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Which rom has the best battery life?

Currently I am running Liberty test build 48. It seems to last me around 6-8 hours on light use but I can't live like this forever. Light use is not why i bought this phone Lets face it. With heavy use every rom I have used has been around 35% after around 2-4 hours of heavy use with 4g enabled. All the reviews gave the bionic great battery life reports. But this is poor, I live with a charger in my pocket.
So my question is which rom are you using and what are you battery life experiences.?
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Stock. Debloated.
Battery life? More than 6 hours.
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Keeping 4g enabled all the time is what's killing your battery. All of the 4g phones have the issue but from what I've read Bionic is the only one out with decent life.

idefiler6 said:
Keeping 4g enabled all the time is what's killing your battery. All of the 4g phones have the issue but from what I've read Bionic is the only one out with decent life.
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I have never turned 4G off on my thunderbolt or bionic.
My bionic stock got about 20-30 hours with moderate use. With the TH3ORY roms I get about 8-10 hours.
The Thunderbolt got 6-8 hours stock, and 10-12 on the bamf roms
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20-30 hours!? I'm in awe. I must be holding it wrong or something lol.
I got 6-10 with 4g enabled but didn't answer the phone lol. No usage.
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Sjflowerhorn said:
20-30 hours!? I'm in awe. I must be holding it wrong or something lol.
I got 6-10 with 4g enabled but didn't answer the phone lol. No usage.
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Lol.
"Didn't answer the phone"
And yeah, 20-30 hours man? Was your phone dormant? Sleep mode perhaps? Did you lose it? Was it turned off?
Do share young Skywalker...
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Dumb question...but are you calibrating your battery every time you flash a new rom? If not that is your issue.
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nosympathy said:
Dumb question...but are you calibrating your battery every time you flash a new rom? If not that is your issue.
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Is it possible to drain the battery out on liberty and charge it back up without issue?

jr0324 said:
ive gotten 20-30 hrs as well stock debloated using task manager to auto kill just about every app running in the background, brightness 0%, wifi off, bluetooth on, 4g on, 3g on, location on. moderate use as well. got th3ory on here now, gonna see how well it holds up!
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No task killers, LTE enabled but on wifi most the day. Normal use. I got 20-30 hours on stock. Do your research I'm not the only one.
Coming from the thunderbolt I was very impressed.
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I do restart my phone every morning and keep the text and things cleaned out.
Just like a computer the better the maintenance the better the performance.
Also as I understand it don't run task killers, its like pulling the plug on your computer over and over and then wondering why everything is unstable.
Also isn't gingerbread built to close apps if they aren't in use after a set amount of time?
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6-8 hours isn't good
I've used most Android based phones and all of the Iphones. Loved the utility of the Androids but loved the battery life of the iphones. UNTIL the Bionic.
Based on my Thunderbolt experience I opted for the extended battery for the Bionic. Don't really need it. I use my phone almost totally for data and GPS. Easily 10 hours of heavy usage on standard battery. Not sure about the extended battery.
If you are only getting 6-9 hours on regular usage you really need to trim your running apps or return the phone. In my experience that is WAY under what your expectations should be. My best guess would be about 12-15 hours.

I should be getting mine in the next couple days and I've been curious about the use of 4G.
Is there any reason to have it on for the typical phone features? Such as phone calls, texting and idle. Unless you're a really heavy data user, it seems like you could have 4G off for a fairly significant portion of the day. Am I overestimating the power saved from having 4G off?
I haven't decided whether or not I plan on using any of the current roms, but I'm definitely not going to use one if that's the kind of battery life I can expect. I'd definitely like to hear more input about battery life from those using roms.

I have the 2760mah extended battery. Running d3blurr3d beta4. Im currently testing my battery to see how long it lasts. Right now im at 24 hours and I have 37% battery left. Battery life has been insane coming from the tbolt. Im in the moderate to heavy use bracket.
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jr0324 said:
damn th3ory rom sucks with battery life.. ~12-15hrs
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D3blurr3d or r3blurr3d?
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Well...
Having tried all the custom roms out there I can say without a doubt that d3blurr3d (currently running beta4 but beta6 is current) has the best battery life. I agree the r3blurr3d ate my battery alive but this d3blurr3d is a whole new story. Off battery with moderate usage for 12 hours I sit at 53% right now with the extended battery...used to be below 10.

