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[General Questions and Answers] sunsfallen:
I bought a phone from some seller on Alibaba a few years ago. It was my first chinese android phone. You can base your decision on things like seller reputation and such. Only problem I found were shipping times. Got it after 3 months. I bet it's not always like that.
[General Questions and Answers] toffzter:
Buy only from online shops that have been selling goods for many years. You can check some phone models and reviews here: www.chinaphonereview.com
[General Questions and Answers] akayhanlar:
Focalprice

You try focalprice there are a lot of android phone and they send
[General Questions and Answers] Auburn_Cap:
Anything over $50 and I prefer to keep it in the same country. Things have a higher chance of being lost and getting bad customer service when the people who you are buying from don't speak the same primary language as you.

Also, unless you pay more for shipping (or it is included). Shipping time from China can range from less than two weeks, to over a month.
[General Questions and Answers] XDeviateX:
(I) tried ordering a (S)mall battery once, it (W)as lost (I)n shipping somewhere at a pos(T) office, w(H)o knows where...
[General Questions and Answers] Cruxy77:
If anybody is still interested in this topic, I ordered a ZTE V970 from etotalk recently. I chose them mainly because they accepted paypal. Order was placed on Friday evening, shipped on the following Monday and was delivered to me in Belgium on Wednesday. I can't fault the delivery time, the phone has been great so far. Only problem was the custom charges (an extra €25).
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doc2142:
When I am using Yahoo messenger video, my picture that gets stream to them is sideways, no matter how I flip it they always see me side ways. Any way to fix this?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baseballfanz:
If you don't mind a slightly older version, droidx has a modified version to correct the problems.

I use his yahoo.imvideo-270.apk
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baseballfanz:
Sorry forgot to post link.:D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1087769
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] tjubrock:
So i have a rooted unlocked htc vivid no custom roms installed just stock att rom how can i get out of this boot loop?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] GuestK00403:
Where you attempting to flash a rom ?

What were you doing when it happened ?

Need more info.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] cdudeman:
Flash ruu
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] tjubrock:
Thanks reflashing the ruu did it not really quite sure what caused it except I was rooted and running stock and I don't know. But im up and running with holics!
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] rws85:
Also stuck on White HTC Screen

**Fixed** I used the method I found in this thread -> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1639542

Thanks to everyone the helps on this forum, it's an awesome help for people like me!**

Today I attempted to root my HTC Velocity, I'm with Telstra and my phone was running an original Telstra version of Ice Cream Sandwich.

Now when I try to start my phone it gets stuck at the white HTC screen. I am able to get into HBoot (I also wasn't able to disable the NAND security) and Recovery. Unfortunatley I didn't make any sort of backup in the recovery program.

I know there are plenty of warnings and its my stupid noob mistake for messing around with my phone when I didn't know what I was doing but at the moment I'd really appreciate if someone is able to help me.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] jabo7:
I hope this help.. .I had the same issue. .sometimes if I hold the power button for a while the cellphone power on normally, but a couple days ago It stuck at the HTC screen. .I opened and released that if I pushed the front camera connector it runs correctly. ..After that I had to use a small welder. .if u need more details just let me know. .
[HTC Rezound] bukithd:
So I hate sounding noobish but my experience from the incredible is much less complex than what I've done with this phone, anywho...

I currently am on the stock hboot from the most recent GB RUU.

I was wondering... Seeing as how I have been trying to switch to some ICS roms, specifically venusaur, which hboot should I switch to?

I looked at superchilpil's post and didn't really get info that I wanted from it. So should I switch to the leaked ICS hboot or should I use the Jbear hboot?

Also the jbear hboot is the one prepacked in the controlbear files correct?

