I dont use my phone a lot and my TWAS is usually 0%. I dont use my phone alot, but usually when 5-6 hrs of no use or very light use it has gone down around 20-30%. Anyone have any ideas of what rom would work best for me? I am on ICS 5.0 right now and it seems they are not coming back with their 5.5 they had out. I really only care about great battery life and having some type of hotspot hack or free tethering.
Thanks.
You have to try each one and see what works best for you. Read the ROM threads. Every phone and user is different.
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I have been using the latest sleeper rom and i have left it at 1000mhz no overclocking and i seem to be getting better battery life than i was with some of the others. i flash frequently and i would agree with kennyglass in that each one works differently. so try for youself.
Well, like everyone else said, its depends on what your phones handles. Everyone phones handles a rom differently, well, not that differently, but enough to make big differences.
Like the guy above me, I also use SleeperRom. Its a very stable, battery efficient rom.
here is a list of roms I would try out...
ACS_ICS_V5.5
LegendaryRom
MarcusantROM
StarskyROM1.5
I also recommend CleanGB by toadlife. Fast, clean, stable, full day on original stock battery.
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I've gotten 21 hours out of legendary 2.1 and samurai 3.0.4 ill post a screenshot. It was with low signal areas and moderate use and 2 hours + with music running.
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Clean GB
My wifes phone while at work would drain in 8 hours to the point that it was saying charge me every day. Now with Clean GB on hers it lasts about 2 days with light usage. Again YMMV.
Im on clean GB and getting great battery life. After 11 hrs of moderate use I still have 30 % battery left. After 8 hours of heavy use I'm at 30%. Very stable ROM.. No force closes or wierd issues.
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I personally would towards 'which kernel should I use?' You've got to remember that although we all have epics, not every CPU is the same. What I am running it he or she is running may not be what you should be running. If you ever check out an oc/uv thread, you will see that people get different results using different settings, even though we're all on epics. You've got to try a couple different setups (roms AND kernels) to see which runs best for your device. Good luck!
via my EPICally transmogrified EI22: adrenaline injected & Supercharged
I currently use CleanGB which has been pretty great. If you're in an area with iffy service, that'll kill your phones battery pretty quick.
After installing a new rom make sure you charge it to 100%, wipe battery stats and then let it die without charging to get the most out of your battery (and having an accurate battery indicator)
In my opinion the way you configure your phone has by far the biggest effect on battery life, followed closely by the signal strength of the area you are in, with maybe a very small effect caused by the rom/kernel combination. Watch what you have syncing. Facebook and Twitter syncs can kill your battery, as can any other app that's always using data. Also, wifi uses WAY less battery than 3G or 4G. Use it when you can.
I'm on stock EI22 with mkasick's kernel and I usually get a full 16 hours with power to spare.
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In my opinion the way you configure your phone has by far the biggest effect on battery life, followed closely by the signal strength of the area you are in, with maybe a very small effect caused by the rom/kernel combination. Watch what you have syncing. Facebook and Twitter syncs can kill your battery, as can any other app that's always using data. Also, wifi uses WAY less battery than 3G or 4G. Use it when you can.
I'm on stock EI22 with mkasick's kernel and I usually get a full 16 hours with power to spare.
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Basically Poit. Since no 2 people use their phone the same way it is retarded to ask for a comparison of best battery life. People need to stop being lazy and just try the ROMs out and compare for themselves based on their own use.
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Basically Poit. Since no 2 people use their phone the same way it is retarded to ask for a comparison of best battery life. People need to stop being lazy and just try the ROMs out and compare for themselves based on their own use.
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I agree. I have seen 3 questions over the last 2 days with these dumb questions.
but if I was to give my advice, I would strongly advise trying MarcusantROM, Battery life is pretty amazing, just be sure to flash a different kernel, as 2.0.6 is not even offered for download anymore because of bugs n such.
I would strongly advise the Shadow Kernel, paired up with MarcusantRom. You should see some pretty amazing battery life with that combo.
or try these out...
LegendaryROM
SleeperROM
Come on... "Dumb question"? "Lazy"? Get off your high horse. Certain ROMs give better battery performance than others because of certain tweaks and the OP asked for some general advice. Certain ROMs are certainly worse than others. OP wasn't asking for what would be best for him but what has worked good for others. Why is it so wrong for someone to ask for general advice about a ROM/Kernel combo. Not that hard of a question and not so ambiguous that it deserves a "dumb question" or "stop being lazy" response. If you don't want to help the OP, then simply DON'T RESPOND.
