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Collin_ph battery tweak V3 RC2 is released!

In case you don't already know, this script is written for CM6 roms, but has been ported to many others. The main purpose is to increase battery life and performance of the phone it's running on.
To install, simply download the file in the link below, copy it to your SD card, reboot into recovery and flash it.
As always, the latest version still can get around 24+ hours of battery life with normal usage under CM6 on a HTC Hero.
I only test this tweak on the Hero CDMA, but it's possible that it works on other phones. I really do expect that this will be the last version of V3 and will become "final" one we've verified that it works on all phones.
New features:
Allows disk scheduler changes for even faster disk access.
CFS Tweak (disabled by default) modified to play nicer with GPS.
Collin_ph Battery Tweak v3 RC2: http://www.primoweb.com/froyo/collin_ph_battery_tweak_v3_rc2.zip
Documentation: http://www.primoweb.com/froyo/battery_tweak_v3.html
Please check the doc page often as I've not yet updated the battery tweak from other versions yet.
Please note, if you're new, there is a lot of features that aren't covered here, such as the ability to configure nearly every tweak within battery tweak, so PLEASE check out the docs. If you have any questions please let me know. Thanks!
Thanks to:
Decad3nce for porting rc1 to the eris, and for working with me to develop this release.
Tomatosoup for helping work on the next release which will be called tweaktool.
There's not much there now, but keep your eyes peeled on tweaktool.com -- once that tool is available, it should work on many more phones and be available on the market.
NOTE: Several users have let me know that they are getting marked improved performance by changing the scheduler from "ondemand" to "interactive" through the custom settings. The "ondemand" scheduler is the default in RC2, but will most likely be replaced with the "interactive" scheduler in the final release. You may consider choosing a custom option at this point and changing the scheduler to "interactive". I'd appreciate any input you may have on this subject.
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By the way, I'm saving up to take my kids to see the last launch of the space shuttle Discovery on November 1st. If you like and use the tweak, please consider donating using the following link:
Or at least upvote my reddit thread
http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/dk53y/garage_sale_to_support_taking_my_kids_to_see_the/

WEWT!!
wewt! you the man

Thanks so much! I'll give this a shot on ZenEXP tonight and let you know how my battery does tomorrow.
So in this update do I still have to run batt-cfg to get everything set up? Also, can I check if it's working the same way? (pidoff bat.sh?)

You don't have to run batt-cfg, it should run as is unless you want to tweak the settings. and the command to check if it is working is pidof batt.sh

Love the battery life I get with you battery tweak. Just installed the rc2, thanks for the awesome work.

Having problems with the link. Anyone else?
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Macanage said:
Having problems with the link. Anyone else?
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Nope, just d/l'd.
Thanks for this collin_ph

Says its down for me.
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The Xda "App" on the phone does not show the attached zip that is at the bottom of the forum post.
Probably will have to go to Xda via the browser.
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Jon.StatiK said:
Says its down for me.
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Says down for me also
OOPS Another d/l link at the bottom of the post

Sorry about the site being down folks, had a problem with the server. It's back up and running, luckily I had attached the file to the thread. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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Sorry about the site being down folks, had a problem with the server. It's back up and running, luckily I had attached the file to the thread. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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bump. 10char

Works great with cm6 stable. Definitely my preference over setcpu or OC widget. Thanks alot.
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So I was looking through the batt.sh code and saw that swapiness was set to 0. Does this imply that paging in/out drains battery?

Is there any typos in this release? lol jk.. but really
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Is using this tweak with the #14 uncapped kernel ok? should i delete setcpu, before i flashed this tweak i was getting 4.8 linpack after install it went to 3.9 what am i doing wrong lol

dirkydirk23 said:
Is using this tweak with the #14 uncapped kernel ok? should i delete setcpu, before i flashed this tweak i was getting 4.8 linpack after install it went to 3.9 what am i doing wrong lol
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Make sure you delete set CPU if you're using this tweak. They don't work well together.

After going over the script code, I noticed that the governor is set to "ondemand". Does that provide better battery life than "interactive"? Also, what is the purpose of the disk tweaks? When they were enabled, my battery life was horrible. Perhaps because I use Darktremor's A2SD?

nspot said:
After going over the script code, I noticed that the governor is set to "ondemand". Does that provide better battery life than "interactive"? Also, what is the purpose of the disk tweaks? When they were enabled, my battery life was horrible. Perhaps because I use Darktremor's A2SD?
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IMO, it really depends on your use.
If you use very intensive applications, you'd want your processor to jump to max right away(ondemand). But lets say that you just unlock your screen to send a quick text, interactive would be a lot better.
Interactive, overall, will always have better battery life. The problem is that it sometimes 'sticks' to the min freq before ramping, making garbage collection crap out something fierce.

