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Kernels for CM7 03012011 Nightly

Hi,
I am a new rooted user and have been following all MT4G threads here at XDA pretty closely. Can anyone help me know which kernels I can flash on the 03012011 Nightly(cm_glacier_full-11.zip ). I haven't ever flashed a kernel and I don't know what it does and how it helps.
I'll appreciate any info that you can give me.

dipsy1849 said:
Hi,
I am a new rooted user and have been following all MT4G threads here at XDA pretty closely. Can anyone help me know which kernels I can flash on the 03012011 Nightly(cm_glacier_full-11.zip ). I haven't ever flashed a kernel and I don't know what it does and how it helps.
I'll appreciate any info that you can give me.
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Well you can use dumfuq's SmartCMKernel or Faux's CM7RC v1.3 kernels. ATM you might want to go with dumfuq's as its the most stable CM7 kernel other than default. You can find it in development section, once downloaded to SDCard just go in to Recovery and wipe cache, davlik and then Install zip from SDCard> Choose from SDCard> Select it wherever you put it and then flash it as you normally flash rom's. Then reboot and let it run for few min and let it do its thing.

BlackSHELF said:
Well you can use dumfuq's SmartCMKernel or Faux's CM7RC v1.3 kernels. ATM you might want to go with dumfuq's as its the most stable CM7 kernel other than default. You can find it in development section, once downloaded to SDCard just go in to Recovery and wipe cache, davlik and then Install zip from SDCard> Choose from SDCard> Select it wherever you put it and then flash it as you normally flash rom's. Then reboot and let it run for few min and let it do its thing.
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Which is the dumfuq's kernel . I hear it reffered in threads but I cant seem to find it.
Thanks

dipsy1849 said:
Which is the dumfuq's kernel . I hear it reffered in threads but I cant seem to find it.
Thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=930961
Its very stable I virtually tested them all and this seem to be THE one, for now till Faux come down to CM7 world.

BlackSHELF said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=930961
Its very stable I virtually tested them all and this seem to be THE one, for now till Faux come down to CM7 world.
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Thanks for your help. Getting this kernel now. I heard about setcpu and Quadrant. Do I need those and how/what are they used for? what kind of difference would this kernel give me?

SetCPU - name explains it but if you don't know its controls clock frequency, so you can over/under clock and even set profiles.
Quadrant - benchmark app its just to brag how high score you got nothing special, don't let it get to your head it means nothing as the synthetic benchmark no way translate in to real world performance its just pissing contest lol
Keep in mind in CM7 you have built in mCPU performance controller to to handle clock frequency which you can access via Setting> CM Setting> Performance> CPU Setting.

BlackSHELF said:
SetCPU - name explains it but if you don't know its controls clock frequency, so you can over/under clock and even set profiles.
Quadrant - benchmark app its just to brag how high score you got nothing special, don't let it get to your head it means nothing as the synthetic benchmark no way translate in to real world performance its just pissing contest lol
Keep in mind in CM7 you have built in mCPU performance controller to to handle clock frequency which you can access via Setting> CM Setting> Performance> CPU Setting.
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Thanks Blackshelf. I am on that kernel now. What should my min and max be? and should the set on boot be set to yes?
What is Linpack?

dipsy1849 said:
Thanks Blackshelf. I am on that kernel now. What should my min and max be? and should the set on boot be set to yes?
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You do relize you allready have a aftermarket kernel installed when you download any Rom here in the forums, right? Its ok to install different ones but FYI you dont need to in order to overclock.

TrueBlue_Drew said:
You do relize you allready have a aftermarket kernel installed when you download any Rom here in the forums, right? Its ok to install different ones but FYI you dont need to in order to overclock.
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not past 1504Mhz though...

dipsy1849 said:
Thanks Blackshelf. I am on that kernel now. What should my min and max be? and should the set on boot be set to yes?
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Thats up to you as only you know what you use so you can better utilize the resource. I mean if you don't use anything no reason to OC it to 1.8ghz lol that way you will kill battery.

