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[HTC Sensation] mikef:
What are your power saving settings set to? I get better battery life by turning off the Save Power option and letting Mike's tweaks handle it. I also edit my build.prop and change the supplicant timer from 120 to 900, turn off open network notification, run the mobile network on 3G instead of 4G since it uses less power. Some other things to do include turning off pocket mode under the sounds settings (turns off proximity detector), disable vibrate feedback, turn off auto-brightness and adjust to a low level, although to be fair I have read that autobrightness works better with this ROM, haven't tested it.

Check to see what application is keeping it awake.

adb shell dumpsys alarm > AlarmDump.txt

Look at the file, towards the bottom you get Stats. In here is the breakdown of what's causing the device to wake up. Look for the most wakeups.
[HTC Sensation] GuyAdams:
I can vouch for the above, I'm not quite as strict as mf2112 but I'm regularly seeing a full 24 hours out of the ROM with heavy use;

Sent from my HTC Sensation using Mikes excellent Android Revolution 6.2.1 XE
[HTC Sensation] vikeor:
6.2.1 with Beats Audio... will boot again, its 19.30 now ill wait 10min and see.
[HTC Sensation] mikef:
Make sure not to flash any mods until after the ROM boots initially, except for ROMCleaner or the no-sense/AOSP scripts. No APM mods, EQS, volume wake or any of those types.

I regularly get 36 hours with light to moderate use now with the stock battery, 48+ hours with no real usage. I was going to get an extended battery but now there is no need.
[HTC Sensation] gugi_sat:
What is romcleaner?
[HTC Sensation] mikef:
A very cool mod script to remove bloatware and otherwise "uninstallable" apps that come with the phone. They also have backup/restore scripts where you can get a new ROM load with all apps reinstalled and settings restored down to the 15-20 minute range. Check it out. Here is the ROMCleaner link inline since you can't see my sig on the phone.
[HTC Sensation] UnixSlayer:
I just used a new app on the Market. Now I know people say this doesn't work, but it seems to keep my battery working better. But it's like erasing the battery stat file. It's called "Battery Calibration".
[HTC Sensation] w_bovine:
Here it is:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1217664

I found this to be incredibly useful. One more reason to stay with this ROM. :)
[HTC Sensation] vikeor:
20mins passed and nothing... installing it again... hopefully it will work
[HTC Sensation] razvangfilimon:
Rosie

How do i install old rosie via adb. Please help me
[HTC Sensation] gugi_sat:
Thanx ..I check it out now..
[HTC Sensation] mikef:
All of Mike's ROMs do this on first boot once you charge up to 100% after flashing, but never again. It is just the reporting and unfortunately doesn't fix the fact that HTC provided crappy drivers for the Sensation battery reporting. It seems that the later firmwares have improved the battery reporting from my perspective, but still it is an issue.
[HTC Sensation] jjrumph:
The 4ext rom control has a wipe menu under the recovery setting, no need to reboot as well. From there you can wipe cache, dalvik and battery stats.

Sent from a black phone using tapatalk.
[HTC Sensation] joaquinf:
Why dont you download the flashable rosie fix from hawkes thread and flash it via recovery. Its working like a charm
[HTC Sensation] johnkristian:
Seriously....

Wiping battery stat / battery calibration app _does not work_.

The only thing it does is wiping the STATISTICS of what has been using battery (i.e screen, wifi, etc.) That does not influence battery life in any way! The only thing that happens is that you need a new cycle / a few hours to see what's been using most power.

YES, it's usable fore one thing: When flashing a new rom, it's a nifty idea to wipe the stat. Then, you can immediately see if i.e. wifi usage is sky rocketing or something.

This has been verified by google.

Check out the link in my sign.
[HTC Sensation] jotha:
It's not new, in fact it's rather old. I use it since my early sensation days and I like it very much. It let's you clear battery stats at the time the battery is REALLY full, not when the battery indicator says 100% which is very different. Mike's battery wipe script does the same, but only once after rom-flashing (and unfortunately does not work on Galaxy Nexus :(). So if you feel you have to clear stats later (if you have changed kernels as an example), "battery calibration"-app is highly recommended.

