Hi All,
I have been a lurker in these forums for quite some time. Last year when GB went OTA, i SBF'ed back to Froyo 340 so i could root the photo. I also installed CM7, but my battery life seemed to have suffered. Also after the phone hit 30% battery it usually died within an hour.
With Froyo:
Light Usage: 16 hours
Heavy Usage: 12 hours
Was too lazy and never got around to upgrading to GB when root came around. Last week i finally got fed up and looked through a bunch of posts and finally found a ROM i liked (Vortex) that didn't have bugs and used the blur camera. I SBF GB .605 and installed the rom.
The first thing i noticed was that after my phone hit 30%, it didn't die. It was steady! Just to make sure i calibrated the battery going 99% - Dead, and full recharge. Now:
With GB 605.:
Light Usage: 36 hours
Heavy Usage: 28 hours
Now i don't have to keep plugging it in the car to recharge between work and home.
There may be a lot of different reasons for the sudden increase in battery life, but can't be sure since i didn't approach this in a scientific manner. Here are some possible reasons:
1. Cyanogen Mod 7 is a battery hater
2. Calibrating battery is good
3. Gingerbread fixed some battery problems in their .605 release
4. Vortex ROM saves battery
In any case, i feel like i got a brand new phone and won't be tempted to upgrade anytime soon, at least until iphone 5 comes out.
Thanks to everyone who posted info that I read here to SBF and choose a ROM.
I have been a lurker in these forums for quite some time. Last year when GB went OTA, i SBF'ed back to Froyo 340 so i could root the photo. I also installed CM7, but my battery life seemed to have suffered. Also after the phone hit 30% battery it usually died within an hour.
With Froyo:
Light Usage: 16 hours
Heavy Usage: 12 hours
Was too lazy and never got around to upgrading to GB when root came around. Last week i finally got fed up and looked through a bunch of posts and finally found a ROM i liked (Vortex) that didn't have bugs and used the blur camera. I SBF GB .605 and installed the rom.
The first thing i noticed was that after my phone hit 30%, it didn't die. It was steady! Just to make sure i calibrated the battery going 99% - Dead, and full recharge. Now:
With GB 605.:
Light Usage: 36 hours
Heavy Usage: 28 hours
Now i don't have to keep plugging it in the car to recharge between work and home.
There may be a lot of different reasons for the sudden increase in battery life, but can't be sure since i didn't approach this in a scientific manner. Here are some possible reasons:
1. Cyanogen Mod 7 is a battery hater
2. Calibrating battery is good
3. Gingerbread fixed some battery problems in their .605 release
4. Vortex ROM saves battery
In any case, i feel like i got a brand new phone and won't be tempted to upgrade anytime soon, at least until iphone 5 comes out.
Thanks to everyone who posted info that I read here to SBF and choose a ROM.