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Hi all,
I know most of you guys use CM7 RC0 But I just want to know which is the most stable custom ROM which has all the features avail and no FCs or ANRs?
I almost tried all the ROMs including Stock Eclair, Froyo, CM7, MIUI, China Unicom etc. Currently using China Unicom 2.10,
My main concern is about battery coz no matter which ROM i use I get only a day of battery life :
So I'm looking for a Froyo/Gingerbread ROM which gives MAX battery life, supports HD video recording, fast and stable. Of course Ill stick on to CM7 once the official version gets released.
I am also looking for a rom with good batt usages n smoothness will wait untill any1 rreplies
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for good battery life, please keep the 2G on, and switch to 3G only when needed. this is probably the best thing you can do for your battery life. also, make sure the baseband is correct for your usage. however, only you will be able to do this yourself. try a few until you hit a good one.
cheers!
lanfearxt said:
for good battery life, please keep the 2G on, and switch to 3G only when needed. this is probably the best thing you can do for your battery life. also, make sure the baseband is correct for your usage. however, only you will be able to do this yourself. try a few until you hit a good one.
cheers!
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Well.. Of course I always follow the tips to conserve the battery like setting to 2G, very few animations, setvsel to undervolt, not many widgets. But still I get around 1 to 1.5 days of backup.
I have been using CM7 beta 6 for a few weeks already and it has been pretty stable. Lasts around 3.5 days with moderate use. Heavy use( a lot of phone calls), around 1.5 - 2 days.
Just make sure that you select the correct baseband.
actino said:
I have been using CM7 beta 6 for a few weeks already and it has been pretty stable. Lasts around 3.5 days with moderate use. Heavy use( a lot of phone calls), around 1.5 - 2 days.
Just make sure that you select the correct baseband.
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Yes, I install the correct baseband everytime I change the ROM, I'm suspecting my sim might be the culprit which is not letting the phone to go to DSM. Ill change it and see..
How stable and cool is Pays rom???
If you can get through a full day with the "micro laptop" we now refer to as a phone, you're in good shape! Plug it in every night and be happy.
If your particular usage patterns don't get you through a full day, or if you can't plug in every night, there are plenty of extended battery options available.
You guys need to understand that the manufacturers are forced to decide between battery life and size/packaging. Today's phones are designed to be practical for the average consumer who is able to plug in/recharge their phone every day. And fortunately, the aftermarket offers us the option of getting longer battery life in exchange for a larger package (ie 3500+ mAh batteries with covers)...
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If you can get through a full day with the "micro laptop" we now refer to as a phone, you're in good shape! Plug it in every night and be happy.
If your particular usage patterns don't get you through a full day, or if you can't plug in every night, there are plenty of extended battery options available.
You guys need to understand that the manufacturers are forced to decide between battery life and size/packaging. Today's phones are designed to be practical for the average consumer who is able to plug in/recharge their phone every day. And fortunately, the aftermarket offers us the option of getting longer battery life in exchange for a larger package (ie 3500+ mAh batteries with covers)...
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Well, You are right.. But I'm very Jealous that many people get 3 to 4 days of battery backup on an avg usage, I have seen posts where they mentioned 6 days of battery backup using the china unicom's rom, So I flashed the ROM hoping Ill atleast get 2 - 3 days of backup.. but even that didnt help..
vikrambharadwaj said:
Well, You are right.. But I'm very Jealous that many people get 3 to 4 days of battery backup on an avg usage, I have seen posts where they mentioned 6 days of battery backup using the china unicom's rom, So I flashed the ROM hoping Ill atleast get 2 - 3 days of backup.. but even that didnt help..
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Turn off your data connection and any automatic syncing. Your phone will go a full week if it just sits there sleeping the whole time ;-)
I dont use my phone a lot and my TWAS is usually 0%. I dont use my phone alot, but usually when 5-6 hrs of no use or very light use it has gone down around 20-30%. Anyone have any ideas of what rom would work best for me? I am on ICS 5.0 right now and it seems they are not coming back with their 5.5 they had out. I really only care about great battery life and having some type of hotspot hack or free tethering.
Thanks.
You have to try each one and see what works best for you. Read the ROM threads. Every phone and user is different.
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I have been using the latest sleeper rom and i have left it at 1000mhz no overclocking and i seem to be getting better battery life than i was with some of the others. i flash frequently and i would agree with kennyglass in that each one works differently. so try for youself.
Well, like everyone else said, its depends on what your phones handles. Everyone phones handles a rom differently, well, not that differently, but enough to make big differences.
