[POLL] what cpu governor are you using? - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi!
I would like to know what governor are you using and why.
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I was a fan of the good ol' "ondemand" governor for a while but a few days back I switched to "lagfree" - I heard of its good reputation somewhere inside the general sub-forum - and I ain't going back lol
p.s., You might wanna add a poll to this thread, it'll help, believe me

Hehehe I'm not sure on the list of governor available that's why I did not put an actual poll here.
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My i9023 (Stock 4.0.4 and Matr1x v19 kernel) is currently running with the Lulzactive governor.
I've only had the last week to try a non-stock kernel (Matr1x v18.5), but so far Lulzactive sems to fit my needs well. It's clocked to 100/1200 MHz and everything feels very smooth and it doesn't drain the battery (that's the job of the S-LCD )
I've had good use of this thread which explains the different governors.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1369817

@Lar5 thanks for the link. I've been looking for something like this for quite sometime.
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Lion heart has been great
Nexus S (GSM i9020a)
GummyNex (9.0)
Air Kernel (3.45)
OC 800/100 (Lionheart)
Live OC (100 -Noop)
v6 Supercharged

My setup in the signature
Stock 4.0.4
Matr1x Kernel v19
1000/100
lulzactive

sdhanjal15 said:
My setup in the signature
Stock 4.0.4
Matr1x Kernel v19
1000/100
lulzactive
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Aren't you having lag with 1000 frequency and running ics?
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None at all
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frian79 said:
Aren't you having lag with 1000 frequency and running ics?
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1000 Freq lags in ICS ?

Ondemand. I have tried several others (like lulzactive, smartassv2 and wheatley) but keep coming back to ondemand for the best mix of smoothness and battery life while still being stable. Wheatley gave me the best battery life a few Matr1x versions back but felt slow every now and then. Ondemand is good enough and stays stable.

Mmmhhh... maybe recent ROMS have already optimized it to run in that low freq. Before when early ics roms came out I have to over clock my cpu and always set it to performance governor so that it will run smooth.
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309041291a said:
Lion heart has been great
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I decided to give it a whirl myself. I toned down the CPU speed to 800 and the phone is still flying. I've been using it all day and no complaints. I guess now it's a toss up between lionheart and ol' reliable ondemand.

Ondemand and kickassv2 @ 1.2 love um both

chronophase1 said:
I decided to give it a whirl myself. I toned down the CPU speed to 800 and the phone is still flying. I've been using it all day and no complaints. I guess now it's a toss up between lionheart and ol' reliable ondemand.
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Here is hopefully your deal breaker... I raised the min and Max settings to 1000/200 on Lionheart. Not only am I noticing speed improvements, but the battery got better then what it was .
Nexus S (GSM i9020a)
GummyNex (9.0)
Air Kernel (3.45)
OC 1000/200 (Lionheart)
Live OC (100 -Noop)
v6 Supercharged

Smartass v2
Keep juice when screen off
No lag when screen on
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[ROM] BrainMasters CM9 BLK edition 2.0
[KRNL] AIR Kernel 4.0
[GOV] Lazy @ 200min - 1000max
For me this setup gives very good battery life and does not stutter music through Bluetooth while the screen is off.

aenima777 said:
[ROM] BrainMasters CM9 BLK edition 2.0
[KRNL] AIR Kernel 4.0
[GOV] Lazy @ 200min - 1000max
For me this setup gives very good battery life and does not stutter music through Bluetooth while the screen is off.
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Wow that's great maybe I'll try that ROM. It is usually my problem when it comes to low freq ans qeong governor my music stutters when the screen off. Thabkd
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[Q] Have you managed to OC to 1460MHZ and keep stability?

