Thread: Updated to Android 4.0.3 and now power problems

I had the same problem with huge loss on battery performance, read some where that a factory reset will sort the problem, I am not in work untill next week then I will have a better idea wether the problem is fixed or not.

I hope so, I use my phone for music during a 10 hours shift, I used to be able to play music all night and still have a quarter battery left. Last night it was dead after 6 hours.......

The phone isnt rooted, I use a task killer to kill all unused apps and I have all data turned off at work, which is why I used to get good battery life!

Edit.....just a quick update, the battery problem has now gone away and battery life is as good if not a little better, for anyone having this problem a factory reset fixes it.

My problem is similar. Phone very slow to charge even on mains. If I'm using it plugged into the wall charger the indicated battery level continues to fall.
However...if I remove the battery and put it back in then the indicated battery level increases. It appears that the battery is charging fine but the phone/os is not acknowledging it right. I have tried factory reset to no avail. Anyone got further with this or similar issues?

hi

i have been battling with exactly the same issue. did you ever put the SD card back?

Originally Posted by Frier-banditten

Hi.
Can anyone please help me....

A few days ago I got the message, that there was a new version of Android ready to download. I downloaded and installed with no problems. Actually the new software looks nice.

But - I found soon out that my HTC Sensation XE looses power in only 4-6 hours.
I have checked all my setup and syncronizations and they are all as before.
Before the update my phone could run 12-16 hours with a fully charged battery.
The phone is getting very hot so i think something is draining the battery.

I also found out that it is not possible to use my headset to listen to music. Tried with another headset - same problem. I can't use my headset for talking hands-free, but it works fine when I am using the FM-Radio....

When I am charging it goes very slowly, and it is almost impossible to charge the batteri from a USB-port.

Android version: 4.0.3
HTC Sense-version 3.6
SoftwareNo: 3.32.401.105
Kernel system: 3.0.16-gda3fdfc

Have any other the same problem...?

The HTC support in Denmark could not help, but asked me to test the battery by going in to Flight-mode and turn of screen. Then after 30 minutes i should test batty level...

Hi there,
thought I would post my results and hope that it might help others.
My issues started after I unlocked, S-off (ed) and loaded the excellent Viper custom rom for my Sensation XE. I had to use the junopbear wire trick, which although tricky was sucessful. The rom loaded beautifully and appeared to be working but I started having issues with the phone gettting VERY hot, having extreme battery drain 1-2% every couple of minutes (even whilst not being used) and very slow charging (even on AC).
I explored all sorts of options, I took the phone back to factory settings to rule out apps/services that may have been accessing data in the background. I tried different batteries and different chargers all didn't change things. I installed power monitoring apps to determine what was using the battery so quickly but all failed to provide an insight into a very frustrating situation.

During the course of my investigations I read that having the wrong radio (firmware) and associated drivers may be an issue. I decided to try reflashing the radio and drivers and as of today it appears my charging/battery drain issue has been resolved.
I used the latest radio from
[Firmware][July 23]User-Friendly Firmware 1.17/3.12/3.24/3.30/3.32/3.33 Universal - xda-developers

I downloaded the appropriate firmware package, installed it to the root of my sd card and rebooted into the bootloader, which saw the PG58IMG.zip file and asked me if I wanted to update it.
Following this simple process has left me with a fully functioning phone, that is able to be charged quickly and no longer discharges like crazy or gets hot.

I hope that helps someone. I feel a semblance of sanity returning now!!

QuirkyKiwi

I also have the same problem I bought this phone yesterday. it has android 4.0.3 and sense 3.6. its battery drains in 3hrs of normal use. also the phone hibernates when battery reaches 30 per and I am unable to use rest of the battery. I have turned fast boot of and automatic power saver to never, the display brightness is also kept minimum 10 per still the same problem. how to resolve this problem?

I think rooting android phone device is the best way, the key is which rooting software you use to do , you can serach on the Google a professional rooting tool to solve the same problens,

Me too, i konw don't know what to do ? i want to restore telephone battery life