Decad3nce said:
IMO, it really depends on your use.
If you use very intensive applications, you'd want your processor to jump to max right away(ondemand). But lets say that you just unlock your screen to send a quick text, interactive would be a lot better.
Interactive, overall, will always have better battery life. The problem is that it sometimes 'sticks' to the min freq before ramping, making garbage collection crap out something fierce.
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I see. I can't say I've noticed the slow ramp-up with "interactive" before, but the note about garbage collection makes sense. But going back to my earlier question, I noticed that the disk tweaks simply amounted to mounting certain directories to new locations. Still unclear on how these increase performance/battery life.
As an aside, the dalvik VM heap parameter is equivalent to the JVM heap, correct?

How to Overclock your Sidekick 4G to 1.2GHz! (Stable)

We can now overclock our sidekicks ! First off all you need is root for this to work.
NEED ROOT!
Overclock can be harmful to your hardware.
Use at your own risk.
PLEASE!
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I shot an email to the dev of an Overclock app called Tegrak Overclock that supports pretty much now every variant of the Galaxy S (II) . I Asked if they'd support our device because of how similar it is to the Galaxy S line. Just a few hours later they replied, letting me know that we had the correct (Hummingbird) Processor and asked a few more questions about our device. By the next morning they sent me an test app and it works perfectly... Allowing us to Overclock to a Stable 1.2GHz!
How it works:
Download the New Updated app from the Market - Tegrak Overclock
When it opens, select Load overclock module. Then it will request root permission, allow it.
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Then select CPU max frequency to overclock up to 1.3Ghz. In my experience, it seems that the highest stable steps were 1.2Ghz and 1.152Ghz, both stable enough for daily use. Its possible that others devices may be able to handle those frequencies better than mine, but always be careful cause overclocking can be dangerous.
Theres alot more features within the app, if you know what your doing you can change a few more settings to your liking. Theres a paid version of the app that grants even more abilities, one that made me not mind buying it was having overclock persist after reboot.
If your going to try out higher frequencies make sure you dont set those settings on reboot unless you know they are stable for you.
Heres my Ultimate Setup, No Lag or Home screen freezing/loading.
-TouchMIUIwiz ROM 2.0
-Bali Kernel + Ext4 Lagfix
-LauncherPro Plus
-Overclocked @ 1.152GHz - Reaching over 2060 on quadrant
And my battery easily last a whole day, see how your setup works with your overclock.
Have fun overclocking your sidekicks, and many Thanks to the Devs behind Tegrak Overclock !

I tried I this morning and set I to 1.152ghz and did a qurand test and got 1523 on stock KG2.
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Trying this right now , i have to speak to you privately on aim ?
ayoteddy said:
We can now overclock our sidekicks ! First off all you need is root for this to work.
I shot an email to the dev of an Overclock app called Tegrak Overclock that supports pretty much now every variant of the Galaxy S (II) . I Asked if they'd support our device because of how similar it is to the Galaxy S line. Just a few hours later they replied, letting me know that we had the correct (Hummingbird) Processor and asked a few more questions about our device. By the next morning they sent me an test app and it works perfectly... Allowing us to Overclock to a Stable 1.2GHz!
How it works:
Download the New Updated app from the Market - Tegrak Overclock
When it opens, select Load overclock module. Then it will request root permission, allow it.
Then select CPU max frequency to overclock up to 1.3Ghz. In my experience, it seems that the highest stable steps were 1.2Ghz and 1.152Ghz, both stable enough for daily use. Its possible that others devices may be able to handle those frequencies better than mine, but always be careful cause overclocking can be dangerous.
Theres alot more features within the app, if you know what your doing you can change a few more settings to your liking. Theres a paid version of the app that grants even more abilities, one that made me not mind buying it was having overclock persist after reboot.
If your going to try out higher frequencies make sure you dont set those settings on reboot unless you know they are stable for you.
Heres my Ultimate Setup, No Lag or Home screen freezing/loading.
-TouchMIUIwiz ROM 2.0
-Bali Kernel + Ext4 Lagfix
-LauncherPro Plus
-Overclocked @ 1.152GHz - Reaching over 2060 on quadrant
And my battery easily last a whole day, see how your setup works with your overclock.
Have fun overclocking your sidekicks, and many Thanks to the Devs behind Tegrak Overclock !
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Revolution said:
Trying this right now , i have to speak to you privately on aim ?
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it will work just as long as your rooted, doesnt matter what ROM/Kernel

teddy thanks for getting in touch with this guy will definitely donate to this dude i have the same setup as you clocked at 1.2 and benchmark is average 1970 but max 2500.
EDIT: fruit slice will not open on 1.2ghz which is a shame thats a great time passer! ill stick with 1.152 ghz

It force close's when I try to overclock it using tegrak
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Revolution said:
It force close's when I try to overclock it using tegrak
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Sorry to hear, not sure why your having probs with the app it working fine on my end. well hopefully we'll have another way to OC soon, but this is fine for noe

