Is it battery Life? styling? quickness? all three maybe? Im using mikfroyo 4.4. pretty quick. Would love to use the Hulu thats installed, wont let me tho.. thats the only negative.
I like trying to maximize my battery life, so I've been on Calkulin's EViO 2 for the past week. Performance is still adequate and battery life is amazing. Lots of fun knobs to twist with his battery scripts.
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MIUI
1 Having the highest scores tested.
2. Getting 24 hrs of battery life
3. The amazing features brought to you by the amazing and nicest development team in the game.
Sending from my EVO running MIUI with SBC...not for the faint of heart
I've been running MIUI for about a week now.
1. Consistently getting over 20 hours of battery life.
2. Stability. No FCs or crashes or reboots since its been running..
3. Quadrant and linpack scores aside, my phone has never run faster or smoother.
I recommend everyone giving this ROM a try.
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How many hours of heavy use you get out of MIUI? I've tried it and its cool, but you have to give up some nice sense hacks (like roaming verizon at 3g speeds)
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I am currently running VaelPak 3.0, and here are some of the reasons why:
1. No sense to lag the phone, but keeps some of the sense features.
2. Fast performance.
3. Great battery life so far.
This is only my second ROM, so I am still trying to figure out my best options. I will more than likely switch over to Cyanogen once it the 4G release becomes more stable.
I'm currenly running Sprint Lover. But i flash everyday....
1) I like to have the option to change around
2) Fast performance
3) and of course the battery life.
1. 4G (will switch to cyanogen/MIUI once 4G works)
2. Wireless tether
3. Battery life, performance, looks
Right now, I'm using Warm TwoPointTwo RLS5 with GO Launcher.
1. 4G. I get 4G at school and in one of my classes, I use it with EasyTether since school WiFi doesn't reach that one classroom.
That's about it. I'd probably switch to MIUI when 4G works since I'm super-happy with GO Launcher.
Using Mik-froyo v4.5 beta V.
Love the quickness
Layout of the theme (Chogardjr's Blue theme)
battery life (net's 4.3.2 bfs-sbc-havs-more) avg 16-18 hrs with moderate to light work.
CM7 nightlies
ADW EX with Ubuntu Theme.
1. looks sexy - unbuntu theme is hawt
2. performs sexy - quick and smooth
3. battery life - astounding if i turn 3g off when i'm not using it...on average I net 30-35 hours of battery life
Using my own custom ROM.
1. As stable as ever.
2. All hardware on my phone works as advertised.
3. Not sacrificing anything to achieve great battery life and a fast beautiful looking ROM.
mordbane said:
How many hours of heavy use you get out of MIUI? I've tried it and its cool, but you have to give up some nice sense hacks (like roaming verizon at 3g speeds)
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Not sure of an average, but yesterday I got approx. 12-14 hours. I was off from work, and used it heavily. Mainly browsing, twitter, facebook, and email.
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I've been running MIUI for about a week now.
1. Consistently getting over 20 hours of battery life.
2. Stability. No FCs or crashes or reboots since its been running..
3. Quadrant and linpack scores aside, my phone has never run faster or smoother.
I recommend everyone giving this ROM a try.
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what version of miui are you using?
how is the battery compared to cm?
MIUI with the Black'ups Darkness theme
It is easily the best looking ROM I have tried
It is easily the best performing ROM that I have tried
It is easily the most unique ROM I have tried
It is easily the most stable ROM I have tried
It has the best battery life (24hrs+)
It has the best dev team
It is updated weekly with new and more badass features added all the time
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what version of miui are you using?
how is the battery compared to cm?
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MIUI version #0.1.21
Coming from CM 6, the battery life on MIUI is much better based on my usage. When on CM, id have to charge my battery as soon as I got home from work. I highly recommend giving it a try.
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I use Cyanogenmod, because:
1) It's Open-Source, and I support Open-Source software,
2) It's rock-solid stable;
3) It's fast as hell.
