yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Sensation] kushXmaster:
No problem. I always like the really simple ones...doesn't get much easier than this one. And the random shutdowns drove me insane to say the least. I think only thing that can be more frustrating is when a phone becomes a paperweight. Although it seems there are always ways creeping up to solve those too. Best of luck and hopefully it keeps working for you guys!
[HTC Sensation] AndroidNeophyte:
Yea lol... I didnt expect my sensation would get this hehe... Should have known its not nokia lol... Thanks for the review, glad to hear that its working on others also... Mine is pretty awesome so far... In fact, my battery drain is slower woohooo... Use to lose 5% even just a minute of use... Now, five minutes or more it stays at 100% longer :)
[HTC Sensation] joseph.langr:
I've been doing this for a few months now
[HTC Sensation] kushXmaster:
Same here. Phone also stays cooler as far as internal temp goes.
[HTC Sensation] AndroidNeophyte:
Kush, its been a week now for me and everything's been great and no shutdowns :)... like i said before, my battery is working great also when it comes to draining, it last longer than before... no issue with temp also :).... again, thank you so much for this....
[HTC Sensation] kushXmaster:
It was my pleasure :) my phone easily lasts two days now.
[HTC Sensation] bradmax57:
Was just about to return my sensation for refund, I bought it from a recycle store that give you 90 days no quibble guarantee, it started about a week and a bit ago just shutting down, at first I thought it was maybe the oc, but that would surely just reboot it?

I changed kernal and it seemed to be fine then today it started to do it again :(

So will try this fix to see if it helps me im at the end of my warranty period (although maybe there is some with htc) and dont really want to have to send it back)

---------- Post added at 08:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:25 PM ----------

Are people saying that this paper fix is making the battery last longer?
[HTC Sensation] kushXmaster:
For me it has increased battery life. Before, even if my phone wasn't randomly shutting down the battery lasted maybe ten hours. My theory is that due to the poor connection the battery pushes more Milli volts then is necessary. Hence the higher drain. I also think this causes the battery to go outside its safe parameters for millvolts. I saw a post about that in another thread and did some research, mainly on l-ion batteries on wikipedia.
[HTC Sensation] Jwtiyar:
Thank you , fixed my random Reboots.
[HTC Sensation] bradmax57:
Interesting, will see how I get one, good news tho I contacted HTC this morning and my phone is under warranty until nov 2013 so I dont need to rush it back to where i got it from :)
[HTC Sensation] kushXmaster:
Always nice when its under warranty.

You're welcome.
[HTC Sensation] ImHuge07:
I think this might be broscience :(. My reboots are back again and I have a piece of paper wedged in there so tight that I can't even pull my battery out anymore. Not sure what I'm going to do
[HTC Sensation] StuartTheFish:
Try the earth pin.
[HTC Sensation] bradmax57:
Seems to have worked so far :)
[HTC Sensation] mZimm:
This is the most frustrating problem that I have ever encountered with one of my phones. My Sensation randomly shuts down and will not boot into the OS until I plug it in, at which point it turns on and shows that there is a lot of battery left. I've tried the business card in the battery, the foil over the ground pin, the battery fix zip flash and numerous different ROMs and wipes. Given that my phone is about 2 weeks out of warranty, it seems that I'm going to have to write it off and buy something new. :(
[HTC Sensation] kushXmaster:
That's a shame. Have you tried to clean the battery connectors with rubbing alcohol? I heard that worked for someone.
[HTC Sensation] Rev_Nev:
I was in the same boat as you. I tried every rom avaliable and I finally found one that fixed the problem. Try using the asop based 2.62 miui rom that's posted somewhere in this forum. I would link it but I'm on my phone. Ever since I flashed it I haven't had any trouble with random shut downs the only thing is I don't like being shackled to just using a miui rom.
[HTC Sensation] Rev_Nev:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1663935

[ROM][MIUIv4][AOSP][24th June 2012]iPyramid v1.3.2

I'm pretty sure this was the one I was talking about. Sorry I don't remember exactly but if I'm not mistaken that's it.
[HTC Sensation] mZimm:
I'll give this a shot. I'm back running T-Mobile stock ICS, which also didn't fix anything, so at this point I might as well just flash/wipe again...
[HTC Sensation] Flashmaniac:
Hello everybody,

I also have this problem in a really really annoying way. I tried to put a little bit of paper between the small place as described in the first post.

