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Best rom for battery life and speed?

I started out with cm7 but the battery life was so-so. I tried a few other roms and kernel variations but nothing really stood out. My last rom was oxygen 2.1.4 using the netarchy kernel, but I was only getting about 1200ish in quadrant and oxygen seemed a little unstable.
I went back to using the new cm7 RC and the trinity UV kernel and the battery seems OK and i am getting around 2700 in quadrant.
Are there any other rom/kernel combinations that i should give a shot?
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Mikeyinids sick deodex rom with matrix kernel. Fast with long battery life
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Cm 7.1 and netarchy 1.3.6
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Infinity was good! Im using zerox right now, battery is decent
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Don't base the ROMs speed on Quadrant alone, Oxygen is really fast.
Don't let an outdated benchmark test decieve you.
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treUse said:
Don't base the ROMs speed on Quadrant alone, Oxygen is really fast.
Don't let an outdated benchmark test decieve you.
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Correction: Dont let benchmarks deceive you.
Benchmarks regardless of what it is is pointless.

It was more that oxygen seemed unstable on my phone. I might give it another go if the new cm7 battery life sucks.
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http://phandroid.com/2011/06/29/lat...o-constantly-refresh-may-impact-battery-life/
You might want to check that out. CM7 battery is fine for me. Like I said, Netarchy's 1.3.6 kernel (or 1.3.4) is a NECESSITY. use that and undervolt it using proton voltage control or setcpu and use the suggested volts suggested by proton (-20 across the board)

My nexus is coming to me with infinity ill test between that and others
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zephiK said:
http://phandroid.com/2011/06/29/lat...o-constantly-refresh-may-impact-battery-life/
You might want to check that out. CM7 battery is fine for me. Like I said, Netarchy's 1.3.6 kernel (or 1.3.4) is a NECESSITY. use that and undervolt it using proton voltage control or setcpu and use the suggested volts suggested by proton (-20 across the board)
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that app isnt supported on nets kernel.....post 259 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1091382&page=26

So which app should be used for undervolting then?

ronnienyc said:
So which app should be used for undervolting then?
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wish i knew

ronnienyc said:
So which app should be used for undervolting then?
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SetCPU has it built in. But I use proton voltage control from the market.
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dreamsforgotten said:
Mikeyinids sick deodex rom with matrix kernel. Fast with long battery life
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^^^this
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Off topic : Kernel
What about KERNEL??what is best KERNEL for STOCK ROM? hehe

ciwek90 said:
What about KERNEL??what is best KERNEL for STOCK ROM? hehe
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I'm going to do some battery testing soon, but for now I'd recommend matr1x.

Maximilian Mary said:
I'm going to do some battery testing soon, but for now I'd recommend matr1x.
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+1 for matr1x. Most stable kernel Ive ran on my Nexus so far.

Maximilian Mary said:
I'm going to do some battery testing soon, but for now I'd recommend matr1x.
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really? is it the best kernel matched with stock rom? but i already flash other custom kernel, what am i supposed to do? just flash matr1x over it or need to wipe cache/dalvik first? thanks!

this is the best combo for me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=959282
CM7 + NetArchy Kernel

provolinoo said:
this is the best combo for me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=959282
CM7 + NetArchy Kernel
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Cm7 with matr1x is giving me over 22 hrs at 30% battery....feels smoother than nets also....
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Best kernel for Epic 4G ICS?

Any idea? Stability + good battery?
I was using Legendary before, awesome battery life while at 1400Mhz all the time. It was amazing.
Anyone know which kernel I should use now?

