I hear it has excellent battery life. And im on stock froyo no bloatware with a jk2 modem, I just want to see good battery life. Also. Could I flash any kernel over any rom? Or is there 2.1 and 2.2 specific roms? Help!!
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Yes,there are different kernels for 2.1 and 2.2,but JK2 is 2.2,and so is the superio kernel. You should be ok with flashing the kernel,but just in case,make a nandroid backup,worst case scenerio just odin back to jk2,then restore nandroid backup (nandroid doesnt backup/restore the kernel).
not really liking this kernel.. my battery drained 28% overnight.. that has never happened with any other kernel..
I went from Saturday @ ~4pm until Sunday @ ~9pm
This was with full GPS while driving, listening to podcasts, watching videos for nearly two hours, and general calls and webbrowsing.
I still had ~20% battery left.
I pulled the phone off the charger this morning, and will run it dry to see what my "normal" uptime would be, and will post it tomorow.
Nero Beta 2 ROM + Super IO Kernel
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Yes,there are different kernels for 2.1 and 2.2,but JK2 is 2.2,and so is the superio kernel. You should be ok with flashing the kernel,but just in case,make a nandroid backup,worst case scenerio just odin back to jk2,then restore nandroid backup (nandroid doesnt backup/restore the kernel).
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What if I used a different rom. Anything in particular?
Super IO kernel + sXe 4 ROM by Heathen + OCLF 2.2 = Incredible battery life even with heavy use, 1734 Quadrant score, no lag, stable. Simply a pleasure to use.
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not really liking this kernel.. my battery drained 28% overnight.. that has never happened with any other kernel..
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that's not the kernel buddy, superIO is stock..
that means you have something else eating away at your battery.
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that's not the kernel buddy, superIO is stock..
that means you have something else eating away at your battery.
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well it seems like it is the kernel.. i went from DoW 1.4 to this and my battery life went down instead of improving. i dont run any widgets and dont have anything running in the background. so i dunno
Odin JFD, root, Axura 2.1ve, SuperIO kernel... Super flake.
With the kernel it takes at least two minutes to get a cellular data lock on the phone. Without it, it takes less than a second for 3g or 2g to lock in.
While it does significantly speed up the phone, I will use a lag fix instead until the "real" fixed kernel comes out.
Honestly, I have never had much luck with Eugene kernels. Every kernel I have tried has had something flaky going on. Without exception so far.
To be fair, it could be the ROM I am using. I will try another ROM just to check it.
if you are switching from 2g to 3g frequently, your battery might get sucked dry due to the radio issues mentioned in my post above.
I suggest you pay attention to what the radio (H/3g/Edge/GPRS Icon) is doing. Might not be related, but I could see it possibly draining the battery.
24 Hours with Super-IO + Nero b3
Super sweet kernel.
EXCEPTIONAL battery life, improved snappyness, and memory management.
There's hardly ever a lockup, and everything seems to just... work.
Does this kernel have overclocking capabilities?
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Super sweet kernel.
EXCEPTIONAL battery life, improved snappyness, and memory management.
There's hardly ever a lockup, and everything seems to just... work.
Does this kernel have overclocking capabilities?
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Loading Nero3 now to see if the radio issue I have is rom or kernel related.
Thanks
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Super IO kernel + sXe 4 ROM by Heathen + OCLF 2.2 = Incredible battery life even with heavy use, 1734 Quadrant score, no lag, stable. Simply a pleasure to use.
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I'm running the same set up! Flashed this kernel yesterday. Battery is amazing! I wiped the batt stats to do conditioning last night at 8. I was trying to drain the battery as quick as possible so I had gps and wifi on and I played youtube videos and media hub trailers non stop till it died finally at 130. So streaming with the screen on the entire time I got 5 and a half hours. Pretty impressive if you ask me.
Do I need to disable oclf before I flash this kernel? I'm using nero 3 right now with oclf.
Thanks in advance
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Do I need to disable oclf before I flash this kernel? I'm using nero 3 right now with oclf.
Thanks in advance
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that would be the best thing to do.
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that would be the best thing to do.
