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Hello all, I'm looking for a rom with good combination of stability, performance and battery life for a T mobile Nexus S. I want to update my brother in laws device, currently running an old version of swipers miui. I prefer a rom that everything works so I don't get a call if something goes wrong, (flash it and forget it). I have a EVO LTE and know nothing about the Nexus S. I'd appreciate any suggestions! Thanks

At the moment, I have AOKP Jelly Bean Build 3. I love it!
Maybe you could give it a try

JavaJunkay said:
At the moment, I have AOKP Jelly Bean Build 3. I love it!
Maybe you could give it a try
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Thanks for the reply, is everything working? I don't have the option of trial and error.
Swyped from my MeanELTE

RasBeanjelly to be found in the trinity thread. Has some mods but is very fast, stable and smooth. Haven't had any reboot with this one since it released.
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RasBeanjelly to be found in the trinity thread. Has some mods but is very fast, stable and smooth. Haven't had any reboot with this one since it released.
Sent from my Nexus S
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I believe this rom is for the 4g version, not the 3g version of Nexus S, witch is the device that is to be install on, not sure

robbo10 said:
Hello all, I'm looking for a rom with good combination of stability, performance and battery life for a T mobile Nexus S. I want to update my brother in laws device, currently running an old version of swipers miui. I prefer a rom that everything works so I don't get a call if something goes wrong, (flash it and forget it). I have a EVO LTE and know nothing about the Nexus S. I'd appreciate any suggestions! Thanks
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If your brother in law knows nothing about flashing/rooting and you want to just flash and forget....flash factory images and be done with it. You can keep it rooted also (CWM + SU) or not since he clearly won't care. Just leave it unlocked. That is "flash it and forget it" IMHO.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1572307

AOKP Jelly Bean

robbo10 said:
I believe this rom is for the 4g version, not the 3g version of Nexus S, witch is the device that is to be install on, not sure
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the rasbean jelly port is for the 4G, but the official rasbeanjelly rom is for the 3G(crespo), and its support is found in the trinity kernel thread(along with the trinity jelly bean kernels). rasbean jelly download is found here(nexus s, crespo) http://fitsnugly.euroskank.com/?rom=rasbeanjelly&device=crespo

Thank you all for the suggestions, big help!
Swyped from my MeanELTE

robbo10 said:
Thank you all for the suggestions, big help!
Swyped from my MeanELTE
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Try the MIUI ROM , I've tried all the other ROMs and this one blew all the other ones away in terms of speed and peppiness. So far it's the only ROM that's felt like a jelly bean upgrade for me. And i haven't even played around with the kernels or V6 supercharger. Only thing I don't know about yet is its battery life. Haven't really tested that yet.

joey jeremiah said:
Try the MIUI ROM , I've tried all the other ROMs and this one blew all the other ones away in terms of speed and peppiness. So far it's the only ROM that's felt like a jelly bean upgrade for me. And i haven't even played around with the kernels or V6 supercharger. Only thing I don't know about yet is its battery life. Haven't really tested that yet.
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miui wont touch rasbean in speed

simms22 said:
miui wont touch rasbean in speed
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Yeah you're right, especially with the TNS132 kernel rasbean is a speed demon. Only thing I really don't like about it is the lack of quickreply. I'm learning how to program right now (Though with python not java). Someday I'll be able to add features that I want to otherwise perfect ROMs .

Just be aware that ICS and JB roms as a whole (at least for me) tend to consume more battery. I've been running Oxygen 2.3 (gingerbread) and Trinity TEUV 880 kernel for about 8 months now. Rock-solid performance, battery life - at least 24 hours light usage, 20 medium usage (screen time 30 min-1hr).

horizon21 said:
Just be aware that ICS and JB roms as a whole (at least for me) tend to consume more battery. I've been running Oxygen 2.3 (gingerbread) and Trinity TEUV 880 kernel for about 8 months now. Rock-solid performance, battery life - at least 24 hours light usage, 20 medium usage (screen time 30 min-1hr).
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Oh yeah, truly awesome results...
I get 20h with heavy usage on my Jelly bean stock with at least 2h of screen on.

