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First! !! Can't wait for this thread to get going just got this phone
Love this phone, kinda like a 2 dollar....well you know!

got the Vivid at lunch today, very nice phone.
since 2007 this is my 3rd smartphone. HTC Tilt, HTC Aria, and now the HTC Vivid.
see a theme? NO IPHONE!!
I was dual booting the tilt with windows mobile 6.5 and Android 2.1 before getting the Aria. I rooted the Aria and was loading the Cyanogen mod nightlies.
I can't wait to get this phone rooted and hopefully Cyanogen will pick it up too.

I bought a Vivid yesterday, and am liking it. It adds up to be my 6th HTC phone:
Cingular 8125
Cingular 8525
HTC HD2
HTC Evo 4G
HTC Inspire 4G
HTC Vivid
Looking forward to rooting & installing custom ROMs

Yeah got my vivid on sunday ..loving it so far tough go say goodbye to the inspire though ....hope CD develop for this love the CD roms ..ill be checking in daily.....who will be first to the one click root ....lol

theworm20uk said:
Yeah got my vivid on sunday ..loving it so far tough go say goodbye to the inspire though ....hope CD develop for this love the CD roms ..ill be checking in daily.....who will be first to the one click root ....lol
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Yeah I'm kinda excited for the phone. From what I've seen HTC gets some pretty good Roms! I had a captivate and all the Roms were ok. Moved to the atrix only had 3 real Roms to chose from.. then here... So I'm hoping HTC won't me down
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theworm20uk said:
Yeah got my vivid on sunday ..loving it so far tough go say goodbye to the inspire though ....hope CD develop for this love the CD roms ..ill be checking in daily.....who will be first to the one click root ....lol
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Can't speak for CD, but the BinDroid team has already begun working on the ROM for Vivid. Once we get root we will test it out and then release to the forum. You can head over to the DHD or Inspire forums to see what BD looks like.

Im curious as to whether the Skyrocket or the Vivid will have more developement. Seems the Vivid is going slower than the skyrocket. Not a fan of the hardware for the vivid. Seems heavy and clunky. I think the skyrocket has a much better feel and touch to it.

jason.hamilton said:
Im curious as to whether the Skyrocket or the Vivid will have more developement. Seems the Vivid is going slower than the skyrocket. Not a fan of the hardware for the vivid. Seems heavy and clunky. I think the skyrocket has a much better feel and touch to it.
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I'm coming from sgs2. Samsung phones are definitely light weight but i prefer a superior screen quality which comes from higher resolution. Samoled, leaves burn marks on screen, head over to their forum and see, almost all sgs2 have burn marks.
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More over people are reporting pixilation problems on larger screen and and lower/ inferior resolution.
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cyber_pete said:
Can't speak for CD, but the BinDroid team has already begun working on the ROM for Vivid. Once we get root we will test it out and then release to the forum. You can head over to the DHD or Inspire forums to see what BD looks like.
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This is great news. The Bindroid Sense 3.5 ROM is easily the best Sense based ROM I've used on my Inspire. Good to know that there will definitely be one great ROM to use on my Vivid if it ever comes off back-order.

pside15 said:
This is great news. The Bindroid Sense 3.5 ROM is easily the best Sense based ROM I've used on my Inspire. Good to know that there will definitely be one great ROM to use on my Vivid if it ever comes off back-order.
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where can i read about this thing that these guys are working on it?
Honestly i do not want anything else apart from a debloated rooted ROM. If anything, all i need is root so that I can freeze the bloatware my self. Sense3.5 will be nice though.
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theworm20uk said:
Yeah got my vivid on sunday ..loving it so far tough go say goodbye to the inspire though ....hope CD develop for this love the CD roms ..ill be checking in daily.....who will be first to the one click root ....lol
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There will be a Coredroid Rom. soon there is root the tests will start. As always rom from CD a re e tested for a good period of time so they can be stable as fast as possible so do not expect a rom on same day as root.

Sergio76 said:
There will be a Coredroid Rom. soon there is root the tests will start. As always rom from CD a re e tested for a good period of time so they can be stable as fast as possible so do not expect a rom on same day as root.
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This is OUTSTANDING news!!! Love me some Coredroid! Used it on my Inspire for the majority of the time I had it. Can't wait for root so you guys can test.

