Which kernel is best for battery life?
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Galaxyy11.gs said:
Which kernel is best for battery life?
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Don't Ask this kind of question, it's not productive, and it depending a lot of your use.
Test yourself and you will see.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2477889
there is no best kernel for battery life. with any kernel available, you can have great battery life or absolutely terrible battery life. the kernel isnt the key to battery life. battery life depends on your personal usage, your personal setup, your personal apps used, and very much on the quality of the phone/data connection around you. everything elae is minor.
simms22 said:
there is no best kernel for battery life. with any kernel available, you can have great battery life or absolutely terrible battery life. the kernel isnt the key to battery life. battery life depends on your personal usage, your personal setup, your personal apps used, and very much on the quality of the phone/data connection around you. everything elae is minor.
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Yep agreed. You can "tune" any kernel to favour performance or battery. Its just different devs have different ideas about what the optimal balance is so defaults vary.
Its all about reading, learning and tuning.
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best way to know is to try every kernel out there
We do not allow best ROM/kernel threads on XDA. Everyone has different uses meaning battery life varies from person to person. Best thing to do is head over to the development section, try some out and see which best suits your needs.
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Poll: which custom rom do you get the best battery life with? Or stock?
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Ive always found that CM gave me the best battery life, but right now so many roms are in an early stage of development its hard to say.
And its just just the ROM itself its a combination of the ROM and Kernel
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Poll: which custom rom do you get the best battery life with? Or stock?
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If you want great battery life, get a blackberry.
I'm using Bionix NS1 and Trinity 1.2 OC'd Kernel. Battery life is about average for a Super Phone. The Nexus S has a 4" screen, 512mb of RAM, a 3d GPU, and a 1ghz processor; how good can the battery life get? Just ten years ago, a laptop with specs like this was considered pretty fast. If you get a day or so from the battery, be OK with that. Technically, the Nexus S is a miniature computer, and will suck power as needed.
CyanogenMod has done far better than anything for me. I have tried all the roms but am always coming back.
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For me Miui but no 4g
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Hey guys, I recently flash cm rc1 and been running whatever kernel that came with it. My battery life has been worse compared to stock froyo 2.2. I'm a medium usage person so I was wondering what kernel is best for battery life and what setting are people running for setcpu to maximize they battery life. Thanks in advnace.
Great question. I would like to know this too.
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It seems no matter what the kernel and no matter what the Tom, everyone has different outcomes on battery life... try some out and see what works for you..
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BobbyDukes707 said:
It seems no matter what the kernel and no matter what the Tom, everyone has different outcomes on battery life... try some out and see what works for you..
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i guess so, i'm going to try trinity
BobbyDukes707 said:
It seems no matter what the kernel and no matter what the Tom, everyone has different outcomes on battery life... try some out and see what works for you..
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Yes, it is amazing the difference in opinion on this subject. I easily get 16 hours of battery life with moderate to heavy usage, and 1.5 days with light usage. And I am using plain CM7 RC1, without any CPU/Battery apps. Trinity or Faux kernels reduce this considerably regardless of the OC/UV combos I have tried.
To make sure you are getting accurate results and to get best battery life make sure you calibrate the battery (there is an app for this, or can be done manually). This has proven to solve problems I've had where I only get about 8 hours battery life after changing Roms.
Faux's is the only custom kernel I've tried, and my battery life is unbelievable. It's almost doubled.
Anyone who has installed the Gingerbread rom on their Inspire, have you noticed any difference in battery life. This is supposedly the main benefit to the upgrade. I want to wipe the Bloat ware off my system, but not install a rom unless it makes a huge difference. Any info on this would be greatly appreciated...
I am running inspired ace which runs gingerbread and battery life is great.
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Read the threads it'll tell you everything
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Major increase by about 3 hours...set cpu to power save when screen off and run at 756 does amazing things.
Also lowering brightness and turning of network when not in use
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I too started getting MUCH better battery life with gingerbread. Any non-stock Rom for that matter.
If you want the absolute best in battery life go with gingerbeast ROM...
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I am running inspired ace which runs gingerbread and battery life is great.
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+1 to inspired ace and much better battery life than stock.
Last time I went battery for awhile; See attached.
Granted 9 hours of that I was asleep as was the phone but the rest was me playing games, reading, downloading apps, browsing listening to music using stereo bluetooth.
Rom is in the Sig.
