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[REQ][ROM][ICS 4.0.3] ::DARKSIDE.EVOLUTION.3:: [v1][UVLE1 Battery Tweek

Hey guys i was wondering if the battery on this rom could be tweeked [ROM][ICS 4.0.3] :ARKSIDE.EVOLUTION.3:: [v1][UVLE1][WiFi CALLING][6.12.2012]...ive noticed that the battery tweak on the DArkside Ucle2 Has IMPROVED ALOT!! was wondering if anyone can relay this request to TDJ? Due to my limitation of post i am unable to post anything on his thread...Thx

No it just sucks at battery life. I went from a full battery to 30% in under 6 hours with only 1.5 hours of screen time vs the 16+, 3 hour+ screen on time with the att base. Ucle2 is much better with battery life until some kernel adjustments are made. No battery tweaks though. I suspect the radio or kernel and since you cant do anything about the latter, try flashing different radios. Try the modified LDE radio. Its the one I used to eat sweet ass battery life with ucle2. Report back with your findings. I had a few issues with the new tmo release so I didn't even bother to try it. I had flashed the lc8 radio with the tmo release.
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Yeah I heard the Telus is way better on battery life. For right now I'm sticking with UCLE2 beta 7 with the Telus radio. I been getting 17 hours average on heavy use and I'm happy with it for the time being. My suggestion if you are going to use the Tmo release, try Telus radio...calibrate battery and set all apps to manual sync, so they are not running trying to sync airpush info.
Edit: almost forgot, try to keep your screen low as you can get it. Auto is a waste of battery
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tjbiker031 said:
Yeah I heard the Telus is way better on battery life. For right now I'm sticking with UCLE2 beta 7 with the Telus radio. I been getting 17 hours average on heavy use and I'm happy with it for the time being. My suggestion if you are going to use the Tmo release, try Telus radio...calibrate battery and set all apps to manual sync, so they are not running trying to sync airpush info.
Edit: almost forgot, try to keep your screen low as you can get it. Auto is a waste of battery
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I get the same as you except I don't turn off background data and my screen is 50%-100% all the time
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Hey, what battery tweak for the UCLE2 base are you talking about? Tried searching the forum but can't find what you're referring to.

Seriously everyone! It just got released. Give it time.
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ScreamingSkulls said:
Seriously everyone! It just got released. Give it time.
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I get that it just released etc. Its just that for me the initial performance and battery life has been worse than every ics build I've flashed. Even when when the bases were initially released like this one. I have no issue staying on evo 7.1. It runs flawlessly. It'd just be nice to join the other users having a great experience with it instead I get a broken rom with crap battery life. And before anytime says "its too early let it settle in idiot!"
I flashed back to evolution 7.1 ucle2 earlier. From a full charge on its initial drain I'm at 63%, 11 hours, 2.5 hours of screen on time. Certainly beats the 6 hours and 1.5 hours of screen on time for the tmo release on its initial run don't it?
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RushAOZ said:
I get that it just released etc. Its just that for me the initial performance and battery life has been worse than every ics build I've flashed. Even when when the bases were initially released like this one. I have no issue staying on evo 7.1. It runs flawlessly. It'd just be nice to join the other users having a great experience with it instead I get a broken rom with crap battery life. And before anytime says "its too early let it settle in idiot!"
I flashed back to evolution 7.1 ucle2 earlier. From a full charge on its initial drain I'm at 63%, 11 hours, 2.5 hours of screen on time. Certainly beats the 6 hours and 1.5 hours of screen on time for the tmo release on its initial run don't it?
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Hey I'm all for what works for you but the overall feedback from other users as well as myself running my second battery purge just isn't consistent. Anyways I'm not going to debate what sucks and what doesn't suck. I'm only asking everyone to chill out with the slander on peoples work. I mean Mr X and TDJ are rolling with things but dammmmmm, the overall @ss woopin they are taking is ridiculous.

