***The Official HTC Sensation thread***

[rhysduck]

Nope nothing What position do you hold it in for it to lose signal?

 

[Bradmax57]

I thought if anything the XE was supposed to improve the signal over the regular Sensation which I have and has no issues (unless I remove the case )

 

[-Mike-]

Nope nothing What position do you hold it in for it to lose signal?

The original sensation if I held it like a phone would lose signal at home.

I thought if anything the XE was supposed to improve the signal over the regular Sensation which I have and has no issues (unless I remove the case )

My sensation would get no signal at home whatsoever!

 

[willhub]

I'm impressed by my HTC Sensations battery life, if I don't use it, it lasts about 6 days.

It's being turned on from 78% and is now at 19%, 4 days 23h 32m 30s

 

[-Mike-]

You must literally have had it turned off

 

[mnet674]

I'm lucky if I can manage a single day and that's with a couple of phone calls at worst

 

[willhub]

You must literally have had it turned off

No, It's turned on, I put it in its box about 4 and a bit days ago, just came to look at it.

I don't use it of course because I'm selling it, hoping to get £170 for it.

 

[-Mike-]

Good luck getting that for it mate, for just over £200 you can get a brand new sensation xe.

 

[Bradmax57]

Good luck getting that for it mate, for just over £200 you can get a brand new sensation xe.

Which is essentially the same phone?

 

[willhub]

Good luck getting that for it mate, for just over £200 you can get a brand new sensation xe.

Where from? Link.

It's worth 170, it's unlocked, S-OFF, better OS (Android Revoloution), better battery and 16gig class 10 SD Card.

 

[-Mike-]

Asda had them for £247, sold out now tho!

 

[willhub]

So 170 is not bad for a second hand sensation.

 

[Robbo]

It's worth between £160 and £200, depending on where you sell it.

 

[-Mike-]

So 170 is not bad for a second hand sensation.

I managed £198 on ebay for mine but once they took their share it wasn't so great!

 

[phil675]

Can anyone recommend a new ROM for my Sensation? I did the S-OFF thing a while ago but didn't flash it as the ROMs available didn't seem to be 100% stable.

I'm looking for a ROM with HTC Sense but without Facebook/Twitter etc. integrated in as I'm sure they always run even if you don't want them to. More battery life would also be welcome, not really bothered about the Android version, I'm on 2.3.4 now I think. I've looked on xda forums but not really sure which one I want, what do you guys use?

 

[Bradmax57]

I'm using Android Revolution 6.7.0 which is very stable, its based on the stock HTC rom just with a few tweaks, that means it has FB and Twitter etc but if you don't enter any details they wont be running. I think you can just delete the apk from the zip file before flashing the rom to stop them being installed, ive tried others from aosp to sense 4 roms but keem going back to Android Revolution roms as they just seem to work, you will have to flash your firmware before flashing to the newer roms if your still on 2.3

 

[phil675]

Is the firmware the version of Android that HTC Sense etc. runs on top of? I have tried doing updates on the phone but it won't update by itself, just get the blue android error.

 

[Bradmax57]

Is the firmware the version of Android that HTC Sense etc. runs on top of? I have tried doing updates on the phone but it won't update by itself, just get the blue android error.

No I gues the firmware is like a pc bios, it must do something with the system partitions as it required a whole new firmware for ICS over GB, if you S-off'd its really easy to do

 

[-Mike-]

To the guys still using the sensation // sensation xe :

Are you still loving them? The mrs has a HTC desire and wants something with a bigger screen - me being a cheap so and so .... ebay a sensation ?

 

[Bradmax57]

still a decent phone if you ask me which is why I still havent bothered with an upgrade which I have been due for a couple of months now