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[HTC Sensation] SterAllures:
When reading this I got very concerned, I've paid a lot for my Sensation and don't really wanna take any risks to break it.

I'm currently using the Anker battery, have to agree with you on the charging from 99% to 100% that it takes a lot longer then for example from 50% to 51%.

I just wonder, about the battery circuit not being good, I assume this is an assumption?

The fact that they're not being honoust about ISO certification doesn't concern me that much.

I just don't want to take any chances, did you already test the new 1730mAh battery and what did you find out? Is that battery a HTC OEM product or a third-party hardware product?
[HTC Sensation] usual_suspect:
With the hard drives, you make a valid point, I remember reading about this somewhere now you mention it. However I still find this a clever way of marketing that would kind of trick the average punter who knows no better into expecting 320GB of storage space when they buy the hard drive.

I still think the Jury's out on the overall quality of the battery though, and wouldnt say its necessarily a poor quality battery. After all your problem with the power button menu pooping up whist on charge (which I find the most worrying) is currantly isolated to your battery, so could just be a faulty unit. A lot of people are extremely happy with theirs, and until one does blow up Im not going to lose any sleep.

Cheers
[HTC Sensation] sowen222:
The new 1730mAh battery is an HTC OEM product, currently used in the EVO 3D. It's been tested by others, but you can also wait until the Sensation Special Edition is released and order the battery when it's officially listed as an SE accessory. The capacity will be the same as the Anker, but the thermostat and circuitry is certified by HTC in a Sensation.
[HTC Sensation] MadBastard:
So is it safe to use Anker battery or not ?im confused right now ....

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[HTC Sensation] sowen222:
The vendor has lied about the capacity, and the thermostat is faulty. That's enough for me to say I don't trust the safety of this battery in my expensive phone. I've sent the battery back to Amazon for a refund.

I'm going to spend €27 on an official HTC 1730mAh battery instead.
[HTC Sensation] NeoBlade:
Yeah I read the same too as some devs were talking about it. I was going to chime in on the response about the HDD sizes too but that has been covered.

Since mines all rooted with a custom ROM etc the idle battery life is better (best version has been ARHD 3.0.1 + stock kernel actually) I don't mind the drain so much for now. However I'll have a look around for that battery next year as its not urgent. Want the OtterBox Commuter more :P

Let me know how it goes with the HTC OEM battery though sowen!
[HTC Sensation] usual_suspect:
Ok. So hard drives wernt the best example here, but the same could be said about many things. There are expensive super cars advertised for example as being a 500bhp version, but in actual fact when tested it turns out to be only 470bhp etc. I think too much is being made of this, branding them liars that cant be trusted. Thats just my personal view of course.

A lot of people are using these batteries without any problems who are very happy, so im not gunna worry or come to any conclusions that it might damage my phone, until people start reporting this has happened.

Cheers
[HTC Sensation] NeoBlade:
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion of course, it all leads to healthy discussion ^_^ To be honest, its at a really good price and many have found great value from it so no harm there. Was tempted myself if I wasn't looking for a replacement case.

For me personally there was a time I needed a higher capacity battery but for now I can live with it and I travel with my USB external battery charger anyway.
[HTC Sensation] SterAllures:
I assume that 1730mAh battery is the original Evo 3D battery, because that's a HTC OEM battery.

Are you sure that battery fits in the Sensation?

Could you maybe provide the link from the dutch company where you want to order the battery, I might also give it a try.
[HTC Sensation] wr8_utd:
I have a friend who's been using an Anker battery in his phone (not the Sensation though) for the past 7 months (or so he claims) and it's not given him any problems till now so I'll go ahead and use it anyway.
[HTC Sensation] awesam:
99% to 100% takes a long time on my stock battery as well :P

as for the anker doing the same, try this... if it locks up on 99% and doesn't move, shutdown and remove batt and put it back. you'll see 100%. I did this on my STOCK battery.

As for the temp, I believe there's a way to read it. I read some where someone managed to hack into one, i just can't remember how he did it. ( some thing about a chip within the battery )
[HTC Sensation] foggydew88:
Look here: (thanks to HDblog)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aYONoLyldk&feature=player_detailpage#t=280s

It's in Italian language, but you can see:

- EVO battery fits in Sensation

- Sensation battery doesn't fit in EVO

Slán!
[HTC Sensation] wr8_utd:
I agree. My stock battery quite often takes a long time to get to 100 from 99. It's almost always stuck on 99 for some 20 odd minutes.
[HTC Sensation] noxPHX:
My battery drains so quickly after reaching around 12 percent. Without even touching the phone it'll drop so quick.

