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I am a big FREAK when it comes to BATTERY LIFE
i am a HEAVY USER
ALWAYS TEXTING and TALKING ON PHONE
dont use wifi or gprs
so as i got my new tilt im wondering WHAT ROM HAS THE BEST BATTERY LIFE
that also includes M2D
thank you
bstylz911 said:
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I am a big FREAK when it comes to BATTERY LIFE
i am a HEAVY USER
ALWAYS TEXTING and TALKING ON PHONE
dont use wifi or gprs
so as i got my new tilt im wondering WHAT ROM HAS THE BEST BATTERY LIFE
that also includes M2D
thank you
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Just completely disable data connection, 3G and wifi. I'm sure every ROM allows you to do it.
For GPRS/Edge get the "NoData" cab (I think it is on Modaco forum actually, but maybe we have it here in one of the gazillion posts too).
That way you're all set.
I can't tell about other ROMs, but i.e. in my ROM you could just install what you actually need/use and that - together with disabling all the above - would guarantee as minimal battery use as possible.
Anyways, if you're such a heavy user as you say, you should get extended battery. My Kaiser looked terribly bulky with 3200mAh battery, but at least I could use it for entire day exactly as I wanted and it still had enough juice left...
Since you chose TyTN II as your phone, obviously you don't care about phone's look but it's features, right?
It'll always will look crappy compared ti iPhone, but who cares... you can DO many things iPhone can't, and that's the beauty of Kaiser
-888- said:
Anyways, if you're such a heavy user as you say, you should get extended battery. My Kaiser looked terribly bulky with 3200mAh battery, but at least I could use it for entire day exactly as I wanted and it still had enough juice left...
Since you chose TyTN II as your phone, obviously you don't care about phone's look but it's features, right?
It'll always will look crappy compared ti iPhone, but who cares... you can DO many things iPhone can't, and that's the beauty of Kaiser
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Th only way to really tell is flash and follow -888- in regards to saving juice.
Yep i'm using a 2700 and i completely agree i'd rather have a phatt phone that does everything i want and lives a day or so
stylez said:
Th only way to really tell is flash and follow -888- in regards to saving juice.
Yep i'm using a 2700 and i completely agree i'd rather have a phatt phone that does everything i want and lives a day or so
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thank you for your quick replys
but really i dont want a PHAT phone
im still in SCHOOL and i dont wanna be carrying a BRICK hah
bstylz911 said:
thank you for your quick replys
but really i dont want a PHAT phone
im still in SCHOOL and i dont wanna be carrying a BRICK hah
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It's already a brick 1-2 cm more not gonna make no difference
You will not find a best ROM for battery as so many variables in battery life Radio, SPL etc etc.
So only way as said before is to find the best setup for you.
stylez said:
It's already a brick 1-2 cm more not gonna make no difference
You will not find a best ROM for battery as so many variables in battery life Radio, SPL etc etc.
So only way as said before is to find the best setup for you.
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Exactly.
Frankly, not that I want to be mean, by since OP is using his Kaiser for talk/text only or mostly - and don't want "the brick" (which Kaiser already is)then why not use some small "cool looking" dumbphone like iphone, or even RAZR or such...
Carrying basically a portable computer has it's price, ya know
They can miniaturize them even more today, no sweat, but the battery problem remains unsolved, at least until current battery technologies make some significant leap forward.
Either you want capable device with short life, or you add larger battery, or you go for limited capabilities device.
I don't think there is any other way.
Buy a desktop cradle charger with a phone and a battery slot. At night I put my phone and the battery in the charger. In the morning I grab the phone and put the extra battery in my pocket. Double the battery life for the day and you don't make your phone bulkier.
Hey Guys,
I'd like to say that there IS variaties on battery life performance from ROM to ROM, because I am same sensative as bstylz911 on battery life and I did notice that it does matter on which ROM is using.
Generally speaking, a LITE ROM will be more battery friendly than a FULL ROM, if you don't install and run unnessacery programs on it. On the other side, a well cooked WM6.5 ROM on same load, due to its enhanced core, will be better than a WM6.1 ROM for power management.
I can not say which is the best because I did not flash many ROMs in recent two months, but based on my past experience SAKAJATI's Apr. 20th WM6.1 Rhodium Lite ROM has been best for me, another one maybe from -888-, the first replyer for your post, telling from that it is a really lite ROM, maybe there are others recently released, please just read and search 'battery' on each ROM thread for user's comments.
