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Anyone have any views on which of all roms and official releases have best battery?
i think best gingerbread rom is iceandfire
As far as battery life is concerned, my oppinion, nothing beats a clean stock Eclair (official), followed closely by a clean stock Froyo (official). All mods are great, but battery life is better in the official ROMs in my own experience.
HinotoriBR said:
As far as battery life is concerned, my oppinion, nothing beats a clean stock Eclair (official), followed closely by a clean stock Froyo (official). All mods are great, but battery life is better in the official ROMs in my own experience.
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Are you serious?
iceandfire v2.1 is the best ROM I've found so far in terms of battery life. Don't know why, but it just lasts SO long!
I use ice and fire loads its good but I wish it could be a lot better, testing froyomod now, am considering buying a new phone mainly for battery life as the milestones is sooo bad!
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Anyone have any views on which of all roms and official releases have best battery?
i think best gingerbread rom is iceandfire
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As mentioned, nothing beats Eclair. And if we talk about Eclair, nothing beats Telus Lite.
I have CM7 installed.
Your battery mileage may vary depending on your usage habits... But I'm typically a pretty heavy user. Lots of Angry Birds/other games, surfing, Pandora, etc. I go to sleep at around 11pm with my phone unplugged at a full charge (100%), and I can use my phone until the next day mid to late afternoon - that's about 15-18 hours. Granted, a lot of it is when I'm asleep (until about 7am) and during my working hours, but it's still pretty decent considering how I use the phone. ESPECIALLY with all I've heard about CM7 having terrible battery life.
I DO have several apps and tweaks to try to lengthen my battery life though...
Some things you can do:
- install "Network Switcher" from the market. You can set conditions between certain hours and the screen off to turn off WiFi and 3G. I have mine set turn off all data between 11:15pm and 7:15am when the screen is off.
- install the "Toggle 2G" app. This automatically switches the phone to 2G mode when the screen is off. 2G typically sucks less juice than 3G. (get it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739530)
- tweak your /system/build.prop file so your wifi scan interval is a higher number. I have mine set to 360 seconds (that's 6 minutes). I don't know about you, but I don't need my wifi scanning every 15 seconds for an open or known signal.
- also in the build.prop file; change your ro.telephony.default_network setting from 3 to 0. 3 means GSM/WCDMA mode; 0 means WCDMA preferred. From everything I've read, WCMDA preferred tends to switch signal types less often, which benefits your battery.
Heck, even if you DON'T have a Milestone w/CM7 installed, these tweaks can help immensely with your battery life.
Froyo should beat out Gingerbread... They're roughly equal for me, but the memory issues of GB make me have to keep my phone on longer to wait for tasks to complete, thus draining more battery overall.
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Are you serious?
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Yep, I've tried pretty much any Froyo and/or Ginger Bread mods (and I've specially liked CM7 / ShadowMOD, but all other ROMs are great as well), no one is close to the stock Froyo as far as battery life is concerned. But, I have to say, it is not absolutely stock, but, with exactly the same VSEL/CLOCK settings I've tried in other roms (which save some battery since it uses lower vsel).
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Yep, I've tried pretty much any Froyo and/or Ginger Bread mods (and I've specially liked CM7 / ShadowMOD, but all other ROMs are great as well), no one is close to the stock Froyo as far as battery life is concerned. But, I have to say, it is not absolutely stock, but, with exactly the same VSEL/CLOCK settings I've tried in other roms (which save some battery since it uses lower vsel).
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Have u tried the ROM that is banned from XDA yet?
dmo580 said:
Froyo should beat out Gingerbread... They're roughly equal for me, but the memory issues of GB make me have to keep my phone on longer to wait for tasks to complete, thus draining more battery overall.
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Have u tried AutoKiller Memory Optimizer with my recommended settings (see video below)?
http://youtu.be/z1vBcNsDkn0
mcdevtingz said:
I use ice and fire loads its good but I wish it could be a lot better, testing froyomod now, am considering buying a new phone mainly for battery life as the milestones is sooo bad!
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Get either an extra battery or extended battery if u are a heavy user.
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Have u tried AutoKiller Memory Optimizer with my recommended settings (see video below)?
http://youtu.be/z1vBcNsDkn0
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That doesn't come remotely close to the V6 SuperCharger script.
The minfree levels is only one aspect of it.
AKMO doesn't fix groupings or priorities.
With those settings, all your apps are getting killed at 28 mb - because of the screwy groupings they are in the 5th slot while slot 3 are 4 are basically empty holes.
And that whole "banned rom" spiel is getting pretty annoying.
I'd bet money that HONO's SuperCharged CM7 kicks Cronos' ass with those AKMO settings.
zeppelinrox, have I offended u in anyway?
I have even introduced your method to calibrate battery to other people.
Why do u need to reply in such an arrogant and nasty tone towards me?
I agree with zeppelinrox, running his V6 supercharge scripts work wonders.
And no matter what ROM I use, i always use SetCPU to auto-adjust the processor speed based on certain scenarios. For example, I'm using CM7 right now, which auto overclocks to 1000mhz. That's great for performance but crappy on the battery. However, with SetCPU I can force the CPU to run between 250mhz and 400mhz when the screen is turned off. There's simply no need to let it go up to 1000mhz if I'm not even using the thing! Calls still come through fine, as do emails and messages. But it really extends your battery life. You can go as low as 125mhz, but then things do start messing up. As soon as the screen turns on, the phone is automatically allowed to run at 1000mhz again.
It's also useful for when your phone gets really hot, as a precaution. If my phone reaches 42*C it automatically underclocks as well. I picked that number out of a hat though. It's just a number I felt was too hot based on my own experience with the phone.