Stock MikFroyo (stock as in no themes)
Netarchy 4.3.1 Havs, CFS, no-sbc (gonna update to 4.3.2 with sbc)
1. Fastest, most stable sense rom
2. I lose nothing (hdmi, 4g works)
3. Regular updates and releases
I also use Myn RLS5 with MS's SBC #15 v7
What I liked about that:
1. Beautiful rom, performed well.
2. Still didn't lose anything, hdmi and 4g worked
3. Regular updates, releases and when RLS5 was released, I got it a day or 2 early because I'm a regular in the IRC chat he frequents (super freaking cool).
I will eventually add Cyanogen and MIUI to my rotation when:
1. They get 4g and hdmi working. Well, at least 4g, the reason I bought the phone in the first place.
I have used CM in the passed for my MyTouch Slide and G2. What I liked about that:
1. Stable as all hell and very good performance.
2. Battery life far surpassed the stock rom from either phone.
3. Wider customization options from regular stock Android or Sense/Expresso
I have never used MIUI or any of the other roms here.
Three things I don't like about each:
Mikfroyo 4.4
1. Battery life is abysmal unless you add battery hacks, extended battery or an SBC kernel (I'm adding an sbc kernel to help). I can get 12 hours of usage out of it if I'm careful (no facebooking, twitter, browsing...just text, phone calls and my rss widget used) but I often find myself with it plugged into my car charger or computer before the end of the day in case I go somewhere and don't want it to die.
2. There isn't nearly as many themes for this as there is for Myn's Warm. The Slayer Cyan Dragon theme is awesome, but it's really heavy on the battery usage, which is already quite bad.
3. 4g cuts out sometimes. It almost always turns back on without a reboot, but it seems when I'm in motion in my car, it struggles to keep 4g despite signal being strong in my whole city.
Myn rls5
1. Isn't as quick as MikFroyo. It performs on par (if not a little better) than stock, but doesn't have quite the zippy, iPhone-level quickness of MikFroyo
2. The widgets are themed, the apps aren't. What's the point of having a sexy, dark messaging widget when the thing glows whiter than a hospital hallway when you open it?
3. A lot of the themes actually drag down the quality of the looks of the rom. You have to look hard and spend a lot of time to find a theme that actually improves on the original theme.
CM
1. No 4g or hdmi, enough said. To their credit, they are really working hard to get it and that's why they're the best.
2. The stock widgets on stock rom suck or don't exist. No messaging widget (just the iPhone style app that opens it), facebook widget doesn't work with any known theme. You sacrifice quite a bit for performance and the original taste of vanilla in terms of extras and features...but those of us who use vanilla don't care, do we fellas? Besides, there's always handcent
3. Couldn't think of a third one. I'm a big fan of CM, even without a good messaging widget/app.
Again, haven't used MIUI or the rest so I can't give an opinion.
Also, if you feel the need to quote me on any of these and give me crap, keep in mind they are just opinions All our devs here freaking rock and all their stuff is fantastic.
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What's the similarities and differences? I'm on GV 1.5 right now but I see a few mods that are dedz to CM7 only...
Which one is more popular / better?
I'm running gingervilain because I'm getting amazing battery life. Only issue is that I get annoying random reboots.
I haven't tried CM7 yet because I had awful battery life and 3g speed. On 6.1 and am reluctant to get that again
Hope it helps a bit on the gingervillain front
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Really? Awful battery life? I switched to cm7 and my battery life easily meets or exceeds what I was getting with cm 6.1.1 + undervolted kernel.
Which is to say about 8 hours of continuous usage including web browsing and texting, etc.
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I was wondering this as well. I just chose cm7 randomly . I like it so i am too lazy to try the other roms.
I flashed Gingervillain 1.4 a little while back and I didn't like the feel of gingerbread at the time, so I went back to CM6.1. The keyboard's autocorrect wasn't functioning at the time either (good keyboard; not a fan of swype) and didn't want to go through the rounds of making the fix, but the issue is probably resolved. I was unhappy with the battery life in the two days I used it (stock kernel), so I left it.
