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Which rom provides the most performance?

I'm currently running ec10 PnP with the green steel theme. I noticed my quadrant score stayed about the same as it was on stock. Is there a rom that provides better performance without a huge loss in functionality?
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I didn't really see any difference in performance between ROM's myself. It wasn't untill I went to the Voodoo Kernels that I saw my Lindpack scores and quadrant scores increase. Im running the PnP with nemisses OTB kernel. Im getting about 16 on lindpack and between 1400 and 1500 on quad.
Also quad scores and not completely reliable so I rely mostly on lindpack for benchmarks.
Anywho, thats my 2 cents. Hope this helps

I've seen a huge difference between ROMs. You crazy homey g.

LOL, I guess I should have added that I haven't tried the AOSP or the MIUI. My main thing was I saw the most difference when I went from the Stock kernel to the Voodoo Kernels. But thats just me. I guess its differenct for everybody depending on what there trying to get out of your phone. For me it has been battery life without sacrificing performance.
And yeah, I am a little nuts, but thats just me, LOL

Thanks for the input. I will search around and see what I can dig up. About to flash superfrakenclean to see what it does
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Any of the AOSP (miui, cm6) stuff will be "faster" than the touchwiz(sfc, pnp) stuff. It just comes down to your personal preferences but there is a definite speed difference between roms just as there is between voodoo and non voodoo. Using an overclocked kernel will also speed you up. Try em out see what you like. the real performance lies in how you use it and that it works for you
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I am also wondering the same as the OP. Currently I am running sFc 2.9.2 with the OTB kernel and undervolting. I am looking for better battery performance with stock speeds.

Snyperx said:
I am also wondering the same as the OP. Currently I am running sFc 2.9.2 with the OTB kernel and undervolting. I am looking for better battery performance with stock speeds.
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You guys that are running sfc and otb kernel, did you have any issues with missed calls? I was having difficulty so flashed back to sfc with a tw kernel...no issues so far but battery life and performance are not as good.
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I haven't had the sfc on my phone but have been running OTB for a while and haven't had any issues with missing calls. Also have OTB on my wifes phone as well and she hadn't had any issues either.
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Voodoo?

I just wanted to know what is voodoo?
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wetrabbit444 said:
I just wanted to know what is voodoo?
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http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-voodoo.htm
just kidding, voodoo is tweak that brings many improviments to sound and colors (samoled version)!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=806195

wetrabbit444 said:
I just wanted to know what is voodoo?
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you can get sone information out of the original website! project-voodoo.com
voodoo is made by supercurio amd this a very talented guy, so try the tweaks and choose what you like! to use voodoo you need a kernel that support it (like netarchy or trinity) and the voodoo control app from the market"

Borky_16 said:
you can get sone information out of the original website! project-voodoo.com
voodoo is made by supercurio amd this a very talented guy, so try the tweaks and choose what you like! to use voodoo you need a kernel that support it (like netarchy or trinity) and the voodoo control app from the market"
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Or you could buy his paid App which you can continue using the stock kernel if you like. Much easier if you flash a kernel with support though. Using the kernel that supports it and free App works well.
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i'm using CM7. do i need to disable DSPmanager while using voodoo?
thanks~

earthmon said:
i'm using CM7. do i need to disable DSPmanager while using voodoo?
thanks~
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no
10char

ic. one more thing. both DSP and voodoo have bass boost function. does it matter to enable both? or just use either one? thanks~

earthmon said:
ic. one more thing. both DSP and voodoo have bass boost function. does it matter to enable both? or just use either one? thanks~
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No idea but I wouldn't want to use both. It could mess some things up.

earthmon said:
ic. one more thing. both DSP and voodoo have bass boost function. does it matter to enable both? or just use either one? thanks~
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when you use both your music quality will not as good as you use only the voodoo, because voodoo change the hardware register and dsp is only like a serial interface!

