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[APPS] Best SetCPU Settings

anyone got what they think is the best configuration for SetCPU?

stock configuration works great for me

min cpu = 225 (or something like that)
max cpu = 995 (again, or something like that)
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Stock settings are:
Min: 245
Max: 998
CPU Governer: On demand

Charging 998/998
Sleep/Standby 499/245
Power < 25% 576/245

i concur about the stock clock settings, they work best for me. 998 high/245 low

i am opting for stock... im going to assume that htc/google did their research to give us the best blend of CPU speeds depending on what the phone is doing and what the battery power is...

if stock settings are 998 mhz why overclock it? can you get more from the processor than that?

*black*silva* said:
if stock settings are 998 mhz why overclock it? can you get more from the processor than that?
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you probably can, but you'd just end up burning it out. what you can do is set the low a bit higher than 245. more battery drain will result.

So what are the out of the box settings on the CPU if you dont use setCPU?

Read this thread you will see them

No one has messed with this app?

I have mine set @ stock, but have also enabled a profile for when the phone is asleep. I set it at 300/245. Not really sure if it makes a difference in battery life.

Mine is set to the A1clock speed which is 768max and 245 min.. no lag when swippin and in act1 video player its still smooth..even a droids 550mhz stock speed. Also got it 245max/min when sleep, remember to exclude setcpu if you u wanna see results..

Goonzy said:
Mine is set to the A1clock speed which is 768max and 245 min.. no lag when swippin and in act1 video player its still smooth..even a droids 550mhz stock speed. Also got it 245max/min when sleep, remember to exclude setcpu if you u wanna see results..
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What's a1clock?

I noticed that when using SetCPU and setting the minimum CPU speed to 245mhz, it seems like the CPU doesnt clock down to 245, but instead stays at 998. By setting the minimum to 328, it works.

Where can u see that?

Formel-LMS said:
Where can u see that?
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I agree...where are all you guys/gals seeing/getting information like that off of the phone. What are the apps needed to monitor that information.
Also, exactly what is the stock CPU settings?

gururise said:
I noticed that when using SetCPU and setting the minimum CPU speed to 245mhz, it seems like the CPU doesnt clock down to 245, but instead stays at 998. By setting the minimum to 328, it works.
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I noticed something similar.
When setting it to 998/245 and hit refresh 5 or 6 times you'll never see something under 998 at the top.
When setting min to something else than 245 but keeping 998 for max and hitting refresh 5 or 6 times you'll see the min value a few times when refreshing.
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where is the difference between on demand, user space and performance and what did you take? I took performace for some weeks and just set it to on demand (and 998/245)

so what settings would be proper to set to see a difference?

[Q] CM7 performance settings?

Without setcpu or pimp installed, if I just set the max of 1000 and min of 216 in the cm7 performance settings menu to restore on boot, will I get the same effect (the only governor setting that will stick is "null")?
Or is it still beneficial to use setcpu to set a screen-off profile?
And the screen-off profile, should the min and max be the same? 216/216? Or is it better to stagger it a little, like 216/312?

I ended up still using setcpu. The built in CPU settings did not work for me.
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mmapcpro said:
Without setcpu or pimp installed, if I just set the max of 1000 and min of 216 in the cm7 performance settings menu to restore on boot, will I get the same effect
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No, because this allows the governor to change the CPU anywhere between 216 and 1000. This is the default; unrooted stock has it like this.
And the screen-off profile, should the min and max be the same? 216/216? Or is it better to stagger it a little, like 216/312?
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I keep it 216/216 then allow an in-call profile that goes up to 312 in case when I'm calling someone and the screen is off it needs a bit more juice.

So basically, if I have setcpu installed, but I leave profiles "DISABLED", and leave the sliders alone, then I'm getting no different result from stock? The governor will decide to use the cpu at whatever frequency between 216 and 1000 that it needs at the time?

mmapcpro said:
So basically, if I have setcpu installed, but I leave profiles "DISABLED", and leave the sliders alone, then I'm getting no different result from stock? The governor will decide to use the cpu at whatever frequency between 216 and 1000 that it needs at the time?
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The Tegra 2 chipset doesn't allow you to change the governor settings. So to answer your question, yes the CPU chooses what frequency it needs depending on load.