As for the question... I generally use the kernel that is included with the ROMs because normally that is what the developer has tested the most. I think Thunderhawk, Sleeper, and Legendary (in that order) are all good for battery but I haven't used all of the others.
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Come on... "Dumb question"? "Lazy"? Get off your high horse. Certain ROMs give better battery performance than others because of certain tweaks and the OP asked for some general advice. Certain ROMs are certainly worse than others. OP wasn't asking for what would be best for him but what has worked good for others. Why is it so wrong for someone to ask for general advice about a ROM/Kernel combo. Not that hard of a question and not so ambiguous that it deserves a "dumb question" or "stop being lazy" response. If you don't want to help the OP, then simply DON'T RESPOND.
As for the question... I generally use the kernel that is included with the ROMs because normally that is what the developer has tested the most. I think Thunderhawk, Sleeper, and Legendary (in that order) are all good for battery but I haven't used all of the others.
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In kind if you don't like the responses don't respond to them. I read for a month all the ROM threads before deciding on one to flash. Go to ANY ROM thread and someone there will claim they got the best battrery life there. It is different for every body and EVERY phone. ALL of the ROMs here have tweaks that work differently for everyone depending on use. Also people are sick of every other thread as "what's the best ROM". You HAVE to try them for yourself. If we are being to real for you then don't read what is written.
I was once where you are now. When I couldn't find a satisfactory answer, I made my own solution. I'll be uploading the latest version of it, version 3.3 today or tomorrow.
Battery Used: Extended Battery 2700 mah
Testing Performed: Idle Only
For those unsure, idle testing is simply when you treat your smartphone more like a phone. This included uses such as, checking the weather, responding to the occasional text, checking the time, etc. The primary goal of idle testing is to understand how long the phone can stay alive when used for texting and phone calls only. This is useful primarily for occasions such as, going on vacation, where you would like your phone to last a week or more in case of emergencies, but you'll be preoccupied and not killing your battery with Angry Birds. It's nice to know that our phone is capable older, simpler cellphones in standby time.
This indicates that my phone could stay on for as long as 10 to 14 days.
Direct arithmetic calculations indicate as much as 5.5 to 8 days on the stock 1500 mah battery.
Obviously, usage varies greatly between people and even between days, so anything other than idle testing is subjective. Testing was not performed on a stock installation, but rather, on my own daily personal fully-decked setup.
On the stock battery, I've played games for a total of more than 3 hours over a 48 hour time period before needing to recharge.
This has held true on my phone, my wife's, her mother's, and more than a thousand other user's phones. Yours may vary. Try them all. I do.
Looking forward to Random's latest!
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Can anyone tell me which ROM (STABLE) provides the best battery life on HTC EVO???
Thanks!
I have been through just about all on this site and Fresh's newest seems to work best for me. With moderate daily usage I can go without charging for about 22-24 hours. Of course all I need to go is 12-14 b/c I charge every night anyway, but I did leave off charger one day just to see how far I could go. I'm giving Calk's latest a try right now to see how it goes. Just be sure to give whatever ROM you try a couple charges before making a final decision, as it usually takes this amount to get an accurate read on true battery life.
how many of these post are we going to need lol
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Can anyone tell me which ROM (STABLE) provides the best battery life on HTC EVO???
Thanks!
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I know that the latest kernels off the latest build have been killing my battery, it's horrible for my EVO.
But you really have to try different rom/kernel/PRI/radio combinations to find the best battery life for your Evo. I wish there was a preset rating system for each rom though, just to see how things work for everyone else(i.e. battery life, quadrant scores, force close problems, etc.)...but there really are a lot of variables, so I don't think that may ever happen.
Yeah I agree there isn't a clear cut winner. Everyone uses their phone different so it will differ for everyone.
Totally agree to give it a few full charges... I suggest when you get a new rom and/or kernel installed to reset the battery stats (can be done in recovery) then use it till it dies then charge to full before turning it back on.
Personally, I've been using Fresh 3.3 w/ the Kings #6 kernel and not only has the phone been screamin' fast the battery has been good. I'm only on my 2nd charge up though so I still have one or two to go before everything smooths out.
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Can anyone tell me which ROM (STABLE) provides the best battery life on HTC EVO???
Thanks!
