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ok well im running the stock rom and JT_Rom beta 2.0 and im testing out other
ROMs such as calkulins evio 2 and others.
but is kingxkernel bfs 4? the best?
i need something really good. overclock?
i want to have the best battery life.
how can i do this?
yes
i would likke to know the sam ething
I am running CM6 and would like to use the best battery saving kernel!!
I am having great results with King's #11 CFS
Really good battery life? I'm just starting to use kings CFS #9.
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King's #11 CFS has been running fantastic for me. I am using the Azarel v2.3 ROM with it. Strangely enough, the first time I loaded Kings with Azarel, the phone was super laggy. I gave it a reboot or two and now it rocks. I have never had good battery life, even with stock 3.29 or other ROMs and kernels. I could make it throughout the day with moderate use and have about 15% left. I have been unplugged today for six hours and have 80% left with slightly less than moderate use... Slow day.
I'm also on radio 2.15.00.09.01 and PRI 1.34 on a HW rev. 003 EVO. The 1.77 PRI dropped my signal strength here in Ocala, FL.
Of course, make sure you wipe your cache/dalvik before you flash the new kernel.
Hope this helps!
Yeah,i did so. How long til the battery life shows progress. This is the first kernel I'm testing. Kings cfs#9. How can I calibrate the battery ? I wiped the battery stats to make it better to .
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Perf Test
Since battery life seems to be the biggest gripe, It would be nice to have some type of non-biased performance test / graphs for some of the ROMS and kernels.
The Common misconceptions and other useful information... post at the top of this sub-forum has great information, including manners to calibrate your battery.
The problem with testing ROMs and kernels is that everyone's phone is slightly different. Some can't over/underclock to the same degree as others' phones. Sometimes a particular kernel will cause your EVO to force close applications or have other strange problems such as rebooting.
If you search the forums, you will see that there was one person in particular that did a graph of performance testing with various ROMs and kernels.
My advice would be, if you are confident enough, to go ahead and test each of the "leading" ROMs and kernels and see which one works best for you. You can also refer to the Wiki which has ROM/kernel information available.
I wanna know how if it works best for you. I wouldn't know what to test.
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Caspers25 said:
I wanna know how if it works best for you. I wouldn't know what to test.
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Flash ROM.Flash kernel. Use a few days. Note battery life. Repeat.
Those are definitely the best steps. Personally the new 3.3 ROMs kernel is supposed to be awesome for battery. I like the Azarel and myn ROMs and have had good luck with Kings #11 and netarchy's kernels. Your mileage WILL vary which is why you should do your own testing.
bender1077 said:
Flash ROM.Flash kernel. Use a few days. Note battery life. Repeat.
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Which netarchy kernel do you use? Link please.
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When do you start to see change I'm barry life from the kernel? How long til it kicks in?
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ryedunn said:
Since battery life seems to be the biggest gripe, It would be nice to have some type of non-biased performance test / graphs for some of the ROMS and kernels.
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http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790559
battery life is priority for me. kings #6 bfs and baked snack 6 are my favorite kernels.
quocamole said:
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790559
battery life is priority for me. kings #6 bfs and baked snack 6 are my favorite kernels.
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Wow thank you! What's baked snack 6 url?
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So I read all these post about custom roms and how each person has to choose a Rom they seem fit but quite frankly I like the stock evo Rom and I'm using launcher pro so it doesn't really matter to me.. but I was wondering is there a kernel or theme combination I can use to like completely extend my battery life??
I text a lot and my battery will drain down and I read a post on her a long time ago about better battery kernels and some tips and tricks about things that can be removed from your phone to make it better, faster, and last longer..
Any ideas and suggestions will greatly be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!!
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xtrubambinoxpr said:
So I read all these post about custom roms and how each person has to choose a Rom they seem fit but quite frankly I like the stock evo Rom and I'm using launcher pro so it doesn't really matter to me.. but I was wondering is there a kernel or theme combination I can use to like completely extend my battery life??
I text a lot and my battery will drain down and I read a post on her a long time ago about better battery kernels and some tips and tricks about things that can be removed from your phone to make it better, faster, and last longer..
Any ideas and suggestions will greatly be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!!
