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Sensation gets insanly HOTTER!

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.

ckhl1975 said:
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

Overheating problems

I'm running hypernonesense(newest version) with latest bricked kernel at 1.24max on demand gov and my phone reaches temperatures of 124-145 °F from normal use... Especially when charging... It never started doing this until recently... How can I fix this?
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I am also on HyperNonsense, and I do not have this problem. I am using faux's kernel.
Flash faux kernel listed at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216197
Use the ICS one.
See if that helps =D

Tried that already :/
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bleh anyone know?
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Are you getting an overheating battery (i.e. the back of the phone is hot) or is it the bottom of the screen where the home/menu/back buttons are? If it's the former then get an Anker battery, otherwise I'm not sure...
The bottom of my screen overheats qutie a lot, especially when playing music (with Poweramp) and in graphic intensive games. After extensive research I have established that I don't think the problem is ROM specific - it seems to be a hardware issue? I've found I get the overheating whilst in Recovery mode, which is obviously not affected by a rom.
However, I did find when I overvolted my cpu, that overehating seemed to occur less, but as of now I don't think anyone quite knows what causes this!

yea its the cpu cause the battery isn't hot its the bottom of the screen. how do you go about overvolting?
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rickyiswhite said:
how do you go about overvolting?
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use system tuner, available from Google Play Store I think

lifeisfaked said:
use system tuner, available from Google Play Store I think
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I have that but what do I press?
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rickyiswhite said:
I'm running hypernonesense(newest version) with latest bricked kernel at 1.24max on demand gov and my phone reaches temperatures of 124-145 °F from normal use... Especially when charging... It never started doing this until recently... How can I fix this?
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well first question when your phone over heats is pluged in...chances are your phone is working hard to keep up with the charge...if not plugged in do you have a case if so try taking it off and see if the problem persist
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rickyiswhite said:
I'm running hypernonesense(newest version) with latest bricked kernel at 1.24max on demand gov and my phone reaches temperatures of 124-145 °F from normal use... Especially when charging... It never started doing this until recently... How can I fix this?
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rply for this is in post 9 or 10

deron37129 said:
well first question when your phone over heats is pluged in...chances are your phone is working hard to keep up with the charge...if not plugged in do you have a case if so try taking it off and see if the problem persist
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rply for this is in post 9 or 10
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it does it even when I'm not charging sometimes.. and no case man
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rickyiswhite said:
I have that but what do I press?
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If there's no option in System Tuner, I think it means your kernel doesn't support over/undervolting. I recommend Faux123's kernel, you can get it from the main 'Sensation Android Development Page' it's one of the [kernel] ones. Then install faux clock and use that to over/undervolt.
Hope that helps

Back to GingerBear Stock Rom may solve this problem.
because when I updated to ICS heating is raised

lifeisfaked said:
If there's no option in System Tuner, I think it means your kernel doesn't support over/undervolting. I recommend Faux123's kernel, you can get it from the main 'Sensation Android Development Page' it's one of the [kernel] ones. Then install faux clock and use that to over/undervolt.
Hope that helps
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I've seen the option just don't understand what to set it to?
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rickyiswhite said:
I've seen the option just don't understand what to set it to?
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Try 25mV either way - experiment a bit to find what's best for you - going too low will mean your phone will randomly restart more, but going too high will cause more battery drain
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rickyiswhite said:
I've seen the option just don't understand what to set it to?
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hello dear
i agree with u to get back to GB ..it's the new kernal that cozing this cpu overheat problem last two days i try to find out what's the wrong with kernal but yet no resulte all i can say it's not stable rom & kernals yet so backing to GB seems good idea IT manager Musa91..

What should we do ...? Go back to a gingerbread rom? Or an ICS one but with an ancient kernel? Can you tell us which kernel is the good one?
Thkx for your time...

im running hypernonsense with the brick kernel and it works great for me. my phone doesnt overheat on idle/sleep but it does get warm when playing games or using apps that put the cpu to work. i do have a rubber slip on case too.
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u welcome dude
i did a fix for that see my post here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25102807#post25102807
and feedback it plzzzzz if u like it hit thanks button

nah I think its the firmware 3.32 it didn't happen till after I flashed that
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Sensation's N.O.V.A. 3 advanced graphics and effects