How does it compare to your stock experience?

Where is reblurred at? Saw it before but nit recently. Lately just r3blurr3d 1.7 or the liberty teat build on andirc#bionic
Edit: nevermind found it in deblurred on page 50 in rootzwiki forum
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Stock debloated, 10 to 15 hours if I'm in a good coverage area, if the phone is looking for a signal 2 to 4 hours.
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Which is the best kernel !!!!!! POLL

I make this thread so that we can find the best kernel for nexus 4 and also the difference between the franco , trinity, and matrix and motley kernel.
So post ur experience and also share screen shot for battery like battery screen ,graph and screen time.
In this way we can also help the developers to build their kernel more good...
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Stock.
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Lol at stock. It would have to be faux since he's done so many one of a kind enhancements
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I'm on stock, but where's the actual poll?

I m using franco kernel r85 so its gud....with underclocking and undervolting i got 1:30 and device runing for 5hr 20mins scree time and battery is at 74%....
I will upload the screens ones i reach 5% juice....
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These threads are frowned upon here at XDA for numerous reasons: there's no real answer, they turn into pissing matches and trolling, and this is actually the worst way to find the "best" kernel.
The one and only way to find what's "best" is for you personally to read and take the time to flash kernels and use them for several days under various real-world scenarios. Then and only then can you know.
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4.3 Battery life

After updating to 4.3, I have noticed that using the stock ROM/Kernel is giving me better battery life than before.
It's equivalent to what I used to get using custom kernels.
Also, I haven't noticed any overheating. At least it is not worse than before for me.
Now before you say "Oh that's complete Wi-Fi use" or w/e. I never got ~ 5 hours of Screen on Time when not on Wi-Fi before either... even w/ PA and Franco and UVing.
With that being said... In my first 24 hours of 4.3 use, I have 5 hours SOT.

Wondering the same thing myself.. to see if its worth flashing 4.3 for the battery life vs losing my custom rom features and adding some annoying things i've seen like constant notifications..
Would appreciate input from people who have already flashed it. Or I could just wait for uxylon to get on 4.3

Going to patiently wait for slimbean 4.3 haha.

Yeah..Battery life is great so far..I started while i had 77% charge left..Still managed to reach 4Hrs sot out of total 23Hrs..

vikramkhalsa said:
Wondering the same thing myself.. to see if its worth flashing 4.3 for the battery life vs losing my custom rom features and adding some annoying things i've seen like constant notifications..
Would appreciate input from people who have already flashed it. Or I could just wait for uxylon to get on 4.3
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nandroid and try it out since to me all these people are going crazy for something that they are only going to leave once the custom roms start coming out. Must admit I only ran my factory rom for 20 minutes. Waiting is not that big of a deal since my phone runs perfect right now
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Sak3ater said:
Yeah..Battery life is great so far..I started while i had 77% charge left..Still managed to reach 4Hrs sot out of total 23Hrs..
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not saying its not but lets be honest and lets get 3-4 cycles before we dub this as King.... Jus Sayin

So far my battery life is looking almost exactly like it did on stock 4.2.2, which honestly wasn't great, I was lucky to pull 3 hrs screen time. Also I updated with a full wipe fastboot flash.
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Mine has been off the charger for 12 hours and is at 28% with only 2 hours of screen on time...not to impressed
Flashed a odexed ROM over the 4.3 leak.
Will try a full wipe and odexed ROM tomorrow.
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playya said:
nandroid and try it out since to me all these people are going crazy for something that they are only going to leave once the custom roms start coming out. Must admit I only ran my factory rom for 20 minutes. Waiting is not that big of a deal since my phone runs perfect right now
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not saying its not but lets be honest and lets get 3-4 cycles before we dub this as King.... Jus Sayin
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I am on my 2nd cycle now..Lets see how it goes

