Coming from Playbook and old user of SGS the battery life is not good at all down 40% with 2.3 hours of internet any thoughts or is it 4.4.2 ?
Custom kernel ?
What does Battery Use say? You might have something else running.
You wouldn't happen to be viewing Flash, would you? I tried that once on CBS' site, and the resulting software rendering was a huge battery drain.
Are those Battery Saving Apps worth or just another drainer ? Don't see anything drastic in usage as its used by OS.
Check this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381370
A lot of people (including me) are very satisfied with battery performance. Just so you know, you need a few charges to get a full potential from the battery.
dinjo_jo said:
Coming from Playbook and old user of SGS the battery life is not good at all down 40% with 2.3 hours of internet any thoughts or is it 4.4.2 ?
Custom kernel ?
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I've had some issues since 4.4.2 too, and I'm no newbie to Android. I was disabling location in the quick settings and found that whenever I did that Google Search would keep the phone from sleeping. Please update with anything you find is causing your battery problem. As mentioned, these devices can give good battery life!
I don't play games on mine but I get between 10 and 13 hours screen on time every charge. Most of my time is on the internet with 3 emails syncing every 30 minutes and WiFi on all the time. I charge it every second night.
Rooting and installing a new custom ROM will help with battery life. I noticed on 4.3, the media server bug was present. I had to disable the media server scan. That helped a ton with battery. For 4.4.2 i use purity ROM. In on 2 days one charge with 49% left. You need to charge the battery a few times also as mentioned
unibomber said:
Rooting and installing a new custom ROM will help with battery life. I noticed on 4.3, the media server bug was present. I had to disable the media server scan. That helped a ton with battery. For 4.4.2 i use purity ROM. In on 2 days one charge with 49% left. You need to charge the battery a few times also as mentioned
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Any recommended ROM or Kernel ?
I use purity ROM 4.4.2 with faux 11u kernel
i dont know about you guys, but i found the best performance on stock 4.3
dinjo_jo said:
Any recommended ROM or Kernel ?
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EASY WINDOWS UNLOCK, ROOT, FLASH, ETC TOOL:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2389107
ROM (currently most popular 4.4.x rom on XDA for the Flo):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2510141
[ROM][AOSP][4.4.2][AOSP Kangs][DJL4.4][SM-Toolchain][Linaro][Build 15][2013/12/15]
KERNEL (most popular on XDA for the Flo):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2389022
GOOGLE APPS (ROMs don't come with Play Store, etc):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2397942
Once you get set up I recommend you look into Xposed Framework, Greenify (app on Play with Xposed enhancements) and Trickster (another Play app for setting kernel behavior).
Good luck,
P.D
P.S. when Paranoid Android 4.0 comes along it will be worth a look. Paranoid Android ROM was conceived with tablets in mind and is incredibly stable IMO. It's 4.4.x release (aka AOSPA 4.0 or AOSPAL for the Linaro enhanced version) should be along any friggin day now.
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P.P.S. make sure to give all devs OPs (opening posts) a thumbs up and to star threads so you can easily keep track on updates.
pan.droid said:
EASY WINDOWS UNLOCK, ROOT, FLASH, ETC TOOL:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2389107
ROM (currently most popular 4.4.x rom on XDA for the Flo):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2510141
[ROM][AOSP][4.4.2][AOSP Kangs][DJL4.4][SM-Toolchain][Linaro][Build 15][2013/12/15]
KERNEL (most popular on XDA for the Flo):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2389022
GOOGLE APPS (ROMs don't come with Play Store, etc):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2397942
Once you get set up I recommend you look into Xposed Framework, Greenify (app on Play with Xposed enhancements) and Trickster (another Play app for setting kernel behavior).
Good luck,
P.D
P.S. when Paranoid Android 4.0 comes along it will be worth a look. Paranoid Android ROM was conceived with tablets in mind and is incredibly stable IMO. It's 4.4.x release (aka AOSPA 4.0 or AOSPAL for the Linaro enhanced version) should be along any friggin day now.
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P.P.S. make sure to give all devs OPs (opening posts) a thumbs up and to star threads so you can easily keep track on updates.
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Thanks but does this ROM enhances battery life or worsens ? Also what do you mean by Linaro ? Should i go 4.4.2 or 4.2 as per there post ?
4.4 2 introduced a bunch of security enhancements in light of NSA revelations. I cannot say how much better this ROM is compared to current stock because I haven't used stock for some time. That said, the dev is a very talented one and the rom is popular in a way a battery sucker wouldn't be. The rom contains enhancements over the stock version such as proprietary bionic/dalvic enhancements from Qualcomm that Google couldn't legally include, due to licence issues.
The main factor is in the kernel and the options it gives you. You can disable things like S2W, DT2W, magnet wake thingy, etc. You can also specify the maximum processing power when your Nexus' screen is off/on. Etc, etc.
At a certain point you're just going to have to see for yourself. The fact is that you don't like your current battery performance, so maybe just take the dive and try for yourself?
