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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.

Anyone have charging issues?

Sometimes it'll die on my kind of quick without me realizing and when I plug it back in to charge, it'll sit and 0% and not charge, and the ETA for a full charge is N/A. Anyone have similiar issues? Would that be ROM/kernel related, or strictly hardware based?

I bought LE X720 for my wife.
I tried different versions of the original rom and with all the phone's battery was not charging normally.
I did downgrade to CN-5.8.017S, the problem continued. Then i upgraded to version CN-5.8.018S, the problem continued.
Now I'm using a version EUI 5.8.21s LEX720/727 USA. The charging problem continues and battery drain very quickly.
Every time I reboot the phone before plugging it in to the charger.
Do not buy this phone model - LE ZL1 X720. It is a great disappointment.

well, its not a constant thing for me, just sometimes. And the reason i got the x720 over the usa x727 version was the 6gb ram vs 4gb ram I believe was the difference. It also has dual SIm but ive no need for that. I wish I wouldve gotten the 128gb version but either I couldn't find it at the time, or it was more than i wanted to spend at the time. Still, for ~$250 im quite happy with this phone. Except I didnt order a hard case, thinking the case for my S3 would fit it, but the camera spot is slightly different.

This issue is known for at least a year, just don't use LeEco provided charger and cable and buy some better ones and you won't have that problem anymore.
For a better battery life don't use stock ROM, flash some custom ROM like Lineage 15.1. I get almost 10 hours of SOT on LOS15.1.

MnMchill said:
This issue is known for at least a year, just don't use LeEco provided charger and cable and buy some better ones and you won't have that problem anymore.
For a better battery life don't use stock ROM, flash some custom ROM like Lineage 15.1. I get almost 10 hours of SOT on LOS15.1.
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Absolutely!

The problem is not from charger and cable. I trying the charger and cable from my phone - ZUK Z2, the battery is continuing to not charging. After rebooting, the battery is charging normally.
Also i do not have charging issues with Android Oreo based custom roms. But with custom roms a battery drain very quickly.
With stock ROM i get about 2 days battery life, if phone not used too much.
Compared to the ZUK Z2, this ZL1 X720 is a huge disappointment.

Use the *Battery calibration* root app from google and follow the instructions after flashing your new rom.
Im using the Pie rom by mcintosh and average roughly 7-9 hours sot with 40% brightness and location on with moderate use

im happy with the phone for the most part, and the S3. I wonder if LeEco is still going to be making new phone models with that whole in debt thing i read about. Btw, do any of yall know what the Performance rating of your ram is in the Memory section? i attached a screenshot

What's you rom and kernel combo?

Would be interesting to see what people are using as their daily drivers. As I got my pixel 2xl not too long ago, I'm using latest havoc Is with Wahoo-ElixirKernel-V4.8. but will switch soon to something else

Stock. My flash-a-holic days are behind me. Especially since SafetyNet and the cat and mouse game that brought.
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Me too...