4.3
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My battery life seems to have gotten worse. But then again my signal strength hasn't been great today either which doesn't help.
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abhipati said:
4.3
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What was the SOT? you did the same pic twice

4.3 stock + root.

vickpick said:
After updating to 4.3, I have noticed that using the stock ROM/Kernel is giving me better battery life than before.
It's equivalent to what I used to get using custom kernels.
Also, I haven't noticed any overheating. At least it is not worse than before for me.
Now before you say "Oh that's complete Wi-Fi use" or w/e. I never got ~ 5 hours of Screen on Time when not on Wi-Fi before either... even w/ PA and Franco and UVing.
With that being said... In my first 24 hours of 4.3 use, I have 5 hours SOT.
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I haven't had any overheating since i flashed, I'm not sure about battery life but it seems better

No doubt I'm getting better battery life. Looking like around a 20% increase. I can attribute this to mainly a better cellular signal that I now get. On WiFi battery is roughly the same.
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fernandezhjr said:
No doubt I'm getting better battery life. Looking like around a 20% increase. I can attribute this to mainly a better cellular signal that I now get. On WiFi battery is roughly the same.
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Said screw the waiting for the ota and flashed. Pretty intensive use today and noticing a significant increase to battery. I'll capture a screenshot tomorrow as I've already had er on the charger tonight.
Was cm stable with stock kernel avg 4 hours sot

TITANote2LTE said:
Said screw the waiting for the ota and flashed. Pretty intensive use today and noticing a significant increase to battery. I'll capture a screenshot tomorrow as I've already had er on the charger tonight.
Was cm stable with stock kernel avg 4 hours sot
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I may do the same too though I'll miss matr1x kernel for awhile..

Faux123 released a 4.3 kernel this afternoon. Might take a look into that.
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vickpick said:
What was the SOT? you did the same pic twice
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To be frank I'm not seeing much better here than in the "battery impression" thread. Firstly the op has a low score for using WiFi, so I could only imagine his previous experience was even more mediocre, but don't lunge this is just my observation.
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i still get 2 hours screen time on hspa, Ive only ever been able to push my nexus 4 to 2.5 hours on an old kernel/rom. I think my batterys a dud

Battery Life !

Hey everyone, I had this idea, why not post our battery stats at the end of a full charge, telling everyone what kernel and rom we are using what we used the cell phone for, so we can compare some good stats and reach conclusions ?
Here are mine, after 2 days of use ( turned off at night)
I'm currently at Slim Bean 4.3 build 1.2 with it's kernel . used mostly for twitting and texting, and some light gaming .

my lg
i use carbon rom with optimusplay with game , internet .calls ---> rest 40% battery 1d 8h

greece-for-ever said:
i use carbon rom with optimusplay with game , internet .calls ---> rest 40% battery 1d 8h
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Maybe some printscreens?

Battery life
Stock rom,rooted,bootloader unlocked.

What nuclear batteries do you guys use? 2 days is uncommon for me lol.
@OP, I guess turning it off at night does make a huge difference, impressive screen on time nonetheless.
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Add Your battery in a Frigo (very cold room)
And See what Happen Iam not responsibel :%
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MidnightDevil said:
What nuclear batteries do you guys use? 2 days is uncommon for me lol.
@OP, I guess turning it off at night does make a huge difference, impressive screen on time nonetheless.
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I am not turning my phone off at night,just Wi-fi.Sync is on,using Greenify on some Gapps,making calls and stuff.And that's all.

Nice thread. It will be cool to have some comparison. I'll post some screenies later tonight when I manage to kill my battery with some heavy gamming
Impressive screen on Time @ OP with heavy usage I can barely past the 3h mark.

zambo72 said:
I am not turning my phone off at night,just Wi-fi.Sync is on,using Greenify on some Gapps,making calls and stuff.And that's all.
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Oh... so when you said "turned off at night" you were referring to what?