YMMV but this was my battery today with the newest samurai kernel tanto
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This being covered time and time again in many different posts over many different threads almost warrants no answer but ill give you one and here it is
try them all flash one per day till you find one that works for you the way you like it everyone uses their phone differently so no matter what you will get different results than i do or the next person that post on this

It's really up to you, try them out and see what you like the best. I've tried all 3 kernels currently out right now and they all work pretty good. The two I usually stick with are shadow kernel and the samurai kernel. Shadow kernel is nice and makes everything feel real snappy. You can overclock to 1400 mHz and the battery life for me is good. The newest shadow, tanto, overclocks to 1500 mHz and works with voodoo control. Haven't gotten the chance to really test battery since it just came out but so far it runs pretty good. Just test both of them out, you can always flash over another kernel.
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Bad question....like what's the best ROM. Every phone and every user is different. You have to try them out to see what works best for you.
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Exactly im still on froyo acs because it works for me

ZenInsight said:
Any idea? Stability + good battery?
I was using Legendary before, awesome battery life while at 1400Mhz all the time. It was amazing.
Anyone know which kernel I should use now?
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I am pretty much a noob here and know better than to ask any "what's the best....." question. I have read it dozens of times that your phone and your use is different. Might as well ask us how you should dress too.

Stock.
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Zeinzu said:
Stock.
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+1
Also close to stock kernels like aprosamurai's. He likes to keep his stockish with a few tweaks and some new fixes. Just my opinion of what works best on my phone. Others like earthbound's are too tweaked for me but his is really fast and bleeding edge. Bbelos's are also good.
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Zeinzu said:
Stock.
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The best kernel is Colonel Sanders.
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xSaint21 said:
Exactly im still on froyo acs because it works for me
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Lmao ohh my...believe me your missing out on so much my man
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Cm7 till cm9 is official
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Best kernel is facepalm. Epic facepalm.

Frostacious said:
Cm7 till cm9 is official
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Those are ROMs not kernels.

austin420 said:
The best kernel is Colonel Sanders.
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That's for CM7 only
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I'm using shadow now and have used apro's too and they both worked great. You need to experiment with them, and you're going to have to tweak to get better battery life. I had several trying to constantly run and none of them were things I use a lot so they had to go. If I wanted super battery life I would have bought a flip phone and not a micromini laptop, and I wouldn't have such a joyful device to tinker with.
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Stock is always going to be the best for wanting nothing but the simplicity.
Put it like this when i buy a car, i put bigger tires on my car for grip, and better handling. But i know i will loose some gas mileage but not alot.
I'll put a turbo and some internals into my engine to gain in power but will loose gas.
But if we can put bigger tires and a bigger turbo but still have the same gas results as stock, Then why not do it?
We all benefit in one area and thats why custom kernels are there for those who want options that stock doesn't provide.
Stock= Base Model
Custom = Fully Loaded
Simple as that. So everyone should try different kernels and then reply not saying oh this is the best. But say IMO i prefer this over that simply because of these reasons. Everyone will want a specific kernel because one may like different things about the different kernels

tony45x220 said:
Lmao ohh my...believe me your missing out on so much my man
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I know we all are man we gotta get that iPhone

kennyglass123 said:
Those are ROMs not kernels.
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And also cm9 IS official.
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If you want to keep close to stock: aprosamurai's.
If you want to live on the bleeding edge: earthbound's
I prefer stock, though I may give earthbound's another try now that he made some updates

Best kernel for battery life?

Hi all
I'm currently running Cyanogenmod with faux's kernel and getting pretty good results, just wondered what other people are using to get great battery life?
Thanks in advance
Sam
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No such thing as a best kernel. Some phones like certain kernels more than others. Experiences vary.
If you're looking for kernel suggestions I'd go with Franco or Trinity by morfic (Google to find his kernel as it isn't on xda).
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This is really subjective and is something you would need to test out on your own to get any solid answers since there's so many factors that could affect the outcome.

