Virtuous S4X brings ICS and Sense 4.0 to HTC EVO 3D and Sensation

Whatever else they might be, custom ROM developers are speedy. Barely three weeks after the first official ROM for the Endeavor (now officially revealed as the HTC One X) leaked, an industrious group of devs have released a series of ROMs based on the leaked code. The Virtuous S4X series of ROMs isn’t the first family of custom ROMs to bring Ice Cream Sandwich to HTC’s devices, but it is the first to bring the ubiquitous Sense along for the ride in its fourth incarnation.

At present only the GSM version of the HTC EVO 3D and the HTC Sensation are supported, and the ROMs themselves are in beta form and their first release at that – don’t expect daily driver performance. Work from the developers includes resizing and recalibrating ROMs to work on qHD (960×540) screens, smaller both physically virtually tan the HTC One X’s 720p panel. In the best tradition of custom ROMs, they’ve also made a few speedy tweaks and removed bloatware that isn’t strictly necessary.

HTC has committed to bringing Ice Cream Sandwich (and probably Sense 4.0) to both the EVO 3D and the Sensation, but it might be months before the updates materialize. If you can’t wait, download the files, reboot into a custom recovery and get crackin’. Both will require a full wipe (even from a stock ROM) so make sure and back up your data with Nandroid. It’ll still be a few weeks at the very least before the HTC One X is released, so it’ll be a while before the developers can upgrade their source files.

Device Specifications and Information

Device Name : Sensation 4G

Manufacturer : HTC

Carrier : T-Mobile

Announced Date : April 12, 2011

Release Date : May 19, 2011

Display

• Screen Size : 4.30 Inch
• Resolution : 540×960
• Screen Type : qHD

Dimension & Weight

• Height : 4.96 Inch
• Width : 2.57 Inch
• Depth : 0.44 Inch
• Weight : 148 Grams

Battery Type : Lithium Ion

Battery Capacity : 1520 mAh

Talk Time : NA

Stand By Time : 350 hours

Android OS : 2.3.x

Audio Playback : AAC, AMR, MID, MP3, WAV, WMA

Video Playback : 3GP, MPEG-4 (MP4), WMV

Messaging : SMS, MMS

CPU : SnapdragonCPU Clock Speed : 1200 Mhz

Core : 2

Ram : 768 MB

Internal Storage : 4 GB

Camera Resolution : 8 MP

External Storage : MicroSD, MicroSDHC

Camera Features : Auto focus, Flash, 1080p Video Recording

Sensors : Accelerometer, Proximity

QWERTY : No

Network Technology : GSMGSM Band : 850, 900, 1800, 1900

Wi-Fi : 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11nBluetooth : Bluetooth 3.0

Location Features :

• Compass
• GPS
• Cellular location
• Wi-Fi location

FM Radio : Yes

NFC : No