When I am running any sense rom 2.2 or 2.3 running sense 2 -3 my battery life is fine and last me through out the day but any single AOSP rom i flash CM7 7.1 Stable or any other veriation with stock or custom kernal my battery life sucks. I have a 3700 battery and ran CM7 with Tiamat 4.0.6 and i unplugged from a 100% charge and under a minute I watched it drop 3% I tried setting the govnor to save battery even though I wanted speed, I wanted to see if that would help and still no change. It seems I cant run any non-sense roms. What am I doing wrong? this has been driving me nuts for a few months now and i cant figure it out. please help!
i was just using decks 1.2 with tiamat 4.0.6 and battery life was awwwful. i would maybe try going back to like tiamat 3.3.7 or something where i was able to push 25+ hours on decks.
Try tiamat 3.3.7 SBC and vipermod scripts...I have a 2600mah battery and I get at least a day& a half..also try seidio batteries
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The new decks 1.3b is better then 1.2 for me
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The problem is not with the kernel Im using though. I don't think. On sense Im using the HDMwIn Kernel and it works great. But I can use the stock CM7 Kernel and still have crappy battery life. I have my stock battery still and that works fine too so I know its not my battery that is the issue.
The steps I have taken when running CM7:
RA Recovery
Wipe All
Wipe Cache
Wipe Dalvik-Cache
Wipe Data
Wipe Boot
Wipe System
Wipe Android Secure
Wipe SDEXT
Wipe Battery Stats
Wipe Rotate
Wipe All (again)
Power Off and then Pull Battery
RA Recovery
Wipe All
Wipe Cache
Wipe Dalvik-Cache
Wipe All
Flash CM7.1
Reboot and fully load into OS
RA Recovery
Flash GAPPS
Reboot and fully load OS
Setup my system and played around for a bit. Made a call, and a few text and then started to customize the look. Saw that the battery was draining slightly fast.
RA Recovery
Wipe Cache
Wipe Dalvik-Cache
Flash Tiamat 4.0.6
Reboot and load OS
CM Settings to set governor to Conservative
Installed SetCPU and set it for battery life
Went to sleep, woke up with 100% charge and within 1 minute it had dropped 3%.
I thought after it had drained a little maybe it would even out but after a half day at work I was down to 15% battery when I normally get to 40% after heavy use on my Sense rom.
ben.nesheim said:
i was just using decks 1.2 with tiamat 4.0.6 and battery life was awwwful. i would maybe try going back to like tiamat 3.3.7 or something where i was able to push 25+ hours on decks.
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Just tried whatyou said and after a 100% charge I timed it at 13 minutes I dropped 11%! I wasnteven doing any thing. 8% of that the screen was off. Can anyone help?
Update the rom!
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try a different kernel then tiamet or just stick with Sense Roms I use Decks and have great battery life but with Sense Roms all drain my battery in about 3 hours
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Update the rom!
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I was running decks 1.3b with the older tiamat kernel suggested.
I went and did a nandroid and installed the synergy + godmode rom and it works great with battery life. I just want to figure out why any combo of AOSP rom I run just kills the battery.
I noticed that as well. I was Rom shopping a week ago and ran 4 different roms. 2 aosp, miui and cm7 then 2 sense, kingdom roms. On aosp, my battery would be dead after i got out of work after Pandora for 5 hours. I was running the newest tiamat. Sense leaves me with about 27% depending if I skip a lot of songs which is enough to get me home. I just flashed a new sense kernel, so definitely awaiting to see how battery life acts when I decide to Pandora up at work. Not sure why sense lasts longer than aosp, just adding my personal experience.
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I noticed that as well. I was Rom shopping a week ago and ran 4 different roms. 2 aosp, miui and cm7 then 2 sense, kingdom roms. On aosp, my battery would be dead after i got out of work after Pandora for 5 hours. I was running the newest tiamat. Sense leaves me with about 27% depending if I skip a lot of songs which is enough to get me home. I just flashed a new sense kernel, so definitely awaiting to see how battery life acts when I decide to Pandora up at work. Not sure why sense lasts longer than aosp, just adding my personal experience.
