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[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] ianthemojo:
After some testing, I'm back with some results.

I'm currently on Nitrogen OS with Mady's Extended Kernel on my OP3. I have been testing this combo for a few weeks, with different Kernel settings, and I'm quite happy with what I've got now. For sure the most stable and best experience I have had on Oreo.

Keep in mind that my priority is having the smoothest UI as possible (the least amount of dropped frames) while still having a decent battery.

I can easily get 6 - 7 hours of SoT if I don't listen to music on my commute to work. If I do I get about 5 - 6 hours of SoT with about 2 hours of Apple Music running on the background. And these numbers are always with some light gaming in the middle of the day. If I didn't game I think I could reach 8h SoT, since the active drain before I open any games is usually around 12% to 13% per hour. I'm normally losing 4% to 5% over night with WiFi and GPS turned on, so idle drain is quite good as well, around 0.4% per hour over night, and 1.5% per hour at the end of the day after a lot of music and LTE always on.

My usage is normally social and messaging apps, with 1 - 2 hours of Youtube, apart from some light or heavy games I might play.

I am using EX Kernel Manager to apply some settings which are allowing me to get these stats, and for battery monitoring also.

Kernel Settings:

Interactive Governor with GhostPepper V2 profile enabled (this AKT profile comes preloaded with EXKM, and I find the UI to be smoother than without it. Also known to be battery friendly);

Max CPU Freq Little - 1478MHz;

Max CPU Freq BIG - 1824MHz;

Both CPU Mins - 307MHz;

(This Underclock is the same one SultanXDA uses in his Kernel for the OP3)

Hotplugging and Touchboost disabled;

CFQ I/O Scheduler and 128kb Readahead;

MSM-Adreno-TZ GPU Governor and 624MHz Max Freq.

Maple sched was draining my battery like crazy when on idle, and any other CPU gov would not give me the smoothness I was looking for.

Changing the GPU gov to cpufreq was making the UI feel a bit smoother, but the GPU was always ramping up to max freq upon input detection, making the battery drain faster, and the smoothness was not world's in difference so I don't think it's worth it.

About what Firmware to flash. I was reading on the NOS forum that some people were having drain issues with latest OB versions and were reverting back to earlier versions where they would get better battery stats. I did all my testing with OB31 Firmware which is the version they recommend (or OB22 on the 3T).

And that is it. Scrolling and operating the UI is really smooth, battery is great and it only really heats up when playing heavy games but that I would consider normal. Really stable ROM, and Mady did a great job on his Kernel keeping things really smooth and battery friendly.

I would post some screenshots but lately I have been doing some heavy gaming and I'm only getting around 4h of SoT.

Hope I could help :)
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] WOS17:
hi, i would like to ask if its true that some firmwares(Ive read the new ones) are draining more battery than ob22 or ob21.

Did you notice something between change of firmwares?

and if its true do you know why?
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] gFknQ:
I dirty flashed latest 3t Open Beta Firmware and experienced some issues (just flashed firmware with no wiping) and seemed to cause minor battery issues (extra 1-2%), even though it shouldn't have. So wiped dalvic, cache, system but not data, then flashed firmware, Bootleggers, magisk, gapps(gzr), magisk and everything is as should be. But if you are concerned with new firmware possibly causing problems, just firmware you're currently on until your next rom update, then change it when you update your rom. No need to upgrade firmware most of the time if the one you're using works fine
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] gFknQ:
That's extremely good battery life for your kind of heavy usage, gps, music, gaming etc. Thanks for figuring out what worked for you and sharing it. I appreciate people experimenting themselves and passing it on. This thread was never meant to be a one answer to all users, but instead just show examples to get started in the right direction
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] ianthemojo:
Thanks man!

Spent a lot of time searching, testing and figuring things out.

Even though I kinda envy your battery life haha for me the performance aspect falls a bit short, so I took some advice from you and went testing on my own just to figure stuff out for my kind of usage and for a normal kind of usage in general.

