Hello to all,
after having a stock i9300 for 11 months (I never kept stock for such a long period of time) I decide to install a custom rom.
After reading a lot I noticed that the most popular rom for the S3 i9300 is the omega so I followed that route.
I intalled the latest 4.1.2 version yesterday and today I was surprised to noticed that the battery lasted less than 14 hours.
I did a clean installation wiping cache/delvik etc.
This performance is horrible compared to stock.
I could easily make a whole day regardless of usage.
1. Are all roms as bad?
2. Will a possible change of the kernel provide a solution is so which one?
Other than that the rom looks great with some added features from the 4.2.2 which look great and fresh.
But I can not accept the phone not easily go through a day.
I also noticed some issues with Skype (not the latest version as this did not work well even on stock).
thank you
p.s. I could not post to the omega rom due to the fact I am new here......
cpapakonstan said:
I intalled the latest 4.1.2 version yesterday and today I was surprised to noticed that the battery lasted less than 14 hours.
>>>You failed to give the battery time to recalibrate .
1. Are all roms as bad?
>>> User error not rom error
2. Will a possible change of the kernel provide a solution is so which one?
>> You can try what you want .
Suggest you wipe the phone return to stock rom and read the faqs and guides before flashing any rom .
jje
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Thanks for the reply.
I will keep it for a while and see how it works.
You could reply in a nicer tone though....
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cpapakonstan said:
Thanks for the reply.
I will keep it for a while and see how it works.
You could reply in a nicer tone though....
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Nope fed up being nice to those that don't bother to read the basic faqs and guides .
This is a developers forum spoon feeding is banned .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2031989&postcount=44
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Nope fed up being nice to those that don't bother to read the basic faqs and guides .
This is a developers forum spoon feeding is banned .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2031989&postcount=44
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You are being judgmental.
I spend several days reading the forum and educating myself.
I did read in the omega topic that some people experience battery problems.
Some of them reported that a different kernel provides better battery life.
I did not notice though that after flashing a rom you need several cycles for the battery to be calibrated.
Furthermore, in most roms I read about there are several people (not all) complaining about battery life.
This is why I asked if all custom roms increase performance while decreasing the battery life.
JJEgan said:
Nope fed up being nice to those that don't bother to read the basic faqs and guides .
This is a developers forum spoon feeding is banned .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2031989&postcount=44
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Really not the best way to reply to a noob is it? that's the sort of tone I would expect to see in the other place that will remain nameless. We all had to start somewhere and anyway you are wrong the developers section is called just that, if you read it will say Q&A Help & troubleshooting, if you dont like answering questions to noobs then the solution is simple ...DON'T ANSWER !
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cpapakonstan said:
You are being judgmental.
I spend several days reading the forum and educating myself.
I did read in the omega topic that some people experience battery problems.
Some of them reported that a different kernel provides better battery life.
I did not notice though that after flashing a rom you need several cycles for the battery to be calibrated.
Furthermore, in most roms I read about there are several people (not all) complaining about battery life.
This is why I asked if all custom roms increase performance while decreasing the battery life.
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I Agree, its totally out of order to treat a noob in that way, but unfortunately some members think they actually own the site and therefore have a god given right to speak to new members like **** because they have more thanks on their profile, This complex they suffer from is extremely infectious and has a specific name, its called delusions of grandeur ! There is no known treatment or cure !
After several days I noticed that the battery life is a bit better but nowhere near to the previous performance.
How long does it take to re calibrate itself?
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cpapakonstan said:
After several days I noticed that the battery life is a bit better but nowhere near to the previous performance.
How long does it take to re calibrate itself?
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I also used Omega once but the battery life was just like yours.
Try doing the following:
1. Download greenify, understand how it works and greenify your apps.
2. Install startup manager, disable useless apps.
3. Disable wifi settings such as "notify me for new networks". Also, while in sleep mode, make sure the option is set to never.
4. Put auto brightness on.
5. Disable sync.
You can go ahead and install a different kernel. Googy or Devil or siyah would be a great choise.
