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[Galaxy S II General] AndroidGX:
I can remember I had some troubles to flash and get working some kernels (like NEAK) in the past, same problem as your. Seems like some kernels are accepted by our device, some not without any good explication to give ;)

Did you tried by Odin ? or CWM ? I tried 1.8 yesterday with CMW, worked for my device.

Anyway as promised, I write here since I just get yesterday (finally) my brand new GS3, just finished to prepare my GS2 for my brother, he will be happy, I decided to let it with XWLPG rom and XWLPD cf-root kernel. Didn't want to let bugs or anything.

I agree that the GS3 is a world a part compared to GS2, very impressive. There is only a problem with the screen : got some black ink zone on the alomed display, but it seems to be a known problem, and there is nothing to do, some people got much more than mine so I won't complain! :) but for me my GS2 was clearly better for dark pixels, they was absolutely black and not "dark gray", sounds like an LCD panel, not an amoled. Very strange.

Anyway mate, your thread miss GS3, hope you will come soon for your tests.

By the way, one thing what is why I'ma proud of my GS3 is that it accepts Extreme editions of Phenomenal without any single freeze a whole day, but I don't like the battery life, sounds like my GS2, maybe worse, have to retry flashing some roms, do some more battery calibrations and testing many kernels before really conclude ;)

I will continue reading your review here and then, between 2 flashes :cowboy:

So, see you soon :good:
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Concering DarkKnight 1.8: I tried both version - CWM-flashable zip and Odin-flashable tar file.

Concering SGS3: Congratulations. I wish you many, many hours of smiling in front of your new smartphone. It really has maximum potential.

I am sure that there will be (or are already) some good kernel/ROM testers for SGS3.

If not ... maybe you are able to persuade me :D

Feel free to post comments here in my thread.

You are always welcome.
[Galaxy S II General] bgn9000:
On my GS3, I am quite happy with WanamLite 1.x (now 1.5) + Abyss 1.x (now 1.4F) with Abyssplug + noop

and very low voltages (MHz/mV) 100/700 200/750 300/800 400/825 500/850 600/900 700/925 800/950 900/975 1000/1000 (range 100-1000)

By the way, my latest kernel version 2.0.5d is out ! ;)
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
I have already downloaded it.

Now I have to prepare my system for continuing my kernel tests.

Will leave a post in your thread as soon as I've tested your kernel.
[Galaxy S II General] hjkl1234:
I am using Siyah and cm9 its really smooth and i am loss 2% at night :)
[Galaxy S II General] bgn9000:
This is huge what you are doing.

I did many tests before working on Shun, specially on modem and after on Siyah kernel, so I can imagine what you are doing.

Best regards
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Stock XWLPM with CF-Root v5.6 for XXLQ5:

I flashed stock XWLPM ROM (Android 4.0.4) with CF-Root kernel v5.6 for XXLQ5.

Non-wipe, many Russian apps/bloatware, some new system apps/widgets, serial no = 00000000, black screen in camera app after first boot and first photo (could solve it with wiping caches and fixing permissions in recovery), feels no as smooth as XWLPD (Android 4.0.3), nice percentage for battery power, phone + contacts as tabs in one dialer/contact app, etc.

Benchmarks show that XWLPM is not as "fast" as XWLPD, but it has new high score in Vellamo (browser) benchmark.

TriangleAway app doesn't show current flash counter state - have to boot into special mode, but it does not work - I have already flashed param.tar file, but it does not help.

On XWLPD, TriangleAway app could show current flash counter state directly (without booting into special mode).
[Galaxy S II General] jackrip5:
More our less the same for me with this 4.0.4. I'm not so impressed by it's performance. The browser is better indeed. I came from bulpd which already includes some of the new functions. I don't really feel a difference. But there are some cosmetic improvements i appreciate. Had no camera issue at all. Flashed twice with Mobil odin. Serial is indeed erased. Titanium backup could not restore all settings.

Concerning battery life, it's was awful the first day (but did a lot configuring). I'll watch closely battery life the coming days.

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[Galaxy S II General] AndroidGX:
Hiya It_ler ;)

Just a small message to let you know for information that on GS3, CF-Root is

no longer a kernel

but a rooting solution adding mainly recovery. It means that every custom kernels are recognized with CMW app, and then that you have to flash a

stock

kernel (no more cf-root) if you want to.

To root your GS3 you don't have to check your rom firmware and be related to your current non rooted rom. On GS3, you flash cf-root and it will root directly. Only versions change, with adding features or updating some binaries.

