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[HTC Sensation] jake21:
I find this discussion amusing though I am in the same boat more or less. I currently use sprint and am debating between the evo 3d and galaxy s 2 (I suspect both will be release in june). I have a slight advantage with the s 2 in that it will more or less be a known quantity by then while the evo 3d less so (though the sensation might be out before the 3d to provide some feed back). Ok so the debate I see on this forum seems to center around benchmarks (I think both phones will be plenty fast and the benchmarks are subject to change as the software is optimized); form factor (I could care less what the phone looks like as long as it is comfortable in my hand and easy to carry (light)); htc sense and wiz touch; for me they both have pluses (I really like samsung pull down notification bar and the antenna controls in it; htc sense looks nicer on the surface but i could live with either).

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Ok so here are the things I want to know:

gps (rumour is galaxy s2 finally fix this issue; htc has traditionally just worked)

battery life (s2 is said to be quite good; the evo 3d has a very large battery but no word yet on how long it will actually last)

weight (samsung wins hand downs)

feel in the hand (the captivate was great; the vibrant sucked (the blob at the end bothered me); the s2 seems to have a blob at the end but I'm not sure from the picture how bad it is - htc tend to feel good in the hand but no data here.

antennae (dropped calls and such); htc has traditionally been good; galaxy s was weak here - not awful but weaker than htc - no clue about the s2

visibility in daylight (gps outside and such) - s2 said to be very good - no clue on evo3d/senstation

clarity - i have a very slight hearing loss so distortion really hurts - no clue here haven't heard either phone - the evo was fine; the galaxy s was ok but not quite as good.

noise cancellation - the evo3d will have this not sure if the s2 has it.

brand/customer 'support' - htc has been good here

build - I think the galaxy s actually had less issues here (light leak, failures and such but not sure)

led notification - htc has this samsung does not. This is a big plus for htc not not a deal breaker.

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Anyways I realize my list is probably not so important to most of you since most of those items don't show up in the debate but maybe some of them can be answered by knowledgeable folks if so I'd love to have some of the blanks filled in.
[HTC Sensation] n7of9:
Samsung A/V equipment have always been my go-to and they've never let me down...but when it comes to phones, bring me the pretteh!
[HTC Sensation] Paticakeman:
Im getting both.
[HTC Sensation] grannyrogers:
Rocking a Moto Defy and loving it. You guys should all get one and forget about the excess!! Excellent reception, crystal talk, led notification, moto blur, locked bootloader :-(
[HTC Sensation] dimaru:
Don't want to get over involved in this topic since I'm obviously going to be biased toward the SGS2 just wanted to point out that the GPS works great, gets a fix within 5-10s when driving quite fast and it does have an FM radio.

My decision to buy the SGS2 was based mainly on it being available here in the UK already, it's thinner and lighter than the SGS and I knew that it would handle almost any video format/resolution I threw at it. For those wondering why I would want to play 720p or 1080p videos on a 480p screen, well I don't want to have to convert or download multiple versions of the same file. Battery life was an unexpected bonus - I was amazed that I was able to leave the mobile wifi router running overnight and it only drained 40% whilst my mates played online. The speaker is great as well, almost as loud as my wife's ipad but of course a bit tinny sounding.

I'm a previous owner of 4 HTC phones (touch pro, touch hd, hd2, hero) but last 4 purchases have been samsung (SGS, SGTab, Nexus S, SGS2) so it probably would be fair to accuse me of being a Sammy fanboi!
[HTC Sensation] kgbkny:
Perhaps my experience with the battery life of HTC phones has been different from many members of this forum, but I really don't understand why there are so many complaints about it. My first HTC phone was the G1, which easily lasted me at least a day and a half, with moderate to heavy usage. Same goes for my MT4G. When I had the Vibrant, I fully charged the phone overnight and disconnected it at 6:30 AM or so. By 7 PM, I was getting the 15% warning. Based on my personal experience, HTC's battery life far exceeds that of Samsung.
[HTC Sensation] agent.m:
I think loyalty to the brand may come into play for some. My wife has galaxy s but I have desire spec wise the galaxy s is superior. Camera, sound, touchscreen etc but I just love sense and how HTC do things. I read the reviews on galaxy s2 and it's been classed as near perfect but touchwiz just isn't working for me. I'll wait to see what the review for sensation is like. I had a play when HTC came to my city and I liked it although I wasn't able to test it thorough. If HTC put onlive on the sensation that would be a game changer. But the ultimate deal breaker is better audio recording. they sorted the desire with gingerbread upgrade so no excuses with this "stereo" recording. Ultimately it's up to each owns preference. User experience versus best spec phone.
[HTC Sensation] kgbkny:
Agreed. In my case, however, it's the distrust of one brand. Regardless of how the original Galaxy S was spec'd, my (and many others) user experience brought to mind terms such as polished turd and pig in lipstick. If the basic functionality of the phone is nonexistent, the pretty SAMOLED display will not make the phone better.

