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is the battery ok in the kitkat rom?

well i just get the OTA kk update notification
and i would like to know how is the battery on the kk rom
is it better or worse ?

and is there a root for it

xros said:
well i just get the OTA kk update notification
and i would like to know how is the battery on the kk rom
is it better or worse ?
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Tried out the stock Kitkat and I'm not happy. Firstly, battery life has worsened, Stupid bluetooth won't turn off and no root or recovery available for it.

well it only came out Give it some time. ..
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MK45A said:
Tried out the stock Kitkat and I'm not happy. Firstly, battery life has worsened, Stupid bluetooth won't turn off and no root or recovery available for it.
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Not my findings at all - any of them. Perhaps you should venture in to the Android Development (802) forum... you could provide a more accurate response then...

For me, on the D802, battery life has gotten better. Especially idle/sleep seems better.

joeyvanhummel said:
For me, on the D802, battery life has gotten better. Especially idle/sleep seems better.
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Tried out the G Pro 2 Kitkat port and OMG! Rock stable and battery life... I have no words to describe how good it is. I'm getting up to 10 hours of screen time, 4 hours of music and still have 18% left for reserve. One thing I've noticed on KK is that screen brightness has increased. 40% brightness on KK would be equivalent to 55% in the earlier version but with better consumption and idle. I went to bed with 91% battery and woke up 9 hours later with only 2% lost.

Terrible battery life.

Hey everyone. Without further a do, I am saying that my N4 battery suuuuucks really bad. Started on stock rom, flashed Chroma w/ latest franco kernel. Nope. Still lots of drain (slightly better overall, but nothibg major). Then flashed hells doctor kernel. Nope. Lots of drain when screen is on, but stable with screen off.
Honestly, I've seen people getting 6h on screen time. And everyone says that these kernels and rom can increase battery life by a margin, while mine stays the same.
Oh and there is a thing. Ive recently broke my stock charger and now using apple's ipad charger. Mine was 1.2 A and the one from apple is 1 A. Is this is an issue we are looking for?
Or its just a 2years old battery running out of its life cycles...?
Thank you!

Seall said:
Hey everyone. Without further a do, I am saying that my N4 battery suuuuucks really bad. Started on stock rom, flashed Chroma w/ latest franco kernel. Nope. Still lots of drain (slightly better overall, but nothibg major). Then flashed hells doctor kernel. Nope. Lots of drain when screen is on, but stable with screen off.
Honestly, I've seen people getting 6h on screen time. And everyone says that these kernels and rom can increase battery life by a margin, while mine stays the same.
Oh and there is a thing. Ive recently broke my stock charger and now using apple's ipad charger. Mine was 1.2 A and the one from apple is 1 A. Is this is an issue we are looking for?
Or its just a 2years old battery running out of its life cycles...?
Thank you!
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Nexus 4 battere sucks really no matter what you plus your network coverage may impact vastly on performance. Anyway given the battery is 2 years old, I would say it's gone even if it says it's good but again it depends on your usage like continuous tethering or other heavy activity that makes the phone run hot

anawim said:
Nexus 4 battere sucks really no matter what you plus your network coverage may impact vastly on performance. Anyway given the battery is 2 years old, I would say it's gone even if it says it's good but again it depends on your usage like continuous tethering or other heavy activity that makes the phone run hot
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Well my usage can be heavy surfing on FB, Instagram and definetely FB messenger. I often use chrome and mainly everything is done under Wifi.
According to my screenshots, you cannclearly see that shes (battery) is ok when screen is off, no drain and etc. As soon I start using it it drains A LOT. Almost 90° angle on diagram It's crazy.
Plot twist: To prevent spam on the XDA forums, ALL new users prevented from posting outside links in their messages.

Yes, i have a new battery which was working well, but I flashed factory image 5.1.1 xxx47v and the batt life is really horrible now.
It's easy to replace the battery, I recommend taking out the sim card tray before taking the back off though.
I haven't been on here for a long time, whats the best rom, for batt life. I'm willing to go back to kit kat if I have to .