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man your probably gonna get blasted for not searching~... but I'll throw a newb a bone~...
here's my setup..
HW 003
Kernel - [email protected] #16
rom Burnt droid 1.4
all raidos, wimax, pri, nvm.. all been updated to the latest ..
over clock 1152...... running smartass govener....
i get 13 hours of use.. thats from 100%full to wont turn on~...
works for me!... good luck in your quest.... took me about 8 different rom/kernel variations to achieve this....
this is a good question. my setup is a hit or a miss. if i have 7+ hrs to charge my battery my life is gooood if not and it chargers for 5 or maybe thru a usb my battery life sucks. Im on mikfroyo 4.2 using battery charge kernal and battery tweak mod.
i searched but i find too many post about people and what they have and battery kernels and what not.. im new to the whole how all roms and kernels work.. so id rather people who actually know what works help me instead of me guessing what works for people who posted..
crstfr said:
man your probably gonna get blasted for not searching~... but I'll throw a newb a bone~...
here's my setup..
HW 003
Kernel - [email protected] #16
rom Burnt droid 1.4
all raidos, wimax, pri, nvm.. all been updated to the latest ..
over clock 1152...... running smartass govener....
i get 13 hours of use.. thats from 100%full to wont turn on~...
works for me!... good luck in your quest.... took me about 8 different rom/kernel variations to achieve this....
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what does all this mean?? thats my question, im trying to learn..
and another thing what does all that battery twaek mod and kernels do exactly thats what im trying to learn..
thats another reason why i post questions..
Does 2.2 provide better battery life than a 2.1 rom + UV kernel?
Better question...for the guys who've had the 2.1 roms + undervolted kernels and are now on 2.2...which was better? I really want to know about just battery life but the more you provide the better.
Sorry if this has been posted up, I didnt really search so I expect and welcome the flaming. I will be searching after I post this though and if I can gather enough info that helps me out, I'll beg for this thread to be deleted.
Honstley, stock 2.2 gave me slightly less battery life than epic experience 2.1 with pheonix kernel and more than stock 2.1 but I'm currently running midnight and have run every bonsai rom as well and the battery life on these are amazing, I get about 14 hours on a charge and that is litening to music for 8 hours straight while I'm at work. I can't tell you aout the other dk28 roms since I've only ran bonsai and midnight but they give me great battery life and I don't think I could stand to go back to 2.1 now
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Honstley, stock 2.2 gave me slightly less battery life than epic experience 2.1 with pheonix kernel and more than stock 2.1 but I'm currently running midnight and have run every bonsai rom as well and the battery life on these are amazing, I get about 14 hours on a charge and that is litening to music for 8 hours straight while I'm at work. I can't tell you aout the other dk28 roms since I've only ran bonsai and midnight but they give me great battery life and I don't think I could stand to go back to 2.1 now
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Thank you thank you I knew as soon as I went back to 2.1 someone would respond >.< but its all good. 8 hours straight of music is what I like to read because thats very close to what I pull in. 2.2 has some great UI changes over 2.1 and on Bonsai I got about 14 hours on a charge as well under perfect conditions and but daily it was an avg at around 12 so I appreciate this post a lot. I've never ran 2.1 for long, as soon as I got this phone I just put on 2.2 so I never got to see what it had to offer so I guess I'll give it a go. I really just want the added battery life.
Going from noobnls 2.1 rom with different kernals, stock with noobnls kernal, now to bonsai, I say its pretty close to the same on some days 2.2 last forever that's if I'm not hands all over it playing with all the awesome 2.2 feutures which has been since last weekend once I get bored of the upgrade I say 2.2 bonsai is better
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i get better battery life on dk28 than di18.
coolness. i've been back on 2.1 roms, and I haven't wanted to change back to dk28 because of battery life myself. but a lot of people are liking Bonsai, so that might be the next thing i try before official 2.2 drops.
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Going from noobnls 2.1 rom with different kernals, stock with noobnls kernal, now to bonsai, I say its pretty close to the same on some days 2.2 last forever that's if I'm not hands all over it playing with all the awesome 2.2 feutures which has been since last weekend once I get bored of the upgrade I say 2.2 bonsai is better
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yeah, Bonsai was really really damn good. That thing was on roids or something. I tried another 2.2 rom for today and it was just terrible...one thing I dont like is how they are all themed up >.< But I got that stock theme from that huge theme thread so its all good, but still....