If you guys need any testers let me know. I already have an unlocked bootloader.
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Ok Awesome we seem to already have two major players that will be developing Roms for this once Bootloader is unlocked. Great outlook so far

Willl also be developing for this device, have mine but my inspire runs so well I havent had the urge to switch phones....so itsa sitting in the box since sunday....
WC

I like it a lot so far!

Sergio76 said:
There will be a Coredroid Rom. soon there is root the tests will start. As always rom from CD a re e tested for a good period of time so they can be stable as fast as possible so do not expect a rom on same day as root.
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thanks a lot man! Everyone loves having experienced developers in their phone forums. You guys rock.
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Wild Child said:
Willl also be developing for this device, have mine but my inspire runs so well I havent had the urge to switch phones....so itsa sitting in the box since sunday....
WC
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Raining developers! Great!
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Sensation XL.. OR Desire HD?

Hi guys
Thanks for this great forum, and special thanks goes to you Capy, you are ****ing awesome!!
I have had my DHD for allmost a year now, and have been using several different roms for it, the one i am most happy with, is the RCMix3d Runny..
Oh yeah!
Now i got some questions..
My old DHD is about to retire, and i have these options..
Buy a "new" used one, that has been used for two months, and then have it for another year.. I am really a glad user of the DHD, and i wouldnt mind having the model for another year..
OR i could go and buy the Sensation XL..
But then some questions do pop up, that only develepors and other other people who knows a lot more than me, can answer..
Will the developing of ROMS and custom stuff, be quite as much for the Sensation XL, as it is for the DHD?
I think that i am only gonna go with the RCMix Runny..
and my biggest concern right now, is how to flash it?
I've heard something about all new models from HTC comes allready with s-off and all the other stuff off, so that you can install another rom, without flashing.. Is that correct?
Thank you so much for your time!

giusdk said:
Hi guys
Thanks for this great forum, and special thanks goes to you Capy, you are ****ing awesome!!
I have had my DHD for allmost a year now, and have been using several different roms for it, the one i am most happy with, is the RCMix3d Runny..
Oh yeah!
Now i got some questions..
My old DHD is about to retire, and i have these options..
Buy a "new" used one, that has been used for two months, and then have it for another year.. I am really a glad user of the DHD, and i wouldnt mind having the model for another year..
OR i could go and buy the Sensation XL..
But then some questions do pop up, that only develepors and other other people who knows a lot more than me, can answer..
Will the developing of ROMS and custom stuff, be quite as much for the Sensation XL, as it is for the DHD?
I think that i am only gonna go with the RCMix Runny..
and my biggest concern right now, is how to flash it?
I've heard something about all new models from HTC comes allready with s-off and all the other stuff off, so that you can install another rom, without flashing.. Is that correct?
Thank you so much for your time!
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More than likely. It's a very new device but once it picks up, developers will become more common. Give it some time, and the ROMs will start appearing =]
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jimbo.levy said:
More than likely. It's a very new device but once it picks up, developers will become more common. Give it some time, and the ROMs will start appearing =]
Sent from my HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio X315e using Tapatalk
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Cool, thank you
But after reading this:
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/42444/htc-sensation-xl-xe-vs
I will say that the Sensation XE is better, though it has a smaller screen..
More pixels
Never processor
Records 1080p, which XL doesn't, only 720p
HDMI out, XL doesn't have
1730mAh battery, the XL has 1600
Its only screen size and memory size, that XL beats XE..

right, but the XL is the winner....
and better battery life

lebowsky77o said:
right, but the XL is the winner....
and better battery life
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why is it the "winner" ?

giusdk said:
why is it the "winner" ?
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Use one and you'll see why
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Why is the winner??
Becouse in the article you have posted, you can see at the end:
"Conclusion
1ST HTC SENSATION XL
2ND: HTC SENSATION
3RD: HTC SENSATION XE"

jimbo.levy said:
Use one and you'll see why
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.. OH, right.. thank you SO much for the help..
Since you say so, that i just should use one, to know which one is the best, then you must have done it, used both phones..
Now.. Can you please tell my WHY the XL is better?
Yes, i can see you do have it, but.. why?
it isn't just because you are bitter, that the XE is better on many things?
The only thing that i can see is greater, is the screensize..
But then again, why have a bigger screen with less pixels?

lebowsky77o said:
right, but the XL is the winner....
and better battery life
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Why does the XL have better battery life?
The XE comes with a bigger battery, and SMALLER screen..
And you say the XL has better battery life..
Can you explain that??

