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I really hope so. Even with custom ROMs, i am not seeing a major improvement in battery life. Phone looks very pretty though.lol
Ive been reading about the nexus Gingerbread update.. and the reaction has been mixed so far.
I'm not understanding everyone's issue with battery life.. Even stock.
I am running the seido 1600mAh battery but its only a tiny bit bigger so..
Yes it probably will. Gingerbread has features etc that will make it better. However, we will not see that until gingerbread kernel source is actually released from HTC. CM7 will be using the kernel from 2.2 until then.
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I really hope so. Even with custom ROMs, i am not seeing a major improvement in battery life. Phone looks very pretty though.lol
Ive been reading about the nexus Gingerbread update.. and the reaction has been mixed so far.
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A custom rom won't help battery life that much. What you need is a custom kernel and to tweak setcpu settings. I'm getting much bettery battery life on the 1.5 ghz oc kernel running @ 1.4 and 300 mhz with screen off then I was stock
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A custom rom won't help battery life that much. What you need is a custom kernel and to tweak setcpu settings. I'm getting much bettery battery life on the 1.5 ghz oc kernel running @ 1.4 and 300 mhz with screen off then I was stock
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Custom ROMs will help when we get closer to AOSP. Right now we are just kind of fading out Sense but, taking it out completely should help a little.
But getting back to what you said, right now, custom Kernels are the number 1 way to save battery.
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A custom rom won't help battery life that much. What you need is a custom kernel and to tweak setcpu settings. I'm getting much bettery battery life on the 1.5 ghz oc kernel running @ 1.4 and 300 mhz with screen off then I was stock
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Wait. You overclocked and are getting better battery life? Crazy. I just rooted yesterday, and this is my first day with my set CPU settings. Hopefully it helps, but we'll see.
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I don't understand how people think just because the Froyo kernel source came out that we should all be getting 3 days out of our battery now. The INC I had wasn't giving constant great battery life until about 6 months after I got it. It will take time for the battery life to improve. And these roms aren't highly modified at all, it hasn't even been a month, we are all learning about this phone and what it can and can't do. Give it some time and you will see battery life improve, it's not like GB will drop and everything will magically get better.
I don't think battery life is too bad. Better then my old EVO with a larger battery. But I suspect that is because of Sprint's network problems. Made that poor EVO work way too hard for data.
I flashed my kernel recently and created a setcpu profile for 245mhz min/max when the screen is off using "smartass" governor and over all i am using the smartass governor max cpu 768mhz. Battery still kinda crappy. Even just playing mp3s the battery drains fast. Ive been keeping the phone in exclusively 4g and now i am trying 3g. I get very solid 3g/4g coverage in NYC. I donthave many apps running in thebackground. Just have my google sync on and i think facebook... thats about it. Also keep my screen around 20-30%. Ive also done a few full discharge cycles on the battery info and deleted the battery from the CWM recovery menu.
**P.S.- Sorry if i am sounding impatient. I am new to the Android camp. I came from the iphone 3g.iPhone 4 camp. Battery is something i never really had to worry about. Just sucks i have to be more proactive to make my battery last me through the day. Luckily i have access to chargers everywhere... but i dont always want to have my phone plugged in.
Same here, came from the blackberry camp where 3 days per charge is normal. My battery life isn't bad to start with (9hrs) and is only getting better with the new kernel. Still, i think every little bit helps so i hope gingerbread comes sooner rather than later.
In all reality. The screen is what takes up most of the power. I think for me, typically the screen is around 60 - 70% of my battery power. This is a big 4.3 in screen. Having chargers is handy, and the faster the charger, the less you have to have it plugged in. Are there any reliable 2 amp chargers out there?
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I keep my screen very low.
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Wait. You overclocked and are getting better battery life? Crazy. I just rooted yesterday, and this is my first day with my set CPU settings. Hopefully it helps, but we'll see.
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Ya. Oc kernals usually undervolted and have other battery tweaks. Its setting run real low with screen off. I have my brightness kinda low. Screen off thirty seconds but that's about it. I work in 4g area live in 3g. 4g is tolerable now with this kernel
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Smartass is still kinda broke from what i can tell. I found luck using undervolted kernels specifically the 1.2ghz kernel from DAS BAMF and Adrynalyne's kernel too
gingerbread seems to have very good power improvements. idle power when phone is asleep seem to be extrremenly low, around 3mA. this is very good and will help you guys when you get GB.
possibly a parallel...