SetCPU:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mhuang.overclocking&feature=search_result
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zeppelinrox, have I offended u in anyway?
I have even introduced your method to calibrate battery to other people.
Why do u need to reply in such an arrogant and nasty tone towards me?
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I think you're reading too much into it. I didn't think he was being arrogant/nasty. He was just being straight forward.
Just my 2 cents though
No not offended.
Everybody knows that gingerbread memory management is screwed up and fiddling with minfree levels alone ain't fixing anything.
AKMO alone does nothing to fix memory management it doesn't even tell you what apps are where.
One set of settings on one rom has a totally different effect on another rom.
The groupings in CM6 and froyo mod are nothing like CM7 and Cronos.
So those settings would make froyo roms dog slow but are kind of aggressive in CM7 and Cronos and of course do nothing to make the launcher more responsive in both cases.
The only way to know what kind of effect minfree levels would have is if you know where the apps are.
And the only way to be certain of where they are is to tell android where to put them.
Which is why the SuperCharger script works on all roms the same way... it puts apps in their place so that the OS will run in a predetermined and predictable fashion and therefore the lowmemorykiller settings will have the exact effect that the user expects.
So no, I'm not offended.
But kind of annoyed that I spent quite a number of weeks perfecting it and somebody who knows this is fiddling around with AKMO settings while they really truly can have a phone with fixed memory management.
btw, if you check the memory groupings with AMM, you will see that AKMO is annoyingly in memory way too often. Which is ridiculous.
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No not offended.
Everybody knows that gingerbread memory management is screwed up and fiddling with minfree levels alone ain't fixing anything.
AKMO alone does nothing to fix memory management it doesn't even tell you what apps are where.
One set of settings on one rom has a totally different effect on another rom.
The groupings in CM6 and froyo mod are nothing like CM7 and Cronos.
So those settings would make froyo roms dog slow but are kind of aggressive in CM7 and Cronos and of course do nothing to make the launcher more responsive in both cases.
The only way to know what kind of effect minfree levels would have is if you know where the apps are.
And the only way to be certain of where they are is to tell android where to put them.
Which is why the SuperCharger script works on all roms the same way... it puts apps in their place so that the OS will run in a predetermined and predictable fashion and therefore the lowmemorykiller settings will have the exact effect that the user expects.
So no, I'm not offended.
But kind of annoyed that I spent quite a number of weeks perfecting it and somebody who knows this is fiddling around with AKMO settings while they really truly can have a phone with fixed memory management.
btw, if you check the memory groupings with AMM, you will see that AKMO is annoyingly in memory way too often. Which is ridiculous.
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Ah yes, now your tone of voice is much better... more professional and more matured as compared to when u said wrote b4.
Thank you for clearing this up.
Hope to see you back in Cronos forum as I recalled how much u were impressed with Cronos Ginger.
Best Battery -> Official 2.1-update1. Simple as that.
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Hope to see you back in Cronos forum as I recalled how much u were impressed with Cronos Ginger.
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I check it out time to time.
Cronos is good and feeyo is cool but lack of updates, v1.2 had issues plus I needed to test other roms.
Btw the memory managent on cm7 and cronos mimics my strategy from v5 anyway - which was to give the laubcher its own OOM grouping/slot but everything else is just weirdly placed far down the list so still not as good as v5.
Tthen V6 simply out does v5 hands down.
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Hi everyone. My battery life is really sucks. I bought my item two days ago. It is new. And I upgrade my version and baseband , kernel and build version like below :
N70000XXLB2
2.6.35.7-N7000XXLC1-CL1003701 [email protected]#2
GINGERBREAD.XXLC1
I think that this version xxlc1 is last version but I wonder how is my kernel version ?
Battery life is very bad.
Moreover Charging lasts so long. 3 -4 hours sometimes.
PLEASE Help me! please
depends in the usage, rom, kernel, settings etc you are using.
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depends in the usage, rom, kernel, settings etc you are using.
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when i see some kind of usage experiences, I am so jealous. How they use this much ? HOW. I only use wifi and radio.
Hi,
What is your battery life on the Note? Does it last a day even two?. If it does, then that is pretty much normal. You whine on a phone that you just use for only 2 days? Stop whining and complaining. You havent have had utilize the full charge and recharge cycles of your battery and now your whining already.. Man, give your Note a week or two and your battery life will be okay.
Hmm.. Is this the first time you use an android device? What phone where you using.before? If you we're using a non android device e.g. Symbian or etc. Then my reaction to your complains (of your Note) is justifiable. Symbian for the fact has always been known to be very good or decent in terms of battery life.
Now android OS, is known throughout (irregardless what smartphone/tablet you have) to have the AOS bug. It is a bug where there's some sort of a battery leak and hencefort most android users tend to root their phones so that they can stop background stock applications from running in the background. The births of custom ROMS and Kernels have given some tremendous wonders also especially on phone's UI and more so on battery management.
Again. Stop complaining and go down root your phone and install battery saving apps or custom ROMs. It's all over the thread anyway.
The sooner you customise your phone to your heart's content, the better you can appreciate it's full potentials.
Cheers!!!
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letters_to_cleo said:
Hi,
What is your battery life on the Note? Does it last a day even two?. If it does, then that is pretty much normal. You whine on a phone that you just use for only 2 days? Stop whining and complaining. You havent have had utilize the full charge and recharge cycles of your battery and now your whining already.. Man, give your Note a week or two and your battery life will be okay.
Hmm.. Is this the first time you use an android device? What phone where you using.before? If you we're using a non android device e.g. Symbian or etc. Then my reaction to your complains (of your Note) is justifiable. Symbian for the fact has always been known to be very good or decent in terms of battery life.