Thank you but it was just to see what others recommend. I've heard good things about the matrix kernel
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Also when using those kernels download the app trickster mod it'll let you customize the kernel settings but don't touch anything you don't understand because you might mess something up. Franco and morfic have paid apps that customize their kernel but trickster is a free alternative until you commit to one kernel
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Franco or Matrix...But while using Franco Ive seen a big difference in battery and thats just my experience with it but like the others say just try em out and see wats best for you my friend..

alewis2k12 said:
Franco or Matrix...But while using Franco Ive seen a big difference in battery and thats just my experience with it but like the others say just try em out and see wats best for you my friend..
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Agreed. Franco really knows what he's doing, no offense to the other developers. Morfic is another good developer.
Wasn't a huge fan of matrix on the Nexus S. Just my personal opinion (don't attack me because I prefer one kernel over another!)
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zephiK said:
Agreed. Franco really knows what he's doing, no offense to the other developers. Morfic is another good developer.
Wasn't a huge fan of matrix on the Nexus S. Just my personal opinion (don't attack me because I prefer one kernel over another!)
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+1 to that...

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+1 to that...
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Nothing against math kid but (not saying he does this) but there are some shady developers or Rom cookers who say they added their secret special tweaks to boost speed or performance. I don't believe it because it's placebo. If there's no proof in the source then it doesn't exist.
Franco actually says what he did, and you can see it in the results. Plus he's very adamant about replying to feedback as long as it's not a silly question like "can I under volt using this kernel???" There's a reason why he has 20k thanks
But either way enough of my rant. Hope op finds a kernel he likes. I'd start using the most popular kernel out there and use it for a couple of days. If you aren't satisfied then try another. Satisfied but want to see if you can do better? Go ahead and try. They're all free anyways, the beauty of xda
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samwebbo1990 said:
Thank you but it was just to see what others recommend. I've heard good things about the matrix kernel
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I'm using the Matr1x 3.0 kernel I love it but my brother gets battery life on trinity. So like others said its phone specific.
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Thank you for all your replies, I might give Franco's kernel ago. I'll be surprised if I get better battery life than I currently do on faux's because Franco's doesn't support undervolting
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alewis2k12 said:
Franco or Matrix...But while using Franco Ive seen a big difference in battery and thats just my experience with it but like the others say just try em out and see wats best for you my friend..
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I agree. I've tried both, they're efficient but I prefer the franco kernel

samwebbo1990 said:
Thank you for all your replies, I might give Franco's kernel ago. I'll be surprised if I get better battery life than I currently do on faux's because Franco's doesn't support undervolting
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Franco doesn't support undervolting because,
I answered that the last page. UV comes when I think its a good time for it. I do my own thing, not follow what other people do on their kernels.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35067141&highlight=undervolt#post35067141
I really don't care much about undervolting, I think in the end its more placebo than anything. Sure it might help a little bit, but not as much as users think it does. Aggressive cpu frequency management, core management, now thats where true savings come from in my opinion.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35379848&highlight=undervolt#post35379848
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I don't really undervolt my phone and have pretty good battery life as it is. I didn't undervolt on my Galaxy Nexus either because it had something called Smart Reflex undervolted for you when necessary. more info @ http://www.ti.com/dsp/docs/dspcontent.tsp?contentId=52746#a18
---- Franco isn't saying that there won't be UV support but as of right now he's focused on other things and will add it when it becomes more stable. And I agree with him on the second part about there are other parts of the kernel that can be worked on to have better battery life rather than just having people UV as the solution (for now).
Edit: there's a reason why his thread on GN has Views: 4,859,042 http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p163/gbd270/views_zps2644eff7.jpg

Even there's no UV on his r14, this kernel is very stable and I've a (very) good battery life

I really appreciate all your responses, so what settings do you recommend for best battery life on Franco's kernel?
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Out of the box settings work just fine.
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zephiK said:
Out of the box settings work just fine.
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On your phone they do they sucked on mine. I went from 2 to 2 1/2 hours to 4 because of a kernel.
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If takes a couple of recharges for the kernel to come into effect. Have to give if a few days for your phone to get used to it.
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zephiK said:
If takes a couple of recharges for the kernel to come into effect. Have to give if a few days for your phone to get used to it.
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If u are talking to me Ive had my phone since Thanksgiving I gave it 3 weeks before I flashed a custom kernel. My stock kernel never got any better. U got a awesome stock phone I wish I had the same luck.
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A suggestion would be to add a poll and let people vote on the different kernels.
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what is most popular kernel right now?

