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[Kernel][JB/ICS/AOSP][Linaro] Covenant Kernel RC3-Voice Fix {OC/UV} 1.4 ghz {12-1-12}

Covenant Kernel RC3​
This is an all new kernel for AOSP(JB or ICS) roms built from source.
I have decided to take over building an all new kernel for CM10 and other AOSP roms to reduce the work load from the greatergood.
But make no mistake about it, thegreatergood helped tremendously in getting me where i am on overclocking and voltage control.
So smack his thanks button as much as possible.
The covenant kernel is the first of many new releases from my newly formed team, The Covenant. Memebers consisting of- "thegreatergood",
"Bo0st", "terinfire", and myself. We are still recruiting members who can contribute in there own skilled way. So if you think you would like to, and can contribute to the Covenant team hit me or one of the other team members up.
Features
OC/UV up to 1400 mhz
OC Range; 1400, 1200, 1100, 1000, 912, 816, 760, 608, 456, 312, 216
GOVERNORS:
SmartassV2
Interactive
Conservative
Ondemand
Powersave
Userspace
Performance
I/O Schedulers:
Noop
Deadline
Cfq
sio(default)
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Credits
Thegreatergood
terinfire
roothorick(Camera)
Bo0st
DrMario
dbrannon
Raw0w0
And the XDA and glide community!
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Pac-man users flash last kernel to fix camera
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Covenant-kernel-V3 Changelog
Camera Fix
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Covenant-Kernel-V2 Changelog
Removed deadline and cfq I/O schedulers
Fix Microphone and voice search Cm10
OC 1400, 1300, 1200, 1000, 912, 816, 760, 608, 456, 312, 216
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Downloads

Mine!
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Boots up well..
No Boot animation..
slightly longer boot time..(Or feels like, as its only Samsung from start to end)
wipes up cache during flash..
Usually not seen it while installing any kernel..takes a lot of time to rebuild..
Can you remove it.. ?
will OC and post benchmark results later..

VinayS said:
Boots up well..
No Boot animation..
slightly longer boot time..(Or feels like, as its only Samsung from start to end)
wipes up cache during flash..
Usually not seen it while installing any kernel..takes a lot of time to rebuild..
Can you remove it.. ?
will OC and post benchmark results later..
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Um yes.. boot animation runs.. this only works on CM10.. I tested it 25 times. Booted up in seconds and boot animation ran every time. This will not work on stock ICS based ROMs.
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dman3285 said:
Um yes.. boot animation runs.. this only works on CM10.. I tested it 25 times. Booted up in seconds and boot animation ran every time. This will not work on stock ICS based ROMs.
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Is compatible with lite rom? or only is for CM10?

lorddavid said:
Is compatible with lite rom? or only is for CM10?
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As the title says.. AOSP.. only for CM10, CM9, AOCP, AOKP, PAC-man, ect, ect... ONLY AOSP roms
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dman3285 said:
As the title says.. AOSP.. only for CM10, CM9, AOCP, AOKP, PAC-man, ect, ect... ONLY AOSP roms
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aaa ok, thanks

dman3285 said:
Um yes.. boot animation runs.. this only works on CM10.. I tested it 25 times. Booted up in seconds and boot animation ran every time. This will not work on stock ICS based ROMs.
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oh, Time to change back..i am on stock ICS..
In Stock ICS,
Not able to pass lockscreen from second boot onwards..
phone gets struck and hangs.. also does not charge..

VinayS said:
oh, Time to change back..i am on stock ICS..
In Stock ICS,
Not able to pass lockscreen from second boot onwards..
phone gets struck and hangs.. also does not charge..
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That's because this is Only for AOSP ROMs.. clearly stated in title and OP..
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so this really a teaser for upcoming update to the cm10/10.1 and aosp roms

What do you mean by "wakelock enabled" in the op?
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If I need to explain it you don't need to flash it.
Means you can enable wake lock in settings if supported..
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Just a quick question! overclocked to 1400mhz? is that safe? I was having trouble with litekernel clocked to 1.28!! and heat issues while running google maps. and how does that affect the battery life?

dbrannon79 said:
Just a quick question! overclocked to 1400mhz? is that safe? I was having trouble with litekernel clocked to 1.28!! and heat issues while running google maps. and how does that affect the battery life?
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Its completely stable.. been running it at 1400 with smartassV2 and has been flawless .. not even gotten warm...
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dman3285 said:
Its completely stable.. been running it at 1400 with smartassV2 and has been flawless .. not even gotten warm...
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I wish I could use it in Ice Pop rom too! But it's a modified stock rom!
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This was just a quick run on quadrant OC at 1400, UV at 750
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dman3285 said:
If I need to explain it you don't need to flash it.
Means you can enable wake lock in settings if supported..
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Do you mean these wakelocks? If yes, I doubt that there is any Android release having such an option. If you disable wakelocks, almost nothing will work on the system.

dman3285 said:
If I need to explain it you don't need to flash it.
Means you can enable wake lock in settings if supported..
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I am not a noob at this I've been flashing roms for a long time and I've never seen the tweak wake lock enabled and I've only seen wake lock referred to as apps or other things keeping your phone awake and killing battery
I'm not trying to be rude i was just curious
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dman3285 said:
This was just a quick run on quadrant OC at 1400, UV at 750
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Looks awesome! Is that 750mv at 1400Mhz? I cannot imagine that would be possible, the lowest voltage at the highest frequency. If it is, then the covenant really does work miracles!
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What are you using to oc? I am using antutu but can't seem to find 750 Anywhere
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Best gaming kernel for Jelly Bean?

