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[HTC Sensation] Vineares:
When we first obtained S-Off I was running LeeDroid's Sense rom. If you're into Sense I would suggest that. I tried out CM7 and hopped on the love boat. It's simplicity is something you have to get used to after being on Sense for a while but the pro's far outweigh the eye-candy. I used MIUI on my Vibrant before I dropped it and I REALLY liked that. I tried TripnMIUI but something about it felt incomplete. Not everything is implemented/working + it isn't an official ROM so you don't get all the little perks of automatic updating/backups within the ROM. Even if an official ROM is released I think I'm staying with CM7. You can really make it anything you want it to be with a bit of themeing and custom launchers.
[HTC Sensation] DrewMullen:
my 2 cents: i just bought this thing. Awesome! very impressed :)

anyone have any apps that track battery life and record it to a ... file? database? I'd love to know some more about maximizing battery life
[HTC Sensation] mdpgc:
Battery Monitor Widget is a good app. Free in the Market. I use it all the time.
[HTC Sensation] agentaaron:
Ordered my anker 1900 on Monday and received it yesterday...awesome shipping time for one!

I charged my battery last night, unplugged about 930am...its now 1141pm and my battery is still at 72%...that's through 4-5 hours of mp3 playing, about 90 text messages, handful of emails and a 17 minute convo with the wife on my lunch break...plus I've been playing on the xda app for about 45 minutes now.

...I'm impressed, and that after only one full charge, if it gets better from here I'm golden
[HTC Sensation] usual_suspect:
I would also suggest to you that your stock battery was faulty. An Anker 1900 battery which on average hold around 1730mAh should not improve performance 50%+ on the stock 1520mAh battery.

Ok they do seem to out perform their mAh compared to the stocks a little (due to running cooler maybe?), but any more than a 30% performance increase and I would say your stock battery was simply a dud.

Cheers
[HTC Sensation] LD6:
i love it... not worlds difference but noticable
[HTC Sensation] GabrielSousa:
i have now the Anker 1900,

now my temp. reading are wrong, always says 24.8.

are your temp readings good ?
[HTC Sensation] peterc10:
Nope .... we are all in the same boat. As has already been said many times in this thread.
[HTC Sensation] GabrielSousa:
thanks... any solution ?
[HTC Sensation] jeffokada81:
The claimed 2300mah battery is actually 1730mah. I put in a dispute for 'item not as described' and they refunded my $16.00.

My phone does last noticeably longer though. =) Free battery.

Im running ARDH 3.6.1 @ 1.5GHZ and my battery lasted full 24hrs with 37% left. Moderate use.

I would suggest if you are a stingy bastard like me, order the batter and claim it is not as described on ebay and they will refund you. They have no choice because the batter is not 2300mah but it does last MUCH longer than the stock battery.

________________________________________________

I'm using Battery Monitor Widget for MAH readings. Is it possible it isnot reading properly or accurate MAH? I noticed a few post above this one someone claimed the exact MAH reading on the 1900mah battery?
[HTC Sensation] peterc10:
Not that I have heard of.
[HTC Sensation] jeffokada81:
Did you run battery calibration tool off the market?
[HTC Sensation] usual_suspect:
Forgive me, but what has that got to do with anything regarding my point that if you see a 50%+ increase with an Anker battery you clearly had a bad stock battery.

If you read back over the last 50 or 60 pages of this thread you will see the anker battery has been tested properly and is actually around 1730mAh and not 1900 as sold.

My point stands, anyone getting more than a 20 to 30% increase had a dud stock battery.

Personally I had a great stock battery easily lasting 2 days with moderate use. I get maybe 15-20% extra on top of that since changing to an Anker which is roughly what you would expect with the increase in mAh between the 2 batteries.

Cheers.
[HTC Sensation] anlygi:
I have been debating with myself whether or not to opt for one of these as my battery life seems dire, both on the stock Vodafone ROM and the ARHD ROMs (3.6.0 and 3.6.1) I have been running the past few weeks. Think I will go ahead and order.

