[Q] OCLF effect on battery life? - Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

After applying the OCLF, did your battery decrease, stay the same or increase?

A bit of an increase for me
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Battery life seemed noticably decreased with both lag fixes (Voodoo and OCLF) so I'm just using Bionix 1.4 w/ Jac's. Other than in Quadrant, it's impossible to tell a difference.
I don't always complain, but when I do, I #BlameWes

fix drained it like hell!! get a bionix rom installed, and you won't even need a lagfix.. and forget that voodoo crap, that's garbage don't use that

I agree with the coments above. Ones you have Bionix you wont need a lag fix at all. But to answer your question I noticed my battery was decreassing more withe OCLF.

Underclocked due to the speed increase, now my battery lasts me a minimum of 11 hours.
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Mine has been suberb! Used to loose averagely 10%(even in standby) per hour before OCLF but after lag fix I'm losing averagely 2% per hour on standby.

its the same i felt nothing, voodoo on the other hand decreased a little, but i can understand why. i mean ext4... yeah you know.

I get the same rather I use it or not.
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Battery issues

I currently have my eris rooted, flashed to kaosfroyo v35-1, which I hear has crappy battery life anyway and i hope v36 is on the horizon, and using setcpu. Not doing any crazy overclocking. And no change in drain or saving since installing it. I tried re calibrating my battery a few times including battery stats wipe.
I still seem to not be able to get the battery drain to slow down other than turning off the 3g when not using it. Is there a 3g managing app? I haven't been able to find one. And any other suggestions im definantly open to. (The collins battery tweak wasn't working out as far as getting it set up and running.) Also when I reboot the phone the battery gains about 10%.
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Do you have the 50% time without signal bug? Go to Settings->About phone->Battery Usage and check under Cell Standby.
Nope. And its been 5 hours since unplugged. 3% time without signal.
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best reliable rom + battery life?