Oh no!! I hope I'm speaking for others as myself but I in no way blame the devs. I'm flaming T-Mobile for this release not them lol for god sakes these guys are our saviors from a ****ty phone experience. As someone stated before. It'd just be nice for one of these multi billion dollar companies to release a fully working rom for once. Instead of enhancing experience like the devs want they spend it fixing the crap churned out by these companies. I've owned my share of android phones and can't think of one release that went smoothly for everyone as a whole.
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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.
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

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.

Get Most Battery Life Out Of Your GS2

I have lately been running tests of different ROMs and trying to get the best battery life possible! I have tested out these ROMs:
Jedi Mind Trick X1
CM10 Stable Release 4.1.2
AOKP Jellybean 4.1.2
Slim Bean Unofficial 4.1.2
When i flashed these ROMs i did a battery calibration (off app from play store NOT CWM). And ran them on FULL Brightness, GPS ON, BLUETOOTH ON, and running on Wi-Fi! I opened up netflix and watched multiple movies (same movies for each ROM)...until the phone went completely dead. Here are the results i got:
Jedi Mind Trick X1: 4 1/2 Hours
CM10 Stable Release: 3 3/4 Hours
AOKP Jellybean: 4 Hours
Slim Bean Unofficial: 5 3/4 Hours
As most people know the Screen does use over half of the battery. So on this test the screen was on NON-STOP for the amount of time you see above. And 99% of people will not have their screens on for that long at one time. So this is the WORSE-CASE scenario for battery life. I was impressed mainly with Slim Bean and Jedi Mind Trick did good as well.
You may get different results than I did. If you are using a ROM that i did not test or you tested one of these ROMs above and got different results please post below your results.
I hope this helped guys

Thanks for this.... maybe i need to try out slimrom again

macattack510 said:
Thanks for this.... maybe i need to try out slimrom again
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I used an unofficial version of it... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1964944&highlight=slim+bean
I did do a battery calibration! I suggest doing that and you should have GREAT battery life.

Ok guys. I have officially moved over to the Galaxy Note 2. I no longer have the Galaxy S2 so i cannot add anymore support for it since it is against the rules. I appreciate all the help from this device thread and now you guys can see me at the GN2 forums. Goodbye Galaxy S2 Users

Personally I have the best battery performance, regardless of the ROM, by setting up CPU profiles. Basically you can set one profile to limit the to 432 (or whatever you want) while the screen is off and 1500+ while screen is on. I use ROM Toolbox Pro for this and get really good results. If your interested just do some searching on ROM Toolbox Pro and CPU profiles. Just thought I would share

How come no matter what rom I run my battery still juices super fast
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I'm averaging like 10+ wit AOKP runnin at 1242/192 badass/sio on both cores using 4g when I need it on 4.2.2
AOKP B5 3/10nightly NOS V0.0.7

people say that doing battery wipes are useless? From my experiences, i have gotten terrible battery life with those roms. It must have been due to the fact that the battery was not properly calibrated.

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Watching the same movie for 4times? Wow.....
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Not sure if guys care about 4g speeds sbut this is what i got using edge only... Just used my phone for what it is. A source of communication. I also noticed better and more consistent call quality. Running an older build of cm10 back from October. Im sure I could get even more battery if i upgrade to stable
There's about three hours screen on time
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garth719 said:
Not sure if guys care about 4g speeds sbut this is what i got using edge only... Just used my phone for what it is. A source of communication. I also noticed better and more consistent call quality. Running an older build of cm10 back from October. Im sure I could get even more battery if i upgrade to stable
There's about three hours screen on time
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Woah that is a LOT of wake locks..
And bump
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What do you guys think is the best Governor/scheduler combo with the Jb leaks? (Cymbaline kernel too)
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[Q] To those of you who've tried a variety of ROMs

