Okay guys quick question I installed AOKP on my Nexus 4 with Franco kernel a few days ago I suddenly noticed that my battery was terrible with moderate to lite use I only get 5 hours out of it screen on or off. Now today I reinstall CyanogenMod and I'm getting 24 plus hours use out of it with screen on time around 6 hours.
It seems to me that AOKP is a very heavy ROM and it drains battery fast also with aokp my nexus constantly heated up to 40c but with CyanogenMod it barely gets past 30c. Why is this?
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Did you try aokp with their own kernel?
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i didnt try aokps own kernel, but since franco kernel being one of the best didnt do anything good im sure aokps kernel wouldn't do any better.
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I've been on AOKP since I got my nexus ( after switching from stock) and I love it but I was never able to get more than 3 hrs SOT. After trying a few diff kernels such as matr1x and franco and finally changing some settings and greenify I'm finally able to get 4+, maybe almost 5. Also my phone did get very hot but I didn't really have anything to compare the heat or battery life to since that was the only rom i really tried. I have seen some comments saying AOKP isnt great on battery so I decided to finally try something else, but I don't want to give up all the customization roms.
I decided to try Xylon now, with franco kernel. Flashed it yesterday so after a few cycles I'll see if its any better and report back.
But on AOKP I did usually get like 16 hrs with good use on it, maybe 3-4hrs sot. So nothing as terrible as you said..
im on whitehawkx's aokp with semaphore and it is fantastic. i dont think theres much different between his version and the official version though. and aokp isnt that heavy of a rom anymore, they really optimized the features.
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im on whitehawkx's aokp with semaphore and it is fantastic. i dont think theres much different between his version and the official version though. and aokp isnt that heavy of a rom anymore, they really optimized the features.
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So your getting 5+ hours screen on time and almost 24 hours standby time? And your phone stays under 32c?
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vikramkhalsa said:
I've been on AOKP since I got my nexus ( after switching from stock) and I love it but I was never able to get more than 3 hrs SOT. After trying a few diff kernels such as matr1x and franco and finally changing some settings and greenify I'm finally able to get 4+, maybe almost 5. Also my phone did get very hot but I didn't really have anything to compare the heat or battery life to since that was the only rom i really tried. I have seen some comments saying AOKP isnt great on battery so I decided to finally try something else, but I don't want to give up all the customization roms.
I decided to try Xylon now, with franco kernel. Flashed it yesterday so after a few cycles I'll see if its any better and report back.
But on AOKP I did usually get like 16 hrs with good use on it, maybe 3-4hrs sot. So nothing as terrible as you said..
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what changes did u go to get 4+?? i wanna try
Lol most of you here muest not care about getting 3 hours of sot and 10 hours of stand by time wirh aokp, but i do because 3 hours sot is terrible!
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what changes did u go to get 4+?? i wanna try
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Theres a thread in general about getting 6hrs SOT, check that out.. and then there was some stuff in the great battery impression thread.
I'm not sure which of these changes made the biggest difference but basically in maps make sure location reporting/updating is turned off, that definitely makes a difference. I also had google now off but it was still only 3hrs with it off so I dont know how much of a difference that makes.
If you try a new kernel like franco/matrix, make sure you give it a few days to settle in. I under clocked a little and uv'd by 100mv but I've read that those things don't make a big impact on battery life, just help with heat and stuff. I also set max core to 2, i think that helps and honestly I didn't notice any difference in performance and I don't think it cripples your phone unless you want to play intense games.
The 2 newer things I did which I think really made a difference were getting greenify and hibernating facebook and family feud, which were always running in the background. So definitely try that and hibernate whatever you don't need running all the time. The other thing I did was turn off "backup my data to googles servers" since I use titanium backup anyways. I think these made a big difference. I also turned off screen touch sounds and lock/unlock sounds.
So try all that and see how it goes. I'm mostly on wifi and I do use gps occasionally, as well as heavy texting, whatsapp, and fb messenger and a lot of words for friends. so I guess 4hrs isnt bad, with a good 12-18 hrs standby.
Hope this helps!
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JayMix said:
Lol most of you here muest not care about getting 3 hours of sot and 10 hours of stand by time wirh aokp, but i do because 3 hours sot is terrible!
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I got much better standby time than that but yeah, mostly 3hrs and we do care, thats why we're trying to find solutions/improve. What rom/kernel do you use?
Thx vikrom that was helpful i will check that out.
