What is the best rom for battery and stable - Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

What is the most stable rom where everything works and is good on battery life

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Amidoinitrite???
I only say that cause there have been quite a few identical threads recently, identical to this, that are very easy to find. Also, that pic gave me teh lulz! Couldn't help it.
On a serious note though, all the roms seem to be pretty damn good in there own ways. I was on cm7 for a while and it was very stable for me. Just flashed cleanGB and samurai kernel the other day, and not only has it been rock solid, but my battery life has been outstanding! As always, though, YMMV. Try em all and see what you like best. Enjoy!
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Hang out for a while. Read the threads on what the numerous roms contain. Find out what works for some and not for others. Some are geared for battery life, but you lose something in the process.
Try a few of them out. Look for qbking77's youtube tutorials on how to root/flash/theme/etc. Dont like a rom? Switch! It really is that easy.
Its like buying a new car. What would you like? There is no 'best', but rather what fits you.
Last but not least, when you ask a question, remember that there are some really smart people out here that rightfully just sit back and shake their heads at questions that are easily answered on your own with a little bit of searching.

berto55 said:
What is the most stable rom where everything works and is good on battery life
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SFR 1.2.
you can try a couple good kernels with it too. I used genocide.
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Most are ROM's are stable, battery life well. I can kill my battery in 3-4 hrs of streaming music from network via bluetooth to a speaker... other wise I can go all day just about. Even with undervolting I only get marginally better battery life in general.
Some apps/widgets are just battery/cpu/gpu/memory/storage etc hogs. If you use your phone your battery will drain. That is a guaranty... usage = less battery
Like others have said your mileage may vary and usually does.

i prefer genocide too

I wish people would stop asking these kind of questions...even more I wish people would stop answering them. Just ignore them and maybe they will actually read the ROM threads like they are supposed to before flashing!
EVERY PHONE IS DIFFERENT!!! What is good for someone elses phone may be bad for yours. Flash and figure it out. Thank you and have a nice day!

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[Q] Best kernel for CM6?

After realizing that I made a mistake by ditching my EVO for the Epic; I returned to the EVO and installed CM6. What a difference! Everything is great so far except for battery life (even using profiles on setCPU) so I was wondering what kernel would provide speed, reliability and battery savings. I'm currently running CM6 kernel and I'm getting around 1250 on quadrant (around the same results of the nexus one with froyo) so I'm happy with the speed so far but I would love some more battery life (I'm getting less than 8 hours with moderate use).
Thanks
What I learn is try a kernel for a day or two. Try another.. you will find one. Not saying do this but this is what I'm doing. Just like finding a rom.. always come back to cm6
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yes and please, search around the forums before posting, you *MIGHT* get flamed a bit for it. but im using king's kernel #9...but im not on CM6. idk what im on hahaha i dont remember
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Geez, my bad. For some reason I thought I was in the general section.
Can a mod move this thread to the general section? Thanks
Before this gets moved.. all hardware is different. On paper its the same, but what we have learned is that phones respond differently to the software thrown at them. As others suggested, try them out. Snap as well as Kings are excellent kernels. Just find there threads and I can't stress enough to read the op. Most of the questions you have can be found there, as it can be a little cumbersome with all the different versions for some. But yeah, make sure to give it a run for a few days before you decide its not working for you. Your phone needs to get used to it, so basing it off a charge after a few cycles is always a good idea.
miguelrodas said:
After realizing that I made a mistake by ditching my EVO for the Epic; I returned to the EVO and installed CM6. What a difference! Everything is great so far except for battery life (even using profiles on setCPU) so I was wondering what kernel would provide speed, reliability and battery savings. I'm currently running CM6 kernel and I'm getting around 1250 on quadrant (around the same results of the nexus one with froyo) so I'm happy with the speed so far but I would love some more battery life (I'm getting less than 8 hours with moderate use).
Thanks
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Run Snap v7.5 for an increase in speed and battery life.
King's Kernel all the way, and I've tried all the damn Snap kernels.
Mostly, you should be managing your wifi/3g/screen off cpu settings.
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King's Kernel all the way, and I've tried all the damn Snap kernels.
Mostly, you should be managing your wifi/3g/screen off cpu settings.
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I've been using King's #1 kernel after trying (and having issues with) a myriad of Snap kernels. I really like King's and am waiting for #2.

