I'm an og droid user but just picked up a Dinc for my fiance. She loves the thing but hates the 10 hour (9 hours of that is idle?) battery life.
Last night, I went ahead and rooted it and removed most of the verizon crap-ware and then adjusted her sync settings to hopefully improve her battery life. I also did a battery stat reset.
She loves it as-is so flashing roms is out of the question. I don't have time/she doesn't have the patience for me to flash roms and fix problems that arise. With that being said I would like to explore the other back-end options.
Now, keeping in mind, this dinc is completely stock. Stock sense, stock kernel, stock radio, etc. I've been advised to replace the stock radio with one from Doug Piston. I was told to install the 04.08 version for the EVO. I just want to clarify that this will work for the Dinc running stock froyo sense? Also, if someone could tell me exactly what this does? Is the main benefit better battery life? Or something else? Also, if this is not the correct radio I should install, which is?
My second question is in regard to a better kernel. As stated above, I am stock and will remain on stock sense. What are some good proven kernels that will work on stock sense. Performance on the device is fine, so I'm not worried about that. I'm only looking for a kernel that will boost battery life. I looked around here but I couldn't determine which of these, if any would work on a stock Dinc or if they were just for custom roms?
Anyway, that's all. Thanks in advance for any help on this!
Here is a link to all the different kernels that are available for the Inc. It will say if it works with AOSP or Sense. Just take a look through them and see which one would work the best for what you want. Some will overclock, some will underclock, etc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=866736
Whoops didn't notice you had that link already. Some popular ones are incredikernel and heyitslou. I know with incredikernel I was getting good battery life but also was with different ROM not sense.
I have installed a radio on my Inc, been quite fine for the last few weeks as well. From my understanding, the radio may or may not improve gps lock and/or your phone's signal strength depending. This is hit or miss, not everyone notices a stark improvement in both or either category. As such, if you already have poor signal in your area it may not improve your signal therefore it has no effect on battery life.
Someone more knowledgeable in that area please correct me.
You can try whichever radio you desire, I recall many people using 4/08 or the 11/19. Personal preferences aside, your improved battery life depends on how much signal your phone reports that it is receiving.
I have used the heyitslou kernels and have loved the battery life I got with it. I have also upgraded my battery to the 3500mA battery. This did wonders
incredikernel w/ smartass + CM7 and never look back...i know you like the ROM but i think stock sense is what drains the battery the most.
I've had good luck with Lou's kernel running a sense rom.
may want to try Virtuous v3.2.0 its a good stock rom with some clean-up done.
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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 recently ventured into flashing my evo and it was quite easy to root, and return to stock. thank you guys for all of the information posted or else i wouldnt have been able to do it..
My questions are about roms.. Which Rom is the best to use for performance and battery conservation..
So far I love HTC sense, but i'd like more battery and less lag out of it.
Rom's I have tried are:
Cynagen 6
Fresh 3.5
and another i can't remember the name but it was based off of android 2.1
All of these roms ATE my battery.. within an hour-hour and a half I was down to nothing, and It sat in my pocket the whole time, after running quadrant.
I did however notice, my phone would never go to sleep on either rom, not sure if i messed up with rooting it or not.
Any suggestions on what rom to use? I don't want to wait two years for the new sense ui and am curious about gingerbread.
The rom im looking into as of now is CM7-EX.v9, Mixed replies for problems/no problems in that thread though.
As i have said I am new to this, new to linux, etc.. any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.. thank you and thanks or all of the great things on this forum.
Personally I'm using a customized version of MikFroyo 4.4. I'd have to say what he's done to speed up the system is amazing. A lot of tedious work. I turn it into a "senseless" version and remove an ishload of other apps and use ADW Launcher EX. All in all, it's the best ROM I've used. Battery life is pretty decent as well.
If you like sense then try myn's rls 5
As for roms, what do you need to have and what can you do without? AOSP roms still don't have full functionality but do have really sweet custom things added in that could make up for it.
As for speed, I have compared CM6.1 to the Sense rom I am using now and the Sense one is faster/smoother. It has Mikfroyo 4.4 as the base but is even faster than that one. Battery life is OK.
However, if you are not even getting 2hrs out of your battery then something is wrong. You need to investigate or change some settings because no matter what combo you are using should get at least half a day out of it.
1) Make sure you wipe everything before you flash (I'd recommend Calkulin's format all zip)
2) Let ROMs and their respective kernels "settle into your phone." This usually takes 2-3 days.
3) Pick ROMs that don't emphasize speed/power (CM) as much and more on user experience (Myn's)
4) Check my sig if none of these help (however they should )
You may also want to check and see if you are on the newest pri 1.90 if so you can try flashing back to pri1.77 this has helped some people with the 100% wake issue. Then I would suggest another kernel possibly. Good luck.
Oh and +1 for mikfroyo!
mikfroyo seems to be the way to go... someone told me that the battery life would be junk for a few days but i wasn't sure.. i was more worried about the awake time and the up time being the same, meaning something was keeping my battery on.
