Better battery life roms for MIUI? - Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I just switched to Miui, and battery isn't that great so, does anyone know a better kernel for Miui!? Please help! Thanks.
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Now, the MIUI rom itself comes in many varieties. From what I hear the Prime or Lithium versions of MIUI preserve battery better then stock MIUI or MIUI.us.
Kernel wise however Bali-CM 2.2.2 and Glitch v13 are your best bet. Personally I use Glitch because it is much more stable, smoother, and faster then Bali. Plus Bali is no longer being updated while Glitch is still in development. Still you should try out both and see which suits your personal taste best.
Also, remember to undervolt (in SetCPU), as that should further increase battery life without loss of performance. "Screen off" profiles in overclock apps like SetCPU also help in battery conservation.
Another thing. Don't forget that our Vibrant's screens are huge power drainers. Keeping it on a lower brightness level helps save a lot of battery.
An app that really helps battery life is called Juice Defender Plus. You should try it out! Here's an overview of the app posted by "Woodrube" (he helped me get more out of my battery life with his awesome battery wisdom) that should help you get started...
Woodrube said:
This is how the JD Plus works (no need for JD Ultimate b/c we don't have many of the functions it supports. I just copied this from another thread the OP started awhile ago and I was trying to helps him out there.
If you set it to custom, the go into the settings tab on the right and then all the way at the bottom, there is two buttons to push, The first in Interactive which will pull up Juice Defender for up for any app that isn't already configured and the other is Configure Apps. This is the one that you can customize on an app-to-app basis where if you are no using an app and the screen is locked, it kills the radio/data traffic for that app.
Say you are listening to IHeartRadio, this you would want either Enable or Enable/off (which means the screen will be locked but the radio/data will be working). Now take the browser. It you are not using the browser, then you don't need it transmitting data right? So you would set that one to Enable (which means that it will only enable data traffic when that app is being used).
Juice Defender only works when the screen is locked, don't forget and all widgets are battery drains b/c all they really are is a monitoring app and if it is tied to something like FB or G+, then that data will be running constantly.
Examples:
Gmail = Enable (not enable/off b/c then it will keep your radio/data open)
Beautiful Widgets = Enable/off
mClock/Clockr = Enable/off
Angry Birds = Disable (with this and something like Adfree, no more ads in Angry Birds even though the ads are embedded in the .apk)
SMS/MMS = Enable or Do Nothing (why would you push disable)
Enable = Radio/data on when app is in use (front)
Enable/off = Radio/data on for background apps (when screen is locked)
Disable = Disables radio/data traffic completely when that app is running
Do Nothing = What is says.
I have been using JD+ for over a year on 3 different phones and have noticed a considerable difference in battery life, even on a crappy Motorola phone. Just takes some time to figure out YOUR settings and what YOU like. I have also used it on Stock kernel and had no problems either.
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Under status I have Profile>Customize (this one lets you configure your apps) Notification> Text
Under settings I have
Mobile and Wifi are both set to Enable,
Options>Auto Disable,
Location>disable,
Schedule>Enable:frequency>1h,
Night>Enable :12am6am (b/c I am asleep but if I am on, user takes priority),
Apps>Enable;
Configure>Interactive.
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Remember to thank Woodrube for this great overveiw of JDP
Hope this helps get the most out of your battery on MIUI

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N00B_IN_N33D said:
Now, the MIUI rom itself comes in many varieties. From what I hear the Prime or Lithium versions of MIUI preserve battery better then stock MIUI or MIUI.us.
Kernel wise however Bali-CM 2.2.2 and Glitch v13 are your best bet. Personally I use Glitch because it is much more stable, smoother, and faster then Bali. Plus Bali is no longer being updated while Glitch is still in development. Still you should try out both and see which suits your personal taste best.
Also, remember to undervolt (in SetCPU), as that should further increase battery life without loss of performance. "Screen off" profiles in overclock apps like SetCPU also help in battery conservation.
Another thing. Don't forget that our Vibrant's screens are huge power drainers. Keeping it on a lower brightness level helps save a lot of battery.
An app that really helps battery life is called Juice Defender Plus. You should try it out! Here's an overview of the app posted by "Woodrube" (he helped me get more out of my battery life with his awesome battery wisdom) that should help you get started...
Remember to thank Woodrube for this great overveiw of JDP
Hope this helps get the most out of your battery on MIUI
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Thanks for this man!
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N00B_IN_N33D said:
Now, the MIUI rom itself comes in many varieties. From what I hear the Prime or Lithium versions of MIUI preserve battery better then stock MIUI or MIUI.us.
Kernel wise however Bali-CM 2.2.2 and Glitch v13 are your best bet. Personally I use Glitch because it is much more stable, smoother, and faster then Bali. Plus Bali is no longer being updated while Glitch is still in development. Still you should try out both and see which suits your personal taste best.
Also, remember to undervolt (in SetCPU), as that should further increase battery life without loss of performance. "Screen off" profiles in overclock apps like SetCPU also help in battery conservation.
Another thing. Don't forget that our Vibrant's screens are huge power drainers. Keeping it on a lower brightness level helps save a lot of battery.
An app that really helps battery life is called Juice Defender Plus. You should try it out! Here's an overview of the app posted by "Woodrube" (he helped me get more out of my battery life with his awesome battery wisdom) that should help you get started...
Remember to thank Woodrube for this great overveiw of JDP
Hope this helps get the most out of your battery on MIUI
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Hey dude, which one should I pick from high leakage, medium leakage, or low leakage!? And what's the difference!?
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Here is what it means straight from the OP of the Glitch thread...
4)What is Leakage (LL,ML,HL) and what one should i use?
Easy explanation: start with HL. If it allows you to OC how much you want, stay there. If not, move down until you get what you want.
For people who want more: Well, we made different leakages because koflem couldn’t OC, and he felt left out, so he started compiling on his own, which gave Tk-Glitch the idea to make three different versions. They have to do with the differences in different phones. Take for example different phones run better with different OC/UV. The leakages are the same way. They adjust the int voltages, which is something not configureable (yet) in userspace, so we have to configure them that way when we build. That way both the voltages that you are used to (the ones controllable via voltage control) are tailored to your device, as is the int voltages (the ones only we can do). Most people have no idea, but there are dozens of variables that we play with to make so that all of you can OC and UV as much as possible with as much stability as possible. Some aren't device specific, some are. We are trying to make the best experience possible for a wide range in chip quality, therefore we make different leakages, as well as making the kernel configurable via voltage control. From a stability/performance standpoint, and by extension standpoint, there is only one leakage right for your device. Different leakages aren't better in some ways for you and worse in others, there is only one good one for your device. Sorry if that didn't make sense, I tried to make it as informative as possible without it being overwhelming.
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Now, first of all make sure you install v13 not v12 of Glitch. Here's a link to v13. To change the leakage in v13 do as follows...
-Boot into Recovery
-Go down to "Glitch" and select it
-Go to the Leakage section and select it
-You should be presented with High, Medium, Low
-Choose which leakage you want and reboot
If you have anymore questions feel free to ask.