Starburst v1.9.8r + Underclock = Great Battery!

Running starburst rom v1.9.8r and its awesome! Thanks phantom for all your work! And thanks to everyone else whose software im using!
Battery life on a few previous roms were a bit low, maby i didnt give my phone long enough to get used to them, but my current set up gives me some of the best battery life I've personally had since before root and starburst v1.8 which were each beast.
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Way past my daily charge time and still going strong. connected to wifi a lot,used google navigation for about 90mins of driving, been web browsing a lot/texting/little music/some camera. Nothing spectacular like gaming and videos but my main worry was to make sure i had enough battery at the end of the day to gps back home lol. Dont worry about the few minutes of charging at the end, was showing off netflix through hdmi so kinda needed to have charger plugged in so give or take 2% if you're- why so serious?
Set up:
Sb rom v1.9.8r
LoStKernelExp 1.0.0.8
SetCpu to underclock/undervolt
Viper's LoS Checker v2.1 - default set to check every 2 minutes
ICS green dialer (Idk how that would do anything)
First fully charged phone till blue light,unplugged and turned off,plugged in and let fully charged a few times. Booted straight to recovery and wiped battery data. And yes rebooted and was at 99% but hey.
Also if anyone is worried about performance from underclocking from 1200 to 800, dont be, theres hardly a difference in performance. I play Defender -droidhen- alllll the time and there was absutely 0 performance issues even when using spells and flashy stuff on stage 92. The gps works perfect,no lag between voice and location/distance from next turn (and was on 3g). The single thing i notice is that when on flash heavy web pages, there tends to be a bit more checkerboarding while scrolling up and down, but the pages themselves load up as fast as always.
For the extra bettery life, i think its worth the microscopic performance sacrafice? Anyway I hope this helped anyone wondering about battery life and how I extend my own!
Would love some feedback if anyone is getting better results!
Looks good...still testing tho.
Thanks!

[Q] Galaxy Nexus LTE Battery Life

So I have the Incredible 2 and I get pretty damn good battery life. I am 90% sure I'm getting a Nexus in May, and I would like to know how good the battery life is. From what I've read AOKP with franco kernel and 4.0.4 radios gives good battery life. Can some of you guys post some screenies so I know what I'm getting into? Thanks.
P.S. I know there's a GSM battery life thread, which doesn't help me.
Ill try to help
Hey Friend!
Not able to post pics (new here) but I can tell you with normal use (occasional texting, website browsing, fb, email, and llama) and the normal battery I last from 7am to 6ish pm.
With the extended battery (same use, if not more) I can go from 7am to 11pm.
I've played with app background data restriction (to keep my gb cap) and after using it I found you can squeeze 2-4 more hours out of it if done correctly
Hope that helps!
Kev
There are enormous amounts of posts saying the lte nexus gets substantially worse battery life, about 2-2.5 hours of screen on time for the Verizon, and 4 hours screen time for the GSM version. But I don't own the lte just what's been posted.
SoooooooOoOoOOoooo many threads on this. People listing their usage and screenshots for dozens of pages.
Yeah there are so many threads about this we should have a "battery life" sub-forum lol. But to answer your question it sucks, around 2 hours screen on time.
This was today...
Sometimes it's better, but this is about average.
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Notice I still have %10 as well.
That's what I get on my Inc2 lol.
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What Rom and kernel?
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Coming from the original DInc, even undervolted with IncrediKernel, I find my GNex gets a bit better battery life and actually gets better signal (here in Boston anyway).

Which Rom Offers the Best Battery Life on Jellybean?