I think the developers are working on their own custom themes, but that was an issue for me at the time too. CM7 has the stock gingerbread look by default, as well as various themers who stay up to date with their respective themes. I no longer use any of those, as I've come to like stock GB's look (I just replaced the font and launcher), but I feel more comfortable with CM, though you should probably just give both of them a try on your own and see how you like it.
GingerVillian is mainly kanged from CM7, but CM7 is updated nightly.
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Been using GingerVillain 1.5 for a while now and despite having great battery life (6am to 11pm, still have between 40 and 60% w/ heavy use) but the constant reboots are such an issue for me I'm going try out CM7. Hopefully 1.6 will solve the reboots. And yes on 6.1 I got 9hours max on stock kernel. Same use as GV. Bunch of texting, auto sync on, constant music and some browsing all at 50% brighness all the time
EDIT: Went to CM7, battery and overal functionality isnt as good as GV but it gets cool points for not restarting all the time
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My girlfriends Evo battery life is horrible. She mainly just text a lot and surfs facebook. I need a rom to get her battery life to where she can make it at lease 8 hours before having to charge her phone.
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My girlfriends Evo battery life is horrible. She mainly just text a lot and surfs facebook. I need a rom to get her battery life to where she can make it at lease 8 hours before having to charge her phone.
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A 3500 battery...nuff said
Savage-Mod
I would get Savage mod 1.1 with savaged zen 1.1.0 cfs havs sbc. I've been using it for the past week and it has been great. The texting and phone it self is faster and smoother than any rom i've used and i've been through most. I am currently on 65%, its been unplugged for 8 and a half hours. I understand that others may have better battery live but i'm using my stock battery, which is great cause I saved money and didn't add any thickness. PM if you have any questions.
I'm on Myn's Warm Z with Netarchy 4.3.2 cfs, sbc, havs more. Even with heavy usage (including video streaming and web surfing) my battery lasts a good 10 hours. I can't recommend this combo enough. I had horrible battery life with the stock kernel on Warm Z. Only thing is, depending on her hardward build, you may have to test a couple different kernels.
Easy answer:
EViO 2, SetCPU to underclock to 921, remove sense and use ADW.
Long answer:
To really figure it out, you'll have to try a bunch of diff ROM/Kernel combos for a couple days each.
I would try with CM7, the ROM from "yet another AOSP ginger ROM," Salvage-Mod, Savaged-Zen(Mod) RC2, Miui and whatever sense ROMs you want.
Also, Juice Defender and Autostarts will help you.
I recommend CM7 with a Savaged-Zen ROM CFS- SBC. Even after flashing a new nightly, I avg. 13-14 hours the first day before the kernel is broken in. Best of all Roms that I've tried and I really use my phone (data & mp3). Forgot to mention, I use Setcpu with profiles.
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I would get Savage mod 1.1 with savaged zen 1.1.0 cfs havs sbc. I've been using it for the past week and it has been great. The texting and phone it self is faster and smoother than any rom i've used and i've been through most. I am currently on 65%, its been unplugged for 8 and a half hours. I understand that others may have better battery live but i'm using my stock battery, which is great cause I saved money and didn't add any thickness. PM if you have any questions.
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You saved yourself 13 dollars and 6 mm...my god!
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You saved yourself 13 dollars and 6 mm...my god!
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Let's face it: women have a better sense of style than us dudes, and no chick in their right mind would put up with having a hideous cinderblock of a phone. 6mm might as well be an inch when it comes to stuffing a phone into her jeans. In the interest of keeping our women looking fine as hell, let's find software solutions to battery life
To the OP, try this first: go into settings/wireless and networks and uncheck enable always on mobile data. When I was on a stock Evo, this helped me immensely with battery life. Also, uninstall any task killers she has. Check what programs are syncing with the internet too, it's really just data use that eats up battery life with these phones.
