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Sensation Flash on low battery at 29%!!

my sensation rooted and s-off is at 29% and it says flash cant be used cuz battery is low!? is there something wrong? or is my battery not calibrated yet?

No, it's that way for me too. It's dumb but yeah.

Damn. That suks. Any way to change that?
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g1user101 said:
Damn. That suks. Any way to change that?
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I don't think so unless a custom ROM has changed the setting.

Misread it
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How do u change it?
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Don't honestly think u can..
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It would be a value somewhere that could be changed but will require some digging around and probably root access.
Perhaps the limitation is built into the camera app itself. Does this limitation occur with any 3rd party camera app?
This limitation has been the same for all HTC phones released in the last 12 months or so. My old Desire HD used to do the same thing when the battery was "low".

it is pretty annoying, im sure a developer will find it soon, just needs a little digging around like jivemaster said.

Yeah, it is annoying. Gotta have your battery charged in case you go out at night I guess.

oh alright then

It is very annoying for me also. I usually go out for half hour and have 30-40% battery charged so mostly it goes below 30% and not having falsh enabled is a big mess. Since I am a photography lover & I love to capture precious moments. Someone should come up with with a way around.
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Any Solutions Yet

Have you tried disabling power saver?

i always have it disabled

I had same problem. Solution for me was upgrading to latest ROM (2.3.4 ->1.45.401.2 ) ofcourse original, HTC ROM, because I bought this phone for sense 3.0 (i don't know why people write new ROM without sense and say ... My ROM is better... There is something wrong with them...I think.. ...
huh..
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it would be great if someone can build an apk or a patch for it to force the flash to work when the battery is low

alireza_simkesh said:
it would be great if someone can build an apk or a patch for it to force the flash to work when the battery is low
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Flash a custom kernel. I know faux's kernel's have lowered the limit to 10%.

Controlled by the kernel.
Some custom kernels lower the threshold (as long as power saver is off).
Check the Sensation Development section and read up on kernels.
Faux and Bricked both offer lower thresholds, I believe. Check Unity as well.
The features and changelogs will be in first or second post of Kernel thread.
P.

I think it is great idea! What if you got ALOT of stuff to backup, and flash at the same time, and suddenly the battery runs out.. Think about that.

Clean rom for sensation

Hi
I bricked my last phone htc desire z overclocked to 1,5 . Now i have sensation and i want to know which rom is with default kernel with no overckloking,because i m afraid of bricking this one too.
Can someone suggest one?
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BuXuRa said:
Hi
I bricked my last phone htc desire z overclocked to 1,5 . Now i have sensation and i want to know which rom is with default kernel with no overckloking,because i m afraid of bricking this one too.
Can someone suggest one?
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Hi,
Have you rooted and s-off?

Yes of course
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BuXuRa said:
Yes of course
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Hi,
Just checking before I suggest anything.
This is what you might be looking for:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1281040
There are a few others in this forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1112
Worth a look

Thanks a lot man
2.3.5 is the last version?
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BuXuRa said:
Thanks a lot man
2.3.5 is the last version?
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Hi,
Yes,2.3.5 is the latest version.

BuXuRa said:
Hi
I bricked my last phone htc desire z overclocked to 1,5 . Now i have sensation and i want to know which rom is with default kernel with no overckloking,because i m afraid of bricking this one too.
Can someone suggest one?
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Sorry to hear about your HTC Desire Z, that's annoying. When you get your confidence back I'd recommend trying HyperSensation http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302969
It doesn't overclock the CPU (as standard) and there really is no need to do so, I run it using a slightly tweaked (lower screen off max and lower minimums for both) version of the settings in post #3 (with bricked kernel)
Calv

