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[Q] Good rom for battery?

I've been using Sabsa Prime and the battery seems to drain quickly and I'm wondering what rom would be good for battery?

I'm using Nik Project X 4.1 and I get average battery: I can get 3 days of battery with normal usage (Wifi + Music player). I used to get 5 days of battery easy with Nik Trinity Sensation XL but I'm looking for a ICS rom with good battery life.

noremac258 said:
I've been using Sabsa Prime and the battery seems to drain quickly and I'm wondering what rom would be good for battery?
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it really depends on where you are, what socket do you have, etc. But what i know excactly - non sense roms are much better about battery than sense one's. i've used miui, now using jelly bean - it's really better

ryosuke_gunma said:
I'm using Nik Project X 4.1 and I get average battery: I can get 3 days of battery with normal usage (Wifi + Music player). I used to get 5 days of battery easy with Nik Trinity Sensation XL but I'm looking for a ICS rom with good battery life.
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3days on battery life?! what type of battery r u using?

ryosuke_gunma said:
I'm using Nik Project X 4.1 and I get average battery: I can get 3 days of battery with normal usage (Wifi + Music player). I used to get 5 days of battery easy with Nik Trinity Sensation XL but I'm looking for a ICS rom with good battery life.
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Lying to this people is not nice, there's no way you can make it lasts for 3 days even if you don't use it at all, no matter which rom you are using. Not to mention 5 days.
I'm not sure who're you trying to lie to, us or yourself?
Or maybe you have 2 batteries connected together...

nlooooo said:
Lying to this people is not nice, there's no way you can make it lasts for 3 days even if you don't use it at all, no matter which rom you are using. Not to mention 5 days.
I'm not sure who're you trying to lie to, us or yourself?
Or maybe you have 2 batteries connected together...
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Okay, maybe not really 3 days or 5 days full but almost near that. For ICS I could get 2 days + 12 more hours then it goes to zero. For Trinity XL GB rom, I could get 5 days (well 4 days + 8 hours) because of the deep sleep mode.

ryosuke_gunma said:
I'm using Nik Project X 4.1 and I get average battery: I can get 3 days of battery with normal usage (Wifi + Music player). I used to get 5 days of battery easy with Nik Trinity Sensation XL but I'm looking for a ICS rom with good battery life.
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ryosuke_gunma said:
Okay, maybe not really 3 days or 5 days full but almost near that. For ICS I could get 2 days + 12 more hours then it goes to zero. For Trinity XL GB rom, I could get 5 days (well 4 days + 8 hours) because of the deep sleep mode.
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Read your posts, 3-5 days with normal usage (wifi+music player) and that's not deep sleep, but even if you leave it in deep sleep no way to pump it up to 5 days or 4d+8h.
Or maybe I'm wrong, but I've never seen a smartphone with battery life like yours. Maybe you should go to HTC and offer your services, cause you'll make them a top smartphone seller as the first smartphones manufacturer that makes them with 5-days battery.

god I'm lucky to get 15 hours with normal usage on ICS\JB.
The best ROM I've found for battery life was CM7. When I go on holiday I always roll back to it

I managed to get a whole week on Android Revolution. I cleaned up almost all default applications, set low screen brightness, used Nova as a launcher, turned off the glamorous animation effects and blocked all data transfer (except for an hour per day, when I turned WiFi on, checked my mailbox and read news feeds). This profile is not really convenient for everyday usage, but it is suitable when you travel.