We learn stuff everyday! And even though I suggested you trying out Alucard + Maple, I would suggest the contrary now haha

Have a good one mate!
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] gFknQ:
I'm changing the way I do testing it little bit. Testing all kernels to 20%. Going to try to match daily usage as much as possible. I'm about ready to rate ElementalX 4.12. I can say it is an absolutely superb kernel. Can also say, it has at least one issue on Bootleggers that drives me nuts. Happy flashing everybody
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] gFknQ:
I'm rating latest ElementalX kernel 4.7 with my tweaks. Everything runs super smooth and battery life is pretty awesome as well. I was going to give it 4.75, an extra 0.5 for flar2's incredible app and it's ease of downloading, installing and updating capabilities. But I encountered the issue of notification slider not applying properly (ring and vibrate not working only all notifications and priority). Earlier versions of this kernel were problematic, but I fully expected it to evolve into one of the best. And now it is. I remember the same experience with EX-Kernel on Nougat. I would definitely suggest this kernel. Just know you may have to wait for kernel or rom update (if you are on Bootleggers) for the notification slider to provide complete compatibilities. Happy Flashing Everybody
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] murti52:
I'd suggest you to use better battery stats. Charge it to 100 at night and unplug it.. keep it as it is for 7-8 hours or so.. and share the log in their thread.. they will give you exact reasons for your battery drain.
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] Riddle5:
can share the kernel? I can´t find it
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] gFknQ:
Just wanted to share one of my favorite things about flashing on our devices and that is that I get to have fun with twrp recovery. Thanks to a guy named George Pasakalis and GML Recovery Themes. This guy works hard and has incredible themes for our otherwise boring black and blueish recovery. He works with great artists, willing to customize for others, and has TONS of options. My readers know how much I love to theme my phone, and I think everyone should check out his G+ page. Make sure you scroll through it and find a few you like before settling on one. Easy to apply and highly customizable. Here's some screenshots of just a few of his themes, as well as a few examples of what others including me have done with his themes. You may be familiar with some of the work with Mat recovery on xda.

Thanks George! https://plus.google.com/communities/118151252631894552764
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] Abhi8897669398:
Can u share Ur tweaks in which Ur r applying means which app u r using to apply
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] Agares69:
You can find everything in the OP and the following messages.
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] Abhi8897669398:
I am using stock OS with elemental EX kernal I know Ur tweaks but don't know where to apply those tweaks , and while installing this kernal what options do u choose at aroma installation , please share screen shot
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] gFknQ:
Choose "express" instead of "custom" for install and apply all changes with EX-Kernel manager
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] gFknQ:
I'm giving Franco kernel 4.8 score. It should be higher if based only on battery life, but notification slider issue same as other los kernels and there is no brightness dimmer option, but yes, amazing battery life
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] Abhi8897669398:
What does it mean express, custom while installing kernal -EX I just didn't get those options , if u don't mind can u explain in detail or just send links to download , I am on stock OS just want to change kernal for good battery backup , without any lag while playing games like ping...
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] ianthemojo:
I don't have issues with the Notification Slider with any kernel with NOS. It's the only ROM where it works as it should. Mady's kernel fixes that issue on any ROM.
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] Agares69:
I think you have a lot to read before doing anything with your kernel, it looks like you have no idea about this stuff.
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] gFknQ:
It is definitely rom. Any los kernel does it on Bootleggers. Commit hasn't been added on Bootleggers, it's much newer than Nos. But I'm rating with Bootleggers in mind. Would've probably scored 4.9 on Nitrogen
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] gFknQ:
Use Ex Manager to install. If you are on oos should give options. Choose express
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] gFknQ:
Thanks for your help [MENTION=7081373]ianthemojo[/MENTION]. Seen you on other threads spreading wisdom as well. Also thanks [MENTION=5760073]Pablo.x[/MENTION] and [MENTION=2911853]BillGoss[/MENTION] for following my thread and also see you guys on other threads helping out as well. Good job guys. We're all in this together. Doing sht, experimenting and helping, teaching others what we have been able to figured out. That's the reason I created this thread. Thanks [MENTION=7072514]mady51[/MENTION] and [MENTION=4954690]Siddk007[/MENTION], again as well. Wouldn't be maintaining or even started this thread without all your selfless work and help
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] gFknQ:
Been seeing posts about GZR Gapps a lot more lately, on multiple threads, and want to thank [MENTION=8175708]Jan_L[/MENTION] for doing the work and finding info that I was having difficulty finding. Is my preferred choice, and may help others with gapps issues and/or battery.