I will say your questions have been asked and answered a million times before. My earlier reply was the best I could do for you, my friend. For my part, I'm afraid you're going to have to do what everyone before you has done in order to learn more: ask Google before asking anybody else.
For example, regarding your Linaro question:
Try searching 'Android Linaro'
Question about bionic or dalvic? Try the same thing, maybe you'll have to adjust your search to include 'Qualcomm' (the brand of processor in our device).
If it's frustrating not having all the answers at your fingertips then celebrate! It's that frustration that will motivate you to find your answers.
For now, though, maybe start reading up on the links I gave you. There are ways to return to stock if you feel you need to (you'll also need to do your own reading on that).
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Arguably, all the business of unlocking, rooting, flashing, etc. is probably easier on Nexus devices than it is or has been on 99% of contemporary or former Android devices. So, you're in pretty good shape off the bat=)
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P.S. make sure NFC, BLUETOOTH, LOCATION (aka GPS) & WIFI are disabled in Settings when you're not using them.
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The kernel is the most important when it comes to battery life because it Controls cpu and kernel and io operations.
I recommend using elementalx kernel because it has deepsleep state which will allow your device to save the most battery when you're not using it. I'm sure there are others but that's what I use.
The largest battery drain during use is the screen, so keep your screen at a minimum whenever you are using it if you're concerned about battery.
Another thing you can do to improve battery is undervolt. However you will only experience minimal benefit because you can only undervolt so much before your device is unstable. I don't recommend undervolting for newbies.
Another thing that can improve battery life is multicore power saving, a setting that is enabled with a custom kernel such as elementalx.
Another thing that I've heard that CAN help battery life is using Art, instead of dalvik cache. This is highly debatable, but some have reported improved battery life. I use art but mostly for the improved performance and load times, rather than the battery life.
Of course you should turn off anything you don't use, blue tooth, nfc, GPS, etc.. To help better manage this automatically you can use an app called profile scheduler.
-Wizzle
Wizzle, I've heard ART isn't stable with apps that haven't been retrofitted to ruin with it. Is that your experience?
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Incidentally, there's a new 'Glitch' kernel released today. Just checked and it also goes into deep sleep. You may want to check it out... it, too, uses the Aroma installer and seems to offer a few more degrees of customization. Just make sure you snag the right one as there are a few different builds depending on your rom source.
Which rom do you use?
I have installed the .AOSP Kangs][DJL4.4] ROM last night due to some reason some apps are closing on it. Will try out the new kernel.
Yeah, I have the same ROM and have used both ElementalX & now the latest Glitch kernel. Odd you're having force close issues, tho. Pretty sure that isn't something many others are experiencing. Do you run other mods? Is SuperSU working okay?
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Wizzle, I've heard ART isn't stable with apps that haven't been retrofitted to ruin with it. Is that your experience?
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Incidentally, there's a new 'Glitch' kernel released today. Just checked and it also goes into deep sleep. You may want to check it out... it, too, uses the Aroma installer and seems to offer a few more degrees of customization. Just make sure you snag the right one as there are a few different builds depending on your rom source.
Which rom do you use?
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I'm on cm11. I've tried glitch, but not the latest. Most of the customizations glitch offers is basically more overclocking and undercoating, I prefer stock values for stability, I've over clocked before just to see how fast I could actually get my Nexus to work, but of course you don't get the best battery life..
I've had 100% success with art. It has not been unstable one bit. It's definitely faster and I don't have to overclock which saves battery.
One word of caution! If you sideload apps, sometimes they will no longer install once you enable art. Oddly enough if they were installed before art was enabled, it works fine! (hehe at least that's my experience)
Another word of caution, once I've enabled art, I was not able to go back to dalvik unless I deleted all my data and reinstalled apps from scratch.. I recommend doing a nandroid backup before you enable art, just so you have data that is dalvik..
-Wizzle
My battery life is like what most people are saying, over 10 hours of use doing various things... other than 3D games with hour+ play sessions. Basically if I'm playing something like GTAIII or Final Fantasy III, battery life will go down considerably faster, but not devastatingly so, probably like 50% faster, and only while playing.
Here are some things that will dramatically help your battery life, assuming it isn't defective or something:
Having the brightness on auto or generally very low will help a lot. If you look at battery usage in Settings, you'll see that the screen usually eats more than half of your battery at all times.
Keeping GPS/Bluetooth/Wifi off when they aren't needed.
Closing background apps.
Turning the screen time-out down, which can be found at Settings>Display>Sleep. The Nexus 7 '13 has a pretty average battery, but one of its best qualities is how it barely loses any power when it's on standby.
Don't use live wallpapers or turn their quality settings down.
I'm using CleanROM which is just a stable, prerooted, more optimized stock AOSP rom and keeps up to date very quickly. My battery/performance is loads better than it was on stock. I couldn't recommend the rom more, especially after installing Xposed Framework and the GravityBox module, which allows you to to have many CM/PA features without much effort.
I get 10+ hours with WiFi and location on all the time. I do keep the brightness down a bit. If you're getting half that, something is wrong.
