There are several threads regarding the V21Y baseband, but 99% of the posts concern release dates and installation instructions. For those of you who have flashed it, how do you like it so far?
Seems to give better battery life and better GPS lock on. That's what I have experienced with it. Too bad there's no custom ROMs yet
Gps is vastly superior, so is wifi calling is perfect so far. Everything else works better fine. Since I use both on a daily basis it is a great upgrade for me. I always had RIL issues before those are totally gone now.
I miss the customization of cyanogen, but full functionally wins over little stuff
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Don't know about the call quality, because I unfortunately have my service disabled at the moment (not being able to pay the bill tends to end in that)..
But everything else, this is by far my favorite so far. I haven't experienced any bugs that I was used to having, and GPS works far better than before (yes you can use GPS without cell service, if you don't mind not having the ability to download maps)...
Faster. Stable. And way better battery life
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I think mine is a combination of the new baseband and Beats audio.. (if that effects the incall sound) but, if it does.. a combo of those two make my calls sound great. I used to have trouble hearing people cuz it sounded bad, but now it is better.
enyahs said:
I think mine is a combination of the new baseband and Beats audio.. (if that effects the incall sound) but, if it does.. a combo of those two make my calls sound great. I used to have trouble hearing people cuz it sounded bad, but now it is better.
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Did you flash the beats audio mod on stock 2.3.4? The latest worked fine or an older?
I think I flashed two. Don't think I noticed a difference on the newest one so tried to the old one. Left it at that and Now I feel like it shounds great. But it could be all in my imagination lol
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Its good but its useless if I can't flash Cyanogenmod on it.
Everything is good. Just can't flash roms. First day on the stock rooted rom. Battery could be a bit better. In at 10 hours and 40% how can I improve this on the stcok rooted
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It is so vastly superior to the old one it isn't funny. I can only speak for myself, but for the first time, I've not flashed anything since I got the leak. That's saying a lot, I used to flash 2 or 3 roms a day.
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It is so vastly superior to the old one it isn't funny. I can only speak for myself, but for the first time, I've not flashed anything since I got the leak. That's saying a lot, I used to flash 2 or 3 roms a day.
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You missed the part where you can't flash anything over this otherwise your call audio goes into alien age.
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You missed the part where you can't flash anything over this otherwise your call audio goes into alien age.
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I don't understand how anyone could go back to the instability of the other basebands.
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to be fair, 21e was never good to me, but 21y has been superb past several days. I miss some of the customizations of cyanogen, but I would not give up the perfect GPS, better wifi stability, and flawless wifi calling..
GPS is now equal or better than my iPhone.
Of note, my peak 3g/4g speeds are lower, I used to occasionally see a
10 megabits down on old Ril, but now with 21y I seem stuck at 5 or 6 down but ...I get those speeds in more places... And TMobile ping is always better than ATt..and att is never faster than 5.5 megabits so....draw your own conclusions
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The main thing this update has given is battery life. Its way better now
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Love it...I have only had one random shutdown in 48 hours and perfect GPS and wifi. Now if there was just some development...Not beinga developers, I'm not complaining mind you.
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The main thing this update has given is battery life. Its way better now
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Yea i noticed this as well,easily gets me thru the day now without a charge in between.
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It is so vastly superior to the old one it isn't funny. I can only speak for myself, but for the first time, I've not flashed anything since I got the leak. That's saying a lot, I used to flash 2 or 3 roms a day.
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This is saying a lot, you're all over the development section flashing things
I have read a couple comments in other threads that after a few days people started having some problems and had to factory reset (or something), has this happened to anyone?
For stock only rooted it does great. I removed some bloat. I don't see better battery. I found better battery using 21e and faux's ds kernels. It is by far the best stock rom I have used. I am sure I could get better battery out of it if I changed some setting like sync. Any one have a good list of things to change, set and remove? I am very please so far. Can't wait to see some custom Roms and kernels.
