Hello folks. I'll be getting an S5 soon - I was curious as to what kernel everyone is using? I'm keeping the stock ROM, but looking for something that will benefit the battery life mainly.
There is no such thing as a "best"...only what you find is "best" for you. There are dozens of settings to change in a custom kernel which greatly control battery life and performance. You should do some research on governor and scheduler choices, selection and combinations to get what you want out of the kernel you choose to go with.
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What is the simplest way to gain the ability to change the cpu setting on the Streak?
It looks like a small increase makes for a noticeable change in performance.
If I understand it correctly, you can't do it without a custom build, is this correct?
Never mind. The local search engine leaves much to be desired but Google found it for me.
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The ability to delete a post if it is not quoted by someone else would be nice.
How about the ability to close a thread you opened if you consider it resolved.
To overclock the kernel has to be altered from stock. You can use on of the StreakDroid Roms or the SimpleStreak Rom. If you want to use/stay on build 318 there is a performance fix available that installs the overclock kernel.
just a quick question...
i'm using aokp (build 38...since 39 gave me some fruity boot loops)
i'm wondering if there is a place where you can switch power "modes" like you could with a stock rom...i.e. power-save, balanced and performance
i understand there's no widget or toggle to do this like the stock version has..but even CM9 and gummy had additional options where you could switch it
also, is there any benefits in being able to switch it, since i'm using motley's kernel? or should i just use a certain governor with certain max/min frequencies?
thanks!
truthlesshero said:
just a quick question...
i'm using aokp (build 38...since 39 gave me some fruity boot loops)
i'm wondering if there is a place where you can switch power "modes" like you could with a stock rom...i.e. power-save, balanced and performance
i understand there's no widget or toggle to do this like the stock version has..but even CM9 and gummy had additional options where you could switch it
also, is there any benefits in being able to switch it, since i'm using motley's kernel? or should i just use a certain governor with certain max/min frequencies?
thanks!
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I'm by no means an expert on this stuff but I have made a few observations based on my usage of AOKP on all my devices... There is not a specific setting to change the power modes that I'm aware of/found. I know what you're referring to in CM9, they have that option to switch, AOKP does not. I will say though that I like AOKPs more than CM9 because of all the other customization stuff you can do (sorry CM9). I have noticed really great battery life with AOKP so I don't even mess with the governor. Also, I had the same problem with 39, had to back down to 38, not sure what was going on there.
Hi guys, I'm coming from an iOS iPhone 4 device to a Samsung Galaxy S2, So far I'm very satisfied by the performance of the device, the freedom of choice and let's just sum it up, Really happy about the switch.
Anyway can you guys recommend me some Battery saving tips?
What Kernels do you guys use, and that are battery life efficient, and do not sacrifice performance,
I'm running on 4.0.3 Stock ROM
I don't and will not switch from a regular Sammy rom, for certain reasons.
Thank you very much and sorry if I'm OT..
Hi, my first bit of advice is to learn how to flash roms and get your phone rooted!
I'm using a rooted, stock ROM from wanam and I've no complaints.
Once your rooted, the best app I've used for battery saving is called 'autostarts'. It allows you to control when an app starts (for example the google plus app starts after pretty much any event-like connecting a power cord for example).
Using just this app my overnight drain (11 pm to 7 am) went from 16% down to 8%.
The majority of battery monitors I've used just give you the 'feeling' you're saving battery on my experience!
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What Kernels do you guys use, and that are battery life efficient, and do not sacrifice performance
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For the best battery life you want this kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1601520
peachpuff said:
For the best battery life you want this kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1601520
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Yes, Phenomenal kernel is very good :asd:
There are a lot of custom rom based on the stock samsung rom that add useful features. I reccommend this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1498017
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For the best battery life you want this kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1601520
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I've flashed my device with the Medium because for some reason the extreme won't boot up my device, I have a "cation" sign under my Phones name, anyway I noticed some apps appear on my device, "Superuser" and "CWM" That means my phone is rooted?
I recommend you to use the WanamLite ROMs (they are the stock ROMs with very few and essential tweaks, and root access). I'm using Fluxi kernel, but I'm using Paranoid Android, which is NOT a Sammy ROM.
Now, in order to save battery you can undervolt the processor, lock it to never go beyond certain speed (i.e 1GHz), use low brightness, disable automatic sync, use 2G, etc...
Hope I helped, and welcome to the wonderful Android world
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I used clockwork zip to root easy just flash zip in recovery then I suggest revolution remix rom to start then u can choose another from on duel boot anyway
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LifeLessGT said:
Hi guys, I'm coming from an iOS iPhone 4 device to a Samsung Galaxy S2, So far I'm very satisfied by the performance of the device, the freedom of choice and let's just sum it up, Really happy about the switch.
Anyway can you guys recommend me some Battery saving tips?
