Hi there,
I am currently running on HTC stock rom with 2.3.4 but currently considering applying a custom ROM to get better battery mileage (i.e. more hours).
I see that all custom roms mention that one should get better battery usage because they have applied some optimizations. But is this real?
What I have understand so far is that battery life varies for every user because everybody uses the phone different with different applications (probably there aren't 2 phones with the same configuration) so any benchmarks are meaningless...
But... If you have used the stock rom and moved to a custom rom , what is your experience did battery life improve? I am assuming that you continued to use the phone in a similar way...
Currently I get between 12-16h hours on my stock rom, what should I expect if I move to custom ROM?
Currently considering moving to Android Revolution HD 3.6.3 XE.
Before being flamed, I looked and searched for the answer to this question but could not get any answer...
Thanks
for me the experience has been reverse... when on stock rom, i get better battery life but when i use custom roms I get worst battery...
Currently running Sense 3.5 and it has something really annoying with battery.. sometimes it would stick at 100% for one hour and then when i start using it for 10 mins it would come down by 20% in no time...
With ARHD 3.6.3 my battery would take too long to charge but with sense 3.5 it takes half the time to charge...
So using custom Roms you will never figure out how ur battery works..
jjdoctor said:
for me the experience has been reverse... when on stock rom, i get better battery life but when i use custom roms I get worst battery...
Currently running Sense 3.5 and it has something really annoying with battery.. sometimes it would stick at 100% for one hour and then when i start using it for 10 mins it would come down by 20% in no time...
With ARHD 3.6.3 my battery would take too long to charge but with sense 3.5 it takes half the time to charge...
So using custom Roms you will never figure out how ur battery works..
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This is misleading as this might be your experience but not everyone's.
I get excellent battery life with Sense 3.5 and I don't get any bad battery readings either.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App
My battery life improved noticeably with a custom rom. However, when you get a custom rom, you usually also pair it with an overclocked kernel which ups the speed but also reduces battery life a bit.
I'm running ARHD 4.1.3 with faux's kernel running at 1.5ghz and am still getting better battery life then stock. I can use my phone for a full day, not charge it at night, and then still be able to last to about just after lunch time the next day. With the stock kernel, battery life was even better but the phone was also slower.
There are a lot of settings that you can tweak to try and conserve battery life. I keep bluetooth and gps off, and I think that using the GSM antenna only instead of both GSM/CDMA helps, stuff like that.
pms said:
Hi there,
Currently I get between 12-16h hours on my stock rom, what should I expect if I move to custom ROM?
Currently considering moving to Android Revolution HD 3.6.3 XE.
Thanks
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really? I never got anywhere near close to that. Best was about 6 hours if I used the phone for anything other than talking.
I am currently on the revolution 3.6.3 XE rom and I can't stop smiling. I get a bout a good 8 hours of usuable (xm streaming, surfing, gaming and some slingbox as I have a hour commute each way every day) and about 10 hours with little to no activity. Light years from where I was. I have tried quite a few roms, but this one is a keeper. Try it
moshe22 said:
This is misleading as this might be your experience but not everyone's.
I get excellent battery life with Sense 3.5 and I don't get any bad battery readings either.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App
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misleading in what? this is exactly how I feel...
ricanbandit said:
really? I never got anywhere near close to that. Best was about 6 hours if I used the phone for anything other than talking.
I am currently on the revolution 3.6.3 XE rom and I can't stop smiling. I get a bout a good 8 hours of usuable (xm streaming, surfing, gaming and some slingbox as I have a hour commute each way every day) and about 10 hours with little to no activity. Light years from where I was. I have tried quite a few roms, but this one is a keeper. Try it
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I get 5-7 hrs with heavy usage.. with non stop video streaming and wifi, i get 3 hours...
jjdoctor said:
for me the experience has been reverse... when on stock rom, i get better battery life but when i use custom roms I get worst battery...
Currently running Sense 3.5 and it has something really annoying with battery.. sometimes it would stick at 100% for one hour and then when i start using it for 10 mins it would come down by 20% in no time...
