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Anyone have a sense of how battery life is on this yet?
Also, does pinch zoom work on more sites? (One thing that is great about Sense browsers is you can zoom in on almost any web content...)
Thanks.
it drains about 10% an hour on mid usage, probably wont last you a day.
the browser is absolutely phenomenal, loving it! however if you are looking to flash kwiboo's version im having some random data disconnects, nothing major, just a heads up.
hope that helps
Battery seems okay. Feels like I've been toying around with ICS all day just checking everything out like the new People app and updated GMail, Messaging and Music. Also played some games. And I'm only down to 85%.
Battery life seems on par with Gingerbread (Oxygen) that I was using before the switch so I'm happy with that. Surprising too considering it's working with a hacked 2.6 kernel.
The browser works beautifully. GPU acceleration is a true gift from the gods, and pretty much the one thing I was really waiting for with ICS. Pinch to zoom works on all sites I've tried.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA Premium.
No noticeable drain from the SDK port as of right now.
Will test throughout a few days to see if it's on par with Gingerbread.
Wow, sounds good.
I may have to pick up another Nexus on Craigslist.
What is not working? (4g, WiFi? anything else?)
Also, does the install change the kernel? Does it change the radio?
(fyi: I used to use james bond and netarchy kernels, and battery life was good enough...)
@hyakuman: in terms of pinch zoom: does text repaginate, or does it just go off the sides of the screen so it's impossible to read without scrolling?
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Wow, sounds good.
I may have to pick up another Nexus on Craigslist.
What is not working? (4g, WiFi? anything else?)
Also, does the install change the kernel? Does it change the radio?
(fyi: I used to use james bond and netarchy kernels, and battery life was good enough...)
@hyakuman: in terms of pinch zoom: does text repaginate, or does it just go off the sides of the screen so it's impossible to read without scrolling?
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it changes the kernel but doesnt change the radio!
has anybody here tried another kernel on this rom?
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What is not working? (4g, WiFi? anything else?)
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Wifi is working actually, but signal bars don't show.
4g not working, USB storage mount not working, video recording not working, something else and maybe hardware acceleration not fully working.. and well some apps need update for ICS compatibility, but that's not the fault of the rom.
All in all it's very good for a first release.
Please dont flash it !! still its nt prepared for daily use
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Please dont flash it !! still its nt prepared for daily use
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Crap.. it can be used as a daily.. have installed the kwiboo release. No drain, AT least nearly bugfree 4 me. Great work anyway. With v1 I had glados Kernel, v2 Stock but dunno which Kernel next..
Sent from my OxygenPowered Nexus S
thanks guys. Anyone else want to chime in on battery life?
to my experience, battery life seems to have improved from GB, using kwiboo's ROM and now testing on Koush's... over wifi, cant say the same on 3g though. will test it out...
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seriously asking people not to flash this? Care to elaborate on why you would say such things? Look everyone's phones are different and I will just give my experience and let others choose to flash or not. I have ran every possible ics rom or port I could get my hands on from beezy's, kwiboo's, morpheus, and the very latest which is a port of koush's crespo version now on 4g. I have had the most sucess with kwiboo v2 4g after the flashing of the eri fix. Used it all day at work probably 11 hours on battery(franco kernel oc'd) with moderate to heavy use including youtube(on wifi) during lunch. Flashed the koush port an hour ago(clean install) all is well(camcorder works) TB restored all of my apps with a quick settings change(app processing>interactive) hope this answers a few questions.
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I would say that the battery life is good if you flash another kernel as well. I'm currently testing Glados kernel with Brainmaster's tweaked ICS v4.
Browser is really good. Web pages load really quickly. zoom can be a little sketchy on sites with only desktop pages.
okay, now I am looking for a used nexus on craigslist
Please read this before you go crazy on me saying I haven't searched for this because I have. I've updated from every ROM of ICS thats dropped after reading up on them and the fastest and best working everyday ROM for ICS is BrainMaster's ICSv5 with Franco's Kernel 11/25. I haven't tried 11/26 but I've read the colors are much better on 25 and I believe it because its the best my screen has ever looked. SHARP!
