Over time my OPO has had its SOT time cut from 5-6 hours to about an hour at this point. Any way to increase this by running custom roms and so which ones are the best right now? I've never installed a rom, but when you do install it do you lose your pictures and other files on your phone?
Posted Oct 8, 2017, 9:29 PM UTC
Unlocking the bootloader and flashing a custom recovery does wipe the phone. I'd check out the OPO section on XDA and read the comments on the ROMs to see what people say about their performance.
Uninstall any particularly draining apps, I got rid of a passive sensor and it seems to have helped a lot.
For the pictures, use Google Photos to store them on the cloud.
I'd bet your battery is dead, which isnt surprising for an OPO. Time to replace it.
I have a friend with S4, his battery lasts 1h with only browsing...
Yes, Sultan's cm14.1 works great. It underclocks the cpu and lasts me a full day with casual usage. The phone is cooler as well however more demanding tasks run slower. Highly recommend it.
It would be best installing a custom recovery if you haven't already, after that flashing is a breeze. I believe the XDA post covered how to do it once you have a custom recovery. Your "data" can stay on your phone, but the system partition gets wiped. So apps/settings are deleted but not personal files.
I would back everything up first in case anything goes wrong, like just copying through a usb connection.
Edit: That being said, I was getting at least 3 hours SOT and it boosted me to 5-6 hours. Maybe try get the battery replaced if you plan on using your OPO for much longer.
I've had my OPO for 3 years and 5-6 hours is pretty easy to get. You most likely have some seriously draining apps like Facebook, Google, Twitter. Lock those down or remove them and your SOT will be great.
How do I lock them down exactly? I use majority of my apps.
I get around 5 hours of SOT consistently. Currently on 4.5 hours with 30 % remaining, usually connected to WiFi the majority of the time. Not super heavy use, but I do watch youtube, twitch, use instagram and snapchat, as well as Messenger lite all day.
Sultans ROM is pretty much a must. I think it's the best available. Extremely stable, decent performance and battery.
Recently tried out the Private Kernel on top of Sultans ROM. Gives me a very smooth experience with similar, if not a little better battery. Worth a try. This kernel removes the underclock from the Sultan build, but I'm still underclocking to 1958 MHz manually
A new battery is easy and cheap to replace. My battery is only a few months old and it makes a big difference. Some replacement batteries are crap and don't have the advertised capacity, but my recent purchase is giving my good battery life.
In any case I would do a clean installation of Sultans ROM and replace the battery. Should give you a much better experience.
I replaced my OnePlus One's battery about 5 months back. However, even with the original battery I was guaranteed 3 hours of SOT.
You sure an app isn't draining your battery in the background?
Well it's really old now. Maybe try getting a new battery? How does your battery stats look like? Post a screenshot so we can see what could be draining the battery.