Hope it will help you when you will jump to the GS3 ;)

Btw, on GS3, currently roms begin to be stable, and recently smooth, which wasn't the case 2 firmwares ago, needed some lagfix patches, various camera bugs which has been solved in roms or kernels directly, idle deep sleep is correct, etc.. now it's good to go, even if it's not as smooth and battery friendly as my old GS2 with XWLPG firmware (seems like screen eat much battery) :cool:

See you soon !
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
I heard about the separation of kernel and recovery for the SGS3.

That sounds really good.

First Android 4.0.4 version for the SGS2 are also a little bit "buggy" ... hope that there will come better versions in the next few days/weeks.

I am curious if Samsung will release Jelly Bean (4.1) for the SGS2.
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Stock XWLPM:

My first impression about the battery life is that it is not very good ... maybe OK ... although deep sleep is fine.

Will continue my tests and examine BBS.

I will update the OP as soon as my battery tests are finished.
[Galaxy S II General] meromero:
thank, great info for choose what kernel use :good:
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Stock XWLPM:

Battery usage in night use is very good.

Fantastic deep sleep ...

Now I am curious about the battery life in mixed usage.
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Stock XWLPM:

Battery life in mixed usage (my normal = light usage) is also very good.

Only XWLPD has a little bit better battery life on my phone with stock/CF-Root kernel.

Maybe the first Android 4.0.4 stock ROM to keep as daily driver?!

I think I will give it a second battery cycle and decide afterwards, if I go back to XWLPD or stay on XWLPM ... I am not quite sure ATM.
[Galaxy S II General] dragon135:
Why not using stock LPM kernel? Flash LQ5 cf-root then flash back stock kernel to maintain root.

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[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
I like CF-Root kernel and the support of CWM Manager app.

This is what I will lose after flashing back stock kernel.

And I think that XXLQ5 and XWLPM are not that different.

As soon as Chainfire provides a CF-Root kernel for XWLPM, I will flash it and re-do my tests.
[Galaxy S II General] RYuval:
foa, you're doing AWSOME work, helped me a whole lot. Thanks.

not that I'm in any position to request something, but just suggesting..

if you do go back to XWLPD, would you mind retesting the battery?

I'm on it for a few days now, and it doesn't seem a lot more battery efficient than say, XWLPG or even my (lame) branded 4.0.3 JJLP8.

I'd test it myself, but I don't have your ref. list to compare it to..

[I'm a complete NOOB, so if something i said is outta place, just say so]
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Haven't tested it yet.

I am fixed on lowest brightness level, so the difference may not be very big.

IMO, brightness has a stronger influence on the battery life than the screen mode (contrast / color settings).
[Galaxy S II General] ciprigeorgiu:
how is it going with the new rom base and the new Philz kernel? all is stable and smooth I suppose. Currious about the kernel test results. Thank you for your work!
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
XWLSS NeatROM Lite v4.7:

Just flashed XWLSS NeatROM Lite v4.7 on my phone.

It is very stable and very smooth.

Everything seems to work fine so far (wifi, bluetooth, GPS, custom bootanimation, camera, video recording, etc.).

Now I check my configuration so that it is the same (or as similar as possible) as before.

Then I will prepare my battery tests.

EDIT:

First result on AnTuTu: NeatROM XWLSS: 9576
[Galaxy S II General] ciprigeorgiu:
So I carried out a test in which i put my screen on with wifi on. After 2 hours screen on time without any other usage on Standard mode I have 0,11%/minute (6,6%/hour) battery consumtion. After that I put my phone in Dynamic mode and I have exactlly the same consumtion: 0,11%/minute (6,6%/hour). I preffer dynamic and now that I know that there isn't an extra battery drainage I will leave it this way. You were right btw.
[Galaxy S II General] bobdoblo:
Interesting test, thanks!

Did you also keep it on Dynamic for 2 hours?

★NeatROM★ Mods *************************** Battery Guide
[Galaxy S II General] SPBoss:
Funnily enough the stock cm kernel has given me best battery life. =/
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Welcome in the club :highfive:

On XWLSN, I had best battery life on stock (PhilZ) kernel too :fingers-crossed:

Now testing XWLSS ... with PhilZ kernel.
[Galaxy S II General] ciprigeorgiu:
Yep
[Galaxy S II General] marcusmt:
For me

xwlsn philz is the best battery life in "light" use

but in "hard core" use Dorimanx 8.14 and 8.16 is best (hold more cpu frequency down and smoothness)

Cm10.1 Dorimanx 9.14 is best of all time !!!

xwlss i had several wakelocks i will test again later
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
XWLSS NeatROM Lite v4.7:

Excellent battery life in night use.