Overclock Question

I am using the Clemsyn Kernel now, but have never done any overclocking before.
What is the effect on battery life if I went to around 1.4ish?
What is the effect on the lifetime usage of my unit if I overclock?
After I download SetCpu, what settings do I use? Do I have to change anything in voltage?
I read something where people sometimes underclock when the screen is turned off. How can I do this?
Thanks for any help. I am a noob when it comes to overclocking.

deadhead85 said:
I am using the Clemsyn Kernel now, but have never done any overclocking before.
What is the effect on battery life if I went to around 1.4ish?
What is the effect on the lifetime usage of my unit if I overclock?
After I download SetCpu, what settings do I use? Do I have to change anything in voltage?
I read something where people sometimes underclock when the screen is turned off. How can I do this?
Thanks for any help. I am a noob when it comes to overclocking.
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Start off by setting your main profile to 1.4GHz and tick set on boot. And theres your overclock... I think interactive gov. is the most useful, you can try others if you want.
If you would like to limit the speed when screen off, add a profile under profiles select screen off and set your wanted frequency when screen off.

reidar.ostrem said:
Start off by setting your main profile to 1.4GHz and tick set on boot. And theres your overclock... I think interactive gov. is the most useful, you can try others if you want.
If you would like to limit the speed when screen off, add a profile under profiles select screen off and set your wanted frequency when screen off.
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+1 This is exactly what I've done

If you set the max speed to 1.4 GHz and set the governor to performance it will drain the battery faster than if you had it set to the others. You'll most likely have already upgraded the TF by the time it dies due to overclocking. It does shorten the life, not dramatically though. You can set up underclocking in profiles.

NSTools and SetCPU Set on Boot

If you have specific profiles in SetCPU and a set CPU frequency NSTools, is there anyway to keep the profiles working without having to disable set on boot for NSTools? NSTools seems to overtake CPU settings on boot.
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why do you even want use SetCPU ? it seems to be useless with NSTools because what ever it can do is to be done by NSTools , if you say you wanna do something like change frequency while screen off , then the governor will do it automatically if you choose appropriate CPU governor

Jamin13 said:
If you have specific profiles in SetCPU and a set CPU frequency NSTools, is there anyway to keep the profiles working without having to disable set on boot for NSTools? NSTools seems to overtake CPU settings on boot.
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CPU Profiles aren't worth it for day to day use. Constant ondemand is perfectly fine and won't steal any extra battery from you.
However, setting NSTools to set on boot should still allow SetCPU to work fine, as long as CPU settings are set the same on boot time. If not, use init.d scripts but remove CPU parameters from them (find them in /system/etc/init.d/xx-xxxxx), keeping the other settings as you prefer. Might want to remove NSTools after this though as it may undo your changes after opening again.

i guess setcpu makes it easier to change cpu frequencies quickly through the widget, ns tools doeesnt have a widget so its "harder"

qtwrk said:
why do you even want use SetCPU ? it seems to be useless with NSTools because what ever it can do is to be done by NSTools , if you say you wanna do something like change frequency while screen off , then the governor will do it automatically if you choose appropriate CPU governor
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SetCPU won't control the Backlight Notifications and Dimmer.
Harbb said:
CPU Profiles aren't worth it for day to day use. Constant ondemand is perfectly fine and won't steal any extra battery from you.
However, setting NSTools to set on boot should still allow SetCPU to work fine, as long as CPU settings are set the same on boot time. If not, use init.d scripts but remove CPU parameters from them (find them in /system/etc/init.d/xx-xxxxx), keeping the other settings as you prefer. Might want to remove NSTools after this though as it may undo your changes after opening again.
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I'm just a bit OCD about battery life some days. I'd rather use the app than making my own scripts. I kinda derped with the profiles earlier today. All is good now.

I wish the two would play better together too - and I don't see how "just don't use them both" or saying SetCPU is no longer needed is acceptable answers. Especially since many of us actually paid for SetCPU...
Now that it looks like we'll only get two governors in MathKids kernel (what a crock)... saying you are picking the wrong one is a bad answer too. Ondemand certainly isn't the best for battery life, and for those of us who have tested and measured battery life we know just picking one isn't a solution either.
So what is the actual answer? Because setting the governor parameters at boot isn't the problem. It's switching between profiles - and the governors that give you the best battery life and giving acceptable performance need to be tweaked from their defaults.
With OnDemand I'm looking at using over 16% battery per hour under 4.1, even with considerable screen off time. Not being able to set it to Wheatley on screen off is killing the battery.
I will say the problem seems to lay directly with SetCPU and I'm going to contact the dev and see what I can find out. I don't see why it should be changing the parameters back to default on profile change.
But people who use neither or just one probably just not comment. Not to flame, or fight, but it's not helpful to add nothing.

