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ROM with the best Battery Life?

Which Rom do u guys think has the best battery life?
My say is SILLIAN Rom but it was banned from the site.
So now I am using Virtuous.
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I am looking for a rom with good battery life, I just got the phone and I love it, but it should have a bigger battery! My Cliq XT had a biiger battery, at 1390 mA lol. I have tried CM7-RC1 and now I'm on CM7 Nightly (released on the 25th). Currently downloading Virtuous and will give that a shot.

Stock ROM. Period.
I have been unsuccessful in finding a ROM that can match the crazy battery life that I got on stock.
I used to get 30+ hours on stock. Now, I can't get more than 10 for sure..
I keep jumping from ROM to ROM, maybe that could be an issue too with battery stats in CWM and stuff... but as far as I'm concerned, stock is the best option for the best battery life.
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I noticed No difference with stock over any cm rom i have used. Battery sucks. Htc overall sucks with battery life. For some reason any htc device i ever had sucks balls. My mt4g was probably the only good phone in terms of battery.
Otherwise htc is retarded.... 1200mah is plain dumb on a smartphone.
From my permarooted 1209mhz G2 with CM7 nightly 6

Different people have different results. You're gonna see someone with every rom in the dev section claiming ridiculous battery life. When it comes down to it you have to realize everyone uses their phone different and the rom isn't gonna make the biggest difference, its how u configure and use it.
No matter the rom, using things like SetCPU, juicedefender, etc. and other battery savers can improve ur battery life. Most dev roms are going to offer better performance and life, just choose one you like and set it up the way u like it. The only way to know what to rom offers the best life for u is trying several and comparing.
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martonikaj said:
Different people have different results. You're gonna see someone with every rom in the dev section claiming ridiculous battery life. When it comes down to it you have to realize everyone uses their phone different and the rom isn't gonna make the biggest difference, its how u configure and use it.
No matter the rom, using things like SetCPU, juicedefender, etc. and other battery savers can improve ur battery life. Most dev roms are going to offer better performance and life, just choose one you like and set it up the way u like it. The only way to know what to rom offers the best life for u is trying several and comparing.
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Agreed.
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I'm getting nearly two days (40+) hours on CM6.1.1 stable. That's about the same as I got on stock.
I leave wifi on 85% of the time and my average daily use:
~30 texts via Google Voice
~20 minutes talk
~30 minutes XDA app
~60 minutes playing X Construct
~30 minutes browsing
~15 minutes Facebook app
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thepaddedroom said:
I'm getting nearly two days (40+) hours on CM6.1.1 stable. That's about the same as I got on stock.
I leave wifi on 85% of the time and my average daily use:
~30 texts via Google Voice
~20 minutes talk
~30 minutes XDA app
~60 minutes playing X Construct
~30 minutes browsing
~15 minutes Facebook app
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holy **** are you kidding me?!?!

bstylz911 said:
holy **** are you kidding me?!?!
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No. I'm not kidding. Rooted via the non-ADB method. Flashed CM6.1.1 and didn't mess about with any different kernels or radios.
However, when I try CM7, my battery life is halved. Maybe I got lucky. Best battery life I've ever had on a smartphone. Not even my old Dash lasted this well.
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bstylz911 said:
holy **** are you kidding me?!?!
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Its because hes hardly using his phone... If you have a screen off profile and let your phone sit for long extents of time you can easily get that kinda life. Don't expect it when you actually use it regularly or keep the screen on for any length of time. See these are the people I'm talking about. You're always gonna find someone running every ROM out there that say he/she gets great battery life on it.
I personally am on CM7 overclocked to 1ghz and im at 43% battery with 12h 34m of usage today. General usage off and on, texting all day and some phone calls/app usage etc. The problem is I can easily have days where I only get 12h out of the whole battery because I'm on the phone all day doing things.
Even something as small as signal strength where you use your phone can effect your battery life numbers. take every battery life screenshot with a large grain of salt. The best thing about the battery meter in 2.3 is that it at least shows how long the screen has been off so you can tell when people just idle their phones to claim huge battery life numbers.

That is one of the things I really liked about CM7. The battery graph.
Never said I was a heavy user. I quantified my average use by time and activity. Still, with the same average use, my battery life on CM6 far outstrips CM7. They're both excellent roms. I like many of the new features in CM7. However, the battery life and GPS troubles influence me to continue using CM6 as my daily driver.
Once I figure out how to replicate the battery life or CM7 hits stable, I'll gladly upgrade.