Will certain display setting options in voodoo help save battery life? If so, which ones?
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infernosoft said:
Will certain display setting options in voodoo help save battery life? If so, which ones?
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No. Voodoo is not designed to save battery life. It only makes sound and color (SAMOLED) better. But flashing a kernel does help you save battery.
I use Netarchy's 1.3.7-CFS Kernel. Use that with Proton Voltage Control and undervolt with suggested (-20 across board) and you'll conserve some battery by doing that.

earthmon said:
ic. one more thing. both DSP and voodoo have bass boost function. does it matter to enable both? or just use either one? thanks~
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i use both.. love the bass

simms22 said:
i use both.. love the bass
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you love the kind both **** your brain! ^^ what type of music do you hear? something like Dubstep?
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Is there any advantage to using a kernel with voodoo built in vs. stock kernel w/ root? eg. battery life, performance.

cheesiepoof said:
Is there any advantage to using a kernel with voodoo built in vs. stock kernel w/ root? eg. battery life, performance.
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Well, most custom kernels will yield better battery life and performance than stock kernel based on how you set up your device.
For example, if you overclock, you would obviously get lesser battery life but better performance. But you can also underclock and tweak the voltages in order to get better battery life.
You just have to play with the setting - you may actually find that you will get both battery life and performance improvement with right setting.
With Voodoo color, you get to modify screen RGB colors to your flavor. You can try out some of the RGB values on the link below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1002090
Voodoo sound modifies the built-in sound codec and makes your Nexus a great MP3 player!
However, you can't modify any setting with stock kernel.
You won't regret it. Go for it

GPU overclocking

Does anybody know what it takes to overclock the GPU in the Droid Charge? I generally think that CPU overclocking is pointless, but GPU overclock should help terrain data in Google Earth. I have lagfix installed and verified working.
I am currently on the underclocked PBJT kernel. I assume I would have to migrate to the overclocked PBJT kernel, but I don't know of a way to control GPU clock from there. Ideas?

After installing the OC PBJ kernel, download and install an app called Voltage Control.

d-loko said:
After installing the OC PBJ kernel, download and install an app called Voltage Control.
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There's a difference between the CPU and GPU. Voltage control only changes the CPU clockspeed. You would have to ask imnuts if it's possible to oc the GPU.
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I found where you can change the FPS cap, but not the clock speed.
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imnuts said:
I found where you can change the FPS cap, but not the clock speed.
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Would that do anything without a clock speed increase?

imnuts said:
I found where you can change the FPS cap, but not the clock speed.
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can you point me to that because i feel that performance is not up to standards. my brother's adreno 205 inc2 performs leaps and bounds better in games

No. If you see the FPS waver, then it is not at its FPS cap, therefore it would be pointless to raise the cap.
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Perhaps it's the extra ram that gives the Dinc2 its edge.
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Lodingi said:
Perhaps it's the extra ram that gives the Dinc2 its edge.
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RAM makes everything better and it's the reason why certain apps seem to be quite slow(n64oid, gun brothers, etc). If those ****heads over at Samsung would've added more RAM this phone wouldn't have any problems, sure a better processor and a notification LED would have been nice but the only thing actually needed was the RAM.

blarrick said:
RAM makes everything better and it's the reason why certain apps seem to be quite slow(n64oid, gun brothers, etc). If those ****heads over at Samsung would've added more RAM this phone wouldn't have any problems, sure a better processor and a notification LED would have been nice but the only thing actually needed was the RAM.
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Meh, screw more RAM. This only thing this phone needs is more cowbell!

BeefJerky9 said:
Meh, screw more RAM. This only thing this phone needs is more cowbell!
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Obviously
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The requirement for more Cowbell aside, does anybody if this is possible? The Galaxy Nexus will have the same GPU but clocked at 384 MHz vs 200 MHz on the Droid Charge.
I am curious if they have somehow reduced the process size or added extra cooling capacity, because that is huge difference.
In any case, it makes me think that GPU in the Charge could use a bump up without causing issues.

rami98 said:
can you point me to that because i feel that performance is not up to standards. my brother's adreno 205 inc2 performs leaps and bounds better in games
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Not sure if this would help but you could always try Chainfire 3D.

