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hi, just to check with you guys, how low is your battery before you are unable to use flash? mine is at 28% and already not able to use it.
TIA
yep, happened to me yesterday.
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Snap!!! Mine was about 30-40 % left , I have no idea why this is happening
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For me too
THIS is HTC SENSATION BUILTIN DATA , THE FLASH DOESNT WORK IF UR Battery Goes BelOw 30%
It is like this on OFFICAL n CUSTOM FIRMWARES
janarioo said:
THIS is HTC SENSATION BUILTIN DATA , THE FLASH DOESNT WORK IF UR Battery Goes BelOw 30%
It is like this on OFFICAL n CUSTOM FIRMWARES
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This is not true, when I first bought my sensation, it came with gingerbread sense 3.0, and the flash stopped working at 20%. Now I am on ARHD 6.51 and it's the same exact thing, Under 20%.
EDIT: I was checking my flashlight when I said it worked above 20%. Now that I checked the actual camera app it seems like you are right.
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Raiderz8418 said:
This is not true, when I first bought my sensation, it came with gingerbread sense 3.0, and the flash stopped working at 20%. Now I am on ARHD 6.51 and it's the same exact thing, Under 20%.
EDIT: I was checking my flashlight when I said it worked above 20%. Now that I checked the actual camera app it seems like you are right.
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lol of course it is a standard HTC feature... Its the same on most Android phones
I guess you can edit the settings somewhere and get it to work with 10%
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hi man I am able to use my flash anytime even when I have 2% left
but after 2% the phone will shut down
How did you get there?
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gambarian said:
How did you get there?
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I didn't do anything to get there ... it was there from the beginning
even the flashlight works ... doesn't matter how % you got left
mehr1369 said:
I didn't do anything to get there ... it was there from the beginning
even the flashlight works ... doesn't matter how % you got left
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Are you sure we are talking about the same phone ?
Raiderz8418 said:
This is not true, when I first bought my sensation, it came with gingerbread sense 3.0, and the flash stopped working at 20%. Now I am on ARHD 6.51 and it's the same exact thing, Under 20%.
EDIT: I was checking my flashlight when I said it worked above 20%. Now that I checked the actual camera app it seems like you are right.
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I am also using ARHD 6.51 and have the same problem, flash won`t start above 30%
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How did you get there?
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That is standard HTC feature..
and most of the smartphones have the same..
But some custom ROM may allow flash until the battery drain..
Hit thanks,
Hey guys,
probably you have noticed that the Sensation won't let you use the LED flash to take pictures when the battery is low (around 25%).
I find this very annoying, since 25% is not less enough for me to have my LED flash blocked.
Especially since I have to use the LED for pictures at night, where my battery is usually low, this function is absolutely stupid.
Is there a way to turn this off, so that I can use the LED to take pictures no matter how much battery charge I have?
PS:
Still looking for a way to turn off textreflow permanently:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1225611
The easiest way is to just download one of the thousands of flashlights in the market. The no LED light isnt a system wide thing it is only in the Flashlight app and Camera app. Download a new flashlight from the market and your good to go whatever your battery is.
I am wondering if there is a correction for this as well, not so much for the flashlight, but for the camera.
Could there be someting in the camera.apk or the prop build?
Actually the flashlight is not important to me, but the flash at the camera app.
Maybe I should have chosen another subject for the thread.
I want to know how to take pictures with the flash, even when the battery has low charge.
Settings/power/enable power saver....uncheck it.it works for me.
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Looool I had 60% battery today and it wouldn't let me use flash???
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casrocks said:
The easiest way is to just download one of the thousands of flashlights in the market.
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I've tried that. It doesn't work.
wicked.igor said:
Settings/power/enable power saver....uncheck it.it works for me.
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Hm. I have unchecked 'power saver' and when I have <30% battery, I can't use flash in apps and in camera.
So strange.
Very strange.
Am now on 6% and still able to use flash.
I know that 10 % should be the lowest point,i think.i didnt do anything it just works
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It appears to be pretty random when your battery foces your LED to stop.
