Leankernel is amazing!

[T.Vengeance]

So I've been using the latest MR of leankernel (leankernel v6.8) for the past few days on my galaxy nexus and holy crap my battery life is amazing now! I never knew that the kernel makes such a big difference. I don't have before and after shots but this is a screenshot of my battery drain and it is definitely a noticeable change from the leankernel build that AOKP used at the time they released their 4.2.2 Milestone.

 

 

Just as a side note, my screen was set to auto brightness but I edited the "brightness curve" so it's brighter than the stock auto brightness.

[Guest]

I'm currently at 57% battery, with 1h 12m of screen on time. Seems pretty close.

 

 

Using Task650's Underwear kernel.

[rashdanml]

I usually get close to 4 hours screen-on time, everything stock. Even with Wifi on most of the time. 2-3 days of total time. Based on some tests with me staying at home all day over a weekend.

 

This happened after moving to Toronto and switching to a different phone provider. My old provider only gave me 2ish hours of screen-on time.

 

I'll try to get pictures of it, next time it happens.

[T.Vengeance]

I usually get close to 4 hours screen-on time, everything stock. Even with Wifi on most of the time. 2-3 days of total time. Based on some tests with me staying at home all day over a weekend.

 

This happened after moving to Toronto and switching to a different phone provider. My old provider only gave me 2ish hours of screen-on time.

 

I'll try to get pictures of it, next time it happens.

Oh wow that is impressive. I'm guessing I just got either a bad battery on my GNex or the GNex just isn't good at energy savings. When I was using stock android 4.2.2 with the stock google kernel, I was getting no more than 1hr screen time and 8hr battery usage before it dropped to 20% battery.

[JacksGT]

Sorry for the REALLY noob question, but how exactly do you install another kernel?

Sure, you have to root your phone and put a custom ROM on it, but then?

[Guest]

Sorry for the REALLY noob question, but how exactly do you install another kernel?

Sure, you have to root your phone and put a custom ROM on it, but then?

 

I believe you go into download mode and use Odin on your computer to flash it. There should be tutorials on Google. :)

[EricX2]

Kernels are hardware specific, which phone is this for?

[T.Vengeance]

Kernels are hardware specific, which phone is this for?

It was for the Galaxy Nexus