After try so many roms, I think there are 2 roms -- stock and arhd4.
I am using arhd because battery usage is almost the same as stock rom but it is a bit faster (not oc). My normally usage, this 2.5 years old machine can take up to 36-40 hours.
From my captured battery usage picture.
Screen on: 2 hrs
Auto brightness
Wifi always on
3g: 4 hrs
Voice call: 30 mins
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using xda app-developers app

Blackout ICS + Beastmode kernel (unreleased atm) = amazing battery. Kernel makes for good battery on Venom too

markj338 said:
Blackout ICS + Beastmode kernel (unreleased atm) = amazing battery. Kernel makes for good battery on Venom too
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How can I get Beastmode, cause on Blackout thread I can only find some repository with lots of stuff that probably need compiling.

nlooooo said:
How can I get Beastmode, cause on Blackout thread I can only find some repository with lots of stuff that probably need compiling.
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Shall be released publicly soon. Not sure exactly when though, it will depend on when zarboz thinks i ts ready
Sent from my Blacked Out Incredible S

noremac258 said:
I've been using Sabsa Prime and the battery seems to drain quickly and I'm wondering what rom would be good for battery?
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I get a decent days worth from Sabsa, I don't expect it to go on much longer than a day and I charge it every night, but I can leave data on to auto sync, and make/take a couple of calls etc and I get by OK.
I've been running it for a long time now, it's settled down and is functional.
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snt frm my inc s wiv my xda app

(20 seconds) cell phone charged

Google is taking action to get it 1st.... http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhHO1i77697vTEE5K9
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

I read about this let's hope it's something viable/affordable to be included in our phones. I use my phone a lot and have many email accounts I usually get about 15 hours when at work however on weekends I get a day or two of use so this could really be useful
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium

The comments section of that site is as equally interesting as well
Tapatalked from my AOSPA Nexus 4

mundixx said:
The comments section of that site is as equally interesting as well
Tapatalked from my AOSPA Nexus 4
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I agree. Also, I'd love to charge my phone in 30 seconds. It's a different approach to solving the battery-life problems.
If you can't make a battery that lasts longer, make charging faster.

One of the best tecnological improvements since camera...

purpleman2k said:
I agree. Also, I'd love to charge my phone in 30 seconds. It's a different approach to solving the battery-life problems.
If you can't make a battery that lasts longer, make charging faster.
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That makes so much sense, I whole heartily agree

About time battery tech evolved in 1 way or another.

That's a website full of very classy people...

The energy density given is not bad for a supercapacitor, but the ballpark figure 'comparable to normal batteries is only 10% of chemical batteries.
So... your phone may recharge in 20 seconds, but only run for an hour or two.
Still it is great progress. Imagine a normal battery for the long runs, and this quick charge capacitor for a fast recharge in between.

Andrew025 said:
That's a website full of very classy people...
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and classy videos inspired by black americans.

Deeco7 said:
and classy videos inspired by black americans.
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With real hip hop videos
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luiseteyo said:
One of the best tecnological improvements since camera...
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since color TV

REALLY bad battery life, is this normal?

Heya,
I've used my One for a few hours now, I'd say moderately heavy use (checked facebook/twitter, downloaded some apps, watched a few youtube video's, played Dungeon Hunter 4 for 30 minutes or so, checked flipboard).
I'm amazed by the poor battery life, especially since all the reviews were so positive. Will it get better? Could I have a faulty battery? This is nowhere near the 14 hours people have been talking about...
Sent from my HTC One using xda app-developers app

Zepid said:
Heya,
I've used my One for a few hours now, I'd say moderately heavy use (checked facebook/twitter, downloaded some apps, watched a few youtube video's, played Dungeon Hunter 4 for 30 minutes or so, checked flipboard).
I'm amazed by the poor battery life, especially since all the reviews were so positive. Will it get better? Could I have a faulty battery? This is nowhere near the 14 hours people have been talking about...
Sent from my HTC One using xda app-developers app
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With what you are doing i lose like maybe 5-10%. Your battery is faulty for sure!

igi0n said:
With what you are doing i lose like maybe 5-10%. Your battery is faulty for sure!
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you can't tell yet. @Zepid, look for better battery stats xda edition and install it and post the screenshot for kernel and partial wakelocks, other and process.

It's hard to really tell with the default battery monitor, try BetterBatteryStats or GSAM from a full charge and go from there.

Also turn Power Saver on. It limits the CPU to 1.1GHz, and won't even affect gaming performance, or anything else for the matter except benchmarks. Click on the Power Saver option to customize what gets turned on/off.

