Hey,
Have been asking this forever and I really need help for I have tried everything. My Droid Charge just spikes up in CPU usage to 100% and stays there forever never coming down. This usually happens when I am driving and using my GPS and also my bluetooth is connected to the car fm modulator. During this point of time I can't go into any other app to check which app is taking up the cpu cycles and kill it. My only option is to reboot. Can someone please let me know:
1. Is there any app that records cpu usage so that I can diagnose as to what is causing this problem. I don't need an app that tells me which app is using CPU at this point of time since I won't be able to run this app since my phone just freezes. So I need an app that records cpu usage rather that reports it right now.
2. If the above is not possible is there an app that can be used to kill the app that is taking up maximum cpu and something that can be triggered using a hardware switch(like a power button).
3. Will changing the kernel etc. help at all. Right now I am running 2.6.35.7-FP1. Can I flash a kernel without having reload all my apps and data?
have you tried pbj here? http://rootzwiki.com/topic/137-05-24-12peanutbutta-jelly-time/
It says it has low memory killer settings. Now Imnuts may be able to give more insight on what exactly what this setting is. It may help
Also, this may help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1651682
Watchdog task manager lite will do this.
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My version already reads 2.6.35.7-FP1 so that means PBJ has already been installed right?
If you have installed pbj yourself, it is not installed unless you flashed tweaked 2.1 in either case i recommend reflashing it anyways and make sure to mount system. Also use cpu spy to monitor what is using your cpu.
Also change your cpu governor in voltage control, I use smartass v2 but conservative might be better for you.
I had installed TweakStock1.4 and I believe it came with pbj TweakStock1.4PBJext4.zip. How do I confirm that pbj is installed. The rootzwiki page rootzwiki.com/topic/137-05-24-12peanutbutta-jelly-time/said that the kernel version should read 2.6.35.7-FP1.
salilsurendran said:
I had installed TweakStock1.4 and I believe it came with pbj TweakStock1.4PBJext4.zip. How do I confirm that pbj is installed. The rootzwiki page rootzwiki.com/topic/137-05-24-12peanutbutta-jelly-time/said that the kernel version should read 2.6.35.7-FP1.
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The PBJ that came with Tweakstock 1.4 is an outdated one, if that's the last one you installed. If so the latest PBJ is the one with the fixed values, so you should flash that (remember make sure to mount /system in CWM) and it should help.
I believe the pbj that came with that combo is older than what i linked to. Just download it and flash it just in case. It won't hurt anything and its like 6mb so it takes like 1 minute to download if that. It may not make a difference but at least you will be on a current kernel.
I can actually just upgrade to Tweak2.1 but I was wondering will it wipe out all my apps and make reinstall everything again.
salilsurendran said:
I can actually just upgrade to Tweak2.1 but I was wondering will it wipe out all my apps and make reinstall everything again.
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From 1.4 - Well, nothing will make you do a data wipe, but you should.
From 2.0 - No need to, and again nothing will make you do a data wipe.
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I can actually just upgrade to Tweak2.1 but I was wondering will it wipe out all my apps and make reinstall everything again.
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just know updating to 2.1 alone doesn't change the kernel. I suggest you flash the new tweakstock then go ahead and flash the newest pbj kernel.
System Tuner in the play store will also log CPU usage by app
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Watchdog task manager lite will do this.
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Never use task managers.
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ilovesoad said:
Never use task managers.
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The proper line is "Never use Task Killers". Task Managers are perfectly fine.
ilovesoad said:
Never use task managers.
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Watchdog isn't a traditional task killer. It watches for background tasks that are using the CPU excessively and notifies you. It's great for tracking down misbehaving apps.
I installed CPU spy and Watchdog. My system frooze twice today while running Google Navigation and cpu spy told me that my cpu was used at 1000MHz at 93% which is correct but then Watchdog raised no flags or alerts. It always shows 'Android System' as the biggest CPU consumer in my list. It doesn't show Google Navigation or Maps at all in the list. Is Watchdog just reporting on currently running apps or is there any preference I haven't set?
It only shows running apps, and it only raises alerts for background apps. Anything that's in the foreground or visible isn't going to raise an alert.