My wife's phone requirement is a physical keyboard, so she decided to forgo on the Vibrant when it was released, waiting for something better to come out. I got her a G2 on release date and was immediately blown away by the seamless user experience and functionality. It simply ran circles around my Vibrant. Samsung's highly publicized Behold II fiasco, as well as the Galaxy S "GPS-gate" (along with the Galaxy's various other quirks), have turned me off to their mobile products. Considering the fact that I plan on buying my next phone (the Sensation) outright, since I used my upgrade on the MT4G, I am voting with my wallet and not getting a Samsung. My experience with HTC has been mostly positive, so I trust the manufacturer.
[HTC Sensation] touness69:
Well I'd say every manufacturers have their flaws and HTC have had big problems too, don't forget the crappy screens that were on the NexuS One and the HTC desire with the multitouch bug... every game that have several on screen controls where Unusable or such a pain in the ass to use because one finger jumped completely over the other and that deep hardware problem have no solutionn not like a software problem that just an update can set (like the galaxy S's GPS that is getting better with the 2.2.1 way back in november and now very good with 2.3.3). This coupled by the almost-inexistant GPU in those models were why I completely dropped HTC after selling my Desire. After that, it is not a very astonishing move from google to drop HTC in favor of Samsung for its new Nexus phone...

Not to mention all other delayed updates for the HTC Hero (half a year!) and the battery issues generally with this brand, the below average cameras and sound quality, etc

So the best is to make a choice with the performance of current phones and the SGS2 sets the bar very high from all the reviews and users feedbacks. Almost unreachable for competition, we will figure out how the Sensation stacks up against it very soon ;)
[HTC Sensation] IIWAT:
Hi All, heard there are 2 different CPU/Hardware. Would it make the development more difficult for the rom writers? What CPU would be more powerful and likely would have a better future support by XDA developers?
[HTC Sensation] :
I found the following article to be most detailed analysis of both phone's capabilities. 19 pages of awesome analysis.

http://www.nordichardware.se/testla...nsation-tungviktare-med-hoeg-upploesning.html

Use google translate for non-swedish folks.
[HTC Sensation] apex84:
Crap!! I guess I won't be getting a new phone this summer.. I was really looking forward to getting Sensation but it seems to fall short on too many things. Most seem minor when looked at individually but when taken together they make me reconsider. Worst part is that I don't see SGS-II as an alternative to Sensation which means I'll have to wait for a new generation of phones or see if modified ROMs can improve the Sensation when/if it gets unlocked. They mentioned in the review that phones with 1280x720 resolution displays will be released (didn't mention when though), so maybe it'll be worth waiting for.
[HTC Sensation] tigerz0202:
i dont like any samsung phones , they all feel cheap and try too hard to look like an iphone ,which i think are ugly ,with that said the gs2 didnt have much of a chance with me from the get go , the touch wiz im not too much of a fan of either ,i know the specs are good and it out performs the sensation in a bunch of tests that dont really matter at all when it comes to everyday useability ,but im gonna go with the sensation ,looks better and just feels better
[HTC Sensation] i00:
I prefer the build of the sensation ... always hated samsungs "cheep feel"... also dislike the fact that they try to imitate iphone...

