its been 3 days since i rooted my phone for the first time due to battery life issues. the first day my phone lasted for 10 hours. after a full discharge and full charge I've been experiencing horrible battery life again on medium usage. only getting 6 hours of battery life. what do you guys think would be the cause of this??? everybody is getting better battery life and mine seems to be horrible still. I don't have any out of the ordinary apps running either. do you think i need a new battery?
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just did a battery calibration and still getting poor battery life. suggestions please?
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I have never found juggs to be a battery friendly ROM. It's a power ROM. Better for gaming, shooting live video etc. If you want the 15 to 20 hour battery some are getting then switch over to darksides ROM DIGITALWARFARE. It's powerful enough for gaming just not like juggs.
Also usage plays a roll to. If your gaming for 4 stright hours don't expect the phone to last that long because no phone will. Running Juggs with darksides kernal is kinda doesn't mix.
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thanks for the info i had no clue
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Download 2x battery from the market, it's done wonders for my phone and i use it with any rom i flash. Not to mention i ran that same setup for quite awhile and the maximum time out of a battery i've gotten comes using juggs 5 and v1 darkside kernel.
I'm running Juggernaut 5.0, with Eugene's Streamline kernel. I'm getting about 17hs. I'm also OCD, so I play, and tweak every setting possible. I game a lot, and usually get about 6-8 with that. It depends on a lot of factors though. I agree though, it's kind of an oxymoron to use Darkside kernel with that rom. They kind of clash.....I guess you could say, as far as battery goes anyways. I had the same issue when I used that kernel. Just my experience anyways. There's a lot of setups you could go with, so. Best to just test everything once, till you find your happy place.
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I'm running Juggernaut 5.0, with Eugene's Streamline kernel. I'm getting about 17hs. I'm also OCD, so I play, and tweak every setting possible. I game a lot, and usually get about 6-8 with that. It depends on a lot of factors though. I agree though, it's kind of an oxymoron to use Darkside kernel with that rom. They kind of clash.....I guess you could say, as far as battery goes anyways. I had the same issue when I used that kernel. Just my experience anyways. There's a lot of setups you could go with, so. Best to just test everything once, till you find your happy place.
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i just switched over to synergy kernel for my jugg. been off the charger for about an hour and I've lost 10%. so im on pace to have about 4 hours more than i had with darkside. do you suggest streamline or will he results be similar to what im getting already ?
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hey mike what were your results with new kernal ?
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unfourtunately im seeing no results. i got about 6-7 hours still on decent amount of usage. i even went ahead and purchased the extended battery from nexus and im still seeing no improvements! im pretty sure its not a rogue app because i barely use any apps. im even using apps like 2x battery to try to get more juice. anyways i just wiped and installed digital warfare last night. just unplugged my phone at 100% lets see how this goes. ill report back.
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hey mike what were your results with new kernal ?
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what are you using? are you experiencing poor battery life as well?
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Your battery life also depends on a number of other factors as well. Do you have animations on or off? If they are on, turn them off. What brightness is your screen? I turn mine all the way down. How many widgets are you running? I don't use widgets. Is your phone constantly syncing with Facebook, Twitter etc? I only turn my sync on for Gmail and Google. Is your GPS on? I have mine off at all times. Do you stream a lot of music/videos? How many programs do you have running in the background? I make sure everything is closed or off except for the programs that need to be on. If I need to use a program/app I will open it, I don't need it constantly running shortening my battery life. Etc Etc.
I also recommend using the app Juice Defender. Yes it runs in the background at all times, but, it greatly improves battery life. I use it all the time and it's fantastic.
I typically have my phone on for 15-17hrs a day and by the time I go to bed I still have over 50% battery left. I am currently just on a stock ROM and not Juggs, but my results with Juggs were around the same as well, even with the Darkside Kernel. Peace
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I also recommend using the app Juice Defender. Yes it runs in the background at all times, but, it greatly improves battery life. I use it all the time and it's fantastic.
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+1 I don't use juice defender on my device since I am happy with the battery life I get so far. However, I have Juice Defender on my wife's SGS2 with custom settings and her battery life has improved a lot. Before her phone would only last 10-12 hours with moderate use. Now she gets over 20 hours with the same usage.
Use tdjs ROM
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I'm using aokp now but I found this to be the best setup for battery for me.
