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[Q] 1.27 oc

Does anybody else notice that the sgs4g isnt stable OC'ed after 1.27??

not really, left mine at 1.3 for about 3 days with light, moderate, and heavy use. I didn't notice anything but beauty. recent reboot with a couple of mods and i haven't OC'd it again. (don't see much of a need for it with the kernel/roms out there)

dsexton702 said:
Does anybody else notice that the sgs4g isnt stable OC'ed after 1.27??
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Depends on how sensitive the chip is. Mine has minor stability issues at 1.3 but at 1.25 or 1.2 is fine.
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I had mine at 1.3 for a bit and it was just fine, but usually I just go to 1.2.

I had mine oc'd to 1.2 just to play it safe but now im running KC1 with the bali uv kernel and i really dont see any reason to be OC'd. Both KD1 and KC1 are fine without OC once installing the new kernel. THANKS TO DRHONK!!!!!!!!!!! My battery life has increased by at leist 30% now that my phone has had a couple of days to adjust. I also use an app called Green Power Pro wich has many features but one i like best is the ability to have your data turn off when u lock the phone and back on once u turn on the screen again. This prevents all the things that run when data is on from draining the phone when its on but not in use. I have seen a big difference in bat life since using this feature on this app.(data is your internet connection so when the data is off u still get your calls and text as long as ur not using an app that needs internet access for either of the two.)

CM7 MR2.5 bat issues

Hello to all you great people! I am not new to this site but I havent posted much or at all. This site is increadible and has taught me a ton about what a droid can do once you know how to use it. Thanks everyone! Anyway I have a question that I would of posted in the CM7 dev thread but I dont have permission since I havent posted much. Is anyone having bat drain issues with the newest build (RC1.1 MR2) using the GB radio 2.5? I have lost over 10% bat life in 25 mins while in airplane mode, no data including wifi and the screen was only on for maybe 2 or 3 mins. It may be a problem on my end but I just wanted to see if anyone else is having an issue with this. Oh and thanks to all you devs for doing all the hard work and dealing with angry wifes or girlfriends! We all appreciate it!

spider366 said:
Hello to all you great people! I am not new to this site but I havent posted much or at all. This site is increadible and has taught me a ton about what a droid can do once you know how to use it. Thanks everyone! Anyway I have a question that I would of posted in the CM7 dev thread but I dont have permission since I havent posted much. Is anyone having bat drain issues with the newest build (RC1.1 MR2) using the GB radio 2.5? I have lost over 10% bat life in 25 mins while in airplane mode, no data including wifi and the screen was only on for maybe 2 or 3 mins. It may be a problem on my end but I just wanted to see if anyone else is having an issue with this. Oh and thanks to all you devs for doing all the hard work and dealing with angry wifes or girlfriends! We all appreciate it!
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On mr2 it did feel like my battery was draining faster than normal.. with the stock kernel at least. Glad I'm not the only one try switching kernels
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I actually had this problem too with the stock kernel, and once I overclocked with the Dream kernel it actually stopped draining my battery, strange.

I did try using Imoseyon's CM7 leankernel but had the same effect. Ill try the dream kernel and report back. Thank guys!!

I'm on my first day with this build of CM7, with MR2.5 and noticed my battery has drained way faster than it did with gingeritis.

Did you try wiping battery stats?
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Is there an official name for this kernel, or someplace to get it? I tried a quick Google search for "htc thunderbolt dream kernel", and it didn't bring up anything definite.
I noticed the battery drain too. CM7 7.1.0 RC1 with the MR2.5 radio. It seems to be "cell standby" that's using the highest percentage of the battery. I have it set to CDMA / EvDo auto.

What programs do you have running? Are you overclocked? I an running mr2.5 cm7.1 rc1.1 and still have 22% on 18 hours unplugged. 3 hour screen on, lots of texting, xda browsing, market updates, and an hour of plans vs zombies. On stock kernel, no overclocking. Using interactive governor.
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I do have things set to run in the background, but they don't even register a high enough percentage in the battery usage to show there. I was not having battery issues with the 7.0.1 RC 6 on MR1 (the last build).

