OK so i installed almost every ROM on there and here is what i found.
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:good: CleanGB ---- Takes the crown, super fast battery charge in less then 45minutes the battery is full. Over a period of 8 hours in stand by(as i sleep) the battery did not drop at all.
CM9 ---- Took over 2.5 hours to charge the battery, in 8 hours it dropped 12% battery life.
CM7 --- Charged in 1.7 hours and dropped 17% battery in 8 hours.
The rest were terrible, I would not even bother.
All configuration were the same. Everything off (wifi, gps, etc)
After all i installed CleanGB again at the end. And guess what in the past 8 hours battery did not at all in standby. My phone last 3 days on the same battery charge again, with normal to moderate use.
This was the same battery same settings.
Let me know if you guys found something else.
GUI experience:
CleanGB is cool and simple, however i wish they would upgrade to Android 4
CM9 has an really cool interface but i can not tolerate the battery drain issue.
CM7 is the worst of the two, not so great GUI and bad battery life.
If you still think im crazy install CleanGB and see for yourself. CM9 just needs to focus on the battery drain.
CleanGB is more focused on the phone working as it should and they did that really well. :good:
Virgiltu said:
OK so i installed almost every ROM on there and here is what i found.
TOP.
:good: CleanGB ---- Takes the crown, super fast battery charge in less then 45minutes the battery is full. Over a period of 8 hours in stand by(as i sleep) the battery did not drop at all.
CM9 ---- Took over 2.5 hours to charge the battery, in 8 hours it dropped 12% battery life.
CM7 --- Charged in 1.7 hours and dropped 17% battery in 8 hours.
The rest were terrible, I would not even bother.
All configuration were the same. Everything off (wifi, gps, etc)
After all i installed CleanGB again at the end. And guess what in the past 8 hours battery did not at all in standby. My phone last 3 days on the same battery charge again, with normal to moderate use.
This was the same battery same settings.
Let me know if you guys found something else.
GUI experience:
CleanGB is cool and simple, however i wish they would upgrade to Android 4
CM9 has an really cool interface but i can not tolerate the battery drain issue.
CM7 is the worst of the two, not so great GUI and bad battery life.
If you still think im crazy install CleanGB and see for yourself. CM9 just needs to focus on the battery drain.
CleanGB is more focused on the phone working as it should and they did that really well. :good:
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CM10 isn't horrible, I think it's a step above CM9 honestly, Mine charges over night so i don't know how much it would drain. during a day of moderate use (texting, reading XDA and what not) I'm generally about 65% or so (If not higher)
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CM10 isn't horrible, I think it's a step above CM9 honestly, Mine charges over night so i don't know how much it would drain. during a day of moderate use (texting, reading XDA and what not) I'm generally about 65% or so (If not higher)
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I will try CM10, i didt think it was available for the epic. I do like the CM9 look but i hate the batter if CM10 is better then ill be happy.
Thank you. I will report findings.
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The People's ROM. It's as good as CleanGB (ran that for several months) and is based off the latest official release (FC09).
My one personal cheat is to use the CleanGB kernel with TPR, so that may be why I get fantastic battery life.
CleanGB is cool and simple, however i wish they would upgrade to Android 4
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Never going to happen. CleanGB (and TPR) are both stock TouchWiz based ROMs and it's not too likely that Sprint will offer an ICS update for the Epic.
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ROFL!!! :good:
As to the topic, I have seen it posted by a massive number of users, that CM7 had much better battery life than CM9.
In fact, the number one reason I saw posted as to why people went back to CM7, after checking out CM9, was battery life.
DCRocks said:
ROFL!!! :good:
As to the topic, I have seen it posted by a massive number of users, that CM7 had much better battery life than CM9.
In fact, the number one reason I saw posted as to why people went back to CM7, after checking out CM9, was battery life.
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This 100%
I' am on Cut & Paste Rom FC09 and this has given be best battery life as of today. I had clean GB earlier (sometime back) after which i tried all the other Roms (AOKP - ICS, MIUI - ICS, RandomRom 5.1) and then decided to try C&P and man this rocks !
I have got a battery life of 2 days with a talk time (voice call) of 4 hours and thats the best i have seen till now among all of the Roms on my phone
legendary.mtd + gps fix is just as good as cleanGB plus it has the 15 toggle mod
try AOKP, people says it has better bettery life than CM9, so you can keep the "cool interface" while saving battery lol. Me myself never bother with battery as long as it last more than 1 hours. Always carrying one of those portable charger, If the battery is low then charge it haha.
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try AOKP, people says it has better bettery life than CM9, so you can keep the "cool interface" while saving battery lol. Me myself never bother with battery as long as it last more than 1 hours. Always carrying one of those portable charger, If the battery is low then charge it haha.
