Best ROM? - Xiaomi Mi 6 Questions & Answers

Hi everyone,
I am using Xiaomi Mi 6 and I can't take the "support" Xiaomi has for this phone anymore and I am thinking of changing the stock ROM.
I have never done this before and i'm not sure which one to pick. I am interested in improved battery life and improved camera algorithms (if possible) with camera 2api enabled so I can use GCam as the stock camera now (in MIUI 10) is even worse than it used to be.
I would go for something more MIUIish but I want the best that is out there.
Any suggestions?

i tried all possible rom and kernels for mi 6 and finally can say that the best in my opinion will be PIXEL EXPERIENCE CAF
its the smoothest and stable rom.. eas will give you better battery and gaming performance than interactive( if you use asphalt 8/9 on interactive roms you get fps drop to 26/7 constantly. on eas fps are stable, capped to 30 )
caf based provide very smooth and optimized software than aosp. because is optimized for specified processor
f2fs on data and cache will give you better storage performance especially on write speed and device longevity( now pixel 3 and 3 xl use this for these reasons)
- this rom is underclocked to 2.0 ghz by default. if you want maximum performance you need to unlock the maximum frequency with ex kernel manager
-even with ex kernel manager i reccomend to set on boost cluster section : 1324 mhz for little clusters and 0 to big clusters , boost duration 40 ms ( latest miui is smooth because of these values)
camera photos and videos are amazing. 60fps on video with incredible stabilization. battery is outstanding,even deep sleep, only 3% over night.
pixel experience caf isnt perfect because its the third release but is official and regulary updated. my device is smoother than mi 8 and mi 9.. snapdragon 845 use eas for reasons. our device use the same ufs 2.1 memory. no need to upgrade to latest flagships

Alessandro999 said:
i tried all possible rom and kernels for mi 6 and finally can say that the best in my opinion will be PIXEL EXPERIENCE CAF
its the smoothest and stable rom.. eas will give you better battery and gaming performance than interactive( if you use asphalt 8/9 on interactive roms you get fps drop to 26/7 constantly. on eas fps are stable, capped to 30 )
caf based provide very smooth and optimized software than aosp. because is optimized for specified processor
f2fs on data and cache will give you better storage performance especially on write speed and device longevity( now pixel 3 and 3 xl use this for these reasons)
- this rom is underclocked to 2.0 ghz by default. if you want maximum performance you need to unlock the maximum frequency with ex kernel manager
-even with ex kernel manager i reccomend to set on boost cluster section : 1324 mhz for little clusters and 0 to big clusters , boost duration 40 ms ( latest miui is smooth because of these values)
camera photos and videos are amazing. 60fps on video with incredible stabilization. battery is outstanding,even deep sleep, only 3% over night.
pixel experience caf isnt perfect because its the third release but is official and regulary updated. my device is smoother than mi 8 and mi 9.. snapdragon 845 use eas for reasons. our device use the same ufs 2.1 memory. no need to upgrade to latest flagships
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Im on the same boat as op. https://download.pixelexperience.org/sagit/ is this the correct website to download?
Also one more question , does this rom have OTA?
Thanks in advance mate!

Altair47 said:
Im on the same boat as op. https://download.pixelexperience.org/sagit/ is this the correct website to download?
Also one more question , does this rom have OTA?
Thanks in advance mate!
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yes this is official website of caf builds, i reccomend it
there is also a china website https://sagit.sbwml.net/?dir=PixelExperience/pie , but this is aosp based
select witch you prefer

Hello, I don't want to duplicate thread. I look for best ROM for me. What would you recommend for:
- best battery life
- super light rom without bloatware apps (I'd like to install open gapps pico) - only the most important applications. I use "Nova launcher" for my daily launcher.
Actually I use BaikalOS and it is nearly perfect except some issues with hardware button backlight.

You don't have to use kernel manager to change CPU freq
There is xiaomi advanced menu and the are four profiles battery balance performance and game
Choose what you like.
And yes, ROM is very smooth

I've tried almost all roms, but I always come to Miui based ones. Stock ones feel a little bit unfinished, with some small annoyances, and fingerprint is not as fast as on Miui. Regarding battery I think they are all on par. I currently use "MiRoom 9.4.11", little debloated myself with Titanium backup and installed "NFS Injector" module through Magisk. I get aroud 6h SOT, which is the best I was able to get through months of testing.
P.S. I always have a problem with Gcam not saving photos immediately after taking with Aosp based roms, dunno why...

For me,
Miui Based Rom - Revolution OS (not to be confused with Revenge OS). Gapps included.
and
AOSP Based - AospExtended ROM v6.4 [OFFICIAL (latest) + Open Gapps
These 2 I found are more than stable.
Use appropriate Gcam. Both are Buttery smooth for daily driver.

