I am wondering what kind of battery life people are getting with the Gingerbread leak and subsequent Gingebread ROMs compared to their froyo companions. For example, people who have switched from Das Bamf froyo to Das Bamf gingerbread, etc...
I am running Das Bamg 1.6.3 and leankernel 2.5 with extreme custom undervoltage and I am getting absolutely fantastic battery life, and I'm not sure about making the switch to GB because of it. Will GB improve battery life even further? Thanks guys.
IMO froyo kernels are further in development and will probably get better life but I love the sense 3.0 like gb roms so I'm sticking with em
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Personally my battery has been horrible, pretty much back to how it was when I first got this phone, although I'm on 4g most of the day and overclocked to 1.4 so I really can't complain. I've seen a lot of people saying they haven't noticed any difference in battery life though. Its definitely worth loading, working netflix, lock screen is awesome. I'm sure the devs are working non-stop, thanks guys!
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GB battery life is definitely lower for me, by a decent amount. Still sticking with it though.
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GB battery life is definitely lower for me, by a decent amount. Still sticking with it though.
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Not bad..
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My battery life has suffered since moving to GB. I've considered going back to BAMF Remix 1.6.3, but I had random reboots and shutdowns with that rom. There are always drawbacks, you just have to decide what is and isn't important.
I actually disabled push email on my work account. I set it to manual. I'm at a time of the year where I don't need push email. That has helped the battery, but it's still not as good as Froyo.
So my decision came between barely getting through a day on a single charge or having my phone crap out on me a couple of times a day? I decided to stick with the poor battery life.
I'm on battsaver mode with lean kernel for GB...imo is still tweaking the kernel with battery drain and charging issues...not as good as froyo yet but good enough for my daily ROM
I stuck with using perfect storm 1.4 with imosyen extreme that has by far given me the best battery life. Most days I am over 10 hours with normal use. On gingeritis I was getting around 7. Still not bad but the functionality on Perfect Storm 1.4 is far better than on das bamf or gingeritis.
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I stuck with using perfect storm 1.4 with imosyen extreme that has by far given me the best battery life. Most days I am over 10 hours with normal use. On gingeritis I was getting around 7. Still not bad but the functionality on Perfect Storm 1.4 is far better than on das bamf or gingeritis.
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Is that on 3g or 4g?
I was on GB for 5 days. i could def tell a loss in battery life on it. But it wasnt enough to make me change back. i was loving GB. I am now going back because of the radio scare.
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Is that on 3g or 4g?
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I am on 4g most the time... also read the thread about gb brickiing phones....for sure stay with froyo
My battery life was definitely not what it was on froyo BAMF 1.6.3.. I've since flashed back from 2.0, because of the bootlooping/brick shenanigans.. I miss my Sense 3.0 elements, but I really don't wanna go through the hassle of going to VZW for a replacement phone lol
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Now I know this is largely an opinion based question but figured I'd get some good feedback. I am a former incredible owner and with the incredible I had MANY choices of ROMs that were all fast, great battery improvements and completely stable. I was a huge fan of CM7 on the incredible. I finally just rooted my Thunderbolt and am looking for the same. I just want a ROM that is stable, decent speed and with better battery life. So far I flashed a sense 3.5 ROM (InfectedROM) and it is has many bugs, little bit better battery and actually feels slower than stock. CM7 says it is still in beta so I have been reluctant to try it. Does anybody have any advice on the most solid ROM out there for the Thunderbolt? Thank you
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Now I know this is largely an opinion based question but figured I'd get some good feedback. I am a former incredible owner and with the incredible I had MANY choices of ROMs that were all fast, great battery improvements and completely stable. I was a huge fan of CM7 on the incredible. I finally just rooted my Thunderbolt and am looking for the same. I just want a ROM that is stable, decent speed and with better battery life. So far I flashed a sense 3.5 ROM (InfectedROM) and it is has many bugs, little bit better battery and actually feels slower than stock. CM7 says it is still in beta so I have been reluctant to try it. Does anybody have any advice on the most solid ROM out there for the Thunderbolt? Thank you
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Any BAMF ROM. They are almost completely bug free, smooth, and offer better battery life over stock. CM7, even though it's not officially supported yet, doesn't have too many bugs. The battery life, in my opinion, just doesn't match up to Sense ROMs.
One piece of advice I'll give you for better battery life. Don't overclock. It just isn't necessary. The phone is fast enough at 1GHz, and you won't see too much of a change overclocking, just worse battery life. (Benchmark scores are meaningless. They do not reflect every day performance)
What kind of mAh drain do you experience on bamf roms? I stay between 15-25 on CM7 with the screen off and peak between 150-350 with screen on. BT is always on, as well as GPS. (Never use wifi, so can't speak on that) Oh, and I just Juice defender, before JD I would average 35-40. Sync mail with imap every 15 and exchange on push. Underclocked with screen off to 360 and run 1024 with screen on. I don't OC unless I'm plugged in. Then its only 1209.
I'll also cast a vot for Team BAMF. I am on BAMF forever 1.10 and I flashed the devs beta 3++ kernel build after because I saw a bit of lag with the stock kernel. You absolutely need to remember to wipe before flashing the rom, though. I neglected to and the lockscreen didn't even work.
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I never dropped below 30% battery using bamf in months, I'm a huge fan. It took a lot for me to drain it down low.
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I vote BAMF SoaB. But I'm biased.
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Never had any problems with CM7 via protekk's builds. Run fast and smooth, and get great battery life. Plus it's clean so I don't have to worry about washing my hands after using it
Skyraider 1.3. Gives the best balance of htc sense functionality, battery life, customizations, and speed. I would stay away from sense 3.0 and 3.5 roms. They initially seem smooth; however in everyday use they will lag on you. The phone is just not designed for 3.0/3.5 sense. The 2.1/3.0 hybrid roms work well which is what the skyraider 1.3 rom is. If you don't like sense, then run CM 7.1.1 or Liquid Smooth 3.2. The non-sense roms will be a little faster, but I like the widgets that come with sense.
Update: Forgot MIUI rom. Very nice if you like the apple-esk look and feel. Very smooth.
BAMF forever 1.1
How do i find the BAMF forever 1.1 rom. When I use ROM mamanger I only see 1.0.5
Another vote for SkyRaider Zeus 1.3.
Near perfect for me.
Miui tons of customization very good batt life and very smooth
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BAMF roms are probably the most stable roms and I tried most of them already I even bricked my phone a couple of times trying all the roms and so far I'm sticking with this ROM called thunder stick 3d
I've tried Bamf Forever, SkyRaider, SoaB, MIUI and Gingeritis 3D.
My vote out of all 3 is Gingeritis! Battery life has been a ton better than the Bamf roms and MIUI I only liked on my Droid X. Wasn't a fan on my T'Bolt.
Liquid Gingerbread 3.2
Liquid's AOSP 3.2 is by far the best rom I've used, it's based on CM7, which is technically still a beta, but I think that's just because the official support on the CM website is slated for CM9, I have no issues with Liquid 3.2 and I tend to be picky about dealing with bugs, and battery life is good the way it comes, better than Sense based roms, and you can configure the kernel for batterysaver which makes it even better.
[ROM-STOCK-605.9] iKReaM.What.Thee.ROM.605.9-R3Ds this rom is legit but if someone could tell me what that clock is and how get it i would greatly appreciate it
I used CM7.1 most of the time but switch to a BAMF Sense 3.0 ROM on Thursday nights (and sometimes Sunday and Monday night) to watch NFL Mobile. They are both nice, but Sense 3.0 has some stupid issues, like lack of landscape mode, lower volume by default, dodgy Bluetooth support, etc, it's enough to make you want to get rid of it.
I have th3oryrom - ics
I vote for th3ory, i like that it is non htc sense. And this one is a ics look/feel rom. This is a link to dhacker29's rom (http://th3oryrom.com/ROMS/SHIFTAO5P_IC3.2.1.zip );and although it is 2.3.7 android it still seems like you're using ics. the only bug i have found is flash keeps crapping out. there's a thread i found (non t-bolt related) that i found where going to adjust (remove all) permissions fixes this but which folder i do not remember.
You won't get many votes for this b/c the developer isn't going to update it (at least i don't think) b/c they have moved on to another phone.
