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battery life now and in the future

I would like to know the opinion of you guys about the battery life of the Find 5 and possible future improvements.
Using the latest AOSP ROMS (in my case @maxwen AOKP, Aarons's PA 3.99 and CodefireX) I noticed that battery life is much better then on Oppo's Color ROM, yet it's still far from what I would expect from the device, I barely get more that 2 - 3 hours of screen time out of it on a daily basis. Compared to my last phone (S3) it's actually pretty bad.
Is there a chance that this is due to still poor sw sources from Oppo and might likely improve in the future or is the current battery life as good as it gets, what do you think?

uishido said:
I would like to know the opinion of you guys about the battery life of the Find 5 and possible future improvements.
Using the latest AOSP ROMS (in my case @maxwen AOKP, Aarons's PA 3.99 and CodefireX) I noticed that battery life is much better then on Oppo's Color ROM, yet it's still far from what I would expect from the device, I barely get more that 2 - 3 hours of screen time out of it on a daily basis. Compared to my last phone (S3) it's actually pretty bad.
Is there a chance that this is due to still poor sw sources from Oppo and might likely improve in the future or is the current battery life as good as it gets, what do you think?
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Well, I hope the battery life gets better overall, I get around 3-4 hours on screen time, and that's pretty darn good. Using Spotify/Soundcloud all day long aswell as webbrowsing, Reddit, Twitter and Facebook. I guess the battery life is OK, but I hope it'll get better.
This phone got almost the same batterylife as my S3 4G, which is pretty bad. :/
And I wouldn't hope for Oppo to improve their sources, since it seems like they've no idea what they're doing. ColorROM is still a huge mess!

sebbe312 said:
Well, I hope the battery life gets better overall, I get around 3-4 hours on screen time, and that's pretty darn good. Using Spotify/Soundcloud all day long aswell as webbrowsing, Reddit, Twitter and Facebook. I guess the battery life is OK, but I hope it'll get better.
This phone got almost the same batterylife as my S3 4G, which is pretty bad. :/
And I wouldn't hope for Oppo to improve their sources, since it seems like they've no idea what they're doing. ColorROM is still a huge mess!
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Thanks,
I agree that Color Rom is a nightmare but one can hope...
You seem to use your phone pretty much the same way I do but with somewhat better battery life. May I ask which rom/kernel you are using?
I'm currently on AOKP nightly from 28th September

uishido said:
Thanks,
I agree that Color Rom is a nightmare but one can hope...
You seem to use your phone pretty much the same way I do but with somewhat better battery life. May I ask which rom/kernel you are using?
I'm currently on AOKP nightly from 28th September
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Using latest CodefireX rom with audio fix, I've disabled some system things which seems to help with the battery. Just give me a PM if you want to know exactly what things I've disabled and how I've setup my phone!
Cheers,
Sebastian

I can't understand why everyone says he gets better batterylife with custom roms.
I tried the latest AOSP, PA, Cyanogenmod and gave them all a chance. I even changed the settings that hard, that i couldn't say it was a smartphone anymore... but i've never noticed better batterylife than with any color rom! And all the bugs on custom roms...
Actually i run Color ROM 1.0.1 (4.2.2)
Just bevore i ran Stable Cyanogenmod 10.1.3, PA 3.99, AOKP Maxween
Did you get other experience with the same roms or did you use other roms?

PipoMezenen said:
I can't understand why everyone says he gets better batterylife with custom roms.
I tried the latest AOSP, PA, Cyanogenmod and gave them all a chance. I even changed the settings that hard, that i couldn't say it was a smartphone anymore... but i've never noticed better batterylife than with any color rom! And all the bugs on custom roms...
Actually i run Color ROM 1.0.1 (4.2.2)
Just bevore i ran Stable Cyanogenmod 10.1.3, PA 3.99, AOKP Maxween
Did you get other experience with the same roms or did you use other roms?
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for me, I'm using the CM10.2 by maxwen / etc... definitely much better battery life, especially when on idle/screen-off/sleep... I can make the phone last >24 hours (couldn't do it with the original oppo rom)
settings that I've been using on that kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45835020&postcount=152

paperWastage said:
for me, I'm using the CM10.2 by maxwen / etc... definitely much better battery life, especially when on idle/screen-off/sleep... I can make the phone last >24 hours (couldn't do it with the original oppo rom)
settings that I've been using on that kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45835020&postcount=152
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Ok. Yes, above 24h would be difficult with the color rom. But i never tried to reach 24h with cpu & gpu underclocking...
I think i use my phone relative often and with the ColorRom 4.2.2 i easily reach 12-14h.
And my thoughts on custom roms were, that wehen i have onscreen time i can watch them percents battery life falling and because of this i only got about 6-8h battery life with almost every Custom Rom.
I will post some screenshots of the batterylife with the ColorRom later this day and let you interpret them, ok?

