Who got the best battery life on TB? - Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all,
I'm trying to find a best setup with the best battery life for the TB. My TB not doing so well with the battery life. Which I already this an an issue. Therefore I want to see what other might have their TB setup.
Please post kernel, Rom and ruu use. Howls your TB last ...etc..
Thanks for all you help.
Note. My TB doesnt last that long with oem battery. I constantly have to charge it through out the day. It's suck but don't have a choice.
Thanks
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This was on Bamf 1.4. Perfect storm1.4 and bamf 1.5 are about the same as well. This is an average to good day. Still using Imoseyon's kernels-
-streamed a 43min TV show over wifi
-surfed the internet
-played angry birds
-played blackjack game offline for about 40 mins
-miscellaneous messing around
-4G/wifi data was off for 10 hours while I was sleeping. Other time was basically all wifi
-No calls and a few texts
-ROM = Das BAMF 1.4
-Kernel = imoseyon 0.7 undervolted
-screen at 25%
-Email sync every 4 hours, weather every 3, No other syncs.
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Forgetfull said:
This was on Bamf 1.4. Perfect storm1.4 and bamf 1.5 are about the same as well. This is an average to good day. Still using Imoseyon's kernels-
-streamed a 43min TV show over wifi
-surfed the internet
-played angry birds
-played blackjack game offline for about 40 mins
-miscellaneous messing around
-4G/wifi data was off for 10 hours while I was sleeping. Other time was basically all wifi
-No calls and a few texts
-ROM = Das BAMF 1.4
-Kernel = imoseyon 0.7 undervolted
-screen at 25%
-Email sync every 4 hours, weather every 3, No other syncs.
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are you on a extended batt? i amaze myself when my phone can actually go past 8 hours of use.
ive been having somewhat ok life with bamf 1.6.1 and leankernel extreame, but for some odd reason after 20% it starts sucking it dry as if i was streaming a video. then again alot say that it takes a couple of days to let the kernel settle in.
Maybe thats why i never see good batt life cause im a rom/kernel flashing whore

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I like the das BAMF series ROM the most and tend to get best battery life on imoseyon's lean xtreme kernel on ondemand (his kernels fully underclock on all profiles when screen is off, like smartass) and always switch to wifi at home and where available. My setCPU profiles underclock at 40% battery and further at 20% battery. Right now though I am enjoying adrynalyne's latest kernel set on smartass, get great life and is quite responsive. I tend to get bored though so I will likely give the latest lean xtreme a run in the next few days

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I've found reasonable battery life when I use Imoseyon's extreme kernel with a max around 750-800. Not awesome, but reasonable (i.e. Much better than 5-8 hours)
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das bamf 1.5 with imoseyon extreme and a bunch of tweaked things

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On the new Bamf 1.6 I have averaged around 12 hours of moderate use while keeping 4G on the entire time.

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Utkanos gets something like 2 days without an extended battery. so ask him if you really like
But i get about 18hours a day under medium use. Using basic debloat and utkanos's 5 slot kernel

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Stock battery on Tesla Coil 1.7 with limited use, 4G on, always on mobile data off, and a few calls/texts I got 28 hours.

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I was having terrible battery life at first but after flashing BAMF1.6.1 and imo's extreme kernal I'm currently 4 hours of the charger and at 92 percent.
I've found the best combo to be autostarts and juice defender ultimate to be the best combo for saving battery. I'm also in a 4g area.
This is my first day with this setup but it looks promising so far, before this setup I would get about an hour per 10%.
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Running the extended battery, New CDMA radio, stock LTE (phone set to CDMA Auto PRL though), Bamf 1.5, Bamf 4.4.2 kernel, running 1GHz w/smartass governor, auto brightness, no 4G, WiFi on all the time (connected while at work all day and while at home), decent ammount of web browsing, emails and calls constantly while at work, good ammount of Facebook and Angry Birds/Stupid Zombies, and playing MP3's while driving to/from work and while running errands.
I charge once every 2 to 3 days. I'd post a pic but I just charged last night, so the phone's only been unplugged for about 3 hours. After those 3 hours of reading the news, answering a few emails, checking Facebook, and playing music on my 20 minute drive to work, I'm down to 97%.
Also, probably noteworthy to say I have as much of the HTC garbage ripped out as I could without breaking things.

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elude79 said:
Hi all,
I'm trying to find a best setup with the best battery life for the TB. My TB not doing so well with the battery life. Which I already this an an issue. Therefore I want to see what other might have their TB setup.
Please post kernel, Rom and ruu use. Howls your TB last ...etc..
Thanks for all you help.
Note. My TB doesnt last that long with oem battery. I constantly have to charge it through out the day. It's suck but don't have a choice.
Thanks
Sent from my ADR6400L using XDA Premium App
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This is going to come down to a lot of preferences on your part. If your looking the best Rom/kernel combo, opinions will vary but it also has alot to do with your own personal tweaks.
In my opinion, the Bamf remix 1.6.1 is the absolute best out there so far. This Rom includes the Bamf 4.4.3 kernel. I am getting about 22 hours on average but again it depends on what else you do to the Rom after installation. Below are a few of my own tweaks. They are optional but they really help battery life. At minimum, you should try the Bamf 1.6.1 Rom and kernel. I have tried moat roms out here and this is definitely the best on battery.
Tweak after Rom install:
>Turn off 4g. I only use it when I tether and 3g is fine for my texts, Facebook and email.
>I only overclock to 1190mhz. And use the interactive governor. It's plenty fast on this Rom!
>Tweak your email sync settings so you are not syncing email all day. Mine is set to every 2 hours and manual sync from 12am to 7am.
>choose auto brightness setting. The 1.6.1 Rom is extremly efficient at managing the display.
>turn off haptic / vibration feedback
>disable all animations.
>turn off gps, Bluetooth and WiFi when you are not using them.
>remove backup assistant. I have the all file on my SD card so I install it and back up my contacts as needed then uninstall it. I do this because it seemed like backup assistant is always syncing.
>don't sync anything but email. No Facebook or HTC sense. This has nothing to do with using the Facebook app. It has to do with Facebook contacts and etc. It's in settings and accts & sync.
>if you have a gmail acct, don't use the gmail app, use the mail app instead because you have more.options to tweak when you want email to sync. (Ex. I don't need my email to.sync while I am sleeping).
There are more tweaks out there I am sure these are just a few that I use a.d find have really helped wig my battery. Also I can get about 12 hours if leave it on 4g the whole time.
Hope this helps and happy flashing. Let me know if you have any questions.
Sent from my Bamf Certified Thunderbolt / Bamf Remix 1.6.1

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Bamf 1.6.1 Remix
Ad's 4.4.3 kernel
Leaked updated radios (first RUU in Ad's radio post.)
Stock Battery (I do have the HTC Extended but haven't tested it yet with this build)
I had it off the charger around 4:30 PM EST yesterday and didn't plug it in until about 7:30 AM this morning (so roughly 15 hours) and was at around 50 percent. This is with some Bluetooth usage, LTE only mode (so 4G the entire time), some market updates, texting, some phone calls, push for Exchange, Gmail, Facebook (for and not for sense) and Twitter all setup to auto sync. Also played some games and took some pictures (and uploaded some pics directly to Facebook.) Also some Pandora streaming (but not a lot...usually I am docked at work when I do most of my Pandora streaming.) Some Maps stuff as well but less than 10 minutes.
I never got close to this on the stock build.

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Using either the CM prealpha or Das Bamf both with leankernel 1.9ghz extreme version mine will easily last all day. No 4g in my area but I'm a typical college student and I use tethering late in the afternoon when everyone's online.
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The battery also depends if you have 4G, wifi, Bluetooth on all the time or not. The screen brightness, notifications lights, vibrate on/off. There are many settings that can be tweaked to increase the battery life. Also depends if you are in a area with a good signal. I know my battery can drain fast if the phone is constantly searching for signal and has trouble staying connected. I was able to get 18 hrs with stock rom before rooting. Now I get easily 24 hrs if not 36 hr after tweaking the settings and using BAMF 1.6. at 1Ghz with smartass governor. Play around with the setting and if you have terrible reception at work, try enabling "airplane" mode so that your phone is not searching constantly.
If I turn off 4G and use the phone only for texting at work (i have like 0-1 bars) I would only drop 10% after 8 hrs being at the office.

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I know my phone lost 7 percent in 8hrs. This is on the bamf 1.6.1 with ad's 4.4.3 kernal. I have it de-sensed tho. I know with this setup i could easily get 24hrs.

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Informatic_dev said:
The battery also depends if you have 4G, wifi, Bluetooth on all the time or not. The screen brightness, notifications lights, vibrate on/off. There are many settings that can be tweaked to increase the battery life. Also depends if you are in a area with a good signal. I know my battery can drain fast if the phone is constantly searching for signal and has trouble staying connected. I was able to get 18 hrs with stock rom before rooting. Now I get easily 24 hrs if not 36 hr after tweaking the settings and using BAMF 1.6. at 1Ghz with smartass governor. Play around with the setting and if you have terrible reception at work, try enabling "airplane" mode so that your phone is not searching constantly.
If I turn off 4G and use the phone only for texting at work (i have like 0-1 bars) I would only drop 10% after 8 hrs being at the office.
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Great post and I agree as I posted most of my tweaks earlier in response to this question. I would like to know from you though what your thoughts are on the Interactive vs Smartass gov. I have never tried the smartass gov but I see that many use this. Can you tell me why you prefer this one? I have read many post explaining gov, but I am lookign for a more pratical opionion in leymans terms as to why Smartass may be the way to go. My setup is posted earlier in tis same post in case you want to compatre, but we are on the same rom. (Bamf Remix 1.6.1).
Thanks in advance...

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IMO any ROM that doesn't have sense on it will easily boost battery by 30-40%. Just look at how the Droid Charge performs and not to mention BMX has said sense is the real problem for the Bolt's battery woes.
To me, though, if I can get 12 hours from a sense'd ROM with email and other items on active sync (i.e. not every 2 hours) along with doing regular tasks then that's what I want. I am always near a charger at work or at home if I need a quick boost of juice. I don't care if I can get 18 hours as I rarely need it away from a power source that long.

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May sound strange but I disabled juice defender today and have been getting much better battery life.
BAMF Remix 1.6
Ad's 4.4.3 kernel
1.19GHz max
422MHz minimal

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BennyJr said:
I know my phone lost 7 percent in 8hrs. This is on the bamf 1.6.1 with ad's 4.4.3 kernal. I have it de-sensed tho. I know with this setup i could easily get 24hrs.
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Can you explain what you mean by (de-sensed) I am also running bamf 1.6.1