Hey guys, I'm leaving for a hike later this evening, 100km over 3 days and I need to use my Hero to track my exact location.
My question is, what is the best ROM for battery life?
I took the Hero on my last hike which was 30km tracking with MyTracks and running my own 2.1 ROM (see sig) and the battery died after 9 hours.
I DO NOT care what features the build has, I need it literally to be able to run MyTracks with GPS and nothing more for the next 3 days.
I have taken an emergency charger but the battery time that's likely to give me is negligable so I need something that can make the difference between an extra hour or two, or if more is possible it would be really great.
Any advice would be appreciated asap.
Thanks.
Frankly, with GPS on, even if you turn off everything else, theres no way your going to get a standard Hero battery to last 3 days. Take charged spares.
undergrid said:
Frankly, with GPS on, even if you turn off everything else, theres no way your going to get a standard Hero battery to last 3 days. Take charged spares.
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I'm aware of that, but I don't have any spares, not time to get hold of them, you an't just buy the things locally.
I'm looking for a ROM that will give me atleast a bit more battery life than I'm likely to get with my current one and hope I can find somewhere to charge half way (1.5 days) in
maybe modaco's 3.2 ROM? its based on 1.5. the kernel would offer best performance i would have thought. all the 2.1 ROMs have bad battery life so my advice would to be stay away from those.
next time buy this bad boy
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maybe modaco's 3.2 ROM? its based on 1.5. the kernel would offer best performance i would have thought. all the 2.1 ROMs have bad battery life so my advice would to be stay away from those.
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Yeh, I'm currently frantically modifying the stock 1.5 to remove Sense etc and see if iI can modify it it to be a bit more battery saving, I don't need 99% of the apps cause I just need it to run myTracks and nothing else.
My concern with Modaco is all the additions and performance increases may not necessarily be battery efficient, and the one and only time I tried ModaCo was a bad experience.
As for 2.1, of course I know theyre not great for battery, I made one (see sig)
im currently looking for a 2.1 that has decent battery performance im on the VillianROM 5.1 at the moment.
might try yours next
sincerely , i dont think that any roms would be able to get you one and a half day with gps.(
what i noticed is that battery drain differed from rom to rom with a couple of hrs between them ( like 3-4 maximum) but nothing like days
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sincerely , i dont think that any roms would be able to get you one and a half day with gps.(
what i noticed is that battery drain differed from rom to rom with a couple of hrs between them ( like 3-4 maximum) but nothing like days
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Even 3-4 hours is good enough, it gets the last recorded location 3-4 hours closer to where i was before the battery died, I'm hiking so there is only so far I can have gone within that time.
I'v just stripped down the stock Hero ROM and removed all the HTC junk including Rosie and Lockscreen and most of the apps, all of the htc widgets etc. Going to see how I get o with this, I really do like Rosie but will be interesting to see how I get on with this ugly duckling.
PulpzillA said:
maybe modaco's 3.2 ROM? its based on 1.5. the kernel would offer best performance i would have thought. all the 2.1 ROMs have bad battery life so my advice would to be stay away from those.
next time buy this bad boy
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the mugen battery is very nice. i even bought one for myself at the beginning but i ended keeping it in my closet. The phone gets too thick and the lovely htc hero just looses its charm
well maybe you could try mcr 2.8 , disable all data sync(even google ...), even disable mobile network ( or switch on 2g). basically you can disable all the phone functions and use it only as gps i guess cause u need it for my tracks only.
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the mugen battery is very nice. i even bought one for myself at the beginning but i ended keeping it in my closet. The phone gets too thick and the lovely htc hero just looses its charm
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I'll definately look into one of these for next time, but I'm leaving tonight so don't have time to get hold of one.
deeren said:
well maybe you could try mcr 2.8 , disable all data sync(even google ...), even disable mobile network ( or switch on 2g). basically you can disable all the phone functions and use it only as gps i guess cause u need it for my tracks only.
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that's the plan, I'm stripping the Stock one atm, I removed HTC_IME thinking it would default to the stock one though and I can't even get to input methods or anything to set it
would using a vanilla android ROM work?
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would using a vanilla android ROM work?
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Yeh, most probably, but which ones are light weight and stable (I'll stick with 1.5 builds because theyre official and fully working.)
Like I said I'm currently ripping everything out of the Hero stock one because I havn't been able to find a decent vanilla 1.5 for hero, most of it seems to be for the G1.