I'm using AOSP+ ICS ROM with the latest Matr1x kernel. Whenever I try to OC to 1460 the phone freezes and I have to pull the battery, so I'm forced to run at a maximum of 1300MHz.
Also, on a related matter, is it good practice to use SetCPU with various profiles (battery<, temp>, screenoff, charging) for various frequencies? Or should I just use AOSP+ tweaks to chose a min and max frequency and let it be?
Thanks for taking the time to answer these.
Raise all voltages by +30 across the board
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My Phone freezes when i try to OC to 1460
Read the above comment or read my FAQ...god..
Lol
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPclc3eKgiQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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zgomot said:
Also, on a related matter, is it good practice to use SetCPU with various profiles (battery<, temp>, screenoff, charging) for various frequencies? Or should I just use AOSP+ tweaks to chose a min and max frequency and let it be?
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If you are using deep idle you shouldn't underclock since it causes a race-to-idle condition. In other words your battery will drain faster. If you don't use deep idle, feel free to underclock when the screen is off or whatever you want.
sakisds said:
If you are using deep idle you shouldn't underclock since it causes a race-to-idle condition. In other words your battery will drain faster. If you don't use deep idle, feel free to underclock when the screen is off or whatever you want.
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To the point and verry helpful, thanks a bunch
mathkid95 said:
Raise all voltages by +30 across the board
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Can I do this via AOSP+ tweaks and still use SetCpu to OC and UC? Are they conflicting apps? (Deep idle OFF)
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I would recommend just using setcpu
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mathkid95 said:
Raise all voltages by +30 across the board
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Just an update, Using CNA 1.4.0 and Matr1x v17, I am stable oc'ed to 1460.
this is what I am running
1)800/1460
2)gov =Ondemand
3)Scheduler =Noop
4)all voltages to +30 (used the cna rom's voltage tweaker)
I tried ShadowGun: the Leftover.. and It was flying. Of course, make sure that have enough battery or that you have a charger ready. But finally it works, try this and let me know
I can run it for 10-20 min of usage then get a freeze. I never raised the voltages before though. It seems like its working for other people. And the actual developer of Matrix Kernel is telling you to ....
Nexus S (GSM i9020a)
AOKP (Build 25)
Eugene's Kernel (Speedy 7)
OC 800/100 (Lionheart)
Live OC (105)
It still amazes me how so many people that ask about overclocking have no frigging idea at all how cpus/gpus in general are binned etc.
I have a question. Why do you guys overclock that much? It might be snappy but battery life is just bad and it just doesn't worth it in my opinion.
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albundy2010 said:
It still amazes me how so many people that ask about overclocking have no frigging idea at all how cpus/gpus in general are binned etc.
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Care to shed some light for us people that have no frigging idea at all how cpus/gpus in general are binned etc? If not, well... why did you even bother posting?
ljordan2 said:
I have a question. Why do you guys overclock that much? It might be snappy but battery life is just bad and it just doesn't worth it in my opinion.
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Personally, I do it because I can. Seriously... I'm a geek, I love gadgets and tech and I like to tinker.
On the subject at hand, I'm still unable to OC to 1460 (ARM voltages +30, INT voltages +25) but at 1300 it runs fine, no issues whatsoever.
i can run 1460 stable all day. bigxie/matrix. just did +30 to all the voltages above 1000. deadline and lulzactive..
If you are a geek you would know about something as simple as binning chips. Do what a tech geek would do...look it up. Same thing the op should have done with his ?. Hell mathkid has a answer to his ? In the op of his kernel thread. Which is the kernel he is running
albundy2010 said:
If you are a geek you would know about something as simple as binning chips. Do what a tech geek would do...look it up. Same thing the op should have done with his ?. Hell mathkid has a answer to his ? In the op of his kernel thread. Which is the kernel he is running
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You're kinda bitter for someone married to a busty redhead
jesusice said:
You're kinda bitter for someone married to a busty redhead
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Haha, I thought so too.
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Poll: Which governors do you use the most in your kernels?