Ideas please! I've ran Evil Eris 3.0 for months and months and had no problems and loved it. I recently switched to KaosFroyo V37. I like it a lot but the battery life seems to not be so great. Looking for idea's on what rom you all think is the best for reliability everyday use and battery life. At work i get 0 bars or just 1bar. I know that's a huge problem but Evil Eris 3.0 was good other than if you turned the gps on it would stay on and you would have to re-boot to fix sometimes.
I run v37 too and have also had some battery issues. Does anyone know of another froyo rom with even better battery life? Note: my brightness is on the lowest possible setting and allegedly uses 70% battery... Also, ive found myself having to turn off 3g to make it to the end of the day. Lastly, when i get to about 90 percent full charging i get the green light. Any ideas?
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hilerc said:
I run v37 too and have also had some battery issues. Does anyone know of another froyo rom with even better battery life? Note: my brightness is on the lowest possible setting and allegedly uses 70% battery... Also, ive found myself having to turn off 3g to make it to the end of the day. Lastly, when i get to about 90 percent full charging i get the green light. Any ideas?
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same symptoms here.
Plain and simple, no matter what froyo you're using you are going to notice a significantly shorter battery life when moving from 2.1 to 2.2 and there is not much you can do about it. Are you using collins battery script? If not, that should help somewhat. Also, turn off auto sync and if OC'd, crank that down as well. Also make sure BT, and GPS are disable.
As for your LED lighting up when only at 90%, try to recal your battery and see if that does the trick - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780724&highlight=recalibrate
Nonsensikal is a great rom with great battery life.
I use my phone with minimal use I guess you would say, texting most of the day, couple calls, turning on 3G for 5 mins at a time to roam the internet/apps about maybe 5-10 a day. My battery lasts me about 2 days without a charge with that kind of use.
Great ROM, wonderful theme, and great battery life. Try it out.
exAusTiN said:
Nonsensikal is a great rom with great battery life.
I use my phone with minimal use I guess you would say, texting most of the day, couple calls, turning on 3G for 5 mins at a time to roam the internet/apps about maybe 5-10 a day. My battery lasts me about 2 days without a charge with that kind of use.
Great ROM, wonderful theme, and great battery life. Try it out.
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anyone else have more info? what rom would be best for me? reliable and good battery life?
Thanks for the help, im about to recal now
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Kaosfroyo v37 is pretty insane once you tweak it... i just recalled my battery and im very impressed by the results
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Um 2.2 does not intrinsically have worse battery life than 2.1. In fact JIT is supposed to increase battery life. I am on Tazz froyo and I get like... at least 20 hours on a normal day. Slow days I can get 30+.
Make sure you're using the latest kernels.
Hungry Man said:
Um 2.2 does not intrinsically have worse battery life than 2.1. In fact JIT is supposed to increase battery life. I am on Tazz froyo and I get like... at least 20 hours on a normal day. Slow days I can get 30+.
Make sure you're using the latest kernels.
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I flashed in Conap's latest CFS kernel in KaosFroyo v37 and have no complaints. I have the screen set to drop the cpu to 245 when blacked out. It seems fine.
I haven't tried colin_ph's script yet but its on my to-do list.
cfs is pretty sick. What exactly does it stand for?
hilerc said:
I run v37 too and have also had some battery issues. Does anyone know of another froyo rom with even better battery life? Note: my brightness is on the lowest possible setting and allegedly uses 70% battery... Also, ive found myself having to turn off 3g to make it to the end of the day. Lastly, when i get to about 90 percent full charging i get the green light. Any ideas?
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From what I understand froyo is set up to give you the green led light while charging once you hit 90% charge. I think 2.1 was maybe 95% or 100% I can't remember exactly what it was. It's not a problem though your phone will still charge to 100% on froyo you just get the green light sooner.
Really? That explains a lot and now i know im not damaging my battery while charging after the green light. Thanks
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I run koasfroyo v37 with cfs.v6 and battery tweak with underclocks when screen off at lowest 19 and with moderate use I got over 30 hours and I never had to turn off 3g
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I didn't see anybody else mention it so I thought I would throw this out:
Use "Toggle 2G" from the market with Froyo ROMs to extend battery reserve.
This (free) app shuts off the 3G Mobile network a (programmable) number of minutes after the screen is blanked, and turns it back on when you next light up the screen again. Having a few minutes delay is useful - if you fire off an e-mail, and the counterparty responds within that interval, you will get the notification (I'm thinking of Gmail/push here), but if you are ignoring your phone for an extended period of time, it is saving some juice. (Text messages are still delivered as they are 1x/RTT, aka 2G)
Toggle 2G never worked on my phone. Maybe I just didn't have it configured correctly.
Thanks, ill try toggle 2g now
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I'm also wondering this same thing..I just ordered my eris and would like to find a good reliable rom that I wont need to change in the near future.
I wish there was like a poll or something setup as a sticky...though with version changes that might be kinda hard to maintain.
My advice:
Vanilla Froyo: Either Nonsensikal, or Tazz Froyo
2.1 Sense: Either XtrSense, or (preferably) xtrRCMix
2.1 Vanilla: Not a big fan of those so Im not even gonna say anything
2.2 Sense: Help out and be tester
Im running xtrRCMix and I LOVE IT. Great battery life and amazing Rom. BUT, flash the v6 CFS kernel for a near perfect experience with it
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My advice:
Vanilla Froyo: Either Nonsensikal, or Tazz Froyo
2.1 Sense: Either XtrSense, or (preferably) xtrRCMix
2.1 Vanilla: Not a big fan of those so Im not even gonna say anything
2.2 Sense: Help out and be tester
Im running xtrRCMix and I LOVE IT. Great battery life and amazing Rom. BUT, flash the v6 CFS kernel for a near perfect experience with it
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I use the xtrSense and it's on CFS I think and it's running just fine. I may try xtrRCMix.

