Hey guys! I'm considering upgrading from my G2x b/c I'd really like to have official ICS and some better specs while I'm at it seeing as how I basically can trade by G2x for a Sensation b/c of their similar pricing. And now, my questions!
I know battery life is bad because of the great performance of the phone but just how bad is it? I'm somebody who would just browse the web in the morning for 20 min, send some texts and browse some forums throughout the day, and watch some videos and do a bit more browsing in the evening. Could I make it through a day without charging?
Any other general problems with the phone? Be HONEST. What's your biggest complaint about the phone besides battery?
I know you guys are gonna be getting a 'lite' version of Sense 4.0 but Google search didn't tell me much about what that means. Do you guys have a better idea about just how 'lite' it'll be?
And last of all, any idea if you guys will be getting CM9 or AOSP?
Thanks in advance!
Well battery is a usually good for me. I usually get about 12 -14 hours with the screen on for 2-3. Though I do have some days where it will be at 10% with just 7 hours of standby.
Complaints other than battery life? The dust that gets under the screen! It's my third sensation and it still has it. It's also tends to get very warm.
We do have CM9 and I was using it as a daily driver for about 2 weeks. But there are some issues like no LPA ( Low power audio ), some audio routing issues and a couple of minor Bluetooth bugs. I really miss it but no LPA a is a dealbreaker since I listen to to music a lot with my.phone so the battery drains more than it should with out it.
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fr0zenblood75 said:
Well battery is a usually good for me. I usually get about 12 -14 hours with the screen on for 2-3. Though I do have some days where it will be at 10% with just 7 hours of standby.
Complaints other than battery life? The dust that gets under the screen! It's my third sensation and it still has it. It's also tends to get very warm.
We do have CM9 and I was using it as a daily driver for about 2 weeks. But there are some issues like no LPA ( Low power audio ), some audio routing issues and a couple of minor Bluetooth bugs. I really miss it but no LPA a is a dealbreaker since I listen to to music a lot with my.phone so the battery drains more than it should with out it.
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ok, and any idea if that's a problem that your devs can fix? Or is it a driver problem?
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ok, and any idea if that's a problem that your devs can fix? Or is it a driver problem?
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The heating ? Well some kernels do a better job at staying cool than others. But I think devs can only ameliorate the issue but not completely solve it.
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ARHD and OrDroid rom are both excellent Rom, I use OrDroid from ARHD, OrDroid Rom is amazing, the lasted version has a good experience.
fr0zenblood75 said:
The heating ? Well some kernels do a better job at staying cool than others. But I think devs can only ameliorate the issue but not completely solve it.
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No I mean the audio issue.
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with all the complains on data/wi-fi connectivity issues and could be others,would u recommend the S4G to me?currently using hd2 android and still have my N1 in the box.thank you.
Nope
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Yes get it and in 1 min u will be in love with it ... No doubts
Yes, it's a great phone. I have not had any issues and I came from the G2x.
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HannoSLM said:
Yes get it and in 1 min u will be in love with it ... No doubts
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what's biggest improvement from HTC in this device?
GHOST99K said:
what's biggest improvement from HTC in this device?
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youtube? there are a lot of reviews available....
It seems must issues are isolated to a device to device basis . Cause im not having any issues with mine.
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GHOST99K said:
what's biggest improvement from HTC in this device?
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Apart from the visual effects and animations, sense 3 is the first version able to read html emails from the old exchange. The performance and screen resolution are also important improvements. It is using the last generations softwate and hardware.
Scoop24 said:
It seems must issues are isolated to a device to device basis . Cause im not having any issues with mine.
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ok cool ill give it a drive.thanks
nope i return mine yesterday wait for nexus 4g
have u guys tested the screen on direct sunlight?if yes,any improvements?
In sunlight the screen works better than my Nexus one lol. I can actually see what's on my S4G's screen.
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In sunlight the screen works better than my Nexus one lol. I can actually see what's on my S4G's screen.
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now thats a relief.
I never had a issue with cell signal but I did have a issue with the WiFi dropping off when holding it in landscape view until I went into the WiFi settings and pumped WiFi performance to the max. After doing that, the WiFI stays strong when holding it in landscape.
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have u guys tested the screen on direct sunlight?if yes,any improvements?
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Even at direct sunlight you can easily see with 60% brightness
thanks guys im charging the phone as we speak(write)lol.
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thanks guys im charging the phone as we speak(write)lol.
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Let us know if you have the deathgrip issue, or any other comments comming from an HD2 to S4G. I just ordered mine last night and already got rid of my HD2, so I'm stuck
KillaHurtz said:
Let us know if you have the deathgrip issue, or any other comments comming from an HD2 to S4G. I just ordered mine last night and already got rid of my HD2, so I'm stuck
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deathgrip meaning no connection if held with both hands on landscape?
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Let us know if you have the deathgrip issue, or any other comments comming from an HD2 to S4G. I just ordered mine last night and already got rid of my HD2, so I'm stuck
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I have no death grip problem like I do with my HD2.
