Hey guys,
I am thinking of purchasing a certified used Fascinate to a) have another phone to play with and b) lock myself into the unlimited data plan before VZW cuts me off this summer (i am month to month right now.)
is it a good phone? i know the screen is brilliant. how is the battery life? i have a Dinc and it cant be worse than that. how is the dev community? is cm7 available?
any thoughts or opinions would be great.. thanks.
I think its a great phone and we have a great dev community. However, it won't help you lock in unlimited. As soon as anyone upgrades to a lte phone you'll be forced to get a new plan. That's what happened when 3g came out and it will happen with 4g on all big carriers. I.e. at&t peeps will lose their grandfather clause too with lte. Sucks but its how they work.
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Punk.Kaos is working on a CM7 build currently. He has an alpha posted in the dev section, and many people (including myself) are salivating for his next release.
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I think its a great phone and we have a great dev community. However, it won't help you lock in unlimited. As soon as anyone upgrades to a lte phone you'll be forced to get a new plan. That's what happened when 3g came out and it will happen with 4g on all big carriers. I.e. at&t peeps will lose their grandfather clause too with lte. Sucks but its how they work.
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i have no plans to upgrade to a 4g phone at this time, at least not through verizon. i am only looking to secure my $29.99 unlimited data for the time being.
Verizon hates me; Its an argument every time I get a new phone, but I insist on keeping my exisiting plan.
Im paying Alltell rates from a plan 4 years old. To get the exact same service branded 'Verizon', Id have to pay $25 more a month for two phones.
Its all a game. If you like your plan after your contract, they cant force you to change unless you go to LTE or something that isnt supported on your current plan.
it's a great phone! lots of potential, and, if you read everything you can in the fascinate forums here, you will learn a lot. the screen was what made me choose it over the droid x. i don't regret it at all.
Battery and Screen have to go to the fascinate but if your looking at ROMs I would stick with the DINC. There is no groundbreaking or impressive ROM development out here for the fascinate. So you wont see a fully functional Ultimate Droid, MIUI, or CM ROM. Who knows if there will ever be innovative and feature-packed ROMs for us here.
now everyone can start bashing me
Well from what I read now that froyo is available the fascinate is the most state of the art single core 3g android phone on Verizon.
Screen is impressive and looks better than the INC. Battery life really depends on what kernel and rom you choose, like other phones. The Fascinate, although it has a great dev community, because Samsung's being a douche about Froyo and its source for the Fascinate, many custom roms like CM, and MIUI, and roms with special addons are not quite there yet, but we do have stable Froyo roms and themes. No custom kernels for Froyo yet because of lack of source.
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I think the fascinate is awesome! Love the community, and froyo is cool
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Well from what I read now that froyo is available the fascinate is the most state of the art single core 3g android phone on Verizon.
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If it weren't for the Devs there wouldn't be any Froyo. The false promises of an update have been frustrating but I've been using the leaked version in the Super clean rom for awhile and I love it.
To sum it up for you quickly, you want custom stuff, stay with the incredible or move on to the Thunderbolt, but if you want the best hardware and media playback on the market, get the Fascinate.
I have been using certified used for about a month.
Looked good as new, they put in new battery, charger, rear cover, etc.
Works well...have bricked twice and had no issues that were related to hardware.
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so well worth the $35 dollars? lol
i do have the INC for development but my concern is that my inc only gets good battery life if i run cm6.1 with a very modified kernel.
what is the average battery life on a froyo rom? lets say... moderate use.
no one has anything else to say about their phone they use everyday?
I came from a D1 and would not go back. Miss some of the the things from CM but am happy with what I can do so far.
Mine will last a typical moderate (i even play some games) day off the charger with SC** rom's. Just updated today to latest so dont know on it yet.
Rom's will only get better.
Battery life is the only thing that I don't like about it. But with a screen like this its hard not to have bad battery life. RIP geekniks stupidfast kernels with 4 days of battery life.
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Battery life is the only thing that I don't like about it. But with a screen like this its hard not to have bad battery life. RIP geekniks stupidfast kernels with 4 days of battery life.
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As far as custom Roms go battery life is all over the board. When I was using SC 2.2 my battery life was good, but it dropped off on 2.4, 2.6, and 2.7. Now that I'm using 2.8 it's good again but different people have different results because their are so many ways to customize. The worst battery life I got was with the stock rom.
