said that it isn't true that Sensation processor is underclocked. Right? Or shall I quote you again?
brett_c wrote that custom roms remove underclocking. That's correct, because if we compare 1,2Ghz to 1,5Ghz it's clearly that technically speaking one speed is underclocked to another.
Another thing is that you wrote that CPU speed has nothing to do with a rom. That's not true, because we use cpu controllers to adjust the governors and frequencies. I could cook you a rom that runs at 500Mhz max without changing the kernel. So it's not only a damn kernel thing.

Ok, whatever. You seem to expand into too many things here.
As I said, nevermind.
There are too many IFs here to explain without going into it too deep.
I was only pointing out that processor=CPU=hardware is not physically underclocked on OG Sensationcompared to XE. It is downclocked using kernel.
Peace.
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LOL, you're so stubborn
You said that it isn't true that Sensation processor is underclocked. Right? Or shall I quote you again?
brett_c wrote that custom roms remove underclocking. That's correct, because if we compare 1,2Ghz to 1,5Ghz it's clearly that technically speaking one speed is underclocked to another.
Another thing is that you wrote that CPU speed has nothing to do with a rom. That's not true, because we use cpu controllers to adjust the governors and frequencies. I could cook you a rom that runs at 500Mhz max without changing the kernel. So it's not only a damn kernel thing.
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OK, sure
We better concentrate how to force Sensation XE kernel to work @ 1,5 for our OG Sensations
Peace mate

So....the conclusion is that....if i install rwvolution hd.....my phone will work at 1500 mhz or not?or if i will install any custom rom....the procesor will be unlocked??
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ICS quadrant scores +GB comparison

Is it worth updating to the Ics right now..??
I mean is it stable now ??
And does it really have better adreno drivers- can it give better performance than GB ??
And how much quadrant score u guys are able to get from sensee with
1.)ICS
2.)GB
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Quadrant is a very very very useless bench,, its to old and to crappy to run on dualcore phone's
to answer your question
yes it is stable, doesnt run very smooth,
some lag here and there but every thing else is working or there is a fix for,
CF-bench altough shows that it isnt the best and the fastest rom out there yet, but it is a stable beta release
flash it and you will see what i mean

I will say this much. On trips current beta ics rom, I get much more fps than I do on any gingerbread rom for sure. They all give me some kind of lag but the ICS rom is smooth as butter
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I ran Virtuous for a while and it was pretty smooth. Now I am on TripNravers senseless ICS build and it is really smooth with next to no lag. O and Quadrant sucks. It is not very consistent and has not been updated in almost a year which means there is most likely no support for dual cores.
GB I got 25-28 fps with Nenamark2
Virtuous ICS I got 40-44 fps with Nenamark2
Trips senseless ICS I get 45-48 fps.
Trips ROM is not on xda but if you Google for TripNiCE HTC Pyramid you will find it.

fandroid93 said:
I ran Virtuous for a while and it was pretty smooth. Now I am on TripNravers senseless ICS build and it is really smooth with next to no lag. O and Quadrant sucks. It is not very consistent and has not been updated in almost a year which means there is most likely no support for dual cores.
GB I got 25-28 fps with Nenamark2
Virtuous ICS I got 40-44 fps with Nenamark2
Trips senseless ICS I get 45-48 fps.
Trips ROM is not on xda but if you Google for TripNiCE HTC Pyramid you will find it.
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How does it compare to his AOSP build? I put both ROMs on my SD Card but I flashed AOSP first, so far I love it but it isn't daily driver status for me. If the senseless one is almost as fast I'll give it a shot.

fandroid93 said:
I ran Virtuous for a while and it was pretty smooth. Now I am on TripNravers senseless ICS build and it is really smooth with next to no lag. O and Quadrant sucks. It is not very consistent and has not been updated in almost a year which means there is most likely no support for dual cores.
GB I got 25-28 fps with Nenamark2
Virtuous ICS I got 40-44 fps with Nenamark2
Trips senseless ICS I get 45-48 fps.
Trips ROM is not on xda but if you Google for TripNiCE HTC Pyramid you will find it.
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Tried trip's , but got FC's here and there....
Back to GB now
I think i should wait for a cyanogen 9 edition...
Also, i noticed that frame rate of video recording was quite better than GB...
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Trips ASOP is lightning. His senseless ROM isn't as fast but its faster than every other ICS Senseless ROM I have tried.

