Sensation XE keeps rebooting / Custom Rom - HTC Sensation

Hi,
I’ve had a Sensation XE for a few weeks, and just noticed over the last few days that the phone has started to reboot itself. It’s done it whilst I’ve been using it, and also whilst it’s just been sat on my desk in standby.
I have removed all of the programs that I installed before I had the phone, and that doesn’t seem to solve the problem. Factory reset doesn’t seem to either.
I’ve noticed on some other forums that people have had restarting problems after installing the recent update, but I’m not sure how relevant that might be. Has anyone else encountered the same thing, and if so were you able to solve the issue?
I had restarting problems with my Desire HD and switched to a custom Rom, which solved the issue. Can the Sensation XE have custom roms installed in the same way, or is there a different method to installing them? If anyone has any suggestions on the best custom rom, that would be appreciated too.
Any advice would be great,
Thanks

It can be because of an update. But then more users should have that problem.
I have had my fair share of reboot loops because of software i installed that did not work well. And the phone would not boot anymore
For your Sensation XE you could try: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098849
It uses XE clocks for normal sensations. And the 3.6.4 is based on a XE rom.

Sounds like it might be worth trying a custom ROM. Thanks!
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using XDA App

s32bauer said:
Sounds like it might be worth trying a custom ROM. Thanks!
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using XDA App
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Hi, was wondering if you'd tried the "Android Rev' HD" ROM yet?
I've had the XE for about a month, applied s-off and root immediately and then resisted any modding until last night. Applied MIUI.us 1.10.28, all good initially, then encountered a continual loss of network.
Tried reflashing ROM, different radio's, updates still no joy. Really don't want to go back to Sense, any feedback appreciated.

ErrolMc said:
Hi, was wondering if you'd tried the "Android Rev' HD" ROM yet?
I've had the XE for about a month, applied s-off and root immediately and then resisted any modding until last night. Applied MIUI.us 1.10.28, all good initially, then encountered a continual loss of network.
Tried reflashing ROM, different radio's, updates still no joy. Really don't want to go back to Sense, any feedback appreciated.
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Hi,
I can strongly recommend ARHD ROMS .
3.6.4 for a 2.3.4 based ROM using Sense 3.0
Or the one I'm using:
4.1.5 which is a 2.3.5 based ROM using Sense 3.5
Or you could wait a little while because he is going to update the 2 ROMS today.

s32bauer said:
Hi,
I’ve had a Sensation XE for a few weeks, and just noticed over the last few days that the phone has started to reboot itself. It’s done it whilst I’ve been using it, and also whilst it’s just been sat on my desk in standby.
I have removed all of the programs that I installed before I had the phone, and that doesn’t seem to solve the problem. Factory reset doesn’t seem to either.
I’ve noticed on some other forums that people have had restarting problems after installing the recent update, but I’m not sure how relevant that might be. Has anyone else encountered the same thing, and if so were you able to solve the issue?
I had restarting problems with my Desire HD and switched to a custom Rom, which solved the issue. Can the Sensation XE have custom roms installed in the same way, or is there a different method to installing them? If anyone has any suggestions on the best custom rom, that would be appreciated too.
Any advice would be great,
Thanks
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Do you still have that problem? I have the HTC Sensation and random reboots as well. I tried different ROMs (ARHD, Hypersensation and now the cm7 alpha10) and I always experienced random reboots I tried to track it down by studying several logcats or to reproduce the reboots, both without any results... However, I never had reboots while the phone was plugged via usb.
The annoying thing is that the reboots sometimes happen a couple of time right after one another
I think it might be the hw powermanagement, either the battery or some other hw parts.
Best

You’ve had a Sensation XE for only a few weeks, right? It is HTC's responsibility to ensure that their product should work in good condition. Therefore, bring your XE back for repairing or replacement. Don't void the warranty.

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Hi all,
I am new to this forum, I do not know this is right place for this question. If not please forgive me and correct me!
I use htc sensation 4g. Then I flash to mike (3.6.4)rom, it seem smooth for every usage except its boot itself exspecially after skype calls or when its hot. So I flash again for clock to normal (means 1.2GHz). Now its less heat but sometime still reboot itself(but lesser now).
I've one stupid thing need to be add before I install 3.6.4 should I wipe user data? its upgrade from 3.6.3 xe rom.
Is there any advice to solve it?

