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As the thread title states, I'm looking for a ROM with good battery life, I'm currently using CleanROM ICSE 3.7, and it's has okay battery life, but I think it could be better. Any suggestions?
Nils' Business ICS 3.4 has amazing battery life.
I'd start there. I try pretty much any ROM that looks interesting, but I find I always come back to Nils. His last 2 updates have focused on improved battery life, and they really do bring it.
BBEgo said:
Nils' Business ICS 3.4 has amazing battery life.
I'd start there. I try pretty much any ROM that looks interesting, but I find I always come back to Nils. His last 2 updates have focused on improved battery life, and they really do bring it.
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what kind of results you get? usually massively debloated like CR dev edit does it for me....less system apps sucking on cpu
use the "thanks" if I helped you at all
In my (very) limited experience, the kernel has far more affect on battery life than the ROM. Been using CleanRom 4.3 with the stock kernel, battery life is quite good compared to my GNex which I ditched after 5 days
RezROM 3.3 and the newest CleanROM Developer Edition have done the best for me, also check out the Kang Tapped Edition of CleanROM DE, same thing basically with some tweaks, it's my daily driver currently.
Cleanrom DE (nonsense) has been on my Rezound for a day, and its yielding pretty decent results. Got about 7 to 8 hours of moderate use yesterday (I work at Target Mobile - use it for work/messing around with it). I text back and forth consistently, as well as taking multiple calls - one yesterday up to an hour long. I left work with a 17%, when I walked in with 89%. LTE on, auto-brightness. I also am using ROM Toolbox to change clock speeds, I have profiles for multiple scenarios - that helps battery life as well. The only thing I had off was autosync, I'll open up FB or Gmail to update. Oh and I played music in the car both to and from work (20 minutes each way - regular music player).
I obviously want a little more time with it, but from when I had cleanrom (with sense) it seemed cut in half (sense is pretty and all, but she just eats your battery - with flashy graphics and auto updating everything).
bamf 2.1 ics gr8 battery...16 hrs
moderate use
awesome rom
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I just wanted to create a thread that allows people to compare various ROMs as they come out for our device. So far we have 7 options it seems:
1) Stock
2) ViperROM
3) Charmeleon (PKMN ROM)
4) Fresh ROM
5) freEVO
6) SlimJewel
7) CM9 (not quite finished, but usable)
Personally, I am curious how they compare in terms of battery life, but other things such as performance and tweaks are obviously relevant. What do you all prefer so far?
Note: I've tried half of these already, but I'm curious what others are experiencing, and figured this will help those who can't decide.
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PsiPhiDan said:
I just wanted to create a thread that allows people to compare various ROMs as they come out for our device. So far we have 4 options it seems:
1) Stock
2) ViperROM
3) Charmeleon (PKMN ROM)
4) Fresh ROM
Personally, I am curious how they compare in terms of battery life, but other things such as performance and tweaks are obviously relevant. What do you all prefer so far?
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1. Meh...good battery life
2. Not much going on there
3. Lots of tweaks. featured rich. Poor battery
4. Fresh and clean silky smooth. Best battery life of all 4 roms. I like this one the best.
1. Stock is stock. if somethings not working, it's not because of something you did. Good battery life. Pretty darn smooth for the most part.
2. Best battery life due to performance tweaks. Light on built in personalization tweaks, but because it's been out the longest, there are additional mods from other threads that were created specifically for this rom. All mods and tweaks in the op work. Devs seem to have no lives, and are super responsive to the thread.
3. Port of a rom from another phone. Lots, and I mean lots, of tweaks listed in the op. Most of them work correctly (and make your phone freaking awesome when they do) , but there are a few noticeable ones that have bugs, and require workarounds. Op doesn't indicate which tweaks aren't working correctly (or at all). Although battery life is still pretty respectable, it seems to have the worst battery life out of all of the roms (perhaps the performance tweaks aren't working either). Runs maybe a hair smoother than viper.
4. Stock rom with some personalization tweaks, all of which work. Because there have been no performance tweaks (yet), battery and performance will match what you get with the stock rom.
5. FreEVO rom. Why no love for Freeza? Anyway, rom is smooth and somewhat senseless, with rosie and some default apps removed. Also has a good number of tweaks. Most lightweight of the roms. Battery life seems better than stock, but not as good as viper.
Considering the phone launched less than a month ago, all of these roms are tremendous, and you can't really go wrong running any of them (except for basic stock, bleah).
Thanks for reminding me, I added FreEVO to the OP.
I'm gonna check out Fresh next. I've been running Charmeleon for a while now, but haven't honestly done that much in terms of tweaks.