Once I had 37% battery and it told me that my battery is to low to use the LED light.
However it's really annoying. Non of the suggested settings here work.
I think this issue can't be solved without a mod of the camera app.
Any one having better luck with the flash on stock roms BEFORE the ota update? Just wondering if this is something else that the update broke...
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Any one having better luck with the flash on stock roms BEFORE the ota update? Just wondering if this is something else that the update broke...
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What?
I am not a programmer, but I guess it would be possible to modify the camera apk in a way that it doesn't block your LED flash anymore.
F-Styla said:
What?
I am not a programmer, but I guess it would be possible to modify the camera apk in a way that it doesn't block your LED flash anymore.
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What i was saying is i wonder if people are having more issues with the camera flash/low battery issue before or after the update, indicating that the update has fixed the issue or left it the same.
Has someone come out with a solution or a Mod for this problem... I have 29% and it won't let me use flash...:-/
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What i was saying is i wonder if people are having more issues with the camera flash/low battery issue before or after the update, indicating that the update has fixed the issue or left it the same.
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I never had a chance to use it before the update, so I don't know, but it definitely has the 30% limit after the update.
So I'm assuming none of you use custom kernels. Faux kernel can flash till batt is at 10%. Not sure about bricked but I know its also modified
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Go into settings and turn off battery saver and once that done you can run any app on your phone at all battery levels
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jslim38 said:
Go into settings and turn off battery saver and once that done you can run any app on your phone at all battery levels
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This doesn't work for some users.
I am having the same issue. Hits about 25% and the flash in any Camera app doesn't work. I can still use the flash with a flashlight app. Doesn't matter if power saver is off or on.
Any suggestions on what to do to get the best of both worlds...preferably I'd like to stick with my current rom (latest InsertCoin) but I'm willing to change...anything that could help such as kernels or any tweaks..Thanks!
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Have you done the normal thing by turning off GPS and data transfer, use a 2G network setting, and turned off fastboot?
I've got the Anker battery and this combo lasts days. I'm using ARHD but I don't think that makes a huge difference.
change the voltage
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Any suggestions on what to do to get the best of both worlds...preferably I'd like to stick with my current rom (latest InsertCoin) but I'm willing to change...anything that could help such as kernels or any tweaks..Thanks!
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hey, im glad to help but first of all i need to know your clocking settings first.
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hey, im glad to help but first of all i need to know your clocking settings first.
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I'm pretty new to this so I don't really know what the clocking settings are...
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Use some app like setcpu, or any other that shows cpu frequencies. You can find them on market.
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Yeah I'd say install something like setcpu and have it on power saver if you are trying to make the battery last longer.
Braindrain232 said:
Have you done the normal thing by turning off GPS and data transfer, use a 2G network setting, and turned off fastboot?
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Turning GPS off doesn't really save much battery at all I think, I believe it only activates when needed i.e. when you open Maps.
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The best way to charge you HTC sensation fast is, put your phone to fastboot mode and let it charge... Your battery wil be 100% charged on 44 minutes...
Don't forget to say thanks
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bajji93 said:
The best way to charge you HTC sensation fast is, put your phone to fastboot mode and let it charge... Your battery wil be 100% charged on 44 minutes...
Don't forget to say thanks
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Btw, how do you get on fastboot mode?
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Leemur89 said:
Btw, how do you get on fastboot mode?
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you can go to fastboot mode by switching off your phone and then press (volume down + power) button to turn on your phone to bootloader. Use the volume up and down to navigate in the menu. In that menu navigate to fastbot and press power button. Now, plug in your usb charger.Note that you wont get the orange led while charging.. but it'll get charged
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Why not just charge your phone with it powered off? Fastboot keeps the screen on, so there will be higher drain.
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Why not just charge your phone with it powered off? Fastboot keeps the screen on, so there will be higher drain.
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haha, fine i accept that
Rusty! said:
Why not just charge your phone with it powered off? Fastboot keeps the screen on, so there will be higher drain.
