Does the Smartass governer work properly for the Charge? - Verizon Droid Charge

Does the smartass governer work for our Droid Charge? I'm worried about it always setting the frequency to the minimum when the screen is off.

On imoseyon's kernel it works, don't know about imnuts'. I use it.
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Someone smarter than me said noop and deadline are preferable for our phone
Charging mah lasers!

Noop and deadline are io schedulers, not cpu governors.
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kvswim said:
On imoseyon's kernel it works, don't know about imnuts'. I use it.
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Okay cool, I'm going to give it a shot.

I had smartass set on setcpu and it wouldn't go any lower than 200mhz, weird...
I just don't like how I can never get voltage control to set the settings on boot.

ddemlong said:
I had smartass set on setcpu and it wouldn't go any lower than 200mhz, weird...
I just don't like how I can never get voltage control to set the settings on boot.
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I think it goes to 100mhz when you put it to sleep. And you can set it on boot... When you press "save as boot" it saves a script to a certain location (I forgot where). So you can just run that with Script Manager on boot.
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kvswim said:
I think it goes to 100mhz when you put it to sleep. And you can set it on boot... When you press "save as boot" it saves a script to a certain location (I forgot where). So you can just run that with Script Manager on boot.
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Ive been checking it with CPU spy and its not hitting 100mhz or deep sleep, but it does "on demand"
I thought smartass was suppose to be the one with the automatic Max mhz screen settings keeping them lower.

kvswim said:
I think it goes to 100mhz when you put it to sleep. And you can set it on boot... When you press "save as boot" it saves a script to a certain location (I forgot where). So you can just run that with Script Manager on boot.
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System/etc/init.d S_Volt_scheduler....I think.
Do you have to check off only boot or also root in script manager?

PeterGunz said:
System/etc/init.d S_Volt_scheduler....I think.
Do you have to check off only boot or also root in script manager?
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You first have to go into advance settings and select browse as root, I selected both and it loads on startup, after I selected on boot it wasn't loading after a reboot.

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bamf toolkit

does anyone know how to disable the cpu settings in the bamf toolkit so i can use setcpu
mhawk71 said:
does anyone know how to disable the cpu settings in the bamf toolkit so i can use setcpu
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No, but I'd recommend you use bamf it's better anyways.
I just unchecked "set on boot" in the bamf toolkit and then used setcpu as normal. It seems to be working just fine.
thanks ill try it
Just a note, if you use leankernel, I'd also suggest not using SetCPU nor the BAMF Toolkit. The speedtweak.sh script is better suited for setting the CPU speed, voltage, and governor. Also, those tools can conflict with it. If you still would prefer to use the an app, and you are using leankernel, make sure you disable CPU and voltage settings in the script (it's an option in the script's menu).

3.2 and SetCPU issues

Since we've had root I have been running tiamat and using setcpu to overclock to 1500 and its been working great.
After the 3.2 upgrade to 2.6.36.4Tiamat_Xoom-V2.0.0 for 3.2, SetCPU has a habit of going to 216MHz even thought its set for 1500. If I open setcpu it says 216 but if I simply click on the Max bar it jumps back to 1500.
I have had setcpu on Performance and Interactive - Both do the same. It may keep 1500 for a few hours or only an hour - then the system gets slow due to the 216MHz clock....
Any ideas?
Never heard of such an issue on the Xoom until now...
Common sense I know, but... make sure you don't have any profiles set up to cause this. That is the only thing I can think of. Ex: It's set to clock to the lowest speed while AC charging, etc.
If all else fails... wiping data is your best friend to fix strange problems while flashing custom Roms. Back up all of your apps with their data via Titanium Backup, then wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, then restore all apps with data, but do not restore any system data or system apps. That's the best thing you can do, if you do not do this... you may experience problems like so. I've had strange issues before and doing this fixed it all up no problem.
PensFan66 said:
Since we've had root I have been running tiamat and using setcpu to overclock to 1500 and its been working great.
After the 3.2 upgrade to 2.6.36.4Tiamat_Xoom-V2.0.0 for 3.2, SetCPU has a habit of going to 216MHz even thought its set for 1500. If I open setcpu it says 216 but if I simply click on the Max bar it jumps back to 1500.
I have had setcpu on Performance and Interactive - Both do the same. It may keep 1500 for a few hours or only an hour - then the system gets slow due to the 216MHz clock....
Any ideas?
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You can set the lowest speed higher. Use interactive and don't set on boot unless you are really sure that it's stable.
Speaking about SetCPU, on phones, there is the menu button which you can click but it doesn't seem to appear on the Xoom which basically allows you to autodetect speeds, are you guys able to access that other than only on the first launch of setcpu after installed?
Almighty1 said:
Speaking about SetCPU, on phones, there is the menu button which you can click but it doesn't seem to appear on the Xoom which basically allows you to autodetect speeds, are you guys able to access that other than only on the first launch of setcpu after installed?
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I think it only works the first time on the Xoom.
okantomi said:
I think it only works the first time on the Xoom.
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setcpu never worked right for me. use no-frills cpu.

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.

I can't seem to overclock my TF300T! it will later reset back to 1.3ghz!

Hi,
I have tried different rom + kernel:
cleanrom
ultra fast rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1901784
untermensch kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1892326
and still can't oc the cpu to something higher than 1.3ghz
I used the No-frills CPU as well as the antutu cpu master (free version)
for the No-frills cpu, whenever I set the CPU speed to something high (ie. 1.6ghz max and 102mhz min), checked apply on root then apply, it worked fine for a while, but later on when I open no-frills cpu, th e current max and min will reset back to 1.3ghz and 102mhz.
Governor and I/O scheduler is fine though.
Sounds to me like u need to check start on boot..i havent oveclocked mine yet but option should be there where u select governors and such...
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Of course i have checked that it just didnt work
Give Voltage Control a try. It gives you the options to apply on boot or init.d. I use the init.d setting because the phone boots quicker. I had that problem with CPU Master in the past while running it on my phone.
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Will do, however i dont think it's the reboot problem. The problem was, when i set the cpu speed to 1.5 or 1.6 its works fine for an hour or so ( i closed the cpu app, reopen it and the curent seed got set) but then an hour or so, it got resetted back to 1.3 without rebooting the device
redjersey said:
Will do, however i dont think it's the reboot problem. The problem was, when i set the cpu speed to 1.5 or 1.6 its works fine for an hour or so ( i closed the cpu app, reopen it and the curent seed got set) but then an hour or so, it got resetted back to 1.3 without rebooting the device
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Hi !
Overclock automatically deactivates when the device enters in standby !
surdu_petru said:
Hi !
Overclock automatically deactivates when the device enters in standby !
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Ahh, that's what I thought was going on, this is happening to me as well.
treo4life said:
Ahh, that's what I thought was going on, this is happening to me as well.
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Hi!
No, this happens to everyone
However, it seems a pretty good thing - why we need OC - if the device sleep ? :laugh:
- it is also good for battery - !
So i will have to reoverclock it everytime ??
Mine doesn't do this at all. I use CleanROM 3.1, unters kernel and setcpu. No issues.
I guess I know why it's because setcpu has the profile settings allows u to set the CPU speed when screen is on / when screen is unlocked
Othe CPU apps I have tried have no such feature which means oc works when u set it, but when u turn off the screen then turn it on , it will reset back to 1.3ghz
Using setcpu, what I did was set a "screen off" profile to max out at 1700ghz when the screen is off or in sleep mode and it worked for me!!! That way will not default back to stock 1300ghz everytime I hit screen off or sleep mode.

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