Hi people, since Nova's 3 release, i've been wondering why our Sensation version has no full video effects (like blur, depth of field, hi-res textures and improved shaders...), and another phones like SGS 2, have it. Take a look over Youtube and search S2 gameplay and Sensation gameplay; youll be able to see the difference. Why is it possible? If I use Chainfire 3d I can see the full effect mode, but in certain part of the game (sometimes at first load) game stasrs to turn the screen to black and show glitches and artifacts that ruin the game because they do it unplayable. Anyone has the Sensation and can play nova with full effect?
Rrgsrds!!

on my galaxy tab 7+ the gameplay is like ps3 but on sensation it is like nova 1

how did you get it to play? it refuses to download on my sensation because "it is not compatible"

The_Green_Android_Robot said:
how did you get it to play? it refuses to download on my sensation because "it is not compatible"
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I just bought it on Play Store. I'm using ICS AOSP (sense based) ROM - Virtuous Inquisition 4.0.2.
Anyone else have tried it and want to conplain? We can write emails to Gameloft. It's not too fair paying 6 euros by a low end version.

lanluckez said:
I just bought it on Play Store. I'm using ICS AOSP (sense based) ROM - Virtuous Inquisition 4.0.2.
Anyone else have tried it and want to conplain? We can write emails to Gameloft. It's not too fair paying 6 euros by a low end version.
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yeah, +1 to that...

With chainfire i get full effects but screen turns black when turning head. Any solutions?

Silppa said:
With chainfire i get full effects but screen turns black when turning head. Any solutions?
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Here same as you. Probably its due to Adreno 22x processor architecture or something like that, because the HTC One S has this problem too. But the matter is... Its likely that Gameloft fixes the One S problem soon, but Im afraid the HTC Sensation won't be that lucky. Gameloft develop a low version for the Sensa and avoid working on it because it isnt new like the HTC One s. Bussiness matters...
What do u think guys?

ya i play nova 3 on my htc sensation with full effect

I play N.O.V.A. 3 without put Chainfire 3d , and the game i perfect with full effects . I'm with Elegancia Sens 4 v.2.2.0 and everithinh is perfect , it's fly

Harbir said:
ya i play nova 3 on my htc sensation with full effect
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what rom...?

maybe the graphics glitches are due to ics because it runs fine on full effects on my evo 3d non ics yet.

tegezan said:
what rom...?
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Probably a gingerbread rom,...i think that gameloft tested this game on sensation devices with gingerbread
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tessut said:
Probably a gingerbread rom,...i think that gameloft tested this game on sensation devices with gingerbread
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yeah.. gameloft suck...

ryanjsoo said:
maybe the graphics glitches are due to ics because it runs fine on full effects on my evo 3d non ics yet.
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Could you please make a screenshot ?
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i am kinda losing hope with my sensation, gaming performance is.. below my expectancy compare to gs2.

I'm running coindroid which I belive is ICS and sense 4 and nova seems to run perfectly well and good as on my sensation
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rezkon said:
I'm running coindroid which I belive is ICS and sense 4 and nova seems to run perfectly well and good as on my sensation
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We don't mean that
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After suffering the screen turning black issue, i have had some success. I am running the elegancia sense 3.6, 2.5 rom with the sebastian kernel, and chainfire drivers. I checked the box to hide CF running, and disabled the mapbuffer emu, in the settings and am using the powervr plugin. this is working really well with no issues so far.

zakiwashi said:
After suffering the screen turning black issue, i have had some success. I am running the elegancia sense 3.6, 2.5 rom with the sebastian kernel, and chainfire drivers. I checked the box to hide CF running, and disabled the mapbuffer emu, in the settings and am using the powervr plugin. this is working really well with no issues so far.
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By no issues you mean without gfx bugs ?
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zakiwashi said:
After suffering the screen turning black issue, i have had some success. I am running the elegancia sense 3.6, 2.5 rom with the sebastian kernel, and chainfire drivers. I checked the box to hide CF running, and disabled the mapbuffer emu, in the settings and am using the powervr plugin. this is working really well with no issues so far.
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If you hide CF, you play the low end stock version of the game for our Sensation, because the game doesn't detect the cf driver, so you are not enabling the advanced effects. The question is... why doesn't gameloft enable the high graphics to the Sensation? It posseses a high end hardware like Adreno 220. Why?

What could be causing these problems?

