What ROM are you using? (9th July)

[Guest Anil k Solanki]

I use GSF and I'm getting close to 85+ hours battery life (I'm on 9% left and it's run for 87 hours) and I haven't even calibrated the battery yet. I used to get 60 in SS, AFTER calibration.

Super smooth scrolling, insanely fast GPS fix, Gingerbread- Wbaw's GSF all the way!

Can't comment about CM7 since I've never tried it. I'm not too much of a ROM hopper, I prefer staying on a stable ROM for a month at a time.. GSF all the way!

85+ hours, really? Or do you mean 8.5 hours? If you are getting 85+ hours it must be a worlds record for such a small battery. Or you only use your phone as an alarm clock. I am not being a smart ass, but I cant see how you could get 85+ hours with even basic 60 minutes a day use.

Amazing if you are. Anil.

Edited July 9, 2011 by Anil k Solanki

[Guest targetbsp]

85+ hours, really? Or do you mean 8.5 hours? If you are getting 85+ hours it must be a worlds record for such a small battery. Or you only use your phone as an alarm clock. I am not being a smart ass, but I cant see how you could get 85+ hours with even basic 60 minutes a day use.

Amazing if you are. Anil.

85 hours is easy. I'm on 68% remaining after 60 hours now.

No bugs? Guess you like having no led notifications then.

The latest CM7 doesn't have this either :blink:

Edited July 9, 2011 by targetbsp

[Guest Victor von Zeppelin]

85 hours is easy. I'm on 68% remaining after 60 hours now.

It's plausible, yes. If you use it as a texting calling phone. Maybe a couple of minutes on facebook or something.

But I find the second I go out, and use it to keep me entertained...music, travelling games, it drains it.

Of course, were I live, I don't have data enabled as it's so useless, I get a lot of life, as most would probably do.

Also, GSF being so high is amazing. I bet people have just become disenfranchised by how slow CyanogenMOd is getting better, even if features wise it beats everything - the review process slows everything to a halt, which wasn't the case with single dev roms as in the olden days. But that's coming back now, due to this gingerbread leak.

Would be nice for some to deconstruct the leak to find out what makes it so fast.

[Guest Anil k Solanki]

It's plausible, yes. If you use it as a texting calling phone. Maybe a couple of minutes on facebook or something.

But I find the second I go out, and use it to keep me entertained...music, travelling games, it drains it.

Of course, were I live, I don't have data enabled as it's so useless, I get a lot of life, as most would probably do.

Also, GSF being so high is amazing. I bet people have just become disenfranchised by how slow CyanogenMOd is getting better, even if features wise it beats everything - the review process slows everything to a halt, which wasn't the case with single dev roms as in the olden days. But that's coming back now, due to this gingerbread leak.

Would be nice for some to deconstruct the leak to find out what makes it so fast.

Well, I suppose if you don't use the smart part of your smart phone then you might get 85+ hours. My Sony Ericsson from 7 years ago used to give me a full week, 168 hours, because all I did was make phone calls and text. But then again that's all I could do, apart from taking really shite pictures. :blink:

Anil.

Edited July 9, 2011 by Anil k Solanki

[Guest Tony Sidaway]

Are the latest CM7 good on battery life? Thats the ONLY reason I havent used CM7, because of all the posts I've read, but I could do with the extra goodies which aren't yet in GSF, but I'd still need a good battery life also.

Thanks!

I've been running CyanogenMod 7 on an Orange San Francisco for two months now. I flash a new nightly build every Saturday, clearing the cache and the Dalvik cache before I reboot it.

I don't much like GPS so I run my phone with the GPS off except where needed (which means virtually never). Battery consumption is acceptable given the very heavy load I give this toy. Far and away the biggest consumer of battery on my phone is the display even though I set it to a very low brightness (8%) except when very occasionally in direct sunlight when I may set it as high as 50%. I don't think that element of consumption has anything to do with the firmware and I wouldn't expect any other firmware to do a better job. I just hammer the phone all day long even when out and about.

I do use a battery manager called Green Power Free which switches off Wi-Fi or Mobile Network when they are not in use, but actually they probably don't often get a chance to do that when I'm awake because I'm too busy fiddling with the phone.

When I sleep, battery consumption virtually flatlines, so taking into account my very heavy daytime phone use I'm skeptical of complaints about battery consumptiion problems. The display is off, the Wi-Fi and Mobile Network is off, and the GPS is always off, so if there were underlying problems I would expect them to show as unexpectedly high consumption during those hours.