Sent from my XT1060 using Tapatalk
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I just typed out my post and got the Mac equivalent of a BSoD and lost what i typed (wow fist time that has ever happened to me).
Flashed Decks, I have tried both tiamat and SavagedZen kernels. Followed a few different guides and no luck at all batter still stucks. Today my stats were as follows. 4h 55m on battery with very light to little or no usage at all and battery is at 10%. When i had it on stock ROM have much heavier usage and was never that low before. I rooted to get rid of bloatware and my main reason for AOSP ROM was to get away from sense messed up BT stack (want to use Wii controller), but if this is what I'm up against I will stick with a sense ROM (probably go back with fresh had with my hero and it worked well). is this the norm for ASOP? Ive seen other post about better battery life on sense ROMs. is it just how it handle the system different I already followed this one here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19474607#post19474607
And couldn't get it working fully. Does anyone have any other suggestion. Different ROMs, kernels, setting I could try as a last shot. Would prefer a basic ASOP with good battery life, and most stuff working (don't know if that's to much to ask).
Thanks in advance.
I don't think that 5 hours of battery life should be considered normal for any ROM. If that is all you get from a phone then something is wrong.
Have you tried wiping battery stats in recovery? Sometimes the software just reads the battery level incorrectly. It would have to be pretty far off to claim you were at 10% after only 5 hours but who knows...
You can google it but the typical process is to charge it up to 100%, wipe battery stats, then reboot and unplug. Drain the phone until it's absolutely dead then you charge it fully again and it should read the battery level more accurately. Apparently it is bad for Lithium Ion batteries to be drained completely though, so it is not recommended to do this often as it can shorten the overall performance of your battery.
I haven't seen much of a difference in my battery life using Cyanogenmod 7 or MikG (currently running 2.58 but 2.60 is out now). I personally really prefer sense ROMs and MikG is definitely the best one I have used. Give it a shot. I have gotten 60 hours of battery life on the stock Sense ROM (granted, it was with almost no use) and over 30 hours with pretty decent usage. I posted some youtube videos to demonstrate this since I figured everyone would claim I doctored photos:
over 50 hours (wound up being 60 hours by the time I finally unplugged):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGJucqVw0RQ
32 hours:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPqtsRDRYEs
I have since moved to MikG but I pushed my battery again last weekend and got another 30+ hours of it. I'm extremely happy with my battery life!
I am sticking with MikG over CM7...I have too many issues with CM7 and there just isn't enough to keep me there. I was going to write up a huge post about that now.
yea i actually did wipe that stats. Ill probably just do a full wipe and start fresh with sense rom and see where it goes. What are some advantages of mikG any features that make it special over others? What version of sense does it have? Im downloading right now. is there a info page of what all it includes? i couldn't find much info for it.
stamason said:
yea i actually did wipe that stats. Ill probably just do a full wipe and start fresh with sense rom and see where it goes. What are some advantages of mikG any features that make it special over others? What version of sense does it have?
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Mikg is 2.1+ 3.0 rom it has some sense 3.0 features
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
Im in the same boat some what, but I will say your time should be better with no use. Im not getting huge battery increases with aosp roms when using the phone. Im better off with the stuff that worked well on sense roms for me with no tinkering (gps, slow sd speeds, updating prls, etc)
Im convinced the people that claim these lengthy phone hours dont use their phone besides texting much even if they say otherwise. Most screen shots I see rarely even have voice calls registering. I think the best way for "me" to get a full day is to buy an extended battery. Im not on wifi all day, Im in and out of low signal areas. I need to keep data on due to emails for work. Maybe Ill run into a miracle rom and kernel, lol
I do like the classic rom which I backed up and I will try some others today (fusion/hyrbid ex1)
stamason said:
yea i actually did wipe that stats. Ill probably just do a full wipe and start fresh with sense rom and see where it goes. What are some advantages of mikG any features that make it special over others? What version of sense does it have? Im downloading right now. is there a info page of what all it includes? i couldn't find much info for it.
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You can check out the change log at themikmik.com:
http://themikmik.com/forumdisplay.php?871-MikG-v2.xx-Info-Screen-Shots-and-Download-links
I always wind up back on this ROM. I just think it looks beautiful, it is fast, and it just works. I use GO launcher EX as my launcher by the way. I highly recommend it no matter what ROM you use.
Sent from my Atari 2600
diggy_ said:
Im convinced the people that claim these lengthy phone hours dont use their phone besides texting much even if they say otherwise. Most screen shots I see rarely even have voice calls registering. I think the best way for "me" to get a full day is to buy an extended battery. Im not on wifi all day, Im in and out of low signal areas. I need to keep data on due to emails for work. Maybe Ill run into a miracle rom and kernel, lol
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I totally agree with you with is why if you watch my second video posted above, I actually go into the usage screen and tap on the things to show what I am using. 50 minutes of voice calls, 25 minutes of words with friends, 41 minutes of GPS, Bluetooth on 100% of the time, etc.