So here's my issue. I want this as an everyday user, and I'm sure it can be. I just need to know how to set up the battery so that it lasts longer. I just restarted my phone and cleared all the battery info. Before I unplugged it at 6:30pm EST I had 91%. After very, very minor use (looked up the number for Home Depot and downloaded Amazon Market) I got back home at 9:30 and my battery was at 39%. Thats 60% in 3 hours. Thats terrible. How can I adjust the batter life? Can I use NSTools to do so or do I need to change code? I don't want to change the kernel completely because the colors truly are AMAZING with this version.
Please let me know, and thank you in advance!
Best regards,
Tula
Well, which app or function specifically is causing the drain? Did you look at the battery usage? Were you in an area with poor signal reception?
Before you trash a rom and kernel with a poorly conceived thread, try troubleshooting the problem.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA App
For what it's worth, the only time I've gotten that kind of battery life is when a NFC process decided to start and run nonstop. No idea why it was running (particularly since I don't have Wallet configured), but since then I keep NFC disabled.
When that happened it was similar battery life - lost about 70% in 3 1/2 hours.
I never once trashed the ROM or the kernel? What are you talking about? Before reading into something for more than what it is you should take it for what it is. I don't know what the problem is, everyone else seems to be having a great amount of battery life. I'm asking on here, in this forum, because I figured someone (maybe a programmer who knows these things) can tell me how to "properly" config it. Idk what the deal is with it but I was looking for insight. I love the ROM and the kernel and I do believe I stated in the post that I wanted to keep it as a daily user. SO, either you can help me and teach me how to fix the problem or teach me to give you what info you need or do me a favor and don't waste my time. I'm looking for answers or suggestions. Not accusations and negativity.
"Poorly concieved thread!" Whats "poorly conceived" about it? The fact that I reached out on a FORUM and asked for HELP? Go comment on somebody else with that bullsh*t.
Reread your thread title; calling something "garbage" is not trashing it?
Reread and answer the questions asked in post #2. Nobody can do anything to help if you don't provide basic information or perform rudimentary problem-solving procedure.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA App
Did you calibrate battery? I'm on this setup and I'm getting a day.
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Please read this before you go crazy on me saying I haven't searched for this because I have. I've updated from every ROM of ICS thats dropped after reading up on them and the fastest and best working everyday ROM for ICS is BrainMaster's ICSv5 with Franco's Kernel 11/25. I haven't tried 11/26 but I've read the colors are much better on 25 and I believe it because its the best my screen has ever looked. SHARP!
So here's my issue. I want this as an everyday user, and I'm sure it can be. I just need to know how to set up the battery so that it lasts longer. I just restarted my phone and cleared all the battery info. Before I unplugged it at 6:30pm EST I had 91%. After very, very minor use (looked up the number for Home Depot and downloaded Amazon Market) I got back home at 9:30 and my battery was at 39%. Thats 60% in 3 hours. Thats terrible. How can I adjust the batter life? Can I use NSTools to do so or do I need to change code? I don't want to change the kernel completely because the colors truly are AMAZING with this version.
Please let me know, and thank you in advance!
Best regards,
Tula
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Well man what i did with mine was calibrated the battery which means charge the battery completely then boot into recovery wipe battery stats then unplug and reboot then use it for 5 mins then charge fully again then unplug and drain completely till it shuts off on its own then fully charge again and it should be calibrated.. sounds like alot.. i kno lol but trust me it works and then if ur battery life doesnt extend after that (which it should) then i would look at what it is thats using the most matter (menu>settings>battery and go from there.. also make sure u have all the apps that will allow u to move to sd moved there it keeps them from running in the background and also make sure ur screen brightness is set low.. i took my auto brightness off and just turned it down just bright enough to see.. i know the colors looks fly like a bag of skittles when u got the brightness up wit franco kernel but it kills battery lol. hopefully that works for u pimpin and sorry for the novel lol just wanted to give u a few options to try.
JG & Freshie, thank you. And Braneless, you must be Braneless, because if YOU could read you'd see that my title says BATTERY LIFE is garbage. Not the ROM or the Kernel. BATTERY LIFE!
You seriously are 0 for 2 with trying to make me look like an idiot. I guess thats why you have almost 600 post and only 50 some odd thanks. Because half the time you're just bashing people trying to make it seem like you know it all when you can't even read a title correctly.
As far as the battery, I followed your instructions JG and also I started from the beginning and deleted all installs and reset to factory. I then installed each ROM from v1 all the way up and now EVERYTHING works and I got almost 2 hours out of my phone today and used 9%! WHOOHOOO!
