I don't ask many questions, I tend to look it up and figure it out on my own, but now I would like some advice.
I'm running the latest kitkat Dirty Unicorns, on my T-mobile s4 SGH-M919. I'm using knootsen's Ktweaker kernel. I installed it just the night before today and my battery life was awesome (I applied some tweaks like OC and UV). I'm not asking for advice on my setup, but after some sudden battery drain that I can't explain, that also happened before using this kernel, I was wondering if anyone had a suggestion on the best app to give me detailed information on what is using my battery.
Thanks in advance!
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Real quick,
1. Do I loose all the apps I installed? (I'll just reinstall them I assume?)
2. Can I get rid of the preinstalled apps that keep running?
3. Is it fairly easy to overclock when screen clicks on, and underclock when its clicked off?
4. What is the best kernel for stability and battery life?
5. Whats the most stable ROM for stability and battery life?
Both me and my girlfriend use the G2 and we love them. I just want to milk the hardware a bit more
Also added another line with the MT4G going to do that one next :0
Wrap Up. I'm trying to get the snappiest, most stable, running G2, with the longest battery life. Please help, I've been trolling and reading these for a while, just wanted to repost the information in case anything has changed/updated. Cheers from Minneapolis!
xandermpls said:
Real quick,
1. Do I loose all the apps I installed? (I'll just reinstall them I assume?)
2. Can I get rid of the preinstalled apps that keep running?
3. Is it fairly easy to overclock when screen clicks on, and underclock when its clicked off?
4. What is the best kernel for stability and battery life?
5. Whats the most stable ROM for stability and battery life?
Both me and my girlfriend use the G2 and we love them. I just want to milk the hardware a bit more
Also added another line with the MT4G going to do that one next :0
Wrap Up. I'm trying to get the snappiest, most stable, running G2, with the longest battery life. Please help, I've been trolling and reading these for a while, just wanted to repost the information in case anything has changed/updated. Cheers from Minneapolis!
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Just rooting won't make you lose anything; the only time you'll have to reinstall apps is when you flash a new ROM as you need to do a full wipe however, Market will start to reinstall them on its own.
When you root, you can do whatever you want, including removing stock apps. Titanium Backup has a feature to remove apps (be sure to make a backup though, incase something breaks)
Overclocking requires an overclocked kernel and SetCPU has profiles to allow screen on/off settings.
Pershoots kernel is generally viewed as the best however, it doesn't work with the stock ROM or Sense ROMs; for the stock ROM try Baconbits (v3 is the latest, I believe).
Most ROMs are generally equally stable, which to choose depends on what you like. Most use CyanogenMOD though, there are many to choose from.
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Regardless of the rom/kernel, you'll get pretty sweet battery life
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Regardless of the rom/kernel, you'll get pretty sweet battery life
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Not neccessarily; just rooting doesn't give one better battery life, Sense ROMs generally have worse battery lives, Pershoot under-volts giving better battery life, etc.
The only way just rooting your device gives you better battery life is that it allows you to remove the carrier installed bloatware that runs at startup.
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Flashed the ROM from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1492461 which uses a 3.0 kernel. It runs smooth on my device. However, if I use my phone to listen to music, my battery drains very fast (about 40%/h) although I'm not doing anything else with the device. It also gets quite warm as if it had a high CPU load. However, the CPU load is low as you'd expect. The CPU clock is also OK, most of the time it runs at 245Mhz.
I then downloaded the very same RO with a 2.6 kernel. This time, battery was good when listening to music (1%/15m) and the device stays at a normal temperature so I assume there is a problem with the 3.0 kernel. Did anybody else also encounter this? What can I do to help debugging this problem?
Personally I'd suggest to move over to a similar but better/more stable ROM. Two that come to mind are mimicry and elitemod ICS, both are great and have far less bugs than the ROM you are using. But to each there own... I'd suggest contacting the developer, either within the thread or via pm and ask him why he implemented the 3.0 kernel when it is just far to buggy to use as a daily driver? I'm not hating on him just seems as it was put in his ROM and well... not supported much thereafter.
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The 3.0 kernel isn't as stable as 2.6. If the battery drain issue is that bad then I would suggest moving onto a rom that still uses 2.6. Or if you feel lucky, go test out Andromadus JB which also has the 3.0 kernel. It might be better there. Considering you're testing this with a music app, why not try another application? Try changing the overclock settings. The unofficial CM9.1 and Andromadus are mostly in testing right now. You'd have to be willing to deal with these problems if you use those roms, and report the bugs to the authors.
I would suggest using Mimicry. It may not have all the new bells and whistles like 3.0 kernel, but at least it's stable.
For the record, the 2.6 kernel that Mimicry uses has a *ton* of 3.0 kernel patches merged into it.
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Thanks for the replies! Forgot to mention that I first also blamed the audio player (Apollo) and changed to the app I used with the stock ROM but the battery drain was just as bad. So: sorry Apollo
My intention was to help the author of the ROM to track down that issue. But since I'm new to these forums I wasn't allow to reply to the original thread so I wanted to ask first if this is a known general issue of the 3.0 kernel. I'll PM the author and point him to the thread. If anybody knows a good thread on debugging battery drain issues or knows how to do this, please feel free to post links here, I'll also search further.
