[Q] [I9020a] Undervolting 100MHz frequency - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I'm running NSCollab 1.0.50 with franco.kernel from Nov. 13 on a I9020a.
I'm playing around with undervolting the cpu and trying to find the minimum stable voltages. My procedure is to start the voltage as low as the voltage for the frequency step before it and then increase the voltage in 25mV steps until everything is stable. I am using SetCPU to adjust the voltages.
So far this has worked for every frequency step except for the 100MHz step. I can't seem to find the lowest voltage for 100MHz. For example, the 200MHz step will be unstable at 750mV but is stable at 775mV. The 100MHz step is never unstable no matter how low I set the voltage. I can even set it to 0mV (which I know is ridiculous) and it wont freeze.
Does anyone know why the phone doesn't become unstable at ridiculously low voltages for the 100MHz step? I see that the slider to adjust voltages in SetCPU only goes down to 600mV but I can manually type in lower voltage values. Is there some kind of hard-set voltage minimum for the cpu that even SetCPU can't bypass when setting the voltage? Is the phone violating the laws of physics?
Thanks in advance

What's your min frequency in setcpu?

Oh yeah, I should have posted that.
100MHz min
1000MHz max
lazy scaling

i heard that ...
force phone running in low mV MAY damage the CPU and other parts of it and destablize it...
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i have seen some applications that would ignore your input value when it is not logical ...
for example like NS tools , one of them , i don't remember which exactly , perhaps it's live OC, for live OC, if you set value lower then 100 , it would automatically set back to 100 ... i think this may be same as your min frequency case...

nathanson666 said:
Hi,
I'm running NSCollab 1.0.50 with franco.kernel from Nov. 13 on a I9020a.
I'm playing around with undervolting the cpu and trying to find the minimum stable voltages. My procedure is to start the voltage as low as the voltage for the frequency step before it and then increase the voltage in 25mV steps until everything is stable. I am using SetCPU to adjust the voltages.
So far this has worked for every frequency step except for the 100MHz step. I can't seem to find the lowest voltage for 100MHz. For example, the 200MHz step will be unstable at 750mV but is stable at 775mV. The 100MHz step is never unstable no matter how low I set the voltage. I can even set it to 0mV (which I know is ridiculous) and it wont freeze.
Does anyone know why the phone doesn't become unstable at ridiculously low voltages for the 100MHz step? I see that the slider to adjust voltages in SetCPU only goes down to 600mV but I can manually type in lower voltage values. Is there some kind of hard-set voltage minimum for the cpu that even SetCPU can't bypass when setting the voltage? Is the phone violating the laws of physics?
Thanks in advance
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The method you are using is wrong. I did the same thing a few days ago, and changing the values like that won't work.
What I found out is that to easily find stable values, in SetCPU put your max as 200MHz and your min at 100MHz. Use ondemand. Keep 200MHz at stock volts and 100MHz try an undervolt.
Apply everything then slide the minimum frequency slider around a bit. I guarantee you 600mv will freeze. Do the same for each value, if testing 200MHz, use 400MHz as your max and 200MHz as your min, stock volts for 400MHz. Slide the minimum frequency left and right.
Sounds weird, but it works. Do this until you find a voltage for each frequency. Then put your frequency max and frequency min at the same value (IE 200MHz) and launch a game or a demanding app and play for a lil while, even if performance suck. Hope it doesn't freeze on you, but if it does, bump the voltage a bit.
If you want good starting values, here's the values I have found that work for me and are 100% stable. No force close over the last few days since I started using those:
100MHz 875mv (75mv under stock)
200MHz 875mv (75mv under stock)
400MHz 900mv (150mv under stock)
800MHz 1125mv (75mv under stock)
1000MHz 1225mv (25mv under stock)

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Safe to oc 1500 fulltime?

If I've found a combination of rom/kernal/voltage that's stable for me to run at 1500MHz, is it safe to run that way full-time? I mean, I would still use profiles in setcpu for in-call and screen-off...but would this damage my phone? I do keep the phone in a case, if that has any bearings. I can feel it considerably warmer when I oc it than when I leave it at 1GHz.
what kernel do you use? the new trinity kernel doesnt scale and stays up at 1500 100% of the time, i havent had any problems with heat using 1500 on other kernels, i have a profile to underclcok if over 40C but never kicks in while running faux's kernel and screen off underclock, long term a constant temperature of 40C plus would damage the phone as heat damages any electronics.
I'm running faux's froyo kernal. I have setcpu profiles setup for:
in-call 500/400
screen-off 500/400
and now I just added temp>40c (following your lead) 1000/400
I have 1300mV set for 1500MHz and 950mV set for 1000Mhz...and I believe it's 770 for 400MHz. If I understood Faux correctly, that's already -50 undervolted.
Is there a recommended app for monitoring cpu temp?
just set set cpu notification for your temp profile itll beeep if you go over 40, you could test if you can go an extra -25 it worked on my device any higher it reboots, in my case -25 extra is perfectly stable. i think also , setcpu has a widget you can place on your screen that shows temperature and cpu frequency
if you try to see if your proc can handle an extra -25 i would recomend you take the set at boot option off or you could get stuck in a reboot loop till you restore from clockwork.

