Needforspeed
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Which one gives the best battery life
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frenchy714
Android Expert
I've experienced great battery life w/ Tiamat and SavagedZen....I recently achieved 3 days, 10 hours, and 41 min. w/ SavagedZen's latest kernel. There was a lot of idling involved that weekend BUT that's insane nonetheless.
what governor were you using? i tried savagedzen 2.2.0 and i was getting pretty bad battery. then again i'm getting bad battery life with tiamat right now w/ smartass gov. then again i've always gotten pretty bad battery life with everything... maybe i just need a new battery...
frenchy714
Android Expert
do you use any setcpu profiles? i know you're not supposed to use underclocking profiles with a havs kernel but did you use a screen off or no profiles?
frenchy714
Android Expert
I don't use SetCPU while using CM7 because you can control the CPU through Cyanogenmod settings. I just have min. set to 245 max. 768
frenchy714
Android Expert
Tiamat, but some users results may vary. Make a nand, flash the newest one (4.0.3 I think) and give er a 2 day test drive
4.04 is out now btw.
MizzouBrent
Android Expert
Godmode is certainly not the best kernel for battery life (for me at least). I get terrible battery life with that kernel even with several charge cycles. Tiamat and SavagedZen have always given me great battery life...probably edge in battery life goes to SZ while performance goes to Tiamat. But I just flashed over to SZ 2.2 CFS just to see how the new updates are. SZ governor.
And I'm also pretty sure that running SetCPU with a HAVS kernel or even in CM7 won't cause any issues. At least it shouldn't. I don't see why it would. If I make changes in SetCPU and then check the CM settings, it always reflects any changes I made in SetCPU, so I don't think they're openly conflicting.
And I'm also pretty sure that running SetCPU with a HAVS kernel or even in CM7 won't cause any issues. At least it shouldn't. I don't see why it would. If I make changes in SetCPU and then check the CM settings, it always reflects any changes I made in SetCPU, so I don't think they're openly conflicting.
frenchy714
Android Expert
I agree with you that Tiamat is always smoother for me but battery life isn't as great as SZ....
NYCHitman1
Gun for Hire
It's my understanding that SZ kernels come w/ SBC-on but there's another zip to turn SBC-off, correct?
frenchy714
Android Expert
Correct.
NYCHitman1
Gun for Hire
So far, I'm seeing great battery life w/ newest SZ kernel w/o SBC. Using the SZ gov as well. Thinking about swapping to smartass but I wanna see how this one runs first.
I've always gotten the best results with the Poonkang kernel, not sure why but it's always been the most consistent for me. You can get the kernel via Kernel Manager from the market
o not use the app to flash a kernel, problems may arise
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i have to try that kernel just because the name is hilarious.
andygu3
Android Expert
i have to try that kernel just because the name is hilarious.
Flashing whore that I am, i tried it anyways and was quite surprised myself. Worth a try, imo
frenchy714
Android Expert
Just so you know NYC, SavagedZen governor *is* essentially the smartass governor w/ a couple extra tweaks.