One year age, I bought the HD2 on T-Mobile. Guess what? Poor battery life, etc. Then the update came through and battery life was BETTER. Today, I now am with Verizon and the Thunderbolt. Battery life could be better. And Android 2.3 will be released soon to the Thunderbolt. Will that help battery life. Hope so. But if not, I can get a spare/bigger battery. Admitted, we have no 4G in my home area, so I do not know what impact that has, but my battery life seems like it is improving just because of the charge/discharge cycling that happens normally. And yes, I'm also aware that both are HTC devices but running different OS's, but an update is just that, an update.
I think that it's sad that HTC put in such a low capacity battery and I don't think software optimizations will cure a poor hardware decision. A true OEM 1600 or 1700 mAh battery will make some improvement which seems doable. My Droid 1 had significantly better battery life. If you use 4G as I do, it drains the battery quickly. I use my TB like a Blackberry for email, checking one account every 10 minutes which is far less than Blackberry. Still, using 4G for this, music for my 30 minute commute in both directions and a few other things puts me at below 50% battery life by the work day afternoon. I don't know why HTC put in such a small battery and I'm guessing it has some connection with why they had so many extended batteries to sell on launch day. I have one. Makes the phone noticeably larger, not as bad as I thought although unnecessary... but the phone does last a long time and no worry about battery life.
Android 2.3 is supposed to come to us in Q2, so in the next 2 months. It will more than likely have sense, so it will therefor still drain battery.
My girlfriend pulled 36 hours yesterday on her TB, completely stock. She stayed at a relative's house who didn't have a micro usb cable, so she couldn't charge it. I am pulling a consistent 22-24 hours. IDK what you guys are doing with your phones, but stop it.
I think a big issue with many people's battery life is this is their first smartphone, or first android device. You are going to use it much more than you need to... lol
Wow 36 hours that's unreal I can pull up to 16 hours Max
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Android 2.3 is supposed to come to us in Q2, so in the next 2 months. It will more than likely have sense, so it will therefor still drain battery.
My girlfriend pulled 36 hours yesterday on her TB, completely stock. She stayed at a relative's house who didn't have a micro usb cable, so she couldn't charge it. I am pulling a consistent 22-24 hours. IDK what you guys are doing with your phones, but stop it.
I think a big issue with many people's battery life is this is their first smartphone, or first android device. You are going to use it much more than you need to... lol
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IISiDeK1CKII said:
Android 2.3 is supposed to come to us in Q2, so in the next 2 months. It will more than likely have sense, so it will therefor still drain battery.
My girlfriend pulled 36 hours yesterday on her TB, completely stock. She stayed at a relative's house who didn't have a micro usb cable, so she couldn't charge it. I am pulling a consistent 22-24 hours. IDK what you guys are doing with your phones, but stop it.
I think a big issue with many people's battery life is this is their first smartphone, or first android device. You are going to use it much more than you need to... lol
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Are you in a 4G area? I think the 4g is what really eats us alive.
So from a GR-12 standpoint I must say gingerbread handles just about everything better. with the random odd bugs here and there... so far gingerbread is already showing some awesome stability and speed. much kudos out to the devs here! You guys do a great job and from what I've seen here so far... you put up with maybe one too many ignorant rude individuals. BUT! I would like to extend my thanks to all you devs and helpful members here... and for making my switch to android not only an informative one but a great experience all together.
So... anyway. loving gingerbread (GR-12 mainly). After loading up launcher pro almost every single bug or issue has vanished. seems the twlauncher has some deep seated issues lol.
Looking forward to the new releases!
I totally agree, Ive been running GR-12 for a couple of weeks now and its silky smooth. Oh and im also using launcher pro for the same reasons. lol
A different launchere makes all the difference doesn't it!? After I realized that every time I had a snag or crash it was "twlauncher"... I figured I'd try replacing it. and sure nuff... Awesomeness came spilling forth. Honestly haven't had a issue since. (well I flashed the kc1 modem which gives me the gps performance I need... ).
