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My girlfriends Evo battery life is horrible. She mainly just text a lot and surfs facebook. I need a rom to get her battery life to where she can make it at lease 8 hours before having to charge her phone.

cody0707 said:
My girlfriends Evo battery life is horrible. She mainly just text a lot and surfs facebook. I need a rom to get her battery life to where she can make it at lease 8 hours before having to charge her phone.
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A 3500 battery...nuff said

Savage-Mod
I would get Savage mod 1.1 with savaged zen 1.1.0 cfs havs sbc. I've been using it for the past week and it has been great. The texting and phone it self is faster and smoother than any rom i've used and i've been through most. I am currently on 65%, its been unplugged for 8 and a half hours. I understand that others may have better battery live but i'm using my stock battery, which is great cause I saved money and didn't add any thickness. PM if you have any questions.

I'm on Myn's Warm Z with Netarchy 4.3.2 cfs, sbc, havs more. Even with heavy usage (including video streaming and web surfing) my battery lasts a good 10 hours. I can't recommend this combo enough. I had horrible battery life with the stock kernel on Warm Z. Only thing is, depending on her hardward build, you may have to test a couple different kernels.

Easy answer:
EViO 2, SetCPU to underclock to 921, remove sense and use ADW.
Long answer:
To really figure it out, you'll have to try a bunch of diff ROM/Kernel combos for a couple days each.
I would try with CM7, the ROM from "yet another AOSP ginger ROM," Salvage-Mod, Savaged-Zen(Mod) RC2, Miui and whatever sense ROMs you want.
Also, Juice Defender and Autostarts will help you.

I recommend CM7 with a Savaged-Zen ROM CFS- SBC. Even after flashing a new nightly, I avg. 13-14 hours the first day before the kernel is broken in. Best of all Roms that I've tried and I really use my phone (data & mp3). Forgot to mention, I use Setcpu with profiles.

redsoxfan320 said:
I would get Savage mod 1.1 with savaged zen 1.1.0 cfs havs sbc. I've been using it for the past week and it has been great. The texting and phone it self is faster and smoother than any rom i've used and i've been through most. I am currently on 65%, its been unplugged for 8 and a half hours. I understand that others may have better battery live but i'm using my stock battery, which is great cause I saved money and didn't add any thickness. PM if you have any questions.
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You saved yourself 13 dollars and 6 mm...my god!

iitreatedii said:
You saved yourself 13 dollars and 6 mm...my god!
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Let's face it: women have a better sense of style than us dudes, and no chick in their right mind would put up with having a hideous cinderblock of a phone. 6mm might as well be an inch when it comes to stuffing a phone into her jeans. In the interest of keeping our women looking fine as hell, let's find software solutions to battery life
To the OP, try this first: go into settings/wireless and networks and uncheck enable always on mobile data. When I was on a stock Evo, this helped me immensely with battery life. Also, uninstall any task killers she has. Check what programs are syncing with the internet too, it's really just data use that eats up battery life with these phones.
Also, post up a screenshot of her battery use screen, maybe we can help figure out what the drain is Even a stock evo running the latest Sprint update should get around 10 hours, minimum, with moderate use like facebook and texting.

thegregbradley said:
Let's face it: women have a better sense of style than us dudes, and no chick in their right mind would put up with having a hideous cinderblock of a phone. 6mm might as well be an inch when it comes to stuffing a phone into her jeans. In the interest of keeping our women looking fine as hell, let's find software solutions to battery life
To the OP, try this first: go into settings/wireless and networks and uncheck enable always on mobile data. When I was on a stock Evo, this helped me immensely with battery life. Also, uninstall any task killers she has. Check what programs are syncing with the internet too, it's really just data use that eats up battery life with these phones.
Also, post up a screenshot of her battery use screen, maybe we can help figure out what the drain is Even a stock evo running the latest Sprint update should get around 10 hours, minimum, with moderate use like facebook and texting.
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so you base your decision off the fact that your wife/girlfriend/friend will be holding your phone and will buldge out of her pocket...maybe YOU should be holding YOUR phone, but hey i guess im weird, my girl might hold my phone, but she doesnt stuff it in her pocket and walk around with it thats stupid, besides my girl puts everything in her pocketbook as most do, keeps the figure , at least thats what i tell her lol

