Ok, so currently I have my girlfriend on the CM9 beta 1 build... and it's ok... but it just isn't quite getting the battery life she would like. So here are the priorities:
1. Need longest battery life
2. Stability is second, but most important with things like google music and youtube.
3. General quickness
We both really like CM9, but I am starting to think she is losing battery faster than normal. I would like input from folks that have tried out almost all the roms and have found the best combo that meets the order of priorities listed. I am willing to go with an additional kernel if the advice is sound and compelling.
Thanks in advance... I would really like to get her on a good daily driver.
I think most people will tell u that each device handles things differently resulting in different battery life..
That being said, I think most would agree that our cm9 is probably not the best choice if battery life is a top priority.. personally, I get the best battery life with cm7, I would recomend that, and if u start feeling saucy, throw a custom kernel on there too for undervolting with voltage control.
If she prefers something touchwiz, there's a lot of good options, try gleangb
As always, wipe data cache and dalvik in cwm before flashing her from cm9 to anything gingerbread.
Good luck!
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Clean gb
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+1 clean gb
lbe said:
+1 clean gb
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+1000...and everything just works.
If it is a woman, cleangb.
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Cleangb. For sure
If it is a woman, cleangb.<br />
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Lulz! +1 on that. Clean gb battery life is pretty amazing too.
Miui v4 has been pretty good for me also. Miui gingerbread was some of the best battery life i ever had though.
Running aokp for the past few days, and that seems pretty damn good too. Just got it updated, supercharged, samurai'd and undervolted, so we'll see how the next couple days go.
Lots of choices. Drive em all for a day or two and see which gives you the best mileage.
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Marcusantrom gets me pretty good battery life, Lasts all day
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+1000...and everything just works.
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+1000000 I keep going back to cleanGB-
Wow... thanks everyone... CleanGB it will be. Im curious as to why they have gone over a month with no updates?
I think part of it is there isn't much to update. It's a stripped down, optimized 'cleangb', not '50,000 tweaks, hacks, and new features every 5 minutes gb'.
You stop when you get it right. Certain tweaks react differently on each phone so Toadlife leaves those to the user to decide what is right for them.
Man I haven't been on a tw based ROM in ages!!
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cleangb might have good battery. but if ur cool, miui gb is the real deal
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Wow... thanks everyone... CleanGB it will be. Im curious as to why they have gone over a month with no updates?
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The chef for this ROM, (toadlife) hasn't posted anthing on the forums since March 1st. I think he's busy with other things.
Related
What is the difference between the two roms?
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A lot, and mostly things you (or 99%) of the people on here could explain.....
from an end-user, just try both and see which you prefer. Not hard to try one and then try another. I flashed 4 roms one day, and loved every moment.
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A lot, and mostly things you (or 99%) of the people on here could explain.....
from an end-user, just try both and see which you prefer. Not hard to try one and then try another. I flashed 4 roms one day, and loved every moment.
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Yep, just try both and see what works better for you. I have, and I like the Trigger 2.7 personally. Just seems "flashier" and shows off the phone a little better, in my opinion.
Both are VERY good ROMs and you can't go wrong with either
Tried both, can't tell the difference speed wise. Battery life is also good on both.
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For me the biggest difference between the two is level of "polish." They are both nice ROMs, but Trigger is just slightly better IMO in regards to the slickness and cosmetic appeal. As was stated above, it's the ROM to show off your phone to friends.
And I never experience any slow-downs or lagginess anywhere and I can't remember the last time I had a FC.
Trigger is the closest thing to my favorite ROM from my G1 days, SuperD.
Man I miss SuperD!!
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Man I miss SuperD!!
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I've still got it running on my G1
Beast of a ROM
(Trigger should not be compared to it!)
Just flash both, and see which one you like the most.
Then when CM7 is finally fully stable, and has great battery life, go to that.
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Just flash both, and see which one you like the most.
Then when CM7 is finally fully stable, and has great battery life, go to that.
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but then team whiskey will come out with 2.3 that is better. Cm7 is not really the best. I've tried a cm7 rom many times on different phones and there just not "Polished".
The TeamWhiskey will be a stock 2.3.
Compared to CM which has a bunch of speed improvements and options to enhance your phone!
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Hi guys,
Still on stock ROM, but looking to flash a new one really soon - looked through both Original and Development threads and haven't been very confident so far. Why?
The most popular ones seem to be Lightening and VillainROM, but I haven't found any comprehensive reviews of their battery life and performance - VillainROM doesn't have screenshots either. Mostly the posts on their threads are questions or debugging or pointing out bugs, so its hard to get a proper gauge.