Thanks for your post
Bricked kernel is not stock kernel as i understand,am i right? Dont u think it can brick my phone? I have bad example about that and i am afraid. And what about battery life?
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BuXuRa said:
Thanks for your post
Bricked kernel is not stock kernel as i understand,am i right? Dont u think it can brick my phone? I have bad example about that and i am afraid. And what about battery life?
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There is a lot of things that can brick your phone. Not only the kernel.
I would recommended the Rom posted above (and in my sig). I have like 20 hours battery time, with moderate use. If you flash a new kernel, you can underclock, and maybe get more battery time. You really dont need ~1200 MHz on some roms, if you don't play a lot of games and so.
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What do u think could wifi tethering brick my dezire z,my battery was too hot when tethering was on.i connected it to the charger and in the morning it didnt boot.also no recovery mod was available
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Have a look at the Insert Coin ROM if you install it, it will just come with the stock kernel and everything runs really nicely
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1198684

Honestly, I don't see why or how wifi tethering could in any possible way brick your phone, since it's a given option from the factory.. I mean I'm still new to the HTC phones so I could be wrong, but I highly doubt that tethering is one or if any a reason why you bricked your other phone.
I'm a new HTC user and I followed these guides to make sure that I don't screw up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
How to flash CM7 ROMS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1261008
Also the current ROM that I am using in which I followed the ^ thread on how to flash CM7 ROMs. Both Septix and I are using the same ROMs so far that has posted to help you so far in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302969
Hopefully this helps you out as it has definitely helped me out!
Edit: Found another guide that is also extremely helpful
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1200403

I havent decided whether I like roms with or without sense UI. I ran croedroid for a bit and revolution hd but i find i get random turn offs where i have to take my battery out to restart my phone

SlwDrvr said:
Honestly, I don't see why or how wifi tethering could in any possible way brick your phone, since it's a given option from the factory.. I mean I'm still new to the HTC phones so I could be wrong, but I highly doubt that tethering is one or if any a reason why you bricked your other phone.
I'm a new HTC user and I followed these guides to make sure that I don't screw up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
How to flash CM7 ROMS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1261008
Also the current ROM that I am using in which I followed the ^ thread on how to flash CM7 ROMs. Both Septix and I are using the same ROMs so far that has posted to help you so far in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302969
Hopefully this helps you out as it has definitely helped me out!
Edit: Found another guide that is also extremely helpful
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1200403
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Desire z doesnt have wifi tethering fron factory,i used to have CM7 and it had tethering function,i think thats why battery was too how when it was on
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I have tried all HyperSensation versions since 0.2 and can prove that it's lightning fast even being reduced to 800MHz maximum. Everything works great, except CSipSimple which plays no sound with it.
Without CSipSimple I've got about 60 hours of life on batteries with about 20 hours of wifi-connection, 6 hours of playing mp3's and about 40 minutes of phone-calls.
BTW, SIP-callers somehow interfere with phone.android app with fatal errors and force close events while trying to make a call. With ARHD I do not notice such behavior.

hepbhoe said:
I have tried all HyperSensation versions since 0.2 and can prove that it's lightning fast even being reduced to 800MHz maximum. Everything works great, except CSipSimple which plays no sound with it.
Without CSipSimple I've got about 60 hours of life on batteries with about 20 hours of wifi-connection, 6 hours of playing mp3's and about 40 minutes of phone-calls.
BTW, SIP-callers somehow interfere with phone.android app with fatal errors and force close events while trying to make a call. With ARHD I do not notice such behavior.
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Same here, I strongly recommend to try HyperSensation. Awesome battery time, smooth like a baby's butt. I haven't had any issues at all. Best Rom I've ever tried.
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i'm also interested in if beats audio amaze cam and etc. can hurt my phone or not? there are not factory given functions,so can it brick my phone or not?
wifi tethering was not main function of my old htc desire z so i think it could be the reason why it bricked

Anyone?
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BuXuRa said:
i'm also interested in if beats audio amaze cam and etc. can hurt my phone or not? there are not factory given functions,so can it brick my phone or not?
wifi tethering was not main function of my old htc desire z so i think it could be the reason why it bricked
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Flashing, rooting, changing, everything can brick your phone if you don't do it right and READ before.
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[Q] Battery life ROM

I've run Cyanogen ROMS, Senseay, InsertCoin, and ARHD. I'm a pretty heavy user I would say, I get up at 6:00 in the morning, and my battery is usually dead by the afternoon if I don't charge it. To me the roms all seem the same as far as battery life is concerned. Anybody have input as to what roms have given you great battery life, any apps you have that help or what you do it improve battery life?
Thanks

Buy another battery? Im a heavy user and i get about 8/9 hrs. Lasts all day with moderate usage.
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I've read a little somewhere about other batteries people buy for the sensation. Any ideas as to what those batteries are?

try miui! perfect battery life!