You should check out the thread that talks about battery saving tips. It helps a lot and make sure you install a custom Rom such as trickdroid.
It's very battery efficient.
Sent from my HTC One using xda app-developers app

Don't forget that if you install a custom ROM, you'll need to root your One. That also means loosing your warranty
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium

DH4 is a beast on battery in my experience. It is hard to play that game and not burn a ton of battery.
Anyway, when I don't play DH4 I still get 5 hours screen time. That's without power saver, auto sync disabled, and Lux adjusting screen brightness. I'm sure if I used power saver I'd get much longer.

Seriously, give it a couple of days!

BenPope said:
Seriously, give it a couple of days!
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I have found my battery improved after about a week of having my phone.

Graphic intense games like Dungeon Hunter 4 EATS the battery.

Thanks guys, the Power saving feature definately seems to help, and it's not slowing down the phone at all. I'll give it some time and see if the battery life improves.

Zepid said:
Thanks guys, the Power saving feature definately seems to help, and it's not slowing down the phone at all. I'll give it some time and see if the battery life improves.
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before you start combating symptoms, you should first try to diagnose the disease, so you can combat the underlying disease, follow my first post

I have to agree, my battery life is pretty poor. I'm going to give it a week and hopefully it clears itself out.

macros14 said:
I have to agree, my battery life is pretty poor. I'm going to give it a week and hopefully it clears itself out.
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You should allow more time, at least 2 or 3 updates, to iron out the biggest bugs. All manufacturers need that time, apple en Samsung too.

HTC ONE Battery DRAIN Faster+I have small GAPS

I have a big problem with my new HTC ONE... Buy it 7 days ago in Germany(but using it only 5 days)!
Battery DRAIN very FAST[i think it's a issues]! (((
Charged it from 5-10% everytime to a FULL CHARGE about 5 times [Results it's the same...why so bad?]
Stock ROM,Fly MODE/AirPlanes(without sim card),i disable 10 apps from stock(Facebook,Twitter,Calendar,Google Movies,more widgets,NO HAVE LIVE WALLPAPER and more)
Please report your suggestion,any ideas!! I need HELP...Thank you!
P.s: I tried today to return and she say i need to try more to charge,even if it's FULL CHARGE(and green LED)
***Here is a screenshots***

Th3Dark said:
I have a big problem with my new HTC ONE... Buy it 7 days ago in Germany(but using it only 5 days)!
Battery DRAIN very FAST[i think it's a issues]! (((
Charged it from 5-10% everytime to a FULL CHARGE about 5 times [Results it's the same...why so bad?]
Stock ROM,Fly MODE/AirPlanes(without sim card),i disable 10 apps from stock(Facebook,Twitter,Calendar,Google Movies,more widgets,NO HAVE LIVE WALLPAPER and more)
Please report your suggestion,any ideas!! I need HELP...Thank you!
P.s: I tried today to return and she say i need to try more to charge,even if it's FULL CHARGE(and green LED)
***Here is a screenshots***
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Your phone is awake nearly the entire 5 hours and you screen is on the majority of the time.
What do you expect?

skymera said:
Your phone is awake nearly the entire 5 hours and you screen is on the majority of the time.
What do you expect?
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Exactly what I was thinking.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

skymera said:
Your phone is awake nearly the entire 5 hours and you screen is on the majority of the time.
What do you expect?
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I read in forum to others persons 4 hours turned on screen,24h of radio,1h. of internet browsing,1 video +Calls...
P.s: Do not forget i use without GSM! And not so heavy use,for example:1hour video(takes 35%<<<It's not normally),30 min. of web and music,30min. YouTube,and play some stuff 1h...!Why so fast drain of battery in comparison with others?

