Had a note 2 and just got a s4 and I gotta say the battery goes fast on this thing..I had bought spare battery and charger for the note and hardly ever used it..I am definitely going to have to get it for this phone...anyone had any feedback on the wireless charging with the pads? how do they work?
I came from an s3 so battery for me has been slightly better, but I'm on cm11. Are you running a stock ROM or aosp based?
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65vdub said:
I came from an s3 so battery for me has been slightly better, but I'm on cm11. Are you running a stock ROM or aosp based?
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I just have it rooted right now...I just got the phone a few days ago....But damn the battery is a huge difference from the note 2...
So are you running safe strap? Or were you lucky enough to snag an MDK bootloader?
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vafangool said:
I just have it rooted right now...I just got the phone a few days ago....But damn the battery is a huge difference from the note 2...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2348079 On a related note I found this thread. I've been looking into better battery life as well.
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vafangool said:
Had a note 2 and just got a s4 and I gotta say the battery goes fast on this thing..I had bought spare battery and charger for the note and hardly ever used it..I am definitely going to have to get it for this phone...anyone had any feedback on the wireless charging with the pads? how do they work?
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Not here... had the S4 since last summer and it has much better battery life than the S3.
bone stock.
vafangool said:
Had a note 2 and just got a s4 and I gotta say the battery goes fast on this thing..I had bought spare battery and charger for the note and hardly ever used it..I am definitely going to have to get it for this phone...anyone had any feedback on the wireless charging with the pads? how do they work?
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Go BoneStock rom. I used it on my S4 and got 5-6 hours of screen time on it regularly. You just have to learn how to control your apps and phone to sync properly and keep background data for apps in check so you don't get needless wakelocks from crap you don't care about.
GS4 dev edition. Hyperdrive rom rls 14. Over 23 hrs with 3+ hrs screen time. Stock battery.
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Go BoneStock rom. I used it on my S4 and got 5-6 hours of screen time on it regularly. You just have to learn how to control your apps and phone to sync properly and keep background data for apps in check so you don't get needless wakelocks from crap you don't care about.
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GS4 dev edition. Hyperdrive rom rls 14. Over 23 hrs with 3+ hrs screen time. Stock battery.
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I have MK2. its just rooted right now I havent done safe strap yet..I am kind of new to all this so I have been trying to learn as much as I can before I ahead with all that... I saw BoneStock and Hyperdrive are compatible with safe strap?I just want to learn as much as I can and get comfy with it before I take the plunge...But the thread i was reading was saying roms that are compatible with safe strap using ME7 which I had before but now its MK2 so I am a bit nervous if it will work..
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I have MK2. its just rooted right now I havent done safe strap yet..I am kind of new to all this so I have been trying to learn as much as I can before I ahead with all that... I saw BoneStock and Hyperdrive are compatible with safe strap?I just want to learn as much as I can and get comfy with it before I take the plunge...But the thread i was reading was saying roms that are compatible with safe strap using ME7 which I had before but now its MK2 so I am a bit nervous if it will work..
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You're sill on 4.4.2 i think with MK2 so you'll have to go with BoneStock 1.4 or earlier since you can't use a ROM with different Kernel then you have. That is why you can't use CM with SafeStrap unless they ever get Kexec working.
vafangool said:
Had a note 2 and just got a s4 and I gotta say the battery goes fast on this thing..I had bought spare battery and charger for the note and hardly ever used it..I am definitely going to have to get it for this phone...anyone had any feedback on the wireless charging with the pads? how do they work?
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I am at 38 hrs with 17% and 4hrs of screen time.
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You're sill on 4.4.2 i think with MK2 so you'll have to go with BoneStock 1.4 or earlier since you can't use a ROM with different Kernel then you have. That is why you can't use CM with SafeStrap unless they ever get Kexec working.
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I think MK2 is still 4.3 Jelly Bean. Pretty sure safestrap and HD 14 will work. Probably if Bonestock has a 4.3 version and is TouchWiz based (as opposed to ASOP) it will work.
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You're sill on 4.4.2 i think with MK2 so you'll have to go with BoneStock 1.4 or earlier since you can't use a ROM with different Kernel then you have. That is why you can't use CM with SafeStrap unless they ever get Kexec working.