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Yeh, most probably, but which ones are light weight and stable (I'll stick with 1.5 builds because theyre official and fully working.)
Like I said I'm currently ripping everything out of the Hero stock one because I havn't been able to find a decent vanilla 1.5 for hero, most of it seems to be for the G1.
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you could try aychteesee's vanilla cupcake from here :
http://android.modaco.com/content/h...illa-cupcake-rom-gsm-now-with-online-kitchen/
from what i know, he build it completely from the 2.73 hero rom.
deeren said:
you could try aychteesee's vanilla cupcake from here :
http://android.modaco.com/content/h...illa-cupcake-rom-gsm-now-with-online-kitchen/
from what i know, he build it completely from the 2.73 hero rom.
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Perfect thanks, looks like just that I need, and by the time I remove all the extra apps I don't need etc, should be great! Thanks.
after you have done that could you then post up the rom i would maybe like to test with out ripping and the only 2.1 rom i find that has goodish battery life is aHero
I would recoment SetCpu or something to keel the CPU running at 245mhz.
This is a age battery saver.
mach2005 said:
I would recoment SetCpu or something to keel the CPU running at 245mhz.
This is a age battery saver.
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Like he said^^
Use SetCPU or CPUoverclockwidget.
I use CPUoverclockwidget because it can change the CPU speed to 128MHz and also change how fast the phone should be in standby and with screen on.
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Heya, I'm going to visit the gamescom 2010 in Cologne in a few weeks. And right now, my Dream is draining his battery faster than you could say uhhm... a really short word. And Cologne is not really close, that means atleast 8 hours of listening to music etc.
So I'm searching for a Eclair ROM with a nice, long battery life. I already looked into the ROM bible, but without real user experiences it don't really persuades me. Or does someone have some advices how to save as much battery life as possible?
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Heya, I'm going to visit the gamescom 2010 in Cologne in a few weeks. And right now, my Dream is draining his battery faster than you could say uhhm... a really short word. And Cologne is not really close, that means atleast 8 hours of listening to music etc.
So I'm searching for a Eclair ROM with a nice, long battery life. I already looked into the ROM bible, but without real user experiences it don't really persuades me. Or does someone have some advices how to save as much battery life as possible?
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Hey Alex, I got usually around 10 hours of battery life using SpeedTeam Eclair, now that wasnt playing music for 8 hours straight. All newer Roms on the G1, Eclair (2.1) and Froyo (2.2) drain battery life and will never last as long as a Donut (1.6) Rom did. I am current using SuperFast which is a Donut Rom and yesterday I got 17 hours before I plugged it in to fully charge and I still had 40% of battery life to go. So I would say if your looking for great battery life go back to a Donut rom.
If you want a rom to show off then an eclair or froyo rom is where its at but dont expect the battery to last over 10 hours of moderate use. Now you could try Speedteam and while traveling there Turn on Airplane mode (which of course shuts all cell/data Off) and you should get a better battery life. But then again you wont beable to talk to anybody or receive txt messages. Hope this helps.
Sorry about the Rom Bible the user experiences part has been lacking but I just dont have the time lately to flash all the roms and test them out, I have requested other users to give me there experiences and I would place it in the post. But yet again hope this helps.
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Hey Alex, I got usually around 10 hours of battery life using SpeedTeam Eclair, now that wasnt playing music for 8 hours straight. All newer Roms on the G1, Eclair (2.1) and Froyo (2.2) drain battery life and will never last as long as a Donut (1.6) Rom did. I am current using SuperFast which is a Donut Rom and yesterday I got 17 hours before I plugged it in to fully charge and I still had 40% of battery life to go. So I would say if your looking for great battery life go back to a Donut rom.
If you want a rom to show off then an eclair or froyo rom is where its at but dont expect the battery to last over 10 hours of moderate use. Now you could try Speedteam and while traveling there Turn on Airplane mode (which of course shuts all cell/data Off) and you should get a better battery life. But then again you wont beable to talk to anybody or receive txt messages. Hope this helps.
Sorry about the Rom Bible the user experiences part has been lacking but I just dont have the time lately to flash all the roms and test them out, I have requested other users to give me there experiences and I would place it in the post. But yet again hope this helps.
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Thanks for the reply, I'm gonna give SuperFast a try and with airplane mode and lowest screen brightness during the train ride, it could work.