A least on my device, I haven't found any amount of overclock that is stable.
When overclocked and under heavy load with OpenGL, the device crashes within 5 minutes.
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yes, thanks teddy for making this happen for us. so far I am running max. 1.152 Ghz, with a little UV as well..... I am interested to hear how people are doing with UV, people who bought the ultimate version.
so far I have 800 and 400 Mhz undervolted by 25 mV, and 200 and 100 Mhz undervolted by 50 mV. gonna run this and see how stabilty, speed and battery life are...
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How do we go about reverting back to a stock setup? Or how do we undo the overclock?
Edit: Nvm. It reverts after reboot.

badboi_zero said:
How do we go about reverting back to a stock setup? Or how do we undo the overclock?
Edit: Nvm. It reverts after reboot.
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yep, also in the optimazation menu is a choice to reset to default settings.
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ayoteddy thanks for posting this but, im new to this and im not sure how to get your setup. I rooted my sidekick using Superoneclick. If you dont mind, could you explain to me how to get your setup?

HiImNew said:
ayoteddy thanks for posting this but, im new to this and im not sure how to get your setup. I rooted my sidekick using Superoneclick. If you dont mind, could you explain to me how to get your setup?
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everybody's phone is different, customize yours to your liking. check teddy's noob faq and then check the All Roms, etc Reference in the development section

got a forced reboot when i tried running it at 1.152, might it had been because im running setcpu at the same time? setcpu's max ghz performance was set to 1, i feel like the max tegrak 1.152 made setcpu go crazy and made my phone rage quit. i'll try again with setcpu off

Jabrutal said:
got a forced reboot when i tried running it at 1.152, might it had been because im running setcpu at the same time? setcpu's max ghz performance was set to 1, i feel like the max tegrak 1.152 made setcpu go crazy and made my phone rage quit. i'll try again with setcpu off
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Good gravy. No, definitely do NOT run more than one CPU scheduler at a time!

i uninstalled setcpu and i still get reboots within 10 seconds...hmm
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Just for clarity--are you getting a boot loop or just a reset when you overclock?
Also, the few devices I've come across fail under an OpenGL stress test--when overclocked. Stock devices are stable.
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Does it not support?..
Hey I have a SK4G also, here is my info:
Model number: SGH-T839
Firmware version: 2.3.5
Kernel version: 2.6.32.9-Platypus_Egg_v1
Build number: GenericGinger 2.0
When i try to load overclock module it states; "Your device or kernel is not available. Do you want to see available models?"
Do you think the developer can fix this?

i question which is better: overclocking or fixing how your phone manages memory. i have had two android devices and tried overclocking on both. while the phone may have been a tad more responsive, moving through windows a bit faster and a few other minor improvements, i didnt notice any real performance increase. however, i recently discovered the v6 supercharger script, and have noticed a huge difference. web pages are loading at least twice as fast and im not on 4g, my home screen doesnt redraw, multitouch has improved greatly, the screen doesnt freeze or lag as much, and my quadrant scores have improved. prior to supercharging, my quadrant score was in the 900's. after supercharging, its in the 1100's. its no 1500, but its a lot better than stock.

[CM9][Kernel] Shuriken ICS 1.7-1.

I'd like to present to you my first publicly shared kernel, based mainly and solely upon the "stock" CM9 kernel, before they in the future if they decide to, make the jump to a 3.x based kernel. This is a compilation of the talented developers I've had time to get to know and befriend as well as learn from but this is also meant to be as close to the "stock" CM9 kernel without adding anything to drastic. And will remain at this point for the times to come.
What it includes:
Governors the newer ones included were ported over by Nubecoder to EpicCM: performance, ondemand, powersave, userspace, conservative, interactive, interactiveX, smartassV2.
The Overclock steps are based off of Toadlife's Clean-GB, which is based off of the work of Rodderik, as well as the corrected steps which are a product of him and Cyc/dyehya. The steps range from [100,200,400,600,800,1000,1128,1200] and will remain at these levels.
It includes the force reboot button combination from Froyo brought forth into Gingerbread by the combined efforts/guidance of Nubecoder, Tortle and Mkasick.
Kexec support for those who wish to tempflash CWM5BML zip to update modems, Kexec is a product of mkasick's ingeniuty(pure genius I have to say.) And the zip for that flash is a process of the invaluable work of wtogami.
Support for Dock Audio is credited to bbelos, as well as voodoo color in the voodoo color specific version.
Voodoo Sound has been added in from the simplified commits of KernelSanders which is the work of zman0900, which is based off of the work of Earthbound[iAP] so I'd like thank both of them as well.
I'd like to thank Tortel and noobnl, for the initial wave of custom MTD stock TW kernels, it's unrelated but I've no reason not to thank my friends haha and then thank Nubecoder for his own create_boot.img method, which is quite excellent.
And finally so I shut up, in no specific order: Decad3nce, UberPinguin, mkasick, noobnl, DRockstar, nullghost, Tortel, Nubecoder, wtogami, Rodderik, jt1134, dameon78, wispofattes, and many others who greatly contributed to work involving CyanogenMod.
Github Repositories:
Kernel: ICS is stock with voodoo sound/ShurikenVoodoo is ShurikenVoodoo.
Shuriken
Boot.img conversion:
Create_boot.img CM9

