Will putting a ROM on make this phone better?

[slugger09]

I'm a bit unimpressed with this phone, (Sensation XE) Sense crashes often when you press the home button and goes through the process of re springing etc, If I hold the phone at the bottom cell signal disappears, if I hold it at the top wifi disappears, battery life is poor, it struggles to last a day and in general use for a phone with 1.5ghz dual core process and 768mb ram it feels sluggish for some reason, RAM is also almost full all the time even when I kill everything. I get the impression is can't handle sense 3.6, My old Desire felt much quicker, and the SGS2 blows this out of the water. I am not rooted or anything at the moment, just running ICS and 3.6, It shipped with ICS so don't know what GB was like on this device. In quadrant I can't even get 2000, most I have seen is 1900, my SGS2 gets 3200+

Would a rom make this phone better or is eBay the best option.

 

[Sindroid]

Fot real. Stock ICS is pretty rubbish. Stick an Anker innit and load up ARHD. If u get rid of Sense it will free up RAM. ARHD also have pption when installing to keep Launcher in Memory if RAM is maxed out.
Load up Faux, SebastianFM or, my fav, Bricked kernel to get optimized CPU processing.

This should make ur phone twice better.

Beamed from my Senny..

 

[sshede]

Stock can be a nightmare sometimes. Let it be known a few things though:

1) A new rom won't help your reception issues. Sorry

2) Quadrant scores do not reflect real-world performance and should be ignored. My Senny's faster than my friend's GNex (AOKP) and my other friend's SGSII (Stock) but the quadrant scores say otherwise.

3) The Sense launcher dying thing is always fixed when installing a custom rom. It comes from carriers (and HTC) bloating up the OS too much and the launcher being killed to keep room for applications open. Most custom roms will force the launcher in the memory, circumventing the issue.

That being said, "root it, flash it, enjoy it".

 

[realsis]

Yes! My crashing stopped never to return again after I rooted s off and installed custom rom. I am totally convinced that custom Roms can be far more stable than stock Roms! Never have I once had the restarting issue on custom rom. You will see the difference immediately.

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[vgrntbeauxner]

i couldn't go back to sense.

 

[GROGG88]

I'm going to be the one to go against the grain here...


If you don't like a device to begin with then I don't think a new rom will make you love it. You may find it tolerable, but in the end you will most likely be dissapointed overall.

You're best off finding a device that you really like, and then improving upon it...

 

[realsis]

Grogg is likely correct, if you don't like it now, you'll probably still be unhappy with whatever you do to it. Best to sell it and get something that makes You happy. Everyone is different with different opinions and tastes . As for me, I LOVE my device and truly enjoy modifying it in different ways. I'm very interested in this kind of thing but others might see that differently.so yes It's best just to find something you like. Good luck and hope you find something your happy with!

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[shahkam]

Well before selling your device you loose nothing to give it a try a custom rom !

I remember i hated stock gb to death and was a little bit deceived by my purchase but i did flash a custom rom and honestly im keeping this phone until my contract ends...

Sent From My Sexy Sensation.

 

[shetc]

Switched to ARHD and have never looked back.

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[slugger09]

Right I'm gonna give a custom rom a try. Is the process the same as it was on my incredible s? Htcdev install cwm then rom?

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[shahkam]

Right I'm gonna give a custom rom a try. Is the process the same as it was on my incredible s? Htcdev install cwm then rom?

Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using Tapatalk 2

What hboot you have ? My phone when i bought it itwas unlocked via revolutionary and already rooted ...

Sent From My Sexy Sensation.

 

[slugger09]

Ok thought I would update this, I spent the weekend making it S-OFF and installing ORDroid 9.

The phone still feels like its struggling, Quadrant only shows slightly over 2000, the Desire HD gets higher and its single core.

WiFi reception now seems a bit better, but cell reception is still very poor, No signal most of the time at home, most other phones I've had give 2 bars min.

And battery life is still shockingly bad, 10% per hour in stand by, and in 10 mins setting it up etc I lost 10%.

Not sure what to try now, I think Sense 3.6/4 may be a factor here. The phone struggles with it.

 

[realsis]

Strange because here is my last quardent test on ordroid as you can see its in the 4,000's what kernel are you running? I'm using same Rom and look at my score? You say you scored a 2,000? This is the same Rom but twice the score? Perhaps it's the kernel? I'm running bricked kernel.no problems here in fact I'm number two in the quadrant. Not bad... [ ATTACH]1136354[/ATTACH]

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[slugger09]

Strange because here is my last quardent test on ordroid as you can see its in the 4,000's [ ATTACH]1136354[/ATTACH]

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Mine did get up around there when I first installed, when I put my apps on I get around 2000 now

 

[realsis]

I have numerous apps installed on mine and it still scored number two. May I ask which kernel are you running? Maybe if you changed your kernel you might be happier? Just a thought. I'm sorry your having problems. I guess I've been lucky. So far mines been running really well. I wish I could be of more help! Maybe tweak it a bit and the performance might improve for you? Best of luck!

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[slugger09]

I have numerous apps installed on mine and it still scored number two. May I ask which kernel are you running? Maybe if you changed your kernel you might be happier? Just a thought. I'm sorry your having problems. I guess I've been lucky. So far mines been running really well. I wish I could be of more help! Maybe tweak it a bit and the performance might improve for you? Best of luck!

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Don't know what Kernel I have, I didn't change anything so just whatever came with Ordroid as standard

 

[realsis]

During installation we had choices on the Aroma installer also it asked what your goal is like performance, battery saver, ext.next time during install pay close attention to what Aroma is asking you because. It gives the ability to under or over clock ext. I just used default but I choose "bad ass " bricked kernel
Aroma gives lots of options during install and you can focus on performance if you like. Hope this helps out. If you want to reinstall you can really look at the options closely and change it to help the performance. Best of luck! Have a great day!
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[rezkon]

I like sense Idk why just gives it that..HTC look and feel I haven't had a flashed Rom respring since flashing use to get it all the time when playing high performance games etc shadowgun but on coindroid not at all
Got a notbad.jpg score it was 3178 with ordroid taptalk and music playing also on the Badass setting
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[slugger09]

I reflashed using different settings and its running a lot better now.

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[sshede]

While OrDroid is a good and stable rom, it's not exactly the epitome of speed, no Sense 4 rom is. I recommend AOSP/CM9/AOKP if you're looking for speed.