Rom battery life - Captivate General

I'm experimenting with various Roms trying to find the best option for battery life on my captivate. Any suggestions? What do you folks recommend?

Firefly 3.0. Best battery I've ever had on my phone.
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Which kernel did you use with it?

if your looking for a 2.2 ROM. .I seriously saw the best battery life with Paragon and his stock paragon kernel. But there's a bunch that are good. Serendipity was another good one.

You could check out this post which actually compares the different Roms based on battery life.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=978269

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Q. Kernel battery life.

So I've compared stock roms with stock kernel and netarchy and ogs and I'm getting much worse battery life with the cooked kernels. The phone runs hotter too. I don't overclock or anything, just want to use them to fix the colors. am I doing something wrong or is there a solution? Stock kernel gives great battery life on 2.3.4.
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What do you mean to fix colors?
Anyway I used many cooked kernels with the Evo and each had it's drawbacks - many had worse Battery life than stock, and many were unstable. In my experience, stock worked best. ( I am talking about real world usage here, not test scores.)
ronnienyc said:
What do you mean to fix colors?
Anyway I used many cooked kernels with the Evo and each had it's drawbacks - many had worse Battery life than stock, and many were unstable. In my experience, stock worked best. ( I am talking about real world usage here, not test scores.)
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Stock colors became washed out after release of 2.3.3 update. Voodoo control with a compatible kernel lets you adjust the colors. I hear people say they get even better battery life after flashing one of the other kernels but I don't know how they're getting that.
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Best Battery Life ROM

Hello, I have an Inspire 4G that i purchased for my mom who is a traveling nurse and is out all day, thus she needs the best possible battery life.
She is visiting over the weekend so I do not have long to make the decision and get her up to speed on it.
Thank you for any help in advance!
Before every one goes around shouting... OMG CM7 or ASOP!!!!
I will say that every phone is different, and is going to react differently to every rom/kernel/radio..
So there really isn't a "Best battery life rom" per se...
Though for good measure typically the more vanilla the rom ( ie. CM7, ASOP) the better the battery life will be, as there is not nearly as much running on the phone.
It all depends on what the person likes, if they like sense roms, generally most of the sense roms yield better then stock battery life.
She has no prior experience with any rom so I will prolly go AOSP with it. It's a toss up between Gingerbeast or CM7... Any idea which will run longest?
Thanks for the reply
With cm7 I am getting 30ish hours which is way better then the 12 hours I was getting on stock.. so I'd go cm7
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my vote is for gingerbeast.... although i have yet to try cm7.
i get very good battery on miui but gingerbeast out of your choices