xdadevnube said:
The requirement for more Cowbell aside, does anybody if this is possible? The Galaxy Nexus will have the same GPU but clocked at 384 MHz vs 200 MHz on the Droid Charge.
I am curious if they have somehow reduced the process size or added extra cooling capacity, because that is huge difference.
In any case, it makes me think that GPU in the Charge could use a bump up without causing issues.
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Holy dead thread batman! At any rate we can't increase GPU clockspeed because it's probably controlled at a hardware level, rather than variable by kernel.
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I do believe the glitch kernel on the fascinate does include gpu overclocking. No idea if that could ever be implemented on the charge. If it could it would probably have to be an MTD based kernel like glitch that is currently for MUIU and Cyanogen roms.
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kvswim said:
Holy dead thread batman! At any rate we can't increase GPU clockspeed because it's probably controlled at a hardware level, rather than variable by kernel.
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All of my phone gpus have clockspeed dials on them.
And not to be even more of a smartass but the kernel is in fact the exact piece of software that interacts with the hardware so you kind of contradicted yourself.
It has been done with glitch kernel. Haven't seen any tw kernels that support it.
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sneakysolidbake said:
All of my phone gpus have clockspeed dials on them.
And not to be even more of a smartass but the kernel is in fact the exact piece of software that interacts with the hardware so you kind of contradicted yourself.
It has been done with glitch kernel. Haven't seen any tw kernels that support it.
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I meant that we don't have anything in the kernel that can adjust the clockspeed. I don't really know about any other phones since this is my first smartphone. I just say what I feel is correct. And yes, we may eventually be able to control it through an AOSP kernel, but we don't have that right now, so I don't think it's relevant information.
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cujo6801 said:
I like chocolate
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Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwiches?
I came from the Fascinate and the Glitch Kernel with CM7 was really rocking. If we ever get GPU overclocking it would very likely come with the same combo or a Glitch CM9 combo either of which is a long way off.

Hekdog said:
Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwiches?
I came from the Fascinate and the Glitch Kernel with CM7 was really rocking. If we ever get GPU overclocking it would very likely come with the same combo or a Glitch CM9 combo either of which is a long way off.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like what we would need for this to work is a working ASOP kernel, thus we would need an official Gingerbread OTA update first (maybe not 100% necessary, but it should be easier?) in order to base the kernel on?
Even with a working ASOP kernel, I assume that it would have to be specially modded to allow GPU control.
Not that I expect CM7 or CM9, I'm pretty happy with the latest leak, but it seems that CM7 or CM9 would more or less be a requirement for this to work? I hear that MIUI is not in development for the Charge because the lack of LTE in China.
Keep in mind that the Charge is my first smartphone so I'm sort of a nube.
Big thanks to the devs who turned this phone from crap into gold!

[email protected]#k bone stock EP1

I took the update last night and my impression of it is as follows. Battery life is still terrible. Tonight I will rectify the situation with root and the appropriate tweaks
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Its killing me right now that I can't be in front of my computer rooting this and making it much better....stupid job.
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I took the time to tweak and mess with it and even with that, my battery is still noticibly worse. It's the kernel. If I only have ondemand and conservative and can't undervolt, my hands are pretty tied. I'm in the process of going back to Eclipse 1.4 and PBJ now. I'm just gonna hang out on EP4 until we get some kernel source.

Battery is definitely a mess with the kernel, but I can deal with it because this update is ultra smooth with ics fugu tweaks and the new radios are great as well

shrike1978 said:
I took the time to tweak and mess with it and even with that, my battery is still noticibly worse. It's the kernel. If I only have ondemand and conservative and can't undervolt, my hands are pretty tied. I'm in the process of going back to Eclipse 1.4 and PBJ now. I'm just gonna hang out on EP4 until we get some kernel source.
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Another option is you can use tegrak! I 'm on pure FP1 and the battery is the same as before, not worse like most people claimed.

I found after using PBJ, eclipse, and infinity (EP4D) that stock FP1 is better, imo. That will probably change once all the roms and kernels are updated fully to FP1.

