yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
Yeah I posted on this somewhere on like page 158 (I only knew this because someone else just referred to it, LOL). A search could find it (hint)...

Anyway, here goes:

I used the UCLF6 kernel and radio since they both came out and got maybe 18 hours of use out of the battery. Before this I had seen almost 26 hours - once. I found that I get MUCH better life out of the UCLF5 pair, and it seemed like the phone slept better (fewer wake locks).

As far as tweaks, the only change I made to my setup after switching to the F5 kernel/radio was to disable the Google automatic backup settings. Depending on the available network connectivity and number of apps installed, this could be significant.

For a long time, I have had the first check box selected in network location settings (not the Google one) so the weather on my Fancy Widgets clock/weather widget follows me around. Some time ago (like on update 1.8) I also set up System Tuner to drop the min CPU speed from 384MHz to 192MHz.

[aside]

I usually run the battery almost entirely out each time. I know there's a million discussions and opinions on batteries and resetting stats, charging/discharging techniques, etc. I'm pretty sure that running the battery until the phone shuts off doesn't hurt the battery, as evidenced by the life I'm getting. (sounds of battery forum trolls stirring... :silly:)

Maybe I'm lucky. Maybe my battery will suddenly fail any day now. Maybe aliens will abduct it from my phone while I sleep... or not. I just seem to get better battery life when I don't leave it plugged in all of the time, use it, and recharge fully afterwards. I do know for sure that when most good quality lithium-ion batteries won't power devices any further, there still IS a charge in it. Not zero volts. Just not enough to run the device. Most good quality batteries have a tiny circuit built in to prevent overcharging and possibly over-discharging too.

I wish the "genuine" Samsung stock batteries were less expensive, because it'd be nice to carry a spare for hiking or camping. There are plenty of worthless knock-off batteries available. :eek: Have to do some searching.

[/aside]

So I just figured I'd try out F5 since both the F6 kernel and radio frustrated me (call sound quality on F6 radio was poor for me). I have tried like every available radio, and even hosed my EFS folder once with an incorrect radio, so beware! Had to reflash stock, go back to a known good Nandroid backup and reflash the radio. Long, painful process.

The screen shots I posted are the best battery/screen time I have ever seen on my Skyrocket. The phone also spent some time sitting in front of one of the A/C vents in the dash of my car. I wonder what effect cooling the phone like that has on battery life, if any.

There's no guarantee you'll see the same benefit, but I think that any improvement is worth it.

If I wasn't such a flash-a-holic, I might be scared to flash anything else right now... But v2.3B is in the queue! ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] anazarie:
So I figured out that it was the CMics battery mod that was doing it. whenever I applied that update it broke my copying to USB. can anyone else confirm or deny this? it's the battery mod with the numbers and a thin battery icon
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] artbybart:
Hey Sean, love your work!! I've been on the regular safe base for a while and finally decided to checkout the speedy Dragon version, and loving it!!

I noticed that syncing Facebook with existing contacts worked very well in the regular safe version, but in the Dragon version it's not syncing properly. It's actually kinda behaving the same way it has been previously in the leeks. Is anybody else seeing the same thing? Does it have to do with it being on Dragon and removing the excess weight?

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Bruno2123:
Im glad you took the time and went deeper into explaining your changes. Turning backup off does help a ton and maybe UCLF6 doesnt act well when underclocked to 192 that could be the thing but did you try UCLF6 kernel with UCLF5 modem? it could be the uclf6 modem that is the battery killer here
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
Yes, actually I did try the F5 modem and F6 kernel combo. I was on the F6 kernel when I tried various modems, but didn't notice the call quality issue (for me) right away. I don't recall seeing any better or worse battery when testing these out, but I wasn't on any particular one for a full discharge cycle. I ran SpeedTest several times on each one looking for the best data speed/signal in my area. It was a close tie for me in NH between the F5 and F6, so with the mindset that "newer is better", I stuck with F6...

Besides, as far as battery drain, with all the updates and add-ons that our awesome ROM's fearless leader (SeanZ) has provided, for some time there I couldn't get a full battery discharge to test without rebooting to recovery to flash this or that... ;)

It did seem that the UCLF6 kernel wanted to run at 384 MHz. ROM Toolbox CPU settings was unable to make a persistent change to this, and changing governors to anything but on-demand through RT made the CPU run high all the time. That's why I tried System Tuner, which handled the setting to 192 without issue. You can make the change after boot, or in the init.d script through the ST settings.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Bruno2123:
I tried 192 with system tuner and it always wakes up 2nd core and drains battery faster ill try uclf5 and see if its just kernel

Yep that is what it was we have solved the great UCLF5 vs UCLF6 debate i flashed uclf5 and on system turner it was set to performance switched to ondemand set to 192 and 2nd core is still offline so theres the difference in battery life people will probably end up not reading this since its so late already but if you want better battery life UCLF5 with systemtuner changes will end up being better now i can die a happy man.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Chr0nicDreamz:
Sean,

Since 2.1 I've been having a huge problem.

