I recently updated my C1504 to the 11.A.2.23 firmware, and I have to say its good.
But there seems to be a response problem with the status/notification bar. If drops down a second-or-two after I swipe it down. Guys trust me it feels very irritating!
Has anyone else got/solved this problem?
Moreover, why did Sony remove 'headphone surround' from the audio engine?
sent from my Xperia E (C1504) using xda Premium
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Hello,
I'm on 11.3.A.2.23 to, and... I don't have any lag at all! Everything runs smooth, no problems here. Perhaps you haven't much RAM left? The only way to make your phone a lot faster is to root it, or to unlock the bootloader(for Custom Kernels and ClockWorkMod). ofcourse there are also options for non-rooted users, but these won't help as much as the tips listed under here. So you may want to consider to root your device. Ofcourse you can also delete a few apps(and more, but these options don't have the great variery, rooted phones have.)
Warning! These tipps I give you are only for rooted users! This will only work if your device is rooted!
1. Try to hibernate(freeze, don't let it to eat up CPU speed) a few apps with Greenify. That feeling man, that feeling, Everything goes smoother! And if you open one of the apps you have hibernated, it still reacts fast! Great improvement for the crappy CPU of the E.
2. Download SetCPU. The great improvement to your phone, is more than worth a small donation to the great developer of this app. I currently have overclocked my phone to 600 mHz, while the capacity of the E's CPU only 512 is. It speeds up your device, but can kill your processor and/or battery.
3. Download Root App Delete, and remove the pre-installed crapware on your phone, like: Google(15 MB), Google +(31 MB), Chrome(25 MB). And more! You'll get a lot of new space!
If you don't want to root your device, fine! I will give you a few tips for non-rooted users, if you want to. But with a rooted phone, you can do much more to improve your speed, than with a non-rooted phone!
Cheers, and good luck!
Duh, I am rooted !
MatsPunt said:
Hello,
I'm on 11.3.A.2.23 to, and... I don't have any lag at all! Everything runs smooth, no problems here. Perhaps you haven't much RAM left? The only way to make your phone a lot faster is to root it, or to unlock the bootloader(for Custom Kernels and ClockWorkMod). ofcourse there are also options for non-rooted users, but these won't help as much as the tips listed under here. So you may want to consider to root your device. Ofcourse you can also delete a few apps(and more, but these options don't have the great variery, rooted phones have.)
Warning! These tipps I give you are only for rooted users! This will only work if your device is rooted!
1. Try to hibernate(freeze, don't let it to eat up CPU speed) a few apps with Greenify. That feeling man, that feeling, Everything goes smoother! And if you open one of the apps you have hibernated, it still reacts fast! Great improvement for the crappy CPU of the E.
2. Download SetCPU. The great improvement to your phone, is more than worth a small donation to the great developer of this app. I currently have overclocked my phone to 600 mHz, while the capacity of the E's CPU only 512 is. It speeds up your device, but can kill your processor and/or battery.
3. Download Root App Delete, and remove the pre-installed crapware on your phone, like: Google(15 MB), Google +(31 MB), Chrome(25 MB). And more! You'll get a lot of new space!
If you don't want to root your device, fine! I will give you a few tips for non-rooted users, if you want to. But with a rooted phone, you can do much more to improve your speed, than with a non-rooted phone!
Cheers, and good luck!
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Dude....I rooted my phone a second after the update was installed.:laugh::laugh::laugh:
Already removed the bloatware, changed the CPU governor to performance (for a constant 1 GHz), Greenified everything (YES, EVERYTHING),
High Minfree values applied, 224MB of DVM cache assigned, DNS set to Google DNS, pretty much everything you can do to a locked-bootloader stock ROM that is rooted!
And hold on, the E's CPU can go upto 1008 MHz in stock kernel, not 512MHz as you mentioned.
And how did you OVERCLOCK using SetCPU ? I never found any such option
Hello,
Oh, you're right! The CPU has indeed a capacity of 1 GHz... Sorry for that. And for the overclocking part with SetCpu, just set your mininum speed to 1008 MHz and your maximum also. This can heat up your phone pretty fast, and can kill your processor, but nevermind .My tip is to go to the profiles tab and hit enable profiles. And then set up a profile that slows your CPU down when the battery is overheated(I chose 45 degrees Celsius). And set the priority to 100 so it has a privilege over other profiles you might use. This will extend your battery life! It lets me run Temple Run: Oz very smooth, and without little to zero lag, and if my battery(and also the processor) gets to warm, SetCPU slows it automatically down.
