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[HTC Sensation] Lazzzara:
By my calculations (and correct me if I'm wrong) the area of each phone's screen;

Sensation: 8.60 square inches

Desire HD/Evo: 8.87 square inches

So, yes, the screen is a tinyyyy bit smaller, but you're also working with more pixels, so more fits on the screen. At the end of the day it's up to you, but I would say don't be put off because you read that the screen is smaller. Go try it for yourself in a store. like I said above, I prefer it to the Desire HD because I feels more comfortable in my hand.
[HTC Sensation] PygoShlee:
Very true.

I've just come from a Desire HD, and can back this up!
[HTC Sensation] madindehead:
Agreed, the phone definitely feels a lot nicer in the hand. Has a nicer back panel too compared to the DHD ;)
[HTC Sensation] PygoShlee:
Thats true aswell, easier to take apart, doesnt involve ripping your nails off!
[HTC Sensation] monx®:
yes yes screen is smaller (but aspect ratio only). just got mine. luckily i still hv my DHD :p

but i love my sensation too :D
[HTC Sensation] bcpk:
The Sensation feels remarkably small in your hand considering how large its screen is.
[XPERIA X2 General] tttt9999:
I have installed Vito Voice2Go & is good software. But when I am in car, I cannot operate it through headphone !!!

I tried AE Button Plus, but didn't work...

Can anyone help me in this ?????:confused:
[HTC Sensation] EddyOS:
Correct me if I'm wrong but if I was to get a Vodafone UK Sensation could I debrand it via the gold card method using the Europe RUU or is the locked bootloader gonna pose an issue?
[HTC Sensation] freedirk:
+1 for an answer. I saw that little box thingy for generating gold cards and wondered if that would work.
[HTC Sensation] alexp999:
I've been waiting for some info to come up on debranding too. But I didnt know if it would be possible until the unbranded handsets come out.
[HTC Sensation] Barff1984:
no you wont, since you'll be changing the bootloader. so no chance of jumping ship from voda branding
[HTC Sensation] EddyOS:
Thought as much, waiting for the unbranded handsets to be released then I'll get one of them - assuming it's actually any good
[HTC Sensation] Barlows:
Or get your phone from Vodafone unbranded like me!
[HTC Sensation] madindehead:
You won't be changing the bootloader by unbranding it.

If you get a goldcard to work, you just flash over the shipped HTC stock ROM.

However, I have been having problems with the goldcard method. I can create the card, but the CID check still fails when running the ROM off the card.
[HTC Sensation] west2cool:
have u tried running the RUU
[HTC Sensation] madindehead:
No, but I guess it will fail anyway, since the CID check failed for the ROM on the SD card via bootloader, I imagine it will fail via the RUU also.

Does the phone need to be connected via HTC Sync to run an RUU? Or just connected via Charge only?
[HTC Sensation] EddyOS:
You can run it in FASTBOOT, going by other HTC handsets
[HTC Sensation] madindehead:
Hmm. Might be worth a try. But I am sure the CID check will fail.

Update: I tried the RUU using the fastboot method, and again, it failed on the CID. Everything was going well until then.

We need someone else to try with a goldcard on their device. Mine doesn't work at all :(
[HTC Sensation] alexp999:
Has there been any progress with this? I'd really like to debrand if poss.
[HTC Sensation] Trekest:
Which SD card are you using?

I tried to de-brand a friend's Hero once using the Goldcard method. Using his 4GB Kingstone didn't work, then I tried my 2GB SanDisk and it went right through.
[HTC Sensation] IannEefje:
Hi.

just some questions to get things straight.

My English isn't "DA bomb":D

If i could use the GoldCard method i could install every ROM i like right?

But if there's an other ROM i would like to install can you flash it just like that? Or do i need the GoldCard method again?

Sorry for the misunderstanding but my English isn't perfect:D

Thanks in advance :cool:
[HTC Sensation] madindehead:
Using Goldcard, you can ONLY install signed ROMs, i.e. official ROMs.

But we don't think it works correctly sadly.
[HTC Sensation] IannEefje:
I could give it a try... It would be nice to have an official ROM without the Vodafone branding. Thx for clearing it up for me !!
[HTC Sensation] alexp999:
I'm new to HTC, if I wanted to try debranding, where do you get the roms from?
[HTC Sensation] Pingbo:
Does the Goldcard-method or other methods work on the sensation ?