Like the guy above me, I also use SleeperRom. Its a very stable, battery efficient rom.
here is a list of roms I would try out...
ACS_ICS_V5.5
LegendaryRom
MarcusantROM
StarskyROM1.5
I also recommend CleanGB by toadlife. Fast, clean, stable, full day on original stock battery.
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I've gotten 21 hours out of legendary 2.1 and samurai 3.0.4 ill post a screenshot. It was with low signal areas and moderate use and 2 hours + with music running.
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Clean GB
My wifes phone while at work would drain in 8 hours to the point that it was saying charge me every day. Now with Clean GB on hers it lasts about 2 days with light usage. Again YMMV.
Im on clean GB and getting great battery life. After 11 hrs of moderate use I still have 30 % battery left. After 8 hours of heavy use I'm at 30%. Very stable ROM.. No force closes or wierd issues.
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I personally would towards 'which kernel should I use?' You've got to remember that although we all have epics, not every CPU is the same. What I am running it he or she is running may not be what you should be running. If you ever check out an oc/uv thread, you will see that people get different results using different settings, even though we're all on epics. You've got to try a couple different setups (roms AND kernels) to see which runs best for your device. Good luck!
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I currently use CleanGB which has been pretty great. If you're in an area with iffy service, that'll kill your phones battery pretty quick.
After installing a new rom make sure you charge it to 100%, wipe battery stats and then let it die without charging to get the most out of your battery (and having an accurate battery indicator)
In my opinion the way you configure your phone has by far the biggest effect on battery life, followed closely by the signal strength of the area you are in, with maybe a very small effect caused by the rom/kernel combination. Watch what you have syncing. Facebook and Twitter syncs can kill your battery, as can any other app that's always using data. Also, wifi uses WAY less battery than 3G or 4G. Use it when you can.
I'm on stock EI22 with mkasick's kernel and I usually get a full 16 hours with power to spare.
poit said:
In my opinion the way you configure your phone has by far the biggest effect on battery life, followed closely by the signal strength of the area you are in, with maybe a very small effect caused by the rom/kernel combination. Watch what you have syncing. Facebook and Twitter syncs can kill your battery, as can any other app that's always using data. Also, wifi uses WAY less battery than 3G or 4G. Use it when you can.
I'm on stock EI22 with mkasick's kernel and I usually get a full 16 hours with power to spare.
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Basically Poit. Since no 2 people use their phone the same way it is retarded to ask for a comparison of best battery life. People need to stop being lazy and just try the ROMs out and compare for themselves based on their own use.
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Basically Poit. Since no 2 people use their phone the same way it is retarded to ask for a comparison of best battery life. People need to stop being lazy and just try the ROMs out and compare for themselves based on their own use.
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I agree. I have seen 3 questions over the last 2 days with these dumb questions.
but if I was to give my advice, I would strongly advise trying MarcusantROM, Battery life is pretty amazing, just be sure to flash a different kernel, as 2.0.6 is not even offered for download anymore because of bugs n such.
I would strongly advise the Shadow Kernel, paired up with MarcusantRom. You should see some pretty amazing battery life with that combo.
or try these out...
LegendaryROM
SleeperROM
Come on... "Dumb question"? "Lazy"? Get off your high horse. Certain ROMs give better battery performance than others because of certain tweaks and the OP asked for some general advice. Certain ROMs are certainly worse than others. OP wasn't asking for what would be best for him but what has worked good for others. Why is it so wrong for someone to ask for general advice about a ROM/Kernel combo. Not that hard of a question and not so ambiguous that it deserves a "dumb question" or "stop being lazy" response. If you don't want to help the OP, then simply DON'T RESPOND.
As for the question... I generally use the kernel that is included with the ROMs because normally that is what the developer has tested the most. I think Thunderhawk, Sleeper, and Legendary (in that order) are all good for battery but I haven't used all of the others.
sparkyr said:
Come on... "Dumb question"? "Lazy"? Get off your high horse. Certain ROMs give better battery performance than others because of certain tweaks and the OP asked for some general advice. Certain ROMs are certainly worse than others. OP wasn't asking for what would be best for him but what has worked good for others. Why is it so wrong for someone to ask for general advice about a ROM/Kernel combo. Not that hard of a question and not so ambiguous that it deserves a "dumb question" or "stop being lazy" response. If you don't want to help the OP, then simply DON'T RESPOND.
As for the question... I generally use the kernel that is included with the ROMs because normally that is what the developer has tested the most. I think Thunderhawk, Sleeper, and Legendary (in that order) are all good for battery but I haven't used all of the others.