Hi there. As the title suggests, this is a question to those members who've tried a bunch of different ROMs. Can you please suggest the most stable one out of the ones that you've had a chance to try out, one with the least amount of bugs. Please don't go around posting annoying comments like "why don't you try a bunch of ROMs yourself". If I had time to try different ROMs, I wouldn't be typing this right now. I really need a stable ROM, and any suggestion is appreciated. I am currently using Jedi Knight 4, and it keep messing up my data connectivity every 15-30 minutes. It would go on an off non-stop every 3 seconds, and it would only stop if I turned the Airplane mode on and then off. It's really annoying, and I really need something stable, since the next few weeks are going to be incredibly busy for me, and I will need to rely on my phone a lot. I don't care whether it's ICS or JB, as long as it's stable and functional enough. Good battery life would be a huge plus, though not absolutely necessary, anything within decent range would suffice. Thank you in advance.

Have you tried to flash another radio?
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I have not, but that's not my only problem with the ROM, just the most annoying one. I still need something different. Plus I don't really think that the radio had anything to do with it. It only started happening after I flashed the ROM, and that ROM wasn't too different from the rooted 4.0.4 update that I was using prior to that, and I never had problems with my connectivity with that one. Either way, maybe I'm wrong, but in that case, might you suggest a good radio?

Try the sith ICS ROM v3 or 4... very stable & fast
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idb117 said:
Try the sith ICS ROM v3 or 4... very stable & fast
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Is it vastly different from the Jedi Knight 4?

M49MuM.357 said:
Is it vastly different from the Jedi Knight 4?
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Try the newest Jedi mind trick it is amazing fast stable great battery life!! I have gotten over a day I jeep coning back to it especially when I need a nice stable ROM!! And trust me I have tried just about every ROM on the board
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Outside of being themed... not really... I've never had any issues with it... Using slimbean 4.1.2 now & thinking bout switching back
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Jedi knight and mind trick are the next.
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idb117 said:
Outside of being themed... not really... I've never had any issues with it... Using slimbean 4.1.2 now & thinking bout switching back
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I figured Jelly Bean might not be worth using just yet

Thanks for the suggestions guys. Even though most of them are urging me to use a ROM that I already am using lol. Either way, keep 'em coming

It is hard to suggest what radio is the best. It depends on your phone and your location, but you can try Galaxy Note radio. For Rom, jedi mind trick X2 is the most stable.
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Alarmmy said:
It is hard to suggest what radio is the best. It depends on your phone and your location, but you can try Galaxy Note radio. For Rom, jedi mind trick X2 is the most stable.
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I'm in Brooklyn, NY, and the Blaze radio seems to be working pretty well since yesterday.

PA jb rom. No glitches here ...awesome battery! Getting over 24 hour average and 3 to 4 hours screen time.

kj2112 said:
PA jb rom. No glitches here ...awesome battery! Getting over 24 hour average and 3 to 4 hours screen time.
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Bug-free Jelly Bean ROM? Interesting, maybe worth looking into, thanks.

Galaxy sbean. Stable. Fast. About 12 hours battery with normal usage, about 30 using juice defender.
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Bug-free Jelly Bean ROM? Interesting, maybe worth looking into, thanks.
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I'll just add...no bugs that concern me at all. others may say this or that isn't perfect....like no wifi calling. bit I've used every jb rom lately....all are pretty good. liking paranoid android for its certain customization features...like dpi changing...even particular apps....plus finding its battery life just great!

I suggest to flash again the same radio that you have.
When I flashed All-dev AOKP version, my wireless got messed up in the same way as you are experiencing. Also sequential roms flashed after I noticed this issue did not fix the problem.
There is nothing to lose if you flash the same radio. Maybe only 1 minute of your time.
After I did this, I no longer experienced issues with my wifi connection.

I've tried many roms but i always go back to juggernaut its just stable and smooth its the daily driver for me. I wish team Kang will ever go back and edit that rom and add new themes and good update.<-------------- this is the answer untill they ever come up with a good stable release of jb roms they look cool and much more choices but a headache.

