Just a curious, semi-NooB questions... I've been rooting phones and running custom ROMs for only about 6 months, but I just now started wondering what gives you better battery life.... Stock ROM or a Custom ROM?
The ROM doesn't really affect battery life unless it has bloat that runs in the background. With a custom kernel you can underclock/change cpu governors to save, but really battery depends on whether or not you let things run in background and how long you have the screen on.
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With my s3 I found aosp based roms with better battery life then touchwiz. With the s4 i find touchwiz with better life.
If you were asking between stock touchwiz and custom touchwiz there are a couple of factors. A lite touchwiz custom Rom with a custom kernel should have better life then stock non root Rom/kernel because of bloatware removed and slight tweaks. Custom roms with ported apps and over theming can lead to more battery usage.
All battery stats are user and location related so best to run some tests on your own. A test I use is battery usage from a full charge overnight with data/Wi-Fi/sync/Bluetooth.... disabled. I find it a good constant base as long as there are no tower troubles.
One of the best things about android in my opinion is trying different roms and finding the one that suits me the best.
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the best part about these types of questions is that you get to do the research yourself. try a few roms out for a week at a time. you'll find your answer.
We cannot answer this question for you it depends on how you setup any rom, how you use it, and all the other factors people above mentioned.
I for one cannot wait to get this bootloader cracked open and try and get 7 hours screen on time with this baby custom roms of course will help me do this
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xBeerdroiDx said:
the best part about these types of questions is that you get to do the research yourself. try a few roms out for a week at a time. you'll find your answer.
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Unfortunately, I'm on MF3 and can't flash any ROMs..... Now I'm sitting here with a rooted stock S4 and a rooted HTC One with a custom ROM. I can't keep both and have to choose which one to get rid of within the next week.
Decisions, decisions, decisions......
Hi in my opinion better battery life then touchwiz and this is best and also i know about that dependability.
tele_jas said:
Unfortunately, I'm on MF3 and can't flash any ROMs..... Now I'm sitting here with a rooted stock S4 and a rooted HTC One with a custom ROM. I can't keep both and have to choose which one to get rid of within the next week.
Decisions, decisions, decisions......
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Well I can tell you without a doubt: GET RID OF THAT HTCrap!!!!
I have had 5 or 6 HTC phones in the past 4 years, all Android, all rooted and I pushed those suckers hard, but i had to make so many insurance claims on my last 2 phones through T-Mobile that T-Mo cancelled my insurance policy.. it was not that i abused them they just all had issues
Beyond that I can prettty much say with all certainty that once our MF3 devices get that bootloader cracked open, this thing will beat out any phone on the market and certainly that HTC phone you've got!
It all depends on usage. That is all.
Tips:
1. get Better Battery Stats, and look at what is using battery. If you don't need or use an app that is using battery, freeze it or uninstall it.
2. turn off vibrations, auto-brightness, smart sensor, wifi, etc.
If all you do is use the phone to talk for 30-45 minutes a day, look up stuff on the internet occasionally, and for appointments/alarms, then 24 hours of battery life is easily achievable. If you are an avid phone gamer, you're out of luck.
I've been bouncing between the two for months now. Generally TW based ROMs give better battery life from how use my phone. I prefer AOSP ROMs but i usually find myself back with TW
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Do custom ROMs depend on only the model number or on the firmware number as well ?
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Do custom ROMs depend on only the model number or on the firmware number as well ?
I got 97% deep sleep last night over a ten hour period with SlimKat 4.4.2 AOSP ROM and stock kernel. Best I've ever seen.
That was with Greenify doing its job though.
Exactly what the title says. I've been looking here and there for some ROMs that I would like to flash and I found quite a number of them to try out. However I want to hear from the experts who have been flashing custom ROMs all the time. What would you say would be the best ROM on battery life? I am currently running Hyperdrive RLS21 and I'll say it does decent on the battery life albeit the standby time can improve (I lose around 10% in a night if I leave it 100% uncharged).