I like the sense, in fact i'd love to try the new sense for the htc desire on it to see how it is.. looks amazing.
bloatware and what not i can do without
i dont have 4g in my area
i'd like to have both cameras working(i use them alot with my daughter)
mostly its a weather/texting machine.. sound like i got the wrong phone lol.. but i love the advantages of it.
ruckus226 said:
I recently ventured into flashing my evo and it was quite easy to root, and return to stock. thank you guys for all of the information posted or else i wouldnt have been able to do it..
My questions are about roms.. Which Rom is the best to use for performance and battery conservation..
So far I love HTC sense, but i'd like more battery and less lag out of it.
Rom's I have tried are:
Cynagen 6
Fresh 3.5
and another i can't remember the name but it was based off of android 2.1
All of these roms ATE my battery.. within an hour-hour and a half I was down to nothing, and It sat in my pocket the whole time, after running quadrant.
I did however notice, my phone would never go to sleep on either rom, not sure if i messed up with rooting it or not.
Any suggestions on what rom to use? I don't want to wait two years for the new sense ui and am curious about gingerbread.
The rom im looking into as of now is CM7-EX.v9, Mixed replies for problems/no problems in that thread though.
As i have said I am new to this, new to linux, etc.. any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.. thank you and thanks or all of the great things on this forum.
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i really like KINGSrom Ultra v5.0 also get the 4.3.2 the nosbc,nohavs,nouv version
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=719763
I realize the advice is to try these out for myself to see which is better for ME, but I was just wondering if I could get some input on other's experiences for BEST BATTERY LIFE and performance/stability on sense roms. In fact mine is just the stock sense rom and I've just been switching our kernels to test them out, and so far, these 2 have been teh front runners for me and I can't seem to decide which to use.
I'm looking for a bit of advice. I'm an og droid owner but just picked up a Dinc for my fiance so I'm fairly new to anything related to the Dinc. I've been reading like crazy trying to figure out which kernel to go with. Her battery life is horrendous so I'm hoping a different kernel will help. I rooted her phone last night but she wants me to keep it stock.
My question is: which kernels work with a stock Dinc? Are the two you mention here, okay to flash onto a stock Dinc? Also, doesn't Lou #8 leave out multi-touch?
FWIW, Chad's Incredikernal has been the best one for me. A LOT of people like Lou's though, so it really is dependent upon YOUR phone. If you can't tell the difference, then it really doesn't matter.
Sbenson, try loading up SetCPU and underclock the phone a little. Also, you can set up profiles to reduce usage when screen is off, etc. Yes, both of those should work okay on a stock DI - actually most will work okay as long as the kernal is specifically for a Sense ROM.
Good luck!
Weheyyy! Hello to all you lovely helpers
I am very happily rooted, s-off partitioned etc etc and have lovely new Insertcoin ROM!!........but........have another question, I hope someone would be kind enough to answer please, which is:-
My phones battery seems to have become quite poor (was poorish anyway) but now a little worse and am thinking its because of all the lovely Insertoin bits on it. I am wondering, my battery version is 5.11.05.27, and thought if I updated it to the most recent version would there be an improvement??? Also, occasionally experiencing a few dropped calls.....
Any info at all very appreciated.
P.S. If I have incorrectly started a new thread, sorry but I did search and nothing else came up!!!
In my experience, no. Moving to a ROM like LeeDroid can make a massive difference. I personally love AcesMod for the full 'Sense HD' experience but the battery was bad and there were some FC's that I sufferred. Leedroid 3.3.3 doesn't give the full 'HD' experience but it's reliable and has exceptional battery life.
Disclaimer: These are only my opinions and others may differ.
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I have discarted your disclaimer and substituted it with my own: BravoS ROCKS, dudes!
Stable signal - means better battery life.
It can't hurt to change your radio to the most recent one to see if this will help out your battery life. I'm sure you already have but also look at your sync frequencies on things like email and weather as they can eat into your battery.
From what I've read, the sense based rom's will always eat a lot battery because there's so many processes going on in them all the time. For best battery life switch to an aosp rom.
If you want to flash the newest radio look here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=687464&highlight=radio
to get the newest one (5.17.05.23).
Then go here and get this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794638&highlight=radio
which is a flash utility to use on your pc/laptop. Seems a lot of people use it to flash stuff onto their Desire (useful for flashing a new splash screen as well). I used it to flash my radio and all went smoothly.
If you need any more help just ask
As one of the primary allures to rooting is better battery life, I'd really love some help from the experts out there.
Background: Way back when the original Sprint Lovers ROM was supported and updated, I used that in conjunction with one of Netarchy's 4.2 kernels and all was glorious. I easily got 2 days on a single charge. After that ROM stopped being supported, I went with Myn's Warm 2.2 and ever since then, I've had mediocre battery life (get about a day on single charge). After Warm, I went to Synergy and finally, I ended up on Swagged Out Stock. I've tried various kernels...ChopSuey, Freedom...all to no avail. I hardly doubt I would have that bad of luck trying so many combos of ROMs and kernels, so I'm pretty certain I'm missing something.
