Hello folks..I've installed Resurrection Rom V1.0 after using the stock unrooted 2.3.4 Gingerbread.
Firstly i don't see any issues with the Rom itself,everything seems to be working as it should.
But despite having seen an improvement on standby battery consumption,when i'm using the phone,even the slightest of use with screen on,i have around 1-2% battery drop per minute,which is much more than before upgrading..Display settings are at minimum brightness,lowest screen timeout,removed any sound/vibration when using phone..Is this consumption normal or am i doing something wrong?FYI,in battery usage there isn't any app using a lot of battery other from Display..
Thanks in advance.
Download from market cpu spy and check if you phone is going in deep sleep. Also find better battery stats and see which app is keeping awake you phone
ics battery is very bad
078gregory said:
Download from market cpu spy and check if you phone is going in deep sleep. Also find better battery stats and see which app is keeping awake you phone
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According to CPU Spy my phone's going in deep sleep..I've installed Juice Defender to achieve better battery life when the phone is awake,but i didn't see much difference..The main problem occurs when the phone is awake.That's when i see 1-2% drop each minute i'm using the phone.I thought that ICS battery usage was improved when using the phone ,not only in standby..
Juice Defender wont help it will only cause more wakelocks. Try flashing syiah kernel beta 7 and then undervolt it using set cpu or voltage control. The battery life in ics isnt very good yet just like it was in 2.3.3. I imagine it will get better. You say you loose 1 to 2 percent when the screen is on, thats not a issue of deep sleep. your best bet is to try undervolting which will improve your battery life.
had the same issue with that rom so i just switched to GB again
now im getting lot of battery juice
cheers-
sm625614 said:
Juice Defender wont help it will only cause more wakelocks. Try flashing syiah kernel beta 7 and then undervolt it using set cpu or voltage control. The battery life in ics isnt very good yet just like it was in 2.3.3. I imagine it will get better. You say you loose 1 to 2 percent when the screen is on, thats not a issue of deep sleep. your best bet is to try undervolting which will improve your battery life.
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I've flashed siyah kernel beta 6,but didn't mess with voltage..I tried beta7,didn't got it to boot after updating..One last question..In order to undervolt through set cpu or voltage control do i need to tamper with init.d settings?
no.... just undervolt and it will save u battery, use noop and conservative for your governor.
I installed Voltage Control but it doesn't show any options for undervolting and no conservative governor either..Clearly i'm missing something..
By the way,since i'm new to custom roms..Got any idea if CM9 is better on battery life?
yes it is a asop rom though, meaning its not based off of samsung, so vedio recording dosnt work yet. If you can loose that then i would try a asop rom. My favourite was Hydrogen Rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1530179
It mixes cm9 and AOKP for the best of both worlds, when u was using it i was getting amazing battery life. Also AOKP lets you customize the rom and its really really cool.
Summing it all up i would go for Hydrogen if you dont need the vedio camera!!
Thanks for all the info mate!!
I guess i'm gonna try them all and see...The only thing i might miss is the samsung app store,since in my country it had a lot of great deals and free games/apps..
No problem, and you can download the samasung app store. apk store on google probably and put it on your sd card and then just install it and i would assume it would work, worth a try!
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http://rootzwiki.com/topic/14299-samsung-app-store-apk/
Just found it, place it onto your sd card, then go into file manager and then find the .apk and then install it. Tell me if it works
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http://rootzwiki.com/topic/14299-samsung-app-store-apk/
Just found it, place it onto your sd card, then go into file manager and then find the .apk and then install it. Tell me if it works
I can't thank you enough mate!I was just looking around for hydrogen rom,seems very nice..I'll try it and the Samsung app too and later in the day i'll give you an update!
Thanks again for all the help!
It seems i'll be sticking with CM9 after all,for some reason Hydrogen seem to hang now matter how many clean installs i did..I found the Samsung Apps workaround,but not with the apk you provided(thanks anyway).
There's a solution i found.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1561384 and it works like a treat..!
Good to hear. create a backup of your cm9 rom then flash hrdrogen stright over it with no wipe. that should work! if not restore from backup
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hi guys,
i'm having some problems with the battery life of my LG P500 (with CM7 + Kernel v18.1).
i installed this custom rom because some people told me that it has the best perfomance. But what I see now is a bad battery drain...
what I have to do? Change the CM? The Kernel? Or what?
unfortunately, i accidentally deleted the backup file...
thanks!