Because i bought the sensation yesterday with vodafone branding and i hate it :D

When the sensation is debranded i can install only official roms in the moment, right ?
[HTC Sensation] madindehead:
I tried again, to flash the HTC 1.27 ROM, and I get a signature error. I get a CID error with the HTC 1.24 ROM. That's using a 2GB Kingston SD card for my goldcard. I'm starting to think it doesn't work :(
[HTC Sensation] alexp999:
Where did you get the roms from?

I dont even know where to start looking, is there a site like samfirmwares for htc?

EDIT:

nmv just found the thread in the dev section on here.
[HTC Sensation] hassan:
Signature error? means locked bootloader preventing gold card to work.

End of gold card era for locked devices. At-least for now :(
[Android Software Development] 17RoiDavid:
Hi all i'm developing an app for audio recording.

So i used the MediaRecorder class to record. Unfortunately this class hasn't got the pause method so i can just start or stop.

How can i pause the recorder?

For example i'd like to do something like this:

press rec button to start recording

press pause button

press rec button to continue recording...

press stop to save and exit.

ps: I'd like to save the output file as amr or 3gp.

Any idea?
[Android Software Development] 17RoiDavid:
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[Android Software Development] killersnowman:
it doesnt appear to be possible with the api's provided by the MediaRecorder class. the way you would have to do it with a MediaRecorder is to record multiple files and then merge them into one audio file. i was thinking that you could append to the file using a file descriptor but then i realized that its not just a plain text file. its an audio file with headers and a complex compressed format and just appending another audio file on the end would do nothing. here are some links

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5190967/how-to-pause-capturing-video-in-android

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5743165/pause-and-resume-audio-recording-in-android

http://www.benmccann.com/dev-blog/android-audio-recording-tutorial/

this is a tough one.

this one isnt... =)

setOutputFormat(int outPutFormat);

where outPutFormat can be these values:

---------------------------------------------

int	AMR_NB	AMR NB file format

int	AMR_WB	AMR WB file format

int	DEFAULT

int	MPEG_4	MPEG4 media file format

int	RAW_AMR	AMR NB file format

int	THREE_GPP	3GPP media file format
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RMR6:
I have searched and found all kinds of conflicting information.

What is the story with the headset buttons and the atrix?

I have a headset that worked perfectly with my nexus one even with the stock player. With the atrix the phone takes over and the buttons only work to initiate a voice command.

Some third party apps such as winamp can get the play/pause to work.

So how do you get full music control on the atrix? If the answer is a new headset then why did mine work perfectly on the nexus one.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WiredPirate:
For full music control (not to mention audio quality) it would be best to use Stereo BT headphones, not a headset. http://goo.gl/ZiTpN
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RMR6:
Hopefully there is a better way than BT. I really don't want to charge my headset.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madnav:
worst part is that you can not received call with button on headsets.

as for music control...

do a market search for 'Headset Button Controller'
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InsaneJester17:
I know the button worked on my Atrix using the headphones that came with my Captivate for skipping songs and pausing. I don't know if I ever used it to recieve a call though.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaelanT:
I use Motorola SD9 HD's and all buttons on headset work. Auto switch for calls.

May have BT headset model wrong cos I'm in bar getting drunk!

Sent from WinBorg 4G via XDA premium app
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RMR6:
Just downloaded the app. Looks great, hope it can do half of what it looks like. Looking forward to getting home and getting my headset out of my gym bag.

Thanks!!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dubyajaysmith:
I like my S9s though I use my T1 blue ant BT to stream netcasts/music and haven't wore them in a while. Running with my dog, at work, etc, I rather have an ear open and beautiful part is @ work no one knows I'm listing to the 404 or Android guys netcast ^_^ I'm just productive and waiting for a call.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madnav:
vingo n google voice search may interfere with the app. freeze/uninstall them if not using.

moto seems to have made the long press of button associate with voice search/commands..
[Nook Color General] zenaxe:
I'm running CM7.0.2 from SD and everything is running great. All my apps are working well, etc, the only app that really sucks for me, ironically is the nook app.

