Hi all,
My partner has been experiencing a few issues with her 'stock' Orange branded Desire, not only being affected by calls dropping and Data being unreliable [sometimes works, sometimes doesn't], but also pretty poor battery life.
On that note, we think it may be a good idea to root her Desire and apply a custom ROM. Are there any ROMs out there which specifically target battery optimization?
I am assuming a new ROM/radio will help resolve her call/data issues, so battery is the next priority to look at.
I'm thinking CM7.0.3 is the safe bet [moreso because that's what I'm running on my Legend ] but is there a ROM out there in the Desire community known for great battery performance?
On a side note, if you can also recommend the best radio to flash [unless it's part of a ROM already] that would be cool.
Thanks in advance,
c_man
At first reducing the brigthness-level, turning off 3g/hsdpa, gps and wifi (sleep policy to "never" [settings > wireless & networks > wifi settings > press menu > advanced and set wifi sleep policy to Never; press menu and save) and only turning them on when needed will improve battery life.
A rom with a good battery life is redux:
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=896213
I have installed it myself with the kernel in my sig. Especially the standby-battery-power is really impressive. IMHO all small aosp-roms like e.g. cm7, devnull, oxygen or redux will have good battery life. Furthermore, i good kernel with appropriate settings becomes important.
But final one can say, the battery life is most related how much you use your phone.
Hope, this could help you.
If your wife is used to the Desire as it is (inc. HTC Sense) then I would highly recommend LeeDroid.
Its well indexed and offers good battery life. The fact that it's based on Gingerbread (2.3.3) is a big help for battery. As far as I know Orange Desire is still on Froyo?
The big benefit with LeeDroid is that if your wife isn't as keen on trying to learn to use stock and likes HTC Sense, she will not notice any difference. It would be worth putting an ext partition on the SD card as well so she wont run out of room for apps.
I have installed 7.0.3 and my battery life drains super quick. All i have enabled is mobile network. So if you ask me.. .I would say CM 7.0.3 is not a very good batt saver.
Im using Redux at the mo
3ma drain on standby with GPS and BT enabled
ManU Havs Axi kernel undervolted with Vipermod
I found GV to be very good on battery drain too...
In all fairness you wont believe the difference in battery life between stock and a custom rom imho
Thanks for the replies so far.
@MatDrOiD - thanks, currently its between CM and Redux.
@JokerNJ - She doesn't mind having to use 'pure' Andoird, she's used my Legend on CM7.0.3 and know's its not massively different. We'll take a look at LeeDroid...
@alexander7567 - this is not what we wanted to hear. CM7.0.3 has done wonders for my Legend...
naf007 said:
In all fairness you wont believe the difference in battery life between stock and a custom rom imho
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Positively or negatively!?
@MatDrOiD - you mention that you run Redux with Kernel: 2.6.35.9-Redux-SVS_BFS + ULV-Script.
Is there a recommended kernel for Leedroid and also for CM7.0.3?
This is slightly offtopic but can you supply a link on how to install/flash a kernel? I've not done this before [for my Legend].
Also what radio should I go for her Desire?
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Doesn't matter if the radio and kernel you suggest are not the latest/greatest/cutting edge, but as long as they are stable and known for good performance, that is good enough!
alexander7567 said:
I have installed 7.0.3 and my battery life drains super quick. All i have enabled is mobile network. So if you ask me.. .I would say CM 7.0.3 is not a very good batt saver.
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Mobile network is one of THE battery killers at all. Turn it off and just turn it on, when you really need it.
c_man said:
@MatDrOiD - you mention that you run Redux with Kernel: 2.6.35.9-Redux-SVS_BFS + ULV-Script.
Is there a recommended kernel for Leedroid and also for CM7.0.3?
This is slightly offtopic but can you supply a link on how to install/flash a kernel? I've not done this before [for my Legend].
Also what radio should I go for her Desire?
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Doesn't matter if the radio and kernel you suggest are not the latest/greatest/cutting edge, but as long as they are stable and known for good performance, that is good enough!
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I do not know a recommended kernel extra for leedroid. For CM7 (or aosp-roms in general) the manu-kernel is very good:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883598
Furthermore the couttstech-kernels are very good (they can be used for sense-roms as well:
http://mirror.couttstech.com/android/index.php?dir=bravo/kernel/
But i would say, search for the corresponding threads of this roms, i think you will find a good kernel.
