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Autokiller's new "extreme" setting

From today's update...
Anyone brave enough to try this yet on these 2.1 roms? LOL....I'm giving it a whirl....good lord. Just hope it isn't shutting down anything crucial

it shuts it self down every time you try to run it to readjust the levels....its cool.
I'm just kiddng let us know how it turns out.

i always found autokiller a lag more than a help, especially with being. able to acess androids internal memory killer and switch the settings.

sinistermeshes said:
i always found autokiller a lag more than a help, especially with being. able to acess androids internal memory killer and switch the settings.
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Autokiller runs at boot to adjust the levels and then just closes. It couldn't possibly be lagging your phone, except maybe for 10 seconds at boot up.
Just FYI.

flipzmode said:
Autokiller runs at boot to adjust the levels and then just closes. It couldn't possibly be lagging your phone, except maybe for 10 seconds at boot up.
Just FYI.
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it was deadspace on my i.s. is all im saying. doesnt autokiller do exactly what changing the native settings in rom itself do the same thing?
i didnt mean an actual stucklag

sinistermeshes said:
it was deadspace on my i.s. is all im saying. doesnt autokiller do exactly what changing the native settings in rom itself do the same thing?
i didnt mean an actual stucklag
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Yup exactly. It does nothing but write to /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree in the same way that we've been doing on our phones for a little while. The difference just being that you can change it on the fly.

flipzmode said:
Yup exactly. It does nothing but write to /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree in the same way that we've been doing on our phones for a little while. The difference just being that you can change it on the fly.
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i see the convenience in this. could switching between medium settings and extreme further battery life? i use both your latest radio and prl with great signal but notsogood battery. i always liked dcv1(here i was running stock rdo&prl) because that battery just ran ALL DAY on a nights charge.

sinistermeshes said:
i see the convenience in this. could switching between medium settings and extreme further battery life? i use both your latest radio and prl with great signal but notsogood battery. i always liked dcv1(here i was running stock rdo&prl) because that battery just ran ALL DAY on a nights charge.
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It actually wouldn't effect battery life by having less stuff in memory, but it will if those things are actually using the CPU. In that case setting it to a higher setting will conserve battery. I can go at LEAST 24 hours on mine without a charge. I've done 1.5-2 on several occasions. You might have an app that's gone rogue.

An hour after update and reboot....consistently running on 80-85MB....w/ Helix Launcher, this thing is screaming. LWP haven't been affected. I have yet to try this w/ Alarm functions or running multi apps like Music/Browswer in the background...but so far, seems sweet!

pwrmedia said:
An hour after update and reboot....consistently running on 80-85MB....w/ Helix Launcher, this thing is screaming. LWP haven't been affected. I have yet to try this w/ Alarm functions or running multi apps like Music/Browswer in the background...but so far, seems sweet!
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Can you tell me what settings it's giving (the 6 numbers) for extreme? I'm working on downloading it but my phone isn't in a functional state at the moment.

flipzmode said:
It actually wouldn't effect battery life by having less stuff in memory, but it will if those things are actually using the CPU. In that case setting it to a higher setting will conserve battery. I can go at LEAST 24 hours on mine without a charge. I've done 1.5-2 on several occasions. You might have an app that's gone rogue.
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24hrs?! in my effing dreams.
ok, ill give it a go acd report back. i keep good record of my battery life and data connection.
btw, while your engaged in convo here, itll be nice to say this to "your face"
i support you fully as a dev. i always like eris leaks, backporting like that is true dev'ing. nowadays ROMs are sloppy. what you did and brought to this community is priceless.
autokiller is free in the market, right? ive only ever played with it when included in a rom.

flipzmode said:
can you tell me what settings it's giving (the 6 numbers) for extreme? I'm working on downloading it but my phone isn't in a functional state at the moment. :d
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1536 3072 4096 38400 40960

flipzmode said:
Can you tell me what settings it's giving (the 6 numbers) for extreme? I'm working on downloading it but my phone isn't in a functional state at the moment.
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(In page form) (Curr @ 62 MB w/ a LWP being the memory hogger right now lol)
FA: 1536
VA: 3072
SS: 4096
HA: 38400
CP: 40960
EA: 43520

