ASUS P320 Running Windows 6.5.1 - Overclocking leads to battery drain - General Questions and Answers

I have an ASUS P320, Running Windows 6.5.1.
(From here http://winmo.forumpro.eu/p320-f5/build-23085-chome-wwe-t71.htm)
Now I over-clocked the system with OMAPCLOCK - and was running it with 240 MHZ. The Wikipedia site is stating that the processor clock is 200 MHZ.
This Overclocking leads to battery drain - last night at 7:30 P.M it was at 63% - and today morning 9:00 a.m. I saw it was shutdown, that is out of battery. 2:00 A.M in the morning I went to sleep - it was not shutdown then - that means there should be 5% or so battery left then even more.
Any clue - O great Gurus? I set the clock frequency 204 MHZ now. Can you please tell me how to avoid battery drain - minimally with over-clocking?
Thanks a lot and anticipating reply.

nmondal, you should think twice before you start to overclock your OMAP. It is highly integrated processor and it will not work well if overclocked anyway. Sure the behaviour of you phone in overclock mode highly depends upon the revision of the CPU.
But I wanna tell you that 6.5 spoils the battery on your device much faster even without overclocking.
Besides - in some cases overclocking of your phone can cause non-working WiFi and even telephone module.
Another important thing - the OMAPCLOCK does not show the CPU frequency on your phone correctly - check the default meaning - is it 200? I suppose it's something like 186. So if you still want to overclock it - put 204 and it will be around 6-10% performance increase.
But as I told already - think twice before you do that.

Thanks folks
After I made the frequency to 204 MHZ - everything is fine.
Thanks for all the information - next time if I face any issues - I would refrain from overclocking. And yes - the default is 186 MHZ.

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[UPG] Overclocking Our Raph is available.. need tweaking though..

As we know, overclocking MSM is possible now. Just check :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725290
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But the thread is over 1400 post & most of them are about blackstone, Rhodium, etc.. I think it's about time we make a thread about overclocking our Touch Pro(s)
I use GSM unbranded TP100 & TAEL v.5 ROM.
I'll start with my experience :
What Works
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1. grab the v.2 file from the thread above. (1st page)
2. Install it to phone Memory.
3. Open the Msm7kCpuSpeed & You can see the current CPU speed in Real Time.
4. Whatever speed you select when on Battery Power, it will revert back to 528Mhz because of the Windows component that make sure the clock speed is 528 Mhz every (xx) second.
5. The only way you can overclock is when u plug your USB to Laptop / Stock Charger. Only then you can move the slider to any speed supported by your device.
6. Every device's speed are varied from the ROM used & quality of the MSM in your device. Try what speed are the best speed in your phone before it locks up. I use TAEL v.5 & I can achieve 768 Mhz in AC (original Charger / USB in Laptop/PC) on 787 i get random lockup
7. If you unplug your Raph from USB / Charger on ANY freq other than 604.8 Mhz, your raph will LOCK UP. So, when unplugging / pressing power button make sure u change the freq to 604 Mhz first. (604 Mhz is special Freq that don't Lockup our device)
8. A couple of seconds after we unplug our Raph in 604 Mhz freq it will revert back to 528 Mhz freq.
What almost works
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From the explanation above we can use Overclock in Our Raph, but only when plugged into a charger / laptop / PC.
In this
PHP:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725290&page=120
thread Qzytor in post 1191 found a way to overclock our MSM devices when using battery power. But in my experience, it ALWAYS lockup a few seconds after opening the phone dialer, coreplayer (playing video for a few second the lockup), SMS messaging, and Teeter (lockup when level up)
I'll write my experince using above method :
The method is : (Credit goes to Qzytor)
Code:
Install NetRippers Msm7kCpuSpeed V.2 App. in your Device
Install SetCpuSpeed v1.0d on SD card. --get it @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7426966&postcount=1000 --
Take SD card out and soft reset the phone.
Open registry.
Go to HKLM\Software\Msm7kCpuSpeed.