Again with that article you posted:
"Battery Life
1ST: SENSATION XL1600mAh, up to 710 mins talk time
2ND: SENSATION XE:1730mAh, 550 mins talk time
3RD: SENSATION1520mAh, up to 500 mins talk time
Thee Sensation XL offers quite a big advantage in terms of battery life over the straight HTC Sensation and Sensation XE depsite not having as big a battery pack as the last of the three. The difference is likely to be down to having a less power-hungry system-on-a-chip as well as having fewer pixels push and possibly to do with the nature of the screen technology as well. Whatever the reason, though, the result is that if you’re deeply concerned about not getting enough juice out of your handset, you might want to seriously consider the HTC Sensation XL over the others."
Have you read what you posted?

giusdk said:
.. OH, right.. thank you SO much for the help..
Since you say so, that i just should use one, to know which one is the best, then you must have done it, used both phones..
Now.. Can you please tell my WHY the XL is better?
Yes, i can see you do have it, but.. why?
it isn't just because you are bitter, that the XE is better on many things?
The only thing that i can see is greater, is the screensize..
But then again, why have a bigger screen with less pixels?
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The Sensation and Sensation XE use the same 8260 processor although the XE is merely clocked higher. Both phones (and I'll put money on this) utilize a badly coded CPU (HTCs fault) rendering the apparent "awesome" dual core somewhat useless. I have used the Sensation and was appalled by it. It was choppy, slow to respond and was nowhere near as pleasing as the XL (which, despite being only single core, uses a newer generation CPU). The XL beat the Sensation on ALL tests other than benchmarking and even then the Sensation was only marginaly faster...but it's using a dual core, lolwot?
The GPU in the Sensation and XE is better than the one in the XL but there is virtually nothing demanding enough on smart phones that can really show the difference.
As far as RAM goes, although the XE has more, I have still yet to find someone that didn't find 700 odd mb of RAM to be more than adequate.
And then there's the battery...
Because the Sensation and XE are running an inefficient CPU, the battery drain is rapid, regardless of whether the XE cell has greater capacity or not.
And in my opinion, quarter HD screens look crap.
There you go.
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In a nutshell, the practicality of the XL surpassed the other two, despite "better" specs.
IMO
And I'm definitely not bitter about it. I chose the XL even though I had the option of getting the XE or Sensation.
The guy in the store even offered me a Galaxy Nexus for the exact same price that I'm paying per month on this contract and I turned that down too.
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lebowsky77o said:
Again with that article you posted:
"Battery Life
1ST: SENSATION XL1600mAh, up to 710 mins talk time
2ND: SENSATION XE:1730mAh, 550 mins talk time
3RD: SENSATION1520mAh, up to 500 mins talk time
Thee Sensation XL offers quite a big advantage in terms of battery life over the straight HTC Sensation and Sensation XE depsite not having as big a battery pack as the last of the three. The difference is likely to be down to having a less power-hungry system-on-a-chip as well as having fewer pixels push and possibly to do with the nature of the screen technology as well. Whatever the reason, though, the result is that if you’re deeply concerned about not getting enough juice out of your handset, you might want to seriously consider the HTC Sensation XL over the others."
Have you read what you posted?
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Yes, i have read it.
I asked for your opinion, not what i could read, because it sounds like you have had both phones in your hands. I have had none of them, i am at home with a broken leg, so gonna buy on the internet and have it send here, cant go to a shop to test them right now

Hope you will be cured soon, mate
Im going right now to take my Sensation XL, that has just arrived from Leipzig today. I really think that is te best smartphone than others, only because is the last and I think is the desire hd evolved.
I think that sensation XE was an "experiment" that has materialized in the XL, with the beats audio and everything else.
I had a desire hd and were very proud about it; last week I sold it. Great phone indeed

I've had the Desire HD and I'm loving the sensation XL major turn off is the no sd card slot for expansion and I really hope Capy keeps developing other roms for this great device and hope that other developers will join him as well
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I did the step and made the change from DHD to SXL, and guess what.... i have no regret of my choice i made. Bigger screen, faster response, better battery life, and the bonus for me was the Beats Audio pack i've got (Solo HD by Dr.Dre)

Non-sense rom development?

