I've been considering getting this phone, and I think I am pretty close to getting it. I was waiting for the Samsung Galaxy S2 release date and price information, and since it is going to be about $230 or higher with a contract, I'm more leaning towards the Sensation.
My main concern with this phone is the battery life. Some people say the battery life is awesome, and some people say that the battery life is pretty bad. Is it just hit and miss? Obviously, since I'm on this forum, I will be rooting and installing custom ROMs on it, and I'm assuming it would help with battery life.
Other than the battery life, this phone seems best for me because of its looks, performance, and size. A 4.52" screen seems like a bit much for me.
I can't wait to get rid of this MT3G.
Thanks!
MattDrumz said:
I've been considering getting this phone, and I think I am pretty close to getting it. I was waiting for the Samsung Galaxy S2 release date and price information, and since it is going to be about $230 or higher with a contract, I'm more leaning towards the Sensation.
My main concern with this phone is the battery life. Some people say the battery life is awesome, and some people say that the battery life is pretty bad. Is it just hit and miss? Obviously, since I'm on this forum, I will be rooting and installing custom ROMs on it, and I'm assuming it would help with battery life.
Other than the battery life, this phone seems best for me because of its looks, performance, and size. A 4.52" screen seems like a bit much for me.
I can't wait to get rid of this MT3G.
Thanks!
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get an anker or stock evo3d battery and youll be good to go. with juice defender app, moderate usage and my evo3d battery i get 30+ hours everytime. with lighter usage ive hit 40+ hours. hit 48 thi morning. I am however slightly underclocked, and undervolted.
I personally get great battery life on almost every ROM i've used. If you ever notice you run out of battery fast because you're a heavy user then grab a 1900mAh or higher battery that will -definitely- increase your battery life.
I use an Anker and have been blown away.
There is a great article on the xda home page take speaks on secondary batteries. Some can cause potential harm. An issue they've found is that the slight larger size knocks the ground pin loose on the device causing the touch screen to malfunction. There is also a great thread that teaches you how to track down your juicers and eliminate them, thus maximizing battery life on the ARHD thread first post. Check these things out before makeing a decision on how to improve your bat life.
I have now ARHD 3.6.1 with bricked 0.91 kernel and I get 20 hours with WiFi. So it can be done.
Just some of my input
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rddocke said:
There is a great article on the xda home page take speaks on secondary batteries. Some can cause potential harm. An issue they've found is that the slight larger size knocks the ground pin loose on the device causing the touch screen to malfunction. There is also a great thread that teaches you how to track down your juicers and eliminate them, thus maximizing battery life on the ARHD thread first post. Check these things out before makeing a decision on how to improve your bat life.
I have now ARHD 3.6.1 with bricked 0.91 kernel and I get 20 hours with WiFi. So it can be done.
Just some of my input
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in what section is this located? thanks in advance.
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MattDrumz said:
I've been considering getting this phone, and I think I am pretty close to getting it. I was waiting for the Samsung Galaxy S2 release date and price information, and since it is going to be about $230 or higher with a contract, I'm more leaning towards the Sensation.
My main concern with this phone is the battery life. Some people say the battery life is awesome, and some people say that the battery life is pretty bad. Is it just hit and miss? Obviously, since I'm on this forum, I will be rooting and installing custom ROMs on it, and I'm assuming it would help with battery life.
Other than the battery life, this phone seems best for me because of its looks, performance, and size. A 4.52" screen seems like a bit much for me.
I can't wait to get rid of this MT3G.
Thanks!
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if you can wait until mid October I would suggest you go with the Amaze. It comes with a + 1700 mA battery vs. the 1500 -ish Sensation. Now, it is clocked at 1.5 gh vs 1.2 of the Sensation so I don't know exactly how that impacts the the increased battery size, but it is bigger. Plus the Amaze is better spec'd than the Sensation. If the Amaze has the same size battery as the sensation there are several aftermarket batteries that will increase its life. I use one.
MattDrumz said:
My main concern with this phone is the battery life. Some people say the battery life is awesome, and some people say that the battery life is pretty bad. Is it just hit and miss?
Thanks!
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I would say ..Yes, it is hit and miss.
I think some people have dud stock batteries (Those who get 10 hours out of the stock battery then amazingly 18 hours out an Anker battery with slightly more juice in it).. and more commonly some people get dodgy handsets.
The dodgey handsets are the ones that wont get above 10 hours use even when everythings turned off pretty much, and no matter what battery they use (eliminating the possibility of a dud battery).
The problem with randomly getting a dodgy sensation handset with poor battery life is exposed in a review by TechRadar here...
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/htc-sensation-943466/review?artc_pg=9
Quote from above link: "However, what was more impressive (and a relief) was the sleep state of the HTC Sensation. Where before the phone would get very hot and start spewing out battery life in our pocket for no reason, if you leave the phone locked up for around 10-15 minutes on our new model the power consumption dropped to almost nothing."
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Certainly hit and miss , which is also obvious after reading forums like this one.
...Luckily mines a Hit!
Here's the linkhttp:// http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=937080
steve austin said:
in what section is this located? thanks in advance.