I was harsh before and to quick to pass judgment. Battery life feels about the same as before. The overall speed of the phone has increased some. TouchWiz still sucks
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I guess you are right. Could be a placebo effect. Was expecting more I guess.

davwman said:
I guess you are right. Could be a placebo effect. Was expecting more I guess.
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I noticed we also have screen capture when you push the back button and home button. Anyone notice that?
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deafptl4ever said:
I noticed we also have screen capture when you push the back button and home button. Anyone notice that?
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It has always had that.

Fp1 nice...snappy like stratosphere...
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Ahhhhhh yes much better with root, debloated, and such
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Fp1 aosp is way faster than eclipse overclocked so can't wait for source
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Since google released the source code for ICS does that mean we will eventually see a fully functional ICS ROM in the future for the charge?
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bubarub said:
Since google released the source code for ICS does that mean we will eventually see a fully functional ICS ROM in the future for the charge?
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No. We need drives for our specific hardware and the RIL.
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JihadSquad said:
Fp1 aosp is way faster than eclipse overclocked so can't wait for source
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Tempted to try it out. But Ill miss all that eclipse has to offer. Also pbj breaking Wifi on Fp1 ROM is what's holding me back.
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luis86dr said:
Tempted to try it out. But Ill miss all that eclipse has to offer. Also pbj breaking Wifi on Fp1 ROM is what's holding me back.
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Once again, there is no need for PBJ besides UV, which isn't that big. This runs better than Eclipse with 1.2ghz.

*Update* Nitro's EP1 rooted, debloated, with eclipse launcher and some aosp parts in it is the business. I don't even miss the fancy kernels.
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Running eclipse 1.4 with pbj, ics fugu tweaks and latest radios and no noticeable differences compared to fp1. Without fugu there is a difference. It is nice having the extra governor settings.
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Going to give Fp1 a run and see how I like it for today.
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LeanKernel 12.2 on SynergyROM 1.4

I tried to reply to the main thread in the development thread for SynergyROM, but as I do not have the 10 posts required, I figured I'd put it here. If this is against the rules, please let me know and remove this.
Apparently the busybox install on 1.4 is a little botched, and as such, when you install LeanKernel 12.2, it doesn't run the scripts it needs to in order to run it's magic.
All you need to do to get it to work again is fix the install of busybox on your phone. You can download busybox from the Play store and install it to your phone, and after that, installing the kernel should be relatively easy.
I've been running 12.2 on my phone for the better part of today at work and have had no issues with it at all.
I'd attach a link as proof, but apparently I can't do that either.

This is what I did too and it's working wonders.
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Good News on Thx 4 the post
jrichards2007 said:
I tried to reply to the main thread in the development thread for SynergyROM, but as I do not have the 10 posts required, I figured I'd put it here. If this is against the rules, please let me know and remove this.
Apparently the busybox install on 1.4 is a little botched, and as such, when you install LeanKernel 12.2, it doesn't run the scripts it needs to in order to run it's magic.
All you need to do to get it to work again is fix the install of busybox on your phone. You can download busybox from the Play store and install it to your phone, and after that, installing the kernel should be relatively easy.
I've been running 12.2 on my phone for the better part of today at work and have had no issues with it at all.
I'd attach a link as proof, but apparently I can't do that either.
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Thx for your post and gr8 find on the busybox
I have been trying to decide which one to load
SynergyROM 1.3
or
SynergyROM 1.5
Now I know that imo 12.2 will work
long as the busybox is loaded first.
due to the issues with 12.2 loop booting.
Now I can load 1.4 will let you know how it goes.
Thanks Again.
Cheers,
Azbobs

Worked for me too

Worked for me as well. Thanks for the post.
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Where is the kernel thread??
Ill give this a shot today.
Any sense as to battery life with the new kernel??
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mpetruzz said:
Where is the kernel thread??
Ill give this a shot today.
Any sense as to battery life with the new kernel??
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http://rootzwiki.com/topic/31329-imoseyon-test-leankernel-tw-82-v122-kexec/

mpetruzz said:
Where is the kernel thread??
Ill give this a shot today.
Any sense as to battery life with the new kernel??
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^ Also would like to know this. I was seeing some signs of worse battery life on 1.4. I'd like to know if the kernel + 1.4 is better battery life.