I know im going to get flamed on this for making 'another better rom for battery thread' but ive been away for two weeks and i see some new roms are out for jellybean, i am currently rocking AndroidMe Cm10 rom, but would like to try a different rom for better batterylife. (its not the best as is ..) i know you guys are going to say every device varies but chances are what most people are getting better battery life on so will mine... so what would you guys reccomend? i really dont want to revert to TeamGummy 4.0.4 (ICS) but if i cant find a better batterylife
well, a better battery life is mostly up 2 the kernel, screen brightness, wireless and network usage, other settings r just familiar of most roms.
though ice has a better battery life than jb, i think
the GUMMY doos have a good battery life 'cause it's using the imoseyon kernel:good:
Noooooo!!
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ed116 said:
I know im going to get flamed on this for making 'another better rom for battery thread' but ive been away for two weeks and i see some new roms are out for jellybean, i am currently rocking AndroidMe Cm10 rom, but would like to try a different rom for better batterylife. (its not the best as is ..) i know you guys are going to say every device varies but chances are what most people are getting better battery life on so will mine... so what would you guys reccomend? i really dont want to revert to TeamGummy 4.0.4 (ICS) but if i cant find a better batterylife
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Not trying to flame you but you answered your own question in the OP. Every device varies along with the way each person uses it. I don't have any technical expertise to fall back on when choosing a ROM so it's mostly a trial-and-error process. Flashing a different ROM or kernel is fairly simple, so just experiment and see which one gives you what you are looking for. I rarely, if ever, got the same performance that other users reported when I had my Evo. And lastly, read what other people are saying about a particular combination. XDA has no shortage of people willing to try out new things and let the rest of the community know how it worked. The last 3 pages of a thread are usually the best place to look and see what kind of success/failure rate is happening.
ed116 said:
I know im going to get flamed on this for making 'another better rom for battery thread'
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why did you make the thread then?
here's the best rom ever! STOCK
well, in the 2 weeks that you were gone, there have been amazing breakthroughs in development! The battery now lasts almost 2 weeks with on avg 17hrs of screen on time!
*sigh* just look at the kernel threads and youll see, its not like there's 70+ kernels
Stock.
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Flamefest.
No one can decide for you. No one uses their phone like you.
You need to decide for yourself and put in the work like everyone else
Flash and see.
FNM

Battery life... is this normal?

I picked up a brand new S3 yesterday. While battery life has been okay before, I was wondering if this is normal. Every other android phone I have had, the screen took up the most battery. On the S3, the cell standby has uses the most... by a lot. Thanks in advance!
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Hi!
I don't know if you searched the forums or not before posting but there are a ton of threads about this.
It is a VERY common bug for the S3 with this 'Cell Standby' taking most of the battery life even when you are in full signal range. I read somewhere that Samsung made a mistake when programming the phones that Cell Standby takes 34mA instead of 3.4mA. Not sure how true this is, but there is a fix available but does require root.
After trying Jelly Bean leaked versions for a bit, I noticed that this bug seems to have fixed.
Another thing you might want to try, is DISABLE LTE! It takes a ton of power even when not in use! Use HSPA or GSM instead depending on your carrier!
Other than that, enjoying your phone so far?
Michael
I was trying to rush to work when I made the thread, but now that I'm looking through this section of the forums, I'm find out it's common. If you could point me in the right direction for the fix, I would really appreciate it! Only thing I'm scared of is having an issue with the new phone and not being able to have it fixed after I root it...
The phone is great so far. I'm coming from 3 different One X's. The camera and screen on the One X definitely destroy the S3, but everything else the S3 seems to hold it's own or have a slight edge over the HTC
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I was trying to rush to work when I made the thread, but now that I'm looking through this section of the forums, I'm find out it's common. If you could point me in the right direction for the fix, I would really appreciate it! Only thing I'm scared of is having an issue with the new phone and not being able to have it fixed after I root it...
The phone is great so far. I'm coming from 3 different One X's. The camera and screen on the One X definitely destroy the S3, but everything else the S3 seems to hold it's own or have a slight edge over the HTC
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Good job picking the S3 then!
The only fix I found was for root, and just put the cell standby lower down on the list, or not on the list at all. I'm not sure if it made the battery drain slower but definitely changed the %s in the battery settings.
Here's the link just make sure you have the UVALH2 or UVALEM version of ICS first though and download the correct zip!
It uses CWM by the way.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1810382

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