Just interested. I want a kernel that has good battery life, I have tried franco & cmtuna. I think cmtuna has better battery life than franco, but what do you use.
I use popcorn-kernel and it works very well. Glados and Trinity are great, too.
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Lean kernel on 920 MHz. Interactivex governor.
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James Bond is the way to go
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Stock 4.0.4
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Franco
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JameBond for saving battery & Franco for the best performance+smooth so far
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Always had great results with GLaDOS
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Lean Kernel atm
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Always had great results with GLaDOS
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+1 with Glados kernel
But,to the op...this is a recurring question...Get as many answers as there are different kernel+all the different settings (CPU freq,GPU freq,undervolt,hotplug,etc...)+the rom used+your personnal settings (sync,brightness,widgets,wifi,etc...)+your use...
For me it's impossible to give an answer like that "what's the best kernel"...It depends on to many factors...
Testing other kernel for at least 4/5 days with your usage and see...Take time also to read the feedbacks of the different kernel topics and the changelogs,sometimes it's useful.
A kernel it's not like a full rom,not necessary to do a full wipe each time and loose your settings,etc...So you can flash a kernel easily each 4/5 days and see wich is the best for you,no?
Someone will say xxx kernel is the best for me and after another will say oh no poor battery life with the xxx kernel,same for all other kernel...What do you do?
There is not the kernel alone,which depends of battery life...and that's for sure.
This is a very subjective question, as the answers ...Nothing is known of your usage,your rom, etc. ...You have tested Francisco and ch33kybutt's kernel...and...Battery life is bad,not great,ch33kybutt's kernel better than xxx...And...???
what do you mean by "I want a kernel that has good battery life"...First check your settings for you like I said above,your usage and see...
And guys said good battery life with xxx kernel...just like that, just for a post or...
I have the best battery life with the awesomeincredibleamazinggreat kernel...,I'm happy with 2 hours deep sleep and 5 mins screen-on...awesome...It corresponds to my use and what I hoped!Great great!
Voilà...It depends on how you use your phone and how is for you a good battery life...
I'm using morfic's Trinity kernel. It's the fastest kernel I've tried and battery-life is great, even though the GPU-overclock.
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I'm going to go against the grain and say I haven't noticed a significant difference between the kernels. Undervolting doesn't even do much, the processor drain is insignificant compared to the screen.
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Is there anyway I can download the stock kernel that came with 4.0.4? This is incase I want to go back, (now running stock rom again)
I'm using the Franco kernel. With the stock kernel I was getting stuttering audio playback when disk I/O was going on. The Franco kernel has some I/O scheduling optimizations that fixed the issue for me.
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I'm using the Franco kernel. With the stock kernel I was getting stuttering audio playback when disk I/O was going on. The Franco kernel has some I/O scheduling optimizations that fixed the issue for me.
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I have only tried stock, glados, and Franco. Glados would heat up my phone at times, and franco does it less and better battery performance .
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I use Franco's kernel. There were some issues with the last couple of nightly builds but they seem to be resolved (at least for me) in the lastest 166. Get his app from the Playstore for ease of configuration.
I use the CMplus, he works with no problems CM9.
Before CMplus, I preferred the Lean Kernel, but CMplus is at the moment my favorit.
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i find franco has best blend of battery life and speed
Trinity.
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So i've been reading up on some kernels. Specifically the ones where they seem to give good battery and stability. Overall it seems the Trinity is most stable, while Franco's is also about the same. However which of these two kernels do you feel that are more stable?
LeanKernel the best battery life and good stability.
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LeanKernel the best battery life and good stability.
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i've been trying many kernels for my GN and i totally agreed: in my specific case AOKP+LeanKernel+LeanKernelTweaks=absolutely the best so far!
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So i've been reading up on some kernels. Specifically the ones where they seem to give good battery and stability. Overall it seems the Trinity is most stable, while Franco's is also about the same. However which of these two kernels do you feel that are more stable?
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There are many opinions about this. Some like franco's, some like Trinity and some Lean.
I tested Franco and Trinity on AOKP M3 and can't catch greate differences. I think the kernerls are all good, but the differences are quite low. Its more a placebo which kernel is the best.
Here you can see battery life on GSM Nexus on AOKP and Trinity Kernel: click me!
PS: Never heard of Lean, can anyone provide a link? Search found nothing ..
franco kernel, batery, performance, stability.. the best !
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LeanKernel the best battery life and good stability.
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+1 for leankernal. Great battery life.
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Lean Kernel.
Best battery life, 4+ screen time hours every time even with all the Netflix and Music I watch and listen to.
It's a minimalistic kernel so you can probably get others which would sacrifice battery life for better performance.