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Exactly what the title says. I've been looking here and there for some ROMs that I would like to flash and I found quite a number of them to try out. However I want to hear from the experts who have been flashing custom ROMs all the time. What would you say would be the best ROM on battery life? I am currently running Hyperdrive RLS21 and I'll say it does decent on the battery life albeit the standby time can improve (I lose around 10% in a night if I leave it 100% uncharged).
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First off battery life is subjective and usually has very little to do with the ROM. It is the kernel and settings which usually have most affect on battery life amongst the same user. This is not something you can compare from user to user but must be compared by the same user under the same conditions.
Let me give you some examples..a heavy gamer will get vastly different battery life from a heavy phone/text user. A person in low signal areas that has many apps synching will get horrible battery life compared to someone who has very little apps or great signal. I think you get the idea.
Kernel settings such as governor/scheduler/OC/UC choices will vastly affect your battery life. You really either need to compare ROMs yourself, or find someone that has compared ROMs under the same situation and similar use as you to get any useful data. I see that you asked for opinions from those flashing many ROMs. Other factors can affect that too...were they all clean flashed? Were any adjustments made?
Hope this helps! And hope you find the perfect ROM for you! Happy Flashing!
KennyG123 said:
First off battery life is subjective and usually has very little to do with the ROM. It is the kernel and settings which usually have most affect on battery life amongst the same user. This is not something you can compare from user to user but must be compared by the same user under the same conditions.
Let me give you some examples..a heavy gamer will get vastly different battery life from a heavy phone/text user. A person in low signal areas that has many apps synching will get horrible battery life compared to someone who has very little apps or great signal. I think you get the idea.
Kernel settings such as governor/scheduler/OC/UC choices will vastly affect your battery life. You really either need to compare ROMs yourself, or find someone that has compared ROMs under the same situation and similar use as you to get any useful data. I see that you asked for opinions from those flashing many ROMs. Other factors can affect that too...were they all clean flashed? Were any adjustments made?
Hope this helps! And hope you find the perfect ROM for you! Happy Flashing!
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Problem is that I'm on a locked bootloader (ATT variant) so it's only natural that I should ask for a ROM that could give the best battery life since I can't flash any kernels
I'm no expert but I've been flashing ROMs for my S2, now my s4 for last 3 years. I've found recently that Tesla has the best battery life, 4% drain over 8 hrs at night. Best ever
I am not sure but i think that stock 5.1.1 ROM has a better battery life than all other custom ROMS.
Do you agree with me=
Not really. Custom roms often have battery tweaks to improve life, but much of it is how you tune it.
i have z3 dual.
i tried almost most of the custom roms.,
but i felt that stock rom has a better battery life.
i am not expert.
just an experience..
Please use the existing battery life thread here to discuss battery life.
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Hello guys everything is in the title. I 'm looking for a rom wich give a very good life for battery.
Thanks for answer.
Hi,
It's not a good thing to ask for best ROM for xxxx reason. Everyone has different usage patterns and different needs, so that different ROM will suit them or you better.
You can instead, open the main ROM threads (both in Android and Original Android Development for S7 Edge) and see what the latest posts are complaining and what they are talking about what's good and what's bad about the ROM. Usually some users even post screenshots of their battery usage screen.
Another option is to go to a "How's Battery Life" or something like that thread and check what usage is similar to yours and what ROM the person reporting the battery life used.
All the best,
~Lord
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Hello Lord. I ever test plenty rom. Batman, ambasadii, superman, project alice, superstock.
So, I finish to be loose in all of them. That's why i asking. Because for me battery life is important. And other things, we find some problems with Snapchat in some of theme.
So in fact i'm looking for the best rom for me.
Hey guys,
Apologizing if I have overseen an existing thread. I'm wondering what's the best kernel for the S8 regarding battery life since I'm quite satisfied in terms of performance with all of them.
Thanks in advance!
Bump, I will get this phone in few days and dont know what to install