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i am on 4.3 ...I have to read more to see if safestrap is ok with MK2 , I saw on one thread where they said it wasnt but that was on old thread.... Im really new at all this...I wish I would have gotten into it a while ago....I would love to be able to flash a new kernel or rom and have nandroid backups... and customize the **** out of my phone..
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Not here... had the S4 since last summer and it has much better battery life than the S3.
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GS4 dev edition. Hyperdrive rom rls 14. Over 23 hrs with 3+ hrs screen time. Stock battery.
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Man I get great battery life with mine. I do have the MDK bootloader, but mostly I think it's just an issue of not using up battery from useless things being on. I've tried to help several friends over the last couple years, but they always have all this crap on their phone running every time I check them, and they wonder why their battery doesn't last long. I've gone days on a a single charge. With heavy use I can get 8+ hours of screen on time. Maybe I've got a really good battery.
Note 2 was my last phone as well. No matter what ROM or setup you use you won't get the same battery life. After all, I would assume you had custom ROM's on the Note 2 that helped extend that phone's battery life just as much as they will on this phone.
Note 2= 3100mah, 720p display, A9 processor cores
S4= 2600mah, 1080p display, A15 processor cores
Not to mention the screen gets like 100 nits brighter on the S4 and Samsung has really borked their auto-brightness values on this phone.
My suggestion, if you don't use NFC, is to get the ZeroLemon 3000mah battery to swap out with your stock one. It's the same size, just removes NFC from the battery (I know on your Note 2 the NFC receiver is on the back cover, but it's in the battery for the S4) and adds 400mah.
Or if you don't mind the bulk then get an extended battery, especially if you're going to get a rugged case anyway. There's multiple solutions to fit an extended battery into a rugged case without adding bulk.
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Note 2 was my last phone as well. No matter what ROM or setup you use you won't get the same battery life. After all, I would assume you had custom ROM's on the Note 2 that helped extend that phone's battery life just as much as they will on this phone.
Note 2= 3100mah, 720p display, A9 processor cores
S4= 2600mah, 1080p display, A15 processor cores
Not to mention the screen gets like 100 nits brighter on the S4 and Samsung has really borked their auto-brightness values on this phone.
My suggestion, if you don't use NFC, is to get the ZeroLemon 3000mah battery to swap out with your stock one. It's the same size, just removes NFC from the battery (I know on your Note 2 the NFC receiver is on the back cover, but it's in the battery for the S4) and adds 400mah.
Or if you don't mind the bulk then get an extended battery, especially if you're going to get a rugged case anyway. There's multiple solutions to fit an extended battery into a rugged case without adding bulk.
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Damn, that's a very helpful reply, as I've never even considered a different battery since I've had no problems. But I don't use the NFC, and an extra 400 mAh will always come in handy. I think I may just get one now.
lokerman said:
Damn, that's a very helpful reply, as I've never even considered a different battery since I've had no problems. But I don't use the NFC, and an extra 400 mAh will always come in handy. I think I may just get one now.
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I use an Anker 5200mah battery and it's great. Its obviously bigger and josh's recommendation is going to be better if you don't want it a little bigger. I can say also that there are a lot more options case-wise too at least on amazon.
I've not once had to charge this phone during the day with this battery. I'm a heavy user too...GPS most days, music, internet etc. I've had this battery for about 7 months now and haven't even noticed a decline in performance.
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I have been wandering around XDA now for about the last 3 months looking for my problem and no one seems to have the same issue...
When my battery gets down to 20%, it immediately jumps to 15%.
I'm not new to this, I've tried several ROMs and several kernels. I got the firmware patch hoping that the issues would go away. I've had random battery ups and downs.. sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad, but never consistent and acceptable. When I say "good" I'm referring to about 6 hours of very light use.
If anyone could point me in the right direction, I would be grateful.
Currently running CleanROM DE with Firmware patch.
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I have been wandering around XDA now for about the last 3 months looking for my problem and no one seems to have the same issue...
When my battery gets down to 20%, it immediately jumps to 15%.
I'm not new to this, I've tried several ROMs and several kernels. I got the firmware patch hoping that the issues would go away. I've had random battery ups and downs.. sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad, but never consistent and acceptable. When I say "good" I'm referring to about 6 hours of very light use.
If anyone could point me in the right direction, I would be grateful.
Currently running CleanROM DE with Firmware patch.