https://plus.google.com/105555539437443975079/posts/3NMdCKvBfeh

https://plus.google.com/communities...8/stream/5579d021-9b73-4b0d-9623-02ebc3b078a4
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] Abhi8897669398:
Thanq , but I generally flash ex kernal in twrp I didn't see those options which u have send . I am confused:confused:
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] ianthemojo:
Those are the options on the Aroma when you flash via TWRP.
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] Abhi8897669398:
Now I understood and install by choosing express options thank you:good:
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] hypnoc:
I found dci-p3 profile looked exactly like srgb on several roms including Bootleggers. On NitrogenOS, it looks different and I like it that way.

Is it because the devs didn't implement dci-p3 profile even though some of those roms have dci-p3 option in their setting?
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] Abhi8897669398:
While applying Ur tweaks in ex kernal , after reboot tweaks are not applying going to default ,help please
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] Abhi8897669398:
For better battery you use Ur tweaks with some kernal right!

Including that are you using any profiles likes XANA,akt...etc

Share your cpu ,GPU screen shot in ex kernal manager please
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] gFknQ:
Have to apply set on boot
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] gFknQ:
Honestly not sure. I never use those. Ask on Bootleggers thread or maybe try magisk mod?
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] Abhi8897669398:
Really thanks for your support ;):good:

But I feel lag in playing small games like "mini militia"

Don't know how can you manage to play injustice

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[IMG="i am getting this after applying ur tweaks"]https://photos.app.goo.gl/C70kwVL4cFO5bOe92[/IMG]
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] gFknQ:
No problems here. But has been mentioned over and over in this thread, that results will vary. I think you said that you were on OOS. I've never tried any of these on Oxygen. Sorry it didn't help. Try adjusting GPU max, governors etc. Good luck
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] Abhi8897669398:
It's okay bro, give it a try , once apply Ur tweaks to stock OS, suggest another profile of tweaks I think it may help many other rooted stock OS users like me:)

Actually after seeing Ur tweaks I tried bootleggers rom with ex kernal , I didn't find anything interesting in it , upto my suggestion is to try stock OS with different kernal may help better without any issues ,

I have tried number of ROM s in my OnePlus 3t but finally settled in stock OS , now searching for good kernal with good battery backup without any issues like lag like that:good:

Thank u

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https://photos.app.goo.gl/C70kwVL4cFO5bOe92

:(

After 90 minutes of mini militia game ...some browsing
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] gFknQ:
For Oxygen, I can only suggest Franco or Boeffla. Either one of those will give you best results. And their stock settings are fine
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] deepakdavidster@gmail.com:
Havoc + madys x20 looks fine, it gave me almost 6hrs sot and idle drain seems to be low.
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] Abhi8897669398:
Everytime I visit this thread I was always wondering how u r getting such amazing battery results:confused:

And trying to get results like yours but fail to approach :cyclops:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/N5S0D5LgrsCuZp7x1

With gaming mini militia 2hr15min, 1hr browsing....

I am searching for stable rom with good kernal
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] :
My results till now for what it is worth; results mostly based on MSM rom in combination with mentioned kernels, Omni tested on Omni rom.

