Hi there,
I apologize if it's been answered already, but I've been searching the forums for days and couldn't find a solution to my problem.
I installed this lovelly rom, Slim Bean - and used (what I think) was the latest version . All went well, and the first two days it was a dream, fast, responsive, stylish, everything I wanted and more. The only problem was the battery life was really bad.
But after a couple of days it started lagging like hell, apps would FC, and once the battery went below 40% it became practically useless. Not to mention, battery life in general got even worse! I can hardly reach 10 hours now. After days of reading the forum, I have to admit I am totally lost as to what to do.
This is probably a totally noob question, but in the 1st post of the ROM, the info about the Governor, Scheduler and cpu frequencies:
Max - 1.4ghz
Min - 249mgz
Governer - Ondemand
Scheduler - Sio
Are these already "set" in the ROM, or do I have to apply them? Because in the settings of the phone, the Governor is set to "interactive" and the scheduler is set on "row."
What to I risk by changing them? And for the frequencies? Should I do it from the settings, or use something like the SetCPU app? Most important of all, would changing these settings help with my problem? (the lagging, fcs, battery life, etc)
I'm guessing this is really basic stuff, but I figured it's safer to ask and look like a moron than risk screwing up my phone
thanks for any and all suggestions!
up!
seriously, can nobody help me? :crying:
last try :angel:
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Since ktoonsez lets you choose from a myriad of CPU governors and IO tweaks. Since their are so many and i for one have not found a list that explains every option this kernel offers.
So i am asking what you use if you do? and what do you think about the ones i use for my Daily Driver setting, I play games lightly I steam audio frequently and want good battery life (if it lasts all day with maybe 3-4 hours screen time) and can still run most games i am happy. So far With my Current Settings its been good to me although i have yet to put it though some heavy use.
For CPU governor I use "Scary"
ans i use the "vr" IO tweaks
I have similar usage habits as you do, however I don't use KT's kernel. I am using LeanKernel and am easily getting a full day's battery with nearly always 4hrs of screen on time. For me, since I am working on something atm and flashing a lot lately, I use Interactive/SIO as it has always been good to me. I know there are plenty of other Gov/Schs out there and I will settle on one (once I settle on a ROM for more than a week-lol).
Anyways, if you want to read more about Governors and Schedulers, you can go here and click the Hide parses to give you a bit more info.
Hi all,
I've been running DKstunna's CM9 global rom with aeroeven's v14 kernel for a few weeks now. It's a great stable ICS rom that makes for a great daily driver.
My question is if anyone has tips to make the phone snappier. For example, if I hit the search button, it takes a full 4 or 5 seconds before google now comes up. Another example, if I'm installing an app, there is significant slowdown all over the place.
I know I'm working with a phone a few generations old, but does anyone have tips to make the phone snappier? I'm open to everything, including flashing new roms, new kernels, etc. All I'd be wary of is flashing roms that would decrease phone stability.
BTW I did a search! but didn't see anything.
gandhidog said:
Hi all,
I've been running DKstunna's CM9 global rom with aeroeven's v14 kernel for a few weeks now. It's a great stable ICS rom that makes for a great daily driver.
My question is if anyone has tips to make the phone snappier. For example, if I hit the search button, it takes a full 4 or 5 seconds before google now comes up. Another example, if I'm installing an app, there is significant slowdown all over the place.
I know I'm working with a phone a few generations old, but does anyone have tips to make the phone snappier? I'm open to everything, including flashing new roms, new kernels, etc. All I'd be wary of is flashing roms that would decrease phone stability.
BTW I did a search! but didn't see anything.
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You probably didn't know what to search for...hence the results. You need to look for overclocking, cpu governors, minfree settings, zip align, and there are others that speed up your phone.
First: under performance settings, what max cpu frequency do you have it checked as? And what governor are you using - I personally like smartassv2.
Second: try a different kernel if you have already overclocked and set the governor.
Third: try a script like v6 supercharger. There are a lot of them that take care of some of the above mentioned stuff for you.
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You probably didn't know what to search for...hence the results. You need to look for overclocking, cpu governors, minfree settings, zip align, and there are others that speed up your phone.
First: under performance settings, what max cpu frequency do you have it checked as? And what governor are you using - I personally like smartassv2.
Second: try a different kernel if you have already overclocked and set the governor.
Third: try a script like v6 supercharger. There are a lot of them that take care of some of the above mentioned stuff for you.