To buy or not to buy

Hi all!
I'm currently an LG G4 user but I'm really disappointed of this device because of it's poor battery life...
Before having the G4 I had the Mate 7. I loved its fingerprint sensor and its huge battery.
I want to know if it's easy to get 5-7 hrs of SoT with the OpT and if its camera and fingerprint sensor worth getting the device?
Btw I'm planning getting a MarshMallow Rom (for the fingerprint sensor API integration on Android 6.0), is the battery life OK?
Concerning the overheat issue is it solved?
As far as I could read, the SkyDragon Rom is quite well made and even with OOS 2.x.x combined with Boeffla's kernel gives good results... But as I'm looking for a MarshMallow rom I'd like to have reviews about the SkyDragon Rom (any compatible Kernel or setting giving good battery life? Same questions for CM13)
Waiting for your replies!
TheBledard

hey there, well the fingerprint sensor is really good not just a gimmic much better then locking your phone with a code/patten, so useful for simply unlocking and locking the phone.
About battery life i mean well on skydragon with boeffal's kernel and a good battery saving profile you cab get really good results some others even getting 7-8 SoT!
But realistically on any MarshMallow ROM your only gonna push 5 hours SoT max.
I've tried pretty much every ROM and combo with kernels ect, i'm currently using the Offical Exodus ROM 6.0.1, for me at least its just awesome lovely user experience very very fast and just all round a brilliant and stable ROM and updated lots.
But as for battery life i get 4 to 4 and a half hours SoT on average a fue times had over 5 hour but thats using the phone very little, i get through the day on one charge 80% of the time and thats good enough for me.
Hope this helps a little let me know if theres any other questions you have.

Which is more stable, and best battery life?

Lineage OS, AOSP, or Stock Android?

Nytrikx said:
Lineage OS, AOSP, or Stock Android?
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I have no personal experience with Lineage but I was never a fan of Cyanogenmod and have read multiple posts that suggest it's pretty buggy. Stock will depend on which version of Android you are talking about. All versions of stock are pretty stable. Marshmallow is outdated but some people prefer it to Nougat because it gets better battery life than Nougat and works with Xposed. Nougat gets the latest features and security updates but for some reason Google has been pushing the default kernel settings very high recently so people have been experiencing poor battery life and the operating system itself eating up much more battery than in the past. AOSP would depend on the Rom you are running. I use Dirty Unicorns which is extremely stable and has better battery life than stock. Some Aosp Roms are more buggy and may provide better or worse battery life than stock depending on how they are programmed. There are also stock based Roms like Cortex, which adds Pixel features and gets the best battery life of any Rom I've been on. But the downside of a stock based Rom is that there is no OMS support for Substratum theming. My personal preference is for Dirty Unicorns but different people like different Roms.

I went to dirty unicorns and to me it's is faster than stock ROM cortex. I also like DU because it is oms and that is very important to me. Also having nav bar button customization is a plus. I would only jump back to stock if aosp takes to long to release

Stock is always most stable and allows for instant, effortless updates when available.
In terms of battery life, varies on your usage, I've had battery life that I would expect from a 3450 mAh phone.
You would see people buy a 6P and then start installing ROMs hours after and claim to get better/phenomenal battery life. Funny thing is that they have no idea what baseline is -_-
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richii0207 said:
Stock is always most stable and allows for instant, effortless updates when available.
In terms of battery life, varies on your usage, I've had battery life that I would expect from a 3450 mAh phone.
You would see people buy a 6P and then start installing ROMs hours after and claim to get better/phenomenal battery life. Funny thing is that they have no idea what baseline is -_-
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I went from Cortex to stock 7.1.2 for several days because I wanted to try stock again. The drop off in battery life was extremely noticable. People have also noted that on recent builds of stock if you look at the battery stats Android operating system and screen are eating up much more battery than they used to.
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AndrewM3 said:
I went to dirty unicorns and to me it's is faster than stock ROM cortex. I also like DU because it is oms and that is very important to me. Also having nav bar button customization is a plus. I would only jump back to stock if aosp takes to long to release
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I didn't notice DU being any faster but I do like OMS support. There always seem to be problems with Substratum if you don't have it.

