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Fixing battery problems with Rocket ROM

I've read in the Rocket ROM thread in the development forum that lots of people are having battery problems. And now me too.
Let's put our heads together and fix these "not ROM problems"
As I sit here, my phone has dropped from 100% charge to 90% in 35 minutes with maybe 10 minutes web use with 3G data on, GPS off, Bluetooth off and Wi-Fi off.
The phone is 33°c when air temp is 15°c.
I'm using Rocket v11, Abyss 2.3, setCPU with conservative governor.
So... Where to start?
Check list:
1. What speeds is your Note using? Use CPUspy to check if its range is limited and not using deep sleep mode.
Fix: ???
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Get "CPU Spy" and check if phone is entering deep sleep or is stuck at a specific frequency.

Nicely spotted
No deep sleep. Seems stuck on 200mhz mostly. Now 82% battery in one hour of medium XDA browsing.
How do i unstick the 200mhz floor? SetCPU has 100 as the bottom and 1704 as max. But only 200 and 1400 are currently used.
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Dont have a count or anything but seems to me that many of the people complaining about battery are on custom roms. Im not and my battery life is good.
Just a thought.

In the Rocket ROM forum several of the top people insist that just because it doesnt happen to them that it cant be the ROM.
On Nexus One the ROMs really blew away previous settings like a ghost image on windows. Here the ROMs seem more subtle and wont change some little setting we have wrong. So i agree. But lets find out how to fix the problem. Maybe an 8 point check list of problems and fixes can be created. I'll stick the fixes at bottom of my original post.
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Could you post screenshogs of betgerbatterystats and the default battery info screen?
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I'm embarrassed to say... How do i post screenshots with the XDA app?
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Almost all reviews and users are delighted with the battery performance on the note dute to the extra large battery fitted. So there is no battery usage problem to fix. I think you are misguided unless you can provide screenshots showing the bad performance using the latest stock ROM.

PurpleMelbourne said:
Nicely spotted
No deep sleep. Seems stuck on 200mhz mostly. Now 82% battery in one hour of medium XDA browsing.
How do i unstick the 200mhz floor? SetCPU has 100 as the bottom and 1704 as max. But only 200 and 1400 are currently used.
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got the same issue and same sympton...asked OP and was asked to reboot after flashing..did that nothing change...so flashed back to V10 and abyss 2.5. phone works perfectly normal now

screen shot -g note
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I'm embarrassed to say... How do i post screenshots with the XDA app?
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to make screen shot at any photo or app you just push the button in the note styles and just long press at any point in the screen.
good luck

mtm75 said:
to make screen shot at any photo or app you just push the button in the note styles and just long press at any point in the screen.
good luck
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He didn't ask how to take a screenshot. He asked how to post a picture using the XDA app.
Click the 'More' button.

PurpleMelbourne said:
I'm embarrassed to say... How do i post screenshots with the XDA app?
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Here a shot for you
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mfractal said:
Could you post screenshogs of betgerbatterystats and the default battery info screen?
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I didn't know how to post this earlier. I've been messing around with flashing, installing and uninstalling all day. Here is what i grabbed earlier but it might be stale now.
Tonight I'll flatten the battery completely with the led torch and recharge it over night while switched off. I think battery has improved a bit after switching to Abyss 2.5
But I still don't know how to enable deep sleep mode. Anyone know?
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PurpleMelbourne said:
Nicely spotted
No deep sleep. Seems stuck on 200mhz mostly. Now 82% battery in one hour of medium XDA browsing.
How do i unstick the 200mhz floor? SetCPU has 100 as the bottom and 1704 as max. But only 200 and 1400 are currently used.
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Seems to be a some conflict between kernel and the OS if it's only using 200 and 1400 frequencies.
Try flashing FM kernel with CWM and retest.
When testing your phone must be UNPLUGED. The phone never goes into deepsleep when pluged in.
Edit:
Im running rocket v11 with the latest FM kernel and all is well. 1-3% battery drop per 6 hours idle.

