[Q] About upgrade from Android Revolution HD 4.1.6 to 4.1.7

[darrenwu]

I got my brand new htc sensation 4g from T-mobile last week, and root my sensation with Android Revolution HD 4.1.6 , that was just 2 days before 4.1.7 came out. I spend almost 2 hours to setup my sensation base on 4.1.6, lots setting and Apps been installed.


Now I have 3 questions:

1. as i know sensation 4g has dual core cpu, on 4.1.6, I use Elixir2 to check the system infor. looks like only 1 core is working. How can I get 2nd core to work.


2. How can i upgrade from 4.1.6 to 4.1.7, the guide only for flash install. no steps for upgrade install.

3. will i need to setup everything again (settings, ringtons, contacts, apps) after upgrade? is there way to do migration in few mins?

Thanks a lot.

 

[Galaxa12]

As far as the last question. I just store things to my SD card. Good aps in the market and also storing on pc. Just what I do.I use coredroid so I can't answer the other questions.when I upgrade I don't usually have to lose everything.

Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App

 

[malybru]

I got my brand new htc sensation 4g from T-mobile last week, and root my sensation with Android Revolution HD 4.1.6 , that was just 2 days before 4.1.7 came out. I spend almost 2 hours to setup my sensation base on 4.1.6, lots setting and Apps been installed.


Now I have 3 questions:

1. as i know sensation 4g has dual core cpu, on 4.1.6, I use Elixir2 to check the system infor. looks like only 1 core is working. How can I get 2nd core to work.


2. How can i upgrade from 4.1.6 to 4.1.7, the guide only for flash install. no steps for upgrade install.

3. will i need to setup everything again (settings, ringtons, contacts, apps) after upgrade? is there way to do migration in few mins?

Thanks a lot.

Hi,

1. Second core starts to work when the first one gets stressed.

2. Go into recovery and flash new ROM.
Place new ROM on your sd card> install zip> choose zip> flash.

3. The only thing you will lose is any mod you installed.
Settings, apps, contacts all remain.

 

[darrenwu]

Hi,

1. Second core starts to work when the first one gets stressed.

2. Go into recovery and flash new ROM.
Place new ROM on your sd card> install zip> choose zip> flash.

3. The only thing you will lose is any mod you installed.
Settings, apps, contacts all remain.

appreciate for detail answer. very helpful.

by the way do you think 4.1.7 is worth to upgrade? any big benefits?

 

[malybru]

appreciate for detail answer. very helpful.

by the way do you think 4.1.7 is worth to upgrade? any big benefits?

Hi,

According to the changelog:

Android Revolution HD 4.1.7 --- release date: November 2011 ---

New kernel 0.2.5.2 by faux123
- Private beta for Android Revolution HD users. Source will be out with final version
- Faster enabling CPU1
- Add HTC off-alarm support from XE source
- Updated sii9234 tpi driver from XE source
- Misc code updates from XE source
- Enable Android USB gadget projector support
- Added thermal trip critical retry from XE source
- Updated DMA engine from XE source
- Fixed HTC battery driver coding derp
- Added HTC Beats headset support from XE source
- Lots of cutting edge technologies not even in latest 3.1 kernel from kernel.org
- Added DM-Cache
- New scheduler optimizations
- ...and many more amazing features!
IntelliOndemand governor slightly adjusted for even better performance
Tweaked ondemand governor for better performance
Increased sleep_max from 384 MHz to 486 MHz to prevent from reboots in some cases
Tweaked thermal configuration file for lower temps while stress
Adobe Flash Player updated to latest 11.1.102.59
Google Maps updated to latest 5.12.0
Other minor changes and fixes

There are quite a few reasons for upgrading...