Hello guys. I would like to hear some suggestions regarding this. So far I've tried CM7 and emanoN, but both of them drain like hell (specially CM7). Please avoid usual recomendations (turn off data, bluetooth, wireless and all those basic tips).
If there's an app, script or tweak that helps, please share it with me! My priority is battery life, above everything else.
Hope to get some replies! Thanks in advance
Skipping all the basic tips, I suggest you use a pure source-kind of rom. Something like the MOre rom or Pure CM7 by mebitek or kittenlinux, another one is GingerMod. Battery lives one those roms are so far one of the most cheered for. CM9 Beta 7 also had incredible battery life, although the link is probably gone already as mirroring is not allowed by Maclaw. As for the scripts, some mini users find these annoying and just a piece of cr*p, but as for me, I really made sure that it wasn't just a placebo effect. SlaidyBoost v2.3 works well and am happy with the performance and battery life boost that comes with it.
wtfshouldidonow said:
Skipping all the basic tips, I suggest you use a pure source-kind of rom. Something like the MOre rom or Pure CM7 by mebitek or kittenlinux, another one is GingerMod. Battery lives one those roms are so far one of the most cheered for. CM9 Beta 7 also had incredible battery life, although the link is probably gone already as mirroring is not allowed by Maclaw. As for the scripts, some mini users find these annoying and just a piece of cr*p, but as for me, I really made sure that it wasn't just a placebo effect. SlaidyBoost v2.3 works well and am happy with the performance and battery life boost that comes with it.
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Thanks for your comment! What about this one?
That one was originally made to improve battery life when you use wifi most of the time for browsing the net or such, but I can see that other tweaks have been added for an overall change, and based on the comments there, some users found their minis slow down a bit. Although I haven't tried it yet, it's best if you would simply flash the rom you chose to use, boot it up and set up the settings you want initially, then reboot to recovery, make a backup of that rom, then start experimenting with various scripts found here in XDA that is compatible with our mini. If you don't like the results, then simply restore the backup you made earlier. I'll try that script you told me about if I have the time, though.
Chaurigol said:
Thanks for your comment! What about this one?
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No, that ****ty script doesn't work.
I recommend you the stock ROM if you want battery life.
Stock samsung rom has the best battery life. But, on official CM7 with 604MHz for max, 122MHz for min and ondemand cpu governor, i'm having good battery life, can't complain at all. Haven't tried stock rom for ages, maybe my current setup is even better
domcale said:
Stock samsung rom has the best battery life. But, on official CM7 with 604MHz for max, 122MHz for min and ondemand cpu governor, i'm having good battery life, can't complain at all. Haven't tried stock rom for ages, maybe my current setup is even better
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Thanks man, but I don't think CM7 is the best option when looking for long battery life. I'm going to try de stock based ones and decide if any of them if better than the actual stock rom. Andro-ID, emanoN and GingerMod are apparently the most popular ones. Regarding the others, MORe is discontinued, so I wouldn't go for it, same as the one from kittenlinux. I'll give CyanMobile and mebitek's a try too! Trying GingerMod right now.
CM7.2 is draining battery fast because at default it's using Lil'GV2 governor which is veery agressive regarding CPU frequency! When you set it to ondemand it's much better. It costs you nothing to try it out if you haven't, stock rom is just too ugly and slowish when not rebooted regulary
domcale said:
CM7.2 is draining battery fast because at default it's using Lil'GV2 governor which is veery agressive regarding CPU frequency! When you set it to ondemand it's much better. It costs you nothing to try it out if you haven't, stock rom is just too ugly and slowish when not rebooted regulary
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Installed GingerMod (smartassV2 governor) and overnight battery dropped 35%. That is definitely not normal, and happened with the other ROMs too! Can anyone help me identify the problem?
Edit: BTW, the phone is two weeks old, and when I first bought it I didn't experience this huge drain.
Chaurigol said:
Hello guys. I would like to hear some suggestions regarding this. So far I've tried CM7 and emanoN, but both of them drain like hell (specially CM7). Please avoid usual recomendations (turn off data, bluetooth, wireless and all those basic tips).
If there's an app, script or tweak that helps, please share it with me! My priority is battery life, above everything else.
Hope to get some replies! Thanks in advance
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if u want good battery backup try andro-id ..it gives better backup then stock rom ..
http://yagyagaire.blogspot.in/2012/04/andro-id-v331-for-galaxy-mini-gt-s5570.html
domcale said:
Stock samsung rom has the best battery life. But, on official CM7 with 604MHz for max, 122MHz for min and ondemand cpu governor, i'm having good battery life, can't complain at all. Haven't tried stock rom for ages, maybe my current setup is even better
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TBH stock rom didn't work for me well especially regarding battery life. CM 7.2 official 710MHz/245MHz ONDEMAND battery lasts and lasts and phone is faster. Couldn't ask for more considering mini is entry level android phone for some time :good:
Chaurigol said:
Installed GingerMod (smartassV2 governor) and overnight battery dropped 35%. That is definitely not normal, and happened with the other ROMs too! Can anyone help me identify the problem?
