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[HTC Sensation] ptr_hamilton:
Hi guys

I'm new with this Rom. Working really smooth compared to sense roms

Only have one question. Does anybody else think the display is quite dark? I don't know how to tweak the brightness. Brightness is already set to max..

Thank you for any answer

Pete
[HTC Sensation] superg81:
Please explain this statement a bit farther. I have always assumed the opposite based on what I've read. You have peaked my interest
[HTC Sensation] PENKO956:
how did you reach your conclusion?

do you understand the basis of undervolting and overclocking?

"by removing the batterystats.bin system file. The OS generates a new clean batterystats file soon, thus any fake information from the previous ROM is removed."

I guess we are all stupid and should listen to you. :eek:
[HTC Sensation] kermitthefrayer:
Super amoled sucks take the qhd screen and load a web page that is white. You will see the everything on the amo will be tinted very light blue and not look newly as sharp. IMO I sell T-Mobile every day and when I put the amaze our sensation next to the galaxy s 2 this what everyone sees.
[HTC Sensation] Phateless:
I've tried both ways and battery calibration did help my phone.
[HTC Sensation] geoffcorey:
Meh
[HTC Sensation] mrg02d:
That would be ENERGY stored in a capacitor...Not POWER. Power is ENERGY over time.

Ill give you a cookie if you can tell me the unit for the energy stored. :D

Good lord people. Thats some horse **** right there! LOL

Also, we are talking about lowering the voltage by MILIVOLTS at MILIAMP current levels. That equates to MILIWATTS.

MILI = 1/1000

Lowering the voltage risks not turning on the transistors ALL THE WAY which would then cause them to act like RESISTORS rather than switches. FAIL.

Qualcomm knows a lot more about electronics than the posers here do. Why fight them? They say that their chip needs 1.2v, so let it HAVE it.

Instead of challenging TALENTED electrical engineers that have fortunes to work with, challenge the way that our OS uses the hardware. Its our OS that is to blame...Not TINY voltages. HTC built the phone. Its their poor choices that dont have the OS working with the hardware efficiently.

Guns dont kill, people do.

Matt
[HTC Sensation] denverpedro:
Power consumption

Ok, please don't throw calculations at me, it's way over my head...

But I'm curious what people see as average for mA if you install current widget. On various kernels I see anywhere from 229 up to 550. I do have to have corporate email configured with active sync push so that may be a decent impact. But I'm looking for ways to lower this as I'm seeing people getting as low as 100 on their setups.

I don't need to go super low I just need to be able to get through a full day of travel checking email intermittently, talking on the phone for an hour or two and surfing the web and/or driving directions usingthe navigator in maps once or twice for a few minutes each time.

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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And I need to update my signature, I'm on v10 of this ROM with the faux kernel. I sometimes see as low as the 229 I mentioned but normally I'm around 385 which seems high based on what people are posting so I'm just curious for people who are seeing a full day of usage what type of draw they're seeing on average.

Thanks again
[HTC Sensation] Phateless:
Charge with phone off.

Boot into rom.

Delete battery stats with root explorer.

Unplug and use until phone dies.

Charge while off and use until dead again.

That's given me great battery life, to the tune of 16 hours.

Also check spare parts to see what's eating your battery. Look under partial wake and network usage. Latitude is a big drain.
[HTC Sensation] mrg02d:
Its hard to say what the average is as that depends on what it is doing. I typically see 150mAH or so while I am doing simple things like checking email.

Standby is very low for me. 30mAH on average and as low as 4mAH at times.

I use this ROM and faux;s kernels. No Undervolting and I run at 1.56Ghz.

Matt
[HTC Sensation] KrisHilbun:
My browser is having an issue on a9 and a10.. Sometimes while browsing itll just hang.. can scroll, but cant go back in pages or type in links to go anywhere else loads to about 20% marker and stops. have to force close browser to be able to browse again

Saw some "FLASH" fix .. was wondering if it could be that.. but as others have posted i dont have the folder it says i should have :\

cd returns not valid locations, tried using root explorer shows nothing even with hidden files on
[HTC Sensation] Und3r6r0und:
the batt from the amaze phone fits the the sensation, I think is an 1730.
[HTC Sensation] denverpedro:
Thanks, ironically everything looks ok except that there is a process called "0" that is way above everything else on network usage. Otherwise everything looks "sane"

I might need to start uninstalling things until I can identify what that is.

