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in the pursuit of an everlasting battery, i installed setcpu on my phone yesterday-- i set it to a max of 400 when the screen is off, 800 when overheating, 700 when at 75% of battery, 500 when at 50%, normal when ac charing and 70% when usb charging (so i can hopefully charge faster in the car).
i havent been an android user for awhile and dont know if setcpu is one of those programs that use more battery than it saves i.e. "bloated". also, i know it sort of defeats the purpose of the dual core to underclock, but i'm going to be honest, i'm an iming, texting, browsing, sync two emails, words with friends, shopkick kind of gal...
ewww Words with Friends. WordFeud FTW!
I have never messed with SetCPU aside on my Android tablet because it had a problem sleeping. I can say that it did wonders for my tablet, I can't see why it wouldn't be the same in this case.
I don't know if I would set it to vary the speeds based on the battery readings. My tablet I had the CPU set to like "72mhz" when the screen was off and On Demand when the screen was on.
I also used Advanced Task Killer to kill all tasks when the screen was shut off because my son was launching games and leaving them run in the background. Between the two, the unit was like a whole other unit. That might be overkill but if you are worried about saving battery, might as well kill all those background apps too. Wouldn't hurt to test it. My biggest concern would be your Email Sync and IMing.
So in Advanced Task Killer, just have it ignore said apps and kill everything else.
yes i have am using it on my G2X i only have a screen off profile which is set at 216-312. I dont really want to lose speed just because my battery is low and while charging the phone doesn't heat up like my N1 did so i don't see a need for a profile there. It does work and it does work well.
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yes i have am using it on my G2X i only have a screen off profile which is set at 216-312. I dont really want to lose speed just because my battery is low and while charging the phone doesn't heat up like my N1 did so i don't see a need for a profile there. It does work and it does work well.
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I always set my screen off profile to 216/216 with the conservative or power save governor priority 100.
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I always set my screen off profile to 216/216 with the conservative or power save governor priority 100.
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do you experience any lag when you turn the screen back on?
for some reason, when i select nvidia as my device, the governor drop down is greyed out-- how did you change the governor?
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ewww Words with Friends. WordFeud FTW!
That might be overkill but if you are worried about saving battery, might as well kill all those background apps too. Wouldn't hurt to test it. My biggest concern would be your Email Sync and IMing.
So in Advanced Task Killer, just have it ignore said apps and kill everything else.
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hey! theres nothing wrong with wwf.. :]
i froze many bloat apps with titanium, and games too since i'm not much of a gamer :/ yeah, iw as thinking of taking off the syncing and iming, but i get very aggressive and could see myself dumbing down my smartphone for the sake of the battery.
with setcpu the way i described, i have noticed a loss of 5.5% an hour with normal use during the workday-- which is when i need to save my battery since i cant charge at work... i think i can live with 6% an hour... maybe.
but i did like underclocking for certain temperatures, because for some reason the phone is feeling hot in my pocket and has temps of about 91
Advanced task killer? Why am I hearing it's bad for your phone? Even when I installed it, I was losing a lot, even with Juice defender I'm losing a lot. I hardly have any apps, and I'm afraid to use my phone because of my battery.
Anyone know what I can do?
Once undervolted kernels start rolling out, battery life should improve marginally.
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Advanced task killer? Why am I hearing it's bad for your phone? Even when I installed it, I was losing a lot, even with Juice defender I'm losing a lot. I hardly have any apps, and I'm afraid to use my phone because of my battery.
Anyone know what I can do?
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task killers POINTLESS
setcpu great for profiles
if u haven't looked at the factory reboot thread check it out
because it supposedly solves some battery issues
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Advanced task killer? Why am I hearing it's bad for your phone? Even when I installed it, I was losing a lot, even with Juice defender I'm losing a lot. I hardly have any apps, and I'm afraid to use my phone because of my battery.
Anyone know what I can do?
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I use both and they help. Only use task killer manually.
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Hi guys, I asked my dad to buy the TF700 (this would be my first tablet) in my home country because the model hasn't been released in the UK (it should be today) and it's cheaper there. A friend of mine will be bringing it to me when he comes back from summer holidays.
