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So I have Myns latest Rom and I was wondering about adding Setcpu to the Rom. My question is this. For those of you that have this rom, how is your battery life? Do you use Setcpu? Is it compatible with this rom? Should I leave it as is? I dont want to overclock, I just want to underclock when display is off to save battery. Any expert advice?
What kernel would you guys recommend? Again I dont want to make my phone faster, I just want decent battery life, and I know there are a couple of tweaks I can do. ( and yes I already know about the brightness, wifi etc)
Getting bad battery life too huh? I'm new to this rom and I'm trying out a couple combos. I have setcpu to underclock using smartass. I changed my kernal to one with more havs. I'll report my findings.
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Newklearx3 said:
Getting bad battery life too huh? I'm new to this rom and I'm trying out a couple combos. I have setcpu to underclock using smartass. I changed my kernal to one with more havs. I'll report my findings.
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No I really havent gotten through a whole day with this Rom, so I cant say I have had bad battery life. I just wanted to know what you guys are doing and using out there.
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No I really havent gotten through a whole day with this Rom, so I cant say I have had bad battery life. I just wanted to know what you guys are doing and using out there.
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I haven't gone a whole day either. But I will today. I will let you know how my battery does.
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Im using Netarchys 4.3.1 toastmod CFS HAVS nosbc and I can average 15hours with standard use, 24+ hours if i ignore my phone all together.
I use SetCPU and Juice Defender (it turns off data when my screen is off) and i easily get a day of battery life, my minimum is 12 hours and that is if I am constantly using it
I have been using Myn's 2.2 with the netarchy 4.3.1-cfs-havs-nosbc kernal for a few weeks. I have Setcpu profiles to overclock ondemand at 1152 until my battery gets to 30% then runs at 998 after. Also have it underclock at 245 when the screen is off. I can easily get a full day with several texts, a few hours of surfing, a few phone calls and maybe an hour of games (Angry Birds, Let's Golf). Usually plug it in at the end of the day with at least 20% battery left.
"Third -(Root Needed) Set CPU. Have had this on my G1 and N1 and it does nothing but save battery. I currently have it set on 216 - 1000 for when the screen is on and the only profile i have is for when the screen is off and it is at 216-216.
(Alternative) Pimp My CPU. I now am using this for my G2x because I am running custom kernal. Personally I like Set CPU better, but do to the fact that Set CPU can't get past 1000 MHz makes it kinda useless for the G2x Tegra 2. "
This is for the thread "Twenty Hour Of Battery Life" When he says he currently has it set on 216-1000, is he using the "Pimp My CPU"? Also where is that set at exactly? Is it set on the "Main-Scaling Driver" When you open up SetCpu? My "Scaling" is greyed out, I can not set it to "OnDemand" or anything, and yes my phone is rooted, it was the first step in that thread. Both Min, and Max go from 122, 128,245, and 528mHZ, so I am confused on this 216-1000? Also When I go to create a profile, and choose "Screen Off", I have the same issue as above, 216-216? What is that??? Be specific, and I am not a stranger to rooting, etc, so help me out, so I can on to the next step and install "Battery Calabration"
Gv2004 said:
"Third -(Root Needed) Set CPU. Have had this on my G1 and N1 and it does nothing but save battery. I currently have it set on 216 - 1000 for when the screen is on and the only profile i have is for when the screen is off and it is at 216-216.
(Alternative) Pimp My CPU. I now am using this for my G2x because I am running custom kernal. Personally I like Set CPU better, but do to the fact that Set CPU can't get past 1000 MHz makes it kinda useless for the G2x Tegra 2. "
This is for the thread "Twenty Hour Of Battery Life" When he says he currently has it set on 216-1000, is he using the "Pimp My CPU"? Also where is that set at exactly? Is it set on the "Main-Scaling Driver" When you open up SetCpu? My "Scaling" is greyed out, I can not set it to "OnDemand" or anything, and yes my phone is rooted, it was the first step in that thread. Both Min, and Max go from 122, 128,245, and 528mHZ, so I am confused on this 216-1000? Also When I go to create a profile, and choose "Screen Off", I have the same issue as above, 216-216? What is that??? Be specific, and I am not a stranger to rooting, etc, so help me out, so I can on to the next step and install "Battery Calabration"
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20 Views and no response, great...