With ARHD 3.6.3 my battery would take too long to charge but with sense 3.5 it takes half the time to charge...
So using custom Roms you will never figure out how ur battery works..
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+1 on that. My battery life was horrible on CM7. I tried everything to fix from other kernels, radios and every battery calibration tip, tool and app. I just went back to stock. I was dropping 6-7% battery life while my phone was in standby. If the phone was in airplane mode it was fine. I also tried turning off wi-fi but that didn't help.
I get better battery life using the latest IC Rom. Not a heavy user, a few calls, few texts, 10 +/- emails, decent amount of web and twitter use though, little gaming. Take it off charger at 7am, and when I put it back at 11pm, I usually have 30%-40% of my battery still left.
I am using CM7 alpha9, which is very far from being release-quality. I had thought it was doing very well - 6 hours and still at 80%. But then I had a phone call drop using WiFi Calling, and I had to reboot to regain the use of the dialer. I was at 20% after reboot...
I noticed a huge difference with Revolution HD (no-sense script) compared to the stock ROM.
Very happy with the switch.
Best I got with ARHD and a stock 1.2 Ghz kernel was 1 day, 5 hours, and the best Ive had with ARHD and Faux kernel was about 12 hours.
Typically I was seeing about 8-10 hours with ARHD and Faux kernels. I just decided to try bricked last night so I cant really report too much, although today looks really good so far. I'm already at 10 hours 20 mins as I type this with 30% left. Typically I would be plugging my phone in after work getting in the car on the way home with the Faux kernel. I just flashed this kernel last night so it hasnt even "settled in" yet. Both non-stock kernels are running OC at 1.5 Ghz.
~T.J.
A lot of times people forget when flashing roms and such is to clear the battery stats, this will increase battery by a surprising amount.
When people flash New roms they don't wipe battery stats and that's why there battery life sucks. And yeah sometimes it is the Rom and or the way they use there phone.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App
I have ARHD latest realise with 3.5 sence
Battery life is not bad, but i had better with stock rom.
I get 14-15hr on one charge, but I noticed a lot activity when screen is off.
Can someone please tell me how can I clear battery stats?
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I have ARHD latest realise with 3.5 sence
Battery life is not bad, but i had better with stock rom.
I get 14-15hr on one charge, but I noticed a lot activity when screen is off.
Can someone please tell me how can I clear battery stats?
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So... what led you to use ARHD? if you are not getting better battery life, what led you to ARHD? Better performance? Is that really noticeable? If yes, can you please give some examples?
Thanks!
pms said:
So... what led you to use ARHD? if you are not getting better battery life, what led you to ARHD? Better performance? Is that really noticeable? If yes, can you please give some examples?
Thanks!
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Perfomance is better, but the main reason is Sense 3.5. I cant say it effected battery life badly.
CM7 has excellent battery savings.
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Before i say anything, This thread is not to decide which rom is the best or the worst. I just want to gather a thread with people achieving the best battery life. + Respect for all devs
Back onto the topic before i get posts saying you'll get flamed , What guys are you mixed together to achieve best battery life? Im a really moderate user and am achieving 8 hours max. I have tried pretty much everything. I usually play 1-2 hours games, feed my facebook addiction in total for 1 hour, check xda for 15 minuets and check my time every 30 minuets on average. Some people achieve mad battery life, like 2 days with 40% left . Havent seen that since the golden i9000 days.
SO guys, Post the following
Radio
ROM (Neccesary, but wont determine the best rom in any way shape or form)
Kernel (Same about ROM)
Usage
and screenshot of battery use for proof.
Cheers guys and i am sure people are looking for good battery life other than me.
UPDATE: Ok, so I flashed android revolution HD and I was looking at the better battery life thread. It was in the desire HD forum soo... yea. Anyway, a normal drain for them is 3-8mA whilst the lowest drain I have got is 110mA. We have a dual core phone but shouldn't that only increase twice or 3x? Not 10x? That is weird. If you leave sense and move onto cm7 you get even a bigger drain. Right now this phone battery life is doomed until we get a bugless aosp rom.
