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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] joshuaroth:
Hello,

Completely new to Android and the forums -- I haven't even purchased my phone yet.

I love the HTC Sensation and Android -- or the version on the Nexus S, at least.

I want to root the phone. Is that possible on a Mac? I believe I need to turn S-Off, which I assume is the same as Jailbreaking an iPhone, accessing the file system?

Then, I want to install Vanilla Android. Unlike the iPhone which I am used too, I understand there are different OS's ('ROMs') available.

Which one of those should I select to have plain, 'boring' Android 2.3.x on my Sensation, and can it all be done with a Mac?

Thank you. I have used to search and auto search functions, but both brought up threads related to older version of Android, or before the Sensation was able to be rooted
[XPERIA X8 General] lopman:
Are there anybody that know how to set dalvik2ext. I have searched all over the web and I can't find out how to do it

I am using froyobread v23b
[XPERIA X8 General] codfreak:
Here is the thread with the instrcutions:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=880387&highlight=app2sd, but use the search button the next time.
[XPERIA X8 General] lopman:
That is only for 2.1 i have froyo 2.2
[XPERIA X8 General] codfreak:
Oh, sorry....but somwthing like this is already included in every custom ROM, so just create the ext-partition and reboot, and aftter that, EVERY APP should be installed there.
[XPERIA X8 General] lopman:
I know that. But i cant move Dalvik2ext

Thanks anyway
[XPERIA X8 General] codfreak:
Hmmmmmmm.....you could try to use the script for 2.1, maybe it´s working......
[XPERIA X8 General] lopman:
I have try it.

It bricked my x8 and i needed to reflash stock firmware
[Defy General] shahartal:
I have a Defy.

i update the android to 2.3.3 (past)

buy now i want to update my phone to CyanogenMod 7.

how to do this?

Thanks ~! : D: D
[Defy General] dh33r4j:
Have you flashed a full SBF or a fixed SBF?
[Defy General] Karthik K:
What kind of an update was that? I thought the only GB ports on defy were cm miui...
[Defy General] ryan8r:
I dont think hes talking of a port instead the leaked stock 2.3.3 for MB526
[Defy General] Karthik K:
Look at the post, he clearly says he updated it in the past... Mb 526 is not even mentioned once in his question.
[Defy General] zakoo2:
the leaked roms have been around for one or two months now, so doesnt that count as 'past'? and cm7/miui are both 2.3.4/2.3.5, not 2.3.3... oh, and why are you so sure hes a he and not a she? :P

sent from my cm7 defy...
[Defy General] ryan8r:
He hasn't mentioned of a port either, Anyways apart from our personal conflicts the user still needs to specify whether he has flashed a full or a fixed sbf.
[Defy General] zakoo2:
he can get back to froyo with a nandroid,even if he flashed a full sbf, right?

sent from my cm7 defy...
[Defy General] ryan8r:
Thats right but that is eligible only once the device is rooted. Has he flashed a full SBF , I dont think there is yet a method to root the 2.3.3 stock rom or so I read the last time I bumped into the Development forum.
[Defy General] Zephyrot:
The answer to this is on my Beginner's Guide, last part on Common Problems :)

Installed full Gingerbread SBF and can’t go back to another rom

It's possible to fix the mess :P
[HTC EVO 3D] Nutzy:
http://gorillagadgets.com/htc-evo-3d-extended-life-battery-3400-mah.html

Looks good! Not like the Seidio cover (yuk). I will post more when I receive mine in the mail and run a comparison.

Not bad for 27.99 if the battery is what its advertised at.

UPDATE 10/3/11

Received a replacement from Gorilla Gadgets due to battery contact issues and a cracking cover...BE WARNED, THE NEW REPLACEMENT IS A "Wedge" COMMON TO THE eBay SPECIALS! THE BATTERY IS ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER (in size) BUT A STICKER PULL REVEALS 1650x2 = 3300MAH (less than advertised!) NOT HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!
[HTC EVO 3D] stanglifemike:
Man I don't like that hump at all!