I am running well with deck's rom (the "yet another gingerbread" rom), rc9 now, and the new savaged-zen kernel (1.1). The phone is running really well. I just tried the undervolting script and that made a few reboots, which never happened since I went aosp last month, so I removed that. battery life seems really good though. 1st run through on the latest kernel went from about 11pm last night until 6pm today with pretty good use. I expect as it settles in it should do well.

Juice defender should help immensely if all she does is text and fb
A drop of Chuck Norris's semen was placed on Android OS. We now have CyanogenMod.

iitreatedii said:
You saved yourself 13 dollars and 6 mm...my god!
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I'd pay to have my phone 6mm thinner. You can't argue personal opinion bud.

Using the latest savaged Zen rc2 with whatever it comes preloaded with. Its pretty beast.

cody0707 said:
My girlfriends Evo battery life is horrible. She mainly just text a lot and surfs facebook. I need a rom to get her battery life to where she can make it at lease 8 hours before having to charge her phone.
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CM7 RC4 with Savage Zen 1.1.0 kernel, Seidio 3500mAh battery will give you DAYS of battery life if you use it moderately to little usage. With a stock battery you will still get over a day easily.
I have wifi on most of the day, live wallpaper (the smoke one), I DONT use any task killer (because it actually slows down my phone), Bluetooth is on and connected to my car whenever Im driving (at least 60 miles per day)
I believe that if I have to use airplane mode, turn off GPS, not use wifi, not use the phone to its full potential then I rather have a cheaper phone and get a laptop...
The screen shots below were made with STOCK battery because I wanted to know the real difference in battery life between the roms!
Note the usage... I listen to music, voice calls...
here is another comparisson...
I really hope this helps you find what you are looking for

Actually, lies, those screen shots were made with gginggerbread 6(which is based on CM7) with savage zen 0.2.something...
The following screen shots were made with the specs I mentioned in the previous post... Its possible that the battery has improved note the 10 hours of usage and only 12% spent and bluetooth usage

[Q] noob with atrix on alien4

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.

wsison23 said:
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

foxrivertrekker said:
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.

mvgc3 said:
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
3profiles most inportant screen off
456mah max216-min fauxs v2.0 set to boot at 1200 mahmax
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[Q] Just want to say thank you

just want to say thank you to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
i am like shocked 1st time i did a root by hand was so used to the one clicks now i am more open mentally and respect the one click apps more because of understand the back work behind them and i fully respect the guide i was giving more info and really opened my mind thanks
i wanted to post on there but i cant sense i am new but i wanted to say thanks my phone is rooted and nice just need to calibration the battery and i setcpu to the lowest when screen off and now no stock apps on it so happy just want to get battery great lol thats kinda why i rooted in the first place
but anyway thanks so much

wealthy23 said:
just want to say thank you to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
i am like shocked 1st time i did a root by hand was so used to the one clicks now i am more open mentally and respect the one click apps more because of understand the back work behind them and i fully respect the guide i was giving more info and really opened my mind thanks
i wanted to post on there but i cant sense i am new but i wanted to say thanks my phone is rooted and nice just need to calibration the battery and i setcpu to the lowest when screen off and now no stock apps on it so happy just want to get battery great lol thats kinda why i rooted in the first place
but anyway thanks so much
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Glad this worked for you!

forgot one thing
i forgot to say it was a mix of this post
a post from android forms about downgrading as well can post link yet but it was the part about the version number had to type in when you got to the entering version number in the cmd
for more info google the title "adb permisions denied solved (downgrade stock 2.3.4 mt4g)"
and thanks but one question about my battery after every new rom flash you have to calibrate to get the right reading on the battery and better battery life?