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+1 for aokp...with the nexus modem. Typical 3 hours screen on time, over 18 hours on. Time with out signal under 4% every day. Used to be around 15% with epic modem under same conditions. Using 1800 touch battery.
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+1 for aokp...with the nexus modem. Typical 3 hours screen on time, over 18 hours on. Time with out signal under 4% every day. Used to be around 15% with epic modem under same conditions. Using 1800 touch battery.
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Did you get gps working with the nexus modem on aokp?
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The rest are horrible..? Thats not very nice, if your looking for a battery saving ROM, you should definitely try The Peoples Rom (TPR) and if your not satisfied with thatt, try Cut&Paste Rom. Those two ROM's are awesome.
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Virgiltu said:
OK so i installed almost every ROM on there and here is what i found.
TOP.
:good: CleanGB ---- Takes the crown, super fast battery charge in less then 45minutes the battery is full. Over a period of 8 hours in stand by(as i sleep) the battery did not drop at all. :
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Your battery charges in 45mins? Does anybody elses battery charge in 45mins? I never heard of that before...
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On AOKP I enabled fast charge once, if you don't use it at all while it's on the charger I think it'll charge in 45 mins.
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Did you get gps working with the nexus modem on aokp?
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Hmm perhaps I need to have didhiy do the kernel fix. There's a fix on the nexus s since people had the same problem. So far, I've only seen you and another person on the epic having that issue, which is odd. Talk to him though, since he fixed it somehow. His name is popssracer.
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In my personal experiences, the newest Cut & Paste ROM has AMAZING battery life. I can get over a day easily at home all day with no charge, and maybe 15-24 hours out in the world (I'm a professional touring musician, so there's times where I have NO charging source at all).
What I noticed also has equal or better battery life to TouchWiz are MIUI ROMs. If you can manage your power usage and turn off data services when you aren't using them, I could EASILY get days out of battery on 2.1.6.
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Did you get gps working with the nexus modem on aokp?
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GPS work just fine for me with AOKP M6/Crespo modem
iamterence said:
In my personal experiences, the newest Cut & Paste ROM has AMAZING battery life. I can get over a day easily at home all day with no charge, and maybe 15-24 hours out in the world (I'm a professional touring musician, so there's times where I have NO charging source at all).
What I noticed also has equal or better battery life to TouchWiz are MIUI ROMs. If you can manage your power usage and turn off data services when you aren't using them, I could EASILY get days out of battery on 2.1.6.
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I would say if you know how to manager your data when you aren't using it EVERY rom can get great battery life... even cm10...
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I thought i would share this information because I've wasted so much time and effort trying to find the best bettery/performance combination. What I have finally conceded to was the fact that i needed an extra battery. I've read opinions that charging externally will give extra battery life, and let me tell you, they are all true.
So as of right now, under normal use and conditions, my battery is sitting at 89% charge with 7h 39m of on/standby time.
Here's the formula that works best for my epic:
Rom-baked snack
Kernel- bakedsnack step 2
Charge battery on external charger
Use ultimate juice defender to cycle data on every 15 min when screen is off and cconnect when on.
Thats it in a nutshell. The extra OEM battery and charger cost me like 30 bucks on amazon. Make sure its OEM battery because most after market batteries wont charge unless you throw it on the external charger only, which could leave you in a jam if you only have power cord.
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I've been debating about doing somthing this, but with my work, I need the "instant" email. I was in Staples, and they had a 2000mah external USB battery for $18 clearance. It comes with a cable and many tips for it and a little pouch to put them all in. I bought 2. I'm usually in range of a power supply, but then I've got 2x2000 mah extras just in case. I know I lose some because of the way charging works, but it's keeps me going for a very long time.
I'm running Baked Snack with Extreme kernel overclocked and I get excellent battery life, would be even better if I could just kick my internet addiction.
I get 30 hours on my G2 running cyanogenmod clocked at 1.3ghz. muahhaha
30 hours is crap that's what I get on leaked froyo which is terrible I was getting 60+ hours on 2.1
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30 hours is crap that's what I get on leaked froyo which is terrible I was getting 60+ hours on 2.1
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60??? Holy heck, I thought 15 hours with my Epic 4g running on my Yoobao 2800mAh battery was impressive... This is with no battery tweaks, no performance tweaks, just plain old stock rom. I usually leave wifi/4g/gps on all the time and get about 10 hours on my extended battery.
I have several extended batteries n get 15 to 30hrs
Plain stock 2.1
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i get 8 hours.
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i get 8 hours.
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Sigh! wow, i gotta do this.
