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So I currently have a thunderbolt, and to be honest, I am technically outside the return policy with best buy, but I am trying to get them to agree to exchange the phone since in my opinion it is terrible. I have an evo 4G and it was a great phone, and the thunderbolt has the potential to be great, but the battery life, crappy screen, light leakage all around the capacitive buttons and spot lights on the screen from the capacitive buttons, is just terrible.
If they let me exchange the phone, I don't want to be an ass, and get a charge, only to turn around and exchange it for a thunderbolt again if the charge is that bad.
Anyone who has switched from a thunderbolt to a charge care to shout out how they feel about the switch?
CM7 support seems iffy for the charge, and I know I want a real CM7 for the thunderbolt not the alpha that works half the time, but if it has been that hard to get a well working CM7 on the thunderbolt, probably never happen on the charge? since the current GB leak from HTC is bigger than Froyo...
The screen, the battery life, and the physical buttons make me want this phone, but I don't want to switch if it means worse headaches than I currently have. No need to trade a demon for a devil.
If battery life is a big issue for you, then you might want to rethink the Charge unless you buy the bigger battery. But from what I can tell, if you buy the larger battery you also have to buy a new back cover as well. So figure spending an extra 50 bucks. In all, with my purchase I got a car charger and screan protecters and ended up paying 375 after taxes. Add an extr 50 for the battery and cover and your well over 425. As for the standard battery life, I have to charge it every day. I'd say if you use it alot through out the day it'll last about 5-8 hrs max. But I havent really took the time to tell exactally. Just know you want go a whole day without charging it.
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I had the Thunderbolt and returned it for battery and reception issues, 1st i went with an iphone as i know they last forever on a charge, im a heavy business user and was getting 2-3 hours per battery with the TB ( i had to have 3 and swap them out thru the day ), i got the charge yesterday and ran the battery down to zero, then charged full, then blasted it back down which still took a while, back on charge over night, took it off charge this morning at 6:15am, ive been listening to music for a little over an hour, downloading market items, around 20 calls, 20 texts and 10-15 emails, and ive not used 25% yet
i love the charge, best thing i did was return the TB, the TB is a faster phone due the the extra 256mb of ram but not much thats gonna drive you crazy, im used to it already, also dont use the stock browser as it sucks, i also use launcher pro with my charge and it makes life a lot better again, give me the charge anyday, better screen, i think it looks better, i really like the physical buttons, you can hotswap sd cards ( not in the TB due to sd slot under battery) miles better battery, just over all better
I had a Thunderbolt for roughly 5 weeks and recently swapped to a Charge. So far, I'm very glad I made the change and plan on sticking with this phone until a dual core LTE phone is released. Here are the differences that I see :
Battery life: Charge definitely wins here, although I still wouldn't say the battery life is "good." The main difference seems to be idling. My Thunderbolt battery would drain VERY quickly while in my pocket. (assuming i was on LTE) The charge does not do this.
Screen: No contest. I did not care for the Thunderbolt screen and the Charge screen is amazing.
Software: Sense is far better than Touchwiz, although I don't personally care for either. Root for ED1/ED2 as well as clockwork mod was just released for the Charge, so it is only a matter of time before we have full roms that nuke the nasty orange and brown menus.
CDMA/LTE radio : Signal strength seems to be about the same for me on both phones, although I'm often on a "fringe" LTE area in Las Vegas. The Thunderbolt would always hang onto 1 bar of LTE leaving me with no data connectivity whatsoever. (not to mention draining the battery in record fashion) The charge sits on 3G in these areas - which i DEFINITELY prefer.
Also, I love the physical buttons and the lighter weight of the charge. Honestly, the touchwiz software and slightly laggy stock browser (easily fixed by downloading another browser on the market) are my only "complaints." I'd do the swap over again in a heart beat.