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So the new baseband just has better battery and GPS lock?
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I was hoping to get your guys opinion on this. Should I wait at least until mid October for gingerbread, or should I say forget it and install a custom Rom now? In otherwords, do you think gingerbread will really be here soon?
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We kinda think its close. But why not try a custom rom. The flash time and return to stock time is les than 15 minutes. Now if you are trying not to void your warranty,I guess I can dig that.
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It's a really high quality refurb from Att and has 2 months of warranty left. But I doubt I'd brick it. Even if I did I'd use gtg's unbricker. Hmm... I'm still on the fence though. Need more opinions.
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Well the custom roms offer some things stock doesnt yet its up to you and your needs.
Anyways now with the video recording fix using a GB rom its a nice choice. I was "stuck" on Froyo since the fps thingy on Gb roms but now that its fixed ive been runnin Infused 2.2.3 and its smooth.
There are some more rom options so you could browse and take your choice.
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If you're willing to give up HDMI output and live with a few minor bugs, you can have Gingerbread now.
Also data speeds are still not fixed in GB, although one fix I tried seems to have had far better results than I expected so there is promise there. I'm asking for some confirmation of that, as I live in an area with always-crappy speeds so I can't really test it.
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If you're willing to give up HDMI output and live with a few minor bugs, you can have Gingerbread now.
Also data speeds are still not fixed in GB, although one fix I tried seems to have had far better results than I expected so there is promise there. I'm asking for some confirmation of that, as I live in an area with always-crappy speeds so I can't really test it.
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Yea I was going to wait, but I could not stand it anymore. I am on 2.2.2 with Entropy's kernel. The data speeds seem mostly restored, even though i used to get almost another mb usually. If you do go to Gingerbread now, I will say the perfect pair is Infused 2.2.3 (or 2.2.2) with Infusion 1.0 (overclock kernel) for heavy games users. For daily needs and internet speed, I would say again Infused 2.2.3 (or 2.2.2) with Entropy's kernel. I have not tried Serendipity, but I have heard almost nothing bad about that too.
I installed S7 a few weeks ago, expecting to only stay on it a few days as I tried a few other ROMs. I still want to fix the Hellraiser "stuck battery notifications" issue.
I've been very happy with S7 - At some point I'll be returning to CM7, but I've been so busy that I haven't had time to mess with reflashing another ROM.
UCKI5 apparently just got leaked, so I may just wait. Seems like it's close.
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UCKI5 apparently just got leaked, so I may just wait. Seems like it's close.
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Where is the leak? Jease they are like coming out every four days lol.
First topic in Infuse 4G general man. Sorry I couldn't link it, I'm on my phone.
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UCKI5 is semi-leaked - no one has managed to decrypt it yet.
Well yes. I was just saying that since it's around I'll wait for official.
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My dad just bought the wind mobile version of this phone. What is a smooth basic ROM you guys would recommend for him? he doesn't need anything fancy
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I like weapon but you could always start with the basic rooted stock rom and go from there.
I suggest eaglebloods latest rom, which can be found in the development section of the g2x. It is extremely smooth and stable. I would also use faux123 4.6 kernel with that rom.
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Tsugi
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My dad just bought the wind mobile version of this phone. What is a smooth basic ROM you guys would recommend for him? he doesn't need anything fancy
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Must try Tsugi. It is a pretty basic rom but is blazing fast and reliable. It has never crashed on me as long as I have been running it. Can't say enough good things about it.
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Must try Tsugi. It is a pretty basic rom but is blazing fast and reliable. It has never crashed on me as long as I have been running it. Can't say enough good things about it.
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I've heard great things about Tsugi! So +1. I've tried Weapons, wasn't my cup of tea. Froze quite alot in the early builds.
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Really? This poor horse...
I use Weapon 3 which is based on stock Android 2.3.3 with Faux123-0.1.3 recompiled kernel. It has very good battery life, is fast, and very stable.