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admorris said:
I have been through just about all on this site and Fresh's newest seems to work best for me. With moderate daily usage I can go without charging for about 22-24 hours. Of course all I need to go is 12-14 b/c I charge every night anyway, but I did leave off charger one day just to see how far I could go. I'm giving Calk's latest a try right now to see how it goes. Just be sure to give whatever ROM you try a couple charges before making a final decision, as it usually takes this amount to get an accurate read on true battery life.
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What kernel are you using for the battery life?
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As posted here, the tests showed that CM w/ Snap 7.5 probably has the best battery life - and it seems by a lot.
download juice defender
[ROM]CM-B2_Supersonic-XV a.k.a [email protected]$T(SuperMOD) UPDATE#5 w snap 7.5
I'm using the latest Fresh and I just plugged my phone in at 15% battery after 37 hours. I'm pretty happy with that.
Fresh Rom always gave me good battery.. I'm just using the rooted stock OTA and am getting great battery life.
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how many of these post are we going to need lol
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Until someone takes the time to make a section that covers the different problems. Battery problems, Battery Problems w/ ROMS, Apps not loading, etc. etc.
Wishful thinking. I do like the search in the search to help cut down this crap
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Until someone takes the time to make a section that covers the different problems. Battery problems, Battery Problems w/ ROMS, Apps not loading, etc. etc.
Wishful thinking. I do like the search in the search to help cut down this crap
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I think it would be a great idea for this kind of stuff to happen. Some aggregated source where everyone can submit their information using various roms, kernels, etc. Whether it be information regarding Quadrant scores, linpacks or battery life. On computer hardware forums they generally have a section dedicated to OCing records with charts listing someones entire setup while attaining the clock speeds. I don't see why a similar implementation can not be done here.
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Until someone takes the time to make a section that covers the different problems. Battery problems, Battery Problems w/ ROMS, Apps not loading, etc. etc.
Wishful thinking. I do like the search in the search to help cut down this crap
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How about if we make a section purely for questions and answers? That could work.
Two words......juice defender
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i use Fresh's Rom made my battery life live avg abt 15 hours
Over 40 kernels were tested and benchmarked in 7 different ways, and the results are posted here.
Should tell you everything you want to know, without bringing roms into the picture (since battery life is most affected by the kernel used, not the rom)
edit - looks like I'm a bit late withthat link - I see the thread for that site was already posted above. It's a great resource.
Fresh 3.2, hands down best battery life for me. 3.3 was pretty bad, as was myn's release....which sucks, because myn's rom is otherwise awesome.
I am using Fresh 3.3.0.1 with a baked kernel that is able to over clock. I then have SetCPU installed with profiles for different states of the phone. If my screen is off I have the cpu set to a max of 500MHz to save battery if there are any processes running in the background. I then have my cpu set to 1119MHz when the phone is plugged in or at 100% with the screen on just because I like a snappy phone. Then when the battery drops below 50% I have it return to stock speeds.
I use my phone heavily for things like subsonic, QIK, FB, Calendar, wireless tether, and of course since unlimited data, calling to any cell, and texting I am on it a lot keeping in touch with friends. I also use the sprint nav at least twice a week.
Results will vary from user to user but so far the phone has been on 7 hours and after some moderate use it's only down to around 75% on the battery.
Again this is how I MYSELF use my phone with this rom and kernel this may not be how you use your phone and you may see different results.
What I have done is searched roms and installed them in total I have used 4 different roms. Baked, Cyanogen, Fresh, and Virus. After installing each rom and setting up my phone I made a nand backup of each so I can flash between them as needed to test. I have found out of all of these roms Fresh 3.3.0.1 with a kernel from the baked roms has worked the best for MY daily use.
My friend has a G2 but no xda account so he asked me to come here and ask you guys what's the best G2 ROM with great battery. Were going on a 14 hour trip and were going need it too last. Any advice? On ROM and kernels
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It depends on what you will be doing with it. Any ROM can be made to last 14 hours if you have a battery in good condition and only use it occasionally to check e-mail, visit a few web sites, etc. My Desire Z easily holds up to a full day that way. OTOH, if you're playing games all day long or watching 14 hours of movies, then no ROM will help. You will need an extended battery at that point, or some other way of recharging the battery.
In my experience, although people make claims about how good one ROMs battery life is over another, I have yet to see any convincing evidence. People's usage patterns and phone environment are far too different to be able to say that one particular ROM makes a consistent, noticeable difference. If anyone has actually published scientific results studying this, please point me to them.
As almost all ROMs are derived from a common code base and run on the same hardware, I would focus more on a ROMs usability, speed, feature mix and stability.