I recommend you try this and see if you still have this issue.
Juggernaut + synergy + juice defender on aggressive mode = awesome battery life.. awesome enough for you to have multiple MiniBaths. :banghead:
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I'm running Juggernaut 5.0, with Eugene's Streamline kernel. I'm getting about 17hs. I'm also OCD, so I play, and tweak every setting possible. I game a lot, and usually get about 6-8 with that. It depends on a lot of factors though. I agree though, it's kind of an oxymoron to use Darkside kernel with that rom. They kind of clash.....I guess you could say, as far as battery goes anyways. I had the same issue when I used that kernel. Just my experience anyways. There's a lot of setups you could go with, so. Best to just test everything once, till you find your happy place.
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Started using the same kernal Monday and I have def. Started to see a difference.
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i just switched over to synergy kernel for my jugg. been off the charger for about an hour and I've lost 10%. so im on pace to have about 4 hours more than i had with darkside. do you suggest streamline or will he results be similar to what im getting already ?
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I lost 10-15% an hour if im not on Wifi, this phone has terrible batt life when not on wifi. Could that be why?
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its been 3 days since i rooted my phone for the first time due to battery life issues. the first day my phone lasted for 10 hours. after a full discharge and full charge I've been experiencing horrible battery life again on medium usage. only getting 6 hours of battery life. what do you guys think would be the cause of this??? everybody is getting better battery life and mine seems to be horrible still. I don't have any out of the ordinary apps running either. do you think i need a new battery?
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Change to beastmod 5.0
Then change the ov/oc beater
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On juggernaut ROM and I don't know why but my battery drains faster than my vibrant with ics I have no widgets or installed any apps
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post some screens of battery use.
mines pretty good. apart from the basics try disabling wifi/4g when your not actually using the internet.
Hercules was here
I tried JuiceDefender on the market (Free one) and I seem to be getting better bettery life.
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On juggernaut ROM and I don't know why but my battery drains faster than my vibrant with ics I have no widgets or installed any apps
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Stock kernel on juggernaut overclocks. this offers better performance, but drains the battery faster.
How long have you been using the juggernaut Rom?
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Give eugenes rom a go, it has a custom kernel. Ill post some screenies of my battery life as soon as I hop on a computer
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On juggernaut ROM and I don't know why but my battery drains faster than my vibrant with ics I have no widgets or installed any apps
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WHOA it's rare to see someone say that the battery life is horrible in this forum. You should try a new fresh wipe and install, and try different kernels.
Try darksides super wipe then re install juggernaut ROM. Make sure not to run setcpu or any other cpu apps, I was having bad battery drain running setcpu.
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Setcpu leaves a core on so I advise against it
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WHOA it's rare to see someone say that the battery life is horrible in this forum. You should try a new fresh wipe and install, and try different kernels.
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From a galaxy better than yours.
What kernel are you using?
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I tried JuiceDefender on the market (Free one) and I seem to be getting better bettery life.
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i actually think those "battery saving" and task killer apps uses up more juice than saving ... i had juicedefender ultimate and i noticed my battery drain when it was enabled .. i deleted the app and ive noticed a great improvement on my battery .
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I was also getting horrible battery life on the Juggernaut roms. I tried the bullet kernel, synergy, and faux kernels with all sorts of different ways to reduce battery consumption such as underclocking, undervolting, uninstalling bloat, and removing apps from startup. No matter what, my phone would always be dead by the time I came home from work/school (I'm usually away from home from 630am until 800pm).
I recently started using the DARKSIDE rom/kernel in the hopes that it would provide some better battery life and I am actually getting significantly longer usage times. As of right now after ~15 hours of time spent off the charger and with moderate use (~500 texts/day, XDA app, FB checking, random Internet usage), I have just under 40% battery life remaining. I must say I am very impressed with this rom and give the developer TDJ mad props.
So here's my battery life with Eugene's Macnut ROM:
Compared to this (Juggernaut 4.1 with ICS Ultimate Theme):
I run juggs with TDJ Darkside kernel, kernel makes huge diff
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On juggernaut ROM and I don't know why but my battery drains faster than my vibrant with ics I have no widgets or installed any apps
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I am running Juggs 4.1 as well previously with the FAUX123 kernel and decided to try out TDJ's Darkside kernel. Wow, huge difference, highly recommend. I use system tuner app to adjust my speeds but main thing in system tuner app is to go into boot settings and set screen-off to powersave governor and max frequence to 800, 500 etc.
