hi to everyone. i just bought one x5 and until now is a nice phone, but the reason to buy this is to change everything that i can, more speed and more battery. so after all this i would like to know what is the best rom for this two things, i use a lot my email, s always sinc, so it must be with a good kernel code.
what is the best room for this and how can i install it?
thanks to everyone
I'm very sure you can find very useful threads in the forums if you just take the time to read. Just browsing about half an hour or Googling will get what you need. Cheers!!!
The best Rom in terms of battery consumption is Miui at the moment:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1152240
Another very good Rom, in terms of e-mail, battery etc is Oxygen:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1149150
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Hi guys, this is my first visit to this forum so go easy
I just put in an order in for a Wildfire, and of course have since been looking up all the apps and mods etc that people tend to install. My main question is about the battery life, roms and overclocking.
Is the battery life really that bad, is it worth modding anything to improve it?
What are the benefits of changing to a different rom, and are Wildfires brickable? (excuse me if I'm using the term 'ROM' incorrectly). For example, to mess around with the UI do I need to root it and all that jazz?
Is overclocking advised/necessary? I read that it is stable as long as you don't over do it, but is this mostly for people who just do it because they simply can?
I apologise in advance for all the questions - I've spent a decent amount of time googling around, but as usual definitive answers are hard to come by. Any help is greatly appreciated!
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Hi guys, this is my first visit to this forum so go easy
I just put in an order in for a Wildfire, and of course have since been looking up all the apps and mods etc that people tend to install. My main question is about the battery life, roms and overclocking.
Is the battery life really that bad, is it worth modding anything to improve it?
What are the benefits of changing to a different rom, and are Wildfires brickable? (excuse me if I'm using the term 'ROM' incorrectly). For example, to mess around with the UI do I need to root it and all that jazz?
Is overclocking advised/necessary? I read that it is stable as long as you don't over do it, but is this mostly for people who just do it because they simply can?
I apologise in advance for all the questions - I've spent a decent amount of time googling around, but as usual definitive answers are hard to come by. Any help is greatly appreciated!
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I own both a wildfire and a desire, i use the wildfire as my main phone ( the desire for showing off). The wildfire has a good battery discharge rate...meaning it will get u through a good day and half of heavy use unlike the desire (half a day). I change my roms very reguarly, say once every week to take advantage of improved and updated software by the devs on xda. Trying different roms will also expose you to different type of kernels, some are faster and more stable than others. No your wildfire wont brick if you follow the guides written by the xda devs correctly. Overclocking tends to make the overall rom appear more responsive but you can go without it. I always overclock after flushing new rom. Hope that helped a little bit.
Spoonzie said:
Hi guys, this is my first visit to this forum so go easy
I just put in an order in for a Wildfire, and of course have since been looking up all the apps and mods etc that people tend to install. My main question is about the battery life, roms and overclocking.
Is the battery life really that bad, is it worth modding anything to improve it?
What are the benefits of changing to a different rom, and are Wildfires brickable? (excuse me if I'm using the term 'ROM' incorrectly). For example, to mess around with the UI do I need to root it and all that jazz?
Is overclocking advised/necessary? I read that it is stable as long as you don't over do it, but is this mostly for people who just do it because they simply can?
I apologise in advance for all the questions - I've spent a decent amount of time googling around, but as usual definitive answers are hard to come by. Any help is greatly appreciated!
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The battery life of the wildfire pwns most of the devices running android today , i get about 2 days to 3, or perhaps more if i BARELY use it. mostly it lasts for longer than a day, as i like to use the wifi/3g etc.
yeah to change to a custom rom you need to root. benefits = faster, more features, extra cool stuff, themes etc.
Nah overclocking isn't necessary, i just do it cause i want to, and it makes the phone faster , but don't overclock to max speed otherwise your phone might freeze.
Dear XDA members,
I spend last few mounts searching for best SGS configuration in order to have very long battery life for ordinary phone use..
I know, that everyone here have different methods for using and measuring battery performance and is true that if i'm using the phone for games or if i use the phone for GPS navigation or only for making phone calls the results are very different and will not help anyone understand which SGS configuration is good for us.
This tread is special for people who are using SGS for ''normal use'', making phone calls and using wifi for navigation and checking the messages.