As of last week i was using aokp with franco kernel ms1 and i was getting around 3 hours sot and 9 hours stand by time.
now im using CM with franco kernel ms1 and im getting almost 7 hours sot and almost 24 hours stand by time.
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Thx vikrom that was helpful i will check that out.
As of last week i was using aokp with franco kernel ms1 and i was getting around 3 hours sot and 9 hours stand by time.
now im using CM with franco kernel ms1 and im getting almost 7 hours sot and almost 24 hours stand by time.
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You're welcome. Holy crap wow thats a huge difference. Any other changes you made because thats kidna ridiculous lol. I might have to finally go to CM if it really changes that much. almost 7 hrs sot??
Nope nothing special just CM, franco Kernel, a few options turned off and setcpu which is under volted a bit. I will upload a screen shot soon. With heavy use i get around 4+ hours sot and still close to 20hours stand by time. With light use like texting a bit of web browsing and stuff like that yes you can expect 5+ to 7 hours sot and stand by time of around 24 hours.
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Nope nothing special just CM, franco Kernel, a few options turned off and setcpu which is under volted a bit. I will upload a screen shot soon. With heavy use i get around 4+ hours sot and still close to 20hours stand by time. With light use like texting a bit of web browsing and stuff like that yes you can expect 5+ to 7 hours sot and stand by time of around 24 hours.
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That sounds good to me. On AOKP with Franco was able to get about 18hrs standby and about 4hrs SOT with heavy use. I think words with friends probably affects it a bit. I guess I never use it lightly but Ive never gotten 5hrs SOT.. although i've gotten standby to 24 with my 3+ sot hrs..
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Hi guys, I have a Sprint NS 4g. (saw another similar thread, but they are discussing ROMs for the other versions...) I stopped using it because the battery life is miserable even though I have 0% Time Without Signal. (My rooted Evo literally lasts 3x as long at this NS.) Therefore I am looking into alternative ROMs.
Any idea which of the above ROMs has better battery life?
Thanks!
I've been using mikeyinid's rom in the ns4g dev section. It's titled "updated 6/27/11..." using matr1x kernel. Had very good battery ever since he went to the new kernel and I'm using it as-is. No performance tweaks.
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Thanks - would you provide a link? I don't see that one. Thanks
You really get better battery on your evo? My ns4g lasts so much longer than my evo on any rom. I prefer cm7 for the options, with heavy use I can still get 20 hours
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Yeah, my Evo goes for 1.5 days with a lot of use. The recent roms are great on battery life.
My Nexus goes maybe 5 hours with heavy use.
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You really get better battery on your evo? My ns4g lasts so much longer than my evo on any rom. I prefer cm7 for the options, with heavy use I can still get 20 hours
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Broken, any tricks to get batt life that long? I have had two NS phones, each with dismal battery life.
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Broken, any tricks to get batt life that long? I have had two NS phones, each with dismal battery life.
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If you are using your phone non-stop, meaning you have the screen on straight periods of time, 5 hours is not bad, really. You have to remember that the SAMOLED screen sucks battery down. On the weekends when my phone is on all the time, I generally have to swap batteries 2 or 3 times in a day. Thats very heavy use, of course. During the week with moderate use, texts, gtalk, emails, and xda app, I get 10- 12 hours on a charge. Screen on time is a killer with the NS
Why does this thread get more hits than mine?
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I am trying Soju right now - so far it looks and feels elegant.
My NS4G gets way better battery life than my Evo did probably almost twice as long. But aside from that I have had good lick with open soju and Cyanogen. Open Soju was nice because it has voodoo control for headset audio which really takes advantage of the wolfson headphone amp built into the ns. Voodoo makes the audio like night and day once you have tried it you cant go back. Than Cyanogen is great many options but to get voodoo I had to use nets kernel. Both having great battery life but Cyanogen has more options but its still in beta.
Edit: I did not really answer your question about the GB-Deck because I have not used it but have heard good things you have to flash gapps with it like Cyanogen.
There's really something to be said for turning down the screen brightness. Also make sure you have wifi sleep on never. Try james bond kernel and let it settle for a couple days. First day or two of a new rom/kernel will be a little low on battery
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My Evo has been unplugged for 16 hours of heavy use, and there is now 28 percent battery remaining. This is with a current 2.3.3 rom. Well done Google.
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Thanks - would you provide a link? I don't see that one. Thanks
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Here you go...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1070383
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Thank you sir.