And johnkristian: While keeping battery stats straight might not really influence battery life directly, it WILL influence every app and driver that changes behaviour depending on battery data. And this HAS influence indirectly on battery life (even if not a giant one).
[HTC Sensation] UnixSlayer:
Actually I heard someone else use it. It's good because I didn't have to reboot the phone to reset the stats. Also... I had the power drop problem where my battery would drop 7 to 12 % for no reason in a few minutes. When I calibrated the battery, [or so it says] that power drop stopped.
[HTC Sensation] sudeki300:
can anyone please tell me which is the latest release of this rom for the sensation xe, with beats audio and notification. as it look like there has not been another xe rom since 4.0.3. i have probably got it wrong but if someone could please let me know that would be great..........................sudeki300
[HTC Sensation] kondratk:
Hello,

if i installed ICS (+ firmware), can i simply downgrade to Mike's gingerbread without pain?
[HTC Sensation] jjrumph:
6.2.1xe

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=14192842&postcount=4

scroll down just a bit and you'll see it. Also need to flash new firmware. Read the guides etc that have been put together for it.
[HTC Sensation] Jump1ng:
You need to downgrade the firmware too something like 1.17 should do the trick...
[HTC Sensation] sudeki300:
thanks for the fast reply, i'm already on the 3.24/3.25 firmware package. so this should be ok right?..................sudeki300
[HTC Sensation] kondratk:
Where can i find prepared package (like this for ICS), does it even exist?
[HTC Sensation] duskom:
I would like to report my experience with 6.2.1 as it could help someone.

When phone is booted everything was smooth for a while, and then it becomes laggy, realy, realy laggy... so laggy that it was anoying. I needed to use rask manager and then manualy kill some apps to gain memory. I usualy had only 60-70 mb free which wasn't enaugh for smooth operation. Usualy browser will have a lot of memory used, sometimes even over 170 mb. Then, I kill browser and everything is smooth again. But, I surf a lot with my phone, so this was not realy usefull workaround.

Than, I tried on developer options to select 3 backround processes only, and now it is always smooth, even in situations when browser eats 170mb, since even then I have over 100 mb free.

I don't know which processes are killed, or what criteria android uses to decide which to let alone, but I don't have issues with usabilty anymore in sense of lag, but also in sense of funcionality, since everything is working as much as I can see.
[HTC Sensation] jjrumph:
If you are already on 3.24 you should be good. Superwipe though since you are probably on an older rom from what you said.
[HTC Sensation] katdog75:
To build on what Jotha said - I am a bit of a flashaholic and find that HTC battery reporting gets a little *****y when flashing often... So I have found this app to be helpful after any amount of flashing. Also it will chime when it is FULLY charged taking the guess work out of trying to wipe battery stats when you think it is fully charged. (Because 100% doesn't necessarily mean fully charged)

Sent by Tapatalk on my Sensation 4G
[HTC Sensation] cannyavk:
Can anyone tell how to install battery and sand clock vidgets? They were between downloadable HTC vidgets. Now this menu is absent during adding a vidget.
[HTC Sensation] loni90:
Hello fellas!

Have you seen that the nexus s got android 4.0.4! Wondering how long it will take us to get it also... Any ideas mike? ;)
[HTC Sensation] mikef:
I found that powering off instead of rebooting avoided the issue of battery jumping. Rebooting would almost always drop a few percent or more, powering off/on would drop 1%. Rebooting maybe is not closing a file properly or something as opposed to the power off sequence. Also, if you reboot and drop a few percent, try powering off/on and sometimes you can get some of that back.
[HTC Sensation] UnixSlayer:
Ya never know what's going on at anytime. Maybe soon... Or sooner than you think ;)

Super Bowl XLVI ** My Prediction ** NY Giants 28 - New England Patriots 24
[HTC Sensation] vinnyutd6899:
Hi this might be a stupid question! just put Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread) + Sense UI 3.0 + Beats Audio on my HTC sensation XE,

will that rom use the dual cores in the xe to its full potential?
[HTC Sensation] loni90:
4.0.4 and sense 4.0 looks good together :)

Btw... Go Giants! Can't wait any longer
[HTC Sensation] johnkristian:
LOL, I found that funny. Android 404 ^^

Anyway. I just realized: the "transfer" app is missing
[HTC Sensation] malybru:
Hi,

1.17 is HERE

Flash it in the same way as you did the firmware for ICS.

:)
[HTC Sensation] kondratk:
Thanks! :)
[HTC Sensation] sudeki300:
just flashed rom version 6.2.1xe onto my senesation xe with default kernel and already had a few random reboots and "htcsense has stopped working" errors hopefully the rom will calm down im a few hours..................sudeki300
[HTC Sensation] jjrumph:
Make sure you go to settings, apps, and make sure on sd card no apps are checked.uncheck it and see if that helps htc sense from stopping.