wealthy23 said:
i forgot to say it was a mix of this post
a post from android forms about downgrading as well can post link yet but it was the part about the version number had to type in when you got to the entering version number in the cmd
for more info google the title "adb permisions denied solved (downgrade stock 2.3.4 mt4g)"
and thanks but one question about my battery after every new rom flash you have to calibrate to get the right reading on the battery and better battery life?
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Let the phone die then charge it while the phone is off. Once the LED turns green leave it in the charger for another 2 hours or so. The turn it on and download battery calibration app and run that. Do that a couple times and you'll be good!

wow thanks so much cant wait to do that cuz on my old dext rooted battery life was so long i loved it and i hope to do the same with my mytouch 4g
and i will do that thanks i will download the app and just leave it on my sd card till the time to use it thanks again
just hope i dont have to buy a new battery
also one more question sorry will doing this help with battery life during games like cut the rope, fruit ninja, and samurai 2?

wealthy23 said:
wow thanks so much cant wait to do that cuz on my old dext rooted battery life was so long i loved it and i hope to do the same with my mytouch 4g
and i will do that thanks i will download the app and just leave it on my sd card till the time to use it thanks again
just hope i dont have to buy a new battery
also one more question sorry will doing this help with battery life during games like cut the rope, fruit ninja, and samurai 2?
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Its really very hard to save any
battery while screen gaming.. But overall battery life should be better after this.
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thanks so much i am still waiting for battery to die out so i can do the full charge again .
and my friend he says he can use wifi and blue tooth and batter lasts a day and sometimes a day and a half i read some forums conforming this i guess this should help.
if anything should i buy a higher mAh battery?

wealthy23 said:
thanks so much i am still waiting for battery to die out so i can do the full charge again .
and my friend he says he can use wifi and blue tooth and batter lasts a day and sometimes a day and a half i read some forums conforming this i guess this should help.
if anything should i buy a higher mAh battery?
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I just got done with my first full drain on both of my Anker batteries that I purchased, I honestly only bought them because they are a slightly bigger mAh and it came with 2 and a external charger so I could charge both at the same time, this way I can go super hardcore usage all the time, and never fear of battery... I still barely need the second one.. But still it will still depend on what you're needs/expectations from this particular device are.. I don't use a PC for anything.. Since my father does not like me on it, I type school papers on my phone sometimes and everything, so I rely on my phone to be there.
So
maybe just use the phone for a week and gauge what your going to need, also keep an eye on those partial wake percentages found in spare parts, or betterbatterystats on the market (not free :/)
As those wakes amount to some battery wastes.
Hopefully you can sift through this and grab some info any other questions i'm here.
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also you might try Juice Defender, I have ultimate and what a great application it is!!!
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wow thanks alot and yeah i just got Juice Defender ultimate i am learning how to use it
i also heard from a friend who has nice youtube videos on roms and flashing he talked about the MIUI ROMs i red up on them and how they have a custom kernel with built in battery saving tweaks that are applied when installed so cool
also I red that task killers are bad and can mess up phone in long run
i am using CM7.0.3 now what ROM are you using?
i am also on my first drain battery was on zero now its doing the full charge now so after this i should be able to do normal use now with juice defender i hope it works well
but wow you really max your phone what is the mAh on your batteries and how much was it?

