Least Power hungry- what's the best ROM/Radio combo?

[mshnayde]

Hey guys,
I think I have tried most of the custom ROM's lately. However, I think it's the radio which is killing my battery.
I mean it's down 40-45% after 5 hours without any phone calls.
I am running 3.42.3 Sprint Radio right now and clean OMJ ROM.
Thanks for any suggestions.

[ScrapMaker]

Welcome to the Vogue.

That's pretty typical for this phone.

[avgas100]

after loading a new rom, let the battery run all the way till it dies, then charge it all the way up, this usually helps a lot, kind of like calibrating the battery meter

[mshnayde]

Is it possible to load the Bell ROM and than use it on Sprint?
How do I go about doing that?
I tried this before and everything seemed to work except for the GPS. I had to go back to the Sprint Radio in order for it to get a GPS lock.
Thanks.

[xxza]

flash the newest bell rom, skip the customization, then flash some roms made by ppl from this board

Originally Posted by mshnayde

Is it possible to load the Bell ROM and than use it on Sprint?
How do I go about doing that?
I tried this before and everything seemed to work except for the GPS. I had to go back to the Sprint Radio in order for it to get a GPS lock.
Thanks.

[brol1k]

bell radios sucks IMO, I got sprint radio and kitchen 20273, and works better then any setup I tried

[frentraken]

I run stock bell rom with the new radio, I use manilla 2d, I let my data stay connected all day, have dashwire running, and I have GPS running all the time as well. I do some casual surfing(Checking here, and howardforums) during the day, text here and there, have weather and email set to auto update during every hour or so, and with all this I get home and usually 60% left after 9 hours or so. I do suggest the running it down, and recharging every now and again and you should see decent results then.

[mshnayde]

Originally Posted by frentraken

I run stock bell rom with the new radio, I use manilla 2d, I let my data stay connected all day, have dashwire running, and I have GPS running all the time as well. I do some casual surfing(Checking here, and howardforums) during the day, text here and there, have weather and email set to auto update during every hour or so, and with all this I get home and usually 60% left after 9 hours or so. I do suggest the running it down, and recharging every now and again and you should see decent results then.

I can't believe that. Will have to give that a try. So far haven't been able to get that kind of result. Thanks.

[gedster314]

Anyone else get extra battery life out of it? I didn't play with it enough to find out. That would be about the reason why I would reinstall it. After having a stripped down WM rom and getting all my shortcuts on the Today screen, I found Manilla to be annoying and cumbersome. It is pretty though.

[ScrapMaker]

Originally Posted by frentraken

I run stock bell rom with the new radio, I use manilla 2d, I let my data stay connected all day, have dashwire running, and I have GPS running all the time as well. I do some casual surfing(Checking here, and howardforums) during the day, text here and there, have weather and email set to auto update during every hour or so, and with all this I get home and usually 60% left after 9 hours or so. I do suggest the running it down, and recharging every now and again and you should see decent results then.

yeah f-ing right! I can hard-reset my phone with nothing running on it, and it will be below 60% in 9 hours.

the GPS/data/email thing is unbelievable. GPS drains an ENORMOUS amount of power. Are you sure GPS is "active?"

On any ROM/radio I have used, if I had all the stuff running that you did, my battery would be completely drained in 2 hours or so... Mostly the GPS....