I'm currently using cm10. Not really impressed with battery, but overall is decent. I'm looking for a ROM with pretty good battery life. Any suggestions?
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There is just way too many variables to answer that question. Just keep trying roms one after another. Also expect this thread to locked down soon!
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Why would this be locked? He's asking for what ROM has good battery life, not which one is best or other flameworthy question.
Anyway, I think the Kernel has as much if not more importance with battery life. I use official AOKP JB Milestone (4.1, not 4.2) with LeanKernel and I get AMAZING battery life. I noticed that LeanKernel was the factor that did this for me, so you might want to give it a shot. I don't think LeanKernel works with 4.2 yet though.
The best way is to try them yourself. Everyone uses their device differently so performance and results vary across devices. Also ignore what the guy said, this was a good question.
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For me, best battery to date has been tasks aokp with ktoonsez kernel.
Their 4.2 rom is really nice but still in the early stages so I expect the battery life to get better but their 4.1 rom was outstanding with battery.
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Why would this be locked? He's asking for what ROM has good battery life, not which one is best or other flameworthy question.
Anyway, I think the Kernel has as much if not more importance with battery life. I use official AOKP JB Milestone (4.1, not 4.2) with LeanKernel and I get AMAZING battery life. I noticed that LeanKernel was the factor that did this for me, so you might want to give it a shot. I don't think LeanKernel works with 4.2 yet though.
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Is LearnKernel compatible with Ktweaker and AOKP Rom?
Just installed leankernal. Let's see how battery life will go. Thanks guys.
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Check out AoCP. I've gotten the best battery life out of that ROM. I think I used lean kernel with AoCP 4.4. The current version is now 4.6.
I also use juice defender and cpu sleeper to aid with general battery life.
Does anyone know how the leankernel compares with the ktoonsez kernel for battery life? I was getting great battery life with kt and cm10
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Ultimatum
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bringing back this thread lol. im new here and postd in the wrong s3 forum. are there any updates since december on roms with good battery life?
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I'm basically looking for a rom that can last 8 hours screen time if that's even possible. Or close to that, data always on.
8 hours screen time with data always on? On stock battery? That's a tall order. Good luck with that.
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bringing back this thread lol. im new here and postd in the wrong s3 forum. are there any updates since december on roms with good battery life?
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I'm basically looking for a rom that can last 8 hours screen time if that's even possible. Or close to that, data always on.
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Get a http://www.amazon.com/Hyperion-Exte...=1360706114&sr=8-3&keywords=galaxy+s3+battery
battery life depends on too many things. my daily driver is awesome but if battery life was my main concern I'd never enjoy a ROM as much
8 hours screen time doesn't seem possible in my experience on stock battery. On Carbon ROM with LeanKernel I get a good 3-4 hours screen time when I'm gone for 14-16 hours from a charger.
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haha just my way of asking If 8 hours would be possible. I think the most I got to was 4 and a half. was reading reviews before I got the phone and it said that it has 7 hour screen time. Have you tried that extended battery? I was looking at some and was gonna buy one but afraid of buying a faulty one 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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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.
After receiving the 4.1.2 OTA update, I'm getting a much better battery life.
It used to be dead at the end of the day. Now, I finish my day and the battrey is on 45% with the same phone use.
I also find that apps and mostly google apps do launch faster
Have you also noticed it?
CM10 "added" 4.1.2 into the compilation recently & I've noticed a difference too... :victory:
Can you give us some screenshots of the screen time?
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Only with data all the day i got 3.30h and 19h on, automatic brightness, sync on. Google stock 4.1.2
4.1.2 appears to have a big affect on battery life. I've gone from needing a charge after about 12 hours to going all day with charge left
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When 4.1.1 was released, people reported that Google Now was a battery hog. Maybe Google improved it drastically.
Those who experience better battery life with 4.1.2, do you have Google Now activated?