Absurd Battery Life

As much as I love my N7, the battery is absolutely terrible. I charge it up every night and by 9pm its dead with no usage at all. If I use it I can only get 2.5 hours on screen time. I've tried using it without apps, I've reset it, calibrated the battery, everything. I have no idea what to do. Thanks
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I dont know what you are talking about...?

KiroDawg said:
I dont know what you are talking about...?
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Its so blurry I can't even make out the numbers lol
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I'm running stock on mine and get much longer battery life. Is there anything else acting up out of the ordinary or is it just battery life?

Are you using any custom kernels or ROMs?
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bwassef said:
Are you using any custom kernels or ROMs?
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Nope I'm completely stock, never been rooted
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Manatee Burger said:
I'm running stock on mine and get much longer battery life. Is there anything else acting up out of the ordinary or is it just battery life?
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Besides the minor screen lift on the left side everything is fine. No dead pixels, cracked screen, lines, washed out colors, nothing
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Return it and get a new one...
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krackerjac said:
Return it and get a new one...
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I already did once :/ and it didn't help. Ugh. Thanks anyway
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I also don't know what you're talking about. No complaints here.
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Scoutamis said:
Its so blurry I can't even make out the numbers lol
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Hmm looks blurry if looking from mobile app. Works fine on computer browser. Anyways, the screenshot shows battery at like 4 days and 5 hrs. 5 and half hours of screen on time with 7 percent battery left(which will last a good bit still). So either something is wrong with your n7 or maybe custom roms and kernals make that much of a difference.

Scoutamis said:
I already did once :/ and it didn't help. Ugh. Thanks anyway
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It may be an app keeping it awake to sync or something. If it's a repeated issue I always look at what was installed that is similar or any changes I've made that are common between both devices

KiroDawg said:
Hmm looks blurry if looking from mobile app. Works fine on computer browser. Anyways, the screenshot shows battery at like 4 days and 5 hrs. 5 and half hours of screen on time with 7 percent battery left(which will last a good bit still). So either something is wrong with your n7 or maybe custom roms and kernals make that much of a difference.
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Lucky you
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Flippy125 said:
It may be an app keeping it awake to sync or something. If it's a repeated issue I always look at what was installed that is similar or any changes I've made that are common between both devices
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I have no idea which app is doing it and I have no idea how to find out. Any ideas?
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Scoutamis said:
I have no idea which app is doing it and I have no idea how to find out. Any ideas?
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Look at the battery info screens. (Settings > Battery) That should give you some idea what's using so much battery. For most of us, the screen seems to be the main thing. For you, you'll probably see something else.

Jolest said:
Look at the battery info screens. (Settings > Battery) That should give you some idea what's using so much battery. For most of us, the screen seems to be the main thing. For you, you'll probably see something else.
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It appears to change alot...for example Tablet Idle is 50% right now and screen is down to 2%. But usually screen is 50% everything else is smaller
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Aokp v4 android os bug?