Try out some CM7 nightlies.
I'm on nightly 12 and I get excellent battery life: as much or even better than stock. GPS also works without a hitch. I remember my first lock took like 20s max. And navigated without a data connection using Navigate (voice guided) for 45 minutes without a hitch. After that may bat was at about 79% I ended up not charging until 15 hours later.
So yes, Nightly 12, atleast for me, is solid. And I will never upgrade until something better comes along.. like the Meizu rom.. your mileage will vary though.
thepaddedroom said:
That is one of the things I really liked about CM7. The battery graph.
Never said I was a heavy user. I quantified my average use by time and activity. Still, with the same average use, my battery life on CM6 far outstrips CM7. They're both excellent roms. I like many of the new features in CM7. However, the battery life and GPS troubles influence me to continue using CM6 as my daily driver.
Once I figure out how to replicate the battery life or CM7 hits stable, I'll gladly upgrade.
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Cm7 is been pretty good to me with battery life good luck
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here is what i get out of a day (battery consumption for specific tasks are mentioned in percentages measured using juiceplotter)
wifi on constantly
display set to 24% brightness
background sync enabled (google, weather 6hrs, whatsapp and facebook once a day)
45 min video (rockplayer no h/w decoding) 15%
1 hr browsing+chat 15%
30 min calls 6%
20 min music+chat 5%
20 min general usage 5%
1 hr flash streaming 15%
24 hrs standby 24% (@ 1% for every hr of standby)
15% battery remaining after 24 hrs i.e. low battery warning.
pretty amazing battery life IMO i am very happy.

enoch861 said:
Stock ROM. Period.
I have been unsuccessful in finding a ROM that can match the crazy battery life that I got on stock.
I used to get 30+ hours on stock. Now, I can't get more than 10 for sure..
I keep jumping from ROM to ROM, maybe that could be an issue too with battery stats in CWM and stuff... but as far as I'm concerned, stock is the best option for the best battery life.
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Cyanogen....the best rom out there and it gives you amazing battery life.I'm using cm 7 nightly 26 and I can go a whole day on moderate use.
Sent from my CM 7 Monster Evol.

Post Your Battery Stats for Those Who Use Their Phone...

So every time I read a battery thread and someone mentions how well a ROM is on battery the pictures posted always show that the user is barely using his phone. They show a picture of their phone that shows it being unplugged for over a day and everyone gets excited and thinks their phone will last over 24 hours on a particular ROM or setup. Then when they do not see the same results they can't figure out why.
The answer is, as long as your device has no apps or bugs keeping it wake, if you don't use it, it will last. My EVO 4G could last 24 hours if I didn't touch it. The thing is once you started to use it it wasn't long before it was over!
So I would like to see pictures of battery life from people that actually use their phone so we can see what Roms truly are the best and what battery tweaks really do work. I am not interested on what Rom sleeps the best. I use my phone and don't need it to sleep for 2 days. If you cannot get to a charger within a 24 hour period, you have something else going on that you might need to address, lol.
Please post what Rom you are running and anything that might be installed that would effect battery life for good or bad.
I am running my phone stock. It has never been rooted. Below you will see after 12h/44m unplugged my battery is down to 26% with 4.5 hours on screen time. I was on wi-fi the entire time and also have an Airave in my house so signal did not play an issue with this stat.
I keep my phone on auto brightness, GPS is always on (doesn't effect battery like people think, only uses it when it needs to) and have my weather, news, and Twitter apps syncing every 3 hours. I have no battery hacks or software running. I also use ADW Launcher EX as my launcher. I know some launchers are better then others with battery and it doesn't seem like ADW drains much at all.
I look forward to screenshots and setups from other people so we can truly see what setup, Roms, and tweaks work best for battery from people who truly use their phone.....

On a typical day I get about 12-14 hours from 100 to 0 battery charge.

