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.
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Hello all, just picked up a pair of Evo's last night for my girl and myself, upgraded from a Samsung Moment, I had it rooted and used a custom ROM, so not afraid of the rooting process, i have been reading the boards all morning but was wondering if people could give me some quick advice to get me started with the Evo.
Basically what I am looking for is this:
a basic ROM,looking for performance and extended battery life but not at the sacrifice of stability
would like to have tethering
something that doesn't have ALL of the stock apps removed, i will pick and choose those that i need but zap the ones that i don't ( amazon MP3, NASCAR Sprint zone etc).
a couple of quick questions:
how does the HTC Sense affect performance battery life?
if it does affect it what is a solid replacement ( i used quick launcher pro on my moment)
a couple of links or suggestions would be awesome thanks in advance for any help!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=735596
ah, misread that- you don't want the stock apps removed. steelh has the stock rooted deodexed rom available here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=743781
you can pick what to pull out, but it's otherwise stock.
not sure how sense is on battery life, but my battery life definitely improved when i moved to cyanogenmod 6
i just installed the latest baked snack with kernel #5. battery is great; it's a mostly-stock experience; and it's stable and smooth.
try this..
Niefs Rom Comparison
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=746611&highlight=rom+compare
Most roms will create a folder of the removed stock apps on the sd card for you to reinstall if you like.
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.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App
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.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App
So this is the first time I'm really customizing my phone besides when I rooted it months ago. Now, I've just installed the new touchwiz 4.3 ROM courtesy of this helpful package and I'm looking into installing a custom kernel to get the most out of my phone. Right now its just running the default kernel that was included in that package: "3.0.31 g1ac4b4a-dirty [email protected] #1"
So, I'm wondering if anybody with a bit more knowledge and experience could lend me some advice on what kernel I should seek out. I don't really need any customization, like overclocking and undervolting (because I have no idea how to fiddle with that stuff without breaking something), I just want something that is optimized to be quick and battery efficient.
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So this is the first time I'm really customizing my phone besides when I rooted it months ago. Now, I've just installed the new touchwiz 4.3 ROM courtesy of this helpful package and I'm looking into installing a custom kernel to get the most out of my phone. Right now its just running the default kernel that was included in that package: "3.0.31 g1ac4b4a-dirty [email protected] #1"
So, I'm wondering if anybody with a bit more knowledge and experience could lend me some advice on what kernel I should seek out. I don't really need any customization, like overclocking and undervolting (because I have no idea how to fiddle with that stuff without breaking something), I just want something that is optimized to be quick and battery efficient.
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This thread will probably get locked, because their is no BEST kernel. Not all gs3s are created equal. I've learned that battery efficiency is based on a lot of different things, such as, bloatware removal, apps that run continuously, how many radios you have turned on, even how long your backlight stays on. You should allow any kernel to set in for a couple of days before judging battery life.
sent from my GS3
as of right now there is only one kernel any way. lol
Very happy to find that there're still many of developers out here for the beloved G3.
So are there any recommendations for battery saving kernels and roms?
it would be much obliged if any of your battery saving setup for G3 provided.
I ' ve always loved modding so i tried hundreads of kernel and rom theese years. Stock based, aosp. Lately was thinkhing to put to rest my g3 because battery life , was really really poor whetever i tryed.
But i changed my mind recently, using a stock odex rom made my phone great again.
If u have a d855 try the odex version of this https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/d855-clean-rom-1-0-t3629917
I use Greenify too
Thanks for your reply.How about the screen on time for a single full battery charge? Greenify is must I think. Enabling aggressive Doze and App-standby with GCM on would help
Hi Z2 plus users.
After lot of analysis and research, I finally ordered Lenovo Z2 plus today. Got a great deal.
8k INR / approx 125 USD
I have the option of getting Redmi Note 4 as well at approx 150 USD / 10k
I have gone through lot of videos on youtube with different custom rom reviews of Z2 plus, pros, cons etc.
My main concerns are:
- Battery Life
- Heating issue
- Overall usability without digging into custom rom installations and updates very frequently. I will install custom rom but would like to use it as daily driver for few months at least before I look for new updates etc. (Time is the issue - Don't get much of it these days to do all the research and experiments )
With custom roms like AICP, Jaguar - how is the battery life in terms of SOT?
How is the heating issue with custom roms which this phone is infamous for?
I saw a review from Indian tech reviewer on youtube suggesting Jaguar R14 is very stable and good rom for this. But I see some complains and users posting different issues in Jaguar rom thread.
Kindly suggest, if it will be good to go for this phone now (after 1.5 yrs of it's launch)?
Can I expect to use it as daily driver without any significant issues for next 2-3 years with custom roms?
At present which custom rom will you suggest with regards to Battery life and heating issue resolution?
some inputs here will he really helpful
saurav_k said:
some inputs here will he really helpful
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Try aex/paranoid/citrus and see what suits you best!
rohanvartak said:
Try aex/paranoid/citrus and see what suits you best!
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I do not have the device yet and that is my dilemma whether to accept it or return it.
Does these roms also have overheating issues?
How is the battery life on these?
CitrusCAF 3.5 by miju12 seems very stable(dont flash custom kernel unless you know what you are doing) and have favourable review from the users.
and Lenovo z2 is better choice anyway
looks okay
Got mine today as well. Same deal as the OP (around $120). First thing done was an upgrade to Nougat. Sept 2016 manufacturing and there was still 30% charge left . Device did heat up during upgrade as it was on charge. Haven't observed any major heating since. I have upgraded (or downgraded) from a oneplus 2 so my criteria of heating may be somewhat biased. A 5 inch display does seem smallish though.
Geekbench 4 was 1720, 3999 which is par for SD820. So no throttling etc.
Just wondering what is so broken about stock ROM ? What's not going well with everyone on ZUI ? I did tweak the DPI to my liking - other than that ROM feels pretty much stockish android. I mean I have heard so much hate about stock ROM for this device?
Edited - Ok I am starting to see oddities. 1. Double notifications (any fixes?)
And the usual follow up questions -
- Does the U touch specialization / gestures (swiping etc) work on the custom roms for this device ? Edited - Yes I guess.
- Would unlocking bootloader reset the device ? If yes, might as well do it before setting up apps etc. Edited - Yes it would like any other device.
Just wondering what is so broken about stock ROM ? What's not going well with everyone on ZUI ? I did tweak the DPI to my liking - other than that ROM feels pretty much stockish android. I mean I have heard so much hate about stock ROM for this device?
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I have been using Rooted ZUI (I believe that’s what the stock rom is called) for a few weeks now (Xposed now, but that’s been just a few days). At first I thought I would keep it stock rooted and get all the things I need with Xposed, but the Notification drawer and Lock screen is getting on my nerves. All notifications are ICS Style, i.e. they are not expandable and they have no quick action (except USB connection to PC which lets u choose cam/file mode). Lock screen has this weird image in the middle which just sits there doing nothing. Notifications doesn't get displayed in lockscreen (weirdly I am getting 1 calendar notification there, but nothing else). I tried enabling lockscreen notification for a lot of apps, but it seems to just allow calendar and nothing else.
The U-touch is awesome BTW, but wont let me start Google Assistant voice through it (I like being able to set alarms through it)