ICS update for HTC sensation

Theimprover

Is there an update for this yet?

htcocacola

not as yet but its ment to be coming soon

ChriisM

Unless you want to put a leaked version on, u wont have ur ICS update till around Q2

Mr Man

ICS for Sensation family coming very soon.

See http://www.gforgames.com/gadgets/htc-sensation-ice-cream-sandwich-update-schduled-early-2012-android-4-ics-17811/

tallus

I rooted mine and installed a custom "Elegancia" rom ver 4.03 on it over the weekend. Looks nice too.

Nyum Nyum

From HTC Ireland's Facebook page:

"HTC has been working hard to get its Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades ready, and we’re excited to announce that our first round of ICS upgrades will roll out by the end of March for the HTC Sensation and HTC Sensation XE, followed soon thereafter by the HTC Sensation XL.

In addition, we can confirm Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades will be coming later this year to the HTC Desire S and HTC Desire HD. Stay tuned for more updates on Ice Cream Sandwich releases in the coming weeks."

JacksonHeightsOwn

YIPPEEEEEEEE

hopefully they sort out the sizing issues with emails

lord lucan

If the official ICS from HTC is even half as good as the ICS ROM i'm running you'll see a huge improvement. My battery life is amazing compared to stock.

tallus

lord lucan wrote: »

If the official ICS from HTC is even half as good as the ICS ROM i'm running you'll see a huge improvement. My battery life is amazing compared to stock.

When you say amazing.. how long are you getting between charges ?

I have to charge mine every day.

lord lucan

tallus wrote: »

When you say amazing.. how long are you getting between charges ?

I have to charge mine every day.

Averaging at least 36 hours with moderate use. I used to have to charge it every evening as soon as i got in from work(having charged it for a bit in the morning before i went out).

tallus

lord lucan wrote: »

Averaging at least 36 hours with moderate use. I used to have to charge it every evening as soon as i got in from work(having charged it for a bit in the morning before i went out).

Doesn't sound too bad. I only started using juice defender yesterday and it has made an improvement already.
What rom are you running ? I'm using Elagancia.

lord lucan

tallus wrote: »

Doesn't sound too bad. I only started using juice defender yesterday and it has made an improvement already.
What rom are you running ? I'm using Elagancia.

I'm on ARHD 6.2.1

Full Sense with no lag,great battery life,pretty much what i hoped the phone should've been like when i first bought it.

A little tip i pulled from XDA that might help with battery life is go into Settings>Develop Options and scroll to the bottom under Apps and limit Background Process Limit to 2 or 3. It does seem to help the battery and helps keep the phone running smooth and fast.

grimm2005

Delighted to hear that the Desire HD is included in this update. It's been well over a year since it was released and to still see them supporting it is an encouraging sign that HTC will support future devices for longer now, rather then the one year that older devices seemed to get

daredevil360

Just checked my sensation for software update ,there was one available so clicked to download it was a update for apps very small ,is this the start of prep for big ICS update ?

my phone is a T-Mobile that i brought home from the states .

Bluefoam

AndroidandMe have a list of phones they expect to be updated.

http://androidandme.com/2012/03/news/official-htc-android-4-0-handset-update-list-march/

GreenWolfe

Bluefoam wrote: »

AndroidandMe have a list of phones they expect to be updated.

http://androidandme.com/2012/03/news/official-htc-android-4-0-handset-update-list-march/

Here's the official HTC blog post, for completeness:

http://blog.htc.com/2012/03/ics/

No mention of the HTC Desire Z in their official list.

ChriisM

daredevil360 wrote: »

Just checked my sensation for software update ,there was one available so clicked to download it was a update for apps very small ,is this the start of prep for big ICS update ?

my phone is a T-Mobile that i brought home from the states .

The Sensation XE has been update to ICS in germany, should be coming soon, lets hope your carrirer dosnt halt it.

JacksonHeightsOwn

ChriisM wrote: »

daredevil360 wrote: »

Just checked my sensation for software update ,there was one available so clicked to download it was a update for apps very small ,is this the start of prep for big ICS update ?

my phone is a T-Mobile that i brought home from the states .