Alessandro999 said:
i tried all possible rom and kernels for mi 6 and finally can say that the best in my opinion will be PIXEL EXPERIENCE CAF
its the smoothest and stable rom.. eas will give you better battery and gaming performance than interactive( if you use asphalt 8/9 on interactive roms you get fps drop to 26/7 constantly. on eas fps are stable, capped to 30 )
caf based provide very smooth and optimized software than aosp. because is optimized for specified processor
f2fs on data and cache will give you better storage performance especially on write speed and device longevity( now pixel 3 and 3 xl use this for these reasons)
- this rom is underclocked to 2.0 ghz by default. if you want maximum performance you need to unlock the maximum frequency with ex kernel manager
-even with ex kernel manager i reccomend to set on boost cluster section : 1324 mhz for little clusters and 0 to big clusters , boost duration 40 ms ( latest miui is smooth because of these values)
camera photos and videos are amazing. 60fps on video with incredible stabilization. battery is outstanding,even deep sleep, only 3% over night.
pixel experience caf isnt perfect because its the third release but is official and regulary updated. my device is smoother than mi 8 and mi 9.. snapdragon 845 use eas for reasons. our device use the same ufs 2.1 memory. no need to upgrade to latest flagships
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Is this pixel experience better than miui??
Inviato dal mio MI 6 utilizzando Tapatalk

AospExtended ROM v6.4 is indeed very good for daily usage, stable and with tons of features. The only thing that killed me was the music quality when using my earphones.
For now I am using BankaiOS, the music quality of this ROM is more to my taste. It is battery friendly but it allows less tweaking compared to AOSPExtended.

Related

[mod]cpu_tuning

tribute to xda.
tuning parameters for cpufreq_interactive & core_ctl & hmp_sched & some more
for MIUI and LOS, RR, AOKP, MoKee, Bliss (all zwliew's forks).
v.4
- conception is changed (again)
sometimes 1 big + 2 little is not enough. so now i offer you 1 big + 3 little or 2 big + 2 little at your choice.
all these combination is very individual and i want you will make your own good config.
now it's much simpler to customize - all configs are in separate patches.
just download zip, unpack it, correct config, pack it back. that's all.
if you will find better configuration, please, give your advices here in this thread.
i recommend you to use good monitoring and profiling tool from Qualcomm https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quicinc.trepn
for custom rom (!!!zwliew's sources based) users:
you can apply cpu_tuning* patches direct on your native kernel, you dont need to change kernel, it will work (may be even better, who knows).
or you can apply patch with new LOS kernel from fedosis with very light undervolting, new low frequences and some more improvements.
(all kernels are zwliew's sources based, compatible)
so,
1. install "lineage-13.0-20170202-UNOFFICIAL-land-kernel.zip" (kernel only)
2. install "cpu_tuning-4-1x3-cm13.zip" (config only)
if you skip 1st step, it will repack your present boot (only "init.qcom.power.rc" will be replaced) and will work with your old kernel, but without low freqs, etc. you can test this case also.
!!!backup your "boot" partition.
for MIUI users:
there are patches with similar settings for you.
just install "cpu_tuning-4-1x3-miui.zip". only "/system/etc/init.qcom.post_boot.sh" will be replaced.
!!!backup "/system/etc/init.qcom.post_boot.sh"
(there are also patch with original MIUI "/system/etc/init.qcom.post_boot.sh", if something will go wrong)
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1G5yP4fi63mbEpzNHREVVB6a00
and later i will add something about thermal config, there are also some points to change
v.3
- conception is changed:
now 1 big + 2 little cpus are permanent online (offline-to-online is not cheap).
permanent also means, they are always the same: cpu0 (big master), cpu4 (little master), cpu5 (little master's friend). all others are lazy, they stay offline most times and go online and work only if these three are very busy. "core_ctl" was patched to implement this logic.
- (not for MIUI) low frequences was added. 768 and especially 960 are too high for low load.
- (not for MIUI) light cpus boost on screen touch was implemented.
v.2
now 8 cpus sleep more (in active mode) and wake faster.
LITTLE cluster for little tasks (at least 1 active), big cluster for big tasks (mostly sleeps).
awaiting of your impressions and results about working time and performance before and after.
we will tune it
one more thing:
i think xda is for advanced users. it's all experimental.
and better do nothing if you dont understand what are you doing.
will this work in mokee rom??
Subhampaul12 said:
will this work in mokee rom??
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may be late. these are most popular.
thanks for the mod. But, why i feel CPU load is a bit bigger then before i applying the mod?
i'm using latest MIUI global developer
RinzImpulse said:
thanks for the mod. But, why i feel CPU load is a bit bigger then before i applying the mod?
i'm using latest MIUI global developer
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may be. i dont know. thats why i want you to test it. but you need more time to make right compare results.
RinzImpulse said:
thanks for the mod. But, why i feel CPU load is a bit bigger then before i applying the mod?
i'm using latest MIUI global developer
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CPU load is bigger because the task focused only on one core and sleep another core so that they may use upto 100% of one core rather than dividing it to another core (MAYBE, IT'S JUST HYPOTHESE)
I don't even know how it works ?
Will try, thanks for your work.
Thanks for this mod. I'll try, I hope this mod will update reguraly.
Sent from my Redmi 3X using Tapatalk
Could you please make a version for Bliss rom too ? Thnaks!
My redmi lags with the mod my friend.. Im using de latest weekly
Enviado desde mi Redmi 3S mediante Tapatalk
Crissdua said:
My redmi lags with the mod my friend.. Im using de latest weekly
Enviado desde mi Redmi 3S mediante Tapatalk
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Same
Wysłane z mojego Redmi 3S przy użyciu Tapatalka
miui people report about lags. thanks.
im working on it. if you want to solve this problem fast, just try to make 1 change in "/system/etc/init.qcom.post_boot.sh"
add one little cpu always online at line 1502:
Code:
echo 2 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/core_ctl/min_cpus
or more radical
add one big cpu always online at line 1494:
Code:
echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/core_ctl/min_cpus
or even try both changes together, why not
ps.: not bad if you will report about power consumption changes (if any) also. means power consumption in acive mode (display on).
it often stucks only on one core enabled which cause lags. RR ROM
difr said:
miui people report about lags. thanks.
im working on it. if you want to solve this problem fast, just try to make 1 change in "/system/etc/init.qcom.post_boot.sh"
add one little cpu always online at line 1502:
Code:
echo 2 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/core_ctl/min_cpus
or more radical
add one big cpu always online at line 1494:
Code:
echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/core_ctl/min_cpus
or even try both changes together, why not
ps.: not bad if you will report about power consumption changes (if any) also. means power consumption in acive mode (display on).
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yes, mine feels lag too, but only at the start after long sleep. it's fine after some minutes/hours regular use
Got a great battery life improvement after using this mod. Arround 8,5 hours SOT (remaining at 8%) full 4G data with heavy browsing & some gaming use
Waiting for more feedback, thanks for making this mod!
first post updated. please, take a look.
Bliss added.
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Bliss added.
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Thanks! I'll update this post after trying it out.
with rr antutu score is 40k, when use your latest mod, my antutu score decrease to 36k.
Can you mod it for only 1 small core online? i want only battery life. Or just guide me how to do it