Oh and ty for the quick answer D:
Use an app called "setcpu" ($2 on market, free from the G1 apps section). Use it and set the max to 128 or 245. Under 128, you might get music to skip. On eclair I seem to be stable at the lower frequencies so I use 128 to listen to music. If 128 isn't good for you, try 245. This will make your battery last aproximately 50% or more longer.
Also, try amazon.com. I'd be surprised if you have to spend more the $6 shipped to your house for an OEM battery.
$10 for an extended battery.
Adds about 1/4" to your device, but its well worth it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/2300mAh-Extende...ewItem&pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item2a0345cc94
I already use SetCPU (But as far as I remember it is free?) and while the screen is off, it underclocks it to 128-245 it really saves some battery, but it still isn't enough I think.
I also already thought about buying a larger battery, but my G1 already seems pretty large to me, and just barely fits into my pockets.
I finally stopped trying to get Eclair and Froyo to have a decent battery life and went back to SuperD just before I went on vacation a while back. I couldn't be happier - you forget how fast a G1 can be after you get used to Eclair.
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I already use SetCPU (But as far as I remember it is free?) and while the screen is off, it underclocks it to 128-245 it really saves some battery, but it still isn't enough I think.
I also already thought about buying a larger battery, but my G1 already seems pretty large to me, and just barely fits into my pockets.
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Turn off profile's on set cpu and underclock it while the screen is off. You're going for maximum battery life, not performance.
My DHD turns up
No doubt wont be long before its not on stock ROM, which is the best day to day ROM thats around, closest I've gotten to DHD so far is MDeejays HD2 ROM's so have no idea who's who on the Android front.
See from a quick poke around that there are a few issues with the stock ROM, are these usually fixed with custom ROM's?
Is it too early for Gingerbread, should I just stick with 2.2 for now?
Battery life, seems to be a load of threads about this, what shoudl I expect from the battery?
Wifi, on teh HD2 WinMo there is the ability for the phone to switch the wifi off after so long if its not connected, havent seen this on MDJ's ROM's for the HD2, is it not something Android does? Does it make that much difference to the battery life? I've noticed people say they get low drain (current widget) even with wifi on..
Trig0r said:
My DHD turns up
No doubt wont be long before its not on stock ROM, which is the best day to day ROM thats around, closest I've gotten to DHD so far is MDeejays HD2 ROM's so have no idea who's who on the Android front.
See from a quick poke around that there are a few issues with the stock ROM, are these usually fixed with custom ROM's?
Is it too early for Gingerbread, should I just stick with 2.2 for now?
Battery life, seems to be a load of threads about this, what shoudl I expect from the battery?
Wifi, on teh HD2 WinMo there is the ability for the phone to switch the wifi off after so long if its not connected, havent seen this on MDJ's ROM's for the HD2, is it not something Android does? Does it make that much difference to the battery life? I've noticed people say they get low drain (current widget) even with wifi on..
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3g appears to be the big drain on battery life, i can recommend Superpower which lets you set it to turn off 3g / wifi / Bluetooth etc when not in use, after a week to ten days you should easily get 15 - 18 hours moderate use out of the phone without unreasonable tweaks.
Everyday use ROM, I don't think you can go wrong with Cyanogen, it's stable and fast and should have enough to keep most people happy, but have a poke around the DEV forum and see what grabs your fancy and enjoy
Cheers chap, 15-18 hours isnt bad, the phone is on charge every night, I have a car charger as well as a charger in the office at work so powers not a huge issue but on the off chance I get dragged around Ikea by the missus I dont want it to die in a few hours..
Will check out the Cyanogen thread tomorrow when I get to work and colelct all the bits I need to root/flash the phone when it turns up...
Ended up going with Revolution 1.9
I like my sense clock widget..
I have noticed tho coming over from MDJ's HD2 Android builds that I've started to get adverts in Angry birds and a few other apps, there a way I can get rid of them, I'd rather pay for something and not get ads than use a free version and get ads that slow stuff down...
Just thinking a no frills, reduced power state, low res icons, low output, rom, that will allow the battery to possibly last 3-5 days on standby?
I would say turn it off, but what if people needed to meet up and need path info, etc...
Just curious on thoughts and if it was possible.
