Let me introduce myself first. I have been developing software for Windows for almost 20 years. I love to tweak and tinker. That is what drew me to the Android platform. With that said, here are my findings:
I own a T989. I love the phone. I have tried numerous tweaks and scripts etc out there. In the end I found some very minor tweaks that I have done manually that make a noticeable difference in performance and a battery life.
The biggest increase in performance and battery life that I had noticed was going from a stock rom to CM 10. I am currently on CM 10.2 (and eagerly awaiting a stable version of CM 11).
With that said I noticed that if I changed just a few minor things CM 10.2 runs considerably faster.
Here is what I have done:
1. Disabled ZRAM completely. I have noticed that my phone boots faster with it disabled. I noticed that multitasking was not as good with it disabled but the phone seemed much snappier.
2. Changed Min Free values. I used the Performance Control app for this. My settings are currently as follows:
Foreground Applications: 16 mb
Visible Applications 18 mb
Secondary Server: 23 mb
Hidden Applications 42 mb
Content Providers 49 mb
Empty Applications 56 mb
This seemed to help a lot with multitasking and now it multitasks fast and the phone is much snappier and less laggy. So far my phone is very stable and fast.
3. Set SD Card Read Ahead to 2048.
4. I also left KSM disabled and left Allow purging of assets disabled.
That's it. My phone is rock solid stable and fast with these settings. I also noticed that my battery lasts about 15% longer. Even better than just switching to CyanogenMod 10.2 alone.
Let me know if it works for you.
I would absolutely love to try this, but I don't understand majority of what you wrote. I'm familiar with cyan though..
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What is it that you don't understand? Maybe I can help.
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Here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2401988
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How do you disable zram entirely is what I'm wondering ?
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Disabling ZRAM is CM is easy. Under the performance menu just go to Memory Management > ZRAM. Select Disable. Reboot.
Oh I'm running slimkat on my i9205 mega and downloaded the performance apk. And I'm running beanstalk on my t989
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I updated the OP with new Min Free settings. I noticed that it wasn't as stable as I thought. After using it heavily all day I updated some apps in the Play Store and the launcher hung and everything was slow until I rebooted.
I then changed it to the new values above and used it very heavily. I made sure at least 18 apps were open then reinstalled those same apps from the Play Store (I uninstalled them first). So far no problems.
Moderator: Please delete this post. I accidentally double posted.
Is there a way to disable ZRAM on a rooted stock T989 running 4.1.2?
Thanks in advance,
rabilancia
As far as I know the stock ROM doesn't have ZRAM.
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waresoft said:
As far as I know the stock ROM doesn't have ZRAM.
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Try this then then me??
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waresoft said:
Let me introduce myself first. I have been developing software for Windows for almost 20 years. I love to tweak and tinker. That is what drew me to the Android platform. With that said, here are my findings:
I own a T989. I love the phone. I have tried numerous tweaks and scripts etc out there. In the end I found some very minor tweaks that I have done manually that make a noticeable difference in performance and a battery life.
The biggest increase in performance and battery life that I had noticed was going from a stock rom to CM 10. I am currently on CM 10.2 (and eagerly awaiting a stable version of CM 11).
With that said I noticed that if I changed just a few minor things CM 10.2 runs considerably faster.
Here is what I have done:
1. Disabled ZRAM completely. I have noticed that my phone boots faster with it disabled. I noticed that multitasking was not as good with it disabled but the phone seemed much snappier.
2. Changed Min Free values. I used the Performance Control app for this. My settings are currently as follows:
Foreground Applications: 16 mb
Visible Applications 18 mb
Secondary Server: 23 mb
Hidden Applications 42 mb
Content Providers 49 mb
Empty Applications 56 mb
This seemed to help a lot with multitasking and now it multitasks fast and the phone is much snappier and less laggy. So far my phone is very stable and fast.
3. Set SD Card Read Ahead to 2048.
4. I also left KSM disabled and left Allow purging of assets disabled.
That's it. My phone is rock solid stable and fast with these settings. I also noticed that my battery lasts about 7% longer. Even better than just switching to CyanogenMod 10.2 alone.
Let me know if it works for you.
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Running JMT8 right now, and this has been one of the best posts I've seen on this forum. All roms I ever flashed would be snappy for the first couple days then slow to a crawl after a month. This has brought this phone back to life and prevent me from having to flash all the time. I wasn't able to do the ZRAM disable since I don't think I have that settings, but I updated the min-free settings and have seen noticable improvements. Thanks!