First I thought it is helping I only had one reboot that day.

Today I was driving to work and wanted to listen to music. Then it appeared again and again and again...

I feel like throwing it against a wall until it's completely br:highfive:oken.

Any suggestions, please?
[HTC Sensation] adrockr:
How long?

Has anyone been random reboot free for over a month with this card fix? Longer?
[HTC Sensation] kushXmaster:
I have been. I haven't had a single problem since I tried this. I was the one who originally posted this here. It seems to be a 50/50 shot for whether it works or not.
[HTC Sensation] _SGY:
Hey Kush thanks for the tip however I donno for some reasons it did not worked for me.. later on I installed LeeDrOiD ROM's and it has done wonders.. no reboot issue fast nice sense 3.6 and what not.. I am throughly satisfied with this ROM, keeping this aside.. I was wondering that is this an issue with Stock ROM from HTC or something else.. maybe a Dev can point or correct...

I am not boasting anyones ROM since I have not tried other ROM's but what I want to point is if your phone is out of warranty people can try to flash a custom ROM to see if that helps!!

_SGY
[HTC Sensation] AndroidNeophyte:
i dont know how long i got the fix but since then mine got fix... and the phone reads the battery percentage better also

edit: i have this fix since May 20....
[HTC Sensation] alexmaras:
This fix has been working for me ever since I found the thread (a good couple months) and I have not had problems since.

I've had the reboots start again after I take out the plastic I have wedged in there to test.

I'm running CM9 nightlies and stock battery.

I showed the trick to a friend who was having the exact same issues and he hasn't seen a reboot for the last week since he started using it!

thanks so much to the OP, you saved my sanity!
[HTC Sensation] kushXmaster:
Doesn't seem to matter what rom for most people. I tried several with same results. Glad you found a fix that works for you.
[HTC Sensation] kushXmaster:
You're welcome. I was losing my mind with how annoying it was... Just trying to look something up real quick and phone would shut off. Frustrating to say the least.
[HTC Sensation] Jutt69:
Another happy customer here. I was getting really annoyed with the constant shut downs, not had one since I stuck that bit of card in!
[HTC Sensation] kushXmaster:
It got to a point just before I did this where I was going to take the phone back and just buy a different one. But thankfully this worked and I didn't have to. I really like the screen size and the rest of the hardware for this phone. There is also quite a bit of development for it.
[HTC Sensation] bradmax57:
Yesterday I flashed back to ARHD 6.7.0 and i've already had some random reboots yesterday and a few today, going to have to try another rom to make sure.
[HTC Sensation] ashu01:
same problem

i have this problem few months back and i got reinstall the custom rom from htc service center....

and now again from nearly 15 days i am facing the same problem again...

i have submitted my phone to htc for replacement...

..

i read this post today.... i am sad because i think this trick can fix my problem....:(

can anyone tell me that will htc replace my phone regarding this problem...????

have anyone got it replaced due to any issues????

:(:(:(
[HTC Sensation] kushXmaster:
They should replace it as long as it is under warranty. You will most likely get a refurbished model though.
[HTC Sensation] ashu01:
workers on their service center told me that they have the policy of phone replacement only for 15 days started from customer buys it....

they said if its motherboard fault they will replace the motherboard and not replace the phone....

........

i didnt talked to htc customer care yet.... i hope they will replace my phone.... otherwise i have to file a case in court against them because its really annoying you spent money for your phone and you are getting this sh*t.....
[HTC Sensation] Ty5982:
just pushed abit of my old bank card in,givin it a try,do no harm tryin lol cos these reboots are pi@#in me off lol
[HTC Sensation] kushXmaster:
Best of luck!
[HTC Sensation] mo0klin:
I'm having the same problem.. as long as the cable's in, it won't shut down. But 10 minutes of active usage without it and it crashes. Tried several ROMs.. pulling out the battery for a while and putting it back in works for about 2 minutes.
[HTC Sensation] kushXmaster:
Same problem I had at first. This fix worked for me though.