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But will it charge as fast as on fastboot mode ?
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Considering there is nothing special about charging in fastboot, yes.
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Considering there is nothing special about charging in fastboot, yes.
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Nope didnt work still took me 2 hours whit screen off..
Now ill try whit fastboot and report back here
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shahkam said:
Nope didnt work still took me 2 hours whit screen off..
Now ill try whit fastboot and report back here
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Yea.... Fastboot mode should work for here
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It will charge faster in fastboot then it will booted up as there is no OS hogging the battery, you all know that android os generally is the thing that uses the battery most! As for the fastboot thing, i cant see it doing it faster than being turned off.Doing it while turned off actually charges it more accurately and can take hours! It's the correct way to calibrate it
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It will charge faster in fastboot then it will booted up as there is no OS hogging the battery, you all know that android os generally is the thing that uses the battery most! As for the fastboot thing, i cant see it doing it faster than being turned off.Doing it while turned off actually charges it more accurately and can take hours! It's the correct way to calibrate it
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Meh i dont really need calibration just more fast charging time and damn i didnt charge it fully whit screen off i went to 15%to 85 then turned screen on...
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But just to add my view on the issue, I found that battery charges much faster in recovery, so try doing that instead of fastboot
matus.karahuta said:
But just to add my view on the issue, I found that battery charges much faster in recovery, so try doing that instead of fastboot
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Recovery mode can be used by the users who have a custom recovery.... But, every phone has a fastboot mode right?
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Stay on topic guys...
I cleaned all the trolling and I really don't want to come back again with infractions...
bajji93 said:
Recovery mode can be used by the users who have a custom recovery.... But, every phone has a fastboot mode right?
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Every phone has a recovery img, same as every phone has fastboot. Please read up and play with your phone, it is the best way to learn new stuff and understand how it works.
matus.karahuta said:
Every phone has a recovery img, same as every phone has fastboot. Please read up and play with your phone, it is the best way to learn new stuff and understand how it works.
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Ohkay
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Charge your Sensation fast - turn it off.
Problem solved. Next!
You can also put it in airplane mode if you don't want to turn it off. The gsm/3g signal costs the most energy from your battery
Mine usually takes ~30 mins to charge from 10% to 100%. I don't see why fastboot would help at all. If it takes longer than an hour, try rebooting. Often the battery percentage 'freezes' showing an incorrect percent.
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Mine usually takes ~30 mins to charge from 10% to 100%. I don't see why fastboot would help at all. If it takes longer than an hour, try rebooting. Often the battery percentage 'freezes' showing an incorrect percent.
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30 mins ? Wtf thats impossible i had stock battery and it would take like 2 hours now on the ankers 3 which is a pain to charge !
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My sensation XE is having massive battery drain after rooting. it goes from 100% to flat in less than 3 hours in standby mode. i can't even charge it 'cause it drains even when charging in AC AND even with the phone turned off. the display consumption is constant at 95% even though i deactivated the automatic brightness and put it at minimum.
I can only charge the battery via a modded USB cable.
I don't have an extra battery so i can't try using another one and i want to consult you guys before buying a new one.
Any ideas?
I'm running on ARHD 6.8.0 XE with Beats Audio
You might be experiencing a wake lock.to find out download better battery stats it will let you know what is causing the wake lock. This way you can fix the situation. Hope this was helpful.
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lroh said:
My sensation XE is having massive battery drain after rooting. it goes from 100% to flat in less than 3 hours in standby mode. i can't even charge it 'cause it drains even when charging in AC AND even with the phone turned off. the display consumption is constant at 95% even though i deactivated the automatic brightness and put it at minimum.
I can only charge the battery via a modded USB cable.
I don't have an extra battery so i can't try using another one and i want to consult you guys before buying a new one.
Any ideas?
I'm running on ARHD 6.8.0 XE with Beats Audio
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Install Better Battery Stats, it will show wakelocks, my xe without mobil internet connection drains 1%/h
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realsis said:
You might be experiencing a wake lock.to find out download better battery stats it will let you know what is causing the wake lock. This way you can fix the situation. Hope this was helpful.