Now android OS, is known throughout (irregardless what smartphone/tablet you have) to have the AOS bug. It is a bug where there's some sort of a battery leak and hencefort most android users tend to root their phones so that they can stop background stock applications from running in the background. The births of custom ROMS and Kernels have given some tremendous wonders also especially on phone's UI and more so on battery management.
Again. Stop complaining and go down root your phone and install battery saving apps or custom ROMs. It's all over the thread anyway.
The sooner you customise your phone to your heart's content, the better you can appreciate it's full potentials.
Cheers!!!
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
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My battery life is 5 - 6 hours. I am accept 12 hours. I wish it last 12 hours. Before I used Iphone4, it is not so long for battery life , however it is acceptable. I did not understand how notes's battery life so short.
Moreover I can not use custom rom. because they r not good as well as stock rom. ALl of them have some problems. But I can change my kernel.
to get battery life you either
a) dont use your phone or
b) get information to use your phone more wisely
So..
a) download a battery monitor.. there are a bunch recommended..
b) read the other 200 threads on battery life and dont start another one. Each and every question has been asked and answered ad nauseum
while you are figuring out root, and task killers, here are a few easy tips to help..particularly when you are putting the phone down for a while
apps>task manager>active apps> CLOSE ALL
apps>task manager> RAM> CLEAR MEMORY
settings>applications>running services> review and shut down apps/games that may be running in background (and that are not critical)
Again.... RESEARCH the forum.. the answers are already here. and you should read and post in existing threads
eediz said:
My battery life is 5 - 6 hours. I am accept 12 hours. I wish it last 12 hours. Before I used Iphone4, it is not so long for battery life , however it is acceptable. I did not understand how notes's battery life so short.
Moreover I can not use custom rom. because they r not good as well as stock rom. ALl of them have some problems. But I can change my kernel.
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You could also have a defective battery.
On my iPhone 4, my first of 4 that were faulty, battery life depleted in less than 12 hours of STANDBY only on wifi, nothing syncing. Only being on. Battery life was so bad.
It's not uncommon to get a dud battery sometimes.
Try doing a complete restore, stock EVERYTHING, don't push anything (except email, cal, and contacts, you know, the basics) and see if you're having the same results. If on a fresh, stock, install you're having the same issues, then you've got a defective unit and/or battery.
Hope I've helped.
eediz said:
My battery life is 5 - 6 hours. I am accept 12 hours. I wish it last 12 hours. Before I used Iphone4, it is not so long for battery life , however it is acceptable. I did not understand how notes's battery life so short.
Moreover I can not use custom rom. because they r not good as well as stock rom. ALl of them have some problems. But I can change my kernel.
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There are quite decent custom roms for the Note. I have tried many gingerbread versions (Chracks, rocketrom, cassies etc) currently on chrack's v18 small (LC1) with speedmod latest kernel.
I have not faced performance issues on this. But each user is different so u r the boss.
Best give the custom kernels a try for now. If u find the battery life better then ur problem is solved. The advantage of custom rom is that so much useless bloatware in the stock is removed for better space mgt & performance.
have provided some tips in the following link, feel free to go thru.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1600691
eediz said:
Moreover I can not use custom rom. because they r not good as well as stock rom. ALl of them have some problems. But I can change my kernel.
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dude, you are ridiculing some of the well known devs who have made custom ROMS for all to appreciate and use. IF there was and is a problem on a particular custom ROM, it is or might be cause indirectly on the user itself, on what apps he/she insatalled on his phone. Surely you cannot generalize all custom ROMS have problems do you? if all have problems, the devs have some new revisions to fix those bugs and in no time at all your Note would be in tip-top shape again.
If as what you say, Custom Roms have problems.... then why the heck most people I know have used them and have big wide grin on their face to show off what they have and even posting a copy of their latest ROM pictures here... not to mentioned in YouTube as well.
ok. Which rom is the best stable than ? Which I should use ?
go read the threads on battery performance.. loading a new ROM will not fix problems if you do not know what you are doing.
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ok. Which rom is the best stable than ? Which I should use ?
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Hi there.
I had the same issues but only after the update done on ICS.
I have over 140 different application and nearly all of them have been purchased.
What happens is that, when you are not using your phone it should go to "deep sleep". This allows your phone not to run any application and merely use any battery. Your problem probably come from somewhere in your setting an automatic update. That drains a lot....
I downloaded different application hoping that it would work out such as Juice Defender, watch dog and many others. After lots of research, I found out that it is not good for your phone to have an auto killer app or even an application that modifies the functions of other applications.
So I downloaded battery spy and cpu spy on "google play" and followed the instructions.
I needed a deeper analytic application "Kernel" and this was THE application that allowed my phone to go from 6-8 hour to 28 hours.
"Better battery stats", it's not free but was really worth the spending.
Google play chronological download
1) watch dog
2) battery spy
3) cpu spy
4) better battery stats
Good luck
I keep switching my cellphone off while not using, and same goes for wifi. Using it as a secondary phone as well. It lasts only 4-6 hours.. :S I keep closing background apps, and kill app once im done with it..
Also be aware that in areas with bad network strenght, the GNote really suffers.
I normally have no complains (0,6-1,5% battery usage per hour) but where I am now, the GNote really works hard to keep the connection and my consumption easily goes to 4-6% in deep sleep and 15-20% when using it...
eediz said:
ok. Which rom is the best stable than ? Which I should use ?
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If you like stock samsung looks try CleaNote 3.10 , very good n battery life , I get around one day backup with heavy usage and 2 days plus with moderate usage .
If like pure google , then try cm9 , very stable and quite good on battery back up .