Havoc and its kernel (Caseum, I believe) are what I stick with most, but I occasionally try out Colt OS and Bootleggers. Havoc has the most customizations hands down, although Colt is a close second in that regard. Colt does have a ton of built-in themeing options, which a lot of people like, but I always use the default light theme, so that's not a reason to stay on Colt for me personally. Bootleggers feels like Havoc but missing enough of the options that I like that it becomes annoying over time.
Currently, I'm running Bootleggers and Kirisakura kernel. I'm trying out Bootleggers again because people claim it's got better battery life than Havoc, although last night my phone lost 9% battery overnight, which is more than I ever lost with Havoc and Caseum. I did just flash Bootleggers and Kirisakura yesterday, so maybe they need time to "settle" in as they say. We'll see.
As far as kernels go, I don't ever make adjustments to them, so I run them with their default values. Honestly, running them as they are out of the box, I've never noticed any difference between kernels, stock or otherwise. I've never felt like I've gotten increased battery life, more smoothness , better RAM management, etc. from one kernel over another. I'm sure they are difference in them, but in my day to day actual use, I can't tell a difference.
I too ran stock for the first year with my 2 XL, but after having ran the afore mentioned ROMs for the last few months now, I couldn't go back. Stock is far better than it used to be, but it's still missing a lot. I'd end up having to flash 5 or 6 different mods to get what I wanted. That can get messy and confusing especially where two mods conflict with one another in some way. These custom ROMs have all those mods and so much more built in, so it's just easier.
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Havoc and elemental kernel
sharkie405 said:
Havoc and its kernel (Caseum, I believe) are what I stick with most, but I occasionally try out Colt OS and Bootleggers. Havoc has the most customizations hands down, although Colt is a close second in that regard. Colt does have a ton of built-in themeing options, which a lot of people like, but I always use the default light theme, so that's not a reason to stay on Colt for me personally. Bootleggers feels like Havoc but missing enough of the options that I like that it becomes annoying over time.
Currently, I'm running Bootleggers and Kirisakura kernel. I'm trying out Bootleggers again because people claim it's got better battery life than Havoc, although last night my phone lost 9% battery overnight, which is more than I ever lost with Havoc and Caseum. I did just flash Bootleggers and Kirisakura yesterday, so maybe they need time to "settle" in as they say. We'll see.
As far as kernels go, I don't ever make adjustments to them, so I run them with their default values. Honestly, running them as they are out of the box, I've never noticed any difference between kernels, stock or otherwise. I've never felt like I've gotten increased battery life, more smoothness , better RAM management, etc. from one kernel over another. I'm sure they are difference in them, but in my day to day actual use, I can't tell a difference.
I too ran stock for the first year with my 2 XL, but after having ran the afore mentioned ROMs for the last few months now, I couldn't go back. Stock is far better than it used to be, but it's still missing a lot. I'd end up having to flash 5 or 6 different mods to get what I wanted. That can get messy and confusing especially where two mods conflict with one another in some way. These custom ROMs have all those mods and so much more built in, so it's just easier.
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PixelDust and Sultan kernel

For those of you running havoc, what's your battery life like. I cannot figure out what I'm doing wrong but my battery drains like mad. I can't make it through half a day of work as opposed to stock that will still be over 50% late in the evening long after i leave work. This is with battery saver enabled
AND powersave through kernel manager enabled as well. II don't browse 0or use my phone during work much. All 8 use is Bluetooth to listen to music.
There is also an issue with the screen taking forever to unlock. From fingerprint or just hitting the power button. The screen stays black for quite some time. I've even had moments where I've had to hold down power button and fully restart the phone because it was taking so long. Really inconvenient when your trying to answer a call.
Just wondering if those running havoc have encountered these issues or if it's just me. Love havoc. Used it on my OnePlus and I want to use it on my pixel but those two issues kill it for me. I've tried every single new update since release and I've asked in the havoc forum but haven't really gotten much input back. The couple things I did try still didn't resolve either of those issues. always have to revert back to stock.
Any tips?

blaaaazedup said:
For those of you running havoc, what's your battery life like. I cannot figure out what I'm doing wrong but my battery drains like mad. I can't make it through half a day of work as opposed to stock that will still be over 50% late in the evening long after i leave work. This is with battery saver enabled
AND powersave through kernel manager enabled as well. II don't browse 0or use my phone during work much. All 8 use is Bluetooth to listen to music.
There is also an issue with the screen taking forever to unlock. From fingerprint or just hitting the power button. The screen stays black for quite some time. I've even had moments where I've had to hold down power button and fully restart the phone because it was taking so long. Really inconvenient when your trying to answer a call.
Just wondering if those running havoc have encountered these issues or if it's just me. Love havoc. Used it on my OnePlus and I want to use it on my pixel but those two issues kill it for me. I've tried every single new update since release and I've asked in the havoc forum but haven't really gotten much input back. The couple things I did try still didn't resolve either of those issues. always have to revert back to stock.
Any tips?
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Sorry to hear about your experience with havoc, on my side havoc is giving me great battery life. I've been using my phone for about 2.5 hours and still at 75%. Did you check on your battery stats what's eating your battery? There maybe a APK that is running in background

coco1476 said:
Sorry to hear about your experience with havoc, on my side havoc is giving me great battery life. I've been using my phone for about 2.5 hours and still at 75%. Did you check on your battery stats what's eating your battery? There maybe a APK that is running in background
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I flashed stock and didn't think to check that first. Battery is an issue bit nothing that plugging in my phone won't fix. The screen unlock issue is what killed it for me.