Seidio makes a 1600mAh slim battery which gets you an additional 100mAh without replacing your battery door; Not that signifigant but the 3000mAh extended battery is a huge jump.
I do agree that the picture quality is second to none. It has a beautiful screen.
Battery life depends on how you use and how you define "light", "moderate", and "heavy" usage. For me, moderate usage will get me around 15-20 hours of battery life. Phone will lose about 1-1.5% an hour when it is idle with screen off so standby time is very good.
Phone is fast and stable. Media playback is top-notch. The screen is beautiful and quite responsive to input. The phone feels decent in your hand though I do prefer it with a rubberized case. I have the Otterbox Impact and I find that it gives the phone a perfect feel for my hand.
I honestly have no complaints with the Fascinate aside from Sansung being slow to update it. That said, with Superclean 2.8 I'm pretty sure I'll never use the Froyo OTA update anyway. We also have a buddding dev scene. A CM7 port and framework are in the works, along with a custom 2.2 kernel, and a MIUI port.
I'm certainly biased, but I would recommend the Fascinate to just about everyone except for people who NEED a hardware based keyboard.
My battery life is very good with any use.
I know others have used varying beta roms and have battery issues.
I have had zero of these issues.
My battery always lasts a full day easily (last night after being unplugged for ~20hrs it still had over 40% life).
I use it daily with these basic cases:
get up around 6:30am....
unplug, read email/messages, check out online game (diplomacy), check some news,check calendar...
throughout day...
use various tools, browser, map, gps on, xda, diplomacy, etc, use pandora for couple hours as i hit the gym...
I then plug in at bedtime between 11pm and 1am.
Rarely it will be in a low red colored %. Great majority of time its between 20 and 40%.
Only time frame I needed to plug in during day was on days when I was making extensive phone calls (hours for various issues) or right after I got Angry Birds. Played continuously for a week.
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I have been dabating wether or not to flash a froyo rom and modem. I am currently using ee with phoenix kernel and loving the battery life i get out of it. I have searched the threads but not to much pertaining the the battery life of froyo as there is no kernels yet, most replies to battery life on froyo are a simple its good or i get good battery life. I Wa wondering what kind of battery life people are getting with froyo roms. battery life is the 1st on my list of importance so some with respectable performance would be nice to know so i could make my first froyo jump. Thanks in advance.
I've been on it for a few days now (DK17). I don't use any task manager, or juice defender or anything like that. I have a start-up manager (autoruns) and thats it. I unplugged my phone yesterday at 10:30am and 12 hours later I still had 40-45% remaining after some moderate use... angry birds, asphalt and web browsing mainly.
Hope that helps!
I just flashed 2.2 and used it all day at work for texting, calling, facebook and web browsing and after 9 hours at work i had just under 80% battery life left.
If you are after battery life, then stay on 2.1. I have 4 backup batteries and didn't mind going to 2.2, but I did have a considerable battery life decrease. I find myself changing batteries atleast once a day with these beta 2.2 releases. Recently I haven't noticed it as much, but I think that is due to my getting used to the routine of changing batts every 6-8 hours depending on use.
I really do enjoy the perks of 2.2 though. Flash player with Hulu is awesome, faster phone than 2.1, and the developers are doing a great job of getting some custom themes integrated right now, which makes it not only run great, but look awesome.
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I just flashed 2.2 and used it all day at work for texting, calling, facebook and web browsing and after 9 hours at work i had just under 80% battery life left.
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How many hours would you say you where using it, while at work?
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I've used it the second it came out, some noticeable snags you'll work around just fine. I've had it for atleast 3ish weeks no major setbacks I guess. Just used clock and flashed it. Happy with over all with flash and other new twists....phone can be hairy at times, but I've foun several androids do on 2.2. Speaker everytme you pick up a call with he feature "off". I have had the epic on the first day at day break.....
Just my $.13
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What roms are being used for the better battery life? And how much faster then 2.1 over clocked to 1.2ghz is it if any?
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I'd stay with 2.1 for now. My phone took a serious performance hit going to 2.2... something is wrong with that kernel. Not optimized yet maybe?
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I don't know about you guys, but I am using ACS's Froyo build and my Epic has never had better battery life. By a large margin.
It seems the latest froyo release has been outstanding in terms of battery life. If you're looking for battery efficiency, definitely go with a froyo rom. If you're looking for performance, go with eclair. All in all however, froyo roms are fairly snappy especially considering they are at stock speeds. Can't wait for battery life increases once froyo roms get UV'd.