I kinda agree with op. I ran stock for 2weeks and i got the same performance as him. It was superb
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my battery is garbage compared to you guys. i get about 8hrs on average with very light use. i still can't figure out why my awake time is through the roof. i have 2 gmail accounts set to push and 2 other email accounts set to pull once a day and fb & twitter set to sync every 4hrs. battery life is similar whether i'm at work with horrible in building reception or at home connected to wifi & an airave. i've learned to deal with plugging for a lil bit every so often throughout the day, but was expecting to get over 12hrs considering the way i use my phone. at first i thought i maybe received a bad phone, but it was the same after replacing the phone.
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stevedeezy said:
my battery is garbage compared to you guys. i get about 8hrs on average with very light use. i still can't figure out why my awake time is through the roof. i have 2 gmail accounts set to push and 2 other email accounts set to pull once a day and fb & twitter set to sync every 4hrs. battery life is similar whether i'm at work with horrible in building reception or at home connected to wifi & an airave. i've learned to deal with plugging for a lil bit every so often throughout the day, but was expecting to get over 12hrs considering the way i use my phone. at first i thought i maybe received a bad phone, but it was the same after replacing the phone.
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It looks like your phone barely sleeps. It's awake most if the time. Seems like you need a replacement phone or try a different kernel.

cdszoke said:
It looks like your phone barely sleeps. It's awake most if the time. Seems like you need a replacement phone or try a different kernel.
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Agreed, your awake time should match your on screen time or at last be close to it. Something is killing your battery. Check out better battery stats which you can download from xda to find your wakelock.

stevedeezy said:
my battery is garbage compared to you guys. i get about 8hrs on average with very light use. i still can't figure out why my awake time is through the roof. i have 2 gmail accounts set to push and 2 other email accounts set to pull once a day and fb & twitter set to sync every 4hrs. battery life is similar whether i'm at work with horrible in building reception or at home connected to wifi & an airave. i've learned to deal with plugging for a lil bit every so often throughout the day, but was expecting to get over 12hrs considering the way i use my phone. at first i thought i maybe received a bad phone, but it was the same after replacing the phone.
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Great app to figure out whats going on & fix it,
Free lite version,
https://market.android.com/details?...1bGwsMSwxLDEwMiwibmV4dGFwcC5zeXN0ZW1wYW5lbCJd
I recommend going with pay version though
https://market.android.com/details?...sMSwxLDUwMCwibmV4dGFwcC5zeXN0ZW1wYW5lbC5yMSJd

sling said:
Great app to figure out whats going on & fix it,
Free lite version,
https://market.android.com/details?...1bGwsMSwxLDEwMiwibmV4dGFwcC5zeXN0ZW1wYW5lbCJd
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i just installed the lite version but have no idea how to read the stats yet. hopefully i can figure it out and find whats draining my battery.

stevedeezy said:
i just installed the lite version but have no idea how to read the stats yet. hopefully i can figure it out and find whats draining my battery.
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The paid version has a monitoring feature you would need which is not included in the free version. I do not believe you can find the problem with the free version. Check out the app I recommended above, betterbatterystats.

stevedeezy said:
my battery is garbage compared to you guys. i get about 8hrs on average with very light use. i still can't figure out why my awake time is through the roof. i have 2 gmail accounts set to push and 2 other email accounts set to pull once a day and fb & twitter set to sync every 4hrs. battery life is similar whether i'm at work with horrible in building reception or at home connected to wifi & an airave. i've learned to deal with plugging for a lil bit every so often throughout the day, but was expecting to get over 12hrs considering the way i use my phone. at first i thought i maybe received a bad phone, but it was the same after replacing the phone.
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So you are not constantly checking your phone?

leyvatron said:
So you are not constantly checking your phone?
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no, not at all. i guess i really need to figure out what is causing my awake time & wifi statistic to not be on par with my screen on statistic. i've had my phone for just over 3 weeks now and learned to sort of deal with it, but after reading a few more threads about it, i'm concerned again.
This is what i currently have syncing:
2 gmail accounts - set to push
2 pop3 accounts - set to pull once a day
1 google calendar account - auto sync unchecked
facebook - 4hr refresh interval w/ notifications active
twitter - 4hr sync interval
and all native google apps that may sync in the background

This is what I got:

Here's mine. I didn't use my phone as much today as I usually do. But screen was at max brightness when I was using it and WiFi was only connected while I was at home. It was on but off except when searching for open signal otherwise. I'm using calkulins new Rom and haven't changed anything except that I'm running a live wallpaper and have all the sns crap and drm crap frozen
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to the OP, the 12hrs with 4.5 hours of display on time is great
i can get 12hrs, but probably with 2-3 hours max of screen time
got 9 hours today with calcukin