I want to find this out too
Using latest Revolution and latest faux123 and battery dies 8 hours on with 3 hours active?!!
See my signature
Moderate user (IM's Texts, minimal phone calls and an hour of streaming di.fm)
I will post a screenshot of battery later because I am using my stock battery atm testing something.
Stock battery ~ 12 Hrs
Anker Battery ~ 32 - 36 hours (Worth the 10 bucks off ebay)
pympster said:
I want to find this out too
Using latest Revolution and latest faux123 and battery dies 8 hours on with 3 hours active?!!
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Been covered before, A LOT.
Due to personal circumstances, such as location, reception strength, network type, being inside/outside the building, different use of wifi, different perception of heavy/moderate/light use by an individual, it is not possible to come to an agreement what bundle is best for EVERYONE.
I know it doesn't help, but that's the truth.
This is a really good idea and I hope it takes off and does good. Just to inform the webstar1 some ROMs will get better our worse battery life depending on if it is a Sense ROM or a Non Sense ROM And it will depend on other factors too such as what services are left in to run in the background and things of that nature. Plus the kernel has a big roll in battery life so making note of them will be very important. The individual user will have a lot to do with battery life too. I say this not because of how much someone talks on the phone or uses their phone. But because using things like task managers regular, not using Bluetooth, not using GPS, and turning WiFi off when you are not in near a WiFi location will help conserve battery greatly too.
Now for my contributio. To the thread I am still using the stock ROM for my daily driver. The battery life on it is like speratic as hell. When I first got my Sensation the battery life was fairly good, but now it can last up to 6 or 7 hours with normal to heavy usage. Or it can only last as short as 3 hours with normal to heavy usage. The worst I have had so far was one day I took it off charge at full charge and all I did was make a 5 minute phone call and stay on XDA for like 30 minutes and 2 hours and 40 minutes later my battery was on 16%. I don't have any screen shots to post but I will try to take some to add here later
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Been covered before, A LOT.
Due to personal circumstances, such as location, reception strength, network type, being inside/outside the building, different use of wifi, different perception of heavy/moderate/light use by an individual, it is not possible to come to an agreement what bundle is best for EVERYONE.
I know it doesn't help, but that's the truth.
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I disagree with you. Finding out how people achieve those 2 days will gove us not the same but similar results. So yes, it can potentially be the best for EVERYONE since some people only get 3 to 4 hours with moderate use. And i havent seen a single thread which focuses what combination results in the best battery life for your sensation
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I disagree with you. Finding out how people achieve those 2 days will gove us not the same but similar results. So yes, it can potentially be the best for EVERYONE since some people only get 3 to 4 hours with moderate use. And i havent seen a single thread which focuses what combination results in the best battery life for your sensation
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Loved your **** on the G2x by the way, but I was in the same category as you, I turned on gsm radio only, mobile data always on off, and use no cpu app and now I get about 12 hours with rcmix and faux latest....
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio by Dre running Pyramid3D
Moderate usage - 12h+.
Low usage - 24h.
I find this to be more than acceptable, but it's only so because I use Chichitec batteries.
On stock battery it was 7-8h with moderate usage, but I did basically kill that battery with all the testing I did for the touchscreen fix :\
Anyway, that’s on ARHD 3.6 and Bricked kernel, with Sense mostly removed and JuiceDefender for mobile data.
And I do recommend Anker/Chichitec batteries. They are so cheap that it doesn’t matter if they make a difference in battery life or not. The point is you have a spare in your pocket
KingDavid63 said:
Loved your **** on the G2x by the way, but I was in the same category as you, I turned on gsm radio only, mobile data always on off, and use no cpu app and now I get about 12 hours with rcmix and faux latest....
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio by Dre running Pyramid3D
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Thanks. I may try to make a rom on this but too busy right now. I will post my results with a screenshot today
Sent from my Sensation using xda premium
i am using Anker Battery.
