Hi guys!
My gf just got a HTC Magic but i don't know much about this phone so i would like you to give me a few tips. I have a N1 so i'm not a totally newbie to android and the ROMs thing.
I've installed CM6.1 into hers phone. Also i've installed and configured Pershoot kernel with setCPU:
Install SetCPU 2.x (by coolbho)
Autodetect, Min: 122, Max: 576, onboot, ondemand
Do not enable or setup Advanced
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
but i'm not liking the battery life of the phone right now. I let it during the night with 64% battery life and in the morning (8h later) it was at 60%. It looked great for me. The problem is that like for each 5min using it 1% of battery drops. It is just not normal! Is it the kernel? Or CM6.1 or...?
So, my real question is: Is there a "combo" of ROM-kernel-radio-cpu-whatEverElse to get a great battery life? Should i stay with CM6.1 or change to a another (based or not in CM6.1)?
Thank you all
Make a new profile in SetCPU for when the phone's display is off. I use 176mhz max 122mhz min, and 590MHz min/max (performance profile) during the day.
I normally use my phone for ~an hour a day during school and maybe another hour when I'm at home, battery is always around 50% by the end of the day. Which I consider to be fine, I can use it two days without charge but that's a bit of a stretch.
Anywho, radio and SPL combos aren't an issue, forget about them. ROM & kernel is what's important. I don't flash ROMs very often but I'd highly recommend t-mobile's Froyo build, it doesn't contain any bloat, unlike CM and becuse of that seems to perform even better.
I have ran cm 6.1 rc1 and the battery life is not the greatest. In my opinion cm6.0 stable has better battery life.
Sent from my HTC Magic using XDA App
I have been in cyanogenmod foruns and i found that more people arent totally happy with cm6.1. Looks like that the last kernel (35.x) has some problems. There i read that the kernel 34.x doesnt have this problem. Im testing that kernel now.
Sent from my HTC Magic using XDA App
ok guys!
i think i found a way to get cyanogenmod 6.1 working with "good battery"
i only installed ezterry kernel (that i found in this post) and now i get much better battery life.
i believe i will get a steady 3days with with some wifi usage
Related
Hi, so far the only rom I have used is CM6, and the battery life is just absolutely terrible. Maybe its just my nexus, maybe not, point is I want a new ROM.
A ROM that you guys have tried and decided to stick to.
Battery life is VERY important to me.
Try IntersectRaven's CFS kernel, best I have found for CM
For ROM try Enomther, battery life pretty good on that one
Rellikzephyr
Sent from my Nexus One using Tapatalk
I had been using CM 6 for a while and just recently switched over to Enomether's latest TheOfficial ROM. The battery life is now DRAMATICALLY better. Just looking over the Juice Plotter graphs shows that the standby time overnight is almost flat. Say 3-4% drop every 3 hours or so. With CM6, the battery level is on a constant and steeper decline, even when not in use. I didn't take any records, but my N1 on CM6 would be down to ~45-50% overnight if I forget to plug in the charger (from full). I heard that SetCpu will help, but I don't think it worked out for me.
Enomether has its own CPU Governor and while it doesn't offer as many features as SetCPU - the ROM's default settings work well right out of the box - no tweaking is needed really for the CPU governor.
I too was having really poor battery life with CM6, losing about 50% within 8 hours after charge, without even using the phone much! I'm trying out other roms right now just for fun. I'm using Evil's Nxsense but with the kernal posted by Autinhyeu (post # 8541 in that thread). So far seems to be holding battery extremely well. About 5 hours since charge and about 90% battery.
LeoFroYo Rom is pretty good with battery
try the leofroyo rom latest beta. i get great battery in standby with the stock kernal that it comes with. 2.5 hrs per 1% battery. typically in a day making calls and using the internet, i lose about 30%-25% battery. not too bad.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=693595
2.0.1 beta 3 is the latest version that i'm using
BigJeebz said:
I too was having really poor battery life with CM6, losing about 50% within 8 hours after charge, without even using the phone much! I'm trying out other roms right now just for fun. I'm using Evil's Nxsense but with the kernal posted by Autinhyeu (post # 8541 in that thread). So far seems to be holding battery extremely well. About 5 hours since charge and about 90% battery.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
cm sucks when it comes to battery life in my experience. i tried the 6.0 version when it came out (first stable release) and battery life was horrible.
5 hours since charge? only standby or some usage?
sg1dan said:
cm sucks when it comes to battery life in my experience. i tried the 6.0 version when it came out (first stable release) and battery life was horrible.
5 hours since charge? only standby or some usage?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That was mostly standby with setcpu profile setting cpu to minimum when the screen was off. But even with those same settings on CM6 my battery would be about 70% after the same amount of time.