sinistermeshes said:
24hrs?! in my effing dreams.
ok, ill give it a go acd report back. i keep good record of my battery life and data connection.
btw, while your engaged in convo here, itll be nice to say this to "your face"
i support you fully as a dev. i always like eris leaks, backporting like that is true dev'ing. nowadays ROMs are sloppy. what you did and brought to this community is priceless.
autokiller is free in the market, right? ive only ever played with it when included in a rom.
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Thanks, I appreciate it. But I won't drag that mess in to this thread. And yea, it's free in the market.
brian2220 said:
1536 3072 4096 38400 40960
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Looks like you missed one.
pwrmedia said:
(In page form) (Curr @ 62 MB w/ a LWP being the memory hogger right now lol)
FA: 1536
VA: 3072
SS: 4096
HA: 38400
CP: 40960
EA: 43520
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Thanks.

flipzmode said:
Thanks, I appreciate it. But I won't drag that mess in to this thread. And yea, it's free in the market.
Looks like you missed one.
Thanks.
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NP.
Also, dunno if anyone has pointed this out before, but another great way to save batt. life (w/ all roms, but in particular w/ these 2.1's running Autokiller automatically).... disable "background data" in your sync settings. More and more of these apps are ad-supported, and eat data in the background everytime you open them...eating even more data if you don't close out properly. Autokiller being one of them, by disabling BD, it'll give you a "no network connection could be found" error w/o affecting app performance.

set to agressive now
lets see what happens

to be sure...settings take effect on reboot? and first few minutes laggy? thats what im experiencing. also, no need for taskmngr?

Wow, definitely is extreme... I just tried it and it doubled my available memory from about 30MB's to about 60MB's more or less... haven't been playing with the phone much yet so can't say if it'll stay stable or whatnot but very impressed it booted up with twice the amount of free memory...
I still don't get how some of you have over 80MB+ free...

sinistermeshes said:
to be sure...settings take effect on reboot? and first few minutes laggy? thats what im experiencing. also, no need for taskmngr?
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The settings take effect as soon as you hit apply. The problem with android is that they will be reset every single time you reboot because the real values are set in the ramdisk. That's why at the beginning of every boot autokiller runs and redoes the values.
It's possible you'll experience some lag when you first change the setting as android slowly works to remove the applications that are now over the limit. It asks them to close nicely and doesn't just kill them off. Haha. And no, don't use a task killer.
I'm actually writing a post for geekfor.me right now about autokiller since I've seen a few posts like this. Working on booting my phone so that I can get some screen shots.

gqukyo said:
Wow, definitely is extreme... I just tried it and it doubled my available memory from about 30MB's to about 60MB's more or less... haven't been playing with the phone much yet so can't say if it'll stay stable or whatnot but very impressed it booted up with twice the amount of free memory...
I still don't get how some of you have over 80MB+ free...
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Certain things (ie. settings) have a wide variance in RAM usage depending on what you're actually doing while in there....so best way to avoid it lingering when you're done is to figure out the best way (or app) to see what you want w/o resorting to or setting shortcuts to settings everytime, so that RAM remains available.
For example, battery monitors almost always will leave settings running, and vary from 3MB+ until you close it out. Relying on the stock one, and opening up a monitor when absolutely necessary saves you RAM right there.
Not sure if how I've worded that makes sense, but.....doing that plus killing off background data unless necessary keeps the system lag almost non-existant, and 24-36 hr batt life w/ moderate usage. To be honest, the TWS "fix" on these 2.1's, until a script can be written or when the official version comes out, is almost unnecessary @ this point if you accomodate your system w/ other basic maintenance!

[APP] Sysctl Config (Boost your X10 Performance)

I am not the developer of this app. I am not a developer either, I am just an experienced user and just found an application that maight be usefull for our X10's.
Sysctl Config, It can be downloaded from the market.
With the appropiate settings, this app can improve performance and battery life. What it does is that it modifies certain kernel parameters related to virtual memory management.
This appication is only intended for advanced users and there is very little documentation on which are the best settings. I personally noticed a performance boost and now the phone is a lot more responsive, the scrolling is smother and it boots up a lot faster.
You should also notice a boost in 3d performance, specially runing high end games, such as asphalt 5 and avatar.
Probably the settings I used improved performance at battery life cost, but I will need to wait until tomorrow to tell since my battery is almost drained right now anyway and I just plugged it in. I also noticed an increase of my quadrant benchmark from around 1300 to over 1500.
After testing for about 3 months, these are the settings I found work best for me:
min free kbytes: 32568
dirty ratio: 5
dirty background ratio: 3
vfs cache pressure: 0
Oom allocating task: Enabled
For some, setting vfs cache pressure to 0 is risky. I can confirm that this setting was causing ramdom reboots on heavy usage, however, I enabled compache using spare parts app posted in this link and the issue went away:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12310102
BTW I am using CM 6.1.1 ROM.