Changelog and Downloads Links:
What's new:
As of 1.1: TUN, CIF, TCPMSS added in.
As of 1.2: Default Gamma Levels on ShurikenVoodoo were adapted by helpful suggestion of bbelos, as well as updated the recovery initramfs, scrolling shouldn't be buggy any longer.
As of 1.3: Addition of RNDIS as well as removal of 1.3, 1.4 from OC, it tops off at 1.2 ghz now, for some stability when overclocking.
As of 1.4: Added in bug fixes from CM9 kernel, involving that of Camera as well as kswapd0. Current Recovery initramfs is odd and shows a weirdness when installing, doesn't display all information.
As of 1.5: Voltage Control output is now fixed, all steps should be recognized, as well as matching Kernel commits with upstream, will be compatible with Alpha 3 when Alpha 3 drops, otherwise not a major update, just keeping it up to date.
As of 1.6: Multitouch protocol fixes by Mkasick, up to date with stock.
As of 1.7: Added 1.3 ghz back in stable, not going any higher than this. No updates to stock kernel, so currently up to date.
As of 1.7-1: Added in ability to disable steps. 1128, 1200, 1316 are disabled by default, for the sake of choice.
Download Links: Updated 2/27/12
Stock with Voodoo Sound:
Shuriken.zip
Voodoo-Sound/Color:
ShurikenVoodoo.zip
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Done by TexasEpic4G, thanks man.
As always with voodoo color, when the brightness is too low depending on your settings the green screen tint can occur, I hope you enjoy the experience until your favorite kernels get up to speed.
Messing with settings within Voodoo Control can alleviate this issue via,
bbelos said:
If you see the green tint when the screen dims, typically this can be fixed by raising the gamma values in the Voodoo Control app. Choose either punchy or alt settings at first to test, then you could lower them back down gradually as far as you can.
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As a disclaimer, this kernel isn't fine tuned towards Overclocking as that of the likes of Samurai Kernel but it's not intended to be Samurai kernel or be like Samurai kernel, it's just what it is. The methods to compile my kernel as well as means to build a CM9 MTD boot.img(original method created by nubecoder) are above at my repo's within the OP if anyone would feel the need to go about doing it themselves, as a learning process, I'd be open to help anyone who feels like they want to try.

Reserving for my buddy, he can always change it to him lol

I was first to download. Woohoo. Muchas gracius!
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Woah What's up with the weird Freqs. Steps?
But would you think you'll put 1500 in future I know you said those were it but just asking you never know. But if not that's ok how does those steps work with the EPIC we never ran those steps before.
Ill wait for a more stable relase for CM9 and then make the switch From CM7.
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Also so it's noted now, any problems bugs you have which you feel are kernel related should be posted within here, and not the main CM9 thread if you're running my kernel. So we can lessen the overall rush towards posting within that thread. Thanks guys.

AproSamurai said:
Also so it's noted now, any problems bugs you have which you feel are kernel related should be posted within here, and not the main CM9 thread if you're running my kernel. So we can lessen the overall rush towards posting within that thread. Thanks guys.
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APRO FTW!!!!!!

XxLostSoulxX said:
Woah What's up with the weird Freqs. Steps?
But would you think you'll put 1500 in future I know you said those were it but just asking you never know. But if not that's ok how does those steps work with the EPIC we never ran those steps before.
Ill wait for a more stable relase for CM9 and then make the switch From CM7.
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It's based off of Toadlife's steps for his CleanGB, and honestly for my own personal preference I won't be putting 1500 into my kernel, Earthbound will have his kernel up to CM9 in no time I'm sure, as well as bbelos. I've tested and messed with each of the steps for the sake of use, but otherwise this isn't meant to be a permanent contender kernel wise, just meant for a part time use to hold people off at launch for a bit.

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As always with voodoo color, when the brightness is too low depending on your settings the green screen tint can occur, I hope you enjoy the experience until your favorite kernels get up to speed.
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If you see the green tint when the screen dims, typically this can be fixed by raising the gamma values in the Voodoo Control app. Choose either punchy or alt settings at first to test, then you could lower them back down gradually as far as you can.

bbelos said:
If you see the green tint when the screen dims, typically this can be fixed by raising the gamma values in the Voodoo Control app. Choose either punchy or alt settings at first to test, then you could lower them back down gradually as far as you can.
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Much appreciated, I'll be sure to put this in the OP as a potential fix.

Nice works well appreciate it samurai
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bbelos said:
If you see the green tint when the screen dims, typically this can be fixed by raising the gamma values in the Voodoo Control app. Choose either punchy or alt settings at first to test, then you could lower them back down gradually as far as you can.
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Well i usually got green tint because i'm too high anything below -50 is good in Gamma Value.
My best Values are -46,-47,-36

Biggoron said:
Nice works well appreciate it samurai
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Heh, I'm glad to hear it, if you suffer any random reboots, that's not due to the kernel, it's a ram issue. It's being looked into and worked. But I'll keep up to date as much as I can, Shadow Kernel should be getting updated soon.

