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[HTC Sensation] DeezNotes:
I like GSM better than CDMA

I like it a lot better than my Fascinate. I let my buddy use the Fascinate and I called him to ask how he liked it and it died in the middle of our call.

Here, I didn't use the phone much in this screen shot... I think I forgot to charge it the night before... then it was just some bathroom web surfing here and there, some texts, more web surfing, more texts, navigation, some calls, then more surfing and games in the bathroom.

I'm not using Juice Defender or any task killers. I just froze a bunch of apps I don't use. The phone doesn't have root enabled at the moment - I rebooted it at some point a while ago and didn't bother re-enabling it.
[HTC Sensation] lezouave:
Battery life has consistently improved of the past few weeks on my Sensation. It is now quite reasonable, last night it went 100 to 87 in eight hours.

The device is not temp-rooted, and I did not create an HTC sense account. Google sync is running at default settings, and wifi was on. No juice defender or anything like that running.

During the day I find it to be much better than my old Samsung Vibrant was. It's too hard to give more specifics though.
[HTC Sensation] ctscloud:
Do you know if your.getting the same type of battery like I do(12hr) on average usage like web texting music?
[HTC Sensation] kayroccs:
Can you make a list of all the apps you froze cause I'm not getting half the results you are thank u
[HTC Sensation] kwbdc:
I had been getting around 17-19 hrs on a charge until just recently. For some odd reason I have an "untitiled" download that failed that i can't clear even with a reboot. Strangely after that now I'm only getting around 13-14 hrs.
[HTC Sensation] heygrl:
With my Anker battery I get 13 hours of usage out of 1 battery charge. It used to be 9 hours until I wiped battery stats.
[HTC Sensation] Zehlek:
My battery is really good with heavy use
[HTC Sensation] DeezNotes:
Honestly, I think it has more to do with which apps sync data automatically more than which apps are frozen. When I started having battery issues, I disabled syncing for as many apps as I possibly could. Some apps have the option to sync when the app is opened - if that was available I chose that option. If you look at my screenshot, you'll see that the first 8 hours or so during the night, the phone woke up every now and then to sync *something*... I'm not sure what it was doing, but that alone should show that it's not doing much when it's sitting idle.

Try charging before you go to sleep, then take it off the charger right before bed. When you wake up, see what the awake usage is like. That might tell you that something is syncing automatically and some settings may need to be adjusted.
[HTC Sensation] tinker2000:
Hi, I actually mean when its powered off !!!!! I have no issue when its on :( and last night it was fine, still on 100% when I got up. weird!
[HTC Sensation] zim2dive:
My wife had hers OFF for 8 days (while overseas).. she had plenty of batt left when she turned it back on.
[HTC Sensation] jermaindefoe:
battery is SHOCKING on mine, i get < a days use consistently.

Anyone know of any good apps to help me see whats going on here?
[HTC Sensation] Utking:
Turn off fastboot

Sent from my overclock'ed Sensation
[HTC Sensation] nicky041192:
Green Power Premium. I use it and get a few more hours with it.
[HTC Sensation] zim2dive:
2 days, 19hours, and still had >20% batt left, but needed to charge b/c I'll be away from power later today. Yes, it was a pretty quiet weekend... grilling some steak and drinking beer with friends.. not playing Angry Birds :)
[HTC Sensation] Utking:
Do you have it on airplane mode during night? since there was no phone signal :)
[HTC Sensation] lost2431:
Roughly 14 hrs with about 2hrs of music +2 hrs of browsing and games. Btw, sorry If this has been mentioned before but, doesn't it seem like the battery goes down really slow from 100% to 99%(with stock battery), and then all of a sudden it goes down real fast ?
[HTC Sensation] zim2dive:
yes, I've I've freely mentioned multiple places (not trying to deceive anyone), I use Timeriffic

my weekday schedule is

overnight - airplane mode (the phone is downstairs out of earshot anyway.. why burn radio power when I'd never answer anyway)

6:30am - exit airplane mode

7:30am - enable bluetooth for the drive to work

8:30am - disable bluetooth, and set ringer to vibrate (quiet at work)

4:30pm - enable bluetooth for the drive home, set ringer back for normal

6pm - disable bluetooth

rinse, wash, repeat

and then I have the powerbar(?) widget on my homescreen to enable anything I want outside those hours with a single click.

this is a setup I used with previous phones where I really needed the extra battery time, so I carried it forward when I upgraded to the Sensation, and while I can't say I "need" it, it "costs" me nothing, and I get some "free" extra battery hours as a result. For me, its a no-brainer.