Not sure if this is in the right place for this info or not. But...I flashed myns synergy rom a couple of weeks ago and have been getting decent battery life. Today my battery life is blowing me away. Going on 11 1/2 hours since being unppugged with my normal usage. Not heavy use by any means but moderate at least. I have never seen this kind of battery life on any other rom I have flashed. Any other synergy users seeing good battery life?
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Forgot to add....I still have 22% batter life left.
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Knocking on wood right now, but mine's been great so far! Hope it stays that way.
PS: This isn't the right place to post this.
You are in the wrong place. This should be in the General section.
For me personally I never saw that good if battery life out of synergy. I switched back to decks ROM to get great battery life back
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Nope. Got absolutely horrible battery life on Synergy. Switched to Sprint Lovers'. So far so good. HW004
wrong section buddy, post this in general
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You are in the wrong place. This should be in the General section.
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Sorry....was unsure. I reposted in general. Can a mod delete this thread please?
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right section left section who gives a
cg 112358 said:
You are in the wrong place. This should be in the General section.
For me personally I never saw that good if battery life out of synergy. I switched back to decks ROM to get great battery life back
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It's all in the kernel dude. My personal favorite is the netarcy-toast cfs noHAVS kernel. Realizing that must be Greek to you, here's a link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=894880
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It's all in the kernel dude. My personal favorite is the netarcy-toast cfs noHAVS kernel. Realizing that must be Greek to you, here's a link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=894880
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Idk if you know this but that's for 2.2 sense roms. They dont have 2.3 sense kernels yet...
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8 hours , i have 38% left..
I know usage is a very personal thing that can vary battery life so it makes it hard to compare but what battery life were you getting that 11.5 hours at 22% is good?
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Idk if you know this but that's for 2.2 sense roms. They dont have 2.3 sense kernels yet...
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Yes, from what I have read, you have to use the kernel that comes with the rom.
I am getting HORRIBLE battery life with the synergy rom....almost to where I cant use it. I LOVE the rom, but the battery life is frustrating!
Hopefully Netarchy will develop one that will work with this type of rom and we will be saved.
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Yes, from what I have read, you have to use the kernel that comes with the rom.
I am getting HORRIBLE battery life with the synergy rom....almost to where I cant use it. I LOVE the rom, but the battery life is frustrating!
Hopefully Netarchy will develop one that will work with this type of rom and we will be saved.
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You will be waiting, cuz no custom kernels can be made until the kernel source from HTC is released.
madigan82 said:
I know usage is a very personal thing that can vary battery life so it makes it hard to compare but what battery life were you getting that 11.5 hours at 22% is good?
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About 100 texts total, a handful of phone calls, lots of checking of XDA, FB, Twitter, Google+, etc. was on wifi entire time.
I have used CM7 before this an was getting maybe 3-4 hours before dropping to say 40% with less use then I had yesterday.
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About 100 texts total, a handful of phone calls, lots of checking of XDA, FB, Twitter, Google+, etc. was on wifi entire time.
I have used CM7 before this an was getting maybe 3-4 hours before dropping to say 40% with less use then I had yesterday.
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I wish i had your phone!!
I'm using syngergy kindgom and have been consistently getting a full day on heavy usage to almost 2 days on moderate usage from the day I flashed it. You guys should try that and I feel like it's quicker than the original synergy.
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I'm using syngergy kindgom and have been consistently getting a full day on heavy usage to almost 2 days on moderate usage from the day I flashed it. You guys should try that and I feel like it's quicker than the original synergy.
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I tried that for a bit over the weekend...but there was something I did not like about it...cant remember now. I will have a go with it again to verify.
At the end of the day...we can develop superb ROMS that have flashy flashes, but if the battery/components cant take it, then we are still at a stand still.
my battery life is good most of the time, but it seems there are periods where it drops quickly. i think it drops when the market alerts me about updates to my apps. both times i've had quick drops, the market has been the top app draining the battery and has a notification of updates. i don't see an option to turn of notifications is this updated version.
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Idk if you know this but that's for 2.2 sense roms. They dont have 2.3 sense kernels yet...
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No but the netarchy kernel I use works just fine with my King's Alliance GB. It's all in the UNIVERSAL kernel, I should say
I usually get 24 hours up time and 3 hours awake before I've got to pop in a charged battery. Normally change out at 20% to keep it from going dead on me when I need it most.