I still think that the eBay extended battery doors look the best.
[HTC EVO 3D] Nutzy:
Mike! Long time no talk to! I ordered an ebay one for additional comparison. Can't afford nor do I want the Seidio (maybe just the battery)
[HTC EVO 3D] stanglifemike:
Glad you hit me up on GTalk bro!

Yea I'm not a fan of the Seidio door or price tag either. The battery though is probably the best extended available. Seidio battery with eBay door would be the setup that I would like.

I didn't use my extended battery for my Evo 4G enough for me to justify buying one for the 3D though. I have 2 Galilio 2000mah ( more like 1300mah) already and 2 Anker 1930mah on the way. I'll just keep a couple extra batteries with me if I ever think I'll be away from a charger long enough to need one. I'm using WTSB 1.3 Rom and get around 20 hours Up and 8 hours Awake with my normal usage. That is more than enough for me 95% of the time..

I have a car charger in each of my 3 vehicles, a wall charger and dock at home, and a wall charger at work. Very rarely do I need more battery life than 1 full charge.
[HTC EVO 3D] SayWhat10:
stylish cover? lol
[HTC EVO 3D] Nutzy:
Says "stockish"... Closest to stock of the three aftermarket covers soo far. I'm gonna try the eBay cover as well.
[HTC EVO 3D] jgalan14:
Remind me of my thunderbolt extended battery is was made by HTC tho , not bad but I pass on this one
[HTC EVO 3D] z50king:
I heard from someone that the battery is only 2.6 Amp hour instead of the advertised 3.4
[HTC EVO 3D] mikeyxda:
Man, that's the ugliest thing I've ever seen! I literally would not use the phone if it looked like that. Title should say "looks stock... with a brick on the back".

Mike
[HTC EVO 3D] Nutzy:
I read that as well but the person didnt back up how they know it was only 2600mah. Only way to tell is to pull stickers or test.

It is ugly, but compared to the "door wedge" from Seidio and the fact that I can put my TPU case on it (with a little modification) its a winner for me. I have the cheapo eBay cover coming as well with the "no chance in hell" 3500mah battery. Pics will follow!
[HTC EVO 3D] osrix:
http://www.expansys.com/expansys-extended-battery+back-cover-for-htc-evo-3d-3400-mah-220468/

Just ordered one of these from Expansys UK, it looks exactly the same as the Gorilla, without the branding sticker, I will be interested to see if it is the reported 3400mah especially for £11.99!
[HTC EVO 3D] jordant2:
I actually like the gorilla backing. It looks better than all I've seen so far. At least the whole thing is not a brick.
[HTC EVO 3D] osrix:
Yeah me too, I think its more in keeping with the design of the phone.

I'm hoping maybe I can modify a rugged case to accommodate it like I did with my Defender and HD2.
[HTC EVO 3D] G_Dmaxx:
Well how is it so far?
[HTC EVO 3D] stanglifemike:
He just ordered it 2 days ago....
[HTC EVO 3D] Nutzy:
thanks Mike!