Edit the values as below:
BootTime = 90000 (This is important. This value gives enough time for the
phone to fully boot up. The phone has to fully boot up
before the OC kicks in)
CheckTime = 20 (Stable at 20, otherwise yoyos between base and OCed
cpu speed)
Command = 0
PerfomanceLevel = 35 (This speed is stable for me without SOD)
ScreenOffPerfomanceLevel = 27
SettlingTime = 10
Close Registry editor, insert SD card in the phone and soft reset the phone.
Once the phone has fully boot up, give it a minute before opening NetRippers Msm7kCpuSpeed and you should see your OCed cpu speed.
If your OC cpu speed isnt stable then take your SD card out,soft reset the phone and registry edit PerfomanceLevel to a lower value.
To restore back to phone default speed:
Open File Explorer.
Go to Windows\Startup folder and delete SetCpuSpeed.
Soft reset the phone and phone default speed will be restored.
Before deleting SetCpuSpeed from Windows\Startup folder , save it in Documents folder so if you want to overclock again, copy and paste it from Documents folder to Windows\Startup folder.
1. Performance Level 35 is overclocking @ 672 Mhz
2. Add 1 level means add 19.2 Mhz in clock speed
3. The best speed i reach in AC power (USB / Laptop) is 768 Mhz = performance level 40
4. I change my performance level into 40 & I can see in MSM7kCpuSpeed that i'm running 768 Mhz after 90 seconds from the bootup as written above.
5. a few programs can run ok in 768 Mhz or any speed in that matter, but most causes lockup. This does NOT happen in Rhodium (Touch Pro 2)
6. Even on performance level = 35 (672 Mhz) or even in Performance level = 27 i still got a lockup opening phone, SMS, coreplayer, teeter, & FPSECE (only when exiting). they work fine on AC power.
7. I dont know if it's because of my ROM (TAEL v.5) or if all RAPH experience the same Issue.
I hope we can continue to improve overclocking our RAPH to the point it can perfectly works ^^
Im happy that there are people that want to work on oc project for touch pro..I want to help even i dont know much..
I dont get the disconnect ac issues at all, but definitely get the freezing on the phone app, but apparently other phones do as well.
Im waiting for somesort of blacklist option that can actually close the overclock *and not just revert back to 528*.
Have done tests with netrippers app, setcpuspeed 1.0d, iwfratz oc tool, and oc auto 4.1 (this doesn't work with mine, I use the latest Energy rom, and Im part of the "1%" that doesn't have certain registry settings, and it doesn't work by adding them.)
hartleyshc said:
I dont get the disconnect ac issues at all, but definitely get the freezing on the phone app, but apparently other phones do as well.
Im waiting for somesort of blacklist option that can actually close the overclock *and not just revert back to 528*.
Have done tests with netrippers app, setcpuspeed 1.0d, iwfratz oc tool, and oc auto 4.1 (this doesn't work with mine, I use the latest Energy rom, and Im part of the "1%" that doesn't have certain registry settings, and it doesn't work by adding them.)
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Yes, I agree, Iwfratz's OC tool are NOT WORKING on other device other than RHODIUM. So the best option i have is NetRipper's App + SetCPUspeed 1.0d. Can't work OC auto for some reason (no key binding App to bind mortscript down.mscr to power button).
What i did, is try the newest energy ROM (rel. 23673, GTX, dinik version) & it all work like a charm. Sure, i still got occasional SOD but it's waaaaaaayyyyyy better than having to OC in Laptiop USB only..
So i think the issue i had earlier is definitely with the ROM (I think TAEL rom has some kind of energy saving script that keeps telling the CPU what clock it's running -- even when setCPUspeed already installed)
After i change to Energy Rom rel. 23673, on battery power, MSM7kCPUspeed+setCPUspeed v1.0d runs just as smoothly as AC power. I get occasional SOD only when exiting Fpsece (it makes the CPu drop to 384 Mhz then it froze). Using WMP, TCPMP, & other apps that usually crashes on TAEL v5 did NOT give me the "freeze"
@ 748.8 Mhz FPSEce gives me 5-8 fps boost with no frameskip , with frameskip i can play Final Fantasy Tactics @ 50 fps with no noticable errors (about 29 fps in landscape no frame skip)
And that makes me...