Running stock. I have a heavy use screenshot with 4g on and everything syncing along with loads of calls,texts, and games. Also a screenshot of light use for comparison.
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Zoidpilot said:
Running stock. I have a heavy use screenshot with 4g on and everything syncing along with loads of calls,texts, and games. Also a screenshot of light use for comparison.
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looks like your wifi was on instead of 4G?
4g radio is biggest hog, cant believe you have 4g on all the time and got 12 hours out of it
and it shows 3% accounts for calls,unless for "load of" you mean texts and games

You guys are also forgetting about screen brightness and also signal. If you are in a low signal area you will get less life.
I just had to plug mine in at 3%. I lasted about 14hrs on what I consider moderate use.
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at 13.5 hours and 3.5 hours of screen on time still at 25% batt on 3g the whole time.
Sent from my Galaxy S2

Was at school using 3g with heavy Web surfing for two hours.phone went to 50 percent with low brightness lol. My phone can last from 6 hours to 24 hours depending on usage.
If I don't touch my phone often with everything of and 3g on once abbrev a while it can last around a day
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Zoidpilot said:
Running stock. I have a heavy use screenshot with 4g on and everything syncing along with loads of calls,texts, and games. Also a screenshot of light use for comparison.
Sent from my Galaxy SII using XDA App.
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I call bull****!
One has 20hrs with around 50% bat left and the other has 11hrs with around 90% bat left.

Battery Life - screen on time & battery conditioning

Firstly let me say I'm a long time lurker of XDA, I don't often post but rather keep quiet in the shadows. I've owned many handsets (Including the Inc. and TB, meaning I know bad battery life) and this has always been the site I go to for hacking and general information.
I don't expect definite, for-sure answers. I'm just seeking some advice on this, I absolutely love this phone and a Nexus on Verizon has always been my dream.
Secondly, I'm not posting here asking why my screen uses over 50% of the depletion on my charges, it is supposed to, I know that. I see many threads asking about that, which is why I waited to post not wanting to ask what has been already. But I am asking about my case specifically, and want input.
The main thing here is the amount of screen on time I am able to get.
I have had my GNex since Saturday afternoon, when I bought it the battery was dead and I fully charged it, the first day I used it mostly while plugged into AC, using 4G to install my apps. Since then (the last two days) I have tried depleting the charge almost entirely before charging, shying away from charging mid-depletion. I have tried using CDMA mostly (my area has just marginally good 4G), hoping I could stop some of the bleeding, but to no avail. I should also say I yesterday for the first time threw a custom ROM/Kernel on and that seemed to help marginally, though in truth I don't see that really changing the screen power consumption.
Please take a good look at both screenshots, as said I care nothing about the %.
(I am aware there is still 13% remaining on my charge, but even so this seems just crazy)
In the first screenshot at the bottom it's apparent this isn't a huge amount of screen on time.
I would kill to get 4 hours of screen on time with this thing, heck even in the area of 3, but it doesn't seem to be in the foreseeable future as it looks now. I can get out 2 at most to this point, and that is on almost entirely 3G/WiFi with light/moderate data usage.
I really need to ask. Do I just need patience to let this battery break in? I hear some say this can be a week-long thing, but shouldn't I see some increase by now?
If not, do I seek out a replacement battery or could this be an actual defect of the AMOLED drawing more than it should?
Thanks for your help!
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There were quite a lot of awake time during screen off if I look your stat.
Thats your problem.
Too much sync?
Mine can get up to 3 hours and 45 minutes screen on time, span into 2 days stand by, gsm version.

Good point, looking into playing with sync in settings and JD.
But while that accounts for the drop during the 10hr overnight period (20% of battery/83% of time), I still feel the draw during screen on (80% of battery/17% of time) is just insane, even given the AMOLED.
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Maybe its a rogue app running in the background making the battery drain real fast. Try wiping and running the phone normally without restoring your apps and see if that will improve. I'm having the same problem as you but with the GSM version. I'm looking through my apps though.
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Here's my result
xl DIGITAL lx said:
Maybe its a rogue app running in the background making the battery drain real fast. Try wiping and running the phone normally without restoring your apps and see if that will improve. I'm having the same problem as you but with the GSM version. I'm looking through my apps though.
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Here are some of the usual suspects:
- Facebook for Android app (uninstall it and replace it with Friendcaster and change the frequency of update t less often will do the trick)
- Accuweather widget or any other weather widgets
- Whatsapp
- Viber
- Latitude (google maps) - Login to Latitude and then ensure you select the option where it does not report your location and then sign out of Latitude.