Thanks again to the read Googlers who want to HELP OUT instead of trying to make people look like idiots.
AWESOME!
I had this problem too, but in my case it was the Google Wallet app. It drained the my battery in like 4 hours. After uninstalling it, all went back to normal.
Now if you said battery life on a rom kernel combo was FANTASTIC.
What would that imply? Thanks guys etc.
You go through all the trouble to make the thread but not spend a couple seconds to check what actually used up the battery.
Omfg this thread title just made lol all over the place haha
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JG & Freshie, thank you. And Braneless, you must be Braneless, because if YOU could read you'd see that my title says BATTERY LIFE is garbage. Not the ROM or the Kernel. BATTERY LIFE!
You seriously are 0 for 2 with trying to make me look like an idiot. I guess thats why you have almost 600 post and only 50 some odd thanks. Because half the time you're just bashing people trying to make it seem like you know it all when you can't even read a title correctly.
As far as the battery, I followed your instructions JG and also I started from the beginning and deleted all installs and reset to factory. I then installed each ROM from v1 all the way up and now EVERYTHING works and I got almost 2 hours out of my phone today and used 9%! WHOOHOOO!
Thanks again to the read Googlers who want to HELP OUT instead of trying to make people look like idiots.
AWESOME!
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Glad i can help
I'd recommend trying out Nexus MV 2.xx its the best daily driver so far. battery will make it through the day, i used it for a quite a while. Now trying out the alpha 13, but will go back to MV if this doesn't cut it. I tried BM too but didnt notice too much difference from Kwiboo and the earlier CM9 A 11.
Hi, I've searched the forums a bit and every thread I saw relating to this topic was a bit outdated so I've decided to create a new one.
I recently got the Nexus S 4G and rooted it, I've been using Slim ICS and it seems to give me issues and the battery life is horrid. I'm wondering if some people can give me their opinions on the Roms/Kernels and set ups that have yielded the best performance and battery life. I don't use my phone for much but music, surfing the internet (very seldom) and texting/making calls.
Thank you everyone in advance.
I'm finding bugless beast to pretty damn good atm
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk
I have had stability and battery issues with most ICS but AOKP and Matr1x are doing amazingly well on my device. Not one complaint since the switch.
Sent from my Kang'd Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk
Thank you guys for the input, I will check those out when I get off of work. Anyone else have any suggestions? I'll probably spend the next few days flashing and testing them out.
Codename Android coupled with air kernel is extremely stable and quick as any other ROM and battery life is good. Also it has a good amount of launcher and status bar customization.
If your looking for speed though, Apex is undoubtedly the quickest in terms of windows opening and closing.
I'll check out Codename as well. As for kernels and things like that, what is the best governor and kernel, or is that all dependent upon which ROM I'm using?
In terms of speed, stability and battery life; I'd rather have stability and battery life over speed if that makes any different. All 3 would be lovely but I'm more concerned with stability and battery life. If the phone won't stay on or stay charged it won't matter how fast it is.
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I'll check out Codename as well. As for kernels and things like that, what is the best governor and kernel, or is that all dependent upon which ROM I'm using?
In terms of speed, stability and battery life; I'd rather have stability and battery life over speed if that makes any different. All 3 would be lovely but I'm more concerned with stability and battery life. If the phone won't stay on or stay charged it won't matter how fast it is.
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Kernels do their own thing as far I know. I usually use noop with smartassv2 or wheatley. And as I mentioned before air kernel is REALLY nice and stable.
I've been using the predecessor of Apex because of 1.0.2 issues on my phone and its really quick just like apex because its basically the same and it doesn't really sacrifice battery life at all either. I would give it a go. Its bigxie 3.5 on his "all crespo4g builds" link in the original post
couponfork said:
Hi, I've searched the forums a bit and every thread I saw relating to this topic was a bit outdated so I've decided to create a new one.
I recently got the Nexus S 4G and rooted it, I've been using Slim ICS and it seems to give me issues and the battery life is horrid. I'm wondering if some people can give me their opinions on the Roms/Kernels and set ups that have yielded the best performance and battery life. I don't use my phone for much but music, surfing the internet (very seldom) and texting/making calls.
Thank you everyone in advance.
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Hi,
I use the SLIM ICS Rom and Im getting awesome battery life....
