What the title says.
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all roms are gonna be similar in terms of battery life. Battery life really depends on what measures you take to reduce idle usage.
-download "green power / premium" and set it to turn off data while the screen is off
-keep wi-fi, btooth and gps off when you're not using them
-use "setcpu" and create a profile for when the screen is off, limiting processor load
-download "battery calibration" and charge phone to 100%. Use the app.
I do all these things (I use battery calibration after flashing every new rom / kernel/ ect) and on CM7 with a 1.3ghz OC, I got 18 hours of battery life with high usage. I've only used 5% of my battery in 4 hours with little use (mostly idle)
I've tried pretty much every ROM. The one I got the best battery life out of was pi crust 0.7. I'm currently on Aura 1.1.3.8 bloat with the stock att kernel and battery life isn't horrible, but nowhere near as good as pi crust.
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+1 on πcrust 0.7 I can can 30hours + on a single charge with moderate use. Over Clocked 1.1hghz and Under volted slightly.
Yeah, I used to be on Picrust and the battery life was really good. I got tired of the stock experience though so I installed Alien w/ theme. The ROM is really good, but the battery life is not consistent. Sometimes it's as good as PiCrust and other times it barely gets through the night.
if you do the things I told you to, the alien rom will get much better battery life. I used to be on alien 4 and got 30+ hours on a full charge
Ninja SpeedFreak gives me by far the best battery life over anything else. 40-50hours. Tried Alien, RedPill, Aura Debloat, Aura Accounts, PiCrust, Froyo stock, GB stock (Bell). Nothing but SpeedFreak will consistently get me more than 20 hours.
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Does anyone know why i only get decent battery life with stock rom?
Every rom i try stinks for battery except eb01 stock rom.
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rmlineback said:
Does anyone know why i only get decent battery life with stock rom?
Every rom i try stinks for battery except eb01 stock rom.
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I normally don't do this but I have seen this question 5+ times in the past 7 days. Do a search my friend.
Thanks
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My suggestion...
is to try Nitro's EC01 Rom, as well as Nemesis2all's updated kernel (Which gives you the ability to change volt settings, speed, etc) which can really improve your battery life.
Ya I would say try Nitro's Evil Fascination ROM and Nemesis2all's kernel as well. My battery life is pretty good without messing with the voltage. If you're still not getting great battery life you should a) download Juicedefender. The free version does an amazing job for me or b) do some research and try to adjust the voltage settings.
I just started using Active Apps from the market. I guess it's a Samsung product that you can use to replace Task Manager. Whenever I don't use it, my battery drains real quick, and without a specific pattern. When I use Active Apps, and use the Ram Manager level 2 kill, my battery drain instantly gets much lower. 5 hours unplugged yesterday only drained my battery like 11%. Compared to up to 30% otherwise. Hope this helps others too!
Try the app "juice defender " in the market. It makes my battery last 2ice as long
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How long after battery calibration should I see a difference?
I need to reiterate what has been said: first, install Juice Defender and learn to tweak those settings, it's well worth it. Second, undervolt that puppy with Nemesis2all's latest kernel. At idle, my phone might last 48 hours [not tested].
I only ask because when I recalibrated my battery (charged fully, wiped stats, drained battery, fully charged with phone off) my battery life is worse
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I update OTA last week on Verizon to Froyo 2.2. My battery was overheating and draining like crazy from my CPU usage being at a constant 99%..
I found the source of the problem. An app I use for facebook called "FLOW". The CPU usage was cut to 20% when I killed it with "Advanced Task Killer".
I resolved the issue by: Opening Flow.. going to Preferences.. Notification Settings.. Refresh Type.. Checked Periodic Polling (I was using Gmail Experimental previously)
Hope this helps...
Hate to post anything about battery life, but I must. I would post this in the dev thread but not enough posts yet.