It runs much cooler than stock battery
Using EddyOS stock rooted ROM v4...
Its 2.3.5 with sense 3.5
Radio is latest 10.58
Its stock kernel with no tweaks,no underclockings and no task killers..
You can check everything about ROM here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1281040
More Details in usage:
On battery: 15 hrs 27 mins
Display on time : 5 hrs 43 mins ( 90% time it was on lowest brightness)
Voice calls: 39 mins
Wifi: 4 hrs 32 mins (90% time i did Web browsing)
No video streaming, no games, no data, no GPS
In picture you can see my signals cut out frequently..3% time it was No signals. Remaining you can see i get low signals.(2-3 bars) 50% of the time. if i had good reception, i could have got a much better battery life..
For me i would say i got atleast 30% improvement than stock battery...
Fair enough. What I'm saying is that threads like this have been created before with not much result. Good luck to making it work,but I'm sceptic about it.
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I disagree with you. Finding out how people achieve those 2 days will gove us not the same but similar results. So yes, it can potentially be the best for EVERYONE since some people only get 3 to 4 hours with moderate use. And i havent seen a single thread which focuses what combination results in the best battery life for your sensation
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Come on guys share your secrets!
ROM: HyperSensation
Kernel:Bricked Sense Kernel (Yes Sense!)
Underclocked to 1.2 ghz.
Radio: Untouched
Not much done. Accidently opened roboto and closed it. Played one level of burn the city and plants vs zombies. Pretty rubbish. Must get a anker battery i suppose :/
Battery:
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Anker battery about a month and half old now, various ROMs but between trip's MIUI and the formal MIUI as i prefer over sense.
Exchange service on push, gmail service on hourly, so heavy email, reasonable texting (10-15 a day), no games, wifi if i am in the office or home and some web browsing/maps and ym usually also. Full day (24 hours) easily, sometimes a little more or if i have flashed anything and done the obligatory benchmark maybe just under 24hrs before i see it hit 10%.
I like to use Cpu tuner and modify the screen off to drop cpu way low, extreme powersave to use 2G (though its not always successful at setting it) only and thats about it. Also careful with the auto brightness settings..as screen is always the biggest drain especially if its over bright.
24hrs with some small charge left is my benchmark before i will use it as a daily.
How do you guys get goods battery timings with trips Miui or the Miui ROM in development section here?
Whenever i install that ROM my phone starts to warm up like hell... Its with fresh flashing without any applications installed...
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How do you guys get goods battery timings with trips Miui or the Miui ROM in development section here?
Whenever i install that ROM my phone starts to warm up like hell... Its with fresh flashing without any applications installed...
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Use to get it, but with trips latest builds, it drains faster than sense
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Yes i think the 2.3.4 sense are very very good performance wise now. 2.3.5 probably just a bit under. But i dont have any warming issues on the MIUI Roms and Trip's with Bricked 1.5 has been solid the last 2 versions - quite excellent i think. I'm back on Scott's today to give it a go but its looking like i will be at about 20hours max (stock kernel) with very little email today..but both are well workable for me.
On Sense ROMs (either 3.0 or 3.5) I used to manage 20 hours (max), switched to CTDroid's Reverted AOSP V1.1.0 ROM with Bricked Kernel v1.4 (192 - 1536 OnDemand), I've just recorded 1 Day 3hrs
Thinking about getting Anker Battery and seeing how that performs?
(Still got to change my sig!!!!)
On Hypersensation I could get about 15-18 hours on moderate usage, with my 1900MAh battery, but I switched back to Android Revolution HD today with Bricked kernel 1.5, because I love sense
Will post screenshot of my battery stats later on.
was looking for a bigger battery, this battery is bigger and cheaper than anker battery, has anyone used this?