I am curious if my results do reflect your results gFknQ ;)

+++ = very good

--- = very bad

Speed:

+++ Holy Dragon Kernel

+++ Omni Kernel

++ EX Kernel

+ Franco's Kernel

+- MSM Xtended Kernel (little lag)

Drain

+++ Franco's Kernel (0.6-0.7%/hr)

++ EX Kernel (1.3%/hr)

+ MSM Kernel (1-2%/hr)

+- Holy Dragon Kernel(2-3%/hr)

- OMNI Kernel (2-3%/hr)

Features

++ MSM Xtended Kernel

+ EX Kernel

0 Franco's Kernel

0 Holy Dragon Kernel

- OMNI Kernel
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] gFknQ:
That's really not bad battery for over 2hrs of gaming. Most people aren't going to be able to get 6hrs screen time while playing games. If I play injustice for over 2 hours straight, between playing the game and everything running in the background, it would probably use over 40% of my battery. My experiences are usually about 16-22% while gaming. I have no idea about Oos battery consumption, as I have not been on Oxygen since October 2017. But if you want custom rom and/or kernel with great battery, I can suggest NitrogenOS or Bootleggers with either stock kernels or Mady's. And I'd suggest you search Google and xda and just READ, READ, READ and learn as much as you can
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] Abhi8897669398:
:good:

Thanks for help , I have tried many roms till now

It's ok I will try nitrogen os today night with Mady's kernal

Let's see :fingers-crossed:
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] gFknQ:
I have no idea of Omni kernel. And by MSM kernel, I guess you mean Mady. But it looks like EX is probably best for your use, because it was in top 2 or 3 of every category. And I do agree latest EX is very good. I do not necessarily have the same experience with Mady kernel though. Neither Franco or Mady cause any lag whatsoever for me. But I have not spent any time on MSM or Omni roms testing kernels or battery, so I can't really say whether your results reflect mine. Holy Dragon kernel was a nightmare when I tried it, but it is on my list to test on Bootleggers, so I will post my results when I do. But you list it highly for performance and I could hardly use my phone last time I tried it. Both times. But I do believe performance and battery will differ greatly depending on rom. And like I said about EX Kernel. First versions I tried were horrible, now it's one of the best. I was on a couple of Mady's builds even after it was updated several times, because the older one was better for me. Curious which rom do you think you'll stick with?
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] mk_1996:
If the kernel used in oxygen OS is really EAS based kernel, shouldn't they be better than most of the custom kernels for our device? Curious to know
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] gFknQ:
I know on Nougat, generally OOS with stock kernel was better than custom most the time. But most I've read about oxygen oreo does not say great things about kernel. But that's been a while, and it was just things I read, not from experience. Hopefully somebody who uses Oxygen will read here and elaborate. Might check oneplus forum to find out more
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] Pablo.x:
May them work better than Open Gapps?

Also I would like to suggest there bluspark kernel for OOS roms
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] gFknQ:
According to what I have been reading on various threads and g+, people are claiming better battery life, getting rid of lag in various Google apps and one person also said it fixed not certified issue in playstore. I can't verify any of those comments, but can say it works perfectly fine for me. And next time I do a clean flash of rom, I plan on using it for that
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] gFknQ:
I'm rating Bootleggers stock kernel 4.9 with my tweaks. Everything worked perfectly. I do believe I could have squeezed a little more battery, but 7hrs active and 24 hrs total is pretty dmn good. And I flashed Mady's x20 and speed and performance are a little better, but Bootleggers stock is fluid enough, and I don't think anyone will complain. It is definitely the best stock kernel I've used
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Hi gFknQ,

I am not sure which rom I will stick with at the moment.

That's why I am following your thread with a lot of interest ;)

Just downloaded and installed GZOSP in combination with Zero-GaPPs. Most default Android experience you can get I guess; am curious what battery life and user experience it will give ;)

Btw; what GZR Gapps package are you using; the zero or the nano package and why?

At this moment I see the following results for you:

ElementalX 4,7; super smooth but a lot of notification slider issues

Franco Kernel 4,8; amazing battery life but missing some options and notification slider issues

Bootleggers 4,9; no issues, amazing battery life, with MSM kernel even a little better

About Franco's Kernel; the only thing I did not like was that ZRAM is enabled by default and disabling did not stick in EX Kernel Manager....

Is it right you did not test Mady's MSM Xtended till now?

And did you already test Lineage OS? I could not find it in your thread, but because EX is based on Lineage, the combination could be great also..