IMPORTANT: we need a bugFREE custom kernel that solves the 1689mhz bug!

i have the 1689mhz bug!!! at random time the MIN freq of the cpu is stuck at 1689mhz andthe max still at 2ghz. ( you can activate on developer options the "show cpu info" toggle)
i cannot change the min value from kernel adiutor, i click on 652mhz but nothing changes, only a REBOOT actually fix the min freq used.
i thought it was a problem of my custom rom resurrection 5.8.3 or the fact i am using kernel adiutor, in fact this app does randomly give CPU LOAD BUG on several devices i mod! sometimes kernel adiutor load my cpu cores at 100% also on light load, but just forceclosing the app the cores return to lower freq.
but the 1689mhz bug is a KERNEL BUG, i read about this bug also on people with stock rom, and the p2a42 phone.... and i have p2c72 hardware phone!!! so this kernel BUG is found in EVERY VERSION of this phone.
please developers, we need a modded kernel that fixes this bug, and why not.......... new i/o schedulers and governors.... and maybe a little undervolt for every cpu freq

realista87 said:
i have the 1689mhz bug!!! at random time the MIN freq of the cpu is stuck at 1689mhz andthe max still at 2ghz. ( you can activate on developer options the "show cpu info" toggle)
i cannot change the min value from kernel adiutor, i click on 652mhz but nothing changes, only a REBOOT actually fix the min freq used.
i thought it was a problem of my custom rom resurrection 5.8.3 or the fact i am using kernel adiutor, in fact this app does randomly give CPU LOAD BUG on several devices i mod! sometimes kernel adiutor load my cpu cores at 100% also on light load, but just forceclosing the app the cores return to lower freq.
but the 1689mhz bug is a KERNEL BUG, i read about this bug also on people with stock rom, and the p2a42 phone.... and i have p2c72 hardware phone!!! so this kernel BUG is found in EVERY VERSION of this phone.
please developers, we need a modded kernel that fixes this bug, and why not.......... new i/o schedulers and governors.... and maybe a little undervolt for every cpu freq
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Haha! Have very less hopes,bcoz some feel that custom kernels are not at all needed! They think that a device wid 2ghz processor doesn't need custom kernel
And btw the post topic is 100% right,bt the place where it's posted is wrong! This should be under discussion section

realista87 said:
i have the 1689mhz bug!!! at random time the MIN freq of the cpu is stuck at 1689mhz andthe max still at 2ghz. ( you can activate on developer options the "show cpu info" toggle)
i cannot change the min value from kernel adiutor, i click on 652mhz but nothing changes, only a REBOOT actually fix the min freq used.
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Yes, thats true. The bug is i think VDD related. Sometimes the VDD switches automatically on, the min CPU freq goes up to 1689 MHz, and can not be lowered until you don't switch off the VDD. You can switch off in Kernel Adiutor/Thermal section, or use the following command :
echo '0' > /sys/module/msm_thermal/vdd_restriction/enabled
I use the KSLABS Schedule! app to run the command every 5 minutes.
I hope this will help you, until we get one bugfree kernel.

u are right
now the bug is MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN EVER............ i rebooted, i attachedthe phone to a charger, arrived 100%, then rest for 1h30min on idle(deep sleep) but when i started using the phone... i checked the frequencies and BOOM....... another time the bug of 1689mhz!!! the battery was 100%......
maybe there is an app that causes this... but which one?

realista87 said:
maybe there is an app that causes this... but which one?
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Which ROM do you use?
I have stock 244, but the method worked for me in 233 too. In the past, I used the Magisk Crossbreeder Lite module to eliminate this problem, but the latest (1.6+) versions made the phone very slow, especially booting.

Vis77 said:
Yes, thats true. The bug is i think VDD related. Sometimes the VDD switches automatically on, the min CPU freq goes up to 1689 MHz, and can not be lowered until you don't switch off the VDD. You can switch off in Kernel Adiutor/Thermal section, or use the following command :
echo '0' > /sys/module/msm_thermal/vdd_restriction/enabled
I use the KSLABS Schedule! app to run the command every 5 minutes.
I hope this will help you, until we get one bugfree kernel.
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can you help me with the console command... but with macrodroid? i don't use that app
edit_ i setted your app, ibut i prefer every 1h to toggle VDD off

realista87 said:
u are right
now the bug is MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN EVER............ i rebooted, i attachedthe phone to a charger, arrived 100%, then rest for 1h30min on idle(deep sleep) but when i started using the phone... i checked the frequencies and BOOM....... another time the bug of 1689mhz!!! the battery was 100%......
maybe there is an app that causes this... but which one?
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Maybe the Kernel adiutor itself cause the high load, as background task make 28-30% cpu load, see the attachment.
But, the 1689 MHz bug still exist. :-\

Vis77 said:
Maybe the Kernel adiutor itself cause the high load, as background task make 28-30% cpu load, see the attachment.
But, the 1689 MHz bug still exist. :-\
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what app do you use to see the % of cpu for each thread?
i don't think that the cause is kernel adiutor... i repeat, a lot of people with 100% stock rom have this bug.....
hey vis could you help me with the string of the scheduler app? i don't understand how to set every 1 hour my previous screenshot i think is wrong because it does not work every 1 h
sorry but the "cron expression" is too much difficult to me to understand.....
EDIT i found how to do every 1h!! 0 0 0/1 1/1 * ? *
thanks to this site!!! http://www.cronmaker.com/

realista87 said:
what app do you use to see the % of cpu for each thread?
i don't think that the cause is kernel adiutor... i repeat, a lot of people with 100% stock rom have this bug.....
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The app name is 3C Toolbox Pro.
Yes the bug is still here, Kernel Adiutor is only different problem.

After reading all your discussion.. I understood that one of you knew solution to stop the bug ,and the other guy learnt how to do it ..
But I don't get a single thing ,what and how you solved that bug
Note : I don't even know that 1698 bug is present , all I know is cpu idle is consuming more power ..
Is this the same thing you guys were discussing?
If yes ..how can a I solve it ? Any walkthrough?for dumb minds like me ...?

nandakis4 said:
After reading all your discussion.. I understood that one of you knew solution to stop the bug ,and the other guy learnt how to do it ..
But I don't get a single thing ,what and how you solved that bug
Note : I don't even know that 1698 bug is present , all I know is cpu idle is consuming more power ..
Is this the same thing you guys were discussing?
If yes ..how can a I solve it ? Any walkthrough?for dumb minds like me ...
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I've made the following observations:
On a fresh install(stock or custom rom(i have not tried Firelord versions)), rooted phone(with Magisk or SuperSU), if you install the Kernel Adiutor, and go to Thermal section the VDD restriction by default is OFF. You can change freely the CPU minimum frequency.
After some hours/days(total random) something switch ON the VDD restriction, the CPU minimun frequency going up to 1698 MHz, and unable to set back the default 652 MHz. If you switch off the screen the cores going to deep sleep, but if you switch on the screen the min. freq. is still 1698 MHZ.
If you manually switch OFF the VDD restriction, the CPU working normal, until switched ON automatically again.
If your phone is not rooted, the only thing what you can notice that the battery is dropping faster than usual, or the phone a bit warmer.
The problem still occurs even if you do not have a program that you can turn on/off the VDD.
The above solution does not repair the problem, it only remedies the symptoms...

I sometimes notice that even though I don't use it, "Google Play Services" consume an unusual amount of battery and will continue to do so unless I reboot the phone. I have never investigated the cause. Might this be related to the 1698MHz bug ?

medwatt said:
I sometimes notice that even though I don't use it, "Google Play Services" consume an unusual amount of battery and will continue to do so unless I reboot the phone. I have never investigated the cause. Might this be related to the 1698MHz bug ?
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I do not think so, but check the status of VDD when you have rooted phone. Sometimes I have too huge battery usage caused by the Google Play Services, but i would suspect first of the Location services. If I use some sport tracker, or navigation app then growing for me the Google Play Services consumption.

Vis77 said:
I do not think so, but check the status of VDD when you have rooted phone. Sometimes I have too huge battery usage caused by the Google Play Services, but i would suspect first of the Location services. If I use some sport tracker, or navigation app then growing for me the Google Play Services consumption.
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My phone is rooted. I will start monitoring VDD. FYI, I don't use any google app (Gmail, Play Store, Maps, etc ...). Location services is also turned off. Sometimes, out of nowhere, I'd see Google Play Services at the top of the battery consumption details. Yesterday, it had a very high CPU consumption time of around 1h (prevented the phone from going to sleep; had 3000+ wakelocks). I had to reboot the phone to get it to stop eating my battery. Usually, Google Play Services use the CPU for a total of 10min on a full charge.

medwatt said:
My phone is rooted. I will start monitoring VDD. FYI, I don't use any google app (Gmail, Play Store, Maps, etc ...). Location services is also turned off. Sometimes, out of nowhere, I'd see Google Play Services at the top of the battery consumption details. Yesterday, it had a very high CPU consumption time of around 1h (prevented the phone from going to sleep; had 3000+ wakelocks). I had to reboot the phone to get it to stop eating my battery. Usually, Google Play Services use the CPU for a total of 10min on a full charge.
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If you don't use it, you can remove what is mentioned on the MicroG Prerequisites page[0].
Some apps nag about it but the only noticable problem I have is messenger lite notifications don't go automaticaly away after replying. Even my banking app keeps working.
[0]https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/wiki/Prerequisites