I'm looking a way to improve my battery life I'm running android nougat 7.1.1 please help tell me ROM kernels tweaks ect. Thanks
TechGuy081 said:
I'm looking a way to improve my battery life I'm running android nougat 7.1.1 please help tell me ROM kernels tweaks ect. Thanks
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Flashing Franco's Kernel (which is geared towards extending battery life) and Franco's Nap Time (which puts your phone in deep doze mode as soon as the screen goes off) will give you better battery life, but with a trade-off negativity affecting the performance and functionality of your phone. You have to decide how important extending battery life is to you.
jhs39 said:
Flashing Franco's Kernel (which is geared towards extending battery life) and Franco's Nap Time (which puts your phone in deep doze mode as soon as the screen goes off) will give you better battery life, but with a trade-off negativity affecting the performance and functionality of your phone. You have to decide how important extending battery life is to you.
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what rom would you recommend and also are there any downsides for franco nap time?
Pure Nexus ROM
Flash or ElementalX kernel
DrunkSauce 6P profile
Dark wallpapers and substratum theme
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TechGuy081 said:
what rom would you recommend and also are there any downsides for franco nap time?
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I use Cortex Rom, I see someone else recommended Pure Nexus, which I think is an insanely overrated Rom. I've never used a rom to improve battery life but Pure Nexus gave me crap battery life compared with stock and was buggy to boot. The downside with Naptime is that everything pretty much stops working when the screen is off unless you exempt the app from power saving. That includes music playing apps, email apps, text messaging apps--whatever you want to work you need to exempt from power saving. If you let Nap Time turn off your proximity sensors then the only way to get your phone back in on is by hitting the power button.
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...Who seems to be getting worse battery life since I've rooted and installed CM10 and Franco Kernel than stock.
Before with stock I was only losing about 1% every two hours on standby (sometimes even better I've no idea how)
Now I'm losing about 3% an hour on standby and also about 30% an hour screen time with just basic browsing (Screen brightness set to auto).
Also Media server is hammering my battery. Like I lost 3% battery in 15 mins without the screen on just playing music (not streaming) is that normal, I've come from an iphone 4s which didn't lose that in an hour :S
have i flashed it badly is there something else maybe i should try or are these stats about right ????
thanks guys
That's just the way it is just custom roms. When flashing, put your head between your legs and pray for the best. You can spend hours trying to figure out what's gone wrong, but you might never get an answer.
You can try underclocking your N4. Currently my dual-core Snapdragon S3 T-Mo Galaxy S2 is underclocked to 810MHz from 1.5GHz and performance is still great. I'm guessing you can UC your N4 to at least 1.2-1GHz and performance will still be great because of the quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU. Also, what governor and i/o are you using?
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Hi Gents
Thanks for the reply, yeah it does seem a bit of a hit and miss kinda situation, I'm not masively bothered, im hoping eventually someone will stumple across a fix for the way the screen murders the battery life but im not holding my breath. Still love the phone, really getting used to it now, have tried (and failed) many times to switch to android, must be honest, this is the closest I've come so far to waving bye bye to ios, android is really really fantastic as an os, it's also super pretty to look at these days, stock apps like contacts, calender and the phone app itself are beautiful.
Let the phone and battery have several cycles, it will improve, eventually
thanks mate !!
android88 said:
You can try underclocking your N4. Currently my dual-core Snapdragon S3 T-Mo Galaxy S2 is underclocked to 810MHz from 1.5GHz and performance is still great. I'm guessing you can UC your N4 to at least 1.2-1GHz and performance will still be great because of the quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU. Also, what governor and i/o are you using?
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Under clocking your phone isn't a viable situation. It's a phone, what's the point in it if you're not going to use it to your fullest when my phone lasts through the whole day going from 384-1500?
Some battery tips for op:
- download better battery stats (Google it for a xda version) use this to debug wakelock and ensure your phone is deep sleeping under cpu states. You can also use cpu spy to check cpu stats. Better battery stats is a must need.
- disable Google latitude in maps. Disable the automatic reporting and any other checked marks
- disable Google now cards that you have no use for
- disable gps (some apps use gps and drains battery when it keeps using gps when it isn't necessary)
- ensure your governor is interactive and on latest version of Franco (r20 is very good)
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Just stick with the stock kernel that comes with cm10.
peachpuff said:
Just stick with the stock kernel that comes with cm10.