I also run easy bettery saver and that helps as well. Battery life is best I have ever had with my G2 and I got it first day it came out and have run most all of the rom's kernels on it. If you can I would suggest running TDJ's Darkside rom as well. I would but just don't want to reload again at this point.
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I'll try darkside rom and see if it fixes my battery drain problem.
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Setcpu leaves a core on so I advise against it
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Thank you for this, I wasnt aware of that, what do you use to change your clockspeed when your screen is off? I recently switch from an iphone and unfortunately battery life seems to be something I have to actually think about now. I know its a faster processor and a bigger screen so I get it, I just never had to worry about turning off wifi and things like that before. I currently am running beastmod 4.2 with darkside kernel. I have 9hrs on battery at 41% with 2 hrs and 15 min of display. Im not really interested in speed at this point so I thought setcpu was a good thing to use to underclock and use less battery. Can you recommend any good alternatives or should I not bother with setcpu type apps. Thanks in advance
On darkside... Not the current one but the one before it... I think it was version 1r2 or something like that. Battery is great, better than juggernaut. I have bluetooth and Wifi on all day
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i actually think those "battery saving" and task killer apps uses up more juice than saving ... i had juicedefender ultimate and i noticed my battery drain when it was enabled .. i deleted the app and ive noticed a great improvement on my battery .
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They gobble up a TINY bit more CPU (probably no more than 1% throughout the entire charge) at the cost of managing your data settings. It saves juice primarily when your phone is idling. It pings, it checks data thresholds. The main idea is that it turns off 4g/wifi when you're not using it, and back on when you are. This requires a little but of CPU, but you end up having a battery that lasts much longer.
There's never be a time when you're using your phone 100% of the time on battery. There's ALWAYS idle time.
Sorry the bad tittle guys, im just really frustrated with how fast my battery drains from just surfing the net . No videos just hanging around the forums.. I'm running ics fc22 stock rooted with fc 18 modem
. What can i do to help with battery drain?
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Sorry the bad tittle guys, im just really frustrated with how fast my battery drains from just surfing the net . No videos just hanging around the forums.. I'm running ics fc22 stock rooted with fc 18 modem
. What can i do to help with battery drain?
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Your screen brightness is too high and turn off haptic feedback. Btw screen love to rape your battery
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I think its the FC22 modem. Obviously modems vary from phone to phone. Flashed it over Calk GB ROM and my battery life TANKED. Went to sleep with 30%, woke up with 4%, nothing in use either
Debloat out the samsung widgets and sprintware you don't used. Makes a huge difference. Check with John C for other battery saving tips.
thanks guys I just saw Calk released fc 24 Maybe that will help with the battery life?? cuz is ridiculous right now.
This is insane bat life
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This is insane bat life
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This battery life seems pretty good...
thats messed up just rub it in like that . what setup is that?
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Sorry the bad tittle guys, im just really frustrated with how fast my battery drains from just surfing the net . No videos just hanging around the forums.. I'm running ics fc22 stock rooted with fc 18 modem
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Are you using auto screen brightness? It is usually enabled by default. If so turn that off and set you screen manually. Personally I hardly ever need more the 25% brightness level.
Another tip, pick up Better Battery Stats on the android market for $2.50. You will be able to see right away your awake time vs your screen on. That way you can see if a rogue app is killing your battery life.
I hope you guys meaning "good battery life for an ICS build."
I'm still running Calk's EL29, and when I see people saying 40% use over 5 hours is great battery life, I feel like I'm in some Bizzarro world!
With medium use at 50% brightness (2 hours of screen-on, 50 texts or so, WiFi and GPS not disabled, 20 minutes or so of actual phone time), I find myself somewhere between 20 and 25% depleted.
Granted, my screen on time is mostly dark things... White on black Kindle reading, white on black text theme, dark background pic, etc).
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Are you using auto screen brightness? It is usually enabled by default. If so turn that off and set you screen manually. Personally I hardly ever need more the 25% brightness level.
Another tip, pick up Better Battery Stats on the android market for $2.50. You will be able to see right away your awake time vs your screen on. That way you can see if a rogue app is killing your battery life.
