[captblaze]

battery polling has something to do with poor battery life. if your rom is cooked with the battery meter reading in 1% increments you will chew up battery quicker if it is in 10% increments. also having your email accounts set up to check every couple of minutes is another culprit. push pages set to refresh constantly will do the same.

so it may be the way the chef makes the settings in the rom that affects battery life. combine that with your own criteria and that also is a drain..

these are just a few explanations, but i am sure there are more