Galnet MIUI, it really is impressive
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After trying both Tsugi and Weapon, I personally prefer Tsugi. It seems to work slightly better for me, and I overall seem to have fewer issues. The LG Camera also seems to work slightly better on it although I can't point to any definitive area, other than the fact it has a panorama mode (which only sort of works).
Weapon is great if you want to run Touchwiz, which I find makes more sense to people who don't know what they're doing. Another big deal is that Tsugi doesn't have the shutdown issue where when the phone runs out of battery instead of turning off the screen just goes black and drains the battery more. This may or may not cause damage to the battery, but it's not worth the risk.
Just my two cents
i would say eagle
Jboxer's 2.3.4 LG Colorized is what I settled on after trying pretty much every current ROM.
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I would say leave it alone. usually the one originally on there is the safest and most stable. I have installed the latest nightly build 201 from cm. Its for me and I know what to do if something is wrong.
My wife's android phones I always kept at stock for her so whenever there is an issue its easier to fix.
Just stay stock bud and your dad should be fine ok?
Miui.us is Da best so far with trinity kernel,axura, then tsugi? There's a mess of them? Lol
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Hey xda, Ive got this rarely used g2x. Don't even got a simcard for mainly using it for fun I guess but I am gonna get it in service soon. Thing is I am getting terrible battery life on all recent roms, eb gb and ics and Hellfire gb and ics, I got stock battery, even with kernals my battery's terrible, looking for reccomended roms and kernals and any tricks/mods to improve battery life, and remember this is even without any data usage and am still getting this amount of battery life.
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Hey xda, Ive got this rarely used g2x. Don't even got a simcard for mainly using it for fun I guess but I am gonna get it in service soon. Thing is I am getting terrible battery life on all recent roms, eb gb and ics and Hellfire gb and ics, I got stock battery, even with kernals my battery's terrible, looking for reccomended roms and kernals and any tricks/mods to improve battery life, and remember this is even without any data usage and am still getting this amount of battery life.
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You never told us what you have tried, or what kinda battery life you are getting. Also did you put the phone in airplane mode so it isn't looking for service?
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For example I just turned the phone on from after being in the charge for 7 hours, i then immediately went to xda app and then checked the battery and found it at 96%.
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I dont remember which kernels specifically but I did say which roms, I've flashed all.of them atleast twice but am willing to do so again.
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I've found that ICS roms are horrible on battery life. Also, like mt3g said, put it in airplane mode since you aren't on a mobile network. Take a look at this thread too http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054420
Should I use Hellfire or eb gb, I've heard that eb is better but hellfire's gb was updated more recently, and which suggested kernal to go with it. I understand that it all depends in your phone but what in.your experience / opinion is the best combo.
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Should I use Hellfire or eb gb, I've heard that eb is better but hellfire's gb was updated more recently, and which suggested kernal to go with it. I understand that it all depends in your phone but what in.your experience / opinion is the best combo.
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The rom I'm using right now is Eaglesblood build 2.8 which is GB 2.3.7. I get pretty decent battery life just using the kernal that is built into it normally. I was having a few problems with HFP 2.1 so I switched to this and haven't looked back. Even though it isn't the most recent I still feel like its the best, just my opinion though.
I have got the best battery life so far with Eagles blood GB as well. HFS v1.5 is giving me ok battery life but EGB gave me double time as this ROM
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Most recommended kernal with eb, looking for optimal performance with good battery life
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Most recommended kernal with eb, looking for optimal performance with good battery life
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Try them out, read the threads to see common issues and things that work well. Stop asking everyone here to do that little bit of work for you.
XDA is not your personal slave, we should not, and will not spoon feed you. Look around, spend more then 2 minutes looking at the first post. If you put in a good effort, people will be willing to help you, but just constantly asking for which ROM is just lazy.