I'm on Bulletproof 1.4 with Bricked kernel set at 1.5 with on demand and I'm extremely pleased with battery life and performance
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I get horrible battery life with nearly every ROM Ive used on my Sensation, sometimes drains 10 percent an hour with the screen OFF. I have all data off, no wifi on, no apps running, juicedefender ultimate, and underclock when screen is off, and I read about people who can get a full day while using the total potential of the device. I had the same problem on my old device, so I returned it to T-Mobile and still have problems on the device I got in return. I dont expect to get two days on battery, I just find it crazy that I can barely use my device without the battery draining rapidly. I've considered undervolting but every rom ive downloaded didnt support it, so I was curious if you guys know of any efficient ROMs that save a ton of power and can be undervolted. I'm not very experienced with this kind of stuff and every ROM ive used has been poor on battery life, so help would be appreciated.
I am using InsertCoin ROM and it is running fine.
I used to have a 3% battery drop per every hour the phone was sleeping on stock rom and ARHD ics. Then I tried Virtuous Inquisition and it fixed the issue. Be sure to install the rom with its appropriate radio.
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ICS isn't fully stable yet, but seriously.. give that a try. My battery has doubled its lifespan. I have NO idea what htc/google did, but I get about 12 hours moderate usage and still around 50%. Getting 12 hours back then was what I was hoping I could hit! Now it lasts beyond my expectations
I've also read that you tried undervolting and everything. I just stayed stock and it's great, no effort! no custom kernel, OC/UC , it's amazing. If you read through the threads, I'm not the only one experiencing awesome battery
If you must know, I'm using InsertCoin but I think ARHD and all the other ICS roms will pretty much solve your problem
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I get horrible battery life with nearly every ROM Ive used on my Sensation, sometimes drains 10 percent an hour with the screen OFF. I have all data off, no wifi on, no apps running, juicedefender ultimate, and underclock when screen is off, and I read about people who can get a full day while using the total potential of the device. I had the same problem on my old device, so I returned it to T-Mobile and still have problems on the device I got in return. I dont expect to get two days on battery, I just find it crazy that I can barely use my device without the battery draining rapidly. I've considered undervolting but every rom ive downloaded didnt support it, so I was curious if you guys know of any efficient ROMs that save a ton of power and can be undervolted. I'm not very experienced with this kind of stuff and every ROM ive used has been poor on battery life, so help would be appreciated.
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im still using stock rom. it using 1% nearly 3-4 hours when its in sleeping
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Ok thanks guys ill try various ICS roms over the next week and see if there's a difference.
I have the Anker 1900 mah battery in my Sensation from T-Mobile and I'm currently using Android Revolution HD 6.2.1. I would like to know what rom is giving the best battery life for you guys with the same battery under your heaviest usage.
Sometimes I'm getting 10-12 hours under my normal everyday usage. I use my phone alot though so I would consider it heavy usage.
Please let me know your results!
knightsray said:
I have the Anker 1900 mah battery in my Sensation from T-Mobile and I'm currently using Android Revolution HD 6.2.1. I would like to know what rom is giving the best battery life for you guys with the same battery under your heaviest usage.
Sometimes I'm getting 10-12 hours under my normal everyday usage. I use my phone alot though so I would consider it heavy usage.
Please let me know your results!
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I am using the same rom (1.5 Kernel) with you under T-Mobile.
Make sure that you are on top of your screen brightness.
Display is the most critical part in the device regarding to battery.
Even it comes before what rom you are using.
Hope it helps
Well if you are looking for something that has great battery life and is a ice cream sandwich rom, then I suggest you try the Virtuous Inquisition 3.0.0 rom. The moment you flash this rom, you will not be disappointed with any fc's or any weird bugs that could occur in other roms. Now keep in mind, this rom has been stripped from sense and only the camera and other small applications are remaining. And last but not least, I consider the battery really amazing. Why? Because it gets me through the day on medium usage. My medium usage is: 1 hour reading book, 5-10 calls, 20 texts, 35 minutes internet and some 25 minutes of music. Remember nobody can tell you the actual battery life that you will get because we all use our phones in different ways.
Have a good day.