So I've had him do the proper inspection on my tablet (according to this thread) by alienedd), and so far the tablet has passed most of the tests. But just now he noted that the tablet feels a bit warm (in particular at one of the corners of the tablet), considerably warmer than the iPad (he has been reading blogs and watching youtube HD videos using the tablet).
I wonder what kind of normal temperature should I expect for this tablet? and whether I should be concerned with what my dad noted.
Thanks in advance!!
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Hi guys, I asked my dad to buy the TF700 (this would be my first tablet) in my home country because the model hasn't been released in the UK (it should be today) and it's cheaper there. A friend of mine will be bringing it to me when he comes back from summer holidays.
So I've had him do the proper inspection on my tablet (according to this thread) by alienedd), and so far the tablet has passed most of the tests. But just now he noted that the tablet feels a bit warm (in particular at one of the corners of the tablet), considerably warmer than the iPad (he has been reading blogs and watching youtube HD videos using the tablet).
I wonder what kind of normal temperature should I expect for this tablet? and whether I should be concerned with what my dad noted.
Thanks in advance!!
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What sort of tests was he running? High performance activities like certain games will push the temperature up. it could feel pretty warm, but will cool off before damage is done.
Just web surfing, and typing this, my TF700 is running at 25C.
My top left corner of the tablet (where the power button is) gets a bit warmer than other spots while watching youtube videos.
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Hi guys, I asked my dad to buy the TF700 (this would be my first tablet) in my home country because the model hasn't been released in the UK (it should be today) and it's cheaper there. A friend of mine will be bringing it to me when he comes back from summer holidays.
So I've had him do the proper inspection on my tablet (according to this thread) by alienedd), and so far the tablet has passed most of the tests. But just now he noted that the tablet feels a bit warm (in particular at one of the corners of the tablet), considerably warmer than the iPad (he has been reading blogs and watching youtube HD videos using the tablet).
I wonder what kind of normal temperature should I expect for this tablet? and whether I should be concerned with what my dad noted.
Thanks in advance!!
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Just have him install Cool Tool @ playstore. You can set it as a floating widget. It monitors everything that you choose it to monitor. I have it monitoring battery temp. CPU speeds and WiFi signal strengths. This will help you determine much more accurately if your temp is getting to extreme. On my daily use with my Infinity, my temps never go above 100 degrees unless I'm pushing it with heavy gaming.
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With brightness set to ~20-30%, I normally see room temperature + a few degrees, basically 24-27*C, sometimes more, sometimes less.
With brightness set to max. and in some sunrays at it, I was getting as high as 41-47*C.
Edit: I meant the battery temperature, as this is what I have monitored in the tray.
The tab I have shows 120.07F degrees right out of sleep.
Then after browsing it ramps to 140.00F degrees in balanced mode with nothing forced.
Never seen the temp above 140.00F
I use system tuner to look at the CPU temperature.
I guess SysTune is accurate...I wouldn't know if it was lying anyhoo.
My previous Acer tablet was returned because it was showing temperatures in the 195F-225F degree range with below normal use.
That thing started crashing all over the place.
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The tab I have shows 120.07F degrees right out of sleep.
Then after browsing it ramps to 140.00F degrees in balanced mode with nothing forced.
Never seen the temp above 140.00F
I use system tuner to look at the CPU temperature.
I guess SysTune is accurate...I wouldn't know if it was lying anyhoo.
My previous Acer tablet was returned because it was showing temperatures in the 195F-225F degree range with below normal use.
That thing started crashing all over the place.
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Holy what? That's insane. My computer doesn't even hit 100F.
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Holy what? That's insane. My computer doesn't even hit 100F.
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Sooo if my tablet is at 102F right now just from browsing websites (5 tabs open) do you guys think i should try to exchange it for another? It got pretty hot yesterday when i played zenbound 2 for maybe 15 min. Brightness on about 2,% performance mode to get it to stop altering screen brightness ( auto is off).
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Sooo if my tablet is at 102F right now just from browsing websites (5 tabs open) do you guys think i should try to exchange it for another? It got pretty hot yesterday when i played zenbound 2 for maybe 15 min. Brightness on about 2,% performance mode to get it to stop altering screen brightness ( auto is off).