Edit: BTW, the phone is two weeks old, and when I first bought it I didn't experience this huge drain.
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why dont u recallibrate battery after flashing ROMs:
1. Use app battery callibration from store, the developper is Nema i think.
Thanks, but I do that regularly, and as far as I'm concerned that doesn't improve battery life, just the accuracy of the % shown.
Chocobread with antutu battery saver is amazing I don't charge my phone one and a half day and still the battery is at 20 I love this life ... battery life.
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This is my personal use only, but I have share to my friends:
iCUSTOM DXKT6
for screenshoot:
click HERE
But that's in Indonesian language.
Hope u're suitable with iCUSTOM DXKT6.
orieoke said:
This is my personal use only, but I have share to my friends:
iCUSTOM DXKT6
for screenshoot:
click HERE
But that's in Indonesian language.
Hope u're suitable with iCUSTOM DXKT6.
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I appreciate it, but I'm not really familiar with indonesian language. Thanks anyway!
I think stock official CM 7.2 ROM does not contain the kernel. Can anybody please confirm?
On the pc, most of power management is by the kernel. Guess here too, we should look at kernel rather than the rom.?
I may be wrong though.
So, OP, which ROM did you settle for?
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So, OP, which ROM did you settle for?
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Still trying them. I'd say Andro-ID is the best until now! Unfortunately it doesn't support many languages, including mine (spanish).
Chaurigol and wtfshouldidonow, I saw you commented about my project. My project was created specially to achieve a good-battery life. I cannot guarantee that your phone will have great battery life, but you can give a try. Also, you can try my mod with Adrenaline Engine. If you want to try my mod, try to use my edited Adrenaline Engine (which will work with my battery mod):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27664110&postcount=75
My phone (which is now bricked from suspicious reasons) had a great battery life, about 2-4 days.
What is the best governer for multitasking?
perfommence
Messi10 said:
perfommence
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thanks dude.what about less battery usage when browsing? sorry if i'm asking too much questions
ayadgalaxymini said:
thanks dude.what about less battery usage when browsing? sorry if i'm asking too much questions
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Use SMARTASSV2 it saves battery when you're not using phone and gives you maximum performance when needed
smartass v2 or ondemand, both are similar
Unless you have lagfree that's seems to do well with battery and multitasking
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thanks all for answeing.you're the best
go to the second last link of my sig and read about them
Hi guys, the Devil Kernel has a governor called Powersave does that really help extend battery life?
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Hi guys, the Devil Kernel has a governor called Powersave does that really help extend battery life?
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Yea, it will, but it may be laggy and slow from time to time.
Check this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1369817
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Yea, it will, but it may be laggy and slow from time to time.
Check this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1369817
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This explains why my SGS is slow as hell on Powersave...which governor would you recommend?
thanks for the help!:victory:
xxxmike86xxx said:
This explains why my SGS is slow as hell on Powersave...which governor would you recommend?
thanks for the help!:victory:
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OnDemand, Conservative or SmartassV2 are a good compromise regarding speed and battery. Your battery will discharge a bit faster ofc but your phone will be smoother as well. Use CoolTool for live statistics of the CPU frequency.
Just play around a bit with the settings and use the link I posted above for help. If you want to know anything, feel free to ask me
There are several other settings on kernel side which affect speed and battery life.
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BlueFlame4 said:
OnDemand, Conservative or SmartassV2 are a good compromise regarding speed and battery. Your battery will discharge a bit faster ofc but your phone will be smoother as well. Use CoolTool for live statistics of the CPU frequency.
Just play around a bit with the settings and use the link I posted above for help. If you want to know anything, feel free to ask me
There are several other settings on kernel side which affect speed and battery life.
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Thank you so much!!! I'm gonna be honest and say I am a n00b and I won't really understand the statistics...or change the frequency manually...
Can I run SetCPU with all the kernels or just use the Kernel's governors (like Devil's let you choose a governor).
P.S - Tried the SmartassV2 looks okay to me a bit laggy though...
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Thank you so much!!! I'm gonna be honest and say I am a n00b and I won't really understand the statistics...or change the frequency manually...
Can I run SetCPU with all the kernels or just use the Kernel's governors (like Devil's let you choose a governor).