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When I had had my first rezound I had the same problem it seemed to drop my battery from 30% to 20% percent in like 2 minutes I just sent mine in and got a replacement!
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Bad battery? Check your battery, is it a 3.8v or 3.7v?
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happens all the time to me, funny because we just brought it up in rezrom thread today.
i always go from 25% to 14% within a single second..it's a perfect vertical drop in my stats. it's pretty bad, and it started happening ever since i installed the leaked firmware. others have said they've had it since buying it stock,though.
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Bad battery? Check your battery, is it a 3.8v or 3.7v?
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I have a 3.7... But this is my second battery, the first one was a 3.8...
It did not do it when I bought it stock, or even when I started rooting it. It started after about the 3rd ROM I put on it, and I've never been able to get rid of it. It does get hot, but its not really out of the norm.. (most dual core phones with 4g are going to get warm, 4g takes an extreme amount of energy to use)
I can't believe this hasn't been brought up earlier... I was only hesitant to bring it up in development because I didn't want to be accused of not using the search button.
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I have a 3.7... But this is my second battery, the first one was a 3.8...
It did not do it when I bought it stock, or even when I started rooting it. It started after about the 3rd ROM I put on it, and I've never been able to get rid of it. It does get hot, but its not really out of the norm.. (most dual core phones with 4g are going to get warm, 4g takes an extreme amount of energy to use)
I can't believe this hasn't been brought up earlier... I was only hesitant to bring it up in development because I didn't want to be accused of not using the search button.
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It has been brought up, but people said that it's a bad battery. I'm not convinced it's battery, I think there's something more going on. It happened to me, stock, out of the box, and with multiple batteries.
Here's a thread I posted about this a few months ago-- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514134
Run the battery down until the device powers down on its own, this will not hurt the device or battery. Keep the phone off and let the battery charge up fully. Do this a few times....
I have not had this issue myself with the rezound. On previous devices I did the above and it seemed to work out the issues
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It has been brought up, but people said that it's a bad battery. I'm not convinced it's battery, I think there's something more going on. It happened to me, stock, out of the box, and with multiple batteries.
Here's a thread I posted about this a few months ago-- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514134
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Just read your post... you're right... not much help there. And I agree, I can't see a brand new battery that's never been used or re-calibrated showing the same "symtoms" as the old battery. It has got to be something not hardware related. All my brothers have Rezounds and I actually let one of them use my battery and it didn't do it in their phone, so a bad battery is out of the question I think.
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All my brothers have Rezounds and I actually let one of them use my battery and it didn't do it in their phone, so a bad battery is out of the question I think.
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What is different about those rezounds from yours? Unlocked, rooted, stock, pure stock, launcher, apk/apps? All of these or one could have a factor.....
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jayochs said:
happens all the time to me, funny because we just brought it up in rezrom thread today.
i always go from 25% to 14% within a single second..it's a perfect vertical drop in my stats. it's pretty bad, and it started happening ever since i installed the leaked firmware. others have said they've had it since buying it stock,though.
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That's almost exactly what mine is doing, just with different numbers. What are you running?
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What is different about those rezounds from yours? Unlocked, rooted, stock, pure stock, launcher, apk/apps? All of these or have a factor.....
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The one I swapped with has the same exact ROM as I do as well as the same kernel. The only difference may be his recovery. I think he has one version newer Amon Ra than I do... but I've been using the same recovery since the beginning, and it started doing this well after flashing that recovery.
cdexsw said:
Run the battery down until the device powers down on its own, this will not hurt the device or battery. Keep the phone off and let the battery charge up fully. Do this a few times....
I have not had this issue myself with the rezound. On previous devices I did the above and it seemed to work out the issues
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I've done that with other ROMs in the past for this same issue, but not with this new ROM and firmware. I'll be sure to give that a try tomorrow when it dies... it just got a full charge. Thanks for reminding me of that little trick.
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The one I swapped with has the same exact ROM as I do as well as the same kernel. The only difference may be his recovery. I think he has one version newer Amon Ra than I do... but I've been using the same recovery since the beginning, and it started doing this well after flashing that recovery.
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are you using 4g/3g when this occurs?, WiFi, which band?, powersave mode?, basically all the settings.....
Does it do this at 100% stock, not even signing in to your google account or updating apps.
