Hi there
I have an HTC Desire HD, currently running CM7.0.3 ROM. Its my first ROM I have used and it seems to be one of the popular ones. I'm loving the speed my phone is now running at, and the smooth UI, But there is one big problem since I have flashed this ROM, My battery life is ridiculous. 3 hours of usage and its down to 15%, Im charging my phone twice a day and its about 2 months old.
Stock android had excellent battery life. Now besides the battery life I am kinda bored with the ROM now.
I'm looking for advice on which ROM you recommend, There are so many, I just want some personal opinions.
This is what I am looking for in a ROM:
GOOD BATTERY LIFE
Stylish panels and buttons
Must be based on the latest Android software
Overclocking options
Smooth and fast running
Ag hell, If you know of an excellent ROM with Excellent battery life then let me know. Please post a link to its page and why you love it.
Thanks!
Coredroid are a great set of roms for the desire ...ive been using them for a while and they have never failed me
Hello fellow Note 10.1 Owners,
I recently got a Note 10.1 as a gift and have been really enjoying it. One feature I am really missing from the Nexus 7 though is user switching (which comes with Android 4.2). I owned a Samsung Epic 4g in the past so I know that waiting for Samsung to release this update is futile.
I am considering installing CM10.1 on the tablet, but I was wondering if anyone can comment on the difference in features as compared to Touchwiz. I run CM10.1 on my Galaxy Nexus and my fiancee runs it on her Galaxy S3, but I feel that things are slightly different with the Note 10.1 since it has the s-pen and handwriting recognition.
I was just wondering if anyone has tried CM10.1 on the Note 10.1 and can share their opinion.
Can I survive without user switching? Yes.
Would it be fantastic to have? Of course.
Do I love the look of stock Android over Touchwiz? No question.
Does Samsung's crappy attempt at skeuomorphic graphics frustrate me? To no end; this is not the year 2001.
Thank you!
I came from a nexus 7 and to be honest, I've had a few Samsung things and one thing I hate is the ui, it's like it was made for kids. The stock ui is by far superior.
Anyway the one thing stopping me from switching is the lack of multi window. If you don't need that then switch, I've tried cm10 and it worked great.
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I have tried it and its ok but many things made me flash back to stock based.. No mulit-window and IR blast features.. also its not as loud as stock using my noozxide mod.. I listen to LOTs of music and I needed that extra juice on some songs because not all songs are the same volume.. but other than those features i would have stayed on cm10.. i might try it out again someday.. maybe even port those features over if i can...
I can do without multi-window but I do really like the IR functionality (despite the fact that Peel lists 40+ input modes for my Onkyo receiver and I only have 3, so it is quite the guessing game). I think I will just give it a go with CM 10.1 and see if I am really missing anything. I am assuming I can use Titanium to back up PS Touch so that I do not have to purchase it once I install CM 10.1.
CM10.1 is really a nice ROM. UI is great, browsing is much faster and there are no lags even if I open many apps at once. I say give it a try and be amazed!
Thanks for the helpful feedback. I had made a thread in general and somehow missed this one. I am on Cyanogenmod now and contemplating switching to stock-based. Is there really a noticeable lag on stock that doesn't exist in CM10.1? During what activities?
I notice the most lag when switching to recent apps.. its instant on cm10 and its about a 5-10sec delay on stock..
I'm not entirely sure what's causing it, but I really feel like CM 10.1 has much worse battery life than the Stock ROM does even though Stock has like, 500 more garbage apps installed. There's got to be something in the Samsung build that's making the variance between builds so large.
On Stock I can use my tablet at school from 10:45am to 8:40pm with maybe 2.5 - 3 hours of non-use. On its worst day, I got home and before plugging it in the battery was around 30-ish %.
Tuesday of this week I was using the latest CM Nightly and had to start adjusting system settings that I never touch, like screen brightness to as low as I could use it while still seeing the screen, silent, wifi off, gps off, etc. I was under 20% when I left that night, and that was after putting it back in my bag about halfway into my last class.
Really stinks because I much prefer CM over Stock, but if the battery life doesn't improve, I can't justify using something that's somehow actively killing my device faster.
I'm looking for the best custom ROM for the Verizon Samsung Galaxy SIII (SCH-I535) to maximize the battery life of the phone. Prefferably something close to the Jelly Bean OS.
I get good battery life with CleanRom, as always YMMV.
The only way you will know is to backup and try them. No one knows but you.
Hello Captivaters,
I've been using a Samsung Infuse since 2010. First on At&t then to a T-mobile 100 minutes of talk + unlimited data/text for $30 / month.
The Infuse is still chugging along with KitKat, but battery life and stability have decreased heavily. So I'm trying out my Dad's hand me down Captivate that is currently running CM7 (Build 7-11162011, possibly from this nightly which stopped being developed in 2012).
My first instinct is to try out CM11 because it is actually developed for the Captivate (the Infuse only has unofficial ports of CM). Is CM11 running pretty smoothly on the Captivate currently or is there a ROM that seems more stable?
Is there anything I should know as a T-mobile subscriber? I'll be searching the forums, but does anyone have experience with T-mobile data/wifi calling on this device?
Also, does anyone think it is necessary to go back to stock before going through the process of updating CM7 to CM11?
I'm excited to join the community and use what seems to be a well built and reliable phone.
~bokonon9
1. No. Go straight to the next ROM
2. My info is about 6 months out of date, but it should still be of some use:
1. Nexus S radio > Captivate radio if you want the 850 band
2. CyanAOSP 4.2.2 is the best overall ROM. KitKat builds are pretty sluggish unless you enable the low RAM mode, but feature wise, 4.2.2 is better than that mode, with better performance. CyanAOSP is hands down the best 4.2.2 ROM. 4.3 has no difference that concerns this device, while slowing it down quite a bit. This may have changed, but I doubt it did
So I got my galaxy s6 a few weeks ago and ended up getting bored with the regular touch-wiz skin so I upgraded to Nova Launcher . Recently I've been experiencing minor lag and battery drainage with nova so i was wondering if anyone had any flawless ROM's that also look pretty cool as well. I'm not too new with the whole ROM scene considering I put a custom ROM on my galaxy note 2 way back when but just looking for suggestions! I'm really just looking for something stable and has great battery life.