I'm getting bored with AOSP roms, and I want to switch to Sense, but I need good battery life. Which kernel should I use? I've tried Incredikernel previously on sense and it doesnt give good battery life, so what should I get/what should I do to get good battery life. I can't have my phone die when I'm at work.
If battery life is your main concern then stick with aosp. But, for sense kernels, Lou's #8 worked well for me. Haven't tried ziggy's personally but some people seem to have good luck with them.
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Add my vote for Lous#8, I tried a few and have settled on this one, been using it for a couple weeks now and its been stable and I love the built in power profiles. No need to mess with setCPU any longer.
Lou's #8 +1 Also Chad's 12/23 kernel worked great, and its good if you want to overclock. But I got best performance and battery with Lou's
FWIW, Lou's didn't work well for me - probably something about my setup. Chad's has been the one I always go back to.
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So just rooted my Dinc and trying out some roms. The most important thing for me is battery life and then stability. I wanted to know some if your ROM/kernel combos that have given the longest battery life. Thanks.
Each phone n processor are different in stability so basically youre better off finding out for yourself...personally been using redemptive rom with ziggys kernel and love it.
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I've had my best life with Virtuous (been with it since early 2.0) and I've used King's BFS kernels. Now I'm running Ziggy's BFS and lasting even longer.
And to what the guy above me said, each phone is different in the sense that only some can overclock to 1.19 while others can't (I for example can't). Other than that, each phone is pretty much the same.
It seems like the stock Cyanogen ROM and kernel has better battery life than Virtuous with King's BFS #5. I just don't see how King's BFS #5 is that good.
I'm going to try the stock Virtuous kernel later in a somewhat controlled environment to see if there's a major battery difference.
Here is the situation, I appreciate any feedback. I'm running Remptive Revolution with the Distinction 1.49 theme on it, I flashed over to one of ziggy's kernels not too long ago and it seems like it rips my battery up. I usually have it around 1.15 on demand in SetCPU with profiles set to 384max when screen off, and 768 max when below 50% and 691 below 30%. It seems like the original ROM kernel was wicked fast but I didn't get a good chance to test out the battery life. I've tried a few different kernels and I'm considering going back to one of the Hydra kernels, I feel like they haven't done me wrong. I'm just looking for a good solid kernel that will give me solid battery and good performance, I know I won't get the best of both worlds, but I'd prefer good battery life. Also, pro/cons/purpose of wiping battery stats? I can't seem to find any info about it.
I really like chads kernels. His newest one an oc to 1.113 and is faster then any other kernel ive ever used with really good battery life. (ive only tested the battery life at stock speeds.) And the purpose of wiping battery stats is to let your phone recalibrate the battery so basically you can get the best battery life. ( i believe at least)
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I really like chads kernels. His newest one an oc to 1.113 and is faster then any other kernel ive ever used with really good battery life. (ive only tested the battery life at stock speeds.) And the purpose of wiping battery stats is to let your phone recalibrate the battery so basically you can get the best battery life. ( i believe at least)
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I well 2nd this, chads kernel is the shiz. best graphics, great battery life...wicked fast like a new phone I've said before, hands down best kernel for redemptive
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Installing now. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll have an update later on and we'll see where we stand.
The reason I'm hesitant to use KingKlicks is because of a constant bootloop I ran into. And Ziggy was just cool, got some really good quadrant scores on it, but it just ran through battery like nothing. Anyway, thanks again! I'm excited!
I've been using Heyitslou new kernel and battery life is the best since I've owned this phone. I'm also using his Redemptive Revolution ROM.
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If you use aosp roms then I would go with invisiblek #17. It's the best that I've found thus far.
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If you use aosp roms then I would go with invisiblek #17. It's the best that I've found thus far.
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Best kernel i have used by far for cm6
I wiped battery stats a few days ago in recovery, and literally every app on my phone started force closing. I had to restore from a backup, and when I did, every app acted like it was the first time I ever loaded it. Had to set up EVERYTHING again. Do as you will, but the ONLY thing I did to cause that garbage was wipe my battery stats. I'd love better battery life too, but I think the software should be capable of relearning your power cycle of a battery if you replace the battery. Can't stay one way forever.. or at least it shouldn't.
does anyone know where I can download KXK #3 or one of his other kernels? I have tried to find them on this site and the ROM manager. Even google's top results are just sending me to theads about the kernels but none have links to the kernel itself. I am going to try using it to get my battery life extended since I really don't mess with my DINC much besides angry birds (addict for life).
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There is a kernel thread floating around here somewhere it has them. I'm on my phone so I can't link but its called the official kernel thread I believe
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I just got my droid incredible and I rooted it as soon as I got it. I've tried almost every rom in the "official rom" thread. I can't seem to figure out which one is the best for battery life. Right now I'm on myns 5.2. Any insight would help.