--> very happy TP owner
p.s. a little trick when having a non OC applicable ROM is to use your GPS programs (garmin, sygic, etc), minimize them, & run MSM7kcpuspeed to OC your device. this usually works ok.. Just a very bad battery consumption
& dont forget to change back to 604 Mhz before shutting down your GPS program & then u can power off the screen -- or else u get the SOD.
b0z0k said:
Yes, I agree, Iwfratz's OC tool are NOT WORKING on other device other than RHODIUM. So the best option i have is NetRipper's App + SetCPUspeed 1.0d. Can't work OC auto for some reason (no key binding App to bind mortscript down.mscr to power button).
What i did, is try the newest energy ROM (rel. 23673, GTX, dinik version) & it all work like a charm. Sure, i still got occasional SOD but it's waaaaaaayyyyyy better than having to OC in Laptiop USB only..
talled)
After i change to Energy Rom rel. 23673, on battery power, MSM7kCPUspeed+setCPUspeed v1.0d runs just as smoothly as AC power. I get occasional SOD only when exiting Fpsece (it makes the CPu drop to 384 Mhz then it froze). Using WMP, TCPMP, & other apps that usually crashes on TAEL v5 did NOT give me the "freeze"
@ 748.8 Mhz FPSEce gives me 5-8 fps boost with no frameskip , with frameskip i can play Final Fantasy Tactics @ 50 fps with no noticable errors (about 29 fps in landscape no frame skip)
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Im getting with the newest nrg rom the same problems..new calls or sms and the phone needs reset..
The best trick of all its just to overclock your phone to max mhz your phone can stand unlagged and move the shortcut from startup to start menu..So you can use it from start menu only for the programms you want to use..When you finish you make a reset..And everything goes to normal again..In my "normal mode" im using nuedynamicclock for max performance of cpu..From "Battery life" side - nuedynamicclock(max performance)+timolols rom it stands <> 2 days..
New Method, No Freeze in Phone dialer, but battery more inefficient
New Method, No Freeze in Phone dialer, but battery more inefficient
I have tried SetCPUspeed v1.0d & it made the Overclock working BUT i dont know why every time I open dialer screen or an SMS came, it always freezes.
I think it has to do with the fact that WinMo in our TP consistantly checking the speed/ frequency of our MSM.
The only way we can bypass this :
1. When we connect to our laptop (activesync) -- when we connect Raph to PC & it starts sync-ing in activesync, the speed/ freq check disabled, this is an exploit that we can use to overclock safely. BUT..
We do need our laptop / PC to do this (we can't overclock when we're traveling & want to play FpseCE in full speed ^^)
2. THE NEW METHOD -- more battery draining though.. We can bypass the freq check using GPS module. When the GPS is ON, the speed check is disabled. This way, even when we're traveling, we can still Overclock our Raph safely (wont freeze when opening dialer / receivinf SMS.
But, it's still opening GPS module, it's a battery drainer. In my experience it's about 20% faster draining the battery. Use HTC GPS tool & choose "open port"
What i do is :
when the phone is not used (deep sleep), i don't use the Overclock. When i want to use something in my phone & i want to boost it's speed i will turn on HTC GPS tool & overclock my phone to 729,6 (the most stable for me). When i'm done & want to put my phone to sleep, i made my MSM7kCPUSpeed to 604 Mhz (safe speed, wont freeze) & i turn off the GPStool.
When i press the power button the freq will change to 528 Mhz again & the battery consumption became normal again. ^^
It's a turn around from the problem we're facing.. but Hey, i got to play Final Fantasy Tactics @ nearly full speed ^^
b0z0k said:
2. THE NEW METHOD -- more battery draining though.. We can bypass the freq check using GPS module. When the GPS is ON, the speed check is disabled. This way, even when we're traveling, we can still Overclock our Raph safely (wont freeze when opening dialer / receivinf SMS.