Goronok said:
I had a Thunderbolt for roughly 5 weeks and recently swapped to a Charge. So far, I'm very glad I made the change and plan on sticking with this phone until a dual core LTE phone is released. Here are the differences that I see :
Battery life: Charge definitely wins here, although I still wouldn't say the battery life is "good." The main difference seems to be idling. My Thunderbolt battery would drain VERY quickly while in my pocket. (assuming i was on LTE) The charge does not do this.
Screen: No contest. I did not care for the Thunderbolt screen and the Charge screen is amazing.
Software: Sense is far better than Touchwiz, although I don't personally care for either. Root for ED1/ED2 as well as clockwork mod was just released for the Charge, so it is only a matter of time before we have full roms that nuke the nasty orange and brown menus.
CDMA/LTE radio : Signal strength seems to be about the same for me on both phones, although I'm often on a "fringe" LTE area in Las Vegas. The Thunderbolt would always hang onto 1 bar of LTE leaving me with no data connectivity whatsoever. (not to mention draining the battery in record fashion) The charge sits on 3G in these areas - which i DEFINITELY prefer.
Also, I love the physical buttons and the lighter weight of the charge. Honestly, the touchwiz software and slightly laggy stock browser (easily fixed by downloading another browser on the market) are my only "complaints." I'd do the swap over again in a heart beat.
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I second everything said here except the physical buttons.
I also had a TB for almost 5 weeks. I enjoy the Charge more, but honestly the lack of ram is very noticeable.
Either way, this will be me phone until dual-core LTEs come out (excluding Moto Bionic).
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I did and the difference is day and night.
-A lot more battery life
-Amazing screen
-Screen does not scratch easy like TB did
-Weighs a lot less
yyhd said:
I second everything said here except the physical buttons.
I also had a TB for almost 5 weeks. I enjoy the Charge more, but honestly the lack of ram is very noticeable.
Either way, this will be me phone until dual-core LTEs come out (excluding Moto Bionic).
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So five weeks. Did verizon let you just exchange the phone? I am pretty sure best buy will let me exchange it as i will be a reward zone silver member in a few days,but just incase id love to know.
Edit - thanks for the feedback everyone, i am definitely interested in getting the charge now. I had the evo befor the thunderbolt and it had the 512 ram and ran fine. So i dont see that as being an isssue
yyhd said:
I second everything said here except the physical buttons.
I also had a TB for almost 5 weeks. I enjoy the Charge more, but honestly the lack of ram is very noticeable.
Either way, this will be me phone until dual-core LTEs come out (excluding Moto Bionic).
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And i THIRD WHAT HE SAID.....LOL...I LOVE THIS PHONE, I ENDED UP GETTING THE THE CHARGING DOCK/EXTRA BATTERY COMBO ALSO, AND I COULD NOT BE MORE SATISFIED, NEED I NOT TELL YOU I HAD MY TBOLT SINCE MARCH 18TH AND I ENDED UP HAVING TO CALL *611 AND GET TO TIER 2 SUPPORT MANAGER, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO CHARGE MY ACCOUNT FOR THE CHARGE AND THEY SENT ME A RETURN LABEL FOR AND EXCHANGE FOR THE TBOLT SO AS SOON AS THEY GET THE TBOLT BACK THEY CREDIT MY ACCOUNT, ONE TIME THING DUE TO ALL MY TBOLT CUSTOMER SUPPORT PROBLEMS.........HOPE I HELPED SOMEONE
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The charge has the greatest screen I've ever seen on a phone. The physical buttons (IMO) are better than capacative buttons. Touchwiz is not that bad(this is coming from an HTC user for the last 2 years that has had and loved sense on an evo 4g and touch pro2).
Give the charge a shot u should enjoy it more than a thunderbolt
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So I'm enjoying my overall experience with my Sensation but it's really not cutting it in the battery department. I've upgraded from the G1 and the battery life isn't any better. The G1 was great for a while but after being 2+ years old the battery would barely last a full day with minimal usage and every setting off, I could no longer take it. It became so frustrating I had to upgrade for mostly that reason, not to mention the lack of features, and the fact I've had the phone since launch lol. Needless to say, I feel like I'm having the same battery issues as before. For instance I took the phone off the charger this morning and started reading some post here on XDA via the app and after 1 hour and 36 minutes my battery life went from 100% to 67%. I love the phone and while yes battery life is important to me I almost refuse to handicap my phones full potential for it. What should I do?