Swiftly sent from my Sensation via XDA premium
[HTC Sensation] mo0klin:
Tried that businesscard trick, so the battery's really stuck in there, but it didn't work. Not sure how the ground-pin thing works?
[HTC Sensation] StuartTheFish:
You pull it out a bit so that it makes a better connection with the battery cover. I actually put I staple behind mine to make it stick out a little permanently. It works because the shutdowns for me at least happened most in poor reception areas. That earth pin is to do with the antennas in the battery cover, and when changing between GSM and wcdma is when the shutdown happens normally. You could also try dialing *#*#4636#*#* and setting it to wcdma only, so then it can't keep switching over in poor reception areas.
[HTC Sensation] mudhi:
Never happens when using bricked kernel < v1.31, but always happens on v1.4, I thought it was kernel issue, after I found this thread, I just clean the battery contacts with alcohol and was fixed.
[HTC Sensation] acesabe:
cheap hardware componentry

I'd go very careful with bending the ground pin, mine fell off and I had hardly touched it! Also issues with SD card slot, see my thread here for workaround and comments:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1880409
[HTC Sensation] kushXmaster:
Ya those little components can be very fragile.

Swiftly sent from my Sensation via XDA premium
[HTC Sensation] brandall:
After delving into last kernel messages, under-voting, under-clocking, cleaning my battery connections, trying every kernel and radio combo out there, it appears that a little piece of cardboard was indeed the solution for me...!

I thank you for daring to share this, rescuing my Sensation, saving me cash and frustration! Thanks +1

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[HTC Sensation] kushXmaster:
No problem. I almost threw my phone through a couple of walls a while back ;)

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[HTC Sensation] prgab:
A bought my Sensation in 2011 November (locked for T-mobile) and made it S-OFF and unlock it in January 2012. I was facing similar problems that are described here started in April when my Sensation started restarting randomly. Then it was shutting down unexpectedly more and more often. (once a week, twice a week, ... finally I was able to keep my phone alive only for few minutes!)

I flashed a new ROM with a new firmware and my phone was working perfectly, but only for couple weeks... However I was skeptic I tried a business card solution that time, but did not helped. Tried using only WCDMA network as described in some topics and basically all the options available on forums, but nothing helped.

I started to worry, that I will need to pay for motherboard replacement as my warranty was gone already (S-OFF), but I gave to my phone a last chance and gave it another data wipe a new firmware with new ROM again. Everything was good for only couple weeks again...

But then I read this thread again and put an alu foil as shown by Shreyas Jani and pulled the ground pin as described by StuartTheFish. I still do not understand what happened, but my phone is working perfectly more than a month now, without restarts and shut downs. I do not know which solution helped (not sure if I placed a business card correctly before). But I do not want to experiment with this anymore. I did not even removed a battery cover since that time and I'm glad it is all working now.

Thank you kushXmaster, StuartTheFish, Shreyas Jani!
[HTC Sensation] Tungst5n:
Would this apply also to random reboots in situations in which the ROM simply just does restart and doesn't completely shut down ?
[HTC Sensation] StuartTheFish:
No, that would normally be down to the software on your phone instead.
[HTC Sensation] Tungst5n:
Thanks for confirming
[HTC Sensation] beekiller1:
What is the business card made out of?
[HTC Sensation] coolcuboy89:
Paper...
[HTC Sensation] beekiller1:
Is it gonna help with battery life?
[HTC Sensation] big fancy:
Vote this to be a sticky. i've been referring tons of people with battery probs to this
[HTC Sensation] kushXmaster:
It's just a normal paper business card probably about 1/16 inches (~1.5 mm) thick. For me it helped battery life.

I believe the issue is do to poor contact between the battery and the pins in the housing on the phone. The poor connection causes the battery to push more power which results in it going beyond the safe threshold of milliwattts. When the battery goes beyond this level there is a failsafe to prevent the battery from doing something crazy like overheating or exploding.

This isn't a problem with all phones. But it has helped quite a few people. It only takes a few seconds and it couldn't hurt anything.

For me, it solved my problem 100%

The worst that can happen is it doesn't solve your problem.

In this case I recommend cleaning the contacts on the battery and housing. If that doesn't work, try adjusting the ground pin.

Swiftly sent from my Sensation via XDA premium
[HTC Sensation] nkewk:
ive tried almost everything and i dont know what to do right now. Ive tried with a credit card piece, tried to calibrate my battery and switching ROM and stuffs. I usually get the shutdown when i have under ~60% battery life. PLEASE SOMEONE HELP I REALLY NEED MY PHONE WORKING! THANKS
[HTC Sensation] eyespunker:
Have you tried a new battery?
[HTC Sensation] nkewk:
no i havent. But im thinking maybe try the "not buying things" first.. i dont know what i could do :S
[HTC Sensation] eyespunker:
Give it 3 full drains and 3 full 8hr charges.. if no luck buy one for $10.
[HTC Sensation] balto1:
Hi guys,

I have this problem like most of the people here. Random shutdowns / bootloops, mostly 30 sec after booting ROM or, sometimes it holds for a few minutes.