Well, I think such detailed settings is kind of overkill for devices like phones. I'm not sure you could gain much performance, but it worst a try
BTW http://www.linuxinsight.com/proc_sys_vm_hierarchy.html here you could have more explained features that this app provides.

creage said:
Well, I think such detailed settings is kind of overkill for devices like phones. I'm not sure you could gain much performance, but it worst a try
BTW http://www.linuxinsight.com/proc_sys_vm_hierarchy.html here you could have more explained features that this app provides.
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I saw the app in a forum about the G1. I havr no doubt that my phone is more responsive now, but im not sure how this is affectijg my battery.
What settings would you recommend?
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Hey, can anybody post this program download link here? For some reason, i can't download it from market

Farik335 said:
Hey, can anybody post this program download link here? For some reason, i can't download it from market
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maybe you made a typo. type sysctl and it show be the first result.

burshturs said:
maybe you made a typo. type sysctl and it show be the first result.
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Oh, thank you, i'm so stupid. Let's see what we have there...

This seems really promising. I used the settings posted by the OP and definitely noticed a performance improvement. I too have very little knowledge about the best settings to use for our X10s and would appreciate some insight by someone does I'm tentative to really modify any of the settings out of fear of doing irreversible damage...if that's even possible.
Hopefully as more of us become aware of this application we'll collectively be able to find the optimal settings! Btw, anyone know the default X10 settings for this app??

hm the settings from the op drops the linpack score from 34 to 30mflops.
maybe we should play with these settings.

A thread here ---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=523707
Some more here ---> http://nenolod.net/how-to-improve-user-performance-on-android-phones/

The X10 probably has a BFS kernel which means *some* sysctl commands would NOT execute on our phones.

rvictorg said:
This seems really promising. I used the settings posted by the OP and definitely noticed a performance improvement. I too have very little knowledge about the best settings to use for our X10s and would appreciate some insight by someone does I'm tentative to really modify any of the settings out of fear of doing irreversible damage...if that's even possible.
Hopefully as more of us become aware of this application we'll collectively be able to find the optimal settings! Btw, anyone know the default X10 settings for this app??
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I think defaults were 2048, 95, 60, 50 and enabled, respectively.
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setaseti said:
hm the settings from the op drops the linpack score from 34 to 30mflops.
maybe we should play with these settings.
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Try linpack twice in a row. Make sure it loaded the ads before trying. Also try quadrant, make sure u run twice when benchmarking since this will allow the OS to kill some background tasks so the second time should be a little higher.
Im getting linpak 34.96 and quadrant 1565.
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javagreen said:
The X10 probably has a BFS kernel which means *some* sysctl commands would NOT execute on our phones.
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I suspect the settings are applied since the values remain the same after rebooting. However i am not sure if this proves anything.
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burshturs said:
I suspect the settings are applied since the values remain the same after rebooting. However i am not sure if this proves anything.
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I was actually talking about a few settings I found in one of the pages I linked earlier.
I've used the sysctl app myself and using the exact same values as you are. I feel the phone's 3d performance has taken a hit - let me keep it ON for a couple days and see how it progresses.

javagreen said:
I was actually talking about a few settings I found in one of the pages I linked earlier.
I've used the sysctl app myself and using the exact same values as you are. I feel the phone's 3d performance has taken a hit - let me keep it ON for a couple days and see how it progresses.
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Have you notice a difference in battery life? I cant say if it has improved or worsen it.
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javagreen said:
I was actually talking about a few settings I found in one of the pages I linked earlier.
I've used the sysctl app myself and using the exact same values as you are. I feel the phone's 3d performance has taken a hit - let me keep it ON for a couple days and see how it progresses.
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I did see other configurations that could be changed (or not). You can find them in /proc/sys/vm, however I am not sure how to edit such files without a gui, I guess maybe a hex editir would open it, but I would need to try it first.
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burshturs said:
Have you notice a difference in battery life? I cant say if it has improved or worsen it.
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I just enabled it a couple hours ago - it's too early to form an opinion, which is why I said i'm planning to keep the settings for atleast 2 days and see how it goes.
burshturs said:
I did see other configurations that could be changed (or not). You can find them in /proc/sys/vm, however I am not sure how to edit such files without a gui, I guess maybe a hex editir would open it, but I would need to try it first.
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Assuming you're rooted, you can use Ghost Commander from the market and use it's inbuilt editor to edit files + save them from within the GUI. Personally, i'd refrain from dabbling with more critical values without full knowledge of what I'm doing.