Regardless of the power savings, I'd be using Timeriffic (or any of the many other equivalent utilities.. I'm not trying to shill for timeriffic), to adjust the ringer during work hours and to enable BT during the hours I'm most likely to be in the car.

For those who would not want to put the phone in airplane mode while they sleep, the phone "slept" 3 nights during the graph I posted, for ~7 hours each night, so you can deduct 21 hours from the 2D19H burn time :)... which would put me back at just under 2 days, but still having >20% battery left.
[HTC Sensation] 1MoreMinute:
Hello, I have searched the market for this and I am coming up empty for some reason, can you post a link or something to this please? Thanks so much.

My battery was fine until last night for some reason, Ive used the phone very lightly today and my battery is draining like crazy even after I killed most apps.
[HTC Sensation] lovendsuicide:
Yeah this happens to me. This morning it took 4h to drop from 100% to 99% and then like 2h later it was by 92% with the same amount of usage, just sending and receiving some sms's.
[HTC Sensation] animaleyes76:
Use Juice Defender Ultimate, yes you have to pay a tiny amount but it's FAR better than the free version.
[HTC Sensation] multicrazy125:
Man how did you wipe battery stats i really need to know coz i did temp root and now after that what do i do???
[HTC Sensation] viper619:
15 hours 46 mins

VIPER
[HTC Sensation] Hamsn:
First day I got 1d 8h something with 8% left. Next day I got 1d 0h 8m with about 35% left. But I think its deteriorating day by day, not sure yet why this is happening although I made no changes since day 1, data connected all the time or WiFi connected, email sync default settings of 15min, default settings for friendstream, weather, calendar and other widgets.

One more thing I realized, even if you turn off your phone, it is like hibernate, the apps still remain in memory, so I restarted, then I had cleared memory and the battery performance seems improved, still have to confirm this, once I complete I'll post back.

But even now I am getting more than a day, at least 24 hours with the same settings as above.
[HTC Sensation] Viestarts:
I've done 3 100-0 cycles so far (first 2 charges with phone off and 3rd with phone on). Took it off from charger this morning and after 5.5 hours it's down to 11% :(

I've disabled some of syncing (Twitter, HTC Sense, Facebook) and also Fast Boot and "Always on mobile data") now and hope than battery life will improve. Will report soon.
[HTC Sensation] viper619:
JUST got the auto brightness on that's all. Am a normal to.heavy user
[HTC Sensation] ratchetnclank:
i get about 10 hours on medium usage
[HTC Sensation] OberonSnowcat:
My battery life hasn't been anything to scream home about but I feel that it's been about normal considering what we are getting here. My last two phones have both been HTCs so I've gotten used to carrying around a spare power charger to give them a boost in the middle of the day so that they make it. Though I am a bit of heavy user and some other people will get better life than I will.
[HTC Sensation] Viestarts:
Done all of the above + Screen on auto and installed Juice defender free version and now it's compleately different picture. After 29h down to 13% (8h of sleep). :)
[HTC Sensation] Qwox:
It drained about 40% during night times last week with stock rom but now with LeeDroid's 1.2 version it looks way better. btw it's i think the third charge since i changed the rom. it gets acceptable now.
[HTC Sensation] Ivanstein:
Coming from Evo 4G my battery life is phenomenal, at least three times better. I can use it all day and not need a recharge.
[HTC Sensation] DefiantMenace:
Hmmmmmmmmmm
[HTC Sensation] Hamsn:
Check this out:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16394802&postcount=14
[HTC Sensation] Zehlek:
I'll check it out
[HTC Sensation] Bsketball:
This is my experience:

Each grid is one hour btw.

Standby is nothing to complain about, quite good in fact, but actual usage drops it like a rock. I can lose 40% an hour, which is quite terrible, making the phone useless for gaming.
[HTC Sensation] ketpetje:
With leedroids ROM it's perfect, even with gps on and working with sportypal for 1,5 hour my batterry is now 82%.
[HTC Sensation] rwt4jc:
My battery life

The best thing I've done to extend my battery life is purchase the Anker 1900mh battery. It may not actually be 1900mh but it is a bit better than my stock battery. I've heard mixed report on this battery, maybe I got a good one or maybe my stock battery wasn't up to par? With the Anker I can go all day with normal use, which I would consider to be light to medium use, and have about 25% left. I also rooted and I'm running LeeDrOiD rom which may be helping a bit.
[HTC Sensation] lazers378:
I got my sensation about 2 weeks back, initially the battery time gave me 8 hrs max (of course i was using the phone more at that time). Now it gives me max of 20 to 22 hrs and i always keep sync data and Wifi turned on and my incoming and outgoing calls are very few.
[HTC Sensation] MacBryan:
Which rom do u use?
[HTC Sensation] jmorgie:
Battery really sucks!