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Not sure if its still there.....but.....the Dev that created Better Battery Stats offers the apk for free in the Android general apps section.
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Using my old HTC EVO for the weekend and I forgot how amazing it was for idle battery drain, must be due better more mature custom kernel.
Bad side though is I don't remember it being so fat and heavy! got spoiled by how slim and light the gs2 is.
Calkulins new fc24 rom is doing pretty good for me
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Calkulins new fc24 rom is doing pretty good for me
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WTF 15hrs thats crazy,.. im running this same ROM too but nowhere near that bat life it has improved a lot but unlike this..
um.. web browsing uses 2 of the biggest battery drains of any smartphone, the screen and the 3g/4g radio. there isn't much you can do to minimize battery drain during activities that utilize one let alone both of them.. even surfing on wifi is going to make your phone drain a lot faster
dam my android os is eating my battery and I cant figure how?
okcupid I didn't know what it was till I Googled it. good luck
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Not sure if its still there.....but.....the Dev that created Better Battery Stats offers the apk for free in the Android general apps section.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Hey guys i was wondering if the battery on this rom could be tweeked [ROM][ICS 4.0.3] :ARKSIDE.EVOLUTION.3:: [v1][UVLE1][WiFi CALLING][6.12.2012]...ive noticed that the battery tweak on the DArkside Ucle2 Has IMPROVED ALOT!! was wondering if anyone can relay this request to TDJ? Due to my limitation of post i am unable to post anything on his thread...Thx
No it just sucks at battery life. I went from a full battery to 30% in under 6 hours with only 1.5 hours of screen time vs the 16+, 3 hour+ screen on time with the att base. Ucle2 is much better with battery life until some kernel adjustments are made. No battery tweaks though. I suspect the radio or kernel and since you cant do anything about the latter, try flashing different radios. Try the modified LDE radio. Its the one I used to eat sweet ass battery life with ucle2. Report back with your findings. I had a few issues with the new tmo release so I didn't even bother to try it. I had flashed the lc8 radio with the tmo release.
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Yeah I heard the Telus is way better on battery life. For right now I'm sticking with UCLE2 beta 7 with the Telus radio. I been getting 17 hours average on heavy use and I'm happy with it for the time being. My suggestion if you are going to use the Tmo release, try Telus radio...calibrate battery and set all apps to manual sync, so they are not running trying to sync airpush info.
Edit: almost forgot, try to keep your screen low as you can get it. Auto is a waste of battery
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Yeah I heard the Telus is way better on battery life. For right now I'm sticking with UCLE2 beta 7 with the Telus radio. I been getting 17 hours average on heavy use and I'm happy with it for the time being. My suggestion if you are going to use the Tmo release, try Telus radio...calibrate battery and set all apps to manual sync, so they are not running trying to sync airpush info.
Edit: almost forgot, try to keep your screen low as you can get it. Auto is a waste of battery
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I get the same as you except I don't turn off background data and my screen is 50%-100% all the time
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Hey, what battery tweak for the UCLE2 base are you talking about? Tried searching the forum but can't find what you're referring to.
Seriously everyone! It just got released. Give it time.
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Seriously everyone! It just got released. Give it time.
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I get that it just released etc. Its just that for me the initial performance and battery life has been worse than every ics build I've flashed. Even when when the bases were initially released like this one. I have no issue staying on evo 7.1. It runs flawlessly. It'd just be nice to join the other users having a great experience with it instead I get a broken rom with crap battery life. And before anytime says "its too early let it settle in idiot!"
I flashed back to evolution 7.1 ucle2 earlier. From a full charge on its initial drain I'm at 63%, 11 hours, 2.5 hours of screen on time. Certainly beats the 6 hours and 1.5 hours of screen on time for the tmo release on its initial run don't it?
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I get that it just released etc. Its just that for me the initial performance and battery life has been worse than every ics build I've flashed. Even when when the bases were initially released like this one. I have no issue staying on evo 7.1. It runs flawlessly. It'd just be nice to join the other users having a great experience with it instead I get a broken rom with crap battery life. And before anytime says "its too early let it settle in idiot!"
