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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:
Buy a zerolemon 7000mah battery off of Amazon for $32 problem solved.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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Droid316 said:
Buy a zerolemon 7000mah battery off of Amazon for $32 problem solved.
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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.
My mom i727 is now out of warranty. She is on the att official 4.1.2 rom and the battery life is just horrible. Battery Guru helped but I got a feeling a custom rom would help more. She had awesome battery life on ICS. I have the i717 and I also tried the stock att 4.1.2 and had horrible battery life(among other issues) Questions is: (dont hate) I need a rom ics or jellybean that is just incredible stable. Since this is not my phone I have not been able to try out anything. Any help would be great. THANKS!! What rom would you give your mom=)
I'd keep her on stock. And if ics worked better for you I'd put that on.
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Stock. Root it and delete some bloat. Buy her an extended battery
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jd1639 said:
I'd keep her on stock. And if ics worked better for you I'd put that on.
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thanks for the reply . I should state that she is pretty crafty. She has had to deal with me for past 33 years. She can navigate OSX ubuntu, and even windows 8. I was just hoping for some feedback. I appreciate it.
joverclock said:
thanks for the reply . I should state that she is pretty crafty. She has had to deal with me for past 33 years. She can navigate OSX ubuntu, and even windows 8. I was just hoping for some feedback. I appreciate it.
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Turn off Google now
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joverclock said:
My mom i727 is now out of warranty. She is on the att official 4.1.2 rom and the battery life is just horrible. Battery Guru helped but I got a feeling a custom rom would help more. She had awesome battery life on ICS. I have the i717 and I also tried the stock att 4.1.2 and had horrible battery life(among other issues) Questions is: (dont hate) I need a rom ics or jellybean that is just incredible stable. Since this is not my phone I have not been able to try out anything. Any help would be great. THANKS!! What rom would you give your mom=)
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I think Vincom released a SuperLight version of the official Jelly Bean Update-that might be worth a shot. I also got great battery life on Sons of Android's builds. Great stability, too.
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I think Vincom released a SuperLight version of the official Jelly Bean Update-that might be worth a shot. I also got great battery life on Sons of Android's builds. Great stability, too.
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Sons of Android was my first DD when I switched to custom ROMs. I ran it for a whole week and it was really stable and got a 33% battery life increase over stock ROM with similar usage.
Stock ROMs can also crash so you could try any stable custom ROM out here.
Got to agree with xcrazyd on this one. If battery life is the problem the logical solution would be to get an extended battery. Check out the accessories section, you can get one for 7 bucks.
oh dang, 7 bucks for the extended battery? I think I'll get on that. I currently get about 12 hours out of my skyrocket with light use on CM10.1. No matter what the battery life on this phone isn't going to be awesome. Especially when you look at what's using the battery (it's the screen).
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oh dang, 7 bucks for the extended battery? I think I'll get on that. I currently get about 12 hours out of my skyrocket with light use on CM10.1. No matter what the battery life on this phone isn't going to be awesome. Especially when you look at what's using the battery (it's the screen).
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If that's the kind of battery life you're getting you need this, not an extended battery.
thanks for replies everyone. right now i have her on the cm10.1 rc5. She seems to like it and hasnt had any issues so far. If something comes up I will try the sons of android rom. She just wants battery life like she use to have on ICS. No extended battery need but thanks for the suggestion. I actually have a 5200 i sometimes use on my i717. Appreciate all you time.
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thanks for replies everyone. right now i have her on the cm10.1 rc5. She seems to like it and hasnt had any issues so far. If something comes up I will try the sons of android rom. She just wants battery life like she use to have on ICS. No extended battery need but thanks for the suggestion. I actually have a 5200 i sometimes use on my i717. Appreciate all you time.
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Weird that you would get bad battery life on samsung jelly bean, i had the Rogers jelly bean and it had great battery life. Same with CM10/CM10.1 and MIUI.
Hey ! I'm using samsung galaxy Sl I9003
I have Rooted my Fone Any tring to upgrade it with 4.2.2 !
Can I proceed ?
I Mean ?
Is there any bugs And errors in this Rom?
Which will help in unfuctioning of my rom?
Jitesh Sawhney said:
Hey ! I'm using samsung galaxy Sl I9003
I have Rooted my Fone Any tring to upgrade it with 4.2.2 !
Can I proceed ?
I Mean ?
Is there any bugs And errors in this Rom?
Which will help in unfuctioning of my rom?
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You could actually read the thread of the Rom, where in the second post says this:
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The Display Panel has some limit on the frame rate and hence there is visible flickering on the UI.
Bluetooth performance is slow when WiFi is turned on.
Few random crashes (?)
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So yeah, there are bugs, but the driver is ready por daily usage as said by various forums members in the post of the rom (Dhiru's Cyangenmod 10.1 Alpha 5)
I'm a noob too, but I tried for one year Dhiru' roms, so I can tell you this rom is awesome, the only problem is the battery life but i think they will solve this problem soon
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You could actually read the thread of the Rom, where in the second post says this:
So yeah, there are bugs, but the driver is ready por daily usage as said by various forums members in the post of the rom (Dhiru's Cyangenmod 10.1 Alpha 5)
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A5 wasn't supposed to be a daily driver yet.. Just in case you happily charging your A4/A5 at over 50 degrees, change to a external battery charger or risk shortening your battery's life at a fast rate. For Li-ion batts, max charging temp is 45 degrees, discharge temp shouldn't be over 60..