All of these should improve your battery life.
Thank you for your reply.
Out of curiosity why does this rom consumes more power since it does not over clock the cpu?
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cpapakonstan said:
Thank you for your reply.
Out of curiosity why does this rom consumes more power since it does not over clock the cpu?
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They are many factors that affecting your battery life.Everyone have different angle viewing things. So depend on them what a good battery life mean to them. You can try other rom though. I'm using foxhound 2.5 with googy max kernel. It bring a good perfomance for me. And you can try to buy a 3200mah battery for your S3 with original size xD It can last more longer. And try the comment above it should improve the battery alot.
well I always try not to leave wifi on when not in use and do not run programs that use battery resources. I do never use mobile data and gps is always off. I did install greenify but there was really nothing running on the background.
Still I am under the impression that the stock rom provides signifficantly better battery life.
So my question is why? (Only out of curiosity).
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I own a Droid 3 but my dad has the x2 and he needs better battery life so I plan on rooting the phone and putting a custom rom on it for him so I wanted to know which rom would be best for him. He uses e mail phone calls and texts a lot and sometimes YouTube videos. If someone could post links for the best suited rom for him along with any scripts that help performance as well as battery that would be great. Also, do I need to install a custom recovery from somewhere else or do I use cwm from rom manager?
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Here is everything you need for this phone:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313103
Any rom will essentially have better battery life since they are all pretty much stripped down versions of the stock ROM. I suggest eclipse. The speedy script and battery fix script are very highly recommended too.
EDIT: Rom Manager doesnt really work with the Droid X2. So you will need the Bootstrap Recovery in the link I posted.
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Here is everything you need for this phone:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313103
Any rom will essentially have better battery life since they are all pretty much stripped down versions of the stock ROM. I suggest eclipse. The speedy script and battery fix script are very highly recommended too.
EDIT: Rom Manager doesnt really work with the Droid X2. So you will need the Bootstrap Recovery in the link I posted.
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Thanks, there's a lot of scripts, which would u recommend flashing over the eclipse rom?
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The battery fix is a must if you want accurate reading. I am running eclipse 1.3 with speedy v7. Also v6 supercharger but that is more for my gaming. And also the mash up v .5 I am getting between 10-14 hrs on a charge and that is pretty heavy use. On my day off I can go between 8 and 10 hrs but that is very heavy use then. Oh ya make sure you wipe battery stats when you flash or calibrate it after.
All are safe to use, which is why they were put in that thread. Just read every threads OP before flashing since they usually have instructions to wipe certain things. And I believe the mash up script tells you to turn wifi off before flashing. Just read and you will be good.
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All are safe to use, which is why they were put in that thread. Just read every threads OP before flashing since they usually have instructions to wipe certain things. And I believe the mash up script tells you to turn wifi off before flashing. Just read and you will be good.
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+1 thanks I should of mentioned that.
Ive had my best battery life with Eclipse. Ive been pulling 20+ hours with moderate use. Mostly texting, checking some web pages and trolling XDA and Facebook.
Ive also seen an increase from turning off network provided time under date/time in settings.
T3HBR1AN said:
Ive had my best battery life with Eclipse. Ive been pulling 20+ hours with moderate use. Mostly texting, checking some web pages and trolling XDA and Facebook.
Ive also seen an increase from turning off network provided time under date/time in settings.
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I can vouch for the turning off of "network provided time"if settings. It seems the phone "sleeps" better when it is idle.
Also another way to ensure better battery life is by getting into the habit of REBOOTING the phone(power off/on) after EVERY TIME you take it off of the charger. There is a thread explaining why this helps ...I just don't feel like looking for it right now sorry lol
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I can vouch for the turning off of "network provided time"if settings. It seems the phone "sleeps" better when it is idle.