Beside ROM itself, there are many other factors that could affect battery life, please check this thread and all links from the thread for more information:
[res] Battery Conservation Fanatic thread..
Cheers.
WHAT ROM DO U GUYS SUGGEST?
one with Manilla2d
and 6.1
not 6.5
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WHAT ROM DO U GUYS SUGGEST?
one with Manilla2d
and 6.1
not 6.5
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Light 6.1 M2D i'd go for but each to there own
radio will play factor based on your location as well a radio that gets "worse" signal in your area could cause more battery drain. exp. cause loss of signal and radio keeps trying to find the network. the age of ones battery plays A BIG ROLE, there are so many factors that you more than likely won't get a straight up answer like you want because all of us know how this works out, and for some reason i've noticed some users (using same radio, rom, spl) have different battery drains, could be due to and app that was installed by user, age of battery, maybe even age of the device itself could possibly play a factor. just try some roms and see what works for you.
P.S. also battery drain is to some degree perception (by user) based as to how long someone may think the battery should last, where another person may feel it should last longer than you thought so there would be one person saying good battery life and the other not pleased with battery life.
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Exactly.
Frankly, not that I want to be mean, by since OP is using his Kaiser for talk/text only or mostly - and don't want "the brick" (which Kaiser already is)then why not use some small "cool looking" dumbphone like iphone, or even RAZR or such...
Carrying basically a portable computer has it's price, ya know
They can miniaturize them even more today, no sweat, but the battery problem remains unsolved, at least until current battery technologies make some significant leap forward.
Either you want capable device with short life, or you add larger battery, or you go for limited capabilities device.
I don't think there is any other way.
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...iphone.. really ? thats bigger than the tilt
and im pretty much the same as him. we bought the phone cause it has a great keyboard and nice touch screen. i bought it 1year ago there were no other phones for my company (atat) with that setup that werent bricks
options
1. make sure you set all battery power saving tools in kaiser tweaks really helped me
2. lower ur display brightness
buy lg xenon if you want a ****ty phone but same format.
chrisman567 said:
...iphone.. really ? thats bigger than the tilt
and im pretty much the same as him. we bought the phone cause it has a great keyboard and nice touch screen. i bought it 1year ago there were no other phones for my company (atat) with that setup that werent bricks
options
1. make sure you set all battery power saving tools in kaiser tweaks really helped me
2. lower ur display brightness
buy lg xenon if you want a ****ty phone but same format.
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don't turn on the sd card battery stuff with kaiser tweak as that is known(believed) to cause sd card data corruption.
-888- said:
Exactly.
Frankly, not that I want to be mean, by since OP is using his Kaiser for talk/text only or mostly - and don't want "the brick" (which Kaiser already is)then why not use some small "cool looking" dumbphone like iphone, or even .
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i dont really think the TILT is a brick compared to the one ive been using Cingular 8125
very slick acually
and the black color makes it more sleeker
Extended battery best bet
http://www.google.com/products?q=kaiser+extended+battery&scoring=p&sa=N&start=40
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i dont really think the TILT is a brick compared to the one ive been using Cingular 8125
very slick acually
and the black color makes it more sleeker
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Is there a HTC phone except the old SP SPV's that isn't a brick compared to say the standard Nohia? "play on words"
I know it's a brick but love it even with it's Phatt A** like the black too as in UK anyone else has a silver Kaiser
does HARD SPL version have an effect on BATTERY?
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does HARD SPL version have an effect on BATTERY?
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Yes please do some research the [REF] Guides | Tutorials | FAQ's | Stickies | etc - Read here before posting holds valuble info.
I also mentioned it in my first 2nd post.
bstylz911 said:
sorry mods if this is in WRONG SECTION
move if it is
I am a big FREAK when it comes to BATTERY LIFE
i am a HEAVY USER
ALWAYS TEXTING and TALKING ON PHONE
dont use wifi or gprs
so as i got my new tilt im wondering WHAT ROM HAS THE BEST BATTERY LIFE
that also includes M2D
thank you
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Dear BATTERY LIFE problem appear for me.
but i Chang radio 1.71.09.01 and problem solved.
i'm from Sindh pakistan
IVE FOUND A GREAT ROM and RADIO that workd for me
after about 12 hours frequently TXTing and about 3 calls
BATTERY LIFE STILL about 70%
rom- Ultimate-X.V8 -21068
radio- 1.71
has anyone here seriously compared swype vs just a regular onscreen keyboard in terms of battery life?