Also note that some of the screenshots with 6+ hours of SOT the user has handicapped their devices (disable 2 cores, lower max cpu/gpu frequency, etc).

lolcakes203 said:
Also note that some of the screenshots with 6+ hours of SOT the user has handicapped their devices (disable 2 cores, lower max cpu/gpu frequency, etc).
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Yes, I've seen people underlocking, undervolting etc. But that's not what I am planning to do with mine N4. Neither I'm hoping to have 6 hours SOT. 4 would be SUPER COOL. And that seems impossible for my device

So guys, in your opinion, which is the best Nougat ROM with the best battery life?

Been very excited about the awesome work the devs are pulling off. Just thinking which one to flash!
Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

1chrome said:
Been very excited about the awesome work the devs are pulling off. Just thinking which one to flash!
Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk
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Beanstalk Rom has the best Battery life

1chrome said:
Been very excited about the awesome work the devs are pulling off. Just thinking which one to flash!
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Battery life depends on so many facts, I already explained this in other forums. You can't compare battery life between different types of usage. So it's to you to test with your own UNIQUE usage behavior & apps+network different roms to find your own.
For example: heavy users(draining battery within 24 hours) don't care about wake locks or Alarms, but people who let their device for hours laying on the desk does

strongst said:
Battery life depends on so many facts, I already explained this in other forums. You can't compare battery life between different types of usage. So it's to you to test with your own UNIQUE usage behavior & apps+network different roms to find your own.
For example: heavy users(draining battery within 24 hours) don't care about wake locks or Alarms, but people who let their device for hours laying on the desk does
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That's absolutely true.
I'm more of the kind of guy who leaves the phone idle a lot. I would love a ROM which doesn't drain battery on idle.
Since I use Greenify and also don't frequently keep my data on either, I'm expecting good battery which I unfortunately don't get on my Nougat stock (it drains about 5 - 8% on idle, which seems bad for me atleast).
Agreed - it's not the final build and all but since there's no Xposed or a custom kernel available, I'm kinda stuck with stock.
I don't wanna downgrade either for the sake of battery as I simply love what Google had done with Nougat!
That's why I am considering a custom ROM [emoji12]
Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

1chrome said:
That's absolutely true.
I'm more of the kind of guy who leaves the phone idle a lot. I would love a ROM which doesn't drain battery on idle.
Since I use Greenify and also don't frequently keep my data on either, I'm expecting good battery which I unfortunately don't get on my Nougat stock (it drains about 5 - 8% on idle, which seems bad for me atleast).
Agreed - it's not the final build and all but since there's no Xposed or a custom kernel available, I'm kinda stuck with stock.
I don't wanna downgrade either for the sake of battery as I simply love what Google had done with Nougat!
That's why I am considering a custom ROM [emoji12]
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The unofficial nougat is quite good, as I'm also have similar usage behavior and the idle drain is OK. I don't use greenify and amplify anymore cause doze in nougat works even better then introduced in MM where I used it to get better behavior even with doze.

EMUI vs CM 13

I want to hear the experiences you guys have with emui vs cm13.
At some points i always wonder if i should flash back to emui because of a few bugs and problems so i wanna hear a few experiences to see what you guys think about it.
- generally speaking i would love to hear what you like in comparision to the other
- how's your battery life, usage experience, how you think about the current bugs, etc.
- are you thinking to change rom to emui or to cm13 and why?

cm gives a more stock experience compared to emui, better battery life. unless youre going to update to emui 5, cm is better

endrancer said:
I want to hear the experiences you guys have with emui vs cm13.
At some points i always wonder if i should flash back to emui because of a few bugs and problems so i wanna hear a few experiences to see what you guys think about it.
- generally speaking i would love to hear what you like in comparision to the other
- how's your battery life, usage experience, how you think about the current bugs, etc.
- are you thinking to change rom to emui or to cm13 and why?
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With papsi ROM everything is fine by battery life is miserable with an outdoor brightness and mobile data on (only few hours).
Speedo; very descent battery life , zooming is fine but video recording is not, still buggy and finger print not working
Till now I think the best available firmware is stock but if speedo_thc managed to get his ROM as functioning as papsi's he will be the best daily driver for me.

muhammad Shohayeb said:
With papsi ROM everything is fine by battery life is miserable with an outdoor brightness and mobile data on (only few hours).
Speedo; very descent battery life , zooming is fine but video recording is not, still buggy and finger print not working
Till now I think the best available firmware is stock but if speedo_thc managed to get his ROM as functioning as papsi's he will be the best daily driver for me.
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papsi's isn't that bad on battery life for me. i get two days usage with constant bt connections and a few messengers push. you will have monitor wakelocks and stuff to optimize as much as possible though.
i am using
- amplify (no donate)
- greenify with xposed + root
but have 3 messengers, email and android wear on push at all times.