For ppl that get 60 hours and such, thats because ur barely using the phone! I get like 8 to 15 hours depending on how much i use it. I used to use juice defender but i get similar battery life with and without it so i dont think it does that much saving.
jbadboy2007 said:
30 hours is crap that's what I get on leaked froyo which is terrible I was getting 60+ hours on 2.1
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Not talking about having the phone sit next to your bed all day unused. I get 30 hours with moderate usage consistently, and on the Epic running the battery saving kernels/ROMs can't do that.
You sir, are the crap that you speak of.
He didn't say 30 hours like you said. He said 60. And if you to get 60 its cause you don't ever use your phone. I don't care what setup you have if you use your phone you will not get 60 hours on stock battery.
infamousjax said:
Not talking about having the phone sit next to your bed all day unused. I get 30 hours with moderate usage consistently, and on the Epic running the battery saving kernels/ROMs can't do that.
You sir, are the crap that you speak of.
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knyque said:
I've been debating about doing somthing this, but with my work, I need the "instant" email. I was in Staples, and they had a 2000mah external USB battery for $18 clearance. It comes with a cable and many tips for it and a little pouch to put them all in. I bought 2. I'm usually in range of a power supply, but then I've got 2x2000 mah extras just in case. I know I lose some because of the way charging works, but it's keeps me going for a very long time.
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I bought two of the 1500's with the external charger on ebay for $9 back in September. They have been great. I only use my stock battery a couple of times a month to keep it going.
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musclehead84 said:
He didn't say 30 hours like you said. He said 60. And if you to get 60 its cause you don't ever use your phone. I don't care what setup you have if you use your phone you will not get 60 hours on stock battery.
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There's really no such thing as "not using" these phones. He's either lying/exaggerating or he's disabled everything that makes this not just a flip phone, and never uses it even for that.
what i have observed is... sitting idle....without any activity nt even screen on.. after unplugging from a 100% charged state.. reduces to 80% in a cpl of hrs.. i m on viperrom frozen and havent used any battery calibrating apps yet.
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I bought two of the 1500's with the external charger on ebay for $9 back in September. They have been great. I only use my stock battery a couple of times a month to keep it going.
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Would you mind sharing which reseller sold you the batteries? Good aftermarkets are hard to find as the advertised MAH usually is misrepresented.
dohturdima said:
Would you mind sharing which reseller sold you the batteries? Good aftermarkets are hard to find as the advertised MAH usually is misrepresented.
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Let me see if I can dig up the order.
dohturdima said:
Would you mind sharing which reseller sold you the batteries? Good aftermarkets are hard to find as the advertised MAH usually is misrepresented.
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Ok this is what I could find.
Seller
leiiho
l[email protected]
2x BATTERY + AC DOCK CHARGER FOR Sprint Samsung Epic 4G
Item# 180553005018
$8.98 USD
Pic of battery.
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i assure you my screen on time was longer than your entire battery life. 2.1 kernels were amazing. either you have not owned your phone long enough or just dont know how to use it.
Hi all,
I absolutely need a ROM to survive about 16 hours, whit medium level of usage: 2 or 3 short calls, 3g always on, intensive gmail usage, Twitter and browser often open... and maybe some light game during a flight...
Witch ROM do you suggest?
Can I survive?
Thanks!
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Sounds like what you need is an extended/extra battery.
I avg ~16-18 hours per day with usage similar to yours BUT the places I spend the most time (work and home) I'm connected to WIFI. When you say 3G always on, you mean you'll never be on wifi or just never changing the setting to use 2G? I NEVER turn my 3G off. I'm using Cyanogenmod7 BTW (nightly #21). Nightly build #13 had the best battery life of all the Roms I've run so far....
I can't use WiFi... maybe I could switch to 2g only, when I don't really need 3g... cm7 was horrible about battery live starting from the 2.3.3 version, but I haven't tried last nightly build...
also MIUI seems to be good, what do you think?
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for me, the best in this...... SuperAOSP...
i never get more than 6-8 hours of battery, dunno how some of you are claiming 16 hours. maybe on standby
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i never get more than 6-8 hours of battery, dunno how some of you are claiming 16 hours. maybe on standby
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Hit 50% right at the 12 hour mark. I routinely get 16 hours. I check fb, twitter, send texts, browse forums and talk. Hopping on wifi def helps. I never get any less than 12 hours, even with CONSTANT use
When you don't you the phone, Use a widget to turn off data connection. Also GPS. Buy an extended battery that is the same size of the n1. Cm7 seems to be pretty good for me right now. Rc2 version not night lies.