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When 4.1.1 was released, people reported that Google Now was a battery hog. Maybe Google improved it drastically.
Those who experience better battery life with 4.1.2, do you have Google Now activated?
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To add on to this. I'm noticing FAR fewer wakeups (alarms) caused by Maps services on 4.1.2. That has an impact regardless of whether or not Google Now is running.
They definitely made some changes to location based services considering the menus were modified and additional settings were added.
Using a custom ROM and kernel so I can't answer this. But my battery life using CM10 + Franco Kernel has definitely improved.
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Using a custom ROM and kernel so I can't answer this. But my battery life using CM10 + Franco Kernel has definitely improved.
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Flash stock and it will be better.
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I logged in hoping someone had made a topic about this. On 4.1.1 I did not use Google Now because of the effect on battery life it caused. I tried it on 4.1.2 hoping it had improved. In my opinion it did. Still need more days to test but it seems way better now. Even saying that, I still feel it takes too much of a hit on battery for me to continue using it.
Just my 2 cents.
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Flash stock and it will be better.
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Umm, it absolutely wouldn't be better at all.
Rooting and using custom ROMs have it benefits and my battery life wouldn't be to where it is now (at least not as long) if i was on stock.
Stock is too boring for me. I need my lock screen customizations and backups
It doesn't take away root capabilities right?
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I logged in hoping someone had made a topic about this. On 4.1.1 I did not use Google Now because of the effect on battery life it caused. I tried it on 4.1.2 hoping it had improved. In my opinion it did. Still need more days to test but it seems way better now. Even saying that, I still feel it takes too much of a hit on battery for me to continue using it.
Just my 2 cents.
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I use it while traveling. A lot of the functions are designed to help you familiarize yourself with the area.
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I use it while traveling. A lot of the functions are designed to help you familiarize yourself with the area.
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Absolutely. I don't travel much so its not as useful for me.
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The 4.1.2 custom ROMs have done me better overall than the 4.1.1 ROMs.
I haven't noticed much of any difference one way or another.
So the latest cm10 nightlies contain 4.1.2??
It seems the battery life claims are pretty circumstantial. I wish there was a standardized test for this..
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Cm10 nightlies are cm10.
And battery is much much better.
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I never let any Rom to settle down(for more than 2 days) to comment on battery life, but i hope the thread is pointing to facts
So now in Stock will report back after 2 charge cycles at least
The map process is eating my battery to. I reserve testet it yesterday (nandroid of 4.1.1 back) no problem and then again OTA to 4.1.2. Anyone out there a possible resolution ? Had 2-3 days with my battery, now maybe one day.
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It doesn't take away root capabilities right?
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If you use some sort of Recovery like CWM it does not. CWM will ask you if you want keep recovery and/or root.
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
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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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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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I'm still too laconic on XDA forums to post this in response to gmillz' SlimBean 3.1.0 ROM posting in Android Development, so here it is.
I'm getting the attached battery life after one day, one full power cycle on my new 1850mAh battery and fresh installation of the above referenced ROM. I'm running noop I/O and ondemand governor with the stock kernel built into SlimBean. I'm also running the screen on minimum brightness (not automatic). What else provides some useful background?
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you are good . i have 70% lost in 4 hours
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you are good . i have 70% lost in 4 hours
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heavy heavy use I hope! lol
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I'm still too laconic on XDA forums to post this in response to gmillz' SlimBean 3.1.0 ROM posting in Android Development, so here it is.
I'm getting the attached battery life after one day, one full power cycle on my new 1850mAh battery and fresh installation of the above referenced ROM. I'm running noop I/O and ondemand governor with the stock kernel built into SlimBean. I'm also running the screen on minimum brightness (not automatic). What else provides some useful background?
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Here's my battery today on slim bean...I love this ROM
Since my phone "lost" my IMEi (actually, it was just not able to read it anymore), I flashed back to Stock Samsung 4.0.4. Before, I used SB 3.0.