After you install a custom rom you need to first wipe your battery stats from your recovery then you can also use battery calibration app also you need to give your phone some time to get used to the performance for the battery life to be accurate you can see this warning in a few roms and in francos kernel thread the performance is better and the battery life is better to issue also suggest turning off your 3g when not using it if you have a 2.3 rom then you can go to cyanogen mod settings if it has it and add it to your notification buttons my battery on medium to heavy use will last 24-36 hours where with stock rom maybe 10
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thanks, man! =D
well, i don't use 3G... i keep this turned off. ;D
so, this is the only thing that i can do? Wipe battery stats?
i did this right now... let see...
There's not much you can do that has actual effect on the battery life. Keep wifi & 3G off when u don't use them is usually the first advice. Unfortunately overclocking means that your battery will drain out very fast. Mine's on charge via USB-cable most of the day, and using wifi or playing games for 40 mins means at least -20% battery power.
i know about wifi and 3g... ;D
and what about custom roms and kernel? my cobination could be a problem? =\
Lcas said:
i know about wifi and 3g... ;D
and what about custom roms and kernel? my cobination could be a problem? =\
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CM7 (6.5.5) comes with franco's kernel, and as far as I know, that's the best one at the moment, so I don't think that is the problem either. it's just how this ROM is ... you're not the only one with the same problem lol
how many things are you running in the background?
I've had issues with a couple programs eating cpu in the background.
oh and brightness makes a large difference.
if you have missed message flasher running by either flashing the screen or vibration's that will also drain the battery fast.
FnH84 said:
CM7 (6.5.5) comes with franco's kernel, and as far as I know, that's the best one at the moment, so I don't think that is the problem either. it's just how this ROM is ... you're not the only one with the same problem lol
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well, i flashed kernel v18 cfs... i read that it is better than v18.1 bfs
yeah... i'm seeing that i'm not the only one... =\
Brainy142 said:
how many things are you running in the background?
I've had issues with a couple programs eating cpu in the background.
oh and brightness makes a large difference.
if you have missed message flasher running by either flashing the screen or vibration's that will also drain the battery fast.
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this is something that i'm really looking... the apps that are running in the background... and something that i think very strange is the maps app... it is running though i didn't open it... o.o
the same thing happens to the equalizer...
they run without i know... so, i go there and cancel them. =s
flashing the screen or vibrations i have disabled. ;D
thanks!
if maps is running that is what is killing your battery .
if you want maps
get titanium backup and backup (or if you have paid freeze) the app and restore/unfreeze when you want to use it.
Yes Maps can drain the battery a lot lol
ps. you can see what is using your battery if you goto
settings ----> about ---> battery use
Lucky you can turn off 3g I'm on a provider that won't work unless I have it enabled -_- lol
My main reason for flashing a custom ROM is the ability to change permissions for each app that has been merged into CM and is part of mik's port. That combined with droidwall is a very important tool to battle the privacy violations with so many apps. That means that I didn't overclock, but I still saw an incredible battery drain on 6.5.5 + 18.1. Plus I was getting a weird log error with droidwall. I appreciate all the efforts on behalf of the developers, and I really hope to get a stable rom that would let me modify permissions of all apps with good battery life. Everything else is secondary.
Brainy142 said:
if maps is running that is what is killing your battery .
if you want maps
get titanium backup and backup (or if you have paid freeze) the app and restore/unfreeze when you want to use it.
Yes Maps can drain the battery a lot lol
ps. you can see what is using your battery if you goto
settings ----> about ---> battery use
Lucky you can turn off 3g I'm on a provider that won't work unless I have it enabled -_- lol
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Google maps will not drain battery until u have data enabled,same applies for other processes running in background.
And overclocking also doesnt drain battery faster as said on franko tweaks page.
(Correct me if i am wrong)
ashishv said:
Google maps will not drain battery until u have data enabled,same applies for other processes running in background.
And overclocking also doesnt drain battery faster as said on franko tweaks page.
(Correct me if i am wrong)
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False, read this about overclocking and battery, analyze the chart
And with google maps plus other similar apps running in the background, it will try to connect and find a connection therefore draining battery.
processes that only run in mine are:
google services (1process, google messaging service)
android keyboard ( dont tell me u dont know that )
pretty much those are necessary for your phone to be functional.