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Highly advise doing that. Other kernels are way more optimized whereas CM is focused on the ROM itself and not optimizing the stock kernel.
I believe CM10 uses stock Google kernel anyways (could be wrong).
Use Franco Kernel or anybody elses kernel that you choose to.
Mine definitely improved after rooting and flashing custom ROM. Battery life when I was still stock was horrible.
m3lover1 said:
Mine definitely improved after rooting and flashing custom ROM. Battery life when I was still stock was horrible.
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Kernel is what makes battery life better, not a ROM.
zephiK said:
Kernel is what makes battery life better, not a ROM.
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A rom can make the battery life better as well...
AshtonTS said:
A rom can make the battery life better as well...
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A ROM has very minimal battery life improvements, it isn't as significant as a kernel. Hence the definition of "better"
Hello, I just wanted to ask which ROM has the longest battery life (in screen hours)...
The most battery frienly rom i have ever tried was liquidsmooth...
What do you think?
Guys please help out a new N4'er like myself. I'm stock right now and the number of Roms are kinda overwhelming. I'm only interested in battery life. I'm not in the mood to go flashaholic searching for that one ROM.
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The most important thing is the kernel and the apps you have installed.
Find the ROM with the features you like and flash a battery friendly kernel. I currently use Matrix kernel because the lower CPU idle makes the phone sip battery while the screen is off, leaving you more for actual use.
Good luck. Also, INB4L.
There is no "best Rom" for battery. It's all in how you use your phone, what apps you use, the signal strength in your area and of course the kernel you flash and how you set that kernel up.
100 different people could reply with the Rom they feel is best for battery and which kernel and you still may have different results than they do
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From what I've learnt the kernel directly dictates battery life.
but I've personally opted for lean roms. If you're using a heavy rom and frequently putting load on the processor surely the battery will burn down fast. I've been using rasbeanjelly bouncing between franco/trinity and the battery life has been awesome for me.
Btw franco's r121 is godlike for me right now, in terms of both performance and battery life.
Im using liquidsmooth which comes with matrix kernel in the official release.
Im getting very good battery life probably because the cpu min is lowered to 288mhz instead of the normal 384.
Performance on the rom is great also with antutu scores over 20000
Ive tried francos, for some reason it didnt quite work for me but it is very popular because of the great balance between battery and performance. Youll get even more battery life out of faux and if you want blazing fast speeds try out trinity
Battery depends on the kernel, not on the rom.
Battery life depends on a number of factors, kernel being one of them. If you set your screen brightness at maximum high, you will see battery drain like water down the toilet. Screen brightness is the single major factor. Kernels don't really matter. It's the apps you install and run on your phone that can kill battery life. Apps like Facebook will suck down your battery like there's no tomorrow. Auto sync'ing and pushing and pulling data to and from your phone will make your battery life go down really fast. GPS and using google maps can contribute mightily to your battery woes as well.
To keep your phone from dying, just get an external battery pack and charge your phone as necessary. I have a 5400 mAh pack that can charge my n4 at least a couple of times. I never worry about running out of battery and I use my phone the way it's supposed to be used.
Underground_XI said:
Battery depends on the kernel, not on the rom.
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Battery does depend on the rom...
For example a linaro compiled rom will require less work of the cpu to move the os due the optimization.
Also some rom have init.d scripts that can help battery life a lot and there is the possibility that some programs like systemUI can have a little bug that the user dont know about it but its draining battery
The battery life depends on a lot of factors of the rom
Underground_XI said:
Battery depends on the kernel, not on the rom.
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You are completely wrong. As said before, battery life depends on a lot of things. The kernel is a big factor, but not everything. The way u use ur cpu, the scripts u apply or ur build.prop configurarion can be very decissive.
IMHO paranoidandroid 3.1 is the most battery saving ROM
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Coming from an LG G2 (long story), battery life is what I miss the most. The nexus 4 has about half the screen on time than my g2 did.
I'm already unlocked and rooted but still stock ROM. Are there any Roms that significantly improve battery life?
I found smart 3G on Cataclysm to be pretty good at saving battery.