I must also try Vodafone to see if they can send a replacement original battery, I am sure there's a fault with it.
[HTC Sensation] ssteph2001:
34 hours one charge

I did it whit a anker batterie.For me it is twice what a do usualy whit a stock one.
[HTC Sensation] usual_suspect:
100% improvement? You had a faulty stock battery then ;)

I get around 40 hours with moderate use out of the stock battery and around 48 hours of similar use out the Anker (roughly 20% improvement).

cheers
[HTC Sensation] jeffokada81:
Because the phone is still set on averages of the old battery that was used and needs to be reset. Thats all. If your phone had averages of 1500mah and you put a 2000mah battery in, you are still going to get averages of the 1500mah until you reset battery stats to get accurate percentage. At lease this seems like common-sense to me. Maybe I'm wrong.
[HTC Sensation] usual_suspect:
completely different subject to what I was talking about though :eek:

I'm talking about the actual capacity of the battery not the phones calibration, and pointing out that you can not get 50%+ or even 100% improvement from a battery that holds slightly more mAh. You would need a 3000mAh battery to get double performance over stock. So anyone getting these kind of results clearly has a faulty 1520mAh stock battery.

Besides I dought the Anker battery is physically big enough to hold more than around 1800mAh anyway. Read the 9th post down on page 70 of this thread aswell ;)

If the Anker battery only holds 1730mAh capacity, putting 2000mAh in with battery widget pro wont give you 2000mAh performance. Mines calibrated now sure, and I get 20% extra performance over my stock battery which is slightly better than I would expect from an extra 200 or so mAh capacity the Anker gives.

Cheers
[HTC Sensation] jjdoctor:
you guys are getting some very good battery timings..

Mine lasted 10 hrs only.. very less use... brightness set to zero.. no data, no gps.. though i get low signals..2 to 3 bars..

Display time= 2 hrs 45mins

calls= 15 mins

wifi=30mins..

do i need to have a battery replacement?
[HTC Sensation] usual_suspect:
Is that with the stock battery? Quite poor, but your not alone, a lot of guys on here also have similar results. Its either the battery or the handset thats the culprit. Try an Anker theyre cheap enough.
[HTC Sensation] remus82:
How do we get this battery at $10 again?
[HTC Sensation] Gunkk:
Ebay.

Sent from my Bricked Energy ROM Sensation.
[HTC Sensation] remus82:
Cheapest is $24.99 :(
[HTC Sensation] shishilok:
i need a powerful battery, thanks~
[HTC Sensation] olly183:
Anker 1900mAh battery

I bought this via Amazon.co.uk

"sorry too newbie to post links!"

Very pleased definitely a vast improvement over HTC original battery, Plus for uk£17 you get:

2 x 1900mAh batteries

1 x Mains USB Charger & Stand alone charger

(Its not obvious in the lit but you can charge your 2nd battery while using the 1st)

anyway very pleased so far, sorry haven't got the time or inclination to do detailed study.

only query would be what specifically are the stats that get reset when resetting battery stats?

Regards

Olly
[HTC Sensation] mdpgc:
I received my Anker batteries around 245pm Saturday. I charged the battery from 3-11pm (8hrs) for its first charge. I put the battery in the phone and configured the Battery Monitor Widget to 1900 for the battery capacity. I left the phone on overnight. When I got up this morning at 1030am, after 11h11m, the battery is only at 70% and says that at this rate and under those conditions (standby) the battery would last for 1d0h. Of course this is with WiFi on and minimal use of the phone. Today I will test the rest of the battery with web browsing, text message, phone calls, etc...until I run the battery down to 1% and recharge it.

I will post the results from my second discharge.
[HTC Sensation] jjdoctor:
How can phone circuit be a problem?

I am expecting battery to be culprit or maybe the ROM... My phone gets warm but not Hot...

During standby hours battery falls by 1-2%/hour..but when I use it, it gets killed very quick..

Today I flashed latest radio... Been online for 2 hours continuous browsing all time.. Battery fell by 50%... it looks like improvement to me...

Moreover I m at a place where I hardly get 2 to 3 signal bars... Most of the time don't get any..

I didn't like reception of this phone.. Its so bad..

I already ordered Anker Batteries... Let's see how that goes...
[HTC Sensation] usual_suspect:
The phone can quite easily be the culprit. Do your research and you will find there are dodgey sensations where the phone gets hot and battery drains quickly whist its simply sitting there doing nothing. The techradar review team had one of these dodgey handsets if you read the review... easy to find Google is your friend here if you want the link. Since yours only drains 1 or 2 % idle I dought you have one of the dodgey handsets though. See how you go with the anker, if you get over 50% improvement over stock you must have a dud stock battery.

Cheers
[HTC Sensation] miniterror:
The best i could get out of my anker is 4 hours screen on time over 15 hours then its dead.

With stock i could only get 2 hours screen on time with only 7 hours phone on.