Everyone of these apps reupdate every time I reboot my phone. Not to mention my launcher, won't keep the setup I have for it. It reverts back to first launch. All widgets, homeacreens, and icon layouts reset. I did not have this problem pre2.1. Any insight is appreciated.

HTC = Hate The Consumer
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Bruno2123:
Did you change dpi?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Chr0nicDreamz:
Nope. No need to. Its set just fine.

HTC = Hate The Consumer
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Krakozawr:
2.3 update - help please!

After 2.3 update i have a totally destroyed system ;-(

- Calendar Storage twice FC in each boots (still present from a 2.2 update);

- No WiFi auto connections - i must manually turn it OFF and ON 2-3 times after a boot for connection (still present from a first dragone version);

- and the totally new issue - the "developer options" no more accessible (settings stop responding and must be closed if i try to select this option.

I has been flashed it with this process:

1. boot in recovery (touch recovery)

2. wipe dalvic cache and cache

3. flash the charging animation and UCLF5 radio;

4. flash the 2.3 update;

5. reboot the phone and fix permissions with a RIM manager.

At all previous updates I was flashed just only one update each time but calendar storage and wifi connection issues still present anyway...

What can I do for clear this issues? help please ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Bruno2123:
You might have to factory reset and start over i never heard of anybody with those problems might of been a bad flash or maybe you flashed a old addon.

I think if anybody has any wonky fc and weirdness that happens on this rom its best to just wipe out everything and start over and make sure you uncheck restore your info when google asks i think the extra time it takes to redo everything is better then the headache you get with restoring bad info and getting fc and other wonkyness just use titanium backup to restore apps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] urwifeismyslave:
i have tried downloading the att and the dragon version. and im having trouble with turning the phone off. it seems to freeze on me all the time and wont fully shut down. i tried reverting back to stock and then back to new rom but that doesnt seem to fix the problem. wat em i doing wrong. is it cause im flashing this with rom manager and not the other recommended recovery program? i just wanna flash a rom and not have any problems
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] kishke:
Used to happen to me as well when I want using CWM 5.3.1.8, the way to fix it was going to recovery, making a nandroid and restoring to it immediately after.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] seanzscreams:
def not an issues ive heard of

sounds like exactly that some weird sd card app

or your restoring system app with titanium or something

around that

i would recommend wiping your sd cards and saving the important stuff

and re dl all files from the op

and starting over
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] seanzscreams:
btw posted an update to the coke theme
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] rpolansky:
force close on samsung tts

When I tried the rom a few weeks back I noted force closes when selecting Samsung TTS. I went back to your Rogers ROM and it worked fine. Since then, a couple of updates later I tried Margarine again with the same result. Everything else seems fine.

It isn't a big deal since I just used SVOX but wanted to point it out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Bruno2123:
Dragon base doesnt have the things needed for Samsung tts there really doesnt sound like theres any difference between that and the google one anyways
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] WheresWaldo:
Anyone have a way to add back the Samsung keyboard? I tried adding back the files missing in system/apps/ then fixing permissions and rebooting but the Samsung keyboard does not show (all the libs seem to already be there). Reason is I really need to put this on my daughter's SR but she won't give up T9 which is supported by the Samsung keyboard but not the Android or Swype keyboards.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] urwifeismyslave:
once i restore to it that means it goes back to stock and not the new rom right? thats a back up recovery. how do i get the superdragon from shuting down properly
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mimart7:
Which base are on you on? If you are on the Dragon Base, it's not there. It's in the Regular Safe Base. You can always flash the regular base, install updates, and then use tibu to remove stuff you want. I've removed things like face unlock, weather, news and weather, unused launcher, etc. Use caution when, and nandroid before you do anything.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] kishke:
Did you try clicking on the files and installing the keyboard?

