The HTC Sensation is a smartphone designed and manufactured by

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that runs the Android 2.3

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software stock. Officially announced by HTC on April 12, 2011, the HTC Sensation was launched by

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in key European markets including the

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on May 19, 2011 and by

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in the

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on June 12, 2011 (marketed as the HTC Sensation 4G). It was HTC's fifth flagship Android phone and the first HTC phone to support the

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3.0 user interface. At the time of its release, the Sensation XE was the world's fastest Android phone.

Software

The device shipped with Android 2.3.3 and includes

3.0 UI. HTC launched the Sensation as part of a new generation of devices with signed

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. As a consequence, the phones were originally not rootable, denying users administrative rights to their phones. It was announced on July 10, 2011, that HTC Sensation devices would have their bootloaders unlocked due to overwhelming customer feedback after the release. On July 29, 2011, a tool named Revolutionary was released by amateur developers ''AlphaRevX'' and ''unrevoked'', which enabled S-off, and subsequently, allowed permanent root. In August 2011, HTC officially allowed unlocking HTC Sensation bootloaders at the HTCdev.com website.

Update

In March 2012, HTC updated their devices to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). The ICS update re-locked the bootloader, but developers found a procedure that made it possible to obtain S-off. HTC decided to

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their Sense user interface, leaving Sensation owners who updated to ICS with the Sense 3.6 interface instead of getting Sense 4.0, which launched on newer phones. The phone can be upgraded with a custom ROM up to Android 7.1.2, but the device is currently considered obsolete and development has ended.

Variants

HTC Sensation XE

On September 14, 2011, HTC released the Extended Edition (XE) of the HTC Sensation in

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under the name HTC Sensation XE with

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. The Sensation XE had a faster 1.5 GHz dual-core processor (up from 1.2 GHz on the stock Sensation), a larger 1730mAh battery, and shipped with Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread) OS with

3.0. The Sensation XE featured a red speaker, buttons, rear camera, and the Beats logo to differentiate it from older Sensations. It included urbeats earphones, a renamed and redesigned iBeats headphone.

HTC Sensation XL

On October 6, 2011, HTC released the Sensation XL with a larger 4.7-inch screen running HTC Sense 3.5 with

References

External links

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