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Running ARHD and kernel question....

So I've been running ARHD 3.6.4 with the faux123 kernel that came with the rom and found that my battery life was subpar. I then installed Faux123 2.3r3 and still noticed a huge battery drain. I charged my phone full and then left it at the bedside unplugged for 8+hours and found it went down to 70%. I snooped around a bit and found that my uptime and awake time were on sync the full 8 hours and I believe that means my cpu is running the whole time. So I read around a lil bit and found that bricked kernel doesnt have this problem, so I installed bricked 1.4r1 and now the awake and uptime differ but I also say people say that I should not use Daemon controller but install setcpu. Is that correct or can I use Daemon controller with bricked kernel? Also last question, whats the best governor to use, Ondemand or smartass or conservative? Thanks and sorry for the long post.

I snooped around a bit and found that my uptime and awake time were on sync the full 8 hours
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In 0.2.3r3 faux disabled classical Android power management and fully replaced it by its own, so sleep time is equal to the uptime.
Ondemand or smartass or conservative
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Ondemand provides you better perfomanse with moderate battery drain.
Сonservative is laggy a little (somebody noticed not perfectly smooth UI), but its more power effectively.

The creator of bricked recommends using ondemand, and system tuner for overclocking I think.
Sent from my HTC Sensation

[Q] Voltage advice?

I'm running nscollab 1.60 with Franco kernel and was wondering if anyone's got some good custom voltage settings I can test out for a stronger battery life?
Essentially I'm a data user. Usually on the screen 4+ hours of the days, running market, fb and browser and of course texting.
Currently I'm messing around with smartassv2 200/800 deep idle off, BLN off, and kernel default voltage and I'm about to run my first battery calibration ...
Thanks on advance
EDIT: another side note is I've noticed my screen gets pretty hot now. When I'd run stock GB it wouldn't do that.

Battery Drain while sleeping

I fully charged the phone to 100% and turned it on at 7:45 then I went back to sleep. I woke up at 10 to see the phone at 95%! Now, I'm currently using the Anker battery & I'm running on ARHD 3.6.13 with faux123 v0.2.8 kernel. The brightness is at its lowest & auto-sync is off. What should I do?

I recommend using Battery monitor widget Pro to see how much mA is phone using during sleep and when screen's on. Then install Better Battery Stats ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809 ) and figure out, what is eating your energy
also, try undervolting

amon87 said:
I recommend using Battery monitor widget Pro to see how much mA is phone using during sleep and when screen's on. Then install Better Battery Stats and figure out, what is eating your energy
also, try undervolting
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What's undervolting?

Undervolt makes your cpu use less energy. for undervolting try using system tuner pro or faux clock (here's link for faux's RootzWiki: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/4550-app09-beta-snapdragon-dual-core-oc-control/ ) But be aware that not every CPU handles heavy undervolting well. Do nandroid backup, then Start with -25mV.
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Try changing cpu governor to intellidemand (faux's kernel default) and min speed for cpu to 192. It may slightly improve battery life.

Skip-Breezy said:
I fully charged the phone to 100% and turned it on at 7:45 then I went back to sleep. I woke up at 10 to see the phone at 95%! Now, I'm currently using the Anker battery & I'm running on ARHD 3.6.13 with faux123 v0.2.8 kernel. The brightness is at its lowest & auto-sync is off. What should I do?
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Hi,
When I was on 3.6.x,it was suggested that I try a Bricked kernel,which you can find HERE
I am not sure which one,but they tended to be more battery friendly than faux.
Read the thread.
You might get some valuable information.

Sense 3.6 ICS Rom with best battery life

Post pics of battery usage or comment which Rom has the best battery life for you, don't if you've only tried one Rom...
Sent from my insertcoined Sensation 4G with Beats Audio

rickyiswhite said:
Post pics of battery usage or comment which Rom has the best battery life for you, don't if you've only tried one Rom...
Sent from my insertcoined Sensation 4G with Beats Audio
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I use Insert Coin 5.1.1, "Rom Cleaned" with LBE security. With heavy usage (2h music, 1h calls, 1h internet + screen) I can get minimum 14 hours. Same battery on GB stock rom 4h.
When I have fully charged battery on Friday afternoon, during the weekend (only have few phone calls, a little bit wifi) I plug it in at work on Monday with 15-20% left.
I have stock battery.
THE_Genius

The_Genius said:
I use Insert Coin 5.1.1, "Rom Cleaned" with LBE security. With heavy usage (2h music, 1h calls, 1h internet + screen) I can get minimum 14 hours. Same battery on GB stock rom 4h.
When I have fully charged battery on Friday afternoon, during the weekend (only have few phone calls, a little bit wifi) I plug it in at work on Monday with 15-20% left.
I have stock battery.
THE_Genius
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i have IC 5.1.4 and the battery life his horrible when im using my phone, but during school i underclock to 1.02ghz max turn power saver on and data off and itll last... also have stock battery with 1.5ghz kernel

With ARHD 6.5.1, Sebastian's kernel and 1900 mA anker battery I can do 3 days of light usage, 2 of mid ones and of course 1 of heavy.

