I wonder which ROM can improve battery life for HD? I tried 6.1 Dutty's and 6.5 Miri's until now. I couldn't pass 2 days of normal use...
Other experiences you have?
tudormara said:
I wonder which ROM can improve battery life for HD? I tried 6.1 Dutty's and 6.5 Miri's until now. I couldn't pass 2 days of normal use...
Other experiences you have?
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Battery life is more dependent on the radio (rom) than on the CE rom, and most of the rom around dont have radio bundled with them. You should rather look for a good radio rom to go with whichever rom you chose.
bR
Just flash a lite rom from Onkolog or Barebone. That will do the trick.
I upgraded radio version to 1.13.25.24. will see what happens...
Which combination of ROMs and Radio versions you recommend?
essojay said:
Battery life is more dependent on the radio (rom) than on the CE rom, and most of the rom around dont have radio bundled with them. You should rather look for a good radio rom to go with whichever rom you chose.
bR
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very same question...
The best radio depends on your location and provider.
you have to test this yourself to see what's best for you.
There is a small thread over HERE that gives some tricks to increase battery life.
The biggest problem is actually Windows Mobile. My Nokia E71 can go for almost one week on one charge. While my Treo Pro can only do about 2 to 3 days with the same battery... (My Touch HD also gets around 2 days)
I use the program on this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=507301
it stalls the processor when backlight off...gives me a few extra hours, this and duttys 3.3XT give me a good 3 days of usage (completely flat byt then though!!)
but that is without BT or WIFI being used, no game playing or music listening just maybe 20-30 mins of calls per day.
Everyones different so battery life will change for everybody
Will check that out! Thanks for the link.
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Battery life is more dependent on the radio (rom) than on the CE rom,
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Sorry, but that's totally wrong!
The radio can improve the battery life, but normally the difference isn't that big at all, whereas the ROM can make a huge difference!
Its not the ROM itself that makes the difference, but the applications that are included in the ROM. Some applications are known for decreasing the battery life, because they are polling too often or something like that (or are programmed in a bad way).
mccune said:
The biggest problem is actually Windows Mobile. My Nokia E71 can go for almost one week on one charge. While my Treo Pro can only do about 2 to 3 days with the same battery... (My Touch HD also gets around 2 days)
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Thats simply not true. In order to make a fair comparision you have to consider that any Windows Mobile device has normally a big screen, an ARM processor with something about 200MHz and a lot of hardware built in.
Certainly Windows Mobile drains the battery more than other devices, because there are a lot of abstractions in order to make it working with all the devices around.
Comparing the HD to the Iphone is fair, and you'll see that the HD has a longer battery life as the Iphone, so Windows Mobile isn't that bad at all, its just now thought as a "normal" phone, but as an organizer with the possibility to run really much and great programs (simultaneously).
The biggest variable seems to me to be the use you make of the HD. I have had several ROMS and several Radio's flashed and they can all be good or bad, depending on what you do with them. Some easy wins are to turn off "Receive all incoming beams", don't use WiFi or GPS. Also I have a UK Three SIM which defaults to 2100mhz 3g signal. If I switch Auto band selection off and force GSM then I get much better battery life (like 50% more) but I can't use data (other than Activesync which seems to keep working) as Three block data connections through GSM in my area.
Of course Johnpatcher is right that several apps cooked into some ROMs come with a higher battery drain. I prefer his own Barbones, at least then I get to choose what apps are draining my battery!
I still rarely get through a day without needing to top up but the point of having the HD is to use it and usually it is possible to put some juice back into it one way or another.
If you really want to see what is happening Battlog is a great tool, sorry I don't have the link with me but search should turn it up. Set it to log and it will show you the current drain at your selected time interval together with the programs running and the state of the phone and networks at that time. Makes it easy to see what is eating the power.
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Thats simply not true....
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Certainly Windows Mobile drains the battery more than other devices...
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I didn't say the only reason was WinMo. But I've tried numerous mobile device with different OS's and it's plain clear to me that WinMo is the biggest battery drainer around. Didn't test Android though
If you get that program, share it with us. I am curious what applications drains the battery fast...
The question is still up!
let's see what combination of ROMs and radio versions we have on our devices and for a normal use, how many days can perform ....
chris5304 said:
The biggest variable seems to me to be the use you make of the HD. I have had several ROMS and several Radio's flashed and they can all be good or bad, depending on what you do with them. Some easy wins are to turn off "Receive all incoming beams", don't use WiFi or GPS. Also I have a UK Three SIM which defaults to 2100mhz 3g signal. If I switch Auto band selection off and force GSM then I get much better battery life (like 50% more) but I can't use data (other than Activesync which seems to keep working) as Three block data connections through GSM in my area.