Are there any guides on maximising the sensation battery life? I have an Anker, a generic 1700mAh and the stock Sensation battery (Not XE) but none of them seem to last more than 8 hours at the moment.
How can I best manage my display usage? I have it on automatic at the moment, but I'm sure I must be doing something wrong. I'm using Android Revolution HD 6.2.1.
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How can I best manage my display usage? I have it on automatic at the moment, but I'm sure I must be doing something wrong. I'm using Android Revolution HD 6.2.1.
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Adjust it manually, i.e. make it as dark as you can while still being able to see it well enough.
Personally, I just leave Auto-Brightness on and my battery lasts enough to get me through a day.
Quite a comprehensive guide here: http://smartphonegears.com/2011/04/how-to-improve-htc-sensation-battery-life/
I'm running the unoffical CM9 build running SebastianFM's kernel. I got 9 hours yesterday til it dropped to 30%. A little music, some gaming, texting, and about 5 calls around couple minutes each call.
I'm running CM9 rom with stock kernel, battery life isn't great. I tryied virtious but got fc + boot loop
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I'm running CM9 rom with stock kernel, battery life isn't great. I tryied virtious but got fc + boot loop
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What do you mean you got boot loop? Did you flash the correct firmware? The correct one is 3.24. Also did you remember to superwipe before you flash the rom in order to make sure that you have wiped everything?
Try those options and see the magic within the virtuous inquisition rom :]
Have a good day.
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What do you mean you got boot loop? Did you flash the correct firmware? The correct one is 3.24. Also did you remember to superwipe before you flash the rom in order to make sure that you have wiped everything?
Try those options and see the magic within the virtuous inquisition rom :]
Have a good day.
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Yes I did, on both occasions the ROM worked for about 30 mionutes, then FC'd, rebooted, got to the V splash screen, then rebooted again and got stuck on white htc screen. This was after flashing ShnizlonSettings_VI.zip, whether that had something to do with it I don't know.
Using Virtuous Quattro a3, I get through the day with heavy use, music, emails, browsing, irc, calls, few SMS and tinkering/tweaking.
Today it has been idling apart from a few SMS, and was on 81% at 9pm, off charge at 7am.
varies I guess
I have the stock T-Mobile battery and just checked its got about 7.5 hrs and 60% on the batt.
probably about 2-3 hrs of music and 10-15 mins of calls, plus maybe 20 mins of games so far...
I've got the Elegancia ICS on it, plus a buncha apps
Here you go buddy did a screenshot for you. Using Darkforest Rom 5.2.0 with true AOSP experience on sense by shnizlon. I'm playing zenonia 4 quite addicted at it, brightness is at 50, wifi never turned off. Hope this helps.
Im really sorry forgot it was anker battery question. Im using the stock battery of sensation xe. sorry bud.
Well guys I switched to Virtuous Inquisition 3.5.0 and it's provided better battery life for sure! I think just the bloat of Sense sometimes brings down battery life depending on the rom. Virtuous is also a little bit snappier and overall more responsive.
Just the other day I sent over 500 text messages and received just as many before I hit 60%. I never seen anything like that before. I had Wifi on and my screen at full brightness.
So far on my HTC Glacier (MyTouch 4G) any Sense rom seams to kill batteries is there a solution to this problem Kernels anything would love to hear from some DEVS out there.
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So far on my HTC Glacier (MyTouch 4G) any Sense rom seams to kill batteries is there a solution to this problem Kernels anything would love to hear from some DEVS out there.
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Its usually the kernel or it may be the rom itself idk what kernel u are using but flash this one
MDJ's
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I don't really know what you are talking about, my phone gets about 2 days battery life average on the DARKSIDE sense...try using setCPU to have it underclock when the screen is off. It works really well for me.
From my experience, battery life seems to vary slightly from device to device. I've read accounts of people getting a couple days from their battery and I wondered how they did that. I also read from somewhere that if you can get 3-4 hours with the display on, you've got the right configuration.
