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Roms with the best battery life.

I was wanting to know which ROM has the best battery life on the Gnex the CDMA version.
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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

xero925 said:
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.

Marisa said:
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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xero925 said:
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.

zeke1988 said:
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.

ir13 said:
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.

Anybody know any NICE Roms with GOOF BATTERY LIFE ?

Hey so I recently tried cyanogenmod 10 nightly for T-Mobile. It is such a beautiful rom. But after I watch like an episode of my Korean drama I lose like 30%!!! Its to crazy.. I was wondering if any of you guys could recommend a nice/cool rom with an excellent battery life comment !
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It doesnt always depend on rom it depends also of ur settings and usage..
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Those Korean dramas can be so damn enthralling. I'm ashamed to confess that I had neglect my family for weeks on end watch that crap.
As for better battery life, you'll have to try one of the many TouchWiz Roms. CM10 is still in beta hence horrible battery life. Try turning off unnecessary syncing and decrease screen brightness for improved battery life.

My settings such as WiFi is always off. I don't really know what else to turn off. I also turn GPS off.
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Take a look at wickedV6 this rom is extremely fast and stable and battery life is amazing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804260
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I've been using the freegs3 rom with the Trinity kernel and its so smooth and I get great battery life
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FrostyICS has my vote. V1 in particular. (V2 was a bit less battery friendly for me, and i have yet to try V3)
So far today I am at 13 hrs, 4 hrs of playing music (local not streaming), 2hrs screen on, and currently w/ 34% left with default sync settings. Of course YMMV as all phones behave differently.

You should do good with pretty much any Touchwiz based ICS rom. They are all good and each have their own strengths. Just check the features of each OP and try the one that sounds more like your ideal rom. Also read the last few pages to see if there are any current issues which are dealbreakers for you.
You really can't go wrong with any of them!
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The latest ics is the best for me gave 4+ hrs of onscreen time
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I'm getting great results with AOKP Nightlies.

yeah.. im about to try the team sonic one.
but what does the trinity kernel help me with ?

jdpdata said:
Those Korean dramas can be so damn enthralling. I'm ashamed to confess that I had neglect my family for weeks on end watch that crap.
As for better battery life, you'll have to try one of the many TouchWiz Roms. CM10 is still in beta hence horrible battery life. Try turning off unnecessary syncing and decrease screen brightness for improved battery life.
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Aosp cm10 is as good as stock just sayin..
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sojuboi69 said:
yeah.. im about to try the team sonic one.
but what does the trinity kernel help me with ?
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Free thanks by mistake lol. But anyway I flashed the trinity kernel a few weeks after flashing freegs3 and I noticed a increase in battery
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sojuboi69 said:
My settings such as WiFi is always off. I don't really know what else to turn off. I also turn GPS off.
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Wi-Fi saves battery when connected so turn it on
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Paranoid android 2.20 is great with battery life
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Paranoid android 2.20 is great with battery life
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I am currently running Paranoid Android 2.16 with lean kernel and those 2 together have RIDICULOUSLY good battery life. It died after 39hrs of light use yesterday. Standby is almost like it doesn't use any juice at all. About to upgrade to PA 2.5 now

sojuboi69 said:
Hey so I recently tried cyanogenmod 10 nightly for T-Mobile. It is such a beautiful rom. But after I watch like an episode of my Korean drama I lose like 30%!!! Its to crazy.. I was wondering if any of you guys could recommend a nice/cool rom with an excellent battery life comment !
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it's a user preference but anyhow I am getting excellent battery life from this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1911039

Ics battery vs Jelly bean

It seems like to me, I get better battery with Ics than I do with Jelly bean. I'm also stock, non rooted.. What do yall think?
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Try this
Open maps app
Hit menu
Hit settings
Hit locations
Uncheck report locations
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Mine feels about the same.. All depends on the day. And due to jb being much quicker you automatically tend to do more tasks which means more screen on and system usage than ics which Is understandable

ICS and JB battery seem the same to me, but I am always playing around with my phone so I use a lot of juice during the day.

Will that affect Google now?
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Stevesteve64 said:
It seems like to me, I get better battery with Ics than I do with Jelly bean. I'm also stock, non rooted.. What do yall think?
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I have to agree with you. Since I've updated, my battery drains a lot quicker under normal use.

After sprint's jb update my battery doesn't really last as much as it used to, i stream music from pandora all day at work and jump on some games at lunch by the time i get home i used to still have about 50 to 60 % and then i would continue to use netflix, games, some web browsing and what not, now i have to charge my phone at work after a few hours of listening to pandora and then again towards the end of the day, jb is nice but considering the poor battery life i think i'll stick to ICS until 4.1.2 comes out, i've heard it has some battery life improvements (at least on the nexus).
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Maybe you guys need to dabble into custom ROMS perhaps..
I'm on Team Sonic's FreeGS3 JB ROM (and before that was on their ICS ROM) and my battery life is better than when on ICS. It is that noticeable.

I'm gonna give that rom a try, i've just been lazy to install windows to run odin but i'll eventually get to it, on the other hand i disabled stuff from google now and maps and it seemed to help

[Q] What ROM are you currently running, and why?

I've went through many ROMs with my device, and I'm curious, what ROM and You currently running, and why? Looking forward to your response!
Also, if you can provide a link to the thread of the ROM that would be awesome, thanks!