javagreen said:
I just enabled it a couple hours ago - it's too early to form an opinion, which is why I said i'm planning to keep the settings for atleast 2 days and see how it goes.
Assuming you're rooted, you can use Ghost Commander from the market and use it's inbuilt editor to edit files + save them from within the GUI. Personally, i'd refrain from dabbling with more critical values without full knowledge of what I'm doing.
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javagreen said:
I just enabled it a couple hours ago - it's too early to form an opinion, which is why I said i'm planning to keep the settings for atleast 2 days and see how it goes.
I totally get you
I dont mind having to reflash, but i did see a couple of values i would like to change. Ill let you guys know what happens
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^Cheers
Actually, I'm thinking of moving up to Z's 2.2.1 B3 as of now. Should I just go ahead? Just asking 'cause you are running it - is it good enough for everyday use by now?

burshturs said:
Have you notice a difference in battery life? I cant say if it has improved or worsen it.
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Personally my battery life has decreased, by how much is hard to say exactly because I've been a little heavier on my phone today than usual. At this point in the day my battery life is expected to be about 10 more hours and right now it's only reading 4--using the juice plotter app.
The phone does seem to be more responsive though and if I can still get through a whole day of moderately heavy use I'm happy.
Again, hopefully other more knowledgeable people here can post optimal settings for our X10s
*UPDATE* Yeah the settings in the OP definitely kill my battery a lot faster. The phone is more responsive for sure, but at the expense of battery performance. I'm running 2.1 Eternity ROM, dual touch, etc etc if that concerns anybody. I think I'll switch back to the default settings and uninstall this app because my battery life is honestly close to half of what it normally would be, I'm surprised no one else has noticed an impact?? :S

V6 Supercharger. This will make your SK4G smoother and get rid of launcher redraws!

Saw this while reading my rss feeds and decided to give it a try. Overall the sidekick was slow when switching between apps and when going back to home screen(screen takes time to redraw-icons and widgets)
This script was pretty easy to do/apply and is supposed to work on stock and custom roms. Obviously its working for me on ayoteddys gingerclone with root.
I suggest you all try this out. Multitasking has become more satisfying.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991276
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Holy crap this gave my phone super meth powers has anyone told the pope of dope about this yet?

xmeatizmurderx said:
Holy crap this gave my phone super meth powers has anyone told the pope of dope about this yet?
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i love pope of the dope.
but this works good?

tylermaciaszek said:
i love pope of the dope.
but this works good?
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Ya I tested, definitely legit. My phone is noticably more responsive
I'm using aggressive 1, will try others but wanna run them for at least a day to see

xmeatizmurderx said:
Ya I tested, definitely legit. My phone is noticably more responsive
I'm using aggressive 1, will try others but wanna run them for at least a day to see
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ill probably do it tonight or tomorrow! is it easy?

xmeatizmurderx said:
Ya I tested, definitely legit. My phone is noticably more responsive
I'm using aggressive 1, will try others but wanna run them for at least a day to see
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tylermaciaszek said:
ill probably do it tonight or tomorrow! is it easy?
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Yeah, the instructions are very thorough and it's not complicated, only thing is in script manager (free) it's hard to see the full menu and when you touch to scroll it inputs characters but all that takes is a little deleting

xmeatizmurderx said:
Ya I tested, definitely legit. My phone is noticably more responsive
I'm using aggressive 1, will try others but wanna run them for at least a day to see
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any improvement to the little bit of lock screen lag?
and will it fix loading widgets lag when switching from landscape to portrait mode?