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I just played ShadowGun for 10 minutes then quickly checked temp and found it was only 93F in ~80F ambient temp. Highest I've seen on my tab (outdoor use) is 118F during the hottest part of Midwest summer when it was 100+F for days on end. Based on my experiences, anything above 120F would seem a bit abnormal.
Just checked mine using System Tuner and it was at 120F after short use of Tapatalk, etc... I believe this is completely normal - its not even warm to the touch on the outside...
For those that say it theirs never even reaches 100 degree F, what are you using to check the temperature?
EDIT: Ha! Cool Tool reports 95F while System Tuner reports 127F! Obviously, one of them is wrong - or one is monitoring CPU temp and the other is battery temp. Guess we need to clarify which tool is reporting which temp...
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Thats OK said:
The tab I have shows 120.07F degrees right out of sleep.
Then after browsing it ramps to 140.00F degrees in balanced mode with nothing forced.
Never seen the temp above 140.00F
I use system tuner to look at the CPU temperature.
I guess SysTune is accurate...I wouldn't know if it was lying anyhoo.
My previous Acer tablet was returned because it was showing temperatures in the 195F-225F degree range with below normal use.
That thing started crashing all over the place.
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That doesn't sound right. Your tablet would literally be smoking and smelling if it were that high wouldn't it?! Having it functioning alone with such high temps shouldn't be possible. It will literally be too hot to touch and would definitly fry your cores? Mine when it reached 104 degrees F. It was hard to hold due to the amount of heat. I can't imagine temps going 140 and above!
Edit: using Cool Tool.
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That doesn't sound right. Your tablet would literally be smoking and smelling if it were that high wouldn't it?! Having it functioning alone with such high temps shouldn't be possible. It will literally be too hot to touch and would definitly fry your cores? Mine when it reached 104 degrees F. It was hard to hold due to the amount of heat. I can't imagine temps going 140 and above!
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I don't know what to tell ya...
It's hit a 140 a few times as reported by Sys Tuner.
I've done some resetting in System Tuner and have gotten the temps back down.
Out of sleep I'm seeing 103 degrees now.
It still hits 140 occasionally.
I can tell when it's cooking because the area under the back camera gets warm.
Like I said in my original post I wouldn't know if Sys Tuner is lying to me or not.
Yeah, I think Sys Tuner is reporting the temperature wrong - like I said, when SysTuner reports 127F, Cool Tool reports 95F, so something is way off - probably Sys Tuner is wrong is my guess...
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I just played ShadowGun for 10 minutes then quickly checked temp and found it was only 93F in ~80F ambient temp. Highest I've seen on my tab (outdoor use) is 118F during the hottest part of Midwest summer when it was 100+F for days on end. Based on my experiences, anything above 120F would seem a bit abnormal.
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Blah guess this one is going back to best buy.. I was using Cool Tool. The back was burning hot and during the middle of me editing my last post to say I was using Cool Tool the tablet crashed and went through a few boot loops until it finally loaded back up.. The 102F temp was just from have 5 tabs opened on browser, using the tablet indoors, almost full battery (just turned on), 20% brightness. I switched it back down to power saving mode just to see and the past few hours it's been at 93-98F from just 2 tabs opened on browser. No games being played since then. I also had it fully off for a few hours in between.
P.S. Do you guys know what serial number your units start with? Mine is C7. At the best buy besides the other C7 I opened the day before (had scratches) the rest of them were C6. Wondering if the batch makes a difference.
I don't think 100F is out of bounds for this device - like I said, mine was at 95F just using tapatalk. Having 5 tabs going in a browser would certainly make it run hotter than Tapatalk...
EDIT: Just out of curiosity, try loading Dual Battery Widget and see what temp is reports...
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jtrosky said:
I don't think 100F is out of bounds for this device - like I said, mine was at 95F just using tapatalk. Having 5 tabs going in a browser would certainly make it run hotter than Tapatalk...
EDIT: Just out of curiosity, try loading Dual Battery Widget and see what temp is reports...