With light to moderate use on the newest ARHD ICS 5.0.2, I am still sitting on 55% battery life.. and i've been off the charger for 27 hours now using the anker 1900mAh battery. Make sure you match recommended radio's and rils.

Its the banker 1900 math battery. Its really good. My battery usually lasts between 12-21 hours.. i love it
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I mean anker not banker lol
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Anker, Mugen, and Chichitec are the companies to buy from.
You can also buy an EVO 3D battery cause it's the same physical size but it's 1730mAH.

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aspire1337 said:
try miui! perfect battery life!
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I tried many many different ROMS and so far none come close to MIUI / bricked kernel 1.6 combo. i get 2 days of medium/heavy use easy.

Any numbers on the drainage while on standby? May flash a miui rom soon if battery is really that good.

Defiance77 said:
I tried many many different ROMS and so far none come close to MIUI / bricked kernel 1.6 combo. i get 2 days of medium/heavy use easy.
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Mind telling me which MIUM ROM version you're running? I've never run MIUI and from what I see there is only one am I right? Most recent version is 1.12.23. If I run that with kernal 1.6 I should have great battery life? I'm not doubting you I'm actually really interested to try this, just want to make sure I get the same configuration as you have to see if I can get similar results. Thanks for the reply.
Also I have the normal sensation 4G not the XE, I noticed the bricked kernel V1.6 says XE, is that problematic with my phone or should I use V1.5?

I must say that ICS4.0 gave me much metter batt.life! im using ARHD 4.0.2 and using stock battery. batterylife is now better then stock ROM (android 2.3.4)
really think you should give it a try. (new firmware will give it even better i think, havent tried)

Try to wipe battery stats.
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I tried most of the Rom Energy is the best for sense Rom. For no sense use miui but make sure do not install any launcher use the launcher come with miui.
If u r keen on sense Rom then make sure you have minimum widget running on home screen they r battery draining, try juice defender from market. Turn off auto update. Live wall paper will drain more battery as well.
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Try reverted aosp plus latest faux kernel. I stay at 100% for two hours straight
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smockpuv said:
Mind telling me which MIUM ROM version you're running? I've never run MIUI and from what I see there is only one am I right? Most recent version is 1.12.23. If I run that with kernal 1.6 I should have great battery life? I'm not doubting you I'm actually really interested to try this, just want to make sure I get the same configuration as you have to see if I can get similar results. Thanks for the reply.
Also I have the normal sensation 4G not the XE, I noticed the bricked kernel V1.6 says XE, is that problematic with my phone or should I use V1.5?
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I always update to the latest MIUI, currently on 1.12.23 yes. I have normal Sensation 4G and running Bricked_XE-Kernel-AOSP v1.6 on it. Works flawlessly!

Defiance77 said:
I always update to the latest MIUI, currently on 1.12.23 yes. I have normal Sensation 4G and running Bricked_XE-Kernel-AOSP v1.6 on it. Works flawlessly!
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Are you running on the stock battery?
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Jikstah said:
Are you running on the stock battery?
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yes I use stock

[Q] whats your phone and app settings for best battery?

Hi im pretty new to this phone. however even after calibration the phone dies pretty fast. im using CPU tuner and having the CPU underclock at specific battery levels! is that a good thing? and also i cant tell if timeriffic is draining my battery even more! but i set that the other day and yeah its either worse or doesnt help!
so what settings do you guys use to get the best ?

Try checking out JuiceDefender, its very good at saving you some juice, also check out Android Revolution HD by Mike1986. You'll find that ROM in the development section. I'd give more information but I'm on the phone.
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ReeF666 said:
Try checking out JuiceDefender, its very good at saving you some juice, also check out Android Revolution HD by Mike1986. You'll find that ROM in the development section. I'd give more information but I'm on the phone.
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yeah iv used juice defender, but i cant use it cos i have to use whatsapp all the time!
and yeah already non ARHD !