wealthy23 said:
wow thanks alot and yeah i just got Juice Defender ultimate i am learning how to use it
i also heard from a friend who has nice youtube videos on roms and flashing he talked about the MIUI ROMs i red up on them and how they have a custom kernel with built in battery saving tweaks that are applied when installed so cool
also I red that task killers are bad and can mess up phone in long run
i am using CM7.0.3 now what ROM are you using?
i am also on my first drain battery was on zero now its doing the full charge now so after this i should be able to do normal use now with juice defender i hope it works well
but wow you really max your phone what is the mAh on your batteries and how much was it?
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I think they are advertised with 1700 mAh ... There right around 1400 but its two of them which is why I got em. I think 26$ for the while thing. Amazon, would you like the link?
Yes TJD's MIUI has a lot of battery improvements, I use that but I just can't get myself to like the MIUI because I guess it is like the iPhone too much. I am currently running CM 7 nighties because I love the cm thing, always have, I like the royal ginger 3.0 but doesn't seem like team royal is on that ship anymore. :/ shame, its a very fast ROM!
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Link to the batteries, if you need them out Whatevzzz
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004Y...f_=sr_1_1&s=electronics&qid=1317176107&sr=1-1
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thanks those are the ones i was looking at and i think the white ones by Anker are the 1700 mAh the reviews in this alot of people say its 1400mAh I really want a 1700mAh if I am buying lol
and cool i will keep looking into MIUI was there still a big need to get new batteries using that ROM or you just see your battery getting weak period?
and with the battery improvements in MIUI does that mean gaming with cut the rope samurai 2 and fruit ninja will kill battery less?
This morning was last step in the battery calibration and battery is on 94% been on 1 hour and 31 mins with no calling at all just text and one reboot to fix some settings in juice defender I have no data coming to my phone at all till next week when new biling cycle starts but I am not sure if this is a good reading if the battery is good or not not sure
But when I opened setcpu the mhz was up to 1000mhz I had to set it to 768mhz and scaling back to conservative.
wow during this reply 2 texts came in and battery is at 93% not sure what to do I am thinking of recalibrating the battery before either buy a new battery or try MIUI what you think is best?

wealthy23 said:
thanks those are the ones i was looking at and i think the white ones by Anker are the 1700 mAh the reviews in this alot of people say its 1400mAh I really want a 1700mAh if I am buying lol
and cool i will keep looking into MIUI was there still a big need to get new batteries using that ROM or you just see your battery getting weak period?
and with the battery improvements in MIUI does that mean gaming with cut the rope samurai 2 and fruit ninja will kill battery less?
This morning was last step in the battery calibration and battery is on 94% been on 1 hour and 31 mins with no calling at all just text and one reboot to fix some settings in juice defender I have no data coming to my phone at all till next week when new biling cycle starts but I am not sure if this is a good reading if the battery is good or not not sure
But when I opened setcpu the mhz was up to 1000mhz I had to set it to 768mhz and scaling back to conservative.
wow during this reply 2 texts came in and battery is at 93% not sure what to do I am thinking of recalibrating the battery before either buy a new battery or try MIUI what you think is best?
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Always go with the cheapest option first, MIUI, then if you need to get batteries do so.. Yes? I don't pay an extreme amount of attention to percentage, I actually prefer to look at the graphical battery because as long as I have 15% I'll b ok, and it makes it seem like it is going down slower (;
Edit:::: I am at 96% been up since 6AM when I booted up after I took it off the charger, same oc settings as previously mentioned, but in editing this post went down to 95
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hey sorry for late replay
and ok cool i will do MIUI tomorrow and recalibration it also lol will do it that day cuz i will see my father and he likes iphones it would b cool to go from CM7 to MIUI in front of his eyes lol but i think i might need a new batrery cuz i am now thinking back and i had a motorla cliq with blur and it was a brand new phone with new batt and all I used the cm7 nightly I loved it just hate the random reboots but battery was beautiful also gaming was cool also
I think but I will get the anker 1700mah
and I didn’t see your oc settings I also red that MIUI doesn’t need to b oc or anything its set automatically
and is your nightlys stable?