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In kind if you don't like the responses don't respond to them. I read for a month all the ROM threads before deciding on one to flash. Go to ANY ROM thread and someone there will claim they got the best battrery life there. It is different for every body and EVERY phone. ALL of the ROMs here have tweaks that work differently for everyone depending on use. Also people are sick of every other thread as "what's the best ROM". You HAVE to try them for yourself. If we are being to real for you then don't read what is written.
I was once where you are now. When I couldn't find a satisfactory answer, I made my own solution. I'll be uploading the latest version of it, version 3.3 today or tomorrow.
Battery Used: Extended Battery 2700 mah
Testing Performed: Idle Only
For those unsure, idle testing is simply when you treat your smartphone more like a phone. This included uses such as, checking the weather, responding to the occasional text, checking the time, etc. The primary goal of idle testing is to understand how long the phone can stay alive when used for texting and phone calls only. This is useful primarily for occasions such as, going on vacation, where you would like your phone to last a week or more in case of emergencies, but you'll be preoccupied and not killing your battery with Angry Birds. It's nice to know that our phone is capable older, simpler cellphones in standby time.
This indicates that my phone could stay on for as long as 10 to 14 days.
Direct arithmetic calculations indicate as much as 5.5 to 8 days on the stock 1500 mah battery.
Obviously, usage varies greatly between people and even between days, so anything other than idle testing is subjective. Testing was not performed on a stock installation, but rather, on my own daily personal fully-decked setup.
On the stock battery, I've played games for a total of more than 3 hours over a 48 hour time period before needing to recharge.
This has held true on my phone, my wife's, her mother's, and more than a thousand other user's phones. Yours may vary. Try them all. I do.
Looking forward to Random's latest!
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Looking forward to Random's latest!
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Hey guys...im thinking of buying this awesome phone but there is one concern which is the battery life of this phone, i have searched many places, read many reviews, all were mixed. So i decided to open a thread here and ask the actual users of this phone about the battery.
please report how many hours you get wth a single charge and what activities you perform..
im not a very heavy user, but use my wifi from time to time, dont use 3g at ALL, one hour of games. mostly browsing stuff, checking mails,twitter,gplus,news and all.
sorry for making a new thread for this
Thanks in advance
You can't measure battery like that, each user has a unique way of using their phone.
With the usage you describe it will last you until you're back at a charger, at least 12 hrs with 2-3 hrs screen time.
I would consider myself a heavy user. I watch about an hour of video every day via YouTube and have wifi and data always enabled. I do have to say I run a custom rom and kernel and that has significantly improved battery life since I bought it. I usually finish a days use with about 20-40% before charging again. It's hard to say since everyone uses their phones very differently, but compared to other android phones I have owned this is by no means a battery whore (any more).
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Battery life for me is worse than any Android device I've ever owned (see my signature), by far, even with the same amount of usage.
Best ever was my UV/UC Nexus One. I miss that metallic masterpiece.
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RTContent said:
I would consider myself a heavy user. I watch about an hour of video every day via YouTube and have wifi and data always enabled. I do have to say I run a custom rom and kernel and that has significantly improved battery life since I bought it. I usually finish a days use with about 20-40% before charging again. It's hard to say since everyone uses their phones very differently, but compared to other android phones I have owned this is by no means a battery whore (any more).
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What are you using. Iv installed a few roms and kernels and my battery is still horrible. With little use too! Im in school all day where I get a perfect 4g signal. Yet the phone still drains battery.
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You can't measure battery like that, each user has a unique way of using their phone.
With the usage you describe it will last you until you're back at a charger, at least 12 hrs with 2-3 hrs screen time.
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i know we cant measure the battery life like that, and its not my first android devices, i have used htc wildfire, and gakaxy i9003.
i was asking compared to others is the battery satisfying ?
You're looking at 3-4 hours of screen on time per day on average.
I've had it last for almost 3 days (very minimal use) or 6 hours (very heavy use, 5hrs 16mins screen on time)
Depends how you use it.
And to ryjabo, the battery life in this is better than the nexus s. Definitely.
The GSM version gets very good battery, especially if you are not a heavy user. The Verizon sprint version gets bad battery. I go 8 hours and have 70% left with 1 hour display time. This phone idles very very well. On wifi all day is even better.
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What are you using. Iv installed a few roms and kernels and my battery is still horrible. With little use too! Im in school all day where I get a perfect 4g signal. Yet the phone still drains battery.