But typically when I see those you tube videos I see people saying they were using their phone heavily and got 25 hours out of it. If you look closely in their battery stats screen though, you'll see that cell standby was the top battery user. That refutes the heavy usage claim right there!
Sent from my Atari 2600
To be honest. I didn't read the post but I will check that out. Thanks
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How is this possible? I'm on 1500 stock Mah battery on a fresh sense rom 4.3.2 my battery wont last that long even if I reset battery stats. But running on cm7 with stock it does pretty well avaerage 15+ hrs depending my usage.
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gamblor01 said:
You can check out the change log at themikmik.com:
http://themikmik.com/forumdisplay.php?871-MikG-v2.xx-Info-Screen-Shots-and-Download-links
I always wind up back on this ROM. I just think it looks beautiful, it is fast, and it just works. I use GO launcher EX as my launcher by the way. I highly recommend it no matter what ROM you use.
Sent from my Atari 2600
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I put FreshEvo and it looks like battery is holding up well. I got MikG tp play around with..(it does look beautiful). A few quick question about it.
1. Does it have the native hotspot app unlocked or just wireless tether?
2. Has CarrierID been removed or disabled?
3. Should I use the default kernel in the rom, or is there a particular one you use.
Thanks,
stamason said:
I just typed out my post and got the Mac equivalent of a BSoD and lost what i typed (wow fist time that has ever happened to me).
Flashed Decks, I have tried both tiamat and SavagedZen kernels. Followed a few different guides and no luck at all batter still stucks. Today my stats were as follows. 4h 55m on battery with very light to little or no usage at all and battery is at 10%. When i had it on stock ROM have much heavier usage and was never that low before. I rooted to get rid of bloatware and my main reason for AOSP ROM was to get away from sense messed up BT stack (want to use Wii controller), but if this is what I'm up against I will stick with a sense ROM (probably go back with fresh had with my hero and it worked well). is this the norm for ASOP? Ive seen other post about better battery life on sense ROMs. is it just how it handle the system different I already followed this one here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19474607#post19474607
And couldn't get it working fully. Does anyone have any other suggestion. Different ROMs, kernels, setting I could try as a last shot. Would prefer a basic ASOP with good battery life, and most stuff working (don't know if that's to much to ask).
Thanks in advance.
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all the aosp roms/kernels are in the link in my sig, just click it and check it out.
stamason said:
I put FreshEvo and it looks like battery is holding up well. I got MikG tp play around with..(it does look beautiful). A few quick question about it.
1. Does it have the native hotspot app unlocked or just wireless tether?
2. Has CarrierID been removed or disabled?
3. Should I use the default kernel in the rom, or is there a particular one you use.
Thanks,
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1. It has the native hotspot unlocked.
2. I don't even know what you're asking here sorry. Do you mean you want to use it on another carrier besides Sprint? If so I have no idea...maybe post your question on themikmik forums.
3. I use whatever kernel MikG comes with. Some people like to flash other ones, but I have never messed with new kernels, regardless of the ROM I'm using.
Sent from my Atari 2600
thanks
I just would like to show my appreciation to gamblor01 for his links and knowledge base..I am a flashaholic only because I wanted to find the best performing Rom/Kernel combo to squeeze the most life out of my battery and to be honest I am a bit of a noob...I have tried synergy ROM synister Rom kinged shooter, cm7 which did show some improvements but I just love my sense roms.....I stumbled upon this last night...and i did it...found MikG 2.60 sense Rom and i am running chopsuey 9.2.6 and i did like he stated .....turned off unnecessary things like 3g when not using...lowered display brightness, changed sync settings to a very minimal to where it only updates when I open the app...I went to work for 8 am and the phone was off the charger till it died 16 hours later almost 17 I will post pics as testament thanks again
The phone died around 12 am almost 1..btw
Sent from my 16 Hour battery EVO using XDA App
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And of course I can't figure out how to upload a picture from my phone how noobish of me...I will find a way soon enough
Great! I have found MikG to be awesome so I'm glad it works for you too. If you want to upload a screenshot then tap the power button and quickly hit home. It should take a screenshot. Then if you want to share it you can go the gallery app and tap the share icon (circle with 2 arrows). If you want to attach it to a post here from your phone (xda app) then start a message and then tap the more button. You should be able to attach something from the gallery.
I just posted pretty much the same info at themikmik.com but it was more detailed. I'm on my phone right now but I'll go copy that link and paste it into an edit here.
Edit: Here is the link
http://themikmik.com/showthread.php...h-your-battery&p=149009&viewfull=1#post149009
Sent from my Atari 2600
Senseless MikG 2.9 has gotten me over 2 days of moderate usage consistently. This however does not include 4G since I can't get a signal anywhere >_<
I use CM7.1 + SavagedZen (latest) SBC (BFS) and get between 40 and 60 hours depending on usage.
I am also using the Sprint extended battery, however. By my estimation, this accounts for roughly 8 - 10 of those hours.
The kernel made a HUGE difference. Tiamat 3.3.7 was only getting me about 20 hours tops.
