I had to come back to the custom rom world as I tire of the boring theme layout on froyo. I'm staying FAR away from Darkys rom because it does my battery wicked. I went with Jim's rom and although it is better with battery life, it still drains.
Can anyone recommend a rom that is simple yet closer to stock battery life? It doesn't have to have a million features, just something that will allow me to change the theme.
I'm on 2.2.1 xxjpy Froyo. Any suggestions??
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Try one of the 'slim' ROMs, such as Insanity's. Removes a ton of the nevessary apps.
You won't get too much more out of the battery. Most roms eats the same juice while you're playing browsing, etc. The only difference is on idle battery drain. I use my phone on max. brightness since I bought it, and display uses min. 80% of the battery.
I'm using doc's customer ROM from kitchen with lagfix, and I usually charge battery once a day.
Thanks for your replies guys. I shall try out another rom until i find one that is manageable for my daily use
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If you think stock is better on battery why dont you just download a stock Deodexed rom from Here and just install what ever theme you want.
I'm staying FAR away from Darkys rom because it does my battery wicked.
If you been on a deadly rom then it needs a complete wipe from phone battery stats reset and it will take the new rom a couple of weeks to sort itself out battery wise . Multiple problem posts on his rom litter this board .
jje
I have good experience with criskelo's rom, but at the same time use a SuperPower application first of all for quick switching between 2g and 3g, saves a lot of battery.
Hi all
I've unlocked the bootloader on mine through the htcdev site and am currently running Niks latest rom.
However after flashing Nik's latest rom, I'm finding that my battery life has been horrible (i very much doubt its the rom, lots of people have commented on great battery life with his). Can just scrape through a full day's use of texting, some web browsing and music playing. After some browsing on the phone, it goes down from 100% to 90% in about 10mins I've tried increasing my battery life by following the method found in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701567 but it still hasn't worked for me.
After reading the forums, I've heard that unity's kernel supposedly brings better battery life and am considering flashing it. However I'm not sure if i can flash it given that I haven't rooted my phone or done an s-off?? Can someone please give me an answer on that?
Also, is there anything else I can do to increase my battery life?? It's so annoying having to impose restrictions on myself to increase battery life when my friend's S2 drops to 98% after some browsing and 3 hours of standby...
Thanks so much guys
sometimes, a custom roms make your baterai drain fast.
why? so many tweaks and overclock at cpu.
so, you have other options to change your custom rom.
example, ARHD 2.1.3 make your baterai not drain fast.
If you don't have full s-off, then you are restricted to whatever kernel comes with your ROM. I'd recommend you look into SetCPU if you haven't already, which will improve battery life by regulating how your processor is used. Juice defender is an app worth looking into as well. Have you tried flashing an earlier version of the ROM? Sometimes you can get a build where the kernel just doesn't work well. You might find your battery life improve with an older version, with a different version of the kernel. You have nothing to lose by trying I guess.
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If you don't have full s-off, then you are restricted to whatever kernel comes with your ROM. I'd recommend you look into SetCPU if you haven't already, which will improve battery life by regulating how your processor is used. Juice defender is an app worth looking into as well. Have you tried flashing an earlier version of the ROM? Sometimes you can get a build where the kernel just doesn't work well. You might find your battery life improve with an older version, with a different version of the kernel. You have nothing to lose by trying I guess.
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As man, not the answer I was hoping for. Thanks for the info, ill give that a try and see if battery life improves. If not might go the whole stretch and get an s-off
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As man, not the answer I was hoping for. Thanks for the info, ill give that a try and see if battery life improves. If not might go the whole stretch and get an s-off
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Believe me, it's worth it in the long run. Good luck!
Hello guys. I would like to hear some suggestions regarding this. So far I've tried CM7 and emanoN, but both of them drain like hell (specially CM7). Please avoid usual recomendations (turn off data, bluetooth, wireless and all those basic tips).
If there's an app, script or tweak that helps, please share it with me! My priority is battery life, above everything else.
Hope to get some replies! Thanks in advance
Skipping all the basic tips, I suggest you use a pure source-kind of rom. Something like the MOre rom or Pure CM7 by mebitek or kittenlinux, another one is GingerMod. Battery lives one those roms are so far one of the most cheered for. CM9 Beta 7 also had incredible battery life, although the link is probably gone already as mirroring is not allowed by Maclaw. As for the scripts, some mini users find these annoying and just a piece of cr*p, but as for me, I really made sure that it wasn't just a placebo effect. SlaidyBoost v2.3 works well and am happy with the performance and battery life boost that comes with it.