Stock Pie + Elemental X 2.19. After trying several ROMs with mediocre results, I stuck with stock, added only Elemental to it.
IMO all these custom ROMs fails right after installing for different reasons, Havoc i.e.

Running Bootleggers plus Sultan with zero issues on Verizon.
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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

Bad battery life / new OP8Pro / 5-6h SOT / Tips?

Hi y'all,
bought my first OnePlus ever a week ago but I get like 5 hours of Screen On Time, while I saw here on xda people getting even 10 hours with 120 Hz.
Running latest stock ROM, not rooted because I actually don't need root.
FHD+ 120Hz, no AOD.
Factory reset done, Wipe Cache done.
I'm not gaming, using my phone for Chrome, WhatsApp and Social Media (not 24/7).
Any tips for me?
I kinda do like the phone and may keep it, but I hate to say that my 3 years old P20 Pro still gets 6-8h SOT. I know, display is better on 8Pro but still...
I dont have a problem installing custom ROM and custom Kernel if that's gonna get me towards those 8+ hours SOT.
If installing custom ROM, I still need my banking apps working/safe, if that's maybe not the case.
Thanks!

Stay on latest OOS, root and use a custom kernel

Zinux said:
Stay on latest OOS, root and use a custom kernel
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But with root my Banking Apps may not work right? Paypal/Crypto/etc. may not work or be safe either or?
I already tried debugging with GSAM Battery Monitor and noticed that Google Play Services wakes the device pretty often but somehow doesnt use much % Power. Google Play Services has also the highest Sensor Time of all apps.
Any tips on that one?
And also, which Kernel? Bluspark?

Turn auto brightness off if on; then set brightness low.... See if it helps.

galaxys said:
Turn auto brightness off if on; then set brightness low.... See if it helps.
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I don't use auto brightness and I use brightness at like 35-45%. So that shouldn't be an issue either. Thanks for the tip though.

Zinux said:
Stay on latest OOS, root and use a custom kernel
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I also just got the 8 pro and am noticing battery drain. What kernel do you recommend?

chorba69 said:
Hi y'all,
bought my first OnePlus ever a week ago but I get like 5 hours of Screen On Time, while I saw here on xda people getting even 10 hours with 120 Hz.
Running latest stock ROM, not rooted because I actually don't need root.
FHD+ 120Hz, no AOD.
Factory reset done, Wipe Cache done.
I'm not gaming, using my phone for Chrome, WhatsApp and Social Media (not 24/7).
Any tips for me?
I kinda do like the phone and may keep it, but I hate to say that my 3 years old P20 Pro still gets 6-8h SOT. I know, display is better on 8Pro but still...
I dont have a problem installing custom ROM and custom Kernel if that's gonna get me towards those 8+ hours SOT.
If installing custom ROM, I still need my banking apps working/safe, if that's maybe not the case.
Thanks!
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Just got the 8 Pro also ... brand new. Noticing battery drain as well. I lost 10 % overnight. Are you seeing similar drain?

azsl1326 said:
Just got the 8 Pro also ... brand new. Noticing battery drain as well. I lost 10 % overnight. Are you seeing similar drain?
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It will take few days to settle up but still, with stock OOS it was bad.
I flashed LineageOS + Magisk + Radioactive Kernel and I am still testing it out but it doesnt seem to be much better than stock. Maybe a bit but no way of reaching 8 hours SOT.
I'd suggest try something else and report here, so I can test it out too.
I was thinking of testing PixelExperience and/or Stock rooted OOS with custom Kernel but I'll give a LineageOS a chance 2-3 days more.