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makes me miss my original prime. I could have 2 browsers with multiple tabs up, checking gmail, playing games, on performance mode (to get away from screen changing brightness even though auto brightness off) and it would only get warm. Now if their updates didn't break my gps and make my screen bug out all the time..
What does dual battery widget do besides monitor battery? I installed it but it just logs battery right? CoolTemp is still at 91F right now. 100F was whatever for a powerful tablet since my laptop burns my legs normall, but once it got to 102+ it started going through boot loops from overheating.
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makes me miss my original prime. I could have 2 browsers with multiple tabs up, checking gmail, playing games, on performance mode (to get away from screen changing brightness even though auto brightness off) and it would only get warm. Now if their updates didn't break my gps and make my screen bug out all the time..
What does dual battery widget do besides monitor battery? I installed it but it just logs battery right? CoolTemp is still at 91F right now. 100F was whatever for a powerful tablet since my laptop burns my legs normall, but once it got to 102+ it started going through boot loops from overheating.
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Dual battery widget also reports the temperature - just curious if it reports the same values. But regardless, my tablet seems to reach the same temps as your - I don't think the temp is problem...
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jtrosky said:
Dual battery widget also reports the temperature - just curious if it reports the same values. But regardless, my tablet seems to reach the same temps as your - I don't think the temp is problem...
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How do you get it to show the temp? On the bottom right it just shows a battery icon, and when you click into the widget it just shows a line graph of the current battery % of the tablet.. while the system menu on bottom right shows the dock %.
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How do you get it to show the temp? On the bottom right it just shows a battery icon, and when you click into the widget it just shows a line graph of the current battery % of the tablet.. while the system menu on bottom right shows the dock %.
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I actually turn the notification icon off completely. Create a widget with it instead and then click on the widget - it reports the temperature.
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I actually turn the notification icon off completely. Create a widget with it instead and then click on the widget - it reports the temperature.
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Umm how to do you create a widget? It's not listed in the widgets tab on app screen.
I've been searching around for a bit and cant find a definitive answer on the affects of performance mode on the infinity (Not rooted, running stock). I wanted to get everyone's opinion on how exactly it affects the OVERALL performance of the infinity.
Is the trade off worth the decreased battery life? Does it alleviate some of the lag we sometimes see in battery saving and balanced mode? What areas ( browsing, app draw animation, switching between home screens etc...) do you see the greatest increase in performance?
Also i don't really care about the different benchmark scores that are out there. I want opinions on EVERYDAY USAGE, not benchmark results. Thanks in advance guys!
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running stock deodexed rom in performance mode,
set cpu with on demand governor and minimum clock bumped up to around 240,
browser to ram installed along with system tuner tweeks I couldn't be happier.
Battery life is still great and I get really good performance with Dolphin and good performance with Chrome.
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running stock deodexed rom in performance mode,
set cpu with on demand governor and minimum clock bumped up to around 240,
browser to ram installed along with system tuner tweeks I couldn't be happier.
Battery life is still great and I get really good performance with Dolphin and good performance with Chrome.
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Like i said, looking for info on COMPLETE stock, not rooted... running the performance mode option on the inifinity.
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Good question...
I don't see much difference tween performance and balanced.
Gaming is a tad better in performance maybe because it pushes the GPU a bit.
As far as everyday use and battery life not much more speed in performance.
Just another button to push versus a root tweak.
Hmmm, OP - why not just try it yourself and see?? Who would be a better judge than you, on your own device, using the apps that you use??
Everyone uses these tablets differently and just because someone else gets better results with their setup, doesn't mean that you would see the same results...
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I use Power Saving for everything except Gaming, works nicely with upto 9 hours of screen time.
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Hmmm, OP - why not just try it yourself and see?? Who would be a better judge than you, on your own device, using the apps that you use??
Everyone uses these tablets differently and just because someone else gets better results with their setup, doesn't mean that you would see the same results...
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I have tried it, but obviously im not the only one who owns a tf700, nor is my use of the tablet the same as everyone else. Also there have been obvious differences in individual tablet performance regardless of performance mode. Hence why im asking everyone's opinion. That way i can compare my results to those of everyone else and see if there is a correlation. Cant do that by just looking at my own individual results
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I use Power Saving for everything except Gaming, works nicely with upto 9 hours of screen time.