Very poor -- i get maybe 30 minutes of phone calls a bit of usage. Went into the local tmo store and complained; they gave me a different battery, said my original one 'felt squishy'. seems better now.

took a road trip; in 2 hrs of using GPS and nav software the battery was getting depleted despite the fact that i had it plugged into the car's 12v the whole time!

Also i have since invested $5 in a car recharger with overcharge detection;

i think i have to buy a larger battery when they come available.
[HTC Sensation] Pneumatic:
I charged last night before bed and it is now 7:00 pm. I didn't want to leave it on the charger over night but I use my phone as my alarm clock so I put it into flight mode. I turned everything back on at 7 am. 12 hours and I am at 3% (trying to kill it off).

I am on Revolution 1.1.7 with Unity kernel and I my screen on time was around 2.5 hours (checking email, some quick web surfing, XDA, a couple of you tube videos, work stuff like looking up prices for customers in my contacts, etc).

I know mileage will vary but I am having no battery issues.
[HTC Sensation] Pingbo:
My battery life is horrible too. Since I flashed a custom ROM my phone needs arround 160 - 200 ma in standby with each ROM -.- ...

Before I did soff and with stock ROM it needed arround 50ma ...
[HTC Sensation] mrg02d:
It might just be false readings. Mine says the same but my battery its still going!
[HTC Sensation] martymonster:
When I first got my Sensation, it was using about 10% each hour.

I has sinced moved to LeeDroid ROM and with the help of JuiceDefender I now get at least 1 day from it, so far today, it has used 5% in 4 1/2 hours.

Considering that when doing the exact same things on it at the beginning, that is a great improvement. (mainly in standby and using Pocket Informant)

Even when browsing and checking Twitter, Facebook, Stocks etc, it still uses heaps less then when I first got it.
[HTC Sensation] lazers378:
Everything is stock.
[HTC Sensation] manuelkuhs:
Best Thread for Battery Life Optimization

This is the best thread in my many hours of reading for improving battery life:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
[HTC Sensation] manuelkuhs:
From reading through this thread as well as some professional reviews on other sites, I think the widely differing experiences are due to some Sensation devices being faulty.

The test: using stock ROM, do a hard-reset and use Battery Monitor Widget to check battery drain while phone is in sleep mode (don't install any other apps). (You can check if your phone is sleeping [which is different to screen off!] by going Settings-About-Battery). If this is anything above 100mA, you've got one of these faulty Sensations (not sure is it the battery or the device), since in sleep mode a properly functioning Sensation should use far less.

I have had my Sensation for nearly 3 weeks; after doing a hard reset on my S-ON phone (to ensure it's not the fault of any extra apps), with 3G/WiFi off and only a few minutes phone calls and 5SMS, the battery lasted only 10 hours. When I use 3G/WiFi and check news/e-mails and play some mp3s, this drops to 5 hrs. I've repeated these tests several times.

More importantly, while "sleeping" my stock hard-reset phone uses on average 150mA, which is WAY too much. This means that, the battery being 1520mAh, the battery will last only (1520/150) ~10 hours - WHILE SLEEPING!!

Tomorrow I will take my phone back to the store.
[HTC Sensation] stuart0001:
No battery monitor displays standby current correctly yet so that is no indication of a faulty device.
[HTC Sensation] manuelkuhs:
Faulty Sensation Models

From http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/htc-sensation-943466/review?artc_pg=9:
[HTC Sensation] cristy7610:
i have the same problem with life battery and i trying everything to solve this problem but so far without any noticebile results.today i instaled battery monitor widget on my htc sensation, on htc wildfire s,and samsung galaxy s and compare the history battery...wildfire s in standby 33-40mA,galaxy s 40-45 mA,and my "sensation" 180-240 mA.....i don't understand what cause this big consume because i have all the settings on the minimum(sync manual,many stock apps frozen or unninstaled with titanium backup,no wifi,3g,gps or bluetooth)my phone is rooted and i have rom revolutionary hd 1.1.8 instaled yestarday.also yestarday i made a battery calibration via cwm.i have this problem also with the stock rom,thatway i put another rom.i don't know what to think about this big consume..it is posible to be kernel fault?should i try another rom,for example leedroid ?
[HTC Sensation] GabrielSousa:
would be nicer.. if all of us post the which rom we have at the moment ;)
[HTC Sensation] Cryous:
I wish verizion had something like this...
[HTC Sensation] stuart0001:
Battery monitor apps don't display correct current for sensation in standby so take those numbers with a large pinch of salt.

