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Roms with the best battery life.

I was wanting to know which ROM has the best battery life on the Gnex the CDMA version.
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They are all pretty much the same IMO. The screen sucks up juice so keep it off as often as possible lol

xero925 said:
I was wanting to know which ROM has the best battery life on the Gnex the CDMA version.
Thanks
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If you want the latest software, most stable, and best battery life ROM, go with MMuzzy's AOSP ROM. Using it now, and its amazing
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ROMs themselves rarely ever have an actual impact on battery life. Most postive effects for battery come from the kernel, and negative ones from rogue apps.
Before you ask which kernel offers the best battery, it really depends on the requirements of the user and the phone itself. You'll just have to try a few.

Marisa said:
ROMs themselves rarely ever have an actual impact on battery life. Most postive effects for battery come from the kernel, and negative ones from rogue apps.
Before you ask which kernel offers the best battery, it really depends on the requirements of the user and the phone itself. You'll just have to try a few.
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That's very true, IMHO LeanKernel is the absolute best.
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How do I switch out the kernel. I'm kind of a noob at this stuff...
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Flash it like you would a ROM. Make sure you find one that is for the version of android your ROM is based on. I would suggest tying Franco kernel, but there are many good ones.
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xero925 said:
How do I switch out the kernel. I'm kind of a noob at this stuff...
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FYI....this thread goes in general.
Flash kernel in cwm the same as you would have a rom. Be sure to clear cache/dalvik first.

For the moment the ROM with the best battery life is SlimRoms 2.7
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I've tried many ROMs and Kernels with no success in the battery life department.
My phone charger died so I downloaded an app...Easy Battery Saver...my phone was still at 34% after 1 day and 7 hours. I was NOT heavily using my phone but still this is the best battery life I have ever experienced. I was always on the "battery saver apps are useless" team until recently.
Don't get me wrong, I'm still flashing
Just love my new app.

i tried miui, pa, vicious, aopk, smooth, and now using cm10. tried out different kernals too,but at the end, all the roms cant pass 1hr 50mins of screen time.

zeke1988 said:
i tried miui, pa, vicious, aopk, smooth, and now using cm10. tried out different kernals too,but at the end, all the roms cant pass 1hr 50mins of screen time.
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Hmm.. thats strange. I'm on MMuzzy's ROM which is pure AOSP and I get around 2 and a half hours of screen time. And some people around the forums have gotten around 5 hours of screen time with different combinations of ROMS and Kernels.

I have tried numerous roms, if not all of them for the galaxy nexus, and there is a difference between roms, even using the same kernel.
I have been getting amazing battery life using Eclipse.
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The mods can move this thread, but in the mean time, it is a good question.
I used to get some awesome battery life. VZW + 2100mah. Typically 4 hours screen on time was normal.... now I'm lucky to get 1hr. I can't remember if it was the jelly bean update or the inclusion of Google Now.

Does letting the ROM settle really help? I have been getting terrible battery life out of my 2100mah. The battery just drains when the screen is off. No rogue apps, but this is a fresh install as of 24 hours ago
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I believe use what you like as long as you use Lean Kernel you should get good battery life.

ir13 said:
I believe use what you like as long as you use Lean Kernel you should get good battery life.
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I wasn't going to put my 2 cents in but because there are so many complaints about this being in the wrong place, I just have to now.
I have tried many different ROM's and kernels and found there always seems to be the "right" combination sooner or later. Right now I am on AOKP w/Franco M6 and getting about 14 hours with 24% battery left, 2.5 hours screen time, mostly LTE and moderate phone use, best I have seen of any combo for me on this ROM. For CNA the right kernel for me was lean kernel. A little experimentation and patience and you will find that sweet spot soon enough.
Edit: the whining drew me to it, sucked me in so I couldn't stop myself from answering

If someone can get 4+ hours screen with mostly 3G, let me know. haha.

Wrong section
However as for battery life slim ROMs work great but I'm on jbsourcery built in trinity and I've definitely had worse d: the only ROM I've used that's had has battery is pa however they've had multiple updates since then so I'm sure its not horrible now
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2 things here:
1) OP, wrong section. Questions belong in their own section, the Q&A section. Development is reserved for Roms, kernels, tweaks, etc.
2) If you guys see something posted in the wrong section, report it. No need to get in an internet gang war about it. Us mods have a life too and we can not be here 24 hrs a day to watch over you. When you hit the report button, we see it.