The most recent Sense 3.5 ROM I was running was MikRunny 1.01 (Odex version). I believe the kernel is flashed alongside the ROM. Anyways, battery life was pretty good with that. With maybe 45-60 minutes of screen on time, half a dozen texts on average, a little bit of data usage, 30-45 minutes of bluetooth audio streaming, I was only down to around 70% battery life left after 10-12 hours unplugged from charger. Also, I don't recall having used WiFi either so it was on data all the time.
Sense 3 and 3.5 ROMs are great on battery life. I can push 2 days without much use, and hold for a whole day with quite serious use (2 hours tethering, 1 hour gaming, calls/sms/Emails/etc).
Using mikrunny with the latest rcmix kernel and average 18hrs most days-check the thread, posted screen shots, 4hrs screen on time, a few calls, texting, 3 gmail accounts...really all depends on how/what you use your phone for...experiment with the different settings and try to find what works...also this thread helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1226016
so I've been bouncing back and forth between 2.3.3 roms and CM7 based roms lately and one thing I've noticed is that on all the cm roms I've used the battery seems to drain really fast while using the phone (web browsing, texting, anything basically with the screen on) compared to stock based roms. I can litteraly watch my battery % drop while I use it. I've tried various kernels, oc/UV, keeping screen brightness low, none shows too much improvement.is this a known issue or is it just my phone?
It could be just your phone. I'd say completely wipe your phone, and reinstall everything. If it doesn't help, then it might be the battery. But I would usually (with CM7 and Faux's DS kernel) average around 12 hours.
I'd also say give an ICS rom a try, I average around fifteen hours moderate to heavy use.
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA
Freeze all apps you don't use or need... But I always got horrible battery life regardless.
buru898 said:
Freeze all apps you don't use or need... But I always got horrible battery life regardless.
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I did that too. I actually uninstalled pretty much every app I didn't use regularly and any stock replacement apps like yahoo mail app, swiftkey x, and a few others... but it didn't make a difference. my drain isn't too bad in standby, about 1% per hour, its when I'm using the phone. for example, say my phones fully charged, if I unplug it and surf the web, go on xda app, Facebook, and play a couple rounds of Scramble w/ Friends for lets say an hour straight, ill be at probably 40% left or less when done. on a stock based rom I'd say I'd probably be around 60% or more left. I'd stick with 2.3.3 if the camera wasn't so crappy but I take a lot of pics so no go.
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It could be just your phone. I'd say completely wipe your phone, and reinstall everything. If it doesn't help, then it might be the battery. But I would usually (with CM7 and Faux's DS kernel) average around 12 hours.
I'd also say give an ICS rom a try, I average around fifteen hours moderate to heavy use.
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA
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yea I almost always do clean installs so maybe my battery's shot, probably gonna order an anker battery here soon. been holding off on ics till the bugs get ironed out but looks like a lot of progress is being made so gonna be giving that a shot too
lowrider262 said:
yea I almost always do clean installs so maybe my battery's shot, probably gonna order an anker battery here soon. been holding off on ics till the bugs get ironed out but looks like a lot of progress is being made so gonna be giving that a shot too
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Anker ftw.
Sent from my amazing G2x running EaglesBlood and Faux.
lowrider262 said:
so I've been bouncing back and forth between 2.3.3 roms and CM7 based roms lately and one thing I've noticed is that on all the cm roms I've used the battery seems to drain really fast while using the phone (web browsing, texting, anything basically with the screen on) compared to stock based roms. I can litteraly watch my battery % drop while I use it. I've tried various kernels, oc/UV, keeping screen brightness low, none shows too much improvement.is this a known issue or is it just my phone?
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Ive noticed this too. i have great battery life on any 2.3.3 any other roms seem to drain pretty fast. However i was able to tinker with some custom kernals (faux and morfics) and get the battery life to be noticably better on 2.3.7 roms like Singh,EB,CM7 etc. Bigger battery helped alot too. i use the Gorilla Gadgets 3500 mah. at least 2x more battery life than before easy.