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well... i flashed kernel v18 cfs and the battery drain kept the same or changed a little bit... =\
Kira.Lawliet, beyond this process, my phone run setting and, often, maps... =s
what is the best solution? should i change the custom rom or what?
thanks!
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False, read this about overclocking and battery, analyze the chart
And with google maps plus other similar apps running in the background, it will try to connect and find a connection therefore draining battery.
processes that only run in mine are:
google services (1process, google messaging service)
android keyboard ( dont tell me u dont know that )
pretty much those are necessary for your phone to be functional.
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I got OC info from this page.
And abt maps,i have stated that it will not consume battery when data is NOT enabled.
Anyways thanks for those charts.
But as per my personal experience,OC doesnt drain battery faster
Use v18 CFS, not v18.1 .. i had the later and the battery drain was huge. Switch to 18, charge to 100%, wipe battery stats, use until completely discharged then charge again and see if that helps. OFC not even v18 can compete with the stock (or even mik's kernel) in terms of battery life, but if you want performance...
For me the best option was mik CM 6.5.5 and fk v17 cfs!! Definitely feels stable all the time!!
thank you, guys!
well... i really made a little mistake... the battery life improves with the fkv18 cfs. isn't a awful improvement, but is something.... =D
should i change to v17? =s
how i can see, CM 6.5.5 is the best option...
thanks!
ashishv said:
I got OC info from this page.
And abt maps,i have stated that it will not consume battery when data is NOT enabled.
Anyways thanks for those charts.
But as per my personal experience,OC doesnt drain battery faster
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Hm, i thought devs like andy and a couple other devs mentioned it before that g-maps & other similar apps will consume a %tage of batt. It's similar to bgsyncs. You can see for urself and log then block it with droidwall.
let's say:
you got every connection off (wifi, 3g off, only 2g for messages/sms otherwise none) > g-maps running > it will TRY to FIND a connection at a specific interval e.g. ~20min. > therefore consuming resources. I dunno about the latest versions of google trashes though (maps got offline support)
About oc'ing, yeah 122-480ish consumes the same BUT not if your phone is demanding more cpu to complete tasks, i.e @ 122 clocked it completes the tasks at a longer time than 320 wc is fast, just balance it if you are gaming or just using it for web browsing/sms/calls/music/minimal gaming like me( ~2.5 days atm im on 320/729 v18 bfs smartass & it's good enough).IIRC franco told this on his earlier pages on the kernel topic
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Correct me if I'm wrong but for a 2.3.4 rom shouldn't you be using the BFS version of Franco Kernel? I believe that CFS is for Froyo roms (at least that's what Franco himself told me on a post a few weeks ago)
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I'm a new Galaxy S II (and new Android) user, and am a bit disappointed in the battery life of my new phone. It was running down extremely quickly yesterday, only lasting about 12 hours with relatively normal use (sending half a dozen texts, downloading 2 apps, checking Facebook and Twitter once an hour or so for a couple of minutes throughout the day). I allowed the phone to discharge completely and charged it fully last night, but this morning nothing seems to have improved. I burned up 10% of the battery in half an hour sending 2 texts, checking my emails, Facebook and Twitter and downloading and trying out a couple of apps.
I'm anxious to know if there's a bit of a burn-in time with the battery on this thing - does it get better after a few charges? I see a lot of people saying they can have the phone on for a few days in some cases, but that's definitely not my experience thus far.
I've installed JuiceDefender (balanced profile), AutoKiller Memory and Advanced Task Killer to try to sort things out but none of them seem to having too much effect and to be quite honest I'd rather not have to compromise my experience by running a number of apps like this to try to extend my battery life at all (nor do I want to have to turn the brightness right down to an unusable level, or set black wallpapers for example).
Does anyone have any real advice on this? I'm starting to think that switching ROMs might be worthwhile? I see that the leaked 2.3.4 ROM seems to have better battery life - is this correct? I'm a bit reluctant to switch to any other unofficial ROMs as there are so many I wouldn't know where to start. It seems they all make a lot of changes but I'd want to keep as close to the stock feel as possible, just with better battery life.
no one uses stock roms/kernels nowadays. u should flash a custom rom or kernel since they provided optimizations to batt life.