+1 to the post above. It is all predicated on how you use your phone and for what, also if you use setCPU or use the tweaKr script (like me), it depends on your profiles and governors. I personally have great battery life using the latest meXdroidMod release for the G2, but I'm very careful to always calibrate my battery between flashing roms. MeXdroidMod is the only one to my knowledge that uses waydownsouth's tweaKr script that allows you to undervolt your processor and set profiles for your CPU that react much faster than setCPU does. My advice is find a rom that you like and make sure to wipe battery stats then use the battery calibration app. Good luck and happy flashing!
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My friend likes unity 3.0... do you think that could last? with just using the phone for texting and stuff like that?
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My friend likes unity 3.0... do you think that could last? with just using the phone for texting and stuff like that?
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Any sense based rom like Unity will be processor intensive, so I don't think it would last nearly as long as an ASOP build. Also the unity dev team has pulled all their download links from xda and their website, so unless you find someone willing to share I don't think you'll have much luck.
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I have unity 3.0. I get about 10-12 hours of battery life. Here are some ideas that i use:
-download juice defender
-set max sleep cpu speeds at 368mhz
-processor is set to 1.2 ghz by default. Set it to 800mhz
Is the trip is by car, you can get a car charger.if by plane, many planes offer usb charging
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taob said:
It depends on what you will be doing with it. Any ROM can be made to last 14 hours if you have a battery in good condition and only use it occasionally to check e-mail, visit a few web sites, etc. My Desire Z easily holds up to a full day that way. OTOH, if you're playing games all day long or watching 14 hours of movies, then no ROM will help. You will need an extended battery at that point, or some other way of recharging the battery.
In my experience, although people make claims about how good one ROMs battery life is over another, I have yet to see any convincing evidence. People's usage patterns and phone environment are far too different to be able to say that one particular ROM makes a consistent, noticeable difference. If anyone has actually published scientific results studying this, please point me to them.
As almost all ROMs are derived from a common code base and run on the same hardware, I would focus more on a ROMs usability, speed, feature mix and stability.
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Exactly. I guess this is where YMMV definitely comes in handy. All the ROMs I've used I can easily get more than half a day out of them with my daily use. I shut off data when at work and turn it on on my breaks to browse the web, check emails etc.
There is the G-Lite rom from the Virtuous guys. I haven't tried it out but the other roms I've used from them are great. It's not Sense tho, it's ASOP.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1076786
+1 for G-Lite rom. With version 1.0.2. i could consistently get 2-2.5 days on a single charge.
Asking what the best ROM battery life is is like asking what the best bass for metal is hiding: ). It really depends on your phone, and how heavy of a user you are. But if you want an actual answer, I get the best battery life with Xboarder's Stock Gingerbread ROM.
Does anyone have any recommendations on what the ROM is the best for battery life? The rom I heard that had the best was g-lite from virtuous, but it hasn't been working out for me. I mostly text and only get max 9 hours out of it.
Afternoon,
If you look in the forum that topic has been discuss several time as to what ROM is better for battery life. You'll see several responses. It comes down to personal preference.
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Does anyone have any recommendations on what the ROM is the best for battery life? The rom I heard that had the best was g-lite from virtuous, but it hasn't been working out for me. I mostly text and only get max 9 hours out of it.
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This topic has been talked about many many times before... but i would say that virtuous g-lite has one of the best battery life out of all the roms, although it comes down to user experience
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Does anyone have any recommendations on what the ROM is the best for battery life? The rom I heard that had the best was g-lite from virtuous, but it hasn't been working out for me. I mostly text and only get max 9 hours out of it.
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has been asked 100000+ times. Its not necessarily the specific ROM, but how you use it and what features you choose to leave out in order to extend life.
No matter what ROM you use, there are probably UV and under-clocked kernels, which can help battery life. Also, doing things like turning off 3G/4G data when you're not using it, turning down brightness, and turning off GPS/BT/WiFi when not in use, reducing gmail/twitter/facebook/g+ sync, etc. etc. etc. will all help.
im having the best with bulletproof....went 2.5 days with light usage
i've tried CM7, MIUI, Virtuous Unity and Virtuous G-Lite and out of those G-Lite is the definite winner and is the one I've stuck with...
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i've tried CM7, MIUI, Virtuous Unity and Virtuous G-Lite and out of those G-Lite is the definite winner and is the one I've stuck with...