As far as interface goes... I got a samsung gal s2 from work a few weeks back ... and can't stand the interface compared to my Desire HD (with sense 3.0) ... imo the older sense 2.x interface was even way better than tw...

Also if you have an exchange server that doesn't have the sync on port 80 (or ssl) (like my work) you will not be able to connect to it! ... this was 1/2 the reason they purchased these phones (a fact that, if they had known sooner, they would have looked elsewhere ... i wish they had)

Kris
[HTC Sensation] n7of9:
that was really interesting (and i quite enjoyed the use of the word Slutledning, which my brain thought was Slut Lending)

BUT they forgot the most important thing in the world (to me)...the Sensation is beautiful, the GS2 is uglybums, so the final score should be a bazzilion to 9
[HTC Sensation] GabA88:
I wanted to give the Bell Sensation a try but after that review I'll have to wait and see.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] DevPump:
Hello All,

I was following the guide here, and came across a problem when trying to use Unsigned-Hard-SPL-Diamond-OliNex, opened the ROMUpdateUtility.exe. Once I click Yes to running Bootloader.exe my device freezes, is there any way around this?

Thanks,

DevPump
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] DevPump:
Problem Resolved [Close Thread]

I was using the wrong HardSPL for me device.

Close Thread.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] driftchick:
Having issue with the RUU

I've been trying to get the Tael ROM using the guide (here), but I needed to use the Hard SPL package to flash it.

I used the RUU from the HTC site (5.11 or something) before I found this site and ever since then, I can't flash Energy or any other ROM to the SD card or the actual drive of my HTC Fuze.

On to my problem.... Any time I try and use the RUU from OliNex, I either get Error 246 (Device Not Responding) or 262 (Update Error). I've done the bootloader thing (power + volume + soft reset), and nothing works. I've removed the SD and SIM card, like it said to. I've tried to trouble shoot from the original thread about TAEL and googling, but no luck.

Any help? I'd really like to flash different ROMs to my Fuze :(

TOTAL NEWB STATUS - soooo be easy please :p

**Edit/Revise**

Looked through the site and found the "Tutorial/How-to's/etc" thread (here) and downloaded all the different RUU's. Tried the one signed to OliNex, didn't work. Tried the other ones, nothing worked. Did it with &without the SD and SIM card. Still nothing.

When I run any of the RUU's and it runs the progress bar, it only runs on the computer and not my Fuze. Getting really frustrated with this... So far only able to run Android through SD card, and the battery life barely works on that (5 hours on idle). Hopefully I can get some help from somebody.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] zhinichii:
did you tried reset your phone?

press the reset button under stylus slot..

hope it helped..:)
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] EverythingNook:
I have CM7 stable on my NC and a few friends told me to get Advanced Task Killer to help battery. I had read somewhere that you should get task killers on android, can anyone explain why? and should i get it?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Nburnes:
No task killer.

http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] EverythingNook:
does it ruin my battery?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] zanderman112:
Android has a good memory manager that kills things as you use the device. The API for task killers was removed in froyo, and all versions since then, so while they might seem to work, the apps will just restart every time, which causes excess cpu usage, which equals more battery drain.

Sent from my always stock, EC05 Epic 4G
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] buellwinkle:
Absolutely get ATK, I've used it for a year on my Droid and it's invaluable, even with Froyo. Sometimes my phone would get so slow from so many apps running that I can barely get ATK started. Then after I kill everything my phone is back to normal. What's funny is that IOS is a much more capable operating system in this regard. I can have tons of stuff open and nothing slows down, not so on Android.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] zanderman112:
Maybe so, but ATK doesn't kill them. They will always restart. If you must clear apps from memory go to settings>applications>manage applications then hit running and close all unwanted apps. Some will restart, but not all.

Sent from my always stock, EC05 Epic 4G
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] ace7196:
What is head. ATK sucks battery and Android has great memory management already.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] digitalcoder:
Hmmmm... red, why not!

Nice plant btw.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Rixsta:
Finally RED !!!!!!!!!!

Ive been waiting for a red theme since Gen X red way back before Christmas...

Awesome !!!

Downloading now...