Nightly seems stable and I'm at 1700 oc ondemand kernal is TDJ
Miuidoesnt need anything changed
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yeah thats what i noticed in the MIUI i am thinking not to even use juice defender or setcpu my main focus is getting battery like my old phone dext but i am loving the MIUI looking at the youtube videos on it
i had a iphone 3g with whited00r on it loved it it was so nice n smooth but i new android was better the hardware on a mytouch 4g is better than the iphone 4 its just so much android does
do you know a great keyboard app for the droid i used touchpal smart keyboard there ok swype is good but i like the 2.3.4 one that came stock dont know how to get it
what keyboard do you like?

wealthy23 said:
yeah thats what i noticed in the MIUI i am thinking not to even use juice defender or setcpu my main focus is getting battery like my old phone dext but i am loving the MIUI looking at the youtube videos on it
i had a iphone 3g with whited00r on it loved it it was so nice n smooth but i new android was better the hardware on a mytouch 4g is better than the iphone 4 its just so much android does
do you know a great keyboard app for the droid i used touchpal smart keyboard there ok swype is good but i like the 2.3.4 one that came stock dont know how to get it
what keyboard do you like?
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Well, I use Smart Keyboard PRO, because the only people I text are my gf and parents.. I call friends.. so I don't need the speedy responses this helps me pick suggestions way before I type the words. I own Swiftkey but hardly use it, for I lack the time to allow it to learn my style.. swype just doesn't jive with typing in passwords and such. I hardly have problems with SKP have used it since it was Cyril's little project when it debuted.
Now you can download the original android keyboard if you wanted to on the market I think its from Steven Lin or something... what exactly r u looking for in a keyboard?
Yea "Droid does" huh?
If you came from the iPhone I suggest using MIUI as it is like IOS a bit more then AOSP, as I'm sure u can tell.
But that's the beauty of Nandroids, don't like it? Messed up? Restore!
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I seriously flashed 4 roms today, two twice since posting my percentage this morning... heavy usage the entire day, texted the entire time, and total of like 10 hours Display time... 100% brightness - 40% and I'm at 38% battery right now after finally subsiding in the CM nightlies again. I guess sense isn't my thing. And the other aosp Roms are all on like 2.3.4
Nightlies r on 2.3.7
So I guess what I'm saying is I can make it thru a whole day with extreme usage
I hope I helped somehow with everything u had a question on so far. Don't hesitate to ask anything else, I am always surfing XDA at school because I lack the interest required for note taking
Edit for typo
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it could be the stock screen protecter on but I like smart keyboard pro just that its less responsive then the htc sense keyboard you know the standard keyboard with white hollow oval letter and the predictions are in rectangular oval style above looks smooth would send you a youtube link
But from you telling me your heavy usage plus switching roms I think its my battery I will flash MIUI hopefully today
and see from there and I don’t like sense earlier just feels weird I use launcher pro
And with the nightlys being 2.3.7 how come you find battery better? i am kinda confused i know games kill battery fast but what about calling n internet wifi yesterday those really hurt my battery
Also with my moto cliq I was using nightly as well I might try one do you know a safe nightly that doesn’t random reboot?
And your helping big time you have the same phone and your rooted and alls so I like the info you have shared with me thanks

GingerBattery Sucks?

I dunno man, just gingerbread itself appears to have fubared my phone. I wiped sd, wiped phone, factory reset, odined stock EC05 and took the forced EI22 update. Even still, android system chews through battery at >90%. A small thermonuclear power plant could not give my phone enough juice.
This coming after I tried multiple combinations of roms, kernels, uninstalling apps, and freezing data sucking apps that caused high wake locks....
I have tried stock gingerBreadEI22, ACS 3.5 - 5.5, ERA RC1 & 2, and Random Rom, with nubernel, different samurai kernels, and just whatever the chef cooked up. All the same, excessively high "system" battery usage.
Anyone is / was having the same issues and able to iron it out?

That reading for system is the norm. I get 24 hours with like 80%
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I agree with Alkah0liK, but with my experience so far, if I don't use the phone all day it doesn't really use the battery, but as soon as I start talking, listen to music, or web surf it because a pig. I actually want to go back to 2.2 and use frozen rom again from ACS again. Can't figure out how yet though

marcusant said:
That reading for system is the norm. I get 24 hours with like 80%
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Ok thanks, I was wondering what others were seeing.
I must be doing something it does not like. I can go a couple minutes with the screen on (at lowest setting mind you) and watch the battery drop 2-3% or more, almost dead battery within 10 - 12 hours even in /out of airplane mode...
Is there something really wonky with CWM? Funny thing is this started happening right about the time i switched over to v5. I am in the process of reverting back to wiping everything, odin to EC05, and going v3.1.01 again.