BlackSHELF said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=930961
Its very stable I virtually tested them all and this seem to be THE one, for now till Faux come down to CM7 world.
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What are the differences between dumfuq's and faux's? Is there an advantage to one over the other? I've always been using faux's the whole time.

I keep going back to just using the stock CM 7 kernel clocked at 1.5 honestly I think it gives the best overall performance (on my phone at least) and honestly I had issues running over anything past 1.7 with any kernel but again that could just be my phone. I had it oc'ed at 1.7 for a while and now I have it clocked at 1.5 and notice I have less FC (not that I had many at 1.7 but def more apps would choke from time to time) This phone is pretty fast bone dry stock with no oc'ing but it runs beautiful at 1.5. I dont really notice much performance difference from 1.5 to 1.7 but I do notice a battery difference

i9020a overclocking

Has anyone been successfull? i have tried every OC kernel and as soon as i overclock it just reboots my phone to a freeze (only way out is to either pull the battery or adb reboot). That being said the UV kernel runs fine.

Not sure if it has to do with the I9020A series.
But overall, each NS phone can tolerate its own OC levels. Some phones can tolerate only up to 1.2 GHz, some may be able to achieve 1.4GHz (or beyond). And for some of the unfortunate, some aren't able to OC at all.

Thus this post. I hope my phone is'nt the issue. it would be nice to push a little bit more out of it if i needed it down the line.

I over clocked mine to 1.4 and it was fine, I leave it at 1.0 tho, this friggin thing is quick enough for now.

hmm how do you check your radio. I'm gonna try that as a last resort. And i can set mine as 1.4 but as soon as i run a resource heavy task (n64) my phone locks up and reboot freezes.

themapleboy said:
hmm how do you check your radio. I'm gonna try that as a last resort. And i can set mine as 1.4 but as soon as i run a resource heavy task (n64) my phone locks up and reboot freezes.
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Not sure why a radio would affect your ability to OC but...
Menu -> Settings -> About Phone -> Baseband Version
the last 3 are what you want to look at "JK8/KB1/KB3"
List all the kernels you've tried. The best in my opinion is Netarchy's 1.3.0.3-CFS kernel using SetCPU
Try intervals of 1.2 GHz too. My phone can only go up to 1.2 GHz

Yeah actually i had tried all of the bfs kernels. I just succeeded in getting Netarchy's 1.3.0.3-CFS kernel. And i can run up to 1.4 . Maybe the brain fk scheduler does not play nice with 9020a's

themapleboy said:
Yeah actually i had tried all of the bfs kernels. I just succeeded in getting Netarchy's 1.3.0.3-CFS kernel. And i can run up to 1.4 . Maybe the brain fk scheduler does not play nice with 9020a's
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awesome. I just prefer CFS because with BFS the boot animation doesn't show, and it bothers me.

zephiK said:
awesome. I just prefer CFS because with BFS the boot animation doesn't show, and it bothers me.
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i flashed the BFS first, and lost my boot animation. Then i switched to the CFS, and the boot animation still didnt appear.
Any ideas as to how i can get it back?
Also, is there anyway to recover the stock kernel? I'd like to have it handy to be able to go back to it.
thnks

mixxy said:
i flashed the BFS first, and lost my boot animation. Then i switched to the CFS, and the boot animation still didnt appear.
Any ideas as to how i can get it back?
Also, is there anyway to recover the stock kernel? I'd like to have it handy to be able to go back to it.
thnks
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Wipe dalvik and cache. Flash a rom that flashes stock. Like cm7 but netarchys is so much better than stock
You can also get ogdobbers which is stock + ext4 + voodoo.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA Premium App

Hey everyone,
This is an off topic question but does anyone know what happened to the 1.6 OC support for Netarchy? I loved to see the absurdly high quadrant scores and instantaneous screen transitions.
Thanks,
Justin

