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Need better Battery life!!! help!!

hey im using leedroid v1.3 and the battery life on my phone is horrendous, i left the house at 11am this morning with 98 percent and after a 10 minute phone call i had 75 percent battery by 12 oclock. do you guys have any tips or things i can flash to get the phone through a day and a half or even 2 days somehow?
also having an issue with the speakerphone, its the lowest volume of any phone i think ive ever owned, ive got to put the phone to my head, so its basically like making a call but using the back as an earpiece. thanks for the help.

I'm having the same problem with my phone, on any rom. According to CurrentWidget, the Ma being used by my phone will not drop below 150, even while idling. I'm starting to believe that my battery is faulty.

Are u guys calibrating the battety?
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I thought I was, but apparently I'm not. Can you point me in the right direction?

Download the battery calibration app from the market. Charge to full run the app calibrate.....drain than calibrate again and you should be fine.
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charlieb620 said:
Download the battery calibration app from the market. Charge to full run the app calibrate.....drain than calibrate again and you should be fine.
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Upgraded to v2 and ran the battery calibrator. Phone finally lasts a day. Thanks. Am I supposed to run the calibrator at like 10% or should I let it die and run it after a 100% charge?

Battery calibration + managing screen brightness massively increases battery life. You need root to be able to clear battery stats, right?

thatg said:
Upgraded to v2 and ran the battery calibrator. Phone finally lasts a day. Thanks. Am I supposed to run the calibrator at like 10% or should I let it die and run it after a 100% charge?
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I believe the calibration tools want you to use them at 100% charge. I got a chichitec 1900mA/Hr battery, calibrated (i guess it is now) and my phone went for more than 24 hours before hitting the 49% mark. This was with light use (checking email, checking web forums, playing some Angry Birds, and making some phone calls) but still a HUGE difference from the stock battery. Also, I turn off data connection via quick settings when I am at home. I do turn on wifi though while at home. Calibration ought to help out big time, as these phones are reporting a dead battery long before it is really dead.
Also, dont pay attention to the current battery monitor's report for standby current. It isnt accurate.
Matt

That's the one reason I keep going back to the stock setup I just seem to get better battery life out of is than any of the custom ones I've tried. I've only tried a couple. Has anyone found a ROM that gets better battery life than stock?

Maximum screen on time

I have an original sensation and since buying it have struggled to contain battery life as I am a heavy user.
Typically I travel for an hour and a half each way to work. It's an ideal time to catch up on mail, twitter, browsing etc.
I have been looking into the drain on the battery and discovered that;
80% of battery drain is attributed to running the display
32 minutes of the display being on equates to 40% of the battery
Best case, I would only get ~100 minutes screen on time.
From what I have read this is done to the display type in the Sensation. Is this correct?
I have tried switching the brightness way down (15%) and switching background colors to blacks.
Is there any fix for this or have I simply bought the wrong phone?
I nearly went for the S2 but preferred the clarity of the Sensation display...
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You have the same problem as me there isn't much we can do about it. Is a smart phone it will drain battery like mad when used no matter if it's moderate or heavy because if u ure it moderate it still lol my battery very fast
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The question is I suppose, Does the screen type on the Sensation deliver poorer battery performance than other handsets?
Would I get more 'screen on' time by switching to an S2 or Galaxy Nexus?

I get around 3-3.5 hours screen on time on a heavy use day. That equates to about 10 hours off the charger, so just enough to keep be going til i get home.
I usually just set the brightness to auto, but if I know I'm going to be reading/browsing a lot I turn the brightness down to about 30%
I'm currently running stock rooted because the sense 3.5 roms were too buggy.
No complaints about battery here.
Maybe you could upload a battery usage graph screenshot?

Here are some.....
Cheers

Wow! That is some impressive drain.
Have you got any programs that might be causing the drain? Your phone seems to be awake a lot even when the screen is off.
Try BetterBatteryStats to see what apps are waking your phone and causing drain:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
that thread explains how to use it and where to download
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aidanbree said:
I have tried switching the brightness way down (15%) and switching background colors to blacks.
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The screen is not AMOLED, its an LCD so black backgrounds are not beneficial, if anything white/light uses less power as the LCD does not have to use power to black out the (always on) backlight.

