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Which modem and kernel are you using?

I was hoping to get some feedback babout which people think are best for battery life,signal strength, GPS, etc. I was hooked on EL13 modem then gave EL26 a try and it seemed to improve my 4g a bit. Then I went to EL29 and speed seemed great but battery was meh...however now it seems to be settling in nicely. Also, any thoughts about lockscreen mod and toggle mod using more battery?
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EL29/EL29
So far battery life I've not had much of a problem and signal for me atleast has been great. Put EL29 in while I was in Mi over the xmas break and noticed that the signal I got while I was there was actually a little better.
As for the lock/toggle mods After redoing my phone to a new rom I've not reinstalled them and pretty much kept things stock. Didn't really notice any issues with widgetlocker when I was using it though.

I'm using EL26 modem and kernel with unnamed rom. Here is my personal experience with the different kernel/modem combos:
EL13 - best battery life, decent data speeds, least smooth of he three, very stable
EL26 - avg battery life, fastest data speeds, smoother than EL13, avg stability (some lockups, camera sometimes doesn't work, etc)
EL29 - worst battery life, avg data speeds, but most consistent, very stable, GPS sleep issue (this is the only kernel I experienced GPS lock issues with)
Given the battery drain and GPS issues, i'm disappointed that EL29 is going to be he official Ota update. I hope someone tweaks the kernel for better battery life
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EL13 on Calkulin's latest 2.8.1.. everything else untouched.

I've tried ek02 modem for a while and EL29 recently. Because I've mostly used 3g, ek02 modem gives me slightly less signal but substantially faster data speeds. EL29 is better signal but slower speeds. My favorite kernel is desperado 1.3 ek02. The test setup I'm running now is stock odex el29, rogue stock el29 kernel and ek02 modem with hotspot mod. The performance of this setup is good so far and battery is holding up well. I've been running this for 24 hours now. I don't have the discipline and the attention span to test every modem ATM. I also 0'd out the multimedia proxies and ports and set the 4g retries to 15 seconds and -110DB receive, which made a huge improvement in that area.

EL13 Modem & Kernal with unNamed rom has been the best setup so far for me. Great battery life and everything works

I think the EL26/29 kernels and modems have poor battery life. EL29 modem gives me best coverage, but the battery life sacrifice is annoying.
Currently I'm running EL26 modem, Desperado kernel, and Calk's 2.8.1 ROM

See there's 2 sets of toggle mods. Gtg's has the 4g toggle and only a,couple of others like flashlight and 2.7 has no CRT. The AIO toggles has more to customize plus the lockscreen mod. Calkulin's 2.7 with Minimal Black with gtg's toggles seemed solid (all EL26) almost as good as my strongsteve all EL13 setup. I am worried that the toggle customization and lockscreen options are taxing my battery but I have zero proof...its just a theory because more functions are running..hmmmm....decisions
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I'm on Unnamed Rom, EL29 kernel and EL29 modem, with moderate use today i had a little over 12 hrs and i still had 52% battery.
maybe not the best but way better than some combos i've tried

I will have to concur
i am using EL26 / modem /Kernal on caluk 2.7
average battery 12 hours but fast 3g speed and rom
change to EL13 kernal /modem
17 hours but half the 3g speed and slower rom
so i am sticking with EL26/modem/kernal for now

Stock rooted
for now..
Flashing Blazer as soon as I get home nice birthday surprise for myself
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Calks 2.8.1 with el29 modem and stock El13 kernal have been treating me nice. 1day 6 hrs with 3.5 hrs of screen time. And I still had 15% left
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xSaint21 said:
Stock rooted
for now..
Flashing Blazer as soon as I get home nice birthday surprise for myself
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Happy BIRTHDAY! lol
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Happy BIRTHDAY! lol
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Thank you!
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Calk's 2.8.1 EL29 all the way sofar for me has been a great setup. I consider myself a abuser so 10hrs with about 5hrs screen on time. I feel is purty good also strong data.
OH hey SAINT btw. HAPPY B DAY now go get yo party pants on.