Flashing a kernel is very easy:
1.) Download the kernel you want to flash as zip and copy the file without extracting on your sd-card
2.) Go into recovery
3.) Do a nandroid-backup, just in case.
4.) Wipe cash + dalvik-cache
5.) Flash zip rom sd-card like you would flash a rom
6.) Reboot
You are done.
I would recommend to use this radio, which is the mentionend recommended radio in the corresponding thread for the rom. E.g. for leedroid it's 32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.08. If there isn't mentioned any recommend radio, just use the radio which comes with the rom. Nevertheless, you are free to update to the respectively newest one:
http://www.mofirouz.com/wordpress/2011/03/htc-desire-radios/
You flash a radio like you flash a rom or kernel. But when you do this, DO NOT TOUCH YOUR PHONE UNTIL IT'S FINISHED. With flashing the radio you update your desire's hardware. If there somehting goes wrong, your desire will be bricked probably. So before flashing the radio, check the md5-sum of the downloaded zip.
Thanks! I didn't know the method to flash a kernel was the same I've done radio before for my Legend so that's all good.
Now all that is left is for my partner to choose a ROM and away we go...!
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Thanks! I didn't know the method to flash a kernel was the same I've done radio before for my Legend so that's all good.
Now all that is left is for my partner to choose a ROM and away we go...!
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Thanks, happy i could help. But after your last post i edited the procedure for flashing a kernel and named another recommend kernel. Take a look at it.
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I do not know a recommended kernel extra for leedroid. For CM7 (or aosp-roms in general) the manu-kernel is very good:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883598
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Just to be clear, which one?
This one? ManU-Version 1.4 :Gingerbread-HAVS-AXI-CFS
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Thanks, happy i could help. But after your last post i edited the procedure for flashing a kernel and named another recommend kernel. Take a look at it.
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Thanks, I saw the link to couttstech-kernels however it's slightly difficult to make an informed decision/choice as to which one to go for!
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Just to be clear, which one?
This one? ManU-Version 1.4 :Gingerbread-HAVS-AXI-CFS
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You are free to choose. But this is the recommmended and most used one (also by developer).
Danke schön...!
Fingers crossed for the root [will use unrEVOked 3 - this shouldn't be a problem even though her Desire is Orange branded as I understand it - someone please correct me if I'm wrong]
You Desire guys are lucky to have so many ROMs/Kernals to choose from.
For us Legend guys the choice is almost made for us [and I sold my Desire to own a Legend ].
Another vote for LeeDroid here for the Desire. I have been using LeeDroid since I got mine and have never had a problem with my battery life at all. I can go for two days at normal usage without a charge. Even with heavy use I can go a whole day. I charge mine each night in a dock on my bedside.
Thanks FlareHeart, is that running the radio/kernal that arrive with LeeDroid too? No other mods?
Now it's up to her to decide if she wants a ASOP ROM or one based on Sense .
Hopefully we'll root tomorrow...
I used Amethyst a bit before the dev jumped ship to Nexus S. It used Coutt's kernel for it and the longest I got out of a full charge was 2 days. And that was general usage (few texts/phone calls a day, push email, Facebook/web browsing).
Using Oxygen now and I frequently get over a day and a half on general usage with thalamus's kernel.
best Rom for desire
I have used devnull then gingervillain, all vanilla roms. but without sense there is no sense!!. thus I went for insertcoin 1.0.5. which is stable, very nice. u need ext4 partition. 500 mb ok. use minitool partition wizard for Windows. everything is working fine.
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Another vote for LeeDroid here for the Desire. I have been using LeeDroid since I got mine and have never had a problem with my battery life at all. I can go for two days at normal usage without a charge. Even with heavy use I can go a whole day. I charge mine each night in a dock on my bedside.
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What Leedroid version?
Hi all
I recently unlocked the bootloader of my arc (that was scaring lol, im was so afraid that my arc would be bricked but luckily it didn't ) and flashed CM7.2 to it. However, I don't know which kernel should I use with CM7. I found from the Internet that there are 2 possible kernels(?) which I can flash:
1. The one comes with the package of CM7.2
2. DooMKernel CM7here
I am now using the one comes with CM7.2, and I tried DooMKernel CM7, only it supports boot sounds. But which kernel is the best that I should use with my arc? Please advice
Also, I found some webpages/forum posts telling that battery calibration is needed after flashing CM7, is it also necessary for arc?(Also, how to do so?) Because I found out that battery "drain" is worse on CM7 but I don't know if it is only a problem of calibration but not actually drain.