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I've went through many ROMs with my device, and I'm curious, what ROM and You currently running, and why? Looking forward to your response!
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ROTLR was released around Halloween but it's smooth,great battery and I love the zombie theme

Hey, thanks for the reply! What does ROTLR stand for?
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Running the new fk23 jb rom. This thing is amazing u should try it if u like jb.
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How is the battery power? On a scale of 1-10 and why do you give it the rating you do?
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sasquatchotragavaca said:
Running the new fk23 jb rom. This thing is amazing u should try it if u like jb.
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Well just installed it taday. But there was a leak of it and battery was good. I would get about 13 hrs and about 3 1/2 hrs screen time. Im a really heavy user. From 1-10 I give it a 10. I think everybody running this will agree with me.
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Thanks! I might check it out! Do you have a link to the thread for it? I am somewhat new here, and even when I search for a ROM, I have trouble finding the thread :/ I'm not sure why.
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DustCrow said:
Hey, thanks for the reply! What does ROTLR stand for?
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Return Of The Living Rejectz haha

DustCrow said:
Thanks! I might check it out! Do you have a link to the thread for it? I am somewhat new here, and even when I search for a ROM, I have trouble finding the thread :/ I'm not sure why.
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Just remember its not like any other rom theres a couple of things u need to do to install it. Nothing to complicated just read the thread and if u like then install. Just please read read.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34755891
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DustCrow said:
Thanks! I might check it out! Do you have a link to the thread for it? I am somewhat new here, and even when I search for a ROM, I have trouble finding the thread :/ I'm not sure why.
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Just to warn you, I got horrid 3g speeds with fk23...But I think it could be an area thing...

fi27 and f127 modem with agat fi27 v0.6.8 with the rom call lightweight 0.5 its great I get around 9 hrs heavy uses sometimes when I im bored I switch to a backup of jb fk09 tweaked signed I get about 8 hrs heavy uses

Awesome, thanks for the reply! Just wondering, can you define 'heavy'? I personally use my phone at school all the time, I listen to music through headphones about 1/2 of my total day(4 hours or so) and I will also spend a lot of time texting, browsing the web, and using apps that use data. I'm honestly constantly on my phone, and will have to charge it around 3 times per day.
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Facebook twitter booty calls apps Netflix gaming web I have adhd so I'm always touching my phone
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Right now I'm on miui trying it out for the first time getting used to no app drawer. Favorite ROM for a daily (if I had one lols) would have to be Living Rejects. I flash it at least twice a week. Its pretty much my goto when I need a good solid dependable ROM for GPS and coverage while traveling. The battery life is effin amazing and music come out really loud and clear. But I will say once our beloved devs get cm10/AOKP/PA etc running solid for jb I will prolly be going back to PA or try out KK again. I love the UK customization options. I ran ICS aokp as a daily until jb started seeping its way into my veins now I'm flashing like there's no tomorrow can't wait for volume bug fix ^^
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I run PA 2.54. I love being able to chg dpi per app easily and I am a CM fan. CM10 (which PA is built on) is fast and I get good battery.

calisro said:
I run PA 2.54. I love being able to chg dpi per app easily and I am a CM fan. CM10 (which PA is built on) is fast and I get good battery.
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I remember trying PA, and I was getting absolutely terrible battery life. Is there something I may have done wrong?

DustCrow said:
I remember trying PA, and I was getting absolutely terrible battery life. Is there something I may have done wrong?
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there were media bugs in cm10(pa base). those have been fixed.

Im running CNA Codename jb's rom, is amazing, great battery life, android 4.1.2, good level of costumization and amazing performance i seriously cannot hope anything else from my phone.
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I'm running blazer 4.1 gingerbread I like ics and jb but I always come back to blazer 4.1 gingerbread because to me it is the most stable, faster, and battery life is much much better.
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I still use the calkulin v3.0 custom gingerbread rom because it has been the most stable, fastest, and longest lasting, battery life-wise. I recently tried the one-click fk23 jellybean but ran into some problems so I flashed back to calkulin...Gonna try the fk23 again tomorrow though. ;p

Q:Which ROM is best for ......

What I'm looking for is the most battery friendly least bloatware , not a lot of bells and whistles jb ROM for my galaxy s3 (sph-l710) I'm in the military and go sometimes all day without being able to charge. I'm currently using cm 10.1 but just looking to get some suggestions from you guys ! Thanks in advance
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gkunk79 said:
What I'm looking for is the most battery friendly least bloatware , not a lot of bells and whistles jb ROM for my galaxy s3 (sph-l710) I'm in the military and go sometimes all day without being able to charge. I'm currently using cm 10.1 but just looking to get some suggestions from you guys ! Thanks in advance
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CM 10.1 is good. I have personally been using LiquidSmooth 3.2.1 beta right now (Android 4.2.1) and it has been very good. Very stable and good battery life, if you keep location based services turned off. On my most conservative usage, this is my best battery life: http://www.twitpic.com/bw26dx
On heavier usage, I can go about 18 hours average and still have about 30 percent or so left.

I actually Just flashed liquid smooth like 10 minutes before you posted that lol.
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gkunk79 said:
I actually Just flashed liquid smooth like 10 minutes before you posted that lol.
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Good deal! Hope you like it as much as I do. You'll have to use it for a day or two before the battery life really sets in good. Kind of like a break in period for new sports cars.

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That cat kill me every time...
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It might just be me but it seems like I have lower signal on this ROM. Not sure why that would be... I'll give it a few days tho and see how I like it.
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Thanks for posting.. this thread will soon be closed like the rest with the same question.....
User's mileage may vary on ANY rom. Best thing to do is try one and see how it works for you specifically. Hit the Dev section, find a rom that fits your needs, flash and try it. Great thing about being rooted... Possibilities are endless! Don't like a rom, flash another! Thanks for shopping. Please come again.