Oneplus 3 - PubG Lags!

I've a OnePlus 3 Device.. When I Play Pubg in Med Settings.. it Lags like hell and i turned to Low Preset Still The same any solutions???
There was same problem with me too...
1. Make sure upgrade to v0.4.0.
2. If problem still continues use Elementalx kernel and overclock cpus and also turn on GPU boost to high.
Though regardless to say play on Europe server?
I play with framerate set to HIGH and BALANCED and it runs smooth most of the time.....
Saurabhlondhe24 said:
There was same problem with me too...
1. Make sure upgrade to v0.4.0.
2. If problem still continues use Elementalx kernel and overclock cpus and also turn on GPU boost to high.
Though regardless to say play on Europe server?
I play with framerate set to HIGH and BALANCED and it runs smooth most of the time.....
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Thank you For Your Kind Response.. Which Rom Are You On?
Msm-xtended
Saurabhlondhe24 said:
Msm-xtended
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Will Try :good:
i'm on latest OOS beta with Derp kernel, no lag what so ever on PUBG , just played it for the 1st time last night, on HD and medium fps (and one mission on high), no lags what so evert, but here's heating normal and expected with this type of games, but didn't effect the game play.
it'll hit the battery though , i went from 92% to 20% in 70 mins of continues playing on high settings. also make sure if you're on OOS to add it to game do not disturb mode, it helps.
i do have same problem on open beta, ill try to flash costum kernel...hope they fix this on next update...
M.Dinesh said:
I've a OnePlus 3 Device.. When I Play Pubg in Med Settings.. it Lags like hell and i turned to Low Preset Still The same any solutions???
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Sorry to say but it will lag in anyway
Coz it is powered by Snapdragon 820 which just sucks in gaming , not becoz of GPU (Andreno 530 is good enough) but becoz of low cores count and thermel throttle ?
And PUBG mostly depends on multicore performance of the processor, in which sd820 littrely sucks (820=450 in multicore performance)
Snapdragon 660 is much better choice for gaming it's much stable than 820/821
Someone said to me to use GFX Tool on play store and enable the vulkan and see the changes. He said it was lagging but after enable the vulkan it turns out pretty smooth after but pretty much drains the battery.
MFAR198 said:
Someone said to me to use GFX Tool on play store and enable the vulkan and see the changes. He said it was lagging but after enable the vulkan it turns out pretty smooth after but pretty much drains the battery.
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I second this, used GFX Tool with the following parameters:
PUBG M Version 0.6
Resolution: 1280x720
Style: Classic
Graphics : Balanced
FPS: 60fps
Vulkan : Enabled
Anti-Aliasing: Disabled
Running On DU v12.3
Kernel DU stock
Active battery drain after 33mins of use 9% and lags at all.
ya7hu said:
I second this, used GFX Tool with the following parameters:
PUBG M Version 0.6
Resolution: 1280x720
Style: Classic
Graphics : Balanced
FPS: 60fps
Vulkan : Enabled
Anti-Aliasing: Disabled
Running On DU v12.3
Kernel DU stock
Active battery drain after 33mins of use 9% and lags at all.
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I dont know, it was smooth here currently on Nougat Zenity RR. But I do also face the lag when I'm using Unofficial RR Luis and I even overclocked the cpu, but it was smooth on OOS with stock kernel and MSM Xtended so far before. That recommendation to enable vulkan was from someone I haven't test it yet since I dont face the lag right now. Sorry can't help much, I also did not understand much why.
GuiderNeedsGuide said:
Sorry to say but it will lag in anyway
Coz it is powered by Snapdragon 820 which just sucks in gaming , not becoz of GPU (Andreno 530 is good enough) but becoz of low cores count and thermel throttle
And PUBG mostly depends on multicore performance of the processor, in which sd820 littrely sucks (820=450 in multicore performance)
Snapdragon 660 is much better choice for gaming it's much stable than 820/821
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Not true , as mentioned on another post above, I also use the latest oos beta ROM, with derp kernel 4.4 , nonlags what so ever , not even a little ...
I've been playing pubg for a month now , and with the above setup I had no lags... I even use maple I/O sched , which by nature may cause some lag and despite that it doesn't.
onePlus stock kernel specially on beta may have issues from time to time, and a lot of cutom kernels for cutom ROMs are configured more toward battery life...
For stock rom use either derp or blu_spark, they will work out of the box without issues, Blu have more heating though on my experience.
