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So my battery life is just not good, I'm wondering if there is something I'm doing wrong or not doing.... but even when the phone is off it loses battery life really quick.
Is there maybe something I'm missing or need to do?
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Happens to me too...I tried calibrator apps and still no luck i actually left cm9 last night and to rujelus22 it was good but ended up running into problems but maybe you should try flashing a different rom or charge your phone fully then reflash cm9 let the battery drain all the way then charge it again fully...
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Yeah I wasn't sure if there is some setting I can change, might just end up getting the bigger battery like I did my Evo and call it a day! Other then that I love my cm9
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Hey, I would try to flash an updated kernel for the cm9 alpha 3. Alpha3 comes with FD10 and I found that it made the Android OS drain my battery faster than it should. With FD26 the Android OS drain on my battery has been much lower. However, from what I hear which kernel works best varies on the phone, so I would try a couple others.
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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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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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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Why is it on all these roms battery life sucks. When I say sucks 8hr is bad when on stock you get 13 to 14. That is the main problem for me. When I first got this phone I was amazed by the battery life. That's a big deal to me. I have flashed every Rom for our phone some have better battery life than other but none come close to stock. Not bithing I love the work that the devs do for the g pro this is more on the line of just wondering why it is like that. I even flashed the official cm same thing . You would think because the roms don't have all the bloat and crap that stock has on it the battery life would be better and yes I have calibrated the battery and let the roms settle still same thing.
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Why is it on all these roms battery life sucks. When I say sucks 8hr is bad when on stock you get 13 to 14. That is the main problem for me. When I first got this phone I was amazed by the battery life. That's a big deal to me. I have flashed every Rom for our phone some have better battery life than other but none come close to stock. Not bithing I love the work that the devs do for the g pro this is more on the line of just wondering why it is like that. I even flashed the official cm same thing . You would think because the roms don't have all the bloat and crap that stock has on it the battery life would be better and yes I have calibrated the battery and let the roms settle still same thing.
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U probably forgot to flash the modem after u flashed the custom ROM. That's why it is so bad on battery life. Even so I don't like the cm Roms a lot because I lose some awesome features only the stock ROM has, I do have to say the custom Roms have excellent battery life.
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Flash wootever's kernel over unofficial cm and play with the settings. Its actually better than stock. Not by much but its noticeable. Only way I've gotten better battery life than stock so far.
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Flash wootever's kernel over unofficial cm and play with the settings. Its actually better than stock. Not by much but its noticeable. Only way I've gotten better battery life than stock so far.
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If you want a atock based rom there are i believe 2 already out and i have used both ofthem. They have really good performance and battery life.
You will see a good improvement if youuse the stock based roms here on xda
I was just looking at one. It seems like it is a pain to flash. I don't think that it is like the other ones maybe wrong but I was reading and everyone was having problems.
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