Outside of my own retarded moment bricking my phone while flashing it... Tearing through 3 old power supplies to get the right combo of resistors to build my own jig.... lol! But all is well that ends well.
What's everyone else's setup / experience with ginger on their cappy's?
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A different launchere makes all the difference doesn't it!? After I realized that every time I had a snag or crash it was "twlauncher"... I figured I'd try replacing it. and sure nuff... Awesomeness came spilling forth. Honestly haven't had a issue since. (well I flashed the kc1 modem which gives me the gps performance I need... ).
Outside of my own retarded moment bricking my phone while flashing it... Tearing through 3 old power supplies to get the right combo of resistors to build my own jig.... lol! But all is well that ends well.
What's everyone else's setup / experience with ginger on their cappy's?
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Does GPS work on your Gingerbread ROMs? I know the Vibrant it doesn't and I am on ATT, so I am looking to trade for a captivate if it does.
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Does GPS work on your Gingerbread ROMs? I know the Vibrant it doesn't and I am on ATT, so I am looking to trade for a captivate if it does.
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worked for me. I was able to pick up a signal within 30 seconds and hold it for almost the whole way to my destination. Not amazing but I've accepted that, now - lol
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worked for me. I was able to pick up a signal within 30 seconds and hold it for almost the whole way to my destination. Not amazing but I've accepted that, now - lol
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How is battery on the captivate? On the Gingerbread ROMs I am saying.
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How is battery on the captivate? On the Gingerbread ROMs I am saying.
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For me has been better than Froyo
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For me has been better than Froyo
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Ive reading lately gingerbread's battery isnt as good as the froyo
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How is battery on the captivate? On the Gingerbread ROMs I am saying.
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significantly better than froyo (at least for me). There are some people with a battery drain issue but I'm thinking its an app thats not optimized for GB. I dont think its a ROM or KERNEL issue - but I'm not a dev so I can't back my statements up.
Both battery and gps are better on GB. Gps is wayyy better...
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Are you able to give me like how many hours on average you are getting? I appreciate all the solid feedback.
Gingerbread has been horribly buggy. The battery life is just plain awful, it's laggier than 2.1, and it killed my dog.
Someone was bound to say something negative, so I just got that out of the way. Lol
Actually, GR-12 makes my Captivate run as smooth as my Inspire. I got about 12 hours heavy usage with the screen almost max.
CM7 Inspire 4G
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Are you able to give me like how many hours on average you are getting? I appreciate all the solid feedback.
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that's a loaded question because it depends on MANY factors:
-signal strength in your area
-3g vs wifi connection
-general phone use (phone calls, sms, games, etc...)
For me, the phone lasts MUCH longer. I can go about 20-24 hours until I need to charge again. Thats with medium use and wifi connection 80% of the day. On standby, my phone usually drains 1% - 2% an hour.
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that's a loaded question because it depends on MANY factors:
-signal strength in your area
-3g vs wifi connection
-general phone use (phone calls, sms, games, etc...)
For me, the phone lasts MUCH longer. I can go about 20-24 hours until I need to charge again. Thats with medium use and wifi connection 80% of the day. On standby, my phone usually drains 1% - 2% an hour.
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Thank you for all the help. The response here is much more positive than the vibrant forums.
glad to help out. hope it works out for you.
EDIT: I should add, though, that when I'm not on wifi (using 3G), my battery doesnt last as long. So I prefer to be on wifi as much as I can.
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glad to help out. hope it works out for you.
EDIT: I should add, though, that when I'm not on wifi (using 3G), my battery doesnt last as long. So I prefer to be on wifi as much as I can.
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That is good to know. I will keep that in mind.
So far on continuum its been rather smooth, using go launcher btw.
Battery life is bad though. Less than 8hrs with moderate to heavy usage. I need to fully recharge two to three times a day now.
On froyo I'd get 12-15 hours with similar usage.
Gps works fine, but then mine did on froyo before.
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I'm experiencing battery drain, GR, Continuum and Mosaic, I leave wifi on and after 9 hours (fully charged, battery stats reset, standby mode [literally 0 use, I was asleep]), cell standby had used 33%, wifi 30%, .... I had 52% battery left.