For custom ROMs you'll need to ask the kernel dev what settings anss scheds to use ...I'd imagine flash kernel will be ok right out of the box but will not be as battery friendly as the others .
No
Well if you are happy with 20-35fps performance, than trust me you don't really need a flagship, you will be satisfied even with Snapdragon 450 which can give similar performance to sd820 in PUBG lol [QUOTEuke7;76899133]Not true , as mentioned on another post above, I also use the latest oos beta ROM, with derp kernel 4.4 , nonlags what so ever , not even a little ...
I've been playing pubg for a month now , and with the above setup I had no lags... I even use maple I/O sched , which by nature may cause some lag and despite that it doesn't.
onePlus stock kernel specially on beta may have issues from time to time, and a lot of cutom kernels for cutom ROMs are configured more toward battery life...
For stock rom use either derp or blu_spark, they will work out of the box without issues, Blu have more heating though on my experience.
For custom ROMs you'll need to ask the kernel dev what settings anss scheds to use ...I'd imagine flash kernel will be ok right out of the box but will not be as battery friendly as the others .[/QUOTE]
Guys if you want to game dont do it on a mobile device. Let alone a cheap China device with high failure rates on hardware.
Could anyone suggest a ROM / Kernel that is tried and tested to not lag on OnePlus 3T? I am currently using a different phone just to play the game and I really wish to move back to my phone ... Any method that is tried and tested to function properly with no lags on the current PubG update would be really appreciated
anshul1123 said:
Could anyone suggest a ROM / Kernel that is tried and tested to not lag on OnePlus 3T? I am currently using a different phone just to play the game and I really wish to move back to my phone ... Any method that is tried and tested to function properly with no lags on the current PubG update would be really appreciated
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You will be hard pressed to find a combo that works. You will most likely need to build a rom made for it as most roms are not made for gaming which to be honest is a sad state on mobile device.
zelendel said:
You will be hard pressed to find a combo that works. You will most likely need to build a rom made for it as most roms are not made for gaming which to be honest is a sad state on mobile device.
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Try msm extended pie and aosp extended pie both with stock kernel runs pubg smooth with hd - high fps
Well i'm baffled with you guys, i ran it just fine, i even downclocked it to 1 & 1,5 Ghz (lil&big). My configs: Omnirom and the included kernel (holydragon) downclocked, display driver updated to V313 (look for adreno driver in mi mix forum) use rev15 as it is less glitchy and even has tangible score boost almost 6000 gain in antutu GPU section. And that's it, HD and High setting acquired, i even get extreme setting when i first install the driver, but somehow it disappears lol. If you want to run it even better, use old gfxtool to old pubg apk, run and then update the pubg, immediately uninstall the gfxtool to avoid ban by the new pubg detection for gfxtool. Sorry too long.
Rizezky said:
Well i'm baffled with you guys, i ran it just fine, i even downclocked it to 1 & 1,5 Ghz (lil&big). My configs: Omnirom and the included kernel (holydragon) downclocked, display driver updated to V313 (look for adreno driver in mi mix forum) use rev15 as it is less glitchy and even has tangible score boost almost 6000 gain in antutu GPU section. And that's it, HD and High setting acquired, i even get extreme setting when i first install the driver, but somehow it disappears lol. If you want to run it even better, use old gfxtool to old pubg apk, run and then update the pubg, immediately uninstall the gfxtool to avoid ban by the new pubg detection for gfxtool. Sorry too long.
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Can you share the old apks?
Rizezky said:
Well i'm baffled with you guys, i ran it just fine, i even downclocked it to 1 & 1,5 Ghz (lil&big). My configs: Omnirom and the included kernel (holydragon) downclocked, display driver updated to V313 (look for adreno driver in mi mix forum) use rev15 as it is less glitchy and even has tangible score boost almost 6000 gain in antutu GPU section. And that's it, HD and High setting acquired, i even get extreme setting when i first install the driver, but somehow it disappears lol. If you want to run it even better, use old gfxtool to old pubg apk, run and then update the pubg, immediately uninstall the gfxtool to avoid ban by the new pubg detection for gfxtool. Sorry too long.
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Can you share the rev15 zip of those drivers? I went to that thread and all the dev has right now i rev22 or rev21.

Which one is best for PUBG & overall performance ?