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Skipping all the basic tips, I suggest you use a pure source-kind of rom. Something like the MOre rom or Pure CM7 by mebitek or kittenlinux, another one is GingerMod. Battery lives one those roms are so far one of the most cheered for. CM9 Beta 7 also had incredible battery life, although the link is probably gone already as mirroring is not allowed by Maclaw. As for the scripts, some mini users find these annoying and just a piece of cr*p, but as for me, I really made sure that it wasn't just a placebo effect. SlaidyBoost v2.3 works well and am happy with the performance and battery life boost that comes with it.
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Thanks for your comment! What about this one?
That one was originally made to improve battery life when you use wifi most of the time for browsing the net or such, but I can see that other tweaks have been added for an overall change, and based on the comments there, some users found their minis slow down a bit. Although I haven't tried it yet, it's best if you would simply flash the rom you chose to use, boot it up and set up the settings you want initially, then reboot to recovery, make a backup of that rom, then start experimenting with various scripts found here in XDA that is compatible with our mini. If you don't like the results, then simply restore the backup you made earlier. I'll try that script you told me about if I have the time, though.
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Thanks for your comment! What about this one?
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No, that ****ty script doesn't work.
I recommend you the stock ROM if you want battery life.
Stock samsung rom has the best battery life. But, on official CM7 with 604MHz for max, 122MHz for min and ondemand cpu governor, i'm having good battery life, can't complain at all. Haven't tried stock rom for ages, maybe my current setup is even better
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Stock samsung rom has the best battery life. But, on official CM7 with 604MHz for max, 122MHz for min and ondemand cpu governor, i'm having good battery life, can't complain at all. Haven't tried stock rom for ages, maybe my current setup is even better
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Thanks man, but I don't think CM7 is the best option when looking for long battery life. I'm going to try de stock based ones and decide if any of them if better than the actual stock rom. Andro-ID, emanoN and GingerMod are apparently the most popular ones. Regarding the others, MORe is discontinued, so I wouldn't go for it, same as the one from kittenlinux. I'll give CyanMobile and mebitek's a try too! Trying GingerMod right now.
CM7.2 is draining battery fast because at default it's using Lil'GV2 governor which is veery agressive regarding CPU frequency! When you set it to ondemand it's much better. It costs you nothing to try it out if you haven't, stock rom is just too ugly and slowish when not rebooted regulary
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CM7.2 is draining battery fast because at default it's using Lil'GV2 governor which is veery agressive regarding CPU frequency! When you set it to ondemand it's much better. It costs you nothing to try it out if you haven't, stock rom is just too ugly and slowish when not rebooted regulary
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Installed GingerMod (smartassV2 governor) and overnight battery dropped 35%. That is definitely not normal, and happened with the other ROMs too! Can anyone help me identify the problem?
Edit: BTW, the phone is two weeks old, and when I first bought it I didn't experience this huge drain.
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Hello guys. I would like to hear some suggestions regarding this. So far I've tried CM7 and emanoN, but both of them drain like hell (specially CM7). Please avoid usual recomendations (turn off data, bluetooth, wireless and all those basic tips).
If there's an app, script or tweak that helps, please share it with me! My priority is battery life, above everything else.
Hope to get some replies! Thanks in advance
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if u want good battery backup try andro-id ..it gives better backup then stock rom ..
http://yagyagaire.blogspot.in/2012/04/andro-id-v331-for-galaxy-mini-gt-s5570.html
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Stock samsung rom has the best battery life. But, on official CM7 with 604MHz for max, 122MHz for min and ondemand cpu governor, i'm having good battery life, can't complain at all. Haven't tried stock rom for ages, maybe my current setup is even better
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TBH stock rom didn't work for me well especially regarding battery life. CM 7.2 official 710MHz/245MHz ONDEMAND battery lasts and lasts and phone is faster. Couldn't ask for more considering mini is entry level android phone for some time :good:
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Installed GingerMod (smartassV2 governor) and overnight battery dropped 35%. That is definitely not normal, and happened with the other ROMs too! Can anyone help me identify the problem?
Edit: BTW, the phone is two weeks old, and when I first bought it I didn't experience this huge drain.
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why dont u recallibrate battery after flashing ROMs:
1. Use app battery callibration from store, the developper is Nema i think.
Thanks, but I do that regularly, and as far as I'm concerned that doesn't improve battery life, just the accuracy of the % shown.
Chocobread with antutu battery saver is amazing I don't charge my phone one and a half day and still the battery is at 20 I love this life ... battery life.
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This is my personal use only, but I have share to my friends:
iCUSTOM DXKT6
for screenshoot:
click HERE
But that's in Indonesian language.
Hope u're suitable with iCUSTOM DXKT6.
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This is my personal use only, but I have share to my friends:
iCUSTOM DXKT6
for screenshoot:
click HERE
But that's in Indonesian language.
Hope u're suitable with iCUSTOM DXKT6.
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I appreciate it, but I'm not really familiar with indonesian language. Thanks anyway!