For instance, those numbers would mean you only get 6 hours standby with no use whatsoever. I bet you get more than that in reality.
[HTC Sensation] cristy7610:
yes,you right...this aplication don't run on sensation or is general problem with aplication no matter what phone is instaled?..if is so wich aplication is good for sensation...as i said before on galaxy s and wildfire s also with gingerbread this battery monitor widget show real consume.any suggestion ?
[HTC Sensation] mrg02d:
If we could at LEAST get our phones to accurately tell us how much REAL battery capacity we have at any given time, we could figure out the standby current very easily. If you start at 1900mA/Hr and, after 5 hours, you have 1400mA/Hr left, then you used 500mA over 5 hours which is 100mA. You could turn off the screen and leave it that way for a given period of time to check your standby current.

Whenever I reboot my phone, my capacity goes up. So, I really dont have a solid starting point. I guess the above method could work as an approximation.

Matt
[HTC Sensation] dhdcdarchy:
Pretty inconsistent

Battery life on my sensation is strange, sometimes it can be great, even under heavy use. For example I went on a trip over 2 days and I was using the phone pretty much constantly for web browsing, gaming etc and the battery lasted well over 16hours and yet the other day under similar usage it died in 7hours which is very worrying. I just ordered two of the 1900Mah Anker replacements hopefully this will help at least some :P
[HTC Sensation] computertechy:
EDIT: nvm should try looking
[HTC Sensation] Nightfall983:
I'm having decent battery

Ok my results are based on the OEM battery (I consider myself to be a heavy user).

With 3% left:

Total up time 12 hours 44 minutes

Awake time was 5 hours 34 minutes

What I did

Disabled Tell HTC (Menu>Settings>About phone>Tell HTC)

Brightness set to auto

Power saver enabled (activates at 10%. Make sure everything is checked, and brightness is brought down as low as you are willing)

Personally, when I'm at home I use my Wifi network for internet, so I disable mobile network. Furthermore when I'm at home, and I'm not browsing at all I keep both wifi and mobile networks turned off, as well as GPS

When I leave home, I turn my GPS on (in case it gets lost, I will use the appropriate software to find it)

Basically I turn on what I need as needed, and I find that the battery lasts a decent amount of time. Compared to other android phones, I find that the sensation makes turning off and on these things a breeze (from the quick settings menu).

I just got my 1900mah chichitech battery, so I've switched out my batteries and try the same method with the chichitech. I'll let you guys know how it goes.
[HTC Sensation] Nightfall983:
Chichitech battery

This is amazing. I have the 1900mah chichitech battery, and I am at 40% with 17 hours up time and 5 and a half hours awake time... using the same steps I posted earlier
[HTC Sensation] lazers378:
Well i tried one more thing, i took my phone off charger at 4:00 PM yesterday (full charged). Then before sleeping i turned of WiFi, mobile network and auto syncing, i think it was around 11:00 PM. I kept the wifi and mobile network off for the day and turned on WiFi around 6:00 PM the next day. Its now 11:00 PM and battery is still at 18 % so that is more 30 hrs.
[HTC Sensation] abachhan75:
yes, if u turn off everything related to data , what is the point of having a smart phone.

i am on my second sensation after i sent back the first one. battery life is still subpar in my experience. i have set up just one work email and one personal email. i may get about 20 emails a day. no twitter, no facebook. ocassionally i will open it to browse the internet. play couple of game during lunch time. and battery is below 20% by 5 pm. i may talk for about 20 to 30 mins at max. i don't text. keep wifi, gps, bluetooth off. brightness 40%. still no significant improvement. of course, i can get an aftermarket battery , but why HTC can not put a good battery in the first place. also, i observed that voice calls drains a lot of battery. almost 5% per 10 mins of talk. did any one of you experience this?
[HTC Sensation] Kliment:
the battery life is horrible...... i am used to my old phones lasting me couple days
[HTC Sensation] Knucklessg1:
Dude, I'm at 20% after 4 days without reboots/power offs. aprox 90 hours so far. I've watched 2 movies on netflix, around 20 videos with headphones, 3 hours of pandora, and 3 4 minute 1080 videos/20 pictures. I have the anker battery and i have never been more satisfied with a battery in my life. I am running LeeDroid 2.0,(I was waiting for my battery to die to update to 2.1)
[HTC Sensation] mrg02d:
I've been using my battery to start my car and still have 21.122%.
[HTC Sensation] trident167:
Everyone will have different experiences because we all use the phone differently.