Madthrillhouse said:
Thanks for the replies! Forgot to mention that I first also blamed the audio player (Apollo) and changed to the app I used with the stock ROM but the battery drain was just as bad. So: sorry Apollo
My intention was to help the author of the ROM to track down that issue. But since I'm new to these forums I wasn't allow to reply to the original thread so I wanted to ask first if this is a known general issue of the 3.0 kernel. I'll PM the author and point him to the thread. If anybody knows a good thread on debugging battery drain issues or knows how to do this, please feel free to post links here, I'll also search further.
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I have the same problem. 40%/h drainage, with either poweramp or apollo. I use CM9.1-vision-3.0-V4
Any news on this?
TIA
Frank
i think 3.x.43 is high battery drain,but 3.x.40 is better than 3.x.43
GaardenZwerch said:
I have the same problem. 40%/h drainage, with either poweramp or apollo. I use CM9.1-vision-3.0-V4
Any news on this?
TIA
Frank
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I sent the developer a PM offering help on this but didn't get a reply. I then reverted back to the 2.6 kernel which works just fine in terms of battery usage.
Still in CM9.1.0 Final
Madthrillhouse said:
I sent the developer a PM offering help on this but didn't get a reply. I then reverted back to the 2.6 kernel which works just fine in terms of battery usage.
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Hi,
just to let you know
this behaviour is still there with the "CyanogenMod 9.1.0 - 3.x Kernel - Final" ROM.
Thanks
Frank
GaardenZwerch said:
Hi,
just to let you know
this behaviour is still there with the "CyanogenMod 9.1.0 - 3.x Kernel - Final" ROM.
Thanks
Frank
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the problem still persist...
my phone battery runs out to fast...
Use mimicry it avoids the problematic kernel and it is the original code
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Hey Guys,
I am going to coachella (camping) this year and want to maximize my battery life to last as long as possible. I will still have an external battery pack for charging but still want to know if you guys have any tips or tricks to maximize battery life.
Right now I am thinking of flashing a custom rom with a minimal Gapps package. Seems like an ideal setup would be a clean rom without any apps besides phone, text, and hangouts for my group messaging needs. Any suggestions on the best rom, kernel, governors, etc that would work best? Any tips would be greatly appreciated! (last year I used no wallpaper for my amoled note 2)
Currently using blisspop on my d850 with the kernel it comes with.
Hi all
Hope this is the right place to post this thread if not feel free to move it.
I been having fast battery drain on my rooted G3 which was running the Conquest Singularity ROM and now using Wicked S5 Xperience v2. ROM and I was not sure if the problem might be caused by the kernel as they both use the ktoonsez kt747
I had made some posts on Android Forums which I am not sure if there still many resourceful people posting there as I not used the sight for about a year. I am posting link to those threads here to give some added info on the problem I been having.
http://androidforums.com/threads/galaxy-s3-weird-battery-phone-problem.912294/
http://androidforums.com/threads/new-install-of-wicked-s5-xperence-huge-boot-img.918495/
Let me post this now to get some feedback and any questions you might want to ask.
Gaalxy S3 battery fix
I have the same problem until I have installed MIUI V5 4.6.6, but also battery saver and advanced task manager try first those
Dolji said:
I have the same problem until I have installed MIUI V5 4.6.6, but also battery saver and advanced task manager try first those
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I was able to fix and so far seems to be holding "knock on wood" by using the KT Tweaker and setting it to default settings and using them I can now go over a day without needing a charge even doing thing like making backups with TB and Online Nandroid Backup Pro and have high display timeout and gps running as well.
Hi To All XDA Members,
For Now, I Am Using Resurrection Remix On My T Mobile S3 & Its Working Fine. But When I Installed Oct OS, FlexOS, CM12 Without GAPPS & Any Other Application Other Than Stock Apps. My Battery Drains Like Hell. Both On Screen On & Idle Mode. 10% Drain In 4-5 Minutes. What's The Issue These ROMs Are Official & Stable. I Have Also Posted My Issue But Didn't Got A Fixable Reply. Please Help As I Want To Use These ROMs Thanks To The Community!
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Hi To All XDA Members,
For Now, I Am Using Resurrection Remix On My T Mobile S3 & Its Working Fine. But When I Installed Oct OS, FlexOS, CM12 Without GAPPS & Any Other Application Other Than Stock Apps. My Battery Drains Like Hell. Both On Screen On & Idle Mode. 10% Drain In 4-5 Minutes. What's The Issue These ROMs Are Official & Stable. I Have Also Posted My Issue But Didn't Got A Fixable Reply. Please Help As I Want To Use These ROMs Thanks To The Community!
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if not already using these , you might want to check this thread. dang good maintainer. very helpful.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3095884
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What do you want tell, please explain here as i have turned off sync and other services and used greenify and other apps but no gain
amplify and powernap also help with battery drain. its all in the OP. if already are using these three then please diregard this post & maybe someone more knowledgeable will chyme in.
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@mrrocketdog thanks for helping me out but it didn't solved my issue. Battery drains heavily only on Lollipop & Marshmallow ROMs but quite stable on KitKat (Using Dalvik) & Stock ROM (4.3). Is this due to ART? I read that ART is more stable in terms of battery performance. But if I take it aside, if I not consider "ART" the main issue so what's the issue? There is a bug of "Mobile Radio Active" in Lollipop ROMs but on PAC-Man, This bug is not existing. I have turned of Sync, GPS, Profiles & Without GAPPS & My Apps. My S3 Drains Battery On Usage & Battery Option Gives Me No Information, No Major Cause Of This Battery Drain
i am all out of ideas unless maybe kernel related (?). but thats.really beyond me , so again ; hopefully someone.else will chyme in.
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