EL13 modem has the best data for me. I did speed test with all the modems and EL13 & EL29 were at the top, with EL13 a little faster. EL29 kernel.

Most stable ICS ROM

Hi guys
I have been using Calk ROMs for a while now and tried to install the ICS one with no luck. The battery goes from 65 % to 15 just after restarting the phone. Anyone can tell me what is the most stable ICS ROM right now for the E4GT?
Thanks
Mario

docmarioce said:
Hi guys
I have been using Calk ROMs for a while now and tried to install the ICS one with no luck. The battery goes from 65 % to 15 just after restarting the phone. Anyone can tell me what is the most stable ICS ROM right now for the E4GT?
Thanks
Mario
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they all suffer across the board from about the same issues... plus its either Miui, AOKP or CM9 and they are all having issues. Just wait it out

I have had really good luck with BLEND GOODNESS ROM. Battery life is ok on it, not as good as my old GB ROM. This ROM is good enough to be used as a daily driver.

Blend Goodness Rom is the best it had the best battery life. I use to use easy battery saver now I don't and it has some great features like beats audio and Sony bravia engine here is the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1512419
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docmarioce said:
Hi guys
I have been using Calk ROMs for a while now and tried to install the ICS one with no luck. The battery goes from 65 % to 15 just after restarting the phone. Anyone can tell me what is the most stable ICS ROM right now for the E4GT?
Thanks
Mario
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Just for clarification the issue with the battery going from 65% to 15% wasn't because Calk's ROM was unstable it's an issue across all the leaks. The issue isn't so much that your battery is dying uber fast, it's an issue with the battery software (that tracks and reports your battery percentage) not being calibrated to the actual hardware/battery. Any time you install a new ROM you should allow for one to two full discharge and charging cycles before you get a real solid battery reporting. Unfortunately with the leaks coming out as fast as they are this hasn't been much of a reality...
As far as stable and awesome? I'm a big fan of the Miljzz's Goodness Blend. It's awesome! If you're going for more of a stock feel Calk's been cranking them out too.
EDIT: I heard that Venum's is pretty cool but I haven't tried it yet.

+1 to Blend! It's smooth and sexy.

I have been following "The ICS Goodness Blend" for a while now and it is MUCH more stable than when the first ICS leak came out. I have had no SOD on V1.9 yet.

I was say Venoms new ics rom bcuz its been running perfect...very good battery life for me and also Mijj rom as well...but im currently running Venoms and its excellent!!!

Mijjah Blend ICS ROM by far

Thanks guys. I will try your suggestions and see.
Best
Mario

I recommend u do a clean install of the BLEND GOODNESS FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS INN THE OP if u need any files our have any questions pm me
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4.0.3 epic touch
running fc07 stock rooted rom fco6 repacked kernal fc07 modem all seems well batt life fine runs so smoothg everything working 3g 4g wifi signal bars all the ics goodies very very hot rom flashed all over rouge recovery first cauilks format all zip then flashed rom then modem last kernal do the normal factory data reset wipe dalvik and catch reboot did not get stuck on 4g screen so start up went smooth as pie lovin this so nice

There are only two ics roms for our phone, aosp (cm9, miui) and Samsung (fb and fc based roms). Any other ROM is just a themed or scripted version of the previously mentioned and will have all the same bugs.
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I have been running e4gt 2 v1.1 and it has been great so far.
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Best GB ROM

Given the ics rings are horrible on battery what's the best GB ROM or should I stay on El13 unnamed ROM
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I'm rocking calukins 3.0 gb rom with the gunslinger 1.4.0 kernel. I've been changing up the modem with the new FD releases but for a while i used either EL13 EL29 or FC22 and with those three I was getting amazing battery life. Right now I'm running the same set up but with the FD05 modem and I'm getting a full day with 3 or more hours screen on time and it still has some juice when I plug it in at night. The GPS lock on FD05 can be funny so I'm going to be trying out FD10 and FD16 the next few days to see if the battery life is as good but better GPS lock. Speeds are amazing with the FD modems in my area, these latest modems are feeling very very solid! Good luck and happy flashing buddy
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I'd definitely give this a try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1449023
Was on it for a long time, but I'm now on the ICS ROM from the same developer.
It has a bunch of flashable add-ons/mods, already themed, includes the Lockscreen settings, great battery life and very stable.
UnNamed was my favorite and I didn't want to switch until I gave that ROM a try. Needless to say I loved it and couldn't go to anything else because it had everything I was looking for in a ROM.