The Sensation battery life is awesome! I use it a lot during my 12 hour work day and I'm usually at 25% or so when I get home.

The other alternative which I'm in the middle getting, is a cradle with second battery and that way you never need to worry again.:cool:
[HTC Sensation] lazers378:
:)

I don't think even a 1900 mah battery could last 4 days.
[HTC Sensation] scm_crash:
I don't use my WiFi that much because the 4G speeds are right on par with most broadband speeds. My home broadband downloads at around 20Mb/s, and my T-mo phone on 4G downloads around 15-17Mb/s.

I get LOTS of battery time out of my phone running at 1.72GHz. The phone definitely lasts the whole day even with lots of usage playing games, texting, making calls, browsing the web, etc...

By the end of the night I usually have about 25-30% battery left.

Just for sh!ts and giggles, I just checked my phone. Granted I woke up REALLY late today, I've been on battery for 8hrs and 5min and played a netflix movie over 4G and an hour of gaming. There's about 45% battery left.

I'm running on Android Revolution 1.1.8 with the Unity Kernel. Phone is rock solid with great battery life. I'm not even contemplating an aftermarket battery.
[HTC Sensation] manuelkuhs:
Would you mind telling us what battery life was like for you with stock ROM and stock kernel? I'm about to try new ROMs and kernel to see does it improve my battery life.
[HTC Sensation] dr.m0x:
First time smart phone user?

My old phones lasted a few days also but they just sat in my pocket unless I was making a call or text. I use it a hell of a lot more now. Like right now for example. :)

Anyway after two weeks I can safely say this phone has notably better battery than my desire hd, roughly similar to my nexus one running cyanogenmod or my desire running oxygen. That means when this phone gets cyanogenmod it will be the best smart phone I've ever owned in terms of battery.

Sent from my Leedroided Htc Sensation 4g!
[HTC Sensation] Nightfall983:
@ abachhan75

Well the point is to turn off data when your not using it. For example, if your at home and you have WiFi and a laptop chances are you wouldn't need your phone that much.

HTC makes it easy with the quick settings tab on the pull down notification bar. Toggle what you don't need off until you actually need it.
[HTC Sensation] abachhan75:
that's :rolleyes:
[HTC Sensation] abachhan75:
i can understand that using data in any form drains the battery. but then what's the point of having a smartphone ? in my case, battery on sensation doesn't even last the full working day. Lot of the time i am at client site, or at cafes and i am trying to figure out which is best for battery life -- using wifi or 4g signals ?

i have disabled mobile data from morning and running only on my corporate wifi. it is about 4 hours and battery is already at 54%. i took out the phone at 100% from charger at about 6:00 AM. i have made two calls, listened to music for about 10 mins, type couple of short emails, read 5 emails, browsed net for about 15 mins. so i don't know what i am doing wrong or it is just the defective device. BTW, this is my 2nd sensation. the first one's battery performance was the same plus it was getting very hot. i am still using stock battery.
[HTC Sensation] TwelveSided:
Incredible S

Was wondering how the battery life compares to the Incredible S. Have any of you upgraded from the IS to the Sensation and can vouch for which has better battery life? Also, I'm referring specifically to those who ran both stock roms and batteries.

Thanks!
[HTC Sensation] Dandroid4g:
ARHD!

Using the Android Revolution HD 1.1.7 and the RCMIX 2.3 kernel I get over 13 hours with regular use!
[HTC Sensation] looneylv:
Uhmm on heavy usage i carge my sensation twice in a day... Max ive got like day and a half but that was in super power saving mode and thats no life for the phone.. Looking on 'mugen-power-batteries' - its 1800mAh battery (stock have 1520mAh capacity) and its like 15% increase in battery life....

Maybe someone have tried this battery from mugen powers and can write something about it?...
[HTC Sensation] leyvatron:
You should try Chichitec or anker 1900mAh and they blow stock out of water. Stock was junk when I had it on my phone. Heavy use and I see the battery drain way too fast.