Hmmm did you change anything on it?
Are you turning off the internet, wifi, gps and sync when not used?
Did you clear battery stats? This is normally best when you flash any ROM.
Or maybe a widget or app is doing the draining.
I would recommend reflashing it with the March 4th update just to make sure.
Good luck
SLIM ROM has great idle, and you can always use the battery saver mode... with this you can have the ROM turn off syn, wifi and data all by itself when screen is off... check it out
vidaljs said:
Hi,
I use the SLIM ICS Rom and Im getting awesome battery life....
Hmmm did you change anything on it?
Are you turning off the internet, wifi, gps and sync when not used?
Did you clear battery stats? This is normally best when you flash any ROM.
Or maybe a widget or app is doing the draining.
I would recommend reflashing it with the March 4th update just to make sure.
Good luck
SLIM ROM has great idle, and you can always use the battery saver mode... with this you can have the ROM turn off syn, wifi and data all by itself when screen is off... check it out
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Wow, I'm a moron. I remembered seeing the Power Saver and always thought I had checked yes, I hadn't just the individual settings. I've now updated to 2.8 ICS Slim and I'm going to see how that goes.
Wondering if anyone else has had this issue after root, I have the voicemail icon (which I hate) but when I click it, it dials *86 and I get a wrong code message. What exactly can I do for one to check my voicemail and second get rid of that annoying icon?
Thank you everyone for the input.
couponfork said:
Wondering if anyone else has had this issue after root, I have the voicemail icon (which I hate) but when I click it, it dials *86 and I get a wrong code message. What exactly can I do for one to check my voicemail and second get rid of that annoying icon?
Thank you everyone for the input.
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Go into your call settings ... voicemail settings ... and change the stock *86 to your own mobile number.
couponfork said:
Wow, I'm a moron. I remembered seeing the Power Saver and always thought I had checked yes, I hadn't just the individual settings. I've now updated to 2.8 ICS Slim and I'm going to see how that goes.
Wondering if anyone else has had this issue after root, I have the voicemail icon (which I hate) but when I click it, it dials *86 and I get a wrong code message. What exactly can I do for one to check my voicemail and second get rid of that annoying icon?
Thank you everyone for the input.
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Just make sure u tell the power saver mode what to do under the settings... the default may not be what u want....
RU using Google voice? If so the only reason u would change *86 to ur phone # would be to call sprint VM.... if ur using GV then it will automatically download to ur phone without using minutes to call regular voicemail
I was at 1st against GV but now it comes in quit handy like the original sprint VM ...
Go under GV settings and have the notifications set how u want them. U may have to go desktop version of GV to customize all the settings... just to make sure.
Vs Nexus S 4G
Thank you guys for all of the help.
vidaljs I was wondering if you use the kernel Slim ICS came with or a different one? Also wondering, I have Power Saver on and it seems to be turning my 3G on after I turn the screen back on even if I have it turned off before turning the screen off. Anyone know a way around this?
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Thank you guys for all of the help.
vidaljs I was wondering if you use the kernel Slim ICS came with or a different one? Also wondering, I have Power Saver on and it seems to be turning my 3G on after I turn the screen back on even if I have it turned off before turning the screen off. Anyone know a way around this?
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Repost that on the slim Rom thread so developer can help u....
And I'm using stock kernel that ROM came with.
Good luck
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Well the thing is I don't know wich kernel to pair up with Hellfire Phoenix 2.1 so far it's what I have liked the most.
The stock kernel gives funky battery readings, I tried trinity ELP kernel but my phone doesn't last much as I'd like it to maybe I'm asking for too much from my g2x.
So what I would like to know is what kernel should I try for the best battery lifespan I am normally using 4g with pandora but while giving it this use and texting from time to time /checking facebook it doesn't last me through half a day I start using the phone from around 6-6:30 Am and by 1 pm my phone is at 20%. I give it breaks of around 1-3 hours in wich I disable data/ I also keep sync and wifi disabled.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated and +Thanks will be given to those that are helpful
PS.I have yet to try Eaglesblood 2.3.7 is it worth compared to hellfire ?
Using data on the phone like Pandora and Facebook for one hour will drop my battery about 15-20% on 4g so, 5 hours worth is about normal in my opinion if you plan on doing that all the time I suggest extra batteries or extended. You're simply asking too much IMO!