And if you dont use 3g or 3.5 g or any such networks then select GSM only or use 2g networks only ( Settings -> under wireless and connectivity , More -> Mobile Networks )
Also keep your display brightness to minimum , control the brightness manually instead of auto brightness .
Turn off auto sync ( big advantage over battery ) .
Scan for running apps and cached apps and force stop the ones which you dont use .
Use titanium back up and freeze some of the bloatwares ( stock samsung apps ) or uninstall them , like readers hub , mydiary , they are **** .
And dont use task killers , they drain your battery . they may clear rom but some apps restart automatically and that needs more juice than running those apps . Hope all these suggestions help . From my experience with this phone
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Also be aware that in areas with bad network strenght, the GNote really suffers.
I normally have no complains (0,6-1,5% battery usage per hour) but where I am now, the GNote really works hard to keep the connection and my consumption easily goes to 4-6% in deep sleep and 15-20% when using it...
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I didnt know that, My signal is usually 10-40%. I have bad signal strenght at home.
my battery decreases 1% in around 5 minutes of use or something. Today it lasted me 10% on standby for around 8-10hours.
ryandigweed said:
I didnt know that, My signal is usually 10-40%. I have bad signal strenght at home.
my battery decreases 1% in around 5 minutes of use or something. Today it lasted me 10% on standby for around 8-10hours.
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You need to purchase and install "better battery stats" and also install cpu spy (I'm assuming you're rooted) and use them to monitor your phone and battery in order to solve your issue. Google both and you'll find several good threads on xda about using and interpreting these apps, but if you get stuck post some screen shots from both and someone here can almost certainly help. There are a number of potential sources of such problems, generally rogue apps, and also a bug or two, but it is impossible to offer help without the details these apps would provide.
hchxoom said:
You need to purchase and install "better battery stats" and also install cpu spy (I'm assuming you're rooted) and use them to monitor your phone and battery in order to solve your issue. Google both and you'll find several good threads on xda about using and interpreting these apps, but if you get stuck post some screen shots from both and someone here can almost certainly help. There are a number of potential sources of such problems, generally rogue apps, and also a bug or two, but it is impossible to offer help without the details these apps would provide.
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Thanks for that, i will install it. By the way i got the "battery widget" installed, which has gained popularity on the market.
Also im only using 9% of brightness of my phone.
I'm using a rooted stock 4.0.3 and I'm finding battery life its pretty good - better than unrooted GB was in fact. Simply freezing bloatware via titanium and limiting sync on some (not all) apps and services makes a gigantic difference. Design your phone around your own needs and you'll end up with an amazing device that you'll fall in love with all over again.
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I am using this ROM at the moment as daily driver.
[STOCKICS][NEW BL NEW LAYOUT][CWM 6] Link to Stefans V28G 2nd Gen Excellent ROM
But as we all know the thread is now closed, and we cannot discuss this Good (nearly) Bugless ICS ROM by Stefan. The thread is going down rapidly and very soon people may ignore it. But I think this NVFLASH rom is not ignorable.
Of course there is no improvement is available from him after he left, but I thought we can share this link with other members who may wanna try this V28G 2nd Gen NVFlash Rom and discuss about it. May be some patches by other devs will make it more practically useable.
One mote useful link by his is here ... [Offering] CWM 6 recovery for Stock ICS with new bootloader [new: v28G based] could be useful for some.
NOTE: On this rom I am using Homero2's RIL1109 V28G MOD. Working good.
Requesting all to discuss this rom.
Moderators, please advice if this post can stay as per the rules, as the main rom thread is closed.
I use the rom since it was out, and it is very good for me. BUT my standby battery consumption is too high (10% in 8h without wifi, data connection etc). Except this, it's a great ICS feeling.
Flix123 said:
I use the rom since it was out, and it is very good for me. BUT my standby battery consumption is too high (10% in 8h without wifi, data connection etc). Except this, it's a great ICS feeling.
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Its really a good rom.
Do you mean your battery comes down from 100% to 10% (90% drain) in 8 hours? Strange. Mine works great. I get only 30% drain in 8 hours overnight with all automatically switch off by SMART PROFILE (Free) app. My device goes on silent profile mode, switches off wifi, bt, gps, data at 11:45PM and again comes back General Profile mode in the morning at 7:30AM without switching on anything. I switch on things only when necessary. I really get good sleep without any disturbance This app works perfectly since a year on my all roms and gives 100% perfect result and battery lasts longer. 100% is enough for me for whole day (24+ hours). Yes I do voice calls around an hour in a day, other than some moderate use of music, video, camera, etc.
Yes I also have fixed habit of Advanced Task Killer (Free) which kills background apps every 30 minutes in CRAZY mode for all 24 hours a day and keeps saving hell lot of a battery.
These two apps are first thing I do to any rom. Try this and feedback. I dont need to blame roms when I have some tweaks like above to try!
EDIT: Screenshot added with exact 50% juice remaining after 14 hours. forgot to mention I use Stereo BT (Sony MW600) most of the time connected to device.
This is better suited in the General section, since there won't be any real development going on, just discussions of a "dead unsupported" ROM.
Imperticus said:
This is better suited in the General section, since there won't be any real development going on, just discussions of a "dead unsupported" ROM.
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I am not sure, but other devs are working on mods and patches thats why posted here. But as you said it, it should go to general section.
Moderators please move this post to General Section
EDIT: An opinion why this post should stay here in this comment.
cmahendra said:
Its really a good rom.
