I know there are other threads to search I was just asking really quick how are people getting 3-4 hour SOT? I have a brand new battery running lean 5.1.1 LMY48 tried elemental and racwr kernels most settings stock and by battery life is terrible with 2hrs top SOT. Kernel settings are stock and device settings are stock I'm not looking for a huge gain just seems something is not right. I have tried different roms ect, wakeloxk detector just always shows Google as top user but nothing else crazy.
Check out the Battery Life Help thread here.
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I don't want this to turn into a "my ROM is better" thread by any means... but as a newer ROM flasher, I was wondering how much difference a different ROM would have on battery life? I'm lucky to make it 8 hours on my Skyrocket right now even idling... and while I like the ROM I'm on now (Embryo), it's almost unusable as a device this way for me.
Thoughts?
ROMs definitely have an effect on your battery life, as they govern what's running in the background and how the system operates. Some ROMs are optimized for battery life, and some are optimized for performance. The OP and ROM thread will usually tell you which is which.
That said, if you're only getting 8 hours of battery life on Embryo 5, there's something else going on. Check the link in my signature for information on hunting down and wiping out wakelocks, and consider underclocking/undervolting and changing the governor.
gfinockio said:
I don't want this to turn into a "my ROM is better" thread by any means... but as a newer ROM flasher, I was wondering how much difference a different ROM would have on battery life? I'm lucky to make it 8 hours on my Skyrocket right now even idling... and while I like the ROM I'm on now (Embryo), it's almost unusable as a device this way for me.
Thoughts?
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you should check out the battery life help thread as it has almost every possible detail of enhance your phone battery performance. when im running embryo i always get around 22 hr with 2 hrs on screen so there something your missing. and every rom with have different battery performance not all because of the tweaks and rom enhancers but because of the user. a person who is surfing the web all day with little phone and text will easily drain battery. but a person who mainly running music social browsing talk text can easily get longer battery life.
No offense man but if embryo's rom is considered "unusable" then use another rom
Hey im looking for a rom that is great on battery. I just got up an hour ago and my battery is already at 90%. I feel like its going down too fast. Im using Purity rom with greenify.
Hi,
Better is to try by yourself, battery life is mainly based on your own settings and usage. If you have some rogue apps, bad network reception and your brightness at 100% (it's an example but I think you see what I mean).... Whatever the rom it will be the same thing.
1 hour... 90%... all depends of what kind of wackelocks you have, synchro, etc...
There is a ton of thread about battery life, take a look in them for help.
And: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2477889.
And also purity is awesome on battery life when I was using it... There are way too many factors to consider when talking battery life.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using xda app-developers app
ponzi314 said:
Hey im looking for a rom that is great on battery. I just got up an hour ago and my battery is already at 90%. I feel like its going down too fast. Im using Purity rom with greenify.
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Stock Rom works very well. But it really does depend on the processes you run and the apps you install. Thus "best" becomes a relative term. If you have very bad network reception I'd recommend installing a kernel like Franco kernel. It stopped draining my battery even in areas of bad reception.
As it has been mentioned, battery life depends just as much on you and your usage / location / etc / etc.
Something tells me though that the roms that have in their title: Battery Saver Script might be something that focuses on what you are looking for. Just a shot in the dark...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2611759
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2619357
One of those was literally on the front page of roms listed in Development.
I use omni rom with franco kernel r31 and I get 3 hours screen time with about 13 hours battery life most days. I use the internet a lot and text all day.
There are too many factors that affect battery life but also these threads are not allowed on XDA, as pointed out above. Try some out yourself and see which best suits your needs.
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Recently I've been experiencing absolutely terrible battery life. I lose about 1% every five minutes with the screen on - sometimes even faster - and find myself increasingly unable to last a full (work) day without having to plug in at least once. My current ROM/Kernel are LolliGPE (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2716306) and Elite kernel from when I switched from stock Kit Kat back in December. It's worth noting that I haven't gotten around to updating either since their installation. I can't remember how my battery life was back in December nor before Lollipop, but I'm almost certain it was better than it was now.
My questions are:
What ROM/Kernel do you recommend for the best battery life?
Are there any apps I should check for and uninstall that drain battery?
In general, how can I increase my battery life?
Thanks!
Klayderpus said:
Recently I've been experiencing absolutely terrible battery life. I lose about 1% every five minutes with the screen on - sometimes even faster - and find myself increasingly unable to last a full (work) day without having to plug in at least once. My current ROM/Kernel are LolliGPE (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2716306) and Elite kernel from when I switched from stock Kit Kat back in December. It's worth noting that I haven't gotten around to updating either since their installation. I can't remember how my battery life was back in December nor before Lollipop, but I'm almost certain it was better than it was now.
My questions are:
What ROM/Kernel do you recommend for the best battery life?
Are there any apps I should check for and uninstall that drain battery?
In general, how can I increase my battery life?
Thanks!
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1. Rom/kernel combinations in regards to battery life, or pretty much anything, is a completely subjective experience. You're better off trying different combinations for yourself and seeing what works best for you.
2. To see if you have any rogue apps, better battery stats probably does the best job showing what is using your battery. If an app is an issue it'll show you exactly what's causing it.