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1. Disabled ZRAM completely. I have noticed that my phone boots faster with it disabled. I noticed that multitasking was not as good with it disabled but the phone seemed much snappier.
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Thank you so much! My lag is completely gone after disabling zram.
urBMidol said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2411161 flash this n be oh so happy ???
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What does this do exactly?
Will SD Card Read Ahead 2048 not reduce the life of the SD? (and by a lot since my current ROM was 200% less.)
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Zram has been disabled in the latest night lies just a fyi
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bobiscool07 said:
Will SD Card Read Ahead 2048 not reduce the life of the SD? (and by a lot since my current ROM was 200% less.)
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No. In writing a lot over time can possibly reduce the life of the SD. I don't believe that reading will.
waresoft said:
No. In writing a lot over time can possibly reduce the life of the SD. I don't believe that reading will.
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I been rokcN 4096 n my exSD is cool I guess is there a way to test it
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hatememarkz said:
I been rokcN 4096 n my exSD is cool I guess is there a way to test it
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I use ROM Toolbox to benchmark. 2048 usually yields better results overall.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.liberty.toolbox
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I use ROM Toolbox to benchmark. 2048 usually yields better results overall.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.liberty.toolbox
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Bro got that not a noob u tried okj yet
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Hi i found an app called auto killer memory which ive been running for a while. this app has worked wonders for my wilderbeast, its on fire. so ive been tampering alot with things but this seems to have stabalised my phone loads. presets i set to lost, enabled advance mode,apply at boot,ticked all system tweaks and of course when promted enabled super user. my phone is now running sweet and battery has improved too. i dont know if this makes any sense but i have noticed a difference. whoop whoop. am i over optimistic that this works the same as the v6 super charger/juwes ram optimiser ???
Ok I've ammended my settings within this app after doing some research And in memory values I'm now running at 6/10/16/100/120/160 to keep my phone running snappppppy. To explain the values in brief...... if free memory goes below 160mb my phone starts to kill empty apps etc etc as free memory goes below next value the phone starts to kill corresponding apps. Kind of makes sense to me now. Ok I know my settings makes the phone kill more frequently but its damn snappy now,and it can lower the oom settings by long pressing the app in processes section you wish to lower and choosing lower oom. Lowering the oom basically gives the app less chance of being killed.
Personally I haven't had a low memory situation since I rooted and installed cm7, the app your talking about I have installed after reading one of your other posts about it, I presume that it would work the same way as juwes after setting the low memory values, I don't use those settings with it though as I have juwes script installed, the other tweaks seem fine but again I think I had some of them covered from editing my build.prop (still have work to do on that though) and a few other little things, I can't knock this app though as it does seem to have made my battery last a bit longer since installing yesterday, I'd personally rather change the settings myself than have yet another app doing it for me but until I figure which setting seems to be helping my battery out I'll keep it installed.
A couple of other apps which might help you keep it smooth,
Autostarts- I swear by this app its one of my best buys from the market, why use a task killer when you can just stop the app starting in the first place??
Fast reboot pro- after time apps hold memory which they don't really need, hit this and it'll quickly reboot everything (unless you tell it to leave something alone) freeing up spare ram.
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Cheers for info,really happy with this app at the moment.by the sounds of things its doing similar job to other script mods,which I can't get working cos of s - off issue. Posted this for s on users benefit. Hope it helps others.
Edit my settings. Read 1st post.
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The only problems I see with having higher settings are if it closes something you use regular it'll be slower to open that app, I'd rather keep them set low and have apps open quickly.
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Scratch0805 said:
The only problems I see with having higher settings are if it closes something you use regular it'll be slower to open that app, I'd rather keep them set low and have apps open quickly.
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I agree but this app lets you temporary lower the oom level for apps,so I just lower oom on most important. Long click on process or service and to lower.
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Does it?..........I didn't spot that nice find!!
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Yep,long click app in service or process then choose to lower oom.it resets if you reboot so get your settings desired then leave by pressing home button.
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whats up with these settings for the pages? what do these settings change?
atm i have these settings:
2560
4096
25600
30720
40960
gozzaa said:
whats up with these settings for the pages? what do these settings change?
atm i have these settings:
2560
4096
25600
30720
40960
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Change the view from pages to mb and these are the values when it will start killing processes etc. Ie. When your memory gets to the amount your phone starts freeing up starting with the highest setting (empty apps)
Its all explained above,just that you have the pages view instead of mbs.