Battery life winner seems to be Viper or Fresh so far?
Edit: Added new SlimJewel to OP as well!
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So far I have only tried Chameleon and Fresh.
I did get great battery life with Chameleon (25% battery after 15 hours of moderate to heavy use), but random bugs, broken tweaks, odd lag, and redraws tempted me to try Fresh.
Two days on Fresh and so far its great. It has all the tweaks that I wanted (except the AOSP recent apps menu), and battery life has been decent. I havent given it the chance to settle unplugged long enough to really compare though. Right now I'd say Chameleons battery life was better, but Fresh is running much smoother and consistent.
I'm sure I'll be flashing at some point Viper in the near future if Fresh doesn't put out an update to keep my flash happiness in check!
Oh, I did add a battery mod to Fresh successfully: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1681063
I think I'm gonna jump on the Fresh bandwagon once update 1.1 hits.
Also, added CM9 to OP since it is usable as daily driver if you don't mind losing mobile data.
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Anyone try the tweaked kernel on conjunction with the Fresh ROM? Better multitasking or battery life?
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+1 for Fresh. All the tweaks I wanted without the fluff. Well, almost everything. Would love the auto brightness reduction and long press Recent Apps button for Voice Search. But it is only the first release...
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+1 for Fresh. All the tweaks I wanted without the fluff. Well, almost everything. Would love the auto brightness reduction and long press Recent Apps button for Voice Search. But it is only the first release...
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Battery life any different from stock or other ROMs you've run? In my limited experience, none of these ROMs alter battery life much yet.
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Is it just me or does battery life on CM9 for Note suck?
I know it's an unofficial port and all, but I seem to get significantly poorer battery life on the AOSP/CM9 roms vs the rooted/debloated stock ones.
On the OnlyOne rom, I got ****ing insane battery life. Like 36+ hours with normal/heavy use. On all of the AOSP/CM9 variants (Flapjaxx/h0twir3) I'm at 50% after 5-6 hours of light use.
Am I the only one? Am I doing something wrong? On every other device I've owned (Nexus One, Nexus S, Captivate, Streak, Sensation, Fascinate...) AOSP has gotten significantly BETTER battery life. There are no obvious rogue apps that I can find, and I'm running exactly the same apps on both roms, still, CM9 variants inexplicably get poor battery life on this phone.
The only thing I've noticed is that Android System is using way more battery on CM9 vs stock roms.
Am I nuts?
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Is it just me or does battery life on CM9 for Note suck?
I know it's an unofficial port and all, but I seem to get significantly poorer battery life on the AOSP/CM9 roms vs the rooted/debloated stock ones.
On the OnlyOne rom, I got ****ing insane battery life. Like 36+ hours with normal/heavy use. On all of the AOSP/CM9 variants (Flapjaxx/h0twir3) I'm at 50% after 5-6 hours of light use.
Am I the only one? Am I doing something wrong? On every other device I've owned (Nexus One, Nexus S, Captivate, Streak, Sensation, Fascinate...) AOSP has gotten significantly BETTER battery life. There are no obvious rogue apps that I can find, and I'm running exactly the same apps on both roms, still, CM9 variants inexplicably get poor battery life on this phone.
The only thing I've noticed is that Android System is using way more battery on CM9 vs stock roms.
Am I nuts?
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I get great batt 15-19 hrs everyday on mesosphere cm9
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JB calhoun said:
I get great batt 15-19 hrs everyday on mesosphere cm9
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Maybe I'll try that one. I'm basically just trying to see if anyone else has the issue before I go looking elsewhere to solve it.
JB calhoun said:
I get great batt 15-19 hrs everyday on mesosphere cm9
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me too....:good:
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me too....:good:
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Is that standby time? How long is the screen time?
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I miss the old AOSP roms I became accustomed to on my Nexus phones (Specifically AOKP). The last time I tried any (about 2 months ago), they couldn't begin to compare with the TW base (stock modified) roms in terms of Battery life. Well, today I about had it with my TW rom, so I was considering giving AOSP another try. Has anyone found a stable one that can still give me 6-7 hours on screen time?
All AOSP ROMs will provide about the same battery life. Pick whichever you like, CM will be similar to AOKP, Pacman, etc. The same goes for TouchWiz ROMs, they will all offer more or less the same battery life. Not sure you'll get better battery life on AOSP than TW, but no one AOSP ROM is going to significantly better than another with regards to battery life.