That is the most popular kernel right now?

Not only popular, but also bug free and stable along with good battery life ^
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Most popular seems to be faux, Franco, and bricked. Also Trinity is getting a lot of attention too.
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I'm getting much better battery life than stock with Franco's kernel. I haven't tried any other kernel yet and I don't want to get into changing voltages and clock speeds etc. Franco kernel is flash and forget. I'm using the CodefireX SR1 rom.

Franco !!

Sn4x said:
I'm getting much better battery life than stock with Franco's kernel. I haven't tried any other kernel yet and I don't want to get into changing voltages and clock speeds etc. Franco kernel is flash and forget. I'm using the CodefireX SR1 rom.
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The only real flash and forget kernel is IntersectRaven's. Bare bones and full of awesome. Faster than stock kernel, and better battery life. Also stable as a rock. My last up time was 100+ hours.
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Go to Original Dev forum and look for kernel thread on the first page, that's your answer.
You have to try them to decide for yourself.

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Most popular seems to be faux, Franco, and bricked. Also Trinity is getting a lot of attention too.
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I'd say those are the big 4. But try things out and see what you like

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Go to Original Dev forum and look for kernel thread on the first page, that's your answer.
You have to try them to decide for yourself.
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That doesn't mean it's most popular. Just means someone replied. Instead, look for number of posts and views on each kernel thread. It's Franco
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[Q] Best Battery Saving/Performance Kernel

hello im looking to flash a kernel over my current roms kernel but i came from developing on a motorola atrix which had faux123s kernels as the best but i couldnt get the to boot on my s3 and i have no experience with the n4 (got it yesterday)

Personally I'm using franco. It has the best balance for me.
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I sometimes wonder if people keep starting these threads simply to troll.
No such thing as best kernel or best ROM. Pick one whose features fit your needs and test it.

vanmarek said:
I sometimes wonder if people keep starting these threads simply to troll.
No such thing as best kernel or best ROM. Pick one whose features fit your needs and test it.
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i dont have time to extensively test, most kernels i use i notice no diffrence, me personally i keep my processor at 1.026 max with sio and usually interactive as my governor, also some kernels have gpu overclocking and some dont i cant really tell even after sifting through everything, like a good rom i am testing every aosp based rom and i cant find one to really stick out. i am asking opinions i suppose.
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Personally I'm using franco. It has the best balance for me.
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can i use the faux control center to mess around with the gpu? if not i may just stick to his but i like franco since it has nightlys
I guess a better question would be should i stick with stable aosp roms and kernels or go with nightlys? if anyone has a suggestion or personal prefrence i would love to hear them, i have pretty muched used xylon and franco nightlys,slimbeans,paranoid android april 26th build and liquid smooth. havent felt the need to try vanillarootbox because from what i remember its cm based anyway

All of the kernels here are great. Try them all and see. Personally I think you should start with Trinity kernel. It has awesome performance.
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Franco
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no one ever gives matr1x credit, but that is definitely my #1.

many people say that franco,trinity or matrix are the best but sometimes the stock kernel as the CM kernel is the best at least for battery.
now if you are gamer etc maybe franco kernel is your best choice!

alvin182 said:
many people say that franco,trinity or matrix are the best but sometimes the stock kernel as the CM kernel is the best at least for battery.
now if you are gamer etc maybe franco kernel is your best choice!
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Nah. For gaming trinity is the best! For battery and smoothness Franco wins IMO.
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alvin182 said:
many people say that franco,trinity or matrix are the best but sometimes the stock kernel as the CM kernel is the best at least for battery.
now if you are gamer etc maybe franco kernel is your best choice!
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I agree. I'm using Franco right now. Its able to push through a day of tweeting and whatsapping but stock kernel and cm kernel was amazing. 1% drain after 8 hours of WiFi on standby.
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