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[Q] The perfect SetCpu settings for powersaving

I'm really struggling with battery life at the moment. Has anyone got settings I can use to save on battery life in SetCpu? Profiles etc

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I'd like to know too.

I would also like to know =[ my battery dies wayy too fast. I have the darkstone froyo build on my htc hd2 phone energy rom. Any programs or SETcpu settings that will help out?

If your on a rom with preflock disabled then you can underclock.
The only thing you need to change in setcpu really is to make a profile for screen off and set it to 245 (or whatever is the lowest I can't remember) both max and min (leave it on demand, or interactive if your rom has that).
This should give you about 10-15 hours longer battery life

so i wouldnt have to make any other profiles like battery? temperature? stuff like that? should i get rid of my green power and advanced task killer?

No you can keep them (well I don't know what green power is....)
The other profiles are mainly only needed if your OVERCLOCKING, however if your not touching the default max (main profile) then your not overclocking (1ghz).
To save power you UNDERCLOCK which setting a lowered screen off profile would do.
If your slowing the CPU down then the temperature will not rise, so that profile is not needed.
And you don't need to slow the phone down when your using it so none of the others are really needed either.

No you can keep them (well I don't know what green power is....)
The other profiles are mainly only needed if your OVERCLOCKING, however if your not touching the default max (main profile) then your not overclocking (1ghz).
To save power you UNDERCLOCK which setting a lowered screen off profile would do.
If your slowing the CPU down then the temperature will not rise, so that profile is not needed.
And you don't need to slow the phone down when your using it so none of the others are really needed either.
i think im kinda get what you're saying (sorry im kind of slow) so i had just deleted my other profiles and made a screen off one have it set to max all the way right and min all the way left, on demand, priority 100. Now on the main screen i think i touched it cause i read somewhere for max all the way to the right and min all the way to the left. This is confusing lol

The settings I have for my Desire:
Default:
Conservative 245-998
Profiles:
Screen Off - Priority 100 - Powersave
Charging/Full - Priority 50 - OnDemand 245-1305
Battery < 30 - Priority 0 - PowerSave
Running along side JuiceDefender, battery life is acceptable to me

jdeezyboo said:
so i wouldnt have to make any other profiles like battery? temperature? stuff like that? should i get rid of my green power and advanced task killer?
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Remove everything, setcpu included
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That totally defeated the purpose of my question and others before me. Our battery lifes sucked without any programs so now we delete it?

I used darkstones froyo for awhile too. Battery drain killed it for me. I had no luck with anything. Changed to a nand build and its much better. Apparently SD builds just use more battery. With the SD froyo I could never stay below 60ma a few times would drop to less than 10ma but just not consistent. I lost about 8% an hour in sleep mode. Give a well designed nand build a go. In sleep I hover AT 4ma. My battery with Moderate use easily last the day, heavy use (multiple calls, emails, and browsing for an hour or two) still does require a recharge

Im using carbon ara theme with pcb just turn data off wen aint using it via toggle and have a profile for sleep in set cpu for min and max of 245 and from full charfe at 7am by 6 pm im still 65%. Thats using fb checkin email playing angrybirds and checking the forum
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I also use advanced task killer and kill all tasks wen not in.use
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bad idea as you are actually making your battery work more by doing that.
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Auto adjust processor?

Hi!
I'm looking at Dell AXIM X30 with WM 2003 SE.
In energy config, i have the processor tab! I can setup the processor to Performance, Economy or Automatic.
Performance = Max clock: 624 mhz
Automatic: Change the clock automatic! (This option save much more energy than auto backlight adjust).
Somebody know if this is available for other WM? Or if exist a cab to install this?
Sorry for english!

nueDynamicClock?

Tested!
Working fine!
Thx!

On the lowest setting i dont get any sms notification sound (its set to keep the screen off)

what is your lowest setting? you shouldn't go below 112 mhz.