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Give MIUI a chance. Either from RoDrIgUeZsTyLe or the vanilla miui here: http://miui-dev.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?15-Google-Nexus-One
Personally, battery is not the only reason I've stuck with miui for a couple of months now. Overall I find it very stable and other features like the nice notification bar etc. keep me from moving to other roms. The only thing I hate about miui is the whole iphone like default launcher but that is easily fixed by using launcherpro or adw
I can easily get 16 hours out of MIUI. Usually at the end of day I have around 25% to 35% left. I am running version 1.3.11 at this time. Soon to be upgrading to 1.3.18 as soon as the language pack comes out!
Meh, ok on the stock, rooted 2.3.3 ROM and im getting amazing speeds.
I think it would be easier to spend 20 bucks to get an extra battery than to flash a whole new rom though.
FLAC Vest said:
Meh, ok on the stock, rooted 2.3.3 ROM and im getting amazing speeds.
I think it would be easier to spend 20 bucks to get an extra battery than to flash a whole new rom though.
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I got an extra battery from HTC because my other one didn't seem to last very long. They sent it to me for free since the phone was still under warranty. Changing batteries isn't such a big deal, but managing to charge the two of them is kind of a balancing act. Charge one at night, then swap them in the morning and charge the other one in the morning. use it during the day swap in the evening and start over again. lol. Personally I'd rather find a ROM and excellent use of SetCPU and power manager to get the most battery life out of one battery.
I'm now using nightly builds of cm7 with redstars latest kernel and I finally have a good combo, good battery life and no problems, though I haven't tried without dewonkficator.
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I'm testing MIUI right now and it seems very well: today i had medium/low usage and I'm on 14 hours and still 26% left. Tomorrow I'll test more intensive but it seems that Miui is the best choice!
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Hit 50% right at the 12 hour mark. I routinely get 16 hours. I check fb, twitter, send texts, browse forums and talk. Hopping on wifi def helps. I never get any less than 12 hours, even with CONSTANT use
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this sounds insane to me...
on that same image click on "display"... how long did it was active??
I cannot have it last any longer then 3 and half an hour of active display (that value can be seen by clicking on "display"...)
evcz said:
this sounds insane to me...
on that same image click on "display"... how long did it was active??
I cannot have it last any longer then 3 and half an hour of active display (that value can be seen by clicking on "display"...)
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On that day, I was at 2 hr & 17 mins of 'active' display at the time. I avg about 2 1/2 hours of "screen on" time each day.
I too will say I get a constant 12hours to 50% mark on a regular day. MIUI and CM7 latest.
Although, I saw Wildmonk came back to the scene and am testing his latest cm7 kernel mod on #25, and my goodness. Yesterday seemed average. But today, Going 9 hours unplugged and only went down 20%. Hoping this isn't a fluke. Will need another day or 2 to truly tell.
If anyone else is wondering, try wildmonk. I'd like to know what other's find.
( control your background syncs! They are battery hungry by default sometimes)
I just hit 15 hours use with 4 hours and 35 minutes display-on time. But 8 hours of that was me sleeping. And this all was on WiFi which makes an enormous difference.
Typically I get 2.5 hours of display time a day.
Running cyan 6.1.
I used to have a 16 - 20 hours per day using MM CM7 ROM (with WildMonks Kernel),
But sadly there is one problem with the ROM (Facebook update) and MM left us for another phone
Right now, I'm gonna try SuperAOSP and PureGoogleMod to test the battery life
Here's my batt info
I've been messing around with fitsnugly's CM7 build and different kernels. I took this one just some hours ago using latest redstar OC 1152 kernel; I never run it that high on normal usage, though. More than 24h's of battery . It's pretty good, ~ 1% or less drain in idle and overall good when watching videos, etc. I just created this account to share the info, I mostly just read and browse (I can't post links yet ), so the img address is imgur.com/nTfqz
It seems as though battery life is one of the most common topics among us vibrant owners. We are always looking to increase battery life, whether it be with a new rom, new kernels, or apps from the market. I wanted to start this thread for everyone to share their experiences, tricks of the trade, etc on getting the best battery life.
Post pictures, rom info, kernel info, app info, modem info, battery info etc! No pic, no proof!!!
This is the best I have been able to get with my phone with:
Bionix 1.3.1 - Stock kernel - KB1 modem - TW launcher - auto brightness off, set about 2 clicks from the left - battery calibration app used at 100% - Stock battery. Light / Light moderate usage, phone calls, texts, web searches. GPS on.
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Well, this is great battery life you got there For me 24h is the most I can squeeze from my Vibrant with Project V/Bullet 1.42 kernel, auto brightness off, moderate usage. 16h with heavy usage... It's fully charged now so I don't have pics to show it
i used around 5% with in an hour with somewhat heavy usage this is cm7 nightly 71 bali with uv
srdjav - have you tried bali uv? I heard it works really well, especially with bi-winning, but I have heard great things about it on all different types of roms
gamikzone - impressive for cm7, I have read horror stories that the battery life on it wasn't all that great...but I guess with the kernel script and bali, it's way better!
