yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
I know ARHD 6.2.1 booted off it so i don't see why others won't.

You don't need to reflash the rom. Only when switching bases (aka gb to ICS or sense 3.5 to 3.6)

You don't need to resupercid as it doesn't execute any writeoem commands when updating firmware.

Newer doesn't always mean better but I went to 3.30 and up to ARHD 6.3.0 and it works better for me than 6.2.1 and 3.24 did.

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[HTC Sensation] kingston73:
Thank you sir, appreciate the quick reply:D
[HTC Sensation] pepe6934:
Any friendly advice for me? I'm using ARHD 6.3 with my 3.12 firmware without any problems. Upgrading yesterday caused my phone to bootloop until I reflashed 3.12.
[HTC Sensation] kingston73:
I just upgraded from 3.24 and it went fine for me. I followed these instructions:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1472298

but didn't flash any new rom, just the firmware. Took maybe 10 mins, maybe a little less. At the end of the process it asked me if I wanted to reboot, I just took the battery out at that point, erased the firmware file from my sd card using my laptop, put the sd back in the phone and rebooted. Radio should match the listed one in the directions I linked.
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
Yours I am researching. I don't know why some people are unable to use hboot 1.27 and looking into reasons why.

Just takes me a bit because I am not a dev :/

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[HTC Sensation] Skipjacks:
Is it normal that 3.30 flashes like REALLY fast?

It took like 30 seconds. and then my ROM booted back up at normal speed....not the usual 10 minutes to boot after upgrading firmware.

So is that typical? Or is something goofy on mine?

Also what's the new radio supposed to be so I can check to see if it upgraded?
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
I will pm you the link when I get it uploaded. I do have one on PC.

**EDIT: The ones I have on PC are 3.12 :( I don't have a 3.24 Locked still. Best way to get it would download the official from the RUU.

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[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
New radio is the one in my signature and my firmware took maybe 30 sec to a min so id say normal

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[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
It should still flash it. Does it give you a message of anykind?

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[HTC Sensation] Skipjacks:
Well then...it all worked. Yippie!
[HTC Sensation] pepe6934:
It's amusing. I tried again using joaquinf's method and that didn't work. For now I'll stay with 3.12 and run ARHD 6.3. Thanks again!
[HTC Sensation] spuri78:
Quick question, Can someone please advise what the bootloader screen should read after a successful 3.30 flash?

Mine reads:

1.27.1100

11.22.3504.07_M

Is this okay?

Many thanks
[HTC Sensation] spuri78:
bumping this one..
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
Hboot is right. Radio should match the one in my signature (which you look right)

And no need to bump we are a stickied thread :D

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[HTC Sensation] spuri78:
Thank you - I just wanted to check since the radio in your signature starts with 11.69.3504.00U_11.22.3504.07_M and mine says 11.22.3504.07_M.
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
I just put the entire radio image name in mine :D the end is what matters ^_^

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[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
This post is just to say I am glad this has helped a lot of sensation users.

I did a Google search today for the fun of it and not only is this post on xda a ton of times but on a lot of different android forums in multiple languages all over the internet which from what I can translate seems to helped them all too :)

So thanks also to everyone keeping this thread calm and not a trolling fest.

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[HTC Sensation] xdaco:
This is ok . The visible change is only for the radio 11.22.3504.07_M
[HTC Sensation] boroboy69r:
maybe a noob question looked through the beginner friendly firmware downloads which one do i download i have supercid
[HTC Sensation] kaleonkells:
Hey kohr ah hows it going...if I flash the 3.30 unlocked FW I won't have to super cid right?? Just making sure...
[HTC Sensation] xdaco:
You need not to be SuperCID but have to choose the correct package. If you are SuperCID you can choose any package !!!
[HTC Sensation] kaleonkells:
Yea I know which package thanks...just was making sure no cid was needed
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
supercid = any package. Doesn't matter.
[HTC Sensation] alireza_simkesh:
How would i know which firmware i have installed?

It doesn't say in the bootloader....
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
By the hboot and radio.

hboot 1.23 = FW 3.12

hboot 1.17 = FW 1.17

hboot 1.27 = FW 3.24/3.30

and if your radio is 11.22.3504.07_M then you are on FW 3.30
[HTC Sensation] ANTO_AN:
constant reeboot

Hi i've been reading thread after thread and i cant seem to find any answers.