BTW: the biggest change I notice last night, besides speed and sense 3.0, was the camera. When recording 1080p, the zoom works. On my HD2, I can only use the zoom before I start recording, not during recording.
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I have no death grip problem like I do with my HD2.
BTW: the biggest change I notice last night, besides speed and sense 3.0, was the camera. When recording 1080p, the zoom works. On my HD2, I can only use the zoom before I start recording, not during recording.
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Cool beans! I hated having the fixed zoom durring recording. So you're saying that your HD2 has deathgrip but not the Sensation ?
Thanks in advance for sharing.
Here's what Im looking for.
Best battery power for a ROM for the sensation.
Stable
That's pretty much it, any ROM's you can recommend to me?
Stock XE rom from EddyOs. The best .
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i would recommend the HyperSensation http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302969 with faux kernel 0.2.4
works perfect for me.
I have the Anker 1900mh battery and get 3 days with decent usage.
i also have the Green Power Premium app.
Android Revolution HD
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098849
The problem with a question like this is that battery life is completely subjective to what you actually do with your phone. What is good for someone might be crap for someone else.
You just have to give them a try and see what works for you
EddyOS said:
The problem with a question like this is that battery life is completely subjective to what you actually do with your phone. What is good for someone might be crap for someone else.
You just have to give them a try and see what works for you
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How I said before : battery, speed, music all is here. Stock XE. I'm listening internet radio 8 hours per day and also making lots of calls and tapatalk. With creative fatality headphones I'm like in disco.
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the best is DIGITALIZED http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1305340
T mobile is a good company to work with. I've traded 4 phones in 4 weeks, and by far, the Sensation is a great device.
The only thing I've noticed is that when using MX video hardware decoding for divx movies is choppy. Software decoding is on PAR.
The other little gotcha is that it has rebooted 11 times since I've started using it. Coming from the lock screen as well as, just in general sitting there ( 2 days). T mobile is sending me another one. (Never does it on Wifi calling is on, which I have noticed...)
bigmixxx said:
T mobile is a good company to work with. I've traded 4 phones in 4 weeks, and by far, the Sensation is a great device.
The only thing I've noticed is that when using MX video hardware decoding for divx movies is choppy. Software decoding is on PAR.
The other little gotcha is that it has rebooted 11 times since I've started using it. Coming from the lock screen as well as, just in general sitting there ( 2 days). T mobile is sending me another one. (Never does it on Wifi calling is on, which I have noticed...)
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Usually reboots either if it's over clocked in anyway or Sense using too much memory. But glad you are getting good service from the folks at tmo. I have to call into service to get such service/answers lol. Have fun!
Congrats! Sensation is turning out to be the best device for me so far.
Welcome to the club! Same story here.
That G2x was the biggest POS ever made.
HTC is soooo much better.
Your sensation should NEVER have to reboot unless you have over clocked it. I saw what LG was about to do like nokia did with the n900 and i quickly jump ship. Wasn't going to be burned again.
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steve841 said:
Welcome to the club! Same story here.
That G2x was the biggest POS ever made.
HTC is soooo much better.
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+1
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Welcome to the hood! the Sensation on tmob rocks in Vegas!
They are really helpful, my sister got the sensation too and was having problems with phone not charging, I took it back and they replaced it for a brand new.
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My GF has a g2x and there is little wrong with it. GPS sucks from time to time and the camera is lacking...Thats it.
It has MUCH less issues than my sensation has, thats for sure. Its got great battery life (mine sucks), SMOOTH GLASS (mine feels tacky), and a buttery smooth browser. (Mine is jittery and rough).
Best of all, it was free for her (adding a line).
Matt
Cool that tmo is sending you another one. Just curious, are you running stock rom and kernel? Both mine and my wife's sensations used to reboot several times a day on the stock tmous 2.3.3 rom and kernel. The problem went away after I started messing with our phones a bit more.
My MX seems to play fine. Mkvs, avis, you name it, it plays.
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My GF has a g2x and there is little wrong with it. GPS sucks from time to time and the camera is lacking...Thats it.
It has MUCH less issues than my sensation has, thats for sure. Its got great battery life (mine sucks), SMOOTH GLASS (mine feels tacky), and a buttery smooth browser. (Mine is jittery and rough).
Best of all, it was free for her (adding a line).
Matt
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ever try ARHD the gpu acceleration makes everything smooth as butter. Even pinch to zoom is tweaked like in Galaxy S II
akbisw said:
ever try ARHD the gpu acceleration makes everything smooth as butter. Even pinch to zoom is tweaked like in Galaxy S II
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Not the browser, I run arhd.
bigmixxx said:
T mobile is a good company to work with. I've traded 4 phones in 4 weeks, and by far, the Sensation is a great device.
The only thing I've noticed is that when using MX video hardware decoding for divx movies is choppy. Software decoding is on PAR.
The other little gotcha is that it has rebooted 11 times since I've started using it. Coming from the lock screen as well as, just in general sitting there ( 2 days). T mobile is sending me another one. (Never does it on Wifi calling is on, which I have noticed...)