I just reflashed cm6 but with that other kernal so I'll see how well it works today.
MIUI has the best battery life of any ROM I've used on my N1.. idle drain of about .5% / hour when using pershoot's kernels from droidbasement.
I'm using shadow rom2.1 stripped down and I get about 16 to 18 hours usage.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
I'm using CM6 and my battery life is great. I got rid of my Seidio extended battery to get an Otterbox case and the stock battery on CM6 is awesome.
My phone has been off the charger since before 1pm and now at midnight its on 46% and thats with heavy use of Angry Birds, text, emails and web browsing !
My battery life is also acceptable on cm6. Not amazing but acceptable. Then again I put mine in airplane mode overnight and get about a 4% drain, which I kind assume might be something to do with my Widgets.
Okay, so I decided to try one of these two ROMs:
Enomther
LeoFroYo
not sure which one yet, and not sure what kernel to use with the ROM I choose.
I hate switching ROMs cuz of the wiping and restoring and all that crap.
skinnyq said:
Okay, so I decided to try one of these two ROMs:
Enomther
LeoFroYo
not sure which one yet, and not sure what kernel to use with the ROM I choose.
I hate switching ROMs cuz of the wiping and restoring and all that crap.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I still recommend IntersectRaven's kernel, he has cm and non cm versions
Rellikzephyr
Sent from my Nexus One using Tapatalk
Rodrigo's miui is the best I've seen.
Easily lasts the whole day
do you guys know if the leofroyo rom will work with slcd nexus w/ updated HBOOT??
i posted in the leofroyo rom thread, but no replies yet. itching to give it a shot.
cm6 is eating battery like crazy!
rods miui has amazing battery life It lasted two days for me on release 1.3 I think he is on 1.5 now
steveohan said:
do you guys know if the leofroyo rom will work with slcd nexus w/ updated HBOOT??
i posted in the leofroyo rom thread, but no replies yet. itching to give it a shot.
cm6 is eating battery like crazy!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
dont see why not! give one of the betas ago!
I'm looking for a ROM which can make my device hit at least 24 hours with light/moderate use. I know it's based on how the much the user interacts with the phone, signal strength, etc but there has to be a ROM which made your battery life amazing! I'm currently hitting about 12-14 hours with light to moderate use. I've seen people that use it the same amount and get nearly 2 days, how can I achieve this? I read somewhere that Pershoots kernel does well with extending battery life.
I'm currently on CM7 with the stock cm kernel.
Thanks for any helpful posts!
Okay so in my experience to get 'good" battery life with a g2 you need to turn off your push updates, stay off of data as much as possible, and only hook into wifi when you need it. Make sure your screen is on for no longer than 30 seconds, turn down your brightness, and set some profiles under setcpu to downclock you after you get to sub X battery life. Just make sure to increase the priority the lower your battery life goes.
The best and most consistent battery life figure I've gotten is 42-48 hr by generally not being a complete dickwad. If you flash a rom and have to download all your apps again it is going to suck you dry. I ran Cm6.1.1 with preshoots kernel for a goodly while and have pulled the same speed/battery life as I do on Virtuous with Advanced Kernel. It's taken a couple days for it to settle in but yeah, you're looking at 42ish with moderate net usage, full signal, and darn near constant texting.
Edit: Let me clarify. As your power goes down you should downclock in 5% increments. For every 5% less battery power you have, you need to increase the priority of that profile by 5%. Make a profile that is 100% priority but downclocks your cpu to 350ish max and 200ish min. Also something to keep in mind is that every piece of hardware is different. Some people can report fantastic life on the same kernel and OS. Just one of those weird machine god things.
durps said:
I'm looking for a ROM which can make my device hit at least 24 hours with light/moderate use. I know it's based on how the much the user interacts with the phone, signal strength, etc but there has to be a ROM which made your battery life amazing! I'm currently hitting about 12-14 hours with light to moderate use. I've seen people that use it the same amount and get nearly 2 days, how can I achieve this? I read somewhere that Pershoots kernel does well with extending battery life.
I'm currently on CM7 with the stock cm kernel.
Thanks for any helpful posts!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I am running Desire_S_G2_Port_Sense2.1_Gingerbread_2.3.3 on my DZ and i am very happy with the battery life..
Thanks for the replies guys, looking forward to more!
