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I'm using Seraphim and I'm happy with the battery life. It seems to be worse than the GB ROM but I can get about 2% down every hour when the phone is idle.
I am thinking of trying different ROMs and battery life is very important to me. Which ROM will give the phone a better battery life based on your experience?
Thanks.
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i should include ICS in the title. I am looking for ICS ROMs.
linnil said:
i should include ICS in the title. I am looking for ICS ROMs.
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ah ok, im in search of a good ics battery friendly rom as well, actually downloading dag's ics "hybrid" rt now. i'll give it a go for the next couple days and post back. i was seeing about the same as you for seraphim.
In my experience, unless there's a bug, a ROM has little effect on battery life. Android is going to use a certain amount of power to run itself, and there is little that a dev can cook into a ROM to change this. Beyond the system, battery usage is from the screen, apps, and radios. If you are in an area with poor reception, and have lots of apps and widgets that frequently update in the background, this will decrease battery life.
I've used both DaGr8's Alpha II and Seraphim, and my battery drains less than 1% per hour when idling.
Guys a Search would have told you that Battery life is 99% on the user and has almost nothing to do with the rom. We could be running the exact same rom and get very different battery lifes due to the apps we use and how we have the device set up.
In the end there is not best rom. Only what works best for you.
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Hey all...
Right now i'm running the ICS leak, i just bought this Razr Maxx a few days ago so i'm new to Rooting and Rom'ing scene on this model phone...
I used the Stock GB 173, also the 181 update for a whole day... it was so drastically messy i almost took the phone back to the store... it was LOADED with bloatware bull crap... and the battery life was dropping 10% every 1-2 hours. For a 3200 Mah phone that is just insane.
So i put the ICS leak on it. and well... it feels slow and studdery.. just not silky smooth or fast. Also the battery life is still REALLY bad.. and i'm running 40% screen brightness.. and ZERO widgets on my homescreen.. i'm having to use launcher pro with literally nothing on my screen and it appears to be better battery life now.
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Sorry for the long opening, here's my question.. what's the BEST Rom out there? i'll even go back to GB if i have to... one that has ZERO bloatware crap on it.. and everything works? I mean.. i found a couple but then the OP's in the rom say stuff like "everything works except camera"
I want a rom that is Fast, Silky smooth, and every single STOCK feature of the phone works, Wifi/Radio Camera... etc...
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Btw why isn't there a Cyanogen build for this?
computermilk said:
Hey all...
Right now i'm running the ICS leak, i just bought this Razr Maxx a few days ago so i'm new to Rooting and Rom'ing scene on this model phone...
I used the Stock GB 173, also the 181 update for a whole day... it was so drastically messy i almost took the phone back to the store... it was LOADED with bloatware bull crap... and the battery life was dropping 10% every 1-2 hours. For a 3200 Mah phone that is just insane.
So i put the ICS leak on it. and well... it feels slow and studdery.. just not silky smooth or fast. Also the battery life is still REALLY bad.. and i'm running 40% screen brightness.. and ZERO widgets on my homescreen.. i'm having to use launcher pro with literally nothing on my screen and it appears to be better battery life now.
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Sorry for the long opening, here's my question.. what's the BEST Rom out there? i'll even go back to GB if i have to... one that has ZERO bloatware crap on it.. and everything works? I mean.. i found a couple but then the OP's in the rom say stuff like "everything works except camera"
I want a rom that is Fast, Silky smooth, and every single STOCK feature of the phone works, Wifi/Radio Camera... etc...
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Btw why isn't there a Cyanogen build for this?
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Just have a better look into the forums, then you would see that there IS a Cyanogenmod Rom for the Razr. On all custom roms the camera is working fine except the camcorder. So if you can live without recording videos, you can flash one of these roms. The best one is Black Widow ICS, very fast, stable and smooth.
By the way: In the next few days or til the end of this month, camcorder etc. will be available for every custom rom.
It's possible you have a defective phone. There is no reason that your battery should drop 10% every hour or two unless you are using it heavily.
fade79 said:
It's possible you have a defective phone. There is no reason that your battery should drop 10% every hour or two unless you are using it heavily.
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Agreed. My Razr didn't drop nearly that fast on stock, so your Maxx should definitely not be.
Eclipse 1.3 is great for battery. It's GB-based but with the ICS look. I'm on the .75 leak now with no problems. I upgraded from GB for Chrome and Apex.
By the way, got 28 hours out of my battery yesterday before putting it on the charger just a little while ago. It was mild use (as I was asleep for about 9 hours), but that still shows something is wrong with your phone or what you're running on it.