Also, post up a screenshot of her battery use screen, maybe we can help figure out what the drain is Even a stock evo running the latest Sprint update should get around 10 hours, minimum, with moderate use like facebook and texting.
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Let's face it: women have a better sense of style than us dudes, and no chick in their right mind would put up with having a hideous cinderblock of a phone. 6mm might as well be an inch when it comes to stuffing a phone into her jeans. In the interest of keeping our women looking fine as hell, let's find software solutions to battery life
To the OP, try this first: go into settings/wireless and networks and uncheck enable always on mobile data. When I was on a stock Evo, this helped me immensely with battery life. Also, uninstall any task killers she has. Check what programs are syncing with the internet too, it's really just data use that eats up battery life with these phones.
Also, post up a screenshot of her battery use screen, maybe we can help figure out what the drain is Even a stock evo running the latest Sprint update should get around 10 hours, minimum, with moderate use like facebook and texting.
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so you base your decision off the fact that your wife/girlfriend/friend will be holding your phone and will buldge out of her pocket...maybe YOU should be holding YOUR phone, but hey i guess im weird, my girl might hold my phone, but she doesnt stuff it in her pocket and walk around with it thats stupid, besides my girl puts everything in her pocketbook as most do, keeps the figure , at least thats what i tell her lol
I am running well with deck's rom (the "yet another gingerbread" rom), rc9 now, and the new savaged-zen kernel (1.1). The phone is running really well. I just tried the undervolting script and that made a few reboots, which never happened since I went aosp last month, so I removed that. battery life seems really good though. 1st run through on the latest kernel went from about 11pm last night until 6pm today with pretty good use. I expect as it settles in it should do well.
Juice defender should help immensely if all she does is text and fb
A drop of Chuck Norris's semen was placed on Android OS. We now have CyanogenMod.
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You saved yourself 13 dollars and 6 mm...my god!
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I'd pay to have my phone 6mm thinner. You can't argue personal opinion bud.
Using the latest savaged Zen rc2 with whatever it comes preloaded with. Its pretty beast.
cody0707 said:
My girlfriends Evo battery life is horrible. She mainly just text a lot and surfs facebook. I need a rom to get her battery life to where she can make it at lease 8 hours before having to charge her phone.
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CM7 RC4 with Savage Zen 1.1.0 kernel, Seidio 3500mAh battery will give you DAYS of battery life if you use it moderately to little usage. With a stock battery you will still get over a day easily.
I have wifi on most of the day, live wallpaper (the smoke one), I DONT use any task killer (because it actually slows down my phone), Bluetooth is on and connected to my car whenever Im driving (at least 60 miles per day)
I believe that if I have to use airplane mode, turn off GPS, not use wifi, not use the phone to its full potential then I rather have a cheaper phone and get a laptop...
The screen shots below were made with STOCK battery because I wanted to know the real difference in battery life between the roms!
Note the usage... I listen to music, voice calls...
here is another comparisson...
I really hope this helps you find what you are looking for
Actually, lies, those screen shots were made with gginggerbread 6(which is based on CM7) with savage zen 0.2.something...
The following screen shots were made with the specs I mentioned in the previous post... Its possible that the battery has improved note the 10 hours of usage and only 12% spent and bluetooth usage
i am sure there is a thread on here already for this but i can't seem to find it i am looking for the best kernal and rom combo with the ultimate battery life with also o.c. supportive as well i am wondering what is it that i can do or flash i am currently running g.b. stock rom with a cynobenmod kernal i am wondering what everyone else best experience is also batteries ext. does anyone have a great cheap battery that extended there life on the evo i use tethering about 5 hours a day and i really need that to work to last all day and making 6-7 phone calls thorugh out that day just so you know i am using a evo 4g
if you don't mind AOSP-based ROMs, try Deck's ROM ([6-21-11][ROM] gingerbread-evo-deck [1.2][2.3.4 Stable] - xda-developers) and then flash a Tiamat kernel (I've been using the latest and its been great) ([Kernel][AOSP] Tiamat | 2.6.38.8 | 6/6/11 -xda-developers). You can also try viperboy's undervolt mod [MOD]viperMOD for AOSP Kernels - v3 beta RC2.4 |Updated 6.14.11|*App in Progress!* - xda-developers on top of the kernel...helps out with battery life. Try the -100mv first then step down gradually till your phone is stable again
I agree with cg about decks and viperboys script. I personally get better battery life and performance with savagedzen. Also try underclocking down to 691....I do and notice no slowdown.