You could use one of faux's orange roms which are stripped down quite a bit, flash his lv kernel, turn data off and keep your phone on airplane mode and just turn airplane mode off when you need to check for someone needing directions, etc. Would recommend bringing a car charger or solar (though don't know how good those are) just in case. Doubt you will see 5 days but if use its limited, think you could get close to 3. Will take some trial and error but keep us posted, am interested in this as well.
Edit: Forgot to mention cm7 is great on battery life as well and under clocking whichever rom you choose may help also.
Will definitely do that on trip coming up. I was thinking for dev, maybe just a dialpad and text function, remove all else, wonder how that would work.
orange glacier, lv kernel, set cpu conserv 245/4xx, 2g, gps off, bt off, brightness 10 with black background, remove all apps you don't use then backup. when you go camping restore the backup, when you get home restore your normal. should get at least 60 hrs if it's just a comm tool every once in a while. I get a consistent 30 hrs without limiting anything at all, so I'm sure more than 60 is possible.
I actually just put in Orange Glacier too, I like it but not really sure what the difference is as of yet, Im sure its there, just not terribly noticeable.
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You could use one of faux's orange roms which are stripped down quite a bit, flash his lv kernel, turn data off and keep your phone on airplane mode and just turn airplane mode off when you need to check for someone needing directions, etc. Would recommend bringing a car charger or solar (though don't know how good those are) just in case. Doubt you will see 5 days but if use its limited, think you could get close to 3. Will take some trial and error but keep us posted, am interested in this as well.
Edit: Forgot to mention cm7 is great on battery life as well and under clocking whichever rom you choose may help also.
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Ummm...not sure what you mean by stripped down but 260 MB isn't stripped down for glacier. As he states in his threads, both of his roms are pretty much stock.
darinmc said:
orange glacier, lv kernel, set cpu conserv 245/4xx, 2g, gps off, bt off, brightness 10 with black background, remove all apps you don't use then backup. when you go camping restore the backup, when you get home restore your normal. should get at least 60 hrs if it's just a comm tool every once in a while. I get a consistent 30 hrs without limiting anything at all, so I'm sure more than 60 is possible.
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You can set any rom with those settings and get great battery life.
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I actually just put in Orange Glacier too, I like it but not really sure what the difference is as of yet, Im sure its there, just not terribly noticeable.
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Difference from what? Orange is pretty much stock but has been deodexed and a different kernel added. Also, some of the apps have been moved to a different place but are all still there.
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You can set any rom with those settings and get great battery life.
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Of course, I suppose I just assumed he was on stock already. Wasn't really a plug so much as offering something similar to the "standard" user experience. No learning curve just for that 5 day camping trip, just restore/use/restore with something familiar... Use that idea with the ROM you're comfortable with and you'll have what you need.
OG does use ext4 and increased VM heap (i know it's just a number in build.prop), so some performance increases. I've always understood that efficiency=lower power consumption for same task.
Thanks for the replies, and for clearing up some questions I had. I was using RoyalGinger 1.4 for the past week, and CM7 RC1 before that. I had recently went back to stock sense, and just flashed Orange, so I had just come off stock. So I was fresh on it. I am liking it so far. While you are here though! What is the difference between Orange Sense, and Orange Glacier? I couldn't really tell from the descriptions.
Sense uses HTC's Sense overlay of froyo, Glacier uses T-Mobile/HTC's MySense overlay, which is what comes stock with the phone.
... Really!!! lol
Just go to radio shak and get a solar USB charger for $25-$55 depending on its internal battery size. They clip on to backpacks and are water resistant ballistic plastic!!! Happy hunting.
whitephenix said:
Just go to radio shak and get a solar USB charger for $25-$55 depending on its internal battery size. They clip on to backpacks and are water resistant ballistic plastic!!! Happy hunting.
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Man, I have not been elex shopping in a while, time to see what is out there nowadays I guess!
Hello All,
I noticed there are a lot of posts regarding Battery Usage & Optimization...
I tried many many combinations of custom roms, basebands and kernels and I always face the same battery problem especially when 3G/MobileData is switched on.
I admit that Sony Ericsson gave us a ****ty stock rom with poor kernel however It's still the best rom in managing battery usage.
I made a small comparison on Stock rom VS Custom roms with 3G/MobileData left switched-on and I found the following:
Custom rom(s): battery drain down very fast it goes for 100% to 1% in less than 8 hours (normal apps installed)
Stock rom: battery lasts for 2-3 days with normal daily phone usage (same apps installed as i did in custom rom)
Please share your opinions.