Think its compensating for that 100-99 drop that takes ages
[HTC Sensation] LPChris47:
Yes, its a worthwhile purchase. Some people just want it all for $15.

I can tell you from experience that it is safe and increases your battery life by a minimum of 30%

That's reason enough. As for people complaining about false advertising, all I have to say is that it exists and every company does it. Not saying it's right, but discouraging other consumers to purchase a great product because of a minor label discrepancy is dumb.

Buy the anker, you won't be disappointed.
[HTC Sensation] ijob:
I've had mine a day and its the best thing I've ever purchased for my phone, especially now its running custom ROM and kernel. Have used it ALOT today and its still going strong. Recommended!

So far so good.......

Although, I'm keen to know about this thermostat fault. How do I know if its faulty?

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Sent from the back of Michael Caine's Mini Cooper S, holding on for dear life......
[HTC Sensation] Nonsensical86:
hey guys. which battery is a better buy? anker or andidah? i am still on stock battery though battery life have significantly improved after flashing custom rom but it can't last me a day if i'm out.
[HTC Sensation] nrvnqsrxk:
what is andida
[HTC Sensation] Bejtulla:
I'd love to hear about Your experience with the 1730mAh battery.

Please let us know.
[HTC Sensation] kurtish:
Had my Anker in my Sensation for 3 weeks now and it's much better then the stock battery. No problems whatsoever.

Have charged it solely in the phone since day 1.

The only people with problems, appear to be the people that charge the Anker with that **** charger that comes with it. If the charger is made to be used in the US, then maybe that's the only place it should be used ;)
[HTC Sensation] awesam:
i personally think its the app itself, i THINK its trying to calibrate itself based on your usage, I've been flashing rome so much that the stats gone haywire. I've finally gotten my anker battery today. nice simple packing that states the date production 20110828xxx. Looks like a Fresh batch to me.

Anker batt came charged to 70%, did a full charge and I;m pretty happy with it so far. used 6 hours and it dropped to 70%, played some vids over youtube, surfed and downloaded apps from market for 2 hours and it was 50%

For once I'm not going to change rom and sticking to ARHD 3.0.4 for the next 3 days and see how the battery goes :)
[HTC Sensation] erasable:
The anker charger is indeed ****. If I knew how useless it was I would have saved the $5 and got just the battery. But sometimes you get what you pay for.
[HTC Sensation] Krayol:
Good buy

I've had the Ankhers for a few cycles now. Definitely a big improvement (and not a con like some of the "EBay Gold" batteries!).

I've recalibrated using Battery Monitor Widget Pro. Looks like a voltage range of 3098 to 4206 and a capacity of 2133 (well above the claimed 1900). My other Ankher battery is just over 2000mAH. Not sure how accurate these are, but the stock showed around 1600mAH, so probably not far out.

They do seem to run and charge a bit cooler (colder to the touch), which surprised me. Like most of the replacement batteries you can ignore the temperature reporting...my Ankhers both report between 24.8 and 25C even when they are warm. Worrying, but OK so long as you are careful.

The charger is pretty bad. I quickly fastened the charger to the US-UK adaptor and put a blob of glue on the pins at the right position to stop them sliding around. Still, it does the job, was effectively free (charger+2 batteries was cheaper than 2 batteries!) and I always have spares to hand fully charged as a result.
[HTC Sensation] Monkey289:
Awesome buy!!! My Sensation lasts all day and then some, with wi-fi on.
[HTC Sensation] miniterror:
First impression after 1 charge is verry good.

On stocj i would get 2 hours screen on time.

Atm im at 1 hour screen on and still 77% left.