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Thats almost just like whats going on with mine. I run Pandora all day at work with a few breaks for calls and what not. but with sense it last alot longer. i just flashed the synergy rls2 + godmode and the battery life and speed are pretty awesome. i could get anything close to that with a aosp rom. I would like to though. i have a really nice minimalistic looking theme that i did, but just cant justify running it for 5 hours and then having to charge my phone again.
1. Let it set in.
2. Use savaged Zen with setcpu at 806 and conservative
3. Use super charger script to cut out any lag
4. Use viper mod to get more battery life
5. use chainfire 3d to improve battery life and performance
6. Love me forever
Deck's + SZ + SuperCharger script + ViperMod script.
Crossrocker said:
1. Let it set in.
2. Use savaged Zen with setcpu at 806 and conservative
3. Use super charger script to cut out any lag
4. Use viper mod to get more battery life
5. use chainfire 3d to improve battery life and performance
6. Love me forever
Deck's + SZ + SuperCharger script + ViperMod script.
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See everyone is always talking about what they use but never how its actually setup. Tanks. Ill try this out.
I have decks 1.2.1 with sz cfs SBC kernel and I'm getting about 20 hours with moderate to heavy usage!!
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I have an Evo w deck 1.2.1. I have tried tiamat and sz kernels. The latest tiamat 4.0.6 seemed to be ok but I would eventually get a random reboot from all governors except conservative. The sz kernel does great for the first few hours then starts giving me screen lag and the keyboard lags. I'm not overclocking before these issues arise. I am currently testing at 1113. The sz kernel on interactive runs awesome...until it decides to random reboot. All installs were done w complete wipes and cleanly done. I am using setcpu and have noticed the keyboard lag happen with or with out it. Anyone have any suggestions? I am enjoying the aosp Battery life and actually enjoy this rom but I never had these little issues on sense. Never rebooted. Never lagged. never got gradually worse in performance. Just worked great w subpar battery life.
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ssia.
I am currently using CM 7 with incredikernel. It's not bad but I have had mediocre battery life. Have it oc'd and uc'd. Have ran into some bad force close issues and recently the phone just freezes. Looking for something that just works.
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blckngldhwk said:
ssia.
I am currently using CM 7 with incredikernel. It's not bad but I have had mediocre battery life. Have it oc'd and uc'd. Have ran into some bad force close issues and recently the phone just freezes. Looking for something that just works.
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The test leak works very well, but it does force close when you try to open settings/call/assisted dialing.
Use the latest nightlies, use incredikernel latest release (7/6). Try undervolting for better usage, do not OC- I found underclocking to 883 is sort of the sweet spot for performance/battery.
If your phone is freezing up then you may want to raise voltages.
Besides that setup I also had good battery luck with SR4.2 and incedikernel, but still feel CM7 has better battery performance.
You may want to check other apps to make sure they aren't using excessive CPU/data/GPS/vibrate.
You can do this by downloading "spare parts" from the market, and check under "Battery History".
I use OMFGB 1.3 nightlies with the 7/06 incredikernel undervolted and my batt life will be about 2 days with moderate to little usage.
Also, just do a check of all your settings making sure that stuff like "Always on mobile data" isnt on. I've caught myself a few times flashing between roms and forgetting to update settings.
I'm on optimized shift with the stock kernel and am pushing 4 days on a charge while I was getting 2 days on a 2.2 ROM
I am fairly new to this scene.
I recently got an EVO and decided I hated Sense so I went looking for a stock ROM. Light and fast. I have tried Cyanogenmod7 and Salvage Mod. The thing is, the battery life I am getting with these ROMs is awful. Cyanogen I was losing 20% an hour with the screen off, the phone untouched. Salvage Mod, I am down to 85% in an hour and a half.
I have read about kernals and how they can help with battery life, speed up performance, etc. What are some that I should look into using and how do I go about applying them? Is there a failsafe if its a bad flash?
Also since Sense feels so slow and bloated (to me at least) what are some other good AOSP ROM's out there? That have a little more to it but is not loaded down with unnecessary tools I will never use.
