[Q] How to safe overclock my XPERIA Play? - Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Installed the JokaWild v3 ROM on my Play and flashed the DooMKerneL v14 ,now i wanna know how to do a safe OC.
I'm using No-frills CPU ,can you tell me the best settings for good and safe OC to XPERIA Play?
Thank you

I dont generally OC my phone beyond 1.2 but you can use this app to run a sereies of tests to determine which OC speed is best for your phone as all phones are different.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1656052

I don't overclock mine past 1.4. My play actually reboots if I go 1.6 or more.

I Overclocked my phone to 1.5 and it worked fine. Then tried overclock to 1.6 ,and it's really working good! no bugs ,very fast and the battery stays cool.
I'll stay with my 1.6Ghz overclock ,I think it's enough

What governor / IO scheduler are you guys using? i'm in the same position (jokawild / doomkernel v14 and just installed nofrills cpu) and have read the FAQ, but the version i have seems to have considerably more governors than what has been listed
EDIT: list explaining the governors is here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1663809

kymochi said:
What governor / IO scheduler are you guys using? i'm in the same position (jokawild / doomkernel v14 and just installed nofrills cpu) and have read the FAQ, but the version i have seems to have considerably more governors than what has been listed
EDIT: list explaining the governors is here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1663809
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I'm on SmartassV2.

I once asked this same question ot DoomLord, maker of DoomKernel about which governor and IO to use for best gaming and all around performance.
His recommendation (whihc I have been using since and saw a noticable difference) was to use
Governor: Performance
I/O: BFQ
and I overclock mine to 1.2ghz. My first android phone i oc'd too much, heard a popping noise and BAM.....bu-bye. So I dont go too far..

I generally step up the speed one step at a time until I hit errors that cannot be explained or I get force quits because the phone is running too fast. I suggest going slowly and testing things out but using the governor Performance while the phone is changing. Right now I'm doing okay with smartass v2 at .60/ 1.5 ghz. I might try bumping it up to 1.6 ghz and see how that works tomorrow.
Sent from my R800x using Tapatalk 2

jgregoryj1 said:
I once asked this same question ot DoomLord, maker of DoomKernel about which governor and IO to use for best gaming and all around performance.
His recommendation (whihc I have been using since and saw a noticable difference) was to use
Governor: Performance
I/O: BFQ
and I overclock mine to 1.2ghz. My first android phone i oc'd too much, heard a popping noise and BAM.....bu-bye. So I dont go too far..
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Hows the battery life with this governor?

elnacho said:
Hows the battery life with this governor?
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Epic It is like the phone has no battery cuz on this governor, the phone runs at max frequency.
Sent from a phone

I know I'm mad late, but I was wondering why my phone kept rebooting. I uninstalled all overclocking apps so I thought my profiles would return to normal. Turns out I must have accidentally set the profile to 2ghz max and 2ghz min somehow. My phone was super lagging and thank God it didn't burn out, smh...

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davidbar93 said:
Installed the JokaWild v3 ROM on my Play and flashed the DooMKerneL v14 ,now i wanna know how to do a safe OC.
I'm using No-frills CPU ,can you tell me the best settings for good and safe OC to XPERIA Play?
Thank you
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I currently have my Play overclocked to 1.6 using the interactive governor. Battery life is great and it runs steady at 60fps in FPSE. Also Mupen64 runs much better. I haven't had any issues with it so far!

tempest918 said:
I currently have my Play overclocked to 1.6 using the interactive governor. Battery life is great and it runs steady at 60fps in FPSE. Also Mupen64 runs much better. I haven't had any issues with it so far!
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What scheduler are you using??

Mine is running fine on 1.4Ghz with SIO scheduler and InteractiveX governor, the bbatery life seems fine as well...
SmartAss always causing lag on me, dunno why...

LUPUS_GB
i use lupus kernel for gb v2 with i/o setting SIO and governor superbad..
and my phone runs well...no lag..

