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Greetings All,
First post here so I hope I don't f#@% up.
I know there've been a million threads closed about this because everyone's setup and usage is different. I found it really frustrating to not get an 'answer', thinking to myself ‘why not compare apples with apples?’ ie stock vs custom ROM with the same usage. So I thought I'd share my experience for anyone else frustrated with the lack of “The Answer”
I bought a refurbished (new screen, battery and back cover) SGS2 GT-I9100 unlocked with Vodafone stock ROM. I was getting the battery warning at 4 hours (!) after a few calls and texts, about 15 min of FB, same for Gmail (WiFi on/Data off at home), and about an hour of driving with Google Navigation and playing music (Wifi/Data/GPS on). Battery usage showed that next to the screen at #1, GPS/Navigation was the biggest drain followed by playing music. All the other stuff was insignificant by comparison.
By uninstalling and disabling everything Samsung, Vodafone, and stuff I didn’t use, it stretched to 6 hours. 50% improvement but still unacceptable as I wanted to get at least a work-day plus travel ie 10 hours.
So a custom ROM was required which started the saga of rooting. Did hours of research and unsuccessfully tried a few through a Samsung developers’ program (Odin?). I finally resorted to spending money and sent the IMEI# to online services. Some said the phone was rootable, some not. I paid my twenty-five bucks to 1-ClickRoot and it didn’t work (but I used it to root my wife’s Motorola Mileston2) and finally rooted the SGS2 with Framaroot (I think it was either free or the price of a can of Coke). Couldn’t have been simpler – downloaded the file with the browser, explored to the (apk?) file and opened it, tried the first 2 vulnerability options unsuccessfully and on the third, success. Rebooted – voila.
I tried a few custom ROMs that, while they were highly recommended and had all the customisable bells and whistles and ‘great battery life’, I didn’t like the UI. Plus I just wanted a ‘normal’ phone with a good camera (I’m a hobby photographer) which could also browse the web, use GPS navigation, play music, have custom ringtones and pics for contacts, and the ‘important’ stuff for me at the bottom of the home screens - phone, messaging, contacts, browser and apps. I didn’t need to be able to customise virtually everything on the phone and some of these ROMs were 400-900MB compared to under 200MB for most.
Which brings me to CyanogenMod 10.1 (CM10.1). The UI is closer to standard (plus many more options) so I found the transition from the stock ROM easy. And with the same usage PLUS an EXTRA hour of Google Navigation/GPS/music – 10 hours easy with 20-33% battery left (!). Added a high capacity battery (2600mAh over 1800mAh factory, same physical size) and I now go from 0700 to 0100 the following day regularly – 18 hours with 1-9% battery left.
Hope this helps…
Cheers,
Ferenc
25 bucks for rooting :laugh:
Eek i get about 5hrs + screen on time wid ics 4.0.4 xwlpt wid speedmod kernel....
Btw since u are hobby photographer.. The camera app on cm10.1 sucks when compared to that of the stock...so does the picture quality ...
No regrets here??
Best battery would be NeatROM +Apolo Kernel IMO
I've got two ROMs that deliver really nice battery life:
1. XWKE7 2.3.3 Samsung Stock (somehow it doesn't deliver such a good battery life now)
- This once got me through 3 days of regular usage with roundabout 10% left. Somhow "Android OS" drains me now, so I get two days maximum.
2. CM10.1 stable + DorimanX 9.14 kernel
- Got a tip about this combo from a friend, and well, it rocks. If you want an up-to-date version of android and great battery life, choose this.
There is various things you can do.I use rooted stock rom, running custom kernel and have all the crap stripped out.
I find custom roms better in some things and worse in others=overall not worth it for me.
You try what you like, but a GB rom c/w speedmod should be good.
That 25 bucks though...
Best Combo would be NeatROM (Extra-Lite) JB + Apolo Kernel 4.13 (Extreme V2, if possible for your phone and won't reboot)
weirdly enough but best power consumption I ever had on SG2 was with CM11 from 10-Dec-2013 by Wayland_ACE
(I've used mostly CM nightlies starting from 7.2)
Later versions from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2597199 much worse for some reason...
Not enough time to investigate fully yet, but BetterBatteryStats shows very similar picture...
Now just flashed this one - http://download.cyanogenmod.org/get/jenkins/57551/cm-11-20140202-NIGHTLY-i9100.zip .... we'll see...