SightSeeker said:
^ Also would like to know this. I was seeing some signs of worse battery life on 1.4. I'd like to know if the kernel + 1.4 is better battery life.
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I am running Imoseyons 12-2 kernel with the cpu editor script using battery saver and notice a considerable difference in battery life.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1584508

Earl831SC said:
I am running Imoseyons 12-2 kernel with the cpu editor script using battery saver and notice a considerable difference in battery life.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1584508
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Do you know what exactly it is scaling at? Also what does the 12-2 kernel do vs the script? Does the kernel alone underclock?

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Do you know what exactly it is scaling at? Also what does the 12-2 kernel do vs the script? Does the kernel alone underclock?
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The battery saver from the script sets the max frequency on the cpus to 1134000. This can be changed in the script as well. I run the batter saver but change the max frequency to 1350000 for both cores. I do not believe the kernel has underclocking abilities currently, but I may be wrong. Definitely snappier with the kernel than without. The combination of the two is excellent.

Earl831SC said:
The battery saver from the script sets the max frequency on the cpus to 1134000. This can be changed in the script as well. I run the batter saver but change the max frequency to 1350000 for both cores. I do not believe the kernel has underclocking abilities currently, but I may be wrong. Definitely snappier with the kernel than without. The combination of the two is excellent.
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Do you know if the sticky mode works?

SightSeeker said:
Do you know if the sticky mode works?
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My setting stay after rebooting so yes. I check with system tuner pro.

After flashing this kernel over Synergy 1.4, I have a blue led light that will not turn off. Any ideas?
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12bravo said:
After flashing this kernel over Synergy 1.4, I have a blue led light that will not turn off. Any ideas?
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You may have accidentally flashed the v12 of the kernel. On the thread on rootzwiki look under changelog and download v12.2 it should fix the LED issue.

Want to post in the synergy thread but now enough post counts -_-
Anyone can think of a compelling reason to not jump for synergy 1.4 with the lean kernel 12.2 and wait for synergy 1.5 instead? Eschelon made it sound like it would drop soon and I'm just trying to gauge from the comments on the synergy thread if there are major problems.....main things that bother me are battery life degradation claims and 4G speed variances.
Bonus: A tad off topic, but I was wondering if anyone running the synergy roms replaced their touchwiz apps with aosp apps? Reason I ask is because I cannot live without the ICS email client and prefer the messaging client as well.
Thanks for the heads up from everyone confirming the busybox issue with 1.4 to be compatible with 12.2 lean kernel.

sensui123 said:
Want to post in the synergy thread but now enough post counts -_-
Anyone can think of a compelling reason to not jump for synergy 1.4 with the lean kernel 12.2 and wait for synergy 1.5 instead? Eschelon made it sound like it would drop soon and I'm just trying to gauge from the comments on the synergy thread if there are major problems.....main things that bother me are battery life degradation claims and 4G speed variances.
Thanks for the heads up from everyone confirming the busybox issue with 1.4 to be compatible with 12.2 lean kernel.
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If you want to play around with Google Now then go for 1.4. 1.5 will not require a wipe according to eschelon. I've found the battery life on 1.4 to be close to par with 1.3. Maybe a little more battery hungry, but not much.

Earl831SC said:
The battery saver from the script sets the max frequency on the cpus to 1134000. This can be changed in the script as well. I run the batter saver but change the max frequency to 1350000 for both cores. I do not believe the kernel has underclocking abilities currently, but I may be wrong. Definitely snappier with the kernel than without. The combination of the two is excellent.
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I set cpu0 to 1350000, but I can't figure out how to set cpu1? I am new to kernels, can you tell me how you set the second cpu to 1350000?
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tmar23 said:
I set cpu0 to 1350000, but I can't figure out how to set cpu1? I am new to kernels, can you tell me how you set the second cpu to 1350000?
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If you are using the script it is option 4 to set max frequency for CPU1

Thanks, I had to force dual core mode for some reason, then it gave me the ability to change cpu1.
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