Sorry if there is another thread for this already, I didn't see any similar threads only for the Verizon LTE version of it so I thought I'd make this. I'm heading to Germany in 2 weeks and I bought an extended battery, but I just don't like the feel of the phone with the extended battery and a case on top of that. I think its too big personally. I was just wondering what ROM + kernel combos are the absolute best for battery life (preferably JB roms) thanks guys!
Stock
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yes there is a 100 threads about this that all start off "i dont know if theres another thread about this"
stock...
Stock for battery, stability and smoothness hand down
Custom ROM comes in to the choice ONLY when you want customization
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Darunion said:
yes there is a 100 threads about this that all start off "i dont know if theres another thread about this"
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OP, opinions will vary from user to user, as will roms with phone from phone. Please try them out as these threads usually do not end up well. Best of luck and have a safe trip!!
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Hi guys I'm pretty new to the world of Android after going through several generations of iPhones I got bored and love my GS2. Now I see that there's a bunch of roms to choose from and I was curious if there were any websites that specifically review them. In a non biased way. In reality I'm looking for the ROM that has the best battery life but is hard to know based on the individual room descriptions. Thank you in advance and thank you developers for giving us so many options.
Your best bet would be to skim the ROM threads and make a decision on which rom will suit you best based on pros and cons that users report. The number of hits each thread has gives you a vague idea of the popularity of a specific rom. Really the only person that can make unbiased reviews on these roms is you because in the end the "best rom" is entirely up to you and your specific needs
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FLASH THEM ALLLLLL
Honestly, all the roms here are quick and smooth.. my DD (daily driver) right now is dewizzed + faux kernel + gideon's script (incredible battery life)
I chose dewizzed because of the simplicity of it.
people say that synergy has good battery life with dewizzed, but you might encounter a few lag stutters here and there? not sure.. im actually testing it right now.
Okay now if you want it to be more stock, i recommend Juggernaut rom, that's probably the best touchwiz rom out right now.. battery life good but not as good as dewizzed.
If you want to see what an android is capable of in a theme category, check out thursday's rom, Tuesday. I played with it for a couple hours but the purple was too much for me. great rom though.
Haven't really tried any of the rest. good luck and welcome!
Since i got my gs2 about a month ago, i flashed the bombaridier 3.5 rom and i never look back.
If battery life is ur top priority this rom iss for u. I easily get 18-20 hours with moderate use everyday. Plus its stable and fast. All i have done is put the ics theme and thats it
Give it a try, u wont regret it
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If you want a site that reviews roms and gives some good advice and tricks for the gs2 then go to galaxys2root.com they have stuff for all versions. Btw i am not afilliated with the site at all, i just use it to see the roms before i flash them
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ROM comparison topics are not allowed in XDA
it discourages DEVelopments
and also fuels a lot of trolling
I have stock rooted, I love the phone and didn't want to flash a ROM so soon but I was wondering, what's a good kernal thats better than stock, that increases battery while not affecting the speed negatively, I currently get about 10-12hrs on my battery as is
Search doesn't work that well for me on mobile, so sorry if previously asked although I did scan the threads but just wanted to see how you guys are doing with your current kernals
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Try tdj's dark side kernel. Very smooth and great battery life. Plus you can overclock and under volt.
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GreggoryD502 said:
Try tdj's dark side kernel. Very smooth and great battery life. Plus you can overclock and under volt.
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Thank you for the info but when you say great battery life do you mean better than stock?
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relldroid said:
I have stock rooted, I love the phone and didn't want to flash a ROM so soon but I was wondering, what's a good kernal thats better than stock, that increases battery while not affecting the speed negatively, I currently get about 10-12hrs on my battery as is
Search doesn't work that well for me on mobile, so sorry if previously asked although I did scan the threads but just wanted to see how you guys are doing with your current kernals
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i think there's only about 4-5 options out there... but each phone's hardware is different so each kernel will be different.
For example, my phone works really well with faux and darkside, but i get quite a bit of drain from eugene's kernel (yes I do configure my clock speed and voltages) people say synergy has great battery life and is smooth, however, my phone says different. it lagged more than the 3 mentioned and battery life was equivalent. There is also the bullet kernel... i haven't played with that... not sure if im missing any other kernels... but yeah i suggest giving the first three a try first as they are currently being supported.
reminder, you should let your phone go through at least 2 charges before comparing kernel's battery life etc... and with our phone.. thats 2 days lol
Pretty much any of the kernels on the first page will give you better than stock battery life. Faux, synergy and the dark side kernel are the three most popular kernels amongst Devs so that must mean something.
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Thank you for the info but when you say great battery life do you mean better than stock?
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yes it is better than stock, most of us actually UNDERclock because these devs are amazing lol
Thank you all for the reply, I've got some experimenting to do!
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Thank you for the info but when you say great battery life do you mean better than stock?
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To be honest, i only ran stock for a few hours. Ive been running a custom rom since day 1. But I believe it would be better then stock because TDJ has undervolted the kernel slightly.
I'm using the darkside right now and so far so good
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I've tried most of the popular kernels and the best battery life I've observed has been with Synergy... hands down gives me the best standby battery life.
But what I've noticed that gives me even better battery life is just turning off mobile data when I don't need it (in class, during meetings)... which also turns off the background syncing.
But in the end, it's all up to you how crazy you want to get with your battery management.
Can someone help me with the best battery stuff such as kernels and or batter scripts.But the catch i kinda want to stay with the stock rom.
So if anyone can help please do because I have no clue which to get and or will work.
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Can someone help me with the best battery stuff such as kernels and or batter scripts.But the catch i kinda want to stay with the stock rom.
So if anyone can help please do because I have no clue which to get and or will work.
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All kernels work with stock rom as long as it is 4.0.3/4.0.4
Try them out yourself and see.