I am s-off obviously and have rooted stock GB rom.
[HTC Rezound] EmerikL:
Use the jbear hboot. You will be able to flash kernels in fastboot if you do.
[HTC Rezound] bukithd:
I know flashing the ICS jbear boot will make my sd mount points screwy. So should I install the GB jbear boot and still be able to install ICS roms?
[HTC Rezound] yojoe600:
you will be able to flash ICS roms as long as you flash the GB firmware patch that devs have somewhere in their threads
[HTC Rezound] bukithd:
Now what all would be different about flashing the the newest leak's ph img? Obviously hboot/radios/rom but Is it beneficial to do so?
[HTC Rezound] Kratz17:
Flash the latest .4 ics jbear hboot and you'll be fine. I flashed yesterday and everything is fine with my phone

Sent From My Ice Covered ReZound:cool:
[HTC Rezound] bukithd:
I tried exactly that yesterday and my sd mounting got screwy as in my sd basically became invisible to my phone.

EDIT: I got what I wanted, I flashed the newest leak zip in hboot and just rerooted stuff.
[HTC Sensation] rebar71:
People are always posting up new threads asking for advice on this ROM vs. that ROM. Well, I haven't tried them all, but I've tried quite a few of the more popular ones recently. I'm not going to pick these ROMS apart. If you want more info about what I liked or didn't like about a particular ROM I've tried, go ahead and ask.

I got my Sensation back in January. I used the stock Gingerbread for a couple of months. Then got frustrated when the T-Mobile ICS update got delayed and have been on a flashing frenzy ever since.

I've been trying a lot of ROMs lately. I started with ARHD, then went to Elegancia, then Hypernonsense, then back to Elegancia, then Sense 4 Elegancia, then back to 3.6, then Virtuous Inquisition, then Opensensation (CM9), and back to Elegancia again. I've also tried Sebastion, faux, and bricked kernels - I prefer bricked best.

I honestly don't a see a performance difference between Sense, stripped Sense, or AOSP ROMs. I have System Tuner Pro and always monitor memory usage. I thought that the stripped and AOSP ROMs would have gobs of free memory available, but they just don't. They're no better or worse. I also was compelled to try those ROMs to improve battery life. Again, the experience didn't match the hype.

It all comes down to personal preference. Each ROM has its own glitches. But from my experience, full Sense 3.6 ROMs are the most functional and most stable. I loved the Sense 4.0 ROM I tried, except that Sense crashed on me like 3 times a day having to pull the battery each time. For me, nothing beats the Sense widgets. I live in the email and calendar widgets for work and the music widget in the car. No other widgets come close.

I think I'm gonna quit screwing around with it for a while. I am very happy with the Elegancia Sense 3.6 ROM / Bricked kernal combo. It's pretty much already modded/themed the I way I would do it. I can just flash it and go. I will try the Sense 4.0 version again when it's more mature. I loved it, I just can't have my phone crashing on me constantly.

I still want to try MIUI and will probably try CM9 again when it's official. I really like some of the home screen setups people have been able to pull off with their AOSP ROMs. But I think the widgets will always pull me back to a full Sense ROM. The only widgets that can compete, you have to pay for - and they're still not as good. Also, the AOSP camera blows compared to the Sense camera. In the end, it's all about what's functional for you.

In conclusion, try a few, try a bunch... don't get lost in the hunt for better battery life and more performance, because - 1) those 2 things don't go together... & 2) those 2 things are largely the same across all ROMS whether you're full Sense, stripped-Sense, or AOSP. Just find what you like and enjoy!
[HTC Sensation] sshede:
SO wutZ da best roms to use? :D

Just joking, but it's too bad some people are serious.
[HTC Sensation] shahkam:
Its all about your liking that's it otherwise there is not a rom whit better battery life than any others

-Nuff Said.

Sent From My Sexy Sensation.
[HTC Sensation] reficuliu:
Great post, couldn't agree more.

Love Sense 4.0 but it just isn't mature enough
[HTC Sensation] doofusn:
I've been using Ordroid (Sense4) for a week or so now and I've found it quiet stable to be honest. I haven't experienced any crashes.

The batterylife was in 5.0.X about 17 hours (2 hours of screen turned on).

V6.0.0; I can't say if there are anything wrong just yet since its been out for about 2 days only and I've used it for 1 day. but the first batterycycle was about 21 hours with 2h 5m screen turned on. Only thing I could complain about with Ordroid is the partially working BT, I can't say anything about the Wifi-tethering issue because I am not using it.