Honestly, I have the GSM version and I've rarely gotten over 3 hours screen time. It's the screen. The battery life sucks, so you'll have to just ABC (always be charging), at the desk/sofa/car.
What I really want to ask is how you got the battery percentage inside the battery icon?!

This is also my exact problem. I can get great life if I don't touch the phone. Every time I use it for a few seconds, that's 2-3% gone. Browse the internet for 15 mins? Forget it, that's 10% gone at least.
I guess it's just the price to pay for such a gorgeous screen.

Black Mirror said:
Honestly, I have the GSM version and I've rarely gotten over 3 hours screen time. It's the screen. The battery life sucks, so you'll have to just ABC (always be charging), at the desk/sofa/car.
What I really want to ask is how you got the battery percentage inside the battery icon?!
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The custom ROM I'm running had it as the default icon: AXI0M 2.3.
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This is also my exact problem. I can get great life if I don't touch the phone. Every time I use it for a few seconds, that's 2-3% gone. Browse the internet for 15 mins? Forget it, that's 10% gone at least.
I guess it's just the price to pay for such a gorgeous screen.
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1++++++++++++++++++

pcphobic said:
Here's my result
Here are some of the usual suspects:
- Facebook for Android app (uninstall it and replace it with Friendcaster and change the frequency of update t less often will do the trick)
- Accuweather widget or any other weather widgets
- Whatsapp
- Viber
- Latitude (google maps) - Login to Latitude and then ensure you select the option where it does not report your location and then sign out of Latitude.
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What is your total screen on time during those charges?
The only app in that list I really have to check is latitude. Doing so now.

I think op should stop playing wind up knight in his sleep. Case closed. Just kidding. But seriously, probably got something using up cpu cycles when using phone and not using it. If i dont play any games, i easily get 4 hours screen time, and got 5.25 over the weekend.
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I think op should stop playing wind up knight in his sleep. Case closed. Just kidding. But seriously, probably got something using up cpu cycles when using phone and not using it. If i dont play any games, i easily get 4 hours screen time, and got 5.25 over the weekend.
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When I flashed this ROM I purposely left games out when setting it back up, the only one is Drop7 which I purposely make sure gets killed when I'm done. All apps which sync I have either at minimal amounts or off entirely.

Are you in north america? Try ugkk7 radio maybe? I am in the usa and xxkk6 was ok, but since i flashed ugkk7 reception is excellent. Oh wait. Youre cdma version. I dont know if the same applies. I do know radios designated UGxx# are north american.
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you could install CPU SPY to see if your device is going in deepsleep, I had a problem that one app was using most of the time 350mhz and was using my battery very fast.
after that i found the app with battery monitor and disabled the app to see if the problem was solved, and that was the case, and i have now a battery life from more then a day instead of 5 hours.

I can get 3.5 hours of screen on time spread over ~36 hours or so on the GSM version.. if LTE is on I would assume around two hours of screen on time was normal for a Verizon version just because of how LTE is but it did look like your CPU was awake a lot as well so also it could be a rogue app, not necessarily a game.
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check here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1387243

joshnichols189 said:
I can get 3.5 hours of screen on time spread over ~36 hours or so on the GSM version.. if LTE is on I would assume around two hours of screen on time was normal for a Verizon version just because of how LTE is but it did look like your CPU was awake a lot as well so also it could be a rogue app, not necessarily a game.
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Will give that a try. Like mentioned though almost none of that time was 4G enabled. (Maybe 10mins of that first green section.) The slope is just as steep.
In truth this was a fairly data-light charge.
Could it be the rogue app would actually sap battery only when the screen is on? Even though there is wake time where there shouldn't, that isn't the main area of drain.
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Disappointed with One X