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i might have to give it another chance
definitely not MIUI ! as for me CM7.1 was the best with 2 day while MIUI is only 1 day with a lot of SMS and few data
I can usually get about a day and a half out of glite with wifi on and screen at 60% brightness. Definitely over 2 days if you turn on juice defender...
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has been asked 100000+ times. Its not necessarily the specific ROM, but how you use it and what features you choose to leave out in order to extend life.
No matter what ROM you use, there are probably UV and under-clocked kernels, which can help battery life. Also, doing things like turning off 3G/4G data when you're not using it, turning down brightness, and turning off GPS/BT/WiFi when not in use, reducing gmail/twitter/facebook/g+ sync, etc. etc. etc. will all help.
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Agree. There's so many variables, and ROM might not even be the most important factor. For instance, what radio are you using, is it RIL matched to the ROM, and is it the best radio for your local area?
People complain about Sense ROMs draining battery. But I'm on Unity (with the radio recommended in the Unity thread, also in my sig), and get over 2 days with fairly light usage.
It may not be all about the rom but i can say that I am using the stock radio that came with my G2 for all of the roms I have tried and there is a definite difference in the battery life between them. MIUI was definitely the worst for me, then unity and cm7 and the best has been glite. I haven't changed anything beyond the rom. Usage across all of them was fairly consistent.
Really unity and cm7 were pretty good. But MIUI was very noticeably worse. And glite has been noticeably better.
Whether I am right or wrong, that has been my experience.
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A bit off topic, but consider using Juice defender as an alternative. It turns off your internet while you're phone's screen is locked. For my personal uses, it would work great, but I just manually leave my internet off until I need it. I hate having less than 50% battery life at any time. ( I carry about 3 spare batteries just in case I feel the use to play PSX)
Yeah juice defender does do a pretty fantastic job of saving battery while being the least amount of intrusive as possible. That being said, even though it does turn on mobile data pretty fast upon waking up the screen, it still is a few seconds before the connection is reestablished. also, even if you have it set to turn on data for 1 minute every 15 minutes (or whatever you set it to) it is still preventing instant updates to emails and such.
For that reason I only use juice defender when i know I am going to be away from my charger for a long while since it is only the slightest bit inconvenient. It does really cut down on battery use though.
I don't think i have used JD since i switched to glite however since as long as my battery lasts a full day (it does) then i am always able to plug my phone in before I go to sleep.
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I have to say I have tried EVERY ROM on the SGH-T989 and can say none are as stable and have the battery life to match the stock ROM.
I tried Darkside today. It is a clean ROM. Close to stock. I had two complete lockups on the phone that required battery removal in about a 6 hour period. I am not overclocking at all. The ROM has an underclock by default.
I just think it's time to give Samsung and the programmers there a thumbs up for doing such a great job on this phone.
It would be nice if they could release more of the header and source so the developers here could have a better chance of getting a stable ROM built...but until that happens I will just stay with a rooted and stock ROM.
Peace.
I've had no lockups or any problems in the 150 hour uptime I had with Juggernaut 5.0 with 009m faux's kernel.
Battery life is much better as well. Dropping down to 80% after 1 hour of display time.
Cool story bro
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I've had no lockups or any problems in the 150 hour uptime I had with Juggernaut 5.0 with 009m faux's kernel.
Battery life is much better as well. Dropping down to 80% after 1 hour of display time.
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I was on the stock ROM for 6 hours yesterday. Surfing, playing games, wifi enabled. Used a bit over 30% from a full charge.
I jumped right into custom ROM's when I got this phone. After going back to stock is when I realized how much the custom ROM's actually degrade the phone.
I have ran Jugg's 4.x with Faux kernel and Bullet kernels. Bullet was faster by a good bit. Battery sucker from hell though.
Do these phones really need the overclocks and tweaks? After going back to stock my opinion is no.
Peace.
You probably didnt follow the directions when installing any of the roms you tried.
If companies like samsung were as awesome as you say they are, would XDA exist at all in the 1st place?
Enjoy your bloatware.
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I was on the stock ROM for 6 hours yesterday. Surfing, playing games, wifi enabled. Used a bit over 30% from a full charge.
I jumped right into custom ROM's when I got this phone. After going back to stock is when I realized how much the custom ROM's actually degrade the phone.
I have ran Jugg's 4.x with Faux kernel and Bullet kernels. Bullet was faster by a good bit. Battery sucker from hell though.
Do these phones really need the overclocks and tweaks? After going back to stock my opinion is no.