Lowest the program offers of course, 19,20 but since i didnt get my notification sound i set it to 61,44
Why not below 112?

Yeah, I wonder how because I can't see that the ROM that I've used able to make Video Telephony.

nurps said:
Lowest the program offers of course, 19,20 but since i didnt get my notification sound i set it to 61,44
Why not below 112?
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because below 112 mhz stuff stops working and/or strange stuff starts to happen.
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caliban2 said:
nueDynamicClock:
you got it right what it does. install the cab and then restart your phone. under settings -> system you'll find a new icon, "Processor".
- set "on battery profile" to "Power Savings"
- click "File" and go to "Configure Profiles"
- choose "Power Savings" (surprise...)
- activate all settings and leave voltages on "Auto".
- from top to bottom set these 4 speed-settings: 528, 384, 256 & 122.88 MHz.
- set "after system is idle for" to 10000 ms
- "ok", "save" and you're done.
these settings save power but don't cause any freezes or lagging. [...]
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So far nothing strange happening with slower speeds.

well, either wait for it or you're lucky. ^^
depends on what is going on = how much processor-power is needed. i just reinstalled and noticed that with 112 it takes some seconds to come out of standby. 245 and it's on instantly. but i'm running a rather heavy rom feature-wise, so slower values might work depending on your system. (rom and configuration)
for example, i remember 112 mhz to be the lowest setting where music-playback in standby was smooth, below it would stutter. also there were some people were sms-notification wouldn't play during standby with values too low.
bottom-line:
play with it. the settings above are a guide-line.

Ok my phone doenst really have anything to do in standbay except get calls and sms. Notifications didnt work with 19mhz but work finde with 60. I also tried calling me to see if it works.
But now im afraid it wont always work and set speed at 120mhz

Try this for better battery economy:
Improve your X1's Battery Life!

huh? that's exactly what we've been talking about in the last 5 posts...

Yes, but is the original post! kkk

... not really, no. it's quoting mine. kkk?
not that it really matters anyway.

The profile exceptions dont work for me. I set some apps to Max Perfomance but the still work in the PowerSaving profile..
Any idea what i am missing?

Where you find "profile exceptions"?

"file" and the "edit loader" and set it to "max perfomance" or what ever you want..but doenst seem to work..

New to SetCPU!

I know there are quite a few threads on setCPU BUT this is my first time using and i was wondering for my rom, kernel, and phone usage what you guys think is best to save battery but still be snappy when the screen is on.
My phone setup:
2.2 Android
2.15.00.09.01 Baseband
King CFS 10 kernel
Evervolv v0.2.1 rom
pri 1.77_003
PRL 60670
I have the phone on wifi about 90% of the time because some of my reading says it saves battery. I use my phone for browsing facebook and a few forums, send a few hundred texts a day, talk on the phone maybe 10 times a week ( im a college student), regularly on email. NOW with that said how would YOU set up the set cpu for battery life but no lag while operating.

You need to update your PRL ...

twigums said:
I know there are quite a few threads on setCPU BUT this is my first time using and i was wondering for my rom, kernel, and phone usage what you guys think is best to save battery but still be snappy when the screen is on.
My phone setup:
2.2 Android
2.15.00.09.01 Baseband
King CFS 10 kernel
Evervolv v0.2.1 rom
pri 1.77_003
PRL 60670
I have the phone on wifi about 90% of the time because some of my reading says it saves battery. I use my phone for browsing facebook and a few forums, send a few hundred texts a day, talk on the phone maybe 10 times a week ( im a college student), regularly on email. NOW with that said how would YOU set up the set cpu for battery life but no lag while operating.
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I always leave my main profile at 245 mhz min and 998 mhz max (ondemand mode). Then, of course, you'll want a screen off profile, and as far as that goes, I've heard that 128 and 245 draw the same voltage, so I have mine set to 128 min, 245 max (powersave mode). Other than that I just have some low battery profiles and a temp one. I don't really get any lag with this setup, but I've heard some people do. If that's the case, and I'm only talking about lag when first turning on, just up the 245 to 384 or something and I'd make it ondemand.