Hey guys ive already overclocked my phone using the lubus gb kernelv12 and i gota say having the extra internal memory (EXTRA 400MB!!!) and the ability to overclock to 1.6ghz is nice, however there are some things i wana ask. Im running at a min 249 and a max of 1613 mhz using no frills cpu with smartassv2 as my governer and noob as be scheduler, it runs miracles in speed, everything i can run at high resolutions and play and top speeds. However i leave my phone like this all the time ( 249mhz 1613 mhz). The smartassv2 governer is ment to only use high cpus when needed, so that in theory means that i wont always be at 1.6ghz. Ive read on other forums keeping your phone overclocked all the time is bad and dangerous but is it really if the max cpu is only being used when needed? In otherwords should i leave it how it is or is it dangerous? My device is an xperia plat btw. :victory:

Mushtaqs said:
Hey guys ive already overclocked my phone using the lubus gb kernelv12 and i gota say having the extra internal memory (EXTRA 400MB!!!) and the ability to overclock to 1.6ghz is nice, however there are some things i wana ask. Im running at a min 249 and a max of 1613 mhz using no frills cpu with smartassv2 as my governer and noob as be scheduler, it runs miracles in speed, everything i can run at high resolutions and play and top speeds. However i leave my phone like this all the time ( 249mhz 1613 mhz). The smartassv2 governer is ment to only use high cpus when needed, so that in theory means that i wont always be at 1.6ghz. Ive read on other forums keeping your phone overclocked all the time is bad and dangerous but is it really if the max cpu is only being used when needed? In otherwords should i leave it how it is or is it dangerous? My device is an xperia plat btw. :victory:
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AFAIK only the Performance gov keeps the phone at the max allowed clock speed (1.6GHz in your case), so it's just fine as it is. You could, however, use an app (the only one I know that does this is SetCPU, there might be others) to make profiles so it'll only be overclocked when playing games/running benchmarks et cetera. This might save you some battery life.

CPU master by antutu allows you to set profiles but you need to buy the pro to do it
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ridder215215 said:
AFAIK only the Performance gov keeps the phone at the max allowed clock speed (1.6GHz in your case), so it's just fine as it is. You could, however, use an app (the only one I know that does this is SetCPU, there might be others) to make profiles so it'll only be overclocked when playing games/running benchmarks et cetera. This might save you some battery life.
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Much appriciated for your reply, and thanks button got a smack to.

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[INFO] The truth about overclock in roms [read!]