But, it's still opening GPS module, it's a battery drainer. In my experience it's about 20% faster draining the battery. Use HTC GPS tool & choose "open port"
What i do is :
when the phone is not used (deep sleep), i don't use the Overclock. When i want to use something in my phone & i want to boost it's speed i will turn on HTC GPS tool & overclock my phone to 729,6 (the most stable for me). When i'm done & want to put my phone to sleep, i made my MSM7kCPUSpeed to 604 Mhz (safe speed, wont freeze) & i turn off the GPStool.
When i press the power button the freq will change to 528 Mhz again & the battery consumption became normal again. ^^
It's a turn around from the problem we're facing.. but Hey, i got to play Final Fantasy Tactics @ nearly full speed ^^
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Ive played around with the gps issue before. Silly me forgot about simply opening the port in gpstool. I was using google maps till the gps would time out on me.
Without the constant cpu checking, I can safely go up to a much higher speed now! (710. 729 makes sense start to crash occasionally)
Now a few questions I will probably answer myself in the next few hours. Will the gps port ever turn itself off? even when going to sleep? Is there a way to open the gps port at start up? will setcpuspeed work better with this? (turn the check time up to 500, or 1000, not 20 like we were working with earlier?
And the big one.. can we use mortscript to enable/disable the gps port? we could just use our own script to overclock our phones. will look more into mortscript later.
edit: this makes me begin to think this might be a rom issue. what is causing the cpu checks? can anything be done to disable it? i know the blackstone users have a similar issue to us with the cpu checking. any chefs/programmers want to shed some light on this?

[DEV] Power Management

Hi devs
I found something interesting about Android power management..maybe it will help us
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/PowerManager.html
http://www.netmite.com/android/mydr...s/power_management.html#androidPowerWakeLocks
and here is a app for users http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
I found some more things for power management
devs check pls
Enabling system for hitting OFF
#echo 1 > /debug/pm_debug/enable_off_mode
By default sleep_while_idle is set to false and enable_off_mode is set to true
CPU Dynamic Voltage Frequency Scaling settings
Enabling ondemand frequency governor
The ondemand governor enables DVFS(frequency/OPP) transitions based on CPU load.
#echo ondemand > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
Enabling performance frequency governor
The performance governor keeps the CPU always at the highest frequency.
#echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
Enabling powersave frequency governor
The powersave governor keeps the CPU always at the lowest frequency.
#echo powersave > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
Enabling userspace frequency governor
Once this governor is enabled, DVFS( frequency) transitions will be manually triggered by a userspace application by using the CPUfreq sysfs interface
#echo userspace > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
See all the available operating points
#cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies
Application can select any of the available frequency from the above
#echo <Desired Frequancy> > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/ scaling_setspeed
Checking CPU IDLE states usage
There are seven power states introduced by CPU Idle
The usage and time count for these different states can be checked via
#cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state*/time
#cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state*/usage
Enabling system for hitting OFF
#echo 1 > /debug/pm_debug/enable_off_mode
By default sleep_while_idle is set to false and enable_off_mode is set to true
CPU Dynamic Voltage Frequency Scaling settings
Enabling ondemand frequency governor
The ondemand governor enables DVFS(frequency/OPP) transitions based on CPU load.
#echo ondemand > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
Enabling performance frequency governor
The performance governor keeps the CPU always at the highest frequency.
#echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
Enabling powersave frequency governor
The powersave governor keeps the CPU always at the lowest frequency.