Have you tried a different sdcard? Be surprised how this little piece if plastic can crush a system.
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What is different about those rezounds from yours? Unlocked, rooted, stock, pure stock, launcher, apk/apps? All of these or one could have a factor.....
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It happened to me stock, out of the box. It happened to me stock rooted debloated, happened to me unlocked s-on, happened to me s-off. Happened to me on GB firmware. Happened to me ICS firmware. It's obviously a problem bigger an an apk or an app.
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are you using 4g/3g when this occurs?, WiFi, which band?, powersave mode?, basically all the settings.....
Does it do this at 100% stock, not even signing in to your google account or updating apps.
Have you tried a different sdcard? Be surprised how this little piece if plastic can crush a system.
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using primarily 4g, no wifi (N when I do), no powersave mode. Thinking back, it started with the first ROM that had powersave mode. Since then I've always disabled that feature hoping it would go away, all with no luck.
It never did it when it was stock, I certainly don't want to revert it back to check now. Haven't checked when initially setting up after a flash, so I don't know if Google affects it at all.
Haven't tried a different SD card. Though I may take it out and see how it behaves after I do a dead charge on it.
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using primarily 4g, no wifi (N when I do), no powersave mode. Thinking back, it started with the first ROM that had powersave mode. Since then I've always disabled that feature hoping it would go away, all with no luck.
It never did it when it was stock, I certainly don't want to revert it back to check now. Haven't checked when initially setting up after a flash, so I don't know if Google affects it at all.
Haven't tried a different SD card. Though I may take it out and see how it behaves after I do a dead charge on it.
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It's not your SD card. Your SD card has nothing to do with your battery jumping, I promise you. If I had to guess, I'd say it's something with the kernel, but what do I know. It should be more wide-spread if it's the kernel.
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It happened to me stock, out of the box. It happened to me stock rooted debloated, happened to me unlocked s-on, happened to me s-off. Happened to me on GB firmware. Happened to me ICS firmware. It's obviously a problem bigger an an apk or an app.
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I agree. That makes me wonder if it has anything to do with the SIM card.
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I agree. That makes me wonder if it has anything to do with the SIM card.
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Hmm. I have an extra, unused SIM in its package here, I'll pop it in tomorrow and run my battery down, see if it happens. Not sure why it'd be the SIM though.. got a theory?
Simcards do go bad, as do sdcards.
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Simcards do go bad, as do sdcards.
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For sure, but why would that cause either inaccurate battery readings, or massive power drain? It's actually not really clear which one it is, of those options, but it'd have to be absolutely enormous power drain to go from 25%-14% in a short period. So how would a SIM or SD card cause inaccurate battery readings? I ask because I have no idea, not being snarky.
Not sure if it's me but figured I'd ask the community. Has anyone been getting worse battery life after flashing ICS? I came from UnNamed rom with Entropys daily driver and had about 40% after 17 hours on a daily basis (2 and a half hours screen time texting, web, XDA, etc)
Switched first to shostock 2, and ended up knocking down to 50% under 8 hours with the same amount of usage, flashed on over to phonebricker with siyah and same thing. Anyone else having similar drainage?
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Not sure if it's me but figured I'd ask the community. Has anyone been getting worse battery life after flashing ICS? I came from UnNamed rom with Entropys daily driver and had about 40% after 17 hours on a daily basis (2 and a half hours screen time texting, web, XDA, etc)
Switched first to shostock 2, and ended up knocking down to 50% under 8 hours with the same amount of usage, flashed on over to phonebricker with siyah and same thing. Anyone else having similar drainage?
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Currently running SHO2 V3. Battery lifes been great for me.
No more wakelocks. I can go to bed at 100% and wake up 8-10hrs later and be at 97%
I'm not getting any Wakelocks either. Battery's amazing when the phones locked. But it's the drain when the screens on that baffles me
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Someone reported having superior battery life with ICS on Shostock, Bricker or AOKP.
I, in the other hand, never have a great life on it. Considering light usage, getting 20 hrs max (where I used to get close to 48 hrs) including roughly 2 hrs screen on and 2 hrs talk time. Not great at all, but not bad, I can survive.
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Someone reported having superior battery life with ICS on Shostock, Bricker or AOKP.