Overclock, it means to get about 806mhz, and successful overclock means to run the CPU smoothly and fast on 806mhz. Some roms support the overclock, some don't and other roms say they can not overclock with 806mhz but with 787mhz because of getting frezzed, rebooted and so on. But if you look clearer on the CPU and look at time in spare or with the app CPU spy you can easily see that the values 787 and 768 don't run a percent of the whole time. This means they even run with stock speed 600MHz. It even show you first that the CPU run so fast and bla bla.. If someone tell you to run the CPU not with 806mhz because of freezing, graphic glitches don't believe it, if you change it to 767 or something like that it will run with just 600MHz.
That's life dudes, so don't believe everything you see or hear and be carefully
Regards Matteo
Model: Wildfire S A510e
Recovery: unofficial CWM
Rom: JxMatteo_ROM_V1. 1 with Link2sd - OC - Rooted
i was told that overclocking could reduce the life of your wfs.
this is the reason why i dont overclock.
i did it once and 3d games started showing glitches.
i would recommend ppl to test and read first before setting it to 700-800mhz.
thats just my oppinion.
I know that all of the cdma oc kernels are absolutely stable at 806. I have indeed never heard of a properly flashed kernel freezing under oc in the wfs. (admittedly I don't read the gsm threads too much) And as to shortening the life if the phone, if you plan on keeping it for like 5 years then sure, it might. But your not going to. Your battery on the other hand...
Sent from my HTC_A510c using Tapatalk
BigChillin said:
I know that all of the cdma oc kernels are absolutely stable at 806. I have indeed never heard of a properly flashed kernel freezing under oc in the wfs. (admittedly I don't read the gsm threads too much) And as to shortening the life if the phone, if you plan on keeping it for like 5 years then sure, it might. But your not going to. Your battery on the other hand...
Sent from my HTC_A510c using Tapatalk
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I agree.
The freezing I wouldn't put down to kernel's.
More likely to be the processor.
Same with desktop processors, you can't expect every one of them to perform the same.
Because one is a great overclocker it doesn't mean that they all will be.
just because they are the same processor, they came from a different yield which may have been better or worse.
By the way I've been running mine at 806 for over 3 months or more with no ill effects.
matt5eo said:
don't believe everything you see or hear and be carefully
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Words to live by...
My phone starts glitching in 3d as soon as I clock my CPU higher then 600. Screen turns purple in benchmarks.. so no overclock for me.
Sent from my (s-off + rooted) Wildfire S using XDA app and CM7.2
VitanyLTD said:
My phone starts glitching in 3d as soon as I clock my CPU higher then 600. Screen turns purple in benchmarks.. so no overclock for me.
Sent from my (s-off + rooted) Wildfire S using XDA app and CM7.2
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The reason ist often the wrong rom for overclock. I tried to overclock CM7 to but without look, now I did my own rom and here it goes antutu benchmark about 1700
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e with JxMatteo_ROM_V1.1 ROM
I run my wfs on 122/768MHz w/o any problems... On CM 7.2 ...
And its not going to shorten life of device for like idk how long... Phone uses 768 only sometimes, when needed and not all the time... So its not such a stress to a cpu.
But i saw one guy for example, complaining that his phone was hot when he turn off or something, and he did overclock to 768/806... so he is constantly running it over 600MHz... I just wan't to see what will happen in few months or...
I have overclocked my phone with m1ndh4x8r's rom.
It running at 245-806mhz with smartass2 governor.
It runs about 10 days now, with absolutely no problem or freezes.
And after of 3-4 hours of constantly use (browsing games), it just gets barely warmer.
That's my 5 cent
My phone currently run with 787/200 with SetCPU and several custom profiles: 320/120 screen off, 480/200 in call, temp>48,batt<15.
With 806 get some visual glitches, but on 787 it run more than 4 hours of stress test in SetCPU.
__DS__ said:
My phone currently run with 787/200 with SetCPU and several custom profiles: 320/120 screen off, 480/200 in call, temp>48,batt<15.
With 806 get some visual glitches, but on 787 it run more than 4 hours of stress test in SetCPU.