Do you mean your battery comes down from 100% to 10% (90% drain) in 8 hours? Strange. Mine works great. I get only 30% drain in 8 hours overnight with all automatically switch off by SMART PROFILE (Free) app. My device goes on silent profile mode, switches off wifi, bt, gps, data at 11:45PM and again comes back General Profile mode in the morning at 7:30AM without switching on anything. I switch on things only when necessary. I really get good sleep without any disturbance This app works perfectly since a year on my all roms and gives 100% perfect result and battery lasts longer. 100% is enough for me for whole day (24+ hours). Yes I do voice calls around an hour in a day, other than some moderate use of music, video, camera, etc.
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It consumes 10%, from 100 to 90% in 8h. With GB it was 2-4%.
Flix123 said:
It consumes 10%, from 100 to 90% in 8h. With GB it was 2-4%.
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Same to me! 10% in 8h without wifi, 2g-3g, and any battery drainer on! So... I've tried topo's ics rom and on topo's rom i had more battery consumption than stefans...
Thx stefans for this great rebuild... Devs here saves our phones. LG knows how to lose costumers!!!
Hey
Do you know wuy with tihs rom, I can't uninstall stock apps with SystemApp Remover (for exemple) ?
I get an error like "system could not be mounted as read/write"
However, this ROM is rooted,so I don't understand
Thanks
lafritte57 said:
Hey
Do you know wuy with tihs rom, I can't uninstall stock apps with SystemApp Remover (for exemple) ?
I get an error like "system could not be mounted as read/write"
However, this ROM is rooted,so I don't understand
Thanks
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Install BusyBox!
LG O2x[P990]@TapaTalk v2.4.5
trocopassu said:
Install BusyBox!
LG O2x[P990]@TapaTalk v2.4.5
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I already installed it
I've just to use terminal emulator and mount /system in r/w by myself (mount -o remount,ro /dev/mtdblock3 /system) and it's work ... This is strange that's not automatically done :silly:
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Kind of agree, but I'm this tread deserves attention even though Stefan left xda. I mean, the provided files by Stefan are being used as baserom for follow ups nd roms should be posted in dev section, unless it's a rom eg changed boot animation and ring tones I think, keep this alive, what Stefan did with 28e/g are what made us be where we are, running difference ics leaks.. So, to hail Stefan I think roms based on 28e/g with minor changes should be linked here why criticise Stefan when we have hundreds or thousands off topic meaningless post every day which don't gets erased
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I used this rom for a couple of days. No major bug. But for me, it was too laggy. So back to MIUI GB.
However, it seems like i am the only one with this issue. Sometimes i was pressing a button and the phone just froze for 30s or more .... Not practical as a daily driver. It was driving me nuts !
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thanks for the link....im using this rom, its great for me....i have v6 superchrged n kickass kernelized it.....its blazing fast now....usin it with nova prime launcher....its awesome....
rmrajm1 said:
thanks for the link....im using this rom, its great for me....i have v6 superchrged n kickass kernelized it.....its blazing fast now....usin it with nova prime launcher....its awesome....
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Which kernel do you use ? Supercharged V6 is include in ?
Flix123 said:
I use the rom since it was out, and it is very good for me. BUT my standby battery consumption is too high (10% in 8h without wifi, data connection etc). Except this, it's a great ICS feeling.
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You shure you don't have any app installed that is SUCKING the battery BIG TIME when it's in standby???
I have the same 2nd Gen rom from steffan, since the day it was released by him, and my p990 is clean as new (zero programs installed after flashing (i lie, i was forgetting that i installed Endomondo)), and my battery barelly gets drained during night (generally 2-4% max), and using the mobile lightly (like 5 or 6, five minutes calls per day, and turning data and 3g on two or three times a day to check my email, and take a look here @ xda to see if there's any news that is worth it) i get generally 2 days (more accuratelly, 42 to 46 hours) with a full charge...
Something in your phone should be draining the battery, as from my experience with the rom, it his the best rom i ever have used in battery life...
P.S: I forget to mention, i'm also using v28g baseband from stefan.
I was in this ROM from beginning until I found topo ROM's same. battery has always been bad for me...nothing about the ROM but there is something which is sucking the juice so badly....
Waiting for Topo new SP3 which he is testing.
But for these small things I am happy with this
O2X with Magical ROM and supersonic kernels from my buddies
Sesto_Sento said:
You shure you don't have any app installed that is SUCKING the battery BIG TIME when it's in standby???
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Yes, sync is off and the only app running in background is WhatsApp.
Btw I found an other crazy issue in the V28G firmware:
Sometimes (when I use the phone) the screen suddenly gets darker and has dark spots. I already had this problem a few times under V28G. The first time I thought my phone would be defect, but the issue disappears when you lock and then unlock your phone.
Here's a photo of that:
Does anyone already had the same crazy issue?
I've had that crazy issue, yes.
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Yes, sync is off and the only app running in background is WhatsApp.
Btw I found an other crazy issue in the V28G firmware:
Sometimes (when I use the phone) the screen suddenly gets darker and has dark spots. I already had this problem a few times under V28G. The first time I thought my phone would be defect, but the issue disappears when you lock and then unlock your phone.
Here's a photo of that:
Does anyone already had the same crazy issue?
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Flix123, i have exactly same thing in mine. But it's not something i noticed only on ICS, i already noticed this problem 4 or 5 months ago (during that time i was using Temasek's rom) so i think this is something related to the phone itself due to aging or something like that... (mine is really getting old now, i bought it on may 2011....)
So for example I want to begin and ask which Rom should I install on my I9000 Galaxy S mtd international?