I received my One X yesterday and noticed some pretty big issues:
- The Battery on the phone is shocking, I agree that once you get a phone, you play on it more than usual, but after just 4 hours, my battery was at critical level
- The Lag is shocking for a quad-core phone - especially on apps. For example, when I downloaded Fatbooth on my One X and Desire, the desire was so smooth, moving the markers, scrolling the pictures, but one the One X there was an unbearable amount of lag Why is this? Something to do with the companion core?
Anyway, I was wondering if flashing a new ROM will siginificantly fix these issues, what ROM's out there can do that?
Many Thanks

kanay2000 said:
I received my One X yesterday and noticed some pretty big issues:
- The Battery on the phone is shocking, I agree that once you get a phone, you play on it more than usual, but after just 4 hours, my battery was at critical level
- The Lag is shocking for a quad-core phone - especially on apps. For example, when I downloaded Fatbooth on my One X and Desire, the desire was so smooth, moving the markers, scrolling the pictures, but one the One X there was an unbearable amount of lag Why is this? Something to do with the companion core?
Anyway, I was wondering if flashing a new ROM will siginificantly fix these issues, what ROM's out there can do that?
Many Thanks
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1. It'll get better once you get to normal working use
2. Apps aren't written to properly utilise the quad core yet - they'll get better once the Devs pull their fingers out

Running any custom rom will fix your issues did for me I'm running tbalden - CM10 couldn't be happier. Try Viper 1.0.1 for a sense ROM or cm10 senseless. Both give awesome battery life I get 4hrs + screen time with total at least 15hrs.
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Any ROM can help you, but if you dont want to root your HOX and you would like to stay on the stock ROM, download "Hidden settings" from google play, and in the newly created "Power saver settings" app, disable the the second option, which says "Reduce CPU speed", because if its turned on it means you'll have only 1 of the 4 cores working, and even that 1 core works on 1000mhz only. Oh you should use this "Hidden settings" stuff even if you move to other Sense-based ROM, because usually they will have these stock settings...I hope you understanded my post, my english isnt the best

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Any ROM can help you, but if you dont want to root your HOX and you would like to stay on the stock ROM, download "Hidden settings" from google play, and in the newly created "Power saver settings" app, disable the the second option, which says "Reduce CPU speed", because if its turned on it means you'll have only 1 of the 4 cores working, and even that 1 core works on 1000mhz only. Oh you should use this "Hidden settings" stuff even if you move to other Sense-based ROM, because usually they will have these stock settings...I hope you understanded my post, my english isnt the best
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Thank you very much! I shall try that

Well Venom Rom increase battery life but it will still not be great but no lag and so many things u can do and choice on viper Rom venom its a great rom. The battery is just very horrible and not being able to swap it, is already criminal. There should be no phone that doesn't allow a swap of a battery.
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dante501 said:
Well Venom Rom increase battery life but it will still not be great but no lag and so many things u can do and choice on viper Rom venom its a great rom. The battery is just very horrible and not being able to swap it, is already criminal. There should be no phone that doesn't allow a swap of a battery.
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tell that to apple they started this lol

fyre31 said:
tell that to apple they started this lol
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You can buy a battery it comes as a cover and connects to the 4 metal pins on the back of your phone can't remember what there called tho
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Am I the only one who gets good battery life? I'm using tbalden's CM10 preview 10 and the battery life is great on this ROM.
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Looks like you're not using any Internet, though...which will lead to better life. I have WiFi/3G on at all times and get 20hrs with an hour or so screen time

After a few calls with virgin mobile mi e is going back and there doing me a straight swap for the s3 because for some reason i cant use mobile data when on a call.... Tbh starting to not like the device anyway lol
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Looks like you're not using any Internet, though...which will lead to better life. I have WiFi/3G on at all times and get 20hrs with an hour or so screen time
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hey m8 and do u think that this is normal battery life? i mean one hour of screentime? I do get about the same times with as u with likely having 3g on all the time, depends also on how heavy i use it, sometime i get 2 hours screentime too but thats really absolut maximum. I dont know whats wrong but i also get such terrible batterylife and i am really thinking to swap this ****y phone for an s3. i see others getting as said 4 hrs of screentime that lets me think there some peeople are having hardware issues with the battery or better said faulty batteries. What do u think?
I mean i paid about 500€ for this and i get a laggy and short-battery-life phone that ist performance wise worse then my old sensation or desire?? Also said this is already my second HOX as the first wont had to be replace due to heavy screen flickering, and now my second is having absolut terrible battery life. I am not anything then pleased anymore and i think i understand why htc is getting more and more into financial problems. My next phone will guaranted NOT be an HTC anymore -.-