Sent from a black phone using Tapatalk
[HTC Sensation] sudeki300:
i have a few apps that are ticked in the sd card section, if i try to untick them i can either uninstall them or move them back to the phone memory..............sudeki300
[HTC Sensation] Hawke84:
android 404 cannot be found... :p
[HTC Sensation] mobilarz85:
I posted this earlier in this thread, but if you go to settings, dev options, set background process to 2 at most, you will improve performance and battery, but it does change back to normal on reboot, so if your phone powers off, make sure to change it back to 2 background process at most, ive been running mine this way for a few days, and ive been getting 22 hours with fairly heavy use on a stock battery.
[HTC Sensation] Hiflyer29:
Try ....settings > apps > sdcard and uncheck any that are on sd card.
[HTC Sensation] katdog75:
It will just move them to the phone's internal storage instead and then no more sense fc. :-)

Sent by Tapatalk on my Sensation 4G
[HTC Sensation] sudeki300:
just done thatand i'll see hopw it goes. just coming out of settings and got the htc in green letters splash screen again. this is a random reboot right?..............sudeki300
[HTC Sensation] loni90:
haha funny enough

for proof that it can be found, check HERE
[HTC Sensation] bippo:
6 months????

Mike, don't kill me please!:D:D
[HTC Sensation] Croandroid1996:
Thank you very much. XD
[HTC Sensation] Croandroid1996:
I mean on 3.6.x Rom

See my singature.
[HTC Sensation] katdog75:
Usually the sense fc is because of the apps on the sd. Once you put them on the phone they usually stop.

A few things to consider...

Did you superwipe before flashing a new base? If no then superwipe and start over.

Did you use titanium backup to restore user apps & user data only? If you used titanium to restore system apps & data start over.

If you already did a superwipe and only used titanium to restore user apps. (Which was my scenario) I would recommend trying to superwipe and avoid using titanium for the restore. I know its a pain but this was the only way I was able to eliminate all issue and I have not encountered ANY issues since doing this over a week ago. No missed calls, no forced closes, no reboots, no lags, hdr works, no camera issues... Nothing.

I am sure others have advice as well but this worked for me.

Hope it helps.

Sent by Tapatalk on my Sensation 4G
[HTC Sensation] zukа:
I meant to write 6.2.1, I wrote 3.6.1 because that's what I'd been using previously. My apologies, but thanks for your advice
[HTC Sensation] sudeki300:
i did use superwipe as i do with all my roms flashes. even t5hough i do backup my apps with titainum backup, i only restote the apps and never the data, except for one app which is alkildo book reader as that holds the nookmarks on the many books i am reading. do you know of a better solution to restore apps other than titainum backup?. i have read somewhere that apps cab be restorred by nandroid, but wouldn't that also restore all the old data aswell?.................sudeki300

edit**** so what is the best way to retore previous installed apps and reinstall them onto a new flashed rom
[HTC Sensation] jotha:
You can restore all user apps AND their data with titanium without any probs. Those apps are in no way ROM-connected. You just should not try to restore data of system apps with ANY means, because that cries for trouble.
[HTC Sensation] katdog75:
I agree that sounds right Jotha... But I swear on my life when selecting user apps & data only when I changed bases I still had some sense issues. I spoke to a few others and they also had gone through the same steps as me and only found resolution without restoring the apps with Titanium.

If you read what I wrote it was a VERY last effort...and now no issues.

If user app & data doesn't cause issues then it shouldn't resort to the last resort n'est pas? ;)

Sent by Tapatalk on my Sensation 4G
[HTC Sensation] sudeki300:
the apps i am trying to restore are games like shadowgun, dark, greatset little war game, GTA III fire of galaxy 2 and angry birds. i always just restote the app but never the data as i thought that this could cause problems coming from one rom an another. the other apps are apps like minimilastic text, launchpro, astro, adfee,battery calibrator, comic viewer, currentb widget, but these as well do not have the data restored, what other method's are there of restoring all installed previous apps to a new rom without messing the rom up..................sudeki300
[HTC Sensation] tongueman87:
I have a question why is it that now all a sudden when I click on internet this pops up every time. Rather annoying I have cleared all data and cache as well http://offers.t-mobile.com/tethering/upsell.do?source=redirect
[HTC Sensation] Ceed19:
I did everything you suggested. My usage according to current widget was around 450-550 when using the phones, after doing everything you said I feel asleep and woke up amazingly to find my phone had only dropped 2-3% in 4-5 hours. a DRASTIC difference. its been on battery for almost 8 hours now and still has 59% left. It was somewhere in the 80s when I made these chaanges so it did not start at 100%. I look forward to charging it and seeing how long it runs

current widget is now telling me that when it is on it is around 200-220ma, when i first turned the phone on it was at 56ma, which is about 1/6 of what it was under previous settings. I just let it run to log the sleep drainage.