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Thanks again for your help. You're very helpful, too bad there is no "thanks" button on the xda app!
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that's not the kernel buddy, superIO is stock..
that means you have something else eating away at your battery.
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if SuperIO is stock how can it have any impact on batteries claimed in this post
FYI, just recovering from a soft brick now from nero3 and super IO.
It had been working fine for just about a full day.
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if SuperIO is stock how can it have any impact on batteries claimed in this post
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It is based off of the stock Kernel, however Eugene in all his brilliance fixed all the battery drain and greatly improved the IO. Hence why there is significantly improved battery life along with no lag.
On typical use, web browsing, messaging, phone calls, my phone easily lasts about 2 days. Truly amazing work
where can I download the super IO kernel?
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Hey guys im wondering for the one's who have tried bionix v the old version and the new one, can you give your feedback about it???
in my opinion i dont see a great change of it. and i even think that the old version works better i dont know how about you guys???
Had bionix-v and flashed 1.2 yesterday night. So far I don't see anything different. For that matter, I haven't seen any real changes since Nero 5 which I thought was a great ROM. I just flash the newest because - well - because I can.
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Had bionix-v and flashed 1.2 yesterday night. So far I don't see anything different. For that matter, I haven't seen any real changes since Nero 5 which I thought was a great ROM. I just flash the newest because - well - because I can.
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Lol yeah me too!! but the Nero rom is the one called nero-5-voodoo??? i have that zip file and never use it.
For me just having the Percent of batterly life number bigger was worth the 2min. it took to flash.
There was no real cosmetic changes just some "behind the scene" changes. Getting geared up for 2.2.1 i guess. I like the no wipe option now although I still wiped.
Only difference I see so far is my GPS isn't nearly as good. Before I start a "GPS sucks" war I am going to re-flash and test again. I want to do a few battery cycles before I flash to see about battery life as well.
If you are a cosmetics type flasher I would just stick with V. If you are an avid updater and ROM whore such as myself then flash away.
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There was no real cosmetic changes just some "behind the scene" changes. Getting geared up for 2.2.1 i guess. I like the no wipe option now although I still wiped.
Only difference I see so far is my GPS isn't nearly as good. Before I start a "GPS sucks" war I am going to re-flash and test again. I want to do a few battery cycles before I flash to see about battery life as well.
If you are a cosmetics type flasher I would just stick with V. If you are an avid updater and ROM whore such as myself then flash away.
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I hear you!! lol im just testing each rom out to see what's best for me but i want to know hows everyone else doing with them also.
the old bionix rom has excellent battery life. I use a combination of bionix v1 with the kb1 modem. Standby battery is amazing. 28 hours with moderate usage (xda, engadget, texting, web browsing, etc). So I am hesitant to switch, I would recommend keeping the old one until 2.2.1 kernel
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the old bionix rom has excellent battery life. I use a combination of bionix v1 with the kb1 modem. Standby battery is amazing. 28 hours with moderate usage (xda, engadget, texting, web browsing, etc). So I am hesitant to switch, I would recommend keeping the old one until 2.2.1 kernel
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how about kernel did you change it too? or not???
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how about kernel did you change it too? or not???
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Nahhh I kept it the same whatever the kernel was before. And that 28 hours went down to about 22 but that is still amazing.. the standby time is awesome, thats what gives the battery life. If you use it constantly it will drain but if you use it like a normal human being it will be perfect for you.
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Nahhh I kept it the same whatever the kernel was before. And that 28 hours went down to about 22 but that is still amazing.. the standby time is awesome, thats what gives the battery life. If you use it constantly it will drain but if you use it like a normal human being it will be perfect for you.
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Thanks for the info, and how about another rom?
I just read that the kb1 modem its really awsome so now im thinking how to make a combination of things that would work great for my phone i dont know just to test it
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Thanks for the info, and how about another rom?