I am wondering because, I have been looking at swype and think its pretty cool for some time now. Even if I don't end up using it hardcore, I would at least like to give it a fair shot.
I am just wondering if the extra resources used have a signifigant impact. I was reading its suppose to be pretty highly optimized and have a small footprint.. So I can't complain if battery life takes a small hit but, I also was wondering if anyone had their battery life cut in half or anything.
I use Swype, and haven't noticed any difference in battery life...
Why don't you just try it? You can always uninstall it if you no longer want it.
battery life isnt an issue. Swype is a very nice keyboard and barely any downsides like battery life
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I use Swype, and haven't noticed any difference in battery life...
Why don't you just try it? You can always uninstall it if you no longer want it.
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That would require a phone with swype
If I could get one I would.. but, circumstances beyond money and upgrade capacity prohibit me from getting the phone I want :/
At any rate, this was more random curiosity than anything else.
The best feature of this tablet is the incredible battery life. I can run this all day off and on and come home like tonight and fire it up, and ( while it shows 100% battery we know it is really about 80%) it can entertain us all evening and still have half its battery life still availabe. Compare that to any cell phone under heavy use or a netbook. I LOVE IT!
I agree. I guess we only complain about the bad things, but forget about the good things ... I've been monitoring the velocity forums, and they appear to have a hard time getting 4-5 hours, so I'm pretty pleased w the Gtab!
Jim
i have to say that im perfectly happy with mine.. vegan makes it work how it should, all is well.
I like that the battery lasts so long but I am also impressed because it never gets hardly warm at all. You can hardly feel it.
For me,it is the combination of the hardware and the devs here. The device is very hackable and the devs here are just excellent. It looks like they are fixing everything we are throwing to them.
How would you compare the battery life of the Nexus S vs the Nexus One, after loading a custom rom? Would like to make the switch provided the battery life is better!
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How would you compare the battery life of the Nexus S vs the Nexus One, after loading a custom rom? Would like to make the switch provided the battery life is better!
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I get approximately the same battery life that I did with my N1 - no real improvement seen (stock or custom rom wise).
Hmmm not sure if that will make it break it for me if they are about the same. I heard some complaints about NFC draining battery, has that been solved?
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Hmmm not sure if that will make it break it for me if they are about the same. I heard some complaints about NFC draining battery, has that been solved?
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That's the first time I heard about that. I've had my NFC on (didn't notice) and have had great battery life on light use. On light use, it lasted about 24 hrs before I charged it, never used it much for that one day. NFC doesn't gobble up battery like a bad app would.
The battery life on the NS is substantially better for me than I was getting on my N1, even with a slightly larger battery on the N1 (Seidio 1600 I think it was). I'm a fairly heavy user, in my opinion, and can make it through 16-18 hours and still have some juice left to spare. My N1 would never do that on the stock battery.
I cannot remember where I read about the NFC problems, but I could of just miss read something. I will see if i can find it! Thanks for the comparisons!
my bad
I miss-read the problems with NFC, it was a general battery life problem and they asked if NFC was turned off.
...nexusoneforum.net/forum/nexus-s-general-discussion/10495-battery-life-observations.html
That's what I thought... I turn my nfc off. I get a bit better battery that the nexus one... but I miss my trackball... noled isn't the same. Maybe with no trackball it would be about the same.
I could see how you would miss that, do you miss the functionality of the trackball? (scrolling through text, etc)
Nope, I would use the trackball to edit but the nexus s touch screen is great.
Good to know! Thanks!
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I could see how you would miss that, do you miss the functionality of the trackball? (scrolling through text, etc)
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I am also I bit missing the trackball of my Hero. Scrolling is not a big deal. There were 2 main uses for me:
there are some sites with very small image-links or buttons, so it is easier to select links/buttons them with trackball's navigation
search requests or URLs, which are submitted with typos - that's a pain. In most applications if you will start to retype them you will have a history list, but you can only resubmit them. There are really few apps, where there is also pencil-icon to the right of history entry, which allows to edit it. While with trackball that was that easy.