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So I'm enjoying my overall experience with my Sensation but it's really not cutting it in the battery department. I've upgraded from the G1 and the battery life isn't any better. The G1 was great for a while but after being 2+ years old the battery would barely last a full day with minimal usage and every setting off, I could no longer take it. It became so frustrating I had to upgrade for mostly that reason, not to mention the lack of features, and the fact I've had the phone since launch lol. Needless to say, I feel like I'm having the same battery issues as before. For instance I took the phone off the charger this morning and started reading some post here on XDA via the app and after 1 hour and 36 minutes my battery life went from 100% to 67%. I love the phone and while yes battery life is important to me I almost refuse to handicap my phones full potential for it. What should I do?
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Search here and in the Q/A forum about getting better battery life and what to expect out of your battery. There are a ton of discussions already with a lot of helpful information for you.
Remember if your device is new... it takes a number of discharge/recharge cycles before your battery gets good life.
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So I'm enjoying my overall experience with my Sensation but it's really not cutting it in the battery department. I've upgraded from the G1 and the battery life isn't any better. The G1 was great for a while but after being 2+ years old the battery would barely last a full day with minimal usage and every setting off, I could no longer take it. It became so frustrating I had to upgrade for mostly that reason, not to mention the lack of features, and the fact I've had the phone since launch lol. Needless to say, I feel like I'm having the same battery issues as before. For instance I took the phone off the charger this morning and started reading some post here on XDA via the app and after 1 hour and 36 minutes my battery life went from 100% to 67%. I love the phone and while yes battery life is important to me I almost refuse to handicap my phones full potential for it. What should I do?
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plenty of battery threads already.. 1:36 with a 33% battery drain would extrapolate to >4.5 hours of display-ON time. Most ppl consider that pretty (or even VERY) good. If you are going to play the "won't handicap" card so soon, probably no hope for you except get some other phone for which it is easier to get a monster/fat battery.
I came from a G1 as well. I think battery life is MUCH better on the Sensation.
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Mine was bad at first but after a week of running it until it powered off then charging to 100% its much better, now I just put it on charge over night and it lasts all day
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The only way to get through a whole day of moderate-heavy use with this phone (and most Android phones) without crippling it is to carry a spare battery or plug in the phone throughout the day when near AC power... Sad but true..
edgewoodzgimp13 said:
So I'm enjoying my overall experience with my Sensation but it's really not cutting it in the battery department. I've upgraded from the G1 and the battery life isn't any better. The G1 was great for a while but after being 2+ years old the battery would barely last a full day with minimal usage and every setting off, I could no longer take it. It became so frustrating I had to upgrade for mostly that reason, not to mention the lack of features, and the fact I've had the phone since launch lol. Needless to say, I feel like I'm having the same battery issues as before. For instance I took the phone off the charger this morning and started reading some post here on XDA via the app and after 1 hour and 36 minutes my battery life went from 100% to 67%. I love the phone and while yes battery life is important to me I almost refuse to handicap my phones full potential for it. What should I do?
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follow this bro it will help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1159184
I disabled HTC Sense Sync and I can get a good 7 hours use out of my Sensation 4G.
heygrl said:
I disabled HTC Sense Sync and I can get a good 7 hours use out of my Sensation 4G.