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Did you read my post dude? I don't think so, if you take the values 787 it will run with just 600! First read the post than answer another thing is that 48°C were absolutely to hot! Overlocking should not be just like a game, it's a science.!
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e using xda premium
LOL
Overclocked rom perform better than stock 600/400 even in phone shell itself, removing visual lags. Try and you will see it.
And there are still games..
With such reasons there are no need to buy new CPU for desktop because 99% of time it idling
matt5eo said:
Overlocking should not be just like a game, it's a science.!
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Ofc, and you will need to interpret and understand results, just like "real" science
matt5eo said:
Did you read my post dude? I don't think so, if you take the values 787 it will run with just 600! First read the post than answer another thing is that 48°C were absolutely to hot! Overlocking should not be just like a game, it's a science.!
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e using xda premium
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matt5eo, that info you posted isn't 100% accurate. Overclocking is in fact a science and if you rise the CPU speed, a benchmark should present better results. Right? So let's see some science applied.
I just did a simple test on m1ndh4x8r GB 2.3.5 ROM (updated kernel), with No Frills CPU Control and Quadrant Standard.
320/600, performance, sio score: 762
320/768, performance, sio score: 879
320/787, performance, sio score: 890
320/806, performance, sio score: 925
320/600, performance, noop score: 769
320/768, performance, noop score: 851
320/787, performance, noop score: 889
320/806, performance, noop score: 929
320/600, interactive, noop score: 742
320/768, interactive, noop score: 871
320/787, interactive, noop score: 885
320/806, interactive, noop score: 908
320/600, smartass2, noop score: 712
320/768, smartass2, noop score: 860
320/787, smartass2, noop score: 872
320/806, smartass2, noop score: 898
I couldn't test the other governors now because I ran out of battery...
Anyway it's a waste of time because as we can see the score rises consistently with the selected CPU speed.
The CPU speed used at a given time depends a lot on the governor and on the I/O scheduler you choose.
From what I saw the governor can make the huge difference between the CPU speed increases and decreases. With the performance and interactive governors Quadrant showed the real clock at which the CPU was running (on System Information) and it was consistent with the maximum clock I selected on No Frills CPU Control.
When I selected 787MHz, the actual speed was in fact 787MHz and not 600MHz like you say. The same happened with the other clocks (600, 768, 806).
So what you write might apply to some kernels but definitely not to all.
I don't have the time to put nice screen captures here but I certainly have no interest in inventing scores and contradicting someone just for fun.
Just wanted to let you know my results.
This is off topic but i'll write it here anyway.
I don't have enough posts to post on your thread on JxMatteo_ROM_V1.1.
Thank you for the rom, it's very good.
I was about to get rid of this phone and buy another until HTC unlocked bootloader, your rom made my phone perfect.
Like the font also. Is there some way to change font to something else?
Been wanting to try the Airwolf font, might be cool...
Tested it on my WFS, it was useless!
Lykkis said:
This is off topic but i'll write it here anyway.
I don't have enough posts to post on your thread on JxMatteo_ROM_V1.1.
Thank you for the rom, it's very good.
I was about to get rid of this phone and buy another until HTC unlocked bootloader, your rom made my phone perfect.
Like the font also. Is there some way to change font to something else?
Been wanting to try the Airwolf font, might be cool...
Tested it on my WFS, it was useless!
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Hello dear Lykkis
I see that you like it very much, It makes me happy to read lines like this anyway thanks for the feedback
In my next update you will be able to choose every font you want, and also every themes you want on your JxMatteo ROM!
PS. JxMatteo V1.2 will make your phone more than perfect
Sent from my Wildfire S A510e with JxMatteo_ROM
Have a quick go at this people - run an oc kernal such as CM7 or something and overclock to 806mhz. For a few hours, do it.
Then switch off your phone. Remove the battery and SMELL IT. SMELL it like you mean it. I'm telling you SMELL it, FEEL it. It smells like one of those electric car toys and it feels relatively hot. I can smell it immediately, I don't even have to go close to the phone. a little scary tbh. however, my phone has had no problems at all, God forbid on 806mhz, so I leave it at that.