I flashed back to evolution 7.1 ucle2 earlier. From a full charge on its initial drain I'm at 63%, 11 hours, 2.5 hours of screen on time. Certainly beats the 6 hours and 1.5 hours of screen on time for the tmo release on its initial run don't it?
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Hey I'm all for what works for you but the overall feedback from other users as well as myself running my second battery purge just isn't consistent. Anyways I'm not going to debate what sucks and what doesn't suck. I'm only asking everyone to chill out with the slander on peoples work. I mean Mr X and TDJ are rolling with things but dammmmmm, the overall @ss woopin they are taking is ridiculous.
Oh no!! I hope I'm speaking for others as myself but I in no way blame the devs. I'm flaming T-Mobile for this release not them lol for god sakes these guys are our saviors from a ****ty phone experience. As someone stated before. It'd just be nice for one of these multi billion dollar companies to release a fully working rom for once. Instead of enhancing experience like the devs want they spend it fixing the crap churned out by these companies. I've owned my share of android phones and can't think of one release that went smoothly for everyone as a whole.
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I was wanting to know which ROM has the best battery life on the Gnex the CDMA version.
Thanks
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They are all pretty much the same IMO. The screen sucks up juice so keep it off as often as possible lol
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I was wanting to know which ROM has the best battery life on the Gnex the CDMA version.
Thanks
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If you want the latest software, most stable, and best battery life ROM, go with MMuzzy's AOSP ROM. Using it now, and its amazing
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ROMs themselves rarely ever have an actual impact on battery life. Most postive effects for battery come from the kernel, and negative ones from rogue apps.
Before you ask which kernel offers the best battery, it really depends on the requirements of the user and the phone itself. You'll just have to try a few.
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ROMs themselves rarely ever have an actual impact on battery life. Most postive effects for battery come from the kernel, and negative ones from rogue apps.
Before you ask which kernel offers the best battery, it really depends on the requirements of the user and the phone itself. You'll just have to try a few.
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That's very true, IMHO LeanKernel is the absolute best.
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How do I switch out the kernel. I'm kind of a noob at this stuff...
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Flash it like you would a ROM. Make sure you find one that is for the version of android your ROM is based on. I would suggest tying Franco kernel, but there are many good ones.
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How do I switch out the kernel. I'm kind of a noob at this stuff...
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FYI....this thread goes in general.
Flash kernel in cwm the same as you would have a rom. Be sure to clear cache/dalvik first.
For the moment the ROM with the best battery life is SlimRoms 2.7
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I've tried many ROMs and Kernels with no success in the battery life department.
My phone charger died so I downloaded an app...Easy Battery Saver...my phone was still at 34% after 1 day and 7 hours. I was NOT heavily using my phone but still this is the best battery life I have ever experienced. I was always on the "battery saver apps are useless" team until recently.
Don't get me wrong, I'm still flashing
Just love my new app.
i tried miui, pa, vicious, aopk, smooth, and now using cm10. tried out different kernals too,but at the end, all the roms cant pass 1hr 50mins of screen time.
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i tried miui, pa, vicious, aopk, smooth, and now using cm10. tried out different kernals too,but at the end, all the roms cant pass 1hr 50mins of screen time.
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Hmm.. thats strange. I'm on MMuzzy's ROM which is pure AOSP and I get around 2 and a half hours of screen time. And some people around the forums have gotten around 5 hours of screen time with different combinations of ROMS and Kernels.
I have tried numerous roms, if not all of them for the galaxy nexus, and there is a difference between roms, even using the same kernel.
I have been getting amazing battery life using Eclipse.
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The mods can move this thread, but in the mean time, it is a good question.
I used to get some awesome battery life. VZW + 2100mah. Typically 4 hours screen on time was normal.... now I'm lucky to get 1hr. I can't remember if it was the jelly bean update or the inclusion of Google Now.
Does letting the ROM settle really help? I have been getting terrible battery life out of my 2100mah. The battery just drains when the screen is off. No rogue apps, but this is a fresh install as of 24 hours ago
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I believe use what you like as long as you use Lean Kernel you should get good battery life.
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I believe use what you like as long as you use Lean Kernel you should get good battery life.
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I wasn't going to put my 2 cents in but because there are so many complaints about this being in the wrong place, I just have to now.