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Am I the only one who gets good battery life? I'm using tbalden's CM10 preview 10 and the battery life is great on this ROM.
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with screen on and doing nothing the phone will probably use the 5th core to save energy, try to play a game , 1:20 hour of gaming and 2 hrs of screen on and you will finish your battery.
however i consider this a good battery life, with hd2, much slower and with smaller/less brighter screen i got probably less battery life

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with screen on and doing nothing the phone will probably use the 5th core to save energy, try to play a game , 1:20 hour of gaming and 2 hrs of screen on and you will finish your battery.
however i consider this a good battery life, with hd2, much slower and with smaller/less brighter screen i got probably less battery life
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I view Facebook all the time, I watch videos on YouTube, I even watch series on the internet. And I have my WiFi on most of the time. The battery life is really great for me, the ROM that I'm using has a surprisingly good battery life.
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Not sure why everyone wants to jump to the s3 the battery life on this thing isn't good either.
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Not sure why everyone wants to jump to the s3 the battery life on this thing isn't good either.
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It was noticeably better (I used to have it), with this phone I have to actually monitor my battery and worry about playing games etc, whereas on the S3, sometimes It would last me nearly 2 days!

I always have data on usually 3G and max I get is about 2 hours screen on time with around 13-14 hours before it dies.
Whether that's good or bad I don't know compared to others but you have to remember everyone's usage is different signal also plays a part on drain.
I have mine on auto brightness and exchange syncing, Gmail syncing, weather syncing and Facebook syncing.
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I've got to break the well spoken rule about battery life threads.

After long being one of those people who would never post a thread with bias questions or answers.
It's come to this.
I long for the battery I had from ICS, I never got less than 4 hours screen on and 16 hours standby together.
The best I got was right at 5 hours screen on with 18 hours standby.
All with wifi/3G only, very little to none 4G, it's fine with me.
AOKP M6.
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Every single ROM/Kernel combination since I've moved to JB has provided me with just......crap......
AOKP, AOKP kangs, CM, Liquid, CNA, and Eclipse along in different combinations with
Faux, Lean, stock, 007, TinyKernel, and Trinity kernels.
It does not matter what combination I use.
I can barely get over 3 hours-ish screen on time with about 12-18 hours standby.
Now if I use the screen less than 2 hours, I can get up to two days standby, which is nice but not the overall complete usefulness I had.
I know battery has long been an issue for many of us, but I see people in threads talking about their 2 hours of screen on time like it's amazing when it's awful, especially when some of us, could, and used to get close to 5 with stock batteries or 2100 extended (mine)
If you're using LTE all the time, only 2 hours screen on is justified because it should be common knowledge what happens.
Point of the thread is this, I want to know, those on JB with stock or 2100mAh battery and can manage 4+ hours screen on and still close to a day of screen on, what's your secret? Every detail, spill them.
Is it our fault or are we just in a down time of battery efficiency in the ROMs and kernels?

There is no secret, jb is crap when compared to battery usage on ics
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I believe project butter is to blame. But that's just me
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Why not just post here, then we can all possibly benefit
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Couldn't figure out why my battery life was so poor the for the last month or so. Good to see I'm not the only one with the problem.
AOKP ICS with Franco kernel gave me amazing battery life. Jelly Bean not so much.

I personally believe that anyone getting more screen time than you (this goes for anyone) is:
a) Using their phone in an environment that is less bright than you (indoors, on the bus, in the subway)
b) and / or not syncing as many things as you / not as often as you.
Reverse the above for people getting less screen time than you.
This is the truth of the matter.
Personally, I get 2 to 3 hours to 3.5 hours of screen time on JB, depending on usage.
4 hours if I read in bed at night.
Edit: Kernel / ROM be damned, maybe it'll make 10 to 15 minutes worth of difference. NOBODY has presented scientific proof of any ROM/kernel being different from any other. It's always "oh yaa best battery life ever with this rom". It's just noise and cherry-picked screenshots.

