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Does anyone else flash more than twice a week?
Just laterly I have gone insane, now in the last week I have flashed four ROMS.
Why...one day I'm convinced a CM9 based Roms is best, then the next, nar Sammy based is better with its Spen integration, then I try a STOCK, get bored, then try an MIUI, then back to GB...now I am searching for another only had this rom 24 hours....
HELP
Haha me too i just cant decide however for me its between tw based roms
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Mc_CuLLa said:
Haha me too i just cant decide however for me its between tw based roms
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lol
so which is the best rom?
I have installed 1st time in my life, a custom rom PA... and not going to change
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I kind of had the same problem but now I'm trying to control myself from flashing my SGN
Yeah same for me too...but by far aokp rom is the best...u get a lot of options and also an option to turn ur phone into a tablet....but after some time i get bored and gets attracted by s-pen integration in sammy based roms....even though i dont use s-pen a lot....but now it seems i am getting settled to aokp rom...i know i can't be settled on one rom for long....
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Been flashing 4 times a day for quite some time (when I was trying to cook my rom) but now I'm settled down with stock ics rom + speedmod 3-6.
I try out different kernels though.
I would say not just flash addiction but XDA is addicting... I'm trying to focus more on my studies...LOL
Every day i test new roms.
The best for me are aokp and aosp based roms.
Install PA and you would never wanna flash again..
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I was only introduced to the idea of rooting and flashing Roms a week ago.. since then I am up to my 10th Rom, I am driving my wife nuts, but I can't stop!
Meethere for me im going between criskelo v8 and kingdroid v4.3 however i think kingdroid has edged it as it looks better and im also learning how to change it for myself a bit . Used the franco kernel option when flashing kingdroid and calibrated the battery and so far the batterys been really good however its only at 84%
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You guys must have plenty of time on your hands. :silly:
Me, I'm far too busy on other things to worry about a whole bunch of ROMs that all do 98% of the same things. My gNote works well, and thats good enough for me.
Stock ICS 4.0.3 + GoLauncher
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You guys must have plenty of time on your hands. :silly:
Me, I'm far too busy on other things to worry about a whole bunch of ROMs that all do 98% of the same things. My gNote works well, and thats good enough for me.
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Good for you.....not like it takes that long to flash if you know what you're doing but whatever.....
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The best thing for "flash addiction" is flashing new kernels.
This past week I've flashed about 68 revised kernels, from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1749863&page=17
It's great because :
a) only takes a few seconds to download
b) only takes a few seconds to flash
c) very very easy to revert back to an earlier kernel
whereas flashing a whole new rom is often frought with complications and unexplained behaviour
Not really flashing too much. Internet connection here is pretty expensive and slow
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a whole bunch of ROMs that all do 98% of the same things.
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that would be my only issue, while I do love flashing and trying new things, a lot of the things I try are very similar. Would be great for my new addiction to have many completely different style ROMs, not just themes, almost making the phone a different machine each time (like going from linux to win)
That's the point I was making, mate. I've done my fair share of flashing (no, not like that) and always found you gain maybe one thing you like a bit more and lose something else you liked from the last ROM. In the end, I decided if it works why waste my time.
Not knocking you guys who are still searching for ROM nirvana, and I'm sure you are enjoying the ride as much as I am.
Rob
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Guys, you need professional counseling!
I stopped after PA.
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shaolin95 said:
Good for you.....not like it takes that long to flash if you know what you're doing but whatever.....
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with the help from the great ti backup and google drive, I can re flash a new ROM clean within 15 mins...
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Since I flashed PA, I was relieved of that feeling.
Someone said that the Touchwiz 4 or GB ROM is better on battery life then CM1? Is that true?
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Battery life depends on many factors.
Try all the available roms for yourself. Anyone can give you an answer, but that doesn't mean it applies to your specific device and battery combination. With regard to battery life and custom roms on any device ... YMMV (your mileage may vary).
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Battery life depends on many factors.