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
I can get a day and a half with team villian sense ginger. The one before 3.0 best battery life i have seen yet. This is a 1.5days with constant OC no screen profiles or any kind of battery saving profiles. I would say im a slighty less then heavy user. Wifi always runs and i use gps for about an hour depending where im going. Now i normally charge her up every night but i have forgotten on ocasion and made it till i got home from work the next day.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
+1 on villan rom, i set an off screen OC to 300MHZ and an on screen to 1.5Ghz, and i get 20+ hours out of it with mild data. wifi off unless im home and location always turned off unless i need it.
Might give that villian rom a try, is there a specific kernel I should use? Or should I just use the one that's already on the villian rom?
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
just download from the current thread, the 1.5 version, it has an kernel that OC's to 1.5GHZ and works well.
i would download as is, and if you like, play with the kernel later on if you really want to.
Or if you like sense get sense ginger. Im not sure how you can get the older version but you could try the new one.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
astriaos said:
Okay so in my experience to get 'good" battery life with a g2 you need to turn off your push updates, stay off of data as much as possible, and only hook into wifi when you need it. Make sure your screen is on for no longer than 30 seconds, turn down your brightness, and set some profiles under setcpu to downclock you after you get to sub X battery life. Just make sure to increase the priority the lower your battery life goes.
The best and most consistent battery life figure I've gotten is 42-48 hr by generally not being a complete dickwad. If you flash a rom and have to download all your apps again it is going to suck you dry. I ran Cm6.1.1 with preshoots kernel for a goodly while and have pulled the same speed/battery life as I do on Virtuous with Advanced Kernel. It's taken a couple days for it to settle in but yeah, you're looking at 42ish with moderate net usage, full signal, and darn near constant texting.
Edit: Let me clarify. As your power goes down you should downclock in 5% increments. For every 5% less battery power you have, you need to increase the priority of that profile by 5%. Make a profile that is 100% priority but downclocks your cpu to 350ish max and 200ish min. Also something to keep in mind is that every piece of hardware is different. Some people can report fantastic life on the same kernel and OS. Just one of those weird machine god things.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
He is right, but lots of us has been through several ROMs and I can say that from the look of it all the ROMs use lots of battery life due to all the running processes. If you end up finding a ROM that supports your needs post it and let everyone know. Hope I helped
Hello,
I'v tried 3 ROM's (gingeryoshi 1.2, froyo by lazlo(last one)) and different kernels but on 2.2.x or 2.3.x my G1 get battery drain really fast..
Now I'm using COS-DS 2.3.4 and the battery drain is lower (when the mobile is on "stand by" drains really lower.. But when I get a call (2.. or 3 minutes..) or use Camera, Internet.. etc it consume battery really fast. (From the 3 ROM's above the one that giveme best baterry life on 2.x.x was COS-DS).
When I use my mobile on 1.x (1.5... 1.6) android ROM the baterry last's better than in those 2.x.x ROMs.
So here is my question.. I need sugestions of ROMs and Kernels for battery saving (I use the mobile a lot).
Thx a lot
I
Anyone can helpe me?
you're going to have to find a rom that you like and then flash a undervolted kernel over it. im using cm7 magpie with an undervolted kernel and battery is good but not great. most roms don't have amazing battery life since they are for speed. the g1 never had great battery life anyway. if you want good battery get an extende battery off ebay.
Thx a lot, do u sugest any kernel to froyo by lazlo with undervloting settings?
The kernel that I'm using with FBL 5.2 is the [email protected] #145. I've tried many with that ROM but this one seem to be working great and I've gotten the best battery life from it. With the radio off, I get over 6-7 hours before it drains a percent or two. With the radio on and I'm stationary with a decent signal, I get only 1 percent drain per 1 1/2 hour when the radio is in standby.
I flashed the kernel after I setup the phone and most of the apps I use. I also flashed this kernel on my wife's G1 with SuperBler v4 and it made a huge difference also. Give it a try. Good luck.
Will a Froyo rom be more conservative regarding battery life than a gingerbread one in the G1?
depends on the rom
I've seen a couple reports of "horrible" drain when pairing virtuous fusion with faux 123's gb sense kernel.
Running latest clockwork recovery.
Well, I recently flashed the rom (1.1.8) and kernel (LV .0.0.7) and experienced a 400% longer charging time, 65% to 15% drain in about 3-4 hours of moderate use with conservative power settings. If this isn't weird enough, the screen was drinking 92% of this power and the screen was off 80% of the time, auto about 10% and all the way down for about 10%. The battery continued to go down quickly while the phone was idle/screen off. 1 widget, no live wallpaper. No risky apps.
Anyway, I'm going to try to reflash a little less crackily (lol, I just upgraded to this beast from a mt3g w/ cm6!). Also, I'm gonna clear batt stats if it continues to be awful. I will update accordingly. Lastly, I never had time to get setcpu installed.
