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[Q] CoreDroid HD 5.3 battery life

Gday,
Just wondering If I could get some round about figures from you guys that are using combinations with latest 5.x Coredroid Roms and radios on what your general battery life has been like.
I ask for round about figures e.g. percentage of battery decrease per 30 mins on dependence of phone usage because I realize how much battery life can be affected by many different variables.
My setup is:
ROM - CoreDroid HD 5.3 (full wiped and non-titanium app install)
Radio - Radio_12.48.60.23U_26.08.04.07_M3 (Given 2 days to take effect and so far best 1 I've used)
Auto Brightness
Have gone back and forth between live wallpaper and wallpaper but didnt notice much change
Screen animations all on
I'm now in the process of the battery calibration found on Hemorrdroids.net. I was getting about 5-10% battery drop per 30 mins with mobile network on, auto sync on and moderate usage (mainly browsing xda and web + facebook and emails).
So I thought I'd give the battery calibration ago just to see if I can limit the drain a little bit more.
So any other figures provided would just help me to work out if Im on par and Im definitely getting the most out of my battery

With my desire hd with the 12.48 radio and cm7 it takes much less than with core droid 5.x i dont know how much less but a lot........

IN-Freak said:
With my desire hd with the 12.48 radio and cm7 it takes much less than with core droid 5.x i dont know how much less but a lot........
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Yeah I've heard that about CM, I guess you can put that down down to the drain that htc sense causes.
I would switch to a non-sense rom such as cm7, But I still prefer some features of sense.
I guess I have to make a bit of a sacrifice to get those features

pezza313 said:
I would switch to a non-sense rom such as cm7, But I still prefer some features of sense.
I guess I have to make a bit of a sacrifice to get those features
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I prefer a few sense widgets like the friendstream
why don't you try mikes revolution rom, its with android 2.3.3 and sense 2.1?

IN-Freak said:
I prefer a few sense widgets like the friendstream
why don't you try mikes revolution rom, its with android 2.3.3 and sense 2.1?
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Yeah I did and I found I was getting fairly similar battery life with coredroid, So i decided to stick with coredroid because I prefer the visuals and the performance seemed very similar for me as well

Oh ;-)
Then try an alternative launcher on cm7 like spb mobile Shell ;-)
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Try these!
First, You need to turn of auto sync, just back up or sync by manual.
Second, Remove account of HTC facebook. It's always sync therefore it drain battery fast.

Vothana said:
Try these!
First, You need to turn of auto sync, just back up or sync by manual.
Second, Remove account of HTC facebook. It's always sync therefore it drain battery fast.
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Turned off auto sync a couple of hours ago after my battery calibration because I knew it was a contributing factor haha cant believe I had it on.
Am yet to remove my facebook account because I dont no if I can do without that synced haha .
It probably would be wise to only update manually

I use extended controls (might also be possible with widgetsoid) to quickly switch to GSM only when I'm not using my phone out in the wild. That and turning data off when you don't need it (easily done from notification settings screen) will save a hell of a lot of battery over using 3G/auto with data on.

extended controls is a brilliant tool!
It often helps me, too

i think the same.. extended controls are cool for control a good batery drain... and in addition i have WIDGET ON/OF by pedro maicas (android market) for cut the 3g conection
for the flip and clock for example...

Acesmod 007 -battery life and performance

Hey xda
I come from cyanogen7 and went for the acesmod rom because I was missing the nice widgets, looks, and overall performance of sense. I have now spend some time on acesmod and I must say that it looks very nice and I especially think that the sense keyboard works a lot better when writing danish.
My problem is now that I find acesmod drinking my battery like crazy. Besides this I find it to be lagging a lot and not that smooth a experience that one could expect.
Do anybody know what I could do about this. Have you guys experiences the same.
Alternatively I am open to other sense based roms.
Thanks xda people!
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sense roms do use considerably more battery than cm7 roms, nothing you can really do about it apart from maybe calibrate your battery, theres a thread on here about how to do it

Again, calibration is not to be used to increase battery performance... Disable htc.com sync, use as less widgets and let them sync as rarely as possible. Disable pocket mode too, sign out of Latitude and make sure that your market and maps are not in the foreground when you turn your screen off as they won't release the wakelock then.