And I didn't know that your device wasn't rooted, so my apologies!
But no status bar lag here? Everything runs smooth, hatsApp responds very slow sometimes, but that's it. No other lags, or complaints. I don't have any options left? Reflash your rom maybe, but if you have a lot of apps, and data, and backup it all, for just a simple flash... Maybe not the best idea.
Cheers, and good luck!
P.S. Do you use Tasker? I love that app! It's something I would really recommend to a rooted user.
OK...
MatsPunt said:
Hello,
Oh, you're right! The CPU has indeed a capacity of 1 GHz... Sorry for that. And for the overclocking part with SetCpu, just set your mininum speed to 1008 MHz and your maximum also. This can heat up your phone pretty fast, and can kill your processor, but nevermind .My tip is to go to the profiles tab and hit enable profiles. And then set up a profile that slows your CPU down when the battery is overheated(I chose 45 degrees Celsius). And set the priority to 100 so it has a privilege over other profiles you might use. This will extend your battery life! It lets me run Temple Run: Oz very smooth, and without little to zero lag, and if my battery(and also the processor) gets to warm, SetCPU slows it automatically down.
And I didn't know that your device wasn't rooted, so my apologies!
But no status bar lag here? Everything runs smooth, hatsApp responds very slow sometimes, but that's it. No other lags, or complaints. I don't have any options left? Reflash your rom maybe, but if you have a lot of apps, and data, and backup it all, for just a simple flash... Maybe not the best idea.
Cheers, and good luck!
P.S. Do you use Tasker? I love that app! It's something I would really recommend to a rooted user.
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Hmm..Maybe I'll use the "repair" option to reflash the ROM, which will also let me create a backup of my original firmware (blob_fs method)
And Tasker is cool, but I just don't need it
I am using IUNI U2 phone. this phone has Snapdragon 800 processor but battery is only 2200mAh. I want to reduce the CPU clock for better battery life. I am using IUNI OS 4.4.2.
can anyone suggest me a way to do this??
Hi
Thanks for writing to us at XDA Assist. In order adjust CPU settings you must have root access on the device. I was unable to find a specific root method for your phone but I'd suggest you take a look here:
How to Root Any Device
It's going to be trial and error, so hopefully one of those methods will work. Once (if) you get root there are a variety of CPU control apps on the Play Store, just search for "CPU control".
Good luck!
timmaaa said:
Hi
Thanks for writing to us at XDA Assist. In order adjust CPU settings you must have root access on the device. I was unable to find a specific root method for your phone but I'd suggest you take a look here:
How to Root Any Device
It's going to be trial and error, so hopefully one of those methods will work. Once (if) you get root there are a variety of CPU control apps on the Play Store, just search for "CPU control".
Good luck!
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Thanks for your reply.
I have rooted my phone already and installed No-frills CPU control app. now I can set max freq of cpu but when I check my cpu freq in others apps like cpu-z then it shows freq higher than I have set in cpu control app and also there is no effect on the battery life after decreasing the freq. I think my phone kernel does not allow it.
one more thing, if I want to port an AOSP rom to my phone then from where should I start? I m studying computer science and have some knowledge of programming but don't tried anything about android yet. currently I can install just simple custom roms and don't know more than that.
Reason to change the rom of my phone is 1. I want to learn android rom porting. 2. I dont like the stock IUNI OS rom of my phone because lots of bugs.
mubashirsaeed said:
Thanks for your reply.
I have rooted my phone already and installed No-frills CPU control app. now I can set max freq of cpu but when I check my cpu freq in others apps like cpu-z then it shows freq higher than I have set in cpu control app and also there is no effect on the battery life after decreasing the freq. I think my phone kernel does not allow it.
one more thing, if I want to port an AOSP rom to my phone then from where should I start? I m studying computer science and have some knowledge of programming but don't tried anything about android yet. currently I can install just simple custom roms and don't know more than that.
Reason to change the rom of my phone is 1. I want to learn android rom porting. 2. I dont like the stock IUNI OS rom of my phone because lots of bugs.
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In CPU-Z are you talking about the "clock speed" reading where you're saying it is showing a higher frequency? If so, that reading will never change because that's showing you the capability of the chip, not its current settings.