3. Best way to improve battery life is to monitor your battery stats with a battery monitor and try to control your wakelocks as much as possible. You can Google search exactly what process is keeping your phone awake and fix your problems one by one.
In my opinion, the three biggest things that truly affect battery life is mobile signal connection, Internet connection strength, and Google services such as Google now. Trying a different firmware version could increase your battery life as well as trying different rom/firmware combinations.
I'm running Adrenaline 1.2 with quantum kernel 1.25 on stock 4.4.4 firmware. I'm getting the best battery life I've ever had with that combo. Then again, in bright light where the screen has to run at full brightness and with a less than stellar signal, it will still eat through power pretty quickly. It's just the nature of the beast.
Odd I am stock non-root and see the best battery I have ever had with Android
Klayderpus said:
Recently I've been experiencing absolutely terrible battery life. I lose about 1% every five minutes with the screen on - sometimes even faster - and find myself increasingly unable to last a full (work) day without having to plug in at least once. My current ROM/Kernel are LolliGPE (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2716306) and Elite kernel from when I switched from stock Kit Kat back in December. It's worth noting that I haven't gotten around to updating either since their installation. I can't remember how my battery life was back in December nor before Lollipop, but I'm almost certain it was better than it was now.
My questions are:
What ROM/Kernel do you recommend for the best battery life?
Are there any apps I should check for and uninstall that drain battery?
In general, how can I increase my battery life?
After experiencing the same problem as yours with the two mentioned kernels, i seek for solution and found one. backup all my contacts, sms, call log, bookmarks, apps then i did a clean install of fluent rom based on sprint port cos i love lollipop and the two devices are similar in many ways. Surprisingly i get 6hours of usage with just 20% gone and at least about 3 -4 h screen on at the same time. so my advice is to try clean install.
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Here are Buckmarble's own recommended settings with the Elite Kernel:
Governor: ragingmolasses
Ioscehd: fiops
Read ahead: 1024
UV: -24 across the board
2265 max 300 min
I use Trickster Mod to set these. I have heard that the frequencies don't stick, but I haven't bothered to check because battery life (running Fluent ROM 2.0) is stellar. I put my M8 on extreme powersave yesterday when it was at 100% because I'm testing a different handset and when I returned to the M8 late yesterday evening it was "all the way" down to 95%.
Looking at the short feature lists there's nothing I really want, the only thing I'd bother with installing a kernel for is better battery life. Has anyone noticed better battery life after installing one of the kernels in the dev section?
You have aggressive doze available to activate in the stock firmware. There is also one important WiFi setting in developer options also in the stock firmware. With these and a few other tweaks I can get 48h of standby and 6h of SOT at the same time. Quite happy with this.
can you tell where these 2 options are exactly
I've been running ElementalX for a day or two, my battery life seems improved.
I tried the wifi tweak in developer settings, but it seemed to break some apps.
perhaps it's best to make this a poll?
Yeah where is "aggressive doze"?
I would also be interested to know about battery life on other kernels.
which wifi setting in dev options are you reffering too?
just flashed frankenkernel so ill know soon
Please see the stand-by drain real life review thread.
Wtf, why did you activated votes, a poll would have been much better...
Hey guys,
I've been lurking around the forum in various threads with ROMs / kernels, etc. and I'm seeing often most people will typically say their idle battery drain is around 1%. It seems that based on what people say in the threads I see, people are at least using a custom kernel but perhaps they are using the stock ROM.
My configuration is just the stock ROM with the Proton v17 kernel. I have the Always on Display, Adaptive Battery, as well as "Now playing" turned off, but this doesn't seem to make much of a difference. My cell signal with Google Fi is always pretty good since I live in the city. Despite all this, have never been able to get less than 5ish% per hour battery drain. I don't have any crazy apps, other than WeChat.
Am I doing something wrong? I have no idea why this is happening. It would be nice if I could get this number down.
Thanks for any suggestions
Here are a couple images of Gsam battery monitor:
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[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/ZULLAO7.png[/IMG]
[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/MiZGFef.png[/IMG]
yadon said:
Hey guys,
I've been lurking around the forum in various threads with ROMs / kernels, etc. and I'm seeing often most people will typically say their idle battery drain is around 1%. It seems that based on what people say in the threads I see, people are at least using a custom kernel but perhaps they are using the stock ROM.
My configuration is just the stock ROM with the Proton v17 kernel. I have the Always on Display, Adaptive Battery, as well as "Now playing" turned off, but this doesn't seem to make much of a difference. My cell signal with Google Fi is always pretty good since I live in the city. Despite all this, have never been able to get less than 5ish% per hour battery drain. I don't have any crazy apps, other than WeChat.
Am I doing something wrong? I have no idea why this is happening. It would be nice if I could get this number down.
Thanks for any suggestions
Here are a couple images of Gsam battery monitor:
Code:
[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/ZULLAO7.png[/IMG]
[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/MiZGFef.png[/IMG]
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I am on Fi as well and found that the vpn eats through my battery. I have since activated the private dns settings with the same configuration settings as the 1.1.1.1 vpn and have seen better battery results. YMMV