As for battery life, I have two batteries and I typically let one drain completely then replace it and throw the dead one in an external charger to fully recharge. Any issues with that approach or should I be letting the phone charge th battery all of the time.

Thanks

Thanks,

Pete.
[HTC Sensation] Jrbourque:
that would be cool if it swaps out with no problems
[HTC Sensation] Und3r6r0und:
Im using it now, it works great!
[HTC Sensation] Phateless:
No, external chargers are perfect. Let us know what that runaway process turns out to be.
[HTC Sensation] Shagman68:
Put the screen as all black with green desktop clock and try to sleep with both, the amoled is nice and black, and the qhd is bright as hell. I had to quit using my Sensation as a nightstand clock, because the black was too bright compared to my old Vibrant. The SAMOLED screen was the only thing that I liked about the Vibrant.
[HTC Sensation] -juanito-:
i still have this issue without using task killer

if i volume up ringtone sound to 100% then i go to advanced task killer and kill all apps then i lock my sensation..if i unlock him i see ringtone sound set to 80% not 100&

i get this issue with Sensation - Defy - Galaxy S I9000 in CM7 ROM

sorry for my bad english
[HTC Sensation] Shagman68:
v9 VS v10

I had great GPS on v9, then I upgraded to v10, and now it locks instantly to the middle of the indian ocean and stays there. So, I super wiped and went back to v9 and have perfect lock on my real location once again. I hope when v11 comes out it is better for TMOUS Sensation users, as it seems most roms are created aimed at European consumers.
[HTC Sensation] faux123:
LOL @ indian ocean...:D
[HTC Sensation] die_braut:
I was driving my car yesterday and GPS didn't work for me, just A-GPS with ~4km location. So I used Google Navigation and looked after the track description. But after about 30 minutes, I suddenly had a perfectly working GPS.

So something is wrong there, I guess it had to re-download the almanach...
[HTC Sensation] Gillion:
Clearly there is something wrong with gallery in cm7-a10

Faux kernel 0.2.4-beta2

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CM 7.1.0 Alpha 10 + XDA
[HTC Sensation] KrisHilbun:
I have same gallery issue and im using alpha 9, but im using stock kernel

@44% battery left. I dont use my phone very much (not stock battery ankher 1900mah)

Still having issue with browser becoming unresponsive cant load new sites or go back to previous. have to force close and then works fine...

After looking at picture notice i dont even have a % for Display, wonder if thats what gallery is showing as.
[HTC Sensation] broncogr:
Thread cleaned.

Keep it civil guys
[HTC Sensation] t0ny0:
Alright,

For people that have GPS lock issues - I have a little fix/workaround that worked out great for me and my issues. I hope it works for all of yall.

You need to go to the market, and download GPS Test by Chartcross Ltd (its free).

Open the program -> hit the menu button -> select Settings -> hit "Clear AGPS" and after that hit "Update AGPS". Give it a few minutes and you should have a much better reception and lock on more sats. I got 6 sats locked from the inside of my house.

If it stops showing you the GPS icon - thats fine, just reboot the phone and it will all be ok.

Good luck to yall! :D

Nice.
[HTC Sensation] chrisnk204:
WHOOOOAAAAA my man its a known fact that amoled is better than every other display and put wateva u want next to the nexus prime and compare it!!! Our qhd's are brighter by far but amoled's color are unmatched and the blacks are WAAAAAAAAY better so i dont know wat your talkin about and its not as sharp because we have higher resolution but nexus prime beats us BY FARRR IN EVERY ASPECT
[HTC Sensation] nikol4s:
And ours whites are better. GG.
[HTC Sensation] Basil3:
How do you set the screen as all black with green desktop clock? I notice that the standard desktop doesn't actually use black, but rather a greyish background and I don't know why
[HTC Sensation] die_braut:
I had a Galaxy S II for a week, then I sent it back because the colors SUCKED!

It's like when you set color saturation on max on your TV, and lowered the sharpness.

When I got my sensation, I was really glad to have normal colors....

