bubble
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How easy is it to update software on a htc sensation to the ICS? i understand its not yet out for the phone directly as an ota, but u can root the phone? is it easy enought to do or best wait until the official one comes?
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Bissmire
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Its very easy, some good tutorials on XDA Developers. I would link, but its blocked at work.
Theres a thread in the Sensation Development Sub Forum, called something like 'Noob Friendly, How to S-OFF, Clockwork mod etc'. You'll need to install the latest firmware (Another noob friendly guide on there).
I'd recommend installing either Android Revolution HD, or Virtuous Inquisition. Both are ICS ROMs but far better than the stock HTC effort.
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bubble
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had a browse at the noob friendly.
omg confused! might leave it!!
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Bissmire
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 You'll get your head around it, its pretty simple.
Should have seen it before the noob friendly guides...
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Jas
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TALK TO ME Fishwire,
will it improve me Sensation?
I've got the GO FX launcher on it and its really good, actually much prefer it to normal layout
I don't wanna fuck my phone up like you did though
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Bissmire
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TAWK TA ME.
Basically, yes it will, massively.
The only way you can fuck your phone up is by using unstable software, or not following the tutorials properly. Its very simple.
Do what I said in this thread, read EVERYTHING, twice. If you make a backup, which you should, you can always restore back to default.
My phone broke due to out-of-date software btw. There was an issue with the SD Card Partition side of the Clockwork Recovery that I ahdnt seen. I use EXT4 Touch recovery now and its perfect.
FYI, just by getting S-OFF and flashing a ROM (30 mins max) your phone can become a Sensation XE with Beats Audio, or a fully custom ROM with all bloatware etc removed, and lots of nice UI and Mods.
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Bissmire
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Managed to get on to XDA, thought it was blocked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1472298
That thread has just popped up. Very helpful and probably the best ROM. (ICS)
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Jas
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Beats audio?
are the speakers not different,
what benefits are you seeing though,
it all seems like hard work
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Bissmire
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Nope, better EQ I guess, you can get better results with PowerAmp but thats about Ł3. Thats the only difference between the Sensation and the XE...
For one, I love geeky shit like this so the new skins/UI etc are all much better than stock. The will list whats better in each ROM.
It ranges from visual changes, to complete overhaul including Overclocked Kernels, Optimized coding and stripping out all the shit.
This is about Virtuous Inquisition, which is what I use. Flashing Android Revolution HD tonight though.
http://www.virtuousrom.com/p/inquisition.html
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Bissmire
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The best thing about rooting, for me, is the ability to swap and change ROMs in minutes, its like a new phone. Install ROM manager and you can have 4 ROMs at once. Just switch between them whenever you want.
Also, being able to instal mods in seconds. Full graphics in GTAIII, Camera mods, free apps etc etc... You get the idea.
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Jas
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Are you running a Sensation?
admittedly I do like the look of that link, and an over clock sounds good, I just don't want to break my phone..
find me the guides you've used and I'll give it a go
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Bissmire
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Yep, bought on release day.
I used old tutorials from when the Sensation was first rooted. The new ones are much easier.
Even if, somehow the phone breaks, HTC will repair it. Mine was bricked, and HTC still repaired it and sent it back within 2 days. They will plug it in, try another battery, replace motherboard. Done.
I'll find the ones you need now.
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Bissmire
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PS, I hold no responsibility for bricked phones Again, mine was due to everything being new/unstable at the time.
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Bissmire
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Read this, twice: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
Read this, twice: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1471941
Use this for firmware: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
Read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098849
This is the feature list of ARHD btw
•Removed software (CPU) rendering - full Adreno220 (GPU) rendering
•Fully optimized and tweaked
•ROOT (SU + SuperUser Permissions - Thanks to ChainsDD)
•Unsecured boot.img
•Newest BusyBox
•RAM optimizations
•Improved Adreno220 configuration for better quality and performance!
•Speed optimizations
•Enabled GPU UI rendering
•SD Card speed tweak
•Data, cache and system partitions mounting tweaks
•Battery auto-calibration script (Thanks to seo)
•Bloatware applications removed (Amazon MP3, SoundHound, etc.)
•All system applications updated to latest available
•Improved camera performance
•Advanced Power Menu and CRT Animation as extra add-ons
•Zipaligned (Improved RAM management)
•Zipalign on boot (for user applications on data partition)
•Fully de-odexed
•init.d scripts (BusyBox run-parts) support
•sysro/sysrw commands support
•Excellent battery life!
•Improved EXT4 performance by changing mounting method
•SD card EXT4 partition support
•OpenVPN support
•4EXT Recovery (Thanks to madmaxx82)
•You can replace HTC boot animation with any custom boot animation
•Support almost 24h a day
•...and many more!
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Jas
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quote:
Originally posted by Bissmire
Read this, twice: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
Read this, twice: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1471941
Use this for firmware: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
Read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098849
This is the feature list of ARHD btw
•Removed software (CPU) rendering - full Adreno220 (GPU) rendering
•Fully optimized and tweaked
•ROOT (SU + SuperUser Permissions - Thanks to ChainsDD)
•Unsecured boot.img
•Newest BusyBox
•RAM optimizations
•Improved Adreno220 configuration for better quality and performance!
•Speed optimizations
•Enabled GPU UI rendering
•SD Card speed tweak
•Data, cache and system partitions mounting tweaks
•Battery auto-calibration script (Thanks to seo)
•Bloatware applications removed (Amazon MP3, SoundHound, etc.)
•All system applications updated to latest available
•Improved camera performance
•Advanced Power Menu and CRT Animation as extra add-ons
•Zipaligned (Improved RAM management)
•Zipalign on boot (for user applications on data partition)
•Fully de-odexed
•init.d scripts (BusyBox run-parts) support
•sysro/sysrw commands support
•Excellent battery life!
•Improved EXT4 performance by changing mounting method
•SD card EXT4 partition support
•OpenVPN support
•4EXT Recovery (Thanks to madmaxx82)
•You can replace HTC boot animation with any custom boot animation
•Support almost 24h a day
•...and many more!
nah can't be bothered 
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Bissmire
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Cunt
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Jas
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I'm joking mate, once I get mins spare I'm gonna have a good read
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Bissmire
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Cavey
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My XE seems to have decided to turn itself off a few times a day at the moment so I may give this a go later too
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Bissmire
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I had that with my Sensation. I used Recovery to restore a backup and used Titanium Backup to restore all Apps etc. Good as new
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Bissmire
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Just flashed Android Revolution HD 6.5.5 XE. Very nice ROM, bog standard ICS UI, but very fast and stable.
Comes bundled with optional mods such as overclocked Kernel and a few performance tweaks.
Not as flashy as Virtuous but decent if you like standard HTC Sense
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Jas
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can it quickscope?
The first one you sent looked quite smart
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