So what are your thoughts on the ROMs so far? Looking for the usual - good battery, stability, performance. I don't care much for the blue of Lightening but as long as it works, it works. What makes it different from Villain?
Also appreciate any other ROMs that may be good to install!
Thanks!
One of the best and smoothest ROMs I've tried has been CyanogenMod 7. Its stable (even in the 7.1 RC), fast, good battery life and reliable. Check it out, its a definite favorite in my book
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So far I've only tested VillainROM. I'm waiting for a more stable CM7 to try it out, but until then VR seems to be okay. To be honest there's nothing special about it. Battery life is acceptable, it's close to a stock rom, it doesn't have bugs, it has Nimpo kernel, vrtweaks which let you install some mods more easily, and the devs are skilled and helpful. That's enough for me
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So far I've only tested VillainROM. I'm waiting for a more stable CM7 to try it out, but until then VR seems to be okay. To be honest there's nothing special about it. Battery life is acceptable, it's close to a stock rom, it doesn't have bugs, it has Nimpo kernel, vrtweaks which let you install some mods more easily, and the devs are skilled and helpful. That's enough for me
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Which one of this roms has BLN already activated?
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I've now used villain, darkys, adam's aosp, CM7 and MIUI.
All great roms. Villain and darky are both quite close too stock TW. AdamG AOSP is as about as close to androidstock as you can get-which is clean and simple. CM7 is the ultimate ROM for the tweaker and hacker and its also v fast.
MIUI is the most visually different rom. It looks completely different and has some great visual cues. Battery life its also v good on the latest build (.29 beta 32). Its the one I'm using at the moment, but I switch between it and CM7 on occasion.
you won't go wrong with any and although they aren't fully stable (the non TW ones). I've never had any stability issues with them. Just be prepared to not have an fm radio or full bluetooth audio...
My 2 cents, hope it helps!
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P.s. Not sure about lightening but one of the earlier builds of villain gave me the best battery life ever on this phone. I think it was 1.4, but this was about a month ago..
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Which one of this roms has BLN already activated?
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There are quite a few, VillainROM is included. You can also flash a BLN compatible kernel to make BLN work.
Thanks, I may want to stick close to TW-based ROMs for the time being until CM7 is stable and GS2-friendly then I've done MIUI before, its a fantastic ROM for older phones, but of course there's problems with translations sometimes and the UI gets old/too iphone after a while.
currently on lightening 2.2 with nimphetamine 2.04 kernal. More than happy with my battery. I get more than a days use out of it quite easily, battery loss is about 1% an hour in standby and the rom itself is very stable. Ive never had a force close, reboot or anything. Im using the steel blue theme too as i like the look of the icons more.
Ive no plans to try any other roms until a fully released cynagen rom is available which i will try, just to see what the fuss is about more than anything.
any ideas how close we are to a stable cm7 release?
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any ideas how close we are to a stable cm7 release?
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I would also like to know.
A VillainROM user here along with ninphetamine kernel I find this the best combination, battery life is awesome and the devs are useful. It's smooth fast and just well top notch.
I've tried many roms but always come back to VR. The best thing to do is try them and find one for your own liking there are dozens to choose from now. In the future I'll try CM7 as I used to run that on my DHD but as of now I'm happy with the TW roms.
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Batista70 ROM w/ Ninpo's 2.0.5 kernel here, so far so good. Runs smooth and quite battery-friendly.
I've used Lite'ning also but somehow the I've run into some battery drain issues with it before. Eye'ing CM7 once it gets a stable release.
The latest CM7 nightly, 13, is running really well, it all seems just as it was on my Desire so far, no crashes, just a lockscreen hang every now and again.
Don't know about the Bluetooth audio as I prefer a wired headset.
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CM is the nuts
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CM is the nuts
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"Gold Spade of the Year" for you
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"Gold Spade of the Year" for you
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what does that mean, mate?
knny said:
what does that mean, mate?
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I mean that he was digging very long to find this thread...
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I mean that he was digging very long to find this thread...
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I've had this thread subscribed since the beginning and today I just desided to share my experience with CM
What roms would you guys recomend i use, im currently using Cyangeon Mod 7 but i would like to know if there are any others like that
Thanks Sam
Do you or do you not want blur? If you do want blur, maybe try aura or alien. If you don't, stay with CM.
Try Aura debloat version. Has almost all blur crap removed. Faster than CM7 also except on boot up.
