[HTC Sensation] Ciusepp:
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Hi Guys!!! :victory:

Even if it seems I’m a New User, I’ve been reading on your website for very Long time and I gained a LOT of experience with android phones thanks to you GENIUS DEVELOPERS and I’m sure I can share my experiences in this forum to help as well as been helped!! ;)

Now, after days and days of research, tests and missed sleep hours, :silly: with Proper ROM, Kernel and Accessories I “ALMOST REACH” my final dream Phone thanks to you guys!

Wait, I’ll explain...:confused:

Basically my Girlfriend has the Samsung Galaxy S3 and I have my HTC Sensation XE...and the S3 is one of the most "complete" phone I’ve ever seen! It does EVERYTHING I’ve always wanted from my phone....by “Stock”!!!!

Now, I’m SURE you can understand me guys...I saw what an Android phone can do and I KNOW my sensation XE has the potentiality to do MUCH MORE that the limits that HTC put on his stock ROM without modify any hardware so it can become as powerful and complete as, let’s say, a mini-S3! :)

This is become my challenge, my goal (and MY OBSESSION! :eek: ) and after AGES...I ALMOST reached it....I’m very Close and I need your help and I’ll offer mine as well to make the “FINAL SENSATION ROM”!! :cool:

Now, after this LONG and BORING introduction:

What I want from my Sensation XE is basically the most “Complete” phone possible:

1- OTG USB “Fully Working”

2- Bluetooth drivers compatibles with applications like Sixaxis to connect the PS3 controllers

3- Keep a “Fully Working” MHL-HDMI

4- Keep a “Fully working Beats” and the compatibility with the mic and the play\pause\next\prev buttons integrated on the Beats cable for Sensation XE

5- Increase volume Loud-Speakers

6- Improve Battery

7- Improve Camera

8- Improve performance and boot time

9- Various personalization

And now I’ll share all my experiences:

--I first Fully rooted my phone

--Flashed PG58IMG.zip with Firmware 3.33.401.6 for ICS ROMs (HBOOT-1.29, Radio 11.24A, 4Ext 1.0.0.5-RC9, ADSP) ALL IN ONE!!

--Tried the first ROM:

Sense-o-Maniac - Sense4.1 v1.2.0

1- OTG USB not working

2- Bluetooth drivers NOT compatibles with applications like Sixaxis to connect the PS3 controllers

3- MHL-HDMI video-out not working (only audio and black screen)

4- “Fully working Beats”

5- Better volume Loud-Speakers

6- SUPER Improved Battery

7- Improved Camera

8- Improved performance and boot-time

9- Few personalization and tweaks

--Then I added the “Overclocked_kernel_v1.5.2_by_SebastianFM” to the ROM and magically I had:

Sense-o-Maniac - Sense4.1 v1.2.0 + Overclocked_kernel_v1.5.2_by_SebastianFM

1- OTG USB working 90%; keyboard, mouses and even cabled PS3 controller perfectly working BUT to Mount Hard drives and pen drives it was necessary the app “USB\OTG HELPER” and to mount another sensation as USB-Disk-Drive it was necessary the app “USB Host Controller”. No “system support” so no auto-mount hard drives, USB-Storage not listed on “settings\storage\” after the “Internal Storage” and the “SD Storage” and no media-scan of the USB-Storage’s content in the gallery (No images from USB device appear in gallery, no songs in music, etc)

2- From 2 to 9 pretty much the same.

--then I discover the GENIUS KERNEL “PYD-X - 3.8.1 beta – ViperS” and another point of my list was working:

Sense-o-Maniac - Sense4.1 v1.2.0 + “PYD-X - 3.8.1 beta – ViperS” kernel

1- OTG USB working 90%; Everything like the Overclocked_kernel_v1.5.2_by_SebastianFM plus the tests done with the “Sixaxis controller” app and the “PS3 PairingTool” which don’t “sense” the PS3 controller via OTG (even if buttons and sticks works around the menus) and keep asking to insert the controller via USB to change the PS3 Controller Bluetooth MAC-Address

2- Bluetooth drivers COMPATIBLE with applications like Sixaxis Controller (v0.5.7 only) to connect the PS3 controllers (after change the controller’s Bluetooth MAC-Address by PC) but it cause the WiFi to stop working until the reboot

3- From 3 to 9 pretty much the same.