I've ran a few other ROMs in the past, kaos droid being the last. I switched to aokp because of the android os was always so high and drained my battery very quickly, even when not in use.
Now I've come across the same problem with aokp v4. It didn't do this for about the month I've been running it, but the past few days it has kicked in.
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Maybe changing the kernel will do the trick? I would go to the trinity kernel. I'm running with a faux kernel now, can't remember what it was with kaos droid.
Or is there another rom out there without this annoying bug?
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Its not a bug means your not getting deep sleep.
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Dr_Nacho said:
I've ran a few other ROMs in the past, kaos droid being the last. I switched to aokp because of the android os was always so high and drained my battery very quickly, even when not in use.
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Get better battery stats to check the wakelocks and cpu spy to see if your device is deep sleeping.
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kilometers4 said:
Get better battery stats to check the wakelocks and cpu spy to see if your device is deep sleeping.
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I did a shorter interval, but the results would be the same. It says my device is getting to deep sleep. And my android os is still the top battery drainer. Any ideas now?
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Dr_Nacho said:
I did a shorter interval, but the results would be the same. It says my device is getting to deep sleep. And my android os is still the top battery drainer. Any ideas now?
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Best thing to do is let it sit for the night to get a good read. And post a dump
Edit : and if you just flashed something give it a few battery cycles before you judge the battery life
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I'll do just that and go from there. Thanks
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kilometers4 said:
Best thing to do is let it sit for the night to get a good read. And post a dump
Edit : and if you just flashed something give it a few battery cycles before you judge the battery life
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This is not one of those times where you let it settle this is an issue that is not normal.
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ÜBER™ said:
This is not one of those times where you let it settle this is an issue that is not normal.
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I can just go by my experience, and with my other Android devices I notice longer battery life a few cycles.
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kilometers4 said:
I can just go by my experience, and with my other Android devices I notice longer battery life a few cycles.
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True but this is not one of those times LOL. Android system should NOT be using the battery that much. I would say the device is not sleeping as such as it should. And something is wakelocking.
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ÜBER™ said:
True but this is not one of those times LOL. Android system should NOT be using the battery that much. I would say the device is not sleeping as such as it should. And something is wakelocking.
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Yeah, hopefully bbs will come up with it
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ÜBER™ said:
True but this is not one of those times LOL. Android system should NOT be using the battery that much. I would say the device is not sleeping as such as it should. And something is wakelocking.
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So uhhh, what would be the best course of action?
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I figure I can disable auto sync and see if it goes down. That way an app like Facebook won't be thirsty for juice.
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Dr_Nacho said:
I figure I can disable auto sync and see if it goes down. That way an app like Facebook won't be thirsty for juice.
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There's a big issue right there... FACEBOOK. the app drains battery like no other. Use the mobile site its just as good.
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ÜBER™ said:
There's a big issue right there... FACEBOOK. the app drains battery like no other. Use the mobile site its just as good.
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This is what I have running at any given moment. generally.
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But if u look at the total ram... the apps running don't add up. Of course the system takes its toll as well. But I wouldn't expect it to be that high?
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Anyways, my android is has gone down drastically. I didn't do anything really. Sorta weird. Went from 60% to 2%
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Battery Life on 4.1.2 I9300XXELK4

I got this battery life on first day of usage.
Autosync ON (Facebook, Google (Only Gmail), Hotmail, Skype, Tango, WhatsApp, Viber)
Auto Brightness ON (100%)
WiFi most of the time (You Can see photos, like 95% of the time was ON)
GPS OFF (Location Settings, Maps & Latitude)
Google Now OFF
Power Saving OFF (I Never use it)
Mobile Networks (GSM Only)
NFC OFF
S Beam OFF
Stock Rom
Stock Kernel
Never had this kind of screen usage with 4.1.1 JB.
Sorry if this post should not be here, but lot of people had bad battery life on 4.1.1, so they can try this leak if you like better battery and better features
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Same here. Finally a firmware that's excellent for battery
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Wow. That's impressive. I get around 3.5 hours of screen-on time in 4.1

DeadSOL said:
Wow. That's impressive. I get around 3.5 hours of screen-on time in 4.1
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Same here with 4.1.1
3.5 hours was max screen time on.
But with 4.1.2 i got up to 5 hours on first charge after full wipe, maybe after 2 or 3 cycles we can arrive to 6 hours
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Is this a standard update via Samsung?
I need this desperately as my battery is not even funny with 4.1.1
How did you update?
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Android System's battery usage is still too much, don't you think?

TheNazgul said:
Is this a standard update via Samsung?
I need this desperately as my battery is not even funny with 4.1.1
How did you update?
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We flashed it via Odin.. It is leaked fw.
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TheNazgul said:
Is this a standard update via Samsung?
I need this desperately as my battery is not even funny with 4.1.1
How did you update?
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Here you go. Download and flash it via odin. It is leak version not official.
Btw better than official 4.1.1 for me.
Link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1835931
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raul90 said:
Android System's battery usage is still too much, don't you think?
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It is, but 5 hours and 16 minutes screen time are much too ... never get this before..
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xhaniGS2 said:
It is, but 5 hours and 16 minutes screen time are much too ... never get this before..
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7hours with 4.1.1
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xhaniGS2 said:
Here you go. Download and flash it via odin. It is leak version not official.
Btw better than official 4.1.1 for me.
Link:
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Will this ROM increase the binary counter or set custom ROM = YES?