Quote " its healthy to have enemies, it means you've stood up for something you believe in "
ahh the pagesettings are the same as the MB ones?
i thought its two different things
thanks for the explanation!
btw. do you still use the same settings?
Yes to this day I still use this app even though I'm now s-off with the settings I posted,I will just double check and ammend if needed on 1st post.
" once its gone,its GONE."
slymobi said:
am i over optimistic that this works the same as the v6 super charger/juwes ram optimiser ???
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I used to use that too and I felt some differance too but I think you have to open the program every boot. But some told me that it isn't just powerful as Supercharger so I deleted the optimiser and tried Supercharged and got a bootloop instead. I didn't get it to work but I believe that Supercharger is a better solution.
zephyri-xr said:
I used to use that too and I felt some differance too but I think you have to open the program every boot. But some told me that it isn't just powerful as Supercharger so I deleted the optimiser and tried Supercharged and got a bootloop instead. I didn't get it to work but I believe that Supercharger is a better solution.
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i tried supercharger and juuwes but had issues which i think were specific to me but one of the issues was bootlooping from supercharger as well as other things. im not saying one is better than the other but as you and myself had issues with one of the mods then its an alternative for others to use. i prefer this as you get to control the settings and mods yourself from the app. also this is available for s-on whilst the others i believe need s-off.
zephyri-xr said:
I used to use that too and I felt some differance too but I think you have to open the program every boot. But some told me that it isn't just powerful as Supercharger so I deleted the optimiser and tried Supercharged and got a bootloop instead. I didn't get it to work but I believe that Supercharger is a better solution.
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I got a boot loop from supercharger. I had to wipe my phone and start again from an RUU as all my previous backups became corrupted. Nightmare. TBH in the few days that it did work, i saw/felt no difference.
Using CM_7.1.0.1 probably wouldnt advise to use the supercharge, CM_7 minfree values are set to a pretty good level to keep things in order i think
slymobi said:
Hi i found an app called auto killer memory which ive been running for a while. this app has worked wonders for my wilderbeast, its on fire. so ive been tampering alot with things but this seems to have stabalised my phone loads. presets i set to lost, enabled advance mode,apply at boot,ticked all system tweaks and of course when promted enabled super user. my phone is now running sweet and battery has improved too. i dont know if this makes any sense but i have noticed a difference. whoop whoop. am i over optimistic that this works the same as the v6 super charger/juwes ram optimiser ???
Ok I've ammended my settings within this app after doing some research And in memory values I'm now running at 6/10/16/100/120/160 to keep my phone running snappppppy. To explain the values in brief...... if free memory goes below 160mb my phone starts to kill empty apps etc etc as free memory goes below next value the phone starts to kill corresponding apps. Kind of makes sense to me now. Ok I know my settings makes the phone kill more frequently but its damn snappy now,and it can lower the oom settings by long pressing the app in processes section you wish to lower and choosing lower oom. Lowering the oom basically gives the app less chance of being killed.
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I have tried supercharge script and does make phone smooth. Also Ive use ram manager new app and that too made phone smooth. But this app (Pro) is so far great. I tried out your settings for now to see if it suits me and had the app for an hour and the phone is very snappy and smooth (which is most important to me). I hope there is a slight battery improvement that many have said on the net but will test more and will leave feed back. A big thx m8!
no probs mate, like i said i have tried the lot and this one for me is really good and you get to be the controller lol.the only drawback i have noticed is that it takes a little longer for the phone to boot after a reboot but !!!!! im ok with that.
LMFAO looks like I didn't pay enough attention... I've used a lot of tweaks already to make my Willy faster, more snappy and stable but to be honest nothing gave it such a boost like that
BTW: are you still using the settings of the op?
Holy crap, I've read that really often here and elsewhere but it's the first it applies to myself: feels like a new phone
eventcom said:
LMFAO looks like I didn't pay enough attention... I've used a lot of tweaks already to make my Willy faster, more snappy and stable but to be honest nothing gave it such a boost like that
BTW: are you still using the settings of the op?
Holy crap, I've read that really often here and elsewhere but it's the first it applies to myself: feels like a new phone
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I use aggressive setting mostly, all advanced tweaks except sdcard boost one as this bumps read ahead up to 2048, just my preference you might prefer 2048.
