This is an idea I got from an old thread in Desire HD section which had my setup as influence. Also I have seen that many users have been suggesting this idea in Galaxy S2 forums for the last few months as well. So, time to realize it.
Old thread created almost a year back by my XDA Desire HD buddy danalive:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059778
So the idea is very simple, basically this thread is run by you guys. So please post your tried and tested combinations for the benefit of others. What ROM did you find most attractive? What KERNEL was most battery efficient and smooth for you? Which MODEM gave you the best balance between GPRS/3G/HSDPA and battery drain?
It also helps if you post screenshots of battery life with regards to your current setup and any other info that you think would be useful.
So without further ado I shall start off the festivities, with 2 recommendations:
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FIRST ONE:
ROM: VillainROM v3.0 (KI3_2.3.5)
KERNEL: Ninphetamine (2.0.5) or SiyahKernel (latest)
MODEM: KI3
REASON: Winning combo, both with regards to battery life and stability. If my desire to have new mods wasn't as big as having never endless smoothness and stability I'm sure I'd still be using it.
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SECOND ONE (current setup):
ROM: Batista70 FoxHound v3.0 (KL1_2.3.6)
KERNEL: SiyahKernel (latest)
MODEM: KI3 or your preferred one
REASON: Another winning one for me, stability hasn't reduced if compared to my previous configuration. Battery life is probably very very slightly been reduced but that maybe just my perception since I'm testing new Modems at the moment. Also most new mods are compatible which is always a plus for those customization heads, which is most of XDA.
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REFERENCE LINKS:
VillainROM thread
Batista70 FoxHound ROM thread
Nimphetamine thread
SiyahKernel thread
Sticky Modem thread
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So, that's about it from me guys. Please feel free to try out any of these and see how they work for you. Over to you Samsung Galaxy S2 users.......
I always see these threads as having 10 pages really fast, and then no one really looking through several thousands of posts about random strangers saying "omg dinosaur rom bestest". And when a new phone user comes, he will create a new thread, because "i've read that thread, but there are 20 pages, how should I know which one to choose?" What's the point? Maybe if you'd do some kind of statistics, gather some data out of it. Give it a purpose rather than just pile up a bunch of random half-assed opinions.
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I always see these threads as having 10 pages really fast, and then no one really looking through several thousands of posts about random strangers saying "omg dinosaur rom bestest". And when a new phone user comes, he will create a new thread, because "i've read that thread, but there are 20 pages, how should I know which one to choose?" What's the point? Maybe if you'd do some kind of statistics, gather some data out of it. Give it a purpose rather than just pile up a bunch of random half-assed opinions.
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I've already said it's best for people to post their explanatory reasons for choosing the setups that they have. Why don't you start by posting something constructive instead of slagging off something which essentially could be useful to others.
Do you have any idea how lost some people feel accessing this site for the first time?? This way they will be able to see what kind of ROMs and stuff people are using and try out 1, 2, or 5 variants till they find the one which works best for them.
Purpose of this thread is very simple, don't understand it? Go troll somewhere else please.
Fine, I'm using the latest unofficial CM7 nightly, as my signature says. Reason? I like it more than the Samsung ROM's, and there's not much choice from there.
Edit: battery life - about 48 hours with light/medium usage, 2 hours of display, 10-15 minutes of calls / day, wifi and autosync always on.
And I'm not trolling. I'm just trying to understand it, and putting it in words. That's what this forum is for, after all. If I have an idea how new people feel? Well no, that's why I try to put myself in their position, and try to guess what would they do if this thread would be the first thing they'd see accessing the forums. Let's say it will have 400 posts, everyone having a different opinion on which ROM is best, (because let's face it, no one will say he's using a ROM which blows ass, (and most of the time they didn't even try that many to form a real opinion (and even if they would, you couldn't tell them from the other ones (and even if you could, that new guy probably wouldn't read past the third page, so he would have a really small sample of the total, which would mean nothing (because everyone is using their phone differently))))) how would he choose one, randomly? I'm not trying to be the party pooper here; it's fine to discuss these things, but it won't help anyone.