I just got it this afternoon and I am very happy. The pics are very deceiving as this back cover isnt nearly as big as it appears. I will try to take some pics later and upload. Now to test the battery life. I did a sticker pull and found each battery has a 1700 on it! 1700 X 2 = 3400mAH as advertised. Excellent.
[HTC EVO 3D] SayWhat10:
right! lol
[HTC EVO 3D] Nutzy:
Holy battery life!
[HTC EVO 3D] jordant2:
Pics please!
[HTC EVO 3D] z50king:
screens of the battery graph. I am interested now. so each battery is 1700 and the guy I read that said it was 2600 was just blowing smoke
[HTC EVO 3D] osrix:
That is awesome news!! Although Expansys just told me mine wont be in stock for 7 days :( ah well... least I know Its gonna be sweet when I do eventually get it on..nice one!:D
[HTC EVO 3D] osrix:
Sorry double post,,,,Div
[HTC EVO 3D] jlear3:
Really interested to get a quick review of the gg battery, also the expansys since its half the price lol... is the expansys back cover ridged? like the og backplate?
[HTC EVO 3D] Nutzy:
After some testing and a full day with battery graph and juice plotter I will have a full review up in the next few days. Just to preview, Im amazed. Ive been using it VERY heavily this morning , with IMO (chat client) Tango, ooVoo, Weatherbug and Hurricane Hub (ALL BATTERY DRAINING APPS) starting at 7:30 this morning. Its now 11:45 and Im at 72% with no battery calibration / stats wipe whatsoever. I will prep the phone for a battery calibration tonight before I do a full charge and provide a full days battery graph throughout tomorrow. Expect an update on Saturday (Its gonna take a full day to kill this thing). Ive noticed it suffers from the same 100-90% drop as the OG Evo, and I suspect the charging in the 3D to be the culprit. Maybe an SBC Kernel will pop up in the next few months.
[HTC EVO 3D] Nutzy:
Its 3:40 and Im at 61%. I havent really put this thing down today as fear Ill run out of battery is no more! It also seems to go slower the lower the battery gets, maybe as a result of it not being calibrated yet?:)
[HTC EVO 3D] peekeesh:
I have the 3500mah w/c i bought from ebay. I kno its not gorilla but am getting great battery life. 15 hrs and still have 65% left. Moderate use. Played 3d games for like 1 hr, browsed the net, talk and sms.
[HTC EVO 3D] G_Dmaxx:
Come on Dude! Really? First of all, this thread is for the Gorilla battery, there is already a thread for the ebay batteries...red, yellow and the black batteries that we have already found to be junk. :confused:

BTW, when you post in the correct thread, tell us exactly which battery it is....
[HTC EVO 3D] peekeesh:
Sorry, it just happens that i got an ebay battery looks exactly like GG battery. Same back cover.
[HTC EVO 3D] osrix:
You got a link for that? The GG batt seems to be just branded by them not made by them, I ordered one the same from expansys so i think you comments are relevant. glad to hear more good reports :cool:
[HTC EVO 3D] :
Can I see pics of the battery and how the phone looks with it on?
[HTC EVO 3D] peekeesh:
PM sent............
[HTC EVO 3D] Nutzy:
I'm wiping battery stats now and then fully charging. Spent the whole day coordinating evacuation plans for half of NJ. Going to bed with 41% left. Please don't compare with eBay batteries. Been there, done that and ended up with a Smaller battery than my stock (3 to be exact, anybody want a 1000mah Galilio, advertised as 2000? Exactly!)

Due to the impending hurricane that's gonna hit NJ, and my other profession , i may not be able to post a review until Sunday or Monday. Once again I will say I'm very impressed and have no regrets about buying the GG. The battery is authentic, the cover is tolerable if not nice, and it's not expensive. Oh and I think it will fit in my iGrip dock as well, and but you'll have to wait until tomorrow for that.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlear3:
ordered mine today, can't wait to stop worrying about battery drain... cuz I use my phone a lot.. lol
[HTC EVO 3D] Amd4life:
I have a otterbox

but I could really use a extended battery, is there a protective case that fits that huge battery? or are people just running their evo's naked?
[HTC EVO 3D] harolds:
I little dowel will do ya.

I've used a dowel to cut away the section of the hard case where the extended battery cover sticks out.

TPU cases can be cut with a sharp knife.

Granted it's not perfect but it helps with that naked thing.
[HTC EVO 3D] :
Still waiting on pics. I wanna see how it looks on the phone.

Free Dirk!!!
[HTC EVO 3D] Nutzy:
Free Dirk? I... Love.. It. The storm has left me temporarily homeless, so pics will take a few days while we rebuild.
[HTC EVO 3D] :
Damn. Sorry bro. First hurricane? Down here in Florida we get them every year man.