And I can also report that battery life is much better now. Perfect example is a night in flight mode, which results in about 1% loss vs 6% loss @ SB.
As there are several guys I talked to which have perfect battery life with this ROM and I also had till 2.8 or so, there must be some misconfiguration. Or a battery draining app.
Where did you get the download for 3.1.0? I've checked there site and they only have 3.0 for the T989.
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Where did you get the download for 3.1.0? I've checked there site and they only have 3.0 for the T989.
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It's not offcially out yet. Download onlychevys 3.1 build.
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Where did you get the download for 3.1.0? I've checked there site and they only have 3.0 for the T989.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1964944
I've been running this ROM for the good half part of this day, and I must say, the battery is not as good as I hoped. Maybe I'll have to let it settle in, but CM so far beats this in terms of battery life.
I agree with the comment about stock being better than SB 3.0 and onlychevy's 3.1. It is a downer to realize most custom roms don't actually optimize for better battery life. I test the battery life by playing 5 minutes of youtube on 3g only to see how much is drained. On SB, 1% is drained for every 2 minutes of playback, and 3 minutes on stock.
Hi, is there anyone who can suggest me the best Rom + Kernel to use to have the maximum battery life? If there is a similar post, i'm sorry, i couldn't find it.
I personally use rbj 4.1.2 with trinity alpa 67. I average 20 hours with 4-5 on screen time
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stock.
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I personally use rbj 4.1.2 with trinity alpa 67. I average 20 hours with 4-5 on screen time
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i believe you easily!
almost same config (rom), with leankernel and 4.1.2 version is doing the job with battery life, compared to 4.2 JB, its day and night.
Ill try trinity, already placed it on my memory but was testing leankernel
No SOD, or heavy drain in use ?
I'm trying the new dummy kernel from ak and it works really good. You should give it a try.
Dummy kernel and Purity rom does the job. 36 hours or so of usage with 3hr 30min of screen time or so. 3G on throughout. ARHD does the job too
I recommend AOKP with lean kernel. Best battery saving and buttery smooth.
The combo is so stable and it's my daily rom.
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i believe you easily!
almost same config (rom), with leankernel and 4.1.2 version is doing the job with battery life, compared to 4.2 JB, its day and night.
Ill try trinity, already placed it on my memory but was testing leankernel
No SOD, or heavy drain in use ?
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What about the gps in 4.1.2?.. Ive got problem with gps in 4.2.1 stock. The gps wont lock.. I dont have gps problem when in 4.1.1 stock rom..
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Hey so I know I'm a bit off topic but I'm still pretty new to the development on this phone. Anyways for kernels, do I need to download a certain one for my phone model (GSM/LTE)? Or are they compatible with any model?
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I recommend AOKP with lean kernel. Best battery saving and buttery smooth.
The combo is so stable and it's my daily rom.
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I second this statement.
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Hi, is there anyone who can suggest me the best Rom + Kernel to use to have the maximum battery life? If there is a similar post, i'm sorry, i couldn't find it.
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Given that you have to find *your* best combo, I think that Purity with lastest franco.kernel is better for battery life, even if AK kernel is a little better for performance.
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alekurkudi said:
Hey so I know I'm a bit off topic but I'm still pretty new to the development on this phone. Anyways for kernels, do I need to download a certain one for my phone model (GSM/LTE)? Or are they compatible with any model?
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GSM and LTE have different phone/data HW and chipset just because the phone technology is different. You have to find you custom (or stock) rom in your own forum.
And yes, you are quite OT , but I'm not an admin
Yeah sorry for the OT question. Also I wasn't asking about custom ROMs, I was asking about kernels but thank you I appreciate the reply.
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I've tried about all of them and aosp with stock is definitely the best battery life........ With my usage pattern. Your mileage will probably vary.
I have no issues with my gps on 4.1.2
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I have no issues with my gps on 4.1.2
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