First I put some paper in there to make it tight with battery, didn't help. So I bought another HTC official battery. It worked for 2 weeks then problems started again.

Since then I tried: cleaning battery contacts with alcohol, paper / bussiness card between battery and case, pulling out a ground pin, putting a foil between ground pin and case, factory reset, flashing custom ROM (10.2 cyanongen).

I spent at least 15-20 hours on doing this stuff, would gladly hear any additional suggestions. I need to get this phone working.
[HTC Sensation] PandaKiller:
I got the same problem 6 months ago. What I did was put two SMD capacitors at the PCB. One after the battery pins, and the oder a little bit below.

I did that because I have very nice soldering skills. I do not recommend you to do this, but in fact what I did helped.

I have already post some pictures here in XDA.

Probably the power management unit of this phone is too bad. It won't happen if HTC used SILICONGATE power cores ;)
[HTC Sensation] looneylv:
Want a fix? Just dont use or buy HTC stock batteries.. :laugh: Had a stock battery, had this problem.. bought HTC 'extended' battery had still the same problem.. Got my money back and bought mugen power extended battery and problem dissapeared from day1 ;)

It's NOT rom related it is HW fault from htc side!
[HTC Sensation] balto1:
Nice to hear there is still some hope. I ordered Anker battery, heard they are good. Will share with you guys if it helped.
[HTC Sensation] cowboyhenk:
Hi,

Ever since I bought my Anker battery, I almost have no random reboots anymore, unless I've been frolicking around too much with custom roms... :p
[HTC Sensation] Nailtrail:
YMMV. I only had this problem with an Anker battery and not the stock one.
[HTC Sensation] balto1:
Wow, Anker battery completely solved all random shutdowns. I tried literally everything.

Hope it helps somebody with same problems, it's still a nice phone so why not use it.

Thank you looneylv!
[Milestone 2 General] wee2000:
i had rooted my device, wiped, install cm7 & used for 3 weeks. one day, i booted the phone in recovery & choose to adjust cpu frequency from 1000 to 1200(it was stated that kernel 2.3 is needed). As i was running Android 2.3.7, i proceed to save the 1200 setting n boot my device, but it just boots with the red MT logo n green LED lights up, will reboots & not pass the motorola red batwing logo. Any ways i can get hold of my data?

Is it that i have screwed up my kernel? i did not update my kernel b4, i just rooted, install Droid 2 Recovery Bootstrap v1.0.0.3, n cm7. is it considered im still on original kernel?
[Milestone 2 General] siakgayyem:
Have you tried to re enter recovery and re adjust your speed to 1000? Or maybe you can try to increase vsel values.
[Milestone 2 General] wee2000:
right now, my device only shows motorola logo with random blue n green led light up n gone. can pls tell me how to re-enter recovery? i can enter into the original recovery mode by pressing x n power but it only gives me option to wipe device. unlike the custom recovery menu that has many other options.
[Milestone 2 General] MegaBubbletea:
When the blue and green light shows, press 'Up' Voume button (or is it 'Down') and it will enter Boot menu, go into Recovery and do a full wipe.
[Milestone 2 General] juzz86:
Thread moved to General, please ask all your questions here :)

Cheers!
[Milestone 2 General] siakgayyem:
When you reboot, the motorola logo appears. After 5 or 6 seconds the logo blinks and then the blue led lights up. Press the volume down key when the blue led lights up to enter boot menu. Press the volume keys to highlight and the power key to choose. Be quick when pressing the volume down key because my phone does not enter boot menu unless i press the volume down key during the blue light, pressing the key when the other colors light up dont work.
[Milestone 2 General] wee2000:
thx so much for the solution, im able to boot my phone normally, thx.
[HTC Wildfire S] tuktuk1984:
Hello to all Developer

I search full Stock ROM (EU) only with data2sd

So i hope any one could help me.
[HTC Wildfire S] a1cov:
Try this. Choose European edition.
[HTC Wildfire S] tuktuk1984:
Thank-you i Test it later
[HTC Wildfire S] tuktuk1984:
I have found an good Rom

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It is this rom HTC Thing

Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e
[Sony Tablet S] SudaDreamS:
Hi all,

I have updated before discovering the prerooted ICS.

is there anyway to revert back to Honeycomb then re-update the prerooted ICS?

can the stock ICS be rooted?
[Sony Tablet S] Pinesal:
Updated to the stock ICS after thinking Root Keeper would give root back but it didn't.