I would also recommend a full factory reset. I usually reset right outta the box, since quality tests are run on each phone as they come off the production line.
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computermilk said:
Hey all...
Right now i'm running the ICS leak, i just bought this Razr Maxx a few days ago so i'm new to Rooting and Rom'ing scene on this model phone...
I used the Stock GB 173, also the 181 update for a whole day... it was so drastically messy i almost took the phone back to the store... it was LOADED with bloatware bull crap... and the battery life was dropping 10% every 1-2 hours. For a 3200 Mah phone that is just insane.
So i put the ICS leak on it. and well... it feels slow and studdery.. just not silky smooth or fast. Also the battery life is still REALLY bad.. and i'm running 40% screen brightness.. and ZERO widgets on my homescreen.. i'm having to use launcher pro with literally nothing on my screen and it appears to be better battery life now.
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Sorry for the long opening, here's my question.. what's the BEST Rom out there? i'll even go back to GB if i have to... one that has ZERO bloatware crap on it.. and everything works? I mean.. i found a couple but then the OP's in the rom say stuff like "everything works except camera"
I want a rom that is Fast, Silky smooth, and every single STOCK feature of the phone works, Wifi/Radio Camera... etc...
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Btw why isn't there a Cyanogen build for this?
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Are you sure on the RAZR leak and not just an ICS ROM? depending on WHICH leak youre on you may NOT be able to get back.. whats your build number?
I am on one of the stuck leaks and I tell you it runs beautifully... the ICS ROMS were all jittery and all though...
So you are on a leak and are complaining? Maybe that is why it is just a leak and not the final version lol
Thanks for the advice.
I might take a look at black widow
Btw I'm on the. 84 leak I believe I used that method where the Guy made that automated process to do it.
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If you're on .84 you are STUCK... if you try to fast boot back to GB you will 99% brick your phone... you've been warned haha
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Lol damn... well. When the actual ics rom comes out or future roms can I move to those at least?
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@dhacker29 on twitter is working on CM9 and AOKP ports for the leaks... almost ready from what I understand... once ICS OTA is out we should hopefully get back into upgrade path with new set of fast boot files...
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A couple tweets from dhacker on twitter:
"Uh yup CM9 coming to all versions of the RAZR ICS leaks soon."
"Um yeah I am watching netflix in CM9 on my RAZR "
"Working on camera and a few other things"
"close" (when asked if CM9 or AOKP was finished)
So there ya go, straight from DHacker himself.
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Lol damn... well. When the actual ics rom comes out or future roms can I move to those at least?
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Yes, should work.
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I am running Eclispe 1.3 with Juice Defender and Lux.
Battery life if just amazing, I do not remember such numbers recently. I am getting 10-15% battery drain per DAY.
Hey everyone =)
After a couple of tweaks and realizing how AMAZING "smart actions" are.. my battery life is massive now..
I saw "Smart actions" pop up when i first started using the phone and it intimated me at first b/c frankly... i took almost ALL the apps on here with a grain of salt i feel like they are just more bloatware.. so i didn't even give it a chance.
I started using the "battery saver" Smart action, and wow... my b life is freaking amazing now.
What are the settings that u r using for smart actions.
Sorry to hear your experience.
I can't comment on the romming part because I don't use my Razr Maxx for roms, that is my GNex's job. but for battery, yours seems abnormal.
If you factory reset and it still drops battery damn fast, need replace.
VadimTk said:
I am running Eclispe 1.3 with Juice Defender and Lux.
Battery life if just amazing, I do not remember such numbers recently. I am getting 10-15% battery drain per DAY.
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Same here, but I don't get but about 40% drop per day with slightly heave use. Also no Lux
Eclipse 1.3 with Red Fury theme for the win!
I got 99 problems and phone lag ain't one.
Phone so sharp, I sliced myself.
hello friend
i have evo 3d with stock 4.0.3... my mobile wifi and data always enable... that my my battery work just for 4 hours or maimun 5 hours i always need to put my mobile on charging...
is there any kernel .... that have less battery drain....
if u gays know please paste the link
thanks in advance...
gays?
Maybe a bad flash, or you have to let the rom settle.
Can you tell me what exactly is draining your battery? (settings > battery)
There is some forbidden kernel somewhere which may do some good. But i advice you to flash another rom, stock rom sucks.
Are you in a low signal area? My battery life is horrendous when I am. Also what is your screen on time? Four to five hours of screen on time would be excellent.
I am using the same stock rom,but I always keep the wifi and mobile network off. I usually turn them on when I really need them. I DON'T think rom change could solve your problem if you always keep wifi on. My advice, you might try it.