Well I'm just out for opinions and which ones are best the try the best and so on.
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I use Franco kernel, give it a go and see what you think.
I've got a 3800 battery and it works pretty well. Phone doesn't look as good but battery life is much better
Well I don't want to get a 3800 battery I want to stay with the stock battery. And so a Franco kernel is one choice anyone use that and get good battery or if not what do you use to get great battery.
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Anyone able to help out too?
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Its not even a problem, that's why no one is replying.
These threads always appear.
Try them out for yourself its not difficult, that's what everyone else has to do.
Batteries and Kernels are like women, some men like some not others, sometimes they outright hate each other.
You also have to consider your phone. The fab process for our SOC is still pretty new, I see a lot of variances between the same device (IE MY CPU runs happily at 1800 Mhz (OC Kernel), other people cannot get past 1200 Mhz and some can get 2000 Mhz,)
What this all means is that what is going to work well on YOUR phone might not work on mine.
I do however use Franco's Kernel, best performance/battery I have found.
Personally for me, Trinity's TUV alpha1 n Ogdobber's 3.1.x kernels got me the best battery life...
Thanks for the information guys.
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Hello xda-developers.
My name's Mirko and I from Italy. It's my first time that I post in this beautiful forum of all kind of developers
I have Galaxy Nexus (GSM. Italian version) with Android 4.1.1 stock. My small questions are:
- I suffer from short battery life, it's better change kernel or ROM?
- If it's better change kernel, what you can recommend to me and why?
- If it's better change ROM, what you can recommend to me and why?
At the moment only these are my questions.
Thanks for all answer.. It's my first time that I unlock bootloader and root my device (I have to do it), and I'm a full newbie of modding
Thanks thanks and thanks, this forum is the best.. Keep on the fantastic work and congratulation to all modder, staff and all!
P.s. sorry for my bad english
Best Regards.
- Mirko Pizii
Before you do any of the stated you need to find out weather your phone is gsm or cdma because you CANNOT put a CDMA on a GSM phone or the other way around.
Kernels affect battery life. I recommend Franco kernel or Lean kernel
Roms affect user interface (the OS operating System on the phone) - I recommend for a starting stable rom Cyanogen (its what MOST roms are based off of) then if you want to tweak your phone more I recommend CodeNamedDroid or ParanoidAndroid. (these are the three that I use the most)
also i would recommend this thread about battery life http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1599025
i hope my english has not confused you. Dont be surprised if noone else responds to you in this page, they have a bad habit of doing this.
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Before you do any of the stated you need to find out weather your phone is gsm or cdma because you CANNOT put a CDMA on a GSM phone or the other way around.
Kernels affect battery life. I recommend Franco kernel or Lean kernel
Roms affect user interface (the OS operating System on the phone) - I recommend for a starting stable rom Cyanogen (its what MOST roms are based off of) then if you want to tweak your phone more I recommend CodeNamedDroid or ParanoidAndroid. (these are the three that I use the most)
also i would recommend this thread about battery life http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1599025
i hope my english has not confused you. Dont be surprised if noone else responds to you in this page, they have a bad habit of doing this.
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Hey Weapondrift, I realize that maybe my Galaxy Nexus is GSM.
I give a watch to Franco kernel or Lean kernel but all say it's better both.. Don't know what the difference before start my first flash.
Thanks for roms..
What do you think? It's ok only kernel or it's better change rom?
Thanks for battery life thread, I'll follow
No no, your english won't confuse me.. I can understand but I have problem with speak to other
Oh.. Really they have this bad habit?
Thanks for you answer, friend
Best Regards.
- Mirko Pizii
Franco's has horrible battery life...
paranoidandroid with trinity is the best imo
Yes, custom kernels can improve battery life if you're willing to trade in a little performance. Can't have both at the same time.
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Yes, custom kernels can improve battery life if you're willing to trade in a little performance. Can't have both at the same time.
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I beg to differ..
I find trinity performs just as good and adds like 2 hours screen on time
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I beg to differ..
I find trinity performs just as good and adds like 2 hours screen on time
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You may of course. I'm not convinced though.
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What is the absolute best ROM for battery and speed? It's a very simple question.
There's a million ROMS to choose from, AOSP vs. TW roms and all that, but just give me your top 3 ROMS and I'll do my best to flash them.
And by speed, I just mean no lag, and by battery, I mean extended life (with greenify, and DS battery saver and all that).
I've already tried Deviant Xone but I'm having 3G issues.
THANKS!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2154983
FAQ #5 and FAQ #10
i know but im asking for individual opinions
Experiment
thegame2388 said:
What is the absolute best ROM for battery and speed? It's a very simple question.
There's a million ROMS to choose from, AOSP vs. TW roms and all that, but just give me your top 3 ROMS and I'll do my best to flash them.
And by speed, I just mean no lag, and by battery, I mean extended life (with greenify, and DS battery saver and all that).
I've already tried Deviant Xone but I'm having 3G issues.
THANKS!
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It's up to you to find which one works the best for you. These personal opinion questions with no answer really anger the moderators. But I really liked AOKP. It got good battery life and had good performance. I just prefer TW ROMs to AOKP/AOSP. Liquid smooth was appealing, but it had a lot of bugs for me.
1. Freeza's Deodexed Stock MD4
2. Chemistry ROM (Wait until they update it to MD4 base though) It's currently 4.1.1 with multiview.
3. AOKP
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2154983
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It's actually 4 & 5 now
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anyone else have a top 3?
No there isn't. Just try them all. Devs here put amazing time and effort into each rom that gets put out. There isn't a best one. They all are absolutely amazing.
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Thread closed as asking the question "what is best" always degrades into arguments about individual opinions.
Users are expected to read, study and use PM's to form their own opinions.