I've tried two of the utkanos kernels (not the OC one), and the dream kernel. On both of the utkanos kernels, I had no data. I tried rebooting several times, switching data on and off, and changing the network mode. No luck. The dream kernel took several minutes, but data finally came on. I haven't used it long enough to comment on any battery life differences between stock CM7 and this.

Running BAMF getting 1 1/2 on battery easy on 2.5
I am currently running the 2.5 on my BAMF sense 3 2.3.2 dream kernal. My battery is lasting very nicely currently. See the post below I have had better times the best was 1 day and 19 hours.
http://webdiyhosting.com/BAMFsense3.jpg
http://webdiyhosting.com/BAMFsense3a.jpg
http://webdiyhosting.com/BAMFsense3b.jpg
Cheers,
Azbobs

Ok so here's the news on my end. With the dream kernel things seem much better! However I was watching my ma usage and it went from 48ma to 240ma something after turning on wifi. Then after turning wifi off it never dropped. I rebooted and things went back to a cool 48ma. I'm guessing my original problem was with the stock kernel. But now that I'm on the new one the phone wont power down the wifi or something and made me burn thru my bat till I rebooted. Any ideas gents? Reboot did fix but that usually kills a good 4 to 10% of my bat everytime. I have next to nothing running in the background too.
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Guess I should add that now after reboot I'm around 100 ma usage and steady with wifi on. Maybe a reboot once a day might do the trick till CM is finalized. Was thinking bout trying the mr2 radio stead of 2.5. Anyone know if there's a difference or advantage to either?
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I was having trouble until i started using the KangBang kernel, that one seems to be the best for me

Unacceptable Battery Life

I flashed to the Infuse v2 beta 1 and now I'm only getting 14-16 hours per charge with heavy use.
Thanks gtg465x and all the dev's working on this.

Same here, I flashed yesterday. So far I have 14 hours and I am barely at 70%.
Luis

Most people say that Beta 2 has a much better battery performance, so it might be best to try that for size
EDIT: oh, I get it

I had terrible battery results on the Infused ROMs... I keep hoping it'll improve, but have essentially given up. People always say "battery is better" but it's simply wishful thinking. Nothing is better than stock, but some ROMs are better than others. I was running 10% an hour drain on Infused even from clean install. Blehh.

bella92108 said:
I had terrible battery results on the Infused ROMs... I keep hoping it'll improve, but have essentially given up. People always say "battery is better" but it's simply wishful thinking. Nothing is better than stock, but some ROMs are better than others. I was running 10% an hour drain on Infused even from clean install. Blehh.
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Is there a thread that talks about improving battery life on stock? Would installing this task manager ---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...postcount=3398 help?

evaporic said:
Is there a thread that talks about improving battery life on stock? Would installing this task manager ---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...postcount=3398 help?
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Battery life on stock? Never heard anyone complain about it except when on a non-stock ROM

I only got about 5-6 hours on stock rom. Today I was at 6% after 17 1/2 hours of fairly heavy use.

Truckerglenn said:
I only got about 5-6 hours on stock rom. Today I was at 6% after 17 1/2 hours of fairly heavy use.
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Werid, I get 2 days EASY out of the stock. I've had Infused (1.0, 1.5.2, 1.5.3) and Refused, and both of them lost 5-10% per hour, so I couldn't get through the business day. Many people have reported the same... :-(

evaporic said:
Is there a thread that talks about improving battery life on stock? Would installing this task manager ---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...postcount=3398 help?
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when my battery dies quickly, i restart the phone... that usually takes care of the draining issue.

It sucks that you are having such a problem with ROMs, I have been running infused 1.5.3(kernel that comes with that) for about 2 weeks and I can get 2 days out of my battery pretty easy. although I'm not a real heavy user I still think this is good. I was getting about the same battery life with stock. with the screen off I drop about .5% an hour. only thing I can think of is that I was at 100% charge when I flashed Infused, I also kept phone on the charger for about 8 hours after flash then let it drain all the way b4 charging again.