EDIT: on second thought, I'd have to recommend froyo either way. The improved web browser performance + flash as well as froyo gapps alone make the jump worth it. There's really no 'lag' to speak of on froyo roms... merely, the phone just seems faster on eclair switching between apps and loading/closing them.
I'm using epic experience 2.0(froyo) and my epic has never performed better. Especially gps locks in like 2-3 seconds even without wireless location check marked. Very fast and smooth. Probably just as fast if not faster than 2.1 overclocked to 1.2. For me it seems anyway. Way worth it in my opinion.
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My GPS wasn't working at all on Quantum 1.3, has that been fixed on DK17?
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How many hours would you say you where using it, while at work?
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Probably around 3-4 hours and an hour of that being lunch with me using the phone pretty much the entire hour texting and browsing the web.
Ok, just flashed to 2.2 with the modem from odin and clock work. Gonna see how it turns out.
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battery life is the 1st on my list of importance so some with respectable performance would be nice to know so i could make my first froyo jump. Thanks in advance.
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Honest to God I'll never understand comments such as these. If battery life is the most important thing then why the hell did you buy the most power hungry phone? You bought it for performance didn't you???? Performance and battery life are polar opposites. Much like horsepower and fuel economy.
Let me save you some suspense... you'll never get more than a day out of this phone. At least not if you actually use the damn thing. If you travel, take a car charger. If you are in the office, have a charger with you. If your job requires you to be away from power then bring an external battery. The phone lasts a normal work day between charges so install 2.2 and enjoy your phone for what it is... a powerhouse!
Btw, the battery life seems pretty good in comparison to stock 2.1.
Or u can buy one of the double or more life batteries for $100 that comes with a modified battery cover to fit the extended battery, then couple it with a kickass kernel (phoenix) and have the best of both worlds
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I lost GPS going to Froyo which worked perfectly for me in 2.1. Other than that everything else is better..
I found wifi on froyo drains battery like crazy. Also when I set the browser bookmark to list view the next time I open bookmark brower will fc on me. Other then these and the camera bug, phone seemed to work well..
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My GPS wasn't working at all on Quantum 1.3, has that been fixed on DK17?
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GPS isn't working yet. People have some really ghetto work arounds that work for 1-2 days, but in the end GPS is still bugged as hell.
really think i am gonna hod out for a while....just sayin!
Hi guys, I have a Sprint NS 4g. (saw another similar thread, but they are discussing ROMs for the other versions...) I stopped using it because the battery life is miserable even though I have 0% Time Without Signal. (My rooted Evo literally lasts 3x as long at this NS.) Therefore I am looking into alternative ROMs.
Any idea which of the above ROMs has better battery life?
Thanks!
I've been using mikeyinid's rom in the ns4g dev section. It's titled "updated 6/27/11..." using matr1x kernel. Had very good battery ever since he went to the new kernel and I'm using it as-is. No performance tweaks.
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Thanks - would you provide a link? I don't see that one. Thanks
You really get better battery on your evo? My ns4g lasts so much longer than my evo on any rom. I prefer cm7 for the options, with heavy use I can still get 20 hours
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Yeah, my Evo goes for 1.5 days with a lot of use. The recent roms are great on battery life.
My Nexus goes maybe 5 hours with heavy use.
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You really get better battery on your evo? My ns4g lasts so much longer than my evo on any rom. I prefer cm7 for the options, with heavy use I can still get 20 hours
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Broken, any tricks to get batt life that long? I have had two NS phones, each with dismal battery life.
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Broken, any tricks to get batt life that long? I have had two NS phones, each with dismal battery life.
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If you are using your phone non-stop, meaning you have the screen on straight periods of time, 5 hours is not bad, really. You have to remember that the SAMOLED screen sucks battery down. On the weekends when my phone is on all the time, I generally have to swap batteries 2 or 3 times in a day. Thats very heavy use, of course. During the week with moderate use, texts, gtalk, emails, and xda app, I get 10- 12 hours on a charge. Screen on time is a killer with the NS
Why does this thread get more hits than mine?
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I am trying Soju right now - so far it looks and feels elegant.
My NS4G gets way better battery life than my Evo did probably almost twice as long. But aside from that I have had good lick with open soju and Cyanogen. Open Soju was nice because it has voodoo control for headset audio which really takes advantage of the wolfson headphone amp built into the ns. Voodoo makes the audio like night and day once you have tried it you cant go back. Than Cyanogen is great many options but to get voodoo I had to use nets kernel. Both having great battery life but Cyanogen has more options but its still in beta.
