Best Bold OS for Battery?

**PwnCakes193** · 05-15-2009, 01:32 PM

Im on .266 now, what else is better for battery? Do you think I should try out 5.0? I don't need stability on my phone, so it's no issue

**sunder** · 05-15-2009, 03:12 PM

Originally Posted by PwnCakes193

Im on .266 now, what else is better for battery? Do you think I should try out 5.0? I don't need stability on my phone, so it's no issue

I've had everything since .167 (beta and official) and so far as I can tell .266 has the best overall battery life for me and I'm a heavy user.

**digitalb0y** · 05-15-2009, 05:06 PM

My perception was that .247 was best for battery for me, but I'm never too far from a charger so I guess I could be wrong.

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**gbadude** · 05-16-2009, 04:27 PM

.247 and .266 has been the best in terms of battery life for me. I want to say .266 is a bit better though

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**Arrow79** · 05-17-2009, 01:20 PM

I think the 5.0.0.93 is best so far.

**PwnCakes193** · 05-17-2009, 01:37 PM

Originally Posted by Arrow79

I think the 5.0.0.93 is best so far.

Isn't there the .123 out?

**xamdam** · 05-17-2009, 02:29 PM

.266 so far is same as the .162 and has failry good/excellent battery life.

.162 gave me 4-4.5 hours of talking and .266 i am still testing it, but so far drainage is the same, so far that means it is comparable, but time will tell.

I run a bold and i am on rogers.

**benzworm** · 05-17-2009, 03:39 PM

im going back to .266 for battery life

**baseballkyle** · 05-18-2009, 04:33 PM

i've been back on .266 for about a week now (mainly for battery life). missing the better picture quality that OS 5 software offers though. but .266 is solid.

**schizrade** · 05-18-2009, 04:53 PM

5.0.0.93 has been the best for me so far.

**PwnCakes193** · 05-18-2009, 07:40 PM

So it seems that people are split between 5.0 and .266?

**bboy2143** · 05-18-2009, 08:25 PM

.93 is the best for me also.

better than .266

**bztouring** · 05-19-2009, 06:57 AM

Originally Posted by digitalb0y

My perception was that .247 was best for battery for me, but I'm never too far from a charger so I guess I could be wrong.

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Im in that same boat with you. .266 for me was killing my battery with quick drains and the battery constantly getting warm. I didn't get this problem with .237 or .247 so it was back to .247 for me.

**gumpba** · 05-20-2009, 09:00 AM

5.0.0.93 has had the best battery life for me, much better than .266

**Blacklac** · 05-23-2009, 10:55 AM

For those that sat 5.0 is better that .266, how was .266 for you? For me, .266 is by far better than any others. Have yet to try anything 5.0.

.266 + Seidio 1650 = awesomeness!

I'm on over 2 full days since my last charge, with normal use. I'd say a fair amount of web browsing (2G) and a little Wifi also. I'm still at 20%!

**havanahjoe** · 05-24-2009, 01:38 AM

Could it be that 5.0.93 is better in battery life because there are less apps running since a lot of them are not compatible?

**PwnCakes193** · 05-25-2009, 01:10 PM

I'm using .247 right now, and it seems good so far. I have to retry .266 again

**aldo818** · 05-27-2009, 09:06 AM

In 5.0 it was awsome the first weeks then it started to drain so quickly that i ve decided to go back to .266

For me .266 is the best app so far concerning compatibility and bat life and stability.

**charlieb620** · 05-27-2009, 01:28 PM

5.0 has issues with apps though

**charlieb620** · 05-27-2009, 01:30 PM

i tried 5.0 and it gave me alot of issues

**dazingla** · 05-30-2009, 12:52 AM

yeah im using 266 now and its amazing for battery

**nvious** · 05-30-2009, 09:30 AM

I've just come back to a Bold from the javelin and I've found that the .247 is the best for me so far... Does anyone know where I can actually dl .266 to test it? I've had a look at .93 but whilst its slighty better than .247, the incompatibility of a majority of apps means .247 for the win!

Anyways... .266 dl link anyone?

Nirave

**Blacklac** · 05-30-2009, 11:55 AM

Originally Posted by nvious

I've just come back to a Bold from the javelin and I've found that the .247 is the best for me so far... Does anyone know where I can actually dl .266 to test it? I've had a look at .93 but whilst its slighty better than .247, the incompatibility of a majority of apps means .247 for the win!

Anyways... .266 dl link anyone?

Nirave

It's stickied on top of the Bold section.

**Phylum** · 06-03-2009, 10:39 PM

I agree with most here: I ran .247 then .93 then .266 and battery life seems good, espcially for me: IM apps running & connected, Pandora/Slack running all day on WiFi and EDGE, and vibrate+tone for emails (maybe 60 a day?) and SMS/IM (easily over 100).

**--TommesJay--** · 06-08-2009, 12:39 PM

I wasn't satisfied with the 5.0.0.93 as the cursor was laming in main menu when scrolling around in a circle. It just doesn't run fluently for me and the graphical numbers that display the runtime of tracks in the media player are faulty (graphic failures). Maybe I had too high expectations in that OS but I downgraded back to .266 after almost 20 minutes. Will wait now for the first official 5.0 OS and will install it by doing a wipe before, to get sure there will be no failures transferred.

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