20 views and no response because no one can understand what you typed
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20 views and no response because no one can understand what you typed
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Haha What typed is pretty simple to understand. I have the app SetCpu and when you open up, you are at the "Main" Tab, "Scaling" is greyed/blacked out, I can not set it to On Demand or Conservative. My phone is rooted, and SetCpu has Root Access.
Now how come scaling is disabled? Also, when the person who created the thread "Twenty Hour Battery Life" said he currently has it set to 216-1000, what does that mean? how do I set it to that? He also mentioned that he created profile for when the screen is off, and set it to "216-216", I do not understand what that means, and how to set it like that? I created a profile "Screen Off", but I am stuck at how to put it to "216-216"?
Ummmm. Iirc set CPU does not work on the g2x yet. Pimp my CPU should.
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Setcpu works fine he needs a custom kernel.. Like mordic or faux..
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On my Nexus One here the only thing I have Setcpu do is when the screen is off it goes to min245 max 384. While using your phone Android regulates your processing power based off of what it needs. While Android does that when the phone sleeps I don't want it going above 384. With my Nexus One I usually get around 18hours + of battery life w/ medium usage. I didn't have my G2x long enough to try out Setcpu but IMO only have setcpu regulate your sleepmode
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Ummmm. Iirc set CPU does not work on the g2x yet. Pimp my CPU should.
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Why do people keep saying this? I guess the author of the app is lying when he says it is compatible and all the people running it successfully are lying also.
SetCpu supports Terga 2 starting with version 2.1.1a
I have no idea where you are getting you info, but you are wrong.
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Why do people keep saying this? I guess the author of the app is lying when he says it is compatible and all the people running it successfully are lying also.
SetCpu supports Terga 2 starting with version 2.1.1a
I have no idea where you are getting you info, but you are wrong.
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I recall reading it here on xda. But that was over a week ago. Like I said iirc does not mean I'm 100% right.
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SetCPU does work with the tegra2 but I am not sure if it is playing nice with the custom kernels made by Faux and Morfic, that is why everyone is using Pimp My CPU
SetCPU works for scaling but not overclocking.
A great free app that DOES work with both of those kernels is CPU Master - find it on the market.
Thanks for clearing that up. I knew something wasn't right with set CPU onthis phone
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What are your settings for CPU Master for the Tmobile G2X? I want to get 20+hours at least, I am using Battery Calabaration from the Market and I charged the phone to 100%, opened up the app which required root access, tapped battery calaberate, then unplugged it, that was at 130 or 1:40, it is now 5:35pm, and it is at 76%, not lasting at all
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I used Titanium Back up to remove the extra apps that take up space and consume battery
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What are your settings for CPU Master for the Tmobile G2X? I want to get 20+hours at least, I am using Battery Calabaration from the Market and I charged the phone to 100%, opened up the app which required root access, tapped battery calaberate, then unplugged it, that was at 130 or 1:40, it is now 5:35pm, and it is at 76%, not lasting at all
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That's great battery life considering its a dual core tegra 2 phone which will always suck alot of battery juice . If you want a 20+ hour device then get a blackberry.
Android phones are known battery leeches. Look into a portable battery charger
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Setcpu does support tegra in G2X but currently does not support oc'ing. The scaling is greyed out on mine to but doesn't affect it sd i have seen.
So if your looking for settings use these for setcpu
Profile battery < 25%
Max 500
Min lowest
Reason: save battery amd extend phone usage
Profile sceen off
Max 1ghz
Min lowest
Reason: will drop to 216 if not using and is in idle but will jumo up if processing power is needed
Profile general (main screen)
Max 1ghz
Min 1ghz
Reason: makes cpu run full steam when using
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Do you overclock or underclock? If so, to what point? If not, why not? What clocking profiles/situations do you have set up? Share your thoughts and experiences.
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Below is the setup that has worked best for me, in terms of performance and battery life. I seem to have found a good balance.