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slymobi said:
I use aggressive setting mostly, all advanced tweaks except sdcard boost one as this bumps read ahead up to 2048, just my preference you might prefer 2048
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I see. I just have to sort things out now. Regarding the SD card read - I have it already done by sdbooster (@2048) - I'm at a point where I should make a documentation to stay on track and to avoid double tweaks lol.
I'm also very interested into scratch's build.prop lol (guess that would help to drop even more tweaks). Thx again - I've not forgotten about your tip re. AMO - just shifted it too far lol.
EDIT: *lighter, forgot to check spelling. Lol
So my Evo 3D has finally called it quits and I have one month left till I leave Sprint so my friend gave me this phone that he doesn't use any more. For such an old phone I really can't complain about it, compared to my Evo 3D which runs CM 10.1 too it never crashes, always has GPS, 3G, 4G working fine and the battery lasts me all day. So I'm in love. But my one and only issue is it is extremely slow. And no I will not leave CM 10.1 as I use Google Now very often but if their are huge differences/opportunities for huge differences I'll go down as low as CM 10 or a different 4.0+ ROM.
So I was wondering is there a lite version of CM 10.1, recommended kernels that support both overclocking and undervolting, can someone explain how to make a swap partition on the SD card, and so on, just any ways to free up RAM, speed up the CPU/GPU, and lighten the load of the OS.
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So I was wondering is there a lite version of CM 10.1, recommended kernels that support both overclocking and undervolting, can someone explain how to make a swap partition on the SD card, and so on, just any ways to free up RAM, speed up the CPU/GPU, and lighten the load of the OS.
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"Light version": do it yourself with a root-enabled explorer. Google and you'll know what system apps can be deleted.
OC&UV kernel: Nitest maybe.
Swap: IDK
Free up RAM and speed up: I personally use Autostarts and Advanced Task Killer (Pro), but Greenify seems easier to use. You get ~80MB free RAM after a clean install, but can get 190~220MB after heavily using these. I don't use gapps so YMMV.
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AndyYan said:
"Light version": do it yourself with a root-enabled explorer. Google and you'll know what system apps can be deleted.
OC&UV kernel: Nitest maybe.
Swap: IDK
Free up RAM and speed up: I personally use Autostarts and Advanced Task Killer (Pro), but Greenify seems easier to use. You get ~80MB free RAM after a clean install, but can get 190~220MB after heavily using these. I don't use gapps so YMMV.
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I've already deleted every system app I'm comfortable removing using Root Uninstaller. After having everything I have to have installed on the phone, with as many apps set to not run in the background that I can and Greenify helping too, I tend to have 10-70MB of RAM free, it tends to be 15-35MB free though. I don't use task killers since all they do is play cat and mouse and waste battery, and tried a few auto start managers but can't really get into using it with how complicated they are. Right now the main thing I want to figure out is getting a swap partition up and running since that sounds the most promising with how little RAM this phone has.
Did a backup and switched to the nitest-0721 kernel and so far it's doing good. Disappointed the OC only goes up to 1.2GHz but it's better than nothing (don't understand kernels that limit how much you can OC when it's up to you to find how much your phone can OC), hopefully I can find a way to get it to go higher, and the "voodoo color" is weird but I can install a different version of the kernel to remove that if my eyes don't adjust first. Anyways... my free RAM now stays between 100-200MB, usually about 160MB, with 18% zRAM, purging of assets, and samepage merging enabled which is amazing. Apps are opening faster and don't stutter anywhere near as much as before, so I'm happy but will see how things go tonight when I go to work and am playing with it on and off, along with need to find a way to really overclock it.
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EDIT: *lighter, forgot to check spelling. Lol
So my Evo 3D has finally called it quits and I have one month left till I leave Sprint so my friend gave me this phone that he doesn't use any more. For such an old phone I really can't complain about it, compared to my Evo 3D which runs CM 10.1 too it never crashes, always has GPS, 3G, 4G working fine and the battery lasts me all day. So I'm in love. But my one and only issue is it is extremely slow. And no I will not leave CM 10.1 as I use Google Now very often but if their are huge differences/opportunities for huge differences I'll go down as low as CM 10 or a different 4.0+ ROM.
So I was wondering is there a lite version of CM 10.1, recommended kernels that support both overclocking and undervolting, can someone explain how to make a swap partition on the SD card, and so on, just any ways to free up RAM, speed up the CPU/GPU, and lighten the load of the OS.