Which ROM performs the best in terms of battery performance. If you are using any Governor and I/O setting please do mention them.
PA rom...Franco kernel...ondemand settings...
I'm also curious on what you guys experienced.
I'm currently testing Franco R15 with Stock JB on my Nexus 4. It's the first day and I'm running for 9 hours with 1h 46M of screen time.
So I'm expecting about 3h 30m of screen time.
Will give it a fews days and report back. Then I'll try out Matr1x.
Please use search next time because there are threads with the same exact title. No such thing as a best kernel. It is subjective such as if you were to ask the question, what is the best car for conserving gas usage.
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My first cycle (settings on signature) gave me almost 4hs of screen time.
Trying second cycle today.
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My first cycle (settings on signature) gave me almost 4hs of screen time.
Trying second cycle today.
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your sig is wrong, unless you are running 4.1.2?
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My first cycle (settings on signature) gave me almost 4hs of screen time.
Trying second cycle today.
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4.1.2????
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This is what I'm getting constantly and I'm running Stock everything/rooted... not sure if I would leave stock with these numbers I'm getting... Anyone getting better numbers with custom ROM/kernel
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This is what I'm getting constantly and I'm running Stock everything/rooted... not sure if I would leave stock with these numbers I'm getting... Anyone getting better numbers with custom ROM/kernel
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That's really good. I'm getting 4 hours 45 min running Xylon 012 with Matr1x 3.0
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That's really good. I'm getting 4 hours 45 min running Xylon 012 with Matr1x 3.0
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I'm going to give francos kernel a run to see if I can squeeze a little more out the battery
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I'm on Stock rooted using Franco's R15 kernel since a couple of days. Every charge cycle brings a slight improvement. Will test the kernel for a week and then flash Matrix's kernel and compare.
Thanks for letting us know.
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Wish I had better battery life
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for best battery : CM10.1 + faux kernel (the last beta) + intellidemand + UV -150mv .
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This is what I'm getting constantly and I'm running Stock everything/rooted... not sure if I would leave stock with these numbers I'm getting... Anyone getting better numbers with custom ROM/kernel
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So ~5 hours screen time. And you got 1.4 days on WiFi with hardly any awake time. That's not really a good measure of battery life.
I don't know about everyone else, but I find the Nexus 4 gets really good battery life. Maybe not as good as the GSIII or the H1X+, but those have tremendously aggressive power-saving features.
Using faux kernel with Snake Charmer (caps max freq on all 4 cores) and Eco Mode (only allows 2 cores to be simultaneously active) provides adequate performance with very good battery life; even better if you undervolt. You will definitely beat the GS3 or H1X+ with those faux kernel settings. I don't use Eco Mode, because my phone lasts nearly a day, and I can charge it mid-day. I should probably be more conservative so I won't have to replace the battery as soon, buttphuckit, I do what I want.
I've used faux, Franco, motley, and Matr1x a lot. As of now, the best battery with performance goes to Matr1x by Mathkid. Version 2.5 undervolts by 150, which my phone runs fine. However, a few people had instability because it was too low for their devices. Enter v3.0, which undervolts by 100 (and you can uv even more using System Tuner or perhaps Faux app). Either way, great battery life (I routinely get 5 hours screen time with 16 hours battery time, or 4 hours screen with 24 hours total, etc).
Absolute best battery life is probably faux with his battery optimized settings (1.35 max speed, snake charmer, eco mode, and some undervolt by 100 or so). It runs fairly well, but it's not as quick and smooth as stock because it sacrifices some of that for battery (fair trade off if you need it because it's still a damn fast phone). People have gotten 6 and even 7 hours screen time. Obviously this won't happen playing games but it's possible with light browsing and texting and whatnot.
Motley's kernel also gets good battery and excellent performance. Franco's kernel does too, but not quite as good of battery because it doesn't support undervolting YET. When it does, it might be the best battery for performance of all (likely).
I use Matr1x daily and am happy with it. Some people, even smart devs, will sometimes tell you undervolt battery gain is negligible. However, at least with this device, it can make a huge difference because it handles such a big undervolt while remaining stable. It also stays much cooler and will run at high clocks longer before reaching the thermal throttling limit.
Anyway, some people might disagree, but these are my experiences. Franco has a huge following and for good reasons. His kernels are awesome. I just don't think the battery life will compete until he adds undervolting. He has said this will come when he feels it is stable and good overall. I'll probably switch then unless Mathkid adds more features to his like gamma control, etc.