I really recommend you Slim rom 2.6
www. slim roms .net

lowgitek said:
I really recommend you Slim rom 2.6
www. slim roms .net
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+1, excellent ROM, similar in speed to Rasbean. All common options too especially latest 2.6

I haven't tried rasbean jelly but if you just want stable go for one of the stock or slightly modified stock roms.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1843301&highlight=chocolate
vanilla or chocolate is probably what you need (I prefer chocolate)

kwibis said:
RasBeanjelly to be found in the trinity thread. Has some mods but is very fast, stable and smooth. Haven't had any reboot with this one since it released.
Sent from my Nexus S
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I haven't any reboots with any of the top ROM's. They are all great. AOKP, Codename and Blackbean. All run fast enough and smooth enough with all the mods. So I know people hail over Rasbean for it's stability because of less features but I love the features plus get stability. Doesn't seem to make the difference Rasbean fans claim.

Rasbean sounds interesting, where could I find this ROM?

I prefer cm10. T9 dialer, quick reply and themes. All I really need. Decent speed, widgets and lock screen widgets. I'm on my and so far EVERYTHING works!
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Cm10 vs stock

Just wondering how much better cm10 really is. Is it noticably faster? Battery? I still have stock and have never rooted yet. Im kinda waiting for a fully stable rom. Any input would be appreciated!

IMHO CM10 is a bit faster and gives better battery life but is not as stable. You'll encounter some random reboots and maybe some freezing that will force you to pull the battery. CM10 offers much more in the way of customization as well. There are several features you can play with in the system setting menus. If WiFi calling is important to you then you'll want to stick with stock as it's not available (yet?) in CM10.

I'd love to know how you get better battery, I've gone back to 4.0.4 from Jellybean because of horrific battery life. Seems to drain crazy fast.

Flowbyte said:
I'd love to know how you get better battery, I've gone back to 4.0.4 from Jellybean because of horrific battery life. Seems to drain crazy fast.
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Me too. Seems as the updates progress the battery life gets worse. 2.2 was the best for me on my Vibrant. Could go over a day without charging. Now on stock ICS on my blaze I get maybe 10 hours with nothing synced and barely touching my phone all day. Sucks! And I have a stronger battery.

Interesting, I seem to be getting about the same if not better battery life in CM10 than I was in stock rooted GB.

namaui said:
Interesting, I seem to be getting about the same if not better battery life in CM10 than I was in stock rooted GB.
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Same here
Sent from my CM10 powered Galaxy S Blaze 4G

I think it might be because I'm in a weak signal area where I live and the radio might be killing my battery when before wifi calling helped. I really liked CM10 otherwise and was kinda gutted to return to ICS. Might have to give it another go
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Andromadus vs. Jellytime vs. PACman vs. Pure CM10

Hello,
at the moment i am using Jellytime. For now i am happy with this, but i think the battery life could be just better. So which rom from above offers you the best battery lifetime?

im using pacman.. the battery life is good.. i can use the phone the whole day(surfing, internet, texting, music...).. i always plug my phone in before going to bed, and i still have around 10% left
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ddd- said:
Hello,
at the moment i am using Jellytime. For now i am happy with this, but i think the battery life could be just better. So which rom from above offers you the best battery lifetime?
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Using Pacman v18.0 at the moment and the battery life is not very good. Its usually dead by evening.

nikhilmulay said:
Using Pacman v18.0 at the moment and the battery life is not very good. Its usually dead by evening.
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Me too. Battery life is very short using Pacman v18.0, at most 5 hours. The screen is the process that consumes more battery. Maybe it is only a my problem, but with Fallout v.5 I didn't have this problem (but others :laugh.

Well I find the battery life good on pure CM10.
If it wasnt for the graphics glitches when browsing, it'd be a really good ROM!

I have installed Pacman v18.0 about 3 days ago and am very impressed with the ROM. No problem with battery life but one major problem with the phone randomly going into Sim Lock mode. Could be after 5 minutes, could be after 5 hours and sometimes while just using it.

PACman, way to go.