Thanks a lot
Ivan
better use kernel inside the package cause doom cm7 no longer maintain(still waiting for new version from doom),i read from internet that when you flash a new rom,it will think that your battery is in full condition,even if it is actually 50% or less,so calibrate it(search google),and try 3 or 4 cycle(charging and discharging) till get the best batt life,gd luck
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Because I found out that battery "drain" is worse on CM7 but I don't know if it is only a problem of calibration but not actually drain.
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I took all of the steps with various kernels and had serious drain on mine with 7.2 10% / hr, idle with screen off. I found that 7.1 from cyanogenmod had no problems for me.
if i want to flashing CM 7.2 RC 5.6 do i have to partition sd card first??
and do i have install gapps again??
No , partition isnt needed..
You do need to flash gapps again
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Cm 7 r.c 5.6 battery issue, pls help
Guys i just flashed cm7 r.c 5.6 and having a huge battery issue, my battery is draining drastically, within like half an hour it goes to 25% from 100%
P.s i have installed one stock app i.e Task manager and rest all app are installed from market as usual.
Is it a basic ROM bug/problem or should i wipe my phone once?
aakashasaj said:
Guys i just flashed cm7 r.c 5.6 and having a huge battery issue, my battery is draining drastically, within like half an hour it goes to 25% from 100%
P.s i have installed one stock app i.e Task manager and rest all app are installed from market as usual.
Is it a basic ROM bug/problem or should i wipe my phone once?
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Well I have the same room and I don't experience the same problem ...
How do I flash Infamous S2? I flashed Infamous cache wipe then Infamous Super Wipe and then the rom but it didn't work! Also what is the best rom and kernel for battery life.
Reptarrr said:
How do I flash Infamous S2? I flashed Infamous cache wipe then Infamous Super Wipe and then the rom but it didn't work! Also what is the best rom and kernel for battery life.
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You should ask your first question in the infamous forum you will probably get your question answered there faster.
And for the second one I like linaro paranoid android with CI3kener's uber Kernel. That gives me both performance and battery life. But it really is your choice. As it's what you like that matters.
Regards,
Team Necessity
I use on demand kernel settings on my xylon port and it works like a charm
Reptarrr said:
How do I flash Infamous S2? I flashed Infamous cache wipe then Infamous Super Wipe and then the rom but it didn't work! Also what is the best rom and kernel for battery life.
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First what recovery are u using? It does matter, if ur on twrp u don't need the wipe scripts, just do a complete wipe, then flash the ROM, it should work, after flashing reboot and let the phone sit idle for about ten min, then reboot and set it up, remember the first boot will take a while so don't worry if it doesn't boot right up, as far as ur other question, personally I'm running Embryo 6 with cymbaline 3.5 kernel oc'd to 1.62ghz and I get about 4hrs screen on time with heavy use, but it's all how u use ur device too, try a few diff ones to find ur best settings...
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Hi Everybody,
I 've owned the P8000 for 2 months and I was more than happy with the the device with stock kernel and Eragon 2.5.
Then, I decided to upgrade both kernel and ROM.
I moved 36 hours ago to visi0nary's kernel 1.21 and Eragon 5.0.
I performed a factory reset then flashed the ROM and then upgraded the kernel.
No issue whatsoever with that set up. It works nicely.
However, I noticed that the battery gets drained very fast. I basically let my phone in standby for 36hours and I have 50% battery left on the phone.
Any idea where it could come from and any way to improve that ?
Cheers
Ju
can you try installing gsam battery monitor so we can see what is using most of your battery? it might be the infamous audiomix drain but a reboot normally sorts that out...
another question. why do you change the kernel when you was "more than happy" before? think eragon was made specially for stock kernel. that this will run with different kernels would be nice, but this is not guaranteed.
With Eragon 5.0 and default kernel I've achieved the best battery results. I'm very happy with the general behavior P8000 and more with this rom
moved to kernel 1.4 and eragorn 5.5.. no improvement.
installed GSAM.
will report tomorrow