Hi
I looked here and there is a ton of custom ROMs listed; http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Dell_Streak/ROMs#Custom_Roms
but which one so far, have the best battery life for the Streak 5?
Here's my current usage:
1. I do not play games, no fun apps, no youtube
2. I do not use maps or GPS
3. I use 2 browser apps: Opera Mini and stock browser frequently
4. 2 email apps: Gmail and Yahoo
5. I use timeriffic to keep my phone on airplane mode from 11pm - 7am
I'd like to keep the Streak up online for at least 3-4 days on a single charge.
Thanks for your help!
The ROM is not your major issue here. That kind of battery life is unlikely to happen with a standard 1500MAh or even a Mugen 1800MAh battery as the Streak simply draws too much power for such battery life to be feasible. Switch to a Mugen 4800MAh battery and you'll get that kind of battery life, but at a price. The Mugen battery is larger.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
The ROM is not your major issue here. That kind of battery life is unlikely to happen with a standard 1500MAh or even a Mugen 1800MAh battery as the Streak simply draws too much power for such battery life to be feasible. Switch to a Mugen 4800MAh battery and you'll get that kind of battery life, but at a price. The Mugen battery is larger.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have been trying to find ways to optimize battery life by using apps like Timeriffic. Do you know any app that shuts the android phone down and restarts it at a designated time?
Thanks for the advice regarding the Mugen battery alternative!
Regarding the ROMs (2.3.3 and up), which would you recommend given that I am light on the apps side? Just a lightweight and extremely stable custom ROM. Thanks again!
Cheers.
DSC 2.3 is the most full-featured ROM available, being based off the Olleh KT 407 ROM. Thus it properly supports all the Streak's features. If you want a lighter ROM than that one of the CyanogenMod ROMs with the Phoenix kernel will do you fine. The only issues I encountered with using a CyanogenMod-based ROM was the zoom no longer functioned on the camera and the dialpad being too small on the dialer.
Related
Hi guys,
I've used a few roms including TAEL, ENERGY and I am now looking for a rom that is best for battery life.
I'll be travelling in Japan and I don't want to charge it every day.
Hopefully there is a stripped down rom with just the basics available.
If anybody has some suggestions that would be great.
Thanks
I don't think that wether a stripped rom or not makes a difference on battery life, the radio/rilphone combo depending on rom and network, will make the most difference, 'cause you can have a naked rom and still have more drainage of the battery if you don't close apps when you're done with them.
I'm using Energy Phoenix2 and I get about 2 days of usage on it. I would suggest to get ArkSwitch or something similar to monitor your apps and close them as needed .
Best battery life
According my experience best in battery life ROM was from Monx - I have used several others as TAEL, Energy, Capitain's...
I've had the best luck with NATF's roms both on the 6.1 & 6.5 builds. main thing is to remember to cycle the battery once you install a new rom (let the battery die out, then charge it while off over night) I've seen on ebay you can purchase extra batteries and a battery charger for under $30 that may be worth looking into.
Have fun in Japan
I've ordered the non oem "2000mah" battery from ebay... since im in south america it might take a while to reach here, anyone has it? please share your thoughts!
i also buy from ebay this battery, i'm waiting from 2 week, i hope arrived quickly
Same here... I've ordered my 2000ma battery from ebay and I'm still waiting the delivery...
In our italian forum there's already some persons with this battery and from the first information that I've read they've good result.
I'll perform some test once I'll have the new battery
Hi,
I have the 2000mah battery and are very happy with it, but have read some posts from other users that claims that there is no improvement over the original. Not sure exactly how much longer stand by time I get with this battery, but it is a significant improvement from the original battery
Ordered too on 16 January on ebay, but still no arrived..
Battery
It appears to have no more power/longevity over original battery.
To me, the way to stretch battery life is to use a task killer often.
Does anyone know of a charging stand that is available for the Liquid?
I have this battery. I need to test it better but it is worse than original.
I'm going to run a more scientific test today
On the Original Battery, charged to 100%
End All with Advanced Task Manager (cept for some excluded tasks)
Turn on wifi, BT, GPS, brightness on max, using 3G
Media server App on
Swiftp on
Sygic mobile maps turned on
After the phone dies, ill record the time
Then charge up the Extended battery and do the same
So far, cycling the new battery for about a week, it seems to be about the same in capacity as the original
Tests results in
the original lasted pretty much exactly 3.5 hours
the extended lasted 3.5hrs as well
testing charge times now
sigh
have u got the rest of the tests??
mine seems like never arriving!
So really the 200 battery makes no difference?
Dissapointed was thinking of getting one
The thing that seems to drain my battery is the WIFI and web stuff
There is a thing in setup to tell you what has been using the battery but I dont know how accurate it is??
Pete
ok, after a thorough testing, what do you think??
Anybody seen results because it is getting hard to use it with this current battery life
Sent from my Liquid using Tapatalk
Anybody have experience with these non oem batteries and wants to share experience:
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.com/acer/acer-liquid-s100.html
or these:
http://www.chinaontrade.com/acer-spare-parts-acer-liquid-s100-liquid-e-a1-c-97_94.html
thanks!
