So Ive been doing some comparing of A LOT of Roms. Trying to see which one would be the greatest for battery life. Im going to be working long lloonng hours here shortly and need the battery life. Ive been looking All the way back to EL26 GB. So far Calkulin's E4GT v3.0 [ EL29 has my eye. Right now Im on ParanoidAndroid 4.1.2. Im just looking for others opinions. Maybe there is a Rom I missed? Tell me what you think.
if you want just battery life and a little performance, just go with calkulins 3.0 it has by far the best battery
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if you want just battery life and a little performance, just go with calkulins 3.0 it has by far the best battery
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Thats what I was looking at. I was comparing that to his ICS version, and Blazer Rom. Hard to choose. But so far Im aiming at Calks 3.0
My experience with blazer on gb has been my best experience with this phone, better than the jelly bean Rom I'm on now. Personally I say go for blazer
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Is it safe to flash from JB to GB using EL29 kernal? or are there more steps?
It's safe.
So far best battery life with calks 3.0 as well as blazer gb. Blazer ics as well with posted tweaks. With 1day on 4hr screen. About to try lightweight with placebo as I've seen even better results via screenshots
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Bannjio said:
It's safe.
So far best battery life with calks 3.0 as well as blazer gb. Blazer ics as well with posted tweaks. With 1day on 4hr screen. About to try lightweight with placebo as I've seen even better results via screenshots
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Im on Blazer 4.1 now. Seeing how that goes. Im debating about trying Calks 3.0. Can you post links for Lightweight and Placebo? Thanks
+1 on going with Calk 3.0 GB rom
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Just upgraded my HTC EVO today (amazing deal at Sam's Club), already rooted it and am now looking for any ROM selection advice. Calkulin's seems pretty popular but all I really want is the IMO really ugly four main icons replaced (the phone, contacts, messaging, applications, icons), and to have tethering with 4g working. Calkulin's thumbnails seem to have the same stock icons, but maybe there are skins I'm not seeing? Any advice appreciated.
Thanks.
Calkulin and UnNamed roms are both really good and stable roms. I've used both of them on a daily basis. You can theme many of these roms just check out http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1285 . This thread will have a lot of themes that you can choose from. Good luck and have fun
I recommend calkulins rom with the ACS ice cream sandwich theme. Here's how mine looks.
Epic-ly tapped from my Galaxy SII
Same here: Calkulin with ICS theme
Senzation or cakulin ROM + go laugher. You will have both the 4g tether and icon s to choose from. Go launcher gives you so much options for icons.
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I went with Calkulin's based on this poll. Not regretting it one bit so far!
where can i find the calkulin's rom? not very lucky with searches
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where can i find the calkulin's rom? not very lucky with searches
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Search is your friend:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1284
Calks with Honey theme
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Calkulin's ROM is my favorite.
im using Unnamed rom with a ICS theme ( el29 love ) and the " personal add ons " made for blazer rom...updsted EL29 modem w/ 4G tether hack.
hope this helps...
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Try them all cm7 MiUI Calks UnNamed etc.... that's what nandroid and XDA is all about and if your coming from an Evo you should know better... Plus there is a million what roms should I choose threads why don't anyone search those threads for answers or ask there question in there. JUS Sayin
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+1 so true.. hell download them all and flash away.. just do it late ate night like me when im not expecting any important calls.... also keep ODIN ready and a stock rom rooted just in case you mess something up... have fun flashing!
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Try them all cm7 MiUI Calks UnNamed etc.... that's what nandroid and XDA is all about and if your coming from an Evo you should know better... Plus there is a million what roms should I choose threads why don't anyone search those threads for answers or ask there question in there. JUS Sayin
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I personally like Blazer ROM the most so far. It's nice and smooth and is debloated. Plus it has No CIQ, which is something you really want to look for in a ROM, I believe Calkulin's has CIQ removed but I was only on Calkulin's for about a day and switched back to Blazer. Blazer v3.5 has an EXCELLENT stock feel to it but it has all the benefits of being a non stock ROM. I usually get about 24 hours of battery life running Blazer v3.6 (Which is ICS themed) and Tegrak to undervolt my CPU and keep it at 800MHz just like Calk's. Both Blazer ROM and Calkulin's ROM are excellent, I've just decided to stay with Blazer.
I use Blazer ROM and love it. Well I personally haven't tried Calk or unNamed but I plan on trying both. Blazer ROM though is really fast and the battery life is great. I recommend you check it out.