Nice work Apro! I wondered when you'd go for a public release
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Heh, I'm glad to hear it, if you suffer any random reboots, that's not due to the kernel, it's a ram issue. It's being looked into and worked. But I'll keep up to date as much as I can, Shadow Kernel should be getting updated soon.
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Nope ram is running around 150mbs used not bad usually around 100 but I can deal with it till its fixed
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Congratz Apro !
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Biggoron said:
Nope ram is running around 150mbs used not bad usually around 100 but I can deal with it till its fixed
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Huh how i'm not running any apps right now and am around 230MB usually sometimes around 192MB.
And everything is getting cleared, and all apps are closed too.
Still Running CM7

TexasEpic4G said:
Congratz Apro !
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Oooo Thank you very much brother, I dig that, it's going in my signature for sure.

XxLostSoulxX said:
Huh how i'm not running any apps right now and am around 230MB usually sometimes around 192MB.
And everything is getting cleared, and all apps are closed too.
Still Running CM7
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Running servies not a task managers reading
Edit: 169mbs used according to a task manager
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Using this right now. Thanks for the quick port.
Is TUN, CIFS, and TCPMSS support turned on? Also, a pet peeve of mine is kernels that change the build number... Any chance you could switch to the localversion string instead (where custom kernel info arguably belongs, see my Github, bbelos's Github, et al)?
EDIT: Apro contacted me on IRC, questions answered.

The best kernal + MOD for battery life

We've all had our SGS's for a while now, and I was wondering how people are feeling on particular combinations of kernals and mods. I recently upgraded to ICS and I love the features, but I'm missing the good battery life I had with the Adrenaline Shot Gingerbread mod. So, given any combination of platform, kernal, undervolting levels, etc, what have you found makes for the longest battery life?

rushmix said:
We've all had our SGS's for a while now, and I was wondering how people are feeling on particular combinations of kernals and mods. I recently upgraded to ICS and I love the features, but I'm missing the good battery life I had with the Adrenaline Shot Gingerbread mod. So, given any combination of platform, kernal, undervolting levels, etc, what have you found makes for the longest battery life?
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I think the best ics rom is code name 2.0 in combination with the new hefe Kernel because of the battery life. If you like a lot of customization but want to keep a good battery life I recommend beam rom. (Battery life of beam is actually almost on par with code name) But I happen to look for apps to customize rather than within the rom so I use apex beta for the jelly bean looks and gestures rather than the cm9 themes for instance with codename and it doesn't take a toll on battery. The other thing to point out tho is the on screen issue. Code name is great for battery when its on standby mode (screen is in sleep mode) but like any other rom in ics or gb its pretty lousy when the screen is actually on so that's where apps like screen dimmer come in handy because they dim the screen beyond factory limit and save battery even during when the screen is on. Also remember to calibrate any rom and let it drain then recharge it all the way and bla bla bla if you don't know these steps you can look it up in the q&a forums.
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I'm honestly surprised that an ICS mod could get more performance than a GB mod. I shall try your combo!

lonoguge said:
Also remember to calibrate any rom and let it drain then recharge it all the way and bla bla bla if you don't know these steps you can look it up in the q&a forums.
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You do know googles top dev has said calibrating the battery is something that is a urban android myth dont you?
OP really any of the ICS flavors with hefe kernel added will be good.

eollie said:
You do know googles top dev has said calibrating the battery is something that is a urban android myth dont you?
OP really any of the ICS flavors with hefe kernel added will be good.
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Android already has urban myths? Too awesome! Lol
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If helped don't be afraid to hit the thanks button it doesn't bite lol

eollie said:
You do know googles top dev has said calibrating the battery is something that is a urban android myth dont you?
OP really any of the ICS flavors with hefe kernel added will be good.
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No I don't think so, from personal use I know that some Roms have 70% before rebooting the phone but once I restart it, i notice it drains to 30% or less. This usually happens on a newly flashed rom. Calibration fixes this issue for me at least.
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rushmix said:
I'm honestly surprised that an ICS mod could get more performance than a GB mod. I shall try your combo!
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Sorry i thought you meant on ics specifically. Battery life wise valhalla black by far is the best for battery it could probably last 3 days on one charge. Im not sure if theres a better froyo rom but it would make sense. The hefe kernel would be the best for gb or ics

lonoguge said:
No I don't think so, from personal use I know that some Roms have 70% before rebooting the phone but once I restart it, i notice it drains to 30% or less. This usually happens on a newly flashed rom. Calibration fixes this issue for me at least.
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Sorry i thought you meant on ics specifically. Battery life wise valhalla black by far is the best for battery it could probably last 3 days on one charge. Im not sure if theres a better froyo rom but it would make sense. The hefe kernel would be the best for gb or ics
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Isn't hefe kernel just ICS?
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erikmm said:
Isn't hefe kernel just ICS?
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Sure is. That's why people need to check who they get their advice from.