Hope this is helpful. Btw, another thing I really like about Matr1x kernel is that he uses the older touchscreen driver which increases screen sensitivity. Many people complain about the nexus 4 screen sensitivity, and if that applies to you, this will fix that.
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^^ A good write up, deserved its thanks. Am on latest rasbean & matr1x, never experienced smoothness & battery life like this. Screenshots at the Matr1x thread later today.
However, all users are different. Battery life WILL differ, that's the only certain thing.
i don't care about gpu or overclocking my device.. all i want is to unplugged the n4 form charger and go working in the morning and at night before bad to put it back in the charger - without it dieing on my before..
i had htc sensation and it last all day for me, i'm now 2 days with the nexus 4 , and after 12 hours the battery is dead.
i'm currently using Cyanogenmod 10.1 18/2/13 nightly . turn off locations, and Facebook sync. using only automatic brightness (witch my the way is very low), WiFi and gps and Bluetooth always off . 3g on.
thank you!
Usage varies across any ROM/kernel combo. No one can really say what's best, because everyone's usage varies. But, I can and will say, I'm having best battery life so far using asylum nightlies with matr1x 7.0 kernel. I have a very strict setup which I'm not getting into, but I am in no way limiting the function of this powerhouse. If that makes any sense. Currently sitting at 63% with almost 3 hours screen time. 50/50 3g/wifi and heavy use. think streaming, gaming, downloads. It would take me a very long time to describe what I do to get this battery life, but I would be willing to explain if needed.
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I recommend AOKP build mr3, and Harsh's kernel. No need to tweak anything, everything is done for you and you get great battery life. Just my experience from it.
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I'm using paranoidandriod with Franco kernel. I get great battery life all the time every time. Download the kernel and leave the settings as is and let it do it's thing.
Note: This has been asked too many times. You can search up the old ones and you'll pretty much get the same answers that it all depends on what you do. Battery life is subjective. It depends on the user. If someone only uses their phone for calls and text they will get awesome battery life. If another person has the same setup as the first they did play lots of game and play videos and such, battery life would not be so great. Thus, both users will tell you different answers.
Just try them out and see for yourself.
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I'm using paranoidandriod with Franco kernel. I get great battery life all the time every time. Download the kernel and leave the settings as is and let it do it's thing.
Note: This has been asked too many times. You can search up the old ones and you'll pretty much get the same answers that it all depends on what you do. Battery life is subjective. It depends on the user. If someone only uses their phone for calls and text they will get awesome battery life. If another person has the same setup as the first they did play lots of game and play videos and such, battery life would not be so great. Thus, both users will tell you different answers.
Just try them out and see for yourself.
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Thats why xda did the sugestions on opening topics, and yes, it did apper, but not on our device..
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THIS THREAD WAS INSPIRED BY MOST OFF YOU WHO ARE TRYING TO GET MAXIMUM BATTERY LIFE WITH SOME CUSTOM ROMS.
Before Galaxy S3, I had Galaxy S2 which battery wasn't soo good. I was always searching for battery friendly roms and I was flashing one or two roms every day.After every custom rom I was thought like that: Why I done that, when every stock firmware gives better result(battery life and performance) then any custom rom. I know that there are some excellent custom roms, for me ,these are STOCK LOOK roms with bloatware deleted and some unused apps. But, we don't need to flash them when we can do that alone.
NOW,I HAVE GALAXY S3 :
Let's see my result on stock battery,stock rom (4.1.2 , DDELK1,XXELLC), and with some apps turned off in application manager,battery saving is turned on just for color of backoground,nothing else.That was heavy usage,I installed that firmware updated, all appps that I am using , and charged it. Viber,WhatsApp,Instagram,Sync,Wifi,3G,Facebook,Gmail, are always ON.
Results:
4h of screen on,phone was used(wasn't just screen on) , 52% battery left. I lose about 3-4% maximum during the night ( 7-8 hours) with wifi on.
See this on attachments.
Mostly ,my battery lasts for 2 days, I achieve min. 5,5 hours screen on in every charge with hd gaming,facebook,gmail,whatsapp,viber, about 40min-1h talk in 3g every day.