xhaniGS2 said:
I got this battery life on first day of usage.
Autosync On
Auto Brightness
WiFi most of the time
GPS Off
Google now off
Never had this kind of screen usage with 4.1.1 JB.
Sorry if this post should not be here, but lot of people had bad battery life on 4.1.1, so they can try this leak if you like better battery and better features
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And using 3g???

venki5star said:
Will this ROM increase the binary counter or set custom ROM = YES?
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Both.
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5h screen time! Pretty good. I guess you're the type who never puts the phone down, I do at most 3h screen time and that's pushing it.
I'm running ELK4 right now, waiting for everything to settle to test battery life, I have a very long day and night tomorrow, perfect time to see how far the battery will go.

very bad for me in 4.1.2
in 8 h ( standby ) :
4.0.4 -------------- 1%
4.1.4 -------------- 3%
4.1.2 -------------- 8%
decrease in battery %

@ALIRAFAAT Really? on 4.1.1 i lose 1%/hr on standby

tqgia2 said:
@ALIRAFAAT Really? on 4.1.1 i lose 1%/hr on standby
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yes really
from 24 to 8 am for several night
(rom: custom / several google and samsung app deleted )

avercros said:
And using 3g???
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No 3g.
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Battery is awesome on lk4
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Fredo13127 said:
7hours with 4.1.1
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Good for you never saw 7hours screen time on s3
I was on 4.1.1 from leaks to officials. My battery arrives max 3.5 screen time on.
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Battery Life S4

Been using BatteryGuru for about a week and I am getting awesome battery life.
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agrote007 said:
Been using BatteryGuru for about a week and I am getting awesome battery life.
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Im getting amazing battery life too. I love this phone.

Not bad but whats your screen on time?

Back when I still had touchwiz.
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guys please include screen on time with your overall battery life..it's near impossible to gauge without it

BatteryGuru help a lot?
Looking at that and JuiceDefender.
But Juice Defender hasn't been updated since January 2012... almost a year and a half. Not sure if it has full 4.0 support let alone 4.1 or 4.2... Snapdragon BatteryGuru seems updated regularly, last was May 30th this year just a little over a week ago.

unplugged around midnight last night, left alone for 11 hours then used. 11% loss in that 11 hours with only tibu running my nightly backup regiment.
rooted stock with battery guru 2nd day. added history details screenshot at 3%

Are you running greenify as well or just battery guru?
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Khalsa4G said:
Are you running greenify as well or just battery guru?
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I found that running both at the same time drains my battery (personal experience) I only use Battery Guru. I posted my stats like a week ago on the Battery Guru thread I'm getting about 19 hours too..
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fastblack said:
Not bad but whats your screen on time?
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Screen time......
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Screen time......
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actually click on the screen time percentage stat. it will then show you actual screen time. this is what folks are interested in.

I use battery monitor to give better stats
Maybe it will help you see witch battery saver works best for you. Nice info vs stock.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ccc71.bmw
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fizmixa said:
actually click on the screen time percentage stat. it will then show you actual screen time. this is what folks are interested in.
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I didn't take a screen capture of that screen so I will grab a shoot of that and post it asap...
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I got 1 day 12 hrs of battery life this weekend with like 2 h 30m on screen time with little high voice time. This phone definately has better battery then S3. I am on rooted Stock with no apps like Batteryguru or greenify. In normal day as well It last for 16-18hrs with my heavy use...very impressed.

Well this is using greenify and a tweaked faux kernel
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Sorry it took so long to post this. I keep forgetting about it...
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My phone life varies, but screen time is almost always a little over 4 hours. Could be 15hrs, could be 1 day and 5 hrs. it really just comes down to screen time and have to consider video/music playback

Totally agree on the battery.. its awesome.. mine in attachment.
I have used a bit of everything including videos, lte, mininal talk and wifi
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I think its pretty darn good
MDOB rom 6.3.13
Ktoonez t.w kernel stock speeds
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Heres to show no charging and more detail
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