I have been using MikG v2.15 and battery life has never been better. Also it is far more stable than the custom kernels with voltage tweakers in my experience.
+1 to what Ronnie said. I like leaving as much stock as possible. I am running MikG 2.2 and never have to worry about a charger.
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I have been using MikG v2.15 and battery life has never been better. Also it is far more stable than the custom kernels with voltage tweakers in my experience.
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I've used MikG, Synergy, KingsROM, etc. (essentially all of the GB Sense-based ROMs that were 2.1/3.0 hybrids). And yea MikG had the best battery life compared to the others but I would only get maybe 12 hours out of it. What are your settings??
I'm with the Deck's crowd here. I use Deck's with Tiamat 3.3.7 (too lazy to try the newer versions), and I don't usually hit 50% battery life till about 18-ish hours off charger with constant texting/Tweetdeck/push notifications and a few phone calls.
I am not using any special settings or tweaks. Using Google sync to access 4 email accounts, etc. Also I unchecked the Always On Mobile Data setting.
It has been 100% stable - no stalls, connectivity issues, or anything like that.
Nice thing about MikG is that it uses Sense.
Decks and the latest tiamat sbc w viper boy....2600 mah battery I'll get 40hrs
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Try MIUI's newest release...not sure what it is off the top of my head. Definitely the best battery life I've ever gotten. Get a solid 15 -16 hours with medium to heavy usage. (fbook,youtube, calls, texting, web browsing, downloading).
Im with you - Im on MikG now I love the ROM but I do not even get 12 hours with a 3500 mah battery. That is on a heavy usage day on low usage days I get 18 houirs. Not horrible but not good. Was actually looking for a sense based ROM with better battery.
Cyanogenmod 7 with tiamat kernel, stable version gives me great performance and stability and GREAT battery life.
Check my sig for my setup, I am currently using my AOSP setup. I get at least a day with heavy usage, stock battery. I use Juice Defender too, it seems to work well, especially with AOSP ROMs.
Radios matter too, if you have high Android System usage or cell standby, flash some new radios.
NANDROID.
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Im with you - Im on MikG now I love the ROM but I do not even get 12 hours with a 3500 mah battery. That is on a heavy usage day on low usage days I get 18 houirs. Not horrible but not good. Was actually looking for a sense based ROM with better battery.
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Try unchecking Always On Data.
Hi, let me first say sorry for this post. I know there are a million..
I do not have a Inc but my daughter does, last time I messed with it, I put CM7 rc3 on it right when rc3 was released. ever since then I have not read one word on the development of this phone. The phone runs good but battery life could be better.
Is there anything better than CM7? looking for the best battery life possible. Please suggest ROM/Kernel. sense or senseless.
Thanks,
Coming from an avid user of Sense I would say CM7, MIUI, and OMGB or OMFGB are the "best" with battery as they are stripped of Sense. If you don't get good battery life with any of those AOSP roms, kernel combo or not, there isn't much more anyone can do.
I only use Sense roms but I know if battery life & Senseless were my thing, I would have an AOSP rom. Not sure on kernels, the crowd can fill you in on their experience.
Best bet would be to flash incredikernel, and then dl incredicontrol from the market. Stick with cm7, use the underclocking app of your choice, and then use incredicontrol to lower the voltages at different frequencies...if it reboots, go one back until its stable.