I just read that the kb1 modem its really awsome so now im thinking how to make a combination of things that would work great for my phone i dont know just to test it
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Yea dude no problem. Hey if you come up with a good combo that helps with the battery life while the phone is awake, pm me and let me know your ideas. And so far bionix v has been doing wonders for me but axura has a kb1 based rom out and I can only imagine it will be good. I choose to have bionix because I DESPISE axuras theme.. lol
Ps. To test your battery life just download the battery left widget and check it every once and a while. Once you use your phone (from 100% to 0%) the readings from the app will be fully accurate and can tell you how much battery you have left and how long. The battery accuracy is set as you lose battery, so the more you use it, the more accurate. So to test your combos use this widget to determine battery life and which ever one has the most hours, should be the best. It will take a while but it will be worth it lol
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I dont see any speed boost for the new update.
But the update makes my GPS lock everytime in less than half min which is never been seen be4!!!
trey, is the kb1 significantly better than ka7?
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Yea dude no problem. Hey if you come up with a good combo that helps with the battery life while the phone is awake, pm me and let me know your ideas. And so far bionix v has been doing wonders for me but axura has a kb1 based rom out and I can only imagine it will be good. I choose to have bionix because I DESPISE axuras theme.. lol
Ps. To test your battery life just download the battery left widget and check it every once and a while. Once you use your phone (from 100% to 0%) the readings from the app will be fully accurate and can tell you how much battery you have left and how long. The battery accuracy is set as you lose battery, so the more you use it, the more accurate. So to test your combos use this widget to determine battery life and which ever one has the most hours, should be the best. It will take a while but it will be worth it lol
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Yeah im sure will bro!! thaks for your input!!
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trey, is the kb1 significantly better than ka7?
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@daworship- anytime dude
@drcrappants- yes in my experience it has been much better. The standby time is much much better than anything I have ever used. So I recommend it man
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I dont see any speed boost for the new update.
But the update makes my GPS lock everytime in less than half min which is never been seen be4!!!
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Yea the speed isn't the best but it is awesome for everyday use. Pages still load quickly but the speedtest app doesnt show as high of numbers.
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Nero 5 v Bionix V
I can only compare Bionix V to Nero 5.
Both are very close. Battery is much better on Bionix 5. Was using KA7 modem on Nero 5. Just installed KB1 modem on my Bionix 5. Will have to see how that works out. So far I can tell that I get a better signal and faster D/L and U/L.
I am getting lower Quadrant scores on Bionix (1300)compared to Nero (1500) on stock cpu not overclocked.
Overall I am happy with what I got so far.
T-Mobile Vibrant Bionix V KB1
T-Mobile HD2 NexusHD2-Froyo V1.9G NAND
So now im a little confused so Nero 5 is a Bionix build? And if that's true the zip file for nero 5 is the one called Nero-5-voodoo?? I have this zip file in my pc but never use it.
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So now im a little confused so Nero 5 is a Bionix build? And if that's true the zip file for nero 5 is the one called Nero-5-voodoo?? I have this zip file in my pc but never use it.
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Nero v5 is the old version of bionix. Bionix is just a more stable version basically with official 2.2
Sent from Bionix powered vibrant! If I helped, hit the thanks button!
I'm big on battery life so wondering if any 2.2.1 roms have decent battery life yet before flashing one.
My battery life has always been pretty good but it started going downhill after messing with set CPU without really knowing what I was doing so I uninstalled the app. I've never wiped my battery stats. Any benefit in doing this?
people have different views on different roms but from mostly reading up as a noob i have noticed it is the kernel and modem that you are running that matters. so try to do some research on it. and see which one fits best.
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I'm big on battery life so wondering if any 2.2.1 roms have decent battery life yet before flashing one.
My battery life has always been pretty good but it started going downhill after messing with set CPU without really knowing what I was doing so I uninstalled the app. I've never wiped my battery stats. Any benefit in doing this?
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what's your personal opinion?
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what's your personal opinion?
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i havent flashed alot like only 4 to 6 roms, and not to disrespect any of the developers but i have only used 2 types, trigger and team whiskey roms. both are good in my opinion. i dont do much fancy stuff just text call use data sometimes play games etc etc. regular use.
another thing i did to save battery life was turn 3g/4g off when i am not using it. just to leave it on eats battery alot. im very new and still learning. this is just an opinion.
above in the noob guide sticky you can find how to recalibrate your battery for maximum power as well. i will be doing that as well since i missed on that part.
i have never till yet flashed a different kernel or modem, but for kernel after reading a lot i have seen that people prefer tigerblood or somethign like that kernel. with their roms.
i hope this helps
I suggest an an called Tasker (from the market) which will let you set a profile that turns off data when the screen is turned off. Saves a lot of battery power.
Oh, yeah, of course you should set screen brightness to 10% and use a Dark homescreen.
Never had to do any of those things. But always had at least a full day's use out of one charge.
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Gcr3 by eugene! Smooth and good battery life! I average around 2000 in quadrant also @ 1ghz ... it wont let me upload my screenshot but it shows 9h 9m 30s unplugged and I was at 72% pretty beast!
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jpj winning is good.
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Smooth vanilla has great battery life!
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Malice + Tigersbloodv3 is my personal fav currently. As asked its 2.2.1 plus with TB you can OC to 1.2Ghz my avg batt life was around 15hrs.
I got great batt life with Atriarc also avg 24+hrs and I do believe it is 2.2.1 as well
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I've been very impressed with Bi-Winning.
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I've been very impressed with Bi-Winning.
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Same here, best battery life I've had to date I think. However, I'm not texting much right now and that seems to kill my battery faster than anything.
ToXIC HEROES/TOXIC SMOKE - its freaking awesome and fast as hell with Voodoo and Fugu Tweaks enabled.
Edit:Sorry misread the OP topic - Toxic Smoke is a 2.2 ROM not a 2.2.1.
Guys I just wanted to know if I could flash whitehawx's modem on my vibrant running bionix 1.3.1? The kernel version is 2.6.32.9
Yes you can
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Yes you can
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I must flash the modem just like I flash a rom/theme right??
yes just like you would flash any other modem, as long as its a froyo modem you can flash it.
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yes just like you would flash any other modem, as long as its a froyo modem you can flash it.
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Go Shred.......the Real Froyo Boy............ The KB5 works well on Bi winning
I hoped that flashing kb5 on my phone would increase my battery life but it still lasts only about 3 hour tops on moderate use..
Wth 3 hours?? What are you doing on your phone? You probably need to recondition your battery or get a new battery, by the sounds of it tho your battery is prlly fried
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I hoped that flashing kb5 on my phone would increase my battery life but it still lasts only about 3 hour tops on moderate use..
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Lol 3hrs must really suck. Recondition ur battery. I have bionix v with kb5 modem and 3days of battery life with moderate use
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So should I buy a new battery?
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So should I buy a new battery?
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Just call T-Mobile they are good at sending out batteries.
stanton93 said:
So should I buy a new battery?
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Wut if it isnt a new battery that u need? Unless u tried all other options u can do with ur current battery. Say go for it
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On Froyo 2.2 and 2.2.1, you should be getting ~20 hours with moderate use. That is, the screen should be on CONSTANTLY for about 3-3.5 hours of those 20 hours.
On CM7 and MUIU you should be getting ~10-15 hours with moderate use.
You got something wrong here. Go to the market and search "OS Monitor". It's a program that is like the task manager on Windows. Open it and order processes by CPU usage. See if anything is constantly running and using a lot of your CPU. If so, uninstall/kill it. If everything is fine and CPU usage is low, buy a new battery.
Hope that helps
Am using bali now and it gives great battery life, but it is not as smooth as say... overstock. Is there any kernel which gives a balance between the two?
ones gotta give
Not sure what you're seeing but smoothness you're talking about probably has more to do with the rom than the kernel. If you flashed both kernels I'm sure you wouldn't see much difference between the two without the boot screen.
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Did you try the overstock UV kernel? You can find it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=967861
It is the Overstock 1.5.2 UV download, it is designed to save battery life. You can also try SUPER_DragonMODz ULP, another battery saving kernel, here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049894
I literally just got onto the bullet kernel from Bi-Winning, and it has the smoothest i've noticed, but its only been a hour or two since i got on this rom with the kernel so... idk i cant say about battery right now.
I have to say, be careful with SUPER_DragonMODz kernel... For me it almost burned up my phone. Phone was just sitting on the table when I sense the burn The phone was hot as hell...