GB is smoother, for sure, once kernel development ramps up for GB (JVB, JVH and JVO, ... JV#) i'd expect to see more tweaks include power and performance.
If you need battery life and don't want to risk flashing GB, wait.
battery life *IS* going to depends heavily on how much you use your phone. It's hard to compare battery life amongst people that cannot stand next to each other and compare phones because describing "heavy" use is different for everyone. My version of heavy is not the same as the next person.
the only real determinant of battery life that we can all use as a comparison is to see how much battery drain you have on standby or to run some sort of application that runs videos (ie. benchmark apps) because we can all do that. If your phone drains 2x as fast as mine on standby, then we have a problem with a rogue app or something else.
(clarification: I dont mean to use a benchmark app to see the results of the app itself. I just mean to run something on the phone to drain the battery quicker and view the battery life at the end of the test).
I've always experienced better battery life with Froyo, and I use my phone every single day for reading PDF's, listening to music, texting, calling and surfing the web. Maybe Gingerbread has better standby battery life, but when getting a "full" use out of my phone I've always lasted longer on Froyo builds.
Is it just me or do i get better battery life on sense froyo roms then i do on aosp gingerbread roms. On aosp i lose anywhere from 7-10% battery per hour, standard use, and on sense i lose 3-7% per hour, standard use. I am on Bamf Remix 1.8.6 with the desense script, and the aosp roms i tried were cm7 and omfgb. I really wish i got good battery life on aosp, it is so much smoother and quicker, but I need my battery to last as ling as possible. Am i alone here or what?
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You're going to get better battery life on Froyo over Gingerbread.
What are your setting though, I go all day with pretty good usage (browser/text/facebook/youtube/Music) and I'm always good to go.
I'm running CM7 stock kernel. Display at 40%, 4g disabled when not needed, Wifi disabled when not home and I can't really say I have any complaints.
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You're going to get better battery life on Froyo over Gingerbread.
What are your setting though, I go all day with pretty good usage (browser/text/facebook/youtube/Music) and I'm always good to go.
I'm running CM7 stock kernel. Display at 40%, 4g disabled when not needed, Wifi disabled when not home and I can't really say I have any complaints.
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I thought always thought that aosp GB was supposed to have better battery life.....
I had imoseyon lean kernel on battsaver and ondemandX, wifi off because I'm almost never home, 4g on, all the same settings I run on BAMF. Display at 25% usually unless the sun is blaring.
just curious did you wipe batt stats do a full drain and recharge and see what you got after that?
No, I'm guilty of not doing that. I guess I should try that shouldn't I?
I found the best battery life on Liquid ROM, which is GB.
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No, I'm guilty of not doing that. I guess I should try that shouldn't I?
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Can't hurt. I wipe batt stats every time I flash a rom.
Yknow, I'm on the 'stock' BAMF 3.0 rc4 and I'm at 57% after 8 hours with moderate usage, but using juice defender. I also use the OTA Mr2 mod.
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I really wish i got good battery life on aosp, it is so much smoother and quicker, but I need my battery to last as long as possible.
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There is a simple solution. Get an extra or extended battery, and you won't have to worry about it.
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There is a simple solution. Get an extra or extended battery, and you won't have to worry about it.
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Although that's an obvious solution. There's more he can try before he goes to spend the money for an extra battery. I honestly don't see a need for an extended battery and I play around on my phone all day. When I get in the car charge it. When Im at home on the pc charge it.
I definitely get better battery life on Froyo sense than aosp gb. I, personal, think I get the best battery life on a stock version. I'm currently running the rooted OTA and the OTA MR2 radio and am getting great battery life (4g off, don't have it in my area till the end of the month).
I wish CM7 got good battery life. I like it better than any ROM I've tried, but can't get over the battery drain. It's ok though, I like Sense a lot too.
But you know what they say: To each his own.
to each his own is right
But on the same platform (froyo vs gb) i just dont think you are going to get tremndous variations in battery life. There may be an outlier rom that uses it quickly by most of the roms are in the same ballpark. i think we are talking about squeaking out an extra 20-30 mins which is not nothing but 8+ hours of a battery charge i would be more inclined to go with whatever rom i like best. When GB is released for real, then we may see some improvements across the board.