I suggest blazer all the way. currently using 3.5 even tho 3.7 is out the theme is better on 3.5
I personally use Calkulin's 2.8.1 stock with the gunslinger kernel flashed. Amazing battery life!
However, as has already been said, it's good to try multiple roms. It's a good way to learn about what you're doing, and to find what you like the best.
What was the Sams Club deal? if you don't mind my asking.
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What was the Sams Club deal? if you don't mind my asking.
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$48 bucks
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I personally use Calkulin's 2.8.1 stock with the gunslinger kernel flashed. Amazing battery life!
However, as has already been said, it's good to try multiple roms. It's a good way to learn about what you're doing, and to find what you like the best.
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What modem?
Just wondering, what is best from for overall battery life?
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Just wondering, what is best from for overall battery life?
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I'm on Caulkin EL29 rom
Modem: FC15
Kernel: Rogue Desperado
With great battery life.
Everyone will tell you different. Ive gotten great battery life with Calkulins GB roms. Though, alot of people will say Blazer. Its the ONLY ROM I run on my phone now.
I've used almost every single rom since gb.
The way I'm measuring the battery life is,
1. Calibrate battery whenever I flash the new rom.
2. I take a walk almost everyday about 4 miles (spent 1.5 hours). During the walk, I turn on the music player with speaker phone + 3g for lyrics download.
3. Measure the battery consumption just after returned to home
4. The result was very vary based on the roms (+modems)
5. So far, the best result I 've got is thru fd05 (agat's tFD05 + fd05modem/kernel)
6. Based on this calculation I would get about 20- 24 hours with my daily normal usage.
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Ive tried Calkulins E4gt GB The battery was great but the performance was a little laggy. I would go for Blazer Rom. Super fast with a great battery
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Well My battery life was great with Calk's EL29 rom. Now that I am on Blazer, I get super fast performance but crappy battery. Is there anyway to get extended notification toggles on Calk's Rom??
I am running StrongSteve's Odexed blue just updated last night and I am getting really good battery life. I would have to say the 2 best roms out right now are Phantom Hackers Blazer ROM and Strong Steves Odexed blue. The Odexed blue does run smoother at least on my device than any rom out hands down. Blazer would have to come in as second. I was running blazer with gunslinger v1.41 and fd10 modem with amazing battery life but it was a bit laggy. Odexed blue I am running FD10 modem and stock el26 kernal and the battery life isnt quite as good as on the blazer setup but it runs a lot smoother!
I'd say blazer 4.1
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I am running StrongSteve's Odexed blue just updated last night and I am getting really good battery life. I would have to say the 2 best roms out right now are Phantom Hackers Blazer ROM and Strong Steves Odexed blue. The Odexed blue does run smoother at least on my device than any rom out hands down. Blazer would have to come in as second. I was running blazer with gunslinger v1.41 and fd10 modem with amazing battery life but it was a bit laggy. Odexed blue I am running FD10 modem and stock el26 kernal and the battery life isnt quite as good as on the blazer setup but it runs a lot smoother!
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The power of odex
I use it too and love it.
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Given the ics rings are horrible on battery what's the best GB ROM or should I stay on El13 unnamed ROM
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I'm rocking calukins 3.0 gb rom with the gunslinger 1.4.0 kernel. I've been changing up the modem with the new FD releases but for a while i used either EL13 EL29 or FC22 and with those three I was getting amazing battery life. Right now I'm running the same set up but with the FD05 modem and I'm getting a full day with 3 or more hours screen on time and it still has some juice when I plug it in at night. The GPS lock on FD05 can be funny so I'm going to be trying out FD10 and FD16 the next few days to see if the battery life is as good but better GPS lock. Speeds are amazing with the FD modems in my area, these latest modems are feeling very very solid! Good luck and happy flashing buddy
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I'd definitely give this a try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1449023
Was on it for a long time, but I'm now on the ICS ROM from the same developer.
It has a bunch of flashable add-ons/mods, already themed, includes the Lockscreen settings, great battery life and very stable.
UnNamed was my favorite and I didn't want to switch until I gave that ROM a try. Needless to say I loved it and couldn't go to anything else because it had everything I was looking for in a ROM.
Blazer is my favorite with the sherbert theme.
And of course calkulin's !
They're very similar though. I'm sticking with blazer 4.1 until OTA ICS
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StrongSteves Odexed Blue and Phantom Hackers Blazer are by far the best Gingerbread roms if ya ask me!!