Phone is also undervolted, and supercharged. No overclocking or underclocking. I am incredibly pleased with this phone - definitely can't switch phones unless I know that I can get something remotely close in terms of battery life!
stamason said:
I just typed out my post and got the Mac equivalent of a BSoD and lost what i typed (wow fist time that has ever happened to me).
Flashed Decks, I have tried both tiamat and SavagedZen kernels. Followed a few different guides and no luck at all batter still stucks. Today my stats were as follows. 4h 55m on battery with very light to little or no usage at all and battery is at 10%. When i had it on stock ROM have much heavier usage and was never that low before. I rooted to get rid of bloatware and my main reason for AOSP ROM was to get away from sense messed up BT stack (want to use Wii controller), but if this is what I'm up against I will stick with a sense ROM (probably go back with fresh had with my hero and it worked well). is this the norm for ASOP? Ive seen other post about better battery life on sense ROMs. is it just how it handle the system different I already followed this one here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19474607#post19474607
And couldn't get it working fully. Does anyone have any other suggestion. Different ROMs, kernels, setting I could try as a last shot. Would prefer a basic ASOP with good battery life, and most stuff working (don't know if that's to much to ask).
Thanks in advance.
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Simple solution, sell or return the Evo and get a 2nd generation windows phone mango device such as the Focus S or Titan or Lumina series, or even a first Gen such as the Focus. No more constant rom flashes, force closes, lag, and horrible battery life.
Sent from my Windows Phone Mango Focus using Board Express
OZGBLACK said:
I just would like to show my appreciation to gamblor01 for his links and knowledge base..I am a flashaholic only because I wanted to find the best performing Rom/Kernel combo to squeeze the most life out of my battery and to be honest I am a bit of a noob...I have tried synergy ROM synister Rom kinged shooter, cm7 which did show some improvements but I just love my sense roms.....I stumbled upon this last night...and i did it...found MikG 2.60 sense Rom and i am running chopsuey 9.2.6 and i did like he stated .....turned off unnecessary things like 3g when not using...lowered display brightness, changed sync settings to a very minimal to where it only updates when I open the app...I went to work for 8 am and the phone was off the charger till it died 16 hours later almost 17 I will post pics as testament thanks again
The phone died around 12 am almost 1..btw
Sent from my 16 Hour battery EVO using XDA App
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And of course I can't figure out how to upload a picture from my phone how noobish of me...I will find a way soon enough
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i know you said you like sense roms, however if you wanna find out about aosp roms/kernels check the link in my sig i get over 24 hours w/o an extended battery and i do play games and use the internet.
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mikroland said:
Simple solution, sell or return the Evo and get a 2nd generation windows phone mango device such as the Focus S or Titan or Lumina series, or even a first Gen such as the Focus. No more constant rom flashes, force closes, lag, and horrible battery life.
Sent from my Windows Phone Mango Focus using Board Express
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wow..... please do not troll in our EVO 4G Thread. Thank You!!!
Dammit I think that I am not allowed cause it just repeats
Processing
Sent from my EVO with a 16 hour battery
Oh well i will do a few more tests put them on my pc and then upload them through my web browser there and i will show some well (record breaking) battery life.
And I can't say thanks again
Sent from my EVO with a 16 hour battery
Hey,
there is no topic where ROMs can be compared by their battery usage, so I decided to open such a topic.
It's hard to compare battery drain due to the diffrent usage of your phone so I thought about using an app and a easy to reconstructable environment.
I would prefer this app: Badass Battery Monitor.
Environment:
Min. 6 hours unplugged after full charge, unused (perhaps at night).
Wifi off
3G on
Just post your ROM and ur battery consumption per hour (please calc also with the minutes, to minimize the faults.
Incompatible with my device!
Sent from my MT15i
Only had the patience for 2 hours, unused, no wifi, radio on.
CM7
Blend_Miui Kernel V09
--Rob-- said:
It's hard to compare battery drain due to the diffrent usage of your phone so I thought about using an app and a easy to reconstructable environment.
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I have my own criteria to appreciate the battery consumption. When I go to sleep, I read the battery level %. In the morning I read it again. That way, I noticed no difference between ROMs (locked BL, only stock, always rooted, bloatware removed, five ROMs tried until now, *.58 for the moment): around 3-5% per night. Always I administrate the radios manually.
Plus, *.58 version comes with a new stock app, called `Power Save mode`, with interesting options.
Was just an idea yet.
But 1%/h is a great performance...
If there are some more values, I'll make a list
Tried do flash blend kernel, didn't boot... how did u get that working? I also have GWK74 and latest Blend-kernel, but stuck at bootloader image....
Well, I'm still amazed too.
The only downside is that I feel like my battery is draining faster when I'm using my phone. So I should probably keep the tweaks for the deep sleep state and flash another kernel again.
I think your idea is great, I'm constantly searching for the best battery saving ROM and kernel.
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--Rob-- said:
Tried do flash blend kernel, didn't boot... how did u get that working? I also have GWK74 and latest Blend-kernel, but stuck at bootloader image....
