My noob Gingerbread Sense 3.0 review

[aman1127]

Just to update you guys, I flashed VirusRom Kingdom Revolution beta (not the leak).....lemme just say for a beta port.......SWEET!. Though it is a memory hog (after a restart, I had a paltry 48mb of RAM left), it runs way smoother than I thought it would. And it installed as easily as any other Rom for me (make sure to follow the instructions to a T, especially if you are on a newer EVO).

We can blame the memory usage on the new Sense 3.0. Like I mentioned earlier, I was hard pressed to do anything after a titanium restore for my previous apps because my device merely has 512mb of RAM opposed to the Sensation's whopper 1gb.

New Sense has many fail safes, one of which I have never seen mentioned before. I had a persistent prompt (every 5 mins even after deleted all I could bear) telling me I had low memory and gave me options to delete apps or cache data. After you go through that, it then allows you to delete text messages and emails to free up more memory.

Another porting issue I ran into was the visualizations. The most prevalent was the new Sense Weather 3.0. The stunning visuals almost damn right killed my poor adreno 205. I ran into rendering issues and so forth. Even the new lockscreen gave me issues.

On the bright side, the screen looked fantastic as all the colors are nice and crisp. Made me not recognize my failing Epson screen for a second. I can only imagine this Rom paired up with the new HTC screens.

There are way more new features that HTC included but given my fear of putting my EVO through that fiasco again I held off. I'm not going to touch upon the new pull down drawer as that has been extensively covered already.

4G, 3G, cams, WiFi and mms all work as expected. Battery life is still horrendous but might be worth the eye candy once the bugs are sorted out. The one significant thing that I noticed that didn't work (not including HTC hub and sync) was the screen brightness control. Screen chugged along at 100% brightness to further the battery drain issue.

Final verdict? Tons of potential? Oh yeah! Once out of beta, will it prevent me from ditching my EVO? Probably. Everyday use? I would say yes (even now) if the screen brightness issue and Sense rendering issues don't phase you. My #1 thing against this beta Rom is the size: the zip size was approaching the 400mb mark. I am confident the rendering issues will be sorted out. I would just love to see a smaller footprint for the Rom. For now I'm going to run back to Virus's infection Rom.

Then Sense 3.0 visuals to brag about for all! If you want to try the Rom out, check out my Rom page sticky under upgrades. Post your thoughts, whether you agree with me or not, or just say hi.

Thanks guys


Written on my Cooler than your EVO

[mjcole2003]

I take it you didnt partition you sd card....

[RossZ32]

Same thing in my case, sense 3.0 has some amazing visuals but as this rom is now it looks like too unstable especially on the graphics department...oh and almost everything force closes nonstop (ie: Phone app)

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[Riley]

thanks Aman for this review. I haven't tested any of these builds yet so this is helpful to know what to expect.

[aman1127]

Originally Posted by rileyd5

thanks Aman for this review. I haven't tested any of these builds yet so this is helpful to know what to expect.

Definitely worth a shot. Im super happy with my current AOSP/Sense hybrid but it's good to see whats out. I find this to be a more significant upgrade than a typical 2.3 rom. Cant wait for the kinks to come out

[kb112]

It's a fantastic Beta that's for sure. I have been running it really stable since B1 released. A2SD helps in the memory department, I have over 163mb free internally with all my apps installed. I'm a huge fan of Myn and am anxious to see what and the other Dev's will push out soon. Virus us doing an amazing job and I have a ton of respect for the guys skills.

[aman1127]

★ ☆ ★| ROM | MAY 19 | VirusROM Kingdom REVOlution | B1.1 | 2.3.3 | SENSE 3.0 | ★ ☆ ★ - xda-developers

New beta dropped, supposedly has the Weather animations working. Cant wait to flash, will report back.

[vin255764]

"Amazing" stock visuals.Nobody knows even how to skin flip clocks.Sense 3.0 m10 format.Im sure it will take a long time before themers can release their customs..
Hopefully it will be solved [DEV-TOOLS] [MODE10] Mode10Tools now released ! - xda-developers

[aman1127]

For some reason it ran even slower and I couldn't get gfx patch to do anything.

Cooler than your EVO

[OMJ]

I'm still waiting for all the bugs to get worked out.....I tried his A01, though it was nice to see what Sense 3.0 will bring.....the port was still in it's infancy