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I'm a new Galaxy S II (and new Android) user, and am a bit disappointed in the battery life of my new phone. It was running down extremely quickly yesterday, only lasting about 12 hours with relatively normal use (sending half a dozen texts, downloading 2 apps, checking Facebook and Twitter once an hour or so for a couple of minutes throughout the day). I allowed the phone to discharge completely and charged it fully last night, but this morning nothing seems to have improved. I burned up 10% of the battery in half an hour sending 2 texts, checking my emails, Facebook and Twitter and downloading and trying out a couple of apps.
I'm anxious to know if there's a bit of a burn-in time with the battery on this thing - does it get better after a few charges? I see a lot of people saying they can have the phone on for a few days in some cases, but that's definitely not my experience thus far.
I've installed JuiceDefender (balanced profile), AutoKiller Memory and Advanced Task Killer to try to sort things out but none of them seem to having too much effect and to be quite honest I'd rather not have to compromise my experience by running a number of apps like this to try to extend my battery life at all (nor do I want to have to turn the brightness right down to an unusable level, or set black wallpapers for example).
Does anyone have any real advice on this? I'm starting to think that switching ROMs might be worthwhile? I see that the leaked 2.3.4 ROM seems to have better battery life - is this correct? I'm a bit reluctant to switch to any other unofficial ROMs as there are so many I wouldn't know where to start. It seems they all make a lot of changes but I'd want to keep as close to the stock feel as possible, just with better battery life.
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It is argued that task killers and memory killers will only make the problem worse. Juice Defender might be useful if you are using it for scheduling sync and turning WI-FI off when the screen is off, but this feature is only present in the Ultimate edition and you can turn off sync and WI-FI manually if you want. Also beware of rogue apps which are syncing all the time. It is normally the main reason of poor battery life.
Other reason, is that whereas powerful tech specs for phones were rapidly developed, battery technology didn't followed the pace. Our simply batteries cannot cope with our beasts.
Also, there is a thing that it's called "new phone battery blues" which is described as poor battery life due to excessive use of a new powerful toy. After you use your phone normally, for the purposes that normally people use a phone, your battery life will became better.
That said, personally I have a spare battery and a spare charger, and when the battery being used is low, I replace it with the charged one. Sometimes it is necessary, sometimes not.
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no one uses stock roms/kernels nowadays. u should flash a custom rom or kernel since they provided optimizations to batt life.
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They also have a tendency to look very tacky I think though. I think Samsung's skin and widgets are pretty nice and don't care too much for the mods I see in the screens of most ROMs. I'm really looking for something very similar to stock, except with better battery life if there are any suggestions? That's why I was thinking of just jumping to the leaked 2.3.4 if it had any noticeable impact on battery life...
Try using better battery stats, link in my sig, to see if you have any wakelocks, the thread has a good howto on using it.
The biggest thing that uses the battery on this phone is the screen, you will get between 4 and 6 hours of screen on time depending on usage and screen brightness.
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Get the original samsung 2000mah extended battery kit.
ahh the battery life talk again
brings back memories of the first days of the SGS2
never thought of reading one again
update to the newest ROM
and read the 1000+ threads about this topic
good day sir
StevenBX said:
They also have a tendency to look very tacky I think though. I think Samsung's skin and widgets are pretty nice and don't care too much for the mods I see in the screens of most ROMs. I'm really looking for something very similar to stock, except with better battery life if there are any suggestions? That's why I was thinking of just jumping to the leaked 2.3.4 if it had any noticeable impact on battery life...
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Fair point - not all of the roms are everyone's cup of tea. My advice, as a starting point is to flash the stock XXKH3 variant for your area, and then flash a custom kernel, such as Ninphetamine's or Hardcore's Speedmod. This will greatly help with battery life, and also give you the ability (via root access) to use Titanium Backup to freeze apps and services you're not using, which is often the major cause of battery drain through 'wakelocks'; apps that prevent your phone from entering Deep Sleep, or continuously wake it up.
Update to the latest version in your area, uninstall those task killers and whatnot or do a factory reset, install the apps that you are going to use normally like facebook twitter and install better battery stats, decrease brightness to your most tolerable level.
use the phone normally and when the battery is low, use the tool provided in android to check if your phone is sleeping when the screen is OFF, if you are having wakelocks, then use better battery stats to find which apps are causing the wake locks.
No need to install battery management apps, or task killers or memory optimization apps (or as custom rom as yet), that would only compound you problem which may be a very small one to begin with
Thanks for the help so far guys. I've installed XXKH3 and flashed hardcore's Speedmod kernel, and am just getting things set back up the way I like them again. I'm going to uninstall the battery saving apps for now and see how the battery lasts the next couple days.