I just wanted to see if anyone else has a confirmed fix or at least experienced similar issues that remain unresolved.
Thanks button in advance, xda!
you'll get more hits if you were to post this in the Kernel thread and the ROM thread you are referring to.
Yeah, I'm working my way up to those 10 posts.
On faux .7 gb kernel on virtuous fusion I would get 22 hours with heavy usage..and by heavy usage I mean, 5 hrs on screen time, numerous bluetooth phone calls, heavy texting, and xda all day...so I didn't have any battery drain problem
Edit: oh and widgets on all but 2 screens
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA Premium App
Have you tried the .8 bfs lv kernel? Using that in conjunction with juice defender I get around 20+"hours" of heavy use, and that's at 1.3ghz oc. I haven't used .7 so I can't chime in on that issue, but that combo had made vf the first sense rom and the only sense rom I've used since rooting this phone.
And btw thanks for doing a legit thread to boost your post count instead of trolling random threads.
Btw if you do go the .8 bfs route, don't forget to flash the .2 first time kernel (i cried the first time I forgot to flash that then forgot to delete pd15.img off my root.. Talk about looping)
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App
@marseillesw
I expected similar battery life from a kernel everyone was raving about (and faux seems impressively knowledgeable). I noticed a couple of people were popping up experiencing "the worst battery drain" and "terrible battery life" with GB Sense .7 UV and VF S3 specifically. I read several suggestions that it needed "time to settle" or a good "battery refreshing". However, I think these people were experiencing the same phenomenon as I did and it was out of control.
@Joker
After reading a bit about BFS (I see why we abbreviate it), I think I will give it a shot. It seems like the perfect kernel for the super interactive video enhancements of Sense 3. It's so pretty I find it hard to go back to my hulu/netflix/grooveshark(untested) capable RoyalGinger rom... Sigh...
Yeah, I didn't want to troll and then post on thread. XDA is teeming with info. However, you see a lot of people asking the same questions over and over again because (much love, don't get me wrong) noobs don't use thread search and the major mod/kernel threads get to be a solid 300 pgs of light to really heavy reading.
How does juice defender's tweaking compare to SetCPU's? I thought it was more like a task killer so I never tried it.
--------------------------------------------------
Going in, I knew it was either an issue with my phone or the flash process.
The good news is, some tinkering solved it. I wiped data/cache/dalvik in recovery, reflashed Virtuous Fusion 118, then let it settle. With the included kernel, I got about 14 hrs of life with 4 hrs of XDA, some talk/text, some customization, power management, etc... all OCed to 1.4GHz on smartass in use, 800MHz conservative screen off & @ <15%.
Next, I wiped CACHE/DALVIK (thus, not erasing setCPU) and flash the UV .7 kernel. Booted, let it settle. Reupped on my setcpu schedules and let it fly. It's been going pretty hard for about 13 hours and it just dropped below 40% life. So, I expect a cool 24-25. Wow.
The other difference i noted was that VF turns "fast boot" on which I had to turn off to access hboot (and recovery) again. It's possible that a true reboot of the phone would have saved me the reflashing trouble, I never tried.
The first time I flashed, I flashed the new kernel without first booting the rom w/ original kernel, I didn't have SetCPU (or any on-boot CPU controls), and I never rebooted with fast boot = off.
My next order of business is to nackup my current shiz and see if I can recreate the battery vortex . If I can, I'll pinpoint which of my sloppy moves was the cause.
3Qs:
A) Is flashing Rom and New Kernel with no reboot between a no no?
2) Is Elixir a reliable, power friendly tool for me to be using for reports? Is there a standard utility? So far, it seems pretty dank.
3) Does it take a lot of work to switch governors? Should I not be switching to conservative whenever it's idle?
Last couple times I flashed vf when evil was releasing daily updates I flashed the kernels before first boot and saw no issues what so ever. Normally I do let I cycle and load all flashes though.
As for juice defender, I just use it to manage my data use. Use set cpu to manage the cpu. Use conservative or power saver scheduler in my 4 hour stretch when I don't use my phone at all. Usually lose 1% battery during that period, then use heavy for the rest of the day. I usually have 70 80% left when I get home
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App
Yeah I think that most people have serious battery drain because they have a rogue app running somewhere in the background that's just eating up resources, so is good to have an app like juice defender or watchdog, that can help pinpoint and identify the culprit...but it sounds like you got a pretty good handle on it now bro..so happy flashing
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA Premium App
I`ve just rooted my defy and am thinking of installing a custom rom.
Can anyone tell me whether I would get better or worse battery life than with stock (I realize that not all custom roms are the same but on average are they better or worse for battery ?)