Edit: I did not really answer your question about the GB-Deck because I have not used it but have heard good things you have to flash gapps with it like Cyanogen.
There's really something to be said for turning down the screen brightness. Also make sure you have wifi sleep on never. Try james bond kernel and let it settle for a couple days. First day or two of a new rom/kernel will be a little low on battery
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My Evo has been unplugged for 16 hours of heavy use, and there is now 28 percent battery remaining. This is with a current 2.3.3 rom. Well done Google.
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Thanks - would you provide a link? I don't see that one. Thanks
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Here you go...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1070383
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Thank you sir.
So you may be getting tired of waiting for an official Gingerbread release on your Epic 4g, well I'm here to help you get more life out of your phone. If you weren't aware of some of the things I'm about to mention, these will help I'm sure.
First off I have to mention the CM port that Decad3nce and others are working on CM7 2.3.7 (cyanogen mod). I love this ROM, its not 100% yet but its getting there faster every day it seems.
Second up we have MIUI, based on AOSP GB this is another great ROM being lead by xboxfanj and Ksmullins along with several others, love this also, but I'm more a CM guy I guess. Either of these ROMs will give you a great taste of AOSP Gingerbread with minimum errors, both still in beta form, but I would say stable enough for most to be considered a "daily driver".
Also another great way to help put some life back into the Epic is by using/buying an OEM 1800mah battery from the Epic Touch 4g (epic comes with a 1500mah batt) , this is a 20% increase in battery life while still maintaining the original back and the slim form factor. This is not a must have, but it really helps. Be aware that the battery is not 100% the same, but it is 99.99% the same
And one last thing to keep in mind, we have a keyboard, this alone keeps the phone at the top in my opinion (and many others I'm sure), so for me I'm still very happy with this phone, and the prospects for the future look amazing also.
We still have some great devs working for use folks, with new devs/coders/chiefs jumping onboard everyday it seems; We are far from the end of this phones epic tale of glory.
I see nothing but great things to come from the devs here on XDA going forward. So don't let the wait for an official release get you down, there are plenty of things to help cheer you up, just the people alone here make me happy
Our phone is still alive! We wont go down without a fight. Lol
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Has anyone tried the 1800 mAh battery from the Verizon Epic aka Stratosphere?
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Has anyone tried the 1800 mAh battery from the Verizon Epic aka Stratosphere?
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Not yet, but I may, but really, all the tabs snap with the et4g battery, so I'm ok with that.
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Also another great way to help put some life back into the Epic is by using/buying an OEM 1800mah battery from the Epic Touch 4g (epic comes with a 1500mah batt) , this is a 20% increase in battery life while still maintaining the original back and the slim form factor. This is not a must have, but it really helps. Be aware that the battery is not 100% the same, but it is 99.99% the same
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Wow great tip on the battery, thanks! Hopefully the .01% that's different won't cause any harm to the Epic
I'm usingone right now. Other then a few additional hours it works just like stock. Worth the $20 in my opinion.
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We have another couple of options.
Flashing the EH17 stock rom, then adding the mkasick compiled kernel gives you a stock GB experience without the reboots or the keyboard skipping. At least it's been perfect for me. Using EH17 before that kernel I would get reboots almost immediately.
Looks like toadlife took this concept and ran with it on his rom, which is basiclly EH17 with mkasicks kernel, Necrosan's Hotspot Hack and hienkhieu's GPS Fix.
Why wait for GB, this one feels like a stock GB but better.
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We have another couple of options.
Flashing the EH17 stock rom, then adding the mkasick compiled kernel gives you a stock GB experience without the reboots or the keyboard skipping. At least it's been perfect for me. Using EH17 before that kernel I would get reboots almost immediately.
Looks like toadlife took this concept and ran with it on his rom, which is basiclly EH17 with mkasicks kernel, Necrosan's Hotspot Hack and hienkhieu's GPS Fix.
Why wait for GB, this one feels like a stock GB but better.
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True, I can't imagine why I didn't add those options to the OP, I guess because I started to stay away from the leaks.
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We have another couple of options.
Flashing the EH17 stock rom, then adding the mkasick compiled kernel gives you a stock GB experience without the reboots or the keyboard skipping. At least it's been perfect for me. Using EH17 before that kernel I would get reboots almost immediately.
