Hi, I have just rooted my H959 on android 5.1.1.
Even playing games without stunning graphic like "Puzzle and Dragons",
my phone's temperature is still high and it drains a lot during that.
I am thinking about disabling some CPU cores for reducing heat/battery drain?
Is it a good idea to disable let say 2 cores to make it perform like S808 (with better GPU tho) ?
Anyone tried this before and how was the result?
Just use Kernel adiutor. I haven't noticed a major difference from switching to 2(4 little + 2 big), but I've been using 2 for a week or so. I played NFS and The Room 2 with no issues.
Ace42 said:
Just use Kernel adiutor. I haven't noticed a major difference from switching to 2(4 little + 2 big), but I've been using 2 for a week or so. I played NFS and The Room 2 with no issues.
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Done the same with excellent results.
Hi guys
Hoping you Kernel Adiutor veterans will be able to assist. When I go to the CPU page to disable some cores, the refresh icon in the top right just spins for ages and ages (sitting at 10 mins so far) and I get no options. Other parts of the app are fine.
Any ideas?
I tried the play store app as well as the f-droid apk.
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Hoping you Kernel Adiutor veterans will be able to assist. When I go to the CPU page to disable some cores, the refresh icon in the top right just spins for ages and ages (sitting at 10 mins so far) and I get no options. Other parts of the app are fine.
Any ideas?
I tried the play store app as well as the f-droid apk.
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I have only seen this when the phone was hot from games or benchmarks. Whenever the big cluster is disabled due to heat kernel adi will not behave properly. However, you might need to install busybox from the play store in case you haven't done so.
Ok...it seems it does this when it overheats. When it's cool it works fine. I do now have another issue though. When i try and disable bigcores 2 and 3, they come back on after one or two reboots.
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Ok...it seems it does this when it overheats. When it's cool it works fine. I do now have another issue though. When i try and disable bigcores 2 and 3, they come back on after one or two reboots.
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Just disable the last 2, 3/4.
Thanks for the quote...but do you have anything to add
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Thanks for the quote...but do you have anything to add
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Cheers...i currently try to disable 2 and 3 and it's failing...i will try your suggestion but wondering why you think that will make a difference?
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Cheers...i currently try to disable 2 and 3 and it's failing...i will try your suggestion but wondering why you think that will make a difference?
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Because when I do that it leaves them off even after a reboot or shutting down the phone. I noticed if you disable every big core sometimes big(1) will turn itself on. This might have something to do with the controller that maintains the CPU cliatwrs.
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Thanks for the explanation. Out of curiosity, are you using the stock kernel?
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Thanks for the explanation. Out of curiosity, are you using the stock kernel?
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There's only the stock kernel available. I'm not currently using my Flex though.
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try downloading Kernel Adiutor from FDROID , the play store version does not seem to work on flex 2 . i had the same problem , now fixed
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Can anyone look at these screenshots and advise me on how I can get better performance from my battery? I just flashed SkyICS (latest version) hoping to get better performance from my battery, but it doesn't seem to help. This is with what I would consider medium to heavy usage. I used my phone most of the day to browse the web and check facebook.
Any ideas?
Yeah a bigger battery and some fairy dust
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That's with an extended battery....
Bro heavy users like you and me can only get by by keeping a charger on hand undervolting underclocking
Edit: but 4.0 rom's don't have custom kernels yet
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Looks like the screen has been on for at least 4 hours. All you can really do is underclock it and freeze all the stuff you don't use.
Guess I will research how to underclock.... any good starting points?
You can't if your on ics
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You can't if your on ics
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But what if I told you that I do
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But what if I told you that I do
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I would ask you how?
X you really are crazy but your right
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I would ask you how?
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I prefer no frills cpu. It will report the wrong settings when the toast pops up, but if you check cpu spy you will see it's working
Here's a couple basic and obvious tips and you might already know this, but no one has mentioned it yet in this thread so...
Turn wifi off when there are no wifi networks to join, but I've heard not to let it sleep when you are wifi connected.
Leave bluetooth and gps off when not using it. I don't let allow any of google's location services to run in the background myself. Not sure how well that helps the battery though.
Some people say leaving off autobrightness turned off will help battery life and some say leaving it turned on is better for battery performance. I'm not sure who is right but you might try it both ways and see if one is better for you.
I've tried most of those things and they don't seem to help.
I'm in an area with lte but coverage is spotty at work. Could that be what is mainly killing the battery?
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benstudley said:
I've tried most of those things and they don't seem to help.
I'm in an area with lte but coverage is spotty at work. Could that be what is mainly killing the battery?
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Crappy signal is a huge drain
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I am using sky ics rom from Sean with base z3 and the latest update... love the performance ....