Try all the available roms for yourself. Anyone can give you an answer, but that doesn't mean it applies to your specific device and battery combination. With regard to battery life and custom roms on any device ... YMMV (your mileage may vary).
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Exactly this... there are so many factors on battery life that comparing battery life from one person to another is pretty pointless... but trying the roms out on your phone is a good way to test because you will mainly use your phone the same regardless of the rom you use... so the only way to really tell what is going to have better battery life for you is to flash the roms and try them all out for a few days each....
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Battery life depends on many factors.
Try all the available roms for yourself. Anyone can give you an answer, but that doesn't mean it applies to your specific device and battery combination. With regard to battery life and custom roms on any device ... YMMV (your mileage may vary).
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Thanks . Someone said it depends on the software. But Idk. I only tried CM9 and CM10 because I always loved ICS and JB.
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GB Roms definitely have better battery life. Stock touchwiz fc09 rooted running shadow kernel gives a whole days worth of charge with 2 hour screen time. On cm20 you can watch the percentage drop as you use it, doing that on stock fc09 is like watching water boil lol. It also charges faster. 1 percent about every minute.
Of course, YMMV but this is my personal observation. I'm running cm10 cuz I like jb, but once they fix battery drain it'll be great. I know its possible cuz the battery lasts a lot longer on the night lies than the first unofficial and official preview builds.
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GB Roms definitely have better battery life. Stock touchwiz fc09 rooted running shadow kernel gives a whole days worth of charge with 2 hour screen time. On cm20 you can watch the percentage drop as you use it, doing that on stock fc09 is like watching water boil lol. It also charges faster. 1 percent about every minute.
Of course, YMMV but this is my personal observation. I'm running cm10 cuz I like jb, but once they fix battery drain it'll be great. I know its possible cuz the battery lasts a lot longer on the night lies than the first unofficial and official preview builds.
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I sot there and watch the battery drain from my Epic running CM10. I want to try a GB Rom, but I don't have any ROMS. Wha about Legendary ROM?
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I sot there and watch the battery drain from my Epic running CM10. I want to try a GB Rom, but I don't have any ROMS. Wha about Legendary ROM?
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I would suggest looking at TPR 2.21 if you want to try a GB rom with excellent battery life.
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GB Roms definitely have better battery life. Stock touchwiz fc09 rooted running shadow kernel gives a whole days worth of charge with 2 hour screen time. On cm20 you can watch the percentage drop as you use it, doing that on stock fc09 is like watching water boil lol. It also charges faster. 1 percent about every minute.
Of course, YMMV but this is my personal observation. I'm running cm10 cuz I like jb, but once they fix battery drain it'll be great. I know its possible cuz the battery lasts a lot longer on the night lies than the first unofficial and official preview builds.
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My general experience is the same but on cm10. I typically get 3 hrs screen on time, 20-30 minutes of calls, 20 texts or so, usually an hour of game time...and about 18 hours total up time...and I am at around 15% at the end of the night. That was with the 1012 nightly. So it is definitely a YMMV thing! This is on a epic touch 1800 battery.
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I would suggest looking at TPR 2.21 if you want to try a GB rom with excellent battery life.
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TPR?? The People's ROM? And what about the Legendary ROM?
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My general experience is the same but on cm10. I typically get 3 hrs screen on time, 20-30 minutes of calls, 20 texts or so, usually an hour of game time...and about 18 hours total up time...and I am at around 15% at the end of the night. That was with the 1012 nightly. So it is definitely a YMMV thing! This is on a epic touch 1800 battery.
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I still use the original battery that came with the phone
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TPR?? The People's ROM? And what about the Legendary ROM?
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Yes TPR is The Peoples Rom has great battery life not sure about Legendary but may I suggest CM7 it freaking rocks.
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Yes TPR is The Peoples Rom has great battery life not sure about Legendary but may I suggest CM7 it freaking rocks.
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Thank you . Now when I get home, I have ROMS to try.