Of course Johnpatcher is right that several apps cooked into some ROMs come with a higher battery drain. I prefer his own Barbones, at least then I get to choose what apps are draining my battery!
I still rarely get through a day without needing to top up but the point of having the HD is to use it and usually it is possible to put some juice back into it one way or another.
If you really want to see what is happening Battlog is a great tool, sorry I don't have the link with me but search should turn it up. Set it to log and it will show you the current drain at your selected time interval together with the programs running and the state of the phone and networks at that time. Makes it easy to see what is eating the power.
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Sorry, but that's totally wrong!
The radio can improve the battery life, but normally the difference isn't that big at all, whereas the ROM can make a huge difference!
Its not the ROM itself that makes the difference, but the applications that are included in the ROM. Some applications are known for decreasing the battery life, because they are polling too often or something like that (or are programmed in a bad way).
Thats simply not true. In order to make a fair comparision you have to consider that any Windows Mobile device has normally a big screen, an ARM processor with something about 200MHz and a lot of hardware built in.
Certainly Windows Mobile drains the battery more than other devices, because there are a lot of abstractions in order to make it working with all the devices around.
Comparing the HD to the Iphone is fair, and you'll see that the HD has a longer battery life as the Iphone, so Windows Mobile isn't that bad at all, its just now thought as a "normal" phone, but as an organizer with the possibility to run really much and great programs (simultaneously).
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If you agree that radio improves battery life, then whats totally wrong here?.....as i tend to agree with you even in my original contribution, but a bad radio rom IS a more likely culprit, and badly made CE rom that for example "disables standby" or affects power management function is as well a possibility. the choice of a good rom and more importantly a good radio is very crucial.
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The biggest variable seems to me to be the use you make of the HD.
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That's certainly true.
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I didn't say the only reason was WinMo. But I've tried numerous mobile device with different OS's and it's plain clear to me that WinMo is the biggest battery drainer around. Didn't test Android though
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As I already said look the Iphone. The battery life of the Iphone is worse than the one of the HD, while the Iphone runs its own OS.
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If you agree that radio improves battery life, then whats totally wrong here?
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You are totally wrong about the importance of radio, at least I think so personally.
essojay said:
the choice of a good rom and more importantly a good radio is very crucial.
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I haven't noticed any difference in battery life by choosing an other radio. I have noticed some better reception, but all kinds of these results are very subjective. You can read up the radio thread, you'll find enough people saying "yes", others say "no", its just too subjective ...
Battlog
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=444920
This is the thread. I have installed Battlog on my HD and it works fine, at least how I use it which is logging set at 10 second interval and logging to a file on SD which I then analyse in Excel (it is a csv file) on the desktop. I've attached the cab I use as there may be different versions but you would be best to read the thread.
Obviously, as with any other experiment, the trick is to vary just one thing at a time and observe the difference. What tends to happen is that a number of things change and you don't know which one actually made the difference.
Strictly for UK users I have noticed that O2 seems to give the best battery life for my usage pattern and Three the worst (this latter is not surprising as they use 3g whenever possible and 3g is more battery hungry). Of course different locations in the UK and different mixes of use will vary this.
I think a big question to pose is : how much time is your screen on?
The panel is the biggest battery drainer, when I play with my HD, i can see literally the battery go down in little time.
Other settings as 3g or gsm network use is also very important, or bt and wifi on.
Our HD is a little laptop, the same rules apply for battery usage.
Ciao
Olaf
My experience is, go for a complete STOCK ROM (including the stock radio) and your battery life is acceptable.
stephencwl said:
My experience is, go for a complete STOCK ROM (including the stock radio) and your battery life is acceptable.
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But I believe it's not worth it!
I use for the moment Duttys, 3.3 XT with the last Radio; without 3G (only GSM) and moderate use of WiFi and GPS it resist 3 days... it is better then stock ROM..
stephencwl said:
My experience is, go for a complete STOCK ROM (including the stock radio) and your battery life is acceptable.
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Thanks! I will try and see the difference...
chris5304 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=444920
This is the thread. I have installed Battlog on my HD and it works fine, at least how I use it which is logging set at 10 second interval and logging to a file on SD which I then analyse in Excel (it is a csv file) on the desktop. I've attached the cab I use as there may be different versions but you would be best to read the thread.
