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I need opinions, anyone?
I keep flashing different ROMS and the battery has always had bad life
I've done a lot of different methods to fix battery life issues, but no go.
Having good luck with Swagged Out Stock.
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A lot of people say AOSP ROMs are good on battery life cuz the sense is gone.
Try out Xplod RLS (one of my favs) test it out see how it goes for you. It's an AOSP btw.
For sense I recommend Tommytomatoes Classic v0.0.0.4 its awesome!
How long does your battery last? Are you running mobile data all day? GPS?
I can get around 20-24 hours put of my battery with real heavy usage. Around 2 days with normal use.
I keep my 3g and everything off until i need it.
HTC EVO 4G running Mikg 2.58
Don't know who your talkin too but I'll reply lol
On Classic I'm gettin roughly about 1d 19h 43m with pretty decent usage text, call, xda, browsing jus putting it to charge right now
I have always had the best success with AOSP and custom kernel.
Currently running ICSmod7 with latest tiamets. With 4g it drops fast but without I get through a full day no worries medium use. Text, fb, music during workout ect...
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Getting good battery life with MikG 2.61.
mikg rom to me is best for battery life .and very stable rom and clean so try and let us know .im running miui and battery life is pretty good but not as good as my mikg rom
sense-free
I've been experimenting with ROMs and kernels for the last 18 months, always looking for best battery life with regular to heavy use. A good custom kernel will sometimes give you an extra 10-15 %. Using setCPU or another app like systemtuner (my pref) to turn CPU down while screen off can also give you 5-10%. Far and away the best thing for my battery is to use an alternative launcher (ADW for me) and then use Titanium backup pro or systemtuner to freeze sense. you just find the two elements in the process list that start with "HTC sense" and freeze them. Night and day. FYI I run synergy and have always come back to Myn's ROMs cause they are good for battery from the start, but they also take well to pretty much any custom kernel, which isn't true for all ROMs. I like everything to work so I always ditch AOSP ROMs a few days after trying them.
sam9696 said:
I've been experimenting with ROMs and kernels for the last 18 months, always looking for best battery life with regular to heavy use. A good custom kernel will sometimes give you an extra 10-15 %. Using setCPU or another app like systemtuner (my pref) to turn CPU down while screen off can also give you 5-10%. Far and away the best thing for my battery is to use an alternative launcher (ADW for me) and then use Titanium backup pro or systemtuner to freeze sense. you just find the two elements in the process list that start with "HTC sense" and freeze them. Night and day. FYI I run synergy and have always come back to Myn's ROMs cause they are good for battery from the start, but they also take well to pretty much any custom kernel, which isn't true for all ROMs. I like everything to work so I always ditch AOSP ROMs a few days after trying them.
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Underclocking your CPU typically causes higher battery drain... unless you're overclocking. As long as nothing is really hammering the CPU in the background (which is the problem, not the CPU speed!), then it's better to let the CPU enter higher power states in order to finish the work quicker and return to low power sleep state. Intel calls this HUGI (Hurry Up and Get Idle). Overclocking can have bad effects with HUGI due to the higher voltage required to run at those frequencies. Lol'd at your AOSP comment though. I suppose some people are okay with subpar android, aka sense .
My Evo can last a week on a single charge. CM7.1, 1850 mAh aftermarket battery (slim, stock battery cover), Tiamat 4.1.0 kernel, aggressive undervolting and monitoring of wakelocks combined with 90% wifi usage (3g is the #1 source of battery drain!).
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Tommytomatoes The Classic is a solid sense rom with good battery life its fast as hell, has lots of mods and themes and is pretty sick I've been stuck on it for over a month now I've flashed other roms but always come back to the classic after a few hours
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maybe a dumb question. What is the difference between underclocking and undervolting?
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Underclocking your CPU typically causes higher battery drain... unless you're overclocking. As long as nothing is really hammering the CPU in the background (which is the problem, not the CPU speed!), then it's better to let the CPU enter higher power states in order to finish the work quicker and return to low power sleep state. Intel calls this HUGI (Hurry Up and Get Idle). Overclocking can have bad effects with HUGI due to the higher voltage required to run at those frequencies. Lol'd at your AOSP comment though. I suppose some people are okay with subpar android, aka sense .
My Evo can last a week on a single charge. CM7.1, 1850 mAh aftermarket battery (slim, stock battery cover), Tiamat 4.1.0 kernel, aggressive undervolting and monitoring of wakelocks combined with 90% wifi usage (3g is the #1 source of battery drain!).