We will see. When I have results to share I let you know.
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] gFknQ:
GZR Nano gapps.

I'm not really testing roms. I tried over half a dozen recently, but once I tried Bootleggers, I was hooked. Between battery life and features, in my opinion in can't be beat. I would like to try DU's latest, MSM, and a few others, but Bootleggers is super stable, has all the features I want, and I have it all set up the way I want it, and it's my daily driver until something goes wrong. But unless an update breaks something, it's all I want in a custom rom. I do encourage other readers to share their experiences with whatever rom they are using. I agree Franco kernel has amazing battery life, and that's no surprise. He's been building kernels for our device as well or better than anyone else for a long time. I used Franco kernel almost exclusively on Nougat. I never had a problem with ZRAM sticking(try Ex Kernel Manager?), but I will say there always seems to be some issue(s) with any los kernel with aosp rom, and sometimes it seems to vary by user. I've been on either Nitrogen or Bootleggers almost the entire time since November, and either stock kernels or Mady's (and sometimes Ceasium) has worked best for me. I'm interested in why you aren't using Mady's kernel with his rom?
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Haha, just edited my post; see above ;)

May be I also try Bootleggers some day....
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] gFknQ:
Yeah sorry I did not reply earlier, it's early early morning wher I live and just woke up. I also want to try oreo NucleaRom. Dev says it's stable, but just wants to add a few more things before Official release. It is available though, and was a pretty awesome rom for nougat https://xdaforums.com/oneplus-3/one...-nuclearom-radioactive-kernel-t3544836/page73
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] matti05:
Latest gzr gapps package is from March or I'm missing something?
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] :
I was very early this morning and installed GZOSP which indeed gave me a real default without any modifications Android experience.

Smooth, no issues, drain of about 1%/hr, even the first 12 hours I have used it.

Because you made me curious, I just installed NucleaRom with GZR Gapps, Magisk and all other stuff I am using.

Seems to work very smooth too, will give the results in a few days (or I have to decide earlier to remove it already)...

There is not much to find about NucleaRom, but I am curious what their philosophy is and how they want to be different.

Last months so many 8.x roms have come that it will be difficult to see the differences and the 'why' to install one of those.

That's right, no weekly updates and security patch from march.

But no drain, no lag, no other issues ;)
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Do not install NucleaRom at the moment because it has some issues with root permissions.

I have to install from bottom up including twrp, formatting drives etc.. because of that ;)

Further experience till now; I had a lot of apps to disable (two camera apps, email, calendar and some other stuff), drain is high for me (>5%) but experience further is very smooth.

Not my rom though at this moment.... ;)
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] gFknQ:
Thanks for the heads up! I changed link in previous post from android file host to thread on xda so other could see. Sorry for the trouble
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] desiresiscool:
Do you use any app to keep the deep sleep so good ie Greenify or naptime?
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] gFknQ:
That's exactly the set up I am using. Greenify and Naptime. Sometimes I get around 0.4%, but usually about 0.6 or so (depends on kernel, sometimes higher). I use Greenify4Magisk and Enable Doze for GMS and I think that helps a little
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] mk_1996:
Lineage OS 15.1 latest nightly. Latest elementalX kernel with some tweaks of my own. Pretty good battery life i would say. Standby drain is also pretty good. Phone goes to deep sleep almost instantly.
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] :
After my not so good NucleaRom experience, I switched back to GZOSP yesterday.

When you like the 'as lean as possible' philosophy, you defenately will like GZOSP; builds here.

I have installed AppOpsX from Google Play Store to prevent Google Play Services and Google Play Store to keep the device awake, further the normal wakelock blocking etc...

The last 12 hours I had a drain of 0.4-07%/hr and in use it seems also low (7-12%/hr).

May be a nice addition to your list [MENTION=8251855]gFknQ[/MENTION] ;)

I would also recommend to check LuisKernel: http://luis-builds.de/downloads/lineageos/rr/oneplus3/LuisKERNEL/

Those kernels are build with the latest and up to date Android (3.8.112 at this moment) and do have a good performance combined with a low drain.