Also another way to ensure better battery life is by getting into the habit of REBOOTING the phone(power off/on) after EVERY TIME you take it off of the charger. There is a thread explaining why this helps ...I just don't feel like looking for it right now sorry lol
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Does the unplugging go for all droids? That's interesting that turning it off helps battery haha I assume its cause it stops everything that's running.
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I think this might be the thread ash is talking about.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1225689&highlight=battery+life
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I think this might be the thread ash is talking about.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1225689&highlight=battery+life
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Ya I found that. Is that same issue in the custom roms or just the stock?
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prsterero said:
Ya I found that. Is that same issue in the custom roms or just the stock?
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I think its a problem with stock GB (seems to be a few issues with stock). But it transfers over to the ROMs because there is no fix for it yet other than to restart.
I am using galaxy s II. its the best android phone i have ever used so far but the problem is the battery draining. i can only use it 7-8 hours with normal use. please tell me some solution to increase the battery life..
Next question : how to decrease battery life ?
Seriously dude, there's so much threads about battery saver tips, do you know that ?
Try for example "setcpu" or lower brightness or use searchbar to look for more examples. It's not difficult to find solutions ;-)
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14 - 30 hours
omararshad said:
I am using galaxy s II. its the best android phone i have ever used so far but the problem is the battery draining. i can only use it 7-8 hours with normal use. please tell me some solution to increase the battery life..
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Here you will find the information you're seeking.
i have tried each and everything, even saving tips from google as well but nothing happens. battery time is same. you guys plz tell me what you did?
THANKS..
Put your phone in flight mode :-/
In other words, quit being lazy & search the forum. There are at least hundreds of posts on here with ideas on how to get more use out of every charge. You're not trying hard enough & you expect it to be handed to you on a silver platter.
omararshad said:
i have tried each and everything, even saving tips from google as well but nothing happens. battery time is same. you guys plz tell me what you did?
THANKS..
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I did exactly what I read about in the articles that I found on the interwebs using Google.
Read the battery threads in particular the better battery stats post .
Turn off everything that connects aim for 2 % overnight sleep battery drain .
Buy another battery as a spare .
jje
sean is here. said:
Here you will find the information you're seeking.
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Honestly thought you were going to rickroll him
As well as checking out the battery saving threads check out this post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466017
Using siyah kernel and this thread I instantly gained battery life.
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wsatia said:
Honestly thought you were going to rickroll him
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Nah. I might be a **** about it when it looks like someone hasn't even tried searching with google or in forums, but I still try to be mildly helpful when I can.
Look for post speaking about Betterbatterystats.. it's great!
please explain this crap. i am on Slim ICS with Siyah Kernal 3.2.1. Korean S2 converted to I9100. for 3 days m getting this Stats. no matter what i do. it always come to this. I Delete the Battery Stats from Kernal menu. but after some time. ths Android OS again shows the same.
so 30% batt gone in 4 an half hr apprx..so u mean ur not using an this happens give rom,kernel details an more in depth will ,giv u better ans
First read the What is Android OS post second read and install from Better Battery Stats thread .
jje
Yes I did not use it. and my in 4 hours 30% discharge. m using Slim ICS with Siyah kernal and Yes i had read that post about android OS. there's no way Android OS drain can be that much.
Is this a Korean Version fault?
and my problem is not related to better Battery thread. or it is? please guide me
give it some time to settle and install betterbatterystats so u can kno if anything is causing wakelocks,,,,,also wat i suggest is turn brightness to lowest,auto sync off,no livewallpaper,use data only wen needed,enable power saving mode,turn off wifi,bt,don use live widgets,avoid task killers, hope this helps to a point....and using totally black back grnd helps alot in tecky way...
Wait about 3 recharges and check what your drainage is then, if the problem still occurs, try reinstalling the ROM. Hopefully, the problem should be fixed.
rocky23 said:
give it some time to settle and install betterbatterystats so u can kno if anything is causing wakelocks,,,,,also wat i suggest is turn brightness to lowest,auto sync off,no livewallpaper,use data only wen needed,enable power saving mode,turn off wifi,bt,don use live widgets,avoid task killers, hope this helps to a point....and using totally black back grnd helps alot in tecky way...