First off battery life was not that bad on froyo and understand GB has issues but this seems a bit extreme. I am running Full version of Gingetitis and other state battery life is great but not for me. I did full drain and battery wipe and calibration last night but seems even worse now . Phone has been on for 37 minutes and battery is down to 80%. brightness is turned all the way down, screen off in 1 minute, I have run speedtweak and set to battery saver, no gps, no blue tooth. I love gingeritis and the sense 3.0 so any assistance would be great.
Nope battery life is terrible on chingys GB rom. I was running it not good.
I'm using dasBAMF REMIX V6 amazing battery !
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which kernel you are using?
i use the mr2 radio and 3.0.1 kernel. The batterylife is worse than froyo i agree, but it shouldnt be too bad to not last for a day.
Also, i think 4G drains a lot. My area switched form 3G to 4G and its gone worse.
I am running the default kernel, haven't flashed anything else. Unfortunately I do not live in an area with 4G so I just get 3g, I do run WiFi when at home.
I have the same issue.
I just tweak the speedtweak into option 5)
I went out taday. tb lost 10% battery per hr. Is this normal?
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I am running the default kernel, haven't flashed anything else. Unfortunately I do not live in an area with 4G so I just get 3g, I do run WiFi when at home.
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Did you turn off 3g in the settings?
I have turned off 3g lately, when I can get wifi, to see if it will help but haven't noticed much difference.
This is interesting because I'm on gingeritis with the included kernel and my battery life has been very good.
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If everyone post their usage and battery drain condition. That will be more help us to realize our TB. Cause we might have different phone before, and we might compare TB with our privious phone. So I think this is the different replies on this thread.
ex. my previous phone is droid 2 global, and it has terrible battery drain as well.
Now I got TB for a couple days, and I feel TB get more battery drain problems. (of course, it is the first 4G LTE phone )
kernel: imoseyon 3.01
baseband: 1.39.00.0430
rom: Gingeritis v1.0
and I set speedtweak.sh as battsaver 5) and battery tip on rom's op.
that's I do to my phone now.
And I lost 10% battery life per hour (use 4G to surf on net)
Is my battery drain case terrible?
(I think only comparsion can help us to know where is the problem )
flashed a kernel a zip file,and 2 fonts.
Rebooted 4 time I total.
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Nope battery life is terrible on chingys GB rom. I was running it not good.
I'm using dasBAMF REMIX V6 amazing battery !
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I had that rom!!! And I was losing 30 percent an hour with almost no usage on that Rom...face it the Tbolt for as bad ass as it is the battery sucks....many devs claim their battery is great but for the average user noob or not the battery is terrible HTC really should have thought about this a bit more before trying to have the latest greatest the extended battery on my blackberry gets almost 3 days on a full charge with moderate to heavy usage, this piece of android crap gets almost 3 hours on a full charge with little to no usage, seems senseless(no pun intended) to pay this kind of money for a device that is useless after an hour or 2 off the charger not all of us have cushy jobs where we can keep our phones at our desks on the charger!!
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Hate to post anything about battery life, but I must. I would post this in the dev thread but not enough post yet.
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This isn't a post you would put in Dev thread. Unless its directly in gingeritis' thread.
^_^_^
Thanks, I did not know if it was Rom, GB, or just my phone specific.
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I had that rom!!! And I was losing 30 percent an hour with almost no usage on that Rom...face it the Tbolt for as bad ass as it is the battery sucks....many devs claim their battery is great but for the average user noob or not the battery is terrible HTC really should have thought about this a bit more before trying to have the latest greatest the extended battery on my blackberry gets almost 3 days on a full charge with moderate to heavy usage, this piece of android crap gets almost 3 hours on a full charge with little to no usage, seems senseless(no pun intended) to pay this kind of money for a device that is useless after an hour or 2 off the charger not all of us have cushy jobs where we can keep our phones at our desks on the charger!!
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well...I think most android phone will face this problem in recent period.