Cm notifications fixed emui not

cm's will always break after few months of heavy using, stock wont. sure cm has more customizeable tweaks and in some cases better battery life (never in my cases). evey device i have tried cm it always starts randomly rebooting, lagging and eats battery like hell(hahe had this issue with multiple devices). i prefer stock base and then rethemed to whatever you choose.

Currently, no custom rom is stable enough for daily use. I still love the EMUI camera and the finger print gestures. I will stick with EMUI 4 for now hopefully until custom roms are more stable and fully functional.

I've used papsi's rom for a few weeks as a daily. So far the only downside to me, is the battery life compared to stock emui.

Papsi's cm13 is better than stock EMUI on almost every points except the battery. I'm using his rom since he published it and it's pretty stable but the battery life can be a deal breaker. Some optimization would make the rom great for daily usage.

Nexx_ said:
Papsi's cm13 is better than stock EMUI on almost every points except the battery. I'm using his rom since he published it and it's pretty stable but the battery life can be a deal breaker. Some optimization would make the rom great for daily usage.
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I agree with you, i would use his rom but the problems with the camera and battery life and the phone getting too hot when playing games or watching videos is what keeps me on EMUI since i never had issues with notifications.

Anyone like Nougat over Marshmallow?

I am reluctant to switch over because I can't leave xposed. Is nougat faster or better than marshmallow by a significant margin?
Thanks for the input.

No

No it's actually worse especially battery life

Yes
For me N is better than MM, more fluid and battery is amazing.

So, here's the deal with the update. It's good, and offers much more enhancements than I thought. Notice I used the word "enhancements." The features are essentially the same in Nougat, but nearly everything works better (e.g. super quick unlock (fingerprint or not), ), no more annoying volume warning (finally!), ultra power saving mode has more compatibility and color, multitasking, notifications, camera smoothness, edge features, android stability). Initially, I was quite mad at Samsung for enforcing a change from QHD to FHD resolution, but it appears that the performance enhancements are worth it. It makes up for the Snapdragons lackluster performance on this device. I believe battery-life is slightly worse so far, but it might be because I'm using my device more. Is it faster? Yes, but a reboot is needed more often than before as well. Marshmallow felt slightly more smooth than this though. Still, the coolest thing about this update is it makes you feel like you got a new device for the few minutes.

People edge is ugly on nougat...

Really worse than mm

I'm loving it. Fast, better interface, better notifications, battery life seems better (Exynos)...the only thing I notice is that memory management seems more aggressive. I wouldn't change back. Not rooted, not using Xposed (if I was, then Nougat would not make sense yet)

Loving it so far, battery life has been better than ever before for me, love the interface the new performance mode selections, the power saving and especially changing the resolution it's great.

I like Nougat more then MM, but battery life on Nougat is worse for me then on MM....

i do not know battery life in mm. but battery life in nougat is pretty good.

Love N over MM. Battery life is better for me. Also ui is much nicer.

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termdj said:
I like Nougat more then MM, but battery life on Nougat is worse for me then on MM....
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... which apparently was one of the main 'selling points'.
Go figure.
I am in no rush to change from MM. 8 hour SOT average and I don't want to mess that up!!

The thing i love the most is the new UI.. And offcourse the batterylife is way better then mm

Bart3n said:
The thing i love the most is the new UI.. And offcourse the batterylife is way better then mm
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Can you post some screen shots?

drummerman said:
Can you post some screen shots?
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Sure

Bart3n said:
Sure
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... of battery life ?
I don't like the light scheme. Possibly a contributor to reduced battery life. A dark scheme will help further.

drummerman said:
... of battery life
I don't like the light scheme. Possibly a contributor to reduced battery life. A dark scheme will help further.
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And auto-brightness.. I just started a fresh batteryload so when it's almost at the moment where i have to charge him then i will post a screenshot

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ericmky said:
For me N is better than MM, more fluid and battery is amazing.
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i totally agree all best featured who eat battery that removed so everything enhanced

I cant hide the DO NOT DISTRUB notification in lockscreen and I h8 that but battery life its much better