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7 hours of screen on time? That's not possible with this phone.
juice defender try it
According to these benchmarks, the Sensation battery is 97% of the Verizon iPhone 4 (the only Iphone variant which had data for comparison)
http://www.laptopmag.com/review/cell-phones/htc-sensation-4g.aspx?mode=benchmarks&cids=2642,pa
i found this thread to be useful...
edgewoodzgimp13 said:
So I'm enjoying my overall experience with my Sensation but it's really not cutting it in the battery department. I've upgraded from the G1 and the battery life isn't any better. The G1 was great for a while but after being 2+ years old the battery would barely last a full day with minimal usage and every setting off, I could no longer take it. It became so frustrating I had to upgrade for mostly that reason, not to mention the lack of features, and the fact I've had the phone since launch lol. Needless to say, I feel like I'm having the same battery issues as before. For instance I took the phone off the charger this morning and started reading some post here on XDA via the app and after 1 hour and 36 minutes my battery life went from 100% to 67%. I love the phone and while yes battery life is important to me I almost refuse to handicap my phones full potential for it. What should I do?
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7 hours of screen on time? That's not possible with this phone.
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I'm with you. I can get 8 hours out of the phone if I only have 2 hours of on screen time. My average, with medium to heavy use, is 6 hours and change with 3 - 3 1/2 hours on screen time. And this is with the screen brightness down to 75%. There is no way there is 7 hours straight of on screen time with this thing IMO and from experience.
NOTE: I am piggy backing, but i am not sure if the person is referring to 7 hours on screen time or 7 hours in general.
Buy an 1800mHa evo 3d battery and profit, like 13$on amazon
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stefan.buddle said:
Buy an 1800mHa evo 3d battery and profit, like 13$on amazon
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Link please....but eBay preferably. I hate Amazon lol.
I get 10hrs daily
More life wouldn't hurt
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I'm assuming this is it:
http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_from=R...3d+extended+battery&_sacat=See-All-Categories
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steve austin said:
I'm with you. I can get 8 hours out of the phone if I only have 2 hours of on screen time. My average, with medium to heavy use, is 6 hours and change with 3 - 3 1/2 hours on screen time. And this is with the screen brightness down to 75%. There is no way there is 7 hours straight of on screen time with this thing IMO and from experience.
NOTE: I am piggy backing, but i am not sure if the person is referring to 7 hours on screen time or 7 hours in general.
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I'm pasting a post I posted in another thread about my battery life:
Ok... I have a total of 3 OEM batteries. One that came with my phone and 2 other spares. The one that came with my phone is about 3 weeks old, My newest one is only 3 days old and the middle child one is about a week and a half old. I basically charge them fully then wait until it drains fully and turns off before switching the batteries.
Someone said that after a while battery life gets better. I am proof of that. When I first got my phone I was lucky if it lasted 8 hours and amazed if it lasted 10! Last night my 3 week old battery lasted over 14 hours with moderate use! The middle battery that's a week and a half old lasts about 10 with moderate use (same like the first, only getting about 8 in the beginning) The newest one (still going through the 5 charge conditioning cycle) only lasts about 6-7 hours tops.
I dont know if it helps(or hurts) but since I always have an extra battery with me I never half charge them(especially during the first 5 or 6 charges). I always will let it drain then switch
I moved from the HTC Evo 4G and batterylife is much much better with the sensation. Light to moderate use after a 12 hour day i have between 20 and 40 % left. I ordered 4 extra batteries and xtra chargers so i would have extra full batteries at home and at work but i havent needed them. I was so used to the evo that i wish i would've waited on ordering all the batteries... I just assumed it would be about the same...Way better than the evo though. I have friendstream (twitter and facebook) syncing every 3 hours, weather 3 hours and at unlock, mail/calender syncing.( no news, no tell htc, no android backup) i was amazingly surprised. yay sensation!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15527276
Check out the above for a possible cause of excessive drain.
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I'm pasting a post I posted in another thread about my battery life:
Ok... I have a total of 3 OEM batteries. One that came with my phone and 2 other spares. The one that came with my phone is about 3 weeks old, My newest one is only 3 days old and the middle child one is about a week and a half old. I basically charge them fully then wait until it drains fully and turns off before switching the batteries.