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/charging_at_high_and_low_temperatures
Thanks!
If you don't mess up while flashing and do a clean flash, i think it is pretty good as a daily driver.
For me battery last for a day. Though there are some bugs they don't bother much in mundane tasks. I was on Frankestein mod earlier and changed to A5. Not much of difference in laying games and all.
BUT If u are really looking for a fully stable rom, wait...
I was on 4.1.2 A4, then i upgraded to 4.2.2 A5, and i have less problems (some videos on youtube not working, now all of them work ). Is it working with any issue? No, 2 times rebooted without any reason, but for me is not a problem. And the battery life is short, but for me it has never been more than 8-12 hours. So u decide, but i read that alpha 6 is about to come (even i read about a beta??).
backlight!!!
I'm having the backlight issue on cm10.1 a5. Is there any way to fix it?
4.2.2 A6
It work well. The main problem is battery drain.
i have this problems on A6: battery drain; can't fully charge the phone (when i remove the charger, battery return to 94%), and when i take a video at 720p there is big lag on the screen and the gallery crash...
Hey can any one tell , problems with battery.... now I'm running android 4.1.2 in Xgamerz rom. I guess it's quite stable....
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Hello, i am looking for priceangels.com Air Gesture P-i9500 Full-Size S4 5 inch 3G Smartphone MTK6589 Quad Core Android 4.2.2 With HD Capacitive Touch Screen/Dual Camera/Wi-Fi/GPS/1G RAM rom, because the software in this phone is auwfull, earpiece volume too low, battery lasts for 2-3 hours, it is useless. Does anyone know a rom to work with this s4 clone ? Thanks
You are not wrong about the battery life.
Excellent phone btw.
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You are not wrong about the battery life.
Excellent phone btw.
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What do you mean ? Yours is ok ?
I mean you are not wrong (you are correct).
The battery life is crap.
But I love the phone.
Did you have any luck with different roms?
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I mean you are not wrong (you are correct).
The battery life is crap.
But I love the phone.
Did you have any luck with different roms?
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Nope, not yet... why do you love it ? Mine is auwfull
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Nope, not yet... why do you love it ? Mine is auwfull
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I have had an iphone 4 for the last 2.5 years.
This phone is a huge improvement on that.
It is fast and looks fantastic.
any news about that? I also need the rom
thanks
no way to find the rom
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any news about that? I also need the rom
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Dear friends, no way to find the rom, i have tried for hours without results, if I find, I will tell you, if not, I will buy a new phone.
Regards.
I am sorry but.. after all the methods to save battery and even doing the fix in @timmaaa's thread about play services. Attached is what I am getting. Phone is new, but its been two cycles. Its stock CM11s, what it came with, it is rooted. No custom kernels. The brightness has been on auto mostly and when not thee, its at minimum. Cause auto at night is a bit bright.
I was expecting Galaxy Note like performance with that battery but this is worse than my 2yr old Galaxy S4
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I am sorry but.. after all the methods to save battery and even doing the fix in @timmaaa's thread about play services. Attached is what I am getting. Phone is new, but its been two cycles. Its stock CM11s, what it came with, it is rooted. No custom kernels. The brightness has been on auto mostly and when not thee, its at minimum. Cause auto at night is a bit bright.
I was expecting Galaxy Note like performance with that battery but this is worse than my 2yr old Galaxy S4
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Hmm, I don't know about Lollipop, but I got awesome battery stats on KitKat though, normally will lasts me 20 hours+ with 4.5-5 hours SOT.
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Hmm, I don't know about Lollipop, but I got awesome battery stats on KitKat though, normally will lasts me 20 hours+ with 4.5-5 hours SOT.
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This is CM11s.
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This is CM11s.
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Oh sorry, you used a theme. By the way did you tried Greenify? I hibernated many apps, just leaving essential apps for it to run only, such as keyboard and launcher. All other like Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp etc are hibernated.
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Oh sorry, you used a theme. By the way did you tried Greenify? I hibernated many apps, just leaving essential apps for it to run only, such as keyboard and launcher. All other like Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp etc are hibernated.
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Yup, have greenify with the donate addon. :/
Maybe you should try clean flash again. Emm maybe.
You should try to flash custom ROMs, I actually had the same issue you're facing with stock 11s.
Now i'm using SlimKat and the battery life is way better. Maybe you can try other custom ROMs such as PA 4.5 Stable, Mahdi ROM.
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You should try to flash custom ROMs, I actually had the same issue you're facing with stock 11s.
Now i'm using SlimKat and the battery life is way better. Maybe you can try other custom ROMs such as PA 4.5 Stable, Mahdi ROM.
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How much battery are you getting on SlimKat?
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How much battery are you getting on SlimKat?
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I could get up to 2 days with 6 hours OST.