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Fine, I'm using the latest unofficial CM7 nightly, as my signature says. Reason? I like it more than the Samsung ROM's, and there's not much choice from there.
And I'm not trolling. I'm just trying to understand it, and putting it in words. That's what this forum is for, after all. If I have an idea how new people feel? Well no, that's why I try to put myself in their position, and try to guess what would they do if this thread would be the first thing they'd see accessing the forums. Let's say it will have 400 posts, everyone having a different opinion on which ROM is best, (because let's face it, no one will say he's using a ROM which blows ass, (and most of the time they didn't even try that many to form a real opinion (and even if they would, you couldn't tell them from the other ones (and even if you could, that new guy probably wouldn't read past the third page, so he would have a really small sample of the total, which would mean nothing)))) how would he choose one, randomly? I'm not trying to be the party pooper here; it's fine to discuss these things, but it won't help anyone.
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Thanks for your input mate, just posting statistical battery time will help a lot of users so I maintain that this is a useful topic. You're the first person to disagree with me on this subject. I'm tired of seeing people asking for this kind of thread.
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One of the real problems a lack of actual measurement of roms and their usage .
The PC and Mobile mags run a fairly comprehensive test on stuff they review giving an end result of speed and battery life . All we get is this is the best rom or Quadrant is 8000 if the rom is overclocked subjective mostly not objective .
Easy to fix no as the various benchmark test fluctuate to much from one reading to another to be deemed as usable . Then no real constant measure of battery life from objective testing .
And yes by post ten the thread will be filled with whats the best rom posts ignoring posts one and two etc .
jje
XILA2 with either SpeedMod K2-18/K2-19 test 5 or N.E.A.K. 1.3x I get awesome battery life and performance at the same time. Siyah wasn't so good for me, because it kept restarting my phone.
Also, you guys MUST install XILA2. Best GB ROM for S II. Fuken stable and fast as hell. And the new lockscreen isn't so bad. I've come to love it. <3
Good idea so here's my setup:
Clean&Simple rom +latest siyah (2.6.7)
because i like my phone as close as stock as possible but
without all the unneeded bloatware that comes with samsung roms, most of the apps tend to drain
the battery (because of the many wakelocks) or use a lot of ram.
in combo with siyah kernel best battery time ive had was 72 hrs with lite usage
p.s. i'm thinking about trying out foxhound because of all the good things ive heard about this rom.
Suggestion: please make a Google SpreadSheet (read only) where people can see all information in one place instead of going through endless pages of posts.
Than anyone cold submit the necessary information (ROM+ kernel+ ~battery life) through PM or posting here.
And no one could mess up your SpreadSheet
Im using the exact same setup you are using. Used to have
VillainROM 3.0 + Siyah latest + KI3/KH3 modem.
Now I am on
Foxhound 3.0 + Siyah 2.6.7 + KL1 modem.
Had great resulta from both. So this is more a confirmation that your first post is true for me as well. I think this thread is a good idea, new people are really helped by threads like this.
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Im using the exact same setup you are using. Used to have
VillainROM 3.0 + Siyah latest + KI3/KH3 modem.
Now I am on
Foxhound 3.0 + Siyah 2.6.7 + KL1 modem.
Had great resulta from both. So this is more a confirmation that your first post is true for me as well. I think this thread is a good idea, new people are really helped by threads like this.
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Good choices.
You're using a different modem to me at the moment since at the moment I'm seeing what LP1 is like for battery life. So far so good, seems very similar to KL1.
I'm using CheckRom V4 with speedmode k2-18 kernel and KL1 modem and it is the best from many choices i've had done.Speedmode is much battery friendly than siyah and it gives me like 4700 point in quadrant advanced edition with stock settings
I'm using cyanogenmod 7 nightly compiled by Codeworkx available here: oh, not allowed to post links
I use this because it's easy (nearly noob proof). Great performance, highly customizable.
Can't wait for the official release of CM9.