Someone said that after a while battery life gets better. I am proof of that. When I first got my phone I was lucky if it lasted 8 hours and amazed if it lasted 10! Last night my 3 week old battery lasted over 14 hours with moderate use! The middle battery that's a week and a half old lasts about 10 with moderate use (same like the first, only getting about 8 in the beginning) The newest one (still going through the 5 charge conditioning cycle) only lasts about 6-7 hours tops.
I dont know if it helps(or hurts) but since I always have an extra battery with me I never half charge them(especially during the first 5 or 6 charges). I always will let it drain then switch
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I have specifically held off from getting another battery cuz I wanted the original one to settle. Now that I have a decent idea of the life span I will look into a new one. I am not sure if I want to by the off brand 1800 one every is talking about or get raked over the coals for an HTC one. decisions...
here's what I've found after having the Sensation since day one. If you are at 2.5 hours of screen on time in the battery stats, chances are your battery is below 30%, and most likely below 20%, no matter what you were doing with the phone (barring constant video playback). I average about 2-3 hours of display on time each day, and I get about 14-16 hours consistently. I sync gmail, email and facebook, pulse and weather auto update. I use wifi and wifi calling constantly.
I set my screen brightness to about 40%, give or take.
I can live with this as it gets me from 5am when I go to work until when I go to bed, which is really all I expect.
I will look into the evo 3d battery though, as that seems like a logical replacement given its higher capacity and compatibility with the Sensation.
i dont know if i should get this phone or wait for the lg thrill 4g?
i just got att 3 days ago and they gave me a iphone 4..since i got it half off cause of where i work. anyways the screen on this phone looks pretty nice and the size is another plus..but im HUGE on the battery life.
looks like people are complaining about the batt life the most..which is kinda turning me off.
can this phone run the mock sense widgets? that were custom made in the evo forum??
mainguy21 said:
i dont know if i should get this phone or wait for the lg thrill 4g?
i just got att 3 days ago and they gave me a iphone 4..since i got it half off cause of where i work. anyways the screen on this phone looks pretty nice and the size is another plus..but im HUGE on the battery life.
looks like people are complaining about the batt life the most..which is kinda turning me off.
can this phone run the mock sense widgets? that were custom made in the evo forum??
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This is the wrong place for this post. Please post in Q/A or General next time. The battery life isn't bad for me. I get about 20+ hours a day with medium use.
Mod please move.
oh snap i thought i was in that section.
edit: wtf i cant delete my own thread..
gay.
Coming from an Evo you'll probably think the Infuse has amazing battery life. People complaining usually have a rogue app or are victims of the random Gingerbread battery bug. I've experienced great battery life on both my rom and CM7. By great I mean ~16 hours with heavy usage... 4-6 hours of display on time (browsing and other random stuff) and 1-2 hours of listening to podcasts or music with the screen off. I'm usually connected to wifi except when I'm on the road and brightness is usually set to auto, sometimes to 30 or 40 percent. People have reported 2-3 days without charging if they stay connected to wifi and use the phone very lightly.
Yup, I've gone 3 days with light use and still around 30%. Of coarse, that's on infused though
I get 3-4 days on my captivate with 3000mAh battery makes my phone a lot thicker though
Not sure if they have good extended batts for infuse but the stock battery is a good size. This is my next phone when i resign next month.
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I came from the evo....battery life at first was awful....but after some tweaking (thanks to you gtg,bedwa,entropy and linux_bozo) it is pretty comparable.
Tiered data= suck tho haha...just went into my 3rd $10 charge this month
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xijar said:
I get 3-4 days on my captivate with 3000mAh battery makes my phone a lot thicker though
Not sure if they have good extended batts for infuse but the stock battery is a good size. This is my next phone when i resign next month.
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So far no extended batt has tested at more than 2500 actual (despite claiming to be 3500).
Has anyone tried out the powerskin for the sensation?
http://www.shop.power-skin.com/powerskin/htc/sensation
i have one. its nice but it gets really hot while using your phone. the heat doesn't disperse through the powerskin well. which seems to drain both batteries a bit. for instance the powerskin is almost empty if i use the phone after 30 min. even though it is much larger than my battery. somethings wrong. but having extra powers is nice and it doesnt touch the screen or mess up the screen protector.
