Question regarding sensation's volume and poor battery life

[dream-merchant]

hi everybody,

I bought htc sensation, though its a good phone, but i am really pissed off by its poor volume and low battery life. In this forum i read alot about these issues, generally the mixed opinions. So my question is: is it really possible to get rid of these issues by using the custom ROMs? Also there is a lot talk about sensation update 2.3.4. Anyone felt some improvement with respect to these issues after the OTA updte? Or i just have to live with these issues and keep on regretting why i didnt go for GS2 or Iphone4.

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App

 

[The Janitor Mop]

I'm on a 2.3.4 ROM (CoreDroid), and I haven't felt like either battery life or speaker volume changed at all. That said, I think some ROMs include mods to the speaker volume (or include a kernel that allows that or something), and a number of people have been saying that their battery life is better on 2.3.4.

 

[newter55]

Battery life seems much better on 2.3.4 roms.

 

[sigeltek]

What kernels supporting sound boosting currently available? I'm using ARHD as it looks like the only rom worth using that dosen't include graphics that look like they are made by a 5 year old.

 

[tiguy99]

What kernels supporting sound boosting currently available? I'm using ARHD as it looks like the only rom worth using that dosen't include graphics that look like they are made by a 5 year old.

I would love to know this as well

 

[flamingrage]

Try using Juice defender it actually helps alot

 

[jdkzombie]

there are a few really effective apps on the market that are available in both free and paid versions, i have used Volume + as well as Equalizer. They are both very effective, however i noticed that Volume + while greatly increasing volume across the device, it often induced bugs when my phone connected to my BT stereo. Equalizer has worked awesome so far,although not as loud, it really seems to have effectively improved speaker output and quality both headset and BT.

 

[SoFaKiNgStOkeD]

No matter what anyone on here tells you, these two aspects of the phone suck, and there is no real fix for either issue. ROM's help the battery life here and there, but short of turning all connections off, turning down the brightness to zero, and never making any calls, there is no real fix. Large screen smartphones suck up power, it's something you'll have to just deal with. The Sensation's speaker volume and quality is just terrible, one of the worse ones I've used yet. You'd think such a high-end phone would have a high-end speaker, and be able to push that speaker accordingly. No app or ROM is going to solve this either. Don't get me wrong, I love my Sensation (for now), but those two issues are it's biggest downfall. I just put up with it honestly. Just waiting for next big thing to come out so I can eBay this one.