Thanks,
Ayman
I don't agree at all...
Custom roms can have just as good, if not better, battery life.
I personally think this was a good idea. Nice post and info. Just curious, how long did you do this study with the data you got?
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hey guys, i too have this issue, i dnt know if its device specific. ive had the phone since march(2010) last year and have been modifying it with the great mods that the devs hav given us. everytime i install a custom rom i just get unusual battery drain, like yesterday, i followed instructions to the letter and installed tripnravers miuifroyo 1.0.8 and i lost 10% battery in like 20 minutes n ive hardly used it :-(. so nowadays i stick wiv a modified stock 2.1(ewjet to b exact). im gna buy a new battery and see if i get the same results. i really wna use a custom(2.2+)rom but the battery problems are really putting me off, theres so many people out der that arent really having ny battery drain whcih jus dus my head
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I personally think this was a good idea. Nice post and info. Just curious, how long did you do this study with the data you got?
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Thanks Voelker BTW this is my first Thread in XDA, I used to use SE 2.1 stock rom till the first stable Froyo custom rom came out. I switched to Froyo then I started to notice this around 4 months ago and I tried many combination and a lot of optimizations to find out the best one although Stock rom was always better.
@fiscidtox:
I love Foryo and GB much much more than Eclair I currently on CM6 v6 Wolfbreak
Could you please tell me how the battery lasts on your custom rom while MobileData is left switched-on?
Thanks,
Ayman
I get a full day..
If you mean stock with no tweaks then maybe it would last longer, but a lot of that would be not having jit enabled...
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hey guys, i too have this issue, i dnt know if its device specific. ive had the phone since march(2010) last year and have been modifying it with the great mods that the devs hav given us. everytime i install a custom rom i just get unusual battery drain, like yesterday, i followed instructions to the letter and installed tripnravers miuifroyo 1.0.8 and i lost 10% battery in like 20 minutes n ive hardly used it :-(. so nowadays i stick wiv a modified stock 2.1(ewjet to b exact). im gna buy a new battery and see if i get the same results. i really wna use a custom(2.2+)rom but the battery problems are really putting me off, theres so many people out der that arent really having ny battery drain whcih jus dus my head
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You must be doing something wrong!
10% in 20 mins isn't normal.
I'm sure if you left it settle this would rectify itself though.
I think the biggest advantage of the stock kernel so far is stability, but the ongoing development for the custom kernel is sucessful to implement some problems such as battery drain caused by unability to go into deep sleep etc..
I never understood needing more than 24 hours on a charge. Charge it while you're sleeping you wont be using it then anyway.
Even if you like the 2.1 Stock ROM for any reason (Stability,Battery,etc) and don't like all these awesome 2.2 and 2.3, you should at least use Eric's JET ROM which is based on the original ROM has no stability issues and has faaaaar better battery life.
But seriously, I`m using Custom ROMs since the first 2.2 ROM by Z and never even cared to get back to the stock ROM.
When I use Wifi custom roms have almost the same battery life as the stock rom. But since I can't connect to wifi at work on any custom rom, im forced to use 3g.. and I need to charge my phone twice a day with almost no usage.
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When I use Wifi custom roms have almost the same battery life as the stock rom. But since I can't connect to wifi at work on any custom rom, im forced to use 3g.. and I need to charge my phone twice a day with almost no usage.
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why not only connect to 3g when you are using it?
fiscidtox said:
You must be doing something wrong!
10% in 20 mins isn't normal.
I'm sure if you left it settle this would rectify itself though.
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im pretty sure im doin the steps right, but as u sed leaving it to settle shud help this, im gna buy a new battery nyways and try again. i think the wrong thing im doin is not letting it settle, rather i see the battery drain n i jus end up flashing bak to stock. but i shall give wot u sed a go. thanks
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why not only connect to 3g when you are using it?
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I have it set to switch to 2g when the screen is off (I need it on all the time for IM )
can't wait till gingerbread comes out. if the performance is like the arc then I will just stick with the stock rom.
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im pretty sure im doin the steps right, but as u sed leaving it to settle shud help this, im gna buy a new battery nyways and try again. i think the wrong thing im doin is not letting it settle, rather i see the battery drain n i jus end up flashing bak to stock. but i shall give wot u sed a go. thanks
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Let it settle for at least two days to see improvement.