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Alien: most stable and best battery life of the roms I've tried
Aura: lean running and most updated of the existing roms, although battery life is slightly worse than Alien. Darkside is really an extension of Aura in my book and it's the rom I currently use.
CM7: I love this rom for all the cool new customizable features, but no fingerprint scanner is a deal breaker. Someone said "some people forget there was life before the fingerprint scanner", well there was life before electricity too. I don't want to give up on one of the most convenient aspect of my phone when there are other alternatives.
I'm using the bionix v1.3.1 with dragon 1.4 kernel, its real fast and smooth on my vibrant
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I dont want blur its a pile of crap i dont see why it was invented,i may try aurara or whatever its called
hey everyone I need help with my battery life cause this is just ridic
, so I'm running my phone on alien with faux123 0.2 kernel
and my radio is N_01.77.33P on bell and I text and facebook quite alot but i'm pretty sure my phone should last for more then 5 hours right? lolol So how do I fic this? Should I try at&t radio that's N_01.77.30P?
Redpill... v4. The new redpill coming out will be based on CM.... it will be sweet
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I hate threads like this and the title makes me hate it even more.
Atrixn00b, try uninstalling facebook, I've heard it screws your battery pretty hard.
also, install watchdog and check if you have any other rogue apps
Does red pill have a big theme base like cm7 and is it as user friendly?
Depends what you use for phone for. All the de-blur roms I used broke contacts and corporate email, sometimes even sms. Seemed like the majority of them took an exisiting rom, removed the blur .apk applications, and broke a lot of usability for some speed.
I think the whole fastest rom thing is a bit of bs. Almost every rom ive ran has been speedy aside from the official 4.5.91, or froyo with all the ATT apps installed.
Alien4 was the last rom and probably the most stable, also the best battery. Speed is terrific, near CM7. All around the best rom imo. Better corporate mail client than CM7 too w/ search functionality.
CM7 was not stable for me but showed a lot of promise, I had dialer issues and some weird app hangs. Felt like I was constantly needing to reboot to get things working again. Looking forward to future releases though.
Okay yh it does break some functionality but blur did do much for me anyways as i just replaced it all with handcent and stuff like that so it doesnt bother me much about lost functionality, but i tried alien and didnt really like it tbh im using cm7 because its what i have been recomended multiple times
-sigh- okay . Ill try uninstalling it. Also what are the values I should uv my phone to?
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hey everyone I need help with my battery life cause this is just ridic
, so I'm running my phone on alien with faux123 0.2 kernel
and my radio is N_01.77.33P on bell and I text and facebook quite alot but i'm pretty sure my phone should last for more then 5 hours right? lolol So how do I fic this? Should I try at&t radio that's N_01.77.30P?
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And you posted this question in this thread why???
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-sigh- okay . Ill try uninstalling it. Also what are the values I should uv my phone to?
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Might I add you should stop hijacking this thread and go look elsewhere!
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Aura: lean running and most updated of the existing roms, although battery life is slightly worse than Alien.
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I don't believe that for a second! I think auras battery is phenomenal as good as any other rom probably even better, but just like any new rom you flash. you gotta callibrate your battery of course or you may have poor performance.
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I don't believe that for a second! I think auras battery is phenomenal as good as any other rom probably even better, but just like any new rom you flash. you gotta callibrate your battery of course or you may have poor performance.
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I don't really have poor battery performance. Right now I am at 1 day and 6 hours with 5hr 34min of screen time and battery of 28%. I just mean that when I was on Alien I had slightly better battery life.
I don't keep track of statistics because of generally excellent battery life. However at the end of my work day I find Alien to be slightly better.
Anyway, with the latest Faux kernels battery is phenomenal, I'm not sure how much the minor differences between roms would matter. They generally all have excellent battery life and stability. Many many thanks to Faux and the Aura/Darkside/Alien rom developers.
I changed my radio from 33p to 30p. Now it could use two days one charge.
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Thanks guys ill try them out when cm7 stops being a dic
Another Useless thread
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i hope this the correct forum for this if not Im sorry. I have an epic but my wife has an Evo and i have put a rom on it for her. Now she is complaining about cyanogenmod 7 that I put on her phone and she keeps running into small problems Im not that familiar w/ the evo roms so I need some guidance with them. I need something very stable and very easy to use, it doesn't matter what android as long as it is stable.
thanks in advance
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MIUI
My mom's phone is an Evo 4G and I put MIUI on it. It has an iOS-like interface and it is VERY easy to use.
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My mom's phone is an Evo 4G and I put MIUI on it. It has an iOS-like interface and it is VERY easy to use.