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Thanks for all this! You are correct, I clearly had no idea what to look for.
My min cpu frequency is 245 mhz, max is 1024 mhz. The governor is smartassv2 - it must have flashed along with another rom/kernel I may have tried in the past.
I have a S4 mini running custom carbon kk unofficial 4.4.3 as it comes with the settings to set CPU's and governors but the phone keeps changing the min to around 1400 but the max stays at 1700.i don't notice until my battery is draining really fast or gets hot. anyone kno a fix to this?
matizkool said:
I have a S4 mini running custom carbon kk unofficial 4.4.3 as it comes with the settings to set CPU's and governors but the phone keeps changing the min to around 1400 but the max stays at 1700.i don't notice until my battery is draining really fast or gets hot. anyone kno a fix to this?
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Which governor is it using to set a min of 1400? Ever likely it gets hot and eats power! I use f4k's kernel, and the 'Performance Control' app to look at and alter stuff - you don't say what you use or have tried.
There is a Carbon 4.4.4 available with f4ktion 1.5 kernel - might be an idea to flash that and the problem might go away!
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Which governor is it using to set a min of 1400? Ever likely it gets hot and eats power! I use f4k's kernel, and the 'Performance Control' app to look at and alter stuff - you don't say what you use or have tried.
There is a Carbon 4.4.4 available with f4ktion 1.5 kernel - might be an idea to flash that and the problem might go away!
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It's on every governor this happens but I use Wheatley. I would manually set it to around the 300s but in a couple of hours it would auto set at 1400 on its on. This causes my battery to drain my kernel version is 3.4.91 f4ktion 1.4.5 eur lte
matizkool said:
It's on every governor this happens but I use Wheatley. I would manually set it to around the 300s but in a couple of hours it would auto set at 1400 on its on. This causes my battery to drain
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Strangely enough I've settled with Wheatley too! but it spends most of its time at 162 when not in deep sleep (a bit like me!). This really needs posting in the Carbon thread so I would post a few more things here to help or comment on stuff to get to 10 posts and then ask in there. I can't think what could be causing that behaviour, if it was me it would be bye bye 4.4.3 and hello 4.4.4
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Strangely enough I've settled with Wheatley too! but it spends most of its time at 162 when not in deep sleep (a bit like me!). This really needs posting in the Carbon thread so I would post a few more things here to help or comment on stuff to get to 10 posts and then ask in there. I can't think what could be causing that behaviour, if it was me it would be bye bye 4.4.3 and hello 4.4.4
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Yeah i flashed to 4.4.4 thanks though
Never mind above still happens even though I flashed 4.4.4
matizkool said:
Never mind above still happens even though I flashed 4.4.4
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Does the actual minimum change rather than it simply running continually at 1400+ and if so which governor does it change to if any!
I read somewhere in the Carbon thread someone was having similar problems so they flashed the kernel twice, one directly after the other; seems something wasn't getting written correctly the first time but was the second, and the problem went away. Worth a go...
xbin said:
Does the actual minimum change rather than it simply running continually at 1400+ and if so which governor does it change to if any!
I read somewhere in the Carbon thread someone was having similar problems so they flashed the kernel twice, one directly after the other; seems something wasn't getting written correctly the first time but was the second, and the problem went away. Worth a go...
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I found this : Q: CPU/GPU frequency doesn't stick?
A: If your frequency settings don’t stick, it's because on certain Qualcomm or JB and higher devices, there are certain system services (thermald/mpdecision/project butter) or kernel feature that rewrite frequency settings based on current thermal status and/or touch input. Certain custom kernels for your device should include work around for these issues.
Is this a fix?
matizkool said:
I found this : Q: CPU/GPU frequency doesn't stick?
A: If your frequency settings don’t stick, it's because on certain Qualcomm or JB and higher devices, there are certain system services (thermald/mpdecision/project butter) or kernel feature that rewrite frequency settings based on current thermal status and/or touch input. Certain custom kernels for your device should include work around for these issues.
Is this a fix?
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It could help. Trickster is good. However, this suggests that there is something else causing or forcing the frequency setting to be changed. The question is what? and I've no idea:crying:
Haha I found the problem it was either this battery saver app or I changed to scheduler to anything besides row
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Haha I found the problem it was either this battery saver app or I changed to scheduler to anything besides row
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Thats good. It was probably the battery saver because they usually do the opposite!