Personally I run:
rom: CM7 Nightlies
Kernel: Tiamat 4.0.6 [3.3.7 is the GOD of battery life]
Mods: Viper mod, undervolted at 825mv floor and -100mv
CPU: Under clocked at 128 min and 537 max
Many people use my setup now and get great results, so I would recommend it to you.
teh roxxorz said:
Personally I run:
rom: CM7 Nightlies
Kernel: Tiamat 4.0.6 [3.3.7 is the GOD of battery life]
Mods: Viper mod, undervolted at 825mv floor and -100mv
CPU: Under clocked at 128 min and 537 max
Many people use my setup now and get great results, so I would recommend it to you.
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Doesnt the nightly ROM tend to have more issues or do they run better than the stable builds?
What are the Mods? Viper, and then what does it mean undervolted at 825mv floor and -100mv?
Thanks for the help thus far!
mods = modification type tools
viperMOD is a mod put out by viperboy. it allows you to undervolt your kernel.
less voltage should translate to less battery consumption. take your time and read the post, it may look intimidating but it's rather simple. NOTE: if you lower your voltage too much your EVO will get stuck at the boot screen during the next reboot. do not fear...simply go into recovery and reflash your nightly this will reset your voltages. i'd suggest lowering the voltage in increments of 25 or 50 till it hangs then raise it by 25. run with that for a few days to see how it feels.
you may want to look at the Supercharger script (see signature), its not a battery saving mod, its more for memory management and system responsiveness. again, the OP looks intimidating but a reflash will reset your system. (ie: you will have to rerun both ViperMOD and SuperCharger each time you flash a new nightly)
nightly's may or may not be more stable than the RC. it all depends on what was added the day before. the easiest way to find a good nightly is to scan thru the nightly thread for a nightly that is a day or two old...if it causes issues folks will cry and moan in that thread...once you get a nightly that works well for you i'd suggest you stick with it until the link below indicates a new feature or fix that you need/want.
this page will list the EVO related changes included in the latest nightly
http://cm-nightlies.appspot.com/?device=supersonic
see signature links to viper, super and nightly threads.
have fun.
Salvage is awesome. Extremely light and plays well with V6 Scripts. Try them all out, give them a least a couple of days each.
How long does it take for the battery life to stabilize? Its looking like Salvage is averaging out to about 10% an hour, but I know I could do a whole lot better than that.
Any other Mods, kernals, or ROMs (especially AOSP) you guys would recommend?
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How long does it take for the battery life to stabilize? Its looking like Salvage is averaging out to about 10% an hour, but I know I could do a whole lot better than that.
Any other Mods, kernals, or ROMs (especially AOSP) you guys would recommend?
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After flashing a rom, charge the phone up to 100%, then go into recovery and wipe the battery stats; you'll see the change in roughly 2-3 days, as it has to 'settle' in.
note: there is a difference between a SBC and nonSBC kernel. this has to do with charging the battery. there are some folks that do like/trust SBC and others (myself included) that appreciate SBC. basically, SBC pretty much ensures that if you plug in your phone at night before you sleep when you take it off the charger in the morning you will have 100% battery to work with. Stock (or nonSBC kernels) will charge to 100% then stop charging and drain to 90% then charge to 100% rinse repeat. this means that when you take it off the charger you will have somewhere between 90-100% charge.
also, keep note of which applications are sync'ing and at what interval.
for example: do you need facebook to sync each hour? do you need weather to sync each hour? etc.
Also you might want to try SavagedZen RC4 and/or its kernels. They have built in HAVS (like Vipermod) and on the fly SBC (you can just uncheck and check it off)..
Jakister, do you have a link to that ROM? Reading up on it, it sounds awesome. I followed the main thread and the link to download it is dead
Nevermind, it must have just been down when I tried to DL it.
Try this one: http://mirror.savaged-zen.com/ forgot abt that dead link..happened to me when u try it from "mirror" instead from "download now" link. Works?
That one worked! I have flashed the Tiamat (sp?) kernal and the battery life was great for awhile but then it started to dive again. Also, the GPS could never grab ahold on the Cyogen mod. One of these days I will get it right!
Any other AOSP kernals you guys would recommend me look into? I also have the smartass governor on and have my CPU marked to go from 245-729. Do I need to make that lower? I figured 729 was a good compromise from 998
Any other AOSP Roms you guys would recommend?