About 2 weeks ago i tried the Virtuos Inquisition rom for my HTC Sensation. I updated the firmware and everything was fine then suddenly my phone would constatntly reboot. So i decided to try Android Revolution (ICS) and it kept rebooting. The reason why i went to Mike's rom is because i had been on Android REvolution (Gingerbread) before and everything seemed to work great, unfortunately the reboots keep happening.

Im not sure if i flashed the roms incorrectly since i run the firmware firs,t then i do super wipe and then the rom. Did this order mess up the phone?:confused: This is my second HTC phone and it was the same with the other (HTC Touch HD). I would appreciate any comments.

thanks.
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
Which Firmware are you running?

Which version of ARHD did you try?

(The firmware then superwipe and rom isn't the wrong order. I put the recommended order on the first page because if you do it that way you only have to go back to the bootloader once rather than take extra steps is all)
[HTC Sensation] ANTO_AN:
I believe it was ARHD 6.3.0 and Firmware from 3.12.401.2/102 RUU. Before this i tried the PG58IMG.zip and the Virtuos rom from the Virtuos website.

After this i noticed my HBOOT was 1.23 and it displayed **LOCKED** maybe thats the way it was before i just never noticed, it just caught my eye. I S-OFF'd, SuperCid, pretty much everything following the guide on XDA, but i never really had an issue till i tried Virtuos.
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
With 6.30 installed try updating to FW 3.30 and it should boot for you.
[HTC Sensation] ANTO_AN:
OK maybe i havent explained myself but i dont have an issue with it rebooting after the rom flash. The phone reboots when its all booted up. Phone running normal and it suddenly turns off and then im missing a chunk of my battery life. next thing you know my battery is at like 5%. then i manually reboot it and my battery is up again. The phone works it just reboots at random times. Wondering if it has to do anything with the rom flashing.
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
Oh. Gotcha.

The ROM flashing shouldn't of caused your phone to randomly reboot unless the superwipe didn't wipe everything properly would be the only reason why (I use Mike1986.'s superwipe off the ARHD thread). That would cause new components to load on top of old ones that still existed.

I would try to SuperWipe again (if you haven't) and even after words tell it to wipe data, cache, and dalvik then reinstall the rom.
[HTC Sensation] ANTO_AN:
I did get the super wipe from Mikes page. I do remember the first time i flashed the rom i did wipe all the data as well maybe ill try it that way.

thanks.
[HTC Sensation] csvirk:
hey,

can anyone help me. so i tryied to flash it but my phone stuck at boot "HTC " screen rebooot after a while. what should i do. My super id is 111111.. and i was trying to flash ARHD on my sensation . please help me/
[HTC Sensation] xdaco:
What version of ARHD are you trying to install ?? If it is ARHD 6.X.X then , you have to flash the latest frimware V3.30 .

Have look into this guide and download the appropriate firmware from this page.
[HTC Sensation] knotrkr:
Hi,

Is there a problem with me going from 3.24 to 1.17? I just wanted to be clear on this before I tried it because I did look it up and saw a few people say that it was fine to do and a few people saying that it would brick my Sensation. So just to be clear i'm on 3.24 firmware now and want to go to 1.17 and go back to a stock rom. Do I just flash that through Hboot like normal?
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
No problems of you are going back to a gingerbread rom. I've done it.

You will need to flash the hboot 1.17, the radio you want (if not the ICS radio), and the rom you want.

You flash it just like you did when going to ICS

Go to the guide at the post above yours by musarraf and go down to section nine.

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[HTC Sensation] greves1:
flashed 3.24 unlocked user-friendly firmware on HTC_621 (used the RUU to get 3.12 firmware). i am a little confused because cid getter and terminal emulator still show my CID as HTC_621, but when i go into bootloader, fastboot getvar cid shows 11111111. am i supercid?

why is the cid reported incorrectly in the rom? where is it even getting that number from?

C:\adb>fastboot getvar cid

cid: 11111111

finished. total time: 0.003s

C:\adb>fastboot getvar mid

mid: PG5813000

finished. total time: 0.002s
[HTC Sensation] kingston73:
I had those same doubts when I did it, as I understand it CID getter will only show you the original CID, even if you are SCID. I went through all the steps to get supercid twice just to make sure I'd actually managed to do it right.
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
I always figured bootloader is like BIOS.

