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[Q] About ROM again.

Now there's several decent ROM, but I can't seem to find one which has enough juice for me.
So I would like you guys to suggest me what ROM i should use and tweaking ( if needed ).
I just want a ROM with a good battery life and non-force close problem.
I mostly use for calls, sms, wifi and some games. Never use radio fm those stuff. Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Cream

I think, unless there is a specific reason why you need a custom ROM, if you dont want force closes and unexpected problems, go back to the custom ROM with the latest baseband and get the app juicedefender (or something similar) to increase battery life - mine has increased by 2.4x according to the app.
IMO we are always going to have problems with battery life concidering its a duel core phone and battery technology is behind the CPU, GPU and all that technology.

Sounds like Modaco would be good for you

[Q] Current best firmware/rom/kernel for optimal battery life

Hi,
I'm using my Galaxy S as a music player (usually on flightmode, low brightness, black background etc).
I'm on 2.3.6 XWJW5 Voodoo kernel right now, but I'm not too happy with the battery life.
I'm wondering which firmware/rom/kernel combination yields the best results.
*I dont mind downgrading to Froyo stock or something as long as it has very good battery life, especially when my screen is off while playing music.
Thanks in advance.
**Also, does my phone go to deep sleep when playing music with PowerAmp (to save more battery)? Is SetCPU recommended to underclock when screen is off?

ofcmetehbset said:
Hi,
I'm using my Galaxy S as a music player (usually on flightmode, low brightness, black background etc).
I'm on 2.3.6 XWJW5 Voodoo kernel right now, but I'm not too happy with the battery life.
I'm wondering which firmware/rom/kernel combination yields the best results.
*I dont mind downgrading to Froyo stock or something as long as it has very good battery life, especially when my screen is off while playing music.
Thanks in advance.
**Also, does my phone go to deep sleep when playing music with PowerAmp (to save more battery)? Is SetCPU recommended to underclock when screen is off?
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My experience says CM7 with the kernel that comes with it... it gave me a battery life of around 30-35 hours with moderate usage..

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I would try one of Darky's older Roms (I think something around 10.2 or 9.5 should be the best for you, they had their own kernel called darkcore).
I remember having battery times about 2-3 days with moderate usage (should be even better in flight mode!)

ofcmetehbset said:
Hi,
I'm using my Galaxy S as a music player (usually on flightmode, low brightness, black background etc).
I'm on 2.3.6 XWJW5 Voodoo kernel right now, but I'm not too happy with the battery life.
I'm wondering which firmware/rom/kernel combination yields the best results.
*I dont mind downgrading to Froyo stock or something as long as it has very good battery life, especially when my screen is off while playing music.
Thanks in advance.
**Also, does my phone go to deep sleep when playing music with PowerAmp (to save more battery)? Is SetCPU recommended to underclock when screen is off?
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I'd recommend SauROM and Darky for GB, both are JW6 and do a great job. You also can't go wrong with Stock JW4 with HC SpeedMod + Lagfix tbh!

[Q] Battery saving ROM for multimedia purposes!

As I'm getting a new phone for free (Galaxy S2) and the S1's sound quality is far superior I'm thinking of using it as an music player purely for AUX in the car. The current problem is that the charging port in the car is broken for now, so an battery saving rom is required for long time usage without having to charge the phone outside the car too often.
I'm really fond of the stock Samsung music player and currently running XWJWB with Semaphore because of that. Is there a setup that is more battery friendly and stable? (The phone will be used without an SIM-card and in airplane mode so I guess modems dosen't play a big part in battery life?)
If AOSP roms should prove themselves to be more battery friendly I'd gladly accept any suggestions for non-stock music players too, but in my opinion stock roms have the best quality!
P.S My *probably* fake 1650mAh battery does not hold it's charge for long nowadays so if anyone would recommend a new not-to-pricey battery I wouldn't be unhappy (1800mAh+/no extended back cover would be optimum)

dumle said:
As I'm getting a new phone for free (Galaxy S2) and the S1's sound quality is far superior I'm thinking of using it as an music player purely for AUX in the car. The current problem is that the charging port in the car is broken for now, so an battery saving rom is required for long time usage without having to charge the phone outside the car too often.
I'm really fond of the stock Samsung music player and currently running XWJWB with Semaphore because of that. Is there a setup that is more battery friendly and stable? (The phone will be used without an SIM-card and in airplane mode so I guess modems dosen't play a big part in battery life?)
If AOSP roms should prove themselves to be more battery friendly I'd gladly accept any suggestions for non-stock music players too, but in my opinion stock roms have the best quality!
P.S My *probably* fake 1650mAh battery does not hold it's charge for long nowadays so if anyone would recommend a new not-to-pricey battery I wouldn't be unhappy (1800mAh+/no extended back cover would be optimum)
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Flash a newer stock firmware. JW6 is really good or JVT. Remove every system app you dont need with nobloat. When your phone is debloated undervolt it and push it down to 800MHZ.