I ve tried Helly Bean 4.2.2 and 4.3, Slim Bean 4.3, Cyan AOSP and Gamerz Rom which are based on CM sources (correct me if I am wrong) but after a while, for example 2-3 days, they begin to lag sometimes and the battery lasts (with my usage a bit whatsapp, facebook, bluetooth music 1hr per day and a bit candy crush saga) 2.5-4hrs screen on
Sometimes candy crush laggs so it slows down I cant do anything but after a while I get a message do you want to close candy crush but when I now push wait I can play again
Then I tried Miui V4 Port, Mintberry Crunch version (2.3.7 Gingerbread) and they were almost like CM roms so no extra ordinary battery life and candy crush also sometimes slows down but works after a while
Also almost EVERY rom, except Infamous, force closed while using Titanium BackUp for example when BackUping some apps or restoring them pretty weird...
Infamous (1.9.1) the last 4.2.2 Android version is a big difference the battery life is a little more better than at any other rom, Titanium Backup works perfectly and candy crush saga slows down only a few times. So in my opinion the Infamous 4.2.2 is one hell of a rom
Yesterday I tested the SauRom 2.3.6 Gingerbread but it seems to have problems with some routers, so my Wifi connection is pretty unstable...
I ve heard that games under Gingerbread arent that good than Jelly Bean roms? Because I would love to have a stable rom and it wouldnt be that bad to usw also 2.3.6 Gingerbread with some tweaks, if the battery life is a lot better there.
So which rom would you suggest and why? write please an average hour of screen on
Sorry to say this but none of us can give you the bets answer as everyone has their own way of using their device and everyone has their own experiences with the same roms.
Generally though, if this is any indication:
Gingerbread roms
More stable overall in terms of battery life and performance
Some games might not run as well as they would on JB
My brother- when he had his Galaxy S- was able to play Candy Crush pretty fine on stock 2.3.6 with minor issues, so Gingerbread isn't out of the option yet
Modified GIngerbread roms tend to be more stable for gaming
Jelly Bean roms
More control over performance. Overclocking is available much more readily, but at the cost of battery life
Lot more optimisations especially with roms like Gamerzrom and CyanAOSP
Battery life is (generally) worse unless you do certain things to minimise battery loss
Generally tends to run things better overall, not just in games, however, some Jelly Bean roms REALLY aren't made for games
Also, regarding battery life, again, usage varies
But on Gingerbread (which is what I'm on right now) stock, unrooted, probs an hour and a half of Pokemon Emerald as well as how I usually use my phone (majority texting, occasional browsing off my phone), its sitting on 24% right now after 11 hours, most of the time on full brightness as well. So that's not bad. Screen on time's been 2 hours 39 minutes at this point.
With Jelly Bean roms I've tried the same usage wouldn't last me through six hours.
But up to you. Just keep trying roms because eventually you'll hit a sweet spot...
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Try latest CM 10.2 Nightly + HugeMem Patch + Semaphore JB 3.2.0s and in Semaphore Manager (separate app from Google Play Store) set CPU Frequency Range 200 - 1000 MHz, Governor Ondemand with Smooth UI ON, Scheduler ROW, SD Card read ahead 512KB (+bigmem checked for 409MB of total RAM if you do not use 720p recording like me). For me this is the best setup for performance and battery life. Battery lasts enough for me for daily usage. I know I have a 1500 mAh battery (3 or 4 months old, can't remember when i bought it), it's not a nuclear reactor and after 2h 30m screen time in 11h 30m with 24% still remaining, meaning I am using the phone enough, I am not asking anything more from such a small battery.
Here are some Screenshots, played Subway Surfers for ~30 minutes and Real Racing 3 for ~20 minutes, the rest is texting, calls, music, videos, web surfing (alternating wifi & network data) and taking a couple of pictures.
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Try latest CM 10.2 Nightly + HugeMem Patch + Semaphore JB 3.2.0s and in Semaphore Manager (separate app from Google Play Store) set CPU Frequency Range 200 - 1000 MHz, Governor Ondemand with Smooth UI ON, Scheduler ROW, SD Card read ahead 512KB (+bigmem checked for 409MB of total RAM if you do not use 720p recording like me). For me this is the best setup for performance and battery life. Battery lasts enough for me for daily usage. I know I have a 1500 mAh battery (3 or 4 months old, can't remember when i bought it), it's not a nuclear reactor and after 2h 30m screen time in 11h 30m with 24% still remaining, meaning I am using the phone enough, I am not asking anything more from such a small battery.
Here are some Screenshots, played Subway Surfers for ~30 minutes and Real Racing 3 for ~20 minutes, the rest is texting, calls, music, videos, web surfing (alternating wifi & network data) and taking a couple of pictures.
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Think this could work with a three and a half year old battery? Considering doing some rom experimenting again
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Okay I have an "Akku King" with more capacity but its not bigger actually so it fits like the original battery and it lasts longer
http://www.amazon.de/Akku-King-Li-I...id=1382039060&sr=8-1&keywords=akku+king+i9000
costs in Germany 12,89€ so not more then the original with better battery life
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Think this could work with a three and a half year old battery? Considering doing some rom experimenting again
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Dunno, you can try. My old battery was 3 years old too , I've thrown that away and bought a new one because I was getting angry all the time when I was checking my phone. I had to recharge my phone multiple times a day, and I've been in "pain" for a long time until I couldn't take it anymore and ordered myself a new one. I think a new battery every 6 or 12 months is worth the price for the battery life experience. Anyway every battery starts dying from the moment it's been created. A new battery is like "an athlete running a marathon" and after a few months of use, it starts "crawling to it's grave". When this "new" battery starts going from "walking with a cane, to crawling" , I will get a new one
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Okay I have an "Akku King" with more capacity but its not bigger actually so it fits like the original battery and it lasts longer
http://www.amazon.de/Akku-King-Li-I...id=1382039060&sr=8-1&keywords=akku+king+i9000
costs in Germany 12,89€ so not more then the original with better battery life
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Yeah you should get alot more screen on time than me with that battery. If you want, try the setup I've posted for a few days and see how it goes for you.