The reason I like bonsai is its clean of no extra themes it apps its like the mighty rom of the epic and everything works amazing no bugs!!! I am very satisfied with it til next week when supposedly froyo official is coming
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ms79723 said:
I really want to know about just battery life
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Battery life is all relative to what your are doing with your phone.
So many people like to tell everyone how they got XX hours on XXX Rom with "moderate use" or "heavy usage", etc..
It's all relative, moderate to some would be heavy to others, etc.
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I'm currently running midnight and have run every bonsai rom as well and the battery life on these are amazing
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midNIGHT is based on Bonsai (IIRC), so I would expect them to be similar.
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til next week when supposedly froyo official is coming
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I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you.
The only thing I would add is that, for me, Bonsai does a wonderful job at minimizing battery use while the phone is idle (ie sleeping). If the screen is off it seems like it will last forever!
Best thing you could do is load up a Rom and try it out for a few days.
No one's phone usage is the same as yours so just try for yourself.
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so I expect and welcome the flaming.
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Idiot! Tard! Noob! Troll! Dork!
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ms79723 said:
Does 2.2 provide better battery life than a 2.1 rom + UV kernel?
Better question...for the guys who've had the 2.1 roms + undervolted kernels and are now on 2.2...which was better? I really want to know about just battery life but the more you provide the better.
Sorry if this has been posted up, I didnt really search so I expect and welcome the flaming. I will be searching after I post this though and if I can gather enough info that helps me out, I'll beg for this thread to be deleted.
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So far for me the best I have found ( 300+ texts 2+ hours phone calls lots of internet both on and off wifi/4g with screen on time (auto bright) averaging 7hrs a day) is CWM 3 DK28 EXT 4 viperrom 4.0.3 average 16 hours before low battery alert and Im pretty sure I have tried them all with the exception of cyanogenmod and for that I will wait till the team says its stable.
EDIT: for some reason I NEVER have a time without signal below or above 50% even if I check it 2 mins after unplug but that dosent seem to drain battery like it did on DI18 (average tw/os there was 30-40% same usage but only 8-9 hrs until phone off from dead battery)
I just flashed the updated Miui ROM onto my friends Incredible (I am improving it for him) and was wondering which kernel would work best with it. I have heard that Tiamat is one to consider, but I don't know if it works the best with Miui.
Thanks in advance!!!!!
Tiamat is great, but I've been really happy with the included kernel. YMMV
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Tiamat is great, but I've been really happy with the included kernel. YMMV
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Oh that's right, there is a kernel included with Miui. lol Forgot about that. Does it install automatically when you install Miui, or is there something separate you have to do? I am a Miui noob and just want to make sure I do everything right. And has it improved battery life? That's why I am asking about the kernels.
Guess I'll keep Tiamat on the back burner for now.
Thanks for the response.
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Oh that's right, there is a kernel included with Miui. lol Forgot about that. Does it install automatically when you install Miui, or is there something separate you have to do? I am a Miui noob and just want to make sure I do everything right. And has it improved battery life? That's why I am asking about the kernels.
Guess I'll keep Tiamat on the back burner for now.
Thanks for the response.
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No problem! Yeah, it installs along with MIUI. Give it a few days, I think your friend will like it. I'm running it underclocked to 800MHz on the stock kernel and it's smooth as butter
I flashed chads incredikernal. One thing I don't like about the stock kernel is the charge speed. I am currently at 11 hours 19 minutes with 36% remaining on stock Inc battery. I don't mess with any settings, I let it do it's thing.
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No problem! Yeah, it installs along with MIUI. Give it a few days, I think your friend will like it. I'm running it underclocked to 800MHz on the stock kernel and it's smooth as butter
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Oh that's cool.
Yeah, I have been playing with it for a few hours and I like it (and I hate everything crapple). I may have to try it on my own phone soon. I am sure he'll love it.
lol Thanks again.
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I flashed chads incredikernal. One thing I don't like about the stock kernel is the charge speed. I am currently at 11 hours 19 minutes with 36% remaining on stock Inc battery. I don't mess with any settings, I let it do it's thing.