[Q] Recommended undervolt settings (Clemsyn-blades)

I tried to search but was unsuccessful to find the information that I wanted.
Can someone tell me what are the recommended safe undervolt settings for the transformer?
I'm running prime 1.9 with clemsyn-blades 1.6a.
Thx
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steve.garon said:
I tried to search but was unsuccessful to find the information that I wanted.
Can someone tell me what are the recommended safe undervolt settings for the transformer?
I'm running prime 1.9 with clemsyn-blades 1.6a.
Thx
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I don't know what the stock settings are but I can tell you the process I followed when I OCed my tablet. Install the custom kernel and rom you want. Then install an app to modify frequency and voltages. I use setCPU but pimpmycpu works also.
1. Find the highest clock you can attain with the provided overvolt from the kernel. To do this just start at the highest frequency and see if the tablet reboots or locks during a stress test. Some people play games to stress. I use the built in stress tester in SetCPU. Make sure to apply the higher frequency for testing but not to apply settings on reboot or you could get stuck in a reboot loop (or so I am assuming the kernel might reset to 1 GHz when a hard lock occurs).
2. Once you have the maximum Frequency (for me it was 1.644 MHz) then start lowering the voltage for that frequency only until you loose stability. I can undervolt 1.644 by -75 mV. If I go upto -100 then I get random reboots. I go in -25 mV increments but you could narrow it down even more by going with -10 or even -5 intervals.
3. Take the offset you got (in my case -75 mV)on the highest frequency and apply it to every frequency above 1 GHz and see if this is stable. If not then slowely increase voltage until you gain stability again.
4. (Optional) Then start undervolting stock frequencies from 216 MHz to 1 GHz. Every tablet is different but (I have heard) this could cause sleep issues. I undervolted all frequencies from above 216 to 1000 GHz by -25 Mv without any issues. I may bring it down slowely by increments of-5 or -10 until I run into some issues.
5. (Optional) Undervolt 216 MHz as low as possible to save standby battery power. I undervolted my 216 MHz to 725 mV (even though SetCPu goes lower the kernel is locked at this). Which helps keep my battery levels up when the tablet screen is off and not in use.
Hints: To test that a voltage is okay at a certain frequency then make sure to set your max to the frequency level you want to test. If you set the max at 1544 and undervolt 1 GHz you will never know if it is okay because when you stress it it will blow right past 1 GHz upto 1544 and the voltage for that will take over.
If you have any questions please let me know.
Bjd223 said:
I don't know what the stock settings are but I can tell you the process I followed when I OCed my tablet. Install the custom kernel and rom you want. Then install an app to modify frequency and voltages. I use setCPU but pimpmycpu works also.
1. Find the highest clock you can attain with the provided overvolt from the kernel. To do this just start at the highest frequency and see if the tablet reboots or locks during a stress test. Some people play games to stress. I use the built in stress tester in SetCPU. Make sure to apply the higher frequency for testing but not to apply settings on reboot or you could get stuck in a reboot loop (or so I am assuming the kernel might reset to 1 GHz when a hard lock occurs).
2. Once you have the maximum Frequency (for me it was 1.644 MHz) then start lowering the voltage for that frequency only until you loose stability. I can undervolt 1.644 by -75 mV. If I go upto -100 then I get random reboots. I go in -25 mV increments but you could narrow it down even more by going with -10 or even -5 intervals.
3. Take the offset you got (in my case -75 mV)on the highest frequency and apply it to every frequency above 1 GHz and see if this is stable. If not then slowely increase voltage until you gain stability again.
4. (Optional) Then start undervolting stock frequencies from 216 MHz to 1 GHz. Every tablet is different but (I have heard) this could cause sleep issues. I undervolted all frequencies from above 216 to 1000 GHz by -25 Mv without any issues. I may bring it down slowely by increments of-5 or -10 until I run into some issues.
5. (Optional) Undervolt 216 MHz as low as possible to save standby battery power. I undervolted my 216 MHz to 725 mV (even though SetCPu goes lower the kernel is locked at this). Which helps keep my battery levels up when the tablet screen is off and not in use.
Hints: To test that a voltage is okay at a certain frequency then make sure to set your max to the frequency level you want to test. If you set the max at 1544 and undervolt 1 GHz you will never know if it is okay because when you stress it it will blow right past 1 GHz upto 1544 and the voltage for that will take over.
If you have any questions please let me know.
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Cool. I'll give this a try.
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I get a stable undervolt at -50 on all cpu steps which is pretty good. This should save loads of battery.
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steve.garon said:
I get a stable undervolt at -50 on all cpu steps which is pretty good. This should save loads of battery.
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I started at the top and went down every stepping from 1624 to 1000 and found out the lowest stable frequency and then added 10 to be safe to each one. I am currently at
1624 (-70)
1592 (-80)
1544 (-180)
1472 (-80)
1424 (-160)
1336 (-185)
1232 (-185)
1000 (- 110) which is 990 mV
I then set every stepping under 1 GHz frequency that was above 990 mV to 990 mV as if it can run at 1 GHz at that voltage then any speed under that will run fine at that voltage also. I have some more stability testing to do but I think I got it pretty much nailed down for my device. I may go through all the sub 1 GHz frequencies but it does take some time to run a stress test under each stepping.
Also I have never had any sleep issues but that is something to look out for. I also wonder how temperature affects stability as I have never gotten it above 40c. The pad might benefit from a 1 or 2mm thermal pad squeezed between the CPU and the back bezel (if it will fit).