cholay75 said:
Hi all,
I am new to this forum, I do not know this is right place for this question. If not please forgive me and correct me!
I use htc sensation 4g. Then I flash to mike (3.6.4)rom, it seem smooth for every usage except its boot itself exspecially after skype calls or when its hot. So I flash again for clock to normal (means 1.2GHz). Now its less heat but sometime still reboot itself(but lesser now).
I've one stupid thing need to be add before I install 3.6.4 should I wipe user data? its upgrade from 3.6.3 xe rom.
Is there any advice to solve it?
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Hi,
What you are experiencing is a poor kernel.
You can go one of two ways.
1.show-p1984 who does bricked kernels HERE (do not be alarmed by the name )
2.Faux123 kernels HERE
His latest is 0.2.3.r3,but I find his beta even better.You can find 0.2.4.beta7 in my signature.
If you want absolute rock stability,choose bricked 0.9.1(best for any 3.6.x ROM)
Good luck.

Hi there,
I had HTC sensation XE UK version, then I installed Middle East Rom to receive an Arabic update after changing the device Cid. Since I bought the device I noted that sometime it reboots after installing some new programs and also sometimes -NOT always- after removing certain programs, REBOOT sometime after I free the memory using "Super Tool Box" program, and rarely after exiting from other program that I could not classified!!!
I have contacted HTC support service, and they advised me to try the safe mode if the issue disappeared, this means it was related to some programs I have installed. This issue does not exist on the safe mode and despite removing >70 of all programs especially the system and tool programs on the regular mode, still I'm experiencing the same issue from time to another.
Currently, I'm just waiting for the announced upgrade to Ice Cream to check whether this issue is normal with the sensation XE or an issue to be fixed!!! Anyway, I was just thinking that it might be a good idea to share with a REBOOTING issue I had. Cheers…

Did you guys use some kind of Task Killers?
i had one and from that time i had serious reboot issues.
i looked up on this site and and after removing the Task Killer software i haven't seen this problem anymore...

Had that problem with the Sense 3.0 Virtuous Sensation ROM. Once I changed ROMs it has not done it since.

Clear your cache and dalvik from recovery and you should see none or less reboots.

Hey Guys
Im also experiencing similar issues
My sensation runs fine during the day then at work whilst my phone stays on a desk mostly it suddenly powers off whilst screen off
I have to reboot and it can happen again immediately after inserting my pin and unlock pattern
Im on a custom 2.3.4 rom (LeeDroid) and sometime it happens on stock kernal and sometimes on custom kernal but more less
Ive being reading about abit and it seems it could well be a 2.3.4 bug, but Ive also tried sense 3.5, android 2.3.5 and it's still an issue now and then, but thats expected with 2.3.5 being a leaked unofficial release.
Think I'll put up with it as much as i can until we get ICS or I might just return to HTC and see what they say or do.

I hope this is not a major issue. Im just going to upgrade mine to xe ;(
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App

Rebooting sensation XE!
Hi Guys
I also have the rebooting problem.
My phone is original and unrooted,unbranded from Tmobile.
IT had gingerbread and was rebooting all the time.
Following HTC i got a new simcard which did not solve the issue.
I now upgraded via OTA to 4.0 and problem seemed to have improved,then few days after the phone started to reboot again and now seems to happen more and more often.
Going off when very warm or just not using it,i can't find a path....i also hard reset it when on Gingerbread but no luck...
I will send this back to HTC asap....Bummer!
G

Helpp meee
i need some serious help with my htc sensation XE..i had virtuous rom and i guess i accidently installed the Android_Revolution_HD_Root_and_BusyBox file from the recovery..now my phone wont start..my backup doesnt work anymore..everytime i restore my backup..my phone starts..makes it through the htc logo but when it gets to the virtuous logo..it just restarts again..pleasee help me i need serious help!

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LeeDROiD SuperSensational V4.0.0...