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here are the screenshots
Here are my screenshots
Edit 1: the screen on time is 2h 12 min and the phone calls are nearly 2 hours
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Edit 1: the screen on time is 2h 12 min and the phone calls are nearly 2 hours
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This is impressive battery life, if I may ask, what ROM are you using?
88% after 41 minutes of checking facebook and Google Reader? Is that normal? On wifi I should add...
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88% after 41 minutes of checking facebook and Google Reader? Is that normal? On wifi I should add...
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There is no normal, everyone has different setups, different apps, and different lifestyles. If you're saying the screen has been on for 41 minutes, that seems ok.
Thanks for the help everyone. I guess I'll just keep chargers handy
So since yesterday every time I use my phone or even charge it my phone gets extremely hot! The screen especially and the back where the camera lies. I charged my phone for 6 hours there with no use and it has only went up a 4-5%. Ive not installed or downloaded anything recently that could cause this issue. I was wondering if anyone could help or have had such a problem and know what there is to do? I'm running the latest viper with elemental X 8.1 stock elemental settings been on both for at least a month or 2.
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Check kernel settings. Maybe only 1 core is in use
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Check kernel settings. Maybe only 1 core is in use
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I had a look and it was fine. I rebooted and now my phones went completely lag crazy with
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Ruu and do a clean flash. As a beta tester for Viper I've been running it since release and never had any issues. Other than we've reported which have been fixed.
I assume you're soff.
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Try changing kernel, letting phone sit off for some time, or if all else fails do a clean install. Something i do when any of my phones overheat but wouldnt recommend for everyone, is i zip it up in a zip-lock bag and put it in the frig for about 2-5 minutes. But like i said works just fine for me everytime but dont recommend it
I don't recommend putting hot electronics in the fridge or freezer due to condensation.
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You can place it on a cloth wrapped ice pack for a few minutes, should cool it down very quickly.
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how to check if both cores are working!?
mostly when i open TRICKSTER MOD it shows core 1 as offline and usually its core 0 that's fluctuating with min or max frequency!?
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how to check if both cores are working!?
mostly when i open TRICKSTER MOD it shows core 1 as offline and usually its core 0 that's fluctuating with min or max frequency!?
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Actually Venom Tweaks includes an option for status bar or notification drawer that displays current CPU usage. Theoretically you could run some apps, pull down status bar and check if both cores are in use. Having one core activated running full throttle would easily turn your phone into a hand warmer
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I don't recommend putting hot electronics in the fridge or freezer due to condensation.
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Hint which is why i said i dont recommend it....
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Hint which is why i said i dont recommend it....
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I knew that but when you provide someone with information that you do not recommend a user doing, you should explain why so they understand the risk associated. Especially in a case where their phone could be damaged beyond any chance of repair. Don't you agree?
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I knew that but when you provide someone with information that you do not recommend a user doing, you should explain why so they understand the risk associated. Especially in a case where their phone could be damaged beyond any chance of repair. Don't you agree?
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Ur absolutely right, Just wanted to share my won little trick but there is a high risk associated with it
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Actually Venom Tweaks includes an option for status bar or notification drawer that displays current CPU usage. Theoretically you could run some apps, pull down status bar and check if both cores are in use. Having one core activated running full throttle would easily turn your phone into a hand warmer
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i dont know but for most of the times on many phones it will show only one core fluctuating!
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i dont know but for most of the times on many phones it will show only one core fluctuating!
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Correct. But putting the phone under some form of stress such as running games or watching YouTube videos ramps up CPU frequencies as well as initiating the additional core.
According to comments in development thread, OP has solved over heating issue with an RUU.
Nice!
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Correct. But putting the phone under some form of stress such as running games or watching YouTube videos ramps up CPU frequencies as well as initiating the additional core.
According to comments in development thread, OP has solved over heating issue with an RUU.
Nice!
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Good to know the issue is solved
cause even i had some issues with heating.. even for a small games my cpu tem is 50-60 and battery around 40!
It isn't unusual for this device to reach those temperatures during battery/CPU intensive apps or games. I've had it happen many times, games like Scramble With Friends (and other With Friends games) do it quite badly, as well as Maps, YouTube, and several others.
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Going through some threads it seems most dont experience any lag so im wondering what the problem could be in my case i sometimes notice slight lags when opening/closing app drawer, switching to quick settings, opening/closing apps (turned off animations so not really a problem now) and a few other instances is this normal? it got quite bad so i unrooted it and locked bootloader then unlocked and re-rooted and at the moment i am on stock rom, stock launcher and faux123 stable mainline 11 kernel
Glad I'm not the only one. Do the apps include any of the following: Timely, YouTube?
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Glad I'm not the only one. Do the apps include any of the following: Timely, YouTube?
