I'm running Com Rom 1.3, and was looking for some kernel recommendations. I'm running the kernel that came with Com Rom which I guess is OTB, I never flashed OTB 1.4 so I don't know if I am running it. I was thinking about PeanutButta Jelly Time but was wanting some reviews on it first.
I am running PB&J 50 but found the smoothest is 100 and i will most likely flashing back to that later today.
But i could never get ComRom to run with OTB 1.4 so i cant really compare.
Good Luck!
what are you looking for? with otb you can customize your clock speeds/voltage settings to maximize speed or battery life. with pbj your locked into set values.
I know it doesn't get talked about much, but I've always gotten my best results with times_infinity's ComaVolt kernel.
Im looking for the best stability, speed, and battery life
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OTB 1.5 running great for me.
Personally, the kernel in ComRom works great for me,so that is what I use. As far as other kernels, I have used some versions of otb which was good... but you have to find the right configuration for yourself.
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jptech7 said:
Personally, the kernel in ComRom works great for me,so that is what I use. As far as other kernels, I have used some versions of otb which was good... but you have to find the right configuration for yourself.
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Amen. You could get 1,000 replies on this and you will eventually get recommendations for every available kernel. Everyone's set up is a little different, and there are even differences in each phone as they leave Samsung. The only way you will know for sure what works best on your phone is trial and error on your phone. A lot of people are having great success with OTB 1.5. For some reason on my phone with my set up on Comm ROM 1.3 and any of the OTB kernels, I get sleep of death. I'm using ComaVolt and having no problems. That's just unlucky for me that I can't get the OTB kernels to work.
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Amen. You could get 1,000 replies on this and you will eventually get recommendations for every available kernel. Everyone's set up is a little different, and there are even differences in each phone as they leave Samsung. The only way you will know for sure what works best on your phone is trial and error on your phone. A lot of people are having great success with OTB 1.5. For some reason on my phone with my set up on Comm ROM 1.3 and any of the OTB kernels, I get sleep of death. I'm using ComaVolt and having no problems. That's just unlucky for me that I can't get the OTB kernels to work.
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Same for me. Every OTB I tried give me SOD after about a day a half and I tried all sorts of different voltage combos. Comavolt game me SOD after about a day. I'm trying PB&J now to see how that works. I'm starting to think my phone does not like any UV kernels at all. Hopefully I can find a setup that works.
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Same for me. Every OTB I tried give me SOD after about a day a half and I tried all sorts of different voltage combos. Comavolt game me SOD after about a day. I'm trying PB&J now to see how that works. I'm starting to think my phone does not like any UV kernels at all. Hopefully I can find a setup that works.
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I have found the OTB kernels the most stable because you can choose to uv them or oc them, but you don't have to.
My own personal experience is that my phone can be uv'd to a point and then it gets flaky. I can nowhere near uv the way some others can... But I can experiment.
My current setup that seems to work best is OTB 1.3 with uv'd at least -50 everywhere and oc'd using 1200 as the limit at stock 1000 voltages. Gets me quick and responsive phone and seems to give great battery life (because most of the time the phone is spent at the lower steps where it's moderately uv'd).
I've tried imnut kernels and keep coming back to the OTB 1.3 (because 1.4 and 1.5 seem to break other things for me). For me, EVERYTHING seems to work on OTB 1.3.... BT, WIFI, everything...
But like others have said, YMMV. Good luck!
Well the -50 mv PB&J kernel is a no go as well it looks like. I got the SOD already. I would really like to UV, but my phone doesn't like it.
Wow. Just switched to peanutbutta jelly whatever -100v. Battery its invincible, and performance shows no lag. Literally my battery has only gone down about 3% in the past few hours with wifi on and light usage.
Try the comavolt kernel. I just flashed it yesterday after replying to this thread and have been running it nonstop since then without issue.
Battery life on comavolt is ASTOUNDING. I mean like shockingly good- on my phone at least.
I tried comavolt and got SOD on that too within a couple of hours.
I went with PnutButta Jelly Time 100, I like it, great battery and stable.
the otb kernels seem to work the best for me.