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Thx guys I have downloaded all those and are checking out the features
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i was running Caulkin's E4GT 3.0 ever since it came out and I loved it. I just recently flashed tFD19_v0.1.0 Rooted. Odexed to check out the whole ICS realm and I kinda like it. I'm still getting used to the interface and it's still missing the hotspot services, but I've been managing with wifi tether. This rom runs pretty smooth so far and I haven't seen any random restarts or errors. with tFD16 I was getting random pauses and apps closing, but so far this rom is running nicely. I have not encountered the notification problem that other people were talking about and with the FD19 modem, my connections are really stable and fast. The new tweaks on tFD19 actually greatly increase the battery life from tFD16 and it is so much faster than tFD16. Also included in this rom is the ICS launcher to run the ICS theme AND the twlauncher if you find the ICS launcher too new and confusing.
for tFD19
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1610494
I still recommend a NAND backup before trying this rom out and it flashes through the Rogue CWM nicely
My favorite roms at the moment are Blazer rom and UnOfficial ICS rom.
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Given the ics rings are horrible on battery what's the best GB ROM or should I stay on El13 unnamed ROM
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My favorite GB ROM is the Blu Kuban ROM by rujelus22. CM9 is my DD though
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AOKP ICS rom has a great battery life
Strongsteve
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+1 for strongsteve's odexed blue rom
Blazer.
Tons of blue and totally stable and fast!
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Blazer.
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+1 for Blazer...
My setup has been absolutely flawless.
Rom: Blazer 4.1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363071
Kernel: Rogue v1.4.1 Gunslinger http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341564
Modem: FD19 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1352310
PRL: 11119 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1267893
No Bloat: Calkulin's Bare ROM Converter v2.0 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1535776
Theme: Dark Fire Blue X v3.5 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427215 + HOOLM style battery mod
UV Tweak: Calkulin's_Undervolt_100mV_Settings_for_E4GT_v1.1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=845030&d=1325871602
A big thanks to all the great folks that put the stuff I have listed here together... It has been a pleasure setting this phone up because of you guys!
I have chosen blazer yee!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am going to use all that stuff ^^^
Another vote for StrongSteve's Blue Odexed. Fast, looks awesome, excellent support and great battery life. Can't wait to see Steve's ICS rom
Blazer all the way.
Hello everyone,
I am new to the Epic 4G Touch and I have a question? There are quite a few roms for this devices and I was wondering witch rom is the latest? I was running AOKP, but the battery life for me was vary bad so I had to go back to stock for now.. Is there any ICS roms with great and or better battery life than AOKP?
Try cm9. Its fast, smooth and stable. Or you could give a touchwiz rom like Calks 1.6 rom + kobridge tweaks a go.
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Try cm9. Its fast, smooth and stable. Or you could give a touchwiz rom like Calks 1.6 rom + kobridge tweaks a go.
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Thanks for the info!
How is battery life on cm9? I am really need a stable rom with great battery life or at least to last me a full day?
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Thanks for the info!
How is battery life on cm9? I am really need a stable rom with great battery life or at least to last me a full day?
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If you absolutely have to be on ICS, I tend to agree with Rick.
Calk 1.6: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1527041
Kobridge Tweaks for Battery Life: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668853
In any case, for the BEST battery life & stability, you should go with a Gingerbread ROM. At least until ICS is fully released.
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If you absolutely have to be on ICS, I tend to agree with Rick.
Calk 1.6: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1527041
Kobridge Tweaks for Battery Life: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668853
In any case, for the BEST battery life & stability, you should go with a Gingerbread ROM. At least until ICS is fully released.
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It does not have to be ICS.. Witch recovery do I use to flash Calk 1.6 with? I am currently on stock EL29 with root.
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It does not have to be ICS.. Witch recovery do I use to flash Calk 1.6 with? I am currently on stock EL29 with root.
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Only use el26cwm to flash to or from any ICS ROM.
http://db.tt/0QJkleJR
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Been using CM9 since the start. After updating to Alpha 4 after a fresh install battery life has been pretty good.
Battery life after fresh install seems to last most of the day. However life depends on many different issues and what you have installed.
Calks seems to last pretty good. Battery tweaked version seemed to last all day for me.
Thanks everyone!
There is one thing I do not get is those battery tweaks? There are several zips in it and I'm not sure witch one to flash?
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Thanks everyone!
There is one thing I do not get is those battery tweaks? There are several zips in it and I'm not sure witch one to flash?
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Kobridge's tweaks are pretty good. I wrote the flashable zips and Kobridge has been busy tweaking.
SF = Super Fast (least battery savings)
F = Fast
M = Medium
A = Agressive (most battery savings but you may notice a little lag here and there)
Edit: There is a set specifically designed for Calk's ICS rom too!