1.2 GHz/245 MHz (Conservative)
Profiles
Screen Off - 768/245 MHz (Conservative)
Charging - 1.2 GHz/245 MHz (On Demand)
In Call - 1 GHz/245 MHz (Conservative)
*Profiles are ordered in terms of priority (e.g., if I am on a phone call and my phone is charging, the charging profile is activated).
*I'm also undervolted.
I keep my phone at ~.7GHz (underclocked) when on battery, 1GHz when on charger, and have profiles for medium (~1.3GHz) and max OC (~1.7GHz), as the kernel will allow, in case I need the extra power for something (like FPSe, chainfire, etc).
I keep mine at 500Mhz...gingerbeast is so beastly it can run decently even at about 200Mhz, I only use maximum...1900Mhz when I am showing off.
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I keep mine at 500Mhz...gingerbeast is so beastly it can run decently even at about 200Mhz, I only use maximum...1900Mhz when I am showing off.
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Damn if it doesn't. Never tried it but since you said it I figured I'd test it. Typing this this at 245mhz, and it actually functions decently, even scrolling this page. I tried this with my captivate and it wouldn't even swipe screens. I'm kinda amazed right now.
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I keep mine at 500Mhz...gingerbeast is so beastly it can run decently even at about 200Mhz, I only use maximum...1900Mhz when I am showing off.
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Wow! If that's the case, I may have to give Gingerbeast a shot
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I keep mine at 768 Mhz when on battery. Just to save some power. But i could even go down to 368 Mhz (which i have <50% battery) and it runs decently. I'm using CM7.
what is this overclocking? and how do i check speeds?
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what is this overclocking? and how do i check speeds?
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Just make sure you have root and use setcpu from market
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i use LeeDroid's GB rom setting smartass setcpu at 245-1036 MHZ
battery can last long time
is there a free version because the only one i see a paid version
Im at 1344mhz daily with absurdly outstanding battery life on leedroid 3.1.1. And I'm using antutu CPU master cause setcpu wouldn't let me adjust the slider. No problems whatsoever.
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Before my phone got jacked "another on the way" i run TPGB with ~1.5ghz top and .232ghz low. Smartass govener, and i use my phone alot. I easily got over a day. Thats with tethering-games-email-calls-messaging,
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I was running at max OC (1.8Ghz with LeeDroid's kernel) for a little bit, but realized I didn't need the speed. Since I'm a PC overclocker as well, I couldn't just let things be at stock, so now I'm at 1.267Mhz max, and .245Mhz min. I'm doing my best not to bump it up more, and going to see how much I get out of my phone. I'm a very light user most of the time, so it's sometimes hard to gauge.
I overclocked for the same reason I OC'd my PC, because I could. That said, I'm running MDJ's kernel on Inspired Ace with the smarta** governor set at 245 min and 1400 max.
Seeing several people using smartass governor. I've been using ondemand....I'm gonna run smartass today and see what happens....
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Mine is at 768 all time, with just one profile that kicks when battery heat crosses 46 C that sets max speed at 537.
Adjusted both to 614 and 384 respectively after looking at above posts.
OC'd and [email protected]
using setCPU and being on CM7, i overclock to 1.7 ghz while the screen is on, using the interactive gov. i also set up a "screen off" profile that is underclocked to 247? mhz so that while my phone sits in my pocket for the majority of the day or on my desk, etc, etc.... it conserves quite a bit of power.
ive been using this set up since i got my inspire on cm7 (whenever that had its first RC) and im getting anywhere from 48-60 hours of usage.
my daily usage includes: tethering, streaming audiogalaxy, ghosttown, pandora. camera stuffs, calls, texts, 2 email accounts syncing, twitter, facebook, calendar, palmary weather updates, and much more stuff. so im going to stick to this set up until someone says they can get more usage with all that going on.
I run min(250 IIRC) and max(1.5) using on-demand.
I was overclocked at 1800 but my phone would freeze sometimes to where i had to pull my battery. So I tried 1000 but 2 days and then 1500. I noticed little difference in battery us and speed. I stuck with 1500 but after reading this thread i am gonna try 750. I never used any battery monitoring widgets. Im gonna try that. I use Leedroid GB btw.
I'm running at 1.2ghz with Coredroid and am happy.