Hmm, well I guess that was that. :)
[HTC Sensation] rebar71:
The partially working Bluetooth issue is across all Sense 4 ROMs. It has to do with the fact that Sense 4 was ported from another device with different BT hardware - so the Sense drivers aren't fully compatible.

With the release of T-Mobile's official RUU, it may be time try Sense 4 again and see if some of the previous issues I experienced are fixed now. But BT will probably always only be partially working due to the driver issue.
[HTC Sensation] doofusn:
Ah okey I didn't know that, thanks for sharing :)
[HTC Sensation] realsis:
I like my sence less rom. Its just personal preference! That's what makes it fun! Options! Gotta love options! :)
[HTC Sensation] teomor:
I'd love to know whether any of these custom ICS ROMs is better than the stock ICS ROM. I get that they are all (Sense or no Sense) pretty much the same when it comes to performance and battery, but how do they compare to the stock one? Will I get any benefits from switching from the stock ICS to one of these?

Thanks!
[HTC Sensation] se1000:
great post!
[HTC Sensation] Kancur0:
I use elegancia ics 4.3 sence 4.0 is good so far it has a few glitches like if you try to take a picture while recording a video, the camera crashes or if you press the camera button to take several pictures at once it crashes! But other than that is good!

P.D. that Rom is updated like every other day but I still don't know how to update it :P
[HTC Sensation] Akatosh:
Well I've always found that the custom roms out-compete the stock ones repeatedly. You get a much better battery life, minimal bloatware and more power. Use android revolution hd 6+ and you'll see the differences
[HTC Sensation] realsis:
Yes I agree! I have much better battery life and over all better experience!
[HTC Sensation] rebar71:
I tried Elegancia Sense 4 again last night. I thought it was time to give it another go since there have a few builds released since the last time. Unfortunately, nothing has changed. Whatever issues I'm having are buried deeper than what gets changed from build to build.

My phone has crashed on my twice in the last 5 hours. It's unfortunate. I really like Sense 4 - I think it's cleaner & smoother than 3.6. The camera is better and faster than 3.6. But if your phone crashes on you while changing menus or doesn't wake up and you have to pull the battery all the time, then it's useless.

Does anyone else have these issues with Sense 4? Maybe another Sense 4 ROM is better? I have not yet tried another Sense 4 ROM because it seems they all use the same base. Maybe I should try another and see if it works better...
[HTC Sensation] beardo81:
The new InsertCoin ROM Sense 4.0 is out now, looks very stable, only FM Radio not working. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1546731
[HTC Sensation] rebar71:
I just flashed OrDroid Sense 4. I'll give that one a shot. It has a different base - the new leaked Ville RUU instead of the One S. The Ville and Sensation share the same processor, so maybe that will do the trick.

EDIT: That one's no good for me either. It has its own set of glitches I'm not willing to live with.

Now trying Steve's new TMOUS Elegancia with Bricked kernel.
[HTC Sensation] teomor:
Any tradeoffs for non Sense ROMs? I know the camera app is better on HTC's but other than that? Is there a Torch app similar to the stock one? Etc..
[HTC Sensation] rebar71:
...and back on Elegancia 3.7.6. lol

I am running the updated TMOUS firmware now, tho. along with the other radio fix for TMOUS users. This might be the best combo I've run yet. But I'm still anxious for a fully functional Sense 4 ROM.

There is another Torch app that is pretty much the same. The ROMs I've tried all have it included if they don't have the HTC app.
[HTC Sensation] wildcontigo:
Just flash the new one on top. No super wipe required all your data and apps are safe
[HTC Sensation] Lakino:
For me, I love the overclocking of custom roms/kernels. Stock Sensation is 1.2ghz. My custom rom Sensation is 1.7ghz. Man is it speedy. :-) I took the time to read countless posts and spent a ton of time learning how to mod my Sensation. No way am I going back to stock carrier rom.
[HTC Sensation] teomor:
I managed to install Virtuos Inquisition and there's definitely big overall improvement in speed. Battery life is a bit shorter than my HTC stock one, but probably because of the OC (1.5GHz)?