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How would you compare the battery life of the Nexus S vs the Nexus One, after loading a custom rom? Would like to make the switch provided the battery life is better!
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about the same
Pleased to inform you that Mugen is working on a super extended battery! Thank You, God! So within the next two months I can lay my hands on that very good bad boy! (and I mean the phone itself). lol
I'd been thinking between the G2X and the sensation. The Sensation seems to be the perfect-pretty-much-has-all-that-I-need phone. G2X is pretty much the same, however, I want a 4.3 incher, I don't particularly care for stock Android, I currently have the HTC HD2 and quite like the Sense UI (and 3.0 just looks fantastic!). Plus the colors of icons (I’m not sure what the term is, I’m not exactly a tech head, you know) and such on the G2X, from videos I've seen...I don't know..it just looks cheap to me. *shrugs* sue me, I guess. HOWEVER!! The G2X has an extended battery with Mugen. Now for PDAs(this suddenly sounds like an out-dated term, no?), not having an extended batter is pretty much a dealbreaker! I hate the idea of my charge lasting only a few hours. Ideally, my phone should last me at least 2-3 days with moderate use and a full day with heavy use. No ifs or buts!
So anyways, moral of story:- Now I can go for the Sensation since there'll be an extended battery out soon!! yay!!
Dear [....],
Thank you for your email!
Yes, the larger battery for Sensation is under processing at the moment!
Will release within 2 months!
Please contact me if you need any additional info.
Best Regards,
Jan
any idea on capacity?
Further Update:-( I asked about the possible capacity and if there might be a protective case that will work with the phone after extended battery is inserted).
Dear [....],
Thank you for your email!
The larger size should be over 3000mAh, I don't think we will work on the protective case for this model, I need to ask our marketing team!
Because our holster sales not really good, so we only have 3 models for the holster at the moment!
Please contact me if you need any additional info.
Best Regards,
Jan
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"should be over 3000mAh"
This is good news. Have had my Sensation for a few weeks now and am looking for an extended battery.
Now if I can wait that long.... I mean I REALLY need one.
maybe you can get the chichitec or anker in the meantime. If I had the senstion now, I would.
should be over 3000mah, hmm.. keeping fingers crossed for that.
NOOB QUESTION: I have never bought a 3rd party battery. i found this one on mugen's site
http://mugenbattery.com/htc-sensation-extended-battery.htm
its 1800mAh. Is that going to be much better than the 1500 stock battery?
is quality an issue with lithium batteries?
DrewMullen said:
NOOB QUESTION: I have never bought a 3rd party battery. i found this one on mugen's site
http://mugenbattery.com/htc-sensation-extended-battery.htm
its 1800mAh. Is that going to be much better than the 1500 stock battery?
is quality an issue with lithium batteries?
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I have had the mugen 1800mAh battery for about 3 weeks and it is better than stock, by how much?, tough to answer because i use my phone differently each time I turn it on.
For example, one time i might play a few rounds of field runners and angry birds with some texts thrown in plus a few calls, next time i might just check email.
as a guide only for my use i was getting roughly 12 to 14 hours on stock, now i get about 15 hours or so..not a huge improvement but any improvement is better than none.
The reason I like the Sensation is that it is 4.3" yet still thin and sleek. With CHICHITECH 1900 battery my Sensation easily last more than a day without much tweak, and it doesn't require any special battery cover or alter the thickness of the device. There really isn't any need to use a super thick battery to make the Sensation last for 2 days, that ruins everything.
You know, I've had my Sensation for 2 weeks now and Granted I have Android Revolution 1.1.8 on it, but haven't had any bad battery issues. Although, it seems to eat the most power while I'm sleeping. But I'm pretty sure that has to do with my backup. But it hasn't bugged me at all. The phone's battery definitely lasts me the whole day and then I charge up at night.
Are you guys really getting so little battery time that a bigger battery is necessary? Cause I definitely get about 18-20 hours before I hit 20%-ish.
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You know, I've had my Sensation for 2 weeks now and Granted I have Android Revolution 1.1.8 on it, but haven't had any bad battery issues. Although, it seems to eat the most power while I'm sleeping. But I'm pretty sure that has to do with my backup. But it hasn't bugged me at all. The phone's battery definitely lasts me the whole day and then I charge up at night.