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Here is the link for the CM7 compiled by JasonStein in order to use his Blend kernel : https://github.com/JasonStein/J-CM7-Rebuilt-3G-Arc
Hello people,
Here are some screenshots from the Official Gingerbread 2.3.4 update for Milestone 2. I can say that i tested all the custom roms (CM7, CM9, MIUI), but this Official Gingerbread is by far the most stable, fast and responsive from all (720p also working fine). It is true that after you install it you cannot install another custom rom, but for me that was the best option.
I like the custom roms, the only problem is the recording in 720p ..
now custom rom based on ch gb kernel will work on uk kernel too.
Most stable? Maybe. Most responsive? Maybe. Fastest? Definitely not! I don't want to flame, I just don't want to see some begginers confused by your post. Also it can be faster, because of that >$>$€[ blur thing, which consume both CPU and RAM resources...
And why people are using custom roms? Not because of stability, not because of hw compatibility, but mainly because of really good functions and speed!
But it is matter of choice of course.
Guess you didn't use the new official Gingerbread yet.
Let me tell you one thing: it is DEFINITELY faster. It doesn't use a lot of resources: all com.motorola processes together use about 24Mb on my device. For comparison: SwiftKey uses about 18Mb of RAM.
Does it use more CPU cycles? Only when you tell it to. By default you must choose Blur to be active on a mobile connection. If you don't, it simply doesn't do a thing. And I can tell you, I have it enabled and it certainly doesn't hit my battery life as bad as the Froyo ROM did: I still manage to get about 48 hours of battery life.
So if you don't want to flame, please get the facts right! Stock Gingerbread is perfect for beginners. Should you use CM7 if you want more power? Of course. But don't tell Blur is **** and only uses resources.
I use 2.3.4 official GB ROM on my MS2 too and must say: I like it. I used CM7 before and several issues and everytime the upgrading...
So my MS2 is fast and really good. I don't use Blur so it's fast and 48h battery life is normal (again)
@all other 2.3.4 GB users:
have you found the additional programs: Settings -> applications -> manage applications -> all ? (HipHopOfficial, Revolver TV, Rock on Altitude, True Country, Video Editor Lite)
There are really interessting things, but I can't find a way to start them. I never installed them and did a complete wipe before installation without a restore. So they are not left others from previous trys.
I used all Custom roms available on this forum, and yesterday I installed the new UK GB SBF.
I must say I'm impressed, but still miss some tweeks on it.
It is indeed faster, stabler and smoother than other roms.
What I really miss is being able to control the media player on the lock screen, and the widgets in the notification bar to control wifi, screen brightness, call volume, etc...
At the same time, all this can be solved with 3rd party apps, so I do not see any problems with it yet.
Since I always recharge batery at night, I can only say that I can use it all day long and still have some batery left.
I like CM7 a lot, but I am not regretting one bit about not being able to use CM again...
They have been there since forever
You can access them in Connected Music Player: Go to video's and select GoTV Channels and there they are.
The Video Editor Lite can be accessed via the Gallery. When you have a video, you can edit it and it will open Video Editor Lite. It's the same way Blur has a photo editor It can also be accessed from the Gallery by choosing to edit a photo.
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The music control on the lock screen is indeed a function I miss as well, since the CH version got it. But well, for now I can live with it
lol guys 48 hours battery? with stock rom? sorry but is hard for me believe it. im using sticking rim frim first day it comes out. actually i tried a lot of things like undervolt e some app for better memory management but my phone have hard times to rech the night.
i use data connection and wifi often and actually using juice defender for comtrol screen light and manage data connection every 15 mins, so seems go better but at max i can do one day then i have to charge it.
so tell me what u mean for your normal use and post some battery stats not that i dont thrust u but just for watch ur phone use.
im keeping using stock rom because i like make videos in hd but ill try ms2ginger rom soon
I've charged my phone today. Right now it's discharging for 5 hours and it's still at 90%. I didn't note I've got the extended battery.
My settings are WiFi and 3G on, automatic brightness and sync on. From those 5 hours 58% was used by the display because I was chatting.
oh ok . which battery?
Motorola's BP7X extended battery.
w0ndersp00n said:
Motorola's BP7X extended battery.
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I never knew such a thing existed.
What is its capacity in mAh? And does it charge okay inside MS2?
It's 1820mAh, and it's an official extended battery for the Milestone 1/2 & Droid 1/2 by Motorola. You do need to buy an new battery.
http://www.droidhype.com/2010/08/21/motorola-1820mah-bp7x-extended-battery-for-the-droid/
http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Droid-Extended-Battery-BP7X/dp/B004F257ZC
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It's 1820mAh, and it's an official extended battery for the Milestone 1/2 & Droid 1/2 by Motorola. You do need to buy an new battery.
http://www.droidhype.com/2010/08/21/motorola-1820mah-bp7x-extended-battery-for-the-droid/
http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Droid-Extended-Battery-BP7X/dp/B004F257ZC
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So it fits in just fine inside MS2. What about the mV you get on this? I'm guessing it will be related to the size of the battery and should be more.