[Q] Wiked JB v3

So I am thinking about switching over to this ROM, now that Frosty ROM is no longer being supported by the dev. I have been reading through the treads and I don't see any issues people are having with this ROM. That's a huge plus!
I wanted to ask before flashing, does this ROM have themes? Does it have the ability to run the Galaxy Note 2 gallery and Camera, if so where is the download link? Does tethering work?How is battery life?
Sorry for the 20 questions, but I have to use my phone for work. I have to have it work.

Themes should work it has the option within aroma installer for the note2 gallery and stuff battery was awesome for me when I tried it got 4 hours on screen and 14 hours through the day.
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mt3g said:
Themes should work it has the option within aroma installer for the note2 gallery and stuff battery was awesome for me when I tried it got 4 hours on screen and 14 hours through the day.
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Are you currently still on this ROM?

Heck no 4.2 is out and fun lol.
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mt3g said:
Heck no 4.2 is out and fun lol.
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Fair enough! So which ROM is that? If i am going to re flash my phone might as well go for the most recent ROM.

I wouldn't recommend flashing it just yet.
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I'm running it and it's awesome, has a new update coming soon too. No issues and I have the note 2 gallery and camera plus the stock one too.

Which ROM? Can you provide a link? How does it compare to Wicked and Frosty?
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luv4greenleaves said:
Which ROM? Can you provide a link? How does it compare to Wicked and Frosty?
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4.2 is only available in aosp style so if you really like touchwiz and all it'd features, aosp is not for you. Go to the thread in the developer section and you'll find links to the ROM. Be ware that there is a echo issue in when calling but that's about it from what I've read.
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luv4greenleaves said:
Which ROM? Can you provide a link? How does it compare to Wicked and Frosty?
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wicked v3

Running cm 10.1 right now its great
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I've been using Wiked JB v3 for about a week now after having tried about 5 other ROMs over the past 3 months. As another poster noted, Wiked is TouchWiz based, which I've decided I like better than CM/ASOP. When you flash Wiked, Aroma gives you several options including multiple launchers, gallery options and a couple others I don't remember offhand. I've been tremendously pleased with Wiked - it's stable, I've noticed nothing that's broken, battery life has been good (not great, but good), and no noticable issues related to voice or data signal. The developer is planning an update soon and seems to be providing stellar support to users.
Good luck!

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I've been using Wiked JB v3 for about a week now after having tried about 5 other ROMs over the past 3 months. As another poster noted, Wiked is TouchWiz based, which I've decided I like better than CM/ASOP. When you flash Wiked, Aroma gives you several options including multiple launchers, gallery options and a couple others I don't remember offhand. I've been tremendously pleased with Wiked - it's stable, I've noticed nothing that's broken, battery life has been good (not great, but good), and no noticable issues related to voice or data signal. The developer is planning an update soon and seems to be providing stellar support to users.
Good luck!
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I went ahead and flashed it last night. ( I came from Frosty 11.1) and I really like what I have seen so far. Since this is my first battery cycle the android system is pretty high (20%) and gsiff_deamon is what is driving it. I know this was an issue on Frosty, but am wondering if it is for Wicked. On Frosty the gsiff_deamon would run all time after experiencing a HOT BOOT. The solution was to reboot the phone. Is this the same thing? I have gotten 11 hrs out of this battery as of now and I am at 14%. Screen time only 1hr 36 min... I know I have to go through 3 cycles to really tell if battery is good, so that's why I am taking it with a grain of salt. If it does keep up, I might have to find another ROM. I was getting 16-17 hrs with Frosty running stock kernel (2 hr screen time)

luv4greenleaves said:
I went ahead and flashed it last night. ( I came from Frosty 11.1) and I really like what I have seen so far. Since this is my first battery cycle the android system is pretty high (20%) and gsiff_deamon is what is driving it. I know this was an issue on Frosty, but am wondering if it is for Wicked. On Frosty the gsiff_deamon would run all time after experiencing a HOT BOOT. The solution was to reboot the phone. Is this the same thing? I have gotten 11 hrs out of this battery as of now and I am at 14%. Screen time only 1hr 36 min... I know I have to go through 3 cycles to really tell if battery is good, so that's why I am taking it with a grain of salt. If it does keep up, I might have to find another ROM. I was getting 16-17 hrs with Frosty running stock kernel (2 hr screen time)
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If battery continues to be an issue for you, one you might consider is Team Sonic's FreeGS3 R7.1.1 "Resurrection". It is also TouchWiz based but has been tweaked in a way that gave me really good battery performance. I had a few random issues with it and decided to switch, but it was overall a good ROM.