I decided to start a thread for governors used in your favorite kernels such as eugene373-kernel or ezekeel-kernel OR steve.garon-kernel OR mathkid95-kernel OR netarchy-kernel OR terryhau-kernel OR morfic-kernel ..... I may be missing a couple but I think these are the most used kernels for our Nexus S devices.
The reason for this poll is to help our devs include/exclude governors not being used at all or the least used! And also to establish what is the most used governor giving a hint to our devs to maybe start hacking them to make them even better.
Lulzactive v2. It gives me a nice control over how it works so I can tweak on my needs.
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lulzactive V2
Thanks guys! I just added the options for voting your best governor, if you do not mind please VOTE and also add what IO-scheduler is used as well.
ondemand..
15000 sampling rate, 98 up threshold.
Lulzactive V2 with SIO Scheduler.
This is great!!! Tks for the votes! Let's help our devs with DATA and we help them help us!
BTW, I am using LULZACTIVEV2 - SIO combo as well!
Lazy smartass
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I'd like to use lulzactive v2 but it has too many options to configure and I like it simple so I switched to smartass v2 + sio
provolinoo said:
I'd like to use lulzactive v2 but it has too many options to configure and I like it simple so I switched to smartass v2 + sio
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This is my favorite configuration as well.
lulzactivev2 is up.... yep it has more options, therefore better to test for more battery savings!
I read good things about new governor eugene373 implemented in his kernel called *scary*.... might try this one later when done testing steve.garon's kernel and lulzactive gov.
Interactive is the best for me. I recall a kernel/rom dev stating that he uses solely interactive as well.
I've been on math kids kernels since 5.0 on ginger bread cfs and smart ass v2 btw. I've tried lag free but it makes my music player stutter when the screen is off. My phone likes speedy kernels too so I switch back and forth
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Lazy with Max screen off
Good ol' ondemand for me.
Ondemand here.
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Lulzactive V2 (I REALLY wish it had a better name!) with SIO. Works best with Matr1x, SG-NS-ICS and ICUP on my NS.
Edit: I think I got a little hasty answering this, Ondemand, by far the one I've used most, considering I used to run Oxygen on my Desire and Thalamus' kernels are phenomenal. So Ondemand for me too.
Ondemand for me.
Ondemand and lulzactivev2 winning the race!
I can confirm sio-lulzactive work nicely with Steve.Garon, eugene373, mathkid95. I had more success with Matr1x kernel with this combo my battery last me 30+ hours of heavy use!
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Just did a fresh install of latest Peter Alfonso's ROM and speedy 5 kernel.... I'm testing the scary governor along with noop IO scheduler... so far so good!

Lousy Quadrant Score on CNA 1.5.5

Hey guys
I just installed Codename Android 1.5.5 + Matr1x Kernel 18.0 after using CM9 nightly 0304 + Matr1x Kernel 17.5 for a while. I used to run CNA 1.4 but stopped using that as it got very slow after a few hours.
The Quadrant score I was getting on CM9+Matr1x 17.5 was around 2000 with no overclock. Now that I am running CNA 1.5.5 + Matr1x 18.0 i'm only getting a score around 1100...
The ROM feels fine and snappy, but this low score worries me. Is this normal or does this maybe mean there's a problem somewhere?
Thanks!
I'm on same rom same kernel and overclocked to 1430 and only getting 1400s
Ok, so I guess this is normal...
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I am running 1.5.5, with Air Kernel 3.6, scary governor and overclocked to 1400, I scored around 2600 with this set up on Quadrant.
I tested the rom after flashing it and it scored it at 1100.
Oh I applied the BM tweaks from CNA utility as well
I am waiting to see how the ram holds up, 1.40 would drain after a few hours, as how the battery lasts, so far it is looking good on both of those items.
I haven't tried to many roms, I liked this one as son as I loaded it, loads all my apps from the market, seems very stable even with it overclocked.
I have read that Gingerbread is really stable and fast but I don't want to loose my native music.flac support on this rom. I have read that 4.04 and 4.05 will have better battery, I am hoping so, as I don't want to go backward to Gingerbread unless I have to.
I applied brain masters tweaks and went from around 1100 to 1800 with no overclock and the rom feels much better now. Now I'll just have to see about battery life but I'm a happy man at the moment
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Quadrant score isn't everything. User experience is a lot more important than benchmarks.
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You are absolutely right. I use the benchmark simply to measure how the rom is before I get a good feel for it. In this case it feels much better after the tweaks.
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ljordan2 said:
Quadrant score isn't everything. User experience is a lot more important than benchmarks.
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yep .. +1 to that
Clean install using BM rom wipe + Air 3.6 + BM tweaks from CNA1.4 + Deep idle patch for 1.5.5
Deadline + ondemand 100 - 800 with Up Threshold @ 95%.
After 16hrs I've got 68% battery left
Q score between 2000 & 2100 when set to 1000MHz
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ljordan2 said:
Quadrant score isn't everything. User experience is a lot more important than benchmarks.
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I completely agree to this.. I rely on the feel of the ROM when I use them..
ljordan2 said:
Quadrant score isn't everything. User experience is a lot more important than benchmarks.
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FULL ACK...!
I'm still using 1.4.0 with Air Kernel 3.6 and the supercharger script. I have insanely good performance though battery life has taken a hit over the last few days.
I would like to install BM's tweaks though I'm not sure which version goes with this particular ROM.
If you want higher Quadrant scores try the Trinity T144 kernels. But Quadrant Standard says nothing about the performance of the ROM.. it's just a score.
Yeah, quadrant score isn't everything. The ROM feels fine now but I'm getting the occational freeze requiring a battery pull. I've been running with no overclock but at the moment am running 100/1300 Lulzactive with no issues so far.
Battery life is not good though. I'm at about 50% after 7 hours on battery with light usage