Bro, Chads uber obviously is the best. It is on clang 5.0.0 and is extremely fast and stable and I get up to 8 hours sot and weeks on standby. Also I built wakeblock for uber so I can block wakelocks to save even more battery.

Nytrikx said:
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Hello,
All ROMs should be stable. Stock is bloated, using a custom ROM helps getting ride of all the unnecessary stuff running in the background. Depending on your usage, battery life will fluctuate.
I only browse, send SMS/MMS, take pictures, videos and watch youtube with my phone. Mostly over WiFi. Don't have social network apps syncing in the background all the time. Yeah, i get 7 hours sot...
But, i guess the same with 3G/4G + Facebook + WhatsApp, etc... And I would be down to 3 hours sot obviously...
Don't let people decide for you which ROM is the best, because there is none. The best ROM is the one you like. These guys put a lot of time and effort to release their ROM. Some more than others, but still, saying this or this ROM is the best is kind of dumb and also insulting to other developers.
If there was a "best" ROM, the forum would only have one. Because everybody would use it. Or there is a best ROM and in this case those using the others are completely blind to see the truth?
Lol...
Check the forum and decide by yourself. Some are stock based, others aosp, lightweight or filled with a lot of options and customization.
Takes a few minutes to setup and if you don't like one, switch to another...
Happy flashing.
Cheers...

DEVILOPS 007 said:
Bro, Chads uber obviously is the best. It is on clang 5.0.0 and is extremely fast and stable and I get up to 8 hours sot and weeks on standby. Also I built wakeblock for uber so I can block wakelocks to save even more battery.
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You can get 8 hrs SOT with any rom, including stock, given the proper usage.
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You can get 8 hrs SOT with any rom, including stock, given the proper usage.
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Not really with sot. It depends highly on the rom and kernel.

OREO 8.1 ROMS - Best smoothness and battery life?

Hi guys,
I started this thread because i want to know about your experience regarding the performance/smoothness/battery life of our Mi5s with the 8.1 Oreo ROMS available.
I only tried PixelExperience ROM and overall it's very good. But it just doesn't feel as smooth as latest stable MIUI 9 for example. The latest stable 9.2.1.0 is really smooth, but battery life is not great. With PixelExperience I encoutered constant micro stutterings in the overall fluidity and battery life was pretty much the same as with MIUI.
So i ask you: Which is the best 8.1 ROM regarding smoothness and battery life in your oppinion? Maybe it's a combo of a ROM and a custom Kernel?
Thank you

I think it's too early to say which one is the best. For practically all so far released have the same problem. In my case it is from time to time the touch gets half dragged and the home and auxiliary buttons stop working. The most recent migrations of the last update of the lineage are with a better deep sleep, but at a great expense during the use, even only using wifi, the spending is the same as spent using 4G networks. But for me, the ones I tested have the same problem on the touch and auxiliary and home buttons.

Dark Stranger said:
I think it's too early to say which one is the best. For practically all so far released have the same problem. In my case it is from time to time the touch gets half dragged and the home and auxiliary buttons stop working. The most recent migrations of the last update of the lineage are with a better deep sleep, but at a great expense during the use, even only using wifi, the spending is the same as spent using 4G networks. But for me, the ones I tested have the same problem on the touch and auxiliary and home buttons.
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What can you tell me about smoothness from your experience?

In all that I tested, which was the pixel experience, Lineage 15 and AOKP, presented the same problem during use. During use, for example, of the telegram, in some moments the touch was half dragged and the buttons home, back and applications remained unresponsive during this time that was of a few seconds. In those moments the act of turning the screen off and on again, the device was once again functional. The touch returned to its smoothness and the buttons came back on. I am currently using miui 9 beta Brasil and these problems do not occur.