It's like my phone did a line with perm effects lol. its WAYYY quicker now. this is awesome, thanks bro.

tylermaciaszek said:
any improvement to the little bit of lock screen lag?
and will it fix loading widgets lag when switching from landscape to portrait mode?
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Lock screen lag still seems to be there for me a bit, better than it was for sure but I have only tried one setting which I posted earlier, there are a ton of tweaks and hopefully over the next few days we can figure out the best setup for our device. Landscape to portrait is smooth as butter for me

im thinking 2 give this a try, what option u guys recommend? and has any1 try the 3G TurboCharger? help is appreciated, dont wanna f up my baby... thanks

Running Agressive 1 on rooted stock ROM and I'm in love with my SK4G all over again.

Option 6 will break a stock rom. Once again, the recovery saved my behind...
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I followed this visual step-by-step tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1126940. For speed I chose 1 (fast). Then I chose #2, aggressive 1. Then I reboot. When I check if the script is working it prompts me to choose all the stuff again rather than showing the screen as shown on Step 8. When I repeat the same process anyway the current and previous minfrees are different, Current being higher.
Are the settings sticking after reboot? Did I do something wrong? Because when I switch orientation in GoLauncher EX widgets still refresh at the same speed before applying the script.

I've noticed a huge change in lack of lag after running this on aggressive 1 (option 2) there's barely any lag between exiting apps and returning to home now or switching between them its soooo nice hehe
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So far I'm happy with Agressive 1. There's still that slight lag on the lock screen, and the Jump Menu is still laggy, but it's definitely a big improvement over the pre-supercharged performance.

Greenation said:
im thinking 2 give this a try, what option u guys recommend? and has any1 try the 3G TurboCharger? help is appreciated, dont wanna f up my baby... thanks
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This is a low risk script, you have more of a chance of screwing things up from rooting/flashing roms and the dev is trusted. Just make sure you read instructions and are confident when taking the steps and you will be fine. I've only tried one setting "aggressive 1" but so far so good and I will be testing another later and reporting differences.
Dunno what 3g turbocharger is, I might give it a shot but if it has to do with internet connection I'm in a wifi or 4g zone 99% of the time so a 3g booster wouldn't do anything for me.

badboi_zero said:
I followed this visual step-by-step tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1126940. For speed I chose 1 (fast). Then I chose #2, aggressive 1. Then I reboot. When I check if the script is working it prompts me to choose all the stuff again rather than showing the screen as shown on Step 8. When I repeat the same process anyway the current and previous minfrees are different, Current being higher.
Are the settings sticking after reboot? Did I do something wrong? Because when I switch orientation in GoLauncher EX widgets still refresh at the same speed before applying the script.
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I didn't use the visual tutorial, but it sounds like you used the same method I did. You should DEFINITELY notice a difference so it sounds like it's maybe it didn't work. I am on gingerclone with launcherpro so it could possibly be a golauncher issue, is anyone else running with golauncher?

badboi_zero said:
I followed this visual step-by-step tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1126940. For speed I chose 1 (fast). Then I chose #2, aggressive 1. Then I reboot. When I check if the script is working it prompts me to choose all the stuff again rather than showing the screen as shown on Step 8. When I repeat the same process anyway the current and previous minfrees are different, Current being higher.
Are the settings sticking after reboot? Did I do something wrong? Because when I switch orientation in GoLauncher EX widgets still refresh at the same speed before applying the script.
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I just tried golauncher and it seems to be working just as fast as adw and launcher pro when using this script. Do u have that task manager widget that comes with golauncher? try taking that off.
What about returning to home screen after running a couple of app... does your go laincher still take time to load?
Performance should be noticeable after running script.
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I will try uninstalling the Go task widget. Returning to the homescreen has always been fast ever since running the script. So that I did notice.
As for the minfree keeping their settings after reboot, I ran that 99-whatever.sh file as a script, found in root-data, and ran as root and boot as troubleshooted in the help html file in the sd root. But I took that off and will unSuperCharge and SuperCharge again just to start clean.
EDIT: Btw, having task managers will interfere with the script, that's you asked about the Go Launcher task manager, right? If so, I'm using ZD Box, which is a multi-feature app, such as task killer, password protection, 3G monitor, battery status, and more. Will having this installed interfere much with the script?