And from what i readed here it wiill only improve more when it had a few cycles:-o

Amazing and definetly worth the money
[HTC Sensation] dhdcdarchy:
One down, one to go :P

Managed to kill one of my anker batteries today after a 3hour session on Minecraft the phone suddenly went off and wouldn't come back on, I changed batteries and it came straight back on, I don't know if the battery just overheated, I haven't since tried it but it was still pretty weird, I hope this is the case as I have been using these batteries for quite a while now and think they're great, I used them over a weekend away in conjunction with the free wall charger which meant I never had to have my phone plugged in the whole time, unfortunately the wall charger doesn't seem to have come back from the weekend away and has been lost forever :'(
[HTC Sensation] vinas1:
Just wanted to add that my Anker battery has been great. I've had it for about 2 months now and I can't recommend it enough. This is a must have for all sensation owners! Here are a few points I've noted:

The battery lasts about 25% longer than the stock battery (which is about 4 hours extra for me)

Phone runs much cooler because the Anker battery is aluminum

battery level would stay at 100% till about noon before the auto calibration happened

either the phone calibrated its self over time or an OTA update recalibrated the battery

After the latest OTA update the battery level is correct again
[HTC Sensation] vanders7:
I was very sceptical about purchasing this battery and after going through the forum I decided to make the purchase. I paid £7.99 for the battery from Amazon and I'm glad that I did.

I've had the Anker battery for 3 weeks now and can't recommend it enough.

My phone with stock battery from the morning 100% charged used to last me until the early evening. Since using the Anker I don't have to charge it until lunchtime the following day.

That's £7.99 well spent in my book :D
[HTC Sensation] awesam:
full charged and unplug this morning at 9-AM, by 9-PM i still had 50% :D

disgustingly satisfied with it

paid USD 25 over ebay though, a little PRICEY !!!! but they are the only ones able to send out of US. Amazon just didn't want it :(
[HTC Sensation] silentsnow31802:
Some comparisons....

Anker...

Chichitech...

Stock...

Conclusion...

The Anker and Chichitech are the SAME CELL just with a different label. They look exactly the same and both hold a capacity of 1700mah. They do have more capacity than the stock battery but not much by much. My opinion is that if you want a cheap way to get a little more life, get the Anker. If you dont mind spending a couple extra bucks (literally) you should get an Evo 3D battery which is basically the same as the Anker (capacity wise) only it is HTC branded and the temperature reports correctly. Me personally will be using the Evo 3D battery in my Sensation.
[HTC Sensation] The Janitor Mop:
Now we just have to test some of the extended batteries for the Evo 3D lol. I'm sure there's at least 1 battery out there that fits the Sensation and has a capacity of 1800 or 1900 mAh. That wasn't the most scientific of comparisons because the tests weren't all done on the same day, but I'm sure that the results are decently representative of what you'd get with a typical Anker or Chichitec battery on this phone. I'll probably buy a single Anker because 1700 mAh is good enough for the cheap price.
[HTC Sensation] ogxku5h:
Just ordered mine after reading all the reviews. Cannot wait to receive mine as I can't go a day with a full charge on my sensation :/
[HTC Sensation] astd:
I jusr got my HTC Sensation and I am wondering if the Anker 1900 worth buying?
[HTC Sensation] VolanteDB9:
have had an awful first 2 days with the battery...much like how the stock battery was like when i first got the phone...hopefully it will get better after a few cycles.
[HTC Sensation] BDorestant:
16 hours and battery at 5% with moderate use (Navigation for 30 mins, call time for a total of about 10 mins, about 25-40 text, 10 tweets, some search here and there) Phone is OC to 1.24GHz, stock 1.88GHz.
[HTC Sensation] slvrhwk:
Installed the battery last night. Charged it to 100%. Battery monitor widget still shows 38% left.
[HTC Sensation] bigmike2424:
On my first charge I went 16 hours with moderate use. Now I got almost 18 after playing Nova, Madden and pes11 for a few. I was previously getting 11-12 hours with stock battety. very good purchase
[HTC Sensation] Rimidal:
I've got two anker batteries and the stock one.

Due to my work I sometimes away from power supply for several days.

That's why I use all of them in cycle.

I suppose, that every battery should be calibrated and there should be a separate batterystats.bin file for every battery to function properly.

Does anyone met an app, that can restore that calibration info when a corresponding battery is inserted?

I mean an app, that has some isolated profiles for multiple batteries.

So far I've found an app called "Mugen Power". It does have some kind of profiles, but it is supposed to be used with Mugen batteries. And it has non-editable profiles. I'm not sure that this app is suitable for Anker.

Any help on this?
[HTC Sensation] formula91:
Finally some sort of empirical and scientific evidence rather than user accounts that may be biased due to placebo effect.