My tips for battery life improvement are:
-Turn the Energy saving(I turned it on just for background color i vibration,if you turn on full battery saving you will get much better result, but it seems to slow and laggy)
-Turn off apps that you aren't using in app manager( Settings,Application Manager,All > than find apps which are unusal for you. I turned off : All yahoo apps,samsung suggest,google +,flipboard,dual clock,chat on ,all samsung hubs because they doesnt work in my country, google maps(I use google earth).)
That's all. Enjoy that battery,that performance and that beauty of stock rom
I can get 7.5 hrs screen on over 3 days battery was better on ics but still pretty darn good
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Hi Guys,
This is actually my 1st post, but I was looking around xda for couple of months now.
I am using stock rooted XXELLA with Siyah kernel. I can make my phone last easily for 2 days, with 2g mostly on, disabled lots of unused apps, lowest brightness, sync off, etc. and UC to 1200 mhz. I'm using pegasusq gov and noop scheduler.
But I can't imagine 4 hours screen on and get 52% battery left, or get 7,5 hrs totally. I always monitor the usage with BetterBatteryStats and when the screen is off I can even get about 4-6 hrs / 1%. But I can't reach >5,5-6 hrs screen on. Any suggestions? Do you think I can lower the min. brightness in build.prop?
Btw, I think if you share your battery stats, it would be nice if you also share your governor/scheduler and OC/UV values.
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Hi Guys,
This is actually my 1st post, but I was looking around xda for couple of months now.
I am using stock rooted XXELLA with Siyah kernel. I can make my phone last easily for 2 days, with 2g mostly on, disabled lots of unused apps, lowest brightness, sync off, etc. and UC to 1200 mhz. I'm using pegasusq gov and noop scheduler.
But I can't imagine 4 hours screen on and get 52% battery left, or get 7,5 hrs totally. I always monitor the usage with BetterBatteryStats and when the screen is off I can even get about 4-6 hrs / 1%. But I can't reach >5,5-6 hrs screen on. Any suggestions? Do you think I can lower the min. brightness in build.prop?
Btw, I think if you share your battery stats, it would be nice if you also share your governor/scheduler and OC/UV values.
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Everything is fully stock.
Suggestion for you: flash stock firmware, do wipe of everything from recovery and enjoy
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I can get 7.5 hrs screen on over 3 days battery was better on ics but still pretty darn good
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How do you get 7.5 hours?
mariotg said:
THIS THREAD WAS INSPIRED BY MOST OFF YOU WHO ARE TRYING TO GET MAXIMUM BATTERY LIFE WITH SOME CUSTOM ROMS.
Before Galaxy S3, I had Galaxy S2 which battery wasn't soo good. I was always searching for battery friendly roms and I was flashing one or two roms every day.After every custom rom I was thought like that: Why I done that, when every stock firmware gives better result(battery life and performance) then any custom rom. I know that there are some excellent custom roms, for me ,these are STOCK LOOK roms with bloatware deleted and some unused apps. But, we don't need to flash them when we can do that alone.
NOW,I HAVE GALAXY S3 :
Let's see my result on stock battery,stock rom (4.1.2 , DDELK1,XXELLC), and with some apps turned off in application manager,battery saving is turned on just for color of backoground,nothing else.That was heavy usage,I installed that firmware updated, all appps that I am using , and charged it. Viber,WhatsApp,Instagram,Sync,Wifi,3G,Facebook,Gmail, are always ON.
Results:
4h of screen on,phone was used(wasn't just screen on) , 52% battery left. I lose about 3-4% maximum during the night ( 7-8 hours) with wifi on.
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Mostly ,my battery lasts for 2 days, I achieve min. 5,5 hours screen on in every charge with hd gaming,facebook,gmail,whatsapp,viber, about 40min-1h talk in 3g every day.
My tips for battery life improvement are:
-Turn the Energy saving(I turned it on just for background color i vibration,if you turn on full battery saving you will get much better result, but it seems to slow and laggy)
-Turn off apps that you aren't using in app manager( Settings,Application Manager,All > than find apps which are unusal for you. I turned off : All yahoo apps,samsung suggest,google +,flipboard,dual clock,chat on ,all samsung hubs because they doesnt work in my country, google maps(I use google earth).)
That's all. Enjoy that battery,that performance and that beauty of stock rom
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i do exactly the same thing like you did. I am searching for custom roms giving the best battery life with good performance. But it seems like i cant get over 4 hours screen on time (especially with data turned on).
I dont know how you got that kind of amazing result... 4h screen on time with 52% battery left. wow...