need advice about the current roms

Ok, ive been doing some research and it looks like eagals blood is prob the rom for me. I was wondering if i could get some advice on this, i am currently unrooted so im stock , this phone is killing me when it comes to battery life, the stability is so so, but my real problem is battery life i charge my fone about 3 times a day. I am a crazy heavy user, fb, texting about 200-400 message a day, phone calls every now and then, games (words with friends), and just random internet stuff. so my phone is like my life! My friend has a samsung captivate and he can go 12-14 of heavy usage prob not as much as me but he doesnt have it charging all the time like me. I was wondering what rom i should use to achieve great battery life and not lose out on stabilty or speed, look doesnt matter bc i use UTO kitchen.
Are you looking for an Android 2.3.3 or 2.3.5 ROM?
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Hey man if you want a 2.3.3 rom that is stock the best is Xboarders stock tweeked rom it is super stable and everything works and the battery life is great. I use that ROM myself when I am in a stock mood. You hit it on the head with eaglesblood it is the best rom out there. I use the 1.08 verion it is based off GB 2.3.5 it is a mix a cm7 and EB goodness. The battery life is also excellent on it but you will not have A2DP (thats BT stero music) And you cant flash the stock froyo LG camera and there are APN issues that A hard reboot fixes every time. All of the problems I just mentioned are not specific to EB they are however specific to GB 2.3.5 for the g2x. It has something to do with Nivdia not relesing something drivers or sorce I dont know what exactly but thats why. You have to make a choice. I hope this helps you. Oh I alklmost forgot I am a heavy user like you except not text mssgs or phone calls but net data data data I had to change my plan to the 10 gig plan 5 was not enough. So what I did was I got the extended battery for the O2x it fits perfdectly and it was only $30. Before that I had 2 stock batterys with an external charger that worked ok too but I hated changing the battery half way through the day you should look into that. Good luck man.
Charlie
mojorisin7178 said:
Hey man if you want a 2.3.3 rom that is stock the best is Xboarders stock tweeked rom it is super stable and everything works and the battery life is great. I use that ROM myself when I am in a stock mood. You hit it on the head with eaglesblood it is the best rom out there. I use the 1.08 verion it is based off GB 2.3.5 it is a mix a cm7 and EB goodness. The battery life is also excellent on it but you will not have A2DP (thats BT stero music) And you cant flash the stock froyo LG camera and there are APN issues that A hard reboot fixes every time. All of the problems I just mentioned are not specific to EB they are however specific to GB 2.3.5 for the g2x. It has something to do with Nivdia not relesing something drivers or sorce I dont know what exactly but thats why. You have to make a choice. I hope this helps you. Oh I alklmost forgot I am a heavy user like you except not text mssgs or phone calls but net data data data I had to change my plan to the 10 gig plan 5 was not enough. So what I did was I got the extended battery for the O2x it fits perfdectly and it was only $30. Before that I had 2 stock batterys with an external charger that worked ok too but I hated changing the battery half way through the day you should look into that. Good luck man.
Charlie
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i dont mind i want something stable, fast and great battery life...what does A2DP mean...im going to try EB 1.07 bc i hear no1 has problems with that...
A2DP is Stereo Bluetooth Audio... That's only important if you listen to music using a Stereo Bluetooth Headset.
For battery life, I'd recommend a CM7 based ROM, with either a stock, or undervolted kernel, such as faux123.
FatalityBoyZahy said:
A2DP is Stereo Bluetooth Audio... That's only important if you listen to music using a Stereo Bluetooth Headset.
For battery life, I'd recommend a CM7 based ROM, with either a stock, or undervolted kernel, such as faux123.
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When u undervolte does it slow does ur phones speed?
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I agree with FatalityBoyZahy,
I did see a battery life increase after installing CM7, but the most dramatic change in battery life came after installing faux's 0.4.1 undervolted kernel.
And no the speed and stability don't drop, at least not with faux's kernel.
I would imagine that a 2.3.3 stock GB based rom such as Xboarder's tweaked or EB 2.3.3 plus faux's stock GB kernel would produce the best battery life, as I remember experiencing a huge jump in battery life from CM7 to stock GB.
However, I feel like besides the great battery life, the stock GB roms are ****ty compared to CM7 in terms off features and stability.
For example you can't do Netflix or gtalk video on stock GB.
Also I didn't experience this, but some users experience reboots and other such nonsense on stock GB.
So in Summary:
- stock 2.3.3 based rom (EB 2.3.3 is your best bet here in my opinion) + faux kernel = best battery life
- cm7 based rom (EB 2.3.5 or latest CM7 nightly) + faux kernel = best choice for both great battery life and better stability/features
Hope this helps!
Weapon. Its so smooth and I get 3 days with medium usage
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mightymike889 said:
Ok, ive been doing some research and it looks like eagals blood is prob the rom for me. I was wondering if i could get some advice on this, i am currently unrooted so im stock , this phone is killing me when it comes to battery life, the stability is so so, but my real problem is battery life i charge my fone about 3 times a day. I am a crazy heavy user, fb, texting about 200-400 message a day, phone calls every now and then, games (words with friends), and just random internet stuff. so my phone is like my life! My friend has a samsung captivate and he can go 12-14 of heavy usage prob not as much as me but he doesnt have it charging all the time like me. I was wondering what rom i should use to achieve great battery life and not lose out on stabilty or speed, look doesnt matter bc i use UTO kitchen.
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triggers rom works amasing for me eaglesblood didn't realy play well with my phone been running his since i have great batt life
Running weapon currently.
wendellc said:
There is only a handful of roms for the g2x . Some of them are no longer being supported by the devs as they have moved on to other devices it seems. just give them all a try.
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thanasisc4 said:
I agree with FatalityBoyZahy,
I did see a battery life increase after installing CM7, but the most dramatic change in battery life came after installing faux's 0.4.1 undervolted kernel.
And no the speed and stability don't drop, at least not with faux's kernel.
I would imagine that a 2.3.3 stock GB based rom such as Xboarder's tweaked or EB 2.3.3 plus faux's stock GB kernel would produce the best battery life, as I remember experiencing a huge jump in battery life from CM7 to stock GB.
However, I feel like besides the great battery life, the stock GB roms are ****ty compared to CM7 in terms off features and stability.
For example you can't do Netflix or gtalk video on stock GB.
Also I didn't experience this, but some users experience reboots and other such nonsense on stock GB.
So in Summary:
- stock 2.3.3 based rom (EB 2.3.3 is your best bet here in my opinion) + faux kernel = best battery life
- cm7 based rom (EB 2.3.5 or latest CM7 nightly) + faux kernel = best choice for both great battery life and better stability/features
Hope this helps!
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ima throw on the faux kernel tried looking for it but not seeing the thread does any1 have it...Q how do you get netflix on here using EB 2.3.3...it didnt come with it....i might just switch to CM7 in a week or 2 i wanna try this out...and does CM7 have netflix for the G2x?
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When u undervolte does it slow does ur phones speed?
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No. The only risk is that you might run into stability issues, but using morfic's UV11 it isn't an issue.
Undervolt, use SetCPU profiles, keep wifi/gps off when you're not using them, and keep your display brightness low. That will net you the best battery life.
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I believe the faux kernel is here: [Kernel]CM7 [2.6.32.45] (v0.4.1) OC~1.55GHz/UV/SLQB/BFQ/EXT4/Voodoo [Aug-27]
Looks like the CM version of the kernel is preferred by some in that thread (has to do with the battery driver).
Question: In terms of flashing the kernel, should I flash the ROM first and then the kernel? Or the other way around? (Or does it not matter?)
Question: In terms of flashing the kernel, should I flash the ROM first and then the kernel? Or the other way around? (Or does it not matter?)
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Always ROM then kernel.
And I prefer the CM version of faux's kernel as well. Supposedly the DS version has better battery life but I've never been able to notice because I'm always busy pulling my hair out over the jumpy and wildly inaccurate readings.
thanasisc4 said:
Always ROM then kernel.
And I prefer the CM version of faux's kernel as well. Supposedly the DS version has better battery life but I've never been able to notice because I'm always busy pulling my hair out over the jumpy and wildly inaccurate readings.
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Thanks for the info! Didn't want to screw something up by going in the wrong order.
zevvez said:
I believe the faux kernel is here: [Kernel]CM7 [2.6.32.45] (v0.4.1) OC~1.55GHz/UV/SLQB/BFQ/EXT4/Voodoo [Aug-27]
Looks like the CM version of the kernel is preferred by some in that thread (has to do with the battery driver).
Question: In terms of flashing the kernel, should I flash the ROM first and then the kernel? Or the other way around? (Or does it not matter?)
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Thanks!
So which 1 do I get there's like 5 download links...
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eagleblood is the best, do 1.8, its way better