I have tried many different ROM's and kernels and found there always seems to be the "right" combination sooner or later. Right now I am on AOKP w/Franco M6 and getting about 14 hours with 24% battery left, 2.5 hours screen time, mostly LTE and moderate phone use, best I have seen of any combo for me on this ROM. For CNA the right kernel for me was lean kernel. A little experimentation and patience and you will find that sweet spot soon enough.
Edit: the whining drew me to it, sucked me in so I couldn't stop myself from answering
If someone can get 4+ hours screen with mostly 3G, let me know. haha.
Wrong section
However as for battery life slim ROMs work great but I'm on jbsourcery built in trinity and I've definitely had worse d: the only ROM I've used that's had has battery is pa however they've had multiple updates since then so I'm sure its not horrible now
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2 things here:
1) OP, wrong section. Questions belong in their own section, the Q&A section. Development is reserved for Roms, kernels, tweaks, etc.
2) If you guys see something posted in the wrong section, report it. No need to get in an internet gang war about it. Us mods have a life too and we can not be here 24 hrs a day to watch over you. When you hit the report button, we see it.
Just wondering, I always end up back on a stock debloated ROM. I don't use Facebook, or Facebook messenger. I use Instagram and that's about it. Sync, GPS, Bluetooth, auto rotate, NFC, all disabled. AOSP ROMs for me have been battery killers. I'm not sure of I'm using the right settings for the kernels, i use stock settings. Whatever the ROM has at boot up.
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I've tried quite a lot of roms and I still find stock the best for battery life myself. I've done the undercoating volting and different kernels and haven't been able to replicate the longevity. Now mind you everyone's results are different.
Depending on the apps you use and how you use your phone; so for my purposes stock debloated works. Not as smooth or fast as others though but don't let it stop you from continually trying new roms. There is always refinement and always something better around the corner
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My battery on CM10.1 drains faster than TouchWiz, but it has gotten much better with the latest nightlies. I also keep sync, gps, nfc, data, bluetooth, etc off at all times. But I found that Greenify help me reduce my wakelocks and idle battery drain, because it hibernates apps that stay constantly running in the background (Facebook, I'm looking at you).
I feel like I'm the only one based on what I've read on the forums, but I have been getting very good battery life from Cyanogenmod 10.1 RC 2-4 with Ktoonsez's kernel. I have been getting 4.5-5 hours of screen time, which is the same I was getting on stock. I use Facebook, Facebook messenger, Twitter, Instagram, Google plus. I use bluetooth/WiFi/gps intermittently throughout the day. I'm not holding back at all in terms of usage and I'm doing pretty well
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Just wondering, I always end up back on a stock debloated ROM. I don't use Facebook, or Facebook messenger. I use Instagram and that's about it. Sync, GPS, Bluetooth, auto rotate, NFC, all disabled. AOSP ROMs for me have been battery killers. I'm not sure of I'm using the right settings for the kernels, i use stock settings. Whatever the ROM has at boot up.
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You don't actually mention how long you get.
I'll go 9-10hrs, 2hrs screen time and I'll plug it in. As long as I can get through work without charging I'm happy.
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I get about the same.. Maybe a little less battery life on aosp. Remember too touchwiz has power saving options on by default which may have something to do with it. I have been on aosp for a few days now and let my battery cycle a few times and its probably the same now. Its weird because theoretically it should be better with a lot less bloat and background touchwiz crap.
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I get about the same.. Maybe a little less battery life on aosp. Remember too touchwiz has power saving options on by default which may have something to do with it. I have been on aosp for a few days now and let my battery cycle a few times and its probably the same now. Its weird because theoretically it should be better with a lot less bloat and background touchwiz crap.
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Bloat or not, the battery drain is probably due to the fact that the ROM platform, which is on dozens of different devices; isn't optimized properly for one device it's ported to. That's why I always stay stock. Generally better battery life and more functionality. I don't know why so many people praise AOSP. The UI looks like a TouchWiz UX in beta and its not nearly as practical when it comes to features like the camera.
I get good battery life after using greenify and messing with some kernel settings . I've definitely learned that most ROMs don't differ much from each other battery wise , earlier I got a one percent drop an hour with light texting and a few calls which is better than touchwiz for me.
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I get good battery life after using greenify and messing with some kernel settings . I've definitely learned that most ROMs don't differ much from each other battery wise , earlier I got a one percent drop an hour with light texting and a few calls which is better than touchwiz for me.