I have looked at
Salvage Mod
Savaged Zen
Cyanogen Mod
Are there any other ones worth looking into? I think I need to figure out undervolting or find a better kernal
My Configuration
Savaged-Zen kernels have a new download server which can be found here: http://sz.munkibizness.com/ I personally use MIUI with a Savaged-Zen kernel along with viperMOD and Supercharger V6 for speed and simplicity.
How do Vipermod and Supercharger work exactly? You change the settings for those in the Terminal?
Yes, you change the settings for them in the Terminal. However, for vipermod, I use Terminal Emulator (available free in the Market) and for Supercharger V6 I use Script Manager (available free in Market also) and BusyBox Installer (in Market). For BusyBox Installer, make sure you have 1.18.2 or lower installed from within the app.
I'm down to 25% after only nine hours and I don't understand why.. Lol I'm confused for real I thought rooting would improve it. And I've only actually used the phone for probably 50 minutes. Any help or suggestions
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search around for suggestions. to start off control data usage,sync control,use auto brightness,turn toggles off you don't need uninstall or freeze apps especially those that run in background for no reason that fail to cache. use a different kernel. do some undervolting. overclock and underclock when necessary.use tasker to setup screen off/on profiles for different min/max frequency ranges and governor selection,use apps to monitor usage such as drain guard and cpu spy. check apps that hog too much unwanted usage. the list goes on. if you do your research you could save yourself 70% of battery usage. using tasker alone saved me around 30%. for example my phone is fully charged before bed,I sleep about 6-8 hours while listening to music and I have about 80% once I'm awake.nothing on besides the phone's cellular radio,no gps,no data on,no 3g,no wifi,etc. not even airplane mode so sms isn't queued all night. tasker can also auto turn off gps once gps based apps are killed so it's not always on,plenty of threads on battery saving tips,majority aren't all device specific so they're universal tips
wayneb02 said:
I'm down to 25% after only nine hours and I don't understand why.. Lol I'm confused for real I thought rooting would improve it. And I've only actually used the phone for probably 50 minutes. Any help or suggestions
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Rooting by itself won't do anything for battery life.
douger1957 said:
Rooting by itself won't do anything for battery life.
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I thought the kernel helped it. But Never mind on this post, I didn't realize that a friend downloaded a couple of apps that were running constantly in the background.
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wayneb02 said:
I thought the kernel helped it. But Never mind on this post, I didn't realize that a friend downloaded a couple of apps that were running constantly in the background.
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agreed rooting won't do anything for your phone unless you put it to good use (uninstalling bloat apps, loading a custom more battery and performance efficient kernel, same with a better ROM, as well as countless performance/battery mods)
There are so many ways to improve performance and battery life on your phone with root, but you have to actually apply them to your phone.
POQbum said:
agreed rooting won't do anything for your phone unless you put it to good use (uninstalling bloat apps, loading a custom more battery and performance efficient kernel, same with a better ROM, as well as countless performance/battery mods)
There are so many ways to improve performance and battery life on your phone with root, but you have to actually apply them to your phone.
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What do you mean battery mods? I'm new to all of this in case you can't tell lol
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wayneb02 said:
What do you mean battery mods? I'm new to all of this in case you can't tell lol
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well I probably worded that wrong. There's mods you can do that will improve battery performance.
Check here and scroll down to the bottom where it shows performance mods:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=969371
As a personal suggestion.
ROM: CM7 latest nightly
after you flash the ROM, flash the latest Gingerbread [AOSP] kernel:
http://www.incredikernel.com/?page_id=10
2.6.38.8 incredikernel 10/08/2011 (3277)
Then apply:
Adrenaline Shotv12.zip - found on
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1236779
Convert2Ext4_no_data_limit_dalvik_moved.zip - found on
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1315372
Then proceed to uninstall the crap apps you don't want.
Then customize the mutha lovin hell out of your phone with these apps:
Widget Locker
Launcher Pro Plus -or- Go Launcher
And use Android Kitchen to finish the sexification of your phone:
http://uot.dakra.lt/
You'll end up with an amazing phone that you'll cherish forever <3
POQbum said:
well I probably worded that wrong. There's mods you can do that will improve battery performance.
