Just got a Fascinate and am trying to find a way to make the battery last longer. I did some searching and it seems like the only solution involves rooting. I don't know if i can do that to my phone with my limited computer skills. Are there some basic tips to making the battery last longer? Thanks
Use WI-FI whenever available.
Leave wifi and gps off when not in use, keep screen brightness as low as is tolerable, use dark wallpaper. Your display uses most of the battery. So are you stock 2.1? If so, you have WAY better battery life than froyo.
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I'm running version 2.2. When I look at batt usage, 95% is display. One of the things that impressed me the most about this phone was the display. I have it on auto brightness but I'll try to dim it down.
You can try juice defender in the market, I've had decent luck with that in the past.
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Leave wifi and gps off when not in use, keep screen brightness as low as is tolerable, use dark wallpaper. Your display uses most of the battery. So are you stock 2.1? If so, you have WAY better battery life than froyo.
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I can't agree with that statement... I'm sure it's user-specific, but
I ran stock for a few days before jumping into rooting my device
At the time, it was all DJ05 builds and THOSE had phenomenal battery life.
But stock sucks my nut cuz of all the bloatware that's running constantly.
I had been getting comparable battery life to 2.1 stock on the EC10 stock kernel, and so far seeing slightly better battery with JT's source built kernel (only been 2 days since I flashed)
And if u're on stock 2.1, i don't think it's necessary to leave wifi and gps off as the 2.1 builds didn't have the sleep problems if i remember correctly
I don't mean this to be a smart ass...
But if you don't want to customize the software the only thing you can change is the hardware. So, buy yourself an extended battery and you won't have to worry about charging.
the extended battery makes the fascinate look like its 9 months pregnant. Do some research on rooting and roms. There are plenty of How to's in the Dev form. Follow them step by step and you shouldn't have any problems. Once i started flashing i haven't been able to stop, its addicting....
I've had the phone for five days now and the batt lasts all day. I use battery doctor and also task killer. Love this phone, learn new things about it every day.
On another note, is there a way to boost reception?
personally I would root it first and do a backup of your your apps with titanium backup and then flash superclean 2.9.2 using the odin files at http://forum.androidcentral.com/verizon-fascinate-rooting-roms-hacks/59348-odin-froyo-leaked-packaged-custom-roms-w-root-clockwork-updated-3-25-a.html .Then after that flash an under volted ec10 kernel like JT's = http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1010102 or The PeanutButta Jelly Time = http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1012571 . nemesis2all's ec10 kernel = http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011626 is good also, but with the ability to overclock you wont be able to resist going to 1200mhz and that wont help your battery life.
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personally I would root it first and do a backup of your your apps with titanium backup and then flash superclean 2.9.2 using the odin files at http://forum.androidcentral.com/verizon-fascinate-rooting-roms-hacks/59348-odin-froyo-leaked-packaged-custom-roms-w-root-clockwork-updated-3-25-a.html .Then after that flash an under volted ec10 kernel like JT's = http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1010102 or The PeanutButta Jelly Time = http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1012571 . nemesis2all's ec10 kernel = http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011626 is good also, but with the ability to overclock you wont be able to resist going to 1200mhz and that wont help your battery life.
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Since my carrier is Telus and not Verizon, will these programs still work or do I need ones specific to Telus?
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I recently rooted my Vibrant 2.2 with superoneclick and I installed Juice Defender because ever since I got this phone the battery life has been horrible. Can someone please tell me the best settings I should use or a better app that I should use?
I recommend installing a custom rom like Bionix 1.3.1. Also putting a kernel like overstock 1.3. Its great on battery life. Run juice defender at aggressive and that should help.
Bionix 1.3.1
Theme..Scarlet Leftovers w/Flip Animation v.4
Overstock v1.3 Kernel
If you want remarkable battery life try the Axura......... It has the best battery life
The trigger from the edt group has great life as well
As far as the battery llife apps go, they do help but not as much as they advertise.
Try those roms each out you will find one that will make you happy.
42h 17m on a full charge so far (skewed stats do to specific uses/needs for me). Running Bionix-V 1.3 and OverStock 1.3.
I suggest just grabbing the free version of the XDA SuperPower App. I think its more straightforward than JD and it does all of the same basic things.
You will want data to be off unless you are using it. (i.e I schedule mine to kick on every 2 hours for 5 minutes so it syncs my e-mails.) and it shuts all data/wifi off when the screen goes off.
As others have stated. Grab a ROM from the dev section and peruse the different kernels until you find a good match. All of the ROMs are excellent choices and play nicely (for the most part) with the custom kernels.
They are right on with the playing with diffrent combos of kernels and roms. I am on trigger 2.7 and overstock kernel 1.3 and get 2 days of moderate use without JD.
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42h 17m on a full charge so far (skewed stats do to specific uses/needs for me). Running Bionix-V 1.3 and OverStock 1.3.
I suggest just grabbing the free version of the XDA SuperPower App. I think its more straightforward than JD and it does all of the same basic things.
You will want data to be off unless you are using it. (i.e I schedule mine to kick on every 2 hours for 5 minutes so it syncs my e-mails.) and it shuts all data/wifi off when the screen goes off.
As others have stated. Grab a ROM from the dev section and peruse the different kernels until you find a good match. All of the ROMs are excellent choices and play nicely (for the most part) with the custom kernels.
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With screen off,most of the time,guaranteed.Good advice,none the less.
CWK another good kernel choice.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=962780
Alright, I'm on the quest for the ultimate rom. Specifically for battery life, but I want a good honeycomb or even honeybread mix with good/great battery life. Im getting decent battery life with Nero v5.
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These battery life questions are being asked all the time. Try looking around the forums a little bit and see what people have to say.
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Alright, I'm on the quest for the ultimate rom. Specifically for battery life, but I want a good honeycomb or even honeybread mix with good/great battery life. Im getting decent battery life with Nero v5.
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All the ROMs you will find will have the same BASE battery life (since they are ALL based on Samsung code [except CM of course, which has worse battery life as of right now]). Here are the factors that DO affect it:
apps
gps/bluetooth/wifi
low signal
kernel
Obviously the biggest eater is the screen. No matter what you do, you'll get a max of around 2 hours display time (that is, 120m of the display being turned on).
The next eater is data. Apps that refresh themselves in the background are notorious for eating battery life. Twitter apps, facebook, or widgets that update automatically are the first thing to look out for. I believe they all default to automatically updating or something.
And if you use the stock voodoo kernel, that will give you the best battery life out of all kernels available.
I get about 4 hours of display being on with the lowest brightness setting. Stock battery, 2 hours is very low.
Yeah I have the brightness as low as possible. Im only getting 15 hours, and I've heard rumors of up to 20 hours with some roms. Any body know any good gingerbread mods with good life?
Sent from my sexy vibrant running the ancient nero v5
White's version of gb will give you better life. CM7 is 12-14 hours with poor standby time.
Best battery life will always be axura.
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Alright, I'm on the quest for the ultimate rom. Specifically for battery life, but I want a good honeycomb or even honeybread mix with good/great battery life. Im getting decent battery life with Nero v5.
Sent from my sexy vibrant running the ancient nero v5
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xriderx66 said:
Best battery life will always be axura.
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I tried axura for 10mins, and I couldn't stand it...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=993440
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What about it?
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I tried axura for 10mins, and I couldn't stand it...
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what made you not like it?
if you want battery.. Its always been either axura or nero/bionix
Battery life is entirely too subjective a topic to get hard data from.
- People running different roms
- People running different kernels
- People running different modems
- People running different background services
- People knowingly or unknowingly running apps that create excessive partial wake usage. Or not running them as the case may be
- People with widely differing signal levels, which vary from area to area
- People with different screen preferences (insofar as brightness, auto brightness, animations etc...)
- People with Vibrants a month old and Vibrants nearly a year old. (i.e differences in battery degredation)
The only way to get a quantitative set of real data to work with would be to painstakingly eliminate all the above variables per case, which would mean (at this point) dozens or even hundreds of dedicated test scenarios.
I've recently ran Bionix, Bionix Frost, Trigger, Sweet Honey, Atriarc, and Darkys (yeah I get bored a lot...sue me ). I've yet to notice a significant enough degree of difference between any of these in regards to battery life, running the stock apps and services I always run. Enough to notice? Perhaps so, but only if I were going through my day with a stopwatch (which would seem a bit anal). Enough to care? No.
I'd rather just use my phone and say "screw you guys I'm going home!"
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what made you not like it?
if you want battery.. Its always been either axura or nero/bionix
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Just bad gui in my opinion. coming from nero v5 (which im running right now), it look poor, and i want me some gingerbread. :/
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Just bad gui in my opinion. coming from nero v5 (which im running right now), it look poor, and i want me some gingerbread. :/
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Theres themes deep in the theme section for gingerbread look on most roms from a month ago
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Theres themes deep in the theme section for gingerbread look on most roms from a month ago
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super noob question, will the themes involve the tv turn off into sleep mode? or is that a bigger form, like kernal etc.
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super noob question, will the themes involve the tv turn off into sleep mode? or is that a bigger form, like kernal etc.
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Nope.
Any 2.2 or 2.2.1 build will never have that its integrated into gingerbread and as far as I know you cant just copy and paste..
But there are alternatives such as a app someone made that locks your phone using the search button and shows the tv out animation
It really just depends on how you treat your phone, I text a lot, and only check xda and I get about at least 19 hours Stock kernel, and now I'm trying out Tigersblood kernel, and I undervolted my cpu clocks, and set setcpu profiles in Setcpu, and downloaded Superpower from the market (turns off data when screen is off) and monitor about every other week which apps I installed are eating my battery (if any) using System monitor, and I should atleast get about a couple more hours ;]
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It really just depends on how you treat your phone, I text a lot, and only check xda and I get about at least 19 hours Stock kernel, and now I'm trying out Tigersblood kernel, and I undervolted my cpu clocks, and set setcpu profiles in Setcpu, and downloaded Superpower from the market (turns off data when screen is off) and monitor about every other week which apps I installed are eating my battery (if any) using System monitor, and I should atleast get about a couple more hours ;]
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On that part where you talk about super power, I use juice defender, and I turned that option of that turns the data off when my phone goes off because it would take to long to come back on. Is there a delay?
Sent from my sexy vibrant running the ancient nero v5
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What about it?
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its not always about the rom...
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its not always about the rom...
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I know, but the rom does make a difference right?
Sent from my sexy vibrant running the ancient nero v5
Guys.. I've been using bionix 1.3.1 since yesterday and its been sucking the crap outta my battery. It consumes around 1% every 5mins even in the standby mode. And the gps too isn't working. I even reinstalled the rom.
Any help?
What kernel are you using? I'm on bionix 1.3.1 with the Tiger's Blood kernel - undervolted the CPU and always have the screen on lowest brightness (which is still too bright IMHO), and did some tweaking with the XDA superpower app... I've gotten 40 hours out of the battery once. The majority of the time cellular data was completely disabled and I was using Wifi (have it at home and at work). But I can normally get at least 24 hours out of it.
Hmm .. My kernel version is 2.6.32.9. And I keep my brightness at the lowest level. I had to charge my phone 4 times in just one day by only moderate use, previously when I had toxic darky hI had to charge only twice and it would have been on till the next morning.
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Guys.. I've been using bionix 1.3.1 since yesterday and its been sucking the crap outta my battery. It consumes around 1% every 5mins even in the standby mode. And the gps too isn't working. I even reinstalled the rom.
Any help?
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try the new KB5 modem.
Tried and it still does the same....
Tried and it still has no effect...
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What kernel are you using? I'm on bionix 1.3.1 with the Tiger's Blood kernel - undervolted the CPU and always have the screen on lowest brightness (which is still too bright IMHO), and did some tweaking with the XDA superpower app... I've gotten 40 hours out of the battery once. The majority of the time cellular data was completely disabled and I was using Wifi (have it at home and at work). But I can normally get at least 24 hours out of it.
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Could you give me some more info on this.
Do I need to download an app for under volting?
I did not install anything extra, no CPU mods, no voltage mods and I get about 22 hours of light-to-moderate use.You might want to Odin back to stock and reflash.
Do I really need to flash back to stock? I mean re-flashing bionix or odin back to stock and then flash bionix what's the difference? I might as well just re-flash bionix.
Ps: now the pace has picked up and it consumes 1% every 2mins with bionix 1.3.1 and kb5 modem
Well Iam thinking of reverting back to toxic darky 9.5. Does kb5 support the rom??
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Do I really need to flash back to stock? I mean re-flashing bionix or odin back to stock and then flash bionix what's the difference? I might as well just re-flash bionix.
Try flashing different modems n see which one works. Recondition ur battery. Im running bionixv with kb1 kernel and kb5 modem. 3days battery life with moderate use.
Ps: now the pace has picked up and it consumes 1% every 2mins with bionix 1.3.1 and kb5 modem
Well Iam thinking of reverting back to toxic darky 9.5. Does kb5 support the rom??
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An ODIN back to stock is sometimes recommended - it can fix some issues. It might help with your GPS issues, I've never had a problem w/ GPS on Bionix (other than the standard vibrant GPS problems)
I'd ODIN back to stock and then try installing bionix again, as recommended before. ODINing will supposedly completely overwrite some potential remnants/problems that are going on.
To undervolt, you must first install a kernel that supports undervolting. I use Tiger's Blood - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=994694 . Once you have a kernel that supports it (it'll usually say "UV" in the thread) then you can use Voltage Control (available on market) to change the voltages.
I also use the XDA superpower app, available on the android market.
You may want to recondition your battery. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12586421&postcount=384 is one suggestion on how to do it, everyone has their own method of how to do it.
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Tried and it still does the same....
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i would try overstock 2.2.1 with KB1 or KB5 modem. i'm running that combo works good. any ways bionix bettery use not as good as trigger or sweet honey 2.7.3.
hi just wanted to ask if there is a ROM there that is as close as the original ROM of the samsung galaxy s II in terms of apps and looks but is tweaked for better battery perfomance?
cause my dad bought a SGSII almost a week now, and we only get about 5-6 hrs of it using only it. already did about 4 charge cycles. (4 only cause most of the time the GSII is off, my dad's getting a hang it yet)
config:
- stock android 2.3.3
- 3g auto
- auto backlight (but we are inside a mall so the backlight is isn't that bright & have strong signal)
- auto sync is off
- background data is on
- haptic feedback is off
- audible selection is off
- fast dormancy is off
- power saving mode is on
- juice defender app in balanced setting
apps running:
-skype
-messenger
it drains a LOT even in standby a lot more when using it (browsing, not yet chatting). my hd2 is much more efficient knowing it is not a native android smartphone...
is there a tweaked battery efficient rom there that is as close or at least still looks as the stock?
You can do three things,
1- Install Better Battery Stats and see under 'Partial Wakelocks' to see whats running on background.
2- Stay on Stock ROM and flash a kernel which allows Voltage tweaks and install SetCPU and Undervolt CPU. Ninphetamine 2.1.3 is such a kernel.
3- If thats too complicated for you, then flash an Undervolted kernel, like SpeedMod.
I won't advise you to change to a Custom ROM for battery backup betterment. But doing the above processes will certainly save some.
Regards.
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You can do three things,
1- Install Better Battery Stats and see under 'Partial Wakelocks' to see whats running on background.
2- Stay on Stock ROM and flash a kernel which allows Voltage tweaks and install SetCPU and Undervolt CPU. Ninphetamine 2.1.3 is such a kernel.
3- If thats too complicated for you, then flash an Undervolted kernel, like SpeedMod.
I won't advise you to change to a Custom ROM for battery backup betterment. But doing the above processes will certainly save some.
Regards.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
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thanks for the quick reply, so custom kernels work with the stock rom...i thought it won't. i'm not that familiar yet with native androids cause in HD2 most of the undervolted kernels there are already built in the roms so i don't change it that much now with the NAND builds....but anyway, i'll try for the mean time # 1 & 3....i'm not that into that #2 tweaks yet in a phone that is not really mine....
It is proven that Stock ROM's with custom Kernels have sweet battery life. As with Stock ROM's they haven't tweaked anything, it's just stock and you flash what YOU want, whereas a custom ROM you're getting things you dont infact need.
I keep going back and forth from Custom ROM's to Stock ROM's.
Hi
I would also recommend looking at SicOpat's ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1183774)
This is essentially a stock, rooted ROM with a custom kernel and I find it exceptionally good.
The other thing I would recommend then is to install Titanium Backup and freeze/uninstall a lot of the Samsung apps - WiFi Sharing, software update, *hub stuff. Removing these has a very positive impact on battery life.
Hope this helps.
-Barry
I have also been troubleshooting poor battery life on my phone. I used to lose 10-15% an hour just idling. I reflashed Stock KH3 with the KH3 CF-ROOT kernel and reinstalled a few things (twitter, yahoo messenger, google voice, and some apps that don't sync data). Currently I had 18hrs now with 60% left. MUCH better. A lot of the time the phone was idle but I did listen to music, play some games, and browse the internet/chat, use wifi a bit. Phone only lost like 4-6% overnight. (sorry I don't have hard figures but I didn't document any of it on paper). I'm trying to find out what was killing my battery so I am installing things little by little but I would definitely recommend stock KH3. Seems great so far.
I think your problem lies with the wifi-sharing battery bug. I hear this is updated in newer roms. This was the biggest battery hog on my phone, but after noticing it, my battery life is excellent now.
When Wifi is turned on/off this erroneous process starts in the background called "Wifi-Sharing". It hides and drains your battery at a VERY fast rate. The remedy is simply to "Force Stop" this process after you use Wifi.
Let us know if that helps.
You could root the phone and install Titanium to freeze this process permanently.
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
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sorry for the wrong forum i got messed up in opening a lot of samsung galaxy sII threads....
i dont see the "wifi sharing" in my dad's GSII when we used it. and as with kies, i think JKG2 firmware is the latest, so i assume that the wifi sharing bug has been fixed there, yes?
i know it would consume a lot since the GSII has a big "engine" but i didn't expect it to eat a lot even on standby with only YM and SKype messengers running in the background.
i'm still observing it. i'm still running stock.
EDIT: i just used wifi to download an app then when look for running apps, i saw "wifi-sharing" is running but i didn't even turned it on
i just flashed Speedmod T38 kernel (it seemed less complicated to use ) now observing if my dad's SGSII gets better
Hey guys I love all these custom ROM's but honestly the battery gets drained so fast it takes the fun out of it. I was wondering if there was any specific ROMs that were easier on the battery>?? The only feature I truly use on these things is the wifi tether, other than that I don't care if the phone is a litte slower etc, i just want to be able to make it a day on 1 battery..TIA
I can easily make it a full day with the PowerWashed 2.0b3. Yet I also have Juice Defender Ultimate installed.
Ill be quite honest, gingerbread is not what its cracked up to be imo... I have found that powerwashed 1.2 ed05 froyo w/ pbj 0808 kernal is one of the most stable roms out there. Im getting between 1.5-2% percent battery drain per hr. That means I go 2 days without charging the phone with normal use. Heavy use such as browsing the internet for a couple hrs and sending dozens of texts usually equates to charging the battery once a day or slightly better. The only issue is not all fascinates play nice with the -100 undervolt that the pbj kernal has built in. If thats the case, then just run the otb fusion kernal that come with pw 1.2...battery life is still good(2.5% per hr) and you can overclock with that kernal, but truthfully overclocking does not really improve much imo.
Wow thanks guys! Yea I am on MIUI and its horrible.. I will look into the ROMs you guys suggested..thanks!
vanilla gb is insane. running with the glitch 9/15 kernel, undervolted, smartass, noop and usas tweak applied, simply the fastest rom i've ever used battery is also holding up really well, but I have the naztech 2400 installed just yesterday, so battery should only get better with more charges. pwgb is also really good, but the file system is still samsung rfs, which is really slow. Pw froyo is probably the better choice for most people with pbjt kernel which has voodoo. Ill stick with vgb and see how battery does and if it doest yield me 6hrs of screen on time ill switch back to pw froyo and see how it does.
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Ill be quite honest, gingerbread is not what its cracked up to be imo... I have found that powerwashed 1.2 ed05 froyo w/ pbj 0808 kernal is one of the most stable roms out there. Im getting between 1.5-2% percent battery drain per hr. That means I go 2 days without charging the phone with normal use. Heavy use such as browsing the internet for a couple hrs and sending dozens of texts usually equates to charging the battery once a day or slightly better. The only issue is not all fascinates play nice with the -100 undervolt that the pbj kernal has built in. If thats the case, then just run the otb fusion kernal that come with pw 1.2...battery life is still good(2.5% per hr) and you can overclock with that kernal, but truthfully overclocking does not really improve much imo.
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I went ahead and did the switch to ed05 pw 1.2... What kind of probs would I have if the pbj -100 didn't agree with my device?
I honestly do not know how to overlock/mess with uv settings. I am just looking for the most stable rom with the best battery life..battery life being the most important
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I went ahead and did the switch to ed05 pw 1.2... What kind of probs would I have if the pbj -100 didn't agree with my device?
I honestly do not know how to overlock/mess with uv settings. I am just looking for the most stable rom with the best battery life..battery life being the most important
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your phone will freeze up...if it didnt your good to go! Make sure you wipe battery stats in cwm or it will take few charge cycle before you get good battery life.
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your phone will freeze up...if it didnt your good to go! Make sure you wipe battery stats in cwm or it will take few charge cycle before you get good battery life.
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Ok sweet! Yea, everything seems to be good, only issue I am having is in BLN it says the Biblight isnt working or something like that..Voodoo control is g2g, just the BLN. I'll have to look into it
I had the same problem with bln not working on this kernel. What worked for me was to flash the older 0531 kernel first,then flash the 0808 kernel. Bln works fine after that.
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The last super rom I had (battery wise) was superdark dj05... I could listen to music for 8 hours and have 70% battery left... 10 hours of light use 87%.. There has been no gingerbread rom to come close to that sweet sweet rom
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neh4pres said:
The last super rom I had (battery wise) was superdark dj05... I could listen to music for 8 hours and have 70% battery left... 10 hours of light use 87%.. There has been no gingerbread rom to come close to that sweet sweet rom
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Edit... I'll search for my screen shots of the battery usage.. Prob. Take a few days tho
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neh4pres said:
The last super rom I had (battery wise) was superdark dj05... I could listen to music for 8 hours and have 70% battery left... 10 hours of light use 87%.. There has been no gingerbread rom to come close to that sweet sweet rom
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Actually pwgb beta 3 with adrenaline shot mod is yielding some crazy results for me. Screenshots to follow when battery decides its held on long enough.
Only my 2nd day on ED05 powerwashed w/ pbj0808, but man I must be doing something wrong. At BEST my battery is draining roughly 5% an hour and thats with practically little to no use. NO clue how you guys are getting such good battery life...
Seriously, just odin the pwgb and flash the adrenaline v7 and thank me later.
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Seriously, just odin the pwgb and flash the adrenaline v7 and thank me later.
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What kind of programs do you have open/on, on a daily basis? I found that twitter absolutely destroyed my battery. I actually turned notifications off unless its a DM or @ me, otherwise I just open Plume and refresh to read the timelines.
Its doing A LOT better since then. I haven't used the phone much, but its only at 75% and Its 140pm, been off the charger since 6am
I am gonna see how it is this weekend when I am actually using it more
@Droidstyle: I was thinkin of trying out for starters the rom you recommended "powerwash 1.2 ed05 froyo w/ pbj 0808 kernal" but when i did a search for powerwash 1.2 the thread mentioned that it was outdated and to try gingerbread...just a little confused since i'm still new at this: considering my samsungs fascinate uses this base band (this is the general info of my phone Model : SCH-I500
Firmware Version 2.2.2
Baseband Version: S:I500.04 V.ED05
Kernel: Version 2.6.32.9 )
i will have to use a rom that supports ED05? or am i okay to try out any of these roms? did a lot of reasearch today, just trying to narrow it down as to which rom will be the most apt for me (meaning which one will i get the best use out of) and what will i be able to do after that? do i apply themes from the themes section, or i can only do that if they correspond to that specific rom? to anyone in the room please enlighten me, i've spent almost all of today researching this and would greatly appreciate help from the experienced...
Bangout82 said:
@Droidstyle: I was thinkin of trying out for starters the rom you recommended "powerwash 1.2 ed05 froyo w/ pbj 0808 kernal" but when i did a search for powerwash 1.2 the thread mentioned that it was outdated and to try gingerbread...just a little confused since i'm still new at this: considering my samsungs fascinate uses this base band (this is the general info of my phone Model : SCH-I500
Firmware Version 2.2.2
Baseband Version: S:I500.04 V.ED05
Kernel: Version 2.6.32.9 )
i will have to use a rom that supports ED05? or am i okay to try out any of these roms? did a lot of reasearch today, just trying to narrow it down as to which rom will be the most apt for me (meaning which one will i get the best use out of) and what will i be able to do after that? do i apply themes from the themes section, or i can only do that if they correspond to that specific rom? to anyone in the room please enlighten me, i've spent almost all of today researching this and would greatly appreciate help from the experienced...
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Im not sure why he did that... Its a very functional rom and is up to date as much as it needs to be. Read my guide, uses that rom for an example on how to install a froyo rom. You are not limited to what your base band shows, you can flash 2.3.4 gingerbread roms if u like,, but they still have a few minor bugs. Actually 2.2.2 pw 1.2 ed05 is the most functional rom up to date imo... everything lse still has minor bugs to work out.
@DroidStyle thanks man, your guide to flashing power wash is pretty direct, but i'm a little lost here...Isn't the Rom mgr. program you install for the market used for flashin the Roms so that you don't have to odin the rom to the fascinate? also, can I apply whatever themes? ...ie: are those used to customize ur GUI?
Bangout82 said:
@DroidStyle thanks man, your guide to flashing power wash is pretty direct, but i'm a little lost here...Isn't the Rom mgr. program you install for the market used for flashin the Roms so that you don't have to odin the rom to the fascinate? also, can I apply whatever themes? ...ie: are those used to customize ur GUI?
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Stay away from rom manager!!!! It only works for the mtd based roms such as cm7, miui, aosp... even then odin is a much more reliable way to work with the fascinate. imo just get use to the fact that your going to have to use odin most of the time when flashing.