What Kernels do you guys use, and that are battery life efficient, and do not sacrifice performance,
I'm running on 4.0.3 Stock ROM
I don't and will not switch from a regular Sammy rom, for certain reasons.
Thank you very much and sorry if I'm OT..
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Congrats on making the move from an OS that are you are told what you can & can't do to an OS that YOU tell what you want to do.
Always leave data network mode as deactivated unless you need it. Go into Settings>Wifi and click the menu button (soft key to the left of the home button) and click Advanced. Then under the option Wifi on during sleep select Never (or Only while charging). As a few other users stated, use auto brightness. Where you can, use the Application Manager widget on your home screen. If the number goes above 0 then you should click on it and kill the app (and clear the Ram as well for good measure. If you can, also use a static wallpaper instead of a live wallpaper, and also use black or dark colours as much as you can. Also open up your dialler and dial *#9900# and something called Sys Dump opens up. There is an option there called Disable Fast Dormancy. Press it to disable it.
I can't think of anymore at 11:35pm!
As for kernels, stock Samsung is all I use. Lots of people on XDA seem to use Cyanogenmod, CF-Root or Siyah.
Good luck and enjoy your freedom. :victory:
You can't practically do anything to save juice but installing some battery monitoring apps like Better Battery Stats, Watchdog etc. Just monitor what apps are causing Wakelocks or misbehaving, then disable the Sync in them.
And PLEASE DO NOT install any crappy apps, Play Store is full of them.
Oh, Android's biggest juice hogger is those ads, so install AdAway and remove those nonsense ads.
Good Luck.
First thing post in the correct forum. Second asking for whats better for "x" or "y" is not allowed as its relative to each person. So for that I will be locking this thread.
Cheers
Hello Guys,
total noob here so this could be a total noob question.
I was wondering if someone could explain the difference in a stock rom and a custome rom based on stock.
I s there real notable difference in performance?
And what difference does a kernel make to different roms?
I have a rooted s3 but would like to know more before playing with custom roms.
Thanks guys
The main advantage with custom roms is having other features and/or more customizibility options.
Of course there are usually some performance- and battery-tweaks aswell (usually to fix e.g. the Launcher redraw, tweak memory management, ...)
Read the description of the custom Rom's. The most popular ones are Omega and CM9, the latter not being a finished product and having several drawbacks in functionality (such as FM Radio, ...) but other nifty new features.
If you're still not sure if you should flash a custom ROM after reading... don't. However I recommend Omega if you should choose one.
Painless to use, very nice tweaks and -most important- continued and fast development and reaction to problems.
Kernels are more or less independend of the ROM and bring feature tweaks or additional low-level functionality such as the ability to use NTFS-formatted USB-Sticks or SD-Cards, and usually come with tweaks to save some more power in sleep mode while increasing responsiveness in active usage.
I prefer Siyah due to the dev being very active, around a long time and the kernel having lots of nice features.
Difference at present almost zero .
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Ok, so I could ask to help me find a good rom, but...all are different and everybody has an opinion, right? So here is what I want to know:
I go to the different rom pages, but how do I figure out what their particular tweaks are? I want good battery life, hacked hotspot, etc. You know, the usual. Don't need to overclock and all that (noob enough not to know/need to mess with that).
Couple things I would like that I haven't seen mentioned anywhere such as:
a "slide to answer" feature. You know, where a call comes in and you can just swipe to answer.
Dial pad pop-up that doesn't completely cover the mute/speaker options.,
I miss the Epic 4g Touch's feature that in the contact or call log list you can swipe left or right on the contact to "call" or "text". Instead the extra steps of having to press and hold to bring up a menu to choose.
So are there any roms out there that address these little quirks and if so, how do I figure out what rom's particular tweaks are?
Thanks for any help
Features of a ROM are almost always in the first couple of posts, either in change logs or feature lists. Some multi device ROMs such as CM10 don't have feature lists in their threads, so you'd have to go to their websites or flash them yourself.
My suggestion? Just try ROMs out. Start with the ROM threads that have the most posts or views. Those tend to be the better ROMs, because more people are interested. Just flash them, set them up, and explore them a bit. That's the best way to find what's good for YOU.
Most Sense ROMs don't have a ton of tweaks available, but if you're really looking for them, I would try Viper4G first. I'd also suggest AOKP, which is an AOSP ROM that has a ton of tweaks in it.
I would definitely give the viper 4g a whirl. you can always just flash a diff ROM if you don't like the one you get. also if you don't have it already, get goomanager. has different ROMS in it & makes it super easy to switch ROMS.
if u want a rom with stock look but is hella fast and great battery life go with Mean Rom.. if u want a rom that u can custimize go with Viper4G Rom
+1. Viper for tweaks, meanrom for performance.
Also, most ROMs have a list of the features on the opening post (OP) of the ROM thread. Some of them aren't all conclusive, but they help. I'd say your best option is ViperRom
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