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I still use the original battery that came with the phone
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Me too.
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I haven't messed with my phone in forever. I currently have a CM7 nightly running on my Epic. Can I just flash a CM10 nightly or will I need to do something first? Like update clockwork mod or flash a different kernel <-- you can see my ignorance showing here.
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I haven't messed with my phone in forever. I currently have a CM7 nightly running on my Epic. Can I just flash a CM10 nightly or will I need to do something first? Like update clockwork mod or flash a different kernel <-- you can see my ignorance showing here.
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I was running CM9 when I flashed CM10. I think you can just flash it but I am kind of a newbie. Just do a bit more research. And if you flash cm10, you have to odin back to stock, root, and then flash another ROM you want to flash something besides CM10.
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asinanan said:
I haven't messed with my phone in forever. I currently have a CM7 nightly running on my Epic. Can I just flash a CM10 nightly or will I need to do something first? Like update clockwork mod or flash a different kernel <-- you can see my ignorance showing here.
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When I jumped from CM7, I went to mounts and storage and wiped everything in there except /sdcard. Then I flashed the ROM and appropriate gapps, and all was fine
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I sot there and watch the battery drain from my Epic running CM10. I want to try a GB Rom, but I don't have any ROMS. Wha about Legendary ROM?
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If you want to stick with CM10, I've found that the SimplyCM10 kernel actually helped with battery life. YMMV, but I was draining 1800mAH in ~10 hours and it's >12hrs the last couple of days.
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If you want to stick with CM10, I've found that the SimplyCM10 kernel actually helped with battery life. YMMV, but I was draining 1800mAH in ~10 hours and it's >12hrs the last couple of days.
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I have 1500 mAh and I go to school with 100%, come home with about 40-20% and to me, that's unacceptable. I never flashed kernels because I never thought they really did anything.
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If battery life is a major concern for you, then probably avoid CM9 and CM10. But what you get in trade-off is amazing performance and features that only Jelly Bean has. I have a charger or two at home, one in the car and one at work.. plus a couple extra batteries for emergencies. So having the battery last 'all day' just doesn't mean much in my case.
I'm not too concerned with battery life, cause I have 2 stock 1500mAh batteries, and I usually carry around a usb cord in my backpack just in case.
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Hi all
I'm currently running Cyanogenmod with faux's kernel and getting pretty good results, just wondered what other people are using to get great battery life?
Thanks in advance
Sam
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No such thing as a best kernel. Some phones like certain kernels more than others. Experiences vary.
If you're looking for kernel suggestions I'd go with Franco or Trinity by morfic (Google to find his kernel as it isn't on xda).
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This is really subjective and is something you would need to test out on your own to get any solid answers since there's so many factors that could affect the outcome.
Thank you but it was just to see what others recommend. I've heard good things about the matrix kernel
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Also when using those kernels download the app trickster mod it'll let you customize the kernel settings but don't touch anything you don't understand because you might mess something up. Franco and morfic have paid apps that customize their kernel but trickster is a free alternative until you commit to one kernel
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Franco or Matrix...But while using Franco Ive seen a big difference in battery and thats just my experience with it but like the others say just try em out and see wats best for you my friend..
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Franco or Matrix...But while using Franco Ive seen a big difference in battery and thats just my experience with it but like the others say just try em out and see wats best for you my friend..
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Agreed. Franco really knows what he's doing, no offense to the other developers. Morfic is another good developer.
Wasn't a huge fan of matrix on the Nexus S. Just my personal opinion (don't attack me because I prefer one kernel over another!)
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Agreed. Franco really knows what he's doing, no offense to the other developers. Morfic is another good developer.
Wasn't a huge fan of matrix on the Nexus S. Just my personal opinion (don't attack me because I prefer one kernel over another!)
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+1 to that...
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+1 to that...
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Nothing against math kid but (not saying he does this) but there are some shady developers or Rom cookers who say they added their secret special tweaks to boost speed or performance. I don't believe it because it's placebo. If there's no proof in the source then it doesn't exist.