I have sign a few posts on the battery from mugen that started that if you want a real change in life that you have to use the 3100mah battery. With out you will see almost 3x the battery life. I'm wanting to try it myself but kinda saving up pennies here and there to buy it.
Sent from my Liquid using XDA App
SOMEONE !! HELP !!
I need to find out which ROM has the best battery life, can someone point me in the right direction pls....
Thanks
Ian
Try them all. It all depends on how you use your phone. There's no magical rom with great battery life.
If you use your phone a lot, go for a ROM which isn't overclocked.
If you want the longest idle time before recharge, I think you should set the "conservative" governor as a screen off policy and you will be fine. Of course you can also disable features such as data but you will loose many useful features of your phone. Unlike what some people says, disabling GPS doesn't improve battery life as it isn't used except when you start an application which use it.
Battery life is most affected by the screen light.
And with every rom you have to callibrate your battery. Most people with poor battery life haven't done this.
The Froyo roms are the best options because the are faster and less stressing for the juice.
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App
They all have the same battery life (give or take 5 minutes)
All pretty similar.
Use an underclocked kernel, play around with brightness settings or use an app such as ultimate juice / juice defender to regulate 3g / wifi usage
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App
mach2005 said:
Battery life is most affected by the screen light.
And with every rom you have to callibrate your battery. Most people with poor battery life haven't done this.
The Froyo roms are the best options because the are faster and less stressing for the juice.
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How to callibrate my battery??
My Hero just lasts two Days with 691mhz Flykernel 11 and Elelinux 2.1 and no 3g.
I just hear a lot of music with it, connect it a few to wifi and play some games in the school.....
How long does your batteriest last?
Thread moved to Q&A not development related
johnny crap said:
How to callibrate my battery??
My Hero just lasts two Days with 691mhz Flykernel 11 and Elelinux 2.1 and no 3g.
I just hear a lot of music with it, connect it a few to wifi and play some games in the school.....
How long does your batteriest last?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You say two days without a charge with occasional wifi use (wifi on, screen on, phone signal on), and games playing (sound on screen on, processor busy) like it's a bad thing...
Since the mid 2000s phone capabilities have been surpassing battery performance at a remarkable rate. With the advent of the iphone and the gaining popularity android smartphones, phone feature demands have exploded while battery technology just isn't anywhere near providing the kind of battery life we expected on our dumb phones, ie, don't bother packing a charger for a two week holiday if you charge up before you leave.
This is a large reason why new technology is being created with more efficient manufacturing processes, smaller dies, etc etc, as it is easier to reduce power consumption at this time than it is to build slim, cheap, high capacity batteries.
mach2005 said:
Battery life is most affected by the screen light.
And with every rom you have to callibrate your battery. Most people with poor battery life haven't done this.
The Froyo roms are the best options because the are faster and less stressing for the juice.
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Mine struggles to get a day battery life, with not very heavy useage... how do i calibrate my battery?
Which of the ROMs available in the development area will provide me with the greatest battery life? (without loss of important features or anything)
chickeneaterguy said:
Which of the ROMs available in the development area will provide me with the greatest battery life? (without loss of important features or anything)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I personally prefer Nottachtrix, it's fast as hell and awsome battery life
Sent from my MB860 using xda premium
You could take a look at the Neutrino ROM. It is missing features, though there are plenty of add-ons that you could easily download to suit your needs. Other than that it's extremely compact and snappy, and (so I've heard) the black and white theme actually helps out battery life tremendously.
dyno0919 said:
You could take a look at the Neutrino ROM. It is missing features, though there are plenty of add-ons that you could easily download to suit your needs. Other than that it's extremely compact and snappy, and (so I've heard) the black and white theme actually helps out battery life tremendously.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is for my girlfriend's phone. I can't test these out realtime, but I put the light Neutrino on it and it didn't last a whole day. Got Aqua on there and the battery life on there doesn't seem to be exquisite either.
Gonna try out Nottachtrix when I get the chance.
ROMS generally take a few days to show their full battery potential. In other words, when you install a new ROM you should charge it to 100% (before installing), delete the battery stats, and discharge all the way through until it turns off. Charge it all the way to 100% and discharge to 0% for a few cycles and you'll begin to see more accurate battery performance. Installing a ROM for one day and then installing another the next isn't going to tell you anything about true battery performance. It needs a little bit of time, just like it took a few cycles when she first got her phone for the battery to last its full amount.
Neutrino and CM7 should generally be lasting a whole day, if not 2 days. I am on a CM9 based ROM and even my battery lasts from 6 in the morning to 12 at night. As I've stated, it takes a bit of time for the battery to shine.
I get pretty decent battery life out of The Darkside Prefinal. From 6am-10pm with about an hour or so charging inbetween I usually have about 40% or so left. Neutrino ROM has been pretty good to me too. About 35%-30% left in the same time frame mentioned earlier
Can i calibrate my battery now? After flashing 3 Roms. Which is the best app or way to do it safely in the CHD?
I don't feel any major battery issues nor that it hold too less of power but still i saw that many recommend to do a battery calibration after installing a custom ROM or at least once a month to ensure better battery life and the amount of charge it holds.