Ever think about using cm7 alpha 10 rom? Its a great dd and i get 20 hrs of battery.
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android booster
try netqin's android booster. it optimizes your device and saves battery!

What ROM are you using now and what's your battery life

I keep hearing any of the sense 3 ROMs will you superior battery life to any other ROM. Also I find when I'm on a sense based ROM my WiFi signal is stronger than cm or aokp ROMs. Right now I'm on cm10 and get OK battery life. Sense 4 is kind of laggy to me and I can't deal with it I like smooth ROMs . I'm hoping sense 3.6 won't be so laggy. I will probably try a sense 3.6 ROM and only use it for a couple days for some reason I switch ROMs alooooooooot.
"I wanna be the apex of predators in my backyard"
Joe Rogan

Hi there I'm running viper now with sebastian 1.5.2 kernel with kernel mod for battery life. It's made a wonderful difference for me. Right now I've been searching web , visiting you tube, and on forums, and I'm on 6 and a half hours on my battery and I'm running at 79% right now. I'd say that's pretty good. I've done a few downloads too . It's much better than it used to be. I also use juice defender and have calibrated my battery. I know others have gotten better battery life than that but for me its a HUGE improvement . Before changing kernels and mod I was having to charge twice a day! I'm very happy with my results! The kernel and mod has made a huge difference for me personally! Hope this helps. Best wishes to you.
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I m using jelly bean right now. With tamcore kernel I got an average battery life of 1 day And 6 or 7 hours
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vipers
Good for me vipers 1.1.0 with yank555 v1.82 kernel.

rooted stock ics with sebastianFM'S KERNEL as mentioned in my signature and i can hold my battery for 3-4 days.that's all

I decided to go with sense 3.6 Rom with stock kernel and sd cache hack for sense and -100uv script.
"I wanna be the apex of predators in my backyard"
Joe Rogan

Hypersensation 1.8 cm7...battery good for now.

realsis said:
Hi there I'm running viper now with sebastian 1.5.2 kernel with kernel mod for battery life. It's made a wonderful difference for me. Right now I've been searching web , visiting you tube, and on forums, and I'm on 6 and a half hours on my battery and I'm running at 79% right now. I'd say that's pretty good. I've done a few downloads too . It's much better than it used to be. I also use juice defender and have calibrated my battery. I know others have gotten better battery life than that but for me its a HUGE improvement . Before changing kernels and mod I was having to charge twice a day! I'm very happy with my results! The kernel and mod has made a huge difference for me personally! Hope this helps. Best wishes to you.
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Hi do u mind telling me what that mod is and where to find it?

fredcorp6 said:
Hi do u mind telling me what that mod is and where to find it?
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I am also interested because it is really remarkable battery score.

I've gone with InsertCoin Evolution 2.30 and the latest bricked kernel with -50mV undervolt and I'd say my battery drain is very minimal
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fredcorp6 said:
Hi do u mind telling me what that mod is and where to find it?
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Hi there , sure the mod is called "mod for sebastian kernel version 1.5 zip" it is in the themes and apps section. Hope this helps! It's really been great for me!
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fredcorp6 said:
Hi do u mind telling me what that mod is and where to find it?
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tin2404 said:
I am also interested because it is really remarkable battery score.
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here guys
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30255719&postcount=3140

realsis said:
Hi there , sure the mod is called "mod for sebastian kernel version 1.5 zip" it is in the themes and apps section. Hope this helps! It's really been great for me!
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I didn't find it, can you post link to the thread?

lolpos said:
here guys
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30255719&postcount=3140
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ItayPBM said:
I didn't find it, can you post link to the thread?
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Hi everyone,
I have found best solution for my battery is OrDroid 9.00 ROM with bricked kernel (all default mhz's)
57% left - 17 hrs 30 mins since boot - 1 hrs 40 mins on Screen.
With every other ROM (sense 3.6) battery was teribly short - 2 hrs on Screen and Sensation is dead...