Obviously, as with any other experiment, the trick is to vary just one thing at a time and observe the difference. What tends to happen is that a number of things change and you don't know which one actually made the difference.
Strictly for UK users I have noticed that O2 seems to give the best battery life for my usage pattern and Three the worst (this latter is not surprising as they use 3g whenever possible and 3g is more battery hungry). Of course different locations in the UK and different mixes of use will vary this.
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Hi.
I don't seem to last a day without recharging my battery (either by USB or Outlet).
I have some useful programs but I'm afraid to use them sometimes because my phone wont last the day.
On a regular day, without extreme program usage (WiFi, GPS, games etc), just regular phone calls (GSM not 3G), my battery power lasts maybe 18 hours.
If i used 1/4 of my installed programs moderetely, my battery power lasts for about 10-12 hours.
I would like your professional advise to better by battery life.
1. Would changing my ROM to a better modified one solve my issue?
2. Is there a backround process (that is not detected my my task manager) working that I should know about?
3. Are there any tweaks (non registry) that I can do to better the life?
4. Are there any registry fixes that can be done to better the life?
5. Do third party cabs (SPB etc.) drain the battery life even if they are idle?
6. Does letting my battery fully drain and then fully charging it over and over really help the overall battery life?
FYI: I have the OEM ROM, my phone had never been Hard reseted before
I have tried all sorts of things, but I cannot manage to get my phone to last more than a day.
I would really appreciate your advise.
Thanks.
P.S please dont tell me that you people go 2-3 days without charging (that would hurt my feelings )
my kaiser lasts about 10 hours if heavily used, I mean 3G internet always on, browsing with opera mini all while listening to MP3s..
With normal usage and 3G coverage (but classic talks, not video ones) it last al least 2 days..
that's strange
Hi,
i managed to have good power after alot of research and tweaks on this forum.
-disable 3g service
-make sure no application auto-enable wifi, make sure its off.
-make sure device is set lock all buttons
on normal days with just afew calls and very little surfing, i my battery life is the same as other non-pda phones!
boojingyou said:
-make sure device is set lock all buttons
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What do you mean with locking all the buttons?
Would updating my RADIO help?
bluemamba said:
Would updating my RADIO help?
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Default ROM sucks. The registry is setup completely ineffecient (like all M$ software) so eats capacity and battery.
Best thing to do is check the 'Kaiser upgrading' thread and compare the radio version you have with what's posted there and see if you could improver performance. I'm still on the original radio that it cam with, but trying multiple Rom's dramatically improved battery life. That and speed and performance. Their is much to gain, my friend.
I advise you read the articles about CID and SIM unlocking before attemting to flash anything.
Upgrade your radio to 1.27.12.17/32, turn off 3G and flash some clean ROM (like Q-Mobile - see in my signature )
My phone can survive now more than 3 days on normal usage. Before it could live 2-3 days max.
Maybe can you enable alimentation tweaks with KaiserTweak to begin ?
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Maybe can you enable alimentation tweaks with KaiserTweak to begin ?
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I dont think and fixes of those kind will do anything
I think what Maarten_0031 and gabriel31337 say is the obly way. I will reseach what kinda ROM best fits my need and let u know
I'm using Schap's and very happy with it...
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I'm using Schap's and very happy with it...
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On average, how long does your bettery last?
2 / 3 days... Some phone calls, wifi and 3G
Much better than the HTC ROM !
MickyMax said:
2 / 3 days... Some phone calls, wifi and 3G
Much better than the HTC ROM !
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Very nice. I think i might try that.
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Battery Power Poor. Any advise?
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Spell correctly, charge it.
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tyeo098 said:
[qoute=Topic Title;1839477] Battery Power Poor. Any advise?[/qoute]
Spell correctly, charge it.
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qoute?
You spell correctly and keep to the topic
Just got my Kaiser yesterday. Left it to charge all night and removed it by 7:30 am. At 16:00, battery shows 14% left?!?!?!?
What the heck?
Did all the power tweaks from KaiserTweak.
Lets see how it goes without 3G and with the tweaks I did today.
ROM: 1.81.415.4 WWE
Radio 1.27.15.32
Protocol: 22.51.88.13H
it can't be stated enough how quickly your battery will die if you have your mailboxes checking for new mail 'as they come in' or 'every 5 minutes', etc. if you have important emails your expecting then turn it to those settings, but if you don't care if you get your mail only every hour then go that route - it makes a big difference in the battery life.. also make sure you have the disconnect option in kaiser tweak set on - i have mine set at disconnect after 2 minutes.. and finally, if you can get away with using edge then have your phone always set to edge and only set to 3g for web surfing - pulling down your text based email in edge and not 3g is usually a pretty negligible difference.
on a side note, i bought a 3000mAH battery for about $70.. it improves the battery life a decent amount, but the reality is is that if you use the GPS for 2-3 hours without having it plugged in while using the GPS then you can always expect the battery to be dead by the end of the day (or sooner).. if your going to use it as a GPS then have it plugged in..
its all about wifi...turn it off if not needed.