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ok...but how does your tab perform in performance mode as compared to battery saving? Not really getting alot of info from that post. Thanks for responding though!
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I have tried it, but obviously im not the only one who owns a tf700, nor is my use of the tablet the same as everyone else. Also there have been obvious differences in individual tablet performance regardless of performance mode. Hence why im asking everyone's opinion. That way i can compare my results to those of everyone else and see if there is a correlation. Cant do that by just looking at my own individual results
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I guess I misunderstood your post - I thought you were trying to determine if you should use performance mode or not...
So, what were your conclusions when you tried it?
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I guess I misunderstood your post - I thought you were trying to determine if you should use performance mode or not...
So, what were your conclusions when you tried it?
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Honestly no real difference. Seems like a lot of wasted power for no gain and decreased battery life. But i might be wrong.
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Like i said, looking for info on COMPLETE stock, not rooted... running the performance mode option on the inifinity.
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If you want good performance you need to at least root your device.
as far as cpu speed goes, all performance mode does is kick up the max from 1.5GHz to 1.7GHz. in power saving mode the max is 1GHz. not sure about gpu changes.
i tend to use power saving mode unless im playing a resource intensive game, which honestly doesn't happen all that often. i don't really see a difference between the modes as far as changing between home screens, launcher drawer, etc.
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If you want good performance you need to at least root your device.
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Understandable, but that's not what im asking. If i wanted to know the what rom to use and how that specific rom performed on performance mode, then i would ask that. But im not asking that. Thanks anyways.
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as far as cpu speed goes, all performance mode does is kick up the max from 1.5GHz to 1.7GHz. in power saving mode the max is 1GHz. not sure about gpu changes.
i tend to use power saving mode unless im playing a resource intensive game, which honestly doesn't happen all that often. i don't really see a difference between the modes as far as changing between home screens, launcher drawer, etc.
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I appreciate the response. Very informative. What do you usually use your tab for?
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If its like the 201 which I assume it is then:
Performance mode has higher maximum speed and is more aggressive with powergating. It also has higher contrast and I think faster bus link speed. 3d speed is best at this setting.
Balanced will scale to quad core but will be more hesitant to hit high speed and ungate cores compared to performance mode. The net is a slight stutter. The contrast is lower. 2d balanced performance is the same as performance and powersave is about half the 2d speed.
Powersave is more conservative with speeds and gating. Is good for video playback if you can get over the dynamic contrast which is higher in this mode.
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If its like the 201 which I assume it is then:
Performance mode has higher maximum speed and is more aggressive with powergating. It also has higher contrast and I think faster bus link speed. 3d speed is best at this setting.
Balanced will scale to quad core but will be more hesitant to hit high speed and ungate cores compared to performance mode. The net is a slight stutter. The contrast is lower. 2d balanced performance is the same as performance and powersave is about half the 2d speed.
Powersave is more conservative with speeds and gating. Is good for video playback if you can get over the dynamic contrast which is higher in this mode.
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Great post thanks man
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I use Power Saving for everything except Gaming, works nicely with upto 9 hours of screen time.
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Really? My Infinity is incredibly slow in PS Mode. Running stock ROM, not rooted.
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Honestly no real difference. Seems like a lot of wasted power for no gain and decreased battery life. But i might be wrong.
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I've had noticeable lag in balanced mode while watching 1080P video. I get zero lag with performance mode. I also notice the graphics frame rate is smoother and higher on performance mode as well. Especially when you play games that totally utilize the tegra 3 chip set.
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I appreciate the response. Very informative. What do you usually use your tab for?
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Most of the time I've spent with the tablet so far has been flashing roms (stock based and cm10 testing which tends to be very time consuming lol) and tweaking stuff. When I do actually USE it, it has been for media consumption most of the time (displaying photos for friends that are over, reading ebooks, looking up something on the web, reading XDA, etc). Nothing really resource intensive.
Stock, non-rooted, not unlocked, no tweaks, turned off most bloatware. Running a Live Wallpaper (Steampunk Droid). Have had it since about a week before the release. (yes yes, the store cheated.)
