Byakushiki
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I'll probably accept OTA, but sbf back pretty quick. Just going to system dump, then sbf back, restore back to a custom rom. Blur may look nice now, but Blur is Blur. It'll never be better than source.
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No gingerbread?! Plz be wrong
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Thats assuming you can. They may decide to screw everyone over and change the bootloader which means you cant sbf back.
Gasai Yuno
Member
“Improved battery life” mostly refers to some kernel improvements (cleanup of various redundant mechanisms and such) as far as I have read elsewhere, though.
I doubt highly they will ever break the SBF system as that is the only way to reflash a corrupted system completely.
And with the encryption there really is no reason to not allow flashing old SBF since they are all Moto Files. So I wouldn't worry too much about that happening...
In regards to the battery savings, I am sure that has very little to do with the GB or kernel and everything to do with optimization of the Blur which is what was really killing the battery. Too much radio use when the phone was doing nothing in the name of blurr is what killes the battery the most. Get rid of thre Blur and you see what I mean.
Gasai Yuno
Member
Okay, riddle me this, Batman: why are these battery life improvements noticeable for GB on HTC, Samsung, and LG phones?
Do those run Blur?
Do those run Blur?
No! HTC runs somthing called Sense. Samsung has made a few "Google Experience" phones but none of the manufacturers are running a PURE AOSP version of GB. Which means Gingerbread without any carrier or Manufacturer bloatware (that tends to favor the Social Media stuff and wastes battery time on checking for the latest updates every 10 minutes.)
GB may offer some battery savings over Froyo due to optimized background tasks and better power throttling settings. But those savings would be insignificant if even noticable.
Most of the wasted batterytime with stock froyo is due to all the facebook and update crap (like the BBC news app that came stock before BBC made their own release) that would wear your battery down to nothing flat!
This is why the bloatware removal script is the first thing most people running stock reach for because you get another 3 or 4 hours of idle time with it.
I'm running Fission right now. And I don't have ANY battery issues.
I have gone as long as 24 hours with light usage and 9 Hours with heavy usage.
And thats with a Froyo OS that really was deblurred and not much else.
It's about the tasks and how many you have running in the background. Thats why you read stories and reports that a battery saver does more harm than good because it is yet another thing that requires the CPU to be powered to run. The less you run in the background which means when the phone is in idle, the more battery power you will have when you ARE trying to do something.
Gasai Yuno
Member
Good job missing my sarcasm.
Also, stock 2.4.330, 8 hours of heavy use (mostly internet + music player) with stock battery.
By heavy use I mean I'm making Calls all day.
Internet doesn't use as much power as Voice calls. Tx is not on as much for Net as it is for voice.
I get 14-18 hours if all I do is stream music and net.
oldblackcrow
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I'm on rooted D2G and using the GO launcher, which I love. My battery life is less than 4 hours just reading news and email/text with limited calls (stock battery)... even after freezing bloatware.
I'm thinking about going to one of the ROMs y'all mention here. However, I've heard various reviews that the D2G ROMs are very simplistic, like Liberty.... what do they mean by that and what should I expect on a new ROM? Should I wait for a GB ROM or go for it now? Any suggestions? Thanks!
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I'm thinking about going to one of the ROMs y'all mention here. However, I've heard various reviews that the D2G ROMs are very simplistic, like Liberty.... what do they mean by that and what should I expect on a new ROM? Should I wait for a GB ROM or go for it now? Any suggestions? Thanks!
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Byakushiki
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Go for it. Cm is running pretty smoothly nowadays, and battery life is enough to get through a day. So far, still at 90% battery here after 6 hours off charger. Despite the "severely limited" battery life some report. Try it out.
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bdsullivan76
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If you want something that is not buggy i would go with heXen. It is the best of angelrom and fenom in one. You will get to see what your d2g is actually capable of. HeXen is basic due to it not being highly customizable.
Cm7 is buggy for now, but gives.you custumization beyond any rom available. For example i have my lockscreen set up rotary style, if i pull it down it goes straight to my texts. And gives me lockscreen music controls. There are many tuts on flashing in the global roms section. But if you have anymore questikns feel free to pm me.
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MrHatchi87
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i will have to say that HeXen is good for battery if you have all your services off, like no gps, lowest brightness, no autosync, or wifi... i used to get maybe thru an 8 hr day at work, now i can do days and days with light usage. i love it 
try it
try itByakushiki
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Quick little messed up thing I found in cm...stock music player can't read the artist id3 tag correctly. Everything shows up as unknown artist.
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