[ROOTMOD] Kernel Adjustments v1 [STICKYME]

I've taken the liberty to root my GS4 and have some time spent on tweaking kernel parameters.
For these settings you need to be rooted and have downloaded a kernel tweaking app, such as Trickster Mod.
I believe these settings should make some pretty significant changes to your experience.
Follow the screenshots for the configurations:

Any heat issues?
akira02rex said:
I've taken the liberty to root my GS4 and have some time spent on tweaking kernel parameters.
For these settings you need to be rooted and have downloaded a kernel tweaking app, such as Trickster Mod.
I believe these settings should make some pretty significant changes to your experience.
Follow the screenshots for the configurations:
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Since the changes have you noticed any significant heat or rapid battery drain?

john.082896 said:
Since the changes have you noticed any significant heat or rapid battery drain?
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Still testing. I am charging the device now and I'll report later but i'm guessing hardly anything noticeable.

Thanks for the post!
I am however curious about the use of ZRAM as this phone should easily have enough built in RAM to where that is not needed..
ZRAM generally gets used when a system is RAM deficient.. ZRAM will also be noticeably slower than using the built in RAM as well...
Looking forward to you reporting back..

raqball said:
Thanks for the post!
I am however curious about the use of ZRAM as this phone should easily have enough built in RAM to where that is not needed..
ZRAM generally gets used when a system is RAM deficient.. ZRAM will also be noticeably slower than using the built in RAM as well...
Looking forward to you reporting back..
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I think you may be confused about ZRAM.
ZRAM is used for swapspace instead of placing the swap on the "disk" it is placed in RAM for a performance boost.

akira02rex said:
I think you may be confused about ZRAM.
ZRAM is used for swapspace instead of placing the swap on the "disk" it is placed in RAM for a performance boost.
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I don't think I am confused... Why use swap space for RAM when this phone already has plenty?
Then again, I may be confused..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZRam

Going to give this a shot for a little while.

Baldilocks said:
How do you get to the Interactive Control screen?
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I believe you have to set the CPU governor to interactive, apply by pressing the check at the top right, then going into governor control at the bottom.

tysj said:
I believe you have to set the CPU governor to interactive, apply by pressing the check at the top right, then going into governor control at the bottom.
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Yeah, I found that right after I posted. Thanks!
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This mod has reduced stutter and sputter by like 90% on my device. Will keep pushing it.

Thanks. Really seems to help alot on mine. I did leave the min cpu at default speed though.:thumbup:

Only downside is that after reboot you have to change the settings again.
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You can set at boot in the settings from the menu.

Baldilocks said:
Only downside is that after reboot you have to change the settings again.
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You can set at boot in the settings from the menu.
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Indeed. Just hit the menu capacitive button to get to the menu pictured below:

Your menu looks so different in terms of the interactive controls... I have none of those values or menus but an even longer list.
Why does your say you have power savings enabled? Why not turn power savings completely off? I still run my galaxy for like 2 days with Music playing like an 8 hour day.

Been running this since last night..
I am not really noticing any difference but will keep testing..
Disclaimer:
I already had 101 apps / processes frozen, animations set to zero, force GPU enabled and am using a different launcher. I think most, if not all, of my lag was done away with by doing that..

raqball said:
Been running this since last night..
I am not really noticing any difference but will keep testing..
Disclaimer:
I already had 101 apps / processes frozen, animations set to zero, force GPU enabled and am using a different launcher. I think most, if not all, of my lag was done away with by doing that..
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Yea my phone was fast to begin with but with this my battery life has been amazing
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Hers mine. Geared more towards battery. Never had lag issues even from day one prior to rooting.
ATT S4 Rooted. Beastin.
4.2.2

slider2828 said:
Your menu looks so different in terms of the interactive controls... I have none of those values or menus but an even longer list.
Why does your say you have power savings enabled? Why not turn power savings completely off? I still run my galaxy for like 2 days with Music playing like an 8 hour day.
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On the general settings, after you've selected interactive you have to hit the check mark on upper right. Then click governor control at the bottom, you should see the interactive settings.
Cant wait to find out what settings gives best battery life and performance.

Yeah. Gotta keep hitting that check mark or nothing takes.
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Seems to not go into deep sleep on interactive. Is this happening to uou?