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I will then. I may not get to it for a day or two though as I'm busy and will need time to write up as detailed as I can my usage, settings, etc.
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I usually get at least 1 day worth of charge. My set up is pretty easy tho. Since I am in front of a computer 75% of the time , gmail sync is turned off, twitter is @ 4 hours, Facebook set to never with location turned off. Phone gps and location are also turned off unless I M walking towards the bus stop. I don't need to be checking my phone every 5 minutes so my useage is pretty stable and predictable. I wonder what you guys are doing to make the battery die so quick? If your usage patterns are pretty high with checking email 100s of texts and lots of twitter and Facebook well yeah I'll die quick.
Also I seem to get the same results with custom kernels and stock. I have little experience with CPU controls and and such so maybe setting a lower frequency will help?
My .2 ponies.
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Battery can be related to many causes leading to user error. I never used ICS on this phone so I honestly have no idea how great the battery was.
Google now, project butter and many other optimizations are to blame yes.
Depends how much you use it and what is going and the vary of networks going on and off and switching. I can normally pull off 3-4 hours of near heavy use. My droid incredible could only get at least 1 hour max. So maybe it is me but the nexus is a godsend for me.
Leaving the governor at interactive with low max and undervolting will help battery and a specific kernel. I can normally roll with 0-10% brightness and have all networks running and syncing.
I'm tired and ready to cook my tacos I'll be back later with more input.
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STOP overclocking your phone (even to 1350), under clocking exists you know.
STOP using interactive governors.
STOP using your phone so much.
STOP complaining about it.
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Try this...
I have an old Android phone that my boy plays with...so I turn the cell radio off & have it on the wifi signal only. Even with him having the screen on for hours & hours (usually playing games), the phone will stay on battery for almost 4 days!
Turn your cell radio to airplane mode & then turn on wifi only...mess around with it, play games & see what the difference is. When I have a Sprint signal (usually junk 2g one) at home I get poor battery life...when I hack the PRL to choose a 3g (better) signal I get twice the battery life...
I've seen other battery life threads where the signal is a MAJOR factor & even with a strong 2g signal the 3g is probably better at not wasting battery. (4g is a whole other story)

I've found 4 things that almost double my battery life
1) Google Maps: huge battery drainer. freezing it doesn't help either, it has to be uninstalled. Mapquest from the play store is a decent battery friendly alternative. or if you really need gmaps, copy the .apk file and install it when needed, then uninstall afterward.
2) Push Email apps: i.e. Yahoo mail app, Gmail app... use the built-in email app and set the refresh limit to every hour.
3) 3G/2G: when your not using data, put it to 2g networks only. huge battery savings especially if you're somewhere with a weak 3/4g signal.
4) NFC/WIFI/GPS : turn them off if your not using them (obviously)
your results may vary, but doing these things did wonders for my battery. I average 23-26 hours with 2.5-3.5 hrs screen on time. before that I was getting 14-16 hrs with about 1.5-2 hrs screen on
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3) 3G/2G: when your not using data, put it to 2g networks only. huge battery savings especially if you're somewhere with a weak 3/4g signal.
4) NFC/WIFI/GPS : turn them off if your not using them (obviously)
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Well, Switching 2g/3g is pretty battery draining, too. So better be sure you don't use 3g networks for a while. constantly switching just to be a minute or two at 2g just drains more
Turning of WiFi is pretty obvious but NFC and GPS shouldn't take any battery juice if they arn't in use... Someone tested it and could proove, that gps only uses battery power if it's searching for a connection.

As you can see, you basically need t neuter your device and constantly worry in order to get 'great' battery life, lol.

skadebo said:
As you can see, you basically need t neuter your device and constantly worry in order to get 'great' battery life, lol.
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yeah that's the downside to the smartphones.

skadebo said:
As you can see, you basically need t neuter your device and constantly worry in order to get 'great' battery life, lol.
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Yup. Use it, roll with a charger and forget about it
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Its a small battery, they should up the battery sizes. They can fit the samsung galaxy note 2's battery in the samsung galaxy nexus if they wanted too.. /the end.

mike.b93 said:
Well, Switching 2g/3g is pretty battery draining, too. So better be sure you don't use 3g networks for a while. constantly switching just to be a minute or two at 2g just drains more
Turning of WiFi is pretty obvious but NFC and GPS shouldn't take any battery juice if they arn't in use... Someone tested it and could proove, that gps only uses battery power if it's searching for a connection.
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yea I only switch to 2g when I know its just gonna be sitting in my pocket for a while, like when I'm at work. in that situation it definaetly helps. but your right switching constantly is bad too. :thumbup: as for NFC and GPS, it just seems to help for me, maybe its just placebo. like I said results may vary
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I thought leave it on interactive since jb was tweaked around that
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