glopact said:
If battery continues to be an issue for you, one you might consider is Team Sonic's FreeGS3 R7.1.1 "Resurrection". It is also TouchWiz based but has been tweaked in a way that gave me really good battery performance. I had a few random issues with it and decided to switch, but it was overall a good ROM.
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Are you referring about Wicked or Sonic's ROM that had random issues that made you switch?

luv4greenleaves said:
I went ahead and flashed it last night. ( I came from Frosty 11.1) and I really like what I have seen so far. Since this is my first battery cycle the android system is pretty high (20%) and gsiff_deamon is what is driving it. I know this was an issue on Frosty, but am wondering if it is for Wicked. On Frosty the gsiff_deamon would run all time after experiencing a HOT BOOT. The solution was to reboot the phone. Is this the same thing? I have gotten 11 hrs out of this battery as of now and I am at 14%. Screen time only 1hr 36 min... I know I have to go through 3 cycles to really tell if battery is good, so that's why I am taking it with a grain of salt. If it does keep up, I might have to find another ROM. I was getting 16-17 hrs with Frosty running stock kernel (2 hr screen time)
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Weird...I thought custom touchwiz rom should increase battery life. Even on stock rooted phone, I got around 4hrs screen time and still 13% left of battery.

cm 10.1 awfull battery life

i installed cm 10.1 last night on my phone.... i unplugged it before exactly 4 hours tha batery is to 56%.... what is going on here???? is it usual?? im with open wifi and no other hard apps running... with the stock rom and open wifi i had 70-75% after 4 hours....

nikitasd said:
i installed cm 10.1 last night on my phone.... i unplugged it before exactly 4 hours tha batery is to 56%.... what is going on here???? is it usual?? im with open wifi and no other hard apps running... with the stock rom and open wifi i had 70-75% after 4 hours....
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Although CM's battery file has never been as good as stock' due to high android_system usage, it shouldn't be %44 in just 4 hours.
Install "Better Battery Stats" and see what is keeping your cpu awake.

At 43% now after 7h 29m.
Screen 37.99%
Android os 25.61%
Chrome 6.26%
Google backup transport 4.99%
Media server 3.84%
So where is my problem?

nikitasd said:
At 43% now after 7h 29m.
Screen 37.99%
Android os 25.61%
Chrome 6.26%
Google backup transport 4.99%
Media server 3.84%
So where is my problem?
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Don't expect more with aosp/cm roms in terms of battery performance. I've tried various roms from carbon, Slim Bean to sentinel with all three kernels from Redpill, uneak and the stock kernel. I even tried to Greenify and I had almost no partial wake locks, and the most I could get out of it was 5hours screen time and maximum 12hours between each charge cycle. They still need a lot more. At the moment I've switched back to a stock based ROM giving me upto 7hours screen time on auto brightness and 24hours between charge cycle. And although, I lose all those exciting features from aosp, battery life is one of the most important factor why I got it in the first place.
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bushako said:
Don't expect more with aosp/cm roms in terms of battery performance. I've tried various roms from carbon, Slim Bean to sentinel with all three kernels from Redpill, uneak and the stock kernel. I even tried to Greenify and I had almost no partial wake locks, and the most I could get out of it was 5hours screen time and maximum 12hours between each charge cycle. They still need a lot more. At the moment I've switched back to a stock based ROM giving me upto 7hours screen time on auto brightness and 24hours between charge cycle. And although, I lose all those exciting features from aosp, battery life is one of the most important factor why I got it in the first place.
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Me too
If you compare cpu usage of 'system_server' process in CM based roms and Stock, you'll see there is a huge difference.