CM 11 with ART runtime solved all my leakages during sleep mode. (Some apps like "stocks" were draining power when Dalvik was used)
CM11 nightlies seem to be good and stable, the only issue is: phone doesn't enter a deep sleep after charging(stuck on 200MHz). Shut down & power up solves, yet very annoying issue.
One thing, GB tops in battery life...
But i dont like it(GB theme is ugly)
gvovs said:
CM 11 with ART runtime solved all my leakages during sleep mode. (Some apps like "stocks" were draining power when Dalvik was used)
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Interesting.....
Cheap root?
doctor_droid said:
25 bucks for rooting :laugh:
Eek i get about 5hrs + screen on time wid ics 4.0.4 xwlpt wid speedmod kernel....
Btw since u are hobby photographer.. The camera app on cm10.1 sucks when compared to that of the stock...so does the picture quality ...
No regrets here??
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Thanks for your response Doc
Twenty five bucks is cheap for a root Ok, it was 2am and I was desperate to root my phone after 18 hours of research over a coupla'days and repeated attempts which never ended up with SuperUser in my Apps drawer. I know better now...
Tonight I have 33% battery left after 12hrs/4.5hrs screen on - pretty happy...
Funny you say the cm10.1 camera app sux - yeah sure the colours are a bit over-saturated (but gee it makes for pretty pictures ) but so far i've found the lag between shutter-press and shot, and Auto White-Balance the best so far, other than Fast Burst Camera which for me is too low res for anything other than phone screen or Facebook/YouTube small window viewing on PC. I take a lot of pics of my happy 4yo daughter who stubbornly refuses to smile 'properly' 'at' the camera and her most delightful smiles are at the top of a swing which has been pushed a bit too hard (I'm getting quite good at predicting the lag now, but MANY missed pearls). I've installed Camera 4.2 for panorama shots (can't remember what the google name is) and find it has too few options for me (particularly white balance) and much the same lag. You sound like a bit of a camera app connoisseur - any suggestions for no lag (I mean really, it's digital, can't you capture it NOW?)/accurate white balance/good colour saturation? I really only got a mobile phone when the cameras got good enough to 'replace' a point-and-shoot, so camera is a biggy for me
Cheers,
Ferenc
okay... still using CM11 nightlies, finally can leave the phone not in charger overnight and still use it next day.
average charge loss (radio and wifi on) is 2 to 4% per hour, some syncs are enabled. Also ART(supposedly unsupported by CM) enabled.
All is smooth.
@ferenczoltan - u r a camera pro ... I m a noob in terms of camera and i can only look for end user comparison points like touch to focus or image blurriness and few more... For me the stock camera app seems to more hardware dedicated..
As for rom .. 4.5hrs screen on time and still 1/3rd juice left? 2000mAh battery ..right?
Edit - saw ur old.reply... its 2600mAh
I like this thread. I would suggest adding a poll to it so that users can vote for the best battery life rom.
I've been trying a lot of roms with the goal to find one that that has a good battery life and even if some roms are better that others none are excellent. It makes me laugh when I read that you judge a rom on its built-in apps (camera...) since you can instal all the apps you need (like a better camera on xda or even on the market.
I don't know if I'm the only one but I get the feeling that the "out of the box" rom and kernel gave me the better results but I won't go back to full stock, that's for sure.
Currently on : Neat extra lite + Apollo V2
mastawindu said:
I like this thread. I would suggest adding a poll to it so that users can vote for the best battery life rom.
I've been trying a lot of roms with the goal to find one that that has a good battery life and even if some roms are better that others none are excellent. It makes me laugh when I read that you judge a rom on its built-in apps (camera...) since you can instal all the apps you need (like a better camera on xda or even on the market.
I don't know if I'm the only one but I get the feeling that the "out of the box" rom and kernel gave me the better results but I won't go back to full stock, that's for sure.
Currently on : Neat extra lite + Apollo V2
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To be more precise...stock rom camera libs are much more better as compared to custom ones. no matter which app I use in custom roms the quality is still inferior when compared to stock ..
And yes u r right .. out of the box combo is the best m on stock rom 4.1.2 deodexed zipalign rooted and wid a secure kernel (my own kitchen made rom)
Wizzedkat
Guys has anyone using Wizzedkat rom?
Battery life on that rom is terrible...had to revert back to slimsaber 4.4.2
Haven't tried deodexed stock roms yet. On KK, the best battery life was on beanstalk, AOSB and Cyan fox. Amazing deep sleep battery life for AOSB and beanstalk. Stock kernel.