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I vouch for greenify as well... It has saved me from my wakelocks.
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Yep, AOSP has always been an issue for me.
If you look at my past posts you can see I've mentioned many times and I usually always switch back to TW for that reason alone.
You're not crazy!
I actually don't notice any difference between stock and CM10.1 RC#. I usually have GPS, NFC, Sync, etc. turn ON (everything but blue tooth). I unplug when I get up, and the battery will last pretty much last all day until I plug it in when I go to bed. I am using DS battery saver, set for 2 hour wake intervals.
I could be that stock gets better life, but again, I haven't seen any noticeable difference. I probably do not use my phone as much as some do.
I've used greenify since it's release and it's definitely worth installing.
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AOSP battery life on my device is about the same as TW roms.
A couple of months ago I couldn't say that, probably because the 3.4 kernel development still needed to mature on aosp
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Battery life has never been good for me in AOSP. I am a huge fan of Task's AOSP work, but I have never been able to get over 12hrs, even w/ light use. I'm sure if I tweak the settings, maybe undervolt and all that good stuff, then I would see an improvement in battery life. But I just flash and use the ROM as it comes. I also refuse to have bluetooth, NFC, sync or anything else turned off, because then what's the point of having a smart phone? I had to revert back to TW based ROM .
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Battery life has never been good for me in AOSP. I am a huge fan of Task's AOSP work, but I have never been able to get over 12hrs, even w/ light use. I'm sure if I tweak the settings, maybe undervolt and all that good stuff, then I would see an improvement in battery life. But I just flash and use the ROM as it comes. I also refuse to have bluetooth, NFC, sync or anything else turned off, because then what's the point of having a smart phone? I had to revert back to TW based ROM .
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I've had great battery life on aosp, I try to remember to toggle off data/NFC/WiFi as much as possible, but with regular use I'd average 3 hrs screen on time. Anytime I flash a new ROM I clean wipe & start fresh, I've found even updating a ROM without a wipe can cause a drain. Kernel settings are mostly stock, I oc to 1.7 and mess with the gov. settings a bit.
I've had my phone for 4 months now and have yet to try a tw rom for more then a few hours. Just can't stand it!
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I've had great battery life on aosp, I try to remember to toggle off data/NFC/WiFi as much as possible, but with regular use I'd average 3 hrs screen on time. Anytime I flash a new ROM I clean wipe & start fresh, I've found even updating a ROM without a wipe can cause a drain. Kernel settings are mostly stock, I oc to 1.7 and mess with the gov. settings a bit.
I've had my phone for 4 months now and have yet to try a tw rom for more then a few hours. Just can't stand it!
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I ran tasks AOSP since possibly November last year, and I never dirty flashed. I always figured the hour it took me to set the phone again the way I had it was well worth it because my phone was incredibly stable. I only came back to TW when task updated to Linux kernel 3.4 which my phone did not agree with. Like I said earlier, if know of people who have gotten over 20 hrs of battery from a single charge. I was never one of them. I never gave it much thought because I always have access to a charger. But since I switched to TW, namely S3Rx,i find that I am less worried about battery without having to worry about shutting some services off. Also, I really wasn't taken advantage of the improvements AOSP provided over TW.
To the OP. I think you should try whichever Rom you think fits your needs. If the thought of being in AOSP is too alluring, you should definitely try it. I will always swear by Task's version of AOKP. People can complain about the man's attitude all they want, but the quality of his work is impecable. If not, the are other very good aosp based ROMs available.
In any case, is phone is basically limitless, so take advantage of that!
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I bought a zero lemon 7000mah on amazon for 30$ 3 days of battery life.
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allrockedout said:
I bought a zero lemon 7000mah on amazon for 30$ 3 days of battery life.
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Screenshot or it didn't happen.
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Running slimbean build 6+ bms kernel on stock battery. Even with all the apps, phone calls, and texting all day at work and emails and data on I'm happy. I think I could hit 20 hours. That's from 6:05am to around 9:40pm. It was at 4%
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Running slimbean build 6+ bms kernel on stock battery. Even with all the apps, phone calls, and texting all day at work and emails and data on I'm happy. I think I could hit 20 hours. That's from 6:05am to around 9:40pm. It was at 4%
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What are your kernel settings?
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