Juicy vs MSR and Battery Life - Major Differences??

bcrooker · #1 (**permalink**) 11-15-2008, 10:05 AM

I had been using Juicy rom, but was having issues with my battery going down about 10% an hour. I was using the SDConfig to install things, and have a CAB defined that automatically creates my email accounts. I have 4 IMAP accounts that are polled at 30 minute intervals.

I didn't make any other changes other than setting ringtones, font size, and things like that.

If I install MSR, my battery life is like 2-4 times better, sometimes ending a full day (12hrs) at 60-70%.

I tried two days on Juicy and two days on MSR and the results were consistent. Juicy was going down 10% even when I did nothing else on the phone other than have it check email in the background. No web browsing, no phone calls.

I wasn't doing anything different configuration-wise between the two. Both ROM's use the SDConfig, so the same set of apps were being installed. The comparisons were between Juicy 3.2/3.3 and MSR 2.4. I wouldn't have thought there would have been that big of a change in battery life.

Not sure it matters, but I am on Sprint. I am also using the Verizon radio rom.

catchacold · #2 (**permalink**) 11-15-2008, 10:23 AM

Would you mind explaining in more detail how you did the following - I am getting tired of setting up all my email accounts.

Thanks

BTW - I have two IMAP, one Exchange and PicMail. A few phone calls and txts yesterday and I am now charging my battery. OH yeah without enabling TouchFlo

"I was using the SDConfig to install things, and have a CAB defined that automatically creates my email accounts. I have 4 IMAP accounts that are polled at 30 minute intervals."

majorassface · #3 (**permalink**) 11-15-2008, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by catchacold

Would you mind explaining in more detail how you did the following - I am getting tired of setting up all my email accounts.

Thanks

"I was using the SDConfig to install things, and have a CAB defined that automatically creates my email accounts. I have 4 IMAP accounts that are polled at 30 minute intervals."

Me too!! Please!

bcrooker · #4 (**permalink**) 11-15-2008, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by catchacold

Would you mind explaining in more detail how you did the following - I am getting tired of setting up all my email accounts.

See this thread:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=39470

It is great and very easy to set up. I have also set up my Wifi entries and my speed dial links using the same mechanism (you need to look on Microsoft's site for the XML schema).

catchacold · #5 (**permalink**) 11-15-2008, 10:35 AM

See my edit above.

And thanks for the info.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bcrooker

See this thread:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=39470

It is great and very easy to set up. I have also set up my Wifi entries and my speed dial links using the same mechanism (you need to look on Microsoft's site for the XML schema).

bcrooker · #6 (**permalink**) 11-15-2008, 10:41 AM

Here is the Microsoft page with the info on other things you can do with the device configuration files:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb737579.aspx

mnassoiy · #7 (**permalink**) 11-15-2008, 11:32 AM

Ok, back on track guys to the OP's question... Battery life for me on Juicy 3.3 has been good so far. I can't see a noticeable difference in the life between prior versions of the Juicy ROMs.

I have 2 IMAP accounts set to sync every 2 hours. The only thing I really turn off id Beam and Bluetooth. Only use Bluetooth when I'm on the phone for more than 5 minutes.

bcrooker · #8 (**permalink**) 11-15-2008, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by mnassoiy

Ok, back on track guys to the OP's question... Battery life for me on Juicy 3.3 has been good so far. I can't see a noticeable difference in the life between prior versions of the Juicy ROMs.

I have 2 IMAP accounts set to sync every 2 hours. The only thing I really turn off id Beam and Bluetooth. Only use Bluetooth when I'm on the phone for more than 5 minutes.

I have beam on and bluetooth off. How is your phone at the end of say 12 hours?

mnassoiy · #9 (**permalink**) 11-15-2008, 12:05 PM

~40%. That includes some fair roaming time (coverage sucks at work), random internet checking, and ~1 hour of calls. I always have to check some phone number, or look up some thing in my excel sheets, so the phone sees a fair amount of screen time.

Bluetooth headset and phone calls just suck the life right out of the poor thing. Good thing most of that time is on a car charger.

Why do you have beam on? There's no usage that I know of...

bcrooker · #10 (**permalink**) 11-15-2008, 12:17 PM

I was turning the beam off, but then I started leaving alone when I was trying to fix the battery life (just to try different things).

I tried building my own ROM with the Kitchen (20931) and will see how that goes today. I just need the darn phone to last comfortably throughout the day. Doesn't seem like it should be too much to ask. Earlier Juicy rom's I didn't have this issue. It seemed like the one that added the SDConfig support was where I started having bad battery life.