Franco actually says what he did, and you can see it in the results. Plus he's very adamant about replying to feedback as long as it's not a silly question like "can I under volt using this kernel???" There's a reason why he has 20k thanks
But either way enough of my rant. Hope op finds a kernel he likes. I'd start using the most popular kernel out there and use it for a couple of days. If you aren't satisfied then try another. Satisfied but want to see if you can do better? Go ahead and try. They're all free anyways, the beauty of xda
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Thank you but it was just to see what others recommend. I've heard good things about the matrix kernel
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I'm using the Matr1x 3.0 kernel I love it but my brother gets battery life on trinity. So like others said its phone specific.
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Thank you for all your replies, I might give Franco's kernel ago. I'll be surprised if I get better battery life than I currently do on faux's because Franco's doesn't support undervolting
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Franco or Matrix...But while using Franco Ive seen a big difference in battery and thats just my experience with it but like the others say just try em out and see wats best for you my friend..
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I agree. I've tried both, they're efficient but I prefer the franco kernel
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Thank you for all your replies, I might give Franco's kernel ago. I'll be surprised if I get better battery life than I currently do on faux's because Franco's doesn't support undervolting
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Franco doesn't support undervolting because,
I answered that the last page. UV comes when I think its a good time for it. I do my own thing, not follow what other people do on their kernels.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35067141&highlight=undervolt#post35067141
I really don't care much about undervolting, I think in the end its more placebo than anything. Sure it might help a little bit, but not as much as users think it does. Aggressive cpu frequency management, core management, now thats where true savings come from in my opinion.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35379848&highlight=undervolt#post35379848
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I don't really undervolt my phone and have pretty good battery life as it is. I didn't undervolt on my Galaxy Nexus either because it had something called Smart Reflex undervolted for you when necessary. more info @ http://www.ti.com/dsp/docs/dspcontent.tsp?contentId=52746#a18
---- Franco isn't saying that there won't be UV support but as of right now he's focused on other things and will add it when it becomes more stable. And I agree with him on the second part about there are other parts of the kernel that can be worked on to have better battery life rather than just having people UV as the solution (for now).
Edit: there's a reason why his thread on GN has Views: 4,859,042 http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p163/gbd270/views_zps2644eff7.jpg
Even there's no UV on his r14, this kernel is very stable and I've a (very) good battery life
I really appreciate all your responses, so what settings do you recommend for best battery life on Franco's kernel?
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Out of the box settings work just fine.
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Out of the box settings work just fine.
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On your phone they do they sucked on mine. I went from 2 to 2 1/2 hours to 4 because of a kernel.
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If takes a couple of recharges for the kernel to come into effect. Have to give if a few days for your phone to get used to it.
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If takes a couple of recharges for the kernel to come into effect. Have to give if a few days for your phone to get used to it.
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If u are talking to me Ive had my phone since Thanksgiving I gave it 3 weeks before I flashed a custom kernel. My stock kernel never got any better. U got a awesome stock phone I wish I had the same luck.
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A suggestion would be to add a poll and let people vote on the different kernels.
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Hey guys, what ROMs out there have good battery life? I want to flash a new ROM. Thanks
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Kernels not ROMS
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Hey guys, what ROMs out there have good battery life? I want to flash a new ROM. Thanks
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You might get better results looking for a good kernel that allows undervolting (if you haven't already). You can find a bunch in this forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1912
I guess the question then, what combo (kernel + rom) would people recommend for best battery savings?
Franco kernel
I am happy with stock combo but a lot of people have reported that stock ROM with Franco or bricked kernel gives amazing battery life.
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cm10.1 jellybro + franco r20
Thanks everyone, the crack-flashing begins!
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Thanks everyone, the crack-flashing begins!
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Enjoy your new addiction just be careful on your flashing and apply common sense.
Fastboot & ADB is your best friend!
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Thanks everyone, the crack-flashing begins!