The battery life is better with gingerbread, but its not going to make your phone run 2-3 days on one battery life. Sorry my friend, those days are long gone. It would be very hard to find any cell phone that can run for longer than 24 hours these days.

No I get that, but I was able to use my phone for more than a couple hours a day before gingerbread. B4 the leaks I was running Viper Rom EXT4 with genocide at 1200 ondemand and still getting through the day. If I cut it back to 1000 and went easy I was only charging overnight to bump it back up to full.
I was even using RandomKing's and ERA's leak based roms with EH06 & EH17 without any issue. For me it really has been either the EI22 / CWM5 / latest roms.

Hey alky, I was also in your position. I tried every rom you tried, with minimal pleasing. My advice, if you can live without 4g, flash the current cyanogen and set the render effect on night mode. Enjoy a thorough battery life my friend. Nothing beats it thus far. Can't wait till we see cm9.
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b16flybye said:
Hey alky, I was also in your position. I tried every rom you tried, with minimal pleasing. My advice, if you can live without 4g, flash the current cyanogen and set the render effect on night mode. Enjoy a thorough battery life my friend. Nothing beats it thus far. Can't wait till we see cm9.
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why would you want to use a 4G as if it were a 3G phone?

dead78 said:
why would you want to use a 4G as if it were a 3G phone?
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Uhhh, sprint.....4G? Where? Cruising down the highway.......maybe. In my living room.....haha, that's funny.
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The biggest battery drain I have noticed is when there is little to no signal, the battery just seems to get sucked dry
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b16flybye said:
Hey alky, I was also in your position. I tried every rom you tried, with minimal pleasing. My advice, if you can live without 4g, flash the current cyanogen and set the render effect on night mode. Enjoy a thorough battery life my friend. Nothing beats it thus far. Can't wait till we see cm9.
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Thanks! That was actually going to be my next try. I only get 4G when I am downtown, not very much as of late anyway.
FYI- I have found what I suspect as two possible culprits on ACS 5.1 & 5.5, and ERA RC1 & 2. According to better battery stats CM_VnoteService and *Sync for GTalk will run and run and run unless you open the applications and go through initial setup. Those two process will stay stopped so long as I leave them open / connected, once I close them - the partial wakelocks restart and run until you open the apps again (or just uninstall).
Even with my obsessively high amount of .acore launcher time and better batter stats application usage, they are still well below the "system" usage under the process dropdown.

It definately sips battery when not in use. Although I feel I get more screen on time with ACS ICS. I regularly have over 3 hours of screen on time with GB, I don't remember getting 3 hours on even SRF 1.2.
DCX2 said:
I agree with Alkah0liK, but with my experience so far, if I don't use the phone all day it doesn't really use the battery, but as soon as I start talking, listen to music, or web surf it because a pig. I actually want to go back to 2.2 and use frozen rom again from ACS again. Can't figure out how yet though
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Yeah there's definitely battery drainage going on in gb. Or it could just be the colonel.
Idk but if you could visually see the battery drain as you're using it...there's a problem.
Actually its an ei22 problem...stock eh06 (yes...non-deodexed, just rooted. Stock kernal) got me running over 24 hours on a charge with 3 hours screen on.
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DCRocks said:
The biggest battery drain I have noticed is when there is little to no signal, the battery just seems to get sucked dry
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Turn off your syncs. If there is no signal your syncs will keep trying and burn up your battery. Turning off data mode in low to no signal areas will conserve battery.
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A_Flying_Fox said:
Yeah there's definitely battery drainage going on in gb. Or it could just be the colonel.
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Did you get Kentucky Fried Chicken from the Colonel all over your phone again? LOL
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Make sure upgrading to GB did not change any syncs. Also make sure new apps aren't loading into memory and sucking battery like Talk or Google +. Grab Memory Booster lite and pull up the task killer to see everything loading on your phone. The stock task killer sucks.