SO far its a vast improvement in battery drain. what should the drain be when sleep?

thankyou for this help :)

---------- Post added at 11:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:38 PM ----------

those things made a HUGE difference in my drain
[HTC Sensation] katdog75:
Technically you shoud be able to use titanium as Jotha said.

I am just saying if at the end of the day nothing else is working and you are still tearing your hair out because you keep running into bugs no matter what you try.. it might be worth taking an extra 20-30 mins and restoring everything manually if you really want to use the ROM bug free.

I believe Paulgiz also uses a program called ROM Cleaner to assist in a clean restore. He likely has some good direction well.

Sorry... That's all I got. :p

Sent by Tapatalk on my Sensation 4G
[HTC Sensation] mikef:
Glad that helped. To be honest I am not sure what the current drain is now since I uninstalled all current and battery monitoring apps after coming to the conclusion that the act of monitoring and logging all the time was in fact draining my battery a considerable amount. Now I just go by how long it lasts when performing similar activities.
[HTC Sensation] jotha:
Well, you can do and believe what makes you comfortable of course ;).

Still that doesn't change my firm believe that restoring market or sideloaded apps (and their data) with titanium can not in any way produce problems if (and that's the only caveat here), the app is compatible with the new ROM. Which means of course, if you backup an app and it's data on a GB-ROM and restore it on an ICS-ROM, there is the possibility that the app is not compatible with ICS.

I always transport the data of my games between my GNex and my Transformer Prime (both ICS, one ARHD, the other stock ROM) with Titanium backups. I never had any problem with that and couldn't imagine one single reason where such a problem could come from.

As I said, it's a totally different thing with system apps. Here the absolute opposite applies.

As long as you stay on the same phone, you can of course also use ROM-Cleaner (which I do when I have to superwipe), which is even more suitable and powerful, but needs some preliminaries.
[HTC Sensation] mikef:
ROMCleaner has backup/restore script functions for your apps. I always use it when loading ROMs to get rid of the extra bloatware stuff. It also loads all my apps back before first boot, takes about 3-4 minutes for 70 apps. Then I can use Titanium to restore data for a couple of them.
[HTC Sensation] malybru:
Hi,

That is exactly how I do it as well.

No problems here.

:)
[HTC Sensation] kontroversus:
Is anyone using Ebay app? I don't get notifications from it, although it is set on the app to notify...
[HTC Sensation] Devers:
I'm using it. Everything work fine!
[HTC Sensation] mgonzalez8968:
I'm curious is anybody having a problem with their data connection after flashing this rom. I use to get mostly all 4g but now my phone is getting mostly 3g connection.
[HTC Sensation] xdaco:
Did you do a clean installation?

Can you post logcat output?
[HTC Sensation] duskom:
Well yes, I did superwipe
[HTC Sensation] mikef:
the only thing that could make this day better is if Mike released a new ROM. :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
[HTC Sensation] UnixSlayer:
Thank you NY Giants..... We are going to Disney Land!! :D:D:D
[HTC Sensation] ihateu3:
OMG, I go to XDA forums that has absolutely nothing to deal with sports in any way, and I still can't get away from any of this football bull****!!!
[HTC Sensation] Nucleotide:
Agree! :mad:
[HTC Sensation] nardone24:
I tired of people writting OMG. Haha like a damn chick
[HTC Sensation] w_bovine:
Given your screen name and that comment, I'd say you have a social disorder. Perhaps you should seek professional help.
[HTC Sensation] tongueman87:
Lmao I am so glad the giants won as well
[HTC Sensation] Awestrike:
I've been using 6.2.1 XE and it's been great so far. Yesterday, though, I noticed that, whenever I plugged my phone in to charge it, it wouldn't actually start charging unless I woke it up using the power button. Before yesterday, whenever I plugged it in, the screen would come on and the LED would light up.

