Howdy folks,
New OnePlus One user, coming from a Galaxy S3 after years of holding out on an upgrade.
Looking to keep the phone reasonably stock for now (although some of those custom ROMs sure look tempting!) so I've decided to stick with CM12 (which is what I believe it came loaded with) until the OTA to CM13.
But I'm finding the battery life a bit tough to swallow - I'm getting about 60-80 minutes SOT with a total battery life of about 8-9 hours (email checks, browsing the web 3-4 times a day, one GPS check daily) before I hit 5%. Ideally I'd like to have 100-120 minutes SOT with a total battery life of 16-18 hours before I have to charge.
So I'm thinking an underclocked kernel may be the way to go. Problem is - I'm not sure which kernel is even compatible with CM12 at this point, or what would fit my needs, as everyone seems to have moved on to CM13 already, and I'll be honest with you all - I feel lost.
Can anyone suggest a path to better battery life through kernel?
Thanks in advance!
Go back to CM11S. 8 hours sot on Wi-Fi, slightly less on mobile data. No new features are worth the crippled battery life. All roms after 4.4, both custom and official are plagued by the mobile radio active bug and it hasn't been fixed yet. So stick to 4.4 stock and you will get mind-numbing battery life.
devilsshadow said:
Go back to CM11S. 8 hours sot on Wi-Fi, slightly less on mobile data. No new features are worth the crippled battery life. All roms after 4.4, both custom and official are plagued by the mobile radio active bug and it hasn't been fixed yet. So stick to 4.4 stock and you will get mind-numbing battery life.
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Thanks for the advice, but I'm looking to try an underclocked kernel first on CM12 before I downgrade. Besides, with CM13 around the corner that should help with battery life, no?
gfinockio said:
Thanks for the advice, but I'm looking to try an underclocked kernel first on CM12 before I downgrade. Besides, with CM13 around the corner that should help with battery life, no?
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underclocking doest do anything when the phone itself doesnt sleep. I'm on CM13 nightlies and doze doesnt work half the time, the other half battery drain is just insane from all kinds of sources (Cyanogen System and mobile radio active). I've had this phone for a year and a half now and I've tried all the roms and kernels one can try but nothing so far has come even close to any 4.4 rom. Again, if you want the newest features and don't give a damn about battery life over extended periods, if you don't spent more than 4~ hours per day staring into your phone, if you charge daily, go for any rom you want. If you want a dependable phone that could keep you going for even 4~ days on a single charge with moderate usage (messages, light browsing, bit of gps) then go for a 4.4 rom. Preferably stock CM11S.
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underclocking doest do anything when the phone itself doesnt sleep. I'm on CM13 nightlies and doze doesnt work half the time, the other half battery drain is just insane from all kinds of sources (Cyanogen System and mobile radio active). I've had this phone for a year and a half now and I've tried all the roms and kernels one can try but nothing so far has come even close to any 4.4 rom. Again, if you want the newest features and don't give a damn about battery life over extended periods, if you don't spent more than 4~ hours per day staring into your phone, if you charge daily, go for any rom you want. If you want a dependable phone that could keep you going for even 4~ days on a single charge with moderate usage (messages, light browsing, bit of gps) then go for a 4.4 rom. Preferably stock CM11S.
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Okay, thank you for your input. Doesn't really answer what I'm looking for, but I guess I'll keep it in mind.
Update - decided to stray from stock and loaded Sultan's CM12 ROM - currently have 3.5 hours SOT and 20 hours total with 40% left. That's good for me!
It's amazing how much we actually use our phones in a given day, especially when we watch "videos"! Rate this thread to express how many hours of screen-on time you can get on the Xiaomi Mi 5s before depleting the battery.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
With LOS you can get 6-7 SOT, and I consider that very good.
On average I get 5 hour sot. I would give 3/5 for battery.
It's indeed about average for its class. But the quick-charging makes up a for a hell lot.
9 hours so far. Not bad I'd say. I'm using the official AICP ROM, battery set to efficiency, not rooted.
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9 hours so far. Not bad I'd say. I'm using the official AICP ROM, battery set to efficiency, not rooted.
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The fingerprint scanner is working fine on aicp bro?
With Miui 9? I can't do better than 3h 30m.
I tried beta, stable, RR. Situation is always the same.
With GSam when i call, sot is increase, but in Miui settings sot are less, why?
(sorry, if you don't understand, i try to write better)
MIUI 9.3 by xiaomi.eu 8.2.1 I get usually 6-7 hours SoT (mixed LTE and WiFi, auto brightness), I think it's pretty good
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MIUI 9.3 by xiaomi.eu 8.2.1 I get usually 6-7 hours SoT (mixed LTE and WiFi, auto brightness), I think it's pretty good
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I am using the same rom. Unfortunately, I only get like 2-3 hours of SoT. Do you do a system reset every time you flash? Cause I've been upgrading the phone for a while now. Seems battery life gets worse and worse.
final cut said:
I am using the same rom. Unfortunately, I only get like 2-3 hours of SoT. Do you do a system reset every time you flash? Cause I've been upgrading the phone for a while now. Seems battery life gets worse and worse.
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I did a clean flash 3 weeks ago, first flashed China Dev Fastboot, flashed TWRP, then xiaomi eu, wipe everthing without wiping system partition. After this, every update i clean dalvik and cache, that's all. Maybe you need to do similar procedure in your phone or your battery needs replacement, I reccomend Losoncoer's one, my mum is using their battery in Mi5.
Hello to everyone and i'm sorry for necroposting,
I have a problem with my MI 5s, i took with my rom (MIUI Global 8.4.19) and stock kernel only 2 hours of SoT, do you have some suggest for me for have better performance(no problem to change ROM or Kernel)? (when i bought this phone i had 6/7 hours of SoT) , i have already changed my battery with an original one 2 weeks ago.