Blazer is my favorite with the sherbert theme.
And of course calkulin's !
They're very similar though. I'm sticking with blazer 4.1 until OTA ICS
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StrongSteves Odexed Blue and Phantom Hackers Blazer are by far the best Gingerbread roms if ya ask me!!
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Thx guys I have downloaded all those and are checking out the features
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i was running Caulkin's E4GT 3.0 ever since it came out and I loved it. I just recently flashed tFD19_v0.1.0 Rooted. Odexed to check out the whole ICS realm and I kinda like it. I'm still getting used to the interface and it's still missing the hotspot services, but I've been managing with wifi tether. This rom runs pretty smooth so far and I haven't seen any random restarts or errors. with tFD16 I was getting random pauses and apps closing, but so far this rom is running nicely. I have not encountered the notification problem that other people were talking about and with the FD19 modem, my connections are really stable and fast. The new tweaks on tFD19 actually greatly increase the battery life from tFD16 and it is so much faster than tFD16. Also included in this rom is the ICS launcher to run the ICS theme AND the twlauncher if you find the ICS launcher too new and confusing.
for tFD19
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1610494
I still recommend a NAND backup before trying this rom out and it flashes through the Rogue CWM nicely

My favorite roms at the moment are Blazer rom and UnOfficial ICS rom.

donsh00tmesanta said:
Given the ics rings are horrible on battery what's the best GB ROM or should I stay on El13 unnamed ROM
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My favorite GB ROM is the Blu Kuban ROM by rujelus22. CM9 is my DD though
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AOKP ICS rom has a great battery life

Strongsteve
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+1 for strongsteve's odexed blue rom

Blazer.

Tons of blue and totally stable and fast!
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Blazer.
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+1 for Blazer...
My setup has been absolutely flawless.
Rom: Blazer 4.1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363071
Kernel: Rogue v1.4.1 Gunslinger http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341564
Modem: FD19 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1352310
PRL: 11119 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1267893
No Bloat: Calkulin's Bare ROM Converter v2.0 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1535776
Theme: Dark Fire Blue X v3.5 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427215 + HOOLM style battery mod
UV Tweak: Calkulin's_Undervolt_100mV_Settings_for_E4GT_v1.1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=845030&d=1325871602
A big thanks to all the great folks that put the stuff I have listed here together... It has been a pleasure setting this phone up because of you guys!

I have chosen blazer yee!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am going to use all that stuff ^^^

Another vote for StrongSteve's Blue Odexed. Fast, looks awesome, excellent support and great battery life. Can't wait to see Steve's ICS rom

Blazer all the way.

[Q] Quick Question

Hello everyone,
I am new to the Epic 4G Touch and I have a question? There are quite a few roms for this devices and I was wondering witch rom is the latest? I was running AOKP, but the battery life for me was vary bad so I had to go back to stock for now.. Is there any ICS roms with great and or better battery life than AOKP?

Try cm9. Its fast, smooth and stable. Or you could give a touchwiz rom like Calks 1.6 rom + kobridge tweaks a go.
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slick_rick said:
Try cm9. Its fast, smooth and stable. Or you could give a touchwiz rom like Calks 1.6 rom + kobridge tweaks a go.
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Thanks for the info!
How is battery life on cm9? I am really need a stable rom with great battery life or at least to last me a full day?

anthony062991 said:
Thanks for the info!
How is battery life on cm9? I am really need a stable rom with great battery life or at least to last me a full day?
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If you absolutely have to be on ICS, I tend to agree with Rick.
Calk 1.6: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1527041
Kobridge Tweaks for Battery Life: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668853
In any case, for the BEST battery life & stability, you should go with a Gingerbread ROM. At least until ICS is fully released.