Try ics fom with greenify... ics is the best for our sammy
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Yeah at first I try next the F4k Mod CM9 R5 rom And then I try your setup with Hugemem Patch One question did you heard about Rom Ram Expander? So you have a swap partition like its in Linux Does is work good for the S1?
I agree absolutely :good::good: with idCyber...
It is a very great combination !!!
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Try latest CM 10.2 Nightly + HugeMem Patch + Semaphore JB 3.2.0s and in Semaphore Manager (separate app from Google Play Store) set CPU Frequency Range 200 - 1000 MHz, Governor Ondemand with Smooth UI ON, Scheduler ROW, SD Card read ahead 512KB (+bigmem checked for 409MB of total RAM if you do not use 720p recording like me). For me this is the best setup for performance and battery life. Battery lasts enough for me for daily usage. I know I have a 1500 mAh battery (3 or 4 months old, can't remember when i bought it), it's not a nuclear reactor and after 2h 30m screen time in 11h 30m with 24% still remaining, meaning I am using the phone enough, I am not asking anything more from such a small battery.
Here are some Screenshots, played Subway Surfers for ~30 minutes and Real Racing 3 for ~20 minutes, the rest is texting, calls, music, videos, web surfing (alternating wifi & network data) and taking a couple of pictures.
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But if I need 720p, what do you recommend in that case?
How about Mackay vs. CM10.2?
I am also interested in recording 720p videos and what it looks like when I try the Mackay Rom with Semaphore Kernel instead of the latest CM10.2 Nightly
By the way thats exact what I meant to have a really nice discussion about roms, setups, etc. so thank for that one mates because I ve bought the Galaxy S used in June and the first rom was just Helly Bean because I knew it from my former smartphone the Galaxy Note 1 Once I got (almost only texting, browsing and no playing) 5h21min screen on !! but after a while it got laggy :/ thats why I am trying out a lot to find my personal best custom rom and setup
Guys you don't have to enable bigmem in semaphore manager for the setup I've posted. That is just an optional setting I'm using because I don't need 720p recording so I get a bit more ram by disabling it. If you need 720p recording, don't enable bigmem.
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Okay please help me @idCyber it cant be that I am to dump I ve tried your setup but everytime I install the Semaphore 3.2.0s kernel I get a bootloop.Twice I just flashed everything and only bootloops then I flashed CM10.2 nightly and gapps let it boot, then rebooted in recovery flashed the big mem patch and the semaphore kernel and again bootloop after the times I gave up becaue it was 1 o clock in the morning
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Okay please help me @idCyber it cant be that I am to dump I ve tried your setup but everytime I install the Semaphore 3.2.0s kernel I get a bootloop.Twice I just flashed everything and only bootloops then I flashed CM10.2 nightly and gapps let it boot, then rebooted in recovery flashed the big mem patch and the semaphore kernel and again bootloop after the times I gave up becaue it was 1 o clock in the morning
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Try redownloading Semaphore 3.2.0s, full wipe: wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, format /system. Then flash latest cm 10.2 nightly, hugemem patch, Semaphore 3.2.0s, gapps and reboot. I never had bootloops using Semaphore kernel so I dunno how to help you out in this case. If the full wipe and flash steps are not helping and you still experience bootloops, maybe someone from semaphore thread could help you out.
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Do you use Odin to "flash" the Sema-Kernel???
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Okay please help me @idCyber it cant be that I am to dump I ve tried your setup but everytime I install the Semaphore 3.2.0s kernel I get a bootloop.Twice I just flashed everything and only bootloops then I flashed CM10.2 nightly and gapps let it boot, then rebooted in recovery flashed the big mem patch and the semaphore kernel and again bootloop after the times I gave up becaue it was 1 o clock in the morning
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No I downloaded the ZIP file to flash it through CWM
And now it worked I flashed it before in that order : cm10.2 nightly, gapps, huge mem patch, semaphore but with the order cm10.2 nightly, hugemem patch, semaphore and gapps it worked
Now again one question I ve the same setup like you @idCyber and wanted to change video to 480p or I dont know the next lower resolution but I cant start video camera should I turn off sd card ahead again and then tick the next lower resolution and after that it will work? Or can I without to change sd card ahead change the settings because the cam force closes everytime....
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No I downloaded the ZIP file to flash it through CWM
And now it worked I flashed it before in that order : cm10.2 nightly, gapps, huge mem patch, semaphore but with the order cm10.2 nightly, hugemem patch, semaphore and gapps it worked
Now again one question I ve the same setup like you @idCyber and wanted to change video to 480p or I dont know the next lower resolution but I cant start video camera should I turn off sd card ahead again and then tick the next lower resolution and after that it will work? Or can I without to change sd card ahead change the settings because the cam force closes everytime....
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Video recording force closes because it is selected 720p and you have enabled bigmem in semaphore manager. Untick bigmem, reboot your phone, go into the camera and now you can switch from 720p to 480p. Do the switch, go into semaphore manager tick bigmem, reboot and now you have 409mb of ram and you can record at 480p and camera will not FC anymore. Bigmem option enabled gives you 13mb of ram more at the cost of disabling 720p recording but 720p playback still works fine. If you need 720p recording, bigmem has to be disabled.
Also every time you flash a new nightly, flash the rom, hugemem patch and semaphore kernel (optional wipe dalvik cache) and reboot.