NeatROM XWLSS: Battery loss of 0,46% per hour, Awake: 1,5%

Only on XWLS8 I had slightly better battery life in night use.

Everything around 0,5%/hour is superb on my phone.

Let's check its battery life in mixed usage now.

EDIT:

Added some screenshots:
[Galaxy S II General] bogdan1980:
You flash lss over lsn? Without reset phone?
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Yes, I had XWLSN NeatROM Lite v4.6.1 with PhilZ kernel v4.93.6 and flashed XWLSS NeatROM Lite v4.7 ... no wipe ... no issues :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
XWLSS NeatROM Lite v4.7:

Very good battery life in mixed usage too.

NeatROM XWLSS: Battery loss of 1,31% per hour, Wifi: 10,5%, Awake: 11,9%, Screen: 10,3% => loss*(1-screen): 1,18%

A little bit worse than my best results on XWLSN in mixed usage, but it's the first run on the new ROM.

I am quite sure that this is my new base ROM for further kernel tests.

Here are some screenshots:
[Galaxy S II General] maorgit:
what theme are you using?
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Theme ?!

I am using no special theme.

Ok, here is what I have flashed:

XWLSS NeatROM Lite v4.7 (ROM including PhilZ kernel v5.00.4) > ROM by salesale and kernel by Phil3759

S2_USB_MTP.zip (to enable MTP mode => after rebooting I deleted system/bin/customboot.sh to disable USB debugging after restarting the phone) > by salesale

XWLSS_BlackSB_23BToggles_BlueClock_BlueCircle_NoFullCharge.zip (collection of mods listed in the filename) > by engloa

XWLSS_Call_Recording_No_IR.zip (call recording + no increasing ringtone) > by engloa

XXX_Accuweather_s4_trans.zip (transparent accuweather widget + app from the S4) > by engloa

BlackMarket4.0.27WhiteText.zip (black Google Play store v4.0.27) > by ??? (found it on xda posted by richardlibeau)

LSS.Wallpaper_Scroll.zip (fix to get scrolling wallpaper for the homescreens) > by bombaybadboy

XXX_BTK.zip (back to kill + 4-way reboot + skip songs) by engloa

After each flashing I rebooted the phone, checked the features and then flashed next mod.

Links to all mods are available in NeatROM thread (ApriliaM3's dev-host site is linked in my signature and engloa's mods are here).

And I set a black wallpaper for my home and lock screen.

That's it.
[Galaxy S II General] kadivarz:
KEEERNELS TEST KERNELS TEST KERNELS TEST comon every body KERNELS TEST KERNELS TEST
[Galaxy S II General] parag1dubey:
What are you doing, spamming the thread?? :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] kadivarz:
would never spam a perfect threat like that just cheering the dudes up ^^

hope i didnt bother u guys :D
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
:D

You want to sing a song :confused:

I will repeat some tests on my current setup before continuing with further kernel tests on this new base.

Only when I am sure that my system is stable and comparable with the previous base ROMs, the results can be reliable and comparable too.

But you are welcome to share your experiences and test results here ... if you test different kernels.
[Galaxy S II General] NoRulesForMe:
Hi Mr.It_ler

just a simple request if you don't mind. can i see or know how many memory are left on your phone? The device memory,Usb Storage and Sd Card. Screenshots? if you don't mind mate. just curious. Thank you in advance mate :) but you can say No to my request mate if your busy ;)

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[Galaxy S II General] maorgit:
I have never ever gotten such battery life no matter what I do... I have tried everything uv every kernel I even bought a anker and still I get around 12 hours of batter with max 2 hours screen and I have tried everything and every kernel
[Galaxy S II General] NoRulesForMe:
[MENTION=4592157]maorgit[/MENTION]

maybe you have some wakelock on your device. can you tell me what setup do you have on your phone?

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[Galaxy S II General] maorgit:
What do you mean? Right now I am with jellybam 7.7 and Dorimanx 9.16 but seriously I have tried everything I have this phone almost 2 years rooted testing every kernel rom and settings I have seen
[Galaxy S II General] Jeetu:
Have you got BBS app installed?

If so, have a look what is keeping your phone running.