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I have to admit, I have selfish reasons for posting this poll. I never know what is the most stable/feature rich ROM available without reading through countless posts on several forums so I thought it would be good to have a central place for people to get an idea on what everyone else is currently using.
Right now I'm using Epic Experience with Phoenix kernel and my screen goes black with no way to bring it back without a battery pull. So I need to know what ROM to try next. My goals are simple:
Fast, stable, and most importantly... good battery life.
I just finally convinced my wife to let me root her epic in order to fix battery life and its not working very well.
I am using Baked Snack v1.3 and was on the Boss Rom before with Mixup Kernel. On BakedSnackShack.com you can download it for free. Herver was kicked off for asking for donations ($5min) before the public release, but let me tell you I have not run into 1 problem in ANY program in the last month...I don't plan on ever going to another developer because of his great success and features. He should be allowed back on but every time he does more drama happens. A rom is different for everyone and thats why there are so many developers to suite your needs. Good luck and if nothing else just try it out....I assure you will be impressed!
you need to realize what works for one person will not work for another. different combanations work and suite others needs then their own. i suggest trying everything out and find what works the best for you
I have to say, I agree with mysteryemotionz. What one person may prefer may be what another dislikes. What one person may notice as being a problem, another may overlook. For instance, on the EVO forums a lot of people like cyanogenmod. I personally do not due to the lack of certain functions like 4G and other things (havent look at their forum in awhile so IDk if its still not working now).
Im currently using Epic Experience and mixup kernel. I loved AOSP Magic, but Epic Experience seems to have better support. I prefer the look of AOSP magic tho. I havent tried any other kernel since Im currently satisfied with how I have mixup running.
Yup...baked snack is the best so far I'd say. I've tried em all. Still haven't gotten the battery life that I've read about in some posts. But the battery life is by far better than stock. I'm using epic experience 1.2.0.4 with the latest mixup kernel also tried the latest phoenix kernel with no significant difference. So I just keep trying new things till something better comes along.
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Seems clear I've missed a few ROM's like "baked snack". I just used the wiki post for my poll info.
jeremyglass said:
I am using Baked Snack v1.3 and was on the Boss Rom before with Mixup Kernel. On BakedSnackShack.com you can download it for free. Herver was kicked off for asking for donations ($5min) before the public release, but let me tell you I have not run into 1 problem in ANY program in the last month...I don't plan on ever going to another developer because of his great success and features. He should be allowed back on but every time he does more drama happens. A rom is different for everyone and thats why there are so many developers to suite your needs. Good luck and if nothing else just try it out....I assure you will be impressed!
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At first you say that you're using Baked Snack v1.3 but then later on you mention Herver and in the same sentence say "...I have not run in to 1 problem in ANY program in the last month".
So which is it? What ROM are you using that isn't giving you any grief right now?
Baked Snack v1.3 or Herver?
Also, while I'm on the subject, how do I add more options to the poll?
I think Herver is the developer of bakedsnack
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This post is genius.
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I think Herver is the developer of bakedsnack
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Yep hero is the developer of baked snack...I am using the wisdom rom...evo themed with baked snack kernel oc to 1.3 ghz and it runs very smooth..no problems whatsoever
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Yep hero is the developer of baked snack...I am using the wisdom rom...evo themed with baked snack kernel oc to 1.3 ghz and it runs very smooth..no problems whatsoever
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Win.
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I don't think there's a "best" ROM / kernel combo for everyone.
It seems that each individual's phones and experiences can and are different.
For example, I was running stock rooted ROM with every version of MixUp since it's inception. On the most recent MixUp I started having battery life issues with no other changes so I decided to try a few things. First thing I did was change to the Epic Experience ROM which did improve my battery life a bit with the latest MixUp back to where it had been with the stock ROM and the previous MixUp. After reading a lot that the Phoenix kernel worked really good with Epic Experience I changed to the most recent version of it. Battery life went off the charts in the good direction with no other change. Phoenix is suppose to run at interactive governor by default but I was getting some weird behavior from it, so I swapped it to conservative and it's working perfect for me. When using any of the kernels I always kept my minimum set to 200Mhz to avoid any sleep/lockup/wakeup issues.