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faizan_950 said:
hello friend
i have evo 3d with stock 4.0.3... my mobile wifi and data always enable... that my my battery work just for 4 hours or maimun 5 hours i always need to put my mobile on charging...
is there any kernel .... that have less battery drain....
if u gays know please paste the link
thanks in advance...
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you supposed to say guys right? haha ,i use miui always lasts 48 hours on newest official version
kernel makes all the difference on battery drain, i would suggest you try a completely stock rom and judge the drain over a couple of days
Battery drain is always going to vary from rom to rom and user, everyone uses different apps, sync times etc, so saying that your best bet is to flash different roms with different kernels and test which combination works for you
( Don't ask me for help as I couldn't care if your phone explodes, eh! )
i need something as well. i get about 8 hrs during normal use and minimal 3g usage.
yeah are you roaming alot? how old is your battery? how much are you actually using it? i could see if your on it the whole 4hrs then it would die. if your gonna root ive had incredible battery life with the meanROM v45.
what is the best battery replacement for e3d?
i'm on mikvirgin 1.01.
hardware 0002
stock htc kernel
been seeing a ton of new battery drain since installing the latest swype.
so, i guess my point is: what was the last thing you remember installing since you noticed battery drain.
i know, i know...you hear this all over xda.
but, it's for a reason.
ply a little practicality and solutions just show themselves!
my battery life is pretty good . i do alot of data streaming w subsonic and pandora ect too.
i'm usin paranoid android 2.52, w 3.0.6poonkang that it comes with i believe. im gonna run it up and down a few times and see what kind life i get w this rom, i'm coming from elegancia!, which was a great rom too. def worth the flash! ill report bat stats soon!
My phone needs everey ~8 hours a charge but mobile data and 3G is always on (Custom Firmware).
Think about a battery replacement.
Have you thought about using software in addition? I've had good luck using Juice Defender on my 3D
Which ROM has the best battery life? I would say eclipse but I'm not sure.
TheTechnicalBoss said:
Which ROM has the best battery life? I would say eclipse but I'm not sure.
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truthfully theyre all about the same. some people happen to see better batter lifes with different roms. some claim cm10 has the best, other cm9, even others who say eclipse. id say eclipse and cm9 have the best life with the best usability.
Well I'm on cm9 currently but I am going to try out eclipse since I have a bunch of games and cm9 is too slow but when I had eclipse it rarely became slow with games
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Well I'm on cm9 currently but I am going to try out eclipse since I have a bunch of games and cm9 is too slow but when I had eclipse it rarely became slow with games
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i wouldnt be able to go back to gingerbread for anything....lol :silly:
I LOVE CM9 but it became somewhat a little laggy when opening apps to the extant that it froze again hey I'm a flash whore so as I'm typing this i am RSD'n my phone and going to go back to cm9 and give it another try , one question to this but when I charge my phone through a wall charger it happens to only last a couple hours around lets say 3 hours but when i charge it through my usb cable connected to my computer the battery can last up to 9 hours so just wondering if anyone knows why this happens?
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I LOVE CM9 but it became somewhat a little laggy when opening apps to the extant that it froze again hey I'm a flash whore so as I'm typing this i am RSD'n my phone and going to go back to cm9 and give it another try , one question to this but when I charge my phone through a wall charger it happens to only last a couple hours around lets say 3 hours but when i charge it through my usb cable connected to my computer the battery can last up to 9 hours so just wondering if anyone knows why this happens?
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Just try this battery tips: starmall.co.uk/battery-tips :angel::angel:
teribithia said:
Just try this battery tips: starmall.co.uk/battery-tips :angel::angel:
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lmao :good: :highfive:
Hello,
I'm running 2.3.6 now and I wonder if I switch to 2.3.4 will I have less battery drain? Are there any functional lacks on 2.3.4 comparing to 2.3.6? However, I use GO Launcher on rooted phone.
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Well next time please do post questiona in the general sub forum Anyway I think it is better to just update to 4.1.2 since you are rooted anyway. I get better battery life and signal on 4.1.2 compared to 2.3. My choice of a rooted stocked based rom would be NeatROM Lite by Sale :good:
I agree. Generally, upgrading rather than downgrading will increase performance so I would just go wit a higher version. Also, if you feel you have an unnatural battery drain, there are other options except switching versions to handle that. Maybe it is one of your apps that causes the battery drain. Other possibilites are sync cycles or kernel. If you switch to another kernel that might help your problems better than switching ROMs (although switching ROMs is always recommended, just for the fun of it )
gulypi which
I don't know if I am doing something wrong, but I just flashed NeatRom 5.0 and the battery life is terrible.