Does anyone know that tjunction max for a Tegra2? I have a profile set up in SetCPU that sets the CPU frequency at 1 GHz if the CPU gets above 42 because I saw something similar in the Clemsyn rom but don't really know when the CPU will start to throttle itself at or shut off.
I am trying to find stock voltages for different devices because it seems like some mfgs are undervolting to save battery on some tablets.
Bjd223 said:
I started at the top and went down every stepping from 1624 to 1000 and found out the lowest stable frequency and then added 10 to be safe to each one. I am currently at
1624 (-70)
1592 (-80)
1544 (-180)
1472 (-80)
1424 (-160)
1336 (-185)
1232 (-185)
1000 (- 110) which is 990 mV
I then set every stepping under 1 GHz frequency that was above 990 mV to 990 mV as if it can run at 1 GHz at that voltage then any speed under that will run fine at that voltage also. I have some more stability testing to do but I think I got it pretty much nailed down for my device. I may go through all the sub 1 GHz frequencies but it does take some time to run a stress test under each stepping.
Also I have never had any sleep issues but that is something to look out for. I also wonder how temperature affects stability as I have never gotten it above 40c. The pad might benefit from a 1 or 2mm thermal pad squeezed between the CPU and the back bezel (if it will fit).
Does anyone know that tjunction max for a Tegra2? I have a profile set up in SetCPU that sets the CPU frequency at 1 GHz if the CPU gets above 42 because I saw something similar in the Clemsyn rom but don't really know when the CPU will start to throttle itself at or shut off.
I am trying to find stock voltages for different devices because it seems like some mfgs are undervolting to save battery on some tablets.
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-180 in some frequencies!! Thats just insane. I've got to try this.
FYI, you don't have to lower voltage for all upper 1ghz frequencies. If your running at 1544 for exemple. The cpu will never touch the frequencies between 1000 and 1544. After the 1000 its a direct step to whatever frequency your overclocking too. You can monitor this in setcpu.
I cannot undervolt as precise as you can. For some reason setcpu only let me do 25mv increment...
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I have undervolted by -175 on all frequencies, obviously 216Mhz is locked but all seems pretty stable after some testing. No sleep death either so I'm going to carry on testing.
steve.garon said:
-180 in some frequencies!! Thats just insane. I've got to try this.
FYI, you don't have to lower voltage for all upper 1ghz frequencies. If your running at 1544 for exemple. The cpu will never touch the frequencies between 1000 and 1544. After the 1000 its a direct step to whatever frequency your overclocking too. You can monitor this in setcpu.
I cannot undervolt as precise as you can. For some reason setcpu only let me do 25mv increment...
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In SetCPU do not use the slider use the keyboard and type in the exact number you want.
I wanted to figure out every stepping in case I wanted to switch to a lower frequency but yeah most poeple don't have to do this.
The lowest stable I have gotten is -190 but feel like adding 10 padding will ensure stability.
I will probably do the sub 1 GHz frequencies today or tomorrow.
Bjd223 said:
In SetCPU do not use the slider use the keyboard and type in the exact number you want.
I wanted to figure out every stepping in case I wanted to switch to a lower frequency but yeah most poeple don't have to do this.
The lowest stable I have gotten is -190 but feel like adding 10 padding will ensure stability.
I will probably do the sub 1 GHz frequencies today or tomorrow.
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I didnt even noticed I could use the keyboard...
I finally settled to -25 @216, -50 under 612 and -100 over 612. And everything is stable
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I have tested each voltage. I am under the impression that 725 mV is the kernel minimum in the Clemsyn kernel so once I hit that I just set every frequency under that too 725. I will eventually go through and stress test every frequency @ 725 to make sure everything is a-okay but I am sure it is.
Here is my list incase anyone wants a place to start.
1680 MHz (-000) I can not overclock to this freuqency.
1624 MHz (-070) 1380 mV
1592 MHz (-080) 1345 mV
1544 MHz (-180) 1220 mV
1472 MHz (-080) 1220 mV
1424 MHz (-160) 1115 mV
1336 MHz (-185) 1065 mV
1232 MHz (-185) 990 mV
1000 MHz (-215) 885 mV
0912 MHz (-215) 835 mV
0816 MHz (-235) 790 mV
0760 MHz (-215) 760 mV
0608 MHz (-225) 725 mV
0456 MHz (-100) 725 mV
0312 MHz (-075) 725 mV
0216 MHz (-025) 725 mV
Clemsyn said the minimum mV in his kernel but I can't seem to find the thread, but I think it was 725. If I find out it is something lower I will go through the lower ones until I hit the minimum.
Also please note that everything above 1 GHz has +10 mV padding added to it above the lowest stable I could find. Everything below 1 GHz only has a +5 mV padding on it. So for example I actually hit a -240 w/o any issues @ 816 MHz.
I tested in +/-5 mV increments but if you wanted you could narrow it down even further.
EDIT: Also after some testing it looks like it does use frequencies between 1 GHz and your max. I have it set to 1644 and it does hit 1232 MHz occasionally.
Bjd223 said:
I don't know what the stock settings are but I can tell you the process I followed when I OCed my tablet. Install the custom kernel and rom you want. Then install an app to modify frequency and voltages. I use setCPU but pimpmycpu works also.
1. Find the highest clock you can attain with the provided overvolt from the kernel. To do this just start at the highest frequency and see if the tablet reboots or locks during a stress test. Some people play games to stress. I use the built in stress tester in SetCPU. Make sure to apply the higher frequency for testing but not to apply settings on reboot or you could get stuck in a reboot loop (or so I am assuming the kernel might reset to 1 GHz when a hard lock occurs).
2. Once you have the maximum Frequency (for me it was 1.644 MHz) then start lowering the voltage for that frequency only until you loose stability. I can undervolt 1.644 by -75 mV. If I go upto -100 then I get random reboots. I go in -25 mV increments but you could narrow it down even more by going with -10 or even -5 intervals.
3. Take the offset you got (in my case -75 mV)on the highest frequency and apply it to every frequency above 1 GHz and see if this is stable. If not then slowely increase voltage until you gain stability again.
