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Battery drain

hi, how much more of the battery power do the SENSE 3.5 use compare to SENSE 3.0?

Some people are finding 3.0 has better battery life than 3.5, but I'm not sure by how much
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From my experience about 10% more for the sense 3.5 ROMS.
Also mind that some roms have more battery drain than others. I have encountered sense 2.x roms that have much more batt drain than sense 3.0 ones and i'm sure that it's the same case with 3.0-3.5.
Anyway, it's a matter of trial and error as each user fiddles with his phone in his own way and some features u may use could be more energy consuming on some roms.
My advice is do a backup of ur current rom and install a few of the new ones ur intrested in and play around with them for a day or two each..and don't forget to calibrate battery after each flash!
Best of luck!

olyloh6696 said:
Some people are finding 3.0 has better battery life than 3.5, but I'm not sure by how much
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I am one of those 'some people" but i may have reacted a bit too quickly.
After recalibrating my battery, i've found that there isn't a huge difference between battery drain with sense 3 and 3.5... When i say sense 3 and 3.5, i mean Hyperion and Endymion (always go with the best benchmarks )
So it's pretty much the same for me right now... (plus i think sense 3.5 is so pretty, you spend extra time staring at it, thereby the battery drain... )
Just kidding. Or am i??

Im using my HTC very often through the day....
With Virtuous Unity 2.39 and Juice Defender my battery is living 2 days!!
In one day i write/receive 500sms per day and WiFi OR 3G are always enabled...

[Q] Is it worth flashing to CM7?

I got my HTC Desire S yesterday and updated it to the latest stock ROM OTA.
Now I'm just wondering if I want to flash CM7, the phone feels very fast and snappy as it is on a custom ROM, will I really notice many differences if I flash CM7?
Cheers

You like sense?
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That's the good thing about a rooted phone. Do a Nandroid backup of your existing ROM, and give it a try. We all have different tastes and preferences.
CM9 is also round the corner.
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cined said:
I got my HTC Desire S yesterday and updated it to the latest stock ROM OTA.
Now I'm just wondering if I want to flash CM7, the phone feels very fast and snappy as it is on a custom ROM, will I really notice many differences if I flash CM7?
Cheers
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Only you can answer that question as snappy is one of those perception issues like battery life. As the previous poster suggested, do a nandroid backup of your current stock ROM setup and start flashing. If you don't like it restore your nandroid backup and you will be back in business.

When I switched from stock rom to cm7 a few months ago, I thought I had a new phone considering the speed advantage I noticed. To me a very important feature of cm7 is the control of application rights. E.g. if you don't like a torch-app to access your personal data you can search an alternative torch app or you can just deny the app the permission you don't want to give (and hope the app will still work).

Battery life improved greatly going from sense to CM7 for me. Overall the experience was much smoother. I felt like I had a new phone again.

Hi guys, I don't like HTC Sense and I wanted better battery life. I have now CM7, but my battery life is not better. I have CyanogenMOD 7.1 (stable version).
I charged my phone on 100% and then I wipe battery status, but battery life is wrong. What can I do for better battery life? Change radio or what?
Thanks for answers...

spajdo said:
Hi guys, I don't like HTC Sense and I wanted better battery life. I have now CM7, but my battery life is not better. I have CyanogenMOD 7.1 (stable version).
I charged my phone on 100% and then I wipe battery status, but battery life is wrong. What can I do for better battery life? Change radio or what?
Thanks for answers...
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Check for some apps that can drain battery.
With the same version installed and only some Gapps from the package, with Tiamat kernel /smartassv2 governor at max ~900 MHz I had up to 5 days running time between charges.

How do I know which application drain battery?
I charge battery every day...

spajdo said:
How do I know which application drain battery?
I charge battery every day...
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Have you seen this?
Apps that can drain battery are those that all the time are trying to access a network, or GPS service or syncing etc.

Hell yes!
I love CM7! I like AOSP. I have been using Sense since I got the phone, but now decided to give CM ago..
The speed is incredible. Its much faster than Sense. I love the simplicity in some aspects too.
However, I miss some sense features.
Examples: hibernate, clock app, some Widgets etc
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CM7 was a great upgrade.
I should have done it long ago.