I really wonder how you guys get such batt life:s

Im already running at stock clocks and uv it extra with sysyem tuner pro where i pressed 7 times the -12.5mv setting it to 1000mv for 1.18ghz.

If i go one lower my phone will stop responding so i dont think i can uv more and still im not close to you guys:s
[HTC Sensation] cooldra01:
Nope...

Nope. The EVO 3D and Sensation batteries are in fact interchangeable, but they are not the same battery. There's a notable difference in weight and the 3D battery is slightly thicker as well.
[HTC Sensation] jjdoctor:
That's exactly my situation... How these guys get so high battery timings???
[HTC Sensation] GabrielSousa:
52 hours

my first charge on anker gave me 52 hours :D
[HTC Sensation] peterc10:
By not having the screen on for so long ;). That is the real battery killer.
[HTC Sensation] miniterror:
Whats the point of having a smartphone that can do alnost anything if you cant use it
[HTC Sensation] LLGreenGuy:
Here are a pair of noob questions related to my Sensation 4G (*not* rooted):

1) What exactly am I supposed to do to configure the Battery Monitor widget for my new Anker battery? The field for total mAh seems pretty self-explanatory (1900, right?), but what am I supposed to do about the max and min voltage fields? Also, is filling in all three of these fields all I need to do here?

2) The Anker instructions (as well as numerous posters in this thread) talk about draining the battery completely, but websites talking about proper Li-ion battery care say that this is bad for a Li-ion battery. So which is it? Do I really need to drain fully, or will several drains down to 20% and recharges provide the same benefit without harming the battery?

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Jeremy
[HTC Sensation] bangsters:
just got my anker today....

will post my findings later.
[HTC Sensation] peterc10:
Whoa .... easy tiger. You asked a question I answered it. If you don't like the answer your shouldn't have asked the question! Don't blame me, I didn't design the phone or the battery.
[HTC Sensation] mdpgc:
After my 2nd charge/discharge/charge (before turning the phone on, I booted into recovery and wiped the battery stats), the phone and battery are running like a charm. I've had the phone on the the last 2h39m, I've sent quite a few text messages searched the Internet and made (2) 6 minutes calls and Battery Monitor Widget says 2d3h and has been on 100% for the whole 2h39m.

I would recommend these batteries to anyone.
[HTC Sensation] tuner562:
How do you configure the battery monitor for the 1900?
[HTC Sensation] miniterror:
I think there whas a little language barrier there,

No harm in my comments.

Besides i never said i blamed you.

On the other side you gave me a totally useless reply so i give something useless back:s

Youre post didnt contribute in any way to the post i made as i asked how people could get such screen on times.

Hope you dont misinterpetate it as a attacking/flamming post.
[HTC Sensation] mdpgc:
Open Battery Monitor Widget (if you have pro)

Go into Settings

Monitoring

Battery Capacity

Enter 1900 Manually

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**After 4h17min battery is at 92% - Empty Estimation 2d11h*** (Only been using the phone as I've needed it)
[HTC Sensation] silentsnow31802:
Configure the battery monitor to 1700mah not 1900.
[HTC Sensation] mdpgc:
Thx for the info
[HTC Sensation] peterc10:
You (or somebody) asked how other people got more battery life (not screen on times) than you and I explained the answer. How was that useless? You may not like the answer, but the fact is that the screen uses more power than almost anything else. The way most people, including me, get more battery life is by not having the screen on for 4 hours, unless we are plugged in.
[HTC Sensation] galaxys:
Just got my Anker today and will post later after some recharge cycles. :)
[HTC Sensation] usual_suspect:
Dunno, just make sure the phones set up well I guess. Things set to sync every few hours not every few minutes stuff like that is the key. I'm quite happy for my emails to come through every 2 hours, anything more urgent and people would call or text, and hey you can always check manually anytime too.

I really think its quite common to get a bad handset too from reading around online. Battery life on a HTC phone can be very hit and miss, the Desire was similar for this. Some people no matter how well they set up their phone it drains ridiculously quick compared to what others do.

This review from Techradar is quite interesting as it highlights how different Sensation handsets seem to vary with battery life (they tested 2 different sensations)... http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/htc-sensation-943466/review

Heres a screen shot of my Sensation with 12% battery left after just under 45 hours use including 4 and half hours screen on time.

The 2 spikes on the graph are where the phone has been shut down over night and the battery reads wrong for a short while after switching back on which is common on this phone.