Ok found this in galaxy 3 section, but this is sopposed to work on any multi core phones. Thought I'd share this with u all since I came from g2x. All credit goes to Eugene 373 for making this script. Here its the op
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1745132
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Sorry if link isn't good but haven't made the 10 post yet. U can find this in the t-mobile section of the Samsung galaxy s3. Hope it works for u. Plz post results.
There is an apk in the op. U can just use that. Makes life a lot easier.
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Isn't this the same if we lower our frequency to minimum when the screen goes off. I am sure only cpu0 is used if its below 750mhz or so.
double post, you just posted this in the development section as well
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1748256
Yea I couldn't figure out how to delete one of the post.. mod can plz delete. Sorry guys
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The G2x has no use for these quirks. Nvidia has some special battery saving things in the phone. That's why our phone does not use CPU governors. Just use the phone as is. You can over clock but don't set CPU profiles. The nvidia chip does everything itself.
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zoppp said:
The G2x has no use for these quirks. Nvidia has some special battery saving things in the phone. That's why our phone does not use CPU governors. Just use the phone as is. You can over clock but don't set CPU profiles. The nvidia chip does everything itself.
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Thanks for the info, I never knew that, coming from other Android phones. I was wondering why no kernel had CPU governor options enabled.
zoppp said:
The G2x has no use for these quirks. Nvidia has some special battery saving things in the phone. That's why our phone does not use CPU governors. Just use the phone as is. You can over clock but don't set CPU profiles. The nvidia chip does everything itself.
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We can turn off the core though. Faux's latest cm7 kernel has it.
mormoney said:
There is an apk in the op. U can just use that. Makes life a lot easier.
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do u have a link for the apk for the cpu1 disabler?
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do u have a link for the apk for the cpu1 disabler?
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sorry man but the apk was takin down for a bit.. somthing about the PID making the app shutdown after being off for so long. script still works, and is recommended for now. ill post when apk is back up
thx also what are the permissions for the script cause im using root explorer
which kernels do this already?
I am pretty sure that I was running on only one core when on Trinity ELP when setting it at 750 MHz and lower. Also, the newer Faux 050b6 through 050b9 go to a single core limited to no more than 503 MHz whenever the screen is off.
Is anyone aware if the Trinity T15 shuts down the second core ever?
How about the stock LG or standard CM kernel?
How about Faux's kernels for stock based ROM's? I have recently been on Kwes and Buru stock 2.3.4 ROM's using Faux 014b2 at stock voltage. If I keep the MHz low, I swear my battery performance is better than it ever was using undervolted ELP on CM7 based ROM's.
I just did 35 hours :victory: of moderate usage (about 2 hours talk, 3 hours wifi web, 1 hour text) and still had 45% left in the tank! - With the stock battery that's nearly a year old now...:good:
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I am pretty sure that I was running on only one core when on Trinity ELP when setting it at 750 MHz and lower. Also, the newer Faux 050b6 through 050b9 go to a single core limited to no more than 503 MHz whenever the screen is off.
Is anyone aware if the Trinity T15 shuts down the second core ever?
How about the stock LG or standard CM kernel?
How about Faux's kernels for stock based ROM's? I have recently been on Kwes and Buru stock 2.3.4 ROM's using Faux 014b2 at stock voltage. If I keep the MHz low, I swear my battery performance is better than it ever was using undervolted ELP on CM7 based ROM's.
I just did 35 hours :victory: of moderate usage (about 2 hours talk, 3 hours wifi web, 1 hour text) and still had 45% left in the tank! - With the stock battery that's nearly a year old now...:good:
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Yeah, stock LG 2.3.4 had amazing battery life for me too.
What's the link for Fauxs kernels. I can't find it...damn beer. :beer:
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http://faux.androidro.ms/
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http://www20.zippyshare.com/v/15081794/file.html apk back up if any intrested
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http://www20.zippyshare.com/v/15081794/file.html apk back up if any intrested
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thanks!!!:highfive:
http://www18.zippyshare.com/v/21371263/file.html
Apk update.... bunch of fixes, now puts one cpu down when on a call and more. Check out original thread for changelog
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Hi guys, I was wondering how you test the stability of your undervolting. I have been using StabilityTest but even though I always pass the stress test I know that the phone is unstable because it sometimes reboots.