@corpsetomb
Yes, I did tried Bali... But honestly, didn't see much difference in battery life. I have tried 4 different kernel on Project V and battery life was always 16-24h, depends of the usage. With extremely heavy usage 16h... So i decided to stay with Bullet 1.42.
But I didn't try Bi-Winning ROM yet... Maybe I will give it a try
But I had very bad experience with Super_DragonMODz 1.5 kernel... For a few hours everything was ok. But in one moment I picked up a phone after doing nothing for a half an hour and it was HOT! And I could smell "burning" inside Luckily when I took battery out and let the phone cool down, it was ok
Can we see pictures not words :/
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i used around 5% with in an hour with somewhat heavy usage this is cm7 nightly 71 bali with uv
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i am on Trigger redux build 17 and bali 1.1.1, so almost same setup as you, so would like to try your UV settings, could you post them here?
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Kernel:Glitch
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Battery:1500Mah Damaged once it hits 30% It starts to drain 2% i have 2 batterys an the second gets double to almost triple the one i am using
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haha what is this, a courtroom?
truly, none of this matters. one big factor in battery life is application use. in order to pinpoint someones battery usage, one would have to list, in detail, their application usage. which/how many apps poll for background data/how often? is the person using an autokiller/ram optimizer? which/how many apps stay open in the background, even when killed?
The bottom line is, battery life is ultimately determined by the user. there are only so many differences, in terms of battery, between these roms and kernels. none of them will give you a SIGNIFICANT difference. this is not the fault of the devs, they are not magicians.
This is why people do not get nice responses in rom/kernel threads when they ask "how is the battery life?". Then some clown who is a very light user will say "its great! i get 20hrs per cycle!!" and then you flash it expecting ground-shaking results...only you forgot that you have 317 apps on your phone (20 of which are constantly poll/checking for background data), and you use your phone/data like a whore who youll never see again. and unfortunately, there are horrible noobs out in there who, after doing this, will actually go back into the thread and say something like "DO NOT FLASH, MY BATTERY DOESNT EVEN LAST 8 HRS!!!!"
Theres only one true way to REALLY compare battery between ROMs/kernels (and it still isnt 100%trustworthy): download a ROM, try it out for a few days at moderate usage. Then flash the one you want to compare it to. Make sure you have the SAME exact setup as the ROM before (apps, brightness, GPS on/off, background data, etc.), and try to mimmick your usage with the other one. NOW you can effectively determine, relatively, which ROM may show better battery results for everybody. and then, when someone asks "does this have good battery?" you dont just say yes; you say "yes, i have seen noticeable improvement since coming from _______ rom, i about ___hrs more per full charge "
sorry for the rant
here's my battery life with Project V.
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here's my battery life with Project V.
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Come on man, how did you menage this? Do you have any apps install on your phone?
@TopShelf10
No worries, I welcome your input! I agree that a big factor in battery life is application use. You will see in the OP that I recommended people put in as much detail as possible along with their picture, such as what type of use, kernel, rom, etc. I would also like to hear and see comparisons between roms, that is part of what this thread is all about! To be able to compare different roms and see what helps based on usage.
Thank you for participating and your input!
Note: Do you guys think I should start a list of best battery life in the op?
I know this but anyone can say I got 24hrs show me me proof
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@kazumahits
Would you mind sharing the details on how you get this awesome battery life? Kernel, programs, light/moderate/heavy use etc?
MITurned off background data. At least 4 hours of Youtube and flashed at about 90% so....
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wtf tapatalk that's
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android system-7
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23h 23m 1s on battery with 19% left
WTH!!!!!! I wish my phone could last that long. But do you use your phone a lot? Like facebook? Music? Videos? Etc???
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here's my battery life with Project V.
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Trigger redux w/glitch while actually doing stuff like an hour of tetrisphere.
Suck it.
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You can manipulate the battery use stats pretty easily... at least on CM7. If I plug my phone in to charge for an hour, it doesn't reset my battery usage. Sometimes when I look at it it will say 24 hours+. Which I know is not at all accurate.
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You can manipulate the battery use stats pretty easily... at least on CM7. If I plug my phone in to charge for an hour, it doesn't reset my battery usage. Sometimes when I look at it it will say 24 hours+. Which I know is not at all accurate.
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That happens to me on MIUI makes it hard to keep track of it
Btw my batt
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I have to say that after some experimintation I am getting consistantly incredible batter life. For instance, I took off charger at 6:00 am at 100% fully charged this am. It is now 6:00 PM (12 hrs) constant MS Exchange updating, internet browsing, and about 2.5 hrs on phone calls, I now have 81%.