While the rom reads it off a seperate built in PROM on the motherboard

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[HTC Sensation] greves1:
weird...thanks for the response though!

and im still wondering where it gets thats original number from...

so are you brave enough to flash mike's release of new firmware (or another version of user friendly), or are you gonna stick with flashing the user-friendly version put out for the cid showing in your rom? ;)

edit: also, how can i change my "p-rom" to say 11111111? lol
[HTC Sensation] FuzeItUp:
FW flashed without a hitch, flashed ICS ROM, everything is good, thanks Kohr!!!
[HTC Sensation] slam2001:
Danng nabbit 3.30 gives me the same boot loop as 3.24

any one any idea when the new ruu for the sensation xe with all updated firmware,sence and ics is coming out?
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
Hehe can't. Eeprom can be changed, example the fastboot, but prom (actually called rom [read only memory]) is one way input.

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[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
Np glad it works :)

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[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
Unfortunately I don't know but official should be out in March/April

Download the 3.30 double click in windows and delete the hboot file.

Copy the pg58img to root of sdcard and flash it. Then you get all the benefits of 3.30 but still have hboot 3.12 so it boots for you

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[HTC Sensation] knotrkr:
Thank you very much!!!!!!!
[HTC Sensation] greves1:
so how do some people come to have 11111111 show in cidgetter or using terminal commands?

im curious if i flash the firmware from mike's thread, would that change the result?

im a bit scared to do so even though i KNOW i'm supercid...haha. i think ill stick with your version, kohr!

thanks for all your work with these firmwares kohr!
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
Nope it wouldn't :)

The firmwares I host are Mike's. I edit them just enough to make them work on multiple carriers. The base is the same.

It is really weird why it does that. My wifes phone is supercid and cid getter says t-mo010 for her still.

#shrug#

The mystery of phones right :D

Ill still to my version too, LOL aand you are welcome :)

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[HTC Sensation] foongwk:
I'm on 3.25, any differrent on 3.3?

How do I get to know which one to download ?
[HTC Sensation] ikrispyyy:
ahhhhhh why does it tint everything green?! i flashed a custom kernel and its still tinted. is there a fix for this?
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
Follow on post one to find your cid and mid. Then download the file that matches those.

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[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
Gah! You must have an Acer screen. There is a kernel fix that I have seen people said fix it but on 3.30 it causes killer battery drain

Some see blue tint, some green, some grey. Hopefully they fix it soon.

Edit. Check sebastions thread. He posted links to two test kernels that may fix that issue.

I can't link from phone :(

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[HTC Sensation] smithey253:
Would this work? I had so much trouble the other day when trying to flash a newer firmware, bootloops everywhere.
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
The hboot file causes the issue. It does work for those having issues :)

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[HTC Sensation] andyjb103:
How can I get the original htc bootloader screens back?? I have flashed the latest 3.30 firmware and when I start the phone up I have a black screen with SENSATION written across it. Is this normal? Phone continues to work as normal just wondered?!
[HTC Sensation] alireza_simkesh:
Is there a way to make an RUU not erase everything and just upgrade like an incremental update (OTA)? Maybe by extracting the ROM.zip from RUU and flashing it in fastboot?!...
[HTC Sensation] xdaco:
An RUU is not distributed in that way . But you can extract the ROM.zip and remove whatever package you want and flash it via bootloader (PG58IMG.zip method)..
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
You want the splash screen or the boot animation?

I don't know of that is normal due to my boot animations and splash screens are already customized :P

Also what rom are you on?

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[HTC Sensation] craven667:
i tried 3.24 and 3.30 and both boot loop i tried every way to get it to load for viruous rom but nothing i am stuck with 3.12 please help me not sure what to do now
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
Double click 3.30 delete the hboot file. Copy to the root of your sdcatd and flash it then.

That way you can still use latest rom and have it boot and have the benefits of the 3.30 fw

The hboot 1.27 file is the issue (not sure why but you arent the first)

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[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
**EDITED: Read below this one. Stated it MUCH better than I did**
[HTC Sensation] gol_n_dal:
The CID you have (11111xx) is strange, SuperCID should be 11111111.