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Underclocking is when you set the speed of the processor to a lower setting than the stock clocks where as undervolting is lowering the voltage needed to run it at a certain speed be it stock underclocked or overclocked. Simplest way I understand it.
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Real culprit for batt issues
Has anyone ever bothered to understand that theres a pesty bug no one knew of.. Called CIQ "carrier IQ"
Ya this is one of the main reasons behind bad batt.. Sprint and other carriers allow a company to monitor and chart everything we do and it mirrors off txts and data sent and is designed to pick up on.key words... Basically an Invasive tracking monitor. It's a huge in noticed drain... And its been shown to be removed from system/app in many custom roms. But it never does cause its so strattled throughout the OS.
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IMPuLSe EX said:
I need opinions, anyone?
I keep flashing different ROMS and the battery has always had bad life
I've done a lot of different methods to fix battery life issues, but no go.
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I have been using evodeck v1.3 with the lee kernel and the rom just sips on my battery and gives me outstanding battery life with amazing speeds
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Has anyone ever bothered to understand that theres a pesty bug no one knew of.. Called CIQ "carrier IQ"
Ya this is one of the main reasons behind bad batt.. Sprint and other carriers allow a company to monitor and chart everything we do and it mirrors off txts and data sent and is designed to pick up on.key words... Basically an Invasive tracking monitor. It's a huge in noticed drain... And its been shown to be removed from system/app in many custom roms. But it never does cause its so strattled throughout the OS.
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"no one knew of" are you kidding me? Carrier IQ has been known about for at least a year now... and no, it's not responsible for any significant amount of battery drain...
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Definantly aosp in my experience. Cm7 gets my vote for battery life
Gary13579 said:
Underclocking your CPU typically causes higher battery drain... unless you're overclocking. As long as nothing is really hammering the CPU in the background (which is the problem, not the CPU speed!), then it's better to let the CPU enter higher power states in order to finish the work quicker and return to low power sleep state. Intel calls this HUGI (Hurry Up and Get Idle). Overclocking can have bad effects with HUGI due to the higher voltage required to run at those frequencies. Lol'd at your AOSP comment though. I suppose some people are okay with subpar android, aka sense .
My Evo can last a week on a single charge. CM7.1, 1850 mAh aftermarket battery (slim, stock battery cover), Tiamat 4.1.0 kernel, aggressive undervolting and monitoring of wakelocks combined with 90% wifi usage (3g is the #1 source of battery drain!).
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So you clearly don't talk on the phone at all.
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So you clearly don't talk on the phone at all.
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Ah yes, the people that come in arguing and debating my claims. This happens every time. I use my phone quite often, and still get amazing battery life.
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Gary13579 said:
Ah yes, the people that come in arguing and debating my claims. This happens every time. I use my phone quite often, and still get amazing battery life.
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Dude you have a serious problem I honestly think you need to quit thinking people are attacking you this is the 3rd time I've seen you in a thread that I'm in and not once have I seen you post anything good or helpful I honestly think you should refrain from posting that's my opinion only cause I think your on a kid level and you really can't carry an easy conversation with someone sometimes I wonder if you even have this phone and if your trolling EVO Forum instead of the Transformer Forum.
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So just got my Galaxy Nexus on Verizon and already unlocked running stock 4.0.4 rooted. I got the extended battery (2100) and I am still kind of disappointed in battery life. I mean, even on 3G all day yesterday it lasted maybe 9 hrs. I have turned off a lot of background apps but still hasn't helped much.
Any suggestions on good rom's/kernels for the best battery life without having to sacrifice too much on the performance side?
Figure it out man.
Everyone (literally) is going to say something different here.
I'll vote Immoseon's 2.3.0 stable with stock clocks but dropped the vsels down by 100 personally.
Next guy will vote franco's.
Next guy will say popcorn.
^This man speaks the truth.
The problem with statements like "X kernal is best for all situations" is that it CANNOT be true. Kernal's will give you varying battery life depending on what you use them for. Since only you know what you do with your phone, you'll have to do some trial and error to figure out which one works best for you.
I, for example, browse fb, read some ebooks, and browse the internet randomly, I've found Franco's Kernal works best for me.
Perhaps a heavy gamer may be that to be untrue. Perhaps someone who takes lots of video/photos do not agree. But for my purposes, I am satisfied.