I don't think it's that bad for your phone's lifetime, as most of us will not own this for more than two or three years, I'm sure. It might even be healther at times to underclock the CPU most of the time when not using it. This must balance out the effects, right?
*se-nsei. said:
Have a quick go at this people - run an oc kernal such as CM7 or something and overclock to 806mhz. For a few hours, do it.
Then switch off your phone. Remove the battery and SMELL IT. SMELL it like you mean it. I'm telling you SMELL it, FEEL it. It smells like one of those electric car toys and it feels relatively hot. I can smell it immediately, I don't even have to go close to the phone. a little scary tbh. however, my phone has had no problems at all, God forbid on 806mhz, so I leave it at that.
I don't think it's that bad for your phone's lifetime, as most of us will not own this for more than two or three years, I'm sure. It might even be healther at times to underclock the CPU most of the time when not using it. This must balance out the effects, right?
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I know what you are talking about, I also run my JxM ROM with 806mhz and I have to say that everything works fine, without smelling like sh**
I like developing, and I also like overclock kernels, but with the wrong ussage you won't see what we see, we see a great project in it and also a chance to speed up our devices
Sent from my Wildfire S A510e with JxMatteo_ROM
Lykkis said:
This is off topic but i'll write it here anyway.
I don't have enough posts to post on your thread on JxMatteo_ROM_V1.1.
Thank you for the rom, it's very good.
I was about to get rid of this phone and buy another until HTC unlocked bootloader, your rom made my phone perfect.
Like the font also. Is there some way to change font to something else?
Been wanting to try the Airwolf font, might be cool...
Tested it on my WFS, it was useless!
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you can change font by making you own theme, with UOT KITCHEN.
if you lest say want just to change font, just choose font change, no need for anything else, and it will update theme with only font ... you have it all in how to ... good luck.
miguelca said:
matt5eo, that info you posted isn't 100% accurate. Overclocking is in fact a science and if you rise the CPU speed, a benchmark should present better results. Right? So let's see some science applied.
I just did a simple test on m1ndh4x8r GB 2.3.5 ROM (updated kernel), with No Frills CPU Control and Quadrant Standard.
320/600, performance, sio score: 762
320/768, performance, sio score: 879
320/787, performance, sio score: 890
320/806, performance, sio score: 925
320/600, performance, noop score: 769
320/768, performance, noop score: 851
320/787, performance, noop score: 889
320/806, performance, noop score: 929
320/600, interactive, noop score: 742
320/768, interactive, noop score: 871
320/787, interactive, noop score: 885
320/806, interactive, noop score: 908
320/600, smartass2, noop score: 712
320/768, smartass2, noop score: 860
320/787, smartass2, noop score: 872
320/806, smartass2, noop score: 898
I couldn't test the other governors now because I ran out of battery...
Anyway it's a waste of time because as we can see the score rises consistently with the selected CPU speed.
The CPU speed used at a given time depends a lot on the governor and on the I/O scheduler you choose.
From what I saw the governor can make the huge difference between the CPU speed increases and decreases. With the performance and interactive governors Quadrant showed the real clock at which the CPU was running (on System Information) and it was consistent with the maximum clock I selected on No Frills CPU Control.
When I selected 787MHz, the actual speed was in fact 787MHz and not 600MHz like you say. The same happened with the other clocks (600, 768, 806).
So what you write might apply to some kernels but definitely not to all.
I don't have the time to put nice screen captures here but I certainly have no interest in inventing scores and contradicting someone just for fun.
Just wanted to let you know my results.
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Any response for this? Waiting for the final conclusion on it.
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Any response for this? Waiting for the final conclusion on it.
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lol, d33ps1x, may i remember you that matt3o is the one of the fake s-off method? he obviously doesn't know what he's talking about.

[Q] CPU Overclock?

Greetings. Today I wanted to try overclocking my Wildfire S a510e and my question is: What is the most stable frequency of CPU in this phone (excluding the default one, of course), if someone tried it?
I am using this ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1683874
I'm at 806. xD It's goin awesome. The battery life is not that cool.... BUT EXCEPT THAT, MY MOBILE IS AWESOME. I mean the speed and flexibility is like Heaven.
245-787 using Performance.
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"You can overclock as much as you want, your phone will always seem too slow."
Actually i use profiles via setcpu because you dont need performance everytime and of yourse you need your battery all day :laugh: i have 4 profiles..screen off(245-400), charging(787-864),battery is low(600-480) and main (600-824) these are all with"ondemand" and so happy with them :laugh: i used at 864 on performance for hours once and i didnt see any problem but anyway performance is not needed everytime...
245-787 smartass2 or scary and noop or sio

Best Overclock settings specifically for the Play?

I'm using NoFrills CPU and want to find the right balance between overclocking, performance and battery...
What speeds and governors are everybody using for their Plays?
I'm using 1.2 Ghz max 130 Mhz min with SmartassV2 and sio. All seems okay to me.
I'm using 921mhz-122mhz intellidemand2 with sio governor and everything is smooth + battery is great
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1401Mhz Max, 180Mhz Min (when Screen On), 785Mhz Max-180Mhz Min (When Screen Off)
Noop + InteractiveX
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1401Mhz Max, 180Mhz Min (when Screen On), 785Mhz Max-180Mhz Min (When Screen Off)
Noop + InteractiveX
So many different settings!
Was hoping there'd be a 'common' setting that everyone kind of determined was best.
Thank though.
Still interesting, and would like to see what more people are using still.
Mines currently 1.613 Ghz Max, 245 Mhz Min. Virtuous Governor, Noop I/O Scheduler.
On intensive apps I change the max clock to 1.901Ghz however this I don't recommend for most people.
I also only use 1.9Ghz when using Android 2.3.7 with DoomKernel, as only that Kernel seems to allow for voltage changes... Which i apply when using that kind of speed, whereas the default voltages are much higher for that clock than I usually set.
Everyone's Play is different, and not all Plays can sustain high clocks at specific voltages. You need to find your own 'sweet spot'.
Spizzy01 said:
You need to find your own 'sweet spot'.
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Is there an app for that?
No.
You need to increase your clock little by little until you're happy. Then, if you're on GB using DoomKernel you need to lower the voltage as much as you can without it crashing if you want it perfect.
Most people simply oc though and don't bother with the voltages, but it will reduce power consumption and extend the life of your phone with the OC enabled.. As normally running your CPU past its specification will wear it out faster.
Sent from my R800i using xda premium
As DiKeJ said in his ROM thread:
In my opinion, interactiveX, and frequency of CPU 364.8-1305.6MHz gives awesome stability and performance
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:good:
TRUE FACT.
you should use a kernel that allows you to undervolt... there was some article with the galaxy S3, where they tested different settings with OC+UV and YES, Under Volting gives better battery life!!
A lot of people here say, that UV will have no effect on battery, but they have no idea how a processor works... so they just should stfu!!

Gaming I/O and Governers Tweaks

I score 3028 after benchmarking with Quadrant after these small changes in CPU stuff and i thought i wanna share it ...
I tried all kinds of things to make gaming faster and after experimenting... I got 1950+ score for 3D perfomance and these are the overall results after changing the governor and I/O:
1st try: 3128 :laugh:
2nd try: 3209 :victory:
3rd try: 2977
4th try: 3028 :laugh:
Heres how...
You only need No-CPU frlls or CPU Master or any other APP capable of changing clock speeds eg. SetCpu... :good:
Set your devices Governor to smartassV2 and i/o scheduler to vr... Clock your CPU speed to the max frequency that is stable... Mine is 1.8GHz, but can OC to 2Ghz which can make my device boiling hot.... Minimum frequency you wanna set is 600 mhz and below... And thats about it...
DO NOTE! Only some kernels can use the SmartAssV2 Governor and vr I/O scheduler... if none of them is there, I recommend you use Ondemand Govern' and Noop I/O...
Again, not all kernels are gonna have that score..
If i made a great mistake, don't be afraid to correct me especially Pepoluan ...
BTW i'm using REMICS v1.7 by sparta20 and Forvivos kernel...
TiTAN-O-One said:
I score 3028 after benchmarking with Quadrant after these small changes in CPU stuff and i thought i wanna share it ...
I tried all kinds of things to make gaming faster and after experimenting... I got 1950+ score for 3D perfomance and these are the overall results after changing the governor and I/O:
1st try: 3128 :laugh:
2nd try: 3209 :victory:
3rd try: 2977
4th try: 3028 :laugh:
Heres how...
You only need No-CPU frlls or CPU Master or any other APP capable of changing clock speeds eg. SetCpu... :good:
Set your devices Governor to smartassV2 and i/o scheduler to vr... Clock your CPU speed to the max frequency that is stable... Mine is 1.8GHz, but can OC to 2Ghz which can make my device boiling hot.... Minimum frequency you wanna set is 600 mhz and below... And thats about it...
DO NOTE! Only some kernels can use the SmartAssV2 Governor and vr I/O scheduler... if none of them is there, I recommend you use Ondemand Govern' and Noop I/O...
Again, not all kernels are gonna have that score..
If i made a great mistake, don't be afraid to correct me especially Pepoluan ...
BTW i'm using REMICS v1.7 by sparta20 and Forvivos kernel...
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AFAIK, governor's clock speed will be "locked" to the highest possible clock when you are running benchmark. let's take lulzactive as an example. look at this line
DEFAULT_INC_CPU_LOAD 70
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, 70 means when processor's load is reaching 70% , the clock speed will be increased some steps. in benchmarking, cpu load is always high >>90%(i'm not sure so CMIIW) that means your clock speed will always be locked in that highest possible value no matter what your governor is (even conservative). the only difference is how long they need to get up to the next level of clock speed
so personal experience will be better to get your right value rather than benchmarking. every governor has difference time to reach higher level of clock speed which is not be able to be experienced in benchmarking. this is contrary to personal experience(daily use) which you can feel how your phone react toward a command. let's take example of the most battery saving(conservative) and highest performance(performance). you can feel that conservative is rather slow in executing command while performance will give nice personal experience. both of them didn't give any significant difference in benchmarking score but both of them can give significant difference in personal experience
i hope you get my point here
CMIIW
Thanks alot But according to personal experience, I nvr felt any lag whatsoever... In gaming like shadow gun, didn't feel that much lag compared to the stock kernel from Samsung...
Thanks for correcting me anyway! I appreciate it
Sent from my GT-I8150 using xda app-developers app