The Sensation XE has been update to ICS in germany, should be coming soon, lets hope your carrirer dosnt halt it.

When you say carrier, you mean provider right?

As in 3, Vodafone etc.......

daredevil360

chrisbonnie wrote: »

When you say carrier, you mean provider right?

As in 3, Vodafone etc.......

My carrier is 02 but phone is branded T-mobile USA

kendragon

I asked on vodafone Ireland's facebook page when they expected to be rolling out the ICS update of their sensations. I was told sometime around May. That company is a joke. Guess I'm going to have to put it on myself when a proper rom is released.

él statutorio

kendragon wrote: »

I asked on vodafone Ireland's facebook page when they expected to be rolling out the ICS update of their sensations. I was told sometime around May. That company is a joke. Guess I'm going to have to put it on myself when a proper rom is released.

They'll need a month or two to put all their crapware that you don't want onto the "official" ROM.

Spud83

At least you got an answer all I got told from Meteor was we don't know.

philkav

Looks like Sensations carriers are getting the update over the next week..

29 March 2012: Updates for HTC Sensation and HTC Sensation XE
For those of you with an HTC Sensation and HTC Sensation XE, we have some updates for you! Most European carriers will start rolling-out ICS for these devices this week. For carriers outside of Europe, we will be pushing updates over the next few weeks and will have specifics soon.

kendragon

él statutorio wrote: »

They'll need a month or two to put all their crapware that you don't want onto the "official" ROM.

Ha.. I went away and rooted my phone and then went and got a custom ICS rom rather than wait. Then they updated my facebook query with "Oh I made a mistake on that date.. you should have the update in two weeks... :rolleyes:

Sniipe

just checked my htc sensation (Vodafone phone). Downloading my system update now

JacksonHeightsOwn

Sniipe wrote: »

just checked my htc sensation (Vodafone phone). Downloading my system update now

Arghhhhhhh. Still waiting with Three

ofcork

My battery life still crap was hoping it would improve with the update.

recyclebin

Downloaded the update there now (on Vodafone). Seems to feel slower and not as responsive.

gollywog

recyclebin wrote: »

Downloaded the update there now (on Vodafone). Seems to feel slower and not as responsive.

I'm having the same problem...
Hugely annoyed.
And it's nothing like the "real" ICS because of the stupid htc sense...
I love the sensation but hate sense

JacksonHeightsOwn

gollywog wrote: »

I'm having the same problem...
Hugely annoyed.
And it's nothing like the "real" ICS because of the stupid htc sense...
I love the sensation but hate sense

so did you get the sense 4.0 update as well?

gollywog

chrisbonnie wrote: »

gollywog wrote: »

I'm having the same problem...
Hugely annoyed.
And it's nothing like the "real" ICS because of the stupid htc sense...
I love the sensation but hate sense

so did you get the sense 4.0 update as well?

Ya but not sense 4.0, sense 3.6....its like a horrible mix of gingerbread sense with the very odd bit of ICS mixed in.

GreenWolfe

chrisbonnie wrote: »

so did you get the sense 4.0 update as well?

There's a Sense 3.6 preview from Engadget - http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/13/htc-sense-3-6-preview/

gollywog wrote: »

Ya but not sense 4.0, sense 3.6....its like a horrible mix of gingerbread sense with the very odd bit of ICS mixed in.

Can you disable system apps? The article above said that HTC left that feature in but that networks might change that.

JacksonHeightsOwn

Wtf

Why aren't they giving us sense 4.0?

mickoneill30

I updated mine this morning. It took about 20 minutes and didn't lose any data.

The only downside I noticed is that now Launcher Pro won't run. It FCs every time.

I don't like HTC Sense either. It's fine but I prefer tweaking more.

I'd recommend anybody with a Sensation buys Beautiful Widgets if they like the HTC Sense type of clock & weather and then buys ADW Launcher EX. You can use this to change amount of icons that you show on your screens. On mine I've turned off icon labels and set the number of rows to 7. It looks great. This should be an option in Sense. I had a Desire HD with Sense beside a Sensation with Sense and they look nearly identical on the screen. With the bigger screen and better screen resolution it makes sense to put an extra row or two of icons on the screen if you want to.