Hi There,
I have a rooted Sensation and have bean happily running Android Revolution HD for a while now but I’ve just noticed that LeeDroiD is available for the Sensation.
As a fan of LeeDroiD in the past and I still have it on my Desire I wouldn’t mind giving it a go but i just have one question.
Does this version need a partition on the SD card like the Desire version did or not? There doesn't seem to be any mention of it on the developers page.
Cheers,
Richard.
rwleigh said:
Hi There,
I have a rooted Sensation and have bean happily running Android Revolution HD for a while now but I’ve just noticed that LeeDroiD is available for the Sensation.
As a fan of LeeDroiD in the past and I still have it on my Desire I wouldn’t mind giving it a go but i just have one question.
Does this version need a partition on the SD card like the Desire version did or not? There doesn't seem to be any mention of it on the developers page.
Cheers,
Richard.
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I've never partitioned anything on my sensation so far and have used many different roms . Best thing I say is to use the super wipe beforehand to get rid of all traces of previous rom so that no conflicts occur.
Good luck with your sensation :-D
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App
No, it's just a straight up flash I believe. I would wait a couple of revisions before fully recommending it, however. If stable is what you're after, you might want to try Sensational 3.3.0.
Sent from my HTC Sensation
Thanks for your replies guys, I do like revolution but i am still getting ocasional lock ups and reboots. I might wait a while though for a bit more development of the new LeeDroiD ROM.
I will take a look at Sensational 3.3.0.
Cheers...
I've just switched to Leedroid from Android Rev HD and so far so good. I have not experienced any of the bugs reported in the thread (touch wood). Before i flashed the Leedroid v4 all i did was a superwipe.
Liking LeeDrOiD.
Me too, after using Android Revolution HD from 3.5.2 through to 3.6.5 I’ve now switched to LeeDrOiD 4.0.0.
As fast and smooth as ARHD was it still kept locking my phone occasionally and requiring a battery pull. That gets really boring after a while, so far so good for LD though.
I just wiped and flashed with no problem at all, after a backup of course...
Bluetooth...
Has anyone else noticed a problem with this ROM when playing your music through the car's bluetooth?
This has always worked fine before but since i put LD on it doesn't seem to work.
It connects to the car and says it's playing on the phone but no sound comes out...
rwleigh said:
Me too, after using Android Revolution HD from 3.5.2 through to 3.6.5 I’ve now switched to LeeDrOiD 4.0.0.
As fast and smooth as ARHD was it still kept locking my phone occasionally and requiring a battery pull. That gets really boring after a while, so far so good for LD though.
I just wiped and flashed with no problem at all, after a backup of course...
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the only time my phone freezes on ARHD 4.1.6 is when im running the camera and my screen turns off i gotta pull the battery, but despite that i prefer it over the early version of LeeDroid, dont get me wrong i love his roms but im just waiting for further development
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the only time my phone freezes on ARHD 4.1.6 is when im running the camera and my screen turns off i gotta pull the battery, but despite that i prefer it over the early version of LeeDroid, dont get me wrong i love his roms but im just waiting for further development
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Have you tried LD 4.0.0?
I find it incredibly stable and the battery life is nothing short of amazing...