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Try going with one of didhiy's nitest kernels and maybe a different AOSP ROM, like AOKP, PAC, etc. Or try out SuperNexus even. That's an extremely lightweight ROM with no customization options (Its straight up stock Android, just like a brand new Nexus phone), but its fast and quite stable from what I remember.
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Or find one of didhiy's nutest kernels, those have live oc, more free ram, and i believe it goes to 1.4 GHz. I'm not sure though. But it is less stable than nitest
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Well I've run this kernel for a week or so now with the smartassv2 governor and min/max at 100/1200MHz. Zero reboots unless I'm playing Minecraft the entire phone locks up other than the button lights, no matter what I do it crashes sooner or later but oh well I'm bored of that game just wanted to see if it'd play on this phone. ANYWAYS I've heard of it being done before but can't find any info on how to do it, how can I overclock past what the kernel allows (1.2GHz), I've seen reports of this phone handling 1.5GHz and want to see if I can reach 1.4.
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Well I've run this kernel for a week or so now with the smartassv2 governor and min/max at 100/1200MHz. Zero reboots unless I'm playing Minecraft the entire phone locks up other than the button lights, no matter what I do it crashes sooner or later but oh well I'm bored of that game just wanted to see if it'd play on this phone. ANYWAYS I've heard of it being done before but can't find any info on how to do it, how can I overclock past what the kernel allows (1.2GHz), I've seen reports of this phone handling 1.5GHz and want to see if I can reach 1.4.
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The frequency is still limited by the kernel...
1.5GHz is history (too unstable and hot so that devs stopped including it), and only Gingerbread/ICS custom ROMs can get that frequency via flashing corresponding Sanders/Shadow/Samurai kernels and overvolting as well, which is definitely not good.
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AndyYan said:
The frequency is still limited by the kernel...
1.5GHz is history (too unstable and hot so that devs stopped including it), and only Gingerbread/ICS custom ROMs can get that frequency via flashing corresponding Sanders/Shadow/Samurai kernels and overvolting as well, which is definitely not good.
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I just seriously hate kernels that limit how high you can overclock instead of making OC options to unreachable levels letting you find your phones limits. People make kernels, roms, hacks, etc so we can get around limitations that the hardware vendors put up. So if we've managed to circumvent the manufacturers blocks why are the same people that got around them making their own blocks, they already put up silly warnings about anything you install/do could break your phone but if you're going to give that warning it needs to be true. Anyways ending my rant lol...
I know their has to be a way to edit a kernel or file to add more options since the kernel creators can't do the job themselves, it's just finding out what and where these files are. Can anyone inform me on this and give me details on how this whole system of controlling clock speed works so it can be modded?
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I know their has to be a way to edit a kernel or file to add more options since the kernel creators can't do the job themselves, it's just finding out what and where these files are. Can anyone inform me on this and give me details on how this whole system of controlling clock speed works so it can be modded?
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Uh, AFAIK, isn't these frequency decided only when the kernel is COMPILED (from source code)? I don't exactly know...
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Just curious if anyone else is getting extremely slow performance? I'm running CM10.1 and it is slow -- one of the last stable builds.
I've found that I can't have Hangouts + Facebook or Hangouts + Chrome open at the same time. It'll take ages to load something, so I end up having to force close everything pretty often. And my phone's battery is getting worse and worse in terms of performance
Have been debating what the cause could be. I have a TON of music on my external_sd -- wondering if maybe Android is constantly scanning it and it's slow/losing battery from that. The media scanning icon is not up, though. Could be the ROM? Have been debating dropping back to using a deodexed/debloated stock ROM. Wondering if maybe the battery is just naturally degrading -- I've had the phone for ALMOST one year. Wondering if it's the issue with just having 1GB of RAM on the device?
Any thoughts from anyone on improving performance? I would love to be able to go to work without having to charge the phone. I can go for about 8 hours at work (sometimes listening to music, sometimes not) and by the time I'm home, my phone is anywhere from 10-20%.
terinfire said:
Just curious if anyone else is getting extremely slow performance? I'm running CM10.1 and it is slow -- one of the last stable builds.