Here is a thread http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-support-troubleshooting/203542-100-cpu-usage-but-doesnt-add-up.html stating that the problem could be happening because of a weak 4g/3g signal and the phone trying to switch. Is there anything that can cause a smoother switch?
salilsurendran said:
Here is a thread http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-support-troubleshooting/203542-100-cpu-usage-but-doesnt-add-up.html stating that the problem could be happening because of a weak 4g/3g signal and the phone trying to switch. Is there anything that can cause a smoother switch?
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Unfortunately, if it's a weak 4G signal causing the issue, the only solution would be a stronger 4G signal. Otherwise, it will drop to 3G and continually churn while trying to get back to 4G.
I work in an area with little to no 4G signal. I just toggle to 3G mode when I'm at work. Frankly, for battery purposes, I just stay on 3G unless I need 4G speed. None of my background processes need that much bandwidth and if I'm actively doing something, toggling back and forth is simple.
I just updated my kernel with PBJ0504. However, how do I figure out if the PBJ has installed correctly? My kernel version is still the same 2.6.35.7-FP1? Is this PBJ 0504?
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Hi all,
I've been having random reboots/freeze-ups ever since I rooted.
This happens regardless of whether I am OC'ed or at 1ghz. These reboots tend to happen when watching Youtube or when browsing.
Would just like to have a feel of the ground if any of you who are rooted experiencing this?
Maybe we can start off by stating the following:
Kernel:
Clock Speed:
OC app: Setcpu or Droid OC
Governor setting: Interactive, on-demand etc..
Last app you were in that caused reboot:
For me, I am on the following:
Kernel: Tiamat 1.41
Clock Speed: 1ghz or 1.2 ghz
OC app: Setcpu
Governor setting: Interactive
Last app you were in that caused reboot: Youtube, browser
Im not sure if this thread shld belong here but since this is Dev where most of us root and OC, I thought I'd ask it here and hopefully we spot some trends with regard to the reboots.
Pls dun flame me Thanks!
wrong section
Moved to Q&A.
I have the same issue - Canada WIFI version
same problem, Canadian WiFi Version.
Not sure if it's because I flashed 1.4.0 then flash 1.4.1 to get the external sd card to show up. But I noticed after I got the external sd card to work, my usbOTG started working too, but from what I've read that should have been removed in 1.4.1 for stability issues.
Same issue. Using the tiamat kernel. It happens with different apps so its not any one for me.
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Switch to Droid oc and delete setcpu. Worked for me. Interactive. On demand is junk on Xoom. I use on demand on DroidX.
The kernel will Max to 1504 causing reboot (on some Xooms). Some device can't handle 1504, mine included. Superuser will throw up an occasional user permission for Droid oc as it brings the MHz back down to user setting.
I was experiencing random reboots with the same kernel, mostly just browsing in Dolphin HD. I first stopped OC in setcpu but the reboots still occurred. Then I uninstalled/reinstalled Flash 10.2 and cleared Dolphin's data.
So far, it seems to be much more stable and even battery usage has toned down.
This shouldn't have been moved to Q&A. There is enough discussion at this point on this exact topic that it needs to be addressed. There is a serious problem with the over clock in the tiamat kernel and/or the software that is supposed to govern the overclock. The developers here work very hard for all of us to get the most out of our devices and I fully support them in their work, but we are putting ourselves at risk. It is my understanding that SETCPU and Droid Overclock are only able to govern One of the Dual Core processors while the other is overclocked all the time. There is a widget in the Marketplace (Temp+CPU V2) that will enable you to monitor your clock speeds.... See for yourself.
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I installed temp+CPU and don't see two cores. Only one display for MHz and it cycles from 216 to 1200. Is there a screen I'm missing?
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This shouldn't have been moved to Q&A. There is enough discussion at this point on this exact topic that it needs to be addressed. There is a serious problem with the over clock in the tiamat kernel and/or the software that is supposed to govern the overclock. The developers here work very hard for all of us to get the most out of our devices and I fully support them in their work, but we are putting ourselves at risk. It is my understanding that SETCPU and Droid Overclock are only able to govern One of the Dual Core processors while the other is overclocked all the time. There is a widget in the Marketplace (Temp+CPU V2) that will enable you to monitor your clock speeds.... See for yourself.
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This is right where it should be... Development forum is for developing...Discussing does not go there unless its in a thread where something was developed...The tiamat crew knows all about it...they did not make the overclocking, they used someone elses, and are about to remove out. And yes you are correct on the 2nd core.
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bwcorvus said:
This is right where it should be... Development forum is for developing...Discussing does not go there unless its in a thread where something was developed...The tiamat crew knows all about it...they did not make the overclocking, they used someone elses, and are about to remove out. And yes you are correct on the 2nd core.
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Remove it? So no more overclocking? Can't a ROM allow OC and voltage control? But I guess it always comes back to the lack of source code.
Mandelbrot.Benoit said:
But I guess it always comes back to the lack of source code.
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Kernel source is available. It's the rest of Honeycomb that isn't.
So what is the best resolution to the problem? I get at least 5-6 reboots a day...I dl'ed Droid OC and deleted setcpu.
I had a harder time getting it to reboot with Droid OC so I think that's your best solution for now.
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ruvanist said:
So what is the best resolution to the problem? I get at least 5-6 reboots a day...I dl'ed Droid OC and deleted setcpu.
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Flash back the stock kernel.
solarnz said:
Flash back the stock kernel.
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This is probably the best thing to do. If you think about it; Can't be good if your device is rebooting all the time, plus it's just too annoying.
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crauzz said:
This is probably the best thing to do. If you think about it; Can't be good if your device is rebooting all the time, plus it's just too annoying.
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Where can I find the stock kernel? Is it available in xda? Cos i did not back it up.
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Where can I find the stock kernel? Is it available in xda? Cos i did not back it up.
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Yes. Go here > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13178555
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im having issue with my battery life can anybody give me any advice??
Can you elaborate on what kind of battery life you are getting, what kind of usage, and types of activities like bluetooth, wifi, gps usage etc.. Also, let us know if your stock, or custom rom with custom kernel etc..
I just posted some suggestions in another thread, follow link below and read my suggestions on 3rd post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1339479
This is a good place to start. In general though you should be disabling radio's and features that you don't need. Think of it in terms of how you conserve, or should be conserving energy at home. You probably have about a hundred different appliances or light switches that you can turn on at home.. but just because you have them all doesn't mean they should all be on at once! ;-)
i am running the ROM 2.3.5Doctorz RomV8.1 with an infusion 1.1 kernal and i moderatley use my phone and am seeing the battery life of some other people and mines just doesn't compare
xjeffx said:
i am running the ROM 2.3.5Doctorz RomV8.1 with an infusion 1.1 kernal and i moderatley use my phone and am seeing the battery life of some other people and mines just doesn't compare
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Things you can try!
Download CPUSpy from the Market. Check to see if your phone is even going into a deep sleep, If you notice heavy cpu usage then you need to find out exactly which app is causing it and delete it. Widgits and other gizmos that eat ram will also cause bad battery life, try turning sync off, turn data off if your not using it, turn GPS off if your not using it. If you just installed that rom, you need to give it a few days of charge and discharging it completely before the battery can settle in and give you accurate results.
Edit: JuiceDefender is not an option, Recently deleted it to see that I gained back 2% battery after unistalling. Goes to show you battery saver apps don't work.
I had the same issue with mine as well... Charged completely last night before going to bed disabled wifi gps bt etc... Woke up this morning with 38%... I was blown away.... Since have odin back to till i get home to mess with it.... I know everyone has there oww personal preference and i respect that... You have aby suggestions on rom "with working bt", kernal, modem etc... And tweaks/ non tweeks that will get good use?
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Well my experience is Juice defender works very well...especially if you understand how it works and what it is doing. But in your case you are probably have other unrelated issues.
Cpuspy might point you in the right direction but it could be as simple as looking at your settings: applications : running and see if any are continuously "restarting". On new roms I typically see what's running (i.e. sns is problem app for myself) and if I don't like it then use TitaniumBackup to freeze the apps. That combined with juice significantly increases my Infuse's battery life on the various ROMs I've used.
I'm running the original stock Froyo 2.2 UCKH1, I've been on battery for 1day and 17 hours before going dead. Check your apps, check cpu usage. Otherwise you got a bad battery.
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okay so i downloaded cpu spy and i seen that my phone was running at 1.2 ghz most of the time so i set up voltage control to conservative and I saw a big difference and i un installed my task manager
xjeffx said:
okay so i downloaded cpu spy and i seen that my phone was running at 1.2 ghz most of the time so i set up voltage control to conservative and I saw a big difference and i un installed my task manager
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Glad your getting things straightened out, Check out an app called Android Assistant from the Market. Gives a lot of details about your battery, what processes are running and allows you to kill them, also allows certain apps not to run when you boot the phone, cleans cache and history, allows you to move apps to SD, it's got a bunch of tools you may find useful and best of all its free and uses absolutely no battery as for it doesn't run as a service or hang in the background.
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Glad your getting things straightened out, Check out an app called Android Assistant from the Market. Gives a lot of details about your battery, what processes are running and allows you to kill them, also allows certain apps not to run when you boot the phone, cleans cache and history, allows you to move apps to SD, it's got a bunch of tools you may find useful and best of all its free and uses absolutely no battery as for it doesn't run as a service or hang in the background.
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i just have one lil problem whenever i set my govenor to conservative and save it as save on boot it want save always says on demand when i reboot
xjeffx said:
i just have one lil problem whenever i set my govenor to conservative and save it as save on boot it want save always says on demand when i reboot
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Are you sure it's not a kernel issue?
So my Xoom was running really sluggish at times. so I said the heck with it, backed up what I needed and whipd it out!
it still seems pretty sluggish. not terible, but there are a lot of things that are not nearly as smooth as it should be.
the Tablet WAS rooted, and with another Kernal, but i put it all back to stock (I think) and still seems a little off.
ideas?
thanks
eatonjb said:
So my Xoom was running really sluggish at times. so I said the heck with it, backed up what I needed and whipd it out!
it still seems pretty sluggish. not terible, but there are a lot of things that are not nearly as smooth as it should be.
the Tablet WAS rooted, and with another Kernal, but i put it all back to stock (I think) and still seems a little off.
ideas?
thanks
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Stock is the most sluggish. On top of overclocked cpu, I use overclocked gpu kernel as well and the ADW EX launcher. That's a prescription for butter smoothness.
i dont remember it being so slugish when i first got it?
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i dont remember it being so slugish when i first got it?
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Even when you get everything set up the way you want it, things get laggy sometimes.
I do the following: reboot to refresh the system, free up ram by various means, including making sure that no memory hogs are running in the background, etc...Autostart root app helps to keep stuff from starting at or just after boot,which helps you manage your memory too.
Also make sure you are using the interactive (or lagfree if you so desire) governor for your kernel. That solved my laggyness problem with my refurb.
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Hi
What is lagfree? Is it a kernel? How to get that?
Is there a good app to show what is using the most memory or resources so i can uninstall? I use advanced task killer and it kills my apps every now and then and performance improves but they comr back even thougj i didnt run them. How can i prevent apps from loading into mem except when i launch. I went to their settings and disables anything that runs on interval but they still run.
Thanks.
Note; currently i am 3.2.1 rooted.
As I said, Auto Starts is a great app to control what runs automatically. I also use Active apps to show me what is running so I can close it if needed. There are a number of good root apps that can do the trick. Why not check out the list in the Xoom Heaven thread at the top of page one of the General Forum.
Thanks for the reply I will give that a try...
I noticed having a lot of open browser tabs kills the speed big time.
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Even bone stock the Xoom is not sluggish. I would say there is a problem or you did not fully wipe the device. On some devices the kernel could potentially cause a problem.
If memory is not super low, connection speeds is usually the culprit.
I want to share my setup with you guys for getting good battery life which lasts the day without making you compromise on the features. The primary things I've seen on the forums so far has a lot of involved setup and frankly by the time you get it perfect, you will flash a new ROM and have to re-do a lot of it and so on, overall it's not the worth the hassle.
This is usually what my days look like and I manage to last the entire day:
I keep wifi and GPS on always, regardless of whether I'm using it or not.
Get a fair bit of calls because I live away from family so they all call a lot (I have a massive family, so we are talking about 5-6 hrs of talking everyday).
I like to read news from news republic and I'm subscribed to a lot of stuff there so I go through like 2000+ articles in a given day.
XDA like every few hrs (damn ICS!).
Text messages are also flowing throughout the day with the woman being on the other side of the country and all (100+ a day?).
I have facebook on push (not an addict but active enough to mention)
My gmail, school and exchange are all on push for email so they I see a fair bit there
The setup is VERY easy to setup and replicate. It doesn't require you to lose out on features or use your phone at an anorexic level either. You don't need a task manager or watch your processor non-stop either.
So without further delay, here we go:
Pick a ROM
I'm using Seanster_GBaxe EX v1.5.1 from the T-Mobile section, you can find it here.
Get faux's kernel
The reason for this particular one is because it's given the best results when it comes to undervolting and overclocking without SOD. You can find the kernel here.
Get System Tuner
This is available on market. There are alternatives but for this post, I will be making all the references from this app.
Get the AGPS patch from crypted
This isn't for battery directly but it does get locks VERY fast and you waste less clock cycles getting the signal. Less clock cycles wasted, more battery saved. The patch is available here.
I personally use the v3.0 Google CWM Build (scroll down his post and you will see it)
Get the V6 SUPERCHARGER from zeppelinrox
This is available here. Why the beta one? It works fine.
Okay, at this point you can pretty much store these things together in a neat little folder on your SD card because it makes a perfect library. So let's get started, I'll assume that we are starting from scratch. The order for everything will be as follows:
Get into recovery and install your ROM
This I shouldn't have to explain, the instructions you can find on the ROM thread.
Install the kernel
Same with this, read the kernel thread.
Install the GPS patch
Same with this as well
Boot into ROM
Hmm.... hopefully you can manage this
Restore all your backups and apps, accounts and whatever else
Using titanium here is always good
Install System Tuner
Okay, let's get started. Although faux has done an amazing job with the kernel, there's always the personal bias that goes into making things so his balanced settings might not reflect yours (nor mine but you will be tweak even those soon).
Inside System Tuner, go to CPU:
The first you thing you should choose is whether you want to keep the 1.72 GHz OC or not. I kept it but if you want to get even more you can lower to stock 1.56 GHz or go even lower, your choice. Once you set the max, set the min to 384 MHz. Set it once and you don't need to do it again after. Leave the governer to ONDEMAND.
Now go to the Voltage tab:
Be careful here, this can crash you if you go too far. What we do here is globally undervolt, you can do that by hitting the -12.5 mV button over and over. I use -75 mV (press the button 6 times, for those bad at math). Keep in mind that all chips are NOT THE SAME!!! -75 mV might be too much for you or you might even be able to get to -100 mV, find out by doing it.
Now go back to the CPU tab and hit Boot Settings:
Hit Screen-off behavior:
Governor - No changes
Max frequency - 384 MHz (push doesn't lag at all still so don't worry about notifications)
Max frequency/in call - 384 MHz (yes, calls don't require full blast, they work fine even under 500 MHz)
Now go back
Hit Governors behavior:
Sampling rate - Unchanged (faux has it done perfect)
Up-threshold - 75 (what's this? This means that the CPU will scale to higher frequencies when the load is above 75%)
Power-save Bias - 70 (what's this? This means that the CPU will be "biased" towards lower frequencies when load is below 70%)
Setting the Power-save Bias higher than the Up-threshold is obviously stupid so make sure you did it right.
Now go back
At the bottom, there is a whole bunch of tweaks:
Hit Re-apply CPU settings, choose init.d script (you can choose boot too but init.d works 100% of the time)
Hit Boost app loading, choose init.d
Hit Clear cache, choose init.d
Now go back
Find the Startups section and disable whatever you don't want running at boot (this is purely a personal thing).
Install V6 script
His instructions are very good so I'll assume that you have gotten it installed. Once you have it running, choose option 9, the 1000 HP one. Reboot. Run script again, make sure you've got it at 100% supercharged. Done. Reboot just to be sure again.
All done! Now, I know that was lengthy but here's the awesome part. Make a titanium full backup of System Tuner and you NEVER have to do that again for ANY ROM as long as you use the same kernel!! The script is unfortunately the only thing you have to re-apply, probably that has a quick setup too but I'm new to it so I can't give you shortcuts on it.
Hope you have luck with this and it works for you. I promise nothing and if you break your phone please don't come crying to me because you chose to do this yourself. It works for me so I shared it!! Any suggestions are welcome of course.
Note: NO task manager required!! I will modify this for cm7 if needed.
nice job. thanks a lot!