This thread is full of people who put magnets in their fuel tank and then drive more conservatively and claim it's the magnets rather than their own brain that was the cause of their increased MPG. You think you're driving the same, but you're not.
[HTC Sensation] Isis111:
I also got the Anker batteries (2) plus wall charger (cheap and pretty useless). I am impressed with the Anker batteries since I also have the much more expensive Mugen battery and the Anker holds up much better. The Mugen drains very quickly, took it to a ball game last night and by the 7th inning I was at 47% and with little if any use........Anker is a pretty good battery for the Sensation
[HTC Sensation] rotohammer:
I've been running my Anker 1900mAh battery for around 3 weeks now and I will admit I was skeptical that it would be any better than stock, but it appears to be much better. I'm wondering if they futzed with the battery meter circuit to allow for a deeper discharge, possibly out of spec, to get the extended capacity. I notice it stays close to 100% way longer than stock.

I'm somewhat perplexed at this point, hopefully I'll have time in the near future to do proper capacity testing. In the meantime I'm enjoying the run time while it lasts.
[HTC Sensation] usual_suspect:
Ok people, im on my second charge now on my new Anker battery. I would say after the first charge it had a slight edge over my stock htc battery. Maybe an extra 10%, which isnt bad considering I was doing very well on the stock battery. Seems to be doing even better on the second charge now, im gunna estimate it will end up around 15% over the stock by the time its dead.

I also noticed it hangs around 100% a lot longer too.

I'll report back after 4 or 5 complete charge and discharge cycles, but I wouldnt be surprised if it lasts around 20% longer than the stock battery once calibrated and conditioned fully.
[HTC Sensation] Krayol:
Rimidal...

Good question. I was thinking the same today - I have 3 types of battery and it would be great to swap them around and press a button to say the type inserted.

The only other App I could find was "Battery Left PRO" (need to be the pay one). I've installed, but don't have any feedback for you yet. (Ratings are very variable!)
[HTC Sensation] leetl90:
3rd day on my Anker and I'm still not getting good results. :mad:
[HTC Sensation] nrvnqsrxk:
3 days isn't enough for 4-5 full charge/discharge cycles. Come back after at least a week.
[HTC Sensation] kurtish:
Definately :)
[HTC Sensation] 299792458:
Can the Anker be charged in the phone? I thought I read somewhere earlier that it shouldn't be.
[HTC Sensation] Rimidal:
BatteryLeftPro is also installed on my Sensation. But as far as I can see this app has nothing to do with battery calibrating. It doesn't ask for a superuser permissions, so it can't access the batterystats.bin. This app reads the battery percentage and calculates the time left 'till the complete discharge for every battery. Very useful app, but unfortunately not exactly what I search for....
[HTC Sensation] silentsnow31802:
Yes you can charge it in the phone.
[HTC Sensation] awesam:
i don't know about others but I have my anker charging with htc charger all these while for 4 days. no problems so far.
[HTC Sensation] 299792458:
Thanks...I guess that settles it....I see a 2 pack on Amazon for just under $30. I shall order a couple!

I just couldn't see the utility if I had to remove my battery to charge it. A spare, ya no problem, but not the main.
[HTC Sensation] Krayol:
Interesting. I agree there is no su prompt, but it does appear to work the same as the Mugen. The Battery Left (not pro) part of it does require android.permission.BATTERY_STATS, but I believe that is read-only permission, and you would need to rewrite the file to be accurate?

Subtle, but I hadn't spotted it. I guess that you are correct! :)
[HTC Sensation] Camel0000:
I ordered one anker 1900 yesterday. i hope its so good like all here in this forum talk about.
[HTC Sensation] gtcalder:
Also ordered mine yesterday, thought not after all the reviews, only had the phone a few days though, so thinking i may have to leave the OEM battery to settle a little longer. At £14 though i thought why not!
[HTC Sensation] meteor999:
I have the anker, and its great, adds more juice certainly and stays nice and cool, thats what you want from a battery
[HTC Sensation] gguy1:
I've had this battery since late July its definitely better than stock, but not by much...

That being said its worth 11 bucks for sure, especially if you can get the external wall charger... I don't really worry about battery life anymore.

The only time it becomes a problem is if i forget my spare at home.