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wow, you are doing all that? Is there much point in you having a smartphone then?
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wow, you are doing all that?
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No, the intelligent ones take the advice to use BetterBatteryStats. The others just moan about it and make fail threads.
rocky23 said:
give it some time to settle and install betterbatterystats so u can kno if anything is causing wakelocks,,,,,also wat i suggest is turn brightness to lowest,auto sync off,no livewallpaper,use data only wen needed,enable power saving mode,turn off wifi,bt,don use live widgets,avoid task killers, hope this helps to a point....and using totally black back grnd helps alot in tecky way...
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Then What is the Purpose of having a Smartphone?
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No, the intelligent ones take the advice to use BetterBatteryStats. The others just moan about it and make fail threads.
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I will delete This Thread. So Just Chill. nd what am i moaning about here? Whats Your Point. i respect you, nd Your Post is alse a Useless. if you are using your phone like that then better to have a black and white nokia phone. S2 is not for you.
I am not moaning here. and I will figure out my problem. So thanks. Dont worry about the thread. I will delete it.
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Your Post is alse a Useless. if you are using your phone like that then better to have a black and white nokia phone. S2 is not for you.
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I think you misunderstood my post. I certainly wasn't agreeing with the person telling you to use your phone like a dumb phone.
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wow, you are doing all that? Is there much point in you having a smartphone then?
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i got 5 androids,37 nokias and yes i dont use wifi,live walpaper,task killer,aoto sync,bt, only data is on 24/7 an its not like i don use features of smart phone but not on daily basis....hope tht answers ur question....
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Then What is the Purpose of having a Smartphone?
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an yes understand this i answer a hell of pms and q&a so go on fast on every post ok ...i mean not to use ur phone as a dumb phone......i don kno wat ur using on ur thts draining,so this is the basic tht anyone will tell u,if in case ur extreme on something....cause many noobs do.....i use a hell of phones an i kno hou things work,iam not a expert......an theres a number of posts an thread on os drain,batt drain....do read ,y ask......
I had this issue on every phone running ICS 4.0.3, even on nexus s and I found out that it is the bug in OS, it's a false reading. But if you really experience battery drain try to reflash and use clean rom for a couple of days and see if it's still present. I hope I helped you, cheers
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Bena1988 said:
I had this issue on every phone running ICS 4.0.3, even on nexus s and I found out that it is the bug in OS, it's a false reading. But if you really experience battery drain try to reflash and use clean rom for a couple of days and see if it's still present. I hope I helped you, cheers
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i guess have to change my rom now. I love slim ics.
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i guess have to change my rom now. I love slim ics.
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No logic says you go to the rom thread and find out if its the rom or the user .
jje
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i guess have to change my rom now. I love slim ics.
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No, you don't have to change rom unless the rom is draining battery, and you can check that by reflashing it and use it clean for a couple of days. I have stock i9100 ics 4.0.3 and battery stats are reading android os as one of the top consumers but I don't have any drain. I guess it's a 4.0.3 bug because I had same reading on nexus s with stock 4.0.3 and on various stock/custom ics roms on different devices.
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I just found out that this bug can be fixed if you disable screen touch and lock sounds in settings>sound. Apparently this keeps os awake. I've disabled all sounds except ringer and notification on my devices and now I'm testing that theory, I hope it will cure that bug and maybe give me some extra battery life.
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You realize this is not normal, and trying to fix is stupid in my opinion, waste of time, I'm have used aosp and cm9 and stock and all are way low.
atifsh said:
You realize this is not normal, and trying to fix is stupid in my opinion, waste of time, I'm have used aosp and cm9 and stock and all are way low.