I'll install Better Battery Stats and keep an eye on any wakelocks too.
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction - it was all very simple and quick to get set up; the sheer number of kernels, ROMs, etc. is all a little overwhelming to me right now, being new to Android!
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no one uses stock roms/kernels nowadays. u should flash a custom rom or kernel since they provided optimizations to batt life.
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I'm using stock KH3 with a stock kernel and am perfectly happy with the battery life ...
Im also a noob just got phone. Coming from evo, how do I root,
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StevenBX said:
They also have a tendency to look very tacky I think though. I think Samsung's skin and widgets are pretty nice and don't care too much for the mods I see in the screens of most ROMs. I'm really looking for something very similar to stock, except with better battery life if there are any suggestions? That's why I was thinking of just jumping to the leaked 2.3.4 if it had any noticeable impact on battery life...
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there are other tweaks with custom roms that aren't found in the stock rom (which provides better functionality).
btw, i also suggest u use setcpu to underclock your device to save more batt.
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chalid said:
I'm using stock KH3 with a stock kernel and am perfectly happy with the battery life ...
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wow, good for you
I used HTC Desire before this device, and the roms on there actually hindered battery life, even with all the fancy underclocking, so I am betting, without even attempting to brick my phone, that they are just as overhyped on this phone too.
I get two to three days out of my phone, using it as a PHONE. I can send and receive emails and texts all day, along with phone calls and the occasional browsing and still get at least two days before it dies. I turn off data when I dont want it and stick it in 2G mode and it dares me to kill the battery.
Just let usage settle down and it's fine
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Im also a noob just got phone. Coming from evo, how do I root,
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I used this guide to install the latest firmware, and this guide to root it when I was done.
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poch_1421 said:
there are other tweaks with custom roms that aren't found in the stock rom (which provides better functionality).
btw, i also suggest u use setcpu to underclock your device to save more batt.
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I've now installed SetCPU too, set to OnDemand. Thanks for the suggestion!
StevenBX said:
I used this guide to install the latest firmware, and this guide to root it when I was done.
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I've now installed SetCPU too, set to OnDemand. Thanks for the suggestion!
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Beware using anything that isnt ondemand on samsung phones, can cause stuttering, that's what I found anyway.
As far as undervolting -25 to -50mv is a safe first bet.
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poch_1421 said:
no one uses stock roms/kernels nowadays. u should flash a custom rom or kernel since they provided optimizations to batt life.
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Which ones provide the best battery life?
It's not very helpful if you don't direct this poor guy in any direction.
Cheers!
vlad88667 said:
Which ones provide the best battery life?
It's not very helpful if you don't direct this poor guy in any direction.
Cheers!
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Use touch x-power 1.0
It is optimized for battery life
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stop the madness.... just disable Gtalk autologin and you'll have x3 batt life....
i'm still on KG2 and see no need to update, as i easily get 2d+ battery life now...
EDIT: oh, and custom roms is for nerds. that's it. stock only.
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no one uses stock roms/kernels nowadays. u should flash a custom rom or kernel since they provided optimizations to batt life.
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That is wrong. I used to have a UGKG2 ROM and since I upgraded to XXKH3, the battery is MUCH better while the GPS pinpoints in less than 3 seconds with a 5meters accuracy.
Hi.. my first experience with S2 has not been great battery wise. I've found the battery life to be horrible. Even with all the battery saving features i.e. static background, widgets off, etc. etc., I have to charge the device twice a day. Its practically useless. I was thinking maybe there's some 3rd party ROM out there which would improve the battery life? I'm currently running stock 2.3.4. Any suggestions would be welcome..
try mikimod"s rom its really good for battery, and also sicopat<s rom< and modaco i find they are the best for longer battery
I've used VillianROM, Cognition, and CyanogenMod. I find that CyanogenMod gives the best battery, but your mileage may (or will, most likely) vary.
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Hi.. my first experience with S2 has not been great battery wise. I've found the battery life to be horrible. Even with all the battery saving features i.e. static background, widgets off, etc. etc., I have to charge the device twice a day. Its practically useless. I was thinking maybe there's some 3rd party ROM out there which would improve the battery life? I'm currently running stock 2.3.4. Any suggestions would be welcome..
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Really?