No, you go to CWM while you are on the dragon base, make a backup of it, then instantly restore that backup, which technically speaking changes absolutely nothing but it should resolve your shut down/restart issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mimart7:
If you boot into recovery from either Rom Manager or TWRP, it is normal to see a message that says whatever app has stopped working. you should be able to restore a backup without any problem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] WheresWaldo:
On the full base and it's not there. Or at least I can't find it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] slam666:
Anyone running this ROM with Cymbaline kernel and having battery drain problem? I am not able to spend the day with one full charge. Before using Cymbaline I was able to spend 2 days without charging. I need Cymbaline kernel since its the only one that solve the problem with Bluetooth in my car.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Bruno2123:
Cymbaline will always have bad battery life due to wakelocks im sure mohan will look more into it when he gets back but other then uc and uv to mitigate it theres no way around it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] treadlightly:
Just moved to this base from the rogers F3. And all I have to say is wow! Margarine indeed.. thanks a million seanz
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] custommx3:
Is it possible to get the TUN.KO compiled?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] T.J. Bender:
I had to go through a number of steps to solve my battery issues. The first one was fixing the AudioOut_1 wakelock. Second was turning off all location services. Third, believe it or not, was reinstalling JuiceDefender Ultimate. JDU stopped the wlan_rx_wake, which had been slaughtering me, from coming on. Fourth was installing the UCLF5 kernel which, I've found, has far fewer (actually, none in my case) kernel wakelock problems. The last step was ensuring that the cache for Google Maps is cleared every time I touch the program--it popped on last evening and wakelocked the living spit out of me. Rather than freezing the app, clearing the cache seems to have solved it. After that, a quick cache x3, Dalvik x3, wipe battery stats combo seems to have cleared out the rest of it.

I just downloaded System Tuner this morning and found that my governor had also defaulted to performance under the UCLF5 kernel, so a switch to ondemand when the screen is on and powersave when it's not should help me squeeze a little more out of the battery. If I can keep myself in the 1-1.5% per hour range, I'll be a very happy camper, and today is the ultimate test. Started the day at 34% and...31% now. System Tuner seems to have resurrected several old wakelocks. DELETED!

Many thanks to Bruno2123 for helping me walk through all this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] smalis:
I downloaded from http://d-h.st/A2j with no problem.

---------- Post added at 10:28 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:20 AM ----------

+1. I froze Samsung TTS in Tibu, and am also using SVOX.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tonyfiore75:
Yes, I'm having terrible battery drain using Cymbaline 1.5 / Dragon Base / latest update. I'm contemplating using the stockmodded kernel provided by SeanZ but I really do enjoy having the back light option. I guess it's matter of sacrifice. Either better battery or BLN support. Decisions, decisions!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mr_magoo:
Well I personally use go launch and only have 2 home screens. the folders work great take a look.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] KC37:
Can I just flash over 2.2 to 2.3, just wipe cash or do I need to do the whole enchilada install

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] T.J. Bender:
If you've already got 2.2, you can flash 2.3b right on top of it, no wipe needed. I typically wipe cache x3, Dalvik x3 and battery stats before updating, but that's probably overkill. You could get away with wiping each once and be fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] deezhemi:
from post #3 in the OP:

UCLF6 NON WIPE UPDATE 2.3B

THIS UPDATE IS FOR YOU IF YOU ARE ALREADY SUCCESSFULLY RUNNING THE UPDATE

AND DONT WANT THINGS REFLASHED LIKE LOCKSCREENS AND BATTERY MODS

THIS IS ONLY THE THINGS IVE UPDATED WHEREAS UPDATE A

IS EVERYTHING INCLUDED SINCE IVE STARTED MAKING UPDATES FOR THIS BUILD

http://d-h.st/gmG
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] netomel:
I am using stock modded kernel by seanz I van find any better I am getting over 13 hrs of battery without any battery saver that o used to have just with the plain power saving from the system. They mention juice defender I don't see the benefit
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mr_magoo:
Is the boot animation screen locked for kernal 5 ? I can't change it. Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] blwjr:
Yo Sean the updated coke theme has the regular old stock battery any chance on a red crysis one with crysis signals?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Datron:
I really hope we're not over working the dev with all the theme requests. :-\

Unclefest v2 alive and kicking - support SeanZ! http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1771446
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] blwjr:
sorry not trying to I wish I could do some of this stuff myself but I'm afraid I'll screw it up
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] number16:
I got a quick Q ...

Since upgrading to 2.3, my kernel version says 3.0.8 instead of UXLF3 or whatever.

So i flashed UCLF5 kernel, and flash was successful, but afterwards when I went to Settings->About it STILL says 3.0.8 in kernel ... ???
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
Wierd, I'm using the UCLF5 kernel, and last night I made a backup, updated to 2.3B and afterward left my phone plugged in overnight.

I unplugged it and used it this morning for a bit, and noticed the battery dropping faster than usual. CPU Spy showed that it ran at 918 MHz while plugged in and I slept. The phone was entering Deep Sleep, but spent most of the charging/awake time at 918, with a tiny bit at 1242 and 1512.

Went into System Tuner and the minimum was sure enough at 918, so I brought it down while running on battery to 192. I wonder why it got stuck at 918? Governor was untouched at "On Demand".

Did you say System Tuner caused wakelock issues so you deleted it? Can you elaborate further please?