Free Dirk!!!
[HTC EVO 3D] sesz:
Just got mine today, looking good. Battery came 68% charged. Definitely not as ugly as the pics. I received some coupon codes from my order and figured i would share....they are 40% off all hdmi cables on your next order code: HDMISALE $5 off your next order over $50 code: SUMMERTIME
[HTC EVO 3D] jgalan14:
Can you take some pics ?
[HTC EVO 3D] stanglifemike:
Sorry to hear that bro! Wish I lived closer so I could come lend a hand
[HTC EVO 3D] jlear3:
Sorry to hear about your misfortune buddy ):

I just rrcieved my gg battery today, the cover is much cheaper and isn't quite as flush.. though I am surprised how well the buttons feel, they're better than both of my stock covers. I will reply layer today with battery life. But keep in mind I use my phone a lot

Edit: I will also take some pictures In a few

EVO 3d not 3vo
[HTC EVO 3D] :
Cool. I want to see how it looks on the phone.

Free Dirk!!!
[HTC EVO 3D] jlear3:
There ya guys go :D Its an okay back cover, nothing wrong with it, just not nearly as nice as OEM, but what can ya do : /

EDIT:

shoot : / let me crop lmao.
[HTC EVO 3D] :
OMFGB I want it!!! No more red, it protects the metal bezel outlining the camera right? That looks surpreme to me. Time to find a job.

Free Dirk!!!
[HTC EVO 3D] jlear3:
The red metal part is on the oem back cover, not this one. This is all plastic, little nudge and the battery must have disconnected from my phone for a split second cuz my phone froze and needed to remove the bttery to restart. Hope this doesn't happen often..

EVO 3d not 3vo
[HTC EVO 3D] stanglifemike:
Lol, have you never had your battery door off man? :)
[HTC EVO 3D] :
No u guys read it wrong. I was saying no more red, as in thats great. And I forgot the metal Bezel is part of the door.

Free Dirk!!!
[HTC EVO 3D] demo27vol1:
Sweet im curious to see how the battery life is on that bad boy. Im a heavy user myself, so much that sometimes the battery wont last me more than 5 hours :p. I could use the extra juice :rolleyes:.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlear3:
Well I've been using it quite a bit though not so much a towel and I'm at 42% I got the battery around 4pm and been using it since. It's now midnight.. the battery shipped.at 68% so it seems better already (:

EVO 3d not 3vo
[HTC EVO 3D] zer0-1ne:
can a seidio 4000 battery fit with that battery cover anyone know?
[HTC EVO 3D] jlear3:
I don't know from personal experience but I swear I saw someone post that it won't on androidforums. Can't check now in at work, look around and use search, I know someone somewhere said that lol

EVO 3d not 3vo
[HTC EVO 3D] Nutzy:
IM BACK!!! Got alot of water from that ***** Irene and weve been declared a disaster area but MY PHONE WAS AWESOME!!! I got nearly 28 hours on one full charge with Juice Defender and a few mods with this battery!

so... I will include a BatteryGraph shortly (not for the 28 hours, shut everything down that didnt "need" to run)

What Ive experienced:

Pros: Amazing Battery life ++++++++

Cover is unobtrusive and fits nice in my pocket

cant beat the price for a REAL 3400mah battery (nearly half of the Seidio)

Cons: Mic hole needed to be opened a little more

Battery would lose connection when the phone took a hit from the

bottom, resulting in shutoff (made a wedge out of a stickynote, problem

solved)

Cover has a small crack forming in the corner by the power button (could

be the rough use Ive experienced over the weekend, Im an EMT and was

rescuing idiots who kept driving into water)

Still like those pros though!
[HTC EVO 3D] jlear3:
I lold hard hahaha
[HTC EVO 3D] jlear3:
Okay, first full day of battery use.