I've found that I can't have Hangouts + Facebook or Hangouts + Chrome open at the same time. It'll take ages to load something, so I end up having to force close everything pretty often. And my phone's battery is getting worse and worse in terms of performance
Have been debating what the cause could be. I have a TON of music on my external_sd -- wondering if maybe Android is constantly scanning it and it's slow/losing battery from that. The media scanning icon is not up, though. Could be the ROM? Have been debating dropping back to using a deodexed/debloated stock ROM. Wondering if maybe the battery is just naturally degrading -- I've had the phone for ALMOST one year. Wondering if it's the issue with just having 1GB of RAM on the device?
Any thoughts from anyone on improving performance? I would love to be able to go to work without having to charge the phone. I can go for about 8 hours at work (sometimes listening to music, sometimes not) and by the time I'm home, my phone is anywhere from 10-20%.
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as I know media scan only runs after boot.
Most of android devices has less then 1 giga ram, I don think you need more. You can enable comcache. settings -> performance -> memory management -> zram , it needs kernel support.
zram compresses memory.
My 4.3 roms dont have zram support.
Factory reset always win. You should try latest cm10.2, I think 4.3 faster.
bubor said:
My 4.3 roms dont have zram support.
Factory reset always win. You should try latest cm10.2, I think 4.3 faster.
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Wait, so the newest pacman doesn't have zram support? Is in the settings though.
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LaizureBoy said:
Wait, so the newest pacman doesn't have zram support? Is in the settings though.
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kernel doesnt have zram.
Zram and other improvements
Hello, good afternoon to all
First, sorry to revive an old post, but i can't post in dev zone.
I am currently improving the performance of my i927.
I installed the kernel "LiteKernel" (V4.0-20130113 ICS) but I have some doubts. For example, how I can enable zram? How I can make a small OC the GPU?
I would appreciate some more advice.
Stock ICS 4.0.4 ROM UCLJ3 with LiteKernel ICS V4.0-20130113
Thanks a lot!
Try with trickster mod
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Androide3 said:
Try with trickster mod
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Thanks a lot!
zRam activated and working, and see that GPU is on 400mHz always
But i was thinking in app like Android Tuner that can set a boot profile... because i have to enable zRam every boot
Any idea? any other improvement?
THANKS!
EDIT: Now i see the option that i can set a profile when boot with trickster mod!! thanks again!
GAPPS
ROM
This version includes openpdroid, but PDroid does NOT work with ART (bootloop). To use PDroid, you'll need to install PDroid Manager from the play store.
ROM (1/4)
The linaro toolchain seems to reduce 3D Graphics and RAM performance slightly, so I decided to build without it for now. Still ART-default.
ROM (12/30)
Built normally this time, no extra optimization flags. ART is the default startup for this build (supports Dalvik, ART, and ART debug, the non-default two were unintentional, but I don't know how to remove them). It takes a little bit longer to start up than the previous build, but the performance is about the same, if not a little better.
ROM (12/29)
Observations:
Make sure you install CWM Recovery and stay on it while you are using this ROM, since if you install through TWRP, your SIM card will not be recognized.
I don't exactly game on my Android, but I've yet to see issues with ART. If a game does crash on first start, try to start it again, it worked for me the second time.
I didn't exactly test this long enough to say anything about the battery, but it's quite smooth so far.
I'll update this thread again in 12 days, or whenever I figure out how to make it ART-only.
Changes from nicktastique's version:
See attachment for my repo manifest (Uses TheMuppets for proprietary files) (yes, it takes longer to download, but nicktastique's local_manifest kept failing to build for me, possibly because I was using Java 1.7 until I realize I wasn't supposed to)
Built with Linaro Toolchain 13.11 (4.8)
Code:
mka CFLAGS='-O3 -pipe -Wl,–hash-style=gnu -fstrict-aliasing -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -Werror=strict-aliasing -ffast-math' CXXFLAGS='-O3 -pipe -Wl,–hash-style=gnu -fstrict-aliasing -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -Werror=strict-aliasing -ffast-math' bacon
^not really sure if best, feel free to suggest something better
Any major bugs?
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Any major bugs?
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Not that I've come across. Still testing. Passes the 3D benchmark from Antutu too.
Throughout CM 11 though, I've seen GPU tearing in Chrome Beta. Perhaps some Developer Settings may fix it.
Benchmark-wise, insignificant change in the cpu (+.3%), some improvement in Database I/O (+2%), some improvement in 3D graphics (+13.26%). However, RAM speed suffered (-7.3%)
rmanne said:
Not that I've come across. Still testing. Passes the 3D benchmark from Antutu too.