Edit: I just found out that it comes with a new back cover too.
hey, how can i install it? im from Argentina, and now im in CM7. What can i do? Thanks
It is a pity that there is no way miui room on this firmware ...(((
Hi,
I'm from Malaysia with a UK set Milestone 2. I received the 2.3.4 update on Nov 2011..and i kinda agree that the new 2.3.4 is more stable and fast than the stock Froyo. And the UI is better too. However like many others i faced the battery problem which drained and with my frequent used i can only get around 6 hours of usage.
Currently i using a Custom ROM from Nightly with ICS theme and i must say, my battery life improve. With my frequent usage now i manage to get 7-9 hours of battery life and with less usage i mange to get around 13 hours..
Nevertheless, the 2.3.4 update for Milestone 2 is still the best if u using stock ROM and i'm glad that motorola do that.
Thanks Motorola..
Hi folks!
I just wanted to share my experience:
After a long time I didn't use my tab pro8.4 because of its very low battery life, I tried it again but with cyanogenmod 12 and what... No bugs, very smooth and the battery life is so damn impressive!!
Two hours of Netflix streaming in WiFi with maximum brightness and I still have 60% battery left. Awesome.
I've been looking for a battery sparing ROM. Thanks for reporting, will consider it.
You guys should try cm 13 ROM. I've always had great battery life over stock. Recently replaced my battery as well and it's awesome now. Little thing I found to increase stand by time is to set Wi-Fi to turn off when the tablet isn't being used, stand by time is unreal.
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I'm continuously looking for better battery ROMs, so thanks for that suggestion.
Do you happen to have any better battery logging, like with 3c battery widget? That way mAh is actually logged.
I first tried SlimROM6, which gave horrendous battery life, -100-150mAh. I also had an odd landscape orientation bug, where the UI wasn't accessible if booted in landscape, so I ditched that one.
I'm on this (CM12) one, and it's better. But battery usage is -50-90mAh, so only can get 2 days or so.
On stock 4.4.2, I was probably getting 3-4 days usage.
Which CM13 build are you using btw? Looks like last nightly was 12.19.2016, with no stable/milestones ever released. No download links are available anymore. Can you put one up?
Also reading the CM13 forum, looks like wifi drain was an issue, that may have been drastically improved by the wifi-off screen-off suggestion. Maybe I'll try that too.
Also wondering if the gapps I installed might play a role. ? installing unnecessary framework, etc. causing excess drain. I tried to install the minimum necessary, but I should recheck.
Hello guys. I know that this is a very common question not just in OnePlus 2 forum. I read some posts of this, tried, but no success. So far I've tried couple of ROMs but battery life is so disappointing. Best shot was RR ROM 8.1 official with BB kernel installed. After system and kernel installed, I've done a wipe of data. I wanted to make sure there is nothing except system on my phone. After that, all necessary apps I use. That was operating very good in few days. But recently, out of nowhere, battery life is awful! Over the night, with no use and battery saver turned on, I loose more than 20%! I know that I haven't downloaded any additional apps after first days of installation, I haven't changed any settings since first day... I added fingerprint lock 2 days ago and yesterday I turned it off. So What is going on??? Phone is not overheating, seems like there is nothing in the background running to drain battery.
If you know what could cause the problem, it would be very helpful. But I'm also opened for installing a new ROM, kernel...
Who is here with good battery life? Gimme some advice! Btw, I don't care if it's N or O, or anything as long as it's operating well, reliable and no bugs. Thanks!
That's probably a battery issue, install AccuBattery then see how much health your battery have(requires few charges).
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Hello guys. I know that this is a very common question not just in OnePlus 2 forum. I read some posts of this, tried, but no success. So far I've tried couple of ROMs but battery life is so disappointing. Best shot was RR ROM 8.1 official with BB kernel installed. After system and kernel installed, I've done a wipe of data. I wanted to make sure there is nothing except system on my phone. After that, all necessary apps I use. That was operating very good in few days. But recently, out of nowhere, battery life is awful! Over the night, with no use and battery saver turned on, I loose more than 20%! I know that I haven't downloaded any additional apps after first days of installation, I haven't changed any settings since first day... I added fingerprint lock 2 days ago and yesterday I turned it off. So What is going on??? Phone is not overheating, seems like there is nothing in the background running to drain battery.
If you know what could cause the problem, it would be very helpful. But I'm also opened for installing a new ROM, kernel...
Who is here with good battery life? Gimme some advice! Btw, I don't care if it's N or O, or anything as long as it's operating well, reliable and no bugs. Thanks!
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I reached (haters gonnah hate) best battery life on lineage 13 with boeffla kernel (zanezam's uber builds, use some battery safe profile from profile thread or make your own), amplify, greenify (optimized accordingly to the corresponding thread, with xposed) and NO GAPPS. Get about 3 days with SOT of 2-4h or a sot of 6-9h on 1 day (on an old oneplus2, no gaming). You can also use dualbootpatcher and a second, battery optimized (but lagging) ROM so you can switch when you can't charge your phone for a longer period of time.