Some facts:
I am on stock KG5
the following definatly made the batter life wose:
Beautiful Widgets
Widget Locker Lockscreen
I have NO battery monitor programs like Juice Defender. In fact I have purchased Juice Defender Ultimate and I saw a slight decrease in perforance.
I have to following apps installed:
Sirius XM Premium online
App2SD Pro
Google Maps update
MLB At Bat 2011
Scanner Radio Pro
You Tube update
OI File Manager
Only downfalls of KG 5 is no video with the Google talk and Flash crashes with the browser. Tried KH1 and KH3, not ready for prime time.
Thoughts and comments welcome.
Charlie C
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and?
so if you already have incredible battery life (by your definition and standards), what's the point of this thread?
so funny
At least post battery usage graph.
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Come on guys, He was just trying to help!
Well, I've shifted to KH3 which gives me 3.5 days battery time. Haha!
Try KH3.
cc999 said:
I have to say that after some experimintation I am getting consistantly incredible batter life. For instance, I took off charger at 6:00 am at 100% fully charged this am. It is now 6:00 PM (12 hrs) constant MS Exchange updating, internet browsing, and about 2.5 hrs on phone calls, I now have 81%.
Some facts:
I am on stock KG5
the following definatly made the batter life wose:
Beautiful Widgets
Widget Locker Lockscreen
I have NO battery monitor programs like Juice Defender. In fact I have purchased Juice Defender Ultimate and I saw a slight decrease in perforance.
I have to following apps installed:
Sirius XM Premium online
App2SD Pro
Google Maps update
MLB At Bat 2011
Scanner Radio Pro
You Tube update
OI File Manager
Only downfalls of KG 5 is no video with the Google talk and Flash crashes with the browser. Tried KH1 and KH3, not ready for prime time.
Thoughts and comments welcome.
Charlie C
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I think the problem is not the battery mate. You have the same problem than me. Talking two hours and a half by phone every day is nasty, I am sure you have about 80 mails every day like me. This is the real problem to solve, we have to work less so the battery will last more , and kick someone asses who are always calling us and giving problems
100 battery threads but i didnt yet find a clear answer if 2.3.4 improves battery life or not..i wait for the official release so i didnt use any 2.3.4 rom yet...
i too have awesome battery life! my phone was unplugged 13hrs 17m 15s ago and now has 88% remaining..... stock bvkg3 orange rom...
I'm tired of these threads. It's not like samsung sold some phones with good battery life and some without. They are ALL the EXACT SAME.
You can't have a 'better' battery life than another SGS2 user. You can't have a 'worse' battery life either. What matters is usage.
Anyone can get 'incredible' battery life - simply install any ROM such as cog or vr, and do a full wipe. Install only 10 apps, and use the phone sporadically, dare I say, use the phone 'as a phone'.
What I'm trying to say is that the people reporting 52 hours of battery life or what not simply do not use the phone as much as others do. If it sounds logical, that's because it is.
There is no 'magic pill'. I get 54h on standby because despite having 205 apps, I used betterbatterystats to uninstall the worst offenders. But today for example I got 6h out of my battery because I spent 3h hours with the screen on, 1 hour on GPS navigation in my car, 1 hours taking pictures with the flash on, 1 hour playing angry birds. 205 apps, endless memory resident programs, custom-everything, even my wallpaper is 3d with 16x MSAA through CF3d, what did I expect?
The whole Iphone comparison is also whack. I own an iphone 4. Sure when stock the thing flies and stays on battery like you wouldn't believe. But try to customize it and you'll find the same problems that you find on android. Plus, it's twice as heavy as my sgs2
I prefer using my sgs2 as a laptop, the battery life is still better than my acer.
I call bs. But while Im at it i get over 100 hours on my battery. On standby. Omg. I can't believe how long my phone lasts when I don't use it.
Or.
I used my phone 15 hours today. 5 hours screen time. Heavy wifi and cell data. .and snes emulator 2 hours. And I still had 30%. Omfg incredible. I can't believe it not butter. And these are my usual stats or the like. And I don't have a sgs2. I don't get to jizz my pants every day like you guys. Omg. This must be the most incredibly dumb post I've ever posted.
I voided my warranty and your mum.
Wow... so much anger in this forum.
There is a simple solution to all of u angry birds, when u see a thread with the word "battery" in it, run away as fast as u can, and dont look back, ur wasting ur time and others by posting useless angry replies, so cut the crap and grow up...
to the op, thanks for ur post it was helpful at least to me if that counts.
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I call bs. But while Im at it i get over 100 hours on my battery. On standby. Omg. I can't believe how long my phone lasts when I don't use it.
Or.