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All AOSP ROMs will provide about the same battery life. Pick whichever you like, CM will be similar to AOKP, Pacman, etc. The same goes for TouchWiz ROMs, they will all offer more or less the same battery life. Not sure you'll get better battery life on AOSP than TW, but no one AOSP ROM is going to significantly better than another with regards to battery life.
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My experience with the non-TW roms is that they (counter-intuitively) provided significantly worse battery life. I was hoping that was because of their relative immaturity at the time I tried them ( a few months ago). Since I am not the sort that likes to switch roms every few days, I was hoping some people had some recommendations as to which had finally improved their battery life to be on-par with the stock based roms.
They are all going to be relatively the same. As one ROM includes fixes, it propagates out to the others. IMO, CM10.1 is probably going to be the most "mature" as that is likely where most of the updates come from, but if you're looking for a bug free experience, it's likely best to stick with TW.
Carbon has same battery life for me as touch wiz ROMs. However it does use the trinity kernel. The only aosp ROM that does. I'm running it still to this day. Like it.
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My opinion probably doesn't mean much, but Carbon is my choice for AOSP. I've seen it pull about the same screen time for a battery charge as my Beans12 load. To each their own. :good:
I sold my Note II yesterday and i was looking for a good stock Google smartphone. I owned a G2 for a week and I remember it had a brilliant battery life, but i don't like the LG OS. I heard about a good development scene about stock-based ROMs like Cyanogen. Is that true?
On Note II, because of the Exynos CPU and some lack of development support from Samsung, Cyano ROMs were just a mixed bag of experience. There are some minor issues everywhere and the 2-days battery life of the samsung ROM is impossible to get on CM.
So, i'm looking for a G2 for a quick CM 11 flash. Do you think it's a good idea?
I'm also considering a OnePlus One, but the invitation thing is a bit annoying and i don't think it will be easy to get one.
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I sold my Note II yesterday and i was looking for a good stock Google smartphone. I owned a G2 for a week and I remember it had a brilliant battery life, but i don't like the LG OS. I heard about a good development scene about stock-based ROMs like Cyanogen. Is that true?
On Note II, because of the Exynos CPU and some lack of development support from Samsung, Cyano ROMs were just a mixed bag of experience. There are some minor issues everywhere and the 2-days battery life of the samsung ROM is impossible to get on CM.
So, i'm looking for a G2 for a quick CM 11 flash. Do you think it's a good idea?
I'm also considering a OnePlus One, but the invitation thing is a bit annoying and i don't think it will be easy to get one.
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If you're entirely bothered about AOSP, I'd go for the Nexus 5 or HTC One GPE. If you had asked me yesterday I'd have said AOSP roms are still a bit buggy with issues but I put on OmniRom last night - it really seems the best of the bunch at the moment! Not had any issues at all (But I've only been using it properly for 12 hours or so).
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If you're entirely bothered about AOSP, I'd go for the Nexus 5 or HTC One GPE. If you had asked me yesterday I'd have said AOSP roms are still a bit buggy with issues but I put on OmniRom last night - it really seems the best of the bunch at the moment! Not had any issues at all (But I've only been using it properly for 12 hours or so).
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Yeah, but what about battery life?
I'm ok with the 2-days of moderate usage of the Note, and i heard that Nexus 5 and the One M7 aren't very good on battery life.
I used to be on CM 10.2 stable and everything worked fine. Then I wanted to try Kit Kat, but CM 11 was pretty unstable for me (I think I tried the M4 build).
I decided to give stock another try since LG released their KK firmware. I used to own a Nexus 4 and still prefer AOSP, but you can get LG stock close to AOSP.
I use Nova Launcher and with G2 Tweakbox (Xposed) you can switch the ugly LG quicksettings with the AOSP one. CloudyStock 2.0 ROM allows you to remove LG 's bloatware during installation.
There is a GPE ROM for the lg g2.
Check it out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2719020
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I used to be on CM 10.2 stable and everything worked fine. Then I wanted to try Kit Kat, but CM 11 was pretty unstable for me (I think I tried the M4 build).
I decided to give stock another try since LG released their KK firmware. I used to own a Nexus 4 and still prefer AOSP, but you can get LG stock close to AOSP.
I use Nova Launcher and with G2 Tweakbox (Xposed) you can switch the ugly LG quicksettings with the AOSP one. CloudyStock 2.0 ROM allows you to remove LG 's bloatware during installation.
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+1 here, im also using stock kk+nova and deleted bloated apps using TB Pro + using some kernels available(using simple kernel default settings, smooth and battery friendly or if dori's kernel is updated to stable) works perfectly and smooth for me. It gives me 3days of usage when I turn my phone useless and 1 day if I play games for hours which is normal.