Thanks.
Install AEX with the latest China beta firmware, Magisk and the app ForceDoze.
Thanks for reply, but I can't install china stable because in that rom there isn't my language (Italian), any other suggest? Those apps work with global too?
Cassio88 said:
Thanks for reply, but I can't install china stable because in that rom there isn't my language (Italian), any other suggest? Those apps work with global too?
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Firmware, not the ROM itself. Flash this:
https://github.com/fjtrujy/capricornCNFirmware/releases
8166uy said:
Firmware, not the ROM itself. Flash this:
https://github.com/fjtrujy/capricornCNFirmware/releases
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Thanks for suggest, i have istalled all of this, i hope that the battery will last like the first months!
Hi,
After one year of usage my Mi5s gets around 3 hours of SoT. Doesn't matter which ROM I am using (RR, Atomic, Viper, LoS, XiaomiEu) plus latest firmware. I think the battery may be depleted. If this is the case this is kind of sad.
Those of you that are getting more than 5h of SoT: How old is your phone?
Does anyone have any recommendation for a new battery from aliexpress?
Thanks
macgyverx86 said:
Hi,
After one year of usage my Mi5s gets around 3 hours of SoT. Doesn't matter which ROM I am using (RR, Atomic, Viper, LoS, XiaomiEu) plus latest firmware. I think the battery may be depleted. If this is the case this is kind of sad.
Those of you that are getting more than 5h of SoT: How old is your phone?
Does anyone have any recommendation for a new battery from aliexpress?
Thanks
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You can test your battery and find out your real battery capacity with AccuBattery. (Get the free version from Google Play.)
I have 89% capacity (~2850Mah) and I have my phone since September 2017.
On AEX 5.5 rom, I get about 4.5 hours of screen on time.
1 year and a few months later. Now Replaced the Battery.
1 year and a few months later. Now I just replaced the Battery. I replaced it with a new one because battery is depleted Accubattery estimation is 1,880mah from 3,100mah. I get 2hrs-3hrs 30min of Screen on Time with the old battery. I will update this reply once I get what my battery SoT is with the new one. I am using LineageOS nightly(latest).
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1 year and a few months later. Now I just replaced the Battery. I replaced it with a new one because battery is depleted Accubattery estimation is 1,880mah from 3,100mah. I get 2hrs-3hrs 30min of Screen on Time with the old battery. I will update this reply once I get what my battery SoT is with the new one. I am using LineageOS nightly(latest).
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So, how did it went?
Using stock pie ob4 with elemental kernel
And taking all the possible measures to save battery.
But I'm not getting around 5 to 6 sot. Which is very disappointing.
I'm thinking if this is because high brightness mode in my device.
Any ideas from you guys?
Mine doesn't last much time neither, because of dual sim and always DATA on.. But I'm really disappointed with the battery life. I got a OP5 before the 6 and it was better with the battery.
Anyway try to install the last update and if you change the kernel or install an update, just wait 2-3 days to see the results. (Don't charge it each day if you can, but that's normal, I guess lot here wait 1-2% before charging)
I have been using the OP6 for a while and tbh OOS is great (I use it with RZ Kernel and a few Magisk audio mods)
But everytime I update the phone, I got some kind of soft brick and every time I need to use MSMdownload to fix, tried how others update and still got the problem. Updating to 9.0.6 and still have that problem so I'm thinking about going the custom ROM route.
My main concern is battery life (and preferably OOS camera too cuz I need the Pro mode) and stable enough to be a daily driver. As for the battery, I'm getting estimated 6hr30m SOT average for 100% calculated base on the SOT of 60% drain and Accubattery give me 2870mAh (87%) for battery capacity (I know it may have been proven to be inaccurate but I want to give as much info as I can)
I hope anyone can give me the combo you are using and your SOT (I do understand that it's based on the how you use the phone) and whether you game or not. Or at least how to update without bricking my phone cause this A/B system is driving me mad.
Currently considering Havoc, Syberian, Treskmod/Omni but can't test them all cause I need a stable phone to work everyday.
Thanks a ton!
With oos i always had SOT 4 hours/4:30 (gaming, whatsapp, youtube, twitter, klwp etc) stock rom, stock kernel (don't know how but there's people that can reach 8 hours SOT), standby till 2 days (no usage)
Now i'm with havoc from two months and the battery is giving me same SOT and same standby but i'm with havoc and blue_spark kernel and i'm decrypted (don't think this last one is really influencing over battery), havoc is the best rom you will ever find here for this phone, it's super stable and super fast but not with its stock kernel so try smurf or blue spark. I've even tried so many other roms (aospExtended, lineageos, pixel experience, omnirom, liquidremix, aosip, carbonrom) but none of this it's better than havoc in my opinion.
Good morning,
Before updating a few weeks ago to android 12, I was getting decent battery life with use of Galaxy Max Hz. Since updating to android 12, I've been seeing life as bad as this.
I woke up at 8 took off charge. And have done virtually nothing.
Anyone having terrible A12 life? I literally watched it drop from 82 to 81 typing this.
You still having bad battery drain?... not sure if they might of fixed it, as my phone has quite decent battery life with alot of use, watching online sites & Netflix etc..one thing I don't use which I see you have is Facebook & messenger which I do know from experience how much these 'work' in the background...my battery life was better immediately when I got shut of those imo intrusive apps...they're always doing something.
I had to re-flash the stock firmware 5 times because of terrible battery life before it finally settled down, I think it was something to do with the kernel. Are you able to odin flash the firmware again?