This has been discussed in many previous threads.
All the above are applicable and also get rid of any fancy today plugins that show data state (WiFi-phone) and battery condition as they are constantly running and polling the relevant devices.
You will see a VAST difference when you do that.
I have tried a lot of roms,including touch it v4.5,Jack's 3.0,offocial rom R2AA010 and some chinese roms etc .
The battery performance of R2AA010 is the best,much much better the others.
I don't know why,someone says the official rom lower the CPU frequency,but it still runs quite smoothly and fast.
I hope someone would find out the real reason and this power issue can be resolved in new roms.
The batt life for the cooked roms seems abt the same to me...
well, doing my personal testing, I just tested official (R1 and R2) and Jack's 4.0, 4.5 and now 5.0 (waiting till fix'd version to do a batt test) and I just find all version with the same autonomy.
the main thing I see, Is that I don't configure HSDPA connection autodisconnect in advanced settings (so the connnection is keep alive) battery drains much faster (in all roms).
why my battery drained so fast besides the official rom,maybe somewhere default settings are different between the various Roms.
tf3d just needs more cpu power and memory than the usual today screen of the stock roms. this, of course, drains the battery faster.
Battery consume depends only on cpu and memory (flash too) use (and on the radio, but you can't change that), so it is independent from the roms. Of course heavy loaded roms and today plugins use more power, so you decide what is important for you.
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tf3d just needs more cpu power and memory than the usual today screen of the stock roms. this, of course, drains the battery faster.
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I also use TF3D
Yes
I agreed. But my big disapointment is the official have a lot of anoying application that I think I can't live with it.
The official ROM cooking might be the good chance.
it's quite surprising me that x1 battery (1500 mAh) performance is not better than TP (1340mAh).
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vibranze said:
it's quite surprising me that x1 battery (1500 mAh) performance is not better than TP (1340mAh).
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TP has only VGA screen while the X1 has WVGA and the higher resolution screen consumes more power. So it's not so surprising
imo, battery life for wm6.5 by itje is the best
official rom lasted me around 2 days or less back then
my battery was only lasting about a day until i changed to Touch-IT by itje and the battery is now 3-4 days depending on use.
my battery life is completely pony
This is something that is a big pain for me - my battery doesn't even last a day using itje's roms (haven't tested others yet)
I think HSDPA/3G has a lot to do with battery drain. The stock rom seems to disconnect it when it's not in use, but checking my phone now, it's been connected 11hours (since I last reset it). I could be wrong with this comment tho as I've not run the stock rom in months.
Have had a poke round the registry and can't find anything that might be a timeout...anyone more knowledgeable about this than me care to chime in?
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This is something that is a big pain for me - my battery doesn't even last a day using itje's roms (haven't tested others yet)
I think HSDPA/3G has a lot to do with battery drain. The stock rom seems to disconnect it when it's not in use, but checking my phone now, it's been connected 11hours (since I last reset it). I could be wrong with this comment tho as I've not run the stock rom in months.
Have had a poke round the registry and can't find anything that might be a timeout...anyone more knowledgeable about this than me care to chime in?
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you can setup a timeout with the "advanced config" application and yes, leaving data connection enabled draws more battery than just letting it connect when needed.
I ran a search on "which ui best battery life" and returned nothing so this is the purpose of this guy
Tried making a poll but perhaps that is an admin ability?
So start throwing some opinions out! I've been running cookies home and gtx cookies home a lot and under medium to heavy use I get 1-2 days worth of battery life. Let's keep our scaling system limited to days and the only other factors we'll include are 2.1/2.5, UI (cookies, gtx cookies, maxmanilla, 2.1 standard, 2.5 standard, etc.), and radio.
Let's also only use this thread for data collecting purposes I'm actually going to collect the data and make some graphs to see if there are any trends happening and share that info with the community.
Here's what I got: 2.5 Cookies Home Radio: 4.49.25.91 = 1.5 days use
You really can't accurately compare UI's that are from different roms... Besides I think it's obvious that Sense and TF3D 2.1 are the best for battery life and memory.