My everyday use is mainly: checking mail, typing documents (books), watching videos (tvshows, films), working in Photoshop Painter and Sketchbook, reading pdf magazines, playing (non-casual) games, reading 9gag, vlc remote, design presentations, playing music, webtesting layouts.
From what I've noticed:
Power Saving:
Delay in loading apps, changing screens, scrolling and swiping (4-5 seconds to load the icons on homescreen). Typing (120wpm) on the dock keyboard drives it completely insane, I have to wait about two minutes for it to finish catching up, and it usually ends up as complete gibberish; Highly amusing, but not very useful. Videos of any size pretty much won't render properly at all. Websites take quite a while to load. Saves the most battery in sleep mode (+-1% loss over 10h wifi off)
Balanced:
Smooth screen transition, appscreen loads (almost) instantly. Lags slightly during intensive use (typing with keyboard, video loading, heavy games, multiple browsing tabs). Videos work alright, anything over 720p won't work properly, Tegra3 games lag (fps of about 5). Ordinary games run fine.
Performance:
Bit more snap-responsive than Balanced, by a fraction of a second. Not vital, still noticable if you're looking for it. Blurays run (more or less) smoothly (ICS isn't designed for it) (tested with Timescapes 4K bluray 1080p mp4 in VLC Béta, it ran the video for 8 hours on high brightness&ips+ with dock connected.). Heavy games (MW3, NOVA3) run fine. No delay between swiping, switching screens or launching apps.
There is no difference in screen contrast or brightness between Balanced and Perfomance as far as I can see.
Personally, I use Battery Saving when I put the device to sleep or on idle (the occasional email it can handle just fine). For normal use, I go for Balanced mode. If I notice it is a bit sluggish in games and videos, I switch to performance for the duration and then just swap back once I'm done. Using performance for anything other than when it has trouble rendering is a waste of battery and power.
Hope this helps.
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Hello!
So I read on "Manga watcher" app alot and I believe recently my device heat up extreamly everytime I use the app, it sometimes reaches 108F but often it doeasnt reach more than 106F. Is this a problem other then that my hands get warm when holding it? (thank god I bought the keyboard)
Is your tab overclocked or do you use an overclocking kernel?
Stammis said:
Hello!
So I read on "Manga watcher" app alot and I believe recently my device heat up extreamly everytime I use the app, it sometimes reaches 108F but often it doeasnt reach more than 106F. Is this a problem other then that my hands get warm when holding it? (thank god I bought the keyboard)
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No, it is normal under a heavy load. The reason that you feel warm is because the back of your device is aluminum which is a great material for heat sink or heat transfer. It is a good thing that heat is not building up a round the CPU and GPU :good:
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No, it is normal under a heavy load. The reason that you feel warm is because the back of your device is aluminum which is a great material for heat sink or heat transfer. It is a good thing that heat is not building up a round the CPU and GPU :good:
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Does reading on Manga Watcher constitute a heavy load? I don't know the app, but reading should not heat up the tab like that.
I would investigate further.
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berndblb said:
Does reading on Manga Watcher constitute a heavy load? I don't know the app, but reading should not heat up the tab like that.
I would investigate further.
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Hehe, just reading Manga Watcher is not a heavy load. However, if another 38 third party apps actively running at the same time that you can not kill excluded system apps. I think that it is on the heavy side. Those information that I got from another post from this person right below this post. I have a few free games that constantly upload and download advertisements in my notification bar. I hate that but it is free. Maybe I am wrong, just try to help.
Well it only over heats when i use the manga watcher app so it has to be a connection, and I watch alot of youtube and movies with my device. Oh well as long as it doesnt dmg the cpu or anything i can live with it.
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Well it only over heats when i use the manga watcher app so it has to be a connection, and I watch alot of youtube and movies with my device. Oh well as long as it doesnt dmg the cpu or anything i can live with it.
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Probably heating up as the GPU is being used for rendering and is in overdrive..? Is it the top left corner? If so it's the GPU.
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Probably heating up as the GPU is being used for rendering and is in overdrive..? Is it the top left corner? If so it's the GPU.