cixty said:
Flash a newer stock firmware. JW6 is really good or JVT. Remove every system app you dont need with nobloat. When your phone is debloated undervolt it and push it down to 800MHZ.
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Well, JWB is actually more recently released than JW6. Thanks for the other tweaks though.

Which Android Version and Rom please with an explanation :)

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.

idCyber said:
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

Soryuu said:
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
Sanj3k said:
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 !!!
idCyber said:
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

Sanj3k said:
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???
Sanj3k said:
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....

Sanj3k said:
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?

Sanj3k said:
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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idCyber said:
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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How to get the best sound quality out of this great phone?

I bought a Samsung captivate from a friend yesterday. He was running Kitkat on it and it is very slow. My only use of it as a phone is recieving calls and text messages, nothing else like facebook,whatsapp or anything. My main use for this phone is to use it as a portable music player as I travels alot. I saw an old thread from head-fi that, this phone can be transformed into an Audiophile level music player using a Voodoo kernel and an Voodoo control plus App. But that was in 2011. What is the current situation? How can I get the best sound and best battery life out of this great device? I mean, which rom or kernal or modes to get the best sound quality out of this phone?

I use DSP Manager http://android.appstorm.net/how-to/music/install-and-configure-dsp-manager-on-any-rom/ It seems to make better sound than the stock sound driver. Battery Life on the other hand I'm not too sure about, and I have used 3 different batteries with the same outcome. You could wipe battery data
TheYar said:
Erasing the battery stats (for you rooters/flashers)
Sometimes you just want your phone to forget everything he thinks he knows about his battery, and re-learn it from scratch. Your phone maintains a file with statistics on battery usage, which in turn is used to help calculate battery life at any given time. Sometimes, especially if you've been playing with ROMs, kernels, and lagfixes, the stats in the file just aren't applicable anymore to how the hardware is being used, so you get crazy battery drain.
Clockwork Recovery has a simple function to wipe the battery stats. If you can't run Clockwork, use ADB or a terminal emulator (search the market) to delete that battery stats file located at /data/system/batterystats.bin. The link at the bottom to joeybear's thread has a little more info.
The general idea is to start by trying the above - make sure it isn't your own fault or maybe just a bad battery, then drain, bump charge, and wipe stats - in that order.
There are lots of ideas about what may or may not happen when you experiment with the above. Wiping battery stats after a ROM flash that already wiped them for you is at least redundant and may even contribute to a battery drain problem. Some say you should wipe first and then drain and bump charge. Be careful about wiping stats and bump charging too much, though. Over-charging your battery will hasten its demise.
HOWEVER, if you're like I was when I first started this thread, you've seen the above recommended many times, and none of it has ever helped you one bit with an actual sudden battery drain problem. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765656
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Found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=806211

mashac said:
I bought a Samsung captivate from a friend yesterday. He was running Kitkat on it and it is very slow. My only use of it as a phone is recieving calls and text messages, nothing else like facebook,whatsapp or anything. My main use for this phone is to use it as a portable music player as I travels alot. I saw an old thread from head-fi that, this phone can be transformed into an Audiophile level music player using a Voodoo kernel and an Voodoo control plus App. But that was in 2011. What is the current situation? How can I get the best sound and best battery life out of this great device? I mean, which rom or kernal or modes to get the best sound quality out of this phone?
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I use my old captivate strictly as an mp3 player using the captivating X8.1 rom and devil kernel. The voodoo sound app is still kicking around the Web I'm sure.
Instead of using the headphone jack, I made a line out cable that plugs into the charge port and on the other end of the cable is a line out 3.5mm jack and a regular USB plug to charge at the same time. All the info for wiring and resistors to use I got searching around this forum and the "fun with resistors" thread in the i9000 forums.
Using Power amp for my player app, with all other non essential apps removed, and in airplane mode with WiFi enabled I get about 15 hours of music from my own collection on a 32gb micro sd card. It can also play wile charging with minimal or no noise depending on the charger used.
It really makes a great mp3 player.
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Thanks for the help, both of you.

mashac said:
Thanks for the help, both of you.
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You are welcome, I try to help as much as I can!