Sorry, but you are not going to get any sort of meaningful comparison unless you have the same usage of the phone between ROMs, e.g. the same number of calls, the same distance from the cell masts (being further away = uses more power), etc, etc.
Sense 2.1 kicks Sense 2.5's butt when talking about battery life. Hands down best battery life. Thats with the auto weather and facebook.
Rofl, compare the resource consumption of TF3D 2.1 to SPB Mobile Shell 3.5.3 build 9885. I average 4-6 megs of RAM usage with three home screens. I get 1-5 days depending on usage (5 when I'm doing stuff that's risky for the phone so I don't bring it ;-) ), but I also use HTC's bigger 2,150 mAH battery. It's the exact same one dougie tested in his battery investigation thread in the Rhodium Accessories forum (I sent him mine to test). It was the only battery to score 100% of rated capacity, and the only way I can kill it in less than a day is by using it as a wifi modem and either torrenting something huge or a very large FTP or HTTP download. Also, several hours of nonstop Garmin will kill it in under a day. But, with about an hour of calls, 100-250 sms, 30-60 minutes of GPS, an hour of wifi, 15-45 minutes of HSDPA, and using GSM/EDGE for everything unless I need to Internet away from WiFi or utilize google maps satellite view for offroad shenanigans I manage 2-3 days on my Tilt 2 with Energy 21905 Titanium, .77 telstra radio, and SPB mobile shell with all my other cabs besides Lumos and Bandswitch installed to microSD.
So yeah, check out dougie's thread. I don't even have to remove and reinsert the battery to utilize the capacity past 1,500 maH like I had to do with offbrand Wizard and Kaiser batteries. It's quite smooth, and the bigger back makes the phone easier to hold. It's still slick, but if you have big hands it makes you feel less likely to drop your phone.
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Rofl, compare the resource consumption of TF3D 2.1 to SPB Mobile Shell 3.5.3 build 9885. I average 4-6 megs of RAM usage with three home screens. I get 1-5 days depending on usage (5 when I'm doing stuff that's risky for the phone so I don't bring it ;-) ), but I also use HTC's bigger 2,150 mAH battery. It's the exact same one dougie tested in his battery investigation thread in the Rhodium Accessories forum (I sent him mine to test). It was the only battery to score 100% of rated capacity, and the only way I can kill it in less than a day is by using it as a wifi modem and either torrenting something huge or a very large FTP or HTTP download. Also, several hours of nonstop Garmin will kill it in under a day. But, with about an hour of calls, 100-250 sms, 30-60 minutes of GPS, an hour of wifi, 15-45 minutes of HSDPA, and using GSM/EDGE for everything unless I need to Internet away from WiFi or utilize google maps satellite view for offroad shenanigans I manage 2-3 days on my Tilt 2 with Energy 21905 Titanium, .77 telstra radio, and SPB mobile shell with all my other cabs besides Lumos and Bandswitch installed to microSD.
So yeah, check out dougie's thread. I don't even have to remove and reinsert the battery to utilize the capacity past 1,500 maH like I had to do with offbrand Wizard and Kaiser batteries. It's quite smooth, and the bigger back makes the phone easier to hold. It's still slick, but if you have big hands it makes you feel less likely to drop your phone.
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not very clear about your content,which one is less battery drain? TF3D 2.1 or SPB Mobile Shell 3.5.3 build 9885?
Also you get 1-5 days usage? 5 days? this is bomb news.......
First of all,let me introduce several mainstream UIs:
+ Titanium (no Sense,no nothing): if you only use titanium,then your phone surely drains least battery,but with titanium,you just cannot organize your phone easily.
some people may install Today addin which allows you to put programs in the desktop,this addin should not cause any more battery drain I suppose.
+ Sense (formerly touchflo 3D): no idea about its battery drain,but i dont use it,because it's not a convenient program,you just cannot cutomize the desktop that much.
+ SPB Mobile Shell : this is the UI I use,without it,I just hate HTC Pro2,very customizable,as for its battery drain,I have not noticed because i dont have a comparison,my personal opinion is that it doesnt drain that much,I saw someone said Sense drains faster than SPB mobile shell.
Anyway I think bettery drain has something to do with your rom, I even created a thread about which roms are least bettery drain,the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=649466
+ WisBar Advance: tried several times,old verisons,newest versions,just cannot work right with HTC Pro2
+ FEWidgets Ultimate: doesnt seems to be fit for HTC Pro2
+ iPhoneToday: this is discovered by me recently,after using it,oh god,it's amazing with almost no battery drain, now it replaced SPB Mobile Shell which was my favorite UI.