Mod please move to proper section.
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Dolphinwigs said:
i have one. its nice but it gets really hot while using your phone. the heat doesn't disperse through the powerskin well. which seems to drain both batteries a bit. for instance the powerskin is almost empty if i use the phone after 30 min. even though it is much larger than my battery. somethings wrong. but having extra powers is nice and it doesnt touch the screen or mess up the screen protector.
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There is something wrong with yours. Mine last almost ten hours. I started a thread about it here a couple weeks ago.
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Is there any good case ? i get lost here
How's the size, thickness?
It's about 3/4 of an inch. If you have small pockets the size and silicon case might present problems pulling the phone out, but I have loose clothing so its not a problem. You do have the option to take the case off and use it only to recharge a dead/dying OEM batt.
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Btw I got mine for 45 shipped. Cellguru.com
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Literally got mine yesterday morning from the USA.
It's about as big as I expected, and thats pretty big. I already have an Anker battery, but in all fairness I haven't seen much of a difference in battery life with it over the stock HTC battery; that could be because 1) I didn't really test out the stock HTC battery. 2) I never calibrated it properly.
Anyhow, I am addicted to my phone, so I use it a lot and my emails are set to PUSH from the server. I have wifi on a lot e.t.c.. So when I use it a lot I expect it to last somewhere in the region of 5-7 hours.
Now back to the point, with this POwerskin, I no longer fear using my phone out and about, especially when I need to get in contact with the girlfriend! It lasts far longer, so I am pleased with it. I haven't really tested it fully yet, because I do not know whether to have my Powerskin charging my phone in the background, so it sort of trickle charges the normal battery. OR, turn it on when my phone gets really low :/
Good nonetheless!
I am looking to buy a used htc sensation. But I have read about this wifi death grip issue on the internet. I want to know from actual users how serious is it. Does the signal drop totally or does it just weakens?
Another query is about the battery. Is it really poor? Can we go 1 day with moderate use of the phone? Or do we need to charge 2-3 times a day?
Look bro, i even bought a used sensee, i can confirm that those after july pieces are free from any defect...especially wifi or any other signal drop issue...
Buy an anker battery 1900 mAh for 16$ at amazon...u will never feel any probs with battery life and Smartphones need more battery than normal cheapy fones
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I've only had mine a month now but I haven't noticed it at all and I play a lot of games with the phone turned sideways.
i got my sensation in the 1st week of release and it has the deathgrip and its a pain in the arse
Got my Senny at the "pre-release" (thanks wally mart) and there is no 'death grip' on mine either. I play a lot of games and stream netflix all the time via wifi so no loss of signal for me.
No death grip and my battery lasts over a day with moderate use, using a Mugen 1950 battery.
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Got my Senny at the "pre-release" (thanks wally mart) and there is no 'death grip' on mine either. I play a lot of games and stream netflix all the time via wifi so no loss of signal for me.
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Ahhh that good old long Walmart thread we had going....
My "pre-release" Walmart one had the death grip issue as does my unit I bought on T-Mobile release day.
I have noticed with different wifi routers that better routers don't show the death grip issue. Makes sense with a better signal. Some people probably never notice any death grip problem because they have a decent or better router, or are always close to it, etc.
Yea, it depends on your router. At home I don't get deathgrip with the crappy 2wire AT&T provides with their uverse. But at my brother's house, he has an old school linksys and I get deathgrip two rooms away. At work, we have a way old router that I don't even know the name of and I can get deathgrip sitting right next to it lol.
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I am looking to buy a used htc sensation. But I have read about this wifi death grip issue on the internet. I want to know from actual users how serious is it. Does the signal drop totally or does it just weakens?
Another query is about the battery. Is it really poor? Can we go 1 day with moderate use of the phone? Or do we need to charge 2-3 times a day?