VERY PLEASED

I woke up at around 1pm (Not lazy, I work third shift :P)

Rooted my new phone (again :P)

Went through a 2 hour process of activating my phone while in a fringe area with only roming 2 bars..

flashed a few roms, overclocked, ran tons of benchmarks (prolly 100 or so...)

few phone calls, about 40 texts

took the phone to work, surfed xda all day, watched 3-4 youtube videos on break, steamed a lil pandora

after all that its now 7:04 AM and I still have 34% battery :D
[HTC EVO 3D] jlear3:
Second day was better yet :D
[HTC EVO 3D] thesabri:
i bought one w/the label beast on it but it is the same as the gorilla. the bad news is that it just died on me like 15min ago... the good news is that i has been off the charger since 10am yesterday morning. i flashed a new rom, restored all my stuff from titanium, downloaded some skins, surfed the net, texted emailed etc also it spent the bulk of the day yesterday roaming

i am happy with this purchase:D
[HTC EVO 3D] Nutzy:
Honestly people I haven't even thought about my battery for 2 weeks. I modified my tpu case to fit with the extended cover and can go 2 days without charging. I plug it in every nite with NO charges inbetween. Definitely a great investment.
[HTC EVO 3D] thesabri:
Nutz I did the same thing, any idea if they have our will have a custom case for it?
[HTC EVO 3D] eddyz:
anyone with this battery got a problem with the phone's pins touching the contacts of the battery? for mine, i have to push the battery further into the slot just so the pins can reach the battery and i got to put something at the other side just so it stays there.

is this normal or i got a bad battery?
[HTC EVO 3D] :
I heard its normal. Slip a piece of cardboard inbetween that bad boy so the battery can sit tight.

Coffee and Hip-Hop!!!
[HTC EVO 3D] eddyz:
so yesterday was the first time i charged to 100% after a drain. this morning, it went really fast from around 95% to 90% on idle in a matter of 20 mins.

any thoughts on this?
[HTC EVO 3D] kneeldug:
I got the expansys version of this battery (appears to be the same, only without the sticker). It is really good and only $19. The case fit could be better, but it works. The buttons are slightly harder to press than using the stock cover.

Overall, though, it is at least twice the stock battery in life. The difference is remarkable! For people looking to get a battery, get this style! It is way better than the generic cheap hyperion extended battery I had just before this(and sent back).
[HTC EVO 3D] osrix:
I have 2 extended batts, and they seem to act the same as yours.

I think it is the Kernel that is not reading/displaying the capacity properly. I have the Expansys model below, still conditioning it as i only received it yesterday, but it droped from 98%(full charge) to 80 % in about half and hour then sat there for ages, now at 70% ...Unplugged at 6:30am!!!

I dont think its much to worry about.

I think this is a great buy, I had to wait 3 weeks for mine from Expansys, eventually they shipped me one from France, in that time I bought one from ebay, the back cover exactly the same and battery performance equal so far both batteries cost me less than £20..I would have bought Gorilla but they dont ship to UK.. boo :)

I think these batteries and covers must be from the same stock.

This back cover design look freakin awesome! with cut out s-line TPU...Gotta love this phone :p
[HTC EVO 3D] justinswidebody:
How did you measure out where to cut the case?
[HTC EVO 3D] osrix:
A little bit of trial and error really.

I measured down from the top of the back cover to where the bulge starts on the camera lens, then marked that across with a sharpy marker.

Then i just cut down where my TPU has a natural line, which seemed about right for the width.

The hardest bit is the bottom so i cut it small to start with then just kept putting on the case to work it out, Then trimming down using a scalpel.

It took a few tries but the most important thing is to don't take too much off as you can always trim more for it to fit nicely. A really sharp knife like a scalpel or Stanley knife makes it easier.

If it helps, the piece I took out measures 55mm(wide) X 63mm(long) then trim to fit from there.
[HTC EVO 3D] kneeldug:
Osrix, I did the same cut on my $1 eBay case. It is a pretty decent fit.

Questions about the expansys case fit:

Do your volume buttons press well?

Does your USB slot align perfectly with the case?

Mine don't, and I was wondering if I got a bad case or if they were all like this.