Join Date
13th April 2006
And you STILL do not know where to post? You have got to be kidding me. This belongs in GENERAL. Because I do not see how this is related to DEVELOPMENT.
Now that I have bashed your face in. I get 40-50 hours out of my phone. Try GREEN POWER from the market. It turns your data off when the screen are off. Also See my sig for what I run.
Hyperandoid1.3.2 with speedmodk2-1 gave me a battery life of over 2 days.
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You will get mixed answers. People run different roms with different kernels. Some do a full discharge/charge before judging these kind of things, some don't. In the end the most important factor will be apps and usage.
Try what works best for you. And post in q/a section next time.
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The best choice to make is on my signature.
Is not only the most battery wise, but also the most quick and the most smooth.
J_Kirk said:
Hi.. my first experience with S2 has not been great battery wise. I've found the battery life to be horrible. Even with all the battery saving features i.e. static background, widgets off, etc. etc., I have to charge the device twice a day. Its practically useless. I was thinking maybe there's some 3rd party ROM out there which would improve the battery life? I'm currently running stock 2.3.4. Any suggestions would be welcome..
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Best Rom So Fare.........
( SensatioN Rom 1.8 )
( Based on 2.3.5 XXK13 )
this is none wipe Rom.
Excellent review..
Try It..
Hope you'll Sensation Rom.
Before trying other roms/kernels check to see which apps are draining your battery so much, as for dual core phones the GS2 battery is really good, so in normal situations you shouldn't have to charge the battery twice a day.
I'm in Wanam 5.1 + siyah kernels and as many other users i get +2 days of battery.
@antiochasylum I've hardly had the need to post. In any case, any moderator can feel free to move this thread to General. @Sesshou about 57% is display. Rest of the entries are all negligible. Yet the batter evaporates..
Why no one mentioned MIUI ROMs..?
Are they not good in terms of battery life..?
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Sesshou said:
Before trying other roms/kernels check to see which apps are draining your battery so much, as for dual core phones the GS2 battery is really good, so in normal situations you shouldn't have to charge the battery twice a day.
I'm in Wanam 5.1 + siyah kernels and as many other users i get +2 days of battery.
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How u managed to get +2 days battery life...when I installed siyah kernal on MIUI ROM, my battery drained quickly...did u used setcpu..?
Try the optimized KI8 Kitchen Rom...really a great rom with no useless tweaking.
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Batista70 FOXHOUND EDITION 2.3
I have tried lots of roms,the best battery life i have found is Batista70 FOXHOUND EDITION 2.3 with voltage control,it will take a lot too make me change again!
I use the Goatrip Rom 1.4 with Angelos Kernel Abyss 2.2
Look at screensshots, that says all :
Display on time was about 3:30h
3g On, Data no the hole time, i turn it om when i need it
1. pic with standard accu
2. pic with Samsung 2000mAh accu
Try Hyperdroid. Over 24 hours of medium-high usage..
It's kernel 3.0
Junior Einstein said:
It's kernel 3.0
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Even when we had 2.6.x kernel there WAS battery drain
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Guys before flaming, try AOKP JB 4.1.2 Milestone 1 by Bytecode, you'll notice the difference in battery life. It's based on 2.6 kernel
actualy JAVA causes battery drains:
"What’s the worst thing about Android which iPhone does not suffer from? It’s battery drain. With the battery strength most manufacturers are putting in the phone, it appears, 3 years down the line we would need car batteries with the tablet and phones (I’d prefer carrying my CPU on head anyways)! This is one thing where iPhone beats Android hands down and proves its pure awesomeness! But we believe Apple hasn’t put any patent on that word so we can use that for Ubuntu Phone as well.
The reason Android sucks (the phone’s battery) is ‘Java’. Most hardcore tech geeks (aka hackers) call Java a pathetic language. We’d call it (and .NET) a technical eunuch – it is not compiled to binary, it is not interpretable as a script and what do you get – a false sense of security. Yep, under certain circumstances, it is beneficial but then (whatever happened to reverse engineering techniques) a Mobile OS and Java? That sounds like a troubled marriage. Java is one of the biggest reasons why Android under-performs. A significant amount of power gets consumed for the bytecode interpretation. Alright, it is technically not the bytecode as in Java SE/ME and is an optimized and converted version of the same which runs on the Dalvik VM but it’s still far from binary." from here http://www.c-integration.com/blog/showpost.php/75-5-reasons-why-ubuntu-phone-can-blow-away-android
FOR ME, ITS THE GOOGLE APPS, I FREEZE THIS, TAKE NOTE: GoogleServices apk, and GoogleServiceFramework.apk (you will see the wakelock named xxx-gsf or something like, well this is the app).. that works for me, but you are not able to use any app what uses google connect, like youtube, etc!