ARHD works for about 1.5 days moderate use and 3.5 days on minimal use.
i've never liked a custom kernel, it always eats up my battery faster than stock (based from my experience) even undervolting doesn't make it last longer.

baste07 said:
ARHD works for about 1.5 days moderate use and 3.5 days on minimal use.
i've never liked a custom kernel, it always eats up my battery faster than stock (based from my experience) even undervolting doesn't make it last longer.
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Highly agree with custom kernels eating up the battery
Sent from my insertcoined Sensation 4G with Beats Audio

ARHD 6.5.1 battery life is very good.
I am now outlasting my partners iPhone 3GS with heavier use!
I can go a full day and still have 40-50% remaining.
Also there is no need to overclock. I use no frills cpu set to 192 min and 972 max. Very smooth and fast.
Phil

I don't understand how you guys are getting such excellent battery life on a Sense rom because I only get those numbers when I'm on Senseless. I guess I just have to try harder

Not sure.
All I can suggest is that you:
Make sure you are on correct radio/RIL
Super wipe
Reflash ROM
Use no-frills cpu and underclock to 972 max 192 min
Disable always on mobile data
Enjoy your phone
I have brightness set to auto. I have unlimited data so rarely use wifi.
Still on 100% from unplugging at 6:30 this morning.
Phil

dgenx210 said:
I don't understand how you guys are getting such excellent battery life on a Sense rom because I only get those numbers when I'm on Senseless. I guess I just have to try harder
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Maybe it has something to do with your 1.7GHz OC...

philje123 said:
Not sure.
All I can suggest is that you:
Make sure you are on correct radio/RIL
Super wipe
Reflash ROM
Use no-frills cpu and underclock to 972 max 192 min
Disable always on mobile data
Enjoy your phone
I have brightness set to auto. I have unlimited data so rarely use wifi.
Still on 100% from unplugging at 6:30 this morning.
Phil
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I have very limited data allowance [it's 50MB PAYG for what it's worth, like 1.50 in GBP] and I don't go out much so I just use WiFi at school and home. Radio is on 3.32 although I'm not sure about my RIL. And also I always enjoy my phone. Always
EDIT: RIL is HTC-RIL 4.0.0013HMQ. I always use Kohr-ah's stuff so I'm pretty sure that this was included it the 3.32FW i got from the thread.
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Maybe it has something to do with your 1.7GHz OC...
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Um I haven't updated my sig in a while. I'm stock everything on VI 4.0.0 and SetCPU 648-972 ondemand.

dgenx210 said:
Um I haven't updated my sig in a while. I'm stock everything on VI 4.0.0 and SetCPU 648-972 ondemand.
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There you have it!
You have your CPU set to a minimum of 648 mhz so it will never go any slower than 648 mhz.
I have mine set to the lowest (192 mhz) so that when it's not needed the CPU can run as low as 192 mhz.
Phil

philje123 said:
There you have it!
You have your CPU set to a minimum of 648 mhz so it will never go any slower than 648 mhz.
I have mine set to the lowest (192 mhz) so that when it's not needed the CPU can run as low as 192 mhz.
Phil
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Well I already have a profile for screen off. 192-486MHz. Should I still lower it?

I hadn't seen a ROM on my phone that lasts more than 12 hours for moderate to heavy use. I wonder how everyone else is getting 1-2 days of battery life (happy for them, sad for me).
I don't install any other app apart from the stock ones available with the Rom, plus the XDA app. Can someone please share the secret?
Thanks!
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G XE with Beats Audio using XDA

Getting terrible battery life on ARHD 6.5.3 with Sebatian kernel. SetCPU ondemand governor 192 min and 1.6 max. Screen off profile to 192 min 1 ghz max. Get about 5-6 hours of life with moderate use.

how long have you had the setup?
Sent from my GT-P7510 using xda premium

Battery Drain

Sorry for making many thread, But I'm curious.
ANd need some help
How normal is this? ...
Idle: 216/216 Screen off
No Data No Wifi No GPS No bluetooth No sync
And I'm getting drain like this? What's happening?!?!
Or are the readings just wrong?

i was about to make a thread but saw this and thought id fill in it.
Well my g2x has been quite dissappointing lately..
When i first got it, the battery life wasnt that bad. Even had data/refresh and Auto brightness and it would last almost all day.
But the past couple of months its been unbearable. I would have to charge my phone at any oppurtunity, even at work. After 100% charge i would check 30min later and it would be already at 83%.
I'm on the latest CM7 nightly, and have also tried juice defender (no use)
Im contemplating on just doing a CLEAN install of the nightly but i dont want to start all over again because its a pain.
Any input? Or is it just the crappy battery?