--Then I decided to try other ROM:

Elegancia-Sense4.1-v3.2.0

having EXACTLY the same results.

--and keep trying and trying I suddently had MUCH better results with:

“ViperS_1.6.2” ROM + “PYD-X - 3.8.1 beta – ViperS” kernel

1- OTG USB working 90%exactly like in the 2 previous ROM

2- Bluetooth drivers COMPATIBLE with Issues exactly like in the 2 previous ROM

3- MHL-HDMI --working-- PERFECTLY!! (after turn it on in the Venom Tweaks Misc Menu)

4- Fully Working Beats like previous 2 ROMs

5- MUCH Better volume Loud-Speakers(The Best!)

7- Slightly less Improved Battery than the other 2 ROMs

6- Same Improved Camera

8- Improved performance and boot-time

9- LOADS and LOADS of personalization, tweaks and BEAUTIFUL ANIMATIONS of the menus

--so at this point I was quiet satisfied of the results but I wanted to fix that problem with the Compatible Bluetooth drivers and the WiFi so I tried the last test version of Pacha’s Kernel

“PYD-X 4.1.9 + kernel reset (non-bootloop)”

But somehow it broke the MHL-HDMI even on ViperS ROM

so I went back to the 3.8.1 version and changed ROM to the Rock Solid

Android_Revolution_HD-Sensation_6.8.0_XE + “PYD-X - 3.8.1 beta – ARHD” Kernel:

1- OTG USB working 90% exactly like all previous ROM

2- Bluetooth drivers Sixaxis-COMPATIBLE with NO ISSUE AT ALL!! Wifi and Sixaxis worked perfectly at the same time!

3- MHL-HDMI --working—PERFECTLY!!!

4- Fully Working Beats like previous 3 ROMs

5- Same Loud-Speakers volume as stock

6- VERY Improved Battery

7- No much Improved Camera (I hate the sensation stock camera!!)

8- Improved performance and boot-time

9- Almost no personalizations at all so a little too “STOCK-Look”

--so at this point I was VERY happy but I decided to try anyway few AOSP ROM without sense and the tempting JellyBean:

CyanogenMod-10-20130109-bruce2728-pyramid,

OpenSensation2-20121210-pyramid

And the best of the 3 AOSP in EVERYTHING I tested:

AOKP_pyramid_unofficial_Jan-20-13

1- OTG USB working 100%!! The System recognized and mounted instantaneously (without any app) all USB-Drive I tested and all the media in the USB magically appeared in Gallery and Music. “USB Storage” was now listed in “Setting\Storage” and it perfectly “sensed” and paired the PS3 Controller without the any PC’s Help.

2- Bluetooth drivers Sixaxis works quick and FLAWLESS without any issue already at “Method 1” of the Sixaxis controller app

3- MHL-HDMI sound ok but the video out is full of issues and instable

4- Workaround for the beats that seems to bring the good enchanted beats sound but loses somehow the compatibility with all the buttons (play\pause\next\prev) integrated on the cable

5- Improved volume Loud-Speakers

6- Improved Battery

7- Improved Camera (I personally still prefer the VenomS’ Camera)

8- SUPER Improved performance and boot-time!! The phone is SUPER SMOOTH, it boots in HALF TIME of other ROMS!!

9- LOADS of personalizations and a general sensation of smoothness and pleasure for the eyes with all the animations

CONCLUSIONS:

I thank you very much all who had the patience to read this until the end, I say sorry for my English and if I said something stupid feel free to correct me and PLEASE guys (since I'm NOT allow yet to write in Development session), make sure Venom Team, ARHD Team, AOKP Team, xXxPachaXxX, SebastianFM and Every Sensation Developer (sorry if I don't Name ALL of you :angel: ) read this so they may see which are the good and bad points of them ROMs, collaborate and make the best Complete ULTIMATE SENSATION ROM!!

I will help as much as I can with Donation and to test on my phone, Just let me know which Log you need and I’ll Post!

Ps.

Love you Guys!! :good: