I'm currently on KE2 firmware, if I upgrade to the latest version does it improve battery life or not?
To be honest, there won't be any major battery life improvements for at least 4 or 5 firmware updates, or even the release of Android 2.3.4. The current Android OS doesn't really support dual core handsets well.
2.3 is surely better than 2.2 for dualcore devices. did you ever tried a LG 2X?
Multiple posts on battery life with the same conclusion .
Set-up up phone not to use stuff all the time for better battery life .
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Hi
I am pretty much obsessed with battery life.
I have been trying few roms and I have yet to find the perfect one for me.
1) gingerbread 2.3.6 stock rom unroot
Performance wise is so so. Battery life, not what I expected
2) gingerbread 2.3.6 rooted
Tweak the CPU and does see a lot of improvement in battery life.
3) ICS stunner. 19
Great rom but I feel that the battery does drain a lot.
4) ICS cyanofree
Smoother compared to stunner but battery wise is worse than stunner
5) Gingerbread 2.3.6 rooted
Back to gb to see if there's any difference in terms of battery life. Better than the Ics
I do have a lot of my friends who are using the custom ics and their battery life is superb. I don't know why mine is bad.
6) stunner 19
Back to stunner again. Still feel the battery doesn't last. Heart pain when you have to under utilize the phone just to save the juices.
7) litening rom 1.0 (currently using )
awesome even thought that its not as smooth compare to the ics. Battery wise improved a lot but I am still searching for even better one.
Question.
Anyone using speedmod or Franco kernel before and could you share your experience especially the battery life?
By the way. The testing are based on my observation. It may differ from other people.
Appreciate it very much.
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i just have one question in mind . will the jellybean update solve the battery drain problems in s3? i dont want to take chances to root the phone as i prefer waiting for the JB official update!
What battery drains???
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gaurav_347 said:
i just have one question in mind . will the jellybean update solve the battery drain problems in s3? i dont want to take chances to root the phone as i prefer waiting for the JB official update!
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Unfortunatly,Google isn't gonna fix battery drain on S3's devices until the release of it's latest Android Version 4.2 Key Lime Pie as i read on Android with me website Google will launch with Android 4.2 a Project known as Project Roadrunner which means increased FPS NDLR and improved battery life with a significant amount better than any other previous Android version including JellyBean.Hope this helps!
I am getting a reasonable battery life on stock ics and the leaks had slightly better battery life as well... so I assume the official release will have a better battery life than the stock ics..
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JB didnt fix battery life..for my experience, ICS have longer battery life than JB.
Hello there,
I don't know if I should be asking this here as I'm new to the XDA Forums.
Basically I am an owner of a Galaxy S2 and I've recently downgraded from 4.1.2 Jellybean to 2.3.4 Gingerbread.
I've noticed a massive increase in battery life, my usage has been about the same, if not probably more and it's holding out longer.
What I'm asking is, is the older versions of android better for battery life?
Many thanks
Kieran
Generally older versions of Android contain less functionality / less services so they are using less resources of the phone and so the battery lasts longer ...
Any suggestions how to keep battery life longer with roms higher then 4.1.2? Every time i flash rom like cm kitkat, paranoid 3+ or higher my battery life sucks (battery life to 5 hours). And with 4.1.2 roms battery life is just awesome (about a day).
Sorry for bad english.
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Any suggestions how to keep battery life longer with roms higher then 4.1.2? Every time i flash rom like cm kitkat, paranoid 3+ or higher my battery life sucks (battery life to 5 hours). And with 4.1.2 roms battery life is just awesome (about a day).
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The reason why battery life is noticeably worse on kitkat is because of the lack of drivers available for or device. It isn't well optimised for our device and as a consequence, battery life is lost. If you absolutely want the best features (in kitkat) and want reasonable battery life, look for roms that have been built to be as close to aosp sources. That is look at rom like slimkat or neatrom aosp as they seem to have the least bloat ware and are running on the latest version of kitkat.
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The reason why battery life is noticeably worse on kitkat is because of the lack of drivers available for or device. It isn't well optimised for our device and as a consequence, battery life is lost. If you absolutely want the best features (in kitkat) and want reasonable battery life, look for roms that have been built to be as close to aosp sources. That is look at rom like slimkat or neatrom aosp as they seem to have the least bloat ware and are running on the latest version of kitkat.
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And how about kernels? Do they have any impact on battery life?
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And how about kernels? Do they have any impact on battery life?
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Kernels can provide driver updates to the graphics therefore there may be better performance in games. Most custom kernels allow the user to undervolt their cpu (and sometimes gpu) therefore accounting to battery savings. So yes, if tuned properly (sometimes if custom kernel settings are left to the defaults), there may be a slight improvement to battery life. As I said before, I can only recommend to you aosp roms such as neatrom or slim saber rom if you want minimal battery drain.
I am currently running android 11 One Ui 3.1 and I am happy with it's relatively stable and have good battery life .However it has been almost a year for my security patch level since my last update.
the thing is every time I update my Samsung device it's almost always worse in terms of performance and stability So is the One UI 4.1.1 good in terms of stability , performance and battery life ?
It's stable. I haven't had any issues.
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It's stable. I haven't had any issues.
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did you notice any change in gaming performance and battery life ?
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did you notice any change in gaming performance and battery life ?
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Nope.
I haven't noticed any problem and I'm on the last build (before 2 days)
& my device works very well ...
Although it is your personal decision, I would say yes of course you should get the upgrade ...
Thanks all ,I will update