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Well for starters I have a gsm phone, not lte and I'm sure that helps a lot with battery. Apart from that I'm on cm9s latest build with Francos latest nightly.
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I have the Google Play GSM version, rooted but with no special power tweaks. Yesterday I didn't use it very heavily (< 1 hour screen on), and last night I had 82% remaining after 16.5 hours. That was with wi-fi on all day. It definitely seems like the screen is the most power-hungry component, and it typically accounts for about 50% of my battery usage.
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Battery life for me is worse than any Android device I've ever owned (see my signature), by far, even with the same amount of usage.
Best ever was my UV/UC Nexus One. I miss that metallic masterpiece.
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Worse than the EPIC 4G??????? Wow.
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moizsami said:
Hey guys...im thinking of buying this awesome phone but there is one concern which is the battery life of this phone, i have searched many places, read many reviews, all were mixed. So i decided to open a thread here and ask the actual users of this phone about the battery.
please report how many hours you get wth a single charge and what activities you perform..
im not a very heavy user, but use my wifi from time to time, dont use 3g at ALL, one hour of games. mostly browsing stuff, checking mails,twitter,gplus,news and all.
sorry for making a new thread for this
Thanks in advance
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You should expect mixed reviews for this phone. This phone targets developers. Developers know all the intricates of a device and benchmark it against other hardware.
The Gnex is on par with the Photon 4G and has a better battery life than the EPIC 4G. (for me). I stick to stock roms and only change the kernel.
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What are you using. Iv installed a few roms and kernels and my battery is still horrible. With little use too! Im in school all day where I get a perfect 4g signal. Yet the phone still drains battery.
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Yeah the fact that you're even connected to 4g all day is probably why your battery life sucks. I always stay on 3g when im not on WiFi unless i need to download something or do some browsing or what not.
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If this its not good /great i dont know what it is
Galaxy Nexus AOKP m5 Franco kernel m3
Believe me I'm the last person who will complain about battery backup or create a topic about it, but yet I'm doing it! Seriously, Samsung helped us to be greedy, with awesome battery backup on 4.1.1 ROM, and now they took it away! It really doesn't matter whether you agree or not, 4.1.2 does drain battery much much faster than 4.1.1 ROM. I mean why? Why on earth you gave us that great backup at first and then took it back?
I really don't wanna go back to to a previous version, but I think I'll ultimately have to do that. Honestly I don't see any improvements in 4.1.2, other than that volume key photo taking option in 4.1.2, and of course that SDS fix.
Anyone from Samsung seeing this? What would you say? Why this sudden change of mind? Have any answers to that?
This is what I/we used to get in 4.1.1,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35526794&postcount=920
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33679782&postcount=304
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32749185&postcount=123
And what is 4.1.2 doing? Well look at the ****ing screenshots and compare. So some tick tack goodies and SDS fix costs almost 3 hours screen on time?
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jujuburi said:
Believe me I'm the last person who will complain about battery backup or create a topic about it, but yet I'm doing it! Seriously, Samsung helped us to be greedy, with awesome battery backup on 4.1.1 ROM, and now they took it away! It really doesn't matter whether you agree or not, 4.1.2 does drain battery much much faster than 4.1.1 ROM. I mean why? Why on earth you gave us that great backup at first and then took it back?
I really don't wanna go back to to a previous version, but I think I'll ultimately have to do that. Honestly I don't see any improvements in 4.1.2, other than that volume key photo taking option in 4.1.2, and of course that SDS fix.
Anyone from Samsung seeing this? What would you say? Why this sudden change of mind? Have any answers to that?
This is what I/we used to get in 4.1.1,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35526794&postcount=920
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33679782&postcount=304
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32749185&postcount=123
And what is 4.1.2 doing? Well look at the ****ing screenshots and compare. So some tick tack goodies and SDS fix costs almost 3 hours screen on time?
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This has been a massive pain in the ass for a while now. .
9 hours deep sleep and only 1% drain.
Though the screen on time has decreased
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UtkarshGupta said:
9 hours deep sleep and only 1% drain.
Though the screen on time has decreased
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Would ask you what rom but I've got lte anyway so won't help much.
Wanam2.8 and perseus32.1
Kernel is available for lte and rom is not modified much so you can figure out.
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Dude, you're complaining with 1d 19h runtime and 6h screen on? I could never, ever get that out of my N2, no matter what version, kernel, tweak or what not... There seems to be a huge manufacturing tolerance in quality of battery or whatever else. So I just simply stopped worrying about it, charging the thing overnight and just got 2 spare batteries & additional charger for € 20. My peace of mind is worth that
Why don't you want to go back to 4.1.1 if the update has hardly brought any improvement?