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to each his own is right
But on the same platform (froyo vs gb) i just dont think you are going to get tremndous variations in battery life. There may be an outlier rom that uses it quickly by most of the roms are in the same ballpark. i think we are talking about squeaking out an extra 20-30 mins which is not nothing but 8+ hours of a battery charge i would be more inclined to go with whatever rom i like best. When GB is released for real, then we may see some improvements across the board.
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???? I get much better battery life on CM7 over froyo and TB sense. I'm talking 50% more per day. CM7 wont be leaving my bolt anytime soon.
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That's great but that's not the norm. Its clearly your setup. I'm only saying that because if it were true then we would all be using it
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???? I get much better battery life on CM7 over froyo and TB sense. I'm talking 50% more per day. CM7 wont be leaving my bolt anytime soon.
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I have to agree. CM7 has been way better than any other rom i've tried.
CM7 with Kang Bang does best on mine, but you can't compare sense froyo to aosp GB. That's too many different factors. That's a different framework, different kernel structure, different ROM. How do you know what the culprit is?
I'm running BAMF 1.8.6 as well on standard battery.
I just charge at night, take the phone to the car or motorcycle for commute and place on charger. When at work, I have another USB charger with micro USB cable. Charge when at desk. Reverse procedure for drive home.
Battery is great when only off the charger for ~4 hours per day. :-|
It seems that sense battery life is better. I've been on cm7 for a couple weeks now and my battery will be nearly dead by this time every day. So I'm getting 5 to 6 hourz max with cm7. I'm on gingertheory now with dream kernel and setcpu running a few profiles, battery life is at 70%. May have been using it a little less today but still that's a big difference.
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Getting the 2750mah extended was the best investment you can make into this phone, hands down. If your phone goes naked, then the difference in thickness is not that bad. In fact I love the new added thickness. It keeps my camera lens off the surface when I put it down flat. Not to mention it adds a certain heftyness that just exudes quality.
Sadly though I got an unlucky battery cover which creeks if you squeeze just a smidge on the sides
Other than that, man is it great. I can go about 48 hours without charging on CM7.1. At the end of the 48 hours, my screen would have been on for roughly 5-6 hours. That means nearly 3 hours of screen on time a day. If you sleep for 8 hours a day, that leaves 16 hours of awake time. 3/16 means nearly 20% of my time awake was spent looking at my phone. Hardly minimum usage, and if its not considered heavy then I fear for future generations. Screw these kids today 12 years old with a smartphone lol. I didn't get my first cellphone till I was a senior in highschool (2004) and even then, it was a crumby flipphone just for the sake of making calls and in case I was in trouble.
Which is better for the charge?
About same. No huge difference. I have a spare so I don't worry too much about it.
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but is there any kernal out that support OC and undervolting? i cant seem to get SETCPU to work.
Technically Gingerbread manages everything better than Froyo and is better for battery life but because of all the ROM's and kernels available to us it's really a toss-up. I personally run Gummycharged Gingerbread because it is ridiculously fast, supports everything, and is great on battery. On a previous Gummycharged GB I was able to pull 2 days on a single charge with light-normal usage; like doing everything except playing games.
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Technically Gingerbread manages everything better than Froyo and is better for battery life but because of all the ROM's and kernels available to us it's really a toss-up. I personally run Gummycharged Gingerbread because it is ridiculously fast, supports everything, and is great on battery. On a previous Gummycharged GB I was able to pull 2 days on a single charge with light-normal usage; like doing everything except playing games.
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really?? wow, all i read is how terrible battery is on Gummycharged GB...your the first i have heard say that about battery life...
how about the rest of you??? good or bad battery life on Gummy GB?
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really?? wow, all i read is how terrible battery is on Gummycharged GB...your the first i have heard say that about battery life...
how about the rest of you??? good or bad battery life on Gummy GB?
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excellent life for me on Gummy GB, i get a full day on average depending on what I do though let me clarify a 'day' for me is about 16+ hours from when I get up till I get home and/or go to sleep... either way I think even with OC/UV on froyo I do better on GB but I always end up back on froyo for the themes lol
I've had better battery life on GB than on Froyo. It's anecdotal, but it's what I've observed. On top of that, Juice Defender works on GB, so you can make the battery that much better. With JD Ultimate with some aggressive settings and careful use, I could pull a day and a half out of the battery.