I recommend paying the $50 for battery and portable charger/storage unit. I'm a stock user who just had 41 hours with my new battery with 2hrs of screen time. I really like having two batteries too. No more charging cords connected to the phone...ever
Edit: the batt. I bought was a stock 1500mah batt. and charger kit from a sprint store. No regrets
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Also, be sure to go to settings on your facebook if you have one and turn off notifications. That helped my battery life as well.
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alextjen said:
The battery life is better with gingerbread, but its not going to make your phone run 2-3 days on one battery life. Sorry my friend, those days are long gone. It would be very hard to find any cell phone that can run for longer than 24 hours these days.
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Still running 100% ERA Legendary v4.0.1 (with provided kernel) and I squeezed ~74 hours of pure standby time out of my stock battery.
Data Sync (FB every 6hrs, Weather every 2hrs, Google push)/GPS/Auto Brightness = on
TWS = 4%
Display Time = ~24mins (sent 3 texts and checked 1 voicemail)
100% on 3G
Had I turned off all synching, GPS and lowered brightness all the way, I would have probably gotten 4 days.

Battery life has heavily depended on the strength of signal for me as well. I moved recently and have been living in the basement while the renovations are going on upstairs. No airave (it is used at a different location) means little to no signal in a brick house due to Sprint's POS signal frequency. Although I've been flashing different kernels and maybe not allowing them to settle + undervoling a bit (very conservatively, will not OC over 1100). But it is true that since days I was on BB Tour, not one phone lasted a full day without an extended battery. I'm pretty much decided on VZW switch once Prime comes out - one of the factors is better expected power management of ICS and possibility of adding an extended battery without worrying about making the phone too bulky (given how thin it is).

Man that sucks, I've always had great battery with gingerbread. Right now I'm on RC2
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Stock GingerBread 2.3.4 UK

Hello people,
Here are some screenshots from the Official Gingerbread 2.3.4 update for Milestone 2. I can say that i tested all the custom roms (CM7, CM9, MIUI), but this Official Gingerbread is by far the most stable, fast and responsive from all (720p also working fine). It is true that after you install it you cannot install another custom rom, but for me that was the best option.

I like the custom roms, the only problem is the recording in 720p ..

now custom rom based on ch gb kernel will work on uk kernel too.

Most stable? Maybe. Most responsive? Maybe. Fastest? Definitely not! I don't want to flame, I just don't want to see some begginers confused by your post. Also it can be faster, because of that >$>$€[ blur thing, which consume both CPU and RAM resources...
And why people are using custom roms? Not because of stability, not because of hw compatibility, but mainly because of really good functions and speed!
But it is matter of choice of course.

Guess you didn't use the new official Gingerbread yet.
Let me tell you one thing: it is DEFINITELY faster. It doesn't use a lot of resources: all com.motorola processes together use about 24Mb on my device. For comparison: SwiftKey uses about 18Mb of RAM.
Does it use more CPU cycles? Only when you tell it to. By default you must choose Blur to be active on a mobile connection. If you don't, it simply doesn't do a thing. And I can tell you, I have it enabled and it certainly doesn't hit my battery life as bad as the Froyo ROM did: I still manage to get about 48 hours of battery life.
So if you don't want to flame, please get the facts right! Stock Gingerbread is perfect for beginners. Should you use CM7 if you want more power? Of course. But don't tell Blur is **** and only uses resources.

I use 2.3.4 official GB ROM on my MS2 too and must say: I like it. I used CM7 before and several issues and everytime the upgrading...
So my MS2 is fast and really good. I don't use Blur so it's fast and 48h battery life is normal (again)
@all other 2.3.4 GB users:
have you found the additional programs: Settings -> applications -> manage applications -> all ? (HipHopOfficial, Revolver TV, Rock on Altitude, True Country, Video Editor Lite)
There are really interessting things, but I can't find a way to start them. I never installed them and did a complete wipe before installation without a restore. So they are not left others from previous trys.