do i need to check set on boot under the scaling option

twigums said:
do i need to check set on boot under the scaling option
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No. I would leave it unchecked. This has been known to cause some issues.

grouse130 said:
No. I would leave it unchecked. This has been known to cause some issues.
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what kind of issues are you talking about? i've only heard and practice leaving it off when experimenting with overclocking (since it can put you in a boot loop). once you find a stable overclock speed, you can check it to start on boot so that you don't have to open setcpu every time you reboot if you decide to run it at that speed.
on-demand is a little less laggy (barely noticeable to me) but may consume more juice than conservative.
most kernels will step down to 245 when the screen is off so creating a profile to do that is redundant. you can verify this with the app android system info under the system tab > cpu.
having said that, i don't use setcpu unless i'm benchmarking and want to overclock.
kings #6 bfs kernel is awesome for battery life (default is conservative governor). it's what i use. give it a go when you've gotten a good feel on how kings #10 cfs is working out for you.

Here's what I would hit up..
set it to conservative. Conservative starts your phone at your minimum clock speed and works its way up, as opposed to on demand which starts at the highest and works its way down.
then for advanced i have sampling rate at 50000
Up threshold at 95% <- that's saying that when the workload hits 98%, crank up the processing speed
Down threshold at 70% <- when the load hits 70% turn it down
That stuff right there is agressive as hell, and when I say agressive, i mean...you probably won't ever hit your max frequency unless you are seriously doing some heavy lifting. The settings there are what I use to save up battery, you can get through a day easy with everything on (GPS, Wifi, sync, 3g, the works) and with your current usage, since its similar to mine (except that i also run beejive, skype and twitter at refresh rate of 5min).

grouse130 said:
No. I would leave it unchecked. This has been known to cause some issues.
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Yeah I think you've probably just seen that on some custom kernel pages. They only say not to do that because if you're testing battery life with say...HAVS, it could interfere w/o you realizing it. Set on boot just means you don't have to turn setCPU on everytime you reboot your phone.

just go set a profile on minimal mhz and on powersave mode if kerenal allows if not just use ondemand

My problem with the "Set on Boot" option is if you accidentally fat finger the slider past your stable clock with it checked, you're looking at boot loops and possibly having to restore from a backup to sort it out. SetCPU really needs the "Set on Boot" option grayed out and a "Lock Settings" option that must be checked before "Set on Boot" becomes accessible (unchecking "Lock Settings" would also uncheck "Set on Boot").
Another option would be a user defined field for max stable clock in the advanced settings that would limit the slider on the main tab. Either one should eliminate accidental boot loops.

[Q] Underclock below 300MHz for Defy / Defy+?

I recently have bought a Defy plus.
Stock 2.3.4 ROM used so far with LauncherPro.
Doing OK with battery life so far, but now starting to look at the CPU over/underclock capabilities. Started with Antutu CPU Master and CPUTuner also.
One thing I haven't seen as yet is the ability to underclock clock below the min 300MHz.. or even whether this makes sense. I guess undervolting is the other option, but perhaps someone can guide me here.

use setvsel to oc/uv, thats the easiest and best app imo. although underclocking your phone below 300mhz may cause instability and makes the phone wake up much slower in my experience.
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I agree with zakoo2: Going below 300 will not be a good idea and it will most likely not improve your battery life in any significant way:
My Defy is running between 300-600Mhz and right now the LCD screen is the biggest consumer: Changing the (auto-)brightness settings in CM7 will do *much* more to your battery life than going below 300mhz.

What really helps saving battery life: use setvsel and leave the minimum clockspeed at 300MHz, but set a vsel value of about 20 for it, then scroll down and enable "limit to vsel1 while screen is off".