I, in the other hand, never have a great life on it. Considering light usage, getting 20 hrs max (where I used to get close to 48 hrs) including roughly 2 hrs screen on and 2 hrs talk time. Not great at all, but not bad, I can survive.
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Exactly! I know others who all have these amazing battery stats yet for some reason I just don't. Couldn't figure it out for the life of me when I haven't been doing anything different. Was beginning to think maybe I'm just enjoying ICS a little too much and need to put the phone down..
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I'm not getting any Wakelocks either. Battery's amazing when the phones locked. But it's the drain when the screens on that baffles me
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Probably has a lot to do with the oled screen. It has to suck more juice than the standard lcd
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Exactly! I know others who all have these amazing battery stats yet for some reason I just don't. Couldn't figure it out for the life of me when I haven't been doing anything different. Was beginning to think maybe I'm just enjoying ICS a little too much and need to put the phone down..
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I was getting 30+ hours a charge easily on GB if I sidestepped a few battery killers. I get nowhere near that on any of the ICS roms but it's worth every juice sucking second. I love it.
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Probably has a lot to do with the oled screen. It has to suck more juice than the standard lcd
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So an i777 running Gingerbread has an LDC screen and an i777 running ICS has an OLED screen?
What you're saying is true, but it has nothing whatsoever to do with this thread.
mattdm said:
So an i777 running Gingerbread has an LDC screen and an i777 running ICS has an OLED screen?
What you're saying is true, but it has nothing whatsoever to do with this thread.
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Lol. You're right. Sorry, just one of those random thoughts that unfortunately made print.
Sorry for the blonde moment.
BROKKANIC said:
Currently running SHO2 V3. Battery lifes been great for me.
No more wakelocks. I can go to bed at 100% and wake up 8-10hrs later and be at 97%
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I second that, try shostock v3, I am getting similar battery life with shostock. V2 I used to get 15 hours now it gone up to 25-30 hours.
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I second that, try shostock v3, I am getting similar battery life with shostock. V2 I used to get 15 hours now it gone up to 25-30 hours.
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Thank you very much for your input. I was running on shostock v2 and was unhappy with the battery life. I'll have to look into V3 since I haven't tried it. I'm currently on phonebricker and Its gonna be hard leaving the kitchen app...tough decision
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Thank you very much for your input. I was running on shostock v2 and was unhappy with the battery life. I'll have to look into V3 since I haven't tried it. I'm currently on phonebricker and Its gonna be hard leaving the kitchen app...tough decision
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I use phone bricker 2.7 as a daily driver and the battery life is pretty decent. The MIUI port seems to do even better (I uninstalled it because somehow it was unpredictably laggy). Might as well try those too.
I started running AOKP about a week ago and my battery life improved quite a bit over the rooted stock rom. But I never have had very good battery life out of the stock rom anyways, except for maybe day or two after a factory reset, I would have OK run times until that dreaded wakelock kept sneaking back in the picture. AOKP has been much more consistent for me and I have easily been lasting 16-18 hrs with light/medium use and atleast 40% remaining. I'm running Siyah kernel. I haven't tried any other roms.
I think I'm gonna be going back to gingerbread for about a solid week to see if it really is ICS. Used to get amazing life on GB, then switched to ICS and my battery went to hell.so I got an extended battery and all that did was basically give me close to what I got on gingerbread, so the inconsistencies are starting to bother me a bit. Maybe I'll return to ics sometime in the future to see if anything changes. It's been fun though, and there's a lot of things that I'm going to miss....Oh well
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I think I'm gonna be going back to gingerbread for about a solid week to see if it really is ICS. Used to get amazing life on GB, then switched to ICS and my battery went to hell.so I got an extended battery and all that did was basically give me close to what I got on gingerbread, so the inconsistencies are starting to bother me a bit. Maybe I'll return to ics sometime in the future to see if anything changes. It's been fun though, and there's a lot of things that I'm going to miss....Oh well
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I did this too but ended up realizing that battery life was actually better on ics. I've had the best results with aokp and phone bricker (not w/siyah).
i've found that using gingerbread roms gave me better battery life
unnamed and unoriginal are good choices
wamster said:
i've found that using gingerbread roms gave me better battery life
unnamed and unoriginal are good choices
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Yeah I've Been back on unnamed today and so far so good. Battery life seems to be an improvement than it was on ics
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Yeah I've Been back on unnamed today and so far so good. Battery life seems to be an improvement than it was on ics
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Definitely. Are you using unnamed 1.3.2 or 2.2.1?