Looks like toadlife took this concept and ran with it on his rom, which is basiclly EH17 with mkasicks kernel, Necrosan's Hotspot Hack and hienkhieu's GPS Fix.
Why wait for GB, this one feels like a stock GB but better.
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Which file from mkasick post did you use?
I am still very happy with my Epic with MIUI. I can't wait for it to be fully functioning. It'll be awesome.
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I'm usingone right now. Other then a few additional hours it works just like stock. Worth the $20 in my opinion.
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Who has it for $20?
Ebay, 23$, don't pay more, it had free shipping also, the real deal OEM Epic Touch 4g 1800mah
Oh. I don't trust eBay for OEM batteries or memory cards.
Edit: Just called my local Sprint store and they said they'll just comp one when they're in stock.
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Oh. I don't trust eBay for OEM batteries or memory cards.
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I just ordered one (samsung oem EB625152VABSTD) from a well known/well reviewed site, it was 23.74 shipped 2-3 day usps priority (its right around 20-21 with the standard 4-6 day shipping). Will post my results when I get it. PM me for a link.
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I just ordered one (samsung oem EB625152VABSTD) from a well known/well reviewed site, it was 23.74 shipped 2-3 day usps priority (its right around 20-21 with the standard 4-6 day shipping). Will post my results when I get it. PM me for a link.
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Message sent! (I think)
Just in case the store foists a 1500 on me.
What's keeping me from flashing a gb rom is that I can't underclock with the screen off to save battery like with ec05 roms. Or did I miss something?
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What's keeping me from flashing a gb rom is that I can't underclock with the screen off to save battery like with ec05 roms. Or did I miss something?
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Look in mkasicks thread, and see if his kernel supports it. Then look at the nubernel kernel. Maybe those work.
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I just ordered one (samsung oem EB625152VABSTD) from a well known/well reviewed site, it was 23.74 shipped 2-3 day usps priority (its right around 20-21 with the standard 4-6 day shipping). Will post my results when I get it. PM me for a link.
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Can you share the link to me too, please I would love some extra juice on my epic.
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Can you share the link to me too, please I would love some extra juice on my epic.
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PM Sent for ya.
Got the battery on Friday, been using it all weekend, very satisfied. Its ever so slightly heavier than the stock 1500 ma battery, but is exactly the same size, I wouldnt have known it was any different, fits the same, back plate fits back on the same, and its enough extra juice to really make a difference. Typically by the end of the day im out of battery, and with this I got a little extra to spare, even if I have used battery heavy stuff like wifi and gps. Its not a miracle, and it doesnt last as long as the 3000 innocell i have (lol of course), but the fact that its stock size is excellent. I give it 5/5, very satsified. Recommend this for ANYONE with this an Epic. No drawbacks, all benefits.
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PM Sent for ya.
Got the battery on Friday, been using it all weekend, very satisfied. Its ever so slightly heavier than the stock 1500 ma battery, but is exactly the same size, I wouldnt have known it was any different, fits the same, back plate fits back on the same, and its enough extra juice to really make a difference. Typically by the end of the day im out of battery, and with this I got a little extra to spare, even if I have used battery heavy stuff like wifi and gps. Its not a miracle, and it doesnt last as long as the 3000 innocell i have (lol of course), but the fact that its stock size is excellent. I give it 5/5, very satsified. Recommend this for ANYONE with this an Epic. No drawbacks, all benefits.
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Thanks for the feedback, keep an eye out for et4g extended slim batteries
It all started back in May. I purchased my first "smart" phone, and caught a qbking77 video on how to root. Now I'm addicted to crack, and love our awesome devs. They have done so much for me, if they had car trouble, id be the first to lend my hand. On to my question now. I realize our hardware doesn't respond the same to various roms, but why is it, even after multiple epic 4g's, does MIUI always have the best battery life? I know its not fully complete, but it just rapes the competition. Any knowledge here?
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probably because as you said, its not completely running everything the hardware can so it uses less battery
From my understanding though, mms and 4g still aren't working, which I never use anyway, and these are huge bettery drainers for a lot of ROMs, so what gives? 4g is sprints joke laughing down on us. MIUI is an asian based software right? Is it the 2.3.7 tweaks that make it better?
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I also expected better battery life with GB, but it did not happen. Downloaded betterbatterystats and identified a partial wakelock, froze that app... testing it out again.