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I've had better battery life on GB than on Froyo. It's anecdotal, but it's what I've observed. On top of that, Juice Defender works on GB, so you can make the battery that much better. With JD Ultimate with some aggressive settings and careful use, I could pull a day and a half out of the battery.
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Glad to hear you make the differentiation and say JD works on GB... I run a rooted Froyo and tried JD last week. The data radio would not come back on when I brought the phone out of sleep state. Had to re-boot to get data back.
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Glad to hear you make the differentiation and say JD works on GB... I run a rooted Froyo and tried JD last week. The data radio would not come back on when I brought the phone out of sleep state. Had to re-boot to get data back.
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You're right that it does not work on Froyo. There's a bug tracker on the Latedroid website about it. They said last week that it would never work with Charge on Froyo due to a "terrible bug" as they put it. I've tried different combos of ROM and radio on the phone and the problem has nothing to do with the radio and everything to do with the Charge Froyo Touchwiz implementation.
Read this forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17506607
someone had already asked about this and it was confirmed that battery is diff better on froyo they actual took a poll and everything and about 85% of users was having major battery issues on gingerbread.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17506607
someone had already asked about this and it was confirmed that battery is diff better on froyo they actual took a poll and everything and about 85% of users was having major battery issues on gingerbread.
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You couldn't have failed anymore in this statement. For a lot of reasons. First of all, users that experience major battery issues with Gingerbread fail at flashing or calibrating the battery. Second of all, you're comparing it to a completely different phone! That isn't even a Charge! How can you even put that on our forums? Troll elsewhere.
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You couldn't have failed anymore in this statement. For a lot of reasons. First of all, users that experience major battery issues with Gingerbread fail at flashing or calibrating the battery. Second of all, you're comparing it to a completely different phone! That isn't even a Charge! How can you even put that on our forums? Troll elsewhere.
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because obviously apples are the same thing as horseshoes.
yeah that poll is pointless in here.
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because obviously apples are the same thing as horseshoes.
yeah that poll is pointless in here.
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PONIES! wait...what?
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Nothing could be further from the truth. Battery life on GB is much better as well overall performance .
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John
I have tried a few EE4 & a few GB ROMs & I don't see much difference in battery life myself.
GB is certainly not WORSE than FROYO & may be slightly better. The difference is really negligible however, all ROMs get basically the same battery life - it is the kernel that can make a difference & even then it isn't all that much.
~John
And honestly it depends on your usage, if i just check for text messages once or twice an hour for the day, from 7AM - 5PM, i can have 44% Battery life left.
If i use some web browsing, and am texting every 30 mins or so, i'll be down to 20% Battery by 5PM.
If im watching youtube vids and using 4G, i'll be barely getting by at like 5% battery by 5PM.
I've tried danalo's HumbleComb ROMs, both -Froyo and -Gingerbread based. I believe he used IMoseyON's kernels on both ROMs.
I've battery tested both (battery consumption while fully configured and sitting idle - email and other minor background bandwidth consumers), and the battery drain was basically identical between the ROMs.
I saw a static drain of 2%/hour on both ROMs, which would be almost 2 days of battery life if the phone sat idle with minor background consumption.
With moderate use, I can easily make a full day on either HumbleComb ROM.
danalo's ROMs are pretty darned fast, to boot - Quadrant scores of 2040 on my HC4 GB loaded phone (Note: The Quadrant scores were faster before all my stuff was loaded on the phone).
And, danalo's HC4 GB ROM is pretty darned fast to boot, too - slightly under a minute (The -Froyo based ROMs were closer to 2 minutes).
Cheers,
¿GJ?
so what is the differnce in FroYo and GB?
gdubya34 said:
so what is the differnce in FroYo and GB?
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Hey, this guy seemed to have an answer to your question:
¿GotJazz? said:
I saw a static drain of 2%/hour on both ROMs, which would be almost 2 days of battery life if the phone sat idle with minor background consumption.
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I added the emphasis. I don't believe the author will mind.
Here's some things I've discovered about my phone and thought I would post them in case some one else has the same problems.