Also, going below 300MHz will probably make the phone sluggish when waking up from sleep like if a call comes.
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im just change from 300mhz to 330mhz lowest. 300mhz will make my defy+ lag when got incoming call. im using smartass govenor.

I heard some guy out there got 80 MHz and running, but I'm not sure of it.
As people said, clocks lower then 300 MHz would make your phone run horribly while waking up (i.e., it would take a long time for the screen to turn on when receiving a call, and you would probably miss it most of the times). Setting 300 as VSel1 and limitting to it while screen is off (2nd-init enabled bootmenu has this option, and downloading SetVSel - free at Android Market - will also do the trick if you have a rooted, but stock ROM) will help you save a lot of juice. Using a lightweight launcher (I personally recommend MetroUI or Zeam) also boosts up batt saving. Last, but not least, setting brightness to auto or minimum (using frosted/mat screen protectors will help a lot while using the phone under direct sunlight) also saves loads of charge.
Obviously, using a light ROM (I think Barebones may be a good option, though I think it's not suitable for me, but it's a personal matter) and calibrating your battery in a monthly basis (via manual calibration - you can find how to do so by googling -, wiping batt stats in custom recovery and/or using the batt calibration app included in most ROMs - but also free at AM) also help.

[Q] Seeder, SetCpu and many other root apps no longer working help !

My One x is falling apart !
Recently, i flashed the viper rom for a change and then went back to ARHD but when i did that my phone started heating up a lot and consume more battery and also some programs no longer work any more like seeder as i cant apply it as keeps telling me to check my root folder
and also while using Setcpu
the values of the cpu frequency i set is applied for sometime and then it changes after a while and sometimes i cant set the values as it doesnt change.
Also, my battery is pretty much screwed because every time i open mobile data and surf for 5 min i see a 15% drop
which is crazy compared while using wifi
i am currently in Malaysia so is it because i should set the radio frequency to something else than automatic or whats the case ?
Please help me !

oRmA2 said:
My One x is falling apart !
Recently, i flashed the viper rom for a change and then went back to ARHD but when i did that my phone started heating up a lot and consume more battery and also some programs no longer work any more like seeder as i cant apply it as keeps telling me to check my root folder
and also while using Setcpu
the values of the cpu frequency i set is applied for sometime and then it changes after a while and sometimes i cant set the values as it doesnt change.
Also, my battery is pretty much screwed because every time i open mobile data and surf for 5 min i see a 15% drop
which is crazy compared while using wifi
i am currently in Malaysia so is it because i should set the radio frequency to something else than automatic or whats the case ?
Please help me !
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Install ARHD with full wipe and then see if this help. It is not good to flash one rom over other withowt full wipe

oRmA2 said:
My One x is falling apart !
Recently, i flashed the viper rom for a change and then went back to ARHD but when i did that my phone started heating up a lot and consume more battery and also some programs no longer work any more like seeder as i cant apply it as keeps telling me to check my root folder
and also while using Setcpu
the values of the cpu frequency i set is applied for sometime and then it changes after a while and sometimes i cant set the values as it doesnt change.
Also, my battery is pretty much screwed because every time i open mobile data and surf for 5 min i see a 15% drop
which is crazy compared while using wifi
i am currently in Malaysia so is it because i should set the radio frequency to something else than automatic or whats the case ?
Please help me !
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Seeder can make more heating and probably consume more battery.about your mobile data,try to do search manual instead than automatic and set it up.
Regards:
khairulez,
Luaskan Kuasamu.

I already did a full wipe when i moved to ARHD
I will do it again if it helps
Plus i have been using seeder ever since i rooted my phone so im good
The thing i dont know is the mobile data battery drain issue
i installed a radio mod so is that affecting the drain or what , but i checked that it is compatible with my phone
Does it has to do with the voltage of the battery because i usually reach 4.1 V easily so i dont know if its a good thing or not ?