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I was using miui au 1.1.7 and had great battery life. Miui isn't for everyone though. I just installed the latest cm7 gb build so well see
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It really depends on the kernel that is flashed with the ROM as well, in general ROM's that are AOSP tend to have better battery life because all the Sense stuff that syncs constantly can drain your battery, but alot of devs have found ways around this by getting rid of the extra Sense junk.
But IMO switching kernels gives the biggest difference
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it trully is in the kernal and somewhat dependant on the rom.. like dude said.. warm is a badass rom.. i think i'm still using warm rls4, forget which kernal.. but find a decent one and use a cpu tool to setup profiles to control your kernals speed and usage.. with the right settings you can squeez some juice out...
lou's senseless rom with his #4 kernel is awesome
Skyraider 3.5 for sense or I'm having great battery life with cm7 w/ stock launcher (doubt it makes a difference on battery life but might)
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Like others have said, it's mostly about what kernel you are using. Some kernels reduce the amount of voltage the CPU uses to save battery as well as underclocking it when its not in use to save even more battery. I've used Skyraider 3.5 with Incredikernel and it has given me the best battery life, and I've used quite a few different kernels.
If you choose an AOSP ROM (like cyanogenmod) try invisiblek's kernel.
Best battery life to date is my current setup, Senseless Redemptive Revolution with Lou's #6. I can get 24-26 hours with normal usage not watching what I do. Recently, I reinstalled Juice Defender, and as I have always been a skeptic of it, if it is set up correctly, I am seeing a very noticeable increase in battery with no real side effects. FYI.
For Me, it was Cyanogen 6.1 stable and invisbilek's #28 for the kernel, but play around with it and see what works best for you, now that you are rooted, you can add any rom and kernel that you want and find out what works best for you, rembember, everyone's phone and usage are different, what works for me may not be best for you.
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Reason: The reason we close what's referred to as "Best ROM Threads" is because the vast majority of the type end up a nasty flame fest. The reasons should be obvious. It's really a matter of opinion, and then you get the fanboys of certain devs chiming in, and well, you get it. You did nothing wrong (besides posting in the wrong sub-forum). My advice is try a few and make that choice yourself. It's easy to find the most popular ATM, because they stay on page 1 of the dev sub. That doesn't necessarily make it the best, however. Give some a shot and see what's best for you. Good luck.
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I just flashed CM7 RC4, and the battery life is aweful, and it seems that most kernes I try its hard to tell how good the battery life is, what have people had good experiences with on with Gingerbread kernels for Inc?
In general, I've had pretty good luck with chad's incredikernel (I'm on 3.18.2011). Invisiblek #34 wasn't bad, either.
tiamat ive been getting a day or 2, and it has fast charging. it did have a wakeing issue with the older versions but thats taken care of now
I'm using invisiblek and getting through the day no problem on the stock battery.
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Another vote for chad's incredikernel here. It's served me well in MIUI.
I actually found that the stock kernel on CM7 works the best for me, we very light use I can easily blow through 2 days and then some. Otherwise most of the time I'm moderately using my phone during classes playing Angry Birds/other games, apps, wifi, and I'm still able to at least get 10 hours out of it.
What's the best rom for battery life i like cm7 but wireless tether and GPS doesn't work on cm7. I am currently running synergy kingdom rom its good but the battery life sucks.
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There is a gps fix for cm7 also y use a different app for hotspot all aosp roms come with a built in hotspot?
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+1 both GPS and Hotspot work fine for me on CM7
Honestly, the best battery life I've ever had was with Kings Bliss Sense 3.5, which is a bit unfortunate considering it's fairly buggy and unreliable.
I switched back to Synergy because it's reliable and it's a Sense ROM, but my battery life won't last even a day now.
(I've tried a million different kernels with Synergy already, none of them improved it significantly)
The best I ever had was with Koni III and NetArchy SBC HAVs More kernel.
Unbelievably, I could go days without recharging.
Stormy Day 1.0
Stormy Day is an amazing 3.0 rom that gives me an amazing battery life. also if you have your wifi on and running if found it to double the life
i agree with nerdyboy, the stormy day rom or any of the varities are good battery saver roms, they have tweaked it allot, i used to go 4-6 hrs on a reg sense 3.0 rom. now i go 8-10 hrs. and thats with usage. they know their stuff.
CM7 works great for me. The GPS works first.e as well as the wireless tether. Keep CM7 and then start flashing different kernels and find out which one works best for the battery. I'm using the Poonkang kernel right now and its mediocre. Some of the toast kernels are pretty good as well as tiamat. I had one before that was amazing but for the life of me I can't remember which one it was.
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