I'm using Andromadus CM10.1 and battery is good...Overall is good except Bluetooth that doesn't work yet...

nikhilmulay said:
Using Pacman v18.0 at the moment and the battery life is not very good. Its usually dead by evening.
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Mine has about an hours worth of battery...
For now I'm switching to my sense rom

On the latest build (build 10) of Andromadus 10.1 I found that the bluetooth was fixed!
Overall, at this time, I believe that the 3 andromadus ROMs are by far the best Jellybean effords!

Thank GOD I got here...
Could someone help me with rom that includes these features?
1. The official ics look (nexus ics)
2. That includes all apps like the sensed ics got. (fM radio,voice recorder,youtube etc)
3. My wifi doesnt turn on when i use any custom rom It just says "Turning on wifi" for the whole day.
4. The settings tab normal (not the tablet type like pacman got)
....
Thanks

battery life when using pacman is sucks, only 7 hours with minimal usage, texting, phone with 3g/hsdpa signal

gunn46 said:
battery life when using pacman is sucks, only 7 hours with minimal usage, texting, phone with 3g/hsdpa signal
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Can someone recommend ROM with good battery life indead of lamenting on PACMAN ?

badmanPL said:
Can someone recommend ROM with good battery life indead of lamenting on PACMAN ?
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why not try the ROMS yourself and find which one is suitable for u. Everyone has a different preference and taste.
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hisname said:
why not try the ROMS yourself and find which one is suitable for u. Everyone has a different preference and taste.
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I'am trying different roms all the time... right now I'm using FullySamsung-1.0.1 since couple of days... battery life sucks on this rom...
I do not see the connection between battery life and "preferences and taste"...
From my experiences all JB roms for DS are draining battery very fast...

badmanPL said:
I'am trying different roms all the time... right now I'm using FullySamsung-1.0.1 since couple of days... battery life sucks on this rom...
I do not see the connection between battery life and "preferences and taste"...
From my experiences all JB roms for DS are draining battery very fast...
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some people prefer to UV their kernels. Some people don't prefer. Some kernels allow UV, some don't. see it all comes down to preference,of course UV also may cause performance to decrease. so it stills come down to preference.
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hisname said:
some people prefer to UV their kernels. Some people don't prefer. Some kernels allow UV, some don't. see it all comes down to preference,of course UV also may cause performance to decrease. so it stills come down to preference.
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That still isn't answer for a question from first topic... "So which rom from above offers you the best battery lifetime?".
It's just general deviation about the opportunities offered by kernels...

badmanPL said:
That still isn't answer for a question from first topic... "So which rom from above offers you the best battery lifetime?".
It's just general deviation about the opportunities offered by kernels...
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Hmm, when ppl say try it yourself, it simply means that u would have to flash the rom to know what's best for u.
Everyone uses his/her phone differently, so basicly there is no ideal rom that pleases everyone.
Everyone will you give a different opinion in terms of battery/speed/etc. That's why it is a bit pointless in asking what's the "best rom" for the other person when the usage is different.
So no point having second doubt and just flash the phone, try every single rom, i have flash from sense to cm to ics and now back to gb.
Go ahead and experiment the roms for yourself. Today someone might give u a suggestion, the next day a another. that's why it is consider pointless in asking such question as 'which is the best can u recommend me' and much better to try it for yourself instead of being shortchange in case there is another better than that is being suggested.

Camera Issue
Does any one facing camera issue?
I tried installing many JB roms but camera lags in all while video recording.
Is there any work around for this??
Thanks..

Bluetooth an Andromadus CM10.1
Can someone help me wh my bluetooth isn't working on Build 12?
I can't receive any incoming file etc.
-permissions are fixed
-wiped everything!
THANKS in ADVANCE Folks!!!

Which rom is best for battery life?

I recently purchased this phone, and have been appalled by the battery life, it's atrocious. I also seem to have a bug with Maps that keeps draining me, even though I don't use any location services, etc. So now, I'm going to install a new rom, and see if my battery improves significantly. My question is, which rom is the best with battery life? There is no point in having this fancy phone if you can't use it because the battery is dead before you even get out of work and it's just been sitting in your pocket -_-, this is what happened to me.
Right now I'm downloading CleanROM 6r2, latest build. I do intend on flashing it later tonight and testing how the battery level is, and if it still declares I'm roaming when I'm obviously not.
Right now I'm stock, rooted and bootloader unlocked I have no put any roms on the phone as of yet, but battery is terrible regardless. My brother has the same phone, same carrier and same battery issues albeit, not nearly as detrimental as mine.
Thanks in advance. If CleanROM is the best with battery life thus far that would be great. I'd like to try 4.2.2, but hear it's got terrible battery life?