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Lol, I started crack-flashing 4 years ago and I've never been able to kick the habit
Liquid smooth comes with Franco r20. I'm getting great battery life.
Thread closed. These "which ROM for X purpose" threads generally go nowhere as you'll get every combination possible shared and you'll be none the wiser. Battery life differs more from personal usage then what ROM setup you have. Best way is to try yourself and then find the one that's best for you.
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AvRS
So Ive been on the hunt for a rom for my At&T galaxy S4 that can give me the best battery life possible. I have tried both the 4.2 and 4.3 GPE rom's that were recently released and surprisingly they barely get half the battery life my stock touchwiz rom gets me. My phone running stock touchwiz lasts for the entire day, ending the day with around 25% battery left. but with the GPE edition roms I found myself having to recharge the device halfway or 3/4 through the day. For the 4.2 i was running KT kernal alongside it and for the 4.3 i was running the stock kernal that came with it. SO PLEASE HELP ME AND GIVE ME SUGGESTIONS TY!
have you tried audism v4? It's amazing. It makes my phone cold.
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have you tried audism v4? It's amazing. It makes my phone cold.
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Would it be possible to link me to the thread where the audism v4 rom is posted? I tried looking but cant find....Im completely new to xda...
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The Ausdim v4 kernel can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2342298
As for a ROM, I have been using this Google Edition ROM with good success: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2341376
The above ROM has an Ausdim kernel but I would recommend flashing an up to date Ausdim (v7) after flashing that ROM.
I swore by shostock. Never better
Keep on trying various ROMs yourself. There is no simple answer when it comes to battery life as it is very subjective and changes drastically based on your personal usage, conditions such as WiFi vs mobile data, the apps you are running, etc. You really have to keep trying yourself. I know you may think "Well who has time to try all these ROMs?" and you are right, but variety is a good thing and you'll enjoy testing all the features. Good luck
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Shostock , definitely shostock . I've tried almost every rom and this one has the best battery life of them all. Lasts me a day and a half with moderate usage
Little Bigboy said:
Shostock , definitely shostock . I've tried almost every rom and this one has the best battery life of them all. Lasts me a day and a half with moderate usage
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I've only compared a few roms and Foxhound is great for battery.
i get 19 hours on my phone with max brightness using battery guru with wanamlite rom (it comes with the Adam kernel)
Im using Infamous and battery life is great plus all the added features makes this my dd for over a week which is a long time in the flashing world. Lol
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Seriously, you guys need to add your device to your user profile. Going to be hard to get help otherwise.
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Seriously, you guys need to add your device to your user profile. Going to be hard to get help otherwise.
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Coming from the guy who doesnt have his device listed....
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Coming from the guy who doesnt have his device listed....
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He was probably on the computer when writing that. Also, he actually helps in these forums, so let it be.
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Mike said:
He was probably on the computer when writing that. Also, he actually helps in these forums, so let it be.
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I know I know.. I had to kid though
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Coming from the guy who doesnt have his device listed....
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Its there, not hard to see.
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Its there, not hard to see.
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Not really. But no need to crowd this thread with needless banter
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He was probably on the computer when writing that. Also, he actually helps in these forums, so let it be.
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Again, this needs to be done. It is a user profile option USE IT.
Just my opnion but kernels have a great deal to do with battery life... modems too.
So basically what I got from your answers is.........If I want better battery life....It depends more heavily on the kernal rather than the roms. So I can use whatever rom and I should try various kernals. Since I'm using a AT&T galaxy s4, I should be flashing the loki doki after everything I flash?
cloud628 said:
So basically what I got from your answers is.........If I want better battery life....It depends more heavily on the kernal rather than the roms. So I can use whatever rom and I should try various kernals. Since I'm using a AT&T galaxy s4, I should be flashing the loki doki after everything I flash?
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Correct, or you can use a loki kernel made for our att US i337.
Both are ok. And yes, the kernels have a lot to do with battery life, so you would need to experiment with them.