tdunham said:
If you absolutely have to be on ICS, I tend to agree with Rick.
Calk 1.6: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1527041
Kobridge Tweaks for Battery Life: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668853
In any case, for the BEST battery life & stability, you should go with a Gingerbread ROM. At least until ICS is fully released.
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It does not have to be ICS.. Witch recovery do I use to flash Calk 1.6 with? I am currently on stock EL29 with root.

anthony062991 said:
It does not have to be ICS.. Witch recovery do I use to flash Calk 1.6 with? I am currently on stock EL29 with root.
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Only use el26cwm to flash to or from any ICS ROM.
http://db.tt/0QJkleJR
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Been using CM9 since the start. After updating to Alpha 4 after a fresh install battery life has been pretty good.
Battery life after fresh install seems to last most of the day. However life depends on many different issues and what you have installed.
Calks seems to last pretty good. Battery tweaked version seemed to last all day for me.

Thanks everyone!
There is one thing I do not get is those battery tweaks? There are several zips in it and I'm not sure witch one to flash?

anthony062991 said:
Thanks everyone!
There is one thing I do not get is those battery tweaks? There are several zips in it and I'm not sure witch one to flash?
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Kobridge's tweaks are pretty good. I wrote the flashable zips and Kobridge has been busy tweaking.
SF = Super Fast (least battery savings)
F = Fast
M = Medium
A = Agressive (most battery savings but you may notice a little lag here and there)
Edit: There is a set specifically designed for Calk's ICS rom too!

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Kobridge's tweaks are pretty good. I wrote the flashable zips and Kobridge has been busy tweaking.
SF = Super Fast (least battery savings)
F = Fast
M = Medium
A = Agressive (most battery savings but you may notice a little lag here and there)
Edit: There is a set specifically designed for Calk's ICS rom too!
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Thanks! I am trying out the "M" one right now.. Hopefully I will see some improvements!

anthony062991 said:
Thanks! I am trying out the "M" one right now.. Hopefully I will see some improvements!
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I don't know how new you are to these roms... just give them a chance to settle in. It takes a couple of days for any fresh install to settle down so don't expect to see real results for a little while.

i know blue kubans rom is pretty good on battery life as well. and has alot of choose your own customization built into the rom with rom updater. i recommend u check it out. its just screams awesomeness if ur tired of the old classic epic 4g touch theme
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JB to GB - Need Opinions!

So Ive been doing some comparing of A LOT of Roms. Trying to see which one would be the greatest for battery life. Im going to be working long lloonng hours here shortly and need the battery life. Ive been looking All the way back to EL26 GB. So far Calkulin's E4GT v3.0 [ EL29 has my eye. Right now Im on ParanoidAndroid 4.1.2. Im just looking for others opinions. Maybe there is a Rom I missed? Tell me what you think.

if you want just battery life and a little performance, just go with calkulins 3.0 it has by far the best battery

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if you want just battery life and a little performance, just go with calkulins 3.0 it has by far the best battery
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Thats what I was looking at. I was comparing that to his ICS version, and Blazer Rom. Hard to choose. But so far Im aiming at Calks 3.0

My experience with blazer on gb has been my best experience with this phone, better than the jelly bean Rom I'm on now. Personally I say go for blazer
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Is it safe to flash from JB to GB using EL29 kernal? or are there more steps?

It's safe.
So far best battery life with calks 3.0 as well as blazer gb. Blazer ics as well with posted tweaks. With 1day on 4hr screen. About to try lightweight with placebo as I've seen even better results via screenshots
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Bannjio said:
It's safe.
So far best battery life with calks 3.0 as well as blazer gb. Blazer ics as well with posted tweaks. With 1day on 4hr screen. About to try lightweight with placebo as I've seen even better results via screenshots
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Im on Blazer 4.1 now. Seeing how that goes. Im debating about trying Calks 3.0. Can you post links for Lightweight and Placebo? Thanks

+1 on going with Calk 3.0 GB rom