JTECJ said:
Hey everyone,
This is an off topic question but does anyone know what happened to the 1.6 OC support for Netarchy? I loved to see the absurdly high quadrant scores and instantaneous screen transitions.
Thanks,
Justin
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you're better off asking that in the netarchy kernel thread in dev forums.
netarchy could answer that... not a lot of phones can tolerate 1.6 GHz Oc

Thanks, yeah i felt a little bad posting the question here. Though ive been an avid user for a long time i have never posted so i didnt have sufficient rites to post in the decelopment section yet : (
Justin
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zephiK said:
Wipe dalvik and cache. Flash a rom that flashes stock. Like cm7 but netarchys is so much better than stock
You can also get ogdobbers which is stock + ext4 + voodoo.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA Premium App
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so cm7 flashes the stock kernel?

mixxy said:
so cm7 flashes the stock kernel?
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yep! low on bugs and freezes but no voodoo or bln.. dammit

Any oc kernels that go to 1700 mhz?

I'm competing against a xoom in another forum, I'm at 1500, he's at 1700 barely topping me...
So any kernels to match that? Or a suggestion?
Running new baseband with cm7 89nightly. I'm on faux new 1.4 kernel. The 1.55 locks up my device...
Help, I must beat him..lol
EDIT: what kernels yall using for CM7 and the new baseband?
Also not stating that the 1.55 ghz is what locked my device. Could have been just that kernel itself not liking my phone, the rom, the baseband, etc. So, any help would be appreciated. THANKS GIVEN

1.55 locks up your device, but you are expecting to run at 1.7? Let me know how that works out for you.
You don't wanna know where this was sent from.

mmapcpro said:
1.55 locks up your device, but you are expecting to run at 1.7? Let me know how that works out for you.
You don't wanna know where this was sent from.
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that was just dumb. that 1.55 with this baseband locks it up. I was running it just fine before I updated. And I figured maybe its just this latest version, or maybe just Fauxs.
There are many variabls. Also thats a UV Kernel right? That could have been the issue.
Not helpful at all, and actually more of a dumb comment. minus a thanks for you buddy boy

smashpunks said:
that was just dumb. that 1.55 with this baseband locks it up. I was running it just fine before I updated. And I figured maybe its just this latest version, or maybe just Fauxs.
There are many variabls. Also thats a UV Kernel right? That could have been the issue.
Not helpful at all, and actually more of a dumb comment. minus a thanks for you buddy boy
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Lol smh^^^ anyways get 'em smash

sarni84 said:
Lol smh^^^ anyways get 'em smash
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I just need over 7100 on antuntu and im good. Lmfaoooo

[Q] Help with infusion kernel v1.1

Hey, i am running on infused v2.1.0 and i have transfuzion theme. Anyway i tried to flash the kernel and i thought i did it right went to recovery mode then falsh zip from sd watever then reboot consol. i go back to my About Phone and still no infusion 1.1 it says : Kernel Version 2.6.35.7-I1997RUXKG-3-CL366622... Any help would be appreciated ! Thank you for your time .

IrInfuseD said:
Hey, i am running on infused v2.1.0 and i have transfuzion theme. Anyway i tried to flash the kernel and i thought i did it right went to recovery mode then falsh zip from sd watever then reboot consol. i go back to my About Phone and still no infusion 1.1 it says : Kernel Version 2.6.35.7-I1997RUXKG-3-CL366622... Any help would be appreciated ! Thank you for your time .
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I'm pretty sure that is the Infusion kernel. If you read the rest it should say [email protected] # infusion gb

I'd suggest downloading Voltage Control and seeing what options you have in there. You'll know you installed it correctly if you see speeds up to 1600 in there. Plus it's a good tool if you want to Under Voltage a little bit to help on battery life.

Kernel Version number is 2.6.35.7-1997RUXKG3-CL366622 for infusion 1.1. Your good.