LReyes66 said:
i was about to make a thread but saw this and thought id fill in it.
Well my g2x has been quite dissappointing lately..
When i first got it, the battery life wasnt that bad. Even had data/refresh and Auto brightness and it would last almost all day.
But the past couple of months its been unbearable. I would have to charge my phone at any oppurtunity, even at work. After 100% charge i would check 30min later and it would be already at 83%.
I'm on the latest CM7 nightly, and have also tried juice defender (no use)
Im contemplating on just doing a CLEAN install of the nightly but i dont want to start all over again because its a pain.
Any input? Or is it just the crappy battery?
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It could be the battery. Your case is different from mine..
My battery is tested with Battery Monitor Widget, and it says my battery is about 1540mAh.
The thing I'm confused about is the battery drain.. It's quite high. 200mAh + at 216mhz

Try clean install, don't use any of those scripts (like V6 SuperCharger), those are wakelock city.
Now, go into spare parts and check your partial wakelocks and uninstall apps that have huge wakelocks, facebook is a battery hog.

clean install of cm7?
or clean wipe of phone back to factory then root/install cm7?

Clean install of the rom you're using.
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA

I was having horrible battery drainage also. I replaced the usb cable and ac charger and it made a huge difference. Faux kernel also helped alot. I get a little over 8 hrs with moderate to heavy use.
EDIT: wait that wasn't even related to the op but the other scenario.
Sent from my LG-P999

Yeah, I tried a clean install...
After clean install, the only app I installed was this. And boom high usage.

all wipe first and flash or agian.

Wipe user data, /system, and dalvik cache. PM me if you're unsure where they are.
Sent from my amazing LG G2x running Bionix Reloaded v1.4

I have the same issue on my G2x. I have replaced battery with a 1800mAH and a 3500mAH extended. But the drain is the same with every one of them.
Have tried FAUX's kernel with SetCPU and the recommended settings, but to no avail.
Did a clean install (wiped user/factory reset, dalvik, cache and did a format /system) of RG2x-MIUI v2.3.16 - SWIPE NOTIFICATIONS-Powered by Faux123 CM v0.4.8 yesterday.
Battery drains at the rate of 10% every hour when idle. Even with minimal usage (15mins call time, few txt, light browsing over 4G), the battery won't last more than 4-5hrs
One thing I am curious about, do you have to run a combination of kernel+ROM over a period of time to see if the battery performs any better or are the results instant?

Most people get better battery life on OTA based roms than CM7/AOSP. So MIUI may not provide enough juice for you, but try Bionix Reloaded and tell us the difference in battery.
Sent from my amazing LG G2x running Bionix Reloaded v1.4

I has Bionix Reloaded before yesterday. The battery life was about the same, but the main issue that I was facing with Bionix was the switch from data-Wifi. For some reason, data had precedence over WiFi.
I can give it one more shot. Maybe a clean install would rectify that issue. DO you recommend any kernel/tweaks/setCPU settings etc with Bionix or just use it as such?
For the meanwhile, I have turned off GPS and using SetCPU 816/389 inscreen and 389/389 Off to see if there is any improvement.
I really don't care about the fancy part as long as I get battery life.

I recommend Faux's undervolted kernel, make sure its the one for GB btw. As for SetCPU settings (I uses CPU Master), I keep it at 216-816 most of the time, only raising it if I need it (such as Facebook, browsing, heavy games). I have the governor set to Performance.
Also, I don't have a screen off profile (but did have it set before) at 216-503 with Powersave governor, and my battery lasts more now that I took off the profile. The Tegra 2 has HW governors that more efficiently save battery than SW ones do. Not all CPUs are like this, so we are in for a treat.
Sent from my amazing LG G2x running Bionix Reloaded v1.4

Will give it a shot right now. Just to be sure about the kernel, we are talking abt this one:
[ GINGERBREAD: ]
[ Start @ 1.1 GHz, Pre Overclock / Under Volt, Max @ 1.55 GHz ]
The File ==> LGE Pre-OC/UV Kernel Version 013 With EXT4 <==
from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1102720

That's not my problem. O;
My problem is that When the battery is 100%, no matter what task I DO, it only drains -2...
But with the same setting, at 30% battery, my battery drains from -300 to -1000

BachanPandey said:
Will give it a shot right now. Just to be sure about the kernel, we are talking abt this one:
[ GINGERBREAD: ]
[ Start @ 1.1 GHz, Pre Overclock / Under Volt, Max @ 1.55 GHz ]
The File ==> LGE Pre-OC/UV Kernel Version 013 With EXT4 <==
from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1102720
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Yes, that's the one. Flash away!
Sent from my amazing LG G2x running Bionix Reloaded v1.4