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[Q] Best Rom Desire S. Battery Wise!

What is the best ROM for Desire S in terms of battery.
I used virtuous unity 1.29.0 and it's battery backup was quite good then my original ROM.
But after updating to new virtuous unity 1.31.0 the battery backup goes quite bad.
Anyone know a good battery backup ROM for desire s?

Calibrate your battery, really works!
Instructions:
1. Turn your phone on and charge it for 8 hours our more
2. Deplug charger, turn your phone off And charger it fit one hour
3. Turn your phone on, wait 2 minutes,turn your phone off and charge it for one hour
4. Turn phone on and your battery life should be much better now
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Don't forget to sacrifice a virgin and hire a shaman.
Cmon ppl! Li-Ion and Li-Poli batteries do not require forming (yeah its forming not formatting). Ni-Cd and Ni-MH were the types that required this.
In extreme situations (charging over 20hrs) you can even damage/reduce capacity of your phone's Li-Ion battery.

ptenteges said:
Don't forget to sacrifice a virgin and hire a shaman.
Cmon ppl! Li-Ion and Li-Poli batteries do not require forming (yeah its forming not formatting). Ni-Cd and Ni-MH were the types that required this.
In extreme situations (charging over 20hrs) you can even damage/reduce capacity of your phone's Li-Ion battery.
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So are you saying NOT to calibrate your battery that way?

Yeah.. is that really works?
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try miui rom.......... my battery life is superb.. i tried every custom rom in my point of view miui is perfect... try it once......

olyloh6696 said:
So are you saying NOT to calibrate your battery that way?
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I'm saying that the type of the battery used in Desire S is not formable. Additionally in extreme situations you can damage it by overcharging it. This is more complicated, because it also depends on the type of charger, and charging hardware in the phone.
What DesisreS says looks exactly like forming process, hence my response.
What you (possibly) can do, is calibrate your device/os to properly read battery status and use it more efficiently. But this is done through some software tricks I don't know.

Our battery is smart.
Overcharging it won't do anything. It just cuts off the electricity when reaching 100%. Full voltage is around 4.2V. If you look at your voltage while charging, it's already at 4.2V at around 70%. I have no idea why it does that.
And at 0% it's not really empty. It still has around 3.5V. It gets dangerous at 3V where it won't be able to charge again.
Just clear your battery stats in recovery or use an app from the market and see what happens.
Read and search around the forum for more info.

ptenteges said:
I'm saying that the type of the battery used in Desire S is not formable. Additionally in extreme situations you can damage it by overcharging it. This is more complicated, because it also depends on the type of charger, and charging hardware in the phone.
What DesisreS says looks exactly like forming process, hence my response.
What you (possibly) can do, is calibrate your device/os to properly read battery status and use it more efficiently. But this is done through some software tricks I don't know.
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You can use the app called battery calibration from the market for the calibration
Charge battery to 100% & run the app
This does not increase battery life but helps the OS read the battery more accurately & this needs to be done after installing a new ROM

kartkk said:
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You can use the app called battery calibration from the market for the calibration
Charge battery to 100% & run the app
This does not increase battery life but helps the OS read the battery more accurately & this needs to be done after installing a new ROM
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Uhuh, this is what I mean. But lets go back to the original question, what are your experiences with different ROMs and battery life? I'm going to be Desire S user soon so I'm curious too.

ptenteges said:
Uhuh, this is what I mean. But lets go back to the original question, what are your experiences with different ROMs and battery life? I'm going to be Desire S user soon so I'm curious too.
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LeeDroid ROM. Offers great battery life and very close to stock ROM. I got 1/2 day use on stock ROM with heavy use when I first got it, then put leedroid on, now I'm having 1 full day heavy use before I have to charge my phone (15%)
(Includes a lot of syncing, WiFi, web browsing, music,games etc the whole day)
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Thanks guys.
I decided to go with virtuous rom. it's new version is coming out with very good battery life.

vishalduggal said:
Thanks guys.
I decided to go with virtuous rom. it's new version is coming out with very good battery life.
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not just good battery life but many more awesome features
@olyloh6696 i think you should also try the vu beta im impressed by it

i really hope the next version of miui for desire s will have better battery life, i think it's the best looking rom and i will definitely keep it when battery is improved!

[Q] Battery calibartion with multiple batteries

I have read a bit about calibrating our Sensations battery. I have bought 2 spare batteries on ebay (same mah) which are charged from a wall socket. Now my question is, will switching batteries mess up the calibration? Or does the device "know" which battery is used and apply a different profile or something like that?
Thnx!

