Battery Life: BAMF vs. Stock GB

**Tmiv44** · 10-14-2011, 06:27 PM

when I got the GB OTA a couple weeks ago the battery life was so much better I switched back to the Stock battery after 5 months with the extended one.

Then I rooted, then I flashed BAMF forever, now battery life is bad again.
I've had issues with the screen not turning off (just going dim)
I've had the Phone Dialer bug a couple times that will kill your battery in about 4 hours.

Anyone else think the stock GB gets better battery performance than BAMF forever?

-Tm

**OptimusNotPrime** · 10-14-2011, 06:39 PM

Originally Posted by Tmiv44

when I got the GB OTA a couple weeks ago the battery life was so much better I switched back to the Stock battery after 5 months with the extended one.

Then I rooted, then I flashed BAMF forever, now battery life is bad again.
I've had issues with the screen not turning off (just going dim)
I've had the Phone Dialer bug a couple times that will kill your battery in about 4 hours.

Anyone else think the stock GB gets better battery performance than BAMF forever?

-Tm

Have you tried re flashing? You clear the three caches? You wipe the battery stats? I'm running bamf forever and do not have any problems at all

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**Tmiv44** · 10-14-2011, 07:06 PM

i cleared all 3 caches in recovery when i flashed. i have't tried a 2nd flash. i assume i'd have to go through the whole back up process again?
yes, i reset the battery when it charged full using the built in Bamf settings.

-Tm

**OptimusNotPrime** · 10-14-2011, 07:15 PM

Yeah back up do it all over again. Unless you find a solution i always reflash as a last resort. I know when I first flashed BAMF forever it took me three charges to really get it back to normal

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**Tmiv44** · 10-14-2011, 07:24 PM

bummer! this is my first ROM, i've been on it for a week now, so fully charged and (almost) fully depleted the battery several times now.

i hated going through the back up process, i was never sure what to back up and what to restore. ggrrr.....

-Tm

**OptimusNotPrime** · 10-14-2011, 07:30 PM

Originally Posted by Tmiv44

bummer! this is my first ROM, i've been on it for a week now, so fully charged and (almost) fully depleted the battery several times now.

i hated going through the back up process, i was never sure what to back up and what to restore. ggrrr.....

-Tm

Well I would wait lets see if any other forum members have more ideas. But yeah not sure why your having problems. My stuff is running smoothly. Can also create a nandroid backup to restore to through CWM

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**jaguarpaw** · 10-14-2011, 07:55 PM

bamf seems to be a little more of a drain but i chalk it up to the weather animations and friend stream( only scrollable widget i can really find) . still a pretty minimal difference. i noticed wifi seems to eat up a little more battery than before.. i still get a solid day tho.

**rcmarks314** · 10-15-2011, 07:48 AM

Try this. menu, wireless networks, mobile networks, enable always -on mobile data make sure this box is unchecked, I have over 34 hours on and still at 36% stock battery but I'm a light user. YMMV. Any props go to Cmotion from the BAMF forums

**Rob_B** · 10-15-2011, 09:07 AM

I just flashed, 3days ago, to bamf forever 1.0.7 from the gb ota (stock) and get better battery life. The dialer on ota was using >17% in the stats (#2 on the list). Now it doesn't make the list.

**Tmiv44** · 10-15-2011, 09:59 AM

Originally Posted by Rob_B

I just flashed, 3days ago, to bamf forever 1.0.7 from the gb ota (stock) and get better battery life. The dialer on ota was using >17% in the stats (#2 on the list). Now it doesn't make the list.

The Dialer battery drain is exactly the issue I've been having since switching to BAMF. I didn't have that problem before I flashed.

-Tm