Throughout CM 11 though, I've seen GPU tearing in Chrome Beta. Perhaps some Developer Settings may fix it.
Benchmark-wise, insignificant change in the cpu (+.3%), some improvement in Database I/O (+2%), some improvement in 3D graphics (+13.26%). However, RAM speed suffered (-7.3%)
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Cool, 64gb microsd's work?
MikeSpears said:
Cool, 64gb microsd's work?
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I haven't had a chance to test that (my new microsd should be delivered within a few days, but don't expect it to work. I haven't had a chance to tweak the kernel or even look at it yet.
EDIT: yep, 64gb microsds work (exFat support)
Works. Found a bug tho. When I listen to music using my Bluetooth headset, its fine until I put the phone to sleep. When I put the phone to sleep, audio starts skipping. Other than that, this ROM kicks ass. The BT issue seems to be on all 4.4 ROMs tho.
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Works. Found a bug tho. When I listen to music using my Bluetooth headset, its fine until I put the phone to sleep. When I put the phone to sleep, audio starts skipping. Other than that, this ROM kicks ass. The BT issue seems to be on all 4.4 ROMs tho.
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Switching from Davlik to ART seems to have fixed it.
Is anyone able to get screencasting to work? thanks in advance?
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dingo502 said:
Is anyone able to get screencasting to work? thanks in advance?
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No idea, haven't tried it since I don't own anything it would work with.
I owned an gs2 b4 and used this mod its great performance booster.
It will work almost any phone and any rom(tested on nexus4 cm11 with similar hardware as zl and gs2 cm11)
ART Compatible (tested on nexus 4 )
It is not tested on xperia zl thats why i m sharing this but most probably it should work.
Plz do the backup before flashing because
I am only sharing this work i dont own this project
So sorry to say but i will not be able to answer any queries
Flash it at your own risk but it should work
Here you go with download link!
Improved gold edition
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2360670
Reverse Mod:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43543566&postcount=62
Instructions:
Download the mod for your repective rom (download cm version for custom roms) from link!
1.flash it via cwm
2.wipe cache and dalvik
3.while rebooting system it will ask "disable recovery flash?" select "yes"
4.and there you go!
Note
If you select No in "disable recovery flash?" you will face problems in booting in recovery
If something messes up
Nothing to worry just do a clean wipe (data cache and system) and install your previous rom.(thats why a backup is recommended )
but most probably it will work.(recommended)
OR you can use reverse mod in the link provided
Credits
the OP of the thread " http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2360985 " Jeeko
And
zeppelinrox for his V6
ImbaWind for his parts of Adrenaline Engine
Exit_Only for his Turbo concepts, there aren't any parts of his work in mine
idcrisis for his CrossBreeder
nicolassp for his S1_Optimize
All credits goes to these people
L.E.D 26 for his support
Me, Jeeko for the rest
And you for having received the power of the PurePerformances X
Plz do hit the Thanks button of the thread of the provided download link!
Well after using the latest cm on art, I can't imagine what would be faster ... Nevertheless will give this a try..... Its compatible on art mode right?
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Well after using the latest cm on art, I can't imagine what would be faster ... Nevertheless will give this a try..... Its compatible on art mode right?
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i have not tested it on art mode but you can giv it a try
Tested on PAC Rom nightlies.
Adaway stops working after that and ads show up in several apps.
Speeds up system ui animations and everything seems to be smoother.
But no impact on benchmark scores.
Also, battery seems to drain faster.
Maybe it has a better effect on stock version..
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Tested on PAC Rom nightlies.
Adaway stops working after that and ads show up in several apps.
Speeds up system ui animations and everything seems to be smoother.
But no impact on benchmark scores.
Also, battery seems to drain faster.
Maybe it has a better effect on stock version..
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In my case I've got 70 more points in Antutu Benchmark and no faster battery drain.
Besides that, I totally agree with you.
Edit:
Found a "fix" for AdAway not working.
or use
su -c /system/etc/CrossBreeder/DISABLE_ADBLOCK
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I found that command in here
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Tested on PAC Rom nightlies.
Adaway stops working after that and ads show up in several apps.
Speeds up system ui animations and everything seems to be smoother.
But no impact on benchmark scores.
Also, battery seems to drain faster.
Maybe it has a better effect on stock version.
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It is ment for Cyanogenmod but is it working properly in pacman ROM except adaway?