I have nexus 1, droid 2, and TB. Only nexus 1 has better battery life.
It seems that delay battery drain is a big task for later android pone.
Try dream kernel. Using Gingeritis with it has given me superb battery life.
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I'm running 1.0 with kernel that comes with it with rapist and battery life was alright. Got extended battery this weekend. It takes away from the tbolts sleekness but man its worth it. Good 9 hours of web YouTube facebook phone and texting and its at 51% and still strong. Love it.
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Hate to post anything about battery life, but I must. I would post this in the dev thread but not enough posts yet.
First off battery life was not that bad on froyo and understand GB has issues but this seems a bit extreme. I am running Full version of Gingetitis and other state battery life is great but not for me. I did full drain and battery wipe and calibration last night but seems even worse now . Phone has been on for 37 minutes and battery is down to 80%. brightness is turned all the way down, screen off in 1 minute, I have run speedtweak and set to battery saver, no gps, no blue tooth. I love gingeritis and the sense 3.0 so any assistance would be great.
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I agree! I was running BAMF froyo remix with outstanding battery life. Made the switch to gingeritis and the battery life was so-so, tried the dream kernel and for a few days the battery life was as good as froyo. Then random reboots forced me back to stock kernel with gingeritis with normal on speedtweak and it is slightly better than before.
There should be a new dream kernel out soon, I plan to try that one when it drops, dream kernel was great when it worked.
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I agree! I was running BAMF froyo remix with outstanding battery life. Made the switch to gingeritis and the battery life was so-so, tried the dream kernel and for a few days the battery life was as good as froyo. Then random reboots forced me back to stock kernel with gingeritis with normal on speedtweak and it is slightly better than before.
There should be a new dream kernel out soon, I plan to try that one when it drops, dream kernel was great when it worked.
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your stock kernel version is?
I am running gingeritis and a full charge last me about 7 hours, on a good day. Mind you, I am over clocked to 1.4 and have a bad habit of checking my phone even when I haven't felt it vibrate or heard it ring. Because of this, I started to notice that when I would pull my phone out of my pocket, the screen would be on. I'm assuming that my constant movement at work is causing my volume button to be pressed, resulting in my display eating up 50% of my battery.
I've been running BAMF Remix Beta 6 for almost a week now. I just got the extended battery a few days. It's lasted anywhere from 12-16 hours on a full charge with 4G always on. Earlier today I had it on 3G only and lost 25% in about 4 hr and 40 min. I am using batterysaver in speedtweak.sh with the kernel that came with the ROM.
Hi everyone, this is my first ever post on the forums so don't be too harsh on me lol anyways, my question is what is the best ROM + radio + kernel combination to get the longest battery life out of my stock thunderbolt battery? Currently I am running DasBAMF 2.0-5 the MR2.5 radio and the dream kernel. I haven't really noticed a huge improvement in my battery life since I flashed this rom a few days ago. I have seen people who claim to be getting 10-15 hrs on one charge. I don't think I need that much because I charge overnight every night, but it would be nice to know how people do that. also, what are your thoughts on juice defender? thanks!
I am currently using CM7 R1.2 w/ the MR2 radio and I get very good battery life. 10 hrs plus with minimal use on the regular battery.
I've been running Gingeritis 1.0 with JuiceDefender Ultimate and I've been getting anywhere from 16-20 hours on the standard battery with regular use (facebook, email, words with friends, browsing, etc.). What I find most helpful with this rom is the brightness slider in the dropdown quick settings. Unless you're outside on a bright day or it's absolutely necessary, keep the brightness as low as you can comfortably use. I've found this to be huggee in the ongoing battle to get better battery life.
And if you can tolerate life without 4G, use an LTE toggle app to keep your phone on 3G. This also helps a lot.
i like the Inj3ctTh3ory rom so far.