With heavy use ill say it last a lil over 6 hours.
[HTC Sensation] usual_suspect:
Well after 4 full charge/discharge cycles I can confirm Im getting around 20% extra battery life compared to the stock battery.

I would also point out that the Anker seems to perform even better in certain circumstances such as when internet browsing in a very weak 3G signal location where the stock battery got very hot, giving

at least

25% increase over the stock battery. Reason for this? We know these type of batteries drain quicker when hot, so the fact the Anker feels cooler in situations that made the stock battery get hot, explains why it performs so well in these circumstances for such a small mAh increase over the stock.

Cheers
[HTC Sensation] razorr69:
price

how much is everYone paying for this battery because the link on the front page took me to ebay and this

Anker Extended Battery for HTC Sensation 4G G14 1900mAh

Item condition:	New

Price:	US $59.96
[HTC Sensation] picachux:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Anker-Exten...Accessories&hash=item4aaebc8e90#ht_3761wt_993
[HTC Sensation] usual_suspect:
I paid £9.99 from amazon 1 week ago, it arrived in 2 days.

cheers
[HTC Sensation] sakuul:
Funny I received compleatly different results when I tested the anker and the evo 3D batteries. Was closer to 1400 man for the evolution battery and around 1800 to 2000 on the anker. Both batteries where of course discharged completely, then trickle charged at 0.1 A
[HTC Sensation] GabrielSousa:
thanks a lot !!!! ;)
[HTC Sensation] wr8_utd:
Not quite sure if the USB charger is working or not. Does it stay blue when it's charging? What does it turn to when the battery is full?

And +ve and -ve sign doesn't matter does it?

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Just got it and put the battery in and it's dropped from 68 to 62 in 10 minutes. I'll have to do the 3-4 cycles crap I guess.
[HTC Sensation] wr8_utd:
PS: The external charger isn't really charging for me. The blue light shows up but nothing else. What am I doing wrong?
[HTC Sensation] silentsnow31802:
Not too sure what to think about that one to be honest. Its weird that we would get such different results. Especially from HTC's batteries. If I am correct you were testing the EVO 3D battery and not the Sensations battery though? Im surprised the EVO battery scored around 1400Mah when its supposed to be bigger than the Sensations. 1400Mah is even lower than what the Sensation battery is rated at.

Can you try charging them at 1 amp instead of 0.1? I think that low charge speed has something to do with the scores you got.
[HTC Sensation] wr8_utd:
I'd be really grateful if someone could explain to me how to use the external USB Travel charger.

I've plugged it into the socket and it shows a blue light no matter how I put the battery. It's not charging it.

How am I supposed to connect those pins?

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Ok I figured out how to use it.
[HTC Sensation] ogxku5h:
Just got the Anker in the mail yesterday, sane with 17 hours of constant Facebook, texts, and some gaming, i'm at 44%
[HTC Sensation] webmaster:
This is really great info, thanks for actually testing this out! I was caught up in the hype (originally) and I ended up buying an Anker after reading the glowing reviews here. To be honest, I noticed (if anything) a marginal difference in battery life after the switch and your tests seem to indicate why. In your best estimation, should I set my battery monitor to 1700mah or 1730mah on my phone in order to get the most accurate measurements?
[HTC Sensation] silentsnow31802:
I would set it to 1700mah. That seems to be what the cells are actually rated for. Its been seen printed under the label.
[HTC Sensation] nrvnqsrxk:
Just curious, did you actually follow the manufacturers recommendation and do 4-5 full discharge cycles? Just wondering. My phone can actually last me throughout the entire day now, as opposed to having to switch/charge every 12 hours.

I would also set it at 1700, since it's a more conservative estimate. Seems like the tolerances are all over the place. To be expected of something manufactured in the PRC :o
[HTC Sensation] wr8_utd:
On the first charge the battery wasn't too great but after the second one it's been amazing.

10 hours since I charged my phone and I've been on GPS, 3G all day with heavy IMing/Facebook/Twitter and around 30 mins each of gaming and music and it's still at 59.

My stock battery would have been at around 20 tops by now
[HTC Sensation] gtcalder:
Received my Anker today, looking foward to try it out and see what its like, how long is it supposed to take to charge from empty? and half?

Also what is the actual warranty for the Anker? It says 6 months on the packaging but 1 year in the instruction manual?!