There are countless guides on how to port ROMs available on XDA, here's just a couple:
[GUIDE] How to port ROMS
[GUIDE]How To Port ROMS to Your Device [AOSP]
[GUIDE]How To Port Different ROMS to Your Device
There are many more, generally found in this section:
Android Software Development
Good luck!
PS. Please note that XDA Assist isn't a general helpdesk area, our purpose is to direct people who don't know where to post in the right direction.
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Yes I am talking about the clock speed. In cpu-z SOC section we can see the status of each core. We can see the core is stopped or running at which speed and there the cores speed changes to higher than I have selected.
mubashirsaeed said:
Yes I am talking about the clock speed. In cpu-z SOC section we can see the status of each core. We can see the core is stopped or running at which speed and there the cores speed changes to higher than I have selected.
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Go into the settings section of No Frills and check the "prevent changes from other apps" box, see if that helps.
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I used to use this tablet a lot when it was new. It was fast and ran most apps with out any problems. It's been a few years since I used it so I figured I'd turn it on and see how it did with newer apps. Turns out it is quite a bit slower now and games lag more than I was expecting.
I was looking into rooting and putting a custom kernel on it to see if could speed it up a bit. I ran a few rooting apps first and every one said it was already rooted. I haven't changed anything from its default settings so I'm assuming it was done at the factory like that. I've spent some time looking for a custom kernel, but I haven't come up with anything yet. I'm not sure if I need one for what I'm trying to accomplish.
I really just want to increase the CPU clock and if possible the GPU clock speed as well. I tried running "Kernel Adiutor" and "Kernel Toolkit" to change the CPU speed. I was able to change it, but it won't allow me to go higher than the stock 1200mhz. It says it will go up 1440mhz in these apps, but when I set it there it locks up and I have to reboot the tablet.
This isn't that important as I have a new phone I use on a regular basis, but it would be nice to use the tablet again with out the lagginess it has now or less of it anyways.
This info is from the CPU-Z app. If you need more just ask.
Taipad 9x
Android - 4.2.2
API level - 17
Java VM - Dalvik 1.6.0
Kernel Architecture - armv7i
Kernel Version - 3.3.0 (20130918)
Root Access - Yes
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Hi
Try asking in the link below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help
Good luck
Hello I'm looking for Set CPU but all links to Google Play Store appear to be broken, would like a reliable link for this app. Or is this app outdated? In that case would like suggestions for any other app for over locking of CPU. Bear in mind that I am new to the concept. Thanks in advance
Ism786 said:
Hello I'm looking for Set CPU but all links to Google Play Store appear to be broken, would like a reliable link for this app. Or is this app outdated? In that case would like suggestions for any other app for over locking of CPU. Bear in mind that I am new to the concept. Thanks in advance
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Many Smart Pack kernel manager ( my favorite), FKM kernel manager , Ex Kernel manager .
This is a useless app made by Vietnamese people (I'm Vietnamese). It cannot overclock which many people mistakenly believe, and it only has the task of limiting the CPU speed, the CPU speed is managed by the OS and limiting it is a bad way because no matter what task it does it will be slowed down. When idle the CPU will automatically reduce its voltage and speed by OS. Any process no matter how big or small with high CPU speed it will be processed very fast even with small tasks that are reported not to use up CPU but it will still be faster than a slower CPU. Kernel Auditor is also useless.
SetCPU is only usefull if you have a modded kernel with added clocks (some of wich may be way to high for you device so need to be blocked to prevent crashes) and i used this version https://www.mobileapkfree.com/apk/setcpu-for-root-users IT MAY BE MODIFIED AND HAVE A VIRUS OR SOME **** so use at your own risk.
The default kernel scheduler is really good on battery, but it slows down especially when you are not touching the screen. This is not good behavior for using a controller, as the game wont throttle the cores to max on their own.
Solution? EX Kernel Manager, set to Performance from Schedutil, set at boot. Dont use Franco per app because it uses memory you wanna keep.
The phone battery is still great with it always on performance.
*and since its always on performance mode, its always operating fast. *Obviously, but it still throttles when you need it to.
I was reading this with interest and wanting to check out the apps, so to save others that effort & time, here is what I found in a search for those specific apps above.
EX Kernel Manager by flar2
$2, rated 4.7/5.39K reviews @50K+Downloads
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=flar2.exkernelmanager>
Franco Kernel Manager by Francisco Franco, with In-app purchases
$1.50 4.7/17.6K reviews @100K+ Downloads
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.franco.kernel>