It looks to me that all MR2 radios use more battery. The best battery performance for me was on BAMF 1.7 and MR1 radio. I would use 2 to 3% battery on standby overnight, with the phone on 3G. I am on BAMF 1.8.6 now with the OTA radio and the overnight battery usage is up to 10%. I will keep testing, but I think stripped MR1 ROMs have the best battery performance.
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BAMF 3.0 RC4, imo 3.4.0, OTA MR2 Radio... constant 40-45 hours on the extended battery.
How I maximized my battery
In terms of my battery I just wanted decent battery life without using a tone of extra apps to do it. I'm using the CM7 RC 1.2 with the MR2 Radio getting about 20+ hours of battery with standard use. I am not using Juice defender or any battery saver apps. I am just using Tasker to turn on and off my Wi-Fi when I'm not at home, because I hate doing manually
One thing I did do to maximize my battery life is after I flashed my new ROM I did the following after searching multiple forums for battery optimization methods
1. Charged my Battery to 100%
2. Did a Bump Charge Cycle 4 times, and then turned on phone
3. This step is probably key. Downloaded the Battery Calibration App. You can find the app in the Android Market.
4. Plugged in the charger until the Battery Calibration App read 100% and 4200+ mV. I found that even after bump charging my BW battery widget would say 100% and the led would be green. However when I go into the Battery Calibration App it would say 99% and the mV would be about 4160. I just plugged it in and waited about 30 - 45 minutes and it would finally be fully charged at 100% ~4200 mV.
5. Press the Battery Calibration button in the App to clear the batterstats.bin and unplug the phone. Do not shutdown or reboot.
6. Let battery drain completely without plugging it in (USB and AC)
7. After it completely dies Charged battery straight until 100% with no interruptions.
I'm getting good battery life without having to use juice defender or anything, and that's also with streaming bluetooth music everyday driving to and from work for a total of 1 hour. I also keep the radio at 3G the entire day unless I really need high speed data. And unless I'm in the car, Bluetooth is turned off. I'm pretty sure these steps should work on any rooted phone regardless of ROM.
I tried many different rom and kernel across the forum... I dun see any differences in term of battery life, just go with the one you love.........weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
My bolt gets better life running Ziggy's kernels for some reason. Not sure why, but it does. I've tried every sense ROM out there. +1 on the post above. Go with what works best for you and the way you use your phone.
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I've found cm7 (cm7 kernel) to have the best battery life for me, getting up to 28 hours with light use and no 4g. I find the auto-brightness on cm7 to work much better than on any other ROM I've tried, and for some reason all other ROMs drained the battery around 50x faster while idling. I can leave my phone unplugged overnight and expect to lose maybe 2-3%.
There certainly is no universal solution though. That is the only certainty
Whatever rom/s you test with...make sure you try various kernel versions (lean kernels mostly) to find what works the best.
I've tried them all,
GINGERTH3ORY V5.0 DreamKernel is my favorite one. it's super fast and very responsive.
Battery life is best on this one .
I use speedtweak batt saver ondemandx.
I'm on Bamf 1.8.6 remix right now with the OTA MR2 radio and getting about 14 hours on 3g all day and 8.5 hours if on 4g all day. Still looking for something better.
I have had a lot of luck with Inj3ctTh3ory. I have only had it now for two days but I'm already impressed with how long the battery has lasted. I have not experimented with any Kernel/CPU combo's yet but it's performing so well now I might not mess with it.
ROM and kernel linked in my sig. I'm using the 1.4GHz extreme UV with interactivex speedtweak, I love it. Bulletproof stability and with mild/moderate use I can make it through a 9hr work day with 50% left on the stock battery. 4G left on, everything syncs every hour. I don't get 4G coverage at work, I don't know if that helps or hurts, but I do leave it on.
Which rom gives the best battery life currently i am on stock 2.3.4 its battery life is wore charge drop from 100% to 60-50% in just few minutes and i would also like to know that why my internal memory was showing only 1.97gb total space when i unlocked the boootloader and installed CM7 ICS.