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Tested on PAC Rom nightlies.
Adaway stops working after that and ads show up in several apps.
Speeds up system ui animations and everything seems to be smoother.
But no impact on benchmark scores.
Also, battery seems to drain faster.
Maybe it has a better effect on stock version..
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ACTUALLY THE MOD IS MENT TO DECREASE BATTERY USAGE for me it doesnt drain
Ok tested on cm11 and well... Doesn't make much difference... Few tweaks it enables is decrease the animation speed to .5x in developer options.... And allow plurging of assets in performance
Apart from that it does apply some minfree tweaks but in neither the benchmarks nor in normal usage do I see a change...
So yea I can't say it helps much in cm based roms where we could tweak the performance settings anyway... Maybe good for stock roms
Thanks for the share anyway
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Tested on PAC Rom nightlies.
Adaway stops working after that and ads show up in several apps.
Speeds up system ui animations and everything seems to be smoother.
But no impact on benchmark scores.
Also, battery seems to drain faster.
Maybe it has a better effect on stock version..
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yeah you can giv it a try
original post updated with an improved gold edition
From my experiences on many different phone models and OS's and different methods tried, it might be good in short terms usage, but on the long run, benchmarks boosting leads to sluggish and buggy phone...
iPeck said:
From my experiences on many phone models and OS's and different methods tried, it might be good in short terms, but on the long run, benchmarks boosting leads to sluggish and buggy phone...
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no i have been using this in my s2 since a long time until i bought zl it worked fine and benchmark is not boosted to a very high level maximus 200 it depends on the rom and it reduces lagginess
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From my experiences on many different phone models and OS's and different methods tried, it might be good in short terms usage, but on the long run, benchmarks boosting leads to sluggish and buggy phone...
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Yup it will but not much..
And to be honest.. Don't go for benchmarks ..
its all done quite easily as these boosters basically set ur cpu to performance mode whenever a fullscreen app runs.... That's it... If you look into it ull see most oems do that as well.. So u always get better benchmarks on stock roms as compared to aosp based roms.
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Yup it will but not much..
And to be honest.. Don't go for benchmarks ..
its all done quite easily as these boosters basically set ur cpu to performance mode whenever a fullscreen app runs.... That's it... If you look into it ull see most oems do that as well.. So u always get better benchmarks on stock roms as compared to aosp based roms.
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i agree with you actually benchmarks arent that reliable for s2 it showed 200 but for many users its significantly negligibe.actually in the shared link its mentioned to increase benchmark thats why i had written "improve benchmarks"in title.rRemoved it now nomore quarrels about benchmarks!
Flashed the golden edition now and it gives me +480 Antutu points.
The fix for AdAway also works, thanks for that !
System ui responds fast and smooth. Will test it the following days and report back.
CokeJunkee said:
Flashed the golden edition now and it gives me +480 Antutu points.
The fix for AdAway also works, thanks for that !
System ui responds fast and smooth. Will test it the following days and report back.
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Guys the performance boost(If you feel benchmarks only show you the performance) comes from an increase in I/O score. Can anyone check that. I used to use such scripts on my galaxy 3 which atleast to some degree made me think the lag was gone . I don't think our phone needs such scripts.Our phone is already the fastest it can be and it's the fastest any phone can get right now . It can only be improved on by having better android( like an improved kernel?). Our phone has 2 gigs of RAM and do you think we need a minfree scipt for that? lol . That's the reason no one makes "scripts" for top tier phones. And those who feel the performance has been boosted check the CPU score differences in antutu, not the overall score which includes I/O too.
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Guys the performance boost(If you feel benchmarks only show you the performance) comes from an increase in I/O score. Can anyone check that. I used to use such scripts on my galaxy 3 which atleast to some degree made me think the lag was gone . I don't think our phone needs such scripts.Our phone is already the fastest it can be and it's the fastest any phone can get right now . It can only be improved on by having better android( like an improved kernel?). Our phone has 2 gigs of RAM and do you think we need a minfree scipt for that? lol . That's the reason no one makes "scripts" for top tier phones. And those who feel the performance has been boosted check the CPU score differences in antutu, not the overall score which includes I/O too.
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We do need the scripts buddy for our phones with unstable and laggy custom roms though our phones are good they arent the BEST !THIS IS JUST A WAY TO MAKE IT BETTER.if you feel so try it on ur phone.i personally dont go and rely on benchmarks