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1. so-called deathgrip:
If I try really hard to cover up that antenna I can get the signal to drop from -25dBm to -50dBm or from -50dBm to -70dBm. That means I have to wrap my two large hands around the exact sport of the corresponding antenna. I only notice this because I use a wifi analyzer.
Any normal way of holding it without noticeable effect.
2.battery:
It is on par with other smartphone batteries. I'm a mobile phone user for more than 17 years, over 20 models, over 5 operating systems, and current smartphone life cycle still sucks. I currently own and use 3 smartphones. With the correct choice of radio, ROM and setting they all survive 24h+ of normal usage.
If you buy an extended battery that can double.
My Sensation XE with the standard battery on ICS with the ICS firmware runs for 43h+ on average. Today I will have 'survived' for 68 hours without recharging but due to the festivities I have made hardly any phonecalls and had little or no mailtraffic ... so this is exceptional.
cheers
digiholic said:
Ahhh that good old long Walmart thread we had going....
My "pre-release" Walmart one had the death grip issue as does my unit I bought on T-Mobile release day.
I have noticed with different wifi routers that better routers don't show the death grip issue. Makes sense with a better signal. Some people probably never notice any death grip problem because they have a decent or better router, or are always close to it, etc.
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You are probably right. I have a repeater in the living room where the router is in the bedroom. I get full bars and also tick off the best wifi (supposed to consume more power) as well.
And yessss that old LONG a$$ thread. That was a epic one lol....Good times
digiholic said:
Ahhh that good old long Walmart thread we had going....
My "pre-release" Walmart one had the death grip issue as does my unit I bought on T-Mobile release day.
I have noticed with different wifi routers that better routers don't show the death grip issue. Makes sense with a better signal. Some people probably never notice any death grip problem because they have a decent or better router, or are always close to it, etc.
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No bro, some sensations are really free from this issue-
My sensation can catch wifi signals from around 15~20 metres while my friend's blackberry fails to do...
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I hardly notice it !!
Mine definitely has the death grip problem, signal drops drastically if my hand gets anywhere near above middle of the phone..
Ok, so that means a few users do get the wifi problem while most users dont. Lets see what my experience is. Will report back after I get the phone. Thanks for all your replies. Cheers!
The death grip only occurs when you hold top of your phone and it happens when you are using YouTube but if you hold it from bottom of the screen than you won't get any death grip issue.
As for battery the battery life is crap my battery last for 2-3 hours of full charge so from 100 to 5 percent goes down in 2-3 hours
Only thing that drains the battery is brightness because on 50 percent battery and WiFi on the battery will last 3 hours. But if your brightness is higger than 50 percent then battery will die in 2 hours. The reason my battery don't last long is because when I use my phone I leave my brightness around 70% with WiFi on and I use YouTube app and 3 overs of usage will kill the battery.
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Rarely notice it unless I purposely cover the whole upper back area of the phone.
However, if you plan to get a phone casing then try to test it first.
I'm using this "Mercury" casing for the phone and it definitely strangles the WiFi signal.
With the 10.59 radio I used to get it when I just touched the back of the sensation... But with the new, leaked it just happens when I touch the WiFi antenna mount... Just above the camera xD
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dexter93 said:
With the 10.59 radio I used to get it when I just touched the back of the sensation... But with the new, leaked it just happens when I touch the WiFi antenna mount... Just above the camera xD
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I too suffer from said deathgrip. My router is in the kitchen, my room is just off of there. Thanks for this, I'll look into it...
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Well, after using the phone for about a week I can say that if I am in the same room as the router then I don't have death grip issues. But when I am in another room and I hold the phone horizontally the wifi signal strength definitely drops.
As far as battery life is concerned light usage it lasts for more than 12 hrs but on heavy use the battery goes in less than 8 hrs.
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I never had any deathgrip or signal drop issues since I got my sensation from 3uk last September I tried all those things people describe around the web ,maybe a proportion of the early sensations have those defects/issues and HTC fixed them after the frustrated owners complained .
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