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maybe it's stupid, maybe it's not, but when I see that something is wrong i try to fix it, and as far I can see turning those sounds is working, my awake time is now only 15-20 min longer than screen time on both my devices. Before I did that it was 2-3 hours longer on a daily basis. I think he should try, and if it works, great, if it doesn't he should change the rom. Not really waste of time as he can test that in couple of hours. Cheers
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guys, I'm really bored with the stock rom. i never ever flashed any rom on any of my android phones...that makes me a dumb noob obviously.
Now i want a lit'l help from you all, info to be precise.
hows the battery life on CM9? is it good for everyday use? i've searched alot but didnt get proper pros and cons...so it'd be great if you provide any info.
Also, can i come back to stock with ease?
PS: i have rooted it with cf root 6.4
From my present experience, one the battery has been calibrated, CM9 gives excellent battery life with the Galaxy S3, similar to the stock rom. It also gives flexibility in setting the CPU governor to save more power or get better performance. However, when I first flashed, battery calibration was out of whack and I got only 5 hours standby. After a charge cycle, that was fixed, and for example, my phone was at 98% two hours ago, and after two hours of standby, it is still at 98%.
Battery life is wicked mate and yeah you can return to stock....either make a back-up and restore when you want it (your device will still be rooted) or read a guide on how to flash back using odin (you will lose root)
Hope this helped buddy
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Battery life is wicked mate and yeah you can return to stock....either make a back-up and restore when you want it (your device will still be rooted) or read a guide on how to flash back using odin (you will lose root)
Hope this helped buddy
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thanks a ton friend....can you give me a link for both...flashing CM9 and Stock!
also, is the nightly build good for everyday use?
CM9 Thread for your Model: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1714354
The nightlies are fully usable from my experience, and your model has very few significant known issues. The linked thread, particularly the first post for more info on known issues and such.
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Dude, before flashing anything up need to on how to: backup rom(nandroid), use Odin, flash with cwm, recover your phone after bad flash(semi-bricked, its easy) and how to backup apps and settings to easy restore 3rd party user apps(eg titanium backup)
So read as many thread as u can before 1st flash
Agree OP really needs to understand the basics before going further .
jje
Hi guys,first sorry for my bad english.
All began few days ago,charging speed become very very wierd like 0 to 100 % takes 10/12 hours...I do admit its not first time had this but iv repaired that with changing kernels but not this time.Thats the first issue.
Other issue is the battery life decreased rapidly.From 61% to 0 battery widget said it need arround 1:50h to deplete while IDLE.I mean i wouldnt ask for any guidence here if i wasnt able to figure it out by myself.
For all saying dw battery stats i did,and nothink major that other than Clock widget made some huge wake locks and kept device quite hot so i disable it.
First time all this occured was while i was using Buzz Launcher and tougth the drainage may come from it so i switched to Nova launcher.Im using Ultima rom currently with Siyah kernel,and i did try all kerneles with all possible settings and nothink either repaired the battery to go further than 5/6 hour lifetime or charing speed.
So tommorow or today idk ima go to visit the shop that bougth phone from and demand to change my charger from wich i know my first issue is from but i really am afraid if the battery isnt screwed also so to ask for change also.
Also iv done wipes/caches wipes everythink,Ussually helped before but not now.
MY question is can that baattery performance now sucks cause the terrible charging speed that is on now????I want be sure or see if someone had this problem.
Thanks
Given the number of kernels you've flashed I'd suggest going back to completely stock rom and kernel to test.
The original chargers are prone to failure and your battery is only guaranteed for six months, as this is a consumable item for regular replacement.
Also, questions go in the q&a section to reduce clutter in here.
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Given the number of kernels you've flashed I'd suggest going back to completely stock rom and kernel to test.
The original chargers are prone to failure and your battery is only guaranteed for six months, as this is a consumable item for regular replacement.
Also, questions go in the q&a section to reduce clutter in here.
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So is there kernel cleaner app to cleanse the kernel "leftovers" since i flash so many of them ??
Check this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36124435
Report the thread and ask the mods to move it to the Q&A section.
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Check this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36124435
Report the thread and ask the mods to move it to the Q&A section.
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Done it for the op