Th3Dark said:
I read in forum to others persons 4 hours turned on screen,24h of radio,1h. of internet browsing,1 video +Calls...
P.s: Do not forget i use without GSM! And not so heavy use,for example:1hour video(takes 35%<<<It's not normally),30 min. of web and music,30min. YouTube,and play some stuff 1h...!Why so fast drain of battery in comparison with others?
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let it settle with some recharging cycles for few days and see, if the problem is still here, then exchange it

Thank you for help!
Tabtoub said:
let it settle with some recharging cycles for few days and see, if the problem is still here, then exchange it
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It's very important for me to know if i'm right with battery or not!

Download Gsam battery monitor so we can see a screenshot like this.
Sent from my HTC One

ECEXCURSION said:
Download Gsam battery monitor so we can see a screenshot like this.
Sent from my HTC One
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I will do it...Tommorow i report results!Thank you

WakeLock on HTC ONE!
Okey!Another problem i found when installed GSam...Why is consuming too much battery than others apps that i use...?
Tryed to find in forums and internet : is possible to be from a media files or media scanner(i'm not sure because i compared results of my htc ONE with Galaxy Note ( in Samsung i have tons of media files and usage by this "Wakelock media " is only 4% )...And another source from interent says that : Wake Lock can consume and installed apps who do a background work and stop cpu from sleep! Anyway i want to know more about this! Thanks to all.
Screenshot :

About Gsam on the htc ONE
System (*WakeLock*) in GSam is the standard Video Player...And I resolved my problem with battery,I disable more apps and now after 2 Discharges my battery in HTC One seems to be okay!Happy now .
Thread is closed!

Nexus 5 Battery Results

Post your screenshots with a description of the test you used. ​
I'm doing a low to medium usage test with Bluetooth, Location Access on High accuracy, WIFI, HSPA,Auto Brightness and google now. From 100% down to 0%. Then doing a Full charge time with phone turned on.
Will be posting screenshots via dropbox below with a few hours in between.
Battery usage screenshots. https://www.dropbox.com/sc/zwr2s240knxqove/_FZDWDZWmT
4hr 6mins screenshots of time on. https://www.dropbox.com/sc/zzvlu7oplnax7qf/IeDdDl9Nb_
8hr in with screen on time. https://www.dropbox.com/sc/ww0uwt5fo8tbuk9/mw_LPAcrB3
19hr screenshot with 7.5hr overnight standbyhttps://www.dropbox.com/sc/t64536q9a0l0axd/RWJ6_Oq4gJ
In addition I've used a2dp audio stream for an hour or so. I'll do a full screenshot of all the on times later.
Still very low usage scenario. Battery looking good. @22hrs 40% with updated screenshots above.
Final Result only took me to 15% with 1 Day 16 Hours. Screen on time 3hr 16mins. Needed a full battery for the day and couldn't risk it but atleast it's a general ballpark. https://www.dropbox.com/sc/oaj33ji9kssx5rt/BFiLIz-Jef
40 Hours is still pretty good for light usage. During a busy working day i would be happy with 9 hours max usage.

NatTheCat said:
Post your screenshots with a description of the test you used. ​
I'm doing a low to medium usage test with Bluetooth, Location Access on High accuracy, WIFI, HSPA and Auto Brightness. From 100% down to 0%. Then doing a Full charge time with phone turned on.
Will be posting screenshots via dropbox below with a few hours in between.
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/2hshzh4s09e4ppj/V6ZzUXB_Nr
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I know this is off topic but I havn't ben able to confirm this anyway: Does the nexus 5 have a LED notification light?

NatTheCat said:
Post your screenshots with a description of the test you used. ​
I'm doing a low to medium usage test with Bluetooth, Location Access on High accuracy, WIFI, HSPA and Auto Brightness. From 100% down to 0%. Then doing a Full charge time with phone turned on.
Will be posting screenshots via dropbox below with a few hours in between.
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/2hshzh4s09e4ppj/V6ZzUXB_Nr
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Can you also please post the screen on times. Thanks.

gredberd said:
I know this is off topic but I havn't ben able to confirm this anyway: Does the nexus 5 have a LED notification light?
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Yes it does have a notification light. Its in the same place as the Galaxy Nexus and the Nexus 4. Here is a video of it in action;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRF6jZX2b7Q&feature=c4-overview&list=UUgd4ILPETW7nG1tSttVdSmQ

MasterGGM said:
Can you also please post the screen on times. Thanks.
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Screen on time is in the screenshot.