edinrh said:
FOR ME, ITS THE GOOGLE APPS, I FREEZE THIS, TAKE NOTE: GoogleServices apk, and GoogleServiceFramework.apk (you will see the wakelock named xxx-gsf or something like, well this is the app).. that works for me, but you are not able to use any app what uses google connect, like youtube, etc!
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I'm using google apps on aokp jb, no battery drain
Well,in ics you can flash a 2.6 kernel.I used it too(4d kernel by S'n'S),but not because of battery,but in terms of performance is way better than 3.0.x.However I admit that on 2.6 the battery is a little better.You just have to optimize the phone corectly !
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edinrh said:
FOR ME, ITS THE GOOGLE APPS, I FREEZE THIS, TAKE NOTE: GoogleServices apk, and GoogleServiceFramework.apk (you will see the wakelock named xxx-gsf or something like, well this is the app).. that works for me, but you are not able to use any app what uses google connect, like youtube, etc!
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+1 and google backup service....
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Junior Einstein said:
I'm using google apps on aokp jb, no battery drain
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not necessarily direct battery drain..but cause Wakelocks which increase battery drain
battery drain is, I think, now native in Android, it depends only how bad is it, some gapps make wakelocks preventing deepsleep, and wifi that is really a big trouble with 3.0 kernel, and since we do not have an 3.0 kernel designed specific for O1 and has an increased battery drain(especialy wifi drain) did someone used an special app like SetCpu or CPUMaster that has profile settings for over/under clock that you can set to see if this app prevents wakelocks with 3.0 kernel ?
and, the battery drain is increasing as OC or no ? in my opinion it shouldn't be, or not? a drain is a drain and should be same or is exponential ?
so OC makes CPU drain more, gapps drains too, wifi drains, outch, poor battery, screen drains? cannot read anything on phone in daylight if it's not at max, what does more drain ? some funny apps installed from market for my kids (like Talking Friends, Talking Tom etc) why apps does not really close when you close them? here is an major issue, apps not really closing but run in background draining juice and creating wakelocks
so, my conclusion, EVERYTHING DRAINS BATTERY, oh, and does anyone remember if stock rom has battery drain? I think yes
And YES, the kernel 3.0 is a bit problematic, you notice the difference in the duration of the battery... the deepsleep is not working fine with that kernel!
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battery drain is, I think, now native in Android, it depends only how bad is it, some gapps make wakelocks preventing deepsleep, and wifi that is really a big trouble with 3.0 kernel, and since we do not have an 3.0 kernel designed specific for O1 and has an increased battery drain(especialy wifi drain) did someone used an special app like SetCpu or CPUMaster that has profile settings for over/under clock that you can set to see if this app prevents wakelocks with 3.0 kernel ?
and, the battery drain is increasing as OC or no ? in my opinion it shouldn't be, or not? a drain is a drain and should be same or is exponential ?
so OC makes CPU drain more, gapps drains too, wifi drains, outch, poor battery, screen drains? cannot read anything on phone in daylight if it's not at max, what does more drain ? some funny apps installed from market for my kids (like Talking Friends, Talking Tom etc) why apps does not really close when you close them? here is an major issue, apps not really closing but run in background draining juice and creating wakelocks
so, my conclusion, EVERYTHING DRAINS BATTERY, oh, and does anyone remember if stock rom has battery drain? I think yes
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And YES, the kernel 3.0 is a bit problematic, you notice the difference in the duration of the battery... the deepsleep is not working fine with that kernel!
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i use DS battery saver which forces deep sleep and setcpu profiles.standby battery is great without wifi/3g
standby [email protected] 5-10% per hour.
while using 15% per hour..
hariraj96 said:
i use DS battery saver which forces deep sleep and setcpu profiles.standby battery is great without wifi/3g
standby [email protected] 5-10% per hour.
while using 15% per hour..
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Well ..while deep sleep ..i have 0% battery drain ..
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nomancoolboy said:
Well ..while deep sleep ..i have 0% battery drain ..