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Well, if you charge overnight, then that really isn't that big an issue. But I will definitely put that on my list of kernels to try if my friend isn't satisfied with the Miui one.
Thanks!
I've tried Chad's incredikernel and it was awful. Been using Tiamat for the past couple days. I'm gonna be going back to the included stock kernel that came with MIUI tomorrow. I've gotten the best battery life out of that one. I think it'd be worth it to try out each kernel on your own phone for a couple days. Some kernels may work better on certain phones than others.
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I've tried Chad's incredikernel and it was awful. Been using Tiamat for the past couple days. I'm gonna be going back to the included stock kernel that came with MIUI tomorrow. I've gotten the best battery life out of that one. I think it'd be worth it to try out each kernel on your own phone for a couple days. Some kernels may work better on certain phones than others.
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Interesting. I will definitely try them at one point to see for myself, but it seems that the stock Miui kernel is the way to go. I've been playing with it for 2 days now, and I have seen a noticeable increase in the battery life. I am very pleased.
Thanks for the response.
I always flash Chad's Incredikernal after the MIUI update, but this time I'm test driving the (MIUI) stock kernal to see how battery life really compares after a couple of days. You really can't go wrong either way. But, as posted above, YMMV. Good luck!
Incredikernel #1 with IncrediControl app http://www.incredikernel.com/
I try Tiamat every release but always go back to Incredikernel, Incredikernel is so much smoother. Also better benchmark with all apps and no task kill. Pics for proof!!!!
SetCPU min128/998max @ smartass scaling
Also if you are playing with kernels and want to go back to MIUI stock it is the Official CM7.0 version1. Can be downloaded from kernel manager lite(free) in market. Invisiblek version4 is nice to, its based off CM7.1 version2 with smartass added.
Remember when trying new kernels for best results.. Charge until green, then boot into recovery, then advanced and wipe battery stats, then power off and let charge until green and good to go. This gets the results without waiting 3 or 4 days of charging. Also you wont see the unplug and go from 100% to 83% in 15 minutes.
every phone is different. I have been trying to use incredikernel for months and my phone runs like complete garbage with it. I use tiamat and it blows incredikernel out of the water on my dinc. I have no explanation for this and am hoping one day my phone will accept incredikernel. :-(
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every phone is different. I have been trying to use incredikernel for months and my phone runs like complete garbage with it. I use tiamat and it blows incredikernel out of the water on my dinc. I have no explanation for this and am hoping one day my phone will accept incredikernel. :-(
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Hmm thats weird, reverse your statement and that's me. I tried to contact Tiamat support and they have no support, I emailed them 4 months ago and nothing. Chad only supports the incredible device so I have gotten response back from him in hours.
I have 4 Incredible's all running incredikernel fine. 2 are on MIUI and other 2 are on CM7.1. Three of them are on version 07062011 and I'm running his beta 2
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Hmm thats weird, I have 4 Incredible's all running incredikernel fine. 2 are on MIUI and other 2 are on CM7.1. Three of them are on version 07062011 and I'm running his beta 2
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4 incredibles???? Wow. My phone reboots and freezes with tiamat. Chads kernel the best for me.
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Check that, Tried chads latest with miui and nothing but buttery smooth response! Maybe it was rom kernel combos that was borking my phone up. who knows.
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4 incredibles???? Wow. My phone reboots and freezes with tiamat. Chads kernel the best for me.
Device is Incredible
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Ya family plan. they were buy one get one free.
MIUI.US 2.15.00.05.02 Radio&Incredikernel.
Wow, where did all these responses come from?
Thanks everyone fro the help!
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I always flash Chad's Incredikernal after the MIUI update, but this time I'm test driving the (MIUI) stock kernal to see how battery life really compares after a couple of days. You really can't go wrong either way. But, as posted above, YMMV. Good luck!
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The Miui kernel is working well. I have seen a noticeable increase in battery life, and I've only been using the regular battery, not the extended. I like.
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Incredikernel #1 with IncrediControl app
www dot incredikernel dot com
I try Tiamat every release but always go back to Incredikernel, Incredikernel is so much smoother. Also better benchmark with all apps and no task kill. Pics for proof!!!!