Are you guys really getting so little battery time that a bigger battery is necessary? Cause I definitely get about 18-20 hours before I hit 20%-ish.
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Yes definitely necessary. Don't know how you manage to have that much up time. Well I know I'm a heavy user but still even if I was not I know I would not achieve that much on time. Not unless I started disabling things like background sync and other stuff like turning screen brightness down.
Hmmm.... Maybe your sensation is running on both cores of the dual core processor. Lol
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Yes definitely necessary. Don't know how you manage to have that much up time. Well I know I'm a heavy user but still even if I was not I know I would not achieve that much on time. Not unless I started disabling things like background sync and other stuff like turning screen brightness down.
Hmmm.... Maybe your sensation is running on both cores of the dual core processor. Lol
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invest in tasker. i did and i really can't be any happier. not only does it do a lot of stuff that i want automatically but it makes my battery last a lot longer. i have my phone set to auto sync every 15 minutes and i have my display turned down to 40% unless i open specific apps and tasker will turn the display up under certain conditions. it really has helped me get a lot more time out of my battery so you may want to try that first instead of waiting to invest $50+ in an extended battery
I will have check tasker out. Thanks.
This is my third android device and it seems with each upgrade I am always tryingto find new ways to extend my battery life. Pretty sick of it actually. I would like to by a phone and let it do what its suppose to do with out me tweeking and hacking. This is the first time I considered buying an extended battery vs messing with battery saver and task killer apps that actually end up preventing your phone from doing as it should in the first place.
Sorry done venting. Tasker looks like it may be the diamond in the rough. Thanks for the info.
chichitec, go with it for now if you need extended battery life. I did many battery cycle and tests with the 1900mah battery and results as follow: 44+ hrs for light users. 30hrs+ for medium and power users roughly 16-20hrs battery life.
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Yes definitely necessary. Don't know how you manage to have that much up time. Well I know I'm a heavy user but still even if I was not I know I would not achieve that much on time. Not unless I started disabling things like background sync and other stuff like turning screen brightness down.
Hmmm.... Maybe your sensation is running on both cores of the dual core processor. Lol
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Definitely a good question. I have the O/C daemon running 1.72GHz in OnDemand mode, and while the screen is off 276MHz.
I have 3 GMail accounts that sync contacts, calendars and email. I have 1 IMAP email account set to check every 5 minutes during peak hours and every hour during off peak hours. I have Titanium Media Sync set to backup all my pics and Ti Backup files to my FTP server whenever there's a change. I have SMS Backup+ set to wait 3 minutes after each SMS and back it up. I have WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS on at all times. I'm also using Chainfire 3D OpenGL drivers. I'm on stock screen brightness settings as they work well. I have my Facebook account synced as well. I'm about to add Google+.
So I have a lot going on. HOWEVER, I've removed a lot of HTC stuff I didn't care about:
Not using Rosie or Sense UI stuff (other than the lock screen). I've removed all the bloatware crap like HTC Hub, HTC stocks, HTC sync, etc... I've removed HTCs navigation crap and removed any applications I'll never use like Twitter and Peep and all that other junk. I'm using ADW with a static wall paper.
Hint: Sense UI and all its animated crap as well as live wall papers eat battery power like crazy. Even if your screen is off, that stuff is still processing stuff in the background. This is why when you're using the stock *everything* this 1.2GHz dual core phone runs like a Droid X. LOL Slooooooow.
Once I got rid of that crap and put ADW on, my phone became the super fast power-sipping monster it is now. Rare is the case of any lag or stuttering. Games fly and look fantastic. And everything works perfectly on my phone.
So there you have it... You can compare your setup to mine and tell me if you see where your phone's battery is getting drained like crazy.
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By the way, I'm using Android Revolution 1.1.8 right now on the Unity v5 kernel.
noggind614 said:
invest in tasker. i did and i really can't be any happier. not only does it do a lot of stuff that i want automatically but it makes my battery last a lot longer. i have my phone set to auto sync every 15 minutes and i have my display turned down to 40% unless i open specific apps and tasker will turn the display up under certain conditions. it really has helped me get a lot more time out of my battery so you may want to try that first instead of waiting to invest $50+ in an extended battery
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do you have to be rooted to use tasker?