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It's also the buggiest ROM I've ever run. Try Evo Classic by TommyTomatoe. Super stable and super easy to use.
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It's also the buggiest ROM I've ever run. Try Evo Classic by TommyTomatoe. Super stable and super easy to use.
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Honestly, Evo4gLI, the last time I checked, I haven't run into any problems using MIUI. Green_Arrow says in his guide that MIUI "has the longest battery life and is very customizable." I would readily second that, and though MIUI doesn't have WiMAX as of yet, I don't use 4G at ALL.
Check our the guide in my signature. For ultimate stability, I would suggest MikG or tommytomatoe's The Classic if you want Sense.
MIUI is my favorite AOSP ROM. It is incredibly stable if you actually wipe everything right
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It's also the buggiest ROM I've ever run. Try Evo Classic by TommyTomatoe. Super stable and super easy to use.
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OMG, it's the most STABLE ROM ever. I had ZERO bugs on my MIUI setups. None
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It's also the buggiest ROM I've ever run. Try Evo Classic by TommyTomatoe. Super stable and super easy to use.
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Cosign that
about miui, yes there are bugs at times on the releases
thanks to everyone for the info
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i hope this the correct forum for this if not Im sorry. I have an epic but my wife has an Evo and i have put a rom on it for her. Now she is complaining about cyanogenmod 7 that I put on her phone and she keeps running into small problems Im not that familiar w/ the evo roms so I need some guidance with them. I need something very stable and very easy to use, it doesn't matter what android as long as it is stable.
thanks in advance
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Sounds like you should have left the phone at stock settings ;o Go with one of the stock mods like Classic or Swagged Out Stock. Can't get more stable than that.
Maybe get her an ice cream sandwich mod for ease of use when those become stable.
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I am new to rooting but have found Fresh and Nocturnal's Shooter (Sense 3.0) roms pretty good. No issues so far and has been around 3 weeks of steady usage. I have the Evo 4g. Just make sure to back up so if anything goes wrong you are covered. I also like to test out the phone pretty good after installing anything. rooted or otherwise. could be buggy software causing the issues. waiting for cyan9 in jan.
Also http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1334484 has an excellent guide on rooting the evo. I was put off by other guides but you can't get more cut and dry than that one. Thoughtful and detailed in case you missed anything.
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Check our the guide in my signature. For ultimate stability, I would suggest MikG or tommytomatoe's The Classic if you want Sense.
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Can't say I've ever ran MIUI, but from all of the roms I've ran, I've never had
stability issues with any Sense based rom and have so far had the best battery
life with MikG's 2.59 with the Freedom kernel.
sitting at 22:30 hrs up, 6:50hrs awake with 54% battery life remaining.
Took a screen shot even to show my brother to tick him off, his photon dies
over the course of a work day.
I'd agree though, MikG and Tommytomatoes roms are great,
I love a lot of the 3.5 roms as well, but the stability and performance aren't
where I'd like them to be yet. Never got the feel for CM/AOSP based roms,
though they all run well for me, and I never did like the Apple style UI, which
everyone seems to compare MIUI to. Probably why that's one of the only roms
I haven't installed on my evo.
My wife and I have been using CleanGB since it was new. We mostly liked it for battery life and stability, though it eventually crapped out and anyway it's EOL.
There are a lot of ROMs out now, but really none of them look super stable from the descriptions. What would you guys suggest for a stable, battery sipping ROM that's not laggy?
Also considering the stock ROM. Are the custom ROMs much better than stock these days?
Not sure what descriptions you're reading, but The People's ROM and Mortify are both very good choices.
Both fast, stable, and with good followings to help you out with any issues.
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Not sure what descriptions you're reading, but The People's ROM and Mortify are both very good choices.
Both fast, stable, and with good followings to help you out with any issues.
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Of these two, which has the longest battery life?
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Of these two, which has the longest battery life?
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I'd answer but I may be biased.
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edufur said:
Of these two, which has the longest battery life?
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Honestly, they're about even. TPR might have a slight slight edge.
Try them both. Put one on your phone and one on the wife's. It's all about personal preference.
And watch out for that Kenny guy. He's a little ban happy lately.
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Thanks. I'll try TPR since it's been around longer. I'm into new; really stable, well established new.
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Honestly, they're about even. TPR might have a slight slight edge.
Try them both. Put one on your phone and one on the wife's. It's all about personal preference.
And watch out for that Kenny guy. He's a little ban happy lately.
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I banish you from my Kingdom!
Too over the top?
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