CM11 nightlies have been perfectly stable for me over the past 2-3 weeks
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I did try cm 11 m5 build, everything working like it should, smooth, less stuttering than on stock. but just can't stand camera. It's miles away from stock
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With KK sources released, we should have stable builds.
Although honestly I am loving stock 4.4.2 + root + xposed. I've never used a stock rom longer then a week before. Been running stock since November. Simply amazing.
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Thanks for the interesting replies!
Stock KK is tempting me but when i tried i figured that i don't like so much the LG interface
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With KK sources released, we should have stable builds.
Although honestly I am loving stock 4.4.2 + root + xposed. I've never used a stock rom longer then a week before. Been running stock since November. Simply amazing.
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Agreed. Well, Stock + Root + Xposed + Nova Prime + Simple Kernel (underclocked to 1.728ghz) and a lot of bloat frozen/deleted is about as perfect as I have had the phone running. Battery life is excellent for me (40-45 hours with 5% battery left. 60% permanent screen brightness. 5-7 hours screen on time).
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Elvecio said:
Thanks for the interesting replies!
Stock KK is tempting me but when i tried i figured that i don't like so much the LG interface
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do check out the g2 dev forums for the available roms. personally i'm using mahdi rom and ehndroix before that. They are both SUPERB imo.
if battery life's what you're concerned about, for myself the roms average drains around from 100 percent to 70 percent in average of 12hours? (as i'm a light user).
in comparison to nexus 5 and htc, i'm almost definite that the battery capacity on g2 outclasses them both. so battery wise, g2 is good choice. Since my purchase of the phone in november, the dev for roms has been increasing steadily.
G2's definitely worth a consideration
Omni ROM is great for me obviously it's not CM but its got loads of options and is stable as can be really. Just had to change the low memory killer to medium with kernel tweaker but otherwise running as provided.
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Omni ROM is great for me obviously it's not CM but its got loads of options and is stable as can be really. Just had to change the low memory killer to medium with kernel tweaker but otherwise running as provided.
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How much did you used it? Because on every aosp i have installed i got allways reboot problems... Now I'm on stock modded lighting rom is fast like aosp and i have call record also on bluetooth, something that on aosp is missed. But i have to say that those kk stock rom from lg are bugged because you can't disable obexmaptransaction (the bluetooth sms sharing thing) and it drian more battery than JB when paired in car. I use the phone for work so if i have to say wich is the best atm for me is stock JB but KK is lot more snappier, so i'm using this, because i have read somewhere that LG is going to push an OTA to fix those small issue.
Another problem on stock is that when you have to save a contact by default the phone use internal memory and not the Google account, so every time i have to select my account. I hate this because you cant edit wich accounts have to be the default one.
Sorry for my english, i hope to have given an idea based on my personal experience with the roms out there for the D802.
The aosp I have tried past 3 days are: Slimkat, Paranoid and Mahdi both unstable for my use for the frequent reboots...
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beppez82 said:
How much did you used it? Because on every aosp i have installed i got allways reboot problems...
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Yeah, on the Note2 side of the forum there's a bunch of users that say "this nightly is perfect, this custom ROM is amazing" but in fact none of them are perfectly fine for random reasons (camera issues, BT issues, battery issues and so on). I hope that on the LG G2 side there's a different situation, thank to the Qualcomm CPU that i think is better for development.
AOSP ROMs are really good for me on my D802. Now on latest Mahdi Rom with merged 4.4 sources I have 4h screen-on-time with 59% battery left, I unplugged the phone 21h ago. I have 'only 2G' setting and I used a lot of WiFi (Dolphin, FB Messenger, Youtube...)
Generally the ROMs will get really stable on days/weeks, because of LG 4.4 sources.
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AOSP ROMs are really good for me on my D802. Now on latest Mahdi Rom with merged 4.4 sources I have 4h screen-on-time with 59% battery left, I unplugged the phone 21h ago. I have 'only 2G' setting and I used a lot of WiFi (Dolphin, FB Messenger, Youtube...)
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What? You browse the web on 2G network?
No matter how hard I tried, I couldnt get same battery life (with same usage) with any aosp roms. Stock had always btter battery for me.
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What? You browse the web on 2G network?
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nooope! I mean to SMS/calling, I said I used a lot of WiFi lol
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No matter how hard I tried, I couldnt get same battery life (with same usage) with any aosp roms. Stock had always btter battery for me.
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Just activate ART The thing is to flash proper Gapps and generally to flash the ROM properly, for me ART is always stable and it gives profits in battery life and smoothness.