PS: other UIs,some guys created XP or VISTA UI for Windows Mobile,but the designers dont seem very serious about it, there is no further devolopment about them,and I tried some of them,looked beautiful,but crappy in practical use.
Ageye is developing Infinity UI, I tried their beta or alpha version,seems very lite and promising,but it is still being developed. their official link:
http://forum.ageye.de/viewforum.php?f=58&sid=af3740ecc9b59c2179473be689ad6b3c
steviewevie said:
Sorry, but you are not going to get any sort of meaningful comparison unless you have the same usage of the phone between ROMs, e.g. the same number of calls, the same distance from the cell masts (being further away = uses more power), etc, etc.
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As steviewevie says, this is not possible. Another factor is which radio version you are using. And how your rom is configured. There are just to many variables.
nokiadashi said:
not very clear about your content,which one is less battery drain? TF3D 2.1 or SPB Mobile Shell 3.5.3 build 9885?
Also you get 1-5 days usage? 5 days? this is bomb news.......
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I was clear about the content, but maybe not to someone that is not a native English speaker. SPB uses fewer resources and in turn uses fewer mAH.
This is very difficult to compare between people - the useage of a phone is one of the biggest denominators of battery charge. So it is easier to compare a certain person with multiple ROMs, rather than different people with different ROMS. But even with the same ROM, different people will have different results. In my daily use of NRG ROM, I can go 3-4 days. That is including hourly updating of my weather (SBSH Pocket Weather), phone calls, and a little bit of internet - Bing or Google maps, primarily.
I believe based on my experience that the following items will affect the length a device charges:
1. Screen. When the screen backlight is on, it really uses current. I use the "automatic" backlight level, and set mine to 30 seconds screen off.
2. 3G use. In general, using the Internet is power consuming, but even when idle, it appears that 3G uses more energy. Many people turn off 3G to conserve battery.
3. There are some advanced tweaks that will enable power saving on the various devices. I use the advanced configuration tool (also included in NRG ROM) to perform these functions. These are found in the Advanced Configuration under "Power Management". I set them all to "enable". Another tweak is to download the HD2Tweaks program - it has a setting to automatically disconnect the internet connection after a certain time.
4. UI of the phone. I have found that basic WM 6.x "Titanium" is basically about as power friendly as it gets. Here is my order IMHO, from most power conserving to most power hungry:
- Titanium / WM 6.5. Keep in mind it depends on what the various Today modules are doing.
- SPB Pocket Plus
- SPB Mobile Shell
- Sense 2.1
- Sense 2.5 (I find this one in particular to be always turning on my internet, I suppose to update the weather tab).
Anyway, those are my .02, err, $$.
I don't automatically update jack sh*t, cruise on EDGE unless I actually need to Internet something with the quickness or RDC into a server, and I use Lumos to manage my backlight. I like it better than HTC's method, and it uses like 300kB of RAM so f*** it. I'm on Energy 21905 Titanium with SPB Mobile Shell, and for me to get 4 days I basically have to baby my phone. 5 days requires me having way too much fun to be bothered by the phone much, and I'm using a verifiable 2,150 mAH battery as opposed to 1500. I'm going to try the Advanced Config power save options right now, but I read somewhere a while back on XDA that some dude checked the "Make Power Best Life Times[sic]" box on some ROM and it actually degraded battery life. Here's to hoping schaps' power miser tweaks make a positive impact.
iPhoneToday is missed here. It has the best battery life other than Titanium.
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iPhoneToday is missed here. It has the best battery life other than Titanium.
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+ iPhoneToday: this is discovered by me recently,after using it,oh god,it's amazing with almost no battery drain, now it replaced SPB Mobile Shell which was my favorite UI.
I use for the most time the old school windows 6.1 (6.5) homescreen with date, calendar, messaging, homescreen plu plus ui, wireless home plugin and some others. this "old" homescreen comes without any animations, you have all your informations and apps on one screen (I use traylaunch too for the apps). It is not spectacular but fast, neatly arranged, and less battery drain. Best for my on my touch pro 2 and on the HD2 also
I am using an ENERGY cooked rom (the opne with the minimal ram usage and better battery life), in Europe (Belgium), i use internet with 3G because i am connected to skypoe and MSN and my battery, which is a 1750 Mh Seido original last maximum 6 to 7 hours !!!
With the original HTC battery, it is a little bit less ...
Any idea which rom will help me have a better battery life ?
Turn down your brightness. Or stop using a data connection constantly. Otherwise there is no way to get better battery life.