I'll try to cover as many bases as possible to help troubleshoot, so if I miss anything please lmk:
- light to light-moderate user
- no live wallpaper
- usually max signal, maybe 10% is between 3-4 bars
- "Mobile Data Always On" unchecked, auto sync only on gmail, weather and news are manual syncs
- not the awake lock problem (21h since last charge, display is at 34%)
- have reflashed ROMs multiple times
- tried ChopSuey's kernel, lithid's aggressive and less kernels
- correctly recalibrated batt stats multiple times and anytime I flash a ROM/kernel
- 245Mhz-998Mhz, interactiveX, cfq scheduler
- in SystemPanel, nothing is taking up a significant amount of CPU space
- battery had light swelling so Sprint gave me a new sealed one a few days ago
Currently, this is what my software looks like:
Baseband: 2.15.00.0808
Kernel: 2.6.35.10-Freedom-v0.9+
SOS RC2.2
4.53.651.1
PRI 2.15_003
PRL 60681
I think that covers everything. I'm willing to sacrifice my first-born to get get back 2 days on a charge Thanks!
Get rid of Sense = more battery life.
Maybe try UltimateJuice from the market too.
You mean going to AOSP?
I understand AOSP ROMs in general have better life than Sense, but as Sprint Lovers was Sense wouldn't that be a moot point?
I never got to 2 days with battery life but if you want to stay with sense try freedom aggressive with clock speed 245-768 interactivex but AOSP does give much better battery life
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Gps off
3g off when not used
Brightness as low as you can having while still being able to see
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Truth is, since GB came out, battery life is just not the same as Froyo. I, too, went 2+ days on the Froyo Sense ROMs I ran, with Netarchy SBC Kernels, but there is no SBC for Sense now, for one thing, and there newer versions of Android plus the Sense 3.x ports just use a lot more resources.
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Truth is, since GB came out, battery life is just not the same as Froyo. I, too, went 2+ days on the Froyo Sense ROMs I ran, with Netarchy SBC Kernels, but there is no SBC for Sense now, for one thing, and there newer versions of Android plus the Sense 3.x ports just use a lot more resources.
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Sense in general is more of a battery hog than aosp. I can go 2 days plus on CM7.
Mikg plus aggressive is by far my fav against myns on sense. I easily doubled the life of myns. Slightly less than 2 days.
hacked ass EVO. Mikg 2.58/aggresive freedom .9 universal
Hm, perhaps I spoke too soon. Maybe the new battery is helping or something because this is the best batt life I've seen since I flashed Warm 2.2 (did this around August or September of last year). Keep in mind that the batt I swapped out was somewhat swollen.
20h 7m since last charge and still @ 72%. If I'm not mistaken SOS comes with Freedom Less so I'm gonna try Aggressive and see how that pans out. I did not know that GB was that much more a resource hog than FroYo, so that was interesting to learn.
Keeping my fingers crossed -- thanks for the replies.
hmm glad to know its better...I had a question, i dont know if this is considered hijacking a thread or anything i'm sorry if it is, i couldnt seem to open my own thread lol...but its the same topic..
I rooted my friends evo and flashed it with koni elite 3 rom and netarchy toastmod 4.3.4 cms......the battery life was terrible even worse then when it wasnt rooted... so i thought maybe i didnt flash the kernel, so i went into recovery wiped davlic cache and cache and flashed the kernel...then i fixed permissions...but still terrible battery life..do you think itll get A LOT better after calibrating the battery? or that there is something else wrong with it?
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hmm glad to know its better...I had a question, i dont know if this is considered hijacking a thread or anything i'm sorry if it is, i couldnt seem to open my own thread lol...but its the same topic..
I rooted my friends evo and flashed it with koni elite 3 rom and netarchy toastmod 4.3.4 cms......the battery life was terrible even worse then when it wasnt rooted... so i thought maybe i didnt flash the kernel, so i went into recovery wiped davlic cache and cache and flashed the kernel...then i fixed permissions...but still terrible battery life..do you think itll get A LOT better after calibrating the battery? or that there is something else wrong with it?
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Everbody and their mother says to delete battery stats. Lifehacker just linked an article a few days back that said that battery stats.bin delete is actually counterproductive.sense I stopped deleting it my battery is getting better and better..
Example; I have been tapatalking for about an hour now and it has been at the same bat level the whole time. Apparently it takes any a week or two to settle in the OS after the last erase.they also said the most likely reason to delete are new phone(as a baseline) or new battery. Lots of opinions but this tip is helping me...
hacked ass EVO. Mikg 2.58/aggresive freedom .9 universal
thanks ill give it a few days to settle in and ill let everyone know how it goes