I used all Custom roms available on this forum, and yesterday I installed the new UK GB SBF.
I must say I'm impressed, but still miss some tweeks on it.
It is indeed faster, stabler and smoother than other roms.
What I really miss is being able to control the media player on the lock screen, and the widgets in the notification bar to control wifi, screen brightness, call volume, etc...
At the same time, all this can be solved with 3rd party apps, so I do not see any problems with it yet.
Since I always recharge batery at night, I can only say that I can use it all day long and still have some batery left.
I like CM7 a lot, but I am not regretting one bit about not being able to use CM again...

They have been there since forever
You can access them in Connected Music Player: Go to video's and select GoTV Channels and there they are.
The Video Editor Lite can be accessed via the Gallery. When you have a video, you can edit it and it will open Video Editor Lite. It's the same way Blur has a photo editor It can also be accessed from the Gallery by choosing to edit a photo.
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The music control on the lock screen is indeed a function I miss as well, since the CH version got it. But well, for now I can live with it

lol guys 48 hours battery? with stock rom? sorry but is hard for me believe it. im using sticking rim frim first day it comes out. actually i tried a lot of things like undervolt e some app for better memory management but my phone have hard times to rech the night.
i use data connection and wifi often and actually using juice defender for comtrol screen light and manage data connection every 15 mins, so seems go better but at max i can do one day then i have to charge it.
so tell me what u mean for your normal use and post some battery stats not that i dont thrust u but just for watch ur phone use.
im keeping using stock rom because i like make videos in hd but ill try ms2ginger rom soon

I've charged my phone today. Right now it's discharging for 5 hours and it's still at 90%. I didn't note I've got the extended battery.
My settings are WiFi and 3G on, automatic brightness and sync on. From those 5 hours 58% was used by the display because I was chatting.

oh ok . which battery?

Motorola's BP7X extended battery.

w0ndersp00n said:
Motorola's BP7X extended battery.
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I never knew such a thing existed.
What is its capacity in mAh? And does it charge okay inside MS2?

It's 1820mAh, and it's an official extended battery for the Milestone 1/2 & Droid 1/2 by Motorola. You do need to buy an new battery.
http://www.droidhype.com/2010/08/21/motorola-1820mah-bp7x-extended-battery-for-the-droid/
http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Droid-Extended-Battery-BP7X/dp/B004F257ZC

w0ndersp00n said:
It's 1820mAh, and it's an official extended battery for the Milestone 1/2 & Droid 1/2 by Motorola. You do need to buy an new battery.
http://www.droidhype.com/2010/08/21/motorola-1820mah-bp7x-extended-battery-for-the-droid/
http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Droid-Extended-Battery-BP7X/dp/B004F257ZC
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So it fits in just fine inside MS2. What about the mV you get on this? I'm guessing it will be related to the size of the battery and should be more.
Edit: I just found out that it comes with a new back cover too.

hey, how can i install it? im from Argentina, and now im in CM7. What can i do? Thanks

It is a pity that there is no way miui room on this firmware ...(((

Hi,
I'm from Malaysia with a UK set Milestone 2. I received the 2.3.4 update on Nov 2011..and i kinda agree that the new 2.3.4 is more stable and fast than the stock Froyo. And the UI is better too. However like many others i faced the battery problem which drained and with my frequent used i can only get around 6 hours of usage.
Currently i using a Custom ROM from Nightly with ICS theme and i must say, my battery life improve. With my frequent usage now i manage to get 7-9 hours of battery life and with less usage i mange to get around 13 hours..
Nevertheless, the 2.3.4 update for Milestone 2 is still the best if u using stock ROM and i'm glad that motorola do that.
Thanks Motorola..