This is a Firmware pack that after installation allows you to install an ICS ROM on your phone. There are two flavours of the firmware found on the HTC ICS leaked ROMs, 3.12 and 3.24.

The 3.12 based on allows you to also run Gingerbread ROMS. I, for example, am running CM7 on the 3.12 based one as well as an ICS 4.0.3 ROM.

The other thing to note is that the firmware pack will also update the Radio as there are dependencies between Radio and Firmware.

The Bootloader will state LOCKED at the top when you go into it. You phone will still be S-OFF and SIM free (assuming it was before). You will loose the ability to "fastboot flash" (have to use the PG58IMG method instead) but other commands work fine.

EDIT: Kohr-Ah beat me to it.
[HTC Sensation] Sharky52:
I want to try the latest ICS rom.

Before that i want to be sure that i can go back to GB.

So i installed firmware 3.12 and not 3.24.

CID: VODAP017 (netherlands)

No problems at all, only *** LOCKED *** in bootloader.

Now trying go back to stock firmware.

No go, with every stock RUU : ERROR[131]: CUSTOMER ID ERROR

next step superCID, working, thanks to Pavelol !!!!

CID: 111111

Flash: RUU_Pyramid_HTC_Europe_1.50.401.1_Radio_10.56.9035.00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_223042_signed

No problem !!!

Install clockwork recovery and root my sensation again.

At last flash energy rom from 10/1

All is working, BUT and that is strange !!!

In bootloader ***locked ***, so i am for 99% back not for 100%, why ??

I don't understand, anyone can help pleace

*** LOCKED ***

PYRAMID PVT SHIP S_OFF RL

HBOOT-1.18.0000

RADIO-10.14.9035.01_M

eMMC-boot

Aug 2 2011,22:35:52

SOLVED THE PROBLEM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks to Ziggy1001

This will give hboot 1.17 to get fastboot back

Flash it and *** LOCKED *** is gone
[HTC Sensation] Kykiskly:
Thanks for the fast responde and well explained.

What I meant to say with the 11111xxx is what I get by using the Fastboot command obtained from Page 1. The xxxx are also 1s, just did not count the total #s of 1s lol.

So based on your response, My Radio + FW will be updated depending on the package I chose to flash, Bootloader will be locked, but what exactly do I do at Bootloader? I think If i stay sim-free + S-off and be able to do PG upgrades with CWR, I should be fine right? What do you suggest?
[HTC Sensation] :
If i update to the 3.12 firmware can I flash both gingerbread and 4.0 roms? Or would I have to downgrade to the original firmware?if so where can I find the original firmware?
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20681060&postcount=22

^ HBOOT 1.17.2008 (Same as .1111 but Engineering H-Boot)

Hboot 1.23 to run the first leaked 4.0.3 rom, and you *need* Hboot 1.27 to run the new sense 3.6 rom.

Hboot 1.23 (aka 3.12) will run the first ICS 4.0.3 Roms and GB.

3.24 will not run either it seems. Only latest ICS roms.
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
Bootloader can be used for lots of things.

Usually when flashing a radio you can do "fastboot flash radio radio.img" or "fastboot flash splash1 splash.img" but these commands are lost with latest but the phone does stay S-OFF and should stay sim-free.

But to do the PG upgrades you would still use bootloader and update it. CWM is for updating roms/rils but not firmware.

The Radio and RILs from the last ICS rom are available on the radio thread in Android Development section. The RILs are on post 1 of Hawke's thread which in my signature.

If that is mostly what you are looking for I would just do the radio and ril file until you want to go to an ICS rom.
[HTC Sensation] Nightwing0815:
Formatted my sdcard, give the PG58IMG.zip a new try: no chance, same as before.