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Battery life is better than it has been on any ics so far. Using AOKP and hefe kernel. OC to 1.3.
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lumin30 said:
Sure is. That's why people need to check who they get their advice from.
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Can I be on the approved advice giver list? If so here's some advice. Everyone has their own idea of what the best combo is for them. All of these best threads are kinda useless. It's like asking 100 guys who the hottest looking actress or model is. Your gonna get at least 50 different responses. Just try different ROM/kernel combos for a few days each and see what one best suites your needs.

lonoguge said:
No I don't think so, from personal use I know that some Roms have 70% before rebooting the phone but once I restart it, i notice it drains to 30% or less. This usually happens on a newly flashed rom. Calibration fixes this issue for me at least.
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What you are seeing is not calibrating the battery. You are deleting the battery stat file. All that does is start over with no stats in the file. Draining a lithium ion battery to a dead state decreases the life of the battery more then it will help it.
https://plus.google.com/105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT

lumin30 said:
Sure is. That's why people need to check who they get their advice from.
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Oopsies

hechoen said:
Can I be on the approved advice giver list? If so here's some advice. Everyone has their own idea of what the best combo is for them. All of these best threads are kinda useless. It's like asking 100 guys who the hottest looking actress or model is. Your gonna get at least 50 different responses. Just try different ROM/kernel combos for a few days each and see what one best suites your needs.
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Well, this is a forums where we discuss things. So I figured I'd ask people what they like!
Anyone have an opinion on Gingerbread mod/kernel combo's? I'm trying to use a Sony MN800 with my phone (for motorcycle riding) and ICS apparently has problems with the MN800 bluetooth functionality.

The hottest-looking actress really isn't that far off as an analogy. You may assume that each of our phones act similarly, compared to other SGS4Gs using the same software, but that simply isn't true. There have been plenty of cases here that I've seen where the majority of users couldn't replicate an issue a certain user or users have experienced, which typically means that the discrepancy is in the hardware. Statistically, you should be fine, but you should also take advice with a grain of salt.

adobrakic said:
The hottest-looking actress really isn't that far off as an analogy. You may assume that each of our phones act similarly, compared to other SGS4Gs using the same software, but that simply isn't true. There have been plenty of cases here that I've seen where the majority of users couldn't replicate an issue a certain user or users have experienced, which typically means that the discrepancy is in the hardware. Statistically, you should be fine, but you should also take advice with a grain of salt.
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I guess expediency is the name of the game for me here, to be honest. I don't have days and days to try out the best combinations, as I am leaving for a weekend trip in a couple of days. I wanted to see what people have had amazing success with, so that I may stand a chance of having my phone be my motorcycle music player all weekend .
I've just set the governor to Smartass V2 in Codename 2.0 + Hefe, as I've heard that's a good one for battery life. What about battery voltage adjustments?

I think its safe to say -50 on each level should be safe. Not sure what kind of bike you have but maybe a hidden power outlet and a charger cord tucked away.

For anybody that has tried AntonX's Barebones - I believe would tell you that is your best bet to play it safe. I use it one of my phones with LightningZap with great results... it is my 'safe' phone when I need everything to work properly.
Hechoen - I'd take your advice any day.

eollie said:
I think its safe to say -50 on each level should be safe. Not sure what kind of bike you have but maybe a hidden power outlet and a charger cord tucked away.
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Thanks for the input! However, I'm not quite sure what -50 on each level means for Codename 2.0. The interface in Codename 2.0 is a voltage slider that starts at the default of zero and increases (to seemingly huge numbers). I don't see a way to gauge what the real voltage levels are and whatnot, so as to set lower levels.

Here's the Hefe Kernel values -- they are 25 mV lower than the stock T959V values, yet still 25 mV higher than the I9000 (Galaxy S).
My phone has been pretty happy at an additional 75 mV lower, O/C to 1200 MHz, smartassv2 with target awake frequency at either 600 MHz (as-compiled), or occasionally I've been messing with 400 Mhz. Every phone is different, so what works for me may not work for you.
Code:
unsigned int freq_uv_table[FREQ_SIZE][3] = {
//freq, stock, current
{1400000, 1400, 1400},
{1300000, 1375, 1375},
{1200000, 1350, 1350},
{1100000, 1325, 1325},
{1000000, 1300, 1300},
{900000, 1250, 1250},
{800000, 1225, 1225},
{600000, 1200, 1200},
{400000, 1075, 1075},
{200000, 1000, 1000},
{100000, 975, 975}
};

"Best"
hechoen said:
Can I be on the approved advice giver list? If so here's some advice. Everyone has their own idea of what the best combo is for them. All of these best threads are kinda useless. It's like asking 100 guys who the hottest looking actress or model is. Your gonna get at least 50 different responses. Just try different ROM/kernel combos for a few days each and see what one best suites your needs.
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I think "Best" is just a code/search word for "what has your experience been."
I find the comments helpful, thank you.