SetCPU min128/998max @ smartass scaling
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I definitely want to try Tiamat at one point (as well as Incredikernel) but for now the Miui stock kernel is earning it's keep.
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Also if you are playing with kernels and want to go back to MIUI stock it is the Official CM7.0 version1. Can be downloaded from kernel manager lite(free) in market. Invisiblek version4 is nice to, its based off CM7.1 version2 with smartass added.
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I knew that, but thanks none the less. I have it ready to flash when the time comes.
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Remember when trying new kernels for best results.. Charge until green, then boot into recovery, then advanced and wipe battery stats, then power off and let charge until green and good to go. This gets the results without waiting 3 or 4 days of charging. Also you wont see the unplug and go from 100% to 83% in 15 minutes.
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Thanks for the advice. That's going into my self-written Rooter's Bible.
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Remember when trying new kernels for best results.. Charge until green, then boot into recovery, then advanced and wipe battery stats, then power off and let charge until green and good to go. This gets the results without waiting 3 or 4 days of charging. Also you wont see the unplug and go from 100% to 83% in 15 minutes.
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Actually, to recalibrate, this is what I'd recommend.
Charge the phone to 100%
Turn it off. The LED will turn red again, wait for it to turn back to green.
Boot into recovery and wipe battery stats.
Reboot, then unplug.
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Actually, to recalibrate, this is what I'd recommend.
Charge the phone to 100%
Turn it off. The LED will turn red again, wait for it to turn back to green.
Boot into recovery and wipe battery stats.
Reboot, then unplug.
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Thanks. I'll definitely keep that in mind.
I need to get more battery life out of my Inc. What ROM gave the best battery life? Froyo, GB or ICS. I will flash any one that gives me the most time to use it.
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Using froyo sense 1.0 roms... with Lou's #8 kernel, that was my most battery efficient rom-kernel combination.
I run vanilla(GB)/incredikernel now, and with a lot more of customization, I am close-but-not-quite as efficient as froyo sense/Lou's #8.
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Using froyo sense 1.0 roms... with Lou's #8 kernel, that was my most battery efficient rom-kernel combination.
I run vanilla(GB)/incredikernel now, and with a lot more of customization, I am close-but-not-quite as efficient as froyo sense/Lou's #8.
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None of Lou's links work anymore. I may try the Froyo Incredikernel. Did you ever use that?
Right now I'm on hour 20 of my battery and still at 70% on GB Inc-Deck with 11/03 incredikernel. Granted its been light use but i did have a 30 minute phone call with the gf in there.
Also Stock+ had the best sense rom battery life ive seen.
Just make sure you can use SmartassV2/InteractiveX/Intellidemand with your kernel. helped me out a lot
Edit: The froyo incredikernel with Skyraider was pretty slick too but i havent used that combo in months
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Right now I'm on hour 20 of my battery and still at 70% on GB Inc-Deck with 11/03 incredikernel. Granted its been light use but i did have a 30 minute phone call with the gf in there.
Also Stock+ had the best sense rom battery life ive seen.
Just make sure you can use SmartassV2/InteractiveX/Intellidemand with your kernel. helped me out a lot
Edit: The froyo incredikernel with Skyraider was pretty slick too but i havent used that combo in months
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I've been using my own ROM with Interactivex and I can get maybe 10 hours out of it. I'm a flashaholic anyways, so I'll probably end up trying everything
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I've been using my own ROM with Interactivex and I can get maybe 10 hours out of it. I'm a flashaholic anyways, so I'll probably end up trying everything
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The other day I went through 5 different roms including yours, that's not the 2 I went through on my transformer... I'm cooling down the flashaholism.
But you probably know by now that a good flash cycle is gonna kill about 10% of battery at a time. Try dropping your screen brightness down to 15% i did that and finally got it to be <50% of where my battery was going.
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The other day I went through 5 different roms including yours, that's not the 2 I went through on my transformer... I'm cooling down the flashaholism.
But you probably know by now that a good flash cycle is gonna kill about 10% of battery at a time. Try dropping your screen brightness down to 15% i did that and finally got it to be <50% of where my battery was going.
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Thanks. I've been running Skyraider 4.2/Incredikernel today. Battery life has been better. I'm trying Lou #8 now to see how that runs.