You did not answer the question of whether you put the phone in airplane mode, you have not said any of the ROMs you've tried (other than all of them, which I doubt). At least pretend to give a ****...
Search!!!! there are tons of threads on how to increase battery life
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? I don't think you give a **** because if you read my post you would of known that I'd have tried eb ics and gb, and hellfire ics and gb rom, and i've actually spent hours reading pages in the roms topic and other places, and I forgot to answer that question, my answer is no I don't even have a simcard in the phone for it to be searching for service and enabling it would stop wifi which is what I do use.
You can put the phone into Airplane mode and then enable WiFi. Even though you don't have a Sim install it can still try to search for a network and drain the battery. It will need a network without a Sim to be able to call 911 if needed.
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Most recommended kernal with eb, looking for optimal performance with good battery life
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The built in kernal is great on battery, right now I'm running on over 26 hours and still at 35%
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You can put the phone into Airplane mode and then enable WiFi. Even though you don't have a Sim install it can still try to search for a network and drain the battery. It will need a network without a Sim to be able to call 911 if needed.
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Thank you
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I flashed Trinity's elp and now I cannot get a battery reading, I have a question mark at the symbol thing at top of the screen and every battery reading is 100%. Any fixes? I also am getting a slower start up from screen off, but ill try v6 supercharger.
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I flashed Trinity's elp and now I cannot get a battery reading, I have a question mark at the symbol thing at top of the screen and every battery reading is 100%. Any fixes? I also am getting a slower start up from screen off, but ill try v6 supercharger.
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Just go back to the kernal you had before and it should be fine
@ctowne... I would love to know what you are doing that makes your battery life that good with a stock kernel. I'm running cm 7.0.2 and I've charged my phone a couple times through heavy use. I have cut a lot of the processes down and did all the troubleshooting to get better battery life and its still draining like **** during heavy ( or what I would call heavy) use
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@ctowne... I would love to know what you are doing that makes your battery life that good with a stock kernel. I'm running cm 7.0.2 and I've charged my phone a couple times through heavy use. I have cut a lot of the processes down and did all the troubleshooting to get better battery life and its still draining like **** during heavy ( or what I would call heavy) use
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I don't think its necessarily the stock kernal. It's the one that is built in to Eaglesblood GB. Also try to follow this guide, it seemed to help my battery life. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054420 I did get around 30 hours on that charge but it varies quite a bit depending on usage. I always get a full day of moderate use though. Try switching to Eaglesblood GB and follow that guide to 20 hour battery life and see if it helps. If not, your battery could just be old/bad. Hope this helps!
Yeah i tried the eaglesblood rom and wasn't too impressed. Im sure that it was good for performance, however i immediately missed the customization with cm7 (adw launcher) and the themes that came with it. after i have flashed the faux123 kernel on here with cm7, im happy to say my battery life is incredible. i fished all day yesterday and listened to music while texting a bit and making a few phone calls. was out for about 10 hours and had only used 40% of my battery. so for anyone looking for a good cm7 kernel, the faux has been the best i have found yet
For about a few weeks now my phone keeps shutting down in my pocket. It started doing while on miui gb, this rom had always been stable for me until the last 2 updates. I have recently flashed miui v4 and that was terrible, it shutdown 4-5 times in an hour. So now I have flashed aokp build 34 and I love this rom. But again this has shutdown in my pocket, only once so far though. Now could this be a software problem or hardware problem?
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
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My immediate thought from reading other threads over the months...
What are your undervoltage settings? Even the default settings in all ROMs tend to affect certain people different due to minor variances in hardware tolerances. It may be worth changing the UV to +25, +50 and try to tweak until it becomes more stable.
I've never under volt as tried it once and phone just wouldn't work, so you could be onto something. Maybe my phone is overly sensitive to voltages. I'll try it and post back here how it goes.
How will it affect battery life?
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I've been lucky that my phone seems to have been mostly happy with all ROMs at default, although I did add a +25 to Reaper after two random reboots in a week.