I can hear that there is not much I can do. Had every updating things disabled and also got the black wallpaper for power saving.
Are there then any sense based roms you would prefer over acesmod 007?
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I have good battery life on 007 mod.... But I have used only sense roms, so I cannot compare it to others.

mine life battery is good, try using andrev_oc

andrev_oc? (This is only my second rom)

see here how to install
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16803896&postcount=355
hope it helps
edit: with ES File Explorer (in settings tick the root explorer and mount file system) copy the freqs to system/etc/andrev_oc

Interesting... I have tried a few Sense ROMs and was quite dissapointed by the performance, memory consumption and battery life, went to CyanogenMod 7.1 and now tried Acesmod007.
For me, it does everyhing as smooth as cyanogen, and something obviously very strange - the same or maybe even longer battery time. A full day with gmail sync, active gtalk usage, a little browsing, ~25min of calls, messaging... on 2G+3G and (mostly) WiFi. And the battery level is still not very low.
I'm very happy with this

The new 007 mod (v39) has even better battery life!
And the speed...

lenyy3212 said:
Interesting... I have tried a few Sense ROMs and was quite dissapointed by the performance, memory consumption and battery life, went to CyanogenMod 7.1 and now tried Acesmod007.
For me, it does everyhing as smooth as cyanogen, and something obviously very strange - the same or maybe even longer battery time. A full day with gmail sync, active gtalk usage, a little browsing, ~25min of calls, messaging... on 2G+3G and (mostly) WiFi. And the battery level is still not very low.
I'm very happy with this
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and you dragged up an old thread to post this why exactly?

elliottg61 said:
and you dragged up an old thread to post this why exactly?
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It's definitely more informative than what you've posted... :-\

Best ROM for battery saving?

Dear friends,
I have had some problems with my battery, as you can check here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1697584
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1659525
I don't know if I have been spoiled by Nokia, because I had a Nokia E72 with a tiny screen a 1500Ah battery (Two days connected with EDGE/Wifi updating Whatsapp and Gravity).
I just need Whatsapp and any Twitter application running al the time.. 3G or HSPDA is not a must, I could live with EDGE for battery saving.
I have tried:
Stock 2.3 ROM
Oxygen COS'ed
CM7 RC1
Minwild 4.9 CM
I don't care about fancy widgets and so... I just want battery life... sometimes I use the screen with 10% brightness!
Please, help me! Help will be highly appreciated.
PD: Moto RZR MAXX is too expensive
PD2: I'm using lastest radio and have not messed with Kernels, always using the one that comes with each ROM.
PD3: Testing is so easy, I wonder if someone have done that before? Install ROM, install whatsapp and twitter, config, fully charge, see it discharge and take the time and try with another ROM, right know I don't have the time, but that's what I want to do...!
Bets regards.

Far as I know those roms aren't exactly power hungry.
ManU kernel is recognized for batter saving.
You can use with MildWild CM version.
For oxygen I think you have to use thalamus kernel.
I'm using Oxygen V4 MildWild with latest thalamus kernel and with normal use (wifi once in a while but usually switched off, some browsing, some phone calls, some texts and even a little game once in a while) it lasts me a full day. If I play too much, the battery can last as three hours (with bat, intensive games).

MidnightDevil said:
Far as I know those roms aren't exactly power hungry.
ManU kernel is recognized for batter saving.
You can use with MildWild CM version.
For oxygen I think you have to use thalamus kernel.
I'm using Oxygen V4 MildWild with latest thalamus kernel and with normal use (wifi once in a while but usually switched off, some browsing, some phone calls, some texts and even a little game once in a while) it lasts me a full day. If I play too much, the battery can last as three hours (with bat, intensive games).
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Thanks...
Which ROM uses ManU kernel? I'd like to try that one.
Right now I'm using Oxygen Cosed with Thalamus (I think)

I dont think there is a rom that uses ManU kernel by default. But as long as a rom is based on CM7 I believe you can replace the default one with ManU.
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Anything without Sense, or without ICS.
Desire S • Fallout V2.0.0 • xda premium

olyloh6696 said:
Anything without Sense, or without ICS.
Desire S • Fallout V2.0.0 • xda premium
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Not entirely true. Oxygen rom and those that use it as base need to use Thalamus kernel. Using ManU on Oxygen roms for example will break your camera.
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stankyou said:
Not entirely true. Oxygen rom and those that use it as base need to use Thalamus kernel. Using ManU on Oxygen roms for example will break your camera.
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Thanks for your answer.
What do you mean by breaking the camera? I suppose only software...!
Thanks for letting me know that, I was going to flash ManU kernell with Oxygen Cosed! So I'll flash it over MinWildCM.
There is a lot of reading about roms but not about kernels!

peikojose said:
Thanks for your answer.
What do you mean by breaking the camera? I suppose only software...!
Thanks for letting me know that, I was going to flash ManU kernell with Oxygen Cosed! So I'll flash it over MinWildCM.
There is a lot of reading about roms but not about kernels!
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The camera just wont work. I flashed ManU on Oxygen rom before.

peikojose said:
Dear friends,
I have had some problems with my battery, as you can check here.
Bets regards.
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The best rom for battery, performance and stability is none other than GINGER VILLAIN. If you look at the screenshot most of juice is gone into display as I like 100% display. I am sure you can save further battery with switching off wifi, mobile data, gps, vibrations, display etc. But this rom is pretty much beating other rooms. Only problem people find is there are no future updates for this rom. If you looking for above all then go for this rom.
Hit thanks if it helps you.
Cheers
Raj
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When you realize it is mostly a kernel thing, silliness off "best rom for battery" phrases will struck you like an epiphany.
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I gave my old desire to my brother because the battery was dying , before I do so, I flashed MUIU rom, it seems fine when he is using it

OxygenMod worked well for me well.

erklat said:
When you realize it is mostly a kernel thing, silliness off "best rom for battery" phrases will struck you like an epiphany.
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And that would be about 50% correct. The rom does play an important role on battery consuption.