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Hi guys, I was wondering how you test the stability of your undervolting. I have been using StabilityTest but even though I always pass the stress test I know that the phone is unstable because it sometimes reboots.
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Hey,
Did you manage to undervolt the phone, and it is stable?
Could you publish the voltages?
Also, which ROM, Kernel and governor do you use?
Thanks, Nir
I have s4 processor, on 2.15 hboot s off, running viper one s 2.2 and I went down like 75mv at lowest cpu frequency and 50mv across the board and had no problems at all in a month at least.
I didn't try any lower than that cause I'd rather not push it.
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I tried the set cpu stress test once I think and passed but I've owned the phone for a couple months now and never had a random reboot so that's the true test I guess.
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Hey,
Did you manage to undervolt the phone, and it is stable?
Could you publish the voltages?
Also, which ROM, Kernel and governor do you use?
Thanks, Nir
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I'm on the stock (well, modded by me ) ICS 4.0.4 rom, Bricked kernel, intellidemand governor. I managed to undervolt quite well and I can say it's stable at 1,1V @1,5GHz. I could probably go a bit lower but I still don't know because I haven't find a good stress test which I can rely on. At 1,1V I have no random reboots, though.
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I have s4 processor, on 2.15 hboot s off, running viper one s 2.2 and I went down like 75mv at lowest cpu frequency and 50mv across the board and had no problems at all in a month at least.
I didn't try any lower than that cause I'd rather not push it.
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I tried the set cpu stress test once I think and passed but I've owned the phone for a couple months now and never had a random reboot so that's the true test I guess.
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Yes, I have tried setcpu too. But I always pass every test even if I know the phone is unstable...
Could you please check your voltage value at 1,5GHz?
Thanks!
1150mv at 1.5ghz
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I'm going to switch kernels soon though cause of double tap to wake, keeps waking in my pocket and every reboot it reenables and I have a hard time getting the setting to save as 0.
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I just switched to elementalX kernel for the options on first boot. Disabled dtw and enabled s2w enabled lowest cpu idle (192) and 800mv idle undervolting.
So far so good, seems like my phone is not picky at all. I've actually never had it act up on anything so far, knock on wood.
I have it overclocked to max 1.8ghz now too.
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You can probably go lower than 1150mv @1,5GHz. I don't see any major benefit in battery life, though. The most important effect is the cpu temperature, especially now that's summer.
You were right, I went down further to [email protected] and lowered it equally almost across the board. Still no issues.
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It seems the only way to safely undervolt is trial and error...
I've now undervolted the lowest frequency (192mhz with my kernel) down to 700mv (the minimum allowed) and will see if it's stable.
So far it's stable. 700mv @ 192MHz!
Same here, no problem so far
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To cope with the summer, I've set the frequency to 1242MHz (instead of 1500MHz) and downvolted to 900mv! So huge of a downvolt, if you think that 1500Mhz requires 1,1V. :cyclops:
The user inteface is as smooth as before, no lags at all.
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To cope with the summer, I've set the frequency to 1242MHz (instead of 1500MHz) and downvolted to 900mv! So huge of a downvolt, if you think that 1500Mhz requires 1,1V. :cyclops:
The user inteface is as smooth as before, no lags at all.
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I just tried going down to 925mv at 1242mhz, but I still have max cpu at 1.5ghz, tried to lower it somewhat even across the board without going too low but ended up with a freeze/reboot under load so I have to try higher than that.
I can say that mine is stable at 900mV @1242MHz. It's been weeks without a crash, so far. If your sample is a bit unlucky it's likely that it will be stable at 25-50 mV higher than mine, not bad after all.
I did just that and so far no issues. Thanks
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does anyone actually get any tangible benefits from undervolting? It can't be much more than 2-3 degrees. How much battery percentage is saved on a full charge? how many more minutes do you get?
I can't say at all. My usage is never the same one day to the next and I've been using different ROMs since I started under volting. I will try to check overnight drain with stock vs under volted soon.
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I can't say, either. Nothing that's going to change your life, about battery life. About the temperature I haven't tested in a scientific way, but I can say that now it's cool even if the weather is really hot (30-35°).