The battery changes from a minor change like that should be, well, minor. Still a lot better than saving battery by having the phone shut itself down
Your case strongly reminds me of the 'death pressure point's which I experience on my phone back in September.
(See my thread) I suffered the same issues as you for a month - blamed it on the phone not waking from sleep, but it turned put my battery was faulty, and not connecting properly.
Try applying some light pressure to the back of the phone, and see whether it will automatically turn off?
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Oly,
Fancy adding a link to that thread? I don't remember that one so it could be a useful reminder.
Nope doesn't turn off. But I did read something like that a while back somewhere. It sort of makes a bit of sense as it only happens in my pocket I could leave it on the side all day and its fine.
How did you fix it was it the old 'pack it out with some paper' job. I remember doing that to a phone that had buttons, can you believe it a phone that had buttons!!!
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Oly,
Fancy adding a link to that thread? I don't remember that one so it could be a useful reminder.
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Here you go
Took me a while to spot it.
@goatimus, take a look at the thread, I got my solution by getting a new battery
HTC sent me a new one for free!
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Interesting looks like I will be getting hold of HTC for a new battery. Weird thing though is on that thread most peoples phones were new, mines nearly a year old!
Also does the ics tiamat kernal work fine with aokp as I would like to try the overvolting method but my kernal doesn't support it.
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Interesting looks like I will be getting hold of HTC for a new battery. Weird thing though is on that thread most peoples phones were new, mines nearly a year old!
Also does the ics tiamat kernal work fine with aokp as I would like to try the overvolting method but my kernal doesn't support it.
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So you can confirm the same issues?
My phone was working fine for a month, then the problem started happening
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Sent a message to HTC, waiting for reply. Haven't overvolted as kernal doesn't support it and don't want to change to tiamat as everything works fine.
But.......
I did place a couple of folded rizlas between battery and clip and it hasn't shutdown since. Maybe after all the farting about removing battery and sim has took its toll on the clip. Anyway I'm happy running blind ice m5 with nearly no problems now.
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I dont know if it's just me but i noticed that those stuff happen a LOT more on ICS roms.
(although did have this in older versions of Reaper,
Endymion, Virtuous and especially RunnyDroid, never happened on sense 3.0 roms)
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* OverVolting helps
* Overclocking helps
* Tiamat kernel makes it WORSE ( at least for CM9 & MIUI v4)
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I had the same problem and i used to put a little piece of paper behind the battery
and i worked for me..
I was really curious when it started reboots and freezes on reaper. Never suffered from that before. on endymion I could even undervolt by -100.
On reaper I have to overvolt by 25 to be stable. Really strange
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I'm trying to hunt around for the best battery life so let me know your opinions. Thanks
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I'm trying to hunt around for the best battery life so let me know your opinions. Thanks
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Best battery life would come from one of the debloated stock roms most likely...but it also keep in mind not every phone reacts the same way as others do to a Rom...one person may get amazing life on one...while another gets terrible life on that same exact one...
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So far my personal opinion would be more towards the RemICS Rom. Its pretty friggin sweet all around!
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I've been running legend rom for the past 2 weeks, been great.
before that I was running the unofficial cm9, that was awesome-only problem was no bluetooth.
that's what I was on before this. I am actually thinking of switching to something that has Bluetooth for the time being until they get a patch on RemICS. Its the only downfall!
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Although development had stopped, Zeus had the best battery life for me.
erytherm cisa).
Zues was pretty good,except I had SOD issues several times a day, wiped, reinstalled, re-downloaded, went back to stock, rooted again, reinstalled, nothing seemed to fix the issue
For me most of the bigger gb roms all had good battery life. (legend, aeon, zues, emacipation).
One of the best roms ive used as far as battery was actually dman's catyrom. With pretty heavy usage.
But ive found out that using better battery stats to track down battery hogs is a must for any rom.
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