Sorry to be the first to say that "what's the best Rom" is frowned on around here
You really need to find out what works best on your phone through reading and testing.
However just to point you in the right direction. clean Rom has never let me down and synergy can sleep like a baby
Finally I'd think it is safe to say aosp Roms will never compare to battery on tw
They can still be very good but for your purpose you may have better luck else where.
God bless the American people

You could just freeze maps if you are not using it.
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Spewed said:
I recently purchased this phone, and have been appalled by the battery life, it's atrocious. I also seem to have a bug with Maps that keeps draining me, even though I don't use any location services, etc. So now, I'm going to install a new rom, and see if my battery improves significantly. My question is, which rom is the best with battery life? There is no point in having this fancy phone if you can't use it because the battery is dead before you even get out of work and it's just been sitting in your pocket -_-, this is what happened to me.
Right now I'm downloading CleanROM 6r2, latest build. I do intend on flashing it later tonight and testing how the battery level is, and if it still declares I'm roaming when I'm obviously not.
Right now I'm stock, rooted and bootloader unlocked I have no put any roms on the phone as of yet, but battery is terrible regardless. My brother has the same phone, same carrier and same battery issues albeit, not nearly as detrimental as mine.
Thanks in advance. If CleanROM is the best with battery life thus far that would be great. I'd like to try 4.2.2, but hear it's got terrible battery life?
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95% battery life is controlled by the Kernel, not the rom. The other small 5% can contribute to battery such as odex vs deodex, quick boot up. Also, I'm not going to bring in user settings control such as screen brightness, apps sync intervals etc.. I'm talking about if we have 2 devices with the exact same setup, the kernel is where it makes a diff in battery saving.

Buy a zerolemon 7000mah battery off of Amazon for $32 problem solved.
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Droid316 said:
Buy a zerolemon 7000mah battery off of Amazon for $32 problem solved.
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Haha not all people like a boat sized phone
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barrackOBAMA said:
Haha not all people like a boat sized phone
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This ^^. I thought about it, but its just too big and intrusive.
Besides, my phone shouldn't die idle in my pocket. My brothers AT&T S3 stayed on for 3 days without usage, mine died in under 8 hours.
Anyway, I do understand that "what is the best" is frowned upon. I've been around a little while, I'm just not very active. I really wanted more of a general answer regarding user feedback with certain roms, or experiences maybe.
Also, regarding the kernel that is news to me, I didn't know that. Thanks for the information. I guess I can redirect my search to a kernel.
I do want to report though that my battery life has improved significantly I think than what it was before. Granted the rom was just installed today and has already died, I used it very heavily today though as opposed to the very minimal usage that killed it previously. I wont for certain until I get back to school and have it idle around for a while.
I'll check out Synergy if I'm not impressed, although CleanROM right now has fixed the MAPS issue I was experiencing. It no longer shows it as something that's killing my battery and I left all the settings the same as they were. So that tells me it was an obvious bug in my software specifically or something of that nature. So far so good.
P.S., did you personally have better life with Synergy over CleanRom?
Btw, I have always maintained a modest setup on my phone that should improve battery life. Low screen brightness, no WIFI unless I need it, no mobile data unless I want it or need it. I never checked on sync intervals though, I'll have to do that.^_^

It all depends on the kernel and its setting. My experience so far is that I overall get good battery life with LeanKernel, GalaxyKOR, KT kernel regardless what ROM I use. I also use DS Battery Saver in Slumberer mode. At one point after fully charging my phone I left the screen off for 8 hours woke up it went from 100 % to 97%.

I'll check out DS battery and some of those kernels. What is your primary ROM? I'm digging CleanRom right now.
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Nothing beat lean kernel and clean rom lite
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Well my favorite ROM is Plasma I always find myself going back to that ROM.