4. (Optional) Then start undervolting stock frequencies from 216 MHz to 1 GHz. Every tablet is different but (I have heard) this could cause sleep issues. I undervolted all frequencies from above 216 to 1000 GHz by -25 Mv without any issues. I may bring it down slowely by increments of-5 or -10 until I run into some issues.
5. (Optional) Undervolt 216 MHz as low as possible to save standby battery power. I undervolted my 216 MHz to 725 mV (even though SetCPu goes lower the kernel is locked at this). Which helps keep my battery levels up when the tablet screen is off and not in use.
Hints: To test that a voltage is okay at a certain frequency then make sure to set your max to the frequency level you want to test. If you set the max at 1544 and undervolt 1 GHz you will never know if it is okay because when you stress it it will blow right past 1 GHz upto 1544 and the voltage for that will take over.
If you have any questions please let me know.
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Thanks for this mate. I followed your guide exactly and I'm using clems 16? Kernel completely stable at all frequencies including the undervolting!
Based on my testing you need ~ a +15 to +25 mV over stable CPU voltage to get stable 3D GPU.
I found that I could run hours of "Stress CPU" without any issues at a voltage but during stressful 3D games that are using CPU + GPU cores, at that same frequency, the machine would FC the app, reboot or lock. I have also noticed that the closer you are to the stable voltage different things will happen.
Far off - machine will usually reboot
Closer - machine will usually hard lock
Even closer - Apps will FC, widgets will act strange (like invert colors, black blocks for backgrounds, etc.)
So what I do now is I test with Dungeon Defenders at the main menu. Its seems that if you can last 1 hr at the Dungeon Defenders menu you are GTG. If you actually play the game then 1 stage is what I use to test.
Bjd223 said:
I don't know what the stock settings are but I can tell you the process I followed when I OCed my tablet. Install the custom kernel and rom you want. Then install an app to modify frequency and voltages. I use setCPU but pimpmycpu works also.
1. Find the highest clock you can attain with the provided overvolt from the kernel. To do this just start at the highest frequency and see if the tablet reboots or locks during a stress test. Some people play games to stress. I use the built in stress tester in SetCPU. Make sure to apply the higher frequency for testing but not to apply settings on reboot or you could get stuck in a reboot loop (or so I am assuming the kernel might reset to 1 GHz when a hard lock occurs).
2. Once you have the maximum Frequency (for me it was 1.644 MHz) then start lowering the voltage for that frequency only until you loose stability. I can undervolt 1.644 by -75 mV. If I go upto -100 then I get random reboots. I go in -25 mV increments but you could narrow it down even more by going with -10 or even -5 intervals.
3. Take the offset you got (in my case -75 mV)on the highest frequency and apply it to every frequency above 1 GHz and see if this is stable. If not then slowely increase voltage until you gain stability again.
4. (Optional) Then start undervolting stock frequencies from 216 MHz to 1 GHz. Every tablet is different but (I have heard) this could cause sleep issues. I undervolted all frequencies from above 216 to 1000 GHz by -25 Mv without any issues. I may bring it down slowely by increments of-5 or -10 until I run into some issues.
5. (Optional) Undervolt 216 MHz as low as possible to save standby battery power. I undervolted my 216 MHz to 725 mV (even though SetCPu goes lower the kernel is locked at this). Which helps keep my battery levels up when the tablet screen is off and not in use.
Hints: To test that a voltage is okay at a certain frequency then make sure to set your max to the frequency level you want to test. If you set the max at 1544 and undervolt 1 GHz you will never know if it is okay because when you stress it it will blow right past 1 GHz upto 1544 and the voltage for that will take over.
If you have any questions please let me know.
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I always wanted to learn more about the mV and CPU speed stuff. I always install rom, install kernel of the one I heard the better is and that's it. Never had touched the voltage measure in any of my android device. Yeah i know, so noob.
Thanks for this how to info, I think I will play around a bit later. Right now I'm struggling with my self on wish of the 3 roms available install and stay.
Had to remove undervolt this weekend since my camera wouldnt start anymore. I'll have to redo all the tests I was doing but test for camera too. The tablet would just freeze as soon as I opened the camera app
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steve.garon said:
Had to remove undervolt this weekend since my camera wouldnt start anymore. I'll have to redo all the tests I was doing but test for camera too. The tablet would just freeze as soon as I opened the camera app
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My camera does not work either. I just figured it was Clemsyns kernel not the OC. I don't know anything about cameras but maybe they use a lot of voltage so the voltage to the CPU dips.
I never used the camera personally, but I will test it some and see what additional mV you need over stable to get the camera working.
Also I noticed the more you undervolt (it seems to me) the harder it is to undock with an app open. usually instead of reloading they FC or lock the device so i just make sure to hit the home key before I undock then alt tab right back into the app.
Bjd223 said:
My camera does not work either. I just figured it was Clemsyns kernel not the OC. I don't know anything about cameras but maybe they use a lot of voltage so the voltage to the CPU dips.
I never used the camera personally, but I will test it some and see what additional mV you need over stable to get the camera working.
Also I noticed the more you undervolt (it seems to me) the harder it is to undock with an app open. usually instead of reloading they FC or lock the device so i just make sure to hit the home key before I undock then alt tab right back into the app.
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My camera did not work at 912 MHz at stock voltage on 17b but now on 18 I can do my normal undervolt settings and the camera works fine.