Note: I get up to 6 hours screen on time if its done within 1 waking day (17 hours)
[HTC Sensation] miniterror:
Thabks mate:)

This a answer thats usefull for me.

I have all my sync setting to 3 or 4 hours for the apps(kinda depends on the app as some wont except 4 hours)

May i ask wich screen brightness you use?

Also do you have alterd valeus if you use the auto brightness?

Ill see again tomorow as i downloaded battery monitor and told it i have a 1750ma battery.

Went in recovery and whiped batt stats and all of a sudden it whas 95% instead of 100% with a green light.

Although 5% wont give a extra 2 hours screen on time:p

Also did you flash official latest ruu?(cant remember the number)

Ive readed it does some sort of chipset update.

Also a nice read how they have 2 different results with the same setup.

Geuss its my first faultyish devish that i suffer from shorter batt life:(
[HTC Sensation] Gunkk:
One full deep discharge/recharge should suffice. The battery calibration will take are of itself over a few days. Avoid repeated deep discharges for the best longevity.

Sent from my Bricked Energy ROM Sensation.
[HTC Sensation] Gunkk:
My battery idle drain today with an Anker:

Sent from my Bricked Energy ROM Sensation.
[HTC Sensation] jjdoctor:
That's how mine goes...wrist battery life with hadn't use...

Screen set to lowest brightness...

No calls and SMS...

WIFI and browsing internet all time...

1gb data downloaded... 100mb uploaded...it took time since I have 2mb dsl connection..

No data.

No games

No videos

No music
[HTC Sensation] Gunkk:
Get BetterBatteryStats (one word) from the market or the XDA thread. Have it show wakelocks after several hours of idle use. It will show which apps are keeping the phone from sleeping while idle. To identity apps using too much CPU, get watchdog from the market. To see CPU use in real time, use System Tuner.

Sent from my Bricked Energy ROM Sensation.
[HTC Sensation] usual_suspect:
Screen brightness is set to 30%, and I have power saver set to kick in at 25% battery left where the screen brightness will then auto drop to 20%.

I set battery capacity as 1730mAh with battery widget pro, as this is roughly what the Anker's hold on average. So yours is about right at 1750 aswell.

I'm running the latest european 2.3.4 build number 1.45.401.2 CL125597.

I did do the 5 full charge/discharge cycle's when I first got the battery. To be fair though I got great battery life out the stock battery, I'd say I'm getting roughly 20% more out of the Anker, which is what I expected to get.

Cheers

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+1 ... dont leave home without it :D

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Looks like your losing signal regular (the red parts under phone signal), that will be your battery drain.

cheers
[HTC Sensation] jjdoctor:
Well yeh... I loose signal alot... The best i get is 3 bars... Mosy of the time its 2 bars...
[HTC Sensation] usual_suspect:
You wont get good battery life if your completely losing signal regular. In fact the only time my battery drains fast is when I'm in an area with 0-1 signal bars, which thankfully is hardly ever!

Looking at that pic of yours your phones completely losing signal a lot, which explains everything. If you changed to a network with better signal coverage your battery life would improve a lot.

cheers
[HTC Sensation] Gunkk:
*#*#4636#*#*

Set to GSM preferred (PRL)

Sent from my Bricked Energy ROM Sensation.
[HTC Sensation] jjdoctor:
yeah today i was in full signla and battery was dropping like 3-4%/ hour with few calls..

I can imagine the drain is definitely due to loss of signals since its constantly searching for network every 5-10mins..

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hey thanks... i changed that to GSM.. though I selected GSM onlyin netwrok but i dont know why was it still onn CDMA preferred.. there is no CDMA network in my country...:p

lets see how it works now...
[HTC Sensation] cubitusclaudius:
Hi everybody,

I just bought the Anker battery and this night got into screen of death. Had to pull off battery to restart and phone was a little bit hot.

before SOD it was 100% charged and after rebooting got 96% and after 10 mns 86% then 84%.

BUT !

yesterday night I reinstalled ARHD 3.6.1 and restored data from ARHD 3.6.2 . So maybe I should have wiped cache and Dalvik?

Did someone experience SOD with Anker battery?
[HTC Sensation] LPChris47:
I've had my Anker for about 6 weeks now, and I'm still loving it.

Before with the stock battery, I was lucky to get 12 hours of battery with moderate use (everything except heavy gaming and GPS).

With the Anker battery, I consistenly get 16 hours MINIMUM. Usually after 16 hours, I'm around 20%.