A few days ago I started getting random reboots and a bit more lag than usually. I thought maybe it was because of UV (-87.5) so I changed it to -50, but it didn't help. The reboots happen two-three times a day usually a second after turning the screen on. Also the lag is getting a bit annoying, it is noticible even when scrolling through the screens. It was better a while ago.
What could be causing such a problem? I am running android 4.0.3 rooted and unlocked S-OFF Elegancia Rom Sense 3.6. more info in attachments.
Also, I recently installed Dualcore Badass Tweaks By Iba21 CPU 384~1566 badass gov an Bricked kernel was installed earlier with 192 mghz min 1566 mhz max, max scrennoff 486, could this mean something?
Any help appreciated.

Have you tried changing your kernel yet? Try changing your kernel and see if the problem persists. Also check battery make sure it has no "wiggle" to it in the housing. If it does wiggle, stabilize it with a piece of paper. Hope this helps. Best wishes.
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No, I didn't try changing the kernel yet. Will try it right away. The battery holds firmly, no wiggle whatsoever. Could this have to do anything with the governor changing when going to screen on?
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Don't over clock the gpu then. Some ppl have random reboots with 1.4 bricked over clocked gpu with 3.33 firmware
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ganeshp said:
Don't over clock the gpu then. Some ppl have random reboots with 1.4 bricked over clocked gpu with 3.33 firmware
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But it worked fine for a few weeks, i imagine the problem should appear instantly after installing bricked
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n3xas said:
But it worked fine for a few weeks, i imagine the problem should appear instantly after installing bricked
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Not instantly but it does happen.
It happened the same way in my case too.. Not weeks but few days after
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HTC Sensation xe
My htc sensation xe show 582 mb ram after custom rom. [ROM][CM10][Kang][Beta][29 Aug].
is there anyone has any idea why this show like so?
i root my device and my hboot was 1.29.0000
after s-off its become 1.27.1111
is it related with hboot?
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dramen555 said:
My htc sensation xe show 582 mb ram after custom rom. [ROM][CM10][Kang][Beta][29 Aug].
is there anyone has any idea why this show like so?
i root my device and my hboot was 1.29.0000
after s-off its become 1.27.1111
is it related with hboot?
thanks
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thats fine ..the ram its showing is usable ram thats all
and yes ..after soff if you have unlocked hboot then the number shows 1.27.1111(juopunutbear hboot) and its not a problem

So I changed the kernel from bricked to faux123 192~1.51 cpu. Everything looked ok, but yesterday I got 2 reboots, both when taking a photo, what else could be a problem?

Have you checked to see if battery is loose ? If it has some wiggle this could be causing the reboots. If you find a wiggle put a small wedge of paper to stabilize the battery. Also make sure you're not under or over volted right now, this could be the cause too. For right now while your figuring this out don't under or over volt and see what happens. Try those two suggestions and hopefully the issue will resolve.
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No, the battery seems ok. My cpu is currently undervolted by 50 mv,.but it was working fine even on -87.5. Will delete uv and report back.
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Overheat

What would be a suitable tempreture for HTC.sensation
My phone at the moment is at 55 degrees is that alright or a cause of.concern
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I have the same on my HTC sensation. My fingers burning...

The screen dosnt feel hot doe I've reduced it to 50 by flashing arhd faux kernal and undervolting battery but want to decrease it even more
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ti0 said:
The screen dosnt feel hot doe I've reduced it to 50 by flashing arhd faux kernal and undervolting battery but want to decrease it even more
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Hi,
Try using faux with intellidemand governor.
What are you normally doing when your phone gets hot?

I'm normally on YouTube and the battery drains quick the CPU temp stays at 48 degrees crlicus
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I always found I'd get random reboots and overheating with my phone, no matter the ROM. So I underclocked it, which actually seemed to make things worse. What actually solved the problem was securing the battery with something like a piece of card. Seems that a lot of Sensations had batteries which didn't quite contact the battery correctly, so when it needed a large spike in power (waking, opening apps, some transitions etc) it'd shut off to prevent a power surge. You might want to see if it makes a difference. You'd think with such a high quality design and materials they'd get the basics right....

ti0 said:
What would be a suitable tempreture for HTC.sensation
My phone at the moment is at 55 degrees is that alright or a cause of.concern
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Up to 70°C-75° is safe and normal when gaming; if you go above that (ex: near 100°C) then the SOC can be permanently damaged.