Your battery needs to adjust, much like letting your phone build a cache, in order to really see how the rom will effect anything.
Im using the stock rom and my battery lasts a maximum of 2 days with this tweaks: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=934486
I dont use 3g at all and i use wifi sometimes (session lasts only 10 mins or so)
Brightness is set to "middle" also
Sorry dont agree..
I use wolfbreaks latest rom with the undervolt module.
Juice defender only enables my wifi when i am at home...all other times i have data on with facebook sync.
I now get the same battery life as i did on stock 2.1
Currently I have been unplugged for 1day and 12 hours and I am still at 38%.
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why not only connect to 3g when you are using it?
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3g is useful incase of using Apps such as viber, whatsapp, IM and Gmail as it makes you online and reachable all of the day.
gregbradley said:
Sorry dont agree..
I use wolfbreaks latest rom with the undervolt module.
Juice defender only enables my wifi when i am at home...all other times i have data on with facebook sync.
I now get the same battery life as i did on stock 2.1
Currently I have been unplugged for 1day and 12 hours and I am still at 38%.
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Honestly I didn't try the undervolt module with wolfbreak's rom, I thought It was developed for stock rom only....I'm gonna give it a try and I'll be back to you with the result.
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Ayman
Hi everybody,
as new user I cant post on the right post. So I ask you directly
I would like to test the new 2.3 with the Wolf's TW GB (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192988) but I saw some people who had problems with battery autonomy.
I run, right now, the 2.1.A.0.435 and I'm really satisfied about the battery. My X10 is on for 40 hours and I got 74% battery. Yes, I don't use it very much but it's enough for me.
So I wanna know how the battery usage is with the Wolf's rom and if I can test it without being disappointed.
P.S.: sorry for my ugly english
I cant speak for all users but my battery drains very fast. I dont know why, but might its because I often use wifi and my screen brightness is set to maximum.
lifty95 said:
I cant speak for all users but my battery drains very fast. I dont know why, but might its because I often use wifi and my screen brightness is set to maximum.
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Doooooooh, using wifi and screen brightness to the fullest drain battery. on my side i can tell you that wolf's rom with the hotfix is perfect. I can go through the day easy with screen brightness to half, no wifi, im on 3g all time, listening 2 hours a day some music while playing Asphalt 5 on my way to work. So yes battery is ok as long as you don't use to much wifi and bluetooth.
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Doooooooh, using wifi and screen brightness to the fullest drain battery. on my side i can tell you that wolf's rom with the hotfix is perfect. I can go through the day easy with screen brightness to half, no wifi, im on 3g all time, listening 2 hours a day some music while playing Asphalt 5 on my way to work. So yes battery is ok as long as you don't use to much wifi and bluetooth.
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from what ive learned in the year or so ive been using android phones is that everyones battery experience is different. I find 3g drains my battery and wifi doesnt. All you can do is try it for yourself.
Wolf's TW battery is suburb for me ;-) i moderately use my wifi, Bluetooth, brightness, etc.
After 17hrs of slightly heavy using its 61%
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May I ask a question, with all due respect to everybody's work?
Why would you use a modified stock ROM,
be it WB's or anyone elses, since we have root, which means that you can tweak the stock ROM to your needs?
I mean, it's one thing to have CM ROMs or MiUI ROMs or vanilla Android,
but a modified stock ROM is still stock people!
I much prefer to make tweaks on my own, remove what I don't need, etc.
Just my 2 cents.
Again, I mean no disrespect, WB has been doing an elaborate job on his ROMs.
my battery lasts twice with 2.33, (i was before on WB froyo), with normal use 16 hours 50% at the end of my long day.
so battery life is awesome, i think is becouse is not as smooth in some games and apps.
My_Immortal said:
May I ask a question, with all due respect to everybody's work?
Why would you use a modified stock ROM,
be it WB's or anyone elses, since we have root, which means that you can tweak the stock ROM to your needs?
I mean, it's one thing to have CM ROMs or MiUI ROMs or vanilla Android,
but a modified stock ROM is still stock people!
I much prefer to make tweaks on my own, remove what I don't need, etc.
Just my 2 cents.
Again, I mean no disrespect, WB has been doing an elaborate job on his ROMs.