Hi everyone you must have seen this post and I just want to know that out of these mentioned ROMs below, please tell me the bestest ROM for PUBG and overall performance or which kernel + ROM should I install for better performance
As I'm a heavy user and games a lot with using many apps daily so can't test on my own and also I'm a student don't have time to test
ROMs:
1. Bootleggers
2. AEX
3. DotOS
4. Havoc OS
5. MIUI 10
6. PixelExperienceRom
7. RR Rom
8. Jaguar Rom
9. Liquid Remix
Running AiCP 13.1 Latest weekly along with Nameless R17.
Satisfactory performance for me with PubG !!
May not be the fastest there, but coolest (heat management) for sure.
Around 25-30% battery usage per hour.
Running under medium settings as detected and set by the game at first launch !!
Use aosip with stock kernel
mdzaibsk said:
Hi everyone you must have seen this post and I just want to know that out of these mentioned ROMs below, please tell me the bestest ROM for PUBG and overall performance or which kernel + ROM should I install for better performance
As I'm a heavy user and games a lot with using many apps daily so can't test on my own and also I'm a student don't have time to test
ROMs:
1. Bootleggers
2. AEX
3. DotOS
4. Havoc OS
5. MIUI 10
6. PixelExperienceRom
7. RR Rom
8. Jaguar Rom
9. Liquid Remix
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miui
I've got to say over the weekend I've tested all the major roms and AEX causes least of the problems
Jaguar - horrible overheating, rom is by far the fastest for gaming
It properly uses fast charge but it's overheating so much it's scary, also substratum doesn't work
AICP - The coolest one(in terms of temps) but is just too slow for games
AOSiP -it's weird it's like improved AICP but I have random problems with my network(I live in Poland and Zuk Z2 doesn't support for B20 so it doesn't have amazing reception)
Bootlegers - has some problems with my apps and just convoluted settings
AEX - steady performance, horrible ram management, after I left phone to charge overnight I guess it stopped charging after 100% because I had 88% in the morning after 7 hours of charging but the games run pretty smoothly, substratum is fully supported, all apps work fine, no cellural problems, but I once phone rebooted so I'm kinda worried
Overall I didn't find one rom without any problems and on all treble roms I have problem that it doesn't charge at full charger possibility :/
If anyone have different good rom please share, I also tested nitrogenos but it was a mess for me so I don't know what else to try which is optimized for Zuk Z2
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I've got to say over the weekend I've tested all the major roms and AEX causes least of the problems
Jaguar - horrible overheating, rom is by far the fastest for gaming
It properly uses fast charge but it's overheating so much it's scary, also substratum doesn't work
AICP - The coolest one(in terms of temps) but is just too slow for games
AOSiP -it's weird it's like improved AICP but I have random problems with my network(I live in Poland and Zuk Z2 doesn't support for B20 so it doesn't have amazing reception)
Bootlegers - has some problems with my apps and just convoluted settings
AEX - steady performance, horrible ram management, after I left phone to charge overnight I guess it stopped charging after 100% because I had 88% in the morning after 7 hours of charging but the games run pretty smoothly, substratum is fully supported, all apps work fine, no cellural problems, but I once phone rebooted so I'm kinda worried
Overall I didn't find one rom without any problems and on all treble roms I have problem that it doesn't charge at full charger possibility :/
If anyone have different good rom please share, I also tested nitrogenos but it was a mess for me so I don't know what else to try which is optimized for Zuk Z2
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Did you try changing clock values on jaguar? As it's over clocked by default.
I don't face any over heating on jaguar.. I have been trying roms too and i get back to jaguar everytime. I tried implementing jaguar interactive governor values in other roms but others were not so fluid.
I use default clock values of zuk i.e 2.1 +1.5 ( 1.8+1.2 also work good without stutters) with hotplugging active and i generally play Pubg on ghostpepper / fusion balanced. No over heating faced here
Rikul said:
Did you try changing clock values on jaguar? As it's over clocked by default.
I don't face any over heating on jaguar.. I have been trying roms too and i get back to jaguar everytime. I tried implementing jaguar interactive governor values in other roms but others were not so fluid.
I use default clock values of zuk i.e 2.1 +1.5 ( 1.8+1.2 also work good without stutters) with hotplugging active and i generally play Pubg on ghostpepper / fusion balanced. No over heating faced here
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I might try that, but I wish substratum was fully supported :/
Rikul said:
Did you try changing clock values on jaguar? As it's over clocked by default.
I don't face any over heating on jaguar.. I have been trying roms too and i get back to jaguar everytime. I tried implementing jaguar interactive governor values in other roms but others were not so fluid.
I use default clock values of zuk i.e 2.1 +1.5 ( 1.8+1.2 also work good without stutters) with hotplugging active and i generally play Pubg on ghostpepper / fusion balanced. No over heating faced here
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Is there a way to change clocks without kernel auditor?
wielku said:
Is there a way to change clocks without kernel auditor?
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Ex kernel manager. There is a way you can change clock speeds using terminal also. Not sure of that method though.
wielku said:
I've got to say over the weekend I've tested all the major roms and AEX causes least of the problems
Jaguar - horrible overheating, rom is by far the fastest for gaming
It properly uses fast charge but it's overheating so much it's scary, also substratum doesn't work
AICP - The coolest one(in terms of temps) but is just too slow for games
AOSiP -it's weird it's like improved AICP but I have random problems with my network(I live in Poland and Zuk Z2 doesn't support for B20 so it doesn't have amazing reception)
Bootlegers - has some problems with my apps and just convoluted settings
AEX - steady performance, horrible ram management, after I left phone to charge overnight I guess it stopped charging after 100% because I had 88% in the morning after 7 hours of charging but the games run pretty smoothly, substratum is fully supported, all apps work fine, no cellural problems, but I once phone rebooted so I'm kinda worried
Overall I didn't find one rom without any problems and on all treble roms I have problem that it doesn't charge at full charger possibility :/
If anyone have different good rom please share, I also tested nitrogenos but it was a mess for me so I don't know what else to try which is optimized for Zuk Z2
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Hey, thanks for taking out time to try most roms and sharing back. Did you try DotOS ?
AiCP + nameless R17 user here. PubG runs really cool and lag free with medium settings but it's a battery hogger for sure. No OC, all default, no root or any mods.
40%+ per hour while using Mobile Data (AirTel 4G or Jio 4G).
35%+ per hour while 2.4GHz WiFi.
Need to charge often if playing more than couple of games back to back.
Good thing though, 20-80% charge range is done really quickly if using any high AMP (2 or 2.4AMPs) charger !!