Post your stable PBJ settings

As the title states, put up your dukes!
Running manually debloated stock odex'ed
0502 PBJ EXT4
Scheduler BFQ
Governer Performance
100Mhz-No UV
400Mhz-No UV
1000Mhz-No UV
1,400Mhz-No UV
There is still an annoying lag here and there but for the most part it rips!
Eclipse v1.4, FP1 radios, sio scheduler, smartassV2 governor, 0130 PBJ
Code:
1400MHz -> -50mV (don't typically use this one)
1300MHz -> -50mV
1200MHz -> -50mV
1000MHz -> -75mV
800MHz -> -100mV
400MHz -> -100mV
200MHz -> -125mV
100MHz -> -150mV
[edit: Forgot to add my governor. OP, you use performance all the time? How does that not destroy your battery?]
Tweaked v2
PBJ May EXT4
0-800mhz -100mv smartassv2 sio
Anything else?
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Tweaked 2
Pbj 0502
Smartasv2
1200 - 50
1000 -75
800 -100
400 -125
200 -150
100 -200
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Cilraaz said:
[edit: Forgot to add my governor. OP, you use performance all the time? How does that not destroy your battery?]
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I have to give it a week or so to see how battery consumption is.
You guys' phones are so heavily undervolted.
No performance problems with that? Music playback difficulties?
bwheelies said:
I have to give it a week or so to see how battery consumption is.
You guys' phones are so heavily undervolted.
No performance problems with that? Music playback difficulties?
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No problems for me. And performance governor means the phone stays at max frequency all the time. You should never use it for real usage just for testing.
bwheelies said:
I have to give it a week or so to see how battery consumption is.
You guys' phones are so heavily undervolted.
No performance problems with that? Music playback difficulties?
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Undervolting has zero to do with performance. The danger with undervolting is instability. If you undervolt too much, you'll crash because your CPU can't draw enough power to do an operation.
A certain CPU is able to do a certain amount of work in a given clock cycle, and that amount of work does not change in the slightest with voltage.
EDIT: Also, as JihadSquad said, performance keeps your CPU at 100% maximum clock speed at all times. It doesn't let it slow down. It is brutal on a battery for no real world gain.
Anyone notice when using smart ass governor it won't overclock to 1400 , it can over chick anything else but not 1400 for some reason so I have it at 1440
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And I'm using set cpu
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Ahh 1.5ghz is so smooth!, I'm running that from now on, it improves touch sensitivity
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juanzr1 said:
Ahh 1.5ghz is so smooth!, I'm running that from now on, it improves touch sensitivity
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Lucky lucky piece of silicon right there. Mine can only get to 1400 and at 1440 it starts freezing sometimes, 1500 unusable.
JihadSquad said:
Lucky lucky piece of silicon right there. Mine can only get to 1400 and at 1440 it starts freezing sometimes, 1500 unusable.
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I can only get 1300 on mine. 1400 randomly reboots on me after a while.
JihadSquad said:
Lucky lucky piece of silicon right there.
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Or unlucky. At SetCPU's default for 1500MHz, it's running +325mV (+27.7%) from stock. So it's either really good silicon or a contender for a replacement in a few months.
Eclipse 2.0
CWM version 5.0.2.7
Baseband i510.06.FP1
Kernel 2.3.35.4-EP4-g311a209
Build SCH-I510.FP1
Lag is brutal sometimes. Speaker crackles and pops. Phone calls only last a couple minutes before the person on the other end can't hear me.
I am looking for a better solution. Any pointers would help greatly.
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Eclipse 2.0
CWM version 5.0.2.7
Baseband i510.06.FP1
Kernel 2.3.35.4-EP4-g311a209
Build SCH-I510.FP1
Lag is brutal sometimes. Speaker crackles and pops. Phone calls only last a couple minutes before the person on the other end can't hear me.
I am looking for a better solution. Any pointers would help greatly.
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For one thing, you're running an EP4 kernel with a FP1 rom and radio. Install a FP1 kernel, either stock (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1582470) or PBJ (http://rootzwiki.com/topic/137-05-04-12peanutbutta-jelly-time/) and go from there.
shrike1978 said:
For one thing, you're running an EP4 kernel with a FP1 rom and radio. Install a FP1 kernel, either stock (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1582470) or PBJ (http://rootzwiki.com/topic/137-05-04-12peanutbutta-jelly-time/) and go from there.
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I think I need to deal with the file system first. I have that discussion going in another thread.
Perhaps Odin back to stock and reapplying changes in order is in order.
JihadSquad said:
Lucky lucky piece of silicon right there. Mine can only get to 1400 and at 1440 it starts freezing sometimes, 1500 unusable.
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Well 1500 crashed on me and 1440 was a little better but it also crashed
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What's the highest anyone has overclocked?
IM running
Pbj 0130 kernel ( also I can't get the new kernel to install 0504, it boot loops when I try) any ideas?
Stock ROM
SmartassV2
Overclocked to 1.4mhz
Underclocked at 200mhz
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wolverine38812 said:
What's the highest anyone has overclocked?
IM running
Pbj 0130 kernel ( also I can't get the new kernel to install 0504, it boot loops when I try) any ideas?
Stock ROM
SmartassV2
Overclocked to 1.4mhz
Underclocked at 200mhz
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Did you wipe cache and dalvik. I like doing it before and after flashing kernel and rom.... don't forget to mount system, if that does not do it mount everything.... post the steps you have used before so we can better help you.
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wolverine38812 said:
What's the highest anyone has overclocked?
IM running
Pbj 0130 kernel ( also I can't get the new kernel to install 0504, it boot loops when I try) any ideas?
Stock ROM
SmartassV2
Overclocked to 1.4mhz
Underclocked at 200mhz
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Try to fix permissions before leaving CWM. That has worked for some people trying to go back to stock.