GL!
If the next vote is for popcorn I'll feel like a wizard
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If the next vote is for popcorn I'll feel like a wizard
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I am voting for popcorn so you can be a wizard
Lol yeah, another one of the "best kernel for blah blah" collection...
Adding my agreement to try them out and see. I like imoysen, but that is based on my usage.
One thing I will recommend is fully charge your phone before installing a new kernel, then wipe your dalvick and battery stats after installing. Then let it drain till it dies and fully recharge it in one go. Then evaluate your battery performance. It will give you a more accurate view of how it will perform. giving your phone a few days to settle into a kernel always helps, imo.
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pastasauce said:
^This man speaks the truth.
The problem with statements like "X kernal is best for all situations" is that it CANNOT be true. Kernal's will give you varying battery life depending on what you use them for. Since only you know what you do with your phone, you'll have to do some trial and error to figure out which one works best for you.
I, for example, browse fb, read some ebooks, and browse the internet randomly, I've found Franco's Kernal works best for me.
Perhaps a heavy gamer may be that to be untrue. Perhaps someone who takes lots of video/photos do not agree. But for my purposes, I am satisfied.
GL!
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Hi. Can you give us some definite figures and how much better battery life you're getting (percentage or hours). I'm a new gnex owner and although I will definitely root my gnex eventually, I'm currently reading through all the threads regarding battery life.
I'm a moderate user myself - using it mostly as an e-reader with the occassional gaming, browsing, call and text. Right now I'm getting the following performance:
15% remaining at 13 hrs
4 to 4.5 hours display time
Like most users, my main concern when I root will be battery life.
Wiping battery stats does not improve battery life.
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Jamesbond kernel , core and iva undervolted, no cpu undervolt, aokp35, 50% brightness.
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Jamesbond kernel , core and iva undervolted, no cpu undervolt, aokp35, 50% brightness.
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Thanks! Just the figures I'm looking for.
Hi..... I just wanted to know if the rooted stock Rom has better battery life than the regular unrooted stock because the regular stock kills the battery really fast.
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Rooting by itself doesn't do anything so...
No
i thought stock battery life was good. Maybe it is something running in the background that is killing your batter.
Being rooted you can remove a lot of bloatware to save battery life.
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i thought stock battery life was good. Maybe it is something running in the background that is killing your batter.
Being rooted you can remove a lot of bloatware to save battery life.
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All superuser (root) is is a program designed to grant applications admin access to the device, rooting itself inpacts performance/stability in NO way whatsoever..
if you want better battery life, i recommend flashing a custom rom
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All superuser (root) is is a program designed to grant applications admin access to the device, rooting itself inpacts performance/stability in NO way whatsoever..
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which gives you access to remove bloatware... did you miss that part? If you strip down your phone and freeze/uninstall apps that ran in the background and/or used data when you don't want it to, then you will improve your battery life.
I think you fail to see what the OP was asking. it was about battery life, not performance or stability.
if you check the running applications and freeze the ones that run all day then ya better battery but obviously just rooting isnt gonna do it
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which gives you access to remove bloatware... did you miss that part? If you strip down your phone and freeze/uninstall apps that ran in the background and/or used data when you don't want it to, then you will improve your battery life.
I think you fail to see what the OP was asking. it was about battery life, not performance or stability.
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Im with doug on this one, i think youre taking this too far. The op inquired if a STOCK rooted rom had beyyer battery life as opposed to a unrooted STOCK rom. As doug said, a rooted completely stock rom offers no battery life imprpvements on its own. Now performance to me is defined as the optimal battery life and efficiency of the device.
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Ok. Thank you...... Do u know guys know what Rom is the most closest to stock but has a better battery life
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Ok. Thank you...... Do u know guys know what Rom is the most closest to stock but has a better battery life
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Darksides and Juggernaut are the pretty much stock with bloatware removed and some additional goodies which are super helpful such as the notification bar toggles. I'm currently using darksides and I'm seeing very good battery life on moderate use (2 hours display time at 50% brightness, 1 hour on Spotify streaming music and I'm down to 30% battery. Total uptime since last charge 13 hours 51 minutes.) Perhaps not the best battery life out there but it does the job for me. Also if you're gonna install either ROM, undervolt the cpu as well as underclocking it. It really doesn't affect the performance, its hardly noticeable actually.