I'm running Virtuous Sensation rom, OC at 1.5g, been my phone has been off the charger 7÷hours, made 2 long phone calls, been been browsing web and I'm here for around 3 hours now, and my battery is around 60%. I love this rom, fast, stable, and excellent battery life.
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Another thing you might try, charge to full, boot into recovery, clear battery stats, discharge completely, and then complete charge with no interruption. This should recalibrate the battery for better life.
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I myself get about 7 hours out of it since I'm a heavy user
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I know I don't belong here
On wifi I get 4 hours 30 minutes browsing internet (screen on time)
3g is more like 3 hours 20/30 minutes due to living in Australia where mobile coverage sucks phone has to work hard to hold 1 bar 3g.
Solid gaming and that means no breaks, 2 hours.
Unfortunately battery tech wont ger better for some years so our only option is to buy 5 cheap batteries off eBay and cart them around
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Ironically im getting great battery life on cm7
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Make sure your brightness isn't to high. It will drain extremely fast with high brightness. I keep mine on 0% for inside and will up it up some when I go outside.
I bought the Anker extended battery for $15. Here are a couple screen shots of my usage...
I didnt charge it at all for that entire time. On the graph where it says the battery went up about 5% is from rebooting it.

Sensation XE Battery appauling

Bought the sensation XE a couple of days ago. The only think I keep about is the battery.
I have two HTC batteries and I have been using them simultaneously (taking one out put next in, other goes on charge etc)
I am going through two full charges a day and am on the third battery.
This is crazy, is it me? What am I doing wrong? Might me ICS..?

What settings are you using on your phone? (auto brightness, background data..etc...) And what is your usage rate? Are you using stock or custom ROM?
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What apps do you have installed and what accounts on sync?

It usually take a while for the battery to reach it's full capacity. Give it like a week, then judge the battery.

my battery was horrible! I finally put Anker battery in ,rooted, got custom Rom, now its excellent! Very happy! Can go all day without charge!
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Mind posting a picture of your batt stats? And how many hours of screen time you have. Here are some tips..
1. Use manual brightness. I usually use 10-50% only. The lower your brightness the less power you consume.
2. Disable auto sync. Disable push notifications unless really needed.
3. Disable led lights and vibrations for keyboard and soft keys.
4. Use mobile data only when you need to. If not, turn it off.
5. You can try juicedefender. Works for some, doesn't work for me.
6. Don't use live wallpapers.
7. Run a custom rom and kernel. I'm using virtuous inquisition 4.0.2 with sebastionFM 1.4.1 kernel. It's fast smooth yet easy on the battery.
8. As your battery is still new give it a few charge cycles. It should stabilise within a week or so..
9. Do download betterbatterystats and check on what's hogging your battery. Also check with cpuspy whether your phone goes into deep sleep or not.
With the methods I've mentioned I'm achieving about 20 hours standby with 5 hours of screen time. I consider myself quite a heavy user. If you do your math that's like 15minutes of use per hour.
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sromer said:
It usually take a while for the battery to reach it's full capacity. Give it like a week, then judge the battery.
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I agree with this, give it time.

sromer said:
It usually take a while for the battery to reach it's full capacity. Give it like a week, then judge the battery.
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I also bought an Anker battery and can run 40 hours on low use and over 24 on medium I use the regular as a spare on my travels

Thanks for replies. I am rooted, on stock ROM currently, looking for a new efficient ROM, any ideas?
ahmadmfz said:
Mind posting a picture of your batt stats? And how many hours of screen time you have. Here are some tips..
1. Use manual brightness. I usually use 10-50% only. The lower your brightness the less power you consume.
Hate lower brightness, it is always on full.
2. Disable auto sync. Disable push notifications unless really needed.
Already turned off.
3. Disable led lights and vibrations for keyboard and soft keys.
Already turned of vibrations for keyboards.
4. Use mobile data only when you need to. If not, turn it off.
Do anyway.
5. You can try juicedefender. Works for some, doesn't work for me.
Tried.
6. Don't use live wallpapers.
Like live wallpapers
7. Run a custom rom and kernel. I'm using virtuous inquisition 4.0.2 with sebastionFM 1.4.1 kernel. It's fast smooth yet easy on the battery.
Shall do.
8. As your battery is still new give it a few charge cycles. It should stabilise within a week or so..
My second battery isn't new and has been used by other phones. It acts in the same way - poor battery life.
9. Do download betterbatterystats and check on what's hogging your battery. Also check with cpuspy whether your phone goes into deep sleep or not.
Installed.
With the methods I've mentioned I'm achieving about 20 hours standby with 5 hours of screen time. I consider myself quite a heavy user. If you do your math that's like 15minutes of use per hour.
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Im using ordroid now, but ARHD is great as well. Both give me excellent juice. U should try other kernels as well. Faux is my fave..