#echo powersave > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
Enabling userspace frequency governor
Once this governor is enabled, DVFS( frequency) transitions will be manually triggered by a userspace application by using the CPUfreq sysfs interface
#echo userspace > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
See all the available operating points
#cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies
Application can select any of the available frequency from the above
#echo <Desired Frequancy> > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/ scaling_setspeed
Checking CPU IDLE states usage
There are seven power states introduced by CPU Idle
The usage and time count for these different states can be checked via
#cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state*/time
#cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state*/usage
source: http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Android_Devkit_Power_Management_Porting_Guide
this is very interesting also:
Saving battery time for mobile devices has been a goal for the industry for many years. With the
advent of smartphones, reduction of energy consumption is even more important since they
consume a lot more energy than the generation of mobile phones before them. Consumers are
demanding longer battery life and greener electronics. One way to meet these demands is to
reduce energy consumption.
In order to make the mobile operating system utilize the Central Processing Unit (CPU) more
efficiently, applications should have different reservations based on how much they need to use
the CPU. A challenge the industry is facing is its lack of knowledge of the behavior of third
party applications. Especially since they are an increasing portion of the applications run on
smartphones. Without knowledge of how third party applications behave, it is hard to make
good reservations for them. If there was a way to dynamically make reservations for the
applications with adequate performance while they are running, the system could use this
information to reduce battery consumption by e.g. clocking down the CPU when a high clock
frequency is not needed. In this master thesis project, an open source resource manager called
ACTORS Resource Manager (ACTORS RM) [5][6] for desktop Linux [57] is ported to the
Android [37] operating system. The resource manager is also optimized for the applications
being run there. A power management patch to the Linux kernel was also used to get greater
control over the CPU’s frequency changes.
source: https://rapidshare.com/files/3398178110/Resource_reservation_and_power_management_in_Android.pdf
let's spy on HD2 kernel ?
feature:
AB: Audio Boost
AXI: AXI frequency tweak
BFQ: BFQ IO scheduler (default CFS)
BFS: BFS cpu scheduler (default CFS)
HAVS: Hybrid Adaptive Voltage Scaling (Static Voltage Scaling - SVS is default)
OC: OverClock
UV: UnderVolt
OC, UV and AXI features are the standard feature for EVO based kernel.
EBAT: Extended battery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=777921
Edit: after some more research i found out that we are in BIG $h|t,until the f**** HTC will unlock the bootloader and/or update Radio for us
What REALLY improves Android battery life on the HD2
So after all that rambling, the answer is: radio ROM version. When I installed Android, I installed the latest radio ROM available at the time (still the latest I think); i.e. 2.15.50.14, from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=611787. After pulling my hair out trying all the above, I flashed the radio ROM with 2.12.50.02_2, and as if by magic, current draw under similar conditions to above is about 7mW; i.e. 10% of what it was, and an overnight period as above goes from 100% to 96%. Much better
source:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13397376&postcount=1
currently our phones use 150-200 mA (even in standby,and with setCPU on :O)...measured with Current Widget available on Market.
Edit2: Another thing that REALLY improves Android battery life on the HD2 is dumping your girlfriend.
Before, I needed to charge it almost twice a day. Lots of calls and messages.
Now, I can easily get two days of standby. LOL
The radio version on hd2 is a bit tricky. Its very different from people to people. Some people say that its related to your region too.
I dont know if its the same on HD Mini.
But some people here say the dont have battery drain. It would be nice to know what radio version they use and at what region they are.
tzacapaca said:
currently our phones use 150-200 mA (even in standby,and with setCPU on :O)...measured with Current Widget available on Market.
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But if turn off wifi, gps and phone, consumption almost does not decrease.
Maybe this consumption of sdcard, because its slot is always hot.
ROM-Version (Vodafone)Switzerland German: 1.41.166.1, (10904) Radio:0.63.05.41
Strong battery drain is only after the first boot. after the third boot is the battery drain same as in wi-mo.. same experience with cm6(derefas) ,134++(schlund)
i don't really agree.
under android, the maximum we can expect is to get as much battery life as under winmo.
today, the phone consume too much battery when on sleep, because something prevents it to go sleep.
schlund has a fix for this battery drain, I tested it, it is really efficient.
it will be released in next release, be patient ;-)
regarding the android apps that tells you how much current you have:
it wont work if the phone is really sleeping, because all the apps would be put on sleep.
so you will never know how much your phone consumes when on sleep ;-)
I should say: after the third boot is the battery drain almost the same as in wi-mo , but the truth is that there is a big difference between the first and third boot in battery drain.