DJGonzo said:
Turn down your brightness. Or stop using a data connection constantly. Otherwise there is no way to get better battery life.
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More cpu usage + more ram usage (I think) takes more power. So the interface you're using will affect battery life. Sense 2.5 with Co0kie's Home Tab is probably the worst for battery life. Windows today screen (not even Titanium, the one before that) is probably the best battery life, but I would NEVER be able to use that
There's a post about battery life in FAQ in energy rom threads I think...
DJGonzo said:
Or stop using a data connection constantly. Otherwise there is no way to get better battery life.
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Merely leaving your data connection on does not drain your battery. Switching it on and off uses more battery than just letting it stay on. It only consumes more battery when it is actively transferring data. Even with push email it doesn't use the battery except for when it actually downloads a message. This is why you lose a lot of battery in spotty coverage areas and it's constantly attempting to reconnect.
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Merely leaving your data connection on does not drain your battery. Switching it on and off uses more battery than just letting it stay on. It only consumes more battery when it is actively transferring data. Even with push email it doesn't use the battery except for when it actually downloads a message. This is why you lose a lot of battery in spotty coverage areas and it's constantly attempting to reconnect.
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I said, stop USING. I didnt say not to leave it on. It was meant as a reply to the post above mines.
The best way to save battery is turn Updates and ActiveSync off or set it to something like 60 minutes and manual updates for Facebook (if using Sense).
I use the wvga version of "HTC Home" on my TP2,
Hi. In order to get more battery life are the 21xxx roms are better than the 23xxx roms?I am using the 23669 rom and within 4 hrs of limited internet and phone usage it is drained. Thats why i was thinking of trying the latest 21916rom.
so, now what?
niksha said:
Hi. In order to get more battery life are the 21xxx roms are better than the 23xxx roms?I am using the 23669 rom and within 4 hrs of limited internet and phone usage it is drained. Thats why i was thinking of trying the latest 21916rom.
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Alright, next time post this stuff in the ROM thread...
Or do you've got an specified question? There are much more "naked" COM3 (start on bottom) ROMS out here that don't drain the battery in my oppinion (try KWBR for example)
Here are a few possibilities for you.
If you recently flashed, it may take a bit for the phone to calibrate the battery meter properly. Try a few power cycles. Drain your battery not quite to dead, 10-20% should do, before fully charging it. Do this a couple of times. Mine always seem to drain a lot faster for the first few days after a flash.
You could try a different ROM, either Energy or someone else. The eye candy is nice but it DOES come at a price.
You could try a different radio with your ROM. Some combinations work better than others. You might have to try a couple to find out what works best for your situation but 4.49.25.95 and 4.49.25.94 both seem to be solid choices.
Turn off 3G and wifi. Both are battery hogs but 3G is worse; use wifi instead of 3G if possible. If you are using push notification for email, turn it off and set it to automatically check every 15-30 minutes instead. If you can live with the slower speed, using GSM instead of 3G will help drastically.
Turn off GPS (location services) if you aren't using it. If you use QuickGPS you should still be able to get a lock in under 30 seconds, usually 10-15.
If you are in an area with poor signal, you will get worse battery life. I'm not sure the exact difference in radio power consumption but it is significant, several times higher with a weak signal.
If your battery has a lot of cycles on it, it could be losing it's capacity. Li-Ion batteries do that, unfortunately, and there isn't much that can be done besides replace it.
If you are looking at battery replacement anyways, you could get a larger battery for your phone. I think there has been some discussion of high-capacity batteries in the Accessories forum.
Get an external emergency charger like the Engergizer Energi To Go (note that you can find it MUCH cheaper). There are a lot of different ones but I have had good luck with the Energizer one. It comes with a pair of Lithium AAs but if you use it a lot, it will work with AA rechargeables too. You can get similar devices with a built in Li-Ion battery but I like the AA ones because you can always grab a couple of Alkalines almost anywhere in a pinch. Duracell makes a similar one. Stay WAY away from it, I had two and they sucked balls.
If it were me I would try flashing a new ROM (task 29 first if you can), new radio (start with 4.49.25.95 if you stay with EnergyROM) and give it at least three days. Turn off unneeded radios, push email, and (if you can) 3G. Get a portable power source like the Energizer one I mentioned that you can keep handy for when it starts to run down.
Avatar28 said:
Here are a few possibilities for you.
If you recently flashed, it may take a bit for the phone to calibrate the battery meter properly. Try a few power cycles. Drain your battery not quite to dead, 10-20% should do, before fully charging it. Do this a couple of times. Mine always seem to drain a lot faster for the first few days after a flash.
