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Bell HTC Sensation 4G gets first OTA update, performance and GPS improvements in tow

By on July 19, 2011 at 10:17am in Bell Mobility News, HTC, Mobile News

Bell’s HTC Sensation 4G has been out for two weeks today, and to commemorate the occasion (or perhaps by complete coincidence) the company has pushed out a small OTA update bringing smoother overall performance and faster GPS lock capabilities, along with a newer kernel. The build date is June 13th (the shipping version was June 2nd). One of the things we noticed about the Sensation in our review was its occasional sluggishness, which makes this such a welcome surprise so soon after launch. We’re still running Android 2.3.3, and no, the bootloader hasn’t been unlocked yet, but HTC already promised it for September.

So if you have received the OTA update already, what are your thoughts? Any noticeable improvements?

(Thanks Bob!)

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Discussion

13 comments for “Bell HTC Sensation 4G gets first OTA update, performance and GPS improvements in tow”

  1. Not much of an improvement.

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    Posted by htcguy | July 19, 2011, 11:01 am
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  2. Sense seems much more stable. No random reloads, or sluggish sense. Hope it stays that way! Love the phone its just sexy!!

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    Posted by Frank | July 19, 2011, 11:03 am
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  3. Just did mine. Nothing mind blowingly obvious yet though it did load up all of SD resident icons on the reboot. Usually I have to reskin the UI to get it to load them. Hopefully that bug is fixed. Nice to see fixes coming quickly from HTC and I’m still very happy with my purchase.

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    Posted by Panzerpug | July 19, 2011, 11:19 am
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  4. If I buy the Sensation phone through say Expansys or Newegg
    which doesn’t have the Bell bloatware on it, would the
    Sensation phone pick up this OTA update also?

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    Posted by Tony | July 19, 2011, 11:29 am
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  5. Only Bell branded units will grab this OTA…

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    Posted by Brian | July 19, 2011, 11:49 am
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    • US versions of the phone may not even be the Bell network… Theyér T-Mobile (Wind/Mobilicity). I bought my Bell version (unlocked to Telus) in Toronto for $495 unlocked… can’t beat that.

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      Posted by Jeff Goebel | July 19, 2011, 12:03 pm

  6. FYI.. VirginMobile version also got the same update..

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    Posted by Nick | July 19, 2011, 11:59 am
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  7. Unlocked my nw Sensation yesterday and the OTA update happened this morning so I didn’t know it was special, I just thought it was part of my new phone. I don’t have anything to compare it to.

    I am sad they took features away. I can’t delete all mail anymore… Otherwise, I’m pretty happy. Now if they’ll update the APPS that don’t work in the new hi-res screen this will be a great phone.

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    Posted by Jeff Goebel | July 19, 2011, 12:00 pm
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  8. When will we get the OTA for the Incredible S dammit… ;)

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    Posted by Bobby | July 19, 2011, 12:33 pm
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  9. Did Kernel update fix a bit of tinnyness in the audio?

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    Posted by Brian | July 19, 2011, 1:08 pm
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  10. Hmm just picked up my Sensation 4G today, shall update it first before tweaking the settings to my liking.

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    Posted by EmperumanV | July 19, 2011, 1:41 pm
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  11. If you have a Bell Sensation but have it unlocked for use on another carrier, will it still receive this OTA?

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    Posted by reaperofwaywardsouls | July 19, 2011, 10:16 pm
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  12. This is getting out of hand now, people have been waiting an OTA for the incredible S for months just to get an 2.3 update, but as soon as the sensation comes out an OTA already. I understand the sensation is the new phone for Bell and Virgin, but be fair to the other people with the incredible S and other htc phones that have been waiting for a simple update now. If Bell could get an update for the sesation so quick it just shows that they could have put the same interest for the update for the incredible s and other htc phones as well.

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    Posted by Nika | July 20, 2011, 7:57 am
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