I get very bad battery life with infused v1. I can drain the battery in about 3 hours of use, plus it takes hours to charge with a 2 amp charger . My GPS is pretty much worthless as well. Even after the agps source fix
Very dissapointed with this rom so far.

hsc123 said:
when my battery dies quickly, i restart the phone... that usually takes care of the draining issue.
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No logical reason that would fix it, but okay.

bella92108 said:
No logical reason that would fix it, but okay.
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Yea Bella on gb logically there is a drain issue where the os. Runs constantly a battery pull or reeboot fixes this
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bella92108 said:
No logical reason that would fix it, but okay.
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tyshemi said:
Yea Bella on gb logically there is a drain issue where the os. Runs constantly a battery pull or reeboot fixes this
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The user said they're on infused v1, not GB

Um either way if your os Is higher than brightness that's a fix. But never had that issue infused was great but too each there own.
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I personally get 14+ he's on all rom's and GPS is great. I can depend how good your signal is and if a towers down or just a bad unit. I can help u with GPS pm me
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bella92108 said:
The user said they're on infused v1, not GB
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Do you have something against GTG and his roms? Why don't you go flash another rom and complain about there shhhhtuff too. Quit bashing on GTGs work, his roms have and do work great for me with only minimal issues with recent beta release but that's beta for ya. Battery has been Great by the way. Maybe you should go through your apps to find that ghost battery thief or just plain stick to stock and shut it!!
Big dog Infuse I997 running Infused v2 beta3 Gingerbread, Gingerbread OP kernel

bignate78 said:
Do you have something against GTG and his roms? Why don't you go flash another rom and complain about there shhhhtuff too. Quit bashing on GTGs work, his roms have and do work great for me with only minimal issues with recent beta release but that's beta for ya. Battery has been Great by the way. Maybe you should go through your apps to find that ghost battery thief or just plain stick to stock and shut it!!
Big dog Infuse I997 running Infused v2 beta3 Gingerbread, Gingerbread OP kernel
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Wow bitter much? Its okay to discuss problems. Obviously I am not the only one who has battery issues ... you need to troll elsewhere. You're like the apple fanboys that bash anyone who has a legitimate problem.

bella92108 said:
Wow bitter much? Its okay to discuss problems. Obviously I am not the only one who has battery issues ... you need to troll elsewhere. You're like the apple fanboys that bash anyone who has a legitimate problem.
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Troll? Lol doubtful, but whatever helps you sleep at night sweetheart. Have fun never getting out of stock!
Big dog Infuse I997 running Infused v2 beta3 Gingerbread, Gingerbread OP kernel

[Q] What are the best ROMS for battery life?

Which roms are the best for improving battery life, which is my main challenge and issue with this device, as I am finding pretty much everything else great?

I don't want to sound harsh but what is the point of these threads?
People use phones in different ways. I use mine only to make calls and send txt msges and my battery lasts 2-3 days without a single charge, on froyo, gb, faux rom and miui
while for others who constantly browse web with 4g or play games expect the device to last a week without a charge...
oh well
/end rant

I think any stock speed kernal will save battery if you put brightness on auto
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besthijacker said:
I don't want to sound harsh but what is the point of these threads?
People use phones in different ways. I use mine only to make calls and send txt msges and my battery lasts 2-3 days without a single charge, on froyo, gb, faux rom and miui
while for others who constantly browse web with 4g or play games expect the device to last a week without a charge...
oh well
/end rant
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Why do you have a smartphone then?
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All of the 2.3.3 ROM
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moshe22 said:
All of the 2.3.3 ROM
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EaglesBlood 2.3.3 , Xboarder's Stock Tweaked, and Weapon G2x all give me much better battery life than the stock 2.3.3 OTA did.

XBoarders tweaked ROM has breathed new life into my battery life. I was remarking yesterday that I got 16+ hours and was still above 60% at the end of the day.