All dragonmodz kernels are great I ulp has amazing battery life, oc and normal both give me great battery life too with no overheat for me, wayyy less then bullet (has much higher voltage settings) just don't use any setcpu profiles (except for 400/100 screen off) and I suggest conservative govener
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bullet just overclock it and it runs smooth i used to have great battery life with when i was on froyo
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I have to say, be careful with SUPER_DragonMODz kernel... For me it almost burned up my phone. Phone was just sitting on the table when I sense the burn The phone was hot as hell...
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lol do u know what the temperature was?
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lol do u know what the temperature was?
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Did not have the chance to check it It was unresponsive and I had to remove the battery and let it cool down. But it was really hot. I tought that my phone is dead
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Which one would you guys recommend to me most?
I'm currently on Bali, have been for about 12 hours, and its given me a few hours extra on battery life, but i'm wondering, is Glitch even better? I don't like to flash things I don't need.
So you guys tell me.
This is to help me, AND others that wonder the same question...
Havent tried bali yet. Luuuurve glitch tho. Voodoo color is a plus and my battery life is much better, about 5 hrs more than stock redux. But as doon as bali gets voodoo color [which is soon] ill try it.
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Well, I'd say glitch is for the more technically/tweaking due to it have voodoo color, up to 1.7ghz oc, insane work into UV and oc stability based on your chip quality.
But Bali might have slightly better vibrant specific support since it's from a mostly vibrant oriented dev. But Bali might be more generic in the features it has (this sentence is not meant to be read as a knock or rude in anyway).
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glitch is awesome, previously terrible battery life and stability was questionable, but after latest update v11 battery especially is amazing, and getting some good UV aswell
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I will try Glitch, but is the battery still good even if I don't Undervolt, underclock, over clock, or anything just flash the kernel?
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I will try Glitch, but is the battery still good even if I don't Undervolt, underclock, over clock, or anything just flash the kernel?
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ok just flashed Glitch, lets see how it goes...
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ok just flashed Glitch, lets see how it goes...
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let me know how it goes, if bali doesnt go as well as expected in the next couple days ill probably try out glitch
Glitch seems to have better battery life, and thats what i wanted.
Bali gives more than the usual from CM7, but glitch goes over Bali, this is great, and the phone actually sleeps now.
thanks guys
Are you guys trying this on froyo or GB? Or it doesn't matter?
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Are you guys trying this on froyo or GB? Or it doesn't matter?
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Gb, and more specifically, CM7/miui. And it's only for that.
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I never got how to flash a kernal. 2 years into android and I'm still clueless-__-. Do you flash it like a normal rom? I have miui running. Do I just flash? Wipe?
Im fairly new to flashing kernels as well, but you DL it, put it on your internal SD and flash it like you would a rom. Thats all I did when I flashed Bali.
So far no real difference on Bali, my battery drain on cm7 is still terrible but I just flashed it today so Ill give it a couple more days
I always had crappy battery on Glitch, and I'm talking 8-10 hours completely unused. Bali is vibrant-specific and gives MUCH better battery life, 15 hours and still had 30% left.
Alex530 said:
I never got how to flash a kernal. 2 years into android and I'm still clueless-__-. Do you flash it like a normal rom? I have miui running. Do I just flash? Wipe?
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for bali, you do it normal, and for glitch to be safe, theres a script you have to download, and first flash that, then the kernel.
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for bali, you do it normal, and for glitch to be safe, theres a script you have to download, and first flash that, then the kernel.
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Actually, glitch has implemented that script into the kernel flashing.
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Can Glitch work with Bionix 1.3.1 or Bionix Next Gen V2?
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Actually, glitch has implemented that script into the kernel flashing.
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really? damn those people who told me to download script!!!!
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Can Glitch work with Bionix 1.3.1 or Bionix Next Gen V2?
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IDK if there's a version for Froyo ROMS.
Glitch is for CM7, specifically, idk if it will even work for miui- you need to pay attention to the title, which i never read.
but it is for 2.3 roms as far as i know, and there MAY be one for froyo in the future if enough people contact the developer asking for it.