cpu govener??

question... I see all the govener setting in ns tools, setcpu, ect.... just wondering something.... What setting is.used in factory otu roms? lets say a.unrooted nexus s, what is.it natively set at? 100/1000 ? and ondamand? or is.it 1000/1000?
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100/1000 ondemand is the default.... but I always change it to 200/1000 smartassv2 it works best for my phone
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I usually use "ondemand", it seems to work best. Once I decided to try "powersave" and my phone slowed down to a crawl, pretty much unusable. I don't know what that was about, but I definitely don't recommend it...
Jabaculemos said:
I usually use "ondemand", it seems to work best. Once I decided to try "powersave" and my phone slowed down to a crawl, pretty much unusable. I don't know what that was about, but I definitely don't recommend it...
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Powersave limits the cpu to the absolute lowest frequency at all times. It is not usable for normal operations, except for Setcpu screen-off profiles.
Performance governor is the opposite ; it keeps the cpu running at max frequency (1ghz with stock kernel) and is useful only for speed benchmarks.
The other linux kernel governors are described in detail in numerous threads... All you have to do is search "kernel governor ".
My personal choice is smartassv2 since it's responsive, efficient with battery consumption, and features a screen-off sleep profile.
Ezekeel recommended me lazy with proof screenshots
Governors control how the CPU frequency adjusts. They work like this:
Ondemand: Starts at a low frequency and when there is any CPU activity it uses max frequency. It goes back to low over time.
Conservative: Like ondemand, but instead of using max frequency on CPU activity it uses the next step. It's less responsive than ondemand since it goes like: "100% CPU > Higher Freq. > 100% CPU > Higher Freq..." instead of "100% CPU > Max Freq."
Lazy: Like ondemand but there is a small delay between frequency changes. I use this one.
Performance: Max frequency all time.
Powersave: Min frequency all time.
Interactive: This is a bit complex, actually it's sampling the CPU usage and trying to predict what will come up (I think).
Smartass: It's like interactive, but rewritten. It should give better results.
Default is ondemand 100/1000 and it works pretty good.
Hope I helped.