My battery life seems to be the same and it also still takes around the same time to charge so the issue doesn't affect me greatly. I'm just wondering if anyone else has had the same problem and whether or not I unknowingly changed certain settings for my phone to start acting like this.
[HTC Sensation] mikef:
Never seen that issue, did you plug it into the wall or into the computer to charge?
[HTC Sensation] Nucleotide:
Back on topic, 6.2.1 is delivery outstanding battery life for me.

I think I may leave this ROM as is for now, regardless of any updates that become available. It is rock solid, stable, reliable, and the battery life speaks for itself.

I'm not a heavy user. Nothing syncs in the background with the exception of Google Contacts, Calendar, auto-upload photos to Google+ and Weather. I send a few text messages most days, receive/make a phone call or two and play a game or two briefly most days.

Absolutely 100% happy with this ROM so far. I think I'm going to have to send mike some beer money! :D
[HTC Sensation] kickdrum74:
I have had this issue on occasion. But seems a small issue compared to most. Besides the rom is a leak. Jus my 2
[HTC Sensation] sromer:
The ROM won't display the 4G icon because it's based on non 4G ROMs.

If you look in the Themes and Apps section you can flash a 4G icon mod.

Edit

You can get the 4G icon mod here

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18245560&postcount=23227
[HTC Sensation] w_bovine:
One might keep in mind that flashing the 4G icon mod will break the EQS if it's installed. I went back the EQS after I noticed this since that is more important to me than the 4G icon. I suppose this is a framework thing?
[HTC Sensation] mgonzalez8968:
I'm saying at times it shows the "H" and then it goes to 3g and my connection gets slow. Do you think I will have to flash a radio mod?
[HTC Sensation] Awestrike:
It was a wall socket. Everything was fine before, even with the same ROM and kernel. It's not -always- like that, though. Sometimes, it'll just start charging normally and sometimes, I have to wake the phone up first.

I do agree. As I mentioned, it's not that great of an issue. It just bothers me a bit and if there were a way for me to set it back to the way it was before, I would definitely do it. :)
[HTC Sensation] fallenangel408:
:) i make one for the EQS that people are using 2.0? version i take no credit please thank creator here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22089391&postcount=4

im only changeing png from H and 3G to 4G

*have on signature by tom morning, for the few TMOUS wanting 4G icon

**asking creator for permission first! :)
[HTC Sensation] krps13:
:eek::eek:

55 hours still on 33% Battery
[HTC Sensation] trust-no-one:
how? im at 55% after 19 hours with wifi off.... your wifi is on the whole time!
[HTC Sensation] snake4fun:
my Sensation stays also over 50 h! :)
[HTC Sensation] feuerkette:
Hi,

I got random reboots on Sebastian kernel 1.728 with arhd 6.2.1xe.on 3.6.13 I had no problems to overclock with faux kernel.maybe I miss something,but all people seemed to run fine on 1.728 kernel
[HTC Sensation] Arthur Hucksake:
I can't get anywhere near that even with WIFI off. 41 hrs and 31% left right now.

1h voice calls and 1 and half hours of display ontime. Nothing much.
[HTC Sensation] munkyvirus:
Installed 6.2.1 XE on my TMo, got 16 hours after heavy use the other day, kicks the crap out of my old Triumph. Quick question, every once in a while, my phone gets super slow and has 50mb or less of RAM left. Is this a known thing? How do I get my RAM back? You might say to kill some apps and clear the RAM up, but I have no running apps according to Android, so I don't know what's happening.
[HTC Sensation] iJohnny:
What do you mean you dont have any running apps?

I get bunch of them when I press and hold home button.
[HTC Sensation] Nucleotide:
What does everyone set there Wifi sleep policy too?

- When screen turns off

- Never when plugged in

- Never

Would setting wifi to 'Never' really use a great deal more battery?
[HTC Sensation] munkyvirus:
According to the Task Manager nothing is open and I looked at the running apps tag in Settings and like 3 things were running and 3 more in background cache, but using a total of maybe 30mb.
[HTC Sensation] GuyAdams:
Guys, the biggest battery killer on the Sensation is the screen, look at his screen on time, there's barely any.

My average screen on time is 4 hours and with that I can usually make 24 hours, so take that into consideration when judging your on battery life.

I have played with Wi-Fi sleep policies for the last week or so and usually for large parts of the day I'm in a wifi network. Even though this means my phone could potential be connected for hours it really doesn't seem to effect my battery life that much.

A few posts back mf2112 posted a change to the build.prop for wifi scan interval, its worth implementing.

Sent from my HTC Sensation using Mikes excellent Android Revolution 6.2.1 XE