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Definitely. Are you using unnamed 1.3.2 or 2.2.1?
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I'm on 2.2.1, that was my daily driver when I first rooted. Never let me down
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ICS VS GB
I thought Gingerbread had much better battery life so i switched to shostock 1. However, the battery life there was about the same as shostock 2. My recommendation is to severely underclock it (200 mhz) when the screen is locked. i can go for hours and only use 1 or 2 percent and the battery will be left for you when the screen is on which is when you need it. AOKP + Fluxi= awesome
I had to start this thread up because I am considering either one of these roms as my stable daily.
In my week of research after owning my Rezound, these are the best De-Sensed ICS roms out there.
I wanna know though, what are the main differences betweeen Slim Rom and Clean Rom DE?
I cant really see a difference accept, that I prefer the ICS theme on SlimRom as it takes the rom to almost AOSP in appearance.
I want something that is super fast, Clean and looks the most AOSP as possible.
It also has to be stable.
Please advise
only primary difference is slimrom has the most updated leak but cleanrom de is probably the most aosp in appearance
SlimROM ran smoother for me when I ran it.
Also consider CleanROM won't probably be updated any longer as Scott is gone.
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Scott did say he'll come update when official ICS comes out...not sure if that's still the case or not.
I think Scott has a Google Nexus now so I don't know if he'll take time to rebase his CleanRom when ICS is released.
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I think Scott has a Google Nexus now so I don't know if he'll take time to rebase his CleanRom when ICS is released.
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You mean HTC One? Or did he get a Nexus too?
Lets try to stay on topic guys.. Which one do you think is better, based on my criteria. thanks
Cleanrom de. It has more options and is smoother and more AOSP like
I would also recommend tonked Rom. It's not here. He put it up on the bamf site. I'm running it now and It's beyond smooth. I think it was right at 300mb size wise so it's pretty slimmed down
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The battery life on tonked rom was simply amazing. Then I found slimrom. Battery life is utterly rediculous
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Does Slim Rom have wireless tether? I am using Clean ROM DE now and the wireless tether is spotty.
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Does Slim Rom have wireless tether? I am using Clean ROM DE now and the wireless tether is spotty.
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Yes.
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IMO, Slim Rom is the best rom out right now, that is still being maintained. By far. I get shockingly great battery life with this rom in comparison to any other rom I've ran for this phone. And it has pilots themes which are always incredible. Also, tether will work on any rooted rom as long as its setup properly. But it's easy enough to flash roms so give them both a try for a few days and see which one you prefer.
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The battery life on tonked rom was simply amazing. Then I found slimrom. Battery life is utterly rediculous
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IMO, Slim Rom is the best rom out right now, that is still being maintained. By far. I get shockingly great battery life with this rom in comparison to any other rom I've ran for this phone. And it has pilots themes which are always incredible. Also, tether will work on any rooted rom as long as its setup properly. But it's easy enough to flash roms so give them both a try for a few days and see which one you prefer.
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What kind of batter life are we talking here with how much usage? Ive been on a quest for better battery life and I've yet to find a ROM that is satisfactory.
I was running Tonked and liked it, but got a bit of flashitis and am running Nils business right now. I don't think I will keep it for too long as the battery life isnt any better, maybe worse but too soon to tell, and I don't think I like sense very much.
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What kind of batter life are we talking here with how much usage? Ive been on a quest for better battery life and I've yet to find a ROM that is satisfactory.
I was running Tonked and liked it, but got a bit of flashitis and am running Nils business right now. I don't think I will keep it for too long as the battery life isnt any better, maybe worse but too soon to tell, and I don't think I like sense very much.
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Well as I don't have exact figures for you I can tell you that the battery drain while screen is off is almost non-existent. On all of my previous ROMS I ran I would always turn off LTE unless I was going to be downloading something so I could save on battery life. WIth this rom I have LTE on 100% of the time and have far better battery life than I did when 3G was enabled on other roms. Also, when I play temple run the battery drain is almost cut in half and possibly even more compared to other roms. I use my phone constantly throughout the day and would always have my phone charging at my desk at work, but with slim rom I can easily last the whole day until I go to bed with heavy use and off the charger. I have no idea why that rom is so much better for me, but it is. Huge difference from any other rom.