WOULD YOU PLEASE STOP SPAMMING THIS THREAD, THIS IS NOT RELATED!!!
[HTC Sensation] immunityx:
The biggest battery drain is gallary some reason draining like hell
[HTC Sensation] fr0zenblood75:
I think its probobly just messed up readings
[HTC Sensation] chrisnk204:
Found an issue i have Dr.dre Beats Studios if that matters but anyway wen i try to play music the tracks just change randomly without me touching anything and it doesnt stop changing
[HTC Sensation] cstark27:
As mentioned earlier, disable auto rotate, reboot and gallery won't drain...
[HTC Sensation] Gillion:
seriously ?
[HTC Sensation] cstark27:
Yes. It worked for me on a9, then when I did a10 it didn't initially work but it is working now (I did do a complete reflash though, including wiping /system).
[HTC Sensation] dirtyblueshirt:
My Sensation 4G has radio 10.56.90355.00P_10.14.9035.01_M. What's the difference, since just the letters are off?
[HTC Sensation] Shagman68:
I used this app on the market.

https://market.android.com/details?...1bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5zaGlueWJpdC5iaWdjbG9jayJd

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Did not work, I used the other free gps app, and cleared agps data and dloaded new agps data, and with CM7 v10 it always put me out in the middle of the Indian Ocean with full lock. I cleard cache's and dalvik, reflashed, all that junk and it was same. But CM7 v9 locks gps right out of the box to my ex act location. So, I hope v11 has v9's gps files.
[HTC Sensation] :
Best Sense ROM for longtime CM7 user?

I've been a devoted Cyanogen user since my Nexus One days. I've been using CM7 on my Sensation for a month or so now, since the first SelfKANG version, with various kernels. I love it. But the battery drain is getting to me; the stock rom had great battery life (especially with my Anker battery) -- 2 days standby, no problem. With CM7 and faux123's latest, underclocked and undervolted, I'm lucky to get through a whole long day.

So I guess it's back to a Sense ROM for me -- what are the best ones around, in terms of battery life and usability? I don't care about benchmarks, I just want the phone to be insanely great :-). I didn't mind stock Sense once I replaced the launcher with Launcher Pro, so that's not a big deal for me.

Any recommendations?
[HTC Sensation] matd20012001:
first of all i see your post as off topic in this thread (spamming)...if you want to use sense rom and have 2 days of battery life i guess that's impossible right now because htc has not released the org. kernel for us...and last the main reason to have s-off and install custom roms is that you can decide which best fits for yourself in a daily basis...personally i use one rom per day...cause thats the advantage of being able to install custom roms !!!
[HTC Sensation] :
Yeah, I admit it's off topic a bit but you cm users are the smartest people around so I figured I could get some good advice. Will try some more aggressive undervolting and see where I get.
[HTC Sensation] sinisin:
A10 has improved battery life. But I seem to see a pattern of power management issues after reading through the thread. Apps not fully shutting down like they should. Maps is doing it to me big time. It's not shutting off at all. Went from 100% to 6% in six hours last night. After about 54% loss I checked it. Hit kill all in System Tuner and it still persisteted. Had to FC it manually in Settings which finally did the trick. This morning I had to shut it off again after use. When I checked my usage after the hour I let it run it was responsible for 58% of consumption. Sorry no SS but I was driving and in a hurry. Not entirely sure if it's a ROM or app problem with Maps, but worth mentioning with all the power management issues I've seen. If A10 is this good can't wait to see a full patch some time. Battery life would be phenomenal.

Still the best rom on Senseation but not a sense fan really. The power issues are manageable. And still meet or exceed any sense rom, keep up the good work! Thank you all for your time and effort and can't wait to see what you do with CM9! CM 4 Ever!

Signed,

Vanilla Lover
[HTC Sensation] einmus:
Little hint to the devs

I did a little bit of research as below:

Set camera settings to HD, and start recording and of course logcat > /sdcard/...

After reboot the phone, I pull out the log. The log shows a few sqlite errors and keychar map errors which is no big deal I think. And the 1st possible error reads:

Well, zoom value seems no biggie also. Next, there's another possible error:

I can confirm it's the Qualcomm OpenMAX component error. The name OMX-VENC-720p suggests that you guys compile it with max res. 720p. And search through hardware/qcom/media, I can see that the error msg may come from set_config and get_config. Translate 2130706449 to hex, which is 0x7F000011. In OpenMax headers, this index is definitely a vendor extension. In gingerbread, there's no such index. But in honeycomb(yes, i have honeycomb source code), it is defined as OMX_QcomIndexConfigVideoFramePackingArrangement. Actually, I'm surprised that recording can last a few seconds, cause set and get config will clearly return OMX_ErrorNotImplemented. Maybe the code path fall back to software encoders?