What is up with our beloved sgx540?

Hi people!
As the title says. Why am I getting low scores and performance these days using Jelly Beans (both 4.1 and 4.2). The only cure is Trinity kernel. Let's dig in deeper. The Galaxy Nexus has a sgx540 aswell. It scores around 2600 depends on the device's mood. Other phones with the same gpu too. Without Trinity I score around 1600. When I install Trinity kernel "the problem" disappears. So what did Morfic do and could the other developers do it too? Or is it just me?Do you guys experience it too? I'm running Helly Bean Jan 5th version with it's pre installed kernel. Waiting for reply!
Cheers, Zunex
Galaxy nexus has a higher gpu clock.
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Räph96 said:
Galaxy nexus has a higher gpu clock.
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I do know that question was different. What does trinity has what others don't. I achieved a score of 2300 in Antutu myself. So there is got to be something.
Zunex95 said:
I do know that question was different. What does trinity has what others don't. I achieved a score of 2300 in Antutu myself. So there is got to be something.
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oc bus speed also gpu too as far as i good remember. not only oc cpu thats the difference.
http://www.derkernel.com/jb-crespo.php
This is the Trinity Nexus S/4G kernel for Jelly Bean with 1440MHz CPU And 240MHz GPU clock for ANY Rom (Uses rom's ramdisk).. Tuned colors. optimizations, leaner build.
Sep 25 2012 01:05
mypat said:
oc bus speed also gpu too as far as i good remember. not only oc cpu thats the difference.
http://www.derkernel.com/jb-crespo.php
This is the Trinity Nexus S/4G kernel for Jelly Bean with 1440MHz CPU And 240MHz GPU clock for ANY Rom (Uses rom's ramdisk).. Tuned colors. optimizations, leaner build.
Sep 25 2012 01:05
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That's what I was thinking of too but Bedalus has gpu oc'd kernel too. And +1000 pts with +40mhz OC? There's gotta be something else.But thanks for the answer.

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