I think slim rom is under 240MB...all of the normal sense stuff is ripped out and it runs amazingly. How hard is it to create a backup and flash a new rom? Just give it a try.
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Well as I don't have exact figures for you I can tell you that the battery drain while screen is off is almost non-existent. On all of my previous ROMS I ran I would always turn off LTE unless I was going to be downloading something so I could save on battery life. WIth this rom I have LTE on 100% of the time and have far better battery life than I did when 3G was enabled on other roms. Also, when I play temple run the battery drain is almost cut in half and possibly even more compared to other roms. I use my phone constantly throughout the day and would always have my phone charging at my desk at work, but with slim rom I can easily last the whole day until I go to bed with heavy use and off the charger. I have no idea why that rom is so much better for me, but it is. Huge difference from any other rom.
I think slim rom is under 240MB...all of the normal sense stuff is ripped out and it runs amazingly. How hard is it to create a backup and flash a new rom? Just give it a try.
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Oh its not at all and I will. I was just curious. I'm sure you've seen plenty of people, like I have, that say they get amazing battery life and then they post a screenshot and you see the screens never on or something like that.
I'm backing up right now as I was getting pretty terrible battery life from the Sense Rom I was running. Maybe it was still settling but its full day 2 on the ROM and no improvement, for me that's not worth waiting to see what little improvement I may get from it.
So i bought me the SIII about two weeks ago and was excited to use the 2200mah battery. The first day i hit about 18 hours.
Since then i have:
Rooted
Installed CWM
and flashed this Kernel:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1741684
Could running this ROM be the reason why i am having such horrible battery life?
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I'm also aware of the Cell Standby issue which gives the wrong reading on the battery life status screen.
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Possibly. I have Stock unrooted for now as i don't have any reason to root and flash other ROMs yet. I consistently get 22 hours wih about the same screen On time you have. I have Auto Brightness, GPS On all the time, Sync On all the time and widgets running on every page.
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So i bought me the SIII about two weeks ago and was excited to use the 2200mah battery. The first day i hit about 18 hours.
Since then i have:
Rooted
Installed CWM
and flashed this ROM:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1741684
Could running this ROM be the reason why i am having such horrible battery life?
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I'm also aware of the Cell Standby issue which gives the wrong reading on the battery life status screen.
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Run Bettery Battery Stats and see what's eating your battery up.
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Possibly. I have Stock unrooted for now as i don't have any reason to root and flash other ROMs yet. I consistently get 22 hours wih about the same screen On time you have. I have Auto Brightness, GPS On all the time, Sync On all the time and widgets running on every page.
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i am incredibly jealous of your battery life lol
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Run Bettery Battery Stats and see what's eating your battery up.
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never heard of that, but will definitely be doing that right now. The kernel i used overclocks the cpu so that might be a big reason
When i had my HTC Amaze 4G, i get around 12-14 hour battery life. I was even running Energy ROM at the time. I am thinking i might keep it 100% stock for now lol.
Okay, found a screenshot from the first battery cycle. I had Power Save On at the time. I had since been running without it on and of course using the phone more.
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I forgot to mention that I've been running Juice Defender Ultimate since day 1.
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Okay, found a screenshot from the first battery cycle. I had Power Save On at the time. I had since been running without it on and of course using the phone more.
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jesus lawwwwwwd look at that battery life
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never heard of that, but will definitely be doing that right now. The kernel i used overclocks the cpu so that might be a big reason
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What are you OC to?
I tried OC a couple times and my battery would get hot. I quit when I read that some good Dev's say not to do it.
oc will definitely drain your battery faster.
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Im running blazers Rom on the Sprint variant of the S3. On my evo 4g lte i had b4 switching to the s3 i would get like 40-50 hours with light/medium usage. With the same amount of usage im getting half of that with the s3. Much less then half if i actually do something with my s3. No widgets- no mobile data turned on- no syncing-no gps. Only wifi is turned on while Im home. 24 hours without a charge seems to be the cap for these phones. and thats with very minimal usage.
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What are you OC to?
I tried OC a couple times and my battery would get hot. I quit when I read that some good Dev's say not to do it.
