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[HTC Sensation] sjgore:
My Desire (similar sized battery) charges in 2.5 hours, so 4.5 hours for the Sensation does seem like a long time to charge from a mains outlet, but I think this is normal. Some people are claiming theirs charges in an hour, but I'm having a hard time believing that.

And since it always downloads the weather forecast for the next five days, I would have thought this was an obvious thing to use in the absence of a more recent update from a data connection.

Sense isn't just the launcher. I use ADWLauncher.EX, and I still have a 2.6MB Sense task running in the background. Doesn't bother me, since that's hardly any memory at all.
[HTC Sensation] Foirzie:
So did I, but it seems it doesn't.

Is there a live weather wallpaper that does?
[HTC Sensation] E-MAC:
I don't know if you're experiencing this too, but during the times when my data isn't working, neither is my voice or SMS. 4 full bars and I can't make a f'ing call. I'm on my second phone and they both have had this issue.
[HTC Sensation] E-MAC:
Here's what I got from TMO support on the data connectivity issues.

_Roxanne G: Eric, this is a know issue with this phone.

_Roxanne G: There are a few steps that you can take.

_Roxanne G: Attempt to refresh the webpage. This may restart the connection.

_Roxanne G: If the issue reoccurs, turn off the phone and turn it back on, OR turn airplane mode on and back off.

_Roxanne G: If you wish to avoid this network issue and do not object to using slower speeds, switch to 2G (GSM Only) data until issue is resolved.

Eric : Hmmm. Okay, those are most of the things I've already been doing. Do all of the Sensations have this issue, or is there a chance I can get one from a T-Mobile store that has a different software version? My phone came from WalMart.

_Roxanne G: I see that an exchange will not solve this issue.

_Roxanne G: The software version that you have is the one that is affective.
[HTC Sensation] Noty661:
I can also confirm that T-Mobile is acknowledging the S4G data issue. Below is the last part of my online conversation with one of their reps.

After describing the issue:

_Lorraine L: Nelson, I am sorry to say it is a known issue and we are working on it with the manufacture on getting it resolved.

_Lorraine L: I do not know when it will be done.

Nelson: Ok, thanks. I wanted to know if exchanging the phone was worth it..but if it's an issue with the sensation itself, probably not. Right?

_Lorraine L: That is correct , they did say do not exchange device.
[HTC Sensation] Sh3ph3rd:
I have had it just over 24 hours and it's driving me crazy.

I cannot connect to any cell towers while in my house.

I'm forced to use tmobiles wifi calling or sit on my front porch.

No problems in my house with G2 or HD2.

Is there a way to toggle 2g/3-4g ?

I lost HD2 June 2nd, bought G2 may 3rd and traded it in yesterday for Sensation. No S-OFF, no cell service no happy.
[HTC Sensation] johnsonrod27:
I can not sucessfully shoot a video and play it back.. Im on my second sensation and have the same exact issue..as soon as i go to play it back it freezes at a black screen and i need to pull the battery to get it to work for 5 mins.also can not play back old videos when this happens, please see my thread for my videos showing this and please help me as no one in my thread is helping me..

Thanks

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1122926
[HTC Sensation] segfault82:
is it just me or are the vibration motors not very powerful? i always leave my phone in vibrate mode and with my old nexus one i could easily feel it when it was in my pocket. with the sensation i don't notice it at all.
[HTC Sensation] RunNgun42:
FYI it looks like the vast majority of problems are coming from people who got pre-release devices before the official June 15th date on Tmobile, or perhaps euro devices. I read somewhere that HTC has fixed a ton of hardware/software issues for the June 15th date, so if anyone is worried their phone will experience issues, just make sure you get the latest revision from a Tmo store that came out on or after the 15th.
[HTC Sensation] brian6685:
I love my sensation. Only issues I have had is some touchscreen problems occasionally. Like trying to unlock doesn't work all the time and sometimes when I type it doesn't recognize my finger and the back button doesn't work sometimes...but it doesn't happen all the time. I'm hoping a software update will fix all of this
[HTC Sensation] _kansei_:
I wouldn't even be bothered by the data issue if my WiFi worked. I just sit here grinding my teeth whenever I'm at the office and want to do something with my phone only to find it isn't connected to the corporate WiFi again and the 4G signal it says it has isn't actually functional.