New battery Fix, I'm glad to hear.
I understand that it takes time to create something, I have patience but I think it is unfair to announce a new release for the end of the week and then change mind and do not give any explanation. I hope you'll accept this criticism. Thank you
codiak said:
The radio version on hd2 is a bit tricky. Its very different from people to people. Some people say that its related to your region too.
I dont know if its the same on HD Mini.
But some people here say the dont have battery drain. It would be nice to know what radio version they use and at what region they are.
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well,telling region and radio version won't help with anything,I will not move from my city to get better signal and HTC won't make a new radio only for me too
btw,it's impossible to don't have battery drain when phone use 200mA
i guess people were talking about CM6 of derefas,but his version is based on r146 kernel,which still has battery issues...
p.s. since u own a HD2 also do u mind to test for me with Current Widget and tell me the values in standby and on?I read some guys had 6-7 mA in standby and i think around 60 while it was on
DmK75 said:
But if turn off wifi, gps and phone, consumption almost does not decrease.
Maybe this consumption of sdcard, because its slot is always hot.
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i'm not an expert but i really think it's impossible sdcard will use 150-200mA,if it was so then we will have 5-6 hours battery life in WM
Edit: after little research i found this ->
Metric NAND SD
Idle (mW) 0.4 1.4
Read
throughput (MiB/s) 4:85 2:36
efficiency (MiB/J) 65.0 31.0
Write
throughput (KiB/s) 927:1 298:1
efficiency (MiB/J) 10.0 5.2
so SD cards use around 1,4 mW when idle and 2,36 mW when read from it(our case)
and to convert mW to mA-> http://www.ehow.com/how_8627497_convert-mw-ma.html
source: http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix10/tech/full_papers/Carroll.pdf
-r0bin- said:
i don't really agree.
under android, the maximum we can expect is to get as much battery life as under winmo.
today, the phone consume too much battery when on sleep, because something prevents it to go sleep.
schlund has a fix for this battery drain, I tested it, it is really efficient.
it will be released in next release, be patient ;-)
regarding the android apps that tells you how much current you have:
it wont work if the phone is really sleeping, because all the apps would be put on sleep.
so you will never know how much your phone consumes when on sleep ;-)
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i'm not really agree with u too
Current Widget runs as a process,and processes are on even if Android is in suspended,no?for ex clock,alarm,etc
15MA1L said:
ROM-Version (Vodafone)Switzerland German: 1.41.166.1, (10904) Radio:0.63.05.41
Strong battery drain is only after the first boot. after the third boot is the battery drain same as in wi-mo.. same experience with cm6(derefas) ,134++(schlund)
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lol I think that's placebo or else why would number of boots/reboots will improve the battery life?
tzacapaca said:
well,telling region and radio version won't help with anything,I will not move from my city to get better signal and HTC won't make a new radio only for me too
btw,it's impossible to don't have battery drain when phone use 200mA
i guess people were talking about CM6 of derefas,but his version is based on r146 kernel,which still has battery issues...
p.s. since u own a HD2 also do u mind to test for me with Current Widget and tell me the values in standby and on?I read some guys had 6-7 mA in standby and i think around 60 while it was on
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I get about 3-7 mA with all on (GPS, BT, 3G etc). Sometimes there are peaks to around 60 mA that are related to mailcheck etc. Its roundabout 1-2% per Hour what is fine to me
codiak said:
I get about 3-7 mA with all on (GPS, BT, 3G etc). Sometimes there are peaks to around 60 mA that are related to mailcheck etc. Its roundabout 1-2% per Hour what is fine to me
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u see?
this is what i'm talking about,u can't compare 3-7 mA to 150-200 mA..so i can't understand guys who said they have power usage same as on WM...
btw,that was in suspend or while display was on?