Will post feedback and screens later

Thank you so much

You have made my day....Not many people go mad for red so nobody makes them.....personally I think it looks awesome on the SGS :)

In the next update can we have the red over scroll please....that would be frickin awesome :)

EDIT ---OMG You already have the over scroll in red ....I think I love you
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Rixsta:
Get a boot loop on simply honey rom...

No worries...I'll try a few different methods to flash it and get back to you...

Seems to stop flashing in CWM 3 half way and reboots to Galaxy s Logo...then loops

Ill try flashing it through CWM app ......

EDIT ...Nope wont work at all on Simply Honey JVK 3.0 RC3

Can you help at all ? ...Gutted
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] 00.ante:
Some themes have problem on that rom nit sure why. Even steel blue won't install.

Also if installing in CWM3 phone will reboot automaticlly!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Rixsta:
Thank you for your messgae...

I repacked this theme into Simply Honey Rom RC3 and flashed it ...

Same problem ....still boot loop :(

Guess its either a different rom or no red theme
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] vijaykanth:
Will this theme work on Odexed ROM or is it for De-Odexed?! Very nice looking theme! Wanna try it on my Stock!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MarcusNO:
:D btw, not only that red looks good (in my opinion) but it also saves alot of batterytime with OLED screens ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MarcusNO:
It should work, make a backup in CWM and then flash the theme ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MarcusNO:
hmm, i guess that rom has problems : / personally i run Darkys or Docs rom, works perfect!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MoooN:
Not working on darky 10 rc4

Bootloop
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MarcusNO:
wierd :S , i will hear with 00.ante when he gets back (he is the one scripting for me)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] vijaykanth:
WOW! It works fine on Stock! Looks shiny! :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] secreetadm:
are ur theme compatible with another rom? e.g: juwe's rom?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MarcusNO:
If it is XXJVK it should, but as always, make a backup before install to be sure :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] 00.ante:
Scripts are ok but there is something with RC4 not sure what. Also our themes have problem after install you get bootloop. Marky and I last night tried almost everything possible but had no luck at all.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MarcusNO:
Well, all themes and so on will be updated soon since "XWJVB" (Official 2.3.3) is out now, and custom roms will roll out soon, maybe it will fix alot of things :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] nemosad:
nice red thx
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MarcusNO:
No problem, thanks back at you! ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Rixsta:
The answer is Yes !!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] criskelo:
Guys I too am on that and I have the same problem

Tell me if I can collaborate on something

edit

I think the root of the problem is in Framework-res.jar

but I'm having problems when

Decompile
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MarcusNO:
Yes, that would be awesome. If you find any fix PM me and Crysis21 , and we will do the same ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] criskelo:
this is what I modified

so far

<string name="sending">Enviando...</string> <public type="string" name="sending" id="0x010400d9" />
<string name="BaMmi">Bloqueo de llamada</string> <public type="string" name="BaMmi" id="0x01040420" />
<string name="power_off">Apagar</string> <public type="string" name="power_off" id="0x0104014f " />
<string name="dlg_brightness_title">Brightness</string> <public type="string" name="dlg_brightness_title" id="0x01040451" />
<string name="job_manager">Administr de tareas</string> <public type="string" name="job_manager" id="0x0104044f" />
<string name="zzz_global_action_toggle_data_mode">Modo de red de datos</string> <public type="string" name="zzz_global_action_toggle_data_mode" id="0x01040450" />
<string name="silent_mode">Modo silencio</string> <public type="string" name="global_action_silent_mode_off_status" id="0x01040145" />
<string name="global_action_silent_mode_on_status">El sonido está desactivado. Activar.</string> <public type="string" name="global_action_silent_mode_on_status" id="0x0104014e" />
<string name="contact_status_update_attribution_with_date">%1$s a través de %2$s</string> <public type="string" name="contact_status_update_attribution_with_date" id="0x0104030e" />
<string name="keyguard_password_enter_pin_code">Introduce el código PIN</string> <public type="string" name="keyguard_password_enter_pin_code" id="0x0104030d" />
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] lgsshedden:
think it is great to see you guys working together to resolve issues: your efforts are much appreciated by those of us that use your themes
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LordVetinari:
Hi there MarcusNO,

Your theme looks great. Just a few things relating to the beta JVH:

On the PIN screen, the welcome message is showing incorrectly. I am on English South Africa (en_ZA) language afaik.