Hi guys,
My beloved HD2 is on its way out and I'm thinking of replacing it with either a titan or the sensation XL. I prefer android to WP7 but I can't stand using HTC sense! I notice there's only one rom in development which seems to be a sense only version, is anyone working on aosp roms for this device? I understand that a custom rom wouldnt include the beats audio equalizer app which to be honest isnt a problem for me, I'm only interested in that big beautiful screen!
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Get a Titan. Or a Galaxy Nexus My Nexus' screen makes the XL's look like turd. Out of the Titan and Sensation Xl, the Titan is better, more optimised OS for a single core processor.

This phone is still New. Soon it will be getting CM7 and miui support if it is popular enough
They are non sense ROMs
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From my HTC Desire S

I guess this is goodbye

I've moved over to the gs3 now so i wont be flashing any more roms on my incs, thanks nik for all your work they were always my favourite roms!

Andrew_han said:
I've moved over to the gs3 now so i wont be flashing any more roms on my incs, thanks nik for all your work they were always my favourite roms!
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See ya
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Andrew_han said:
I've moved over to the gs3 now so i wont be flashing any more roms on my incs, thanks nik for all your work they were always my favourite roms!
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Have fun with your new gs3
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Goodbye mate enjoy your quad core
Just make sure to keep checking what you're missing out on here
And our forum gets smaller yet again
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Together we are stronger

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Together we are stronger
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True haha
@OP how is the galaxy S3? And what happened to your Incredible S?

The s3 is amazing! I love the battery life over the inc s and somehow touchwiz feels alot lighter then even sense 4.
The usb port in my inc s died, as well as the sd card slot so there was not much i could do with it anymore:/ if i could id still be flashing roms onto it just for fun!

I've gotta say though even though there are less devs in this section, the sense of community and teamwork here is far better then in the samsung forums

Nice to hear that, but it is probably due to a fact that youre still new on the Samsung section... Enjoy your new beast, I've tried it few days ago and I was delighted!

Andrew_han said:
I've moved over to the gs3 now so i wont be flashing any more roms on my incs, thanks nik for all your work they were always my favourite roms!
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Good bye!

What are your reasons for the change? Until now I didn't find anything what I needed and my Inc S it couldn't. Repair would be too expensive?

yeah it wouldn't have been worth it to repair, if it still worked my plan was to keep it for another year.
The s3 is very noticeably faster though and the screen size is really nice, overall everything just feels alot better thought out on the s3 then the incs

I'm still in love with my IncS

An upgrade should be nice...
I will of course upgrade even though IncS is such a wonderful phone.
great choice with S3!!

S3 sounds good enjoy it
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[q] why no new vivid roms ?

Why has there not been any new htc vivid development ? The roms that are available seem to all be on hold ? This is a great phone, the rom im using is great but wondering about any new development or updates.

Cause this phone is hard to dev for....
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mrwranglers42 said:
Why has there not been any new htc vivid development ? The roms that are available seem to all be on hold ? This is a great phone, the rom im using is great but wondering about any new development or updates.
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if you want different roms theres always miui or de-sensed just google them cant post links here

The other reason is because a lot of the devs who worked on this phone have move on to the HTC One or SGIII. This phone is over a year old, which is a lifetime in phoneyears, unfortunately.

this badass named mg2195 is deving a cm10 rom ^-^

Load of crap
ess.boyer said:
The other reason is because a lot of the devs who worked on this phone have move on to the HTC One or SGIII. This phone is over a year old, which is a lifetime in phoneyears, unfortunately.
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That is a load of crap I have been through alot of phones and they all have alot more roms to offer than the vivid.

dealtsoul said:
That is a load of crap I have been through alot of phones and they all have alot more roms to offer than the vivid.
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Woahhh there don't get angry xD It's due to the age (most dev's want the newest and best phone) and also due to the fact that this phone just wasnt that popular...

If its not popular why is the HTC hd2 still getting development and that was launched waaaaay back. And how is this phone hard to dev for???
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The phone is just full of shotty hacked up htc code. They just threw together a bit of everything to make it work, which kinda ruined it for everyone wanting to create custom non-sense based roms

Instead of posting multiple threads in here about why there aren't more ROMs, why not go talk to the makers of ROMs such as JellyBro and JellyBam to see if they will support our device, now that we're cm10 official. Or go create your own.
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