What recourse do I have?
[Sony Tablet S] Sentinel196:
None at this stage unfortunately.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] saj070:
Hi

Is there a thread for US CELLUAR SAMSUNG S2 ?

i would like to unlock - root the phone and load custom ROM like the sprint epic 4G ?

can someone kindly point me to the right direction please..

Or worst case senarion how to root this RS-760 model please
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Wabem:
I think this may be what you are looking for,

http://teamuscellular.com/Forum/topic/1471-how-to-root-galaxy-s-ii/page__st__20

But honestly i'm at work and for some reason they felt the need to block "teamuscellular.com" so all I could see was the google cached version... but it looks like everyone over there is using your version of the phone. Also, it's SCH-R760, not RS-760. Hope this helps!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] saj070:
Awesome thanks exactly what i was looking for ;)
[Motorola Droid 3] CornholioGSM:
Hi,

can you please tell me how is possible disable automatic screen unlock when slide out keyboard?

I use on my D3 ICS motoblur 4.0.4.
[Motorola Droid 3] slayer621:
Unlock or Screen on? If you mean unlock, than that is a bug in the rom. It must be fixed by the developer of your rom.
[Motorola Droid 3] CornholioGSM:
no no, i mean disable automatic screen unlock when open keyboard.

Sometime commes out the keyboard in my pocket and then my droid make calls :(
[Motorola Droid 3] slayer621:
Ok. Yeah that is definitely a bug with the ROM you are using then. AOKP had the same problem for a while. Post in the thread where you got the ROM.
[Motorola Droid 3] SeiferTV:
I have the same problem. what you mean is that the screen wakes when it' slides open in your pocket, and it ends up unlocking itself by touching you.

I'd like to know too if there's a way to prevent a screen WAKE on keyboard slide.
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
They should make it so it works with in-pocket-detection
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] PollPixx:
Syiah tweaks? New term for me #google :)

Quite a read, but interesting. Cheers

Verstuurd van mijn LT26i met Tapatalk
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] topff:
TOP

Thank it useful
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] neectron:
[REF][TWEAKS] Kernel Governors, Modules, I/O Schedulers, CPU Tweaks, AIO App Configs.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] ralph745:
Hi.How i can remove black background araund text like on picture tnx in advance
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] willisjm193:
Is there any reason you aren't using a sense 3.5 rom? I personally don't know how to do it, I just know it's not there in my rom.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] Pfaffinator:
It's the thrid party app your using. It won't let you.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] m.nilesh17@xda.com:
frendz4m apk app direct link for download.not need google play direct link.

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[Samsung Galaxy Mini] m.nilesh17@xda.com:
need frendz4m app

i want frendz4m apk appp.no need play link.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] kitrax59:
Lots of sources buddy:

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[Galaxy 3 General] vitoi:
Hey friends,,

I've lately facing a problem with my galaxy 3. Lately i've been using custom ROM's based on JPU and the internal memory is getting low too quickly. It's like the apps take the double of its real size, so i can't have even more than 15 apps that my internal memory is already gone...

To realize if it's the custom ROM or not, I've tried the original froyo version I5800XXJPU and have got the same problem. Initially the total free memory was 170mb, after the system updates (gmail, market, google search...) it decreased to 130mb, and after just installing the facebook and facebook messenger it's about to 100mb :eek:

I don't use Hybrid Data2sd, because i simply don't like it and had some problems with it last time. And yes, i move the apps to the sd card in the own system interface.

Am I doing something wrong? :confused: Someone knows how to solve it? :confused:
[Galaxy 3 General] Smonic:
The dalvik cache is probably taking up a lot of memory. Just wipe the dalvik cache and cache in recovery and you should get maybe 10 extra MB or so.
[Galaxy 3 General] vitoi:
By the original ROM's recovery I am only able to delete the Cache. So I did and didn't free any space :(.

The memory that was 100mb free, now is 88mb, without installing anything. :eek:
[Galaxy 3 General] Smonic:
Just flash Kyrillos' V10.2. It has app2sd right out of the box so no need for configuration or anything like that. It's simple and kyrillos' app2sd scripts are always fast and not buggy.