Thats with display off. When using it the value is very variable depending on what you are doing. From ~120 to ~350 mA.
tzacapaca said:
u see?
this is what i'm talking about,u can't compare 3-7 mA to 150-200 mA..so i can't understand guys who said they have power usage same as on WM...
btw,that was in suspend or while display was on?
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lol ok
i read somewhere that the sdcard was using 10 to 50mA max, i dont think it uses so much. maybe someone using HD2 with Haret (on sdcard) could lighten us?
which application are they using to get those values, and how to read those values if screen is off?
codiak said:
Thats with display off. When using it the value is very variable depending on what you are doing. From ~120 to ~350 mA.
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ok,thanks
what about when with display on and doing nothing?
I used an SD build on my HD2 before using the NAND Rom. The values where nearly the same. So I dont think sdcard has a big impact on battery.
I use this App from the Market. It logs to a file and you can view the history
tzacapaca said:
what about when with display on and doing nothing?
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Then its around 120 mA.
But remember, HD2 has a BIG display
I don`t know, maybe it will be usefull for developers. I tested CM6 r146 releace from derefas.
All night in sleep mode it takes 10-15% of accum. Then I use it for maybe 4-5 hours, and android said that charge is needed (it was near 15%). Putting on charge, don`t bring any result, I wait for half an hour, no persets where moving.
Then I reboot the device i n WinMo and it shows me 70%, after it i use winmo for 2 days without charging...
It seems to me that the problem is with indicator... in my situation there was a good accum, but android don`t see it...
P.S. Sorry, if i am talking silly things

[Q] Suggestions for MIUI battery life

I love these ports but battery life has been poor to average at best with normal use. (8-10 on MikeyMikes about 11-13 on Boosts respectively ) Here are all adjustments so far
- running at 100-1.2mhz on conservative
- UV at -100 across the board
- underclocked at 800 when screens off, in call , and less then 50%
- Thunderbolt scripts added
- auto brightness and power saver mode turned off, set at about 20%, Black wallpaper
- Background sync, Google backup, and email sync turned off
Anymore suggestions that have worked out for other users?
You're doing all the right things.
You could try undervolting a little more I can get mine to about -220mV across the board)
You can try disabling notifications in Market
You can try disabling notifications in calendar
If you use beautiful widgets or something similar you can adjust the refresh rate of the weather
Make sure notifications for facebook and twitter are off
That's all I can think of off the top of my head
ns4smi said:
I love these ports but battery life has been poor to average at best with normal use. (8-10 on MikeyMikes about 11-13 on Boosts respectively ) Here are all adjustments so far
- running at 100-1.2mhz on conservative
- UV at -100 across the board
- underclocked at 800 when screens off, in call , and less then 50%
- Thunderbolt scripts added
- auto brightness and power saver mode turned off, set at about 20%, Black wallpaper
- Background sync, Google backup, and email sync turned off
Anymore suggestions that have worked out for other users?
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I am also running boosted MIUI,
~running 100-1200mhz conservative and 100-800mhz conservative when screen is off.
~I only undervolted -50mv @ 100mhz, -50mv @ 200mhz, -25mv @ 400mhz, and -25mv @ 800mhz.
~NO thunderbolt script added, it says on the boosted MIUI that it already has battery performance tweaks
~I have background sync, Google and email and Facebook all set to the longest interval to sync
~automatic brightness enabled
~never really use WIFI, never use GPS (I cant even get a lock anyway, accurate to 2000 meters does me no good, haha)
Under normal use (texting throughout the day, playing games for 30 min to an hour, and browsing the internet for an hour or two, and maybe a few short phone calls) I can easily get 18 hours.
I have gotten 48 hours out of the phone, but the screen was off most of the time and I only text messaged during that time.
Under heavy use (playing GTA or watching movies) I get about 8 hours or so.
Have you tried draining the battery completely and then letting it do a full charge?