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if you can wait until mid October I would suggest you go with the Amaze. It comes with a + 1700 mA battery vs. the 1500 -ish Sensation. Now, it is clocked at 1.5 gh vs 1.2 of the Sensation so I don't know exactly how that impacts the the increased battery size, but it is bigger. Plus the Amaze is better spec'd than the Sensation. If the Amaze has the same size battery as the sensation there are several aftermarket batteries that will increase its life. I use one.
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Just got our htc amaze in, its 1730maH, same size as stock EVO 3D battery, same part number, except battery contacts are on the left side on the amaze, and on the right ont he evo 3d, which is why sensation users have to flip it. The htc amaze uses the same chipset as the htc sensation (s3) processor type, and the sensations is rated at 1.5ghz, but downclocked to 1.2 due to 1500mah battery... Only difference REALLY between the two is sensation has 768ram amaze has 1gb, htc sensation has vga ffc, amaze has 2mp. and for the ffc you can totally see the difference. stand in front of a sign, and you'll easily see whats better. but the amaze.. psh.. that thing is way heavier and the screen rises out of the unibody. sensation is sexier.
Thanks for all the replies guys. I'm pretty sure that I'm going to get the Sensation. I'm just going to wait until the SGSII comes out, so I can see both the Sensation and SGSII in person at a T-Mobile store.
Regarding battery life, I saw this thread, saying that HTC was upgrading the battery in the Sensation. Is this true? And if so, if I went and bought a Sensation from T-Mobile, would it have the newer battery?
Hi,
I have a Lg g2 with 4.4.2 officiial rom.
The battery was REALLY great until i massively updated all my apps. Now the battery life seems to be getting lower faster than before.
I am thinking of updating my phone within the next 6 months.
i want my next phone to have an amamazing battery life.
what you suggest?
zanat0s said:
Hi,
I have a Lg g2 with 4.4.2 officiial rom.
The battery was REALLY great until i massively updated all my apps. Now the battery life seems to be getting lower faster than before.
I am thinking of updating my phone within the next 6 months.
i want my next phone to have an amamazing battery life.
what you suggest?
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What provider are you with (if any)?
I can appreciate a long-lasting battery better than most. In November I got jumped, beat up, and stabbed in the gut. Spent the night in the hospital, and only the huge 3300mAh battery in my Droid Razr Maxx kept me in touch with my family and friends that could help me. My current phone doesn't have a big battery, but I carry a spare.
so any of the top phone you can recommend?
I am planning on getting a new phone during Christmas time and this phone is an option. Only thing I haven't seen is what type of screen on time people are getting with this phone. If y'all could post your battery life experiences that'd be great!
Hmm I got an iPhone 8 at work and the battery brain and loss of battery on that is amazing, it barely leaks. On my pixel it just leaks battery life so easily and quickly.
I know it depends on how you use the device and 100 other factor but anyone else get this general feeling? I read Pixel 1 has heat issues with that version of CPU.
I recently purchased a used pixel.. I did expect the battery life to be better than it appears to be... i'm not sure if its because the battery is fairly degraded from the previous owners.. or if I have a slow drain.. or maybe just an unrealistic expectation of the smaller variant... but I am curious to know if other people see really good battery life on their phone.. Thanks!
I bought a used pixel as well. I have questioned the battery life as well. Then again I purchased this phone for 150.00 and the quick charge is a blessing. I did crack my screen so I was going to perform a battery change while I did the screen to see if that would fix my issue. Here is a screenshot of my battery.
Keep in mind that Apple uses some funny algorithms to report the battery percentage and usage in a way that makes the user perceive the battery life to be better than it actually is. Like, why do you think it stays at 100% for so long? When down to 3, 2, or 1%, the battery lasts forever until it the device finally shuts down. Don't trust Apple (iOS), and take everything they report with a grain of salt.
Jaws4God said:
I recently purchased a used pixel.. I did expect the battery life to be better than it appears to be... i'm not sure if its because the battery is fairly degraded from the previous owners.. or if I have a slow drain.. or maybe just an unrealistic expectation of the smaller variant... but I am curious to know if other people see really good battery life on their phone.. Thanks!
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I also bought a used Pixel and found the battery life not to match my expectations, as it is quite average like mid range phones. I ran a Geekbench 3 battery test, and got the score of 1798, which is slightly below other Pixels, but not that much. So while the Pixel XL has a top level battery life, the smaller phone lacks of battery to run the powerful hardware. Still I am quite happy with battery life while soft usage watching videos.
Here are screenshots of my battery life all made without charging the phone in between. The first screenshot is with gaming and heavier apps (around 3h15 SOT), while the second and third are almost only soft usage with mainly YouTube and Netflix at 50% brightness, where I can get around 4hrs30 SOT, which I am happy with. Hope this helps somebody.
BenjyTec said:
at 50% brightness, where I can get around 4hrs30 SOT, which I am happy with. Hope this helps somebody.
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so do you use the adaptive screen brightness or manually change it throughout the day?
Jaws4God said:
so do you use the adaptive screen brightness or manually change it throughout the day?
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I set it manually.
I'm getting some good life here. I'll put some details up soon. Others please chime in
Yeah, the battery life is surprisingly good.