If not, install it!
[Galaxy S II General] NoRulesForMe:
hmmm... i never ever tried that Rom. Just a suggestion mate. If care to try Neatrom 4.7 LSS Lite... then try to remove some bloatware that you don't need. and as Mr.Jeetu says try to install BBS app or Gsam battery monitor... :thumbup:

if you will try Neatrom just go to the thread and i will help you there. and many people will try to help you out there too... just post your BBS log there.

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[Galaxy S II General] maorgit:
I have that app for years... I never manage to understand it... It has never helped me

If I send the log here can you help?
[Galaxy S II General] Jeetu:
As I dont know about jellybam rom battery life.

I'm using NeatRom Lite.

But if you want to have better battery life then follow Bobdoblo battery guide.

He achieved 5+hrs screen usage with every kernel.

Here is the link- Bobdoblo Battery Guide

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Yes!

P.S- Pressing the thanks button would be nice if somebody helps you....
[Galaxy S II General] parag1dubey:
You won't get great battery life on jellybam rom out any other hybrid rom like Rootbox etc..because of buggy mali drivers. Try neatrom lite 4.7 with its stock kernel and Bobdoblo's battery tricks and you can easily get 4 to 5 hours screen on time. :)
[Galaxy S II General] maorgit:
If i use these tricks I'll have to give up all of my auto sync like Gmail right? And weather
[Galaxy S II General] Jeetu:
Yes it's upto you. If you want better battery life. Otherwise you can buy 2000mah battery.
[Galaxy S II General] maorgit:
Screenshots... This is with the original battery
[Galaxy S II General] parag1dubey:
No, I have auto sync on for Gmail, WhatsApp and twitter and i still get more than 4 hours screen time easily. Try it..
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Try to disable Fast Dormancy on your phone. You can use Fast Dormancy app from gokhanmoral (free from Play store).

Then your fd wakelock should be gone or at least lower.

Neat time attach your BBS dump. With more information we can give better advices.
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Here are some screenshots of my current storage and RAM:
[Galaxy S II General] marcusmt:
i'm on jellybam 7.5 , 7.7 is buggy , very secril fd interface wakelock

i'm use Fast Dormancy app GM and disable FD

search modem for your country , for me is xwlpw is very good battery life 2g/3g

use Greenify app , in maps(move for internal sd with titanium backup) facebook , in my phone are all app User

my sync is on (only whats app and gmail)

i have 3 hrs screen time in night use 0.5/hr 3G and 0.3%/hr 2G , screen on wifi on , screen off wifi off data on

my kernel is dorimanx 9.14 is bit better battery life , standard configs
[Galaxy S II General] maorgit:
actually i have the app it is disabled :)

like i said i have read many of these tutorials and tried everything but my battery life always is the same i am UV currently :)

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thanks for your reply. for me 7.7 isn't buggy you just have to NOT use slide lockscreen. i am using my original provider modem and greenify app (almost everything is hibernated) maps disabled with TB
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
If you have disabled Fast Dormancy and still have the fd (sec_ril) wakelock, then enable Fast Dormancy on your phone.

And UV does not always lead to better battery life. Try to get good battery life on stock values first before changing the voltages.

Good luck !
[Galaxy S II General] Emre9110:
When i am on aosp rom such as rootbox slim pacman cynogenmod etc. I have face dormancy wakelock even it is disabled with gokhanmoral's app. But no problem with sammy rom. Using neat v4.7 no fast dormancy problem.

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[Galaxy S II General] bobdoblo:
No, just do as much as you can, they are just tips, if you like sync on then leave it on.

There's plenty more tips you could apply though.

I'm using GoogleNow, whatsapp and Gtalk now and still get around 4.5 screen on.

Here's mine:

★NeatROM★ Mods ********************** Battery Guide
[Galaxy S II General] NoRulesForMe:
wow almost no data on your phone Mr.Bob :what: where did you put it? :D

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[Galaxy S II General] bobdoblo:
What data, the internal 2GB or the internal SD?

How much is yours?

★NeatROM★ Mods ********************** Battery Guide
[Galaxy S II General] maorgit:
There is a tip to disable auto sync in data options doesn't that disable all syncs?
[Galaxy S II General] Many40:
Yes it does. If you would like to disable only autosync of particular data (eg contacts) and the rest to keep enabled - leave this option checked and go to settings> accounts> google, tap on your account and uncheck particular data which you don't like to be autosynced.
[Galaxy S II General] NoRulesForMe:
The Internal Mr.Bob it shows Mb for you. maybe you put all the files on your Sdcard.