Hey,
I also had battery problems on my previous rom so I went looking for another rom... I ended up with Chameleon rom, it is based on stock samsung(4.1.2[emoji20]) firmware with pure aosp look (everything related to samsung is replaced by aosp apps except the camera) it also has aokp ROM Control included so you are able to tweak the rom and the best part is the screen time... 4 hours on a 2 year old stock samsung battery
Hi all,
Just posted this thread to share my personal "perfect setup"... probably everyone has one of their own, at least I hope so.
This thread is not to start discussions on which ROM is better or faster or more stable, this thread is about the setup that works for you, that does what you want it to do without any headeaches or frustrations.
I've been flashing all kinds of ROMS over the lifespan of my S2 and always there is that one little thing that bothered me: sometimes bluetooth issues, sometimes GPS not working, sometimes random crashes, often battery life .... to a point where I give up and go back to familiar grounds.
I had again a "flashing-spree" recently, this time kitkat seduced me resulting into many hours of flashing, setting everything up again, trying another ROM and starting all over again and again small and/or bigger inconveniences made me return home : NeatROM lite v5.1 (yes android 4.1.2) with Apollo 4.11 kernel... never had a single crash, lag or thing that didn't work, and all with great battery life (I'm now at 50% battery, 8 hrs since unplugged, 2:30 hrs screen on time, 30 minutes worth of bluetooth calls, ...)
I'm sure there are many other perfect setup's out there, share yours!
cheers
B
Slimsaberkat 4.4.2 1st Rom and Revolution Rom Ux 2nd Rom dualboooted by Dorimanx. This is the best set up for me. Having custom 4.1.2 stock rom then latest 4.4.2 custom kitkat rom.
Dunno if this thread will last, but anyway here's mine.
CM 10.2 nightly + Dorimanx 9.43 with Hue 4.4 theme
Chameleon rom are beast fo me with apolo kernel no bug at all and great battery life
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk
SlimKat currently,
camed from slimbean:good:
slimsaber 4.3.1 by fusionjack + dorimanx 10.43 latest beta.
ROM A gave me issue. Installed ROM B was perfect for me.. My friend installed ROM A has no issues.. We both are happy... Its better everyone try out different until it suits u well... U just gave title as Perfect setup instead of BEST ROM..
i'm now running 4.4.2 but i don't know why but i have no notify sounds and ringin tones to select dunno why :| need to reach 10 posts to write on the correct thread also
Im currently with SlimSaber, with their stock kernel (had plenty of issues every time i wanted to install a new one)
Feels pretty good to me, fast, plenty of features, good battery life (considering mine is not that well taken care of)
OmniROM
Up to the update on 9th Jan OmniROM has been great, battery performance improved massively since early ones and OTA updates built in!
Can anyone make a recommendation that fits my needs and wants
NEEDS
Dark themeable.
Decent Battery life
Stable
Wants
responsive
no or minimal animation
Decent connectivity LTE/Wifi
I am currently using Resurrection Remix Nougat, but previous version was buggy and laggy so i did a full wipe install of the latest 2 versions and my phone randomly hangs, and have to long hold the power (~30 seconds) to get it to boot.
I appreciate any recommendations.
Please don't waste your time posting if you don't have a recommendation.
Thanks
Change your CPU governor for both big and little cores to Impulse and the weird black screen thing will stop, on RR.
All of the ROMs I've tried, and I've used all of them at this point, have issues.
CRDroid has a laggy camera when switching from 3rd party and dedicated camera apps.
Ground Zero has the same, plus random Wifi to LTE data drop and a reboot need to reconnect.
Dirty Unicorns would have been a winner if Wifi to LTE was more stable and random reboots didn't pop up after a couple days.
AICP has been sort of hit or miss when I tried it. I ditched it because of too many issues.
Just flashed RR again today for the first time since February and it seems good so far. Definitely has some camera lag but it doesn't actually freeze completely.
No ROM on this phone will get good battery life, btw, unless you spend every waking moment trying to save power. Expect 2.5-3.5 SoT max in reality. People will say crazy high numbers sometimes but those are anomalies. Everything is dark themable with Substratum, but Validus by Ground Zero Roms has a built in dark theme. You can turn off animations in dev options on any ROM. I have mine at 0.4 right now. You can set it to 0.0 though if you want.
xgerryx said:
Change your CPU governor for both big and little cores to Impulse and the weird black screen thing will stop, on RR.
All of the ROMs I've tried, and I've used all of them at this point, have issues.
CRDroid has a laggy camera when switching from 3rd party and dedicated camera apps.
Ground Zero has the same, plus random Wifi to LTE data drop and a reboot need to reconnect.
Dirty Unicorns would have been a winner if Wifi to LTE was more stable and random reboots didn't pop up after a couple days.
AICP has been sort of hit or miss when I tried it. I ditched it because of too many issues.
Just flashed RR again today for the first time since February and it seems good so far. Definitely has some camera lag but it doesn't actually freeze completely.
No ROM on this phone will get good battery life, btw, unless you spend every waking moment trying to save power. Expect 2.5-3.5 SoT max in reality. People will say crazy high numbers sometimes but those are anomalies. Everything is dark themable with Substratum, but Validus by Ground Zero Roms has a built in dark theme. You can turn off animations in dev options on any ROM. I have mine at 0.4 right now. You can set it to 0.0 though if you want.
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Get this daily on validus. But in exchange for less battery life I would say dirty uncicorns is pretty darn good now. The newest builds fixed so much, and the audio is finally working just fine now. Only but I found now is the toggle in the quick settings for the flashlight won't work after a reboot until you hit the edit icon and then try it again. Other than that dirty uncicorns is good. Validus is great but the only problem I had was audio was a little weird.
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Get this daily on validus. But in exchange for less battery life I would say dirty uncicorns is pretty darn good now. The newest builds fixed so much, and the audio is finally working just fine now. Only but I found now is the toggle in the quick settings for the flashlight won't work after a reboot until you hit the edit icon and then try it again. Other than that dirty uncicorns is good. Validus is great but the only problem I had was audio was a little weird.
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To be honest, almost no one gets that battery life. I was on Validus for about 2 months and never broke 3.5 SoT, not even close actually. But I'm glad someone is!
xgerryx said:
To be honest, almost no one gets that battery life. I was on Validus for about 2 months and never broke 3.5 SoT, not even close actually. But I'm glad someone is!
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Haha yeah, it's because I know what to tweak on the phone after a year of use. Wish the next Moto x gets that battery life for everyone, then battery life for people who tweak the kernel and get 2 days worth. And btw Omni Ron is also very good. It's simple, not full of customization but it's pretty ok for an aosp Rom funny how it's aosp but has a lineage kernel like ok then ?
The stock rom!
This might not be what you wanted to hear, but the stock rom meets most of your criteria better than most. Even tethering works out-of-the-box, which is something I've never seen on a stock software release before. If you miss tweakability and bonus features, then there's always root, custom kernels, and the Xposed Framework to fill the gaps. Plus, all of the hardware features and sensors can be utilized to their fullest.
Hello, if you have noticed, every rom for this device, eui or not, are a @#￥%# besides the stock one. IM thinking about what kind of *optimization is done because in every rom i chequed the screen brightness is worse than stock, due to battery savings they say... Every kind of battery optimizations, power consumption kernel tweaks roms mods... BUT IF YOU TRY 26s install playstore the rom goes 100 percet fluid and goes very very well. including the ORIGINAL screen brightness problem that the people are complaining about, and better camera, and of course BETTER BATERY TIME. including all the chinese apps without debloat,, freecing it. SO If any of us start thinking about it and if not i will say my point. The modded roms for this device are collecting data from the user and selling it over other companies etc etc.
if you.dont believe me try yourself. i will very glad to liaten to your opinion.
cheers
my point is that the stock 26s rom is far far away better than any lineage or eui rom for this phone. including battery screen time speed of the device. screen brightness etc. Some of us are.complaining about.poor battery life. LAG and poor screen brightness. SO developers start tweaking the.rom. DECREASES the maximum brightness tweaks the kernel they said... and the result as.worse. INCLUDING roms with more that 20 or 90 versions.
if you think in a mobile phone there is ALL your life. SOMEONE could gain economical benefits from this if they collect all this information for whatever his needs are.
I HAVE THE.SAME SENSATION IN MORE THAN 5 DEVICES THAT I HAVE IN.THE.LAST YEAR.
And this.could not be a coincidence.
TRY by yourself the.stock rom 26s without any cook done, and tell.me your point. goodbye
Where do you find the 26s stock? In my opinion, besides the "less" performance of every custom rom, it has some advantages, I've been using a Chinese rom distribution for almost a year ( I had a huawei phone ) and it may work better, but I love the freedom "stock" android gives you, such as customization, better notification work, etc.