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Nothing beat lean kernel and clean rom lite
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I noticed Lean Kernel is an AOSP kernel, is it adivsed to use with CleanROM 6.0?

Droid316 said:
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Will this battery fit the same as stock?
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I recommend just trying diff roms and diff kernels and just see what works best for you. I am currently using Jelly Beans build 13 with LeanKernel and I have really good battery life.

dward26 said:
Will this battery fit the same as stock?
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I recommend just trying diff roms and diff kernels and just see what works best for you. I am currently using Jelly Beans build 13 with LeanKernel and I have really good battery life.
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Went ahead and flashed lean kernel v 1.10 now my phone wont boot up. I get 2 Samsung Galaxy logo's then it turns back off. ?
In the process of restoring a backup I made. Is there something wrong with the way I approached things? I simply put the zip on my sd card, and flashed it in CWM

Spewed said:
Went ahead and flashed lean kernel v 1.10 now my phone wont boot up. I get 2 Samsung Galaxy logo's then it turns back off. ?
In the process of restoring a backup I made. Is there something wrong with the way I approached things? I simply put the zip on my sd card, and flashed it in CWM
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So my backup saved me. After that I went through file directory for leankernel and seen nothing about 1.10 haha, so I guess I downloaded something wrong. Now I'm going to try flashing 2.1 will report.
Edit: So, I did flash the wrong kernel on accident. New 2.1 kernel worked for me this time.

Spewed said:
So my backup saved me. After that I went through file directory for leankernel and seen nothing about 1.10 haha, so I guess I downloaded something wrong. Now I'm going to try flashing 2.1 will report.
Edit: So, I did flash the wrong kernel on accident. New 2.1 kernel worked for me this time.
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Leankernel has an TW and AOSP version. Good thing you did a backup.

Download Better Battery Stats to better track down your wakelocks. Besides that I don't really think there is anything that can be significantly improved going from ROM to ROM. 4.2.2 ROMs are starting to rival TW in terms of battery life. The biggest battery killer is low signal. If you are in a building or on the edge of a service area having your phone constantly switching towers or going from 3g/4g really eats up the battery.

Clean Rom + Lean Kernel
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Spewed said:
I noticed Lean Kernel is an AOSP kernel, is it adivsed to use with CleanROM 6.0?
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There are Touchwiz and AOSP versions of Lean Kernel. Look in the original development section and flash the appropriate one for your ROM.
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I purchased the 7000mah battery and lost my data connection when I was away from my house. I asked around and it's a known bug, but a lot of people don't care because the battery lasts so long. I have the 4200 hyperion and 4400 Anker and love the Anker... as a back cover, I use Seidio's cover because the ones that come with Anker and Hyperion are crap.
On my phone, I have used almost all the TW and AOSP ROMs.... For me, CleanRom gets the best battery. I am not into messing with my performance settings, I don't find it helps all that much and causes more problems than it's worth. With the Anker battery, I go through about 35% battery per day... if I let my phone get down to 5% battery life left, I usually have somewhere around 6 hours of screen time. For me, that's plenty.

Rom with best battery life

hey guys im trying to find the Rom(preferably any version of jelly bean) with the best battery life. i had two batteries at one point so i knot its not my battery that sucks. so any help would be amazing. iv tried:
cm10
miui
weui
pacman
embryo
arthus
they all suck. and not to mention only on embyro and arthus(touchwiz roms) i would get 4g or 3g all the time. please help

Keep trying. No best threads. What's best for you might not be for me.
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phillytothemax said:
hey guys im trying to find the Rom(preferably any version of jelly bean) with the best battery life. i had two batteries at one point so i knot its not my battery that sucks. so any help would be amazing. iv tried:
cm10
miui
weui
pacman
embryo
arthus
they all suck. and not to mention only on embyro and arthus(touchwiz roms) i would get 4g or 3g all the time. please help
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All of those do great actually. Cm and PAC I can confirm fantastic life so its user error you're doing something wrong either way reported the thread.
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No "best" threads. Locked. On a second note its rude to say that other peoples work "suck". You think you can do better? then go ahead go at it then share it . On a final note battery life is 90% of the time is user related 8% kernel 2% rom. So I suggest chase your wakelocks.