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Galaxy sbean. Stable. Fast. About 12 hours battery with normal usage, about 30 using juice defender.
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It did seem to be very well-developed, nice functions, and just looked overall promising. I'm definitely considering that one.

drakulina said:
I suggest to flash again the same radio that you have.
When I flashed All-dev AOKP version, my wireless got messed up in the same way as you are experiencing. Also sequential roms flashed after I noticed this issue did not fix the problem.
There is nothing to lose if you flash the same radio. Maybe only 1 minute of your time.
After I did this, I no longer experienced issues with my wifi connection.
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I already flashed a newer one, seems to be perfect at the moment, but thanks for the suggestion.

Extended battery dying quickly

If you look at the screen shot, my 4300 MAH battery was dying with only gps on on low brightness screen time of 2 hours and 30 min. This is very short compared to a week ago when I got it, I got almost 6 hours of screen time.
Also I had about 45 min of screen time with juicedefender on and then idle from 7 to 1:47 today and 73% battery!?
Remember this is an extended battery, this seems too quick.
Could it be the battery, or programs on my phone. But I checked battery and screen was the most battery consumption on Low brightness. And nothing running in the backround
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My battery consumption on a normal day (excluding xda premium app (usually not open))
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I'd suggest returning it under warranty.
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You may want to use BBS ( Better Battery Stats ) to see if you have a Wakelock going on. Also to give you a better idea of what's going on.