Well i write a lot of things , but still nothing to understand what i want no???
What i want is, that all members who are using the SGS in way i described before ''normal use'' -post info about the battery life, so we can see what configuration is the best.
I was thinking that we need to write down the type of kernel we are using and what change we done to system(lagfix etc..) and what we are using all day long.
Maybe i can write down an example :
i had superslim version of doc. first froyo rom named: JPM_SuperSlimDocMod from 14/10/2010.
ROM :JPM_SuperSlimDocMod - 14/10/2010 - froyo 2.1
WiFi: always ON -
GPS :always ON
Lagfix: OCLF - ext2 -all (file-system, Data)
Battery life in order of one mount test was 3 days !!!! - it based on my use, and using my apps ..The phone response was very very fast!!!
When using XXJPY_Wipe-v8.1.1-18-01- EXT4 file-system only- with same usage, the batter last for 2 days
and now when i'm on XWJS5_Wipe-v9_6_6 EXT4 file-system only- with same usage, the batter last for 1 day, but i'm using this rom version for only 18days - but i don't think that the battery life will incrise...
If somebody thinks that is good idea to have a tread with this kind of info and if somebody have some ideas, please help me...
In this forum we all are talking only about sped but reading all around in this forum, i notice that a lot of people just want i good battery live and that everything is working fine, the benchmarks are o.k. but not all people need that one apps opens in one millisecond or in one second...
I need good balance and if i'm looking back from first froyo rom, my SGS battery life drops down in days !!! every new version...BTW we all are using the same apps and same wifi and same phone, only OS version is different more new, so it had to have more performance in battery and speed, but is not like.
Hope someone understand me...
regards
Hi Kikan
I want to give you some feedback on your thread.
First, there's at least one similar thread in the general section. I think this thread would also fit better into general, you could cooperate with tndb to get the results you search.
Second, I'd advice you to use the defaults for size and color of the text. blue and huge is a bit disturbing and I think lot's of people immediately go back to the overview when they see it. I had to "force" myself to read it
considering my setup: it's posted in the linked thread
O.K. Thank you...
I will remove this tread...
Kikan
Hi people. May I know what do you think is the best rom /kernel that gives you the strongest battery life? Best rom/kernel that makes your phone very fast?
Best SGS ROM/kernel?
heyyimnew said:
Hi people. May I know what do you think is the best rom /kernel that gives you the strongest battery life? Best rom/kernel that makes your phone very fast?
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I personally use RemICS-UX v.1.3beta, and find this very satisfactory.
The question is not an easy one to answer, since many factors come into play. What services do you have running? What apps are you using? What do you use your SGS for? And so on...
And at the end of the day, does the ROM you are using give you what you need on a day to day basis? Do you want TouchWiz? Or do you want a minimalist approach? Does it matter to you if certain functions aren't yet implemented on a particular ROM? You have to be happy and comfortable with what you are using! RemICS-UX has given my old SGS - and me - a new lease of life!
I find the battery life very good for what I want. Nevertheless, I always carry a charged Dexim power pack with me!
The speed of my SGS is good. There is an option to set the governor: I keep mine at 'on-demand', which seems to be a good compromise. But if you want 1.4 quad-core speed, then you are going to have to shell out for a new phone!
In ROMs/kernels - as in life - a balance has to be struck. So see what others have to say; look at the current popular ROMs; see what difficulties people are experiencing on a particular ROM forum. And don't be afraid to try out different ROMs and see what suits you.
EDIT: go to the Android Development section and see what is available: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=665. The journey is as enjoyable as the arrival!!
ICS roms are really enjoyable but I have found them more battery greedy for a daily use than Gingerbread (3g and GPS especially consume more battery on Ics)
I have come back to Gingerbread recently (JW6), good old Samsung firmwares will always be more responsive and energy-efficient than custom ICS roms to me (if well used of course)
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Hello, i am rooted with stock rom 4.5.10.
Can anyone suggest me a good kernel that could help with the performance of the device. or should i stick with the stock one.
Depends on your usage. If U want a even better performance is ElementalX a good one. Easy flashing process with AROMA options (ability to overclock)!