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yes youtube does lag a little infact quite a few apps do although i just assumed this was more to do with the apps than the phone itself?
fedor12 said:
yes youtube does lag a little infact quite a few apps do although i just assumed this was more to do with the apps than the phone itself?
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Is this when it's starting or at any given time in the app? Mine has like some delay at launch, the rest is bad WiFi.
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enriquelabrada said:
Is this when it's starting or at any given time in the app? Mine has like some delay at launch, the rest is bad WiFi.
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can happen anytime really not just starting up, it is a little annoying my nex4 seemed smoother although it may just be because im being abit more picky with the nex5 lol
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can happen anytime really not just starting up, it is a little annoying my nex4 seemed smoother although it may just be because im being abit more picky with the nex5 lol
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I've been doing some browsing here and it looks like your not alone. Maybe next update will fix this for Android in general or that app.
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enriquelabrada said:
I've been doing some browsing here and it looks like your not alone. Maybe next update will fix this for Android in general or that app.
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hopefully it is something that an android update will fix soon as its not just apps for me its everywhere but not all the time, i was wondering if its the custom kernel im using? Hopefully it isn't as i cant change the gamma values in stock kernel so that is the main reason for me flashing a custom one
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hopefully it is something that an android update will fix soon as its not just apps for me its everywhere but not all the time, i was wondering if its the custom kernel im using? Hopefully it isn't as i cant change the gamma values in stock kernel so that is the main reason for me flashing a custom one
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Doubt it's your kernel. I'm running stock and suffering as well :/ It could also be a defect, some run fine others don't. Same with the same speaker issue, some newer owners especially the red ones claim it sounds better as the old ones.
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Try switching to ART runtime, it seems to be much smoother. Im using Franco's kernel with a lot of downgrading in setup and yet I don't experience lags.
I did think about switching to ART but to be honest i dont want to lose anything in terms of stability but hopefully soon it will become part of an update so if lag is normal on dalvik now i dont mind waiting i just wanted to see if its normal or im doing something wrong
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and faux123 stable mainline 11 kernel
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I'm sure that the problem could be around some settings with faux kernel. I use it too but recommended settings foe nexus 5 seem to cause some lag for everyone as it's more for saving battery life...
You might nee to play with some settings there Like governor and Hotplug.
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I'm sure that the problem could be around some settings with faux kernel. I use it too but recommended settings foe nexus 5 seem to cause some lag for everyone as it's more for saving battery life...
You might nee to play with some settings there Like governor and Hotplug.
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I am on mpdecision and the governer is ondemand would you say thats ok?
Go into developer settings and speed up the animations. See if that helps. Sorry cut the last 2out the 3 to 0ff and speed first
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Go into developer settings and speed up the animations. See if that helps. Sorry cut the last 2out the 3 to 0ff and speed first
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I have already turned off animations for transition animation scales but when i turned off the rest it looked weird so turned them back on, i didn't understand 'Sorry cut the last 2out the 3 to 0ff and speed first'
Another thing i forgot to mention is when i unrooted/went back to stock i let the apps auto update and straight after i noticed there was lag when opening app drawer so i uninstalled all the updates and it fixed itself has anyone else had this happen? I have had to set the apps to never auto update now
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Another thing i forgot to mention is when i unrooted/went back to stock i let the apps auto update and straight after i noticed there was lag when opening app drawer so i uninstalled all the updates and it fixed itself has anyone else had this happen? I have had to set the apps to never auto update now
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Installing updates from Play doesn`t make the phone laggy unless there is a problem with an app or some apps. Rebooting after installing updates clears most problems most of the time.
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Installing updates from Play doesn`t make the phone laggy unless there is a problem with an app or some apps. Rebooting after installing updates clears most problems most of the time.
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Im going to let the updates install then and reboot, if it messes the phone up again im just going to uninstall again
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Im going to let the updates install then and reboot, if it messes the phone up again im just going to uninstall again
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Install BetterBatteryStatts for unusual app behaviour which is most likely the reason of your phone lagging.
I downloaded betterbatterystats but it isn't showing me anything regarding apps only the device wake/sleep stats etc
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I downloaded betterbatterystats but it isn't showing me anything regarding apps only the device wake/sleep stats etc
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Turn on root options within settings advanced
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Just got the update! Seems pretty nice. It added an lot of features!
However I can't see any new what faces as they promised.
burshturs said:
Just got the update! Seems pretty nice. It added an lot of features!
However I can't see any new what faces as they promised.
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Youcan customize and create your own watch faces now...You can do it on the phone via smartwatch app within smartconnect....
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Youcan customize and create your own watch faces now...You can do it on the phone via smartwatch app within smartconnect....
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I see it know. Thanks man!
For which MN2 or SW2?