With a simple battery calibration i did last night now i am at 45% after 16 hours... Same use as yesterday!

nikitasd said:
With a simple battery calibration i did last night now i am at 45% after 16 hours... Same use as yesterday!
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Please do share how exactly you've made the improvements.
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bushako said:
Please do share how exactly you've made the improvements.
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I just dowloaded battery calibration from playstore i let my phone charge and when it get at 100% i pressed the button and i diconect it from the charger. my batery discharged after 22h 15m and im gonna let it close and ill charge it foul!!! thats a solution 4 me!

nikitasd said:
I just dowloaded battery calibration from playstore i let my phone charge and when it get at 100% i pressed the button and i diconect it from the charger. my batery discharged after 22h 15m and im gonna let it close and ill charge it foul!!! thats a solution 4 me!
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Thanks I'll check it out and see for myself.
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Change the rom, try with kdnmjac rom in htcmania.com
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bushako said:
Thanks I'll check it out and see for myself.
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If u need anything tell me. Ive done the second full charge and ill post again

second charged reached the yesterday results again... about 20 hours with harder use .... skype , all time wifi, gaming etc... its a solution 4 me

nikitasd said:
second charged reached the yesterday results again... about 20 hours with harder use .... skype , all time wifi, gaming etc... its a solution 4 me
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How many screen hours?
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I dont remember i will not lie. Now i am at 14% with 21h 28m. Screen time about 7 hours
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Battery

Is the battery on stock 4.2.2 rom will ever be good as touchwiz roms
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imzaki1994 said:
Is the battery on stock 4.2.2 rom will ever be good as touchwiz roms
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Obviously Yes i was on custom Rom and later just after getting bored installed a 4.2.2 rom and gave amazing battery life on Paranoid android.

You can get 4.1.1 battery performance on XXDMB2 4.1.2. No other based rom or 4.2.2 able to complete.
It is easily give you 24 hours usage time and 7 hours on screen usage.
I has posted a lot of photo usage proof on sotmax rom thread.
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aukhan said:
Obviously Yes i was on custom Rom and later just after getting bored installed a 4.2.2 rom and gave amazing battery life on Paranoid android.
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Well I'm curious what is this excellent battery life you get out of 4.2.2?screen time and overall battery life?
I get maximum 5hours screen time no matter what 4.2.2 rom I use. And with stock 4.1.2 I get Atleast 7hours screen time with 24hours+ battery charge.
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Stock Touchwiz Battery Life

I got this phone a week ago, and ran stock build for 3 days before rooting and flashing a custom rom. On stock, I was getting about 5 hours screen on time, but no matter what kernel or rom I flash, I can never seem to get above 3h15min of screen on time. Considering stock has bloat and all, and with all that people say, wouldn't one expect the results to be flipped? Aren't custom roms supposed to be better than the bloated stock rom?
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imbeahp said:
I got this phone a week ago, and ran stock build for 3 days before rooting and flashing a custom rom. On stock, I was getting about 5 hours screen on time, but no matter what kernel or rom I flash, I can never seem to get above 3h15min of screen on time. Considering stock has bloat and all, and with all that people say, wouldn't one expect the results to be flipped? Aren't custom roms supposed to be better than the bloated stock rom?
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Hmm I have no idea how you got 5 hours on stock,unless you avoided doing anything at all that's graphic intense. For me anyway the best battery life I've had was a Google play edition ROM running the Google play kernel. Which I got 4 hours screen on time with gaming listening to music etc. From what I've seen 4 hours is about the norm for our varient
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imbeahp said:
I got this phone a week ago, and ran stock build for 3 days before rooting and flashing a custom rom. On stock, I was getting about 5 hours screen on time, but no matter what kernel or rom I flash, I can never seem to get above 3h15min of screen on time. Considering stock has bloat and all, and with all that people say, wouldn't one expect the results to be flipped? Aren't custom roms supposed to be better than the bloated stock rom?
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I experienced that too! That's why I stuck to stock!
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byron1985 said:
Hmm I have no idea how you got 5 hours on stock,unless you avoided doing anything at all that's graphic intense. For me anyway the best battery life I've had was a Google play edition ROM running the Google play kernel. Which I got 4 hours screen on time with gaming listening to music etc. From what I've seen 4 hours is about the norm for our varient
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I'll try to return back to stock and see if it holds true again. If it does, well then I guess it's stock rooted permanently for me. Darn.

kevinrubio1 said:
I experienced that too! That's why I stuck to stock!
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Did you debloat your stock rom at all? Or you left it as is?

You know... this phone is beast stock as well... nothing wrong with keeping it stock or stock ge
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Did you debloat your stock rom at all? Or you left it as is?
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I only debloated a few apps (some Tmobile applications) that I didn't use but I have 141 apps (in total) installed!
And the battery life is great to me, I only lost 3 percent over night (7 hours) ,and during the day I average 3-4 hours of on screen time, but it lasts me through the day with no problem
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