Features & Change Log of AOKP based ICS Firmware:
Android 4.0.3 — ITL41F
Unsecure boot.img (stock AOSP kernel)
Superuser & Busybox preinstalled
Deodexed
180 Degree rotation
Built in performance/init.d configuration (Thanks Kejar & company)
CM Launcher/ Power Menu
CM Brightness slider
Custom color for anything in RC
Clock Color/Location: Right, Center, Disable
Battery Icon/ Color Picker: CircleMod, Bar, Text Only, Icon Only, Icon+Text or None
Battery Bar in Status Bar or Nav Bar, Bar Thickness, Charging animation
Nav Bar Transparency
Nav Bar Button Reorder: Back-Home-Search-Menu
Nav Bar Color Picker
Nav Bar Button Glow Duration: Off, Fast, Slow
Nav Bar: Long press to Search button
Nav Bar Hide on Lockscreen
Toggles in Pull Down Menu: Auto rotate, Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi, Aiplane mode, Vibrate, Silent, Sync, Data, 4G, Tethering, Torch, Brightness
LCD Density (Careful with this)
Menu Button location: Right, Left, both, Remove
Menu Button Visability: Always show, Always show Invisible Icons
Lockscreen Style: Quad, Octo, Stock
Lockscreen SMS customizable shortcut
Lockscreen Horizontal Option
Performance Menu: (Use With Caution) Max/ Min CPU, Scaling Governor
Unlock Sceen with Legacy Menu Icon
Volume Key to Wake Screen
Volume Key to Skip Tracks
Long-press back button to kill process
Disable CRT off animation
LED pulse settings (time on/off)
ICS ringtones/notification sounds
Customize carrier text to whatever.
Power Menu options: Boot to recovery/ Boot loader, Reboot, Screenshot
Facebook contact sync integration (must wipe to get this)
Disable Boot animation
Keyboard: Volume keys act as a cursor while typing — disable in keyboard options
Long press home for recent apps
Procedure to Update HTC Sensation with ICS Android 4.0.3 Firmware:
- Download AOKP based Custom ROM Firmware (md5: md5- 67a9b64fac071434d00e498acdedb770) & Google Apps from here to your computer. Connect your phone to computer with the help of original USB cable and place the downloaded zip files in your phone.
- Disconnect the phone and turn off the device so that it can be then entered in the recovery mode. . The recovery mode in htc Sensation can be entered by pressing the Volume Down button + Power Button till you see the recovery mode screen on your phone.
- Once the device is entered in the recovery mode, select “install zip from sd card” > “choose zip from sd card” and then choose the AOKP based Custom ROM Firmware Package and then the Google Apps Package.
- Once the device is updated with the firmware and Google apps, select “++++ Go Back ++++” and choose the options Wipe data/factory reset and also you need to select Wipe Cache partition and then reboot your device by selecting reboot system now with the help of Volume rocker keys in your Sensation.
Note: Just in case if the device refuses to start up or gets into the boot loop mode, you then need to re insert the battery and follow all the instructions mentioned above.
Do share with us in the comments section just in case if you face any issues as we will try our level best to sort out the same. Congratulations, you have now successfully applied the update of ICS Android 4.0 firmware which is based on the AOKP build.