I don't think Phoenix is a better kernel than MixUp, nor do I think MixUp is, just for right now, Phoenix is working better for MY phone. I'll probably continue to bounce back and forth between these two as newer versions of each are released.
The below screen shot was after some light usage, a few phone calls, little bit of texting, maybe about 1/3 to 1/2 of the time on Wi-fi, maybe 30min to 1hr of games, maybe an hour of web surfing.
Baked Snack 1.3 with Phoenix 1.49.
I got about 13.5 hours of battery yesterday.
I used the baked snack kernel for a few days with noobl's andromeda (de odex) rom.. With many apps I didn't need, removed. I had many lockups (especially while charging) where a battery pull was the only way to get out. The only consistent crash I could find was if I was plugged into ac, with screen off, and received a notification, e.g. gmail message.. Which meant for me, no wake up alarm in the morning. I liked the speed, but the instability, on my setup at least, had me switch back to mixed up kernel. I still don't have the best battery life, but I'm getting to the bottom of that in the mixed up thread. Fwiw.
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by far my favorite and my current set up: apophis 1.1 (rom) and baked snack 1.3 (kernel), overclocked to 1.3 ghz.
i get linpak scores of 10.5 + consistantly and quadrant scores of 1010 + consistantly. this is the fastest combination ive ever used. when i first unplug it, the battery usually drops down to 95% in a couple minutes but steadies out after that. by the end of the day, once i get home from school, i usally have at least 20% left. and that's with 4g always on and moderate to heavy usage. once plugged in, it charges at a steady and fast rate.
i have my phone stripped down to bare minimum and only a few apps that i need. ive had zero black screens and few to none force closes upon rebooting but none to freak out about or anything that proves a problem.
props to the developers. thank you for providing the community with your hard work.
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wtf OP? did you have to make a poll?
I had the same problems as the poster, but i think it was setcpu, i kept messing with the settings. I ended up leaving it on conservative, and it has not turned off on me since.
Im running phonix kernal / epic experience
I get like 20 maybe more hours of usage, fast charges, and only drains very little battery overnight..
i like this setup
I personally use Epic Experience 1.2.0.4 and Phoenix 1.49. I switched the governor to conservative because I had issues with the default interactive and have had zero issues since I switched. I got amazing battery life just 1ghz but I underclocked to 800mhz to improve my battery life even more without compromising on performance. If I'm doing something processor intensive I do bring it back up to 1ghz or even to 1.2ghz haha. But this combo works for me and I got approximately 35hrs with what I would call light usage. With moderate to heavy usage I average about 18hrs.
It definitely seems that Epic Experience / Phoenix is the most popular combo, at least with those voting.
Glad to see others have reported similar experiences to mine with this combo as well.
Could just be mental, but I also seemed to notice that the phone charges a lot quicker than before with this Rom/Kernel as well as not getting as hot while charging. Not sure how/if it could effect this, but it sure "seems" that way.
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I personally use Epic Experience 1.2.0.4 and Phoenix 1.49. I switched the governor to conservative because I had issues with the default interactive and have had zero issues since I switched. I got amazing battery life just 1ghz but I underclocked to 800mhz to improve my battery life even more without compromising on performance. If I'm doing something processor intensive I do bring it back up to 1ghz or even to 1.2ghz haha. But this combo works for me and I got approximately 35hrs with what I would call light usage. With moderate to heavy usage I average about 18hrs.
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Maybe that was my problem. I'm now running Baked Snack 1.3 and the kernel says Here_Over. The volume won't work and there are other issues. My wife is gunna kill me if I don't get her a working phone soon. She's going to ask me to take her back to stock. (Ugh)
When following the instructions for flashing Epic Experience I never saw anything about setcpu or a governor. I just left everything at defaults.
I've been trying different ROMs and kernels on my Fascinate. I haven't run into any problems that I counldn't fix, though losing my Verizon voicemail took me some time to figure out, but I did. I've tried different ROM/kernel combinations trying to get the best performance with the longest battery life. So far I would have to say the best battery life came with Super Clean v.9 with the StupidFast v1.54 kernel. It also performed well. But I like the looks of the Super Dark ROM but I can't couple it with a kernel that gives me really good battery life. I've tried several of JT's non-voodoo kernels and StupidFast SV and UV overclocked kernels, the overclcoked SF is giving me alot of FC issues. Unless someone can give me recommendations I guess I'll go back with Super Clean and Stupid Fast SV.