I think stock official CM 7.2 ROM does not contain the kernel. Can anybody please confirm?
On the pc, most of power management is by the kernel. Guess here too, we should look at kernel rather than the rom.?
I may be wrong though.
So, OP, which ROM did you settle for?
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So, OP, which ROM did you settle for?
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Still trying them. I'd say Andro-ID is the best until now! Unfortunately it doesn't support many languages, including mine (spanish).
Chaurigol and wtfshouldidonow, I saw you commented about my project. My project was created specially to achieve a good-battery life. I cannot guarantee that your phone will have great battery life, but you can give a try. Also, you can try my mod with Adrenaline Engine. If you want to try my mod, try to use my edited Adrenaline Engine (which will work with my battery mod):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27664110&postcount=75
My phone (which is now bricked from suspicious reasons) had a great battery life, about 2-4 days.
I recently updated my Galaxy Note N7000 with the latest Indian firmware... DDLSC.. But after the update, I am facing a lot of battery issues. The battery does not even last for a day. It used to be much better with the older firmware(ICS). Please suggest me anything to get maximum battery out of my phone.
I am willing to install any latest firmware from any other country as well. It is not a problem or any other custom ROM that will solve my battery problem! I really need a lot of battery backup for my phone as I am mostly out of my house.
Please help me!!
Battery is always aproblem wif the note... i suggest take a look at ebay they are offering a double battery bank for 2300 inr.. that will really help u to get battery as they are giving out a batterry of 5300 mah. I personally dnt think a custom rom can help...
P.s. - if i ever meet a nokia official... i wud suggest them to stop making phones and concentrate on making battries and start exporing them to samsung or iphones lolz...
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Hahaa.. Good point for Nokia
Anyways... Thanks for the tip on the battery!
I'm also facing same problem and many other just search ...after Jellybean update it seems like battery is dying rather quickly.I have already tried LT4 version and many roms ( TW based) but more or less same battery life..Only worked around is to disable Wifi and auto sync when not required because it seems it killing battery rather quickly..and i dont use auto brightness ..just change mannually screen is eating up around 50% ...by doing this I manage to hold on for 12 -14 hours...try sweet rom LT4 quite stable and good battery life ...
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I recently updated my Galaxy Note N7000 with the latest Indian firmware... DDLSC.. But after the update, I am facing a lot of battery issues. The battery does not even last for a day. It used to be much better with the older firmware(ICS). Please suggest me anything to get maximum battery out of my phone.
I am willing to install any latest firmware from any other country as well. It is not a problem or any other custom ROM that will solve my battery problem! I really need a lot of battery backup for my phone as I am mostly out of my house.
Please help me!!
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Very often after flashing a new a battery problem happen, it's necessary to calibrate the battery using appli like Battety Calibration.
That's a problem for a couple of users, unfortunately.
Specially JB rom ! I've tried several tips, like switch off wifi, sync, Google now, multi windows, battery calibration etc, without success.
Still waiting a decent rom in the future? (dreaming is permitted, right? )
Guys,
Just received my tablet and I am thinking about immediately swapping the stock ROM for a custom ROM but I am wondering what is the battery life comparison. I have seen benchmark comparisons which look ok (i..e slightly faster via custom ROM) but I have not seem battery life comparisons.
Specifically, because this is more a casual use tablet, I am more interested is how long the device will last when its not used, rather than on-screen time with stock versus custom, but any advise as to what is the best option. So, has anyone done battery comparisons with the various ROM's available?
Thanks
Jerome
jeromeof said:
Guys,
Just received my tablet and I am thinking about immediately swapping the stock ROM for a custom ROM but I am wondering what is the battery life comparison. I have seen benchmark comparisons which look ok (i..e slightly faster via custom ROM) but I have not seem battery life comparisons.
Specifically, because this is more a casual use tablet, I am more interested is how long the device will last when its not used, rather than on-screen time with stock versus custom, but any advise as to what is the best option. So, has anyone done battery comparisons with the various ROM's available?
Thanks
Jerome
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Hey Jerome! I'm running slim ROM and the battery is amazing! It's way better than stock because all of the amzon crap is gone so its not draining the battery.
I'm a casual user on this too and only really use it in the evenings for light web browsing and a few games. The battery easily lasts me three or four days before I have to plug it again.
When the screens off and its in idle it only drains about 1% every five hours! I thought it was broken at first because I'm so used to my phones battery draining.
I don't use any power saver apps or anything. I originally had greenify,wakelock detector and better battery stats ready in case of drainage when the screen was off but deleted all of them as they were uneeded!
I'd def go custom rom! Really recommend slimrom its great!
Cm12 is great too and the battery was good on that, its just better for me on slim!
Sorry if this was a well long answer!