ROMs and kernels have little to do with battery. Your usage, signal for mobile data and WiFi, screen brightness, your configuration for location services, gps and the like and your apps determine your battery life.
brian85 said:
Coming from an LG G2 (long story), battery life is what I miss the most. The nexus 4 has about half the screen on time than my g2 did.
I'm already unlocked and rooted but still stock ROM. Are there any Roms that significantly improve battery life?
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I'd try Paranoid. I used it for a while after using stock and I found that the battery improved.
roms have absolutely zilch when it comes to battery life. only thing rims can do with battery is reduce it. generally, the more added mods/features a rom has, the worse the battery life. but not always. battery life is determined by hiw you personally use your phone, how you set it uo, what apps you use, and the quality of your phone/data connection. everything else, including kernels, have a very minimum effect on battery.
Well
When I was with Carbon, the play store thing killed my battery to 3hrs on screen time
Switched over to Purity Rom with Hells kernel and I have 5-6 on screen time
WiFi on all the time, no data or GPS or Bluetooth.
Mostly Reddit and a game or two, and a movie
Not the Rom but the Kernel is decisive
Nuhro said:
Not the Rom but the Kernel is decisive
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Kernel doesn't make much of a difference either. See simms22 post above
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jd1639 said:
Kernel doesn't make much of a difference either. See simms22 post above
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Okay, but why is the battery life better with an another kernel?
I use the HeelsCreed kernel and Mahdi rom. My battery life is better with the HeelsCreed kernel as with the Kernel of the Mahdi rom.
P.S.: I know my english is bad, sorry for that
Nuhro said:
Okay, but why is the battery life better with an another kernel?
I use the HeelsCreed kernel and Mahdi rom. My battery life is better with the HeelsCreed kernel as with the Kernel of the Mahdi rom.
P.S.: I know my english is bad, sorry for that
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set up your CPU and everything else just how the kernel sets it up for you, and you'll get the same battery life. be more active, set things up manually.
brian85 said:
Coming from an LG G2 (long story), battery life is what I miss the most. The nexus 4 has about half the screen on time than my g2 did.
I'm already unlocked and rooted but still stock ROM. Are there any Roms that significantly improve battery life?
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can you tell the story please , anyway ROM has weee little to do with battery life , its mostly on how you use it and the kernel you are using as well as sync loops and dodgy leaky apps , my personal setup is rom = paranoid android and kernel = hellsdoctor , using synapse app i switched the maximum clock speed to 1.2 Ghz , and changed the maximum core online to two, gpu is overclocked by default , rest is, location settings are turned off only turned on when required , brightness is set to 50 % , no dodgy apps on the phone , i can squeeze about 5 and half hours sometimes 6 its good enough for this battery size though and hope it works out for you :good:
I used to use psx and hells core,
But I have been lost since pax disapeered.
Any suggestions?
sadoway said:
I used to use psx and hells core,
But I have been lost since pax disapeered.
Any suggestions?
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really hoping we get some suggestions here, i'm interested in finding a good combo
ROM is pretty much irrelevant. Features you may enable within the ROM (pocket mode, active display, etc) will make a difference. Kernel tweaks might make a slight bit of difference. But the real culprits for battery drain are apps running in the background and checking for sync updates, screen brightness, and of course actually using the phone. If you have a ton of apps/games on your phone, Greenify combined with a wakelock detector can help you keep them from needlessly draining your battery.
FWIW, I've been using HellSore kernel. Mostly stock settings, although I change the GPU governor to on demand. When idling, I see very little battery drain. When using my phone, battery drains because I have brightness set at 100% and I use LTE. There's no miracle cure for battery life, short of using a bigger battery.
You should test L Android preview. And the best combo I get in kk was purity+ & hellscore kernel. I totally agree with @Planterz.
Performance and longer battery life are important features I prefer.
SysAdmNj said:
Performance and longer battery life are important features I prefer.
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I switched to boeffla and was on ak! Both are very good, but for me as kind of a newbee to custom kernels i like the boeffla config way more and i get a lot more battery life with some very tiny tweaks (about 6 hours SOT).
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Both Boeffla and AK are great, both are high customisable as well and will only continue to get better as the months go on. Though I'd say AK has a better performance to battery life ratio but is somewhat more complicated to tweak from personal experience. Just wait for custom battery saver profiles to be released and you wont be sorry.