Personally, I found DJ05 and SirGatez BlazedEclair kernels to have incredible - of course, after the the battery is calibrated that is. Almost no loss of battery during the night or during standy, and the amount of battery used in applications has been the least with the BlazedEclair kernels. BTW, I do use the Voodoo5 versions of the kernels, haven't tried nonvoodoo.
Well I finally did it last night. I had tried many ROM/kernel combinations to get the best performance with the longest battery life. I love the looks of the Super Dark DJ05 ROM but I couldn't get a kernel to go with it to give me great battery life. I'd take it off charge about 6:30 am and it would get down to 30% usually by 12:00. I have been rooted for about a month and have been reading about voodoo alot. I finally downloaded a StupidFast voodoo kernel. It went perfectly and the battery life seems to be better. My question is should I run SetCPU and if so what settings should I try? Any other kernels I should try also? Can I just flash a new voodoo kernel over the current one? I've read that you can and I've read you've got to disable the lagfix before reflashing a kernel.
I have found a combination for my phone, may not work on all phones. I am rooted, running voodoo, running jt's 1134 voodoo kernel on the Super Dark ROM. I was looking for performance with long bettery life. I flashed the kernel about 5 hours ago and I had 62% battery. Now I'm only down to 48% after internet, recording video at a birthday party, and a few calls. That's much better than any other setup, voodoo or not. I'm also running SetCPU set at 1000/200 with screen off profile set at 400/200 to hopefully save bettery life when it's asleep. FWIW it's scoring 1688 quadrant. What does everyone think? Thanks for the insight.
TBH with you I have been wanting to try out voodoo myself but I am still not entirely sure what it is. I know it is a different type of kernel, but thats about it.
Hello, i just bought an atrix on ebay with alien4 and was wondering if i should stay with this rom or not? I have no mod experience on this phone. I would like to get better battery life and get rid of blur if possible. It might just have a weak battery, but it goes down fast when im not even using it. I believe it is unlocked bootloader. I dont want to go crazy, just like a nice setup thats fast and good on battery life. Thanks!!
Try the current rom out for a while, and then give CM7 a shot...
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There are a few different choices. Definitely get comfortable first with flashing ROMs. Use the guides here in the forum to teach yourself how to do it. After reading the guides, read them again. You do not want to end up bricking your phone.
A few I myself have tried are CM7, HomeBase and Aura. I use HomeBase as my daily driver. My battery life has been pretty good. I usually get around 36 hours with pretty heavy usage of streaming music and videos.
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There are a few different choices. Definitely get comfortable first with flashing ROMs. Use the guides here in the forum to teach yourself how to do it. After reading the guides, read them again. You do not want to end up bricking your phone.
A few I myself have tried are CM7, HomeBase and Aura. I use HomeBase as my daily driver. My battery life has been pretty good. I usually get around 36 hours with pretty heavy usage of streaming music and videos.
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36 hours?? wow, mine was full 2 hours ago and its already down to 68% and i havent really done anything on it except going thru menus and settings and things??
You probably need to re calibrate your battery,
xploited's guide really helped my battery life out, try it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1198333
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Hello, i just bought an atrix on ebay with alien4 and was wondering if i should stay with this rom or not? I have no mod experience on this phone. I would like to get better battery life and get rid of blur if possible. It might just have a weak battery, but it goes down fast when im not even using it. I believe it is unlocked bootloader. I dont want to go crazy, just like a nice setup thats fast and good on battery life. Thanks!!
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im still useing alien v4 for me it just works best with my custom webtop
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I would give HomeBase a spin, but just remember that the de-blurred Moto ROM's do have certain things missing just have to read about whats there and see if you can live without it. I personally use HomeBase 2 which is slightly de-blurred and it looks and feels like a vanilla ROM. Some blur is good. Definitely read through a few posts and guides in the Development section to get a handle of whats going on and then start trying things out. I don't know what recovery you have but I would suggest first going to this link and learn a little:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Motorola_Atrix_4G
Then going to this link to get the latest recovery (it will save you some headaches):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204500
As for the battery thing, try calibrating. If that doesn't work, it could need a battery with it being a used phone.