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GPU and CPU are the same chip.
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GPU and CPU are the same chip.
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Yep and I'll wager it's the GPU usage that is heating it up.
The heat dont emit from any particular space and i dont use any overclocking
What the bloody hell is 108F?....
Oh, only 42ºC? That's not overheating..... That's actually fairly normal for any active CPU/GPU (For an active GPU it's actually rather cold.). I wish my GPU in my laptop stayed at 42ºC.....
The reason it feel so hot is because the device's case is metal. Metal transfers heat exceptionally well.
No, video players don't cause a heat increase for me either, not even after 15 hours of 1080p LOTR Bluray. But anything by Kairosoft turns my tab into a heater.
Well at 108F the device is warning me its overheating. I use battery booster lite to get the information.
Most definitely not over heating at 42 degrees c, the device shuts down at over 80 degrees I believe. I've seen mine get as hot as 60 degrees which is warm.
Okay well if 42c is normal then i am really glad i bought the keyboard thx everyone!
I generally get great battery life using regular apps throughout the day. But many games seems to eat up battery life quicker than I would have thought. That coupled with how hot my phone gets, I'm a little worried there may be an issue with my phone.
The two games where my phone feels like it is burning up are Plants vs Zombies 2 and Anomaly 2. After playing a session, a quick look at the battery graph shows an extremely steep drop.
Is this normal? Maybe it is, but it doesn't feel or seem right.
flintdragon said:
I generally get great battery life using regular apps throughout the day. But many games seems to eat up battery life quicker than I would have thought. That coupled with how hot my phone gets, I'm a little worried there may be an issue with my phone.
The two games where my phone feels like it is burning up are Plants vs Zombies 2 and Anomaly 2. After playing a session, a quick look at the battery graph shows an extremely steep drop.
Is this normal? Maybe it is, but it doesn't feel or seem right.
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its normal. cpu and gpu intensive games will warm up your device to a toasty level. but that why they make the phone have a thermal throttle. when it hits a certain temp, you phone will automatically reduce the cpu speed to cool down a little. but the heat from gpu/cpu intensive games is more than normal, its expected. btw, the safety shutdown temp for the n5 is 100C, which youll never reach because of the thermal throttle, only if you have root and disable thermal throttle, then it could hit the safety shutdown temp
I know about the problem with Plants vs Zombies 2, it eats through battery like crazy. I don't think that there is an issue with your phone, because your battery doesn't drop like that at any other intensive game, does it?
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I've noticed the exact same thing with PvZ 2. It's addictive as all hell, but chews through my battery.
I really wish they would release it on the Amazon Appstore so I could put it on my Kindle Fire. Unfortunately, because of the Google Play integration you can't even sideload it to a Kindle, you just get a black screen when you try to launch it.
Tudorrrr said:
I know about the problem with Plants vs Zombies 2, it eats through battery like crazy. I don't think that there is an issue with your phone, because your battery doesn't drop like that at any other intensive game, does it?
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I don't play any intensive games actually and I wouldn't even catagorize PvZ2 as intensive. Maybe it is just suboptimally coded apps. Anomaly2 isn't even really that intensive. Not like a FPS/3D game anyway.
flintdragon said:
I generally get great battery life using regular apps throughout the day. But many games seems to eat up battery life quicker than I would have thought. That coupled with how hot my phone gets, I'm a little worried there may be an issue with my phone.
The two games where my phone feels like it is burning up are Plants vs Zombies 2 and Anomaly 2. After playing a session, a quick look at the battery graph shows an extremely steep drop.
Is this normal? Maybe it is, but it doesn't feel or seem right.
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PvZ2 is terrible. Get Franco kernel + his updater app. Set the per app mode of PvZ @ 652MHz. Still runs fine. The only difference you will notice is when the last big wave hits, there can be a little slow down, but it goes away quickly. With all 4 cores running at 652MHz, there is virtually no heat. Will get you 1+ hour more game time. I'm experimenting with underclocking the GPU for it as well. I don't want to underclock the phone when I'm just using apps, but these games are using much more power than they need to be using. 4x, at least.
I think it's poor coding, as @flintdragon suggested.