Now I have flashed the Stock sbf with rsd so i will have re unlock the bootloader which unlocking method i should follow bcoz the last the time i unlocked the phone i was facing some problem like
1 .No boot screen only text screen which was showing os will start in 5 sec and with other options.
2 .The model number changed from ME860 to MB860.
3. Total internal memory in CM ICS was showing only 1.97gb.
with normal use (texting, phone, small amount of games) in CM7 I get about a day. no mods, just the radio in the OP. With alien normal use I get around a 30-36 hours. Heavy use drops down to about 10 hours or so CM7 and 12-15 alien. the 1.97 is normal on CM7. not sure about the rest
my battery life on CM7 (both nightly 20 and ba2tf) is the best ever.
I have tried all of the roms and they all have descent battery life, but the stable CM7 is the best one for me. compared to other blur roms, it's by far the best. I can have my cellphone with 80% + battery life at the end of the day with minimal usage. With some moderate usage (texting and browsing mainly) I sometimes have around 50% charge at the end of the day. even while giving my phone a LOT of usage, I have never had battery problems while running those roms.
sometimes I don't even charge my phone if I only had some minimal usage through the day.
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my battery life on CM7 (both nightly 20 and ba2tf) is the best ever.
I have tried all of the roms and they all have descent battery life, but the stable CM7 is the best one for me. compared to other blur roms, it's by far the best. I can have my cellphone with 80% + battery life at the end of the day with minimal usage. With some moderate usage (texting and browsing mainly) I sometimes have around 50% charge at the end of the day. even while giving my phone a LOT of usage, I have never had battery problems while running those roms.
sometimes I don't even charge my phone if I only had some minimal usage through the day.
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I agree: cm7 is the best. I have the last weekly from CM7 and have a battery live of 72h with minimal or 48h with normal usage.
Interesting... For awhile the wife was running CM7 at stock speeds and i was running DarkSide at 1500MHz. Even with a 50% overclock I consistently had better battery life compared to her, both using our phones about equally as often. When I get the time I'll be doing a more thorough evaluation between our phones with proper battery calibration, etc.
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Interesting... For awhile the wife was running CM7 at stock speeds and i was running DarkSide at 1500MHz. Even with a 50% overclock I consistently had better battery life compared to her, both using our phones about equally as often. When I get the time I'll be doing a more thorough evaluation between our phones with proper battery calibration, etc.
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i think it depends which radio is installed. i got the best results with 1.77.36
Simple question for all the experts...
If two different Roms are running the same Kernel, should the battery drain be that much different?
Im running REZRom currently and thinking about switching to Bamf 2.1. i'm sure both roms are smooth and fantastic I just want the one with the best battery life.
Any advice would be great, thanks in advance.
You should get good battery life on either. That is depending on your usage and setup of course.
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Battery life with same kernel should not vary too much from ROM to ROM. Depends on how much "stuff" is running in bakground that might be using the battery up. The kernel makes the biggest difference since it controls the whole system. I am personally using Scotts CleanRom Developers Edition (Senseless) and it is great! I get a solid 13+ hours with moderate use (some calls, lots of web, and a few games) and thats on 4G for 11-12 hours of it! If you use wifi you probably could squeeze another hour or 2 out of the battery...
This is on clean rom dev edition. 2 hours screen on time so far with standard battery. I use 3g normally unless I need 4g. I also use juice defender ultimate and keep data off while not in use.
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While there are a number of tweaks and apps you can use (like SetCPU) to improve battery life, it's true that the kernel has more to do with battery life than that ROM itself.
Sometimes a rogue app can prevent the cpu from idling or prevent the phone from entering deep sleep mode. This happens on mine occasionally, and you can usually tell from the extended battery graph because the phone will show as awake for large periods of time, even when the screen is off and it should be in sleep mode.