Thermals and Kernel Managers

Thermals, Kernel Managers and their affect on short and long term battery life.
As requested, by fellow LePro 3 owners, I created this thread for a discussion on the benefits of thermal management, using manual thermal settings, and sharing flashable thermals and user settings. To be clear I am not yet an expert on this subject, so I am learning along with everyone else. But, why not share the experience?
Of course we want our phones to last, while also pushing them to their limits, but in a safe and efficient manner. Recently our developers have shared their ideas on thermal management, and they have been gracious enough to allow us access to their own settings, that can be used across multiple builds. See the link below to download the first set of flashable thermal management options.
Recently, some of us have encountered shutdown issues, with some roms having battery stats reporting issues, unexpected shutdowns, and unrelated unrelated lockscreen issues. We users have found that often these troubled builds can be fixed by flashing a fix. Such as the thermals from a previous or other builds that did not have the same issue. Fortunately, it appears that we can use alternate perf and thermal management files that have not only offered a quick fix for some of these current issues, but also offers a longterm solution for using old, new, and future roms builds...collectively. :good:
The plan is to make this discussion much more extensive and simple
So consider this initial post to be an ever changing rough draft.
The end goal is to make it much easier for people to access and share their thermal management files or settings in one easily found central location, and hopefully for everyone to share their suggestions along the way
Helpful to Gamers who want safe power and speed.
Helpful to Non-Gamer's who want simply want stable performance, long battery life
Help everyone by helping us learn to optimize our phones to last for the longterm.
For me, no more repeating the same stuff over and over on various Rom threads, or private messages. No more having trouble digging through threads to find a recommended thermal or setting. So please participate, we can keep the OP updated whenever anything new comes along. Should I get access to something new I will add it to the Megadrive and make a post
Inventory
So far we have the thermals from Lineage, AEX, Balkan, AICP, EUI and in my view one the best is the latest by Jabashque. The idea of this post is to share the thermal settings so that they can be used on whichever ROM you want to try out.
Finally, you do not necessarily need to use these thermals unless you have an issue with general usage, heat or battery life. However, you will immediately notice the benefits.
Edit ( Updated Info)
Regarding kernels: Personally, I use BlackScreen 6.3, it has a long list of governors and I like options.
Currently the best thermal option is the Jabashque edit ( Thermal Fix 7 ) Get it Here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78717015&postcount=18
These thermals work!
Over the past 2 weeks, I have gone back and tried several old ROMs, and these thermal and profiles make those old Roms perform so much better! For example, the September 3rd JMXL version of DotOS.: Yes, Its outstanding with the Sergey thermal. BootLegger's is also much improved, and it was already pretty great as it was. The Miui ROMs, are significantly improved by far! etc.
Of course we have so many great Roms. Occasionally, we get a build that is experimental and it may have unexpected issues. We have seen over the past week that flashing an alternate thermal is a perfect way to save the installation without having to revert to an earlier build. I mentioned old Roms above, they also work on every single Pie Rom.
Here is My Mega Drive Link for all of Thermals that I have collected so far
https://mega.nz/#F!9EokAQTb!Au6cBnJaCJXZrUlaXSLjhg
Alternate Link with key
Link: https://mega.nz/#F!9EokAQTb
Key: Au6cBnJaCJXZrUlaXSLjhg
Jabasque's thermals are in the Jabashque folder. Version 1 and 2 :
Probably shouldn't result in any difference if not gaming.
"Most likely, it would only be noticeable if you're not throttled down to 1440/1900MHz and you're running something that's using 100% cpu" ( Jabashque)
What to use
If you are wanting long battery life and low temperatures use Sergey's thermal or JaBashque version 1
If you want stock EUI faster throttling but slightly higher temps use the ShivateJappedi EUI thermal.
If you want to leave your cores unchanged from the default setting with higher temp throttling, more full power access and yet still safe while use JaBashque 6 Its a rework of the EUI 30s thermals designed to work better on modern Pie Roms : See more information here: https://review.lineageos.org/c/LineageOS/android_device_leeco_zl1/+/238809
Soon, I will create a post in the reserved section below to deeply define the details and differences between these thermals. Because while they all have similarities, they are also very different from one another.
In addition, I plan to add various kernel manager settings for various uses : Gaming, Long Life etc.
Finally, even when moving to another Rom. kernel manager programs such as Ex Kernel Manager will allow you to import and use saved profiles. It seems that it is possible to save the best of each of these thermals by saving the profiles of each. We can share those settings! Then later you can manually choose within your kernel manager which settings you want to use by simply importing choosing a preferred profile.