Its on rootzwiki, but there's probably a reason its not here, so I won't post a link! Just Google it....IMO, trinity kernel is the best! Especially the 512 MHz gpu version! Smooth and battery life is great! But it truly depends how u use your phone, how much u put it thru. Everyone varies! The beauty of android is u have options! So go nuts and flash em all and try it out
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LeanKernel the best battery life and good stability.
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not the best battery life for me
Franco by far. Best overall battery life, refinement and performance.
TRINITY no doubt. I tested Franco, Lean, Fugu over weeks. Apart from Benchmark all showed worse value than Trinity. Most imortant for me is battery live. I am on push exchange for 24 hours, permanent 3G and GPS, automatic update and WiFi roughly 2-3 hours per day. Besides of that approximately 30-45 calls everyday and 85% roming.
Bettry shows in the evening 40%+. Scaling Governor recently changed from OnDemand to HotPlug. Idle Min CPU 350MHz and Max CPU set t 1200MHz.
Warmly recomend to taste.
I have to say, I've flashed a lot if custom kernels in my Android days. Right now, I'm really loving this kernel by Faux123.
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The kernel that comes with AOKP suits me fine. Tried Franco for a while but seems like battery drained faster..
I have been using Manhatten IC ROM since I got my Nexus, using Lean Kernel. Has been working fine for me. But I've installed Francos and bought the Franco Kernel Updater. Using FrancoTurtle governor and raised the CPU to allow 1200Mhz, I am amazed. Battery life is great, the phone is snappy and responsive all round.
Can recommend Francos Kernel.
Franco Kernel 13.1 is so far the pinnacle of the Franco Kernel development. I'd recommend it over the later versions where there have been instabilities galore and decreases in performance/battery life. I've tried many kernels(Trinity and Lean are also good) but always end up returning to 13.1!
Regards.
Well thanks for the reply guys! At the moment I'm testing glados, waiting for Franco's 18 tonight. It looks to me its between Franco and lean kernel
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Franco Kernel 13.1 is so far the pinnacle of the Franco Kernel development. I'd recommend it over the later versions where there have been instabilities galore and decreases in performance/battery life. I've tried many kernels(Trinity and Lean are also good) but always end up returning to 13.1!
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I was going to write the exact same thing. I recently switched from Franco to Lean Kernel and am noticing significant battery improvements. Any idea why the latest editions of Franco seem to provide worse battery life?
James Bond 007. I've gotten all the performance that I've had w/ Franco's and an extra two hours of on screen time with heavy network use.
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Franco Kernel 13.1 is so far the pinnacle of the Franco Kernel development. I'd recommend it over the later versions where there have been instabilities galore and decreases in performance/battery life. I've tried many kernels(Trinity and Lean are also good) but always end up returning to 13.1!
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QFT
i thought i was the only one who thought this. but yeah, nothing comes close to franco 13.1.
Which kernel do you think gives you the best battery life on your CDMA Gnex?
Please post the kernel/ROM you are using as well. Thanks!
I've tried all and I'm gonna have to say lean kernal does the best for me
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Which kernel do you think gives you the best battery life on your CDMA Gnex?
Please post the kernel/ROM you are using as well. Thanks!
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I have tried all too and I find there is virtually no difference when I'm using either AOKP, Black Ice or DroidTh3ory's roms (yes I know they are all essentially the same!). My favorites are IMO's and Franco's kernels due to their smoothness and color options.
Leankernel for sure.
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+1 Franco..
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Kenerl Options As Well?
For those suggesting what kernel they think is best, would it be good to include what options you have configured that lead you to the battery savings?
+1 for leankernel, but certainly not v2.5.0 from March. 4.2.0 instead.
Air kernel has literally doubled my battery life compared to all other kernels on jb. With it I get the battery life is was with ics. 1200 max 234 min smartass2 governor sio scheduler
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I've been using the latest James Bond kernel for 4.1.1 and get around 3 hours of screen time and haven't really got to test the full standby time. I was at 22 hours of standby this morning with 77% battery left. I have my CPU set at 1.2ghz with the interactive governor and have been using the cfq scheduler (default setup). I think I'm going to give that air kernel a go and see if I can get better performance.
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Running vicious jb 4.1. Just wondering what kernels you all would recommend. The battery life is good but I'm liking to squeeze a little more out of it during the day. Any suggestions?
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Try franco.Kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1367341
Thanks. You use it?
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Yes, i use it with aokp nightlies. It's fast and great battery life too.
I'm using Trinity and I'm very happy with it! Very smooth!
To be honest here, I tried so many different kernels and the battery life is about same. Really. Performance and color wise, it is different, but Franco, Trinity, Popcorn, Stock, and Faux has almost same battery life unless you actually do something to it. If you really want that little bit of battery though, Trinity squeezes about 10~30minutes more screen on time thanks to undervolting, but I use Franco, because I like the performance on this bad boy and I can also undervolt on this and get about same battery life as Trinity.