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That's probably a battery issue, install AccuBattery then see how much health your battery have(requires few charges).
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I did, really awesome app but I'm not sure that I understand what is saying to me. And I don't think that is battery issue because before this I had a really good battery life. I'm sure that if I do a fresh install of new ROM, battery life will be great but only for few days.
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I reached (haters gonnah hate) best battery life on lineage 13 with boeffla kernel (zanezam's uber builds, use some battery safe profile from profile thread or make your own), amplify, greenify (optimized accordingly to the corresponding thread, with xposed) and NO GAPPS. Get about 3 days with SOT of 2-4h or a sot of 6-9h on 1 day (on an old oneplus2, no gaming). You can also use dualbootpatcher and a second, battery optimized (but lagging) ROM so you can switch when you can't charge your phone for a longer period of time.
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Can you explain this please with simple phrases? How was the performance? Do you use it now?
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I did, really awesome app but I'm not sure that I understand what is saying to me. And I don't think that is battery issue because before this I had a really good battery life. I'm sure that if I do a fresh install of new ROM, battery life will be great but only for few days.
Can you explain this please with simple phrases? How was the performance? Do you use it now?
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I personally use AOSiP with NGK and I get 3-4 hours SOT in 2 days, give it a try if you want.
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I personally use AOSiP with NGK and I get 3-4 hours SOT in 2 days, give it a try if you want.
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What is AOSiP with NGK and SOT? Sorry dude...newbie
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Can you explain this please with simple phrases? How was the performance? Do you use it now?
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Forget everything with dualboot patcher, you would probably mess up your phone.
For everything else, use xda search. Seriously, you only have to type the apps i suggested 1:1 into the adress bar and you will find it! If you are too lazy for this, unroot and go back to stock.... seriously...
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Yes, i'm using this now (lineageos13) with a self compiled boeffla kernel (uber 8, camera focus fixed on 6.0.1 roms), greenify, amplify (own build), xposed (needed for amplify, greenify works better with it) and no GAPPS (= google apps--> no playstore, youtube, etc--> draining battery as hell, idk what they are always doing in the background...)
My boeffla profile: 3 cores 1250mhz max, big cores disabled, battery extreme governor, system and my apps (whatsapp, telegram, 9gag, browser) work fluently (they start up a very little bit slower than before).
Battery profile is same but with 2 cores 675mhz, still only few microlaggs (you have to disable all animations in developer settings), internet browser is slow (use a lightweight browser, such as firefox focus) apps open up slower but aside from that the phone is usable. If you're interested in the kernel and my profiles, please tell me (you still have A LOT of work to do by yourself, such as setting up amplify and greenify, disabling (system) apps you don't need, adjusting everything for your needs, deny unnecessary permissions on app ops xposed, etc).
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/guide-extreme-battery-life-t3095884/ best battery life thread (for me)
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What is AOSiP with NGK and SOT? Sorry dude...newbie
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AOSiP it's a rom - Android Open Source Illusion Project
NGK it's a kernel - No Gravity Kernel
SOT - Screen On Time
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Results can vary. As someone who flashes way too many ROMs - its an addiction - I currently use crDroid Oreo as my daily. I also flashed the blue bolt kernel. This seems to give me good battery. I do have a rooted version of the stock ROM I flashed in twrp backup. Just in case. With crDroid also backed up I can move quickly from one to the other in about ten min without losing all my settings. It is a good idea to occasionally do a fresh backup of one or both since apps added or deleted or updated and any changes you've made since last backup will not be kept otherwise.
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Results can vary. As someone who flashes way too many ROMs - its an addiction - I currently use crDroid Oreo as my daily. I also flashed the blue bolt kernel. This seems to give me good battery. I do have a rooted version of the stock ROM I flashed in twrp backup. Just in case. With crDroid also backed up I can move quickly from one to the other in about ten min without losing all my settings. It is a good idea to occasionally do a fresh backup of one or both since apps added or deleted or updated and any changes you've made since last backup will not be kept otherwise.
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Do you know dualboot patcher (google it )? Very nice opportunity to have multiple roms installed on the device (which even share the data for specific apps--> u have all your wa chats from one rom on the other, directly after reboot). Wouldn't recommend for people who can not restore a backup over adb (unexpected things can happen, but way better than always saving and restoring a backup)...
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I did, really awesome app but I'm not sure that I understand what is saying to me. And I don't think that is battery issue because before this I had a really good battery life. I'm sure that if I do a fresh install of new ROM, battery life will be great but only for few days.
Can you explain this please with simple phrases? How was the performance? Do you use it now?
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If you don't mind for a worse looking screen quality, you can use terminal emulator (with root), do a backup in TWRP(ALL partitions!) then type (hit Enter after each line):
"su" (grant root if asked)
"wm size 720x1280" (for 720p, it looks about the same as 1080p, u can also use 480x854)
"wm density 300" (200 for 480x854)
Then u can lower your cpu frequencies until it lags. (and disable system animations, my phone works fine at 480p with 2 cores at 768mhz max freq) will post sot/running time (without charging) when i have the time to test.