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MidnightDevil said:
Oh... so when you said "turned off at night" you were referring to what?
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I mean,my phone is on all the time,even during the night.I only turn off Wifi from midnight untill 6 am.

zambo72 said:
Stock rom,rooted,bootloader unlocked.
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Do you use data?
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screenies with my working day usage. Only turn 3g data or WiFi when I need it. About an hour of gamming and the rest is regular stuff like listening to music or browsing Facebook. I can probably squeeze another 20/30 minutes on Facebook. Screen brightness all day at 40%
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MidnightDevil said:
What nuclear batteries do you guys use? 2 days is uncommon for me lol.
@OP, I guess turning it off at night does make a huge difference, impressive screen on time nonetheless.
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Well as you can see at their stats, 3g or H is not on, im guessing they switch on ans off their data plan. I use mine with data on 24/7 im getting around 16 hrs of battery life.
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soudy1994 said:
Do you use data?
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I use data when I am not at home or some place where Wifi is available.

5h on Screen B*tches !
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Oh really? Battery was dead u recharged dude
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GalaxyVolvoZ said:
5h on Screen B*tches !
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Nice try :cyclops:

I'm on Liquid Smooth v2.9 with Werewolf JB kernel v08b and Operation Killjoy scripts. In flight mode with screen turned off, my 4X HD loses only 1% battery in 7 hours.

@GalaxyVolvoZ Five hours with two charges without games on that list is a big lol
Here's today's screenies with my regular work day. I even kept it on overnight. Switched to iodaks kernel and I'm pretty happy with this results. Running @1500/484 interactive/row with brightness about 35%
Cmon guys share those scores so we can get some honest comparisons
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OMG I HAD AWESOME SCREEN ON AND DEEP SLEEP TIME
Even though I only used it something more than half a day, still is awesome screen on time I think, never had it as good as today!
It would reach 6h screen time or close, but I had to charge it to the next day :b

Xperia Z1 Screen Time

Hi Guys,
I'm really getting pissed off with the Z1 now.. I use it quite a bit every day and I struggle to get 3-4 hours of screen time.. I'm usually on 50-60% brightness, LTE/Wifi with Stamina mode enabled and I've kept wakelocks to an absolute minimum. How the hell does the LG G2 get 7 hours screen time and not even do this? Is there nothing else I can do to increase screen time?
Thanks
Sean

I'd guess better cpu adjustments..?
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is the screen time really this horrible? i wont be using LTE with my future Z1 but, damn 3 to 4 hours is how much i get on my S3

Mighty_X said:
I'd guess better cpu adjustments..?
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Why should I adjust the CPU? Its as it is... I shouldn't have to undervolt or underclock to get better battery life...
Avantiel said:
is the screen time really this horrible? i wont be using LTE with my future Z1 but, damn 3 to 4 hours is how much i get on my S3
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Yes it is.. I'm on a custom ROM now and I get 4 hours tops... Stock ROM only gave me 3 hours...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify
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Sean473 said:
Why should I adjust the CPU? Its as it is... I shouldn't have to undervolt or underclock to get better battery life...
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Because you asked for suggestions, it is a valid suggestion...
Sean473 said:
Yes it is.. I'm on a custom ROM now and I get 4 hours tops... Stock ROM only gave me 3 hours...
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if I don't play games I get 6 hours of screen time... 3g browsing... rarely use lte as 3g is more than enough for me...
If I play heavy games (Asphalt 8) I get 4 hours...
if I under clock to 1.7 ghz I get 4-5 hours of gaming...
my stamina is always on...
you can't compare to LG G2, LG G2 uses a new technology on their battery that extends the life up to 20%... and right now LG G2 has the best battery life out there... and their CPU governor actually under-performs the CPU giving it more battery life... thats why the bench marks scores on LG G2 are lower despite it having the same chipset as the Z1...
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you can also check Note 3 forums and see that the battery last roughly about the same as xperia Z1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2459947
on average they get about 5-6 hours of screen time, without heavy gaming...