Samsung

[tonytango]

iam have been using darkys 9.2 for three days now and the best modem i have found for the uk vodafone is jpy.i switched my phone on at 6.30am today and it has lost 3% in 3 hours so that is not bad.before i changed the modem to jpy it was down 10% per hour.

[tonytango]

this is the setting's that iam using.
* Kernel, revision: 2.6.32.9 Voodoo 5.4.1
* ROM, revision: Darky's v9.2
* Modem version (JPY etc): I9000ZSJPE
* Country and network: UK Vodafone
* Wifi settings: ON 24/7
* 3G / HSPA settings: HSPA OFF Edge and 3G ON
* Mail accounts:
* Gmail? YES
* IMAP? if yes, app used and refresh frequency NO
* POP3? if yes, app used and refresh frequency NO
* Social network pushing / pulling data (Facebook, etc) Facebook and Twitter sinks every 15mins.
* Any special tweaks? Only turning of HSPA

[ado28]

Thanks Paul, I managed to track the modem file down last night and it's now sitting on my pc in case I need it. To be honest the JPY modem is working a treat without any major battery drain.

[paulchambers061]

update on BUJP5 modem battery usage.

between 20:00 and 00:00 it fell from 79% to 73%

between 00:00 and 06:30 stayed on 73, dropped to 72% by the time the alarm went off 07:10

By 09:00 with me using it normally 72% - 68%

Now, with me using it normally at work, checking emails, twitter messages, browsing, downloading market updates etc, still 45%,

the downloading drained 20 percent in one hour, that'll teach me to update angry birds!

I will keep an eye on the battery using this modem, and try the I9000ZSJPE as well.

speedmod has a new test kernel ...

Latest Test K13A-T1 (7-Feb) - Single version for neutral/cold/warm color + option to disable darkest auto-brightness level, selectable from Recovery

[tonytango]

update i switched my phone on at 6.30 this morning and i still have 82% battery life left at 10.00pm so that is the best battery life i have ever had. 

[ado28]

Steel Blue V2 Theme

I'm going to give this theme a bash now. Looks quite good. Currently backing up my current ROM just in case lol

Link here

[ado28]

^ Forget that theme ^

Its pants. I installed it and it was very blue plus it didn't sit too well on my phone and it took a life time to reboot everytime you switched your phone back on and it also knocked out my wifi and stuffed up my clockwork recovery mod lol. Just as well I backed my latest ROM up just before flashing! Back on Darky's ROM with my light blue skyline theme and happy again

[jimc130]

Cheers, I had a look at that one yesterday and thought of giving it a try, will steer clear.

[Northern-dj]

makes me laugh this even custom romers have battery problems.

[ado28]

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Northern-dj wrote:

makes me laugh this even custom romers have battery problems.

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Yes mate some do however Darky's latest ROM is just as good as JPY. It all boils down to how you use your phone at the end of the day I guess.

[paulchambers061]

Wiping the battery stats and doing a battery calibration is recommended after flashing a new rom.
The usage gets better after 2-3 full cycles of the battery.

[frostfree]

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tonytango wrote:
* Any special tweaks? Only turning of HSPA

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Is there a way to turn this off on stock 2.2.1?

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FF

[frostfree]

Found instructions here, thanks for the tip.

FF

[jimc130]

Fed up with trying themes

I installed Jumbas theme, it didnt look as good on my device as it did in the pictures on XDA, and somehow it managed to change my settings, and at the same time lose the Settings app!

I have come to the conclusion that they are just eye candy, battery power guzzlers!! Grrrr.

[ado28]

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jimc130 wrote:

Fed up with trying themes

I installed Jumbas theme, it didnt look as good on my device as it did in the pictures on XDA, and somehow it managed to change my settings, and at the same time lose the Settings app!

I have come to the conclusion that they are just eye candy, battery power guzzlers!! Grrrr.

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Will have to agree with you here Jim. The only theme I really like is Lite blue skyline as its crisp and clean and doesn't drain your battery of much up your settings. I'm back on JPY again lol

[jimc130]

For any of you guys out there that like the slimmed down roms, there is a new one on the block from Tricky103 who is also a forum member here.

At the moment I am running his v1.1 rom although he has just released v1.3. I find the slim roms great, just add on whatever you like and Tricky103 has put it all on his thread on XDA on how to do it.

I find the phone to be very fast, and I am finding that battery life is also good.

[ado28]

I have just made up my next rom in the kitchen. Licking out the bowl as we speek and waiting on the icing to set lol

[jimc130]

Sweet! Let us know how you get on.

[ado28]

All downloaded so I will flash tomorrow night because I start work at 3am which is utter pants so it's time for bed

[Tricky103]

Hi

I created my own custom rom.

After months of testing roms. I realised that I only use 2 or 3 things that Samsung provide.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=951207

Try it out. Super fast. Battery seems very good.Very slim, but to add things is no problem.

Tricky103 Essentials Slim

Edit, I see your already on it jimc130. good man..

Version 1.5 is ready for release. You can grab it here.

I compressed all apk's and png's, removed so much I should take the Samsung badge off of it.  Added the non increasing recording phone.apk.

Been tested and it works. Go to the thread to find install instructions