Dark Stranger said:
In all that I tested, which was the pixel experience, Lineage 15 and AOKP, presented the same problem during use. During use, for example, of the telegram, in some moments the touch was half dragged and the buttons home, back and applications remained unresponsive during this time that was of a few seconds. In those moments the act of turning the screen off and on again, the device was once again functional. The touch returned to its smoothness and the buttons came back on. I am currently using miui 9 beta Brasil and these problems do not occur.
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I never encountered this issue with PixelExperience. Did you clean flashed? Also did you ensured to have latest firmware installed?
I personally switched back to MIUI stable because it is the most fluid ROM for Mi5s.

I am using AEX with Floppy Kernel

mesziman said:
I am using AEX with Floppy Kernel
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And what can you tell me about fluidity and battery life?

yodanutz01 said:
And what can you tell me about fluidity and battery life?
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Always the same for me whatever ROM I use.
The best SOT was with a LOS15.1 from january 2, maybe because then I did not use titaniumbackup.

Battery life is pretty good with the latest LOS 15.1 if you also use ForceDoze (which sometimes get's it root access disabled after an update, so periodically check), and let the privacy guard do it's thing. For me this ROM also has proven to be the most stable with the latest iterations. Also, don't forget to update the firmware once in a while (https://github.com/fjtrujy/capricornCNFirmware/releases).

I am on Validus and vouch for its smoothness, fast and fluid. I tried most of the Oreo ROMs, but this one I get best battery without any battery optimization app or tweaks.

To me, i use atomic rom, from 5 am to noon, i only use 20% battery with data on, some report that they left the phone overnight and only use 4% battery, cheers

Any updates on this, new experiences?

About smooth... I can sure all rom 8.x are smooth now...
But about battery i trust only rom "pixel experience "
Why
Because some rom i test (rr, aex, los,...) have a problem with gov. Try run fb about 10minute then open "ex kernel manager" u will see small core only run with 2 clock speed (300mhz and 1.5ghz... Others clock run but only 1-2s in total 10' ) -this not good... Only pixel rom run small to high with true value cpu clock speed need to make app run smooth without no lag.

Using latest AEX 5.5 and my battery goes pretty fast with mobile data on...
With mobile data off i think i might get 2.5 - 3 hours screen on time and about 24 hours battery life on a single charge.

Which one is best for smooth gaming?

What rom are you using as your daily driver and why?

As the title says , What rom are you using as your daily driver and why?

I'm with Extended UI since 3 days and its really really good. It's really smooth, i dont have seen any bug, battery life its far better than Miui and its little battery drain.
Ah yes, i cant use fingerprint, dont know why.... I can configure but not unlock...

Shuyin10 said:
I'm with Extended UI since 3 days and its really really good. It's really smooth, i dont have seen any bug, battery life its far better than Miui and its little battery drain.
Ah yes, i cant use fingerprint, dont know why.... I can configure but not unlock...
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Extended ui has been really good compared to Stock and EU Miui; battery drain is a lot slower for sure.

Wmateria said:
Extended ui has been really good compared to Stock and EU Miui; battery drain is a lot slower for sure.
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Seriously? Either the way reduced battery drain was achieved is impressive or MIUI is not good at managing that even though it kills apps in background according to users... Or both

Windroid-user said:
Seriously? Either the way reduced battery drain was achieved is impressive or MIUI is not good at managing that even though it kills apps in background according to users... Or both[/QUOTE.
Here's my daily usage when switching to Extended UI Rom (11 hours and 1 minute on 8% at the present moment)
I just think EU Rom and stock Rom is not optimized right, even without all the bloatware.
I own a Mi Max 3 and the battery drain also happens when switching to Android 10 Stock Miui and EU Rom also so... even though the battery is larger, the drain is more noticable.. even comparing to the 11.18 Xiaomi EU Pie + Ressurected kernel and other custom roms.... So the battery drain problem is not a just a Mi 9T/K20 problem.
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Seriously? Either the way reduced battery drain was achieved is impressive or MIUI is not good at managing that even though it kills apps in background according to users... Or both
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I lost 1% (sometime 2%) per hour, compare to Miui it was 2%/30mn...
In usage its the same

Interesting feedbacks. I hope other users would share their experience.

ExtendedUI. It's super stable and quick. Fingerprint reader works well for me on it.

The default one.. I don't feel like flashing and all that Jazz. The stock rom works pretty well, so I may as well leave it alone.

xiaomi.eu - because I like MIUI, but I don't like some of the limitations in the global version