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Kobridge's tweaks are pretty good. I wrote the flashable zips and Kobridge has been busy tweaking.
SF = Super Fast (least battery savings)
F = Fast
M = Medium
A = Agressive (most battery savings but you may notice a little lag here and there)
Edit: There is a set specifically designed for Calk's ICS rom too!
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Thanks! I am trying out the "M" one right now.. Hopefully I will see some improvements!
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Thanks! I am trying out the "M" one right now.. Hopefully I will see some improvements!
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I don't know how new you are to these roms... just give them a chance to settle in. It takes a couple of days for any fresh install to settle down so don't expect to see real results for a little while.
i know blue kubans rom is pretty good on battery life as well. and has alot of choose your own customization built into the rom with rom updater. i recommend u check it out. its just screams awesomeness if ur tired of the old classic epic 4g touch theme
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Hello everyone, Epic 4G Touch user here. I'm wondering if I should update to Jellybean from what I am currently running now *cues drumroll* Calkulin's E4GT GB ROM.
The reason I'm still on GB is because I have found the battery is miles better than stock ICS, the last ROM I flashed over a year ago. I am wondering if FK23 or GB27 have good battery life, because once again, very important. Also, is there an room for OC'ing in any JB ROM?
Gracias.
Battery life is dependent on usage.
We have users getting anywhere from 12 hours to 2 days if not more.
Until we have kernels built from the source that just dropped the other day, there is no room for OC. That is coming very soon though.
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Battery life is dependent on usage.
We have users getting anywhere from 12 hours to 2 days if not more.
Until we have kernels built from the source that just dropped the other day, there is no room for OC. That is coming very soon though.
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This is overrated. It's not a science. Gingerbread has fewer services running and many reviewers haver noted gb got better battery life on same phone than after ics upgrade.
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Hello everyone, Epic 4G Touch user here. I'm wondering if I should update to Jellybean from what I am currently running now *cues drumroll* Calkulin's E4GT GB ROM.
The reason I'm still on GB is because I have found the battery is miles better than stock ICS, the last ROM I flashed over a year ago. I am wondering if FK23 or GB27 have good battery life, because once again, very important. Also, is there an room for OC'ing in any JB ROM?
Gracias.
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I used Calkulin's rom for about six months before switching over to Jellybean. It was the FK23 Jellybean that finally made me permanently switch over because it was smooth, reliable, and offered good battery life. I tried several ICS builds but I didn't like them.
I'm currently on the latest, which is GB27, and it's great. Great battery life and everything works well. In fact, I'm gonna be flashing wifey's and mom's E4GT's to GB27 from the Calkulin's v3.0 soon.
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I used Calkulin's rom for about six months before switching over to Jellybean. It was the FK23 Jellybean that finally made me permanently switch over because it was smooth, reliable, and offered good battery life. I tried several ICS builds but I didn't like them.
I'm currently on the latest, which is GB27, and it's great. Great battery life and everything works well. In fact, I'm gonna be flashing wifey's and mom's E4GT's to GB27 from the Calkulin's v3.0 soon.
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I would upgrade. I agree with optimummind. I came from caulkins rom and loved them. I hesitated too coming over to jb but glad I did. I now run stock gb27 kobridge. Tested it for a week and loved it. I did get a new battery and can go a full day with good use. I did switch the wife's phone to same rom saying it was an upgrade. She likes better than gb and ics.
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Ok guys, I'm going to make the jump. I just bought two new batteries so I can experience JB with virgin batteries.
Edit: How to do I go from GB to JB? I don't see any threads regarding this.
So far I have downloaded Kobridge's Deodexed GB27, GB27 Modem, and GB27 Kernel
Hah, I'm in the EXACT same boat as you, OP. Still on Calk's 3.0 GB Rom. I may try JB, but I fear I'll just end up coming back to Calk's. Even as it is I don't get enough battery as I'd like, tethering kills the battery. It is possible to revert back to GB Bootloader from JB, right?
PS Jahjah, I believe this is what we follow to upgrade to JB: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35539014&postcount=4
Just an update, I have successfully updated to JB. The interface is kinda wonky though, I'm thinking about trying Super Nexus and seeing how that goes. I really like AOSP builds.
Concerning battery, I have 1.5 hours of screen on and my battery is currently at 80 percent. I think this is better than GB!
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Jelly Bean is great. I am running Shadow_God's Jellyverse 1.0 with the themed AIO by TD, garwynn's source built GB27 kernel with Agat recovery, and Comodose 1.3 tweaks. I couldn't be happier...
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