Put the original back in, see if it drains at the same rate

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You may want to use BBS ( Better Battery Stats ) to see if you have a Wakelock going on. Also to give you a better idea of what's going on.
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I got it, and how do I check for a wake lock? And what is a wakelock?
Lastly, in cyanogenmod performance section I set my cpu governor to on demand and it goes from lowest speed to highest back and forth, instead of "on demand" when you need it
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I got this
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Aweshocked said:
If you look at the screen shot, my 4300 MAH battery was dying with only gps on on low brightness screen time of 2 hours and 30 min. This is very short compared to a week ago when I got it, I got almost 6 hours of screen time.
Also I had about 45 min of screen time with juicedefender on and then idle from 7 to 1:47 today and 73% battery!?
Remember this is an extended battery, this seems too quick.
Could it be the battery, or programs on my phone. But I checked battery and screen was the most battery consumption on Low brightness. And nothing running in the backround
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Sorry about asking, but what ROM are you on? If it is cm10.1, it could be all the changes they make. Anything 4.2.2 is still being worked on.
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Whiplashh said:
Sorry about asking, but what ROM are you on? If it is cm10.1, it could be all the changes they make. Anything 4.2.2 is still being worked on.
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As a matter of fact it is cm 10.1
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Aweshocked said:
As a matter of fact it is cm 10.1
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Yep. The bugs in the 3.4 kernel have not been squashed yet and it is rumored if you restore data on it it will drain your battery due to a media scan thing or something.
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Whiplashh said:
Yep. The bugs in the 3.4 kernel have not been squashed yet and it is rumored if you restore data on it it will drain your battery due to a media scan thing or something.
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Meaning to restore back to it? C
Because I did that flashing s touchwiz like friday
Only way to fix is waiting for them to fix it or flash another rom right? Cuz i cant go back to the old kernels
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Meaning to restore back to it? C
Because I did that flashing s touchwiz like friday
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Restoring data. Like games or text with titanium backup or mybackup. I think that is what I was reading. I never used cm10.1 for more than 5 min, but I read the thread everyday to see how it is going.
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Whiplashh said:
Restoring data. Like games or text with titanium backup or mybackup. I think that is what I was reading. I never used cm10.1 for more than 5 min, but I read the thread everyday to see how it is going.
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Do you think I should go to a stable cm (if yes then what would that be cuz idk lol)
Also if I can, can I dirty flash? Hate to restore again
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Aweshocked said:
Do you think I should go to a stable cm (if yes then what would that be cuz idk lol)
Also if I can, can I dirty flash? Hate to restore again
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Well, the only stable is cm10 stable, which is android 4.1.2, not 4.2.2.. but I personally love cm10 stable. You could try to dirty flash, but I have never went down an android level over dirty flash, but I would imagine it would not end well. I would recommend a clean flash. If you need a good backup app, look into app backup and restore for your apps and mybackup for text and app data. It can backup so much and is so simple to use. Both in play store.
Sorry about having to clean flash, but after you do, if it isn't your battery (which I believe it isn't), battery life should be improved greatly.
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Whiplashh said:
Well, the only stable is cm10 stable, which is android 4.1.2, not 4.2.2.. but I personally love cm10 stable. You could try to dirty flash, but I have never went down an android level over dirty flash, but I would imagine it would not end well. I would recommend a clean flash. If you need a good backup app, look into app backup and restore for your apps and mybackup for text and app data. It can backup so much and is so simple to use. Both in play store.
Sorry about having to clean flash, but after you do, if it isn't your battery (which I believe it isn't), battery life should be improved greatly.
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Thanks man, one of the best answers I've gotten from this site.
Last question , I chose 4.2.2 FOR the battery life improved through idle, but this changes everything, do you think staying here would give me useful features in otherwise wouldn't have in cm stable?
App Backup, while backing up can I multitask? I have hw to do lol and need the browser
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Aweshocked said:
Thanks man, one of the best answers I've gotten from this site.
Last question , I chose 4.2.2 FOR the battery life improved through idle, but this changes everything, do you think staying here would give me useful features in otherwise wouldn't have in cm stable?
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I know people will argue otherwise, but the only thing different I see in 4.2.2 is 4 things.
the camera, which I flashed on 4.1.2 because I found a zip. Loving it.
4.2 keyboard, which I also have on 4.1.2. Very cool.
The lock screen which personally I think it is a good idea but it isn't that important to me. Cm10 stable is better suited because it is simple.
And last which is the quick toggles. I like this feature too but isn't a deal breaker for me. As cool as they are, I just use the power widgets in cm10 stable and they work just fine.
I know they say 4.2.2 helps improve battery life, and yes, in the long run it will. I don't know what nightly you flashed, but they are exactly what they are, nightly. They are just test for new things they put in to see if anything breaks. I am personally gonna wait till I see a stable 4.2.2. Rom until I make the jump up. 4.2.2. Is gonna have bugs as it is brand new. I can wait until the bugs are squished. If you want awesome battery life, you could try some of these touchwiz ROMs. Sometimes AOSP doesn't play nice with some phones as every phone is different.
So do as you wish. If you can live without some 4.2 features (which some you can get on 4.1.2) then make the jump. If the battery still acts up on 4.2 to where it bothers you, then switch. If you don't mind it stay. It is all up to you. .
I also forgot to add: if you flashed a nightly of cm 10.1, you could try the snapshot (monthly build by cm people).
These are considered more stable for daily use.
I am gonna go to bed now, but if you have anymore questions, feel free to ask/pm me. I will get to answering them as soon as possible.
Hope it all works out.
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Aweshocked said:
If you look at the screen shot, my 4300 MAH battery was dying with only gps on on low brightness screen time of 2 hours and 30 min. This is very short compared to a week ago when I got it, I got almost 6 hours of screen time.
Also I had about 45 min of screen time with juicedefender on and then idle from 7 to 1:47 today and 73% battery!?
Remember this is an extended battery, this seems too quick.
Could it be the battery, or programs on my phone. But I checked battery and screen was the most battery consumption on Low brightness. And nothing running in the backround
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I had the worst luck with most aftermarket batteries, tried all brands, from everywhere, some didn't bother about telling you there is no NFC chip, and, they all got super hot while charging. None of them seemed to hold a charge longer than OEM.