Krinyo's SlimRom - Very skinny (ca. 114 MB), lightning fast, great monochrome theme, great support. A keeper.
Siyah kernel. Works well, not much more to say. Was on Nimphetamine (still miss Hacre), and tried void echo, which has the best battery life for me, but staying with Siyah because of Voodoo Louder support.
KL1 modem. Again, just works.
hey there, i'm using Hyperdroid/Androidmeda v5.2.21 with the LP1 modem and the Phenomenal 2.2 balck extreme kernel. works very good for my, extreme batterylife
Just thought ill add my 2 cents/pence
For me it would have to be Checkrom v4 with the ninphetamine kernel.
I chose Checkrom because it's close to stock but has so many great yet subtle extras. With siyah or dark knight I didn't feel the battery lasted too long but with ninphetamine I don't worry about it lol
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For today I went back to Villainrom 3.0 with latest Speedmod, KI3 is a great modem and firmware.
XILA2 was not very stable for me.
I'm testing quite a lot and I think Speedmod is way better than Siyah,Siyah is in my opinion just crap.
Yeah you can UC/OC it and whatever,but without some extreme modifications it won't be as smooth and battery friendly.
Or could somebody give me some 'magical' settings?
For some people Siyah seems to be great.
I am currently on BOCA MSI (v9) which is giving me the best battery life I have ever had on GB (Better than Stock or Overcome and a few others I tried). Even verclocked at 1.4 Ghz
Now I am dreaming to switch to ICS... Obviously the first ROMs out were not really optimized for battery life, and battery life seemed terrible. But I wonder where the present ROMs stand and how hey compare to each other
I don't mind too much having a bit less performance than with BOCA (which is amazing), however I would just hate having a shorter battery life
Anybody can share their experience with AOKP and CM9? With which kernel ?
(Just anticipating some flames: obviously I could try them but I'd love to leverage on the forum and people's experience before making the jump to MTD partitions and wipe my whole install)
Thanks in advance
Not very popular question i seems
Every phone is used differently so its hard to compare ROMs. Try it yourself. Make a backup and flash some ROMs and see which one suits you best.
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I'm using CyanogenMod 9 band the battery duration, even with RC1, is still very low.
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Sir Otto said:
I'm using CyanogenMod 9 band the battery duration, even with RC1, is still very low.
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Thanks. That suxx...
amerkiller1995 said:
Every phone is used differently so its hard to compare ROMs. Try it yourself. Make a backup and flash some ROMs and see which one suits you best.
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1. This is not very useful... As I said I don't really have the time and I was trying to leverage on people's experience (After all this forum is meant for that
2. Even if every phone is used differently you still get valuable information from people trying 2 ROMs and coming with their own feeling about which one gives them better battery life
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Not very popular question i seems
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No it isnt and if you had bothered to search you would know tha these type of "best rom" thread are frowned upon for many reasons, The most obvious being that "best" is subjective and also depends on your specific hardware as power consumption is different from device to device. It also depends on software and configuration you use.
If you want the answer to this question then dont ask here, instead try some roms and find what is "best" for you not us.
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No it isnt and if you had bothered to search you would know tha these type of "best rom" thread are frowned upon for many reasons, The most obvious being that "best" is subjective and also depends on your specific hardware as power consumption is different from device to device. It also depends on software and configuration you use.
If you want the answer to this question then dont ask here, instead try some roms and find what is "best" for you not us.
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This,
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I was previously on Revolution HD v29 which was very smooth & had excellent (2 days!) battery life. I upgraded to the Omega 4.3 ROM and the battery life is down to just over a day now. I wondered if anyone had any experience of how the Revolution HD and Omega 4.3 ROMs compare for battery life and whether 4.3 ROMs are just more power hungry? Omega also seems a wee bit laggier that my old Revolution HD v29.
Thanks
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I was previously on Revolution HD v29 which was very smooth & had excellent (2 days!) battery life. I upgraded to the Omega 4.3 ROM and the battery life is down to just over a day now. I wondered if anyone had any experience of how the Revolution HD and Omega 4.3 ROMs compare for battery life and whether 4.3 ROMs are just more power hungry? Omega also seems a wee bit laggier that my old Revolution HD v29.