Anyway, I think I will also try CM9 because I want to get an experience as close to AOSP as I can.
[HTC Sensation] rebar71:
So I am trying Sense 4 again - Elegancia v2.1. But this time I am also trying Anthrax kernel - been hearing lots of good things about it lately. I haven't tried a new kernel in a while because Bricked had been working so well for me. But there's been no development on it for a while. Anthrax and faux seem to be the only kernels still receiving updates.

Just flashed it last night... so far, so good.
[HTC Sensation] realsis:
I just flashed over to Ordroid 8.6.5 It's sense 4, wow it's Awesome! Didn't realize how much I missed sense! Is has aroma installer and tons of personal options. After the rom is flashed it even gives ordroid tweaks so you can personalize even more! I love that! Never seen a Rom with so much personalization options! I really like it so far ! I was going to flash Elegenacia, but I changed my mind .I'm so glad I did! I really love Ordroid so far! You might want to give it a try . Especially if you like to have the ability to personalize.
[HTC Sensation] albmar:
Im using ordroid sense 4.0 and its absolutely stable.

Honestly i dont even think to change it anymore
[HTC Sensation] rebar71:
I tried OrDroid when it was first changed to the Ville base. It had various deal-breaker issues then - as did all Ville based ROMs. That was the last time I tried Sense 4 before now. Those issues have since been resolved. I don't imagine it's all that different from Elegancia being that they are the same base. The reason I didn't try that one again first is because it gets updated too frequently. I don't want to have to flash every day - although it does seem to have stabilized over the last couple of days.
[HTC Sensation] realsis:
Yes its really worth trying again. I think you will be pleased. Updates are good to have but its not been updated again after 8.6.5. That's the latest version. I don't mind the update at all because it just gets better and better but like I said it seems to have stopped at 8.6.5. I really like Aroma installer and the customizations that are available with Ordroid. Only problem I've encountered is WiFi tether . I can of course receive regular WiFi. It's not a deal breaker for me, although I'd like to be able to tether. But all else really makes up for it! You might want to give it another try if you like sense 4
[HTC Sensation] monkor:
Alright, I'm sold. I hate Sense, but Ordroid is king. I came over from AOKP HyperSensation, ARHD, and Virtuous Inquisition. While there is nothing cool about Sense 4 (gotta love redundant clocks on the notification bars and slower performance and too many widgets), the battery improvement and stability make it worth the flash. Plus, there are some nice tweaks to help with the redundancy and to make your phone cooler or something along those lines. It's not AOSP, but its absolutely great
[HTC Sensation] Terepin:
And you just made another one. Congratulations.

Odoslané z HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e cez Tapatalk 2
[HTC Sensation] rebar71:
No I didn't, smart @ss.

You obviously didn't read anything past what you quoted.
[HTC Sensation] Terepin:
I did. You answered questions that weren't asked. But, regardless of your thread, people will be still asking the same millionth-time-already-answered questions over and over and over again. Because, you know, using Search requires IQ higher than ape's and obviously most of the newbies are just that - apes. That's the only logical explanation of the huge percentage of incompetent users.

So yeah, you did a good thing, that will be helpful for short time and small group of members. Soon there will be yet another same question, which you already answered, on the very same page. Just watch.
[HTC Sensation] monkor:
For the record, I'm pretty sure ape's can't use search queries. There may be a flaw in your argument...Though there was a nice article on the NPR.org website about ape's using iPads, so maybe that's where you're basing your logic off of.