My purpose why i ask this is maybe i need to put almost all my files to Usb so that less files on my Sg2 faster it can read less wakelock. just my 2cents. The only files i will left is my Pictures,videos, and music. :)

Thanks Mr.It_ler and Mr.Bob :)

here's mine Mr.bob.

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[Galaxy S II General] bobdoblo:
I haven't moved anything at all but I do put all media on my ext SD card.

How come yours and It_lers 2GB internal is over 1GB, is that where nandroids are stored?

It used to take over 1GB when I used RomNuke but now I wipe manually it takes much less space, only ~600MB

★NeatROM★ Mods ********************** Battery Guide
[Galaxy S II General] NoRulesForMe:
Yes as i've expect. but may i know how many apps do you have over all? After you click Menu Application. you're right Mr.bob i use 1gb because i have so many apps and Games... :D (outside the house) when i'm bored or my friends want's to borrow my Cellphone they have Many games that can play with it. :) :thumbup:

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[Galaxy S II General] bobdoblo:
I have 67 user apps.

★NeatROM★ Mods ********************** Battery Guide
[Galaxy S II General] ciprigeorgiu:
after 2 days on lss what's your opinion. better than lsn or not?
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
I think it's better.

No "big" difference IMO, but some small things seem to be fixed/improved. (Read something in Official Stock ROMs thread.)

And I like to run on the newest version :D
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Re-test XWLSS NeatROM Lite v4.7:

Slightly better battery life in night use on re-test.

NeatROM XWLSS: Battery loss of 0,45% per hour, Awake: 1,5%

So this ROM and stock kernel version seems very good for idle/night use.

But I can't get better battery life in mixed usage ... always slightly worse than on first test run.

Here are some screenshots:
[Galaxy S II General] Emre9110:
On 3th picture mobile network signal is yellow. Sometimes i see it is green. Yellow 3g (HSDPA or HSUPA ?) green is 2g right ?
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
I don't know.

Always on auto-mode.

Set it to to fixed 2g or 3g and check, if you want to know.
[Galaxy S II General] Many40:
No, colours represent strength of mobile network signal.

Have a look here (especially post no 12 and 14):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1115899
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Good to know :thumbup:

I set to GSM only and had green.

Then I set to WCDMA only and I had yellow.

On auto-mode it uses WCDMA (as it's faster), but reception seems to be worse than for GSM in my location.

So the color really seems to represent the mobile signal strength.
[Galaxy S II General] Emre9110:
Thank u very much :)
[Galaxy S II General] LexterAce:
May i know which kernel currently support crt without video break or lockscreen reflash??
[Galaxy S II General] Jeetu:
Jeboo and speedmod kernel.
[Galaxy S II General] kadivarz:
hmm which kernel you gonna start with ? :)
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Hmm ... I am not sure :confused:

Maybe new Jeboo ... or new Dorimanx ...

Not this weekend.

Maybe next week.
[Galaxy S II General] SPBoss:
I have done a different sort of test i think you will be interested lt_ler..

Me and my gf both have s2's with 2000mah batteries (all identical age about a year old).

We both use our phones similarly and only charge if below 10% and always unplug when it is 100%. We look after batteries well and rom and kernel is identical.

My phone gets 10-15% more screen on time over 24hr period than my gf's.

I always charge my phone with usb and she always uses the proper charger. I think charging with lower voltage (usb cable) makes battery discharge at a slower rate.

Maybe you could check this? Or maybe I am talking rubbish lol :o
[Galaxy S II General] Droodroid:
I know this is OT but I've been following this great thread since the beginning and trying the combinations.

I seem to always get a very very Blue tint in the browser and have to use another, chrome. What am I doing wrong?

I'm on Sale's LSS lite with std kernel.

Thanks a mill for any tips. :confused:

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Great point, how do you have the patience to do it via usb? Do you also have charger wars in the house? My gf hides hers from me :D
[Galaxy S II General] bobdoblo:
I Think more to do with looking after your battery, mine is 14 months old (stock 1650mah) and I too do similar.

I only charge when below 5% and always to 100% I have only done a part charge twice due to an emergency in all that time.

I use normal charger though and I get much better battery life than most but how much is down to a well set up phone and how much is due to the way we charge I don't know but I am sure it contributes:thumbup::)

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Do you have "Background colour" option ticked in Settings > Powersaving?
[Galaxy S II General] Droodroid:
That was it! I hadn't seen that menu before, thanks a million.
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Thanks for the information !

Can have many different reasons.

But it shows, that even on same phone with same battery, ROM and kernel, you may have different battery life.

Everyone has to find his/her own best settings / configuration.