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For which MN2 or SW2?
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For SW2
Thought so. Sony's policy is the same as Samsung's if you want the latest firmware? Buy the latest device.
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Double tap screen is cool too. I did, however, see a major change in battery life. I used to get 3 to 4 days and now I barely get one. Anyone else notice the same? I was wondering if it might be because I made a very busy custom watch face, but curious to see others' feedback...
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Double tap screen is cool too. I did, however, see a major change in battery life. I used to get 3 to 4 days and now I barely get one. Anyone else notice the same? I was wondering if it might be because I made a very busy custom watch face, but curious to see others' feedback...
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I also have a massive battery drain in 5/6 hours 40% left
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I have about 3% battery drain every hour with a watchface with 5 widget.
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I saw someone mention in another thread that it might be double tap to wake causing the drain. I just turned it off; will report back after a day or two.
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I can confirm significant battery drain with double tap to wake turned on. I turned it off and my battery life returned to normal, even with 5 widgets on the watchface!
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Hi guys, so I recently bought a nexus 5 I just got it like 5 days ago. My problem is that I have some lag problems. My phone lags when I play games like Dead trigger 2. I also have this game called Kritika, I don't know if you've heard of it, it's from Gamevil, and it lags pretty bad. So why is this? It's a Nexus 5, I shouldn't have problems with the Snapdragon 800 processor. I also seem to have a little stutter in fruit ninja. Is it just me or do I have a defective device. Or is there nothing wrong with it? Can someone please tell me whether I should send it back or not? Thank you.
Is it on stock? If no reflash stock then factory reset the device. Then load nothing else but the game. If it lags it hardware.
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It's probably overheating
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It's probably overheating
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Most likely or at least hitting the throttle temp limit.
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Most likely or at least hitting the throttle temp limit.
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Yup, and it'll cut back to 1100 mhz then i believe it'll step down again to around 6-700 if it's not getting cooler
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Yeah but it's just that my nexus 4 ran dear trigger 2 just fine on high
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Yeah but it's just that my nexus 4 ran dear trigger 2 just fine on high
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That's why we suggested it could be a hardware issue
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Yup, or perhaps (I'm unsure) the 5 throttles earlier than the 4?
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Yup, or perhaps (I'm unsure) the 5 throttles earlier than the 4?
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no, but it heats up quicker than the n4.
Yeah but I just don't feel like sending it back. So I guess there's nothing I can do: (
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Can anyone verify that dead trigger 2 and kritika lag on their nexus 5 too? Then I'll be happy, because I'll know that that they obviously lag on all nexus 5's
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Can anyone verify that dead trigger 2 and kritika lag on their nexus 5 too? Then I'll be happy, because I'll know that that they obviously lag on all nexus 5's
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i have dead trigger 2, theres no lag. then again, i use a custom kernel for performance, and i disable thermal throttle.
Must be why then, did it lag before your custom kernel?
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Can anyone verify that dead trigger 2 and kritika lag on their nexus 5 too? Then I'll be happy, because I'll know that that they obviously lag on all nexus 5's
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I would bet on thermal throttling like everyone else is saying. I noticed that although my Nexus 4 got absurdly hot with a raised thermal throttle, games ran better. That phone was a launch device and is used by my dad every day now without any lasting effects. I've done the same with my Nexus 5 with similar effect, although it doesn't seem to get as hot as my old phone. I would say that it's safe to do, and should get rid of the lag
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Must be why then, did it lag before your custom kernel?
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i dont know. my n5 was never ever booted up while stock, first boot was with root, a custom rom and kernel :angel:
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i dont know. my n5 was never ever booted up while stock, first boot was with root, a custom rom and kernel :angel:
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Can anyone verify that dead trigger 2 and kritika lag on their nexus 5 too? Then I'll be happy, because I'll know that that they obviously lag on all nexus 5's
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Does your phone heat up while its lagging? If so, it would be because of thermal throttling like the other have mentioned (reducing CPU frequency so the phone can cool down)
You can flash a custom kernel and either remove thermal throttling or increase the amount of temperature of thermal throttling (so it will reduce CPU only at higher temperatures).
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Does your phone heat up while its lagging? If so, it would be because of thermal throttling like the other have mentioned (reducing CPU frequency so the phone can cool down)
You can flash a custom kernel and either remove thermal throttling or increase the amount of temperature of thermal throttling (so it will reduce CPU only at higher temperatures).
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Yeah it does heat up while it's lagging, but the problem is that it doesn't take time to lag, it just starts lagging when I start the game up, not over time, so I was wondering if it was a hardware problem.
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You know what guys I suspect it's just those two apps that lag, cuz other games run just fine
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I played DT2 a lot on my N5.. Never had a problem. Back then my N5 was fully stock.