Battery Life

Hey Guys,
I rooted my droid charge, and been trying different roms and kernels, (currently Humble 1.61 with imoseyon kernel 2.6.32.9)
And my battery life is just horrible I lose like 8-9% per hour without even using it.
Any suggestions to a great combination (kernel+rom) for good battery life?
I just feel like my phone was A LOT better on battery before i rooted it and installed custom roms.
Thanks in advance
droidict said:
Hey Guys,
I rooted my droid charge, and been trying different roms and kernels, (currently Humble 1.61 with imoseyon kernel 2.6.32.9)
And my battery life is just horrible I lose like 8-9% per hour without even using it.
Any suggestions to a great combination (kernel+rom) for good battery life?
I just feel like my phone was A LOT better on battery before i rooted it and installed custom roms.
Thanks in advance
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All roms have the same battery life as they are based on the same source. However, kernels are different. I recommend testing both imoseyon's LeanKernel and imnuts PBJ kernels and seeing which you like better. Also, you definitely want to calibrate your battery.
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Which ROM have best battery performance?

Hi guys, I tried Dirty ROM, Jellybam etc.
But I still don't know best rom. Which rom has best battery performance and stability?
Clean ROM?
Dirty ROM?
ViperXL ROM?
ParanoidAndroid ROM?
Thanx for everyone, and I sorry my english
You'll have to try them out and experiment...I've only used the Viper XL rom so far(got the phone a week ago) and I don't think I'm going to switch anytime soon lol...great performance, battery and tweaks.
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xenonflash7 said:
Hi guys, I tried Dirty ROM, Jellybam etc.
But I still don't know best rom. Which rom has best battery performance and stability?
Clean ROM?
Dirty ROM?
ViperXL ROM?
ParanoidAndroid ROM?
Thanx for everyone, and I sorry my english
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TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST and TEST SOME MORE see what works best on your phone
You are asking a question, so this belongs in Q&A.
And there is no answer to this question. No single ROM is going to give battery life to all people. It depends on how you use your phone, as well as other factors (radio reception in your area). There are just too many variables to account for, that a truly objective comparison of battery life between ROMs is virtually impossible. Any claims of battery life are going to be anecdotal at best. You might find some trends. But even so, for every ROM that has people saying they have better battery life, you will find some people that get worse battery life.
In general stock based roms have excellent battery life compared to cyanogen and other custom roms. Ckeanrom or hafka for example has excellent battery life. I'm using rebel rom and the battery life is also excellent.
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I have to agree with what people are saying here, there is no one rom which is " better " in battery life it mainly depends on the end user.
In my personal experience, Sense based ROMs always have better battery life.
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Thanx everybody. I think same, guy. Sense based roms have excellent battery life.
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Chosyst after
Im using viperXL on mine and love it!!
Viper XL 1.2.4. w/Beastmode Kernel 3.0 undervolted -50mv ~0.8%/hr drain overnight. Viper XL 2.0 + always was 1.5%/hr or higher, with Beastmode, undervolted 50mv as well. I have tried 2.0, 2.1, 2.4, and 3.1.0 (3.1.0 with stock kernel). All have above 1.5%/hr drain overnight.
Measured using BetterBatteryStats and MyBatteryDrain Analyzer.
All were with the same exact apps.
redpoint73 said:
You are asking a question, so this belongs in Q&A.
And there is no answer to this question. No single ROM is going to give battery life to all people. It depends on how you use your phone, as well as other factors (radio reception in your area). There are just too many variables to account for, that a truly objective comparison of battery life between ROMs is virtually impossible. Any claims of battery life are going to be anecdotal at best. You might find some trends. But even so, for every ROM that has people saying they have better battery life, you will find some people that get worse battery life.
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This pretty much sums it up.
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