Has anyone have any bad experiences with System Tuner?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] nuwan32:
thats how its supposed to be. UXLF3 or UCLF6 or whatever is the modem, so it should be under baseband. kernel is something else, and the stock kernel for this rom is called 3.0.8.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] bps119:
Already been answered by Sean. Search.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] kishke:
It will always 3.0.8 because that's the base of the kernel. Use cpu spy to check your kernel version.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] T.J. Bender:
I'm hoping it was just a bad interaction with Juice Defender, but even after removing System Tuner and letting the phone site, the wakelocks were still bad. Wakelocks I'd already solved, like deleted_wake_locks and ConnectivityService, were back and eating up 5m of the 23m I'd been using the phone post-System Tuner.

I've put System Tuner back on to see what happens and, yep, wlan_rx_wake is back, 40s in 31m, but that's the only major wakelock to speak of. JD had cured that one, but it did so by powering off Wifi completely. I'm not really happy about that wakelock, tbqh, and am probably going to unistall System Tuner and put JD Ultimate back on, as it seemed to do a better job of controlling wakelocks and lowering battery drain.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Roaming Gnome:
Same here, I think I'm going to switch.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] manu44:
can anyone tell me how to exlude a running app from the built in task maanger from this rom?

There is no option to exclude an app./..

if no such option is there which app do you recommend for the same
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] urwifeismyslave:
hey guys i have reinstalled the dragon rom. em i suppose to install the update as well or do i just go from there? im not sure if that update is for the att ics rom or the dragon rom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] daviebeach:
Follow the OP exactly. And install update 2.3A after rebooting from installing base, and updating SU and Busy Box and fixing permissions.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
Please read the OP. If you just installed base, then you need an A update. If you have an update installed already, you can apply newer B updates on top.

LOL, Davie beat me to it...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mr_magoo:
What tool did you use to find and stop these wakelocks??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] T.J. Bender:
Better Battery Stats. Awesome tool, as it can tell you the source of almost any activity on your CPU.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mr_magoo:
+1 I uninstalled the update :( I have never had problems with my GPS until I put the update on.I went back to 2.2, I have never applied any of the GPS fixes and I got lock within 5 sec. Even in my house!

I there anyway to apply the update without the GPS fixes??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] kishke:
I'm really not an expert but I guess maybe deleting the system/etc/gps.conf files in the zip will do it theres also an APGS_CA.pem which I have no clue what it does so maybe that as well. But you should wait for an answer with someone with more knowledge if it doesn't sound reasonable.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] fishlipsboy:
I had the same problems too. Clearing the caches and fixing permissions multiple times fixed it. I think i fixed permissions about 3 times, but this was also to help combat the TWUX FC issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mimart7:
Titanium Backup is great for freezing apps, or even deleting them. If you do the latter, you should backup with TWRP.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] boni7010:
I use this room, but I cant find how to change the icon of a "folder" add to any window ? please any who knows that ? because in others room when I created a folder to put inside a lot of applications, then that folder have the option to change the icon... any please ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] seanzscreams:
Gps has actually never worked better for me
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] seanzscreams:
Im slowly building the ,coke theme so that i dont get burned out

Im changing one apk a night

Last night was sys ui

Tonight will be settings

I also am working updates for the rom as well

And building jellybean now too
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] nuwan32:
omg jellybean!! :laugh:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] WheresWaldo:
seanzscreams, could you tell me how to enable the samsung keyboard on SkyICS. I am using the big base.TW and TWUX are both still available if that makes a difference. It's the only option that still has T9. It seems all the lib files an the T9 stuff are still there, just no Keyboard option.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] boni7010:
go to settings-Language and input- click on default - and then "configure input methods" and click your choice ....:)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] seanzscreams:
pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee help me beat dimebag

stay on topic though just letting everyone know

\m/ \m/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Blairware:
Oh. Just when you think: It just CANNOT get any better.... Sean Z shows, once again that when you ASSuME, you make an A$$ out of U and me, so why doncha stop doing that? Thanks to the master of all beards (whoops... Forgot we can't discuss any facial hairiness on the forum...)

Sent from my SAMSUNG Galaxy SGII Skyrocket SGH-I727, an LTE phone from AT&T in dire need of a name de-bloatification, using xda premium.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] clippy83:
Cant wait for jellybean and the new updates for this rom. voted for you seanz least i could do. thanks for your hard work and dedication.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] seanzscreams:
facial hair comments could be relevant :)

like my beard got wrapped in my phone and it dropped on the floor

so i had to make a new rom that was more beard friendly :silly::laugh:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Krazedkuniva:
The GPS in 2.3 seemed to work awesome in GPS Test, but when it actually came down to locking on in Maps, it just never happened. I flashed GPS fix 3 and everything is fine again. Might just be me that it wasn't working right for though, who knows.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cbnuthak:
Thanks for the info. Cymbaline kernel currently working well when I'm running Sky ICS 4.2E, but not so much on 4.2F.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] clippy83:
HAHA thats hilarious but yes very relevant it has to do with your phone lol. You crack me up Seanz