Check here and scroll down to the bottom where it shows performance mods:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=969371
As a personal suggestion.
ROM: CM7 latest nightly
after you flash the ROM, flash the latest Gingerbread [AOSP] kernel:
http://www.incredikernel.com/?page_id=10
2.6.38.8 incredikernel 10/08/2011 (3277)
Then apply:
Adrenaline Shotv12.zip - found on
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1236779
Convert2Ext4_no_data_limit_dalvik_moved.zip - found on
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1315372
Then proceed to uninstall the crap apps you don't want.
Then customize the mutha lovin hell out of your phone with these apps:
Widget Locker
Launcher Pro Plus -or- Go Launcher
And use Android Kitchen to finish the sexification of your phone:
http://uot.dakra.lt/
You'll end up with an amazing phone that you'll cherish forever <3
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All of this.
-My life is a shooting range, people never change-
Thanks a lot, guess I'm gonna have a fun playing with my phone tonight lol.
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before i flash adrenaline am i supposed to wipe anything?
Rooting doesn't improve battery life. usually a custom kernel or rom will improve battery life. It all depends what you are running in the background. With Nil's Gingersense 3.5 (2.2) and tiny's latest kernel I am getting unbelievable battery life. This is in part to how well both of these things work together along with the removal of all the bloatware. I have found that if you run Yahoo IM, it tends to kill your battery faster as well. Make sure to set most of your sync options to manual or every few hours as well. It won't impact your gmail or gtalk settings.
I understood that just rooting wouldn't change a thing. I just miss worded it lol. I was already running cm7 and incredikernel. I just hadn't realized I had 2 apps running in the background killing my battery
just flashed tinys last night and waiting to see how it works. I have two batteries and one lasts much better than the other and they have both been treated the same as far as charging and discharging....
I just installed CM7.2 v1.6 because I heard its very stable and have good battery life. However, with light usage, I only get 6 hours of battery life (I used to get at least 15 hrs with the same type of usage with my old incredible 1 using OMGB rom). I checked the battery history. Apparently, my screen has been draining battery DESPITE being off. Do you guys have a solution for this? Is it my kernel?
It very well could be. You are running stock kernal?
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It very well could be. You are running stock kernal?
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I'm running the kernel that came with the rom. The ICS 10.5 one.
What kernel settings are you using?
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What kernel settings are you using?
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245/1034 SmartassV2
My guess is it very well could be the kernel... but there is the possibility its the ROM.... I know with most ROMs I have tried I lose hours off my battery with them no matter what kernel I use.... try a different kernel but if it is still short I would suggest a different ROM.
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I used that kernel & didn't get good battery life either. I would try aeros v9 & see if that helps. I would wipe cache & dalvic cache & then let your phone drain completely. Afterwards, I would charge it fully & you should get at least a day & half
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I use IC Tazz sense 3.6 and it seems to have a great battery life. You might want to give that one a shot.
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wr442 said:
I use IC Tazz sense 3.6 and it seems to have a great battery life. You might want to give that one a shot.
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Sweet. How many hours do you get with 3G on with minimal usage?
It's important to check, adjust & optimize your widget settings, and APPS running in the background, i.e. News & Weather, Mail & Gmail (push, updated every xx minutes,) timeout for screens (30 sec. vs. 2 minute) - along with Friendstream/Facebook & Twitter that are constant "on" - even GPS updates, as all these will "wake" up the phone, switch on 3G signal or WiFi radio, and discharge/drain the battery.
With very conservative and minimal data settings, wife's DI2 is running Skyraider's Zeus V1.3 custom Rom, #79 kernel & .312 radio, and getting as much as 5 days (100+ hours) of standby time with short voice calls, no web browsing or SMS/MMS usage.
Running Sense 2.1/3.0 custom roms, my results are worst, but typically 40 to 60, maybe 70 hours usage - with CM7 and CM9 unoffical roms, 30 to 50 hours are typical for me - the newer roms are power hungry - 20 to 40 hours running 4.x.x.x on my DI2, running modest OC (1.2 Ghz, SmartassV2 governor) with .312 radio and #21 kernel, or, Aero's 10.5 or 12 kernel.
Individual results will and do vary - generalization should be noted simply as such ...