I've been on CM7 - Nightly 99 and the battery life has been fantastic. Was at 45% left last night after 17 hours off charge.
This was moderate use, with WiFi / WiFi calling on for about 60% of the day (which obviously helps).
Everything (mostly) keeps getting better with this phone.

I prefer EaglesBlood 2.3.3 OTA ROM. It's very stable, and if you use SetCPU, you can easily get through an entire day with it. I lasted 10 hours with moderate to heavy usage, and that's really good for me.

i had the best battery life with Ultimate ROM and faux kernel.
im on CM7(101) with Fauxs Stock voltage Kernel with set cpu at 389/389 on screen off and i get 8+ hours using the phone all day on "4G" web and a lot of texting. i calibrate the battery every time i do a nightly update. once you go CM7 you wont go back to anything else ill tell you that much

ROM suggestion

My fiance has had her charge for a while now and she is starting to get fed up with the battery life and lag. We have gone as card as turning off the 4g but she is still unable to make it through the day on a cullen charge with very little use. What rom would be best for improved battery life while maintaining the look and feel of touchwiz?
Thanks
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I would say your best bet is eclipse or tweak stock. Not really touchwiz but very great roms.
Eclipse thread can be found here
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1449643
Tweakstock you'll see in development section.
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I recommend using eclipse or tweakstock for a rom. But you may want to just try imnuts custom kernel first and under volt the cpu. http://rootzwiki.com/topic/137-01-30-12peanutbutta-jelly-time/ That would improve the battery. If you're still not satisfied then try a rom with the kernel.

If you phone is ROOTED. You can download "battery saver" by Antutu from the Market(free) and try out for 2 days. This may help you with your battery without too much hassle.

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If you phone is ROOTED. You can download "battery saver" by Antutu from the Market(free) and try out for 2 days. This may help you with your battery without too much hassle.
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I would recommend not doing that. I downloaded it and it broke the radio until i factory reset. The app is not made for this phone
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JihadSquad said:
I would recommend not doing that. I downloaded it and it broke the radio until i factory reset. The app is not made for this phone
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What!! I'm running it right now with Tweakstock and PBJ kernel and it really really save me battery big time. I have tried to under volt, and turning off 4G, lower screen settings etc.. not help. Max I can get is 6-9hrs. After installed this, I hit 15 hrs normal use and 20hrs light usage. It controlled the CPU frequency and put my phone in very deep sleep. If I just make 1hrs of total calls and 20-30 text I can hit 20hrs easily. If I used Facebook heavily (65% screen on, about 3hrs total), I get 6-8hrs. Something is funky with your setup. During testing I uninstalled and reinstalled this app couple times and never any issue. Do me a favor while you're back to fresh stock, rooted and pop it back on see if it's working. I'm happy to provide screen shots if you don't believe me.
BTW, I have wifi,4g,gps on 24/7. While I'm in my house it automatically used wifi and when I'm out on the road it switched to 4g automatically. The samsung factory feature is working fine too.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I think I might give tweak stock a try
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The last few ROMs I tried, Tweakstock, Infinity, Gummy...all were very laggy. Didn't seem to matter what I did or how I did it. Camera was always a crap shoot on whether it would freeze up or not. I finally said the hell with it and went back to stock and then just plain rooted it. So far so good. It sucks cause I hate TW and the look of stock...but at least the phone is responsive.

Try Eclipse
You should really give Eclipse ROM a try. It is extremely smooth and fast....very responsive and the devs and community over at the site are very helpful if you run into problems. Yesterday, with light use, my phone was at 60% (15h 11m 25s on battery) at the end of the day. Best battery life I have ever gotten out of my Charge yet. Give it a try....you will not be disappointed.

Sounds more like something with the way you are flashing and/or your data restore. I would suggest that if you ever flash anything again you start from a totally clean slate
Charged up post!

I did flash from a clean slate multiple times, first few days the new builds seemed OK. After awhile it just got worse and worse. I've been on the rooted stock build for over two weeks and it still is pretty good. I'm done tweaking this phone, I'll have an upgrade option in May and then I will probably get the Nexus or wait a bit if something else worthwhile is coming soon.