Shocker the majority of the population isn't as smart as you (they're probably a bit less douche-y, though); that's life #getthe****overit. Lend some helpful information out or stop being a **** and go about your business.
[HTC Sensation] Terepin:
I stopped bothering to help anyone after I realize it was as meaningful as bringing wood back to the forest. The amount of people without any basic knowledge about Internet forums in so compressed space was so overwhelming that I gave up. It just didn't bring the satisfaction of helping someone, when few hours later I found the very same question, only in different words, asked again, even though my answer was in the very same section's page. It can be annoying if it is happening from time to time. But when it's happening every single day, it is way past anything even remotely similar to annoyance. The reason behind all this is very simple, really: People are lazy. Long time away are the times when newbies actually wanted to learn something new, to prove to themselves they are up to it. Now they just fire up xda (or any other forums) and in lightning speed open new thread. They don't know about search because they don't need to and they don't read even the page they're on 'cause they don't have to. The only thing they need to know is that they will obtain every information they require without single drop of sweat. Why should they want to do anything, when people like yourself are willingly helping them without any question? They exists because of you, because of your selfishness desire to please your ego by helping them no matter the cost. And the cost is high indeed: New owner of 700€ Android smartphone comes here, asking for help with rooting, even though he has absolutely no idea what it means, what it does, nor why does he need it. Maybe some part of your subconscious is yelling at you to stop that pour fool, but in the end it is the Thank bar that keep you going with your quest to rise it to it's limits. So at the end of they day, our Joe Doe returns back, crying like a baby his freshly opened expensive device is bricked. The opportunity to get more Thanks calls yet again. The only positive thing is some of you are honest enough to admit they are doing it for the Thanks. Shame on the rest of you.
[HTC Sensation] Akatosh:
Lol you really are like your avatar :D

Now on a serious note: I agree with you, there are a lot of people seeking thanks and it just undermines what xda is really about (I'm my opinion anyway). Xda was meant to be a place for people to learn and for development.

On a positive note everybody has made those mistakes, I for one certainly have and I'm pretty sure you have at one point. They don't do it on purpose, they just don't have much experience :D
[HTC Sensation] rebar71:
The WiFi tether issue seems to be base related and not ROM specific. You should be able to use a different WiFi tether app from the market.

I was about to try OrDroid again, but I decided to try PkMn 5.1 instead over the weekend. So far, this has been the best yet for me. It is the only ROM to include all the quick settings and tweaks I had gotten so used to on the Sense 3.6 ROMs. I'm also back on Bricked kernel. So far, this combo has been outstanding. I am enjoying the best battery life I've had on any ICS ROM. And I especially like having all system tweak options back - and then some!

I resisted this ROM for a while simply because of its name. But I think this one will be it for a while. In fact, I may not even update if there's not a significant change in the next release.
[HTC Sensation] rhishavphukan:
There is no such thing as best ROM or worst ROM. It depends on people's liking and perception. And for me, i like Ordroid 9 with sense 4. But other ROM's are good too. I get confused which one to use so now i'm sticking to Ordroid.
[HTC Sensation] Lakino:
ROFLMAO. that was exactly the thought I had before reading your comment.

What a fracking negative prik. If he wants to be unhelpful, that's his prerogative but he's gotta write up a treatise to justyify his lack of helpfulness? Really? Who does that?
[HTC Sensation] bennykudos:
Ive tried them all! CM9 is getting there! But for now stripped sense roms are for me! Better kernel support!
[HTC Sensation] khaosengine:
Hi,

Thanks for sharing your experiences. I have just started flashing roms on my standard sensation. I started on Virtuous Inquisition, then Android Revolution. Now im on Elegancia Pegasus. This custom rom melarki is kinda addictive! :laugh:

(sometimes I think about selling my sensation and buying a nokia 3210 to stop me tinkering! jokes)

I'm just made up their are so many good developers interested in making custom roms for the sensation. Awesome work guys.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] jwzg:
Title says it all. When I move to recovery while in hboot, I press power and the machine immediately jumps to the HTC splash screen and locks up. Machine will boot into GB fine, it just won't enter recovery.

Thoughts?
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] mcord11758:
Did you try Fastboot flashing the recovery
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] jwzg:
No. I may not be able to get around to it for a week or two, either, but as long as the device is working, I'll be OK until.
[HTC One S] HigherSensation:
Just received the htc one s today,I must say im impressed even coming from a galaxy nexus which i still have.The one s is so smooth and i must say i like sense 4, stock android got a little boring after awhile.Hate it if you want but sense brings some useful features to the table and it looks professional unlike touch wiz and the cartoon icons.Even tho its pentile amoled the screen looks much better than the galaxy nexus hd amoled screen reason mostly because of the blobs and lines on the nexus.Im huge on music and htc seems to always have better sound cards/drivers than sammy.Overall im happy with both phones i will occasionally switch back and forth when im bored now all i have to do is order a micro sim adapter =( and root but ill hold out till dev picks up