[Q] Fast, nominal, or slow cpu?

How do you tell if which type of cpu your phone has? I've looked and can't seem to find out how to check my phone to see which I have. My cpu always seems to run hot no matter what type of kernel I try, and I'm wondering if the cpu may be slow and not capable of tweaking.
Any help someone can give me would be great.

To find out which processor you have, use Terminal Emulator from the Play Store. Reboot then type this command:
su
dmesg | grep ACPU
Here's an explanation of what this means and also recommended voltage settings for each processor type courtesy of a very knowledgeable, helpful, and great kernel dev: Imoseyon. Any "thanks" goes to him and not me for providing all this info.
Post #1341, just read Imoseyon's response to me:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/31329-ke...11012/page__st__1340__p__1034933#entry1034933
Imoseyon post #1418 for recommended voltage settings per cpu type:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/31329-ke...-kernel-v16-11012/page__st__1410#entry1042976

This is the output I get from that command. How am I supposed to interpret this as fas, nominal, or slow?
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Try it again after rebooting, mine works each time
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crjjr said:
How do you tell if which type of cpu your phone has? I've looked and can't seem to find out how to check my phone to see which I have. My cpu always seems to run hot no matter what type of kernel I try, and I'm wondering if the cpu may be slow and not capable of tweaking.
Any help someone can give me would be great.
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Found it. For anyone else that may be looking, go to this site and follow the directions. You'll need terminal installed on your phone. It works on any GS3.
http://teamuscellular.com/Forum/top...eankernel-tw-jb-imoseyon-droidroidz-usc-v141/

Finally, it worked.
Is there a performance difference between a slow CPU, a nominal CPU, and a fast CPU?

BlueCross said:
Finally, it worked.
Is there a performance difference between a slow CPU, a nominal CPU, and a fast CPU?
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Not that I know of, you can run pretty much any kernel stock as well as adjust governors and io scheduler. The primary difference is in how much you can UC/OC or even UV/OV and how well your CPU can hold those tweaks without fear of bootlooping or instability. But as far as just flashing kernels and leaving them there, you're fine. Like I said, I'm basing this all off of what Imoseyon has said so he is WAY more knowledgeable in this area if you need additional input. This slow, nominal, fast cpu exists based on the manufacturer process so its not something you can adjust. It's permanently set with the cpu.

SlimSnoopOS said:
Not that I know of, you can run pretty much any kernel stock as well as adjust governors and io scheduler. The primary difference is in how much you can UC/OC or even UV/OV and how well your CPU can hold those tweaks without fear of bootlooping or instability. But as far as just flashing kernels and leaving them there, you're fine. Like I said, I'm basing this all off of what Imoseyon has said so he is WAY more knowledgeable in this area if you need additional input. This slow, nominal, fast cpu exists based on the manufacturer process so its not something you can adjust. It's permanently set with the cpu.
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The basis for the difference in CPUs is the same as car Manufacturing. Part's are divided by spec tolerances. The closer to spec is the difference. In car terms GM separates parts according to how close they are to spec. Fast would go in Cadillac, Nominal Buick and slow Chevrolet. They all use the same part just have closer spec tolerance. :laugh:

prdog1 said:
The basis for the difference in CPUs is the same as car Manufacturing. Part's are divided by spec tolerances. The closer to spec is the difference. In car terms GM separates parts according to how close they are to spec. Fast would go in Cadillac, Nominal Buick and slow Chevrolet. They all use the same part just have closer spec tolerance. :laugh:
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I can always count on this guy to drop some thorough knowledge.
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I tried this and got an error message :
sh: grep: not found
write: Broken pipe
I'm on stock rooted, and I granted the su permission.
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HeadlessPonch said:
I tried this and got an error message :
sh: grep: not found
write: Broken pipe
I'm on stock rooted, and I granted the su permission.
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Have to do immediately after a reboot and some custom boot animations will keep it from working.

prdog1 said:
Have to do immediately after a reboot and some custom boot animations will keep it from working.
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No custom animation. I got rid of my lock screen to get to my homescreen faster and added a shortcut to the terminal app. I started typing as soon as the app would let me and got the same error.