No such thing as best, just flash a few and see what you feel brings you the best performance
Hi, i am in the same case of you, i have flashed "simpleGX 1.11 kernel" to have performance and a really good battery life. And yes, it is very smooth and i stay 3 days with my battery charge..! for me it is a very good kernel for the moment. i think to try blue spark kernel but for the moment i am happy with SimpleGX kernel...
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Hi, i am in the same case of you, i have flashed "simpleGX 1.11 kernel" to have performance and a really good battery life. And yes, it is very smooth and i stay 3 days with my battery charge..! for me it is a very good kernel for the moment. i think to try blue spark kernel but for the moment i am happy with SimpleGX kernel...
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3days?? may be very light to moderate use?
Blu Spark is designed for performance. Boeffla for stability and Franco to extend battery life. Usually kernels are designed to provide something different than the stock kernel and the description at the top of the thread for the kernel should give you an idea of what the dev was trying to do. I honestly wouldn't recommend ElementalEx. It's a very vanilla kernel that is available for almost every device but they don't do much to optimize the kernel for individual phones. I use Blu Spark. Personally I think you are better off with kernels that are made for stock OOS.
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3days?? may be very light to moderate use?
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most 2 days and 20 hours of battery... with 6hours of screen time..
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No such thing as best, just flash a few and see what you feel brings you the best performance
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worst answer ever.
I did unlock/root/flash roms on 30-35 devices, for friends/family and myself.
And even if XDA members do not like ''best rom/kernel'' threads, its very usefull for a quick search, because i.e. my friend want simply a stable rom and I don't want to test every roms or read the thread's 200 pages.
Wihout pointing the ''best rom/kernel'' you might maybe help by pointing the cons and pros .
Here my reply for this thread :
After reading the Franco XDA interview, he was pointing the fact that there's not much work to do on kernel in general, because they are out-of-the box already good.
My first device was a desireZ, with froyo 2.2, back in the days, kernel works was badass, and make huge changes to the devices, but now, I agree that there's not much difference, at least for now, since this OP5 is crazy fast.
I do use Franco kernel, as per Franco's thread, he's stating better battery life. well, hard to tell , since he won't achieve 125% better battery life... It might go around 10%. Which is good, but hard to tell on day to day usage, since 10% is about my usgae precision time if I compare all my usage over each days.
So far so good, no cons.
oVeRdOsE. said:
worst answer ever.
I did unlock/root/flash roms on 30-35 devices, for friends/family and myself.
And even if XDA members do not like ''best rom/kernel'' threads, its very usefull for a quick search, because i.e. my friend want simply a stable rom and I don't want to test every roms or read the thread's 200 pages.
Wihout pointing the ''best rom/kernel'' you might maybe help by pointing the cons and pros .
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Worst answer ever? I'll admit I could have shared my setup for OP to try as well, but other than that, "worst answer ever" is a bit dramatic.
XDA members don't like the "best ROM/Kernel" threads because of my original point, there really isn't a 'best', it is subjective to your needs/usage. A kernel I find to be an absolute beast in performance can end up being mediocre at best to you. And again, that all boils down to each user's unique usage.
Telling a user what works best for you isn't going to be as good as the user trying it out for themselves; getting that first-hand experience with a certain kernel will give that user a much better idea, and that's why I said flash a few and see what they like best (no need to flash every single one or read through 200 pages...).
Like I said, I admit I could have shared my ROM/Kernel combo originally to give OP a starting point, but that doesn't take away from my main point(s).
Anyway, I don't mean to get into a whole debate about this with you, a handful of users have already responded and hopefully OP has found a kernel they prefer.
For what it's worth, I've used both Lightning and Blu_Spark, both have provided me with excellent performance and battery life (On PureFusion).
Hi there,
on all android i have used custom ROMs and my experience with them is in most cases pretty good. However, for this device problem is to find ROM that is in fact good for everyday use. When I read posts on different threads 80% of comments are type "does is work on this or that version" which get frustrating when u have to read 200+ pages to find few people who write what they think about ROM. I opened this thread to find out what ROMs are good in the various outbreaks of using androids like the battery life, speed, and such from people who have their own thoughts on different ROMs.
well you can try my rom if you want a stock experience but faster with better battery life and more storage