Poor battery performance

Does anyone know why i only get decent battery life with stock rom?
Every rom i try stinks for battery except eb01 stock rom.
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Does anyone know why i only get decent battery life with stock rom?
Every rom i try stinks for battery except eb01 stock rom.
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I normally don't do this but I have seen this question 5+ times in the past 7 days. Do a search my friend.
Thanks
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My suggestion...
is to try Nitro's EC01 Rom, as well as Nemesis2all's updated kernel (Which gives you the ability to change volt settings, speed, etc) which can really improve your battery life.
Ya I would say try Nitro's Evil Fascination ROM and Nemesis2all's kernel as well. My battery life is pretty good without messing with the voltage. If you're still not getting great battery life you should a) download Juicedefender. The free version does an amazing job for me or b) do some research and try to adjust the voltage settings.
I just started using Active Apps from the market. I guess it's a Samsung product that you can use to replace Task Manager. Whenever I don't use it, my battery drains real quick, and without a specific pattern. When I use Active Apps, and use the Ram Manager level 2 kill, my battery drain instantly gets much lower. 5 hours unplugged yesterday only drained my battery like 11%. Compared to up to 30% otherwise. Hope this helps others too!
Try the app "juice defender " in the market. It makes my battery last 2ice as long
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How long after battery calibration should I see a difference?
I need to reiterate what has been said: first, install Juice Defender and learn to tweak those settings, it's well worth it. Second, undervolt that puppy with Nemesis2all's latest kernel. At idle, my phone might last 48 hours [not tested].
I only ask because when I recalibrated my battery (charged fully, wiped stats, drained battery, fully charged with phone off) my battery life is worse
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I update OTA last week on Verizon to Froyo 2.2. My battery was overheating and draining like crazy from my CPU usage being at a constant 99%..
I found the source of the problem. An app I use for facebook called "FLOW". The CPU usage was cut to 20% when I killed it with "Advanced Task Killer".
I resolved the issue by: Opening Flow.. going to Preferences.. Notification Settings.. Refresh Type.. Checked Periodic Polling (I was using Gmail Experimental previously)
Hope this helps...