How about the kernel? What's a good performance kernel? or do I even need one? There's a guy in this forum who has managed to boost his Samsung GT-I8150's fps to 20! now how in the world did he do that? my current fps is max at 6fps(antutu benchmark) with only basic apps installed and most unneeded running apps forced-stop. i know there's so much can be done on this phone since its..ehh..a low specs device bt isnt Android(linux based) is all about reviving the dead? lol
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How about the kernel? What's a good performance kernel? or do I even need one? There's a guy in this forum who has managed to boost his Samsung GT-I8150's fps to 20! now how in the world did he do that? my current fps is max at 6fps(antutu benchmark) with only basic apps installed and most unneeded running apps forced-stop. i know there's so much can be done on this phone since its..ehh..a low specs device bt isnt Android(linux based) is all about reviving the dead? lol
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Im running CM10.2 currently. So far, so good, even though theres bugs still present. As far as I know, there aren't any CM10.2 kernel for the W so you're stuck with the stock kernel that comes with the ROM itself. Im thinking that the guy who managed to somehow "boost" his device is probably running GB i mean its rock stable.
I made my SGW by flashing PurePerfomanceX® Tweaks and also uninstalling stupid useless system app like CM updater and LWPs. Also, since there's no other custom kernel for 4.3 (like i mentioned) I tweaked the Interactive governor from the guys at the GNexus forum and switched my I/O scheduler to deadline. Again, its pretty smooth although the only thing that I find irritating is the stutters i find when scrolling some super heavy apps but obv, this aint a Nexus 5 soo bare with the lags. Some additions i did was installing Seeder and LagFix (can be found at GPlayStore)
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Im running CM10.2 currently. So far, so good, even though theres bugs still present. As far as I know, there aren't any CM10.2 kernel for the W so you're stuck with the stock kernel that comes with the ROM itself. Im thinking that the guy who managed to somehow "boost" his device is probably running GB i mean its rock stable.
I made my SGW by flashing PurePerfomanceX® Tweaks and also uninstalling stupid useless system app like CM updater and LWPs. Also, since there's no other custom kernel for 4.3 (like i mentioned) I tweaked the Interactive governor from the guys at the GNexus forum and switched my I/O scheduler to deadline. Again, its pretty smooth although the only thing that I find irritating is the stutters i find when scrolling some super heavy apps but obv, this aint a Nexus 5 soo bare with the lags. Some additions i did was installing Seeder and LagFix (can be found at GPlayStore)
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Woah man thanks alot on recomending the PurePerfomanceX® Tweaks! what a difference it makes lol and do i need to install those seeders&lagfix? im not a gamer so yeah are they really necessary? one other thing, how do i get the SmartassV2 governor? doesnt pureperformancex script includes that aswell? and finally(i promise! lol) do any of these tweaks help in conserving battery? prior to this, the battery was draining like mad it could be the condition of battery since ive had this phone for almost 2years now. before i go out and get new battery maybe if there was a tweak that could help reviving this old fella would be super. buying new phone is out of the question for the time being since i lost my samsung note3 2weeks ago..sigh sad life.
anyway thanks alot brother for the kind help
I use Elementalx custom kernel. All the things in its app confuse me. The only thing I understand is setting min and max CPU rates. I did a lot of searches on what everything else is and what to do with it, and nothing made sense. I need an explanation in layman's terms. Any help would be infinitely appreciated. My device stutters a lot and I don't get very good battery life.
You can take a look at this thread
https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/general/ref-to-date-guide-cpu-governors-o-t3048957
There are a lot of basics and information.
I run EX too and leave the default settings as is. Flar knows more than me that's for sure!
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Just leave the default settings as they are. The kernel devs know what they do.
I would recommend testing all kernels and choose the one that fits for you and your usage.
For me mvk is the best but I know people were mvk is not fitting their usage and they swear on francos or elemental or....
Test them all and find the best for you.
I usually turn off zram as this phone has so much ram it didn't seem to need it. Had no noticable issues or anything.
I thought leaving everything at default is the best thing possible for this phone, at least Flar said to not use any other governor other than default sched anyway. Phone is smooth enough for me to not tweak anything anyway. That was the point for buying this phone at first place, leave Google to do their optimisation and sorts so we can simply start using it and save time.
Use the "L speed" app by paget96 in the playstore.