You're using the rc6.1 correct?
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Thanks for the detailed write-up.
Are you in an LTE market? A full day on LTE would be pretty awesome.
For the screen-off behavior, do you think one can get away with using the smartass governor instead?
I'm using the RC6, tad older I guess.
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jedah said:
Thanks for the detailed write-up.
Are you in an LTE market? A full day on LTE would be pretty awesome.
For the screen-off behavior, do you think one can get away with using the smartass governor instead?
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I'm not in LTE area :-(... Would be nice because that's why I got the phone but then I had to move so can't say anything about LTE.
As for smartass, what kernel are you using? Smartass works very similar to the modified ondemand settings that I set up so it wouldn't make a difference as far as I forsee.
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I tried this, will post results later. Thanks for the great tutorial
If you could post screen shots of your CPU Spy that would be helpful! How well does your phone do on going into deep sleep? On average from what to what time does yours last you? I'm just skeptical about setting the screen off behavior cause that usually prevents the phone from going to Deep Sleep.
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If you could post screen shots of your CPU Spy that would be helpful! How well does your phone do on going into deep sleep? On average from what to what time does yours last you? I'm just skeptical about setting the screen off behavior cause that usually prevents the phone from going to Deep Sleep.
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You're right about the deep sleep, don't let it go into deep sleep. It lasts me 12 hours normally. I'll get you screenshots when I get a chance.
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Mine goes into deep sleep with screen off behavior setup.
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You're right about the deep sleep, don't let it go into deep sleep. It lasts me 12 hours normally. I'll get you screenshots when I get a chance.
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Dont you think the phone waste alot more battery though when it doesn't go into deep sleep? I've also found that WiFi tends to create a nasty wake lock. My set up is Sky ICS Speed with Faux Clock 1.296 ghz max -384 mhz min. -37.5 u/v LTE on all day, extremely heavy usage. 12 hour battery life on average.
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Mine goes into deep sleep with screen off behavior setup.
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Which kernel are you using?
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Which kernel are you using?
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Using faux kernel with foxstar rom.
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Dont you think the phone waste alot more battery though when it doesn't go into deep sleep? I've also found that WiFi tends to create a nasty wake lock. My set up is Sky ICS Speed with Faux Clock 1.296 ghz max -384 mhz min. -37.5 u/v LTE on all day, extremely heavy usage. 12 hour battery life on average.
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From what I've noticed with the faux kernel, it goes into deep sleep after some time on it's own, regardless of the screen-off behavior. I haven't opened up the source to check it out for a better explanation but that's something I doubt is worth exploring since the performance doesn't take any hit.
I haven't chosen to underclock to 1.2 but it should do better than the 12 hrs I get now if I did do that. I have a tendency to start GTA 3 and start playing whenever I get bored so that's why I went OC rather than under. For others looking strictly to use the phone with minimal gaming, this would be a good option. LTE isn't available in my area so I can't test with it but the WiFi radio uses just as much battery as the LTE, if not more I have a feeling.
Trying eugene's kernel from today to see if the lionheart governor does better than the current setup. I will know in a couple of days because every ROM flash needs a couple of charge cycles before it accurately shows battery status.
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Using faux kernel with foxstar rom.
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Do you get any SOD? Everything working okay? Is the setup different than what I've got up there? Would like to know and try it out, can update the OP accordingly.
Just finished with eugene's kernel and the results were pretty disappointing. Looks like the second core is always kept on regardless, faux's kernel turns the second core offline until usage demands need it.
If anyone knows how to tweak eugene's to stop that from happening, do share.
kr3w1337 said:
Just finished with eugene's kernel and the results were pretty disappointing. Looks like the second core is always kept on regardless, faux's kernel turns the second core offline until usage demands need it.
If anyone knows how to tweak eugene's to stop that from happening, do share.
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Can you clue me location of his latest ROM? Or is it somewhere in the Macnut thread on TMO side of the fence?
InstigatorX said:
Can you clue me location of his latest ROM? Or is it somewhere in the Macnut thread on TMO side of the fence?
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Using darkside ROM at the moment with the faux kernel, had the Eugene kernel but I noticed that the second core is kept alive regardless of usage and that wasn't helping so I changed back to faux.
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thanks for the awesome write up!