I hope this clears up the confusion. As mentioned this is a work in progress that was requested by 3 people. This is just the beginning of this discussion that will help everyone understand how to use Kernel Managers and the add-on thermals patches. I need to do some further research to make it all worthwhile . For example, although I love the elementalX governor, I haven't researched it enough to explain why I think it's better. So I plan to find out specifically what it's actually doing vs what other governors do, and how does changing sample rates, and wake locks affect performance and battery life etc.
If there are any experts out there? Please chime in and contribute.
See Updated information from Jabashque, which explains the differences between patch 1 and patch 2
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78670166&postcount=2
Installation
Dirty flash the patch that you want to use..thats it.
If you want to try a different patch, dirty flash the Rom, reflash Magisk and dirty flash the patch
You can manually adjust settings by going to /vendor/etc/thermal-engine.conf
Update from JaBashque Edit April 21 2019: ( I use ThermalFix7, its my personal favorite/ it is the best and the safest period.)
@tsongming
Hey, after seeing your thread about thermals, I felt I should write an explanation about how my v1 and v2 differ from stock EUI thermals that you could add to that forum post, since the one you have on there was me describing the difference between v1 and v2, not stock EUI: "JaBashque"
There are two different set of sensors that the original config monitors for the CPU:
the CPU temp sensors (tsens_tz_sensor{4,6,9,11}) and xo_therm_buf. The CPU temp sensors measure the temps of the cores themselves. xo_therm_buf measures what seems to be some sort of overall temperature, though I'm not sure what in particular. However, xo_therm_buf does correlate more directly with how hot your phone feels.
Original:
thermal-engine rapidly throttles your CPU down to 902MHz on the little cores and 825MHz on the big cores when any one of the cores hits 95C, and stops only when the hottest core drops back to 65C. When xo_therm_buf gets to 43C, thermal-engine slowly throttles all your cores to 902MHZ little and 825MHz big until xo_therm_buf drops back to 40C.
Patchset 1:
thermal-engine rapidly throttles your CPU down to 902MHz on the little cores and 825MHz on the big cores when any one of the cores hits 85C, and stops only when the hottest core drops back to 65C. When xo_therm_buf gets to 37C, thermal-engine throttles all your cores to 1440MHZ little and 1900MHz big until xo_therm_buf drops back to 34C. When xo_therm_buf gets to 43C, thermal-engine throttles all your cores to 1132MHZ little and 1363MHz big until xo_therm_buf drops back to 40C. When xo_therm_buf gets to 50C, thermal-engine throttles all your cores to 979MHZ little and 1132MHz big until xo_therm_buf drops back to 43C.
Patchset 2:
thermal-engine throttles your CPU down to 1516MHz on the little cores and 2054MHz on the big cores when any one of the cores hits 95C, and stops only when the hottest core drops back to 65C.
This change was made because I realized that the previous version still had a situation where the CPU performance can tank unpredictably. xo_therm_buf-related CPU throttling is same as Patchset 1.
Thanks to JaBashque for sharing his work! Patch-set 2 is my personal preference. Although the Sergey Perf + Combo is also very good.
@tsongming
Thank you very much for listen us and always give your help.
Rigth now I am on BaikalOS 28th December 2018, if I want to flash any Profile of those, what I should to do (Clean flash? This first, later that etc... and Wich of them I should ti flash for best battery, I do not play on movil)
I am very curious for test this...
I have x722, I do not play. I am now on aex 5.7 oreo. The most depends on the battery, so which zip to flash ? This is a great topic.
kukuteku said:
@tsongming
Thank you very much for listen us and always give your help.
Rigth now I am on BaikalOS 28th December 2018, if I want to flash any Profile of those, what I should to do (Clean flash? This first, later that etc... and Wich of them I should ti flash for best battery, I do not play on movil)
I am very curious for test this...
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You can dirty flash these thermals.
Personally I like Sergey and Jabashque version 2 the best so far on Pie roms.
The Shivate patch works really well on Marshmallow, Nougat and Oreo.
The Sergey patch works really well on Oreo and Pie, I haven't tried it on Nougat Roms yet.
You can manually adjust settings by going to /vendor/etc/thermal-engine.conf and In this same folder ( vendor/etc) you can also make audio changes, and I am not talking about policies and Tasha.xml files, although you would make changes to those files too, if wanted. This will be something that we can discuss in more detail soon.
gsiwy said:
I have x722, I do not play. I am now on aex 5.7 oreo. The most depends on the battery, so which zip to flash ? This is a great topic.
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Either the Sergey or the JaBashque 2 with be perfect, depending on what you want.
Use Sergey if your goal is battery saving.
Use JaBashque 2 if you want better gaming performance.
@tsongming thank you for this useful thread. I just have one question. I noticed that sergey's thermal file you uploaded comes also with perf so do you know is it maybe EUI perf and if not is it possible to upload just sergey's thermal without perf? Thanks.