Things i should know... :D

Hi Guys.
I have my Sensation coming tomorow, what are the things i should know, from you experiences of this from the moment you get it out the box.
Thanks in advance
Oliver
Common issues include:
Horrid battery life due to phone not properly sleeping (can be fixed by flashing another rom)
Dust underneath the screen
Two different displays, one is cooler and one is warmer.
Phone seemingly to suddenly die, battery goes out and phone refuses to turn on.
Heat, plenty of it when using the phone actively for 15 or 20 minutes.
Now I don't want to scare you, I've never experienced any of these issues aside from the heat thing (which doesn't hurt the phone). But I feel you should be unbiasedly prepared.
Good things:
Speedy, I recommend Android Revolution HD 3.x until ICS is stable.
Sharp display, qHD resolution makes a huge difference.
AOSP and Sense roms available.
Rooting is easy and with any HTC, clockworkmod is permanently installed. No loopholes or exploits just to get to it - unlike my sister's Sidekick 4G or father's DEFY.
Great mobile data speeds
And of course, it's the true first Beats phone if you flash an XE rom (Im looking at you, Verizon and Rezound.)
It's a great phone, and stable ICS is just around the corner.
Hi. I consider buying this phone as well. mattbutsko, thanks for sharing your impressions on the device.
I have to say that sometimes I visit the Sensation thread just to read some news/ information. I remember that some users have complained about the 3.5mm jack (the paint on the edge wears off which creates connectivity issues with the headset). Other users have issues with the responsiveness of the display; the quality of the power button; the quality of the back housing panel (The 'HTC' logo on the back falling off); etc.
IMO the Sensation is a great phone and I am a little surprised of all that user complaints. Currently I have the Wildfire S and I am stunned by the Sense interface and all. At the same time I don't experience any problems with the hardware or the build quality. Still, I feel it's time to move onto the next level and to give my WfS to my girlfriend or my sister (we'll see ) as a present. But I don't want to regret switching my phone afterwards...
So what would you advise me? What do I have to check to be sure as much as possible that I'm not buying a "faulty" unit - when buying the phone? Thanks again!
Cheers, i'll probably wait a couple of weeks before rooting etc to make sure everything is alright with the phone, but after that i would imagine i'll put an ics rom on. i'll see how it goes... Thanks =D
Hi!
I have the XE about a week now and everything is great so far. None of these problems exist, not even the overheating(which I was warned that in the first two charges would be intense) . I'm really happy with it ( but as I said I own it about a week now so ... )
What does annoy me though is the WiFi deathgrip... But I think that's solvable with a case
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using XDA App
I got my Sensation about two months ago and I would never change it due to a few "problems" that could occur... Came from a Wildfire, this thing was an issue itself. Sensation is GOLD, compared to that.
Flashed different kind of ROMs, now testing Virtuous Inquisition v1.3.0 Senseless ICS (4.0.1), great ROM so far!
Never had any problems while flashing ROM or Radio/Kernel, rooting, make phone have SuperUser or CID!
best.phone.ever...of course, running ics 4.0.3
vctrdnl said:
Hi. I consider buying this phone as well. mattbutsko, thanks for sharing your impressions on the device.
I have to say that sometimes I visit the Sensation thread just to read some news/ information. I remember that some users have complained about the 3.5mm jack (the paint on the edge wears off which creates connectivity issues with the headset). Other users have issues with the responsiveness of the display; the quality of the power button; the quality of the back housing panel (The 'HTC' logo on the back falling off); etc.
IMO the Sensation is a great phone and I am a little surprised of all that user complaints. Currently I have the Wildfire S and I am stunned by the Sense interface and all. At the same time I don't experience any problems with the hardware or the build quality. Still, I feel it's time to move onto the next level and to give my WfS to my girlfriend or my sister (we'll see ) as a present. But I don't want to regret switching my phone afterwards...
So what would you advise me? What do I have to check to be sure as much as possible that I'm not buying a "faulty" unit - when buying the phone? Thanks again!
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I would say to go for it. for all the users that have the major issues, a far greater number don't. This phone's great now, but ICS will make it even better, like, substantially better.
Horrid battery life due to phone not properly sleeping (can be fixed by flashing another rom)
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I'm new to Sensation's as well, can someone care to explain this problem? What exactly is the problem with it? Do all default phones come with this problem or does it depend on what ROM is pre-installed on it? And what ROM versions fix it?
dexter93 said:
Hi!
I have the XE about a week now and everything is great so far. None of these problems exist, not even the overheating(which I was warned that in the first two charges would be intense) . I'm really happy with it ( but as I said I own it about a week now so ... )
What does annoy me though is the WiFi deathgrip... But I think that's solvable with a case
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using XDA App
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This is also my experience so far with my XE, I don't see how a case will help with death grip though.
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aLlamaWithARifle said:
I'm new to Sensation's as well, can someone care to explain this problem? What exactly is the problem with it? Do all default phones come with this problem or does it depend on what ROM is pre-installed on it? And what ROM versions fix it?
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Well there are three states your phone can be in. Screen on and in use, screen off and in use, and screen off and sleeping. There's a problem that can arise where the phone doesn't go into sleep mode and continues to run "awake". This drains battery quickly. Good news, it doesn't happen to everyone and most roms don't suffer from it (although my stock rom did - Sensation 4G TMO here). Someone tried to say it was a hardware issue some time back but I'm pretty sure that's flat out wrong.
I've only had it for a few Weeks now but I love it. I only had it a week before I rooted it, very easy to do. I was using the stock Tmobile updated rom and everything worked very well. I have it in a case and haven't noticed any dust under the screen, but I also haven't been looking for it. I also haven't noticed the wifi grip issue.
As for rooting and roms, ether are many to choose from, sense 3.0 or 3.5, cm7, and now I've betas. I'd hope within the next few months we will see an official ics released.
Sent from my NookColor using xda premium
We got 2 in the family and we haven't experienced any of the mentioned faults in our phones. I got mine in early June, it's rooted and I run LeeDroid SuperSensational 4.2.1 on it and its really superfast. My husband's got the other one about 3 month ago, it runs stock and that one also works perfectely!
Thanks for all this guys!
But i am now getting rid of my sensation... i know ive only had it under a week.
Anyway the reason for this is tablets... i wanted to get one, but it would mean my phone was more pwerful than my tablet, which to me at least seems odd. so anyway im getting a galaxy not as a compromise between the both.
Thanks for all your help!
Well, can't say as I understand your reasoning, I don't really see how a tablet can replace a phone or vice versa, but glad you're happy with your decision.