The library is just ungodly slow (I have about 200 nook books). It's constantly syncing and pausing and just generally acting confused. When I open a book the reader functions great but the library is so bad it's almost unusable, I'm pretty sure it's the retarded thumbnail view/scrolling. Anyone have any tweaks/advice?

I archived a bunch of books to bring the number of titles down to 100 or so but it's still just stupid slow and klunky interface-wise.
[Nook Color General] Griffith500:
Same here - exactly the same setup ( stock 1.2 and dual-boot with CM7.0.2, 925Hz kernel on uSD ) and NOOK reader is useless with 100+ books....
[Nook Color General] rhester72:
Aldiko would be a worthy contender if v2 didn't completely bork the layout (missing bold/italics/centering, etc.).

Rodney
[Nook Color General] zenaxe:
Yeah, I'm currently splitting time between Aldiko and the nook app, but almost all my ebooks are from B&N so I'd just as soon not bother with firing up one app to download them (nook) and then a second app to import them all the time and as you noted, Aldiko screws up some of the nook books in terms of format.

At least it's not just me. the native 1.2 ROM works well with the library, but 95% of the time I'm in CM7 for the apps and such, so rebooting to read is even clunkier. I mostly just reboot 1.2 for kids books when my kids want to read on the nook.

Hopefully B&N will continue to improve performance on the app. Since it seems tied to it constantly hitting the Wifi and/or thumbnail scrolling, I'm not even sure if using an OC kernel will help. I'm on the standard CM7 kernel with the max clock speed right now. but haven't OC'd due to battery life and laziness on my part. ;)
[Nook Color General] dsf3g:
Ungodly slooooooooooow... opening a book takes something on the order of two minutes. Works great thereafter, but really, it's unacceptably slow.
[Nook Color General] chumpster:
I agree that the latest version of the nook app is unbearably slow. I actually deleted it and installed an older version of the app (ver 2.5) and it seems faster. You do lose the ability to read newspapers and magazine, but I think it is at least usable for books...
[Nook Color General] dsf3g:
Yeah, but I need my Economist subscription. Actually, the irony is that my magazines open Waaaay quicker than books.
[Nook Color General] CastellFaber:
Wonderful, an enforced library size limit :)
[Nook Color General] zenaxe:
Yeah, pretty ironic, since I assume they want us to buy as much stuff as possible. :)
[Nook Color General] artcwolf:
have they fixed the sync issue that's been around since it's release?
[HTC Sensation] freedirk:
I think this is the first proper review.

http://www.slashgear.com/htc-sensation-review-23153699/

Do the people with the phone already, agree with the conclusions drawn?
[HTC Sensation] Bratag:
Seemed pretty fair and balanced. Glad to see that pics are better with this handset over some other HTC ones. Little bummed about the tearing int he video - but I imagine that might be something that a software update might address. Browser seems fine if a little different than the samsung when zooming flash. Battery life looked ok - but what surprised me was that they have great battery life on their SGS II. That seems to be one of the most dominant complaint threads on their boards.

All in all I feel better about looking to purchase one when it comes out in the states.
[HTC Sensation] ratchetnclank:
Damn.

I'm thinking more and more of getting the SG2 now instead due to lack of dev support and this review is swaying it more too. The SG2 is a much better hardware package but i prefer the design of htc and i prefer sense to touchwiz.
[HTC Sensation] BarryH_GEG:
I can comment on TouchWiz vs. Sense. I got an SGS2 because I couldn't wait for the Sensation to come to the States to evaluate it. I had Sense on my former HTC phones and was expecting TouchWiz to be kind of the same thing. Sense is an environment with apps tightly integrated whereas TouchWiz is really just a Samsung launcher. I used launchers on my last two phones which were vanilla Android so TouchWiz's more Android feel felt comfortable. People looking for HTC's approach toward common apps being front-ended by Sense and tightly integrated would be disappointed with TouchWiz. Not that TouchWiz is bad and a lot of Samsung's proprietary apps and hubs are really good, it's just a very different approach.
[HTC Sensation] MartijnMM:
"Sensation as the consumer’s phone and the Galaxy S II as the Android fan’s phone"
[HTC Sensation] ronijs19:
this review is that whas i need.

i dont intresting sg2. i only intresting or sensation is beter that desire in all aspekts ( screen, power, call quality, camera, sound in 3.5mm and laudnes in speeker, battery u.t.t)