Did it last night, and lasted the day without a sweat! However, my min frequency wont stick? I have it set to stock frequency 1.5, using faux kernal, and my voltages arent as low as yours (im not a crazy user like you.. maybe an hour of talking a day, lots of texts and emails tho), but i cannot get my min frequency of 3xx to stay. Suggestions?
Thanks!
edit- running stockMod v1.0
im sorry, i have a hard time believing you talk for 6 hours and scroll thry 2000 pages of web and get a day of use. I myself could get about 1.5 days on battery strictly by staying home, connected to wifi all day and barely talking on the phone. i would like to see a screenshot of battery usage at the end of your day
I was this kernel for a couple days and it was almost perfect. However after a couple hours voodoo sound app would tell me the rom author broke the app and the kernel didnt support voodoo sound. I tried googling but no real answer as to how to fix it.
I downloaded the voodoo app from the devs site and uninstalled the one I had installed from play store. After I installed the app everything worked for a couple hours then the popup message about it being broke. A reboot would solve it but shortly after it would break.
This only happened on the versions with oc/uv natively activated. Finally used gremlin remover and started over. Only I flashed v1 and the voodoo app from the dev site. So far everything seems good.
Has anybody else noticed this? I like the voodoo sound processor better than dsp or the beats audio ports.
yes, also when there was no voodoo sound, just voodoo lagfix. Sometimes reinstalling the Voodoo app from market fixes this, sometimes you have to reinstall the rom. I think files get corrupted.
I seems that Supercurio (author of Voodoo Sound app) checks if his app was installed from market, even if it's free. This means that this app cannot be pre-installed with a ROM, it has to be downloaded by the user. Nothing really bad about it, just uninstall with Titanium and reinstall from market.
I think I figured it out. I could reproduce the results by using tegrak on the oc/uv native kernel like you would on the non-native oc/uv kernel.
@AntonX yes it is to avoid the cracked apps from being used. However he also has the app listed on his own site.
Hey, I have a question: Why don't we use NoLED instead of BNL as NoLED is free, too and it doesn't drain battery so much (I'm using it and still get 15+ hours w heavy use - always OC to 1.4)...so, What is the advantages of BNL over NoLED? (Have everyone ever tried NoLED?)...
daothanhduy1996 said:
Hey, I have a question: Why don't we use NoLED instead of BNL as NoLED is free, too and it doesn't drain battery so much (I'm using it and still get 15+ hours w heavy use - always OC to 1.4)...so, What is the advantages of BNL over NoLED? (Have everyone ever tried NoLED?)...
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NoLED has never really required kernel support. I've tried it and didn't like it. Your screen stays on, it drains you battery. I've also tried BLN (BackLightNotifications), my screen stays off and my battery drains less than with NoLED. Now users have a choice, they can use whichever one they wish. User demand for BLN is higher because it's better.
Ya, I see, at first I also had the sreen always on but seem like it had option to turn of the screen use the sensor so when in pocket or be up side down, it not drain much, anw just bcause of your post, I will go and test BLN now and will mark on battery drainage btween BLN and NL w srnsor option thanx u
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I prefer NoLED too. In my experience the difference in battery drain is negligible. I just got used to the customized notifications that NoLED provides. Being able to tell what type of notification I'm getting without having to unlock the phone is very useful.
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Hi guys
I have found that all AntonX's kernels after ver. 1b3 are having trouble to have more than 65MB RAM free working with Adrenaline Shot 14.1.
On ver. 1b3 I have 118MB RAM free without a problem.
For me it is fine, since I couldn't care less about UV/OC. Phone is already fast & battery drained as it as.
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If i'm using VB final, what's the ideal kernel for me to use, to OC my phone?
So I just installed re installed tegrak today to boost up to a 1.2 (that's what I've always run). When I opened it I found it was already clocked at 1.4? I thought you had to enable the OC before it took effect?
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... thought you had to enable the OC before it took effect?
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I'm pretty sure that tegrak will see those higher frequencies regardless if you've set them... It should limit itself to whatever you set under governor scaling
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so real odd issue. If Im plugged into my computer charging app that run off the sdcard will not load. The sdcard is still mounted icons show up just fine but various apps will not load or lag. As soon as I unplug it they will load perfect. This only happens with usb charging.
v1.1rc3.test2 on unnamed rom.