Love CM7 here, I switched mainly for battery life n customisation options
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cined said:
I got my HTC Desire S yesterday and updated it to the latest stock ROM OTA.
Now I'm just wondering if I want to flash CM7, the phone feels very fast and snappy as it is on a custom ROM, will I really notice many differences if I flash CM7?
Cheers
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I think if you are happy with your ROM, why change it? You can change it in the future anyway, if you realize, that stock ROM is not good enough any more.
In my case, I also tried CM7 and I do not like it. Do not take me wrong, I believe it is a very good ROM, but I just cannot be without HTC Sense, that's all. So my last stock ROM was 2.3.5 and after long research for custom ROMs, I found one, Endymion. It is great ROM and with Sense 3.5.
The only reason for another one in the future is this one is not going to be with ICS.

The great thing about Sense imo is that it is an all-in one package. For example the weather widget, calendar widget and many more. Whereas CM7 is more customizable to your liking, but with increased performance and better battery life.

CyanogenMod Battery Life

Just wondering how all of you are finding battery life on CM7 (or possibly other AOSP based ROMs)
One of the main reasons I decided to ditch Sense 3.5 and use CM7 was the battery gain (as Sense is known to be a heavy resource hog)
The speed is amazing. Much faster than Sense, no doubt.
But I'll be honest. I'm not too impressed so far. Battery seems to be more or less the same for me on CM7 as on Sense ROMs. I thought many people said it was better?!
What about everyone else? Is battery life for you good or bad on CM7?
Cheers!
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My battery life with CM7 has never been better than standard. In fact: I am now back on rooted stock and my battery life is Amazing!
So, it depends...

I personally found it better than that of stock battery life. Then again, stock Droid2 is HORRIBLE in every aspect.

Many thanks for the replies fellas, I appreciate it
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[Q] sensation roms or mods for excellent battery life

can anybody recommend any roms or mods that will help my sensation gain excellent battery life? ive tried multiple roms on gb and ics and still have had no luck. more recently ive tried ordroid, android revolution, and aokp build 37. with multiple kernels and the xxxpachaxxx-take-batterylife mod and still no luck. i can average about 9-10 hours with moderate usage but i really am looking for about a full 24 hours. is this even possible? ive had multiple phones in the past and there were a few i was able to gain excellent battery life on. for example mytouch4g on a few miui and cm7 roms could get me almost 36 or more hours, now i did keep data off when i wasnt using it, but im doing the same for my sensation and still no luck. is there anyone out there who has any recommendations or answers for me. i realize that not every chip is created equal but this is my second sensation, did i just answer my own question??? thanks in advance

hi,
Did you try ORDroid rom? I think is the best rom in terms of battery life/performance.....

I'm sorry if this an offence to anybody but with my experience it is not. Try hypernonsense for battery.
Also I've seen a mod in the dev section somewhere which brings about good battery but a large sacrifice is required, if you chose the power saving option that is. It only ever has one core running I believe at 1.5ghz ( the processors' true power ).
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Check out one of my last posts.there's a link to a very useful battery guide. It helped restore my battery "life".
Also, newer phones use more power. Extended batts. Help this but eventually it will take new tech.nuclear powered phones would last a while.

I'm using a 1900mAH anker battery combined with virtuous inquisition 4.02 gives 24 hours easily. In fact my record was still on 62% after 24 hours
No other ROM comes close. You have to upgrade the battery though as well, which is dirt cheap for the anker.

Definitely up grade your battery ! I use Anker. It's much better than stock! When you switch from rom to rom, go into recovery with 100% full battery and plugged into charger, wipe battery stats from recovery then unplug charger. This will help with the battery life. Hope this helps you. As for Roms I'm currently using ordroid but the best battery life I ever got was from virtuous inquisition, likely because its a SENCELESS rom, I missed sence so I changed over to Ordroid. I wanted to give sence 4 a try. It's a give and take depending on what you want. If you don't care for sence and only care for battery life V.I. is the way to go. Hope I helped you
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I'm currently using android revolution hd 6.6.5 and for my needs the battery life is fine.
I have to agree that with OrDroid my battery got drained a lot faster so I switched back to arhd Rom.
I have been on VI as well and it looks slick, mega fast and the best battery life of them all only I found a few bugs and switched back to arhd.
Still I'm used to sense now and ARHD is just the nicest Rom out there for me atm but that's just my opinion
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I am running Elegancia ICS Sense 3.6 TMOUS_Edition_3.0.0 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1663665) using the Bricked v1.1 kernel and am getting about 26 hours with light use and 18 hours with moderate use. In this day and age of power-hungry smartphones, I find this to be quite good!