Quadrant scores don't mean much because if you undervolt the kernel you will get lower scores and vice versa. Further more quadrant scores are only useful for stock and unrooted phones

blahbl4hblah said:
Quadrant scores don't mean much because if you undervolt the kernel you will get lower scores and vice versa. Further more quadrant scores are only useful for stock and unrooted phones
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this is a new information for me, so what benchmark tool you use to get a comparison between sensation (or any dual core device) roms speed/performance?

fandroid93 said:
I ran Virtuous for a while and it was pretty smooth. Now I am on TripNravers senseless ICS build and it is really smooth with next to no lag. O and Quadrant sucks. It is not very consistent and has not been updated in almost a year which means there is most likely no support for dual cores.
GB I got 25-28 fps with Nenamark2
Virtuous ICS I got 40-44 fps with Nenamark2
Trips senseless ICS I get 45-48 fps.
Trips ROM is not on xda but if you Google for TripNiCE HTC Pyramid you will find it.
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hmm... nenamark2 i get 42fps with gb... havent tried any ics builds yet

Lizzo said:
hmm... nenamark2 i get 42fps with gb... havent tried any ics builds yet
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With a Sense 3.5 GB ROM? I read those include the updated Adreno drivers which is probably the reason behind the improved results.

mametosaurus said:
this is a new information for me, so what benchmark tool you use to get a comparison between sensation (or any dual core device) roms speed/performance?
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CF-Bench and Antutu, as they both support dual-core architectures.

mametosaurus said:
this is a new information for me, so what benchmark tool you use to get a comparison between sensation (or any dual core device) roms speed/performance?
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The usual things quadrant and cfbench
Its just for fun and I only use it on stock speeds other then that its pretty much for show

[Q] Can we expect a One V port??

Was just wondering if thats possible? Or maybe just a slimmed down sense 4 similar to the One V.
The reason I ask is because the software on the One V flies, so just imagine the speed of it on our sensations!

We have many sense 4.0 roms. One being CoinDroid, it's already faster and better with bricked kernel.

I dont think it will happen due to the cpu in the one v. Not saying its impossible though as nothing is here on xda but I think that right now our best bet is one s ports

xdviper said:
We have many sense 4.0 roms. One being CoinDroid, it's already faster and better with bricked kernel.
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I know that, running the latest ordroid atm. I agree with you that its fast, but there is still some room for improvement. For example there is some lag when scrolling on home screens and there are some delays when opening certain apps that aren't there on aosp.
I was just thinking a one v rom could speed it up even more.
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I know that, running the latest ordroid atm. I agree with you that its fast, but there is still some room for improvement. For example there is some lag when scrolling on home screens and there are some delays when opening certain apps that aren't there on aosp.
I was just thinking a one v rom could speed it up even more.
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It won't happen due to different resolution. Why waste time if one S is the same resolution as sensation?

Finally, max potential

Hi all,
just wanna say that I'm finally fully satisfied with my phone in it's current state.
I used to mess around with different ROM's, ARHD, CM, elegancia. Untill now none of the setups managed to yield a stable an smooth working phone. I had poor perfomance, random shutdowns and poor battery life (especially when I used CM9 I couldn't get it to stay unplugged for more then 7 hours). tried everything in the book to make it work. Up to the point where I was starting to regret that I rooted my phone.
untill now, I made sure the contacts with the battery is firmly attached, I installed CM10.1 (need to adjust siggy) and now my phone is finally kickin. It's rock stable, smooth and fast! At night, with WiFi on it's actualy idle! it's like losing 1% battery in 10 hours. With JB and perfomance governor the UI transitions are just eyecandy smooth. I guess the main problem was the battery pins, think they weren't attaced properly.
With no shutdowns, no battery drain, fun with CM tweaks, UI altering capabilities and a Quadrant Standard score of 3301 I've finally got the feeling that I'm on the pinnacle of my phone's perfomance capabillities.
With provider subscription prices skyrocketing in my country, and my phone in it's current state I'm eager to keep this phone another year with a sim-only subscription.
so thanks all for the help

Very usefull, thx a lot But I want to correct: Are you using perfomance governor all the time ? Even in the "sleep mode" ?
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And what exactly ROM are you using ? By Albinoman or NLG ?)
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Very usefull, thx a lot But I want to correct: Are you using perfomance governor all the time ? Even in the "sleep mode" ?
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yeah I use performance governor all the time. To lazy to switch, and I'm not sure if it's neccesary. I'm using Albinoman's CM1 0.1

What are the battery contacts?
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What are the battery contacts?
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the 4 pins that connect the battery to the phone. I stuffed a piece of paper between the upper right corner of the battery and the phone battery housing. This way the battery will be pressed more firmly against the pins to ensure better contact.

Glad to hear you are happy. I would love to be able to use CM10.1 based ROM's but sadly, I need my TMobile WiFi Calling support. Hopefully, TMOUS will release a JB friendly version of WiFi calling... until then, its Elegancia for me!