ElementalX kernel - what's the fuss about

Hey guys
Before rooting my tablet I want to know something. Whats the fuss about this specific kernel? I literally see it everywhere ( well done to the dev )
I kinda want to overclock my nexus too 1.7ghz but Im not sure that kernel can do it? I also want amazing battery life I get around 7.5 already so by no means is it bad
J
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I've got elementalx on my nexus 7 2013 : it works perfectly on 1.7ghz... And this kernel has some cool features like double tap to wake... For the battery, you can underclock but while you overclock just a bit, the battery life will be OK
So, flash it ! ?
Térence
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JackHanAnLG said:
Hey guys
Before rooting my tablet I want to know something. Whats the fuss about this specific kernel? I literally see it everywhere ( well done to the dev )
I kinda want to overclock my nexus too 1.7ghz but I'm not sure that kernel can do it? I also want amazing battery life I get around 7.5 already so by no means is it bad
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I didn't know there was any kind of a fuss! I think that we are all lucky in the sense that we have multiple good choices for kernels on the Nexus devices and most others in general.
It goes without saying that any custom kernel is going to give you the ability to overclock and it just boils down to what the max MHz is that any specific device can handle. Not that I've tried it but I've seen claims of 1.9 MHz and higher (ElementalX) running fine but each device is going to be different and I personally don't see the point of overclocking that high. I've had mine at 1.7 and 1.8 MHz to run some benchmarks, try different governors (elementalX & ondemand) and get an idea about battery life at those frequencies. Did all that so I can get a comparison to what I see running 1.6 MHz which is what I use everyday, that plus the gpu is set at 450 MHz while using the ondemand governor for both cpu and gpu. I do have to say that my N7 ran very well at 1.7 and 1.8 MHz but "my" goal is to get the best combination of performance and battery life, for my use. I generally see 7- 10 hrs of screen on time which includes watching video and some gaming. Not using any third party apps to control the kernel, mostly default settings when using the aroma installer, slight undervolt for 384 MHz, I don't use DT2W or S2W,. Basically... it's just too easy to install the ElementalX kernel, not worry about having to dial it in and still see a noticeable improvement in performance and battery life. No fuss, no muss!
What are your settings?
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shaolinz said:
What are your settings?
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Aroma installer;
Set each core separately = no
Max Cpu Frq = 1620Mhz
L2 cache and bus = elementalx
Undervolt = 850 min
Thermal = run hot. Mine never gets hot at 1.6 MHz and this way you don't have to worry about thermal throttling.
Max GPU = 450 MHz
Gpu governor = ondemand
i/o scheduler = deadline.
Sleep/wake settings = None
Other settings = use stock ondemand settings. enable max screen freq, enable usb fastcharge, disable magnetic screen off, disable fsysnc, all other options unchecked,
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You can use the elementalx governor which does a great job and does improve battery life. In the other settings page leave "use ondemand governor' unchecked and check the box for "gboost." For gaming I personally like to leave mine set up with the ondemand governor, seems just a little bit smoother with less frame drops. You can try both to see which works better for you.
Thanks a lot in will let you know how it goes ....great help +1
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Hmmm feels like its running hot
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