My all-time best was 24 hours. But that was with light use and standby for most of the day.

Still a worthwhile investment.
[HTC Sensation] Gunkk:
34 hrs-ish

Sent from my Bricked Energy ROM Sensation.
[HTC Sensation] Niekjuh:
Many Many times, but it is software related i think, on some roms it wont happen
[HTC Sensation] sstanton86:
I bought one of these a while back, and because i've changed ROM's etc.. I haven't been able to tell how good it is.

It doesnt seem as good as I thought though.. but I will have to double check!
[HTC Sensation] masondoctorjt:
Got my Anker 2 days ago. got it for $12 with a anker wall carger. So far it seems way better than the stock battery. I am still conditioning it so I'll see. But yesterday I got16 hours out of it, Granted 8 hours was on standby, but I was using it heavy the other 8 hours trying to get it to die. Today I was able to kill it in 12 hrs. but not much standby at all.
[HTC Sensation] pokworld:
I wanna share my xp with amker batteried so far.

I bought 2 batteries for 25 $ and external charger. Btw I lost my kit bat on the same day i got the ones. It needed to charge and discharge like 4 to 5 times. Before that I had some bad thoughts that I was ripped off. I did not believe in this 1900 number. But now phone gets 13 h with everything on. It is rel change for me. Last night after not using the phone too much xuring the day my bat was like 30% and i did not pluged the charger and at the morning it is 18% . I feel like I don't have supersmartphone but nokia :). 25 hours of battery with 60 % of talking and 30 % display usage. Just perfect! I will give u all feedback if I get some new info after weeks.

Btw battery is bigger than the original one. But it fits well so no worries about that. Even i am glad it is thicker cause 1900 mA can get it with very same size.
[HTC Sensation] thebigham:
It died on me after a month of usage :(

EDIT: NVM! It didn't died. At first, my phone wouldn't turn on. I took the anker battery out and put it back in it. I repeated the process couple times with no luck. I tried plug in the charger, still no go. Then I pop in the stock battery, and my phone turns on again. I took out the stock battery and put the Anker batter back in and the phone turns on... WEIRD. Anyone have any idea what was wrong with it?? Anker battery was charging over night, and i have used it earlier in the morning.
[HTC Sensation] tuner562:
Just an update I was able to go 2 days with light usage, mostly texting. With moderate usage the battery still has a very good charge left at the end of the day.
[HTC Sensation] hoobajoob:
Awesome Battery

Thanks for the suggestion guys. This battery actually holds a charge all day for me, even when I leave wifi and bluetooth on when I'm out of range. The only thing I could do to completely drain it for the first few cycles was to leave the GPS on.
[HTC Sensation] nrvnqsrxk:
You probably running an older version of recovery that didn't let it charge when fully depleted.

Sent from my HTC Sensation
[HTC Sensation] xperiaforme:
Please can you tell me which application you use to get this graph?
[HTC Sensation] Stickster42:
The graph details are in settings > about phone > battery > battery use > then tap the graph at the top for more detail as above.
[HTC Sensation] xperiaforme:
Ooooooo thanks I never saw it before (one of total noob moments)
[HTC Sensation] galaxys:
I never saw it either ...that's a cool graph!
[HTC Sensation] olyloh6696:
Hey guys, you all seem inpressed by this make of battery! They seem dirt cheap too, i'm considering placing an order for my Desire S (stock battery is 1450mAh)

The Anker battery for Desire S is 1600mAh (http://www.amazon.com/Anker-1600mAh...Mobile/dp/B005DC1WN4/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top)

Do you think it will make a huge difference? Becuase they is only a small differnce in 150mAh, compared to 380mAh in your devices!

So should i order it? :)

Cheers !
[HTC Sensation] usual_suspect:
Well the 1900 Anker's are actually only around 1730mAh on average going by tests done by members of this forum (you can find this earlier on this thread), so The Desire S Anker 1600mAh may actually only be around the same mAh as the stock battery (1450)... although its hard to say without testing the capacity of one.

This is the Anker battery you want for the Desire S.. http://www.amazon.com/Anker-1600mAh..._1_2?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1318984882&sr=1-2

That one actually physically looks like the one we are using on our Sensations!

Since your in the UK, here's a good deal on Amazon UK for 2 of them with a travel charger.. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-1600m...ILG2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1318985100&sr=8-2

Cheers
[HTC Sensation] olyloh6696:
Nice one mate !. Thanks for the info !