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Im with doug on this one, i think youre taking this too far. The op inquired if a STOCK rooted rom had beyyer battery life as opposed to a unrooted STOCK rom. As doug said, a rooted completely stock rom offers no battery life imprpvements on its own. Now performance to me is defined as the optimal battery life and efficiency of the device.
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Ah i see what you guys are getting at. Just misinterpretation of both parties. Yes rooting itself does nothing, but obviously something is killing the op's battery. I was trying to inform the benefits of having root and how it may improve his battery life by removing whatever is killing his phone.. However if it's from an app he uses then no help there.
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Man post #2 and got all passed up! lol.. oh well.
FOREVER ALONE.
back on topic...
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Ok. Thank you...... Do u know guys know what Rom is the most closest to stock but has a better battery life
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If you want better battery life you can always try change the kernel first. You don't need to do pesky full wipes so you retain pretty much all your settings and stuff.
To start off, I think Faux's is pretty awesome.
You're not going to gain leaps and bounds in battery life until you find what is eating all that power on your phone. It is typically an app you installed, as I don't find the t-mobile pre-installed ones to be that horrible, except for lookout security. I think that'll be a big potential battery hog. OR it can simply be your screen brightness. The trick I find is to set it on the lowest setting and just be SOL when you're outside I mean heck, I really want that battery life!
You can always practice better battery saving techniques, like not leaving the wifi or wireless data on when not in use.
I give up.every ROM I run just doesn't have the battery life expected. Am I expecting to much? Not even Cauks or blazer el29 doesn't give the battery life as stock.don't get me wrong they are all great roms but at least for my device not battery friendly. I'll post some battery stats from BBS if anybody has some free time to see what's going on. I'm on Cauks el29 now.I format everything before flashing and I use cauks format all many times. I'm on the verge of staying on stock roll my eyes.
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bigrndahouse said:
I give up.every ROM I run just doesn't have the battery life expected. Am I expecting to much? Not even Cauks or blazer el29 doesn't give the battery life as stock.don't get me wrong they are all great roms but at least for my device not battery friendly. I'll post some battery stats from BBS if anybody has some free time to see what's going on. I'm on Cauks el29 now.I format everything before flashing and I use cauks format all many times. I'm on the verge of staying on stock roll my eyes.
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Well when is the last time you used stock? And if it's been quite a while...consider having your battery checked out. Anyway, I'll continue as if your battery is fine from here on out. Basically, anything but stock tends to have a modified kernel. Even with all the battery tweaks, etc out there, there's a chance that the kernel itself might not play well with your phone. I'm not too versed in that, but I also noticed that the TouchWiz based ICS kernels/ROMs give MUCH better battery life than AOSP based kernels/ROMs such as CM9 and AOKP, etc. This is just basic stuff you might already know, but yeah, just go on and post your battery stats, preferably with a custom rom and a stock rom so we can see the difference and where it lies. Also, I'm running Touched by a Galaxy S3 on my phone and with moderate use (music for maybe a few hours a day, texting, don't really make many calls) I average between 8.5 and 11 hours from 100 to 0. Another thing I'd suggest is download CPU Spy from the Android market, or something similar if you prefer, and post screenshots from that on the custom ROM; the problem with AOSP and certain other GB and TW ICS roms that i've seen is that something prevents the processor from going into deep sleep mode, usually keeping it at 200mhz or higher. Lastly, when you use the custom roms, do you notice the phone getting really hot compared to the stock roms?
I'm assuming you know this but are you letting the battery cycle a few times before passing judgement? I usually spend a week on a rom before I decide if I have good/bad battery life... attached screenie is normal for me with moderate use on mijjhs goodness rom
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I always had faster battery drains on ROMs than stock. I see all this awesome battery stats screenshots but noticed they all share one common factor, only 1hrs to 30min screen use. Come on guys why I would want that battery life if to get it I have to barely use the phone makes no sense to me.
"hey look my awesome battery life, 1d 25min" (35min) screen time" pffffftttt :what:
Sorry for the rant. Had to let it go outside.
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Btw: this post had nothing to do with the screenshot before this post. Trust me didn't notice it was there till after the post. Lol
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Sorry to disagree but that is not my experience at all... This is the m'ics rom and is typical of the battery life I get.
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Sorry to disagree but that is not my experience at all... This is the m'ics rom and is typical of the battery life I get.