I used my phone 15 hours today. 5 hours screen time. Heavy wifi and cell data. .and snes emulator 2 hours. And I still had 30%. Omfg incredible. I can't believe it not butter. And these are my usual stats or the like. And I don't have a sgs2. I don't get to jizz my pants every day like you guys. Omg. This must be the most incredibly dumb post I've ever posted.
I voided my warranty and your mum.
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That's not unbelievable at all.. I can easily get 4 hours screen on time and around 24 in total. Clearly your not a super user..
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That's not unbelievable at all.. I can easily get 4 hours screen on time and around 24 in total. Clearly your not a super user..
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Lol nerd comparing screen time and being a "superuser" or not lmao. Its a phone and works very well, so who gives a ****... Let the guy post his results no need to be an ass about it.
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That's not unbelievable at all.. I can easily get 4 hours screen on time and around 24 in total. Clearly your not a super user..
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Wow. 4 hours. On a charge. Omfg. Incredible. I get about 7 hours. On a charge. I guess all that wifi/cell data, email sync, emulators and text make me a light user. Tucks tail between legs.
Weren't you just trolling in the atrix forums letting us know exynos > tegra2? How's that being tethered to a wall working out for you?
I voided my warranty and your mum.
@cc999 Thanks for posting your experiance about battery life, don't bother about angry birds. They can't get laid than express anger on your thread .
cigaro78 said:
I'm tired of these threads. It's not like samsung sold some phones with good battery life and some without. They are ALL the EXACT SAME
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@cigaro78 You are sooo wrong! The batteries are not all the same. It depends on many factors (how they are stored before shipping, and lotof thing).
Last year i did some test on 5 exact same new mobile phones (samsung omnia i900) and 2 of them have battery wear of 24%.
So the point is that you coud buy a new phone with some percentage of damaged battery.
Thats a first thing, the second thisng is that firmware (battery optimisation) could extremely reduce or extend battery life, depanding on optimisation.
I tried 5 firmwares, 3 of them 2.3.3 and 2 - 2.3.4. (all stock roms)
Best battery experience I had with 2.3.3 XWKF3 (2.3.3), and the worst on XXKH3 (2.3.4), but for some users 2.3.4 is way better for battery.
I can't get over 16h of normal usage at all. (1h phone talk, 50-80 messages, 25 emails, 30 mins on internet (3G) and about 20 mins of playing amtale). DIsplay usage is 44% (auto), 25% Voice calls, 10% android OS, Internet 9% Android system 8% etc...
I was quite chuffed with mine, 2d 12 hours! admittedly not heavy usage but moderate!
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Wow. 4 hours. On a charge. Omfg. Incredible. I get about 7 hours. On a charge. I guess all that wifi/cell data, email sync, emulators and text make me a light user. Tucks tail between legs.
Weren't you just trolling in the atrix forums letting us know exynos > tegra2? How's that being tethered to a wall working out for you?
I voided my warranty and your mum.
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Lol sounds exactly like my usage.. I don't follow? Tethered to a wall? If you're referring to webtop I don't miss it one bit... And yes I troll the atrix forums frequently... I sold mine to my friend so sometimes I check on progress. And am I wrong about the tegra 2 vs exynos thing? Honestly i've heard arguments for both sides but wouldn't mind another opinion. Sorry to hijack.
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I was quite chuffed with mine, 2d 12 hours! admittedly not heavy usage but moderate!
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Lol, you realy don't use your phone so much .
Phone calls 4%, display 24%???
I bet your display isn't have "'time on" bigger than 1:30h
Hey Guys,
Firstly i apologize if this has been asked before but here is my question:
Currently i had the chance to use the Galaxy S IV i9500 and after having using it for a month i found that the battery life is pretty good. In my usage of surfing the web, youtube, playing a few games i usually get a day of standby time with around 3-4 hrs of screen on time. Sometimes the charge carries over to the second day.
However the Galaxy S IV is not mine and i am looking to buy the nexus 4. As compared to the S4 i know the major differences are the screens, batteries and cameras. I know the screen has some great colour calibration tweaks which make colors pop and the sharpness is pretty good on nexus 4 screen so i am not worried. The camera is not as good as on the S4 but i can live with that since i can get the job done with my primary camera. However i am mainly concerned about the battery life. I want to know if on my current usage pattern (as mentioned above) will the nexus 4 last me through a day with 3-4 hrs screen on time? Also i have found that using PA ROM with FRANCO kernel doubles the battery life? Is this true and if so how does battery life with the setup compare to stock ROM and kernel?
Once again i appologize if this has already been answered somewhere and thanks to everyone for help.
Cheers
Now I'm using CM10.1 RC5 + franco.kernel r151 and i get 3 hours of screen on using 3g and 5+ hours using WiFi, but it really depends on your usage.