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Alright, I flash this kernel like I flash any other kernel right? And what are the differences between high, low and medium?
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Flash like a normal kernel, yes.
To be straight out honest I'm not 100% positive on the differences. But from my understanding High leakage works on most Vibrants, while Low works on the few better made phones. Just start with high then try medium (which is what I use). Most likely you won't be stable on low, however, if you're stable on medium then move down to low. The more detailed answer is already posted above.

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These are great suggestions but for me personally my phone won't go into deep sleep after a charge unless I reboot it, so just rebooting my phone every morning gets me to about 18 hours on a charge
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N00B_IN_N33D said:
Here is what it means straight from the OP of the Glitch thread...
Now, first of all make sure you install v13 not v12 of Glitch. Here's a link to v13. To change the leakage in v13 do as follows...
-Boot into Recovery
-Go down to "Glitch" and select it
-Go to the Leakage section and select it
-You should be presented with High, Medium, Low
-Choose which leakage you want and reboot
If you have anymore questions feel free to ask.
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Hey dude, I didn't find any leakage option. I flashed it but can you tell me where I can find a leakage option?
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If you flashed v13 and then did a reboot this is how you change the leakage...
-Boot into Recovery (It will be red)
-Go down to "- GLITCH" and select it
-Go to "- Configure Leakage Settings" and select it
-You should be presented with...
> - low
> - medium
> - high
-Choose which leakage you want and reboot

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N00B_IN_N33D said:
If you flashed v13 and then did a reboot this is how you change the leakage...
-Boot into Recovery (It will be red)
-Go down to "- GLITCH" and select it
-Go to "- Configure Leakage Settings" and select it
-You should be presented with...
> - low
> - medium
> - high
-Choose which leakage you want and reboot
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Thanks! Got it and I set mine to high !
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L1LK1LLERZ said:
Thanks! Got it and I set mine to high !
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Sounds good. Hope you enjoy it
Feel free to ask me any questions if needed

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N00B_IN_N33D said:
Sounds good. Hope you enjoy it
Feel free to ask me any questions if needed
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Thank$ man! You rock!
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L1LK1LLERZ said:
Thank$ man! You rock!
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No prob. I'm glad to help. Just remember, "If I have helped you please tap on that neat little button down there labeled 'thanks' ↘"

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Hey man.. but I got another problem now, my softkeys lights go on when I get a new message and when my phone is locked and won't turn off until I check the message! Anyways to turn that off?
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N00B_IN_N33D said:
No prob. I'm glad to help. Just remember, "If I have helped you please klikety-klak that 'thanks' button ↘"
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U N00B! do NOT steal PhillyD's catch phrase!

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xriderx66 said:
U N00B! do NOT steal PhillyD's catch phrase!
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Jeez, I apologize I honestly had no idea that someone else used that signature. I don't even know who "PhillyD" is, couldn't even find him in a Google search either... I'll change it however I honestly didn't "steal" it.
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L1LK1LLERZ said:
Hey man.. but I got another problem now, my softkeys lights go on when I get a new message and when my phone is locked and won't turn off until I check the message! Anyways to turn that off?
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If you have the BLN app installed then uninstall it. Or you could try going into settings, click the settings soft key, search, type "led notifications", click led notifications, and then turn it off. Try that and see if that helps.

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N00B_IN_N33D said:
Jeez, I apologize I honestly had no idea that someone else used that signature. I don't even know who "PhillyD" is, couldn't even find him in a Google search either... I'll change it however I honestly didn't "steal" it.
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If you have the BLN app installed then uninstall it. Or you could try going into settings, click the settings soft key, search, type "led notifications", click led notifications, and then turn it off. Try that and see if that helps.
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.. i was joking man. sorry you took me seriously
p.s. phillyd, http://www.youtube.com/user/sxephil

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N00B_IN_N33D said:
Jeez, I apologize I honestly had no idea that someone else used that signature. I don't even know who "PhillyD" is, couldn't even find him in a Google search either... I'll change it however I honestly didn't "steal" it.
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If you have the BLN app installed then uninstall it. Or you could try going into settings, click the settings soft key, search, type "led notifications", click led notifications, and then turn it off. Try that and see if that helps.
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I don't have any BLN app and yes, I tried tthat but it still happens !
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