Peace.
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Battery proof? Heres mine with Darkside:
http://db.tt/Dndk1SLW
http://db.tt/qxYSJxJv
http://db.tt/AydX5Jxx
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Me being the analytical type....and to just keep this topic fact filled and useful will create a test bed to compare the 'popular' roms versus stock.
I will create a post in the next week to share the results.
Peace.
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Me being the analytical type....and to just keep this topic fact filled and useful will create a test bed to compare the 'popular' roms versus stock.
I will create a post in the next week to share the results.
Peace.
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Theres already a thread for that:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524569
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You probably didnt follow the directions when installing any of the roms you tried.
If companies like samsung were as awesome as you say they are, would XDA exist at all in the 1st place?
Enjoy your bloatware.
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Keep it civil and to the point. Don't attack my character by implying that I don't know how to follow directions and flash a ROM. I have been a member on XDA since the first year....much longer than you.
I don't have a problem with bloatware. I use a stock ROOTED ROM and remove the bloatware. Very easy to test and then delete bloatware using Titanium Backup.
XDA got it's start back when the CPU and chipsets on phones were very slow. Over time the new phones have become handheld computers. The processing speed is much faster.
In the beginning the OS's were in the infantile stages as well. They have all improved dramatically.
I remember when a flash on something like the HTC Tytan made a huge difference. You were getting the GPS and FM Radio Unlocked. The bloatware was removed in the ROM(Windows based...no ROOT access). It made a huge difference in the performance of the phone and unlocked a lot of features.
This isn't the case with the new phones. There really is nothing being added to the ROM's that can't be added via the market or removed using Titanium Backup.
What I have seen with every ROM is intermittent lockups that require battery removal and excessive battery consumption probably from the aggressive timings that aren't necessary.
Peace.
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Keep it civil and to the point. Don't attack my character by implying that I don't know how to follow directions and flash a ROM. I have been a member on XDA since the first year....much longer than you.
I don't have a problem with bloatware. I use a stock ROOTED ROM and remove the bloatware. Very easy to test and then delete bloatware using Titanium Backup.
XDA got it's start back when the CPU and chipsets on phones were very slow. Over time the new phones have become handheld computers. The processing speed is much faster.
In the beginning the OS's were in the infantile stages as well. They have all improved dramatically.
I remember when a flash on something like the HTC Tytan made a huge difference. You were getting the GPS and FM Radio Unlocked. The bloatware was removed in the ROM(Windows based...no ROOT access). It made a huge difference in the performance of the phone and unlocked a lot of features.
This isn't the case with the new phones. There really is nothing being added to the ROM's that can't be added via the market or removed using Titanium Backup.
What I have seen with every ROM is intermittent lockups that require battery removal and excessive battery consumption probably from the aggressive timings that aren't necessary.
Peace.
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I look forward to your battery testing!
Please include multiple kernels as you test various ROMs, especially faux and Synergy
And perhaps install Juice Defender as a best case.
Personally I haven't experienced any lockups with the two custom T989 ROMs I've tested, but have benefited from the improved battery life dramatically. I'd still love to see a more controlled experiment, however.
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Theres already a thread for that:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524569
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Read it. It is basically a generic thread. No stats or true testing methods just some user comments.
I want to actually test the phone in real life conditions. Watch some vids, talk on the phone, skype/gtalk/YM video call...etc. Actually run consecutive tests across the best ROMS and stock and see how they match up.
Benchmarking is a bit ridiculous....in several aspects.
If a game runs 30 fps or greater...you won't see the difference.
If a game runs a stable 30 fps versus a ROM that peaks at 50 but valleys at 15....you will definitely see the difference.
If a ROM runs 50 fps versus 30 and both are stable...you won't see the difference. The question then is which one uses less battery. The obvious answer is the one running 30fps. Less frames means less redraws and less CPU and GPU.
I just want to once an for all be able to definitively say what each ROM is really doing to the phone with graphs.
Not hard to do. Just takes a real world test model and some time. I think I can test one ROM a day. I will test the most popular ROM's....Juggs, Beast, Darkside, Bombardier, Gingersnap, etc... I have tested them all. I know which ones are legit and which ones aren't.
Peace
ninrocket2 said:
Keep it civil and to the point. Don't attack my character by implying that I don't know how to follow directions and flash a ROM. I have been a member on XDA since the first year....much longer than you.