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i installed the Better battery app but don't know what's normal and what's not so i don't know what to do.
i'll post the screencap later
same probem here
Gere no problem I use it with 1800 MHz CPU and my battery has 23hours of life with 2,5 hours of screen on. I'm on elegancia 2.3.1
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PopaStefanx said:
Gere no problem I use it with 1800 MHz CPU and my battery has 23hours of life with 2,5 hours of screen on. I'm on elegancia 2.3.1
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dint have a problem one day before
lroh said:
i installed the Better battery app but don't know what's normal and what's not so i don't know what to do.
i'll post the screencap later
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Do not OC. Charge the battery full, then unplug the phone, let it for an hour with WiFi on, after you will see if there any wakelock drains, make a screenshot post here
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JustANotherMe said:
dint have a problem one day before
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Maybe is your battery just gone!!!! Try installing miui, I see that have a good battery life.
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PopaStefanx said:
Maybe is your battery just gone!!!! Try installing miui, I see that have a good battery life.
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got 4 batterys here to test ... same problem on all of them
JustANotherMe said:
got 4 batterys here to test ... same problem on all of them
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A long time ago I have this problem on a Nokia and I send it for repair and they say that is the charging processor that is burned and it drain very fast battery. Well I have one idea try underclock your CPU to 192 max and 192 min and write here the results. Did you try to do a new fresh install, without app and maybe without HTC sense????
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PopaStefanx said:
A long time ago I have this problem on a Nokia and I send it for repair and they say that is the charging processor that is burned and it drain very fast battery. Well I have one idea try underclock your CPU to 192 max and 192 min and write here the results. Did you try to do a new fresh install, without app and maybe without HTC sense????
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i tryed the under clock ... decharging slower
but still decharging
btw i got the drain even in ext4
JustANotherMe said:
i tryed the under clock ... decharging slower
but still decharging
btw i got the drain even in ext4
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Ok that means that you have some hardware broked. Try yourself to use all hardware. Ex: camera, Bluetooth, WiFi, mobile conn, light sensor, front facing camera, sofkeys, microSD, try also plugin to the computer, then try speakers and microphone. Write if you have some problem
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i tryed the under clock ... decharging slower
but still decharging
btw i got the drain even in ext4
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Sorry I just read, if you have problem also in 4ext is something very bad. I have 3 hours of screen on. With 25% of the battery. When I use at 1188 mhz
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the strange thing is that even if i try to charge it while turned off, the battery drains instead of charging till no power left.
lroh said:
the strange thing is that even if i try to charge it while turned off, the battery drains instead of charging till no power left.
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Oh my god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You have some serious problem.
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PopaStefanx said:
Oh my god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You have some serious problem.
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i'm afraid so...when i try to charge it (phone off), the orange led turns on for a few seconds, turns off then turns on again and it stays.
does that mean anything?
i'll try to buy another battery to see if the problem insists.
lroh said:
i'm afraid so...when i try to charge it (phone off), the orange led turns on for a few seconds, turns off then turns on again and it stays.
does that mean anything?
i'll try to buy another battery to see if the problem insists.
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No problem I also have this , is only the recovery that power on. Don't worry about that. Well try, maybe you can try to use your phone without sim card.
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here are some BBS screenshot.
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here are some BBS screenshot.
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Well your battery drain too fast. Did you try doing a nandroid backup of and then installing cyanogenomd. And then if you have better battery life you can install other Rom. If you like sense 4.1. Then try elegancia, if you like sense 3.6 try hypertreadyng
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Well your battery drain too fast. Did you try doing a nandroid backup of and then installing cyanogenomd. And then if you have better battery life you can install other Rom. If you like sense 4.1. Then try elegancia, if you like sense 3.6 try hypertreadyng
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do you know why?
no i haven't. what should i do exactly with nandroid backup? i backup my system, and then?
Oh and i'm on Blitz 3.6 now.