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Using data on the phone like Pandora and Facebook for one hour will drop my battery about 15-20% on 4g so, 5 hours worth is about normal in my opinion if you plan on doing that all the time I suggest extra batteries or extended. You're simply asking too much IMO!
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Thought so "( Either way With what Kernel could I get the best out of hellfire phoenix 2.1? Also I'm confused on some things like with the trinity ELP kernel it says it's 1.1ghz/UC does that mean it is undervolted while being overclocked by 100mhz (just making sure) also in CM settings I have the option of setting the cpu speed.. now if I set it lets sayy 750mhz is it also undervolting it?
I'm sure I don't need 1ghz for the use I give it most of the time I could just change it back when I
m in the mood for gaming or does this scale depending on the task?
Sorry for so many questions I'm still new to this and I want to be sure of everything
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Thought so "( Either way With what Kernel could I get the best out of hellfire phoenix 2.1? Also I'm confused on some things like with the trinity ELP kernel it says it's 1.1ghz/UC does that mean it is undervolted while being overclocked by 100mhz (just making sure) also in CM settings I have the option of setting the cpu speed.. now if I set it lets sayy 750mhz is it also undervolting it?
I'm sure I don't need 1ghz for the use I give it most of the time I could just change it back when I
m in the mood for gaming or does this scale depending on the task?
Sorry for so many questions I'm still new to this and I want to be sure of everything
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I'd say either the kernel you have now or Faux UV version... look up the thread that shows "how to undervolt" (or something close) and go that route if you truly want to get the best battery life (I don't undervolt as I get the battery I need for my daily activities.)
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I'd say either the kernel you have now or Faux UV version... look up the thread that shows "how to undervolt" (or something close) and go that route if you truly want to get the best battery life (I don't undervolt as I get the battery I need for my daily activities.)
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So Faux123 Kernels are the ones people use the most for what I've seen.
I'm not sure wich faux kernel I have It says 2.6.32.56 CM7 Faux123-049, I checked the thread and latest is 0.48 soo I'm a bit lost there
I've also seen some people say they prefer the trinity kernel because it was released later.
I've tried both the stock Faux that comes with hellfire and the trinity I do not see any difference whatsoever in battery life or stability ( trinity does score significantly higher on benchmarks)
I could careless about benchmarks haven't ran one since I got this phone and oc'ed it to 1.5 to see what would happen... other wise they are just options some of our phones can't handle certain kernels... play with them and see which you like more. My only advice is faux cm version lol ds causes the funky readings.
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faux 049b5 is for ICS roms, 048 is for GB roms. Don't mix them up or rom won't boot.
Doing anything on 4g will drain your battery much faster. If you can switch to 2g/3g networks while not using data, it can save a lot of battery power. Try Juicedefender ultimate also. It helps in toggling/switching options for you.
Every phone is different plus everyonez preferences/usage are unique. Best bet is to try both for a week or so and then decide for yourself.
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faux 049b5 is for ICS roms, 048 is for GB roms. Don't mix them up or rom won't boot.
Doing anything on 4g will drain your battery much faster. If you can switch to 2g/3g networks while not using data, it can save a lot of battery power. Try Juicedefender ultimate also. It helps in toggling/switching options for you.
Every phone is different plus everyonez preferences/usage are unique. Best bet is to try both for a week or so and then decide for yourself.
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I am not mixing anything Up that was the information given my kernel information in the about phone section what I wish to know wich faux kernel I actually have.
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I am not mixing anything Up that was the information given my kernel information in the about phone section what I wish to know wich faux kernel I actually have.
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If your running the stock kernel on hfp you have 049b1ds
Pin it to Win it.
I.R.Chevy said:
If your running the stock kernel on hfp you have 049b1ds
Pin it to Win it.
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Should be 48b 49 is only ICS I thought.
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Anyways I flashed the 1.1ghz/UV Faux it's working with no problems so far I'll stick with this unless it gives me any kind of problem. I will look forward on getting me one of those 3500mah batteries Price/performance they seem worth it though the phone would be fat haha but w.e I like using my data without worrying of low battery through the day.
This is unrelated but just throwing it out there. The Camera ICS+ works great I see an improvement in picture quality compared to the stock and the interface is lovely
Have you not been reading anything on any of these forum's?