Your busybox install must be borked. Download busybox free from the playstore and do a "smart install"

prdog1 said:
The basis for the difference in CPUs is the same as car Manufacturing. Part's are divided by spec tolerances. The closer to spec is the difference. In car terms GM separates parts according to how close they are to spec. Fast would go in Cadillac, Nominal Buick and slow Chevrolet. They all use the same part just have closer spec tolerance. :laugh:
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As a general rule, CPUs that come off the same fab are tested and then placed into different "bins", based on how they perform at different speeds and voltages. The better performing "top bin", chips get rated and sold at the highest clock speed. The slower chips get a lower clock speed assigned, and are sold at a lower price.
This method works well for AMD and Intel, who both sell a wide range of clock speeds for a particular generation CPU at different price points. It eliminates waste by enabling them to sell the lower performing chips instead of rejecting or destroying them, and allows them to offer different price points which is beneficial from a marketing perspective.
With phones, the CPUs are often clocked the same (e.g. [email protected] 1.5 GHz), but the CPUs still range in capability depending on their mfg tolerances, and in the case of our Snapdragon S2s, they are tagged accordingly. Whether you end up with a slow or fast chip in your phone is totally random, but frequently your chances of getting a faster chip increase over time as the fab process is fine tuned, and chip yields go up.
That doesn't mean you can't get a fast CPU right off the bat. For example, I pre-ordered mine on day 1 (June 6th?) and still got a fast CPU.

x714x said:
Your busybox install must be borked. Download busybox free from the playstore and do a "smart install"
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That worked, thanks!
Now I know I'm nominal. The first line says "ACPU PVS: [1],FMAX[0]". It's different from the other 2 posted results in this thread (all 3 are actually different). What do those numbers mean?

I was lucky enough to have a fast CPU; which values on those charts do I want? I opened Kernel Turner and went to "Voltage" and it is a bunch of weird numbers--and I see something for "-1.5 across board," how many times should I hit that? I'm assuming that's how you undervolt.

Kelton Rivas said:
I was lucky enough to have a fast CPU; which values on those charts do I want? I opened Kernel Turner and went to "Voltage" and it is a bunch of weird numbers--and I see something for "-1.5 across board," how many times should I hit that? I'm assuming that's how you undervolt.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36743286

Would this apply for his aosp kernel as well? The 4.2 kernel?
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Hi,
First post in this forum in a long time. Or maybe ever.
Not sure if this is the right place to ask this, I'm new to this ROM, and had a stable one in my Thunderbolt, so was away from flashing for almost a year. Just got a vz S3, rooted it as soon as I got home, and after doing some research, decided on Liquid Smooth. Downloaded Liquid-JB-v2.1-Beta3.1-d2vzw this morning, so whatever the latest version as of this morning (Jan 23) is what I flashed. Also got the correct gapps. All went well, and so far, I like what I've seen. (Thanks, developers, this has been the EASIEST flash to a new rom I've ever done.
One problem, and I hope someone can point me in the right direction, as I'm googled out on trying to find a solution.
When I go to settings, performance, current, or, maximum CPU frequency, the highest it goes it 1512. The youtube videos on this show choices up to 1900.
Can anyone point me in the right direction on this?
Thank you.
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Just installed Setcpu, and it would not allow (nor show) any setting higher than 1512.
Thanks again for any insight.
tprophit said:
Hi,
First post in this forum in a long time. Or maybe ever.
Not sure if this is the right place to ask this, I'm new to this ROM, and had a stable one in my Thunderbolt, so was away from flashing for almost a year. Just got a vz S3, rooted it as soon as I got home, and after doing some research, decided on Liquid Smooth. Downloaded Liquid-JB-v2.1-Beta3.1-d2vzw this morning, so whatever the latest version as of this morning (Jan 23) is what I flashed. Also got the correct gapps. All went well, and so far, I like what I've seen. (Thanks, developers, this has been the EASIEST flash to a new rom I've ever done.
One problem, and I hope someone can point me in the right direction, as I'm googled out on trying to find a solution.
When I go to settings, performance, current, or, maximum CPU frequency, the highest it goes it 1512. The youtube videos on this show choices up to 1900.
Can anyone point me in the right direction on this?
Thank you.
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tprophit said:
Hi,
First post in this forum in a long time. Or maybe ever.
Not sure if this is the right place to ask this, I'm new to this ROM, and had a stable one in my Thunderbolt, so was away from flashing for almost a year. Just got a vz S3, rooted it as soon as I got home, and after doing some research, decided on Liquid Smooth. Downloaded Liquid-JB-v2.1-Beta3.1-d2vzw this morning, so whatever the latest version as of this morning (Jan 23) is what I flashed. Also got the correct gapps. All went well, and so far, I like what I've seen. (Thanks, developers, this has been the EASIEST flash to a new rom I've ever done.
One problem, and I hope someone can point me in the right direction, as I'm googled out on trying to find a solution.
When I go to settings, performance, current, or, maximum CPU frequency, the highest it goes it 1512. The youtube videos on this show choices up to 1900.
Can anyone point me in the right direction on this?
Thank you.
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Just installed Setcpu, and it would not allow (nor show) any setting higher than 1512.
Thanks again for any insight.
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You need to run a custom kernel that is overclockable. The stock kernel on liquid isnt overclockable from what I remember.
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BlueCross said:
Would this apply for his aosp kernel as well? The 4.2 kernel?
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Ya, its hardware level so it doesnt make a difference what rom you are running.