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the funny thing is I have it done the same way I just thought of the work around and hoped at first I can do it with less time effort you know I am a mathematician and we are lazy as hell if its possible
runs fine till now and thanks for the order for the next times, you just dirty flash the next ones do you? Because I didnt find the full wipe But the Gapps I havent to flash after a dirty wipe do I? Only after a full wipe new Gapps right?
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the funny thing is I have it done the same way I just thought of the work around and hoped at first I can do it with less time effort you know I am a mathematician and we are lazy as hell if its possible
runs fine till now and thanks for the order for the next times, you just dirty flash the next ones do you? Because I didnt find the full wipe But the Gapps I havent to flash after a dirty wipe do I? Only after a full wipe new Gapps right?
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You dirty flash any new nightly, gapps are backed up automatically when you flash a new version. You need to flash gapps only when you do a full wipe and flash a different rom.
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Try latest CM 10.2 Nightly + HugeMem Patch + Semaphore JB 3.2.0s and in Semaphore Manager (separate app from Google Play Store) set CPU Frequency Range 200 - 1000 MHz, Governor Ondemand with Smooth UI ON, Scheduler ROW, SD Card read ahead 512KB (+bigmem checked for 409MB of total RAM if you do not use 720p recording like me). For me this is the best setup for performance and battery life. Battery lasts enough for me for daily usage. I know I have a 1500 mAh battery (3 or 4 months old, can't remember when i bought it), it's not a nuclear reactor and after 2h 30m screen time in 11h 30m with 24% still remaining, meaning I am using the phone enough, I am not asking anything more from such a small battery.
Here are some Screenshots, played Subway Surfers for ~30 minutes and Real Racing 3 for ~20 minutes, the rest is texting, calls, music, videos, web surfing (alternating wifi & network data) and taking a couple of pictures.
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Thanks alot for this post! Finally i9000 is considerably more usable. You made a person very happy today
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Hey guys,
unfortunately there are no custom roms that fit my preferences. i took a deep look at the MXROM V8.0.0 and the Rock Z1L 4.0, but these two roms are not what i'm searching for. I want a rom that is really stable and doesn't run out of battery midday.
So i want to return back to Stock.
i would like to know how i get the best experience using the .236 stock rom in terms of battery life and smoothness.
What mods or apps can i use to have the best battery life and remove those annoying wakelocks?
What mods or apps can i use to have a lag free rom?
thanks in advance!
Khaludi
Z1 C6903 locked bootloader
What do you expect to hear?
My answer is: there is no global solutions we can give to your question. There are so many things you can do.
It all begins how you use your phone. Do you need the performance the phone offers all the time?
For example in my case no. I am no gamer at all. I use my phone the friendly way. Do some calls, some messaging, browse the Web, taking some photos. So I limit the phones cpu performance to 1.4 GHz. This for example saves battery.
Lollipop has got the active radio bug. You can get rid off it with the help of xposed framework.
You can for example Greenify apps to prevent high wakelocks.
Did you notice a massive difference between stock and MX in terms of battery? I tried both and had no noticeable difference.
Thank you for your replies!
I usually use my phone for browsing the internet, instant messaging, calling and 9gag. I'm not using my phone for games. Usually my screenbrightness is on very low.
With MX rom i had big drops while my phone was on stand by (from 70% to 63% in 4 hours). Screen on time was worse. Before i was on stock .216 and there was no big battery drops at all!
Greenyfy is a good start! What xposed module are you talking about for the radio active bug?
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Thank you for your replies!
I usually use my phone for browsing the internet, instant messaging, calling and 9gag. I'm not using my phone for games. Usually my screenbrightness is on very low.
With MX rom i had big drops while my phone was on stand by (from 70% to 63% in 4 hours). Screen on time was worse. Before i was on stock .216 and there was no big battery drops at all!
Greenyfy is a good start! What xposed module are you talking about for the radio active bug?
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Look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3188147
khaludi said:
Thank you for your replies!
I usually use my phone for browsing the internet, instant messaging, calling and 9gag. I'm not using my phone for games. Usually my screenbrightness is on very low.
With MX rom i had big drops while my phone was on stand by (from 70% to 63% in 4 hours). Screen on time was worse. Before i was on stock .216 and there was no big battery drops at all!
Greenyfy is a good start! What xposed module are you talking about for the radio active bug?
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First of all, if you still have the original battery, it probably has lost at least 50% of its holding capacity or more. Second, when you say stand by, you are not telling us what apps or services are running. Third, the major contributors to wasting battery are Google apps, facebook, what's up and similar apps. Next comes sony bloat with all their albums and other crap. So, if you have them, your battery won't last.
I have used stock and all available custom roms. With the exception of a worse camera quality in low light conditions (no difference whatsoever in daylight), custom roms are vastly superior in all aspects. That also includes overheating. Yes, stock roms overheat more, because they won't let you use tools available in custom roms.
Greenify: although, it does the job, the app itself consumes battery, which negates the benefits. Also, remember that when you flash every other day, you don't give your current rom the time to settle, and that usually takes a couple of battery cycles when the rom works extra time setting/reading partitions and as a result, you will always have more heat and loss of battery juice. You won't let the rom settle and instead move to another rom and start the cycle again. This way, you will never find a suitable rom whether stock or custom.
If you prefer stock, then root, get rid of bloat, get a firewall and deny access to all apps, except the ones you want to connect to the internet. And stay with it for at least 10 days. But then, I promise, you will discover what I said above is true...
P.S. Radio active bug: the module does NOT fix the problem, it just changes the way it is reported. This is why neither Google nor Cyanogen people have accepted the patches, which irritated the hell out of that guy, who thinks he knows "the inner workings of android" better than others....
wow thanks a lot bredrin! Gonna try this when i reach home, except advanced kernel. I'm on locked bootloader.