I get 4:10 hours of screen on time only. Every single time +/- 10 minutes. Charge every 2 days.
95% of 4:10 hours is web browsing, Words with Friends and Draw Something.
Stock HTC Sensation. Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
My settings:
Wifi, Mobile Data controlled by Easy Battery Saver on Intelligent Mode.
Brightness-> Auto Brightness. Most 50%+ because I work outdoors.
GPS- Off
Gaming-> Only 2D.
Music-> Lots of music.
Web browsing -> Mostly Wifi only because I have Wifi wherever I go.
Calls: 10-12 a day approx.
My iPhone 4 used to last me 3-4 days. The screen on time for that was 7-8 hours. Yeah so the battery life is really appalling. Buying iPhone 5 (6) when it comes.

masands said:
I get 4:10 hours of screen on time only. Every single time +/- 10 minutes. Charge every 2 days.
95% of 4:10 hours is web browsing, Words with Friends and Draw Something.
Stock HTC Sensation. Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
My settings:
Wifi, Mobile Data controlled by Easy Battery Saver on Intelligent Mode.
Brightness-> Auto Brightness. Most 50%+ because I work outdoors.
GPS- Off
Gaming-> Only 2D.
Music-> Lots of music.
Web browsing -> Mostly Wifi only because I have Wifi wherever I go.
Calls: 10-12 a day approx.
My iPhone 4 used to last me 3-4 days. The screen on time for that was 7-8 hours. Yeah so the battery life is really appalling. Buying iPhone 5 (6) when it comes.
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A battery that last 3 days is not worth being stuck with IOS. BORING.
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Unfortumately HTC's power management isn't very good but it has improved in ics. If it matters to you that much I say go for a Samsung galaxy s2.
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crisisinthecity said:
A battery that last 3 days is not worth being stuck with IOS. BORING.
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It's not the battery its the way the phone will use it. In actual fat I believe that the HTC sensation battery is very slightly larger than the one in the iPhone 4
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Hmmm 4 hours of screen time is really quite good actually. Charging every two or three days isn't too bad right? Considering the benefits and flexibility of android over iOS.
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ahmadmfz said:
Hmmm 4 hours of screen time is really quite good actually. Charging every two or three days isn't too bad right?
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My thoughts exactly.

crisisinthecity said:
A battery that last 3 days is not worth being stuck with IOS. BORING.
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Give your battery some days to reach its full capacity as mentioned. But no matter what, running a custom rom with power optimizations is the best solution.

Currently faux latest 07b1 kernel is giving me awesome awesome battery life.
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k0zmic said:
My thoughts exactly.
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With official ICS, I am now getting around 5:30 screen time. That's good enough. I think if I buy EVO 3D battery for my Sensation I will get 7-8 hours like my iPhone so I'm going to do that.

You can try easy battery saver, it's work with my phone and is very efficient.

Crazy Sensation battery stats

Well, hi to all...
This is my problem, i have an extended 1900mAh Anker battery and a stock 1520, the Extended last for about 10-11 hours of full use over 3G-H, screen full brightnes and almost 4 hours of screen on, AccuWeather stock widget every 6 hours, 4 hours of music over stock music player, Sync on and all of that...
Also i use Faux 123 kernel with stock voltage and 1.5Ghz OC, Non-Zram (it only drains to me....)... no big deal and i don't see anything wrong with my battery... only one thing...
When i use the phone, and my battery reach for example 38%... then i restart the phone and its starts with 60%... and when i reach 30% again i restart and i see up to 50% of battery on the metter... so wth???!!! also, today my phone turn off when i was trying to get a screenshot of my battery issue to upload it... with 7% of battery left... and today it last for 11.30 hours
i use Insert Coin 2.4 rom Sense 4
can some one please explain me why is this happenin?

This is a little show up of my problem, now with elegancia and bricked ics 3.0 kernel, first boot up and first drain
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DankoFGL said:
Well, hi to all...
This is my problem, i have an extended 1900mAh Anker battery and a stock 1520, the Extended last for about 10-11 hours of full use over 3G-H, screen full brightnes and almost 4 hours of screen on, AccuWeather stock widget every 6 hours, 4 hours of music over stock music player, Sync on and all of that...
Also i use Faux 123 kernel with stock voltage and 1.5Ghz OC, Non-Zram (it only drains to me....)... no big deal and i don't see anything wrong with my battery... only one thing...
When i use the phone, and my battery reach for example 38%... then i restart the phone and its starts with 60%... and when i reach 30% again i restart and i see up to 50% of battery on the metter... so wth???!!! also, today my phone turn off when i was trying to get a screenshot of my battery issue to upload it... with 7% of battery left... and today it last for 11.30 hours
i use Insert Coin 2.4 rom Sense 4
can some one please explain me why is this happenin?
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This is happening to me too with stock battery..when I restart my phone I get about 25% more, but it drains fast at the percentage before restart
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Same here, happened today, battery was empty, I plugged in charger, turned it on, it was charging to 30% , restarted my phone and it was on 85%, today it drained in 5 hrs.. viper 1.4.1, stock battery, with kernel that comes with it...
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And getting fast draining also....
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This is an HTC problem. I have no clue why, but for some reasons the stats on their phones never report properly after having a custom ROM. I used to have an HTC Desire, then a GSII, now a Sensation. I noticed the stats were always off with my Desire, they were fine with my GSII, fine with a stock One X then with my Sensation I get the some terribly reported battery stats again. It is just something I have gotten used to.
Someone with more technical knowledge can explain better why it does that. But with the Desire it was a known issue which no one knew how to fix. Or the resources to fix it are just missing.

fix for battery stats and reboots
hey guys i had the same prob. was running viper 1.4.1 phone was rebooting and was geting crazy battery stats. i was reading a post about the the grounding pins on the back of the phone they touch the battery cover. pull those pins out ever so just for good contact with the cover but be gentle. i have done this and had no probs so far hope this helps let me know how u get on.