P.S - Tried the SmartassV2 looks okay to me a bit laggy though...
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Yeah, SetCPU can be run with any kernel. You can download the devil kernel app on Google Play to set everything, so SetCPU is redundant.
Statistics are quite obvious - the phone should hit min. frequency as soon as possible on the one hand and it shouldn't lagg on the other hand Lazy governor is good as well.
Btw: You are here to learn something so it's absolutely okay if you ask questions. That "noob-excuse" is kinda lame cuz you read and study the stuff by asking others /reading topics Everyone has to learn to succeed.
Anyways, ask me if you got questions
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It slows down a bit your phone but battery does improve.
Hey guys! Thanks for viewing this thread I have been getting poor battery backup this days ( short battery life) ! Can anyone recommend a kitkat rom with amazing battery backup and performance ? Governor and I/O settings will be helpful too!
AOSPA is the best.
For governor and I/O set default.
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AOSPA is the best.
For governor and I/O set default.
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And what is default combibation ?
Wysłane z WOO-Phablecika 4.2.2...
MikiGry said:
And what is default combibation ?
Wysłane z WOO-Phablecika 4.2.2...
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You have to leave everything as you find it (interactive+deadline)
performance and battery
good battery life or good performance, you can not have both
the better the performance the worse for the battery
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ralfin said:
good battery life or good performance, you can not have both
the better the performance the worse for the battery
Sorry for my english
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How about just purely good battery life? I need to charge my s advance many times to last the day..
@Prodean : Guess why this thread exist: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s-advance/general/ref-best-rom-kernel-thread-t2889584 .
I tested all of the avaliable kernels on 4 XL.
Used ondemand cpu governor,simple_ondemand gpu governor and fiops i/o scheduler with fsync disabled(note that some kernels like franken didnt support governor changing,settings didn't apply on boot for some reason so I done the test with schedutil cpu governor also). Best overall for speed and battery life is elementalx. Works awesome on any ROM. With others I had issues with small lags here and there but with ex kernel NEVER and I mean it.
Also Naptime app AKA agressive doze is total crap as I actually had better standby battery life without it.
Use AOSIP ROM with Ex kernel(block wakelocks also) for best balance between performance and battery life.
Hope this article will help someone.
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With others I had issues with small lags here and there but with ex kernel NEVER and I mean it.
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Same here, that's why i currently use stock. I agree with ex, it's probably the best one after stock one (No micro lags)
cimbajunior said:
I tested all of the avaliable kernels on 4 XL.
Used ondemand cpu governor,simple_ondemand gpu governor and fiops i/o scheduler with fsync disabled(note that some kernels like franken didnt support governor changing,settings didn't apply on boot for some reason so I done the test with schedutil cpu governor also). Best overall for speed and battery life is elementalx. Works awesome on any ROM. With others I had issues with small lags here and there but with ex kernel NEVER and I mean it.
Also Naptime app AKA agressive doze is total crap as I actually had better standby battery life without it.
Use AOSIP ROM with Ex kernel(block wakelocks also) for best balance between performance and battery life.
Hope this article will help someone.
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What wakelocks do you block?
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What wakelocks do you block?
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All except advanced ones.
sruel3216 said:
What wakelocks do you block?
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Here
cimbajunior said:
Here
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And you don't see any side effects? Everything functions normal?
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And you don't see any side effects? Everything functions normal?
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Read my first post on this thread please
cimbajunior said:
Read my first post on this thread please
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I did read it. Performance and battery you said are great. I mean as far as apps? No delayed notifications from any messaging or email apps?
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I did read it. Performance and battery you said are great. I mean as far as apps? No delayed notifications from any messaging or email apps?
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No for the ones I'm using(whatsapp,gmail,instagram,twitter....) if you block the wakelocks I sent in screenshot. If you block advanced ones then there can be problems maybe but I didn't test that as standby time and deep sleep are great.
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No for the ones I'm using(whatsapp,gmail,instagram,twitter....) if you block the wakelocks I sent in screenshot. If you block advanced ones then there can be problems maybe but I didn't test that as standby time and deep sleep are great.
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Sweet il try all those you said. Thanks!
sruel3216 said:
Sweet il try all those you said. Thanks!
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Just flash AOSIP rom and ex kernel and you won't regret it.
cimbajunior said:
Just flash AOSIP rom and ex kernel and you won't regret it.
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I like stock pixel rom. I use ex kernel thought so il try it out.
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I like stock pixel rom. I use ex kernel thought so il try it out.
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ex kernel works even better with aosip. But you can use it on stock also. I noticed that on aosip I get some extra battery juice and little bit faster performance if that matters to you. Battery life is more important for me.