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Hey Bigmixx, I noticed you from tmonews. You always have good points to make. I too was having issues with my Vibrant, and T-Mobile hooked me up with a refurbished Sensation. I'm sure the problems you were having were with that device only because my Sensation is working well. Now I know what it's like to have a decent Android device!
Im too come from LG..O2X, similar to g2x..haha..really glad i did it..
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I know that sometime our sensation gets hotter when used for highend gaming or while watching HD movies for long times. But my Sensation gets way too hot.. I mean scary hot.. it becomes almost dificult to hold in hands and feel as if its going to go BOOM!
i am on Hypernonsense 1.5 rom now, which btw is underclocked(1.08ghz) rom. Usualy ARHD roms(1.5ghz) makes my sensation hot even while surfing through internet. i found the hypersensation roms to be the best rom that keep my sensation cool.
the point is if dual core heats the hell out of phone whats the use of it? i mean i used to play same games on my single core android devices like galaxy tab and on my nexus s as well and they used to get hotter after hrs of usage. while my sensation starts gets hotter in like 5mins and by 15mins i have to quit gaming, because of the insanly increasing temprature...
is there any solution to this? i hope my sensation doesnt need micro-liquid-cooling kit! lolz.. Does usually all dual core devices behaves like this?
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I noticed this playing Modern Combat 3.
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fmedrano1977 said:
I noticed this playing Modern Combat 3.
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yes me too....one question...i have problems with mc3..it wont load on time compared to my desire hd on multiplayer and it hangs a lot...do you have the same problem...??
I would talk to HTC about it. They may be willing to help.
ROM?
Btw when you guys were playing games on your Sen, what rom were you guys on? I have never been on stock rom. The moment i got it, i started playing around different roms..
Since ARHD ROMs have OC GPU set up by default maybe it might be heating up the phone. Specially the bottom back side heats up as HELL!! Also the battry sucks up like 5%/min. I was playing Gun Bros Offline and my battry was about 30%, and after completing a few levels i.e. about 5/10mins of gaming the battry was 8%....
Man!! I feel my Galaxy TAB was like WAY better. I used to play about 4hrs with wifi and bluetooth on for whole day +emails and browsing for more then 3hrs.. and still i got about 20hrs battry time...
May be ICS can give me better perfomance, since its optimized for dual core phones....
Running cm7 my phone goes up to 115-120 degrees while game. Youtube or some web browsing heats it up to around 100+.
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my sensation xe got 45C when playing any games....
not normal at all!
Mine was getting that hot and eventually started blinking the LED light orange and green, then I'd get an "overheating" message and the phone would reboot. I bought an Anker battery and haven't had the problem since.
Could be a battery defect or you could try underclocking the cpu.
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Could be a battery defect or you could try underclocking the cpu.
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That would probably solve it, I guess... I havent had the issue myself after I underclocked it... Then again, I'm running MIUI.
Good, thought that I ws the only one having heat issues. My sensation would heatup to 50 degrees celsuis when playing modern combat 3 or shadow gun, and when you go to system info, it says "overheat" on the battery status. I hope this is not a rom or kernel issue.
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UC works!
I UC to 1.08 and it seems to get prettly less hotter now..!! also the gaming perfomance did decrease a bit.. a very less noticable...
There are two reasons why i bought the sensation xe against the sensation, first is the beats earphone and second is the higher clock. Now i need to underclock to below the clock specs of the basic sensation? Wwwwwwaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!! When i have the time i will to revert to stock and try if it will still heat up, luckily I still havent sold me desire hd.
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I also have encounter overheating problem when using gingerbread rom. but after upgrading to ICS 4 with stock kernel, i have experience less overheating problem when playing game.
after upgrading to ics I had the same issue with oc kernel. Switched to stock kernel and no problems since.
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I also have encounter overheating problem when using gingerbread rom. but after upgrading to ICS 4 with stock kernel, i have experience less overheating problem when playing game.
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same thing here. I got the same result on my mothers phone as well
Recently ive been noticing that when i open the camera app i can barely see anything on the screen unless im pretty much pointing it at a light source! For instance in my lounge right now with the curtains open, its 3pm so still light and i can barely see the room on the screen. Its almost like the camera isnt opening the shutter enough to let enough light in.
Ive also got camera fx app installed and that has the exact same problem so im pretty sure its hardware related rather than software.
Has anyone else experienced this problem? Any solutions for it? Or is my camera duff and needs to be sent off for repair?
Thanks in advance!
What Rom are you on?
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Sorry im on Virtuous Quattro Alpha2, but im pretty sure i had a similiar thing when i was on Inquisition as well.
Always do super wipe using mikes script. Im super cid, and on 1.23 HBOOT. radio, 11.65.3504.00P_11.19.3504.29_2. Included kernel with Quattro.
Ok I used the amaze on gb Roms.. you're using ics based roms.. maybe this may be the culprit? I could be wrong but I could be right.
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Ok i just updated to Quattro alpha3 and its fixed! Guess it was software related after all!! Thanks for all the help though