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not everyone can invest the time to learn the tweaks, and WB is based on CM isnt it? anyways i am loving the battery on my stock GB, will probably root it to get titanium to work and remove some of the bloatware, Ive used WB 2.2 but the battery really sucked, tried alot of BBs but didnt manage to fix the drain
You should really try-out this ROM. It has speed tweaks/battery tweaks ported from another devices. This is the only ROM for the x10 with these tweaks.
I am using WB's rom with FIX005. The battery not drain very fast.
At least I can use it for whole day.
shehzad said:
not everyone can invest the time to learn the tweaks, and WB is based on CM isnt it?
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+1 to that and no, wb's 2.3 is based on stock 2.3.
shehzad said:
not everyone can invest the time to learn the tweaks, and WB is based on CM isnt it? anyways i am loving the battery on my stock GB, will probably root it to get titanium to work and remove some of the bloatware, Ive used WB 2.2 but the battery really sucked, tried alot of BBs but didnt manage to fix the drain
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Yeah, but learning how to mod your phone is half the fun!!
Anyway, it's good that there are options and I know WB makes really
fast ROMs, his 2.2 was very snappy and stable.
However, what I've been trying to point out is that WB's 2.3.3
is not CM, it's stock SE ROM, tweaked.
KeizBaby said:
You should really try-out this ROM. It has speed tweaks/battery tweaks ported from another devices. This is the only ROM for the x10 with these tweaks.
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I would try WB's ROM, but I'd like to keep my RAM management more balanced and flexible, because I need a lot of apps to run in the background and not being killed.
Anyway, again, no offence to anybody.
As always, Wolfbreak, great job!
My_Immortal said:
Yeah, but learning how to mod your phone is half the fun!!
Anyway, it's good that there are options and I know WB makes really
fast ROMs, his 2.2 was very snappy and stable.
However, what I've been trying to point out is that WB's 2.3.3
is not CM, it's stock SE ROM, tweaked.
I would try WB's ROM, but I'd like to keep my RAM management more balanced and flexible, because I need a lot of apps to run in the background and not being killed.
Anyway, again, no offence to anybody.
As always, Wolfbreak, great job!
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I can tell you that there are there alot of apps in the background running that are not being killed. Much more then on Froyo/Eclair. So what stops you from trying it out?!
The most important ones I got running are:
- WhatsApp
- MSN Talk Pro
- Google Talk
- Facebook
- Seesmic
- LiveProfile
- KikMessenger
- Skype
- Viber
- Data Monitor
- DSP Manager
- Equalizer
- SwiftKey
- Widgetsoid
- Beautifull Widgets
And much more...
And none of them have ever been killed, they all worked fine! Battery life is also great! They are always running in the background. (If in your case the apps are being killed to fast, there is a way to tune it down to what you want!!)
My_Immortal said:
Yeah, but learning how to mod your phone is half the fun!!
Anyway, it's good that there are options and I know WB makes really
fast ROMs, his 2.2 was very snappy and stable.
However, what I've been trying to point out is that WB's 2.3.3
is not CM, it's stock SE ROM, tweaked.
I would try WB's ROM, but I'd like to keep my RAM management more balanced and flexible, because I need a lot of apps to run in the background and not being killed.
Anyway, again, no offence to anybody.
As always, Wolfbreak, great job!
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Can you give me tweaking lessons please? I only know how to use autokiller optimiser, but don't know any other apps..
on 2.2 tw 009 the phone keep working for almost 4 days of normal usage, now on 2.3 tw 005 it acts weird, sometimes it looses 20% in 1hour, but average it keeps for 2 days
Hey in hotfix5 there is GoogleTalk1.3 which support videochat. Does this work on the x10?
Edit: Doesnt work, I always get a fc when i klick on the camera-symbol
I will test that, right now
Thanks all
3 hours unplugged, and little to no use, and my phone is down 40%
So my phone is using way more power than it had under 2.1 I'm going to guess that it has to do with the baseband, and localization for me.
I switched from Wolf's 2.2 / 009 to 2.3 / 005 on my business phone. 3 hrs music per day (that's the time I need from home to office) many phone calls, gaming, testing, playing. I've to charge once a day. Think that is not to bad.
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3 hours unplugged, and little to no use, and my phone is down 40%
So my phone is using way more power than it had under 2.1 I'm going to guess that it has to do with the baseband, and localization for me.
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In battery use, under Settings, what has the higher percentage?
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