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Agree, everyone have different experiences, I haven't try that ROM yet, I will test it out later. Have a nice day/night sir.
Sadly I have to agree with OP.
And the previous screenshots at 59% with 1hr, 36 screen on is exactly the issue.
Hard to compare your battery stats with mine since screen on time for my phone will be 4+ hours.
Since there are no standardized testing anyone can do with any rom, any speculation on which rom has better battery life or doesn't is just pure bogus seat of the pants gut feelings.
If there were a standard test that ran like. 5 minutes of mail with 20 mails received, 10 minutes download, 30 mins of playing the exact same video, 13 music tracks of the exact same song all with screen, vibration, brightness, etc all at the exact same level, you could get a real test, but, alas, nobody has a standardized test.
For MY usage, stock clocks in at the same as or better than just about any other rom I've tried, including all the various super scripts out there.
I guess I just overuse my phone!
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I always had faster battery drains on ROMs than stock. I see all this awesome battery stats screenshots but noticed they all share one common factor, only 1hrs to 30min screen use. Come on guys why I would want that battery life if to get it I have to barely use the phone makes no sense to me.
"hey look my awesome battery life, 1d 25min" (35min) screen time" pffffftttt :what:
Sorry for the rant. Had to let it go outside.
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Btw: this post had nothing to do with the screenshot before this post. Trust me didn't notice it was there till after the post. Lol
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Agreed absolutely.
bigrndahouse said:
I give up.every ROM I run just doesn't have the battery life expected. Am I expecting to much? Not even Cauks or blazer el29 doesn't give the battery life as stock.don't get me wrong they are all great roms but at least for my device not battery friendly. I'll post some battery stats from BBS if anybody has some free time to see what's going on. I'm on Cauks el29 now.I format everything before flashing and I use cauks format all many times. I'm on the verge of staying on stock roll my eyes.
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You're doing it wrong.
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Well when is the last time you used stock? And if it's been quite a while...consider having your battery checked out. Anyway, I'll continue as if your battery is fine from here on out. Basically, anything but stock tends to have a modified kernel. Even with all the battery tweaks, etc out there, there's a chance that the kernel itself might not play well with your phone. I'm not too versed in that, but I also noticed that the TouchWiz based ICS kernels/ROMs give MUCH better battery life than AOSP based kernels/ROMs such as CM9 and AOKP, etc. This is just basic stuff you might already know, but yeah, just go on and post your battery stats, preferably with a custom rom and a stock rom so we can see the difference and where it lies. Also, I'm running Touched by a Galaxy S3 on my phone and with moderate use (music for maybe a few hours a day, texting, don't really make many calls) I average between 8.5 and 11 hours from 100 to 0. Another thing I'd suggest is download CPU Spy from the Android market, or something similar if you prefer, and post screenshots from that on the custom ROM; the problem with AOSP and certain other GB and TW ICS roms that i've seen is that something prevents the processor from going into deep sleep mode, usually keeping it at 200mhz or higher. Lastly, when you use the custom roms, do you notice the phone getting really hot compared to the stock roms?
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Probably a good 2 weeks since on stock. I tried all ICS but i just used the kernel that it was packed with.THats a good time frame. What is the best kernel to run with roms?
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I'm assuming you know this but are you letting the battery cycle a few times before passing judgement? I usually spend a week on a rom before I decide if I have good/bad battery life... attached screenie is normal for me with moderate use on mijjhs goodness rom
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Wow thats some crazy battery life. yea ive been on it for a good week. pretty much i stay on it for a week or two and then i do a battery calibrate. what kernel do you use with the Mijjhs Goodness rom
Get a good gb rom and under clock that puppy to 500 or 800. Battery definitely lasts
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Get a good gb rom and under clock that puppy to 500 or 800. Battery definitely lasts
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Also if you use caulks roms flash his under volt script as well. I was using his -75mv script stable. Which equaled amazing battery life.
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Sorry to disagree but that is not my experience at all... This is the m'ics rom and is typical of the battery life I get.
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How did you get this type of battery life? please share the steps on how you rooted your phone up to the operation.
thanks man.
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You're doing it wrong.
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Thanks for your observation that I'm doing it wrong. What would be appreciated more than telling me your opinion would give me steps in correcting as to "what" i'm doing wrong
bigrndahouse said:
How did you get this type of battery life? please share the steps on how you rooted your phone up to the operation.
thanks man.
