Battery

[Zhenpo]

So I'm having an issue with my battery life, The other day I left my phone completely run out of charge and die during the night. The next day I woke up and recharged it fully. Now my phone does last more then an hour or two off the charger with use when before I could use my phone most of the day and have no issue with battery life. I don't understand why letting my battery completely drain and then recharging it would cause it to act like this.

 

[Zhenpo]

need more info. ROM, kernel, ram, brightness ect. stock battery? how old? :silly:

Everything is stock, i have brightness turned all the way down, stock battery, a year old.

 

[Zhenpo]

unfortunately i'm not sure why the sensation does this, but it happened to me too before i rooted it. i read somewhere that the sensation has some kind of design flaw that makes the battery act weird (get really hot for no reason, reboots, fast battery drain, ect.) my recommendations would be to buy another battery ( $15 anker 1900mAh on amazon works nicely and gives you longer life) and to root your phone and flash a custom ROM. the devs out there have done some good work to make superior software than what comes stock on the sensation. my phone works better than it ever has now. but, thats as far as my expertise goes good luck. maybe someone else has more info

See thats one of the biggest problems is i don't want to flash a different rom. I really Enjoy the HTC UI. If I absolutely have to flash a new rom i will.. But I really do love the HTC UI.

 

[Zhenpo]

dont get me wrong, i LOVE the Sense UI. I'm running Viper 1.6.0 with sense 4.1 and ICS 4.0.4 and its the best. I dont mean flash something other than sense, i meant flash a custom sense ROM, instead of the stock rom. i had so many problems with my Sensation (got mine in sept. of 2011) on the stock rom before i rooted it and it was very frustrating. new battery and on the new sense 4.1, everything is fast, smooth, and stable. WAY better than running stock sense 3.6. its hard to root, but its worth it. trust me

I just unlocked the bootloader and rooted the phone. Can you tell me how to get the Viper 1.6.0 with sense 4.1 and ICS 4.0.4 that your running?

 

[jasminthoria]

I just unlocked the bootloader and rooted the phone. Can you tell me how to get the Viper 1.6.0 with sense 4.1 and ICS 4.0.4 that your running?

Mate you can find everything regarding VipreS Rom in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671547



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[Zhenpo]

Mate you can find everything regarding VipreS Rom in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671547



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Yeah I found it, I just don't understand how to install it. There's no instructions. I haven't installed a custom rom since my Moto Milestone back in the day. I've Unlocked the bootloader, I've Rooted, I've S-OFF. I just don't know where to go from here.

 

[jasminthoria]

Yeah I found it, I just don't understand how to install it. There's no instructions. I haven't installed a custom rom since my Moto Milestone back in the day. I've Unlocked the bootloader, I've Rooted, I've S-OFF. I just don't know where to go from here.

Ok mate, now you are ready to go. You are rooted so you should have custom recovey installed. For VipreS you will need 4EXT recovey. So if you have clockwork recovey then first flash 4EXT recovey.
Then download full Rom from that thread. Copy that Rom.zip file to recovey.
If your sensation has ICS then you don't need to flash firmware. If gingerbread then you need to update your firmware.
So if you are on ICS then copy Rom.zip to sd card boot in to recovey select install from sd card option. Then browse to Rom file and select. It will start aroma installer where you select what you want. I would suggest to select full wipe so your old system get clean properly.
Good luck mate:thumbup:

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[Zhenpo]

Ok mate, now you are ready to go. You are rooted so you should have custom recovey installed. For VipreS you will need 4EXT recovey. So if you have clockwork recovey then first flash 4EXT recovey.
Then download full Rom from that thread. Copy that Rom.zip file to recovey.
If your sensation has ICS then you don't need to flash firmware. If gingerbread then you need to update your firmware.
So if you are on ICS then copy Rom.zip to sd card boot in to recovey select install from sd card option. Then browse to Rom file and select. It will start aroma installer where you select what you want. I would suggest to select full wipe so your old system get clean properly.
Good luck mate:thumbup:

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Thank you indiferenc and jasminthoria. Appreciate your help and you've both been thanked.

 

[Zhenpo]

i use CWM for all my Viper roms and kernels, and i works just fine. unless there are some advantages i'm not aware of. but i dont recall it saying you MUST have 4EXT for Viper roms.

and btw i'm using a modded faux kernel that works really well too. you flash it just like the rom. its here

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29072369&postcount=7579

i've gotten the best performance/battery life with this combo. but the setting you choose for this kernel can be weird, so let me know if you plan on flashing it.

let us know how it works for you! good luck!

It's working really well so far, but It seems slow in comparison of the stock rom. Of course I left all the OC'ing options on default. I'm going to look into speeding it up.

 

[Zhenpo]

So how did u get urs running so smoothly and quick? Viper on mine is slow to open up app drawer n other apps such as sms.
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