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I also expected better battery life with GB, but it did not happen. Downloaded betterbatterystats and identified a partial wakelock, froze that app... testing it out again.
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i guess each device is different. before i went to gb, i used to take my phone to the gym with me as for music. i usually streamed pandora, sirius, or googlemusic, sometimes listening from my phones hd. I would go to the gym about 1.5-2 hrs and leave with about using 25-35% of battery avg. With GB, i used about~20%... but this is only 2 days so far..
Well, I've been flashing and testing a hell of a lot of Rom and kernels lately, and the best battery life seems to be with SenseiSimple's SleeperROM. I use the latest version of earthbound [iap]'s Samurai kernel. That kernel allows for a hell of a lot of flexibility in terms of frequency and voltage, so you can fiddle around a bit to find a combo that works for you best. The SleeperROM already uses the Samurai kernel by default, but it is presently still compatible with the latest BETA version.
SleeperRom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1345896
Samurai Kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342047
im buying a fascinate and coming from a locked down droid x2 i was wondering how good the battery life is on the stock oem battery with a kernel replacement and OC with screen on & UV (possible) with screen off
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12-24hrs depending on rom/setup/usage
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12-24hrs depending on rom/setup/usage
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i think i may stick with touchwiz for a little bit and try it out, then move to trying all the ROMS. im definitely going to debloat it so ill need root first, but ive never had a samsung phone so im excited about the tw (unless its like blur then im dumping the crap like no other)
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i think i may stick with touchwiz for a little bit and try it out, then move to trying all the ROMS. im definitely going to debloat it so ill need root first, but ive never had a samsung phone so im excited about the tw (unless its like blur then im dumping the crap like no other)
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superclean3 w/ kgb kernel is a good setup. Start with deadline/ondemand, oc 1200mhz and uv -50 across the board. Although In my honest opinion AOKP glitched m-5 is the end all of roms for this device. I consistently net 30+hrs battery life with 4hrs screen on time...not to mention its fast, stable, and oh yea it's Ice Cream Sandwich baby!lol
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superclean3 w/ kgb kernel is a good setup. Start with deadline/ondemand, oc 1200mhz and uv -50 across the board. Although In my honest opinion AOKP glitched m-5 is the end all of roms for this device. I consistently net 30+hrs battery life with 4hrs screen on time...not to mention its fast, stable, and oh yea it's Ice Cream Sandwich baby!lol
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haha nice hows ICS run on the fassy, bro? yeah im definitely going to try all the ROMS which should keep me busy for a while
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no need to try the other roms, try aokp first. ics runs better on the fascinate than it does on the galaxy nexus.
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I'm on the stock battery, and I'll usually get just under two days with light usage. To be clear, I used to get 10 to 12 hours on stock. Things improved dramatically on debloated stock, SC3, and TSM Res, but AOKP is tops.
For comparison, my average phone use on a working day is~
-Gtalk back and forth a dozen times or so
-A few SMSs, back and forth
-Five or ten minutes of calling at most (avoiding those brain tumors, ya know)
-Ignoring two or three calls and then listening to the messages on GV
-Ten or fifteen minutes of some mindless game
-Use Epocrates app three or four times, leaving it running in the background for 6 to 8 hours
-Gmail set to push, usually receive and respond to one or two per day
-Hotmail checks every 30 minutes, pulls in a ton of junk, I read and delete once or twice a day
-One Android Weather widget that updates every 30 minutes
-Check Gtasks to-do list once or twice a day, modify it and sync it
-Maybe a few minutes of web surfing
I'm not sure if it truly makes a difference, but I have a ritual whereby I always flash new ROMs on a full charge. I then run the battery down to nothing. I fully charge it with the phone off. Once it's full, I unplug the charger and then plug it in again to "top it off." I'm sure this is bad for the battery in the long run, but it seems to make the phone get the most out of it for now. When the battery dies, I'll cough up the $20 to get the one Droidstyle is using. It may even be $10 by the time I need it.
to OP, I sent you a PM, and replying here.
I am selling my fascinate listed in my other thread. PM me for details if you are still interested.
sageDieu said:
no need to try the other roms, try aokp first. ics runs better on the fascinate than it does on the galaxy nexus.
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Make sure you use the glitched exynos build for extra RAM and lots of other fixes and features.
And ICS runs like a dream on the fascinate. The only thing that isn't perfect is the speaker phone and with a little tweaking it works well enough for almost all uses.
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