I don't have a problem with bloatware. I use a stock ROOTED ROM and remove the bloatware. Very easy to test and then delete bloatware using Titanium Backup.
XDA got it's start back when the CPU and chipsets on phones were very slow. Over time the new phones have become handheld computers. The processing speed is much faster.
In the beginning the OS's were in the infantile stages as well. They have all improved dramatically.
I remember when a flash on something like the HTC Tytan made a huge difference. You were getting the GPS and FM Radio Unlocked. The bloatware was removed in the ROM(Windows based...no ROOT access). It made a huge difference in the performance of the phone and unlocked a lot of features.
This isn't the case with the new phones. There really is nothing being added to the ROM's that can't be added via the market or removed using Titanium Backup.
What I have seen with every ROM is intermittent lockups that require battery removal and excessive battery consumption probably from the aggressive timings that aren't necessary.
Peace.
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Agree 100%
Nothing has performed better than stock 2.3.6, rooted and debloated.
Sent from my T989 hunting for Siri Connor
I run Juggernaut 5, ADW launcher, AOSP ICS themed, with Darkside's latest kernel (extracted it from Darkside ROM pakage), and I've had amazing battery life, OC'd to 1.83ghz with ondemand governor.
And IMO Touchwiz is ugly, samsung tries too hard to make all their stuff look like the iPhone. They do a crappy job of it and it ends up being a dissapointment.
I think any small degradation of battery life is worth the noticable boost in snappiness and cosmetics of the phone. I personally couldn't stand the stock phone, as soon as I could I flashed something different.
zander21510 said:
I run Juggernaut 5, ADW launcher, AOSP ICS themed, with Darkside's latest kernel (extracted it from Darkside ROM pakage), and I've had amazing battery life, OC'd to 1.83ghz with ondemand governor.
And IMO Touchwiz is ugly, samsung tries too hard to make all their stuff look like the iPhone. They do a crappy job of it and it ends up being a dissapointment.
I think any small degradation of battery life is worth the noticable boost in snappiness and cosmetics of the phone. I personally couldn't stand the stock phone, as soon as I could I flashed something different.
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Strictly aesthetics can be achieved through the use of different launchers/lockscreens. The point of ROMs/Kernels need to be more than aesthetics. Hence, "some" of the ROMs offered [strictly speaking] are a pretty big disappointment because they're nothing more than themed stuff baked in and offer no real functionality.
I'm REALLY interested in a controlled experiment of battery claims of different ROMs/kernels. Preferably all at stock speeds.
djxcee said:
Battery proof? Heres mine with Darkside:
http://db.tt/Dndk1SLW
http://db.tt/qxYSJxJv
http://db.tt/AydX5Jxx
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Sorry but there is absolutely NO proof in these pictures.
I can see that your phone was on battery for a bit over 1 day.
I can also see that 45% of your phones battery usage was the display...and that the display was on for a bit over 7 hours.
What I don't know is what was your screen brightness set at?
Does the display percentage represent JUST the LED power for the screen or does it also include the GPU/CPU driving the display?
Where are the numbers for the stock ROM?
Those numbers mean nothing when you don't have a standardized test bed and procedure.
Peace.
zander21510 said:
I run Juggernaut 5, ADW launcher, AOSP ICS themed, with Darkside's latest kernel (extracted it from Darkside ROM pakage), and I've had amazing battery life, OC'd to 1.83ghz with ondemand governor.
And IMO Touchwiz is ugly, samsung tries too hard to make all their stuff look like the iPhone. They do a crappy job of it and it ends up being a dissapointment.
I think any small degradation of battery life is worth the noticable boost in snappiness and cosmetics of the phone. I personally couldn't stand the stock phone, as soon as I could I flashed something different.
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You can use a home launcher on the stock debloated ROM and get the same results with more stability and better battery life.
I recommend you check DXHOME out to see a smooth launcher.
Peace.
ninrocket2 said:
Sorry but there is absolutely NO proof in these pictures.
I can see that your phone was on battery for a bit over 1 day.
I can also see that 45% of your phones battery usage was the display...and that the display was on for a bit over 7 hours.
What I don't know is what was your screen brightness set at?
Does the display percentage represent JUST the LED power for the screen or does it also include the GPU/CPU driving the display?
Where are the numbers for the stock ROM?
Those numbers mean nothing when you don't have a standardized test bed and procedure.
Peace.
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Actually, unless that test was completely skewed (e.g. screen on displaying black screen), 7 hours of screen on time + 20 odd hours of standby time with use of radios/connectivity is very very impressive.