Usability wise ICS isn't a whole lot different from the older versions.
The settings are updated and there's a few nice tweaks (like data usage limits).
The mail app is updated.
The icons that show up at the top of the screen are updated and look a bit sharper.
The calendar widget is very nice.
I think the phone feels a bit more responsive. But that's subjective. And it may be due to the fact that I'm not using Launcher Pro anymore and have moved to ADW Ex Launcher.


Anyway the end result is I'm loving my phone even more now.

deafroadrunner

downloaded the new update today on the sensation but i lost my htc sense for facebook in the process now the picture wont show up beside the contacts in messages (vodafone)

Bluefoam

mickoneill30 wrote: »

I updated mine this morning. It took about 20 minutes and didn't lose any data.

The only downside I noticed is that now Launcher Pro won't run. It FCs every time.

I don't like HTC Sense either. It's fine but I prefer tweaking more.

I'd recommend anybody with a Sensation buys Beautiful Widgets if they like the HTC Sense type of clock & weather and then buys ADW Launcher EX. You can use this to change amount of icons that you show on your screens. On mine I've turned off icon labels and set the number of rows to 7. It looks great. This should be an option in Sense. I had a Desire HD with Sense beside a Sensation with Sense and they look nearly identical on the screen. With the bigger screen and better screen resolution it makes sense to put an extra row or two of icons on the screen if you want to.

Usability wise ICS isn't a whole lot different from the older versions.
The settings are updated and there's a few nice tweaks (like data usage limits).
The mail app is updated.
The icons that show up at the top of the screen are updated and look a bit sharper.
The calendar widget is very nice.
I think the phone feels a bit more responsive. But that's subjective. And it may be due to the fact that I'm not using Launcher Pro anymore and have moved to ADW Ex Launcher.


Anyway the end result is I'm loving my phone even more now.

are you suggesting that people remove sense from their phone, then pay for a copy of the sense experience?

ofcork

My battery life seems to be worse and now i have to press the power button 3 or 4 times before the screen comes to life,not liking this update so far!

mickoneill30

are you suggesting that people remove sense from their phone, then pay for a copy of the sense experience?

ADW Launcher is not the same as sense. I talked about resizing rows and removing icon labels.

How does that sound like the Sense experience to you?

emo72

updated mine. i hated my phone. it had the power button problem also it kept taking screenshots when i hit the home button. its cured since the update, and its a bit faster too.i assumed these were hardware problems. happy days so far.

JacksonHeightsOwn

all you chappies are on vodafone i take it?

surely 3 wont wait much longer to roll the update out

ofcork

I had to do a factory data reset with mine,seems to have fixed the power button issue so all good so far,undecided to change to the one x or the xperia s now!

ofcork

Now mine is turning itself off constantly,hating the phone at the moment.

philkav

I just checked for the update there. Delighted. Vodafone and Meteor have it now.

Connavar

Damn 300mb, have to wait to get home

Zascar

Awww, anyone know when 02 will have it?

Edit, just did a manual update check and I think it is available! Sweet! Running off home to wifi now

imronburgundy

Has anyone with a Sensation on 3 got the update yet? Thinking about unlocking the phone to get it quicker, plus then I wouldn't have all the bloatware from three.

tallus

I'm on 3 but rooted the phone and installed custom rom instead of having to wait.

Rooting was the way to go for me. I get updates from XDA developers. Well worth doing IMO.

imronburgundy

I like rooting things to get most out of them, have done for ipod touch and wii, but don't think I would chance it on Phone as voids warranty. Had to send back to Three twice in the 5 months I have the phone. But just in case can you give me link to the custom rom and advise on rooting please?

tallus

I started Here

Currently running This Rom.

MrsMcSteamy

ofcork wrote: »

Now mine is turning itself off constantly,hating the phone at the moment.

Know the feeling, mine is running a lot slower now, web pages are taking an age to load, battery seems to be draining extra fast.

Dietmar Hamann

Anyone got the ICS update on o2?