From my point of view, 2.3.4 stock with speedmod kernel was the best with my s2. I had battery life for 2 days. With latest roms I have battery life for max. 24h. I always did a clean install with factory reset. Don´t know why the battery life is so bad with my phone.
But now I ll give it another try. I will format the whole phone and try sentinel rom again which i liked most
NeatRom 5.0 killed my battery also. Trying 4.9 for now as I jumped from 4.6. If it's buggy I will switch back to 4.6
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Media scanner fix for battery problem on neat ROM should fix this. Also Apollo kernel is great mix with any stick Sammy ROM.
I don't know why flash modded kernels (at least if you are about to have better battery life, not other mods)? I have plain stock GB 2.3.6 XWKL1 (DDKL1) and just use Go Power Master, Set Cpu and calibrated battery.
At first when I went back from ICS to GB battery lasted for 14hrs. I charged battery fully on and battery "learned" new system and went up to 23hrs. Then I calibrated battery: fully discharge till phone went off, again started, playing till off again and again till it won't on. Then without turning it on I charged battery fully, unplugged charger, waited till battery went to 99% and plug in charger again till 100%, and again. I was using WiFi over half time of usage, flight mode at nights, play wit phone settings, installing apps, browse internet a little, use as phone as usual, listen a music a little, browse photos, etc, and battery lasted for 39hrs on stock battery which previous owner using for last two years and he didn't care about healthy battery usage. I got Samsung Extension Pack with 2000mAh Battery and flat back panel but it waits for new S2 I bought yesterday. I will put new battery after ROM flash and get all restored to state I have now, then I calibrate that bigger battery for new phone.
But anyway, question was if someone was playing with 2.3.4 and 2.3.6 stock ROM's in order to achieve better battery performance? I read somewhere that guy had over 4 days on stock battery and 2.3.4 GB. So I wonder if I switch to 2.3.4, which may be probably less demanding system than 2.3.6, will I get more time on one charging? I don't care about how it may or not look like cause I use GO Launcher anyways, but does it have same stuff and functionality as 2.3.6?
The problem with comparing your phones battery life is that it's depending on too many variables. You can't just say 'My phone lasted 30 hours with this and that usage', because everybody is using it differently. If you really want to test it, flash both versions yourself and try.
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Media scanner fix for battery problem on neat ROM should fix this. Also Apollo kernel is great mix with any stick Sammy ROM.
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Can't find "media scanner fix" in the market. Any chance of a link.
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In addition to Donnie's very good point, you're asking about 2yr+ old firmware. Do you realise how few people on a site like this are actually running firmware that old ? You'd probably find a fair number of 'ordinary phone users' out there who are still running GB because they may not be technologically au fait enough to do an OTA update.
At the end of the day, changing firmware to squeeze every last drop of battery life becomes a game of diminishing returns in that you can spend a lot of time to get that last tenth of a % of use out of every charge. You have to ask yourself is it really worth it, or is it worth simply enjoying your phone & chucking it on charge every night (or if you really chew through battery, getting a spare).
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In addition to Donnie's very good point, you're asking about 2yr+ old firmware. Do you realise how few people on a site like this are actually running firmware that old ? You'd probably find a fair number of 'ordinary phone users' out there who are still running GB because they may not be technologically au fait enough to do an OTA update.
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Well, the thing is I don't understand why people update their phones and then complain about battery life if 2.3.6 works fine from what I observe here and there.?
As per Donnie's post, there's too many variables involved to say 'This Android version will definitely give you better battery life than that version'. Personally, I get better battery life out of JB roms than I ever did out of GB or ICS roms, not that I got poor battery life out of either of those though. And the reason for that is I worked at it.
There's no magic simple A-B-C to better battery life, regardless of what rom/kernel/Android version you're running, you have to experiment & try stuff out to find out what works with the way you use the phone/have it setup.
People who complain about battery life & attempt to pin it on the particular Android version they're running tend to have a really poor understanding of 'how it all works', because it isn't that simple as I've said.
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Well, the thing is I don't understand why people update their phones and then complain about battery life if 2.3.6 works fine from what I observe here and there.?
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People can also update their phones because of other reasons than battery life. ICS was the best for me with battery usage, but after JB downgrading isn't an option for me as I would miss to many new features and other additional functions.
The choice is yours to make. If you are satisfied now, I would stick to 2.3.6 if I where you. If you are curious about other versions -newer or older- try those