[Q] HTC sense restart!

so hy again, so when exit Cut the rope or internet my HTC Sense crach/restart all the time, someone told me that some App cause that , I am confused , what should i do !?
here is the screenshot: first whit htc screen than Loading!
Provide some more information about it software version are you rooted?
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I've had a lot of random reboots because I hadn't flashed properly PG58IMG. Make sure you do flash it properly, and get HBOOT 1.20.
My sensation is not rooted or S-Off , software version is 2.3.4
I remember having the same issues with my Sensation stock ROM. Sense would restart out of a sudden. Personally I think it was related to the Flash app. I know this restart of Sense used to happen more often after I had done some browsing and opened websites that had flash content. I could be wrong.
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rinma50 said:
so hy again, so when exit Cut the rope or internet my HTC Sense crach/restart all the time, someone told me that some App cause that , I am confused , what should i do !?
here is the screenshot: first whit htc screen than Loading!
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I found that in the earlier days (about 4 months ago) the sensation had a lot of random reboots but with the newer ROMs I have tried that they have gone away, if you aren't adverse to rooting/S-Offing your phone and flashing a new ROM i would encourage it
Thanks all I have solved it by removing some widgets on home screen
I got the same issue. Sense restart when using heavy applications.
It seems to be related to RAM.
Safe booted
I've been having Sens restarts more often in the last few weeks.
I soft reset (according to HTC support) and now I'm in safe boot as the soft didn't make a difference. Nor did going from HTC batt to 3rd party batt (someone had mentioned that a chip in the OEM batt might be the cause).
If the problem seems to clear with root and custom ROM, I assume that would void the warrantee as there is no way back or am I wrong?
I wouldn't mind getting rid of some of the bloatware and having a stable phone.
That happened to me a lot until I rooted and flashed a custom rom (InsertCoin to be specific). It's most likely a memory issue because Sense 3.0 is a big memory hog and the Sensation only has 768 mb compared to a full gig on other devices. Try uninstalling some applications and removing widgets and that should help.

[Q] couple small issues after root

after rooting to AHRD ICS 4.0.3, 3.25.401.101 etc. it takes a little while to go from 3G to H, what im trying to say is it takes a while to do anything that has to do with the internet, thats the 1st small issue, is there a fix for this?
the other issue is after rooting my phone, alot of games from the market force close and say there not compatible with the device or somethin like that...there has to be a fix for this, before rooting i was able to download any game and never had a problem, but now all the "big" games force close right away.
if anyone can help me with these issues please post, thank you all.
Data connections are a known issue on ics roms
As for games have you changed your density settings?
Sent From Space Using My ICS Flavored Sensation
Try used ARHD 6.3.0 And the lastes new firmwire.
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio using Tapatalk

[Q] Very poor call quality

Hi Guys,
I'm from Germany and when i make calls, i permanently hear some static in the background..
When i turn down the volume a bit, there is no static anymore - but some crackling -.-
I read alot about this problem, most people say it is a software bug..
So my question is: Do you think that flashing a custom rom may resolve this issue? For example the TrickDroid Custom rom? Has somebody having this problem experienced better noise cancelling with a custom rom?
I look forward for helpful answers..
P.S.: I am not talking about the wifi call bug.
Have you already installed the latest update?
WCCobra said:
Have you already installed the latest update?
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Hi,
thank you for the immediate reply.
Yes, i have the newest software available (1.78).
TrickDroid includes the newest T Mobile Update, so I'm wondering if this ROM or update solves the problem. But I don't wanna have problems with warranty if the rom doesnt help...
Troxx recommended that non-TMOUS users stick with his international version of Trickdroid which is the 1.78 base.
I have not been following the threads about the crackling issue, however if it didn't get any better with the 1.78 update... I would strongly consider exchanging the phone for another one. My guess is it is related to either to device itself, your current location, or the software/radio. Since you already have the latest software/radio... you'll be waiting for the next HTC update.
I posted this in one or two other threads. Flashing LeedRoid has given me perfect audio call quality. I had the static before that--
I was on the 08 us radio at the time, so radio had no effect--
I'm glad I'm not the only one with the damn audio issue. I've been using trickdroid tmo us version 3.0 and now 4.0. Both give me static/distortion when audio volume is above 50%. It's really annoying and I wish there was a fix for this. Otherwise the phone's nearly perfect.
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There is a fix, flash LeeDroid as I mentioned and see if it helps as it did for me
I mean a fix that can be flashed to any Rom. If nothing else guess will have to try leedroid.
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let me know if it helps or if i just got lucky--
same problem here only that I got htc one s with s3 chip and therefore can't flash leedroid. are there more experiences with updating rom/radio?

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