Thanks
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Questions like this are NOT allowed. Best rom/kernel threads will be closed immediately. You should find out for yourself which rom is best for your needs and you can take into account the user response at the rom's respective thread and ask questions there if you have problems regarding it.
This was not a "best rom" thread - I was asking specifically if anyone had tried both of these ROMs and how they had found them. Yes, I could flash any number of ROMs to try them out. Each time I do that it takes me several hours to get my phone set up properly. If someone is happy spend a minute answering my query that's fine, if not, people are free to ignore the thread - I have been happy to respond to similar posts if it concerns a ROM I have used. I do not think that my post was unreasonable.
Post may well not be classed as a best rom thread ,thats the mods decision.
But as its a question its in the wrong section its a question .
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Post may well not be classed as a best rom thread ,thats the mods decision.
But as its a question its in the wrong section its a question .
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Let me chime in before they close this. AR54 should be much better in terms of battery. You should also remove Seeder from your install, slap on Boeffla kernel disable Fast Dormancy.
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"Best" ROM/kernel threads are not allowed on XDA.
Please test these things for yourself.
This is the only way you will get an unbiased opinion,and then, you can decide for yourself if it meets YOUR needs.
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what is the best kernel for my i9505's battery life?
ROM : Imperium v8.0
thank you
OmarManLover said:
what is the best kernel for my i9505's battery life?
ROM : Imperium v8.0
thank you
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The best kernel is the one which you prefer over the others.There is no such thing as the better kernel. Try both of them and decide which one you like the best.Have a nice day
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Try all kernel. Certain kernel is good in one phone and others is bad. Vice versa.
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Threads discussing which ROM/kernel is best are usually subjective and as such often devolve into bickering and flaming. Therefor we try to avoid them when possible.
Since kernels are required to be open source there usually isn't too much difference between them as far as battery life is concerned, but it's still a good idea to review recent posts in their thread to make sure there aren't a lot of people reporting bugs or anything. (just please don't ask about it in there, if you don't find any bug reports it's likely good )
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The past few weeks I've been using CM12.1 as my daily driver but I started to miss the speed and functionality of Sense 7. Not to mention the look. I'mhere to gather opinions on which rom you personally think has the best battery life. Sense 7 Roms only, please.
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The past few weeks I've been using CM12.1 as my daily driver but I started to miss the speed and functionality of Sense 7. Not to mention the look. I'mhere to gather opinions on which rom you personally think has the best battery life. Sense 7 Roms only, please.
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"Best" is very subjective. You can compromise many things for battery life like functionality and speed. Keep in mind that users have totally different battery lives while even on the same ROM.
This is something only you can judge based on your usage.
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"Best" is very subjective. You can compromise many things for battery life like functionality and speed. Keep in mind that users have totally different battery lives while even on the same ROM.
This is something only you can judge based on your usage.
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Please don't post irrelevant information. I realize that. However, I'd like to see a rom that many people view as having good battery life. I'll pick that one to try first. I'm asking for everyone's personal experience and opinion, not factual information.
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Please don't post irrelevant information. I realize that. However, I'd like to see a rom that many people view as having good battery life. I'll pick that one to try first. I'm asking for everyone's personal experience and opinion, not factual information.
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Was only trying to help, but okay.
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IMO
S.ROM has really great battery life. It's stock ported from m9. SkyDragon is also pretty good as well and has more features built in.
I think that it's less of the rom, and more how you use it, and what apps you use. I.E. using greenify, powernap and amplify, you can get decent battery life from anything.
You talk about irrelevant information, actually this whole thread is irrelevant because there is an existing battery thread already and the rules on this forum suggest you to use existing ones over new created ones.
If you want a relevant discussion i am kindly suggesting to take it there
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2694719
We already have a battery discussion thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2694719
Please continue this discussion there, thread closed.