Also, what is your max/min
frequency and i/o scheduler ? Any tweakes like Pimp ?
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Volodimirrr said:
Also, what is your max/min
frequency and i/o scheduler ? Any tweakes like Pimp ?
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Governor: Perfomance on min 384, max 1566
I/O scheduler: SIO
no tweaks as far as I know

Exactly like you, I have tested a lot of roms, and the best one for my Sensation is CM10.1 4.2.2 by Albinoman!
My governor is lagFree, because I don't think it's good for the phone to be on performance all the time (maybe I'm wrong!). With Atom Launcher, it's the best compromise (personal experience) for a smooth and fast Sensation.

okay couldn't find an off topic thread so I'm posting here ! Okay my phone is S-off, blackrose hboot running jellybean. I understand the process will be similar.
Okay so my mate has an XE. Will the methods be universal? He has a stock, ill find his hboot later. I'm guessing a HTC dev unlock is possible ? Then I flash the boot image. ( fastboot flash boot boot.IMG ) Also could I have an idea of a nice smooth and stable Rom?
Sorry for messy post. Cheers
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james1196 said:
okay couldn't find an off topic thread so I'm posting here ! Okay my phone is S-off, blackrose hboot running jellybean. I understand the process will be similar.
Okay so my mate has an XE. Will the methods be universal? He has a stock, ill find his hboot later. I'm guessing a HTC dev unlock is possible ? Then I flash the boot image. ( fastboot flash boot boot.IMG ) Also could I have an idea of a nice smooth and stable Rom?
Sorry for messy post. Cheers
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XE is nothing more then a normal sensation with OC'd CPU, different battery and beats audio pre-installed.
So I guess you want to root a stock, locked bootloader with S-ON Sensation XE and flash a custom ROM? If so any of the different ROMs in android development section are smooth and stable ROMs. It depends on your preferences, do you want sense or no-sense, Jelly Bean or Ice Cream Sandwich?
HTC dev unlock is possible (without getting S-OFF). But that depends on what the current hboot is right now. u could for example also run the juepunutbear tool and install that hboot to get unlocked bootloader.
look up the hboot info of your mate's XE and find the apropiate method to unlock, flash recovery and custom ROM in any of the guides on this board. Depending on what kind of FW you're running right now, and what FW you want to be using you might need to update it.
can't really say if a proces is similar if we don't know what kind of FW we're dealing with.

THANKS, I'm not sure what you mean by FW. However I know how to flash and ill give a look at that s-off tool. I'll find his Hboot and report back. He is on latest ics so I'm guessing its newest. Yer I switch between sense and AOSP. So ill look and find what he wants . Thanks for your help.
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Man, all I know is that I switched to Viper S for the week after using CM10 for half the year and couldn't deal. I like sense, but the trade-off when it comes to lag just isn't worth it. Yes there's a better camera and better signal without question, but boy was it laggy. Had to reboot so many times because I thought the phone just froze up. Can't go back from jelly bean now
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onemanshow85 said:
Hi all,
just wanna say that I'm finally fully satisfied with my phone in it's current state.
I used to mess around with different ROM's, ARHD, CM, elegancia. Untill now none of the setups managed to yield a stable an smooth working phone. I had poor perfomance, random shutdowns and poor battery life (especially when I used CM9 I couldn't get it to stay unplugged for more then 7 hours). tried everything in the book to make it work. Up to the point where I was starting to regret that I rooted my phone.
untill now, I made sure the contacts with the battery is firmly attached, I installed CM10.1 (need to adjust siggy) and now my phone is finally kickin. It's rock stable, smooth and fast! At night, with WiFi on it's actualy idle! it's like losing 1% battery in 10 hours. With JB and perfomance governor the UI transitions are just eyecandy smooth. I guess the main problem was the battery pins, think they weren't attaced properly.
With no shutdowns, no battery drain, fun with CM tweaks, UI altering capabilities and a Quadrant Standard score of 3301 I've finally got the feeling that I'm on the pinnacle of my phone's perfomance capabillities.
With provider subscription prices skyrocketing in my country, and my phone in it's current state I'm eager to keep this phone another year with a sim-only subscription.
so thanks all for the help
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The Sensation is nowhere near its max potential
Once ION is fully functional (camera working with ION, framebuffer driven by ION, etc.) then the Sensation will be near its max potential.

android1234567 said:
The Sensation is nowhere near its max potential
Once ION is fully functional (camera working with ION, framebuffer driven by ION, etc.) then the Sensation will be near its max potential.
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i saw that you said with ion on there is only 430mb ram.
is that enough for JB or Sense4+ for muti-tasking?
sensation with sense 4.1 have a poor muti-tasking ablity even with 580mb ram.

TookeX said:
i saw that you said with ion on there is only 430mb ram.
is that enough for JB or Sense4+ for muti-tasking?
sensation with sense 4.1 have a poor muti-tasking ablity even with 580mb ram.
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More RAM goes to ION instead of userspace in order to improve graphics and audio quality.
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i have reached my max potential with my sensation with Elegancia 3.7.0 and Forbidden Kernel 3.7.0, more than 20 hours of battery, 3900 in quadrant @ 1512Mhz and 320 GPU... all Great.. and Smooth Rossie tweaks to make it buttery Smooth, fast and stable... I LOVE MY SENSATION!

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Nice score mate
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