Anyway, I haven't downloaded cyanogen source codes. And I' m not familiar what cyanogen modifications are. So any devs could try build Qualcomm OpenMAX component with max res. 1080p. There's a very informative implementation at Code Aurora Forum. I heard Qualcomm employees donated some of their codes there.

Maybe the problem isn't OpenMAX part, but something deeper like kernel mode drivers. I think that's out of my areas though.

p.s. In honeycomb, all video rendering path will go into EGL interfaces. No more overlays!
[HTC Sensation] CaliLove310:
Do you think you could upload the cameramod? The links in the original thread have been down.
[HTC Sensation] Shagman68:
Statusbar Tweak

I was wondering if any CM7 users out there would like to see this Statusbar Tweak ported to CM7? I wish it were available on here, because it has so many cool settings.
[HTC Sensation] Fihlvein:
Ok just a little about the "power button" thingie.

My issue:

1. Power button -> screen turns on fine

2. Power button -> nothing happens

3. Power button again -> screen turns off fine

If I do this again, it won't reproduce. But if I wait for a while, it will probably do.

I connected my phone to USB and ran a logcat to see if there is anything on logs when power button press fails to turn of screen, but I noticed this does NOT happen ever when phone is on cable. (at least adb connected).

I was able to get past logs (when cable was not connected) from a failing screen off, but unfortunately nothing is written in dmesg about it. Attached is logs from screen on event to screen off event both during when it worked normally, and when it was required to press power button two times before screen was turned off.

Puzzles me, really.
[HTC Sensation] exb0:
Don't know how to fix it, but yyou're the first one I've seen to post a logcat. +1 to you buddy
[HTC Sensation] die_braut:
I also have this power Button issue, but I enabled the volume rocker to wake the phone up.
[HTC Sensation] DarkPrinceByWWW:
You have already some status bar settings included in the CM7 settings ;)
[HTC Sensation] Shagman68:
Not even close...
[HTC Sensation] die_braut:
Well, you can't deny the fact that some settings this mod provides are already part of CyanogenMod ;)

Hide clock for example...
[HTC Sensation] DarkPrinceByWWW:
Do not let Lithium-ion battery dies that often, you damage them. You shouldn't let them drain lower than 30% or you'll have to by a new battery every 1-2 months :D
[HTC Sensation] PENKO956:
power button is a know hardware issue. return your phone for a replacement.
[HTC Sensation] gol_n_dal:
Look at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium-ion_polymer_battery

Quote "The voltage of a Li-poly cell varies from about 2.7 V (discharged) to about 4.23 V (fully charged), and Li-poly cells have to be protected from overcharge by limiting the applied voltage to no more than 4.235 V per cell used in a series combination. Overcharging a Li-poly battery can cause an explosion or fire. During discharge on load, the load has to be removed as soon as the voltage drops below approximately 3.0 V[citation needed]per cell (used in a series combination), or else the battery will subsequently no longer accept a full charge and may experience problems holding voltage under load. This can be achieved, as with other lithium-ion batteries, also harmed by under- and over-voltage, by circuitry that prevents overcharge and deep discharge."

Considering most phones cut off at 3.6-3.4 Volts they're well inside the safe minimum level for the batteries.
[HTC Sensation] denverpedro:
Thanks both for the input/feedback.

For what it's worth I've been using external chargers for well over a year with my Nexus One and now for ~2-3 months with the Sensation. With the Nexus it seemed that the batteries charged "more fully" (for lack of a technical explanation) with the external charger and that the same battery would hold a charge longer than if i charged it in the phone... this could be simply perception but I did it over a long enough period of time that it seemed to be true without any actual scientific measurements.

Regardless; 14+ months of externally charging two separate batteries and I hadn't yet degraded the capacity by much if any. On the other hand; my wife's MyTouch4G after ~8-10 months of use and charging before the phone dies (she doesn't have a spare battery) has resulted in her battery now nowhere near lasting a full day and I've just ordered her a new battery.

A bit off topic, so we should probably drop it or move to a separate thread but my original question was more around does the OS need to charge the battery itself in order to better estimate the % remaining.