I never turned on power saving mode cause i just dont like the laggy system performance. do u have any advice what to do to achieve the same battery life without having a laggy slow phone?
Odp: Samsung Galaxy S3 *AWESOME STOCK BATTERY LIFE*
mariotg said:
Everything is fully stock.
Suggestion for you: flash stock firmware, do wipe of everything from recovery and enjoy
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I don't think it would make any difference, since I have only few apps, I don't like putting garbage to my phone Could you maybe share kernel and partial wakelocks from BBS, maybe cpu states too?
And again about the 4h screen / 52% left - how did you use the phone? I can see no games, so only web surf etc?
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Everyone uses their phone differently so comparing battery life is not possible, someone who demands smooth scrolling and instant response is not going to get 2 days use or more than 4hr screen on time.
Personally I'm not worried by stutters or lag, I'd rather get 9hr screen on time over 48hr up time - this is with a super lite ROM, I have all the bell and whistles turned off and all power saving options on, as close to AOSP as a stock based ROM can get.
I'm very happy with this phone, compared to my old htc sensation I no longer worry about battery life, I have two batteries which get swapped over between phone and desk charger every two days, unless playing games when I only get 1 day life.
boomboomer said:
Everyone uses their phone differently so comparing battery life is not possible, someone who demands smooth scrolling and instant response is not going to get 2 days use.
Personally I'm not worried by stutters or lag, I'd rather get 9hr screen on time over 48hr up time - this is with a super lite ROM, I have all the bell and whistles turned off, as close to AOSP as a stock based ROM can get.
I'm very happy with this phone, compared to my old htc sensation I no longer worry about battery life, I have two batteries which get swapped over between phone and desk charger every two days, unless playing games when I only get 1 day life.
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On which rom you get 9hr screen? link?
p33t-r said:
I don't think it would make any difference, since I have only few apps, I don't like putting garbage to my phone Could you maybe share kernel and partial wakelocks from BBS, maybe cpu states too?
And again about the 4h screen / 52% left - how did you use the phone? I can see no games, so only web surf etc?
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Web surfing,facebook,viber,whatsapp. - always use them
Stock kernel,stock everything. I say again. If I need to repeat 10 times, ok.
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On which rom you get 9hr screen? link?
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Vikingway, search in development. Best not start a ROM discussion or this thread with get locked, try it yourself and see.
I'm inspired by your story. But i smell BS.
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Hd revolution 23, 3, 6 days 4h without sim card but wifi turn on, sync all my email and social accounts and dropbox and skydrive , took 243 pictures one movie with 10m, play some games for 15m per day. Go to facebook 15m per day
My battery Is better than ipad xD
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Ive done a cahrge and until now 9:30h 5% battery drain
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I don't think this is all that spectacular to be completely honest. 4hours screen on time with 5hour since unplugged - pretty much nonstop use. Just my opinion though.
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Hey op, sorry to say this but you might be wrong. For battery life it depends on kernels and tweaks rather than on roms. Roms are actually just themed/stock themed firmwares with additional apps/removed apps and pre-installed tweaks and kernels. Most roms use v6 supercharger tweak. For me I use phenomenal kernel which has undervolted and underclocked gpu and cpu. But if you want more options with oc/uv try boeffla kernel where there"s an app included that allows you to over/underclock you gpu and cpu. By underclocking, it will save more battery. My ohone lasted about 12+ hours of continuous use of my phone (gaming, watching videos) with the kernels I use
boomboomer said:
Vikingway, search in development. Best not start a ROM discussion or this thread with get locked, try it yourself and see.
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which version of vikinway?
I have had over 8 hours of screen time, but that was literally not using phone just leaving screen on with videos playing for a lot of the time, but everyday usage using the Xperia Rom I get about 5 hours. I charge every night so don't need 2 day 3 day usage etc, unless my plane crashes onto a deserted island where I have to survive with no form of electricity anywhere.
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So to summarise op. You have created this thread to advise people to turn off a few apps and turn on power save mode. Ingenious.
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Mr Woolf said:
To summarise op. You have created this thread to advise people to turn off a few apps and turn on power saving mode. Ingenious.
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Agree, the op's a total noob. Turning on power saving mode and closing apps is what an average user with common sense would do. What's so awesome and special about that. This thread is rubbish for advanced users but somewhat useful for a no brainer
mariotg said:
How do you get 7.5 hours?
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That's right...i don't know how the battery can be used that long...
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