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I'm running about 1.8ghz right now
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I'm running about 1.8ghz right now
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Man just from reading a lot I would trying to not oc. You can actually read where a lot of the experienced phone guys stay away from OC and a few actually uc to trade off for battery. More power needs more power
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Man just from reading a lot I would trying to not oc. You can actually read where a lot of the experienced phone guys stay away from OC and a few actually uc to trade off for battery. More power needs more power
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I think thats where im at right now, the phone is plenty fast as it is. So i just recently (about an hour ago) flashed back to the stock rom and am going to re-root and then run the clock down a little bit. OC is a little overrated for my usage!
Sorry for the newbie/quick question, but I'm being offered a G and I have to decide right now (within the next 3 hours more or less).
Is the bootloader unlocked? Can I install a custom rom on any G that I get to buy today? Same for root? Or is there any restriction?
Thanks!
You can do anything on here that you can do on any other phone. Boot loader can be unlocked and you can install ROMs. Enjoy it if you decide to get it
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Sorry for the newbie/quick question, but I'm being offered a G and I have to decide right now (within the next 3 hours more or less).
Is the bootloader unlocked? Can I install a custom rom on any G that I get to buy today? Same for root? Or is there any restriction?
Thanks!
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Just make sure you're actually getting the AT&T variant. It's different from the Sprint/international ones in enough ways to matter.
Otherwise, you can do just about anything you could on any other phone...or convert to an N4 if you really wanted to.
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Sorry for the newbie/quick question, but I'm being offered a G and I have to decide right now (within the next 3 hours more or less).
Is the bootloader unlocked? Can I install a custom rom on any G that I get to buy today? Same for root? Or is there any restriction?
Thanks!
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I've had the LGOG for a while now and am more than satisfied. The bootloader is unlockable and there are a few custom ROMs going around like CFX, AOKP and CM10.1. Though they aren't fully functional, they're still fun to mess with. We also have a ported stock JB on here that works phenomenally well. I always end up going back to it even though I love custom ROMs. If you're a flashaholic and want all of the latest ROMs, you also have the option to convert the LGOG into a Nexus 4 and use custom ROMs from them.
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The AT&T version is the e970 right?
The only thing holding me from purchasing it is the non-removable battery.
Is there any case with extended battery specifically for it?
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The AT&T version is the e970 right?
The only thing holding me from purchasing it is the non-removable battery.
Is there any case with extended battery specifically for it?
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No but the battery lasts pretty long (for me at least).
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kwanbis said:
The AT&T version is the e970 right?
The only thing holding me from purchasing it is the non-removable battery.
Is there any case with extended battery specifically for it?
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That's small potatoes. What exactly is your concern over a removable battery? That it may go bad, I'm presuming. Even then plenty of people have opened up their phones and put them back together very easily.
I honestly do not see anything out there now or that's expected to be released that this phone cannot easily keep up with.
But seriously, if a removable battery and accessories are your thing, you should probably get a phone that is more highly marketed.
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Thing is, after installing a 3200mha extended battery in my S2, I do not want to go back to the days where I would be checking the battery charge.
I want my battery to last 1.5 days at least, even if I would charge it all days at night.
All the rest, I love the OG.
Removable batteries are less important now than they used to be. A portable charger makes up for not having one.
I know them and have one of them. It is not the same by a long shot.
A case with extended battery is good enough, if done right.
I'm a heavy user, I get 4 ish hours of screen time and have about 18-20% when I put the phone down to charge at night, what more do you want? This is phenomenal battery life by today's standards.
So, how long is your day normally? I mean, you wake up at what time, and put it to sleep at what time?
Is this normal duration? Cause there are some phones where people have a lot of variation on the duration (with relative same use).
Up at 645 sleep by midnight
That is wonderful use.
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Up at 645 sleep by midnight
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Same here. Usually 2.5-3 hr screen time at about 30 +/- at the end of the night.
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Same here. Usually 2.5-3 hr screen time at about 30 +/- at the end of the night.
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I concur, the only device I've had with battery life that can rival this is the Note 2.
That is very encouraging guys.
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That is very encouraging guys.
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Had 3h10m screen on with 17 hours off charger yesterday, left WiFi on all day by accident (not connected for 10 of those hours). Background data on. 40 minutes music streaming. FB and GNow turned on. Had 13% battery left when I plugged in. Battery life is notably better than stock sgs2 from which I came.
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