TheCajun said:
Kernel Version number is 2.6.35.7-1997RUXKG3-CL366622 for infusion 1.1. Your good.
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Actually that version string is useless for determining which kernel you're running other than "based on Rogers Gingerbread" - since the proprietary Samsung modules force kernel devs to avoid doing anything that modifies that string. (Modify that string = device will not boot.)
The best way to figure out which kernel you're running are:
1) Featureset. If you have frequencies higher than 1200 MHz you're running Infusion as it's the only overclock kernel there is. If you have netarchy-style voltage control but no overclock, you're likely on my Daily Driver. If you have neither, you're probably on Hellraiser or the stock Infused ROM kernel.
2) Build username/host of the kernel to determine who built it. If you look back through my posts you should find one with a list of a few known user/host combos for various kernel devs.

Thanks for the replies guys! I checked in my voltage control i have the 1600mhz in there but i dont really know how to set them... ive looked around i did something but im not sure if thats the best set up. I sitll do not know if i am running on infusion 1.1 i have infused 2.1 for sure but not sure about the kernel. Anyway thanks for the reply guys the help is much appreciated but IF you can help me figure out this voltage thing it'll be great! Also i have downloaded the tranzfusion theme and i dont really like it is there anyway i can delete it?

Entropy512 said:
Actually that version string is useless for determining which kernel you're running other than "based on Rogers Gingerbread" - since the proprietary Samsung modules force kernel devs to avoid doing anything that modifies that string. (Modify that string = device will not boot.)
The best way to figure out which kernel you're running are:
1) Featureset. If you have frequencies higher than 1200 MHz you're running Infusion as it's the only overclock kernel there is. If you have netarchy-style voltage control but no overclock, you're likely on my Daily Driver. If you have neither, you're probably on Hellraiser or the stock Infused ROM kernel.
2) Build username/host of the kernel to determine who built it. If you look back through my posts you should find one with a list of a few known user/host combos for various kernel devs.
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Sorry didnt know this, thanks for the correction. I dont like giving people bad info.
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IrInfuseD said:
Thanks for the replies guys! I checked in my voltage control i have the 1600mhz in there but i dont really know how to set them... ive looked around i did something but im not sure if thats the best set up. I sitll do not know if i am running on infusion 1.1 i have infused 2.1 for sure but not sure about the kernel. Anyway thanks for the reply guys the help is much appreciated but IF you can help me figure out this voltage thing it'll be great! Also i have downloaded the tranzfusion theme and i dont really like it is there anyway i can delete it?
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If you installed 1.1 and voltage control tells you can OC to 1600 then you have 1.1 installed. People use different setups for the Overclocking. use Cfq as scheduler and Ondemand as governor. make sure you turn on 1600 by hitting the red button next to it if you already havent. dont use more than 5-6 mhz speeds at one time. I use 200 400 800 1200 1600.

Just to the OP...the easiest way to me to flash a kernel is simply by downloading SGS Kernel Flasher, selecting the kernel, and flashing it. It's about as painless as you can get.

Thanks for the replies guys much appreciated !

Help with overclocking - not the same as my old G2

I'm trying to understand my sensation, it's not the same as my G2 as far as overclocking goes and I'd like to understand why. I have full root and currently have Elegancia 1.4 up and running. With the G2, once I was rooted I could overclock up to 1.5 from the stock 800, but when I try to use setcpu with the sensation it only gives me an underclock option, the highest setting it lets me go to is 1.18
Am I doing something wrong, did I not do something I should have, or am I just stupid? I know benchmark scores don't mean much, but when I can get a higher quadrant score using my old G2 it makes me a little sad that I spent money on the sensation

you need to flash an overclock kernel like the one from faux123

xtcislove said:
you need to flash an overclock kernel like the one from faux123
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Exactly, or you can also use Bricked Kernel by show-p 1984

Thanks for the quick answers. So if I've read right to change my kernel I just download it to the sd card and flash through recovery? I've tried to understand the differences between the kernels but I still don't really get it, what makes faux different/better/worse than bricked?

idk te differences really... i switch between them but you just boot into recovery and flash just like u would a rom

OK, since this was moved to the "question" section I'll ask a straight up question, what makes the kernels different from each other? I've searched and still didn't find any type of "kernal comparison".