2hvy4grvty said:
Strictly aesthetics can be achieved through the use of different launchers/lockscreens. The point of ROMs/Kernels need to be more than aesthetics. Hence, "some" of the ROMs offered [strictly speaking] are a pretty big disappointment because they're nothing more than themed stuff baked in and offer no real functionality.
I'm REALLY interested in a controlled experiment of battery claims of different ROMs/kernels. Preferably all at stock speeds.
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I agree with your first paragraph 100% and will get the experiment underway with Stock speeds.
Peace.
2hvy4grvty said:
Actually, unless that test was completely skewed (e.g. screen on displaying black screen), 7 hours of screen on time + 20 odd hours of standby time with use of radios/connectivity is very very impressive.
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When you can refer us to pictures of a base ROM with the same parameters and settings for comparison then I might say it is impressive. But with no base ROM data it is purely speculation.
Peace.
enjoy the drm laden ciq enabled features... That cannot be removed by titanium unless it can magically decompile recompile frameworks on the fly...
Enjoy the Memeroy leaked jobsmanager....
Anyways now thats oout of the way
How much time did you spend between stock firmwares and custom firmwares?
Did you fully wipe the device before flashing and after
Did you do dirty nanoid restores?
A little more info woud be helpfull
at the end of the day if you enjoy stock more great for you.... Use it n move on...
Still missing the point of this thread on a dev website unless you like being trolled.
Hi, I'm currently running PA ROM on my GS3. For those of you who don't know, it's pretty much a CM10 ROM with Hybrid/Tablet Mode. I get around 12 hours out of a battery on a school day w/full brightness on. I'd say that's only about average battery life. I have multiple batteries so this doesn't worry me much. But I still want to get the most I can out of my battery. Any kernel or ROM suggestions to maximize battery performance?
(I prefer Stock UI and don't play many games at all. I pretty much have Temple Run 2 and COD Black Ops and I play COD maybe once a month)
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jtkemp101010 said:
Hi, I'm currently running PA ROM on my GS3. For those of you who don't know, it's pretty much a CM10 ROM with Hybrid/Tablet Mode. I get around 12 hours out of a battery on a school day w/full brightness on. I'd say that's only about average battery life. I have multiple batteries so this doesn't worry me much. But I still want to get the most I can out of my battery. Any kernel or ROM suggestions to maximize battery performance?
(I prefer Stock UI and don't play many games at all. I pretty much have Temple Run 2 and COD Black Ops and I play COD maybe once a month)
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What ROM has the best performance and greatest battery life depends on its user. You will probably not get the answer you are looking for by asking this question here. To find the ROM that will best suit your needs, you will need to go around looking at ROMs and flashing them. Make sure not to just determine a ROM's battery life by running it for a couple hours. It is a good idea to run a ROM for a couple days before you judge its performance. Most ROMs claim to have the best battery life, and they all do have the best battery life, it just depends on your usage! Good luck!
LakeSoccer2 said:
What ROM has the best performance and greatest battery life depends on its user. You will probably not get the answer you are looking for by asking this question here. To find the ROM that will best suit your needs, you will need to go around looking at ROMs and flashing them. Make sure not to just determine a ROM's battery life by running it for a couple hours. It is a good idea to run a ROM for a couple days before you judge its performance. Most ROMs claim to have the best battery life, and they all do have the best battery life, it just depends on your usage! Good luck!
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I had this old Hero about 3-4 years ago. That thing was a DOG. It ate through a fully charged battery. Even though i had as much bloat removed as possible. To make matters worse i was constantly going in and out of service with my job as i was constantly driving.
For the origional hero i had so many freaking Roms to try out it was crazy.....
To find the best way to test battery life. what i did was i spent a day, and i downloaded my top 3 roms, and turned my screen on. I timed it at 100% battery life and left my screen at 100%.
I then did the same test, but i ran a stress test on each rom.
And finally i ran each rom, and i kept a phone call connected to my work phone. (free nights and weekends)
Turned out on all three tests the same rom had the longest battery life.
Thats how i tested my old hero. If you are dedicated enough you could try the same.
OP, it's hard to say due to everyone using phone differently, do a search and you'll see many of these threads that are gone and buried because there is no definate answer. YMMV on any rom. So try a few see what works for you.. There's FAQ thread in my sig check it out.
Rule 1 states to search before posting. It will reveal a long list of closed threads and the reason in every one. They are all the best.