U may use Faux's kernel on IntelligentDemond gavenor, it has good performence and long battery life.

[Q] How good is CM10?

Does CM10 gets the HTC One X to the level of a Nexus device?
I'm trying to decide which cellphone to buy an HTC One X or a Nexus 4...
In my country I can get the HTC One X cheaper (the at&t version with lte) ... but I would like to have a great android expierence on jellybean.
=)

Both devices have their trade offs.
Specifically about CM10, it's pretty good, but AOSP roms have pretty bad battery life on the HTC One XL.

thedauntlessone said:
Both devices have their trade offs.
Specifically about CM10, it's pretty good, but AOSP roms have pretty bad battery life on the HTC One XL.
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Thanks for the reply... It is good to know about the battery life.... I'll probably get the nexus 4.
Thanks! =)

renatofontes said:
Thanks for the reply... It is good to know about the battery life.... I'll probably get the nexus 4.
Thanks! =)
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In general any non native code roms (in this case aosp) are going to have more problems/run less smooth/have worse battery. For instance on my sgs3 no matter what the battery on cm10 was always worse no matter the usage versus touch wiz.
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In regards to battery life I echo the above comments. With stock speeds I got worse battery life on cm10 than I do on a sense rom overclocked to 2ghz with both cores on.
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I love my One X (ATT Branded) but I bought mine when SG3 and Nexus 4 was not available. It fit the bill and I needed a new phone at the time as I was traveling and didn't want to take my iPad as my personal device. Take note, Nexus 4 4G may not work in all countries. Look at some threads. If that is not an issue, I would get Nexus 4. In some countries like the US, with a contract, you can get One X for dirt cheap.

I personally disagree with aosp ROMs getting worse battery life. Me and my wife both have one x and she's running a sense ROM while I'm running aosp and we get around the same battery life. It all really depends on your usage.
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blee blee said:
I personally disagree with aosp ROMs getting worse battery life. Me and my wife both have one x and she's running a sense ROM while I'm running aosp and we get around the same battery life. It all really depends on your usage.
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I think the biggest difference is standby time - CM10 definitely drains faster in standby than Sense. I'm not sure if this is due to Sense's aggressive process management or something in AOSP. People who use their phones more actively are less likely to notice a battery life difference. If, on the other hand, your phone is asleep most of the day and you only wake it occasionally, it'll seem like a bigger hit.
That said, I find that the experience of AOSP is definitely worth the battery life trade-off.

Silellak said:
I think the biggest difference is standby time - CM10 definitely drains faster in standby than Sense. I'm not sure if this is due to Sense's aggressive process management or something in AOSP. People who use their phones more actively are less likely to notice a battery life difference. If, on the other hand, your phone is asleep most of the day and you only wake it occasionally, it'll seem like a bigger hit.
That said, I find that the experience of AOSP is definitely worth the battery life trade-off.
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I agree with you, people that CAN change the rom its beacuse they USE more the phone...

Battery life and mobile data download/upload speeds are noticeably lower than Sense. For example, with 1 bar of H+ on Sense, I get about 1.5 mbps. On CM10, I get around .5 mbps.
However, CM10 is much smoother, faster, and (usually) more stable. Wonderful ROM. Highly recommended for a non-Sense ROM.

Silellak said:
I think the biggest difference is standby time - CM10 definitely drains faster in standby than Sense. I'm not sure if this is due to Sense's aggressive process management or something in AOSP. People who use their phones more actively are less likely to notice a battery life difference. If, on the other hand, your phone is asleep most of the day and you only wake it occasionally, it'll seem like a bigger hit.
That said, I find that the experience of AOSP is definitely worth the battery life trade-off.
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Totally agree, with almost the same apps and stuff Sense can stand by 10 hours draining only less than 5 percent while CM10 drains almost 20 percent. But now the CM10 is quite solid, not that buggy and I really like the stock Android feeling and Google Now, so I'm running CM10 without complaint. PS. Sense Camera is waaaayyyyyyy better
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