I flashed CM10 a3 with for vivos kernel and 3D performance is really bad... Last time with xperiaICE v3.1, I got 2235 in quadrant 3D test with CWG kernel (i think)
So are there any kernel for gaming?
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Our android development have JB maxmem kernel I think maxmem is most suitable for gaming
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Thnks!
ipromeh said:
Our android development have JB maxmem kernel I think maxmem is most suitable for gaming
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Thanks! I flashed the PRIVATE kernel and when i play temple run, it freezes and gave me a pop sound... I can't do anything so i pulled out the battery and restart... So i'm going to flash the MAXMEM kernel!

TiTAN-O-One said:
I flashed CM10 a3 with for vivos kernel and 3D performance is really bad... Last time with xperiaICE v3.1, I got 2235 in quadrant 3D test with CWG kernel (i think)
So are there any kernel for gaming?
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Actually though, use stock.
+ Seeders
+ KSM
+ Disable CPU rendering.

You mean stock kernel on CM10? Or what?
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Both
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TiTAN-O-One said:
You mean stock kernel on CM10? Or what?
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Stock kernel on CM10. When you wish to game simply overclock min frequency to 768 and max to 1401 and set governor to performance.

Why performance? Yr device may be very very hot
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ipromeh said:
Why performance? Yr device may be very very hot
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In JB its slightly better. Using ondemand is not quite good though. At the very least use interactive.

KiD3991 said:
Stock kernel on CM10. When you wish to game simply overclock min frequency to 768 and max to 1401 and set governor to performance.
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Be careful... the performance governor basically runs your CPU at MaxFreq all the time.
Except during Deep Sleeps.

pepoluan said:
Be careful... the performance governor basically runs your CPU at MaxFreq all the time.
Except during Deep Sleeps.
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Heh Due to personal reasons I rarely exceed 15-20 minutes gaming time. And I have a handy switch between my battery friendly profile and this gaming one.

KiD3991 said:
Actually though, use stock.
+ Seeders
+ KSM
+ Disable CPU rendering.
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What's KSM

imadiu said:
What's KSM
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Kernel Samepage Merging... you can find it under the settings/performance/memory management
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Thnks!
I tried all and it seems ok... Now, just an experiment, i'm going to try PAC MAN JB ROM... Just to see if there are any perfomance difference...

I am using cm10 alpha 3 with forvivo v2 maxmem kernel.
subway surfers lags in my phone.
how can i disable CPU rendering ?

CPU rendering? What I know is Force GPU rendering and in order to disable that just go settings and under the Developer Option, scroll down till you see a check box and Force GPU Rendering then untick it... I thought its not ticked by default?
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Disable CPU rendering is a flashable file found in Android Developments. Its quite old but gold. Enable KSM at memory settings under Performance. Also enable 16bit transparency but disable surface dithering.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1932047
Here you go, this is the thread.
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[Q] The best kernel galaxy w

What's the best kernel for gaming instead of saving power battery? i'm using CM 9 beta 4 right now.. thanks

Dio Galih said:
What's the best kernel for gaming instead of saving power battery? i'm using CM 9 beta 4 right now.. thanks
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I'm using Yoon.Kernel 1.6 and it's work good :good:

Set it to interactive then install Seeder. Works like a damn charm.

eza azami said:
I'm using Yoon.Kernel 1.6 and it's work good :good:
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Thanks te:good: but how's about battery life? is it stable with it?
KiD3991 said:
Set it to interactive then install Seeder. Works like a damn charm.
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Seeder from google market bro? thanks mate..

Dio Galih said:
Thanks te:good: but how's about battery life? is it stable with it?
Seeder from google market bro? thanks mate..
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No. Its free for XDA users . Go to the search all forums search tab and search for it. CHEERS!
Interactive is my first choice if it comes to the original kernel.

Ohh i see.. thanks so much

What I/O scheduler for Interaxtive Governor?
"Back to CM9" -TiTAN

Is it just me or using a custom kernel seems to be slower compared to Arco's stock kernel?

allkpop said:
Is it just me or using a custom kernel seems to be slower compared to Arco's stock kernel?
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It depends. Sometimes user feel faster with a custom kernel but sometimes not. It depends on some users configure the custom kernels.
For me using smartassv2 + sio scheduler even on 1ghz max freq it feels faster than stock ondemand / conservative. And sometimes it affects from the kernel developer who really have finished optimised their custom kernel or not.
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I believe that we have a great CPU with 1.4 Ghz ,, So all the games problems is comming from the RAM.. So i think that Yoon Maxmem Kernel (4xx Mb RAM) Is the best for gamming ,, but remember it don't have working camera
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i guess arco cm9 RC4 3.0 kernel is very good.
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[Q] SlimBean 4.2.2 build 5 Question