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By not using the phone.
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By not using the phone.
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Lol
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Things drain battery. This is my test off wifi for the most part using the phone as a phone with average use. Didn't even log in to Google on this one. Just proof that intensive applications, google services, and anything else added after a "factory flash" can manipulate battery life significantly.
Oh, and check out drain when I'm in less than ideal coverage. Noticeable difference. One huge factor to consider when diagnosing battery life.
It really depends on what you're doing with the phone. Obviously having brightness up playing heavy games with Wimax on will kill battery faster than someone on low brightness reading an ebook with wifi on. That said, i agree that I've had better battery life stock than almost all ics roms.
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Things drain battery. This is my test off wifi for the most part using the phone as a phone with average use. Didn't even log in to Google on this one. Just proof that intensive applications, google services, and anything else added after a "factory flash" can manipulate battery life significantly.
Oh, and check out drain when I'm in less than ideal coverage. Noticeable difference. One huge factor to consider when diagnosing battery life.
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Truth to the last word.. I hate battery life threads too many variables.. I love the part about " using the phone as a phone " you crack me up B..:laugh:
Has any one else experienced worse battery performance with CM10 vs Stock?
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Has any one else experienced worse battery performance with CM10 vs Stock?
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Yes. That tends to be one of the bigger complaints about CM10.
i think cm10 is default tailored more towards performance, you can tweak it or go with a liquid rom if your concern is battery life, i also recomend taking a look at something like this:
http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/droid-x-hacking-guides/14714-how-optimize-battery-life-speed.html
this guy seems to know his stuff, i personally prefer performance over battery life thats why i own a p930 to begin with. but i perform the battery calibration twice a month using his steps, and ive seen it improve my battery life durastically, you might want to start there and tweak according to your needs.
It has been reported that cm10 kernel keeps waking up the phone, i.e. no real deep sleep, causing a more drastic battery drain. work is being done to fix all the bugs with cm10, you may give Quattrimus a try, I found it very good with battery, especially true for rc2 (last version):good:
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I cant edit the post so here is the link to Quattrimus. good luck!
interesting never heard this, since 10.1 releases are starting to come out, the real question now is, have they fixed that bug for 10.1, the answer is probably yes if they were aware of it in 10.0 but it would be nice if someone knows for sure
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Even factory ICS is not as great as Gingerbread. But yeah, running CM10, my P930 feels like a space shuttle ... in that it must remain tethered right until takeoff.
KronicSkillz said:
interesting never heard this, since 10.1 releases are starting to come out, the real question now is, have they fixed that bug for 10.1, the answer is probably yes if they were aware of it in 10.0 but it would be nice if someone knows for sure
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I'm still seeing major battery drain in 10.1. Rom is incredibly smooth and very quick with oc kernel bit battery life is terrible just like cm10
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Hutch89 said:
I'm still seeing major battery drain in 10.1. Rom is incredibly smooth and very quick with oc kernel bit battery life is terrible just like cm10
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your probably using it more if you just installed it no? how long have u been testing it
If I had just done a bit more research on CM10 for the Nitro I probably wouldn't have put it on there. Oh well. The good this is that I do have JB now.
DS battery saver provides decent battery life with moderate use. Now all we need are fixes to the kernel/ROM to provide better battery life when actually using the phone because DS battery saver is mainly for screen off.
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KronicSkillz said:
your probably using it more if you just installed it no? how long have u been testing it
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I always use my phone heavily; regardless of testing or not. Ive established a pretty good baseline for how my battery performs with almost every rom available for our device evenly l except cm10+. On most other Roms I can get around two hours of constant use, cm10 half that
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Hutch89 said:
I always use my phone heavily; regardless of testing or not. Ive established a pretty good baseline for how my battery performs with almost every rom available for our device evenly l except cm10+. On most other Roms I can get around two hours of constant use, cm10 half that
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I noticed my phone gets HOT on CM10. Haven't tried any CM10.1 ROMs yet. I'm guessing the kernel needs a bit of tinkering to get it running efficiently with our hardware. Battery drains fast even idling. I don't think the phone ever goes to deep sleep.
It definitely goes deep sleep, according to better battery stats app anyway. I'm really digging cm10.1, especially oc'd using windkernal (scoring 4000+ in quadrant consistently). The nitro is a complete beast right now, but I dunno if I can afford to sacrifice the battery life so drastically for a little performance.
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