[11] It was announced on July 10, 2011, that HTC Sensation devices would have their bootloaders unlocked due to overwhelming customer feedback after the release.

[12][13] On July 29, 2011, a tool named Revolutionary was released by amateur developers AlphaRevX and unrevoked, which enabled S-off, and subsequently, allowed permanent root.

[15] In March 2012, HTC updated their devices to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS).

[16] The ICS update re-locked the bootloader, but developers found a procedure that made it possible to obtain S-off.

[18] The phone can be upgraded with a custom ROM up to Android 7.1.2, but the device is currently considered obsolete and development has ended.