Hello All,
I can't seem to find the location on this ROM that allows you to change the governor settings... I swear I've looked everywhere!

i dont use that ROM but just FYI, kernel control features may not be built into it. as a matter of fact, a lot of ROMs dont have any built in kernel setting controls. where you using it before and it had it? saw a user running slimbean this morning with ktoonsez kernel. full control

Probably...
xBeerdroiDx said:
i dont use that ROM but just FYI, kernel control features may not be built into it. as a matter of fact, a lot of ROMs dont have any built in kernel setting controls. where you using it before and it had it? saw a user running slimbean this morning with ktoonsez kernel. full control
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It's the kernel that came with the ROM, 3.4.41-slim-g846750a. I just read of people talking about changing their governors and wanted to give it a try..

i use (and only use) ktoonsez kt747 kernel with any ROM i am on (tasks latest currently). it comes packaged with an app that allows me to select and make governor and scheduler adjustments as well as tweak many other things in order to improve stability and battery life. highly recommend.

You can enable the developers settings by going into settings>about phone>and tap on build number 6 or 7 times and that will unlock the performance options
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Thanks for all the help guys. I activated the developer options, but there are still no governor settings. I think I'll try flashing the KT rom suggested above.
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Did u try tapping performance >OK and then the option to change I/o scheduler or the option to change CPU governor and clock speed? It will be there
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drs1og said:
Did u try tapping performance >OK and then the option to change I/o scheduler or the option to change CPU governor and clock speed? It will be there
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DOH! There it is! THANKS!!!

I suggest asswax and row, good performance and battery life!
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[Q] cm9 or cm10 or cm10.1????????

I'm looking for the best For taking picture and play game
sry for my bad eng

I'm using CM9 rc2 + Honeyx Kernel and some tweaks and mods, with this combination I get 6358 points on antutu benchmark, one of the bigger scores for this phone. When I overclock the CPU to 1.8GHz and put Aggressive in Seeder, I'm enabled to run all games I want without lags.
This rom is awesome with pics too.
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FelixMG said:
I'm using CM9 rc2 + Honeyx Kernel and some tweaks and mods, with this combination I get 6358 points on antutu benchmark, one of the bigger scores for this phone. When I overclock the CPU to 1.8GHz and put Aggressive in Seeder, I'm enabled to run all games I want without lags.
This rom is awesome with pics too.
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You did the test with antutu at 1.8 GHz? And which tweaks and mods are you using? And your phone is often Hot or not?
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FelixMG said:
I'm using CM9 rc2 + Honeyx Kernel and some tweaks and mods, with this combination I get 6358 points on antutu benchmark, one of the bigger scores for this phone. When I overclock the CPU to 1.8GHz and put Aggressive in Seeder, I'm enabled to run all games I want without lags.
This rom is awesome with pics too.
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why cm9 rc2 not eol

walter98100 said:
You did the test with antutu at 1.8 GHz? And which tweaks and mods are you using? And your phone is often Hot or not?
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Yes! I'm using greenify and seeder, and Touchwiz mods.
My phone is rarely hot, almost all time he's normal.
midou16 said:
why cm9 rc2 not eol
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I don't know, I'm kinda lazy to change it, restore all my apps, etc. Haha
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with 1.4 GHz i reach 5800 or 5700 on oneofakind hybrid 25.1 .. but my phone costantly Hot... so i don't know if would be better go on JB or this cm9 rc2.. do u deleted some System apps or not?
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walter98100 said:
with 1.4 GHz i reach 5800 or 5700 on oneofakind hybrid 25.1 .. but my phone costantly Hot... so i don't know if would be better go on JB or this cm9 rc2.. do u deleted some System apps or not?
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All JB roms that I've tested don't gave me the stability and smoothness like CM9 rc2 gave.
Yes, I deleted some system apps.
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last question.. do u enabled 16 bit disabled dithering zram force gpu rendering ?
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FelixMG said:
All JB roms that I've tested don't gave me the stability and smoothness like CM9 rc2 gave.
Yes, I deleted some system apps.
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The same for me. That´s also the reason why I finally created the 7up kernel for RC2. The only reason I moved to CM9 final was because many people requested a 3.0.x 7up kernel for it. The only advantage the final is having is MTP and OTG but well. I´m not using OTG and MTP is still sometimes causing troubles. Therefore I still am using mass storage mode in CM9 final.

walter98100 said:
last question.. do u enabled 16 bit disabled dithering zram force gpu rendering ?
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I enabled 16 bit, disabled dithering, disabled zram and disabled gpu rendering.
honeyx said:
The same for me. That´s also the reason why I finally created the 7up kernel for RC2. The only reason I moved to CM9 final was because many people requested a 3.0.x 7up kernel for it. The only advantage the final is having is MTP and OTG but well. I´m not using OTG and MTP is still sometimes causing troubles. Therefore I still am using mass storage mode in CM9 final.
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Exactly!
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