NatTheCat said:
Screen on time is in the screenshot.
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Not to be rude, but no its not. I meant the actual time the screen has been on not the % of it. When you click on screen you'll see what I mean.

Here's a link to mine from the other battery thread;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47056316&postcount=130

MasterGGM said:
Not to be rude, but no its not. I meant the actual time the screen has been on not the % of it. When you click on screen you'll see what I mean.
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Sorry i understand now. Yes i'll upload them as well.

shr33kant said:
Here's a link to mine from the other battery thread;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47056316&postcount=130
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Looks like it's not that great...
Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app

yuan_1202 said:
Looks like it's not that great...
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Were you expecting Galaxy Note or LG G2 battery life from a phone with a 2300 mAh battery?
Those battery stats seem perfectly fine for a phone with a 2300 mAh battery.

yuan_1202 said:
Looks like it's not that great...
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It looks ok with almost 2h of BT streaming calls + 2h of music. Other results in thread seem more "realistic" (if you don't use BT). Let's wait for more feedback. If it could make 4-4.30h screen on for me, that means with custom kernel and UC it could easily hit 5h or more. *thinking out loud*

yuan_1202 said:
Looks like it's not that great...
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Here's my reply from the previous thread...
Well you say it's disappointing but I disagree;
If you look at the screenshots you will see how much battery has been taken by the voice calls compared to screen on time;
30% of the total battery use was from the 3hr47m for screen on time but...
A whopping 26% for only 1hr28m of voice call time! If we use that ratio and just double it (assuming all network strength was the same) you'd likely lose 52% of your battery in just under 3 hours...(this is just an estimation based on my results btw).
I honestly don't understand the hard-on people get for screen on time when voice calls seem to drain the battery much much harder... doesn't anyone use their device as a phone anymore?
Also if you take into consideration how bad my signal was the battery life I had today was all the more impressive.
A Random Afterthought:
IF that 26% that were used on Voice calls were used for screen on time...although realistically it'd probably be something like 17-20% with the rest on random android processes and processor usage; the screen on time could easily be above 5 hours possibly pushing 6 with bad signal and no wifi O_O...

Well nexus 4 with Trinity kernel gets 6-7 hours so with nexus 5 I expect around 8 hours on a custom kernel and stock should get around 5 hours which is pretty darn good.
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dinodude said:
Well nexus 4 with Trinity kernel gets 6-7 hours so with nexus 5 I expect around 8 hours on a custom kernel and stock should get around 5 hours which is pretty darn good.
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He is liar dont believe him

shr33kant said:
I honestly don't understand the hard-on people get for screen on time when voice calls seem to drain the battery much much harder... doesn't anyone use their device as a phone anymore?
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Nope. Who uses a smartphone for phone calls?

MasterGGM said:
Nope. Who uses a smartphone for phone calls?
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Haha I only really use it for work tbh. Most of the its just texting or what's app.
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Updated the screenshots above for the 8hr mark. Not many phone calls been made and phone has been idle quite a while.

NatTheCat said:
Haha I only really use it for work tbh. Most of the its just texting or what's app.
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Think I had like 32 mins of actual phone calls on my phone bill last month lol. So yea, a lot of people dont use their phones for calls all that much.

NatTheCat said:
Updated the screenshots above for the 8hr mark. Not many phone calls been made and phone has been idle quite a while.
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The Default battery app doesn't give enough information imo, Could you install GSam Battery Monitor? It is free & very informative.

Perfectly acceptable
shr33kant said:
Here's a link to mine from the other battery thread;
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shr33kant,
The battery performance results you have are perfectly acceptable for a typical phone user that uses the phone for calls, web surfing, google services, movies etc. I only get 2 to 2hr. 15mins on my N4 with typical phone usage as you. So the N5 is basically getting better battery performance then the N4. :good: