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Undervolting/Underclocking

So recently I've become too lazy to constantly charge my Captivate and began to experiment with undervolting/underclocking it. Has anyone found optimal voltage for battery life? I've currently got every step of 200mhz down 100 volts and underclocked to a max of 800mhz. I'm on Semaphore kernel 2.9.5sc.

freshlimes said:
So recently I've become too lazy to constantly charge my Captivate and began to experiment with undervolting/underclocking it. Has anyone found optimal voltage for battery life? I've currently got every step of 200mhz down 100 volts and underclocked to a max of 800mhz. I'm on Semaphore kernel 2.9.5sc.
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There isn't a optimal setting as all phones act different. Testing is the best you can do.

which cpu governor are you running? that may have more effect than underclocking/undervolting on battery life.
user Stempox has a nice post on cpu governors here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28647926
the screen on time and data/gps traffic, and apps that keep the phone awake, do more to effect power drain than other factors. so, if you manage those, and choose the governor that suits you preferences, then undervolting and underclocking aren't needed, IMHO.
you can tweak the governor settings with Semaphore manager, if you really want to do that too.
the thing is, you may end up keeping the screen on longer than you would at higher cpu speeds, which would counter any battery savings. also, undervolting can increase the error rate, which means further delays while phone is awake.
hope this is helpful in your pursuit of fewer charging cycles.
Sent from my SGH-I897

Best kernel for battery life for osprey?

Hai I'm wondering what's the best kernel for battery life is and if they're about the same which would be the best one

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Hai I'm wondering what's the best kernel for battery life is and if they're about the same which would be the best one
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There is no "best" kernel as each one will behave differently depending on your usage. Battery life is about trading performance for longer usage... If you don't like to tweak the kernel, leave it stock... the stock kernel and ROM are quite well optimized. Other wise if you don't mind tweaking, try any kernel, maybe start with Squid, and a conservative governor (like lionfish, conservative, or powersave), set the CPU minimum to 200Mhz, and the CPU Max Frequency 1094Mhz, even take a core or two off line if you want to get real crazy. Remember that to make a significant difference in battery you need to make a noticeable change in performance.

acejavelin said:
There is no "best" kernel as each one will behave differently depending on your usage. Battery life is about trading performance for longer usage... If you don't like to tweak the kernel, leave it stock... the stock kernel and ROM are quite well optimized. Other wise if you don't mind tweaking, try any kernel, maybe start with Squid, and a conservative governor (like lionfish, conservative, or powersave), set the CPU minimum to 200Mhz, and the CPU Max Frequency 1094Mhz, even take a core or two off line if you want to get real crazy. Remember that to make a significant difference in battery you need to make a noticeable change in performance.
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Ah cheers

Cpu Overclocking and undervolting

Hey guys I am using kernel auditor
Want to know
1)the profile to get the max performance regardless of battery
2)profile for normal multitasking but with higher battery saving capacity than stock arrangement
3)which is better 4 Cores and then restricting to 1.5ghz (or any other frequency which u would seem for the power saving) or switching off permanently and then setting the frequencies at about 2 GHz

For the non-gamers, how to tune kernel for best battery savings?

I'm using kernel adiutor.
There isn't any option to change the GPU governor. If I change the CPU governor, will that in effect change how the GPU is governed?
There is the option of changing the voltage of the GPU, however. Can I safely underclock the GPU? Will it result in longer battery life?
Thanks

You can underclock CPU easily is the settings on stock rom. And yeah battery life is better but the device performance are affected.

Underclocked Kernel for our phones?

Wondering if someone know any kernel that has energy "savings" parameters such as underclocking cpu(phone is quite fast itself and to be honest as a daily driver some users rarely use more than 30% of it's actual power), energy saving profil, underclocking gpu
Surely you can underclock stuff for yourself and after a restart an app to force those lower clocks but why not having a kernel that has all these so you'll have better battery life and be done with tweaking?
What are your thoughts people?