I was wondering about that too. I just popped a larger battery in my Sensation and it seems to be giving me longer battery life, but I'm not sure I'm getting all I can out of it. Anyone out there have an answer to the calibration question?

Yes, and especially what happens if you keep switching batteries?

I'm actually half way making an app that switches the battery calibration. Is anyone interested?
Sent g.

What exactly will this app do?

Harmani said:
Yes, and especially what happens if you keep switching batteries?
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I'm pretty sure it's not yet supported by the software...

[Q] Please help me find an extended battery that fits like stock?

I need an extended battery that does not require the use of a new back cover to fit. I've read through some posts and really not sure?
Which battery is good to get and why?
How much better than stock is it?

There's a 1700 battery that fits standard, bit 200mAh is nothing. Like 12% extra.
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Check on Amazon. Either the Prodicell or Hyperion 1800mAh batteries will fit in the original backing. I personally use Prodicell and I have noticed about 2 hrs more battery life with moderate usage.
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TheKid1 said:
I need an extended battery that does not require the use of a new back cover to fit. I've read through some posts and really not sure?
Which battery is good to get and why?
How much better than stock is it?
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there is a post here i dont know anything about it but look it up 2430Mah battery (same size as stock) ( 1 2 3 ... Last Page)

Most likely extended batteries that are the same size as stock will actually have less mah..
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Battery must be recalibrated on each rom update?

Hi every one,
I was wondering if there is need to recalibrate the battery on each rom update, custom and lg official releases?
Also i bought a 1900mAh battery so I think it need to calibrated for better performance?
Any advice will be great
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no.
Battery calibration does not affect battery performance, it just changes the accuracy of the battery %age display. There is also no way of calibrating the battery, as it is directly read from the li-ion battery itself. Deleting the batterystats.bin Does nothing besides resetting androids About Phone>Battery Use data - which already resets itself on a full charge (And also broken on O3D GB Roms)
Its actually likely that calibrating the continually will eventually result in considerably worse battery life, as li-ion batteries are best operated between 20-80% charge.

oyanezg said:
Hi every one,
I was wondering if there is need to recalibrate the battery on each rom update, custom and lg official releases?
Also i bought a 1900mAh battery so I think it need to calibrated for better performance?
Any advice will be great
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I saw on the battery calibration app, that it must be recalibrated, since each rom has diferent files to manage power, and it will actually help the battery managment.
Thats what i know, im not an Expert.

tachi_do said:
I saw on the battery calibration app, that it must be recalibrated, since each rom has diferent files to manage power, and it will actually help the battery managment.
Thats what i know, im not an Expert.
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I saw that too, on battery Calibration by NEMA it says:
calibration needs to be done after flashing a new ROM. but you calibrate.. etc. the whole message that why my initial post was about, I saw other posts saynig that it must so ill do it just in case I dont think that will do anyharm at all.

wasn´t calibration just a matter of charging till 100% when off, then remove battery, insert battery and then start phone and plug again??
i do this and my battery it's all good, although i cna't watch a video for more than 3 hrs hahahaha

It actually worked on my ZTE Blade. I believe it's called overcharging.

hi
i dont think so need callibration after each new rom!
it might harmful for battery!

Buy a bigger battery?

Hi,
It is possible to buy a 3000mAh battery for Nexus 5 ? Not a battery case.
Thank you.

Pixore said:
Hi,
It is possible to buy a 3000mAh battery for Nexus 5 ? Not a battery case.
Thank you.
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...not a battery either? 5000mah is slim plug in when phone use permits.

I search a battery like : http://youtu.be/VSGNUrpwIno
But a 3000mAh battery.

The n5 doesn't have a replaceable battery.

but the battery on the inside can be removed and replaced... even if it isn't the conventional way, it sort of is pseudo replaceable...

Well, check amazon. If they exist, they are there....if not, they don't.

No.
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Be careful, even on devices with a replaceable battery, extented battery (like 3500 mAh, etc) instead of 2000mAh are, in general, fakes ones.
(Already tested to check it with a "Gold 2700 mAh" battery for an Optimus 2x. The battery died 3 day laters and, during thoses 3 day, I did'nt notice any betters battery stats...

nigelhealy said:
...not a battery either? 5000mah is slim plug in when phone use permits.
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Brand-KBTEL-battery-BLT9-BATTERY-BLUE-3830MAH-HIGH-REPLACEMENT-BATTERY-FOR-LG-nexus-5-D821-D820
(search it, I'm a new user, can't post links...)
Just have found this, but I would be suspicious.

Most non OEM batteries have false claims to mAh. Search "battery boss false claims"
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