You could try a different ROM, either Energy or someone else. The eye candy is nice but it DOES come at a price.
You could try a different radio with your ROM. Some combinations work better than others. You might have to try a couple to find out what works best for your situation but 4.49.25.95 and 4.49.25.94 both seem to be solid choices.
Turn off 3G and wifi. Both are battery hogs but 3G is worse; use wifi instead of 3G if possible. If you are using push notification for email, turn it off and set it to automatically check every 15-30 minutes instead. If you can live with the slower speed, using GSM instead of 3G will help drastically.
Turn off GPS (location services) if you aren't using it. If you use QuickGPS you should still be able to get a lock in under 30 seconds, usually 10-15.
If you are in an area with poor signal, you will get worse battery life. I'm not sure the exact difference in radio power consumption but it is significant, several times higher with a weak signal.
If your battery has a lot of cycles on it, it could be losing it's capacity. Li-Ion batteries do that, unfortunately, and there isn't much that can be done besides replace it.
If you are looking at battery replacement anyways, you could get a larger battery for your phone. I think there has been some discussion of high-capacity batteries in the Accessories forum.
Get an external emergency charger like the Engergizer Energi To Go (note that you can find it MUCH cheaper). There are a lot of different ones but I have had good luck with the Energizer one. It comes with a pair of Lithium AAs but if you use it a lot, it will work with AA rechargeables too. You can get similar devices with a built in Li-Ion battery but I like the AA ones because you can always grab a couple of Alkalines almost anywhere in a pinch. Duracell makes a similar one. Stay WAY away from it, I had two and they sucked balls.
If it were me I would try flashing a new ROM (task 29 first if you can), new radio (start with 4.49.25.95 if you stay with EnergyROM) and give it at least three days. Turn off unneeded radios, push email, and (if you can) 3G. Get a portable power source like the Energizer one I mentioned that you can keep handy for when it starts to run down.
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Avatar many thanx for your really detailed answer . i will give it a shot.
Whats the best radio for the T-Mous One for excellent battery life?...BootloaderUnlocked,Rooted,S-Off and SuperCID
FM RADIO
@topic test yourself and find that
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None, few, and all.
Where you live, coverage, and sometimes even the load on the network itself effect the radio and how it works. By that I mean the only way for you to know which radio has the best battery life is to try them all. Everybody has different habits and live in different network conditions what works for him won't work for you.
Start from the bottom up and use each radio for 2-3 days each. The daily things you do and where you are when you do them will effect how battery life is with each radio. T-Mobile RUU radios are more tuned to their network, but others might work as good or better.
Keep a log and when you reach the end of the latest radio used compare and see which one provided the best battery life.
Start each day with 100% and do a restart to start fresh in the mornings. Then just use the phone as you always did, don't worry about battery life or else you'll be more incline to lightly do things or avoid apps. At the end of the day or when the battery reaches around 5% take a screenshot of the battery stats in settings or use one of the many apps in the Market. Then after the brief trial period (2-3 days) flash another radio and do it all over again.
!! BUT OMG THERE SO MANY RADIOS! IT'LL TAKE FOREVER !!
Stop whining you wanted the best radio and now you have to do the research to find out. Skip a few if you wan't, but then again the one you skipped could've been the best.
Tachi91 said:
None, few, and all.
Where you live, coverage, and sometimes even the load on the network itself effect the radio and how it works. By that I mean the only way for you to know which radio has the best battery life is to try them all. Everybody has different habits and live in different network conditions what works for him won't work for you.
Start from the bottom up and use each radio for 2-3 days each. The daily things you do and where you are when you do them will effect how battery life is with each radio. T-Mobile RUU radios are more tuned to their network, but others might work as good or better.
Keep a log and when you reach the end of the latest radio used compare and see which one provided the best battery life.
Start each day with 100% and do a restart to start fresh in the mornings. Then just use the phone as you always did, don't worry about battery life or else you'll be more incline to lightly do things or avoid apps. At the end of the day or when the battery reaches around 5% take a screenshot of the battery stats in settings or use one of the many apps in the Market. Then after the brief trial period (2-3 days) flash another radio and do it all over again. t
!! BUT OMG THERE SO MANY RADIOS! IT'LL TAKE FOREVER !!
Stop whining you wanted the best radio and now you have to do the research to find out. Skip a few if you wan't, but then again the one you skipped could've been the best.
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thanks for the help guys. looks like i have an adventure ahead