Gingerbeast does have awesome battery life. I reverted back to RCMix3D only cause I missed it, and I get about 10-18 hours out of my battery on that one.
+1 on the RCMix,, cant say its much longer,, but it is good for a 8 hr wrk day..
+1 for inspired ace rom - battery is great and so is the performance increase!
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Major increase by about 3 hours...set cpu to power save when screen off and run at 756 does amazing things.
Also lowering brightness and turning of network when not in use
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That is word for word what I do...
And it is amazing. I highly recommend this.
gingerbeast has been ridiculously awesome for me on battery life. with moderate to heavy use, i get 12-18 hours of use a day
I have used HoneySense and LeeDroid, I have found that LeeDroid's kernel MUCH better than both HoneySense and the stock when it comes to battery life. In the end, it all depends on what you want, when you want alot of bells and whistles on all the time, your battery life will suffer, if you are more minimalist, you battery life will be much better
So far I've been one of those 'bells and whistles' people, and even on VU1.27 which I assume is pretty efficient I only get 8-9hrs. Surprising the biggest user has been voice calls, which will suck the battery dry in 2-3hrs if you have a couple long conversations.
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So far I've been one of those 'bells and whistles' people, and even on VU1.27 which I assume is pretty efficient I only get 8-9hrs. Surprising the biggest user has been voice calls, which will suck the battery dry in 2-3hrs if you have a couple long conversations.
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I have noticed once the Dialer is used, it seems to keep eating battery if I don't restart. I'm not sure if this is the ROM or android in general though...
meiguoguizi said:
I have noticed once the Dialer is used, it seems to keep eating battery if I don't restart. I'm not sure if this is the ROM or android in general though...
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Glad I'm not the only one. Just assumed it was a radio issue.
I was pretty pleased with my results here, so I thought I'd share. This is done with both OC and UV and making use of the the 3500mah batt and with moderate/normal use.
I can get that on stock battery, you must play some games and leave your phone on full brightness at all times or something.
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mt3g said:
I can get that on stock battery, you must play some games and leave your phone on full brightness at all times or something.
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No, I play one game in particular, and I spend more time on the web on my phone than most people do on their computer. I could get that on a stock battery too, if I never actually used my phone Before the the changes I made, I was getting significantly less life. Especially with OC.
It looks like the moment you turn your screen on your battery life plummets.
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redmonke255 said:
It looks like the moment you turn your screen on your battery life plummets.
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Thats from Oc'ing to 1560 lol
It's more useful to post test results on a standard battery and standard voltages and clock speeds so others can compare. I've gotten 3 days on stock CM7 nightly before, it really depends on how much one uses their phone. The biggest clue to how a ROM or kernel affects battery is to look at the idle drain (maybe with data off too). It should be flat or with < 0.5%/hr drain.
Where'd you get the 3500 Mah battery you are using? I've been trying to find a decent maker for one.
Which ROM do y'all think gives the best battery life? I'm on baked right now and right as I get out of school I'm down to 35% usually, thanks
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I use viper and it is giving me a good battery life. I don't know about aokp/cm. I think you should try everything and then you will chose whatever is good for your needs.
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How is the stock Rom with battery? Just wondering if it's worth rooting and putting a custom Rom on for battery
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cm10 has nice battery life ..m using dark jelly S v20 the battery is really good works almost a day for me with me almost connected for 14-16hrs of wifi connectivity and listening music and of course auto sync always on ! u should try all once before proceeding further
Energy ROM and of course.. other stock based ROMs have the best power management available, you know, engineered by HTC
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Energy ROM and of course.. other stock based ROMs have the best power management available, you know, engineered by HTC
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For me, cm10 gives better battery life than stock Sense. I think it depends on how you use your phone.
I'm using Baked too, but for me battery life is just great! Actually on 57% with 8h 27m and almost 1.5h screen...
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How is the stock Rom with battery? Just wondering if it's worth rooting and putting a custom Rom on for battery
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Of course rooting for battery is a good idea. Undervolted & underclocked kernels, delete bloatware that's constantly running, etc. And as far as best battery life, baked has been very kind to my phone.
A typical day for me (7am on phone for 2-3 hours reading the news before work, music to/from work, light usage on breaks, then hotspot at home for internet, and all the calls/texts in between and countless downloads) will leave me with 20-30% battery when I go to bed around midnight
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