I know your new to this ( as you stated) but you keep asking questions that can easily be answered by just searching and reading the forums,
i keep trying to help you by (doing the searching for you) but you just keep asking the same questions over and over,
you have like at least three different forums were you keep asking about kernal's ( and in several of them i have giving you links that should answer just about every thing you need to know about kernals) if you would actually just read them.
Im not trying to flame you... its just that you keep making new threads asking pretty much the same stuff, we can tell if someone is taking the easy way out and just saying that "they searched and didn't find any thing"
the people on here that would actually help you out, know better.
because they read the forums just about every day so we know how many forums that are out their, on subjects such as kernals, like the 3 threads you started asking about them.
so again read and most of your questions will be answerd...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1073626
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1389069
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1558080
He's right only reason I answered and didn't reply in this manner, was cause you typed out so much and I felt bad for you lol... If you answer I don't have time to read and such, then you shouldn't even have time to root the device. Laziness is pretty frowned upon on XDA. The more you read the more you would find out that everyone has different experiences with kernels. Try them out and figure it out on your own... if you have thread already about a kernel or a specific rom to choose stick to that thread and don't make a new one, as it just causes clutter for people that do use the search function, as when they search for something like "which kernel" they get
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1594216&highlight=which+kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1558080&highlight=which+kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1586616&highlight=which+kernel
even more particular in the Hellfire 2.1 thread search "which kernel" and get this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=11147041
not so hard!
mt3g said:
if you have thread already about a kernel or a specific rom to choose stick to that thread and don't make a new one, as it just causes clutter for people that do use the search function
not so hard!
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He has this one...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1594690
and this one...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1588657
and even this one...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1587055
:banghead:
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korny647 said:
you have like at least three different forums were you keep asking about kernal's...
...just about every thing you need to know about kernals...
...on subjects such as kernals...
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ugh please, before i kill myself... its kernel... not kernal *shivers*
its a HUGE pet peeve of mine...
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Should be 48b 49 is only ICS I thought.
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http://rootzwiki.com/topic/1654-g2x...oofeb-14/page__st__190__p__471877#entry471877
Faux has 049 for CM7 according to above link, which is baked into HFP 2.1.
Klathmon said:
ugh please, before i kill myself... its kernel... not kernal *shivers*
its a HUGE pet peeve of mine...
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auto correct...
zechizen said:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/1654-g2x...oofeb-14/page__st__190__p__471877#entry471877
Faux has 049 for CM7 according to above link, which is baked into HFP 2.1.
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048 is cm and ds drivers but 049 is only availible in ds driver for GB
deathskater said:
Well the thing is I don't know wich kernel to pair up with Hellfire Phoenix 2.1 so far it's what I have liked the most.
The stock kernel gives funky battery readings, I tried trinity ELP kernel but my phone doesn't last much as I'd like it to maybe I'm asking for too much from my g2x.
So what I would like to know is what kernel should I try for the best battery lifespan I am normally using 4g with pandora but while giving it this use and texting from time to time /checking facebook it doesn't last me through half a day I start using the phone from around 6-6:30 Am and by 1 pm my phone is at 20%. I give it breaks of around 1-3 hours in wich I disable data/ I also keep sync and wifi disabled.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated and +Thanks will be given to those that are helpful
PS.I have yet to try Eaglesblood 2.3.7 is it worth compared to hellfire ?
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ELP voltages are probably too low for you, thus actually causing higher drain. Try the T15 and under volt until you find your sweet spot
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I was wondering what the pros and cons were for Gingerbread vs Ice Cream Sandwich.
Someone recently told me I should update to Ice Cream Sandwich from Gingerbread 2.3.6.
All feedback is much appreciated!
In before you get flamed with use the search!!!! Its all personal preference man. Try out GB and ICS roms see what best suits you.
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I was wondering what the pros and cons were for Gingerbread vs Ice Cream Sandwich.
Someone recently told me I should update to Ice Cream Sandwich from Gingerbread 2.3.6.
All feedback is much appreciated!
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I prefer Peanut Butter and Jelly. Seriously, go read some stuff in this forum.
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I was wondering what the pros and cons were for Gingerbread vs Ice Cream Sandwich.