[GUIDE] Get rid of lag for your Galaxy S4 - Rooted phones only - Seeder.apk

So I keep hearing complaints about "lag" with the Galaxy S4. Some of you have it and some don't.
Well, debloating your ROM (removing junk apps that you don't use) will typically reduce lag since these extra apps aren't fighting for system resources. But that doesn't work for everyone.
Another thing to do is to flash an AOSP (android open source project) ROM. These ROM's (including gapps) are usually less than 300MB in total size, while a stock or even debloated stock TouchWiz ROM are almost always 800MB to 1.3+GB in size.
Another thing you can try is to install "Seeder". Some folks will suggest it doesn't really do anything for you. Some others will say it uses up a lot of battery. So I guess every application is different. Because for me, even with an AOSP ROM, I seem to get slightly faster system response time when I click on something. And I've left my phone alone over eight+hours and checked battery useage and don't see Seeder anywhere taking up any battery.
Here is the Seeder main application thread. There, you can "thank" the developer (lambgx02) and also ask questions about the app. You can also download Seeder from that thread for free.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1987032
Or, you can be a nice person and "buy" the app from the Play Store. At less than $2, it's not very expensive.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lcis.seeder&hl=en
You can either read about how/why the app works or doesn't. Or you can try it for yourself.
For me, it's a must-have on the S4 since even AOSP ROM's still have a small amount of lag when compared with the smoothed-out ROM's on the S3.\
REQUIREMENTS:
-Rooted ROM
-Canadian or USA or Euro S4's, it works for all of them.
-TouchWiz or AOSP, it doesn't matter which.
So, here's how to install it:
1) Download Seeder to your internal or external SD card. It doesn't matter where.
2) Using Root Explorer (or your file browser of choice), locate and click on the seeder.apk.
3) Select "Install".
4) Select "Install" again.
5) Click "open".
6) Read the disclaimer and click "OK".
7) Grant root permissions:
8) Make your settings identical to mine (to start with). I've actually since changed mine from "Moderate" to "Aggressive" because I noticed no change in battery life. So, why not.
9) Now reboot.
10) Wait two minutes after the phone comes back up (to allow background start-up processes to finish) and start using phone normally.
Good luck, hope it works for you as well as it works for me. This is not a "cure-all" for lag, but it should help speed up an otherwise healthy system.
Don't expect miracles either. Only a really fubard'd ROM might show HUGE differences. But this app will probably help a little bit.

I had tried this program on my ATT GNOTE after the new JB update that seemed to slow everyone's phones to a crawl. It did help somewhat, but not enough for it to become bearable.. Caved and bought the S4. Seems like the app DOES work.

This app is a myth that has been busted even by the xda portal.
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/entropy-seed-generator-not-all-its-hacked-up-to-be/
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Try this instead

plwalsh88 said:
This app is a myth that has been busted even by the xda portal.
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/entropy-seed-generator-not-all-its-hacked-up-to-be/
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I endorse the posting of this link. I actually intended to do so in the OP when I was typing up the original post (and lost it all to a BSOD).
The article refers more to the theory behind the "fix".
But end results are end results, and the app works for some people. It also does not work for some other folks.
Like I said in the OP, try it and see how it works for you.

CZ Eddie said:
I endorse the posting of this link. I actually intended to do so in the OP when I was typing up the original post (and lost it all to a BSOD).
The article refers more to the theory behind the "fix".
But end results are end results, and the app works for some people. It also does not work for some other folks.
Like I said in the OP, try it and see how it works for you.
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Right, and it shows that the theory behind the "fix" is flawed, having no effect on app execution. The only positive performance you're seeing is a result of boosting CPU speeds. It's not saying you're not seeing results. It's just that you're seeing them for the wrong reason; the same of which can be achieved by changing your CPU governor.
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the same of which can be achieved by changing your CPU governor.
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Negative. Because I've seen results on top of overlocking and governor changes.

CZ Eddie said:
Negative. Because I've seen results on top of overlocking and governor changes.
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I highly, highly doubt any other positive effects can be discernible on top of overclocking.
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The system lags because touchwiz has many many features beyond those that you can just simply remove with titanium backup and such, there are a lot of features;what they seem to call them. That adjust color and lighting beyond ambient at all times no matter what. Samsung needs to release an update which I know they're cooking up, that optimizes these resource hog and debugs that are constantly running in the background... Let's just hope we get it soon and not have to wait till 4.3 to get it. The only way to get rid of all of the lag is to switch to also otherwise there will always be a tad amount of it, until samsung fixes it themselves; there's only so much developers can conjure up

The only way to get rid of the lag is by installing a custom ROM, either AOSP/AOKP or a TW based ROM like Omega or Winam. Then installing a custom, polished kernel like KT's kernel. Then disabling the scroll cache.
That makes this thing run like it should have in the first place.

Yeah seeder sucks sorry to say its not actually doing much.