Trigger 3.3 beta

I just installed the new Rom TRIGGER 3.3-beta. This rom is very fast and the GPS is great. I also put on bali 1.8.4. But the battery drains fast. If you guys tried it out, and found a way to save battery can you please let tell us what you did to control it. I know its in beta version and is being tweaked on.
Thank you
Yea Im using the same Rom. Hate to break it to you but the battery life on most all android devices sucks. I have had 5 different android devices and the battery sucked on all of them. didn't matter if it was stock or custom Rom. ether way these devices just have ****ty battery life. You can make it a little better by turning down brightness and messing with other settings but when it comes down to it. it still sucks! Just my 2 cents!
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I just installed the new Rom TRIGGER 3.3-beta. This rom is very fast and the GPS is great. I also put on bali 1.8.4. But the battery drains fast. If you guys tried it out, and found a way to save battery can you please let tell us what you did to control it. I know its in beta version and is being tweaked on.
Thank you
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Did you recondition your battery after flashing? I've had pretty good battery performance with the Bali kernels. I also tend to use the KB1 modem. It seems to give me the best battery. But each phone is a bit individualistic, and what works well for someone may not work as well for next person.
darkside79 said:
Yea Im using the same Rom. Hate to break it to you but the battery life on most all android devices sucks. I have had 5 different android devices and the battery sucked on all of them. didn't matter if it was stock or custom Rom. ether way these devices just have ****ty battery life. You can make it a little better by turning down brightness and messing with other settings but when it comes down to it. it still sucks! Just my 2 cents!
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This is untrue as I have owned an android device since the G1. The battery did suck on the G1, but by no means does the battery suck on every android device. My guess is you probably never calibrated your battery or you just used it very heavily. There's also the possibility that every rom you tried sucked on those devices. I have consistently gotten a full day or more with Bionix NextGen V2 with the Bali kernel with moderate to heavy usage. It is true if you lower the brightness,turn off wifi,bluetooth and gps when you aren't using it that it will increase your battery life though.
I have reconfigured the battery and have the brightness turned all the way down. Dont use WiFi but battery still sucks compared to other smart phones.
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random
can any of you post a screenie of this rom pls
Battery usage is hard to compare since there are so many variables. In my experience I generally have better battery life when visiting my parents. The area I live in is somewhat of a black hole for signal and I notice more battery drain here with the same rom/kernal setup and similar usage pattern. I believe the weak signal here causes a higher battery drain over all.
Of course this might not apply to your situation but it could be worth considering.
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darkside79 said:
I have reconfigured the battery and have the brightness turned all the way down. Dont use WiFi but battery still sucks compared to other smart phones.
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Do you remember to put it on the charger when you go memes
darkside79 said:
I have reconfigured the battery and have the brightness turned all the way down. Dont use WiFi but battery still sucks compared to other smart phones.
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I'm not going to argue with you, I'm just going to state what the facts are.
THE BATTERY DOES NOT SUCK, MOST LIKELY IS USER ERROR
Lol. It isn't user error. I think you might just use your phone more heavily than others. One thing you have to realize when comparing the battery life of the phones are a) battery size, b) screen size, c) smartphone or stone age phone, d)**** you've done to the phone including ROM's/Kernals/Apps/Sync.
Personally, on days that I am working, I get about 8-10 hours out of my battery before it dies. When I am not at work I get about 23 hours out of my battery.
what is the major difference between trigger 3.2 and trigger 3.3?
Try using overstock instead, I've had pretty good battery life with it.
Im running trigger3.3 beta with overstock and the battery is great.
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so any new tricks that you guys have found to boost up this rom?
might try this later, i could say the battery on my vibrant is better then the iphone and ive gone through all versions of the iphone.
darkside79 said:
Yea Im using the same Rom. Hate to break it to you but the battery life on most all android devices sucks. I have had 5 different android devices and the battery sucked on all of them. didn't matter if it was stock or custom Rom. ether way these devices just have ****ty battery life. You can make it a little better by turning down brightness and messing with other settings but when it comes down to it. it still sucks! Just my 2 cents!
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bahaha you must be kidding. like someone else said, it depends on soooo many variables and phones. I was running trigger rom and overstock kernel and was going down about 1-2% battery every hour while screen was off. I listen to pandora every morning for an hour to hour and half and would go down 5%. I've sat on the web watching tv on TV shows stream app for about 1-2 hours and went down like 15-20% when brightness is lowered.
It's all about the brightness, killing apps that enjoy sucking battery life and enjoy run constantly, and running an OC/UV kernel. You can also change it from the usual 3g/H connection down to E (edge) which uses alot less power also. Turn off or turn down auto sync on certain apps like facebook from every 10 minutes down to every few hours.
The screen is the biggest power consumer, so lower that, set it to automatic or all the way down to lowest brightness to save quite a bit of battery when using the phone.
Usually the second largest power consumer (if ur not a huge user of just one certain app) is when the screen is off and the phone is syncing and just running android. the solution is If you can find a decent UV kernel (overstock for android 2.2 was what I was using when on 2.2), you can slow your CPU down. Like on my vibrant I made a profile (on the SetCPU app) to undervolt it from 1,000mhz down to a conservative 400mhz max and 100mhz minimum when screen is off. This is very easy to do. sometimes I'd watch shows on that. I usually left it at a conservative setting and 800mhz and 100mhz min all day long when screen was on, sometimes at 400mhz if i wasnt doing much. It worked wonderfully for me.
Moral of the story, there are plenty of things to make your phones battery last longer than it normally would. The big one probably to get a well known kernel that can UV, then get SetCPU and make a few profiles to make your phone use less power.
BOOM!

Battery drain optimistic v

Is there any reason my optimistic v on stock, cm7, and ics Roms has absolutely horrible battery or does everyone's. Mine lasts about 6 hours even without use. In about 4 hours no use at all It goes from 100% to 50%.
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Anyone?
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try using different kernal settings. For example, my battery life sucked when I used "ONDEMAND" but I get about the same performance but WAYYYY more battery on "INTERACTIVEX"
Also, try keeping your data off if your not using it
Not sure why your battery is going so fast. I'm running stock ROM, have data, wifi, gps enabled and my battery lasts me all day. If I barely use it, I may still have 60% left when I plug it in at night.
I have my phone rooted, I've used ROM Toolbox's autostart manager to disable several apps from loading on boot, my kernel is stock and still set to on demand. I also generally have my brightness turned down.
Not sure if any of these help.

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