[Guest JT_daniel]

85 hours? Clearly you hardly use your phone! I'm on Blue Ginger and have noticed an increase in battery life, but it still will only last a day, maybe through till the morning. I charge every night, but I do need to. I don't understand how people have smartphones and don't use them :S

Well, having a really powerful laptop in my hands almost 24x7 kind of negates the necessity of checking facebook, twitter on the phone and playing angry birds on the 4.1 inch screen.

Yes, looking at it that way, I don't use my smartphone much (other than for texting and maybe 2-3 hours of phone calls between charges). But just having those features and using them when I'm on the move makes it useful.

[Guest JT_daniel]

85+ hours, really? Or do you mean 8.5 hours? If you are getting 85+ hours it must be a worlds record for such a small battery. Or you only use your phone as an alarm clock. I am not being a smart ass, but I cant see how you could get 85+ hours with even basic 60 minutes a day use.

Amazing if you are. Anil.

Anil, not a world record at all. I've seen users get 100+ hours easily out of their phone. They just don't use it that much, lol. I use it for sending maybe 20-30 texts a day and maybe 2-3 hours of phone calls totally. Maybe a bit of browsing over wifi. Nothing more. I've got a laptop for everything else.

Here you go, you can get a decent idea of my usage from this graph.

I let it run till 3d and 16 hours till I charged it yesterday night.

Edited July 10, 2011 by JT_daniel

[Guest Anil k Solanki]

Anil, not a world record at all. I've seen users get 100+ hours easily out of their phone. They just don't use it that much, lol. I use it for sending maybe 20-30 texts a day and maybe 2-3 hours of phone calls totally. Maybe a bit of browsing over wifi. Nothing more. I've got a laptop for everything else.

Here you go, you can get a decent idea of my usage from this graph.

I let it run till 3d and 16 hours till I charged it yesterday night.

Hi JT_daniel,

Thanks a lot for sharing that info. It is interesting to read how other people use their handsets. I work from home so most of the time I can plug my phone into a power source. My battery has only died on me once, when I was on a trip abroad. Wi-Fi is my biggest drain, after that it would be 3G. I am impressed even more by the Blade now, thanks to frugal users like yourself. One thing I should mention, batteries that use Lithium based chemistry really don't like being drained to below 20% if at all possible top up the battery, it will wear out less quickly. On the other hand a new battery cost's £6.

Thanks. Anil.

Edited July 10, 2011 by Anil k Solanki

[Guest JT_daniel]

batteries that use Lithium based chemistry really don't like being drained to below 20% if at all possible top up the battery, it will wear out less quickly.

Thanks for the tip mate, I didn't know that! Will be more careful in the future. :blink:

[Guest targetbsp]

. One thing I should mention, batteries that use Lithium based chemistry really don't like being drained to below 20% if at all possible top up the battery, it will wear out less quickly.

I was under the impression that the batteries themselves take that into account and should be fine until they say they're flat? The only harm to them should come from prolonged storage of them whilst flat (where they'd obviously drain further in storage)

For starters, the battery reading on this phone is so useless that at 20% it still has half its power left as far as I can tell! Perhaps this is why you are surprised at the battery life some of us have. :blink:

[Guest Mushroom_Lord]

For starters, the battery reading on this phone is so useless that at 20% it still has half its power left as far as I can tell!

Are you sure your battery stats aren't messed up? - Personally I've never noticed myself :blink:

[Guest targetbsp]

Are you sure your battery stats aren't messed up? - Personally I've never noticed myself :huh:

My phone goes 8 days between charges or 5 hours of gaming. I'm not touching my battery stats :)

I actually thought I'd edited that to 30% anyway. :S Oh well! Definitely in my case, in a gaming session from 100% to 1%, the drop in battery level slows down as it gets low as if it's saying to itself 'actually you know, i've got more battery left than i thought' :blink:

[Guest Clitheroe1]

I feel like a dinosaur because I'm still using FLB Froyo. I am very happy with this ROM and I've not yet found a convincing reason to change it.

[Guest 569]

Hi swisstourist, I am guessing that Ad-Hoc is not something most people would use. What you use it for? Ad-Hoc Wi-Fi is pretty useless unless the two devices have something in common, like a game, or an app. My PSP has Ad-Hoc but that's so I can play other very nearby PSP users wirelessly. Would be really interested to know how you would use it. Over to you...

Anil.

It's very useful if you don't have an Access Point. But unfortunately Android doesn't support Ad-Hoc network.