Liveoc Min ferquency

Hi All,
When I try to use liveoc my phone hangs.
I have noticed the following:
for 105 - min needs to be 200Mhx
for 110 - min needs to be 400Mhz
The int voltage I am using for 400 is 1000mV and ARM voltage of 975.
As the stock int voltage for 100Mhz is 1000mV and ARM for 100Mhz is 950mV, hence it would only mean a little more battery drain than being on stock, which is fine by me.
But just wanted to know if setting the min to 400Mhz, would it cause a problem? Reduce life of my phone etc etc? I do know there is a deep sleep state. Would this compensate the min being set to 400Mhz? What exactly happens to the clock speed on Deep Sleep.
Thanks for any info that can be provided.

[Q] Overclocked at 1600mhz - not scaling at 1.4ghz and 1.5ghz

Hello!
as I finaly rooted my TF (after a year of stock ) I have already hit few obstacles while making it perfect. Now i have a question regarding overclocking.
My device: ARHD Rom with guevors kernel 21.4
I use my TF at 1,6ghz via SetCPU. In CPUStats it says it doesnt use 1,4ghz and 1.5ghz freqs at all as the time at those freqs is zero. But when I clock it up to 1.4 or 1.5, it does use them (note: when set to 1.5ghz, 1.4ghz freq is still not used). What could be the reason for that?
Thank you for your answers
miHah
Looking at cpu histories it usually defaults to the lower stuff except when you do complex calculations, in which it uses as much as it can until it's done. That's why it doesn't use those middle freqs as much, if that makes any sense.
I agree with Thing o Doom. A lot depends on what the processor/software decides it needs or wants.
I stopped using a wide range of frequency like 216-1200 and stuck with a straight 1200MHz only on the min and max.
Depending on the CPU load will determine whether it even hits a certain frequency and also based on the type of governor.
If you have a governor that is set for performance and your range is 1400 - 1600, the governor interacts with the rest of the system and may ramp straight up to 1600 without every hitting 1500.
Hope that expands on Doom's answer.
I use interactive gov. and usualy cpu clocks scale at every cpu freq described in kernels scaling. I use 216-1400 now and cpu uses all clocks in that range (depends on the need ofc). But if i use 216-1600 then not all of the freqs are used. I meant to say if u scale it to 216-1600 there should be some point where cpu would use 1400mhz freq, but mine doesnt at all. So the scaling goes from 1200 directly to 1600 and no in between resulting the cpu to be more time at higher clocks when not actualy needed (when it could just use 1400 or 1500mhz).
Anyway, i now use scale of 216-1400mhz and seems to be working great dunno why I even bothered with 1600, but this one thing not scaling at those two freqs did scare me as I thought there is smth wrong with my tf

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