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Martux76 said:
Dude, you're complaining with 1d 19h runtime and 6h screen on? I could never, ever get that out of my N2, no matter what version, kernel, tweak or what not... There seems to be a huge manufacturing tolerance in quality of battery or whatever else. So I just simply stopped worrying about it, charging the thing overnight and just got 2 spare batteries & additional charger for € 20. My peace of mind is worth that
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Not being funny but knowing that you're getting much less battery after the update does play on the mind and it is clearly a software issue which we shouldn't have to endure.
Unlike many on here, the one and only reason I got the note over the s3 was battery life. I would rather much save a couple hundred and have a more comfortable phone to hold in the s3 if I knew the battery life would get messed uo after a software update.
I also don't want to carry seperate batteries around and swap out. If I did, I would have stuck with HTC to be honest.
I just want the immense battery life of 4.1.1 back but without sacrificing new features like the browser text reflow.
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Dude, you're complaining with 1d 19h runtime and 6h screen on? I could never, ever get that out of my N2, no matter what version, kernel, tweak or what not... There seems to be a huge manufacturing tolerance in quality of battery or whatever else. So I just simply stopped worrying about it, charging the thing overnight and just got 2 spare batteries & additional charger for € 20. My peace of mind is worth that
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Well when I compare battery life I do it with my own results. It's completely invalid to compare one's backup with others as usage pattern is different most times.
So, on 4.1.1 I got 9 hours screen on time, half dozen times, on 4.1.2 it touched 8 hours once! This is just bad.
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Why don't you want to go back to 4.1.1 if the update has hardly brought any improvement?
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I'm sure you know there is a bug called eMMC!
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Not being funny but knowing that you're getting much less battery after the update does play on the mind and it is clearly a software issue which we shouldn't have to endure.
Unlike many on here, the one and only reason I got the note over the s3 was battery life. I would rather much save a couple hundred and have a more comfortable phone to hold in the s3 if I knew the battery life would get messed uo after a software update.
I also don't want to carry seperate batteries around and swap out. If I did, I would have stuck with HTC to be honest.
I just want the immense battery life of 4.1.1 back but without sacrificing new features like the browser text reflow.
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Totally and completely agree with you, and that was my point.
Either this is a game by Samsung, to level down us to S3 users, or they are simply unable or ignorant to maintain the continuity of a good thing.
The thing is, technically Note 2's battery backup was right, because on S2 we used to have 4 to 4½ hours screen on time, and that was a 1650 mAh battery, so it's almost doubled on Note 2, so it's basically normal to have 8 hours screen on, nothing ultra ordinary I'd say, but I can say what we are getting now is just BAD.
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I have to agree completely with OP. I have been only using the stock samsung roms & i too find the battery life to be worse on 4.1.2 XXDMB2 (by approx. 10-15 %) compared to 4.1.1 roms. Although, i like everything else about the latest 4.1.2 better .
Hi,
I've searched through various threads here and in the development/ROM forums but need some advice and didn't find advice for my specific scenario.
From Jan - Sept this year I was rooted but running the stock 4.1 Android (Rogers), I tried CM10 and a few other custom ROM's but eventually went back to stock carrier TW, with the only root change being the 4.2 Camera (for Photosphere) being installed (via CMW). During that time my device ran pretty ok in terms of battery life.
Then in Sept I started getting serious battery drain issues. I've got a few extra batteries and an external battery charger so I ended up swaping in and out charged batteries twice or three times a day.
So I decided to re-enter the root world and have since tried a variety of ROM's to see if the battery issues might be fixed. Installed TWN recovery rather than CWM, Tried ROM's such as Task650, CM10 Stable, CM10 Daily, and I still am encountering pretty dismal battery life?
I've tried various battery apps and generally keep screen brightness to a minumum, turn off mobile data, and have wifi/gps/bluetooth/sync off for most the day
I can't imagine it's the battery themselves, 1 is the original that came with my GS3 last year, 1 is official Samsung bought a few months ago and two are Anker ones that worked fine for months.
Can anyone recommend a specific ROM that may have worked for you? I haven't really messed around with custom kernals much, only played with kernals and governors a while back when trying out SETCPU (which I havent used in ages).
Any ideas?
Thank You.
Try the app BetterBatteryStats and see what is using up the battery. After a few hours of having the phone idle, look up the process running on the phone that uses the most wake locks.
Hi,
BBS did not really reveal one glaring thing draining the battery while the screen was off.
Any other ideas?