Mine is tolerable, but barely so.

(The battery itself is awesome though.)
[HTC EVO 3D] osrix:
Yeah usb all good here, although I have to put the usb side on first for the tabs to clip in. Volume buttons are stiff but bearable..

Battery life is astounding, im still on my first charge, although I haven't used the phone much today, a few texts, push email etc.. 2 days and still on 30 %! :D

EDIT: volume and power key have definately softened up in the last few days, so thats good...

3 days 5 hours so far and still on 12% ...stats show 40% screen on,

I havent been using the phone much the last few days but Push email enabled some web browsing, usual calls and texts.

I havent even calibrated the Battery yet .... Impressive!
[HTC EVO 3D] theur:
I bought one of the gorilla batteries... Just got it today, it had a 60-70% charge from factory, plugged it in for a bit.

I then ran some high intensive games for a few hours... didnt even drop the battery down to 50%!

I think im in love... now just to figure out how to do a nice mod to my TPU-case gloss black case :)
[HTC EVO 3D] eddyz:
so i complained about that defect to gorilla gadgets and they sent me a new battery. :)

as for battery life, on a first charge, the battery went from 100 to 20% in the time frame of 6am to 11pm. i wasnt impressed.

when i got a replacement battery, the contacts were good. didnt need any cardboard inbetween. here's the good part. first, i used the phone to charge tha battery to 99%. since with the previous battery, the charge went down pretty fast from 100% to 90%, i decided to take the battery and charge it with the anker battery charger. here's the kicker, thinking that at 99%, the anker charger's light will be blue when i put the battery in. but no, it was red(for those that dont know, charger's red light means charging, blue means done). so i left the battery in the charger until the light turned blue. good. thinking it should be at 100% now, i placed the battery back into the phone and lo and behold, it showed up as 91%. weird huh? so i left that on for more charging until the phone showed 100%.

at the time of this writing, battery usage is at 36.5 hrs with 53% left with moderate usage.
[HTC EVO 3D] SayWhat10:
common with extended batteries

until we get an SBC kernel like the og 4G

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i smell cow poop

i have seidio 4000mah

although i can go a whole day at times

i cant get 36hours with half left

but then again, i actually use my phone...
[HTC EVO 3D] eddyz:
maybe your seidio is not really 4000mah? maybe we have different definitions of moderate use?

anyways, i was trying to share another method of charging the battery to max. because clearly i saw a huge improvement from the first battery that got charged to 100% by phone only.

its ok if you dont believe me. i was just sharing what i experienced so far with my battery.
[HTC EVO 3D] RoysInDaHouse:
Gotta say I'm loving this GG battery. I never last more than a day of use with out having to put it on a charger. I use about 6-7 hours a day playing the MP3 player, another 1 hour in gps mode for traffic updates, had another hour of game play in there over the course of a day and I'm 1 Day, 1 hour and still at 57% battery life left.
[HTC EVO 3D] killbride:
Just wondering if anyone else has had a problem with this... But I have the gorilla gadgets battery and the battery itself is great! Almost 18 hours with 10+ awake! My problem is the back cover. I've had to do alot of battery pulls lately, and when I first got it I noticed the clip under the power button would not clip in all the way. Well two weeks later, that clip as well as the plastic above it broke off and now I have a hole below the battery! Also a small crack has developed above the volume rocker. I mean for 30 bucks It's worth it, but be careful removing it!
[HTC EVO 3D] RoysInDaHouse:
Mine has a very tight fit, I haven't pulled it off yet, but I can see how it might crack trying to get it off. But over all its a better fit that the stock backing and the buttons work better than the stock backing.
[HTC EVO 3D] 6666:
Got it and love it!
[HTC EVO 3D] RoysInDaHouse:
Day 2 d 2 h and 34% left. Gonna see if I can get through 3 days without charging the GG battery.
[HTC EVO 3D] eddyz:
email GG customer service. they will send you a replacement.

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you can easily acheive that with light use.