Sensation is beter? i think it is.

hope for root, bet some time i cen live without that :)

p.s in latvian phone cen wait 2-3 weaks after unbranded realise in eorope. need wait some time :D
[HTC Sensation] Barff1984:
i disagree. sg2 is just too ugly and iphone'esque (even if Apple copied their original design from samsung)

HTC are a better all rounder i think
[HTC Sensation] Trekest:
Well Barff1984, I do agree with you that in the all-rounder category the Sensation is the winner, however in terms of "Android Fans Phone" I think it's a bit inconclusive:

On one hand you've got the fact that the SGS2 was released earlier, with its bootloader opened wide with the sound of devs cheers, incredible specs and whatnot. Is it the easy fan choice? Well;

On the other hand: Some people (myself included, hate me if I sound a bit biased) prefer HTC's approach - albeit slightly weaker, when it comes down to the experience of actually using it - the UI, the sense of quality in your hand is a key factor.

And you know what? I think that's another way of being an Android fan - sticking with the things you like, and not fitting into an iFruity pattern. That's the beauty of Android - you've always got choice, whether its hardware or software. If you don't like it - change it. Because you can.

Plus I can smell the dev gods are cooking delicious stuff for us Hardcore HTC guys, and just because Samsung got a head start doesn't mean the Sensation is DOA.
[HTC Sensation] Phil750123:
i agree with you trek -

I don't think you can say either phone is better, they both had good points, both had bad points...

but the reason i love android - WE are left with a choice of which one WE prefer !

i happen to prefer better build and feel of htc and sense over touchwiz.
[HTC Sensation] Currykiev:
I think you've mis-read the quote slightly.

I think it's to do with the sensation having a more polished interface which will make it sit better with casual users. Whereas people that have researched the phones a great deal will possibly prefer the Galaxy2 for its unlocked bootloader and arguably better hardware.

Of course as slashgear also stated,this generalisation does nothing for either phone as both are power houses.

P.s. I also realise that the vast majority of users here have researched both phones and have alot of knowledge, hence the reason we're here. ;-)
[HTC Sensation] rd_nest:
It's a never-ending debate.

As long as someone is happy with any of the phone, I would say job well done from the part of the manufacturer/OEM. And I believe the review did it's best not to raise the fanboy-ish sentiments that we have.

I am absolutely sure that Engadget review will be provocative/controversial (it's always their goal to generate maximum comments). Gsmarena/Anandtech seems to be much more detailed and objective.
[HTC Sensation] MartijnMM:
What i just hate is that HTC failed on a few VERY simple issues,

if they did better on those points, they would easy have a winner.

1) More RAM and internal storage

2) Non signed bootloader

3) Hardware accl browser
[HTC Sensation] everyday48:
+1, put together, SGS2 is ugly look.
[HTC Sensation] solsearch:
I think the review was good. I saw some complaints about it being too superficial but I think it serves its purpose and was unbiased pointing out the benefits and cons giving each phone its due (I don't care that it was more of a comparative review as that's basically how people on here treat it). I also hope the GSMArena one comes out soon. They tend to have very detailed review going into all aspects of the phones. I'm still quite sure I'm getting it but I like to be aware of all the "bad" stuff before I get something (this is also nice because often the bad doesn't turn out to be as bad as I thought it would be making me pleasantly surprised rather than disappointed :p )
[HTC Sensation] Phil750123:
I agree, minor steps for big improvements.

1) Think the ram is the big issue, specially when sense is going to take up

more ram then touchwiz (im guessing here but im pretty certain it be the

case)

2) Im sure "hoping" that this will be by passable, I've read a detail

article about this stating, it not as bad as people believe. I dont understand

it fully but as most people on here, i just want custom roms!

3) Would be nice, but not on my top list as personally im not a big

web broswer on my mobile. (Although might change when i get a bigger screen

and faster web browsing )

Im leaving work early to fly down to the vodafone shop and see if

they have one in stock - bar that to phones 4 u shop opposite so

hopefully I'll be able to talk from first hand experience!
[HTC Sensation] Beowulf_pt:
Hmm, I wonder when we'll start seeing reviews with proper GPS testing. Not comments like "the gps is fine, it locked really fast!" but showing some tracks and proof of decent accuracy and consistency. That would help avoiding fiascos like the one with the Galaxy S.