Checking content, but no update... :-/

ToM

Edit: Here the output from fastboot getvar all:

C:\Users\Nightwing>fastboot getvar all

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.23.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: N/A

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main: 3.12.401.102

(bootloader) serialno: XXXXXXXXXXXX

(bootloader) imei: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

(bootloader) product: pyramid

(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8260

(bootloader) modelid: PG5813001

(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__102

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4101mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: on

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: baf31577

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

all: Done!

finished. total time: 0.488s

In bootloader, there's a security warning.
[HTC Sensation] mrogers919:
Stuck on htc screen after flashing

I flashed the 3.24 firmware and after flashing rom it wont go past htc screen i have done everything i can think of re flashing Rom and wiping everything I flashed for the TMO sensation my bootloader screen say

***LOCKED***

PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-off RL

HBOOT-1.27.0000

RADIO-11.21.3504.13_2

OpenADSP-v02.6.0.2226.00.0104

eMMC-boot

Stuck have already tried three different Roms and all I get is HTC screen. Can anyone help?
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
I posted a few posts back a great guide by erraggy. Try that

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[HTC Sensation] mrogers919:
I tried that still nothing
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
Give me a while. I not on ICS. I need to download a rom and see how to get it to work

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[HTC Sensation] mrogers919:
Ok thanks. I haven't tried re flashing firmware should i try that and then try flashing Rom again?
[HTC Sensation] epg0:
Cant find CID

When I type 'fastboot getvar CID' it just sits and says '<Waiting for Device>'

I tried CID getter and I dont see the CID or the MID displayed in the output.

Any other ways..I tried the terminal and nothing was outputted to the screen.

I'm out of options?
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
Are you typing those commands in the bootloader? If not that is where you need to be :)

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[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
If the rom is flashed just try the firmware again. It should ttake about 5 to 10 minutes for first boot.

I am downloading 6.1.1 ARHD now to try it.

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[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
Firmware superwipe rom.

Booted no problems in about seven minutes

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[HTC Sensation] mrogers919:
re flashed firmware and used Rom you gave me and everything works now thanks
[HTC Sensation] 56k_Rockstar:
Once I solved the troubles with my SD-Card everything worked like a charm.

I flashed 3.24 for HTC__102 and installed Virtuos Quattro Alpha 3 and it worked well.
[HTC Sensation] hungi:
I've tried both 3.24 first afterwards 3.12

now I have SuperCID my Sensation, but I still have the same message: no image or wrong image...
[HTC Sensation] craven667:
lol ok say that again ??? open 3.0 and remove boot it sounds
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
Download 3.30

In windows double click it to open the zip, don't extract it, and click on hboot and delete it then back out.

Place the zip on your sdcard and flash like normal firmware.

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[HTC Sensation] craven667:
well got past bootloop but cant get into rom i guess its not for me lol i wanted to see 4.0 i cant flash both roms arhd wont flash with 3.30 with hboot removed will try 2.24 the same way :(
[HTC Sensation] GoliathTheRipper:
if I upgrade the firmware to 3.24 or 3.30 and I flash a ICS rom. But, if I wan't to return to Gingerbread , can I flash a 1.17 firmware without risk of hard brick?

Can I downgrade a Firmware without risk ?? or I need to change the radio or anything else ?
[HTC Sensation] xdaco:
Are you still in boot loop with V3.24 if so , you have to flash V3.12 and then you can use ARHD 6.2.1 or 6.3.0 ..

---------- Post added at 02:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:15 PM ----------

Sure . Just flash V1.17 and then flash GB ROM doing superwipe . You will be fine.
[HTC Sensation] andyjb103:
The screen before even recovery starts as soon as switch phone on... current rom is insert coin 4.6.1 but i regularly change roms
[HTC Sensation] xdaco:
That is called splash screen. You can make your own splash screen form a 24 bit bitmap by using nbimage utility and then flash it via fastboot or PG58IMG.zip

To flash via fastboot (must have an unlocked hboot ) you have to type

fastboot flash splsh1 splash1.img in fastboot terminal.

Look into this and this threads.
[HTC Sensation] andyjb103:
Thanks for that. Will give it a go
[HTC Sensation] olly2009:
I have been suffering from this lately. 1st weird thing, battery seems to stay still instead of dropping as it should when I am using the phone. Then suddenly the phone reboots and it seems it catches up with the missing battery drain as it restarts with a loss of about 10%. Then battery continues to stay still until next reboot. I have just installed firmware 3.30 and insertcoin 4.6.1 after superwipe. I am tempted to revert to previous firmware to see if it makes a difference.
[HTC Sensation] grega_slo:
Well it won`t make any difference at all.

Problem is in ROMs, specificly in HTC battery driver which is crap...

I took it as "normal" behaviour and don`t care any more :)