I've had my Tbolt for a few months now. For the first month I used the stock rom and it sucked really bad, I hated the phone. It was so laggy, tap on something and wait 2 or 3 seconds for anything to happen. So I went to a GB AOSP rom. Loved it, nice and fast BUT I hate and despise the whole gingerbread keyboard experience. I loved the keyboard on my stock Incredible. I endured for a couple months with the GB keyboard.
In that time my battery started not charging to 100%, it only goes to 89%. Come to find out it is being charged all the way because I checked the voltage with a meter and it reads 4.2 volts after being charged for several hours. No big deal other than an annoyance. I get 6-7 hours of pretty much non stop use with the seidio 3500 mah battery. The other annoying thing is it drops pretty fast and when it get's to 2% it will stay on 2% for 2-3 hours of non stop use before it finally dies.
So I set out to remedy this with every kernel I could finally, several different GB aosp and sense roms, resetting battery stats in CWM, different battery calibration apps and nothing worked. So I gave up on that, after all I was still getting full use of the battery.
Then I noticed not too long after I started using GB AOSP roms that my d/l speed dropped way down. With the stock rom when I first got the phone I would consistently get 15+ mbps speed, awesome. When I went to GB AOSP it dropped to 5 mbps, usually alot less than that, but would occasionaly go up 10 mbps. The internet was slow, youtube vids were grueling to try and watch with the HQ setting on. Took at least 10 seconds before the vid would start and then it would stop and buffer constantly during playback on HQ setting. That really pissed me off so I tried every radio I could find but nothing changed. The only thing I noticed was after a fresh restart the d/l speed would go up to 10 mbps for a few minutes but would quickly drop back to 5 or less, usually around 3. I was pissed because I thought it was Verizon's fault.
So a couple weeks ago I decided screw it, I really hate the GB keyboard so I went back to my stock Froyo rom. It was slow and laggy as usual but I like the keyboard experience better and noticed my freakin d/l speed was back to normal. With Froyo it never drops below 10 mbps and is usually 15+. So I decided to install Lancher Pro and see what happened, I'll be damned if most if not all the lag was gone. Tap on something and bam there it was. I was happy....until my fully charged 3500 mah battery died after only 2-3 hours of use. I was like what the hell??? So I started installing various Froyo sense and de sensed roms in order to keep my froyo keyboard and great d/l speed but see if I could improve battery life. Every Froyo rom I tried would kill the 3500 mah battery in 2-3 hours of non stop use no matter what I did. So I decided to check the voltage on the "dead" battery and it showed 3.9 volts which is NOT dead. 3.6 to 3.7 volts should be dead. So where the GB roms would at least give me full battery use (and cut my internet speed to nothing) the Froyos won't for whatever reason, they just won't read the voltage right. And by the way, no battery app I've ever used will read the right voltage on the phone. It's usually off by .3 or .4 volts. When the battery dies the app says it at like 3.3 to 3.4 but the meter says 3.6 to 3.7 so don't trust those battery apps too much.
Anyway, so I had a dilemma, use a GB rom with full battery life but crappy d/l speed and a keyboard I hated, or use froyo with a keyboard experience I loved with great d/l speed but not full life of my battery. I would go thru 3 3500 mah batteries in one night at work and still have to put it on the charger before the end of the night. 2 were cheap ebay batteries, wouldn't last no time really with Froyo. (and Yes my job has a lot of downtime most nights so I use the hell out of my phone. lol)
So a couple nights ago I decided to try a sense 3.5 rom. Love it!! Love the keyboard experience, my d/l speed is freakin awesome with the 906 radio, and my awesome battery life is back!! And it's pretty fast too, not quite as fast as an AOSP but I can live with it. Videos on youtube with HQ on start within a couple seconds and I have yet to have one stop and buffer. Awesome devs we have here!! I just wish one of them could fix the battery issue so it would actually show 100% charge instead of 89%.
Anyway, just thought I'd share the problems and fixes I've had with this phone over the last few months.
Try wiping battery stats in recovery?
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That is interesting. My guess is that your issue has something to do with your hardware because of you getting different voltage readings from a meter vs phone app. At least you have found an acceptable fix to your problem for now.
Have you ever updated your radio software? That may be the answer to your dilemma.