I know you asked about ROMs, but if you dont mind a thicker phone you could also consider an extended battery. I'm using a Cameron Sino 2400MAH battery, cost me £7 from Amazon UK and I get between 30 - 38 hours out of my Desire, depending on use. That's with ICS for Desire by Sandvold installed.
I cant post links yet but take a look at batteryboss.org and it mentions it as being "not a bad deal".

ICS works fine for me
I use the BCM - Ice Cream Sandwich from CM9 Source and it works fine for me. Been up for almost 16 hours with decent usage and pretty poor cell signal the whole time.

The lowest battery drain I've had was using Mildwild's Oxygen Based. Nearly 2 days of battery with pretty decent usage. See the attachments below: you might found them a bit dark cause they were made with screen filter at 50%.
- During night, phone had 2G (GPRS).
- Screen on-time: 3 hours, above 50% usage.
- Always with WiFi or HDSPA (3G) excepts during nights.
With battery perfectly calibrated (it shutdowns at 0%).

{ICS]{Sabsa ROM] short battery life

Hello!
I have problem with short battery life, i charge phone all night, i use phone 1h 20m, and i have 87%...
I use phone for 14 minutes, 2 sms, 1 call 4m and facebook..
I really suprised for short battery life.
My DHD:
ROM: Sabsa Prime 6.5
Android: 4.0.3
Sense: 4.0
Radio:12.59.60.26U_26.11.04.21_M
Kernel: 3.0.43-virtous-S4
Thanks for help...
I know, i can ask in ROM thead but i don't have 10 posts :lol:

try another rom and see what is going on
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Piszu said:
Hello!
I have problem with short battery life, i charge phone all night, i use phone 1h 20m, and i have 87%...
I use phone for 14 minutes, 2 sms, 1 call 4m and facebook..
I really suprised for short battery life.
My DHD:
ROM: Sabsa Prime 6.5
Android: 4.0.3
Sense: 4.0
Radio:12.59.60.26U_26.11.04.21_M
Kernel: 3.0.43-virtous-S4
Thanks for help...
I know, i can ask in ROM thead but i don't have 10 posts :lol:
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Sideload BetterBatteryStats from its app thread here on XDA. See what apps have lots of wakelocks and alarms.

I have the same rom and it works ok for me. You can try searching for BeastMod 1.5 in the xda forum. I find that to be a better and smoother kernel. Also, you might want to turn off data, GPS, and WiFi when you are not using them. If you forget like I do, you can download JuiceDefender from the PlayStore.
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Here something important to every Rom....Have you ever calibrated your battery?
Also flash the Pimp My Rom zip for.many improvements! Search it Google.
- hit my thanks button if i helped you -

hukel56 said:
Here something important to every Rom....Have you ever calibrated your battery?
Also flash the Pimp My Rom zip for.many improvements! Search it Google.
- hit my thanks button if i helped you -
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Unfortunately, battery calibration is a myth. See here.

Best battery rom

HI if i dont care for other stuff other then battery.
What rom/os is the one that i need?
Installed a cm 10.1 it sucked the hell out the battery.
Thnx

Try that one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1683638

If you want lasting battery but dont want official samsung rom, you need to go for something like cm 7.2 (gingerbread) and disable background data, not ics, jellybean and such, which are still bugged for gio, although on the right path.. you can force them to suck less juice by disabling services and get good battery too, but for now its better to stick with a 7.2 variant with improved graphics and themes jellybean-like.
with background data disabled the good part is that i can get 4 days of moderate usage with some 1-2 hours screen on during this time...the bad thing is that you get no notifications for new mails and stuff, so not much of a "smartphone" .. current rom cm 7.2 based lasts me 2 days with background data on.. for such a low end phone is satisfactory

Install enhanced2.3.6!!

just try aurora rom 3

Thnx everybody will try em out.

tried cm 7.2 - now my battery lasts 1 day, which is sad. Will try to reflash, no facebok and disable background update as mentioned above. Thanks!

The best keeps the battery is: CyanogenMod 7.2 and CyanMobile X ^^
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For me the best is: CyanogenMOD7 with Touchwiz & LG UI Music. Frequently using intetnet with wifi. End of the day 35% remaining!!!!
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For me the M'rage Rom works fine.
In my opinion Aurora Rom is equivalent (is the same creator^^).