Have you checked to see if your getting a wake lock? You can download better battery stats and it will detect any wake lock you might be having and identify the offending app So you can stop the wake lock. Give it a try I think it might help. You can download better battery stats from here on xda, and read about bad and good wake locks. It's very informative. Hope this is helpful. Best wishes.
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I'm also getting these kind of issues on my Sensation.
Try fully discharging and recharging the battery twice. It used to help with laptop batteries.

[Q] Sensation battery and overheat problem

When i was using stock HTC sense in my sensation i faced the following problems;
1)Very fast battery drain if i browse the internet or use any applications(battery falls by 1% every 1-2mins)
2)when battery is 100% after just playing for 5-7mins(plants versus zombies 2) the battery falls by 25% to 75% thats a huge drop.
3)And when playing games just within 5-7mins the phone overheats abnormally
4)the battery part is not very hot but the bottom part below the battery slot is very hot(mostly when playing games)
I rooted my phone and im using vipers 3.1.2 rom but the problem still presists
the battery readings are not accurate most of the times for example sometimes when i have use the phone for a long time the battery still remains the same but after a while the battery drops significantly every second.
My question is is this a battery problem or is the motherboard/cpu of the phone causing these problems.
there is no expert in my country where i can get technicians to check the problems so ur advice is highly appreciated.

overclock360 said:
When i was using stock HTC sense in my sensation i faced the following problems;
1)Very fast battery drain if i browse the internet or use any applications(battery falls by 1% every 1-2mins)
2)when battery is 100% after just playing for 5-7mins(plants versus zombies 2) the battery falls by 25% to 75% thats a huge drop.
3)And when playing games just within 5-7mins the phone overheats abnormally
4)the battery part is not very hot but the bottom part below the battery slot is very hot(mostly when playing games)
I rooted my phone and im using vipers 3.1.2 rom but the problem still presists
the battery readings are not accurate most of the times for example sometimes when i have use the phone for a long time the battery still remains the same but after a while the battery drops significantly every second.
My question is is this a battery problem or is the motherboard/cpu of the phone causing these problems.
there is no expert in my country where i can get technicians to check the problems so ur advice is highly appreciated.
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How old your battery is? Are you using any third party battery like Anker or Mugen?
Battery stats miscalliberation is a common thing and almost all of us face this issue after flashing a custom ROM. I guess you should give some complete charge cycles and it will get back to normal readings.
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MrJukeHardbane said:
How old your battery is? Are you using any third party battery like Anker or Mugen?
Battery stats miscalliberation is a common thing and almost all of us face this issue after flashing a custom ROM. I guess you should give some complete charge cycles and it will get back to normal readings.
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My battery is around 1.6 years old.
no third party battery is being used its running the stock battery that came with the phone.
I had this problem even before i rooted my phone( when i was using stock rom).so i dont think its a rom problem

overclock360 said:
My battery is around 1.6 years old.
no third party battery is being used its running the stock battery that came with the phone.
I had this problem even before i rooted my phone( when i was using stock rom).so i dont think its a rom problem
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Then its time to change battery. How long your battery lasts BTW?

MrJukeHardbane said:
Then its time to change battery. How long your battery lasts BTW?
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if i play games the battery lasts around 1hr.
if i browse and use apps like facebook,whatsapp it lasts 4hrs max(not sure)
standby is good around 16-18hrs

Battery problem
I think you have a battery problem.
Try Anker

Help anyone!!!!????

overclock360 said:
Help anyone!!!!????
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It has been said arleady!
A new battery.
Anker is the way to go.

overclock360 said:
if i play games the battery lasts around 1hr.
if i browse and use apps like facebook,whatsapp it lasts 4hrs max(not sure)
standby is good around 16-18hrs
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Mine after 2 years was in such bad shape that the phone kept dying ~5 mins after opening FB, and that is with low brightness, underclocked. Also the battery itself became bigger, instead of being flat it became... how do I put this... chubby I figured it's because of overheating.
Anyway, switched to Anker, it's much much better now.

I am facing overheating problem
I am facing overheating problem on my htc sensation xe. I am running vipers 5 rom with 1.5 GHz (standard frequency for htc sensation xe).
What I have observed is, whenever phone overheats it eats lot of battery. My battery is only about 2-3 months old. Any work around for over heating problem?