[Guest Anil k Solanki]

I was under the impression that the batteries themselves take that into account and should be fine until they say they're flat? The only harm to them should come from prolonged storage of them whilst flat (where they'd obviously drain further in storage)

For starters, the battery reading on this phone is so useless that at 20% it still has half its power left as far as I can tell! Perhaps this is why you are surprised at the battery life some of us have. :blink:

Hi, for starters, the battery gauge/meter call it what you want, be it either in the status bar or from a widget is purely a guesstimate made by the OS using statistics that have been stored in the battery stats file. When it says 20% that is a guess, it is not gospel, all batteries work this way. Some batteries have electronics built into them so they can report to the device using it what the current status is. These types of battery are "smart" batteries. The battery in the Blade is not "smart".

All battery chemistries have different properties, some don't mind being totally discharged, whilst some react badly to a total discharge, it depends on the chemistry of the battery. As I said before, Lithium chemistry batteries will wear out quicker if totally discharged. They will last longer if they remain topped up to at least 20%. Last longer means the battery will reach it's end of life, therefore no longer hold a charge later rather than sooner.

All batteries have a life-span, or charge cycles, batteries that will keep charging forever don't exist. Go to Link to Batteryuniversity.com to find out more.

Anil.

Edited July 10, 2011 by Anil k Solanki

[Guest 569]

I feel like a dinosaur because I'm still using FLB Froyo. I am very happy with this ROM and I've not yet found a convincing reason to change it.

FLB Froyo was the best ROM for me in terms of battery life.

[Guest Anil k Solanki]

It's very useful if you don't have an Access Point. But unfortunately Android doesn't support Ad-Hoc network.

Hi 569, I would genuinely be interested to know what you would use Ad-Hoc for? Connecting to a computer with Wi-Fi and internet connection? In that case you could very easily make the computer an Access Point. Otherwise all I can see Ad-Hoc being used for is peer to peer Wi-Fi connections.

I would love to know.

Anil.

[Guest 569]

Hi 569, I would genuinely be interested to know what you would use Ad-Hoc for? Connecting to a computer with Wi-Fi and internet connection? In that case you could very easily make the computer an Access Point...

Yes, using Wi-Fi to connect the handset with the internet. At work I don't have w-lan and it could also be useful when travelling.

[Guest Steve T]

Just moved to GSF. Wow what an improvement.

Was using the JJellyfish. This is so much better. No lockups yet, Installed Juice Defender. (free version, but will upgrade)

No battery re-charge yet !!! 2 days and down to 14% (haven't calibrated yet either)

No looking back for me :blink:

Oh buy the way, I use many aspects of my phone daily. (mail, facebook, 3G web connection, calls , text, and some GPS too)

Edited July 10, 2011 by Steve T

[Guest Kuoi]

Ginger Stir Fry ! :huh:

Once you try it , you'll like your phone much more ... and your battery wil thank you , because she gets some rest at least :blink:

Edited July 10, 2011 by Kuoi

[Guest appolus]

its truely an awesome rom gigner stir fry, when the kernel hits the market it will be much better.

[Guest Laccnow]

I was on CM7 n103 I guess, and then I switched to GSF. I'm glad I gave GSF a shot, it's the best working rom so far for me. The only problem with GSF was the inaccurate GPS without wifi, but yesterday I just installed b12 and now, there's nothing wrong with my phone. For the first time.

So some guys say that CM7 125+ is so awesome that there's no way back. I don't get it why. I don't know any killer feature of CM7 I'd use. Screenshots? I took two of them in 3 months - there's an app for that. Equalizer? Well, PlayerPro got it. Speed? Smoothness? GSF got it. I barely play games on my Blade, but that few one runs smoothly on GSF.

Please, stop trying to convice people what rom is the best for their needs. Let everyone figure out what rom is the best for them.

Edited July 10, 2011 by Laccnow

[Guest Elvenmunky]

I want to upgrade from SS to GSF and keep my apps and settings. How do I go about doing this? (Where can I obtain GSF?)

Edited July 10, 2011 by Elvenmunky

[Guest k0zmic]

I want to upgrade from SS to GSF and keep my apps and settings. How do I go about doing this? (Where can I obtain GSF?)

Titanium Backup or MyBackup Root.

[Guest galorin]

Just returned to Stock to remind myself of the pain of the buggy 2.1 that shipped with the phone. Debating what to use, last I had been on was Ginger Stir Fry, but I use GPS a lot, and was experiencing random crashes too regularly. Would get my ebook reader doing text to speech, start up a sports tracker, and as soon as it got a GPS fix, down it went. May try good old Swedish Spring again, been a while since I last used it, but looks like it has been a while since it was updated too.