I just really do not want to have to return this device. I'm not even sure how that would work since I opened a new t-mobile account for it.. could I return the equipment, use one of my unlocked phones on the account, then buy another sensation once the bootloader is unlocked and they've worked out these kinks?
[HTC Sensation] segfault82:
is it possible to customize the quick settings tab in the notification bar?
[HTC Sensation] xnifex:
turn off wifi-calling & see if that fixes it. My buddy was on wifi & was wondering why he wasn't getting any signal bars & we found out that with wifi calling enabled it takes over & seems to not connect to the actual cell network until you leave the wifi area.
[HTC Sensation] xnifex:
just noticed this too. wtf? anyone have a fix?
[HTC Sensation] skylite:
Not an annoying bug but:

Go to the default weather app, go into hourly view, 12pm and 12am is written as 0pm and 0am.
[HTC Sensation] anjahl:
So i got my tmo sensation yesterday and the only thing im having issues with is when i uninstall an app the icon doesn't leave the app drawer. Its rather anoying :confused:

I figured out how to get the icons to go away. Needed to turn off fast boot and reboot the phone.
[HTC Sensation] jmcdonald58:
You have to uninstalled and reinstall them and leave them on the device this is cause by moving them to sd card ---I did the same thing just leave them on phone not sd
[HTC Sensation] brian6685:
I use wifi calling in my house, I love it. It actually saves a lot of battery as it turns the cell radio off
[HTC Sensation] GorillaPimp:
Cosign that. Calls are reliable again in my house. Unfortunately, I am burning up the battery using the phone now.
[HTC Sensation] starnz:
I have had the exact same problems as you! My wifi constantly cycles through scanning, connecting, disconnecting without ever making the connection fully. Only for me the problem only seems to happen on certain networks. At home I have a wireless N and it works great. Wifi calling and internet surfing work flawless. However, in the office at work we have a G router and it cycles there and has yet to connect. I even took it to a TMoblie store and had them test it on the hot spot tester in the store. Not only did my phone cycle without connecting, but they had a store model available since it was before the official release and it did the same thing as mine.

I have also had the SD card problem. I noticed mine after downloading an app. I figured the download hung up while writing to the card and corrupted the file. Once I popped it into my pc, I was prompted to repair the card and have had no problems since.

I am not a highly technical person and don't know what kind of wireless signals my phone sees when it works vs when it doesn't work. Nor am I an advanced android user as this is my first android device. If anyone out there can provide a clear resolution to these problems it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
[HTC Sensation] Scott41373:
If you want only 2g then turn off wifi, goto your dialer and type *#*#4636#*#*. Tap phone information, and under settings highlight "gsm only,"

then reboot. If you prefer it to stay on 3g/4g more, then select either wcdma only, or wcdma preferred.
[HTC Sensation] aenima4six2:
So on desktop pages like Android Central or Neowin, my browser's response to touch freezes up if there is heavy use of multi touch and scrolling. This is extremely frustrating as I typically have to play around with the browser UI in order to get it to respond again. I ran mutiTouch tester and there were no issue at all testing various touch posters/positions. Also, Opera does not suffer from this issue, so it appears to be a problem in the stock browser engine rather than a physical multi touch issue.

Can anyone else see if they are experiencing this issue please?
[HTC Sensation] _kansei_:
There's no need to dig into that "secret" menu for that. From the home screen hit menu, then tap settings, then Wireless and Networks, then "Mobile Networks". No need to reboot either.
[HTC Sensation] k87:
The RAM shows 558 MB instead of 768 MB (mentioned in the specifications on the device) please clarify this, and only 108mb is useable
[HTC Sensation] SuperFly03:
It's been answered before... in this thread.

768MB is the total RAM. 558MB is after GPU reserved memory.
[HTC Sensation] sdjmack:
I read through all the post in here and dont know if I missed it or not but when I charging my phone or using it for awhile the battery gets pretty warm. I know there have been many post about the heat, but the part that affects me is for some reason all my sound goes away. I dont get any notifications or it doesnt ring. Even that wind sound that plays when you open to the home screen stops working. If i try toggling the volume buttons it says media volume and not ringer volume. This also means that the alarm features stop working so I cant rely on it to wake me up in the morning. the only fix is to reboot the phone and then it operates normally until i charge it again or use it enough that the battery starts to get warm again.

When it's in this state i cant do anything that uses audio, like youtube or the music player. on youtube it will say the video cant be loaded tap here to try again but it just loops and i have to reboot the phone to get it to work again.

Also the speaker on the phone is horrible for phone calls.
[HTC Sensation] naimmkassim:
I read some where, info from customer service, during charging if your phone temperature is more than 45C than something is wrong with your phone.

If during not charging, open some email, play some games etc 30 ~ 40C is normal. While 50C is safe. But if more than 50C, than something is wrong with your phone which in the end it will effect your phone performance and lastly, reboot, loop reboot, etc..etc.. ;)
[HTC Sensation] xnifex:
next time this happens try your volume rocker & see if it says media volume. when that happens i just call my voicemail & it ends up going away
[HTC Sensation] sdjmack:
It does say media volume. But the problem with that is unless I am sitting there staring at my phone I am missing messages and calls. i used my phone quite a bit so I have to charge my phone during the day sometimes or as soon as I get home so it's not always right next to me. But at least I know it's not something just on my phone
[HTC Sensation] xnifex:
ok next time it happens call your voicemail & disconnect after it goes through. see if that fixes it.
[HTC Sensation] nccu_eagles:
http://www.tmonews.com/2011/06/is-y...ing-data-connectivity-issues-the-fix-is-easy/
[HTC Sensation] kazprotos:
24 hours in and all I've noticed is very up and down wifi connection in places where Nexus One and Incredible S were never less than 4 bars.

Also wish the SRS sound enhancement thing was system-wide and not just in the HTC stock apps! YouTube videos do not sound good at all!
[HTC Sensation] naimmkassim:
Today i facing for the 2nd time, black box bug, below on lock screen. Nothing can do, already try unlock it as normal way, but each time i lock it back (push power button) the same problem occur :( only by reboot it problem solve.. ;(
[HTC Sensation] phonegod:
Have anyone notice when you go to personalized ,scene on the htc scene there is a transparent scrollbar and on play scene also travel scene but when you apply it it goes back to the regular scollbar if you factory reset three of the scenes have transparent scrollbar i called htc they got a phone to see and the rep also tried but the same results wtf. is those transparent bars supose to change i think so somthing is wrong with this why show transparent scrollbars if they dont change or maybe this is a defect
[HTC Sensation] WarlockW:
Here is a bug for you ..

If you goto calendar / Settings

Un-Check "ALL CALENDARS"

And goto "Apply Settings To"

And Choose: PC-Sync

Then Back out of the menu ..

Does it save the setting for you guys ????

Mine Does Not It Always Goes Back To

The Gmail adress .. Weird
[HTC Sensation] Utorrent76:
Anyone else having choppy youtube video playback issues? This is very, very annoying.

Sent from my HTC Feeling.
[HTC Sensation] robotnoize:
It's choppy when the nav bar at the bottom comes up.
[HTC Sensation] sittyb123:
I have that death grip problem when holding the phone in landscape... I have sound problem ... Probably going to excahnge this for. Another one after a week or so ...hopefully it ll get fix
[HTC Sensation] StYx G20:
I also have the death grip for WiFi when i hold it in landscape mode. But after i got a soft rubber case for it it no longer cuts off.

Sometimes when i go to task manager and i "kill all" programs and go back to home screen it doesn't let me swipe left or right to other screens until a good few seconds. I'm guessing that's because the phone is processing wheat i just told it to do?

Also the speaker on this phone isn't all that great. Its not as loud as I expected it to be. I have to put my hand behind my phone to reflect the sounds to me so i can hear it well.
[HTC Sensation] hendr1k:
display usage = 90% wtf htc need to making good driver with lcd display :(

I already set lowest brightness, look at my power usage

90% display, 6% standy by, 4% wifi , how come no system usage ?
[HTC Sensation] thisguy10:
When I restart my phone or power off or back on, my widgets on the home screens appear as the droid guy. I know it's because I placed some on the SD card but I did the same with my N1 and didn't have this problem, only way to fix it is to delete and replace the widgets. is there an easier resolution?
[HTC Sensation] Rodriguez92:
Mine is rebooting after taking a picture only with flash but cmon htc i cant use the flash? One of the reasons i got the phone wtf. Everything else so far seems good.
[HTC Sensation] tigerz0202:
ive noticed that some apps in the market make the phone act up , i was having all kind of issues last night especially with the sound , i figured out it was the talking tom cat app that was causing it because everytime i did one of the fixes and then reopened the app the sound cut out again , so i just uninstalled it and havent had the issue all day , i know also the game STUPID ZOMBIES which was one of my favorites was making my phone freeze up and reboot sometimes , i just think you have to watch what you install and see if thats causing your issues , my phone actually has been perfect since uninstalling those two apps , maybe its sense 3.0 thats still buggy or the dual core processor ,who knows but those were my findings
[HTC Sensation] Utorrent76:
Even when the nav bar isn't up. It's not a huge issue but it is noticeable.

Sent from my HTC Feeling.
[HTC Sensation] Hoggles:
I don't think I'd worry at all about that number hendr1k....

Mine shows roughly the same in the battery usage stats. It doesn't at all reflect actual battery life.

Did you condition your battery properly

? Out of the box, run it dead, charge it to 100%? I repeat that whenever I get a chance....good way to condition/calibrate the battery and driver.

I've never had any battery issues with the Sensation....in fact it's the opposite...it's fantastic. Especially when idle. When I sleep (7-8 hours), I don't have it plugged in normally and it might go down 5% at most. That's just incredible compared to many devices.

I easily get 14-16 hours, under fairly heavy use...with brightness set to about 85%.

What is your batt life like per day? Or are you just hung up on that high display %.
[HTC Sensation] bobsbbq:
Is there any way to turn off the paginated scrolling in the launcher? Without changing to another launcher of course.
[HTC Sensation] darkjuan:
I'm seeing this too. Very annoying :mad:

Also, when ever I "restart" my phone, instead of powering down and restarting it just turns off. I have to manually press the power button for it to start up again. Does this happen to anyone else? I haven't read through the whole thread yet, so I'm sorry if this issue has been discussed before.
[HTC Sensation] mrmotivator:
I've had this too, there's a thread about it here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1137537
[HTC Sensation] Ali_Shaikh:
Im about to return mine.

The GPS randomly wont pickup until I disable and re enable it, and the data just stops working sometimes(not even edge!). This was VERY troublesome when I was out of state and the navigation died on the Highway, so I took an exit and it was useless because the Data wouldn't work so the maps wouldn't load. I had to call and they had to fix it. Like wtf man this never happened with my HD2, it picked up the GPS faster, and it never dropped Data. HTC is going in the wrong direction it seems
[HTC Sensation] nccu_eagles:
Most of the people having data issues are coming from a HD2. Check and make sure they updated your plan to include the Android package...
[HTC Sensation] piimp:
Well, yesterday i went swimming and left my phone on my kitchen counter for about an hour, and how shocked was when i came back and it hadn't cooked dinner yet! :(

i'm thinking about returning it...
[HTC Sensation] phonegod:
all types of bugs
[HTC Sensation] Pikaraph:
I've just noticed one bug for the first time on my Sensation : the screen is not totally black, I can still see the my wallpapers and icons as if only the backlight was shut off and not the screen.

I had to shut off the phone to have it work normally.
[HTC Sensation] nin9919:
Has anyone figured out a way to share/email multiple pictures at a time?

On the mytouch 3g running froyo, a long click on a thumbnail would bring up little check boxes, and I could select multiple images and attach them all in one email. I can't find a multiple selection option on the Sensation.
[HTC Sensation] nccu_eagles:
Go to gallery open up the folder of the desired pics then hit the share icon select Gmail then it gives the multiple select option
[HTC Sensation] Hoggles:
Ahhh Haaa.....

I was wondering about that just this morning.

Thanks you!
[HTC Sensation] Paging Dr B:
That's something Ralph Wiggum would say. You sir are the phone's problem.
[HTC Sensation] nccu_eagles:
Interesting read about task killers

http://www.phonedog.com/2011/06/26/the-truth-about-android-task-killers-and-why-you-don-t-need-them/
[HTC Sensation] Gtech145:
Task killers are not needed with Gingerbread. Stopped using them since I had my HD2 better battery life since then. You will be surprised
[HTC Sensation] aNYthing24:
I think HTC capped the speaker volume on their apps because the Google Music app gets really loud. I can hear it clearly from other rooms.
[HTC Sensation] xnifex:
My original sim from 2006 for tmo died 2 days ago (lost all signal & couldn't connect). Called them up & activated the one that came with my HD2 & now I have full strength everywhere I go. It's worth looking in to. They can even tell you if your sim is old or newish.
[HTC Sensation] agent.m:
Mine should be new. but the tech team last night said the sim can be replaced if im having problems.
[HTC Sensation] undercover:
Open calendar, press menu-more-calendars, press menu-add calendars. See if adding calendars work ;)
[HTC Sensation] Bratag:
For me I can't decide if this is a bug or not. You have the device locked so it goes into the camera app but its still locked from use as it should be. What I would imagine should happen is it should first hit the unlock screen and THEN go to the camera.
[HTC Sensation] sjgore:
That IS what happens! :)
[HTC Sensation] Bratag:
Ahh. Well thats a bugger then. Sorry it didn't read that way in the problem text I quoted above.
[HTC Sensation] phi11ip:
How hot do your phones get?

Mine is idling again on my desk and is cold, but yesterday I used it for about 30 mins solid on the train messaging on Facebook and reading emails and it was pretty toasty when I got off. My Hero warmed up enough, but I'm wondering if it's meant to get this hot?
[HTC Sensation] boostedb16b:
to be honest with you the phone shouldn't heat up so my suggestion to you is get another handset something is wrong with the one you have..
[HTC Sensation] dragonglance:
In answer to people saying how rubbish trace is I can agree it is awful, however go over to swype.com and sign up to their beta and they will send you the swype app which works perfectly on the sensation
[HTC Sensation] phi11ip:
The trace seems to learn after a while, but then again that may be me working out how to do it better. You no longer need to do squiggles on letters that you wish to double such as the word ROOM, which you need to do on Swype.

I like the way you can go between a normal keyboard and tracing when you want to, but shall give Swype another go later as only tried it on here for a few texts the other day.
[HTC Sensation] xnifex:
link to swype beta for those interested:

http://beta.swype.com/
[HTC Sensation] Jennerster:
Yeah I have same problem and what ever player you use same thing happens. So seems be hardware encoding problem.
[HTC Sensation] tsubodai:
I've found one major bug. I hope it's not just my phone and they'll release an update. In the stock music player. When you're in the main songs menu with your list of songs. As you know when you flick down a little tab appears on the right and when u hold and drag this down it quick scrolls through the songs and states what letter your at. Starts at #, then A, B, C etc.. when i scroll with this tab it stays on # and automatically goes back to the top of the list. Only way to get to the bottom is to flick your way down which when you have thousands of songs can be a bit tedious. Doesn't glitch on the now playing list and haven't tried it on a playlist. Anyone else got this problem?

Cheers
[HTC Sensation] paulswift36:
My signal jumps up and down all the time and sometimes nothing at all for ages. As a new Voda customer could that be the sim card?

Other repeatable fault that we all be concerned about is that I cant take more than a few pics before the phone shuts down. I can repeat this at will. Talking to the show about the replacing the handset but I think it's going to be software. Not really prepared to wait months for HTC to fix a £500+ handset.
[HTC Sensation] undercover:
Got mine yesterday.

Well, not THAT impressed tbh. Find ergonomics are not that great, sharp edges don't make it very comfy to hold, yellowish tint on the screen, my desire screen is sharper, wtf????? both slcd. Screen is too close to the bottom, forget about one hand typing. Nice animations and stuff, but in general i don't see big improvement over desire. The only one which would affect real life usage is probably true multi touch.

Wifi reception is good, not connected to network yet so can't comment on that.

Battery is ok, but without reception can't test it properly.
[HTC Sensation] splbound:
I may have one:

Keyboard when using the HTC Browser.

I have trace, spelling and prediction turn on in the options.

When using the browser they are disabled??

Is this a feature or a bug?

Edit: Looks like a feature.. Just watched some video reviews of the phone and it looks like the keyboard in the HTC browser has these settings disabled even if you have it turned on.

Edit last one: Looks like the keyboard with all my options selected only gets activated in text area boxes. I am baffled at the keyboard behaviour in the HTC web browser. Typing anywhere else will get the plain keyboard.