Stock rom or stock mod rom are slow for app installation, also brightness may be less bright and cannot get darker at night. Nougat roms give more brighness and can get darker at night. Stock rom 26S have eyes protection mode for use phone at night under Display, where Nougat have night light feature can turn on/off for use phone at night and speed as I mentioned like install apk file Nougat is flying where Stock rom is slower but optimized rom is acceptable.
This is good Nougat rom I am using maybe yoiu can try it:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-max-2/development/rom-aosip-6-0-le-max2-x2-t3615511
Slay1991 said:
Where do you find the 26s stock? In my opinion, besides the "less" performance of every custom rom, it has some advantages, I've been using a Chinese rom distribution for almost a year ( I had a huawei phone ) and it may work better, but I love the freedom "stock" android gives you, such as customization, better notification work, etc.
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In this phone the stock 26s ROM the notifications are good and you don't have to worry about nothing
Moon75 said:
Stock rom or stock mod rom are slow for app installation, also brightness may be less bright and cannot get darker at night. Nougat roms give more brighness and can get darker at night. Stock rom 26S have eyes protection mode for use phone at night under Display, where Nougat have night light feature can turn on/off for use phone at night and speed as I mentioned like install apk file Nougat is flying where Stock rom is slower but optimized rom is acceptable.
This is good Nougat rom I am using maybe yoiu can try it:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-max-2/development/rom-aosip-6-0-le-max2-x2-t3615511
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This is true and false at the same time.
The stock roms have more brightness than CM lineage ROMs. BUT the developers, all, cut out the brightness yo save battery also performance, and the result is worse.
If you try the 26s stock ROM released in April/may you Will be pleased in terms of battery life, speed, stability and brightness, camera, etc etc etc.
The brightness with the stock rom is like an Iphone
SiulX said:
This is true and false at the same time.
The stock roms have more brightness than CM lineage ROMs. BUT the developers, all, cut out the brightness yo save battery also performance, and the result is worse.
If you try the 26s stock ROM released in April/may you Will be pleased in terms of battery life, speed, stability and brightness, camera, etc etc etc.
The brightness with the stock rom is like an Iphone
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I tried Stock 5.9.26S by ALBA in Russia forum, Stock 26S v5 by C.B.G, Small Eui v16 by Aurel latest, I found no significant difference to other rom or 5.9.23S, there was Google app/Google Play crashing issue at the start of 26S. Brightness is no issue for me even 30-40% indoor is plenty bright.
In small eui v16 you can have the same brightness configuration as a stock rom, also i've notice less ram but i dont care because i dont have too much apps open at the same time. I like this rom because i can customize everything with almost 0 bugs and good performance
[Review & Question] Short review on Evolution X 4.4(Exynos). What ROM are you using?
Greetings, fellow S8/S8+ users.
I flashed Evolution X v. 4.4 with RZ kernel (non-treble) on my Galaxy S8 (Exynos) a few months ago. I have been getting fluid performance and decent SOT times/battery backup. However, I have noticed sudden FCs/crashes and the screen blacking out and occasional freezing that fixes on its own after 5-10 seconds. The only bug that bothers me is the camera. I have tried a lot of Gcam apks and configs but none of them work smoothly. They have some flaw or the other. Even the stock camera which was replaced by Footej Camera in the last update has bugs, crashes, etc., etc.
I want to try a different ROM now; I am seeking for suggestions & recommendations from other users. Please share your device name, ROM and your experience on it.
Thanks in advance
I tried hades and alexis rom. They have bad camera quality.
Photos look awful in low light so I decided to try side by side test with S8 never rooted. I was shocked by the difference.
Then I flashed stock firmware and compared again. The phoo quality was a lot better but can't match the S8 never rooted. (The comparison was between S8 and S8+ with exynoss variant)
So I ended up using stock firmware with custom kernel. Using this combination since February.
Now I'm wondering to flash Light rom (pie). The curiosity for flashing began from one video in youtube showing Galaxy Note 8 (with pie) flashed light rom with nougat 7.1.1
https://youtu.be/ZjRYMysbq34
So what do you think, is it possible to downgrade to nougat (7.0)custom rom our S8/S8+?
Battery life was awesome as I remember, and feel little nostalgic with the old software.
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yes, it is possible to downgrade to Nougat but for that your phone's bootloader has to be downgraded too, which all in all is a big hassle. I would recommend to stick to Pie (9.0), also consider that Pie is much newer, refined and definitely better in more other ways. The performance boost is appealing, but my preference would be Pie. You can try HorizonROM. I used it as a daily without any complaints. I just like AOSP more and hence i parted ways with it.
Happy flashing!