EDIT: i did a search for you if you're inclined to dnld this rom. in the Q&A bolt forum there is one i located that path on your phone you may need to find using root explorer to run flash. "/data/data/com.android.browser/app_plugins/com.adobe.flashplayer/.macromedia/Flash_Player/config.data" after this path go to permissions on this file and deselect all check marks.
Google Music
it is an awesome rom but since CLEAN flashing this rom, ive had issues streaming my music from google, it sucks, i read other people having this problem as well so i tried the various fixes i found and to no avail, its a deal breaker for me cuz i wanna listen to the music i paid for. im gonna try SHIFT AO5P n see if it produces some positive results, if not, im going back to INFECTEDROM. I WANT MY GOOGLE MUSICCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC!!!
~DiazKyubi~
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Liquid's AOSP 3.2 is by far the best rom I've used, it's based on CM7, which is technically still a beta, but I think that's just because the official support on the CM website is slated for CM9, I have no issues with Liquid 3.2 and I tend to be picky about dealing with bugs, and battery life is good the way it comes, better than Sense based roms, and you can configure the kernel for batterysaver which makes it even better.
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As the thread title states, I'm looking for a ROM with good battery life, I'm currently using CleanROM ICSE 3.7, and it's has okay battery life, but I think it could be better. Any suggestions?
Nils' Business ICS 3.4 has amazing battery life.
I'd start there. I try pretty much any ROM that looks interesting, but I find I always come back to Nils. His last 2 updates have focused on improved battery life, and they really do bring it.
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Nils' Business ICS 3.4 has amazing battery life.
I'd start there. I try pretty much any ROM that looks interesting, but I find I always come back to Nils. His last 2 updates have focused on improved battery life, and they really do bring it.
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what kind of results you get? usually massively debloated like CR dev edit does it for me....less system apps sucking on cpu
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In my (very) limited experience, the kernel has far more affect on battery life than the ROM. Been using CleanRom 4.3 with the stock kernel, battery life is quite good compared to my GNex which I ditched after 5 days
RezROM 3.3 and the newest CleanROM Developer Edition have done the best for me, also check out the Kang Tapped Edition of CleanROM DE, same thing basically with some tweaks, it's my daily driver currently.
Cleanrom DE (nonsense) has been on my Rezound for a day, and its yielding pretty decent results. Got about 7 to 8 hours of moderate use yesterday (I work at Target Mobile - use it for work/messing around with it). I text back and forth consistently, as well as taking multiple calls - one yesterday up to an hour long. I left work with a 17%, when I walked in with 89%. LTE on, auto-brightness. I also am using ROM Toolbox to change clock speeds, I have profiles for multiple scenarios - that helps battery life as well. The only thing I had off was autosync, I'll open up FB or Gmail to update. Oh and I played music in the car both to and from work (20 minutes each way - regular music player).
I obviously want a little more time with it, but from when I had cleanrom (with sense) it seemed cut in half (sense is pretty and all, but she just eats your battery - with flashy graphics and auto updating everything).
bamf 2.1 ics gr8 battery...16 hrs
moderate use
awesome rom
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i see both OS's giving kinda same results. what have you all found? GB with custom kernal? or ICS roms?
THanks all
I can tell you this:
Over the weekend, I swapped from the setup in my sig which is GB to Innefilbis ICS v1.0. I installed exactly the same apps as the original setup & made all the exact same ROM tweaks.
I love the ICS setup but my battery life is A LOT worse now than it was with the old setup.
what kind of screen on time were you getting on GB compared to ICS?
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i see both OS's giving kinda same results. what have you all found? GB with custom kernal? or ICS roms?
THanks all
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After I s-off'd I flashed the 3.14 RUU and then flashed CleanRom 4.5. I previously ran CleanRom 4.4 with the GB firmware. I'd say my battery life is worse with my current set-up. I've been using Better Battery Stats and Battery Monitor Widget to get a handle on the battery drain. What is annoying to me (meaning I can't figure it out) is that when the phone is "sleeping" my drain in mA bounces all over the place. Previously, I could look at the history in BAttery Monitor Widget and see a pretty straight and flat line <10mA . Now I get 20-400+, for no apparent reason. I've tried both the 3.13 leak kernel and the 3.14 kernel. IF anything the 3.13 may slightly better. I might just reflash the RUU and run it for a while and see how it behaves. We need the OTA to come out with the kernel code ASAP
I went from stock gingerbread to Scotts Clean ROM to Newt's sense 4.0 and each time my battery life improved. I'm on the latest leak RUU.
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I went from stock gingerbread to Scotts Clean ROM to Newt's sense 4.0 and each time my battery life improved. I'm on the latest leak RUU.
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Interesting...i've reflashed kernels several times but I haven't gone and wiped and reflashed the ROM yet. I'm trying to avoid setting up all my homescreens again.
Did you change your firmware (flashed the leaked RUU) or are you using the GB patch?
I went from stock, unrooted GB to the latest leak. I disabled the bloatware because ICS is cool like that, and my screen off battery drain was way lower. However, if the screen is on and I'm using 4G this beast just kills the battery. The operating system can't help the battery thirsty hardware.
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I've never noticed a difference. 80% of your battery is consumed by the screen, so the only place the OS is going to make a major difference is in how aggressively it controls your screen brightness. Unless there's something really wrong with one or another version of the OS. In theory ICS should offer better battery life by being optimized for dual cores, but the savings is probably not much.
Battery life has always seemed the same for me on GB or ICS. Stock had the worst battery life for sure though.
The really battery hog for me is Sense itself. On ICS or GB I'd be getting anywhere between 8 and 10 hours of battery life on one charge. I tried so many Sense ROMs it made my head hurt. As a last ditch effort, I flashed CleanROM Tapped (sorry if I butchered the name) which is a mostly Senseless ROM with AOSP apps replacing the Sense ones and I'm doing much better.
If you're willing to sacrifice Sense I'd honestly go with a Senseless ROM. That's what I'm having the most luck with.
GB gave me the best battery life on GB firmware. i'm back on a sense 4 rom with latest leak firmware, though, because i think it has better 4g reception in my area....and my battery suffers. my life is about cut in half when i run an ICS rom as opposed to GB, even on GB firmware.
i'd have stuck to GB but the develpment for GB roms sucks since all devs jumped ship to ICS, which IMO kind of sucks, since the battery life is so bad. whatever, i have an extended batt coming my way! lol
I've noticed my dads rezound drains battery significantly faster than my nexus. I think a lot of it is sense. Also the snapdragon s3 is more power hungry than the omap 4460 which is one of the best in power usage. He's now on cleanrom gb edition. I installed juice defender today to see if that helps. Well see what happens. I hope he can get something close to what I get as my battery on my nexus has been great (over 4 hours screen on time). Much better than my incredible.
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I have been using MeanROM ICS 2.3 and have been loving it. However, for the first time in over a year of magnificent stock battery life, I am seeing it slip away faster than I have before.
My question to the general audience would be... which ICS Rom do you believe sacrifices the least amount of juice/gives the most battery life?
I haven't done any real tests but i'm running swagged out stock and i'm pretty happy with it. I've also tried inbreded rom and that was pretty good as well
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I have been using MeanROM ICS 2.3 and have been loving it. However, for the first time in over a year of magnificent stock battery life, I am seeing it slip away faster than I have before.
My question to the general audience would be... which ICS Rom do you believe sacrifices the least amount of juice/gives the most battery life?
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Battery life = MeanROM ICS 2.0
I ve tried jesters, bamf and almost all the ICS leaks. Currently on nusense everything is stable Gps, tethering, just the battery life is really bad on all. as good as when I had SHIFTSENSE.GB. I am willing to go back to gingerbread.
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Just recently flashed thundershed 1.6 with IMO kernel and have easily been getting 16+ hours with moderate use.
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From what I understand ICS builds are all the new drivers for the CPU/GPU. What this means is that the gingerbread ROMs would only allow the CPU to work during normal browsing and it would enable the GPU for games this is why we can undervolt the phone so much in gingerbread because it does not use the GPU and the CPU simultaneously. As you can imagine if you enable the CPU/GPU to work simultaneously it will then drain the battery much faster than before. All in all it is based on your usage however there is a big difference between gingerbread and ICS. I would only suggest using ICS if your phone is not your current phone. When I upgrade I plan to keep my phone for browsing only and I will be upgrading to an ICS build given everything works. Also if you want better battery life and you have not upgraded to the resound battery go get one online or at a Verizon store it fits perfectly in our phone and gives much more battery life