HTC Sense 4.1 reportedly leaked with custom ROM, One X owners taste the future

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It feels like just yesterday that we were getting acquainted with the back-to-basics ways of HTC's [Sense 4.0][3]. Well-known HTC phone modder Football doesn't want us to get comfy: he claims to have both obtained a leaked version of Sense 4.1's ROM Upgrade Utility (RUU) and folded it into the 2.2 update to his Maximus firmware for the international [One X][4]. While it's no [Jelly Bean][5], the Maximus-tuned version of HTC's Android 4.0 flavor appears to give Sense a shot in the arm, taking care of lag in the launcher and live wallpapers in addition to delivering a healthy overall speed boost. That 0.1 numbering gives a good indication of just how light the visible feature set might be, though -- other than an existing update to substitute the virtual menu button for a long-press of the home key, the interface changes are mostly limited to dedicated buttons for switching browser tabs and between different cameras. It's no surprise that HTC hasn't said a word about its own plans; rumors of [new One devices][6], however, can't help but fuel suspicions that Sense 4.1 is just around the bend.

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