I tried Homebase and Aura a couple days ago, and I went back to Alien#4. Couldn't put my finger on why I didn't like them. But you should try all the ROMs you think you might like and see what works best for you.
I get really good battery with light-medium use, and my phone is very smooth. So if it helps, here's my setup:
Alien#4
Faux's OC Kernel 2.0 (to 1.3GHz)
Undervolted (75, 75, 75, 75, 100, 100, 100)
SetCPU "Screen Off" Profile to clock down to 456000Max
The biggest battery killer by far with that setup is the screen. There's a mod in the development forums that can lower the brightness much more than the stock minimum, but I haven't bothered with it. I only use my phone in quick bursts most of the time; check an email, send a text, etc. so it's not that big a problem for me. I can go couple days without needing a charge.
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I tried Homebase and Aura a couple days ago, and I went back to Alien#4. Couldn't put my finger on why I didn't like them. But you should try all the ROMs you think you might like and see what works best for you.
I get really good battery with light-medium use, and my phone is very smooth. So if it helps, here's my setup:
Alien#4
Faux's OC Kernel 2.0 (to 1.3GHz)
Undervolted (75, 75, 75, 75, 100, 100, 100)
SetCPU "Screen Off" Profile to clock down to 456000Max
The biggest battery killer by far with that setup is the screen. There's a mod in the development forums that can lower the brightness much more than the stock minimum, but I haven't bothered with it. I only use my phone in quick bursts most of the time; check an email, send a text, etc. so it's not that big a problem for me. I can go couple days without needing a charge.
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im runnin alien v4 here is my batt info cence last charge currently 13%left im useing cpu master NOT set cpu
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456mah max216-min fauxs v2.0 set to boot at 1200 mahmax
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I am having the worst battery life with my evo 4g running gingerbread evo deck 1.3 final with the Tiamat Evo v4.0.8. Makes no sense. I have nothing syncing but it looks like my "Android system" is working overtime. Lol. Any Suggestions or anything. I flashed the kernal when I flashed the latest evo deck rom two days ago. I know I'm suppose to give it time to settle, but how much time.
Try SavagedZen 2.2.1 CFS HAVS kernel with consecutive governor 960-245
I notice no lag and battery life is perfect
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I am having the worst battery life with my evo 4g running gingerbread evo deck 1.3 final with the Tiamat Evo v4.0.8. Makes no sense. I have nothing syncing but it looks like my "Android system" is working overtime. Lol. Any Suggestions or anything. I flashed the kernal when I flashed the latest evo deck rom two days ago. I know I'm suppose to give it time to settle, but how much time.
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Try rebooting the phone and calibrating the battery. Do you have a wake lock going on?
My knocked up EVO
I have the same setup...deck 1.3 and tiamat 4.0.8...and have no android system on that screen. you have something else goin on there
Thanks for your help! I let my phone settle all night and now the android system issue is nonexistent, but now cell standby has taken over. Should update my radios and what not? Can i do that being on custom rom?
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60680
I just like decent battery life? Not crazy battery life. Just 12 hrs haha
I want to try the savagezen kernal, but I used to flash kernals too often so I want to give this time to settle and do its thing. Running out of patience though! With the tiamat kernal, what should be my scaling? Currently running smartassV2.
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I want to try the savagezen kernal, but I used to flash kernals too often so I want to give this time to settle and do its thing. Running out of patience though! With the tiamat kernal, what should be my scaling? Currently running smartassV2.
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android system shows up after a call guys...Make a call and see what happens but that does not have to be the battery killer. It can show up on mine like crazy and I still get good battery life. Change kernels, drop processor speed delete apk's from system/app that you dont need and may be running. I mean there are a lot of things you can do expect panic.... Its ok give everything a shot you will work it out...
Oh yea change it from smartass to something else, you got choices what may be good for one person may not be right for you....
I just don't know what each scaling does or how it effects my evo. I just went with interactive for the time being.
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