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Best bet would be to flash incredikernel, and then dl incredicontrol from the market. Stick with cm7, use the underclocking app of your choice, and then use incredicontrol to lower the voltages at different frequencies...if it reboots, go one back until its stable.
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There's still other options like upgrading to a 1900mAh battery (still fits in stock casing)
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There's still other options like upgrading to a 1900mAh battery (still fits in stock casing)
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That's what I did, lasts me all the way through the day now lol. Its a snug fit, but it fits.
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I would suggest flashing the newest CM nightly. There have been some changes and kernel tweaks since rc3.
I'm on 10 1/2 hours sitting at 70%, albeit light use, but still I usually get at least a day and a half with moderate use.
I'm a big fan of Jermaine's In-Sensitive Minimalist ROM. It has by far been the fastest and best on battery life for me.
I'm on the latest cm nightly. I use incrediblekernel with aggressive voltage. I have CPU set to 128 min and 664 Max. I could last all day plus with moderate to heavy usage.
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Hi, let me first say sorry for this post. I know there are a million..
I do not have a Inc but my daughter does, last time I messed with it, I put CM7 rc3 on it right when rc3 was released. ever since then I have not read one word on the development of this phone. The phone runs good but battery life could be better.
Is there anything better than CM7? looking for the best battery life possible. Please suggest ROM/Kernel. sense or senseless.
Thanks,
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Pretty much the same discussion going on here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1265028
IMHO - I'm getting a ton more life over stock on this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1265028
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1247253
Plus - one of the 1900maH batteries from htcexpress is a very worthy investment !
Dan
Mcsense 2.2 with tinys 8/31 kernel with smartass. Rom looks great and fantastic battery. Personally, ill never use aosp on my phone again. Never had that "great" battery life others claim. I can overclock tinys to 1.113, minimum 245, and its very stable, very fast, and i get a good 12+ hours with HEAVY use. Thats on a stock day one battery. Ive got about as old a dinc you can get, been rooted longer than i can remember, and flashed atleast 3 to 4 times most weeks. Tryin out newts new runny rom now, dont know about battery yet on it. Good luck dude.
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Thanks everyone for the replies, I'm going to try the latest CM7 nightly... I think
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I'm a big fan of Jermaine's In-Sensitive Minimalist ROM. It has by far been the fastest and best on battery life for me.
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I'll second this. In-Sensitive Minimalist takes out almost all of the bloat of Sense, but leaves in the framework and the best apps. With Tiny's modules and SetCPU you can basically get it to run for days with minimal usage and 24-30 hrs with normal usage on a 1500mAH battery, which are $10 from Amazon.com and a good deal.
If you want to stick with Sense, that's the ROM to use. Otherwise, CM is a good choice.
Any ideas what the best rom with best battery life for ics is for G2? Id prefer ics or above. I just rooted my moms g2 and put cm9 on it version 3, she loves it but I want to know if there is a better one with good battery life. I ordered her an anker and will calibrate when it gets in.
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I used the ics sense ROM sabsa prime (v12 with sense 4a and therefore no landscape mode, since v13 it has sense 4.1 with landscape) and i got up to 2d battery life with stock battery.
Activated mobile internet and wlan only when needed, wrote some sms per day and did a few calls every now and then.
So i really can recommend this ROM (battery life for the new v14 i cant tell)
Greets Vauvenal7
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If you want best battery life you're probably going to have to go with ICS because that's stable so we don't know what may be affecting battery life on JB ROMs at the moment, also Sense is heavy and bloated so go with AOSP or CyanogenMod. Having said that I'm running Andromadus CM10.1 build 16 and am at 26% with 5 days 20 hours without a charge, so basically go for a ROM which feels good at low clock speed (and yes, not overclocked, if you really want to have good battery life you're not gonna want to go above stock clock speed).
No "Best rom threads" as pointed out in Guide Sticky