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OMG ...This kernel is maddening me...
@hariraj96, you're on JB, right? Try getting the Greenify app, then use it to hibernate problematic/resource consuming apps. I find that using Greenify along with CrossBreeder (performance & battery saving tweaks, found here on XDA) helped me get the most out of my battery when using JB (jenkins build).
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@hariraj96, you're on JB, right? Try getting the Greenify app, then use it to hibernate problematic/resource consuming apps. I find that using Greenify along with CrossBreeder (performance & battery saving tweaks, found here on XDA) helped me get the most out of my battery when using JB (jenkins build).
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thanks ..forgotten about greenify...btw whats crossbreeder???
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thanks ..forgotten about greenify...btw whats crossbreeder???
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This is CrossBreeder. It's a collection of tweaks/mods that, IMHO, works really well in smoothing out the performance and user experience of a phone like the O1. Simply flash the mod, and you're done, no configuring required. The governor tweaks and IO tweaks are disabled by default, though, so you'll need to enable them yourself (I find that enabling them helps with battery life slightly).
A caveat: CrossBreeder is incompatible with many other mods that do similar things (eg. V6 Supercharger, Seeder, etc.), so you need to remove those other tweaks if you want to try CrossBreeder. You shouldn't have too many tweaks installed at the same time, anyway, since you run the risk of conflicts.
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Oxygen ROM, the best!
You, guys, never tried Oxygen 2.x by popdog123! It's actually the ROM which is the most optimized for our phone! Leaving the 3G on during the whole day, while being connected to my home router only spent 3-4% of my battery! Can you imagine how long your phone can be running on a single charge?! Trust me, this is a revolutionary ROM for our beloved smartphone
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You, guys, never tried Oxygen 2.x by popdog123! It's actually the ROM which is the most optimized for our phone! Leaving the 3G on during the whole day, while being connected to my home router only spent 3-4% of my battery! Can you imagine how long your phone can be running on a single charge?! Trust me, this is a revolutionary ROM for our beloved smartphone
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You, guys, never tried Oxygen 2.x by popdog123! It's actually the ROM which is the most optimized for our phone! Leaving the 3G on during the whole day, while being connected to my home router only spent 3-4% of my battery! Can you imagine how long your phone can be running on a single charge?! Trust me, this is a revolutionary ROM for our beloved smartphone
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Yeah exactly the best and fastest.
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I have just got this phoen today. I have rooted it using this method I have installed cm 10.1 and for some reason my battery is draining really fast. I have all the radio disabled, as well as brightness and sync have been turned off. I would say from fully charge my phone is drained flat in like 5 hours. I have tried SiyahKernel v6.0b5 and performance x mod, but for some reason i dont think they have any effect. Please help many thanks
Get of siyah and install dorimanx 9.Xx as soon as you can. Don't use siyah with cm as may kill your phone. I seen it happen on here before
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Get of siyah and install dorimanx 9.Xx as soon as you can. Don't use siyah with cm as may kill your phone. I seen it happen on here before
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Thanks for the heads up. What are the best settings to use with dorimanx 9xx and cm 10.1
Stock for two days at least then drop by -25 a time then test for two days if ok drop again -25. Do the group test in stweaks to see what group your on. 1 is bad 4 is good. Don't worry to much about that as I'm group 1 and I can Uv by -50 and no sleep of death at all. You can reset stweak settings in cwm recovery that comes with dori if it go's bad. Fool proof really. Just don't drop to quick as all s2 are different.
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Also get better battery stats and keep an eye on what's running in the background to save even more. To be honest cm is not that good for battery but it can be with tweaking :thumbup:
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Thanks for the heads up. What are the best settings to use with dorimanx 9xx and cm 10.1
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or you can use the kangbang kernel since in my opinion is better with cm10.1 but you have to enable zzmove and row in setcpu Its just my opinion and if it still drains try to instal the latest cm10.1 nightly with full wipe ( wipe data, cache, dalvik ) and instal battery stats program to monitor your drain
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Thanks for the tips guys, ill try them all out and let you know. The problem with the battery is that it would ddrain from 100% to about 57%,roughtly about 1% every 3 minutes. When the battery is at 53%, if the phone is turned off or reset, the battery would be at 20% or 14%, then battery needs charging message comes up about 10 minutes later
Try disabling cLock weather geolocalization. When i was on CM10.1 it was the main cause of high battery drain.