The font colours on GMail app are sometimes white-on-white.

The power widget doesn't get the colours as per your screenshot on the first page.

Could you please provide a "remove" zip? I flashed _JKay_'s remove zip but not all of my icons have been restored. Edit: Thought about this a bit and it might be difficult for you to provide an undo zip... I have a nandroid backup from this morning from which I can restore ;)

I am running [Ramdad]'s Deodex'ed / Zipaligned JVH rom.

I understand this is still beta, so this is in an effort to help you get to stable ;)

Thanks,

LV.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MarcusNO:
Just get the original settings.apk ( I can send it to you later ) :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Aswin1992:
I like it!

Please mod the mediascanicon too:-)

Also got forcedcloses with one thing but i forgot the name xD

When i have the fc again i will reply:-$

thanx

Edit: acore is fc-ing...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MarcusNO:
yes, mediaicon will be modded. But it´s still in beta phase.

acore = ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LordVetinari:
Thans... I managed with the nandroid restore.

LV.

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I might be wrong. You might be crazy.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Aswin1992:
Yes... android.process.acore

Dont know what it is:S
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] bullinthechinashop:
I really love this theme. No problems or FC's so far. I really love all the things that change to red especially the battery level & signal level indicators.

Great job!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] turnado:
thanks

but why i can not see photos for theme in the 1st page
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MarcusNO:
Try another web browser, i recommend "Google chrome" :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ykchow11:
Please change the color or outlook of My Files, Dialler and Contacts. Then it is perfect for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MarcusNO:
Update soon to come..
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] adam1460:
Right I'm totally new to this...

Can someone please tell me or point me to a guide where I can install this onto my phone? What resources do I need?

Thank you :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] madphone:
I like this theme very much. I think red is a very nice color on black samoled screens, looks very sharp.

There are only two little thinks i do not like that much:

1. The top bar is grey, and red icons on it look a bit pixelated. I guess a darker bar would fit better.

2. The battery icon is too big. it touchs the border of the bar, other icons don't.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] bullinthechinashop:
I like the battery icon...

It looks cool like that (IMHO).
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MarcusNO:
Theme is now in Final state! (tweaked and fixed)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] bullinthechinashop:
Flashed and running w/0 problems.

Than you for creating such an awesome theme!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MarcusNO:
Thanks you for feedback :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] adam1460:
Can I please get help? Thank you :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MarcusNO:
Install a JVH rom (deodexed) Then install a kernel (JVH) with CWM, then put zip file in phone and install with CWM..
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] madphone:
Awesome! Thank you very much for realizing the black-bar-version that quickly!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MarcusNO:
no problem ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] bullinthechinashop:
Yeah this was already a fantastic theme but that black bar just sends it right over the top!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] adam1460:
Thank you very much :)

I'll go and look for a JVH rom which is deodexed - any chance I can use it with stock JVH though?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MarcusNO:
yes you can, but there will be alot of bugs..

Use docs rom :) (it´s stock but you can choose to remove some stock apps)

And it´s deodexed ;)

http://romkitchen.org/beta/?s=generator
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] machu28:
Looks nice
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] adam1460:
I must sound like a mega noob now xD

Do I flash the cooked ROM with Odin or is there another way?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] taton:
Nice theme indeed!

Thanks Marcus!

I have only 1 question.

I don't get the option for selecting your wallpaper.

Where is it?

Can I download it?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MarcusNO:
What wallpaper? The red one that comes with the theme, or the white-red one in the screenshots?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MarcusNO:
You flash it in CWM (install zip)>(install zip from sdcard)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MarcusNO:
To everyone that uses/likes my theme: The donation messages at first page will be removed as soon as the project with "EaglesBlood" is started. And when that is started, updates will be more often and more themes will be made (also for G2X) But don´t worry i will keep developing for Galaxy S!! SGS IN MY HEART! :)