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If you are particular with the wifi calling features and battery life, you can stick on GB as it's good at that point but if you want fancy looking and customization
go grab some ICS flavor specially AOKP as it features a lot.. just make sure to read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470716 before flashing ICS it will help you a lot and save you from headache.. now take some time to read and good luck..
Warrenforfree said:
If you are particular with the wifi calling features and battery life, you can stick on GB as it's good at that point but if you want fancy looking and customization
go grab some ICS flavor specially AOKP as it features a lot.. just make sure to read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470716 before flashing ICS it will help you a lot and save you from headache.. now take some time to read and good luck..
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I used lumin30's post to flash my phone before, the thing is I'm not sure where to look to find out the proper way to upgrade to ICS.
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I used lumin30's post to flash my phone before, the thing is I'm not sure where to look to find out the proper way to upgrade to ICS.
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Technically there isn't really a "proper" way to upgrade to ICS on our phone, as Samsung stopped releasing official firmware upgrades after Gingerbread.
If you used lumin's post to flash your phone, you should already have CWM, so all you have to do to upgrade to ICS is flash CyanogenMod 9 or AOKP through recovery (or your ICS ROM of choice, I know a lot of them require you to already be on CM9 or AOKP before flashing though).
Keep in mind though that once you're on ICS, you have to one-click back to stock to go back to Gingerbread. Also, as mentioned above, battery life isn't the best on ICS and you won't have access to wi-fi calling. But with ICS you do get the latest and greatest (for our phone) and a lot more customization.
Do not feed the troll!
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Hey Jacob said:
I was wondering what the pros and cons were for Gingerbread vs Ice Cream Sandwich.
Someone recently told me I should update to Ice Cream Sandwich from Gingerbread 2.3.6.
All feedback is much appreciated!
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Battery Life is the main reason gb is better you may miss some other features like 4G but you'll gain many others in return like dramatically improved performance.
I say wait till bhundven and his team finish the Aries kernel before you switch so you have a solid upgrade you won't regret. You'll love ics at first but unless you don't use your phone that much you'll miss roms like Valhalla black for their great battery. This is why there's been a recent mass - GB migration from ICS.
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Battery Life is the main reason gb is better you may miss some other features like 4G
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Explain yourself please, if your saying ICS does not have 4G then you are wrong.
Edit: Actually T-Mobile doesn't have 4G, they have 3.5G
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Explain yourself please, if your saying ICS does not have 4G then you are wrong.
Edit: Actually T-Mobile doesn't have 4G, they have 3.5G
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You're right ics roms don't show 4G but they run it. On that topic, tmobile actually has an advantage for not supporting Lte because it means they can support quad core phones like the newly coming htc one x +
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lonoguge said:
Battery Life is the main reason gb is better you may miss some other features like 4G but you'll gain many others in return like dramatically improved performance.
I say wait till bhundven and his team finish the Aries kernel before you switch so you have a solid upgrade you won't regret. You'll love ics at first but unless you don't use your phone that much you'll miss roms like Valhalla black for their great battery. This is why there's been a recent mass - GB migration from ICS.
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Thanks for this. Any idea when the kernel will be done?
First off, the "ICS has crappy battery life" is hardly an etched-in-stone thing. Many of us, who have taken the time to understand what is consuming battery, have more-than-acceptable battery life on ICS. Keep in mind though that each subsequent Android release has more "features" which will, in general, mean more CPU/GPU power required to use them, as well as Google bringing along more and more data requirements in their apps and services.
Second, Aries isn't going to "magically" solve anything, especially when it first comes out. While it may be better than the current kernel in some respects, it is likely to be worse in others, at least until we can find the issues and resolve them. It is important to remember that for many people the biggest changes that can be made to improve battery life is what applications you are running and how, not a kernel or a ROM.
As far as when, when its done. You can follow the CM9 dev thread for updates, but you won't find any promises as to when it is ready to be a "daily driver." While I flash Aries pretty regularly, I also have Heimdall at the ready, as well as several other ROMs and kernels available for when I need something that I can trust to use as a phone.
I wouldn't hold off on trying the ROMs that are available for the SGS4G at this point in time, GB and ICS both, and decide for yourself. Try them for several days each. While some ROMs I have tried I just haven't liked the UI and know I won't like them from that, knowing how a ROM performs as far as stability and battery life go, you can't really tell until you've had it running for a week or so after the novelty of the new ROM wears off and you start just using it as you usually do.