So you can literally use any custom kernel and expect same battery life with a little bit of customization and tweaks.
I've only unlocked and rooted for 2days, primarily to be on yakju and get timely updates.
So far i've tried trinity, fugu and franco's kernel...but my phone seems to be allergic to trinity and fugu, so im sticking with franco for now..next im gonna experiment on OC n UV...see how things go then.
+ another for franco. It does give my phone a bit more snap with about the same to a little better battery than stock. Games run noticeably smoother also*
Looks like franco takes the cake then. Thanks guys. I'll give it a spin. Seems like the superior choice since you can still undervolt through that.
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Looks like franco takes the cake then. Thanks guys. I'll give it a spin. Seems like the superior choice since you can still undervolt through that.
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Yes, but be careful when you're undervolting. Make sure that you uncheck "apply on boot" and use "Stability Test" app from Play Store to see if your currenty voltage is stable
franco is the premier master kernel developer imo
Running stab test now. Looks like a video game. What does it do exactly
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Franco...
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trinity kernel. and if not, youre just denying yourself one of the finer kernels in all of android.
Haha OK guys I get it, Franco. Already flashed it. Must be a marvel in its own
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How do you like Trinity? Figure I get it just to have in case I want to compare
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wonderfully stable. can be the best on the battery if you need it to be, or the beast that it is in performance.
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you would need to reflash your rom with trinity the first time, since franco kernel uses it own ramdisk. you want trinity to grab the roms ramdisk, not francos.
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you would need to reflash your rom with trinity the first time, since franco kernel uses it own ramdisk. you want trinity to grab the roms ramdisk, not francos.
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ha, guess that solves why my phone doesnt like trinity.guess im gonna try that next time
Used both Franco and Trinity. Franco has a bit more batt life, but Trinity has better default color values.
Franco has more frequencies, but Trinity has more governors and i/o schedulers
HTH
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If you want great colors and performance: trinity. If the colors dont mean a **** to you use franco
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I have typically had very good luck with my battery usage, and when I dont I can usually track the source and fix it, however, I am really battling with 4 hour battery life lately. Can anyone suggest a good kernel for this, or maybe some trouble tips.
Thanks in advance.
I'm using the faux kernel it came with and my battery life has been fine. What kernel are you using?
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Honestly, tried many kernels, such as Trinity, Popcorn, Franco and Faux, but I gotta say, battery life doesn't change too much. What you can do to improve it though, is to undervolt it. Or underclock it if you're ok with that. I also recommend you to use SetCPU to set profiles.
Try Jame Bond kernel.
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Hi everyone!
I'm not very experienced in android stuff so i'm going to post a screenshot to make it easier. i'm currently running these(screenshot in attachament)
What should i update or change to increase my battery life? I currently can't get over a 8-9hrs average batery lifetime. I also would like to remain with PA rom.
I heard some things that changing kernel will improve battery but i also dont want to lose any performance.
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green^
there is no best, every device is different and every user has different needs. its suggested that you try different kernels and find the one that you and your device likes the best.
Can u give me any suggestion? For eg. what do u use?
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Can u give me any suggestion? For eg. what do u use?
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Ex : for ~1h of games (HOC, Road Trip...), ~100 SMS, ~20 min call, ~ 2-3h of internet (twitter, Facebook, G+, ...)
I've 1 day of battery life and everything is fluid and fast with Franco kernel 342 (Xylon 011)
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So you want suggestion? I would say go for popular kernels first and then flash different kernels when you have time to see which one fits you the most. The first kernel I went for is Trinity and Franco and I have to say, they are definitely my pick when it comes to kernels.
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Can u give me any suggestion? For eg. what do u use?
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I use the Trinity kernel paired with the Rasbean Jelly ROM.. I love that combo
try AK kernel..it gives very good battery life without sacrificing performance.
I'm running CodenameAndroid and love it. I've tried Tiny Kernel, Franco's milestone 6, and Trinity. For me, I like Franco's the best and get a day of battery life with Moderate use, usually. I live in an area where signal is terrible so I attribute most of my battery problems to that.
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I will try franco, thx.
Offtopic: what is your max score in quadrant?
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When you ask which kernel you will get 4 different suggestions like you did above lol. Here's another one, personally I don't use Franco I like Trinity and AK kernels.
Also, quadrant scores mean NOTHING but if you like to live off getting high scores in quadrant AK kernel destroys quadrant scores.
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Also, quadrant scores mean NOTHING but if you like to live off getting high scores in quadrant AK kernel destroys quadrant scores.
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you are right in saying that quadrant scores mean nothing, but you are wrong about ak kernel destroying quadrant scores. heres trinity..
lean kernel