Before "boosted MIUI" I could barely get half a day out of the phone... it's nice only charging the phone every other day, and not having to carry a charger wherever I go. Boosted has by far, given me the best battery life.
Also... what kernel and modem are you running?
I'm using CWM Community Kernel, and UCKL2 modem, I do believe the modem has something to do with battery life... and how long it takes to charge... I think... it seems to me it charges fastest with the UCKL2 modem... I have tried every other modem.
ns4smi said:
I love these ports but battery life has been poor to average at best with normal use. (8-10 on MikeyMikes about 11-13 on Boosts respectively ) Here are all adjustments so far
- running at 100-1.2mhz on conservative
- UV at -100 across the board
- underclocked at 800 when screens off, in call , and less then 50%
- Thunderbolt scripts added
- auto brightness and power saver mode turned off, set at about 20%, Black wallpaper
- Background sync, Google backup, and email sync turned off
Anymore suggestions that have worked out for other users?
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Try Zeus
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Thanks will try
Miui Infuse
ns4smi said:
Thanks will try
Miui Infuse
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Yeah, no problem. You will like.

Looking for a truly wise governor

Hi,
I have Xperia Neo V, GB 2.3.4, rooted, NightElf 10, codename_ei8ght, OC: 245-1400 MHz. Usually I use SmartassV2 + SIO (I don't know why SIO - I've been told to choose this one, so I did). I've also briefly tested many other governors, but to tell the truth, I don't see much real-life difference between them (apart from the CPU Spy logs).
The problem that bothers me is that I need to manually change the OC settings, each time I want to use an app or a game that don't need 1400 MHz. For example - when I want to play AngryBirds. The game works perfectly on 1000 MHz, so why waste the battery power and generate lots of heat? But any governor I know, will "give" 1400 MHz to this game. That's why I need to switch down manually before playing. The same thing with many other apps, like, for example - navigation. It's absolutely enough to navigate on 1000 MHz, but any governor will set the CPU to 1400 MHz when Navigation is running.
Looking for a truly wise governor, that would give as much MHz as needed for an app/game to run smoothly, but not more. Is such a governor even possible to create?
Thank you.
illinoi for
from my observation SmartAssV2 tends to change frequency too much: up, down, up, down. As I mostly want to get best battery life I decided to switch to Conservative - the phone is still responsive (i can't notice difference) but when I dont do anything seems to keep the frequency lower.
I still have problem what governor to choose for sleep state - now im testing PowerSave (so it keeps minimal frequence) so far seems to work (even worked while playing music).
IMO writing too complicated governors could only slow down the system, so it is hard task to decide in real time which frequency is still sufficient for smooth play and at the same time as low as possible.
Do all governors have "deep sleep" mode? Is it governor-dependent at all?
I have some problems with refreshing news widget - I discovered that it is never refreshed in deep sleep mode.
Can I disable deep sleep mode?
Thanks.

Energy saved using CPU scaling compared to energy consumed by wifi and display

Hello, I want to start discussion and know your experiences how much energy can you save using cpu scaling. I have read thread that explains governors and I/0 schedulers in threads like here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1950084 and my Samsung galaxy Young (GT-S 5360) with JellyBlast 3.0.4 rom installed works best with:
min: 150 Mhz,
max: 832 Mhz,
governor: performance,
IO scheduler: SIO.
Heres the problem: I want to be os and webpages scroll in my phone fluent and it is near 100% only when using governor "performance" which is not recommended. But I dont see any affect to "miles per gallon" because when I run cpu statistics, the cpu is in "deep sleep" all time when dispay is off and phone locked. My phone usage is sometimes to make one or two phonecalls a day.
But there is another situation: dispay brightness on 25% or 50%, wifi or 3G turned on and browsing the web and listenting music during travelling.
So my question is if there is some posibility to measure how many watts eats each hardware component in phone and because of this if it makes any sense to dynamically scale down CPU when display and wirelles are active, how many electricity can it save compared to consumption of display and wirelles, lets say +5 or +10 percent time on battery makes no sense for me.

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