Thanks
Jeff
well if you read around everyone suggests that this rom is better then the other, but well to each his own.
what you could do is figure out which rom you like and install it.
the battery backup on froyo vs any custom i have tried, froyo wins hands down.
there are many apps in the market which will help you get an increased battery life and figure out where exactly your having issues or which app is giving you that head ache, eg: juice defender
so you will, inevitably get a pretty decent battery backup!
hope this helps!
Thanks for that.
Do you mean froyo stock has good battery life or one of the froyo custom roms?
Jeff
WIUI has an excellent battery-life!
I have battery problem on every custom or stock ROM... tjis is what i get with no use of phone.. i tried to calibrate battery but again there was no improvement...
Sent from my MB525 using xda premium
Your signature says that you have OC'd to 1.2ghz. This could be the problem.
CM7.1 stable, with moderate use, wifi always on, some 3g: battery lasts ~4days
i believe stock froyo has the best battery life. with custom roms, my vote goes to miui. but i'm on cm7 for its performance, and still with good enough battery life.
Early CM7 gave me around 4 days, currently on the latest nightly 111123 which is about 2 days, which is still fine for me, especially given the performance boost it gives the phone.
tnsantos said:
Your signature says that you have OC'd to 1.2ghz. This could be the problem.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I didn't refreshed my signature, its on 1000mHz.. But with stock rom (800mhz) i get the same poor battery :S
dh.harald I am zapped... 4 days
Ever since I got my defy in Aug11, I have been struggling with 1 day battery life.
Even had a battery replacement a month back, yet no advantage.
Finally had root my device to CM7 RC1.5, did (darky's) battery calibration few times and now I get close to 36 hours with below normal voice, no data (20min max), no wifi (1 hr max), no gps, auto brightness, no bluetooth, 15 sec screen timeout, and no other usage.
Do you feel I should again try get my device serviced?
[URL=http://img84.imageshack.us/i/screenshot1322197037070.png/]
[/URL]
I installed MS2Ginger Lite 2.0 (based on chinese) and i had 0.5% battery consumption during off-peak hours just like the other chinese roms. I did not tested it long enough but it seems as good as the other chinese roms
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1022390
I know it is a silly question but, here it is: charging over USB reduces the battery life shelf?
Edit1: I mean, keep about 4-6 hours per day charging over USB reduces the battery life shelf?
unrafa said:
I installed MS2Ginger Lite 2.0 (based on chinese) and i had 0.5% battery consumption during off-peak hours just like the other chinese roms. I did not tested it long enough but it seems as good as the other chinese roms
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1022390
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
MS2Ginger 2.0 had better battery life then 2.1...Im using 2.1 now and I have only 32h of battery with the same usage of phone like on 2.0 where I had >60h of battery life.
Ill do one more time recalibration of battery and check it but for now, I think that new Bootmenu is the one thing that fcked up battery life (since clk3 and clk4 are equal and both are 1000, but in previous bootmenu u could put clk3=800 and clk4=1000).
Will track battery life more.
I like 2.1 so fckin much so I'd like to have 60h of battery life again.
MS2ginger2.1=MS2ginger2+patches. it shouldn't consume more power. I think that setting clk2 to 600MHz is a bad practice. Try clk2=800MHz instead.
Proda said:
MS2Ginger 2.0 had better battery life then 2.1...Im using 2.1 now and I have only 32h of battery with the same usage of phone like on 2.0 where I had >60h of battery life.
Ill do one more time recalibration of battery and check it but for now, I think that new Bootmenu is the one thing that fcked up battery life (since clk3 and clk4 are equal and both are 1000, but in previous bootmenu u could put clk3=800 and clk4=1000).
Will track battery life more.
I like 2.1 so fckin much so I'd like to have 60h of battery life again.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm also using 2.1 and see only 3 Vsel setting in the bootmenu. Just enable all modules, save and reboot. Even though bootmenu will still only show 3 Vsel settings, use SetVsel app and you can change clk3 and clk4. My clk3 is back to 800MHz like before. Confirmed with CPUspy that 800MHz is used.
Ok...After recalibration of battery with Battery Calibrator from Market I managed to have 66h of battery time with default CPU settings in CWM.
U can see whole post and pics over here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19803002&postcount=1722
and here some answers to the questions asked:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19809255&postcount=1731
Im not in the mood for changing settings in CWM now, but Id really like to try smartass governor in a future. Maybe that would give me more than 72h of battery.
Or maybe V6supercharger script. Don't know.
dh.harald said:
CM7.1 stable, with moderate use, wifi always on, some 3g: battery lasts ~4days
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
how'd you achieve that?