Thanks again for the replies. While these threads get off topic from time to time it's mostly valuable information.

-Pete
[HTC Sensation] mrg02d:
I believe all the OS really needs is accurate voltage readings from the battery, and good programming to know what to do with them. I could be wrong, as I dont know how this phone has been designed regarding charging.

Matt
[HTC Sensation] M@rshy:
The default browser seems to not be working for me. It keeps returning an internal error for all sites, including google. Market and dolphin work fine.
[HTC Sensation] nik.taylor:
Thanks. This is exactly the kind of post we need more of here on XDA. Helpful and informative and actually gets us somewhere.
[HTC Sensation] pr0x2:
Anyone else have wifi problems? I get slow connection after like 5mins. Don't have this problem on my laptop. So I think its the phone.

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Send via the XDA app
[HTC Sensation] mrkekson:
OFF

LiPo != LiIon

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/is_lithium_ion_the_ideal_battery

and

http://www.ladyada.net/learn/lipoly/

also the device should not let its battery die ( except if u dont charge it for months ), the phone should turn off mutch earlyer

ON

Oh, and keep up the pro cyano work!
[HTC Sensation] DarkPrinceByWWW:
Using GO SMS PRO (+ PopUp window to see new messages) and WidgetLocker. In the display settings I set the display timeout to 10 minutes. WidgetLocker, if active, should overwrite this timeout with 1 minute. So if a new sms in coming, i can read it without unlocking my phone. After a minute, my phone goes back to sleep. On the CM roms, i have only about 5 seconds to read my sms and the screen turns off. Is it a bug or are there any CM settings that I just missed? :D
[HTC Sensation] fr0zenblood75:
I'm having problems with my power button but I don't know if its hardware or software. When I lock the phone it locks and the screen turns on a second later, and when I press it again the power menu comes out and sometimes it doesn't do anything at all :/ anyone?
[HTC Sensation] Gillion:
Some phones seem to have a powerbutton problem. Try operating the button without the case and see if it does the same. It may be the plastic part that pushes the button is giving trouble and not the botton itself.

CM 7.1.0 Alpha 10 + XDA
[HTC Sensation] saniauskis:
Same here. And sometimes power menu appears just after pressing power button.

But I have never had such a problems when I'm in recovery.
[HTC Sensation] fr0zenblood75:
Yea me too :/ does it happen to you with other roms?

I know but I had never had this before it just started today :/ I was thinking it could be the case because it seems tight but after I took it off it still happens
[HTC Sensation] saniauskis:
Haven't tested with other ROMS. I have had Insert Coin before CM7 and I haven't spoted such a problems. I will try to flash IC today again and see if it happens on it.
[HTC Sensation] sjgore:
Exactly the same issue here.

Same here, and this is proof that this is a software issue and not a hardware issue. The power button works first time every time whilst in recovery, but sometimes needs pressing twice when CM7 has booted.
[HTC Sensation] Gillion:
You can test your power button after you do a battery pull and then boot into clockwork recovery and do a key test.

Power button is 116 (ifrc) it should only show up once per press in the test screen.
[HTC Sensation] saniauskis:
done. no matter how i press i get written key: 116 only once.

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done. no matter how i press i get written key: 116 only once.
[HTC Sensation] Gillion:
That is good. Your hardware is ok.

If you got it twice then there is something wrong with the hardware button.

So it seems to be totally software releated...

That means you may need to...

A. SUPER WIPE (the super wipe script from ARHD is good)

B. RE-FLASH ROM

C. REBOOT

And try again.
[HTC Sensation] Five0nIt:
I think its hardware related. I have the problem on cm7, my girl has it on stock 2.3.4.
[HTC Sensation] sjgore:
Thanks, I tried that too, and it only shows once per press. It also shows each time I press it, it never misses a press.

Just out of interest, why did you say a battery pull is required? I just rebooted into ClockworkMod Recovery from the power menu and ran the key test from there.
[HTC Sensation] kajet915:
Dude im having the same problem. For me sometimes it stays bright until i lock and unlock again. Its really annoying. Especially at night. hope there's a fix out there.
[HTC Sensation] saniauskis:
I think it would be hardware related if some kind of error would happen in recovery. Even one time when you try 50 times. It haven't happened in recovery for me at all. And key test shows good results. But it happens about every second time I push that buton when using phone normaly.