My biggest battery drain turned out to be obsessively searching for a battery drain solution on the xda app.
My battery is lasting for days now, even overnight, and, in bad reception areas.
My phone and WIFI service are spotty, in and out, all day in my office.
Biggest improvements:
fresh SD card.
refresh battery stats
flush cache
flush dalvik
fix permissions
let wifi sleep during sleep.
kill DSP and Google apps running
Once the phone runs for a day and a half rebuilding itself, battery had less drain, and boots very fast.
c'est la vie
Regarding battery life....if you want to be able to install whatever apps and not run batterystats and be selective about what your phone is doing and get great battery life then run GB. I have flashed and run every ROM since the Robbit / Team Whiskey days and for the average user ICS roms will not give the battery life a GB ROM will when running the same apps and services. I've had two SGS4's for 2 years and it's been the same for both of them. For the record the best legitimate battery life I ever got (meaning I'm running phone without tweaking certain apps and services to turn off etc...) was Dsex's original ICBINB with his original UV settings from that thread. I constantly had 3+ days of battery life on both phones...it would lose less than 1% in 10 hours of standby.
I love the ICS ROM's and understand that people are passionate about them considering all of the work that Team Acid and the likes have put into them....I am too. I work at a computer all day and my phone sits on charge so battery life isn't really an issue for me....as stated in other threads the only thing keeping me on GB is the busted voodoo sound on ICS.
On ICS ROM's I'm getting 10 to 11 hours (which I do consider acceptable ), tops, without messing with the phone to extend battery life. Flash back to any GB ROM and I'm getting 18 to 20 with the same apps and usage. I'm not dissing ICS, just being honest.
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htaak said:
Regarding battery life....if you want to be able to install whatever apps and not run batterystats and be selective about what your phone is doing and get great battery life then run GB. I have flashed and run every ROM since the Robbit / Team Whiskey days and for the average user ICS roms will not give the battery life a GB ROM will when running the same apps and services. I've had two SGS4's for 2 years and it's been the same for both of them. For the record the best legitimate battery life I ever got (meaning I'm running phone without tweaking certain apps and services to turn off etc...) was Dsex's original ICBINB with his original UV settings from that thread. I constantly had 3+ days of battery life on both phones...it would lose less than 1% in 10 hours of standby.
I love the ICS ROM's and understand that people are passionate about them considering all of the work that Team Acid and the likes have put into them....I am too. I work at a computer all day and my phone sits on charge so battery life isn't really an issue for me....as stated in other threads the only thing keeping me on GB is the busted voodoo sound on ICS.
On ICS ROM's I'm getting 10 to 11 hours (which I do consider acceptable ), tops, without messing with the phone to extend battery life. Flash back to any GB ROM and I'm getting 18 to 20 with the same apps and usage. I'm not dissing ICS, just being honest.
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Busted Voodoo sound you say? What does that entail?
Omg! This thread again!
Same battery, looks, Wifi Calling, fast, smooth, etc... Description, discussion and comparison. It's ridiculous.
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Busted Voodoo sound you say? What does that entail?
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It doesn't work. Seems like it's working up until you make or receive a phone call then the analogue volume quits working. Also sound continues to be heard through handset speaker when headphones are plugged in.
When I first went back to GB my wifes SGS4G was still on CM9 I did a direct comparison of the audio on both phones and it was obvious that voodoo sound wasn't doing what it should on ICS even after a reboot when the analogue slider is working. There is noticeable distortion at higher levels, the noise floor is audibly higher and the phone just plain won't go as loud. If you have 2 phones to A/B compare the difference is very clear.
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My biggest battery drain turned out to be obsessively searching for a battery drain solution on the xda app.
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funny
htaak said:
It doesn't work. Seems like it's working up until you make or receive a phone call then the analogue volume quits working. Also sound continues to be heard through handset speaker when headphones are plugged in.
When I first went back to GB my wifes SGS4G was still on CM9 I did a direct comparison of the audio on both phones and it was obvious that voodoo sound wasn't doing what it should on ICS even after a reboot when the analogue slider is working. There is noticeable distortion at higher levels, the noise floor is audibly higher and the phone just plain won't go as loud. If you have 2 phones to A/B compare the difference is very clear.
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I noticed the sound as well. I just flashed to ICS and I have no idea how to access my contacts. Help is appreciated.