chorba69 said:
It will take few days to settle up but still, with stock OOS it was bad.
I flashed LineageOS + Magisk + Radioactive Kernel and I am still testing it out but it doesnt seem to be much better than stock. Maybe a bit but no way of reaching 8 hours SOT.
I'd suggest try something else and report here, so I can test it out too.
I was thinking of testing PixelExperience and/or Stock rooted OOS with custom Kernel but I'll give a LineageOS a chance 2-3 days more.
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Thanks. I just installed Omega Kernel and that seems to have made a slight difference.
Do you use AccuBattery by chance? My estimated capacity is 3855 mAh ~ design capacity is reading correct @ 4510 mAh. Not sure how accurate this is, but it would mean that the battery isn't what it should be or received a used device / defective battery?

azsl1326 said:
Thanks. I just installed Omega Kernel and that seems to have made a slight difference.
Do you use AccuBattery by chance? My estimated capacity is 3855 mAh ~ design capacity is reading correct @ 4510 mAh. Not sure how accurate this is, but it would mean that the battery isn't what it should be or received a used device / defective battery?
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Nope, I dont use AccuBattery. Tbh I think it cant read the value correctly.
I actually flashed Havoc Rom 2 hours ago, no custom kernel. Ill check how it's gonna be.

chorba69 said:
Nope, I dont use AccuBattery. Tbh I think it cant read the value correctly.
I actually flashed Havoc Rom 2 hours ago, no custom kernel. Ill check how it's gonna be.
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How can you flash Havoc | Custom Roms without TWRP? Where can I find Havoc? I didn't see in the custom ROMS / Kernels section.

azsl1326 said:
How can you flash Havoc | Custom Roms without TWRP? Where can I find Havoc? I didn't see in the custom ROMS / Kernels section.
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here is the thread and guide:
[ROM][11.0] Havoc-OS 4.2 [OFFICIAL] [2021-02-24]
Havoc-OS 4.x is based on AOSP, inspired by Google Pixel. Has a refined Material Design 2 UI crafted by @SKULSHADY. Many useful features that will blow your mind. All you can dream of and all you'll ever need. Just flash and enjoy... General...
forum.xda-developers.com

chorba69 said:
here is the thread and guide:
[ROM][11.0] Havoc-OS 4.2 [OFFICIAL] [2021-02-24]
Havoc-OS 4.x is based on AOSP, inspired by Google Pixel. Has a refined Material Design 2 UI crafted by @SKULSHADY. Many useful features that will blow your mind. All you can dream of and all you'll ever need. Just flash and enjoy... General...
forum.xda-developers.com
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I appreciate the help.
Thanks

chorba69 said:
Nope, I dont use AccuBattery. Tbh I think it cant read the value correctly.
I actually flashed Havoc Rom 2 hours ago, no custom kernel. Ill check how it's gonna be.
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How's Havoc battery life after a day? I added Naptime and am using the Magisk Module GMS Doze. My overnight drain dropped from 10% to 7%, which is still way too high. I am using xXx No Limits as well.

azsl1326 said:
How's Havoc battery life after a day? I added Naptime and am using the Magisk Module GMS Doze. My overnight drain dropped from 10% to 7%, which is still way too high. I am using xXx No Limits as well.
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I haven't set my phone fully yet because i wanted to try the Rom out. I have now "only" Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Discord and few smaller apps logged in but that's it. I don't know about standby drain but I'm now at 51% battery with 4hours screen on which means it's better but still no chance of reaching 10 hours. 7 hours should be reachable right now

Black theme, black walpaper .
If you don't use bluetooth, wifi, nfc disable them .Enable when you use them.
Uninstall or at least disable apps you don't use.
Enable battery saver and other settings in settings.
Order a battery from Oneplus if still the battery still low.