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marocampos said:
Now I'm using CM10.1 RC5 + franco.kernel r151 and i get 3 hours of screen on using 3g and 5+ hours using WiFi, but it really depends on your usage.
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With stock rom u will have very poor battery life. My Galaxy s3 lasted 1hour more screen time than my Nexus. and The Galaxy S4 is even better than GS3.
With Franco + UV u should have some decent Battery Life but not as Good as Galaxy S3 or S4
This should've been posted in the Q&A thread. Anyhow, after all i've heard and read i was pretty surprised by the battery life on the nexus 4 when i actually got it. I get between 4-5h of screen-on on a 1 day uptime. I'm using rooted stock rom and stock kernel. I have autosync for gmail, i use apps like whatsapp..basically the only thing that i have turned off and that i don't use is google now, oh, and i don't play 3d games on my phone. I think you should be able to get 4h screen-on on a charge using stock rom without a problem.
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hamad138 said:
With stock rom u will have very poor battery life. My Galaxy s3 lasted 1hour more screen time than my Nexus. and The Galaxy S4 is even better than GS3.
With Franco + UV u should have some decent Battery Life but not as Good as Galaxy S3 or S4
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I plan on using PA with FRANCO. you think it could be on par with s4 battery life?as a side note are there any extended battery cases for nexus 4 which can increase battery life?
rayiskon said:
This should've been posted in the Q&A thread. Anyhow, after all i've heard and read i was pretty surprised by the battery life on the nexus 4 when i actually got it. I get between 4-5h of screen-on on a 1 day uptime. I'm using rooted stock rom and stock kernel. I have autosync for gmail, i use apps like whatsapp..basically the only thing that i have turned off and that i don't use is google now, oh, and i don't play 3d games on my phone. I think you should be able to get 4h screen-on on a charge using stock rom without a problem.
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is it due to a firmware update? as i heard that initially the battery life was not too good with average of 2.5 hrs screen on time!
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is it due to a firmware update? as i heard that initially the battery life was not too good with average of 2.5 hrs screen on time!
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Ya that's the type of things i read around too, and was expecting horrible results, and actually was quite surprised.
I'm not sure if it's related to me being in a good reception area or something.. One thing i forgot to mention was i don't use facebook , but i really use my nexus 4 for everything else, browsing, gmail, reading xda, i'm a heavy music listener, whatsapp, flipboard, i also take a lot of pictures, especially photospheres..
In comparison, a friend of mine uses facebook, has everything always running, google now etc.. , gps always ON, all apps can access location... He also plays real racing 3 often, and he gets 3-3.5h screen-on on a 15-20h uptime.
One tip i can give you, i use greenify for most of the apps that don't need push services, or that i don't use frequently, and during standby, for example 6h of sleep, i lose 2-3% of battery.
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Battery life is horrible during the first week. After that it will become good. Currently I'm getting four hours screen time with 20% charge to spare at night.
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Battery life is horrible during the first week. After that it will become good. Currently I'm getting four hours screen time with 20% charge to spare at night.
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If tht is on stock rom it seems to be pretty good? also are you on 3g entire time and what is your main usage? thanks for the info!
I am stock rooted with stock kernel. I get 4-5hrs sot while on cellular data and 5-6hrs on wifi. What each individual gets is gonna be subjective to location while on a cellular network. A weaker signal will eat more battery and may just give you 3-4hrs sot.
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If tht is on stock rom it seems to be pretty good? also are you on 3g entire time and what is your main usage? thanks for the info!
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I'm on WiFi most of the time. 2G during power cut.( 1.5 hour power failure daily)
Main use is whatsapp, xda, little FB browsing, candy crush, subway surfers. No calling I only text or IM
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I am not sure unless someone here has both phones and stock if they can accurately answer your question. Also you are comparing a 2100mah battery N4 to a 2600mah battery in the S4. As a N4 owner I have had to say that after tweaking for a couple months I have found a nice setup giving me 3-4 hrs screen on time. If battery life is most important to you I would go with a phone with a removable battery.
playya said:
I am not sure unless someone here has both phones and stock if they can accurately answer your question. Also you are comparing a 2100mah battery N4 to a 2600mah battery in the S4. As a N4 owner I have had to say that after tweaking for a couple months I have found a nice setup giving me 3-4 hrs screen on time. If battery life is most important to you I would go with a phone with a removable battery.
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Thnx mate. Appreciated for the help!
if I stick with like casual texting and phone calls, and wifi or 3G, I get really decent battery life 4.5 hours usually, but I use the phone to listen to music and well that just keeps it awake for such a long time meaning i get like 2 hours.
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Usage: Email and Hangout over wifi, phone calls and few camera clicks.
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