I'm curious about the Sensation but will definitely not buy another toy without clearing this out first... can't get lost.
[HTC Sensation] xakarix84:
did anyone notice sample camera picture taken by sensation at slashgear review have soft image on left and sharp on the right?

ignore the already out of focus background flower pic, other street and tree pictures it doesn't seem like depth of field, anyone got the device on hand can confirm or share your picture please.
[HTC Sensation] daivik:
True, I'd like to know this. But no tech site, or youtube review has brought up the GPS issue, which I'm sure they would when they did their review.

I did hear (made a poll), on androidforums, that a few had these problems but all of them, now, have basically ironed themselves out. Really odd, but a few days later virtually everyone reported back that it fixed itself. I know your looking for hard evidence but I just thought I'd share what I know. :)
[HTC Sensation] DSensation:
Well, Its kinda just got out on contract... wait for it to be off-contract and published in the USA and more :O
[HTC Sensation] Bratag:
http://www.slashgear.com/sensation-vs-galaxy-s-ii-does-qhd-make-a-difference-24154010/

Addition stuff about the screens. Looks like for games its the SGII for movies/webbrowsing/text based stuff - Sensation.
[HTC Sensation] Currykiev:
I actually read it as:

Games/movies = SGS2

Anything requiring text = Sensation
[HTC Sensation] umd:
Altough SGS 2 seems to have bigger fonts, Sensation's display looks much more clear and smooth. If you're not fan of deep blacks or over saturated colours, Sensation's display is way to go for most aspects.
[HTC Sensation] xnifex:
Now that article was informative!
[HTC Sensation] mazinya:
another small review

http://recombu.com/reviews/htc/sensation/
[HTC Sensation] DiZzle.:
Engadget review:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/27/htc-sensation-review/
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seancallahan:
Can anyone help with

1. the following problem and

2 providing advice for best (easiest) way to go from stock 3G Xoom to Android 3.1?

When I type "adb reboot bootloader" from my windoze PC, I get the following messages on my Xoom console:

Starting Fastboot protocol support.

Failed to process command error(0x120000)

repeat previous line until forced reboot.

:confused:

This is a real show-stopper since it is the first step in all of the instructions. Any advice??? By the way, I have done a hard reset and rerun the one-click root.

I have ClockWorks ROM Manager installed... Is booting into recovery mode an alternative for the bootloader???

Background:

What I am really trying to do is get my stock 3G Xoom to Tiamat 1.4.2 and Android 3.1, in a rooted state, in the most efficient manner possible. Any suggestions would be welcome!!!

Background:

I am an experience developer, but new to Android development. Jason Tyler's one-click method leaves my Xoom at Tiamat 1.1.6 (2.6.36.3Tiamat_Xoom-v1.1.6...). I also installed BusyBox via Titanium Backup, but that didn't have any effect.

If I can get the bootloader to work I am planning to upgrade to Tiamat 1.3.1 as an intermediate step so that I can upgrade to Android 3.1, since Tiamat 1.4.2 upgrade says "For Android 3.1 Only". If not for that I'd try to go directly to 1.4.2. Of course all of this is a moot point if I can't get into the bootloader!!!

Help!!!!!

Any advice would be appreciated! :):mad:
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rschenck:
Look at the instructions here for updating to 3.1 from recovery...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1074609

Then you can flash tiamats' kernel from recovery.

As for the rest, it sounds like a problem with your fastboot. Maybe download the fastboot.exe again and make sure it is in the folder you open the command prompt in.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoryPG:
i one clicked to 1.16 and it was a pain. I then used a adb to get to 1.31 and used this very clear, very good guide:

http://www.xoomforums.com/forum/mot...09-flashing-kernel-through-adb-lots-pics.html

I found I really liked upgrading via adb and it was easier than one click.

From there I downloaded cwm and installed kernels and boot images from there and am now on 1.42. I used the guide noted by the second poster to upgrade to hc3.1. Note the cwm version is something like 3.0.28 not 3.0.25 which is found in ROM manager. To boot in to cwm I now reboot, when the motor logo comes up I press volume down. It shows recovery. I then press volume up to enter recovery. Power button executes an option in cwm.

Let us know how it goes.