I'm using aex 6.2 and i play a lot of games, but i looking for something that gives the power to run the games and after that (of course after some time without using the cellphone to cooldown) use the phone without worry of him overheat with simple use like 39 or 37 ºC. Do you have something like that?
I have a x722
MnMchill said:
@tsongming thank you for this useful thread. I just have one question. I noticed that sergey's thermal file you uploaded comes also with perf so do you know is it maybe EUI perf and if not is it possible to upload just sergey's thermal without perf? Thanks.
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Sure, I can extract the perf, I will do that and add it to a separate folder so that there are two options.
Edit: Here is the Sergey thermal only
I removed the perf and added the additional key edit options from the Jabashque patch. So this a combo patch.
Use at your own risk
However, I have tested this and it works fine. I wanted to give the caveat that I am a Noob at this! But its okay. FYI: all I did was remove the perf, so now the perf will come from the rom and I added the Moshe key feature, which some Roms such as AICP includes anyway.
https://mega.nz/#F!ZVpXBQjC!PpXn1ZtLEHJb72Gbw7nWqg
Heitor Lima said:
I'm using aex 6.2 and i play a lot of games, but i looking for something that gives the power to run the games and after that (of course after some time without using the cellphone to cooldown) use the phone without worry of him overheat with simple use like 39 or 37 ºC. Do you have something like that?
I have a x722
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Use the Jabashque 2
See updated in depth info from JaBashque : here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78670166&postcount=2
So, thank you for your work!!One question,i am at the last AICP Pie,do you believe is better to flash one of these or stay with the settings of AICP?
Thanks in advance!
Don't work
I used to play pubg and the big stay on 1,4 ghz and little on 1,0 ghz
tsongming said:
Sure, I can extract the perf, I will do that and add it to a separate folder so that there are two options.
Edit: Here is the Sergey thermal only
I removed the perf and added the additional key edit options from the Jabashque patch. So this a combo patch.
Use at your own risk
However, I have tested this and it works fine. I wanted to give the caveat that I am a Noob at this! But its okay. FYI: all I did was remove the perf, so now the perf will come from the rom and I added the Moshe key feature, which some Roms such as AICP includes anyway.
https://mega.nz/#F!ZVpXBQjC!PpXn1ZtLEHJb72Gbw7nWqg
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Works good, thanks.
geo307cc said:
So, thank you for your work!!One question,i am at the last AICP Pie,do you believe is better to flash one of these or stay with the settings of AICP?
Thanks in advance!
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If you are not having any issues, then don't install any of these.
However, if you want to try it, keep a record of your existing performance, battery life, heat levels for battery and CPU (when idle) and compare that against using these thermals.
If you flash one of these thermals and don't like it. You can quickly return to your previous settings by dirty flashing your rom, or by restoring the system part of a nandroid backup.
Heitor Lima said:
I used to play pubg and the big stay on 1,4 ghz and little on 1,0 ghz
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So which one of the 5 thermals did you try? Some of them include perf
Understand that you still have to setup your kernel manager. If you are wanting to use it for Gaming use the JaBashque version 2 to and leave the cores on the highest setting.
Yes, it works. It works for me a and a lot of other people on Telegram
If you want low temperatures and long battery life underclock the cores at idle my battery hovers around 85 F and the CPU are around 100-105F
Just so you know you can access your thermal.conf file and edit it manually to increase your thermal limit in /vendor/etc/thermal-engine.conf
Next, save a copy of your existing current setup as a profile, so you can easy switch from one to another with ease and easily compare it to the changes of using an alternative file. You can tweak it to the settings that you are wanting...Just keep safety in mind or you could burn up your CPU.
UpDate!
@jabashque has spent time recently improving his thermals further, and released several new versions .
The latest and greatest is now version 6!
Get it here: https://mega.nz/#!pFoSRaQA!R068WV-YltbQAFzuc3aH72z_OPyrN2uBjgsux2h0dNY
If you like it, please thank him!
Anyone who is using the last build of Jabashque 6 . It has a small error with he tthermal.
Flash this zip file from my Mega drive.
https://mega.nz/#!UZwhAQwY!GDUYQX2Ewcj92jjhs2t-oYnVcUKSbu9WfaOyAJjaKzs
The file adds a GPU setting to the Thermal
Repair by Jabashque: https://mega.nz/#!UZwhAQwY!GDUYQX2Ewcj92jjhs2t-oYnVcUKSbu9WfaOyAJjaKzs
Reference : https://review.lineageos.org/c/LineageOS/android_device_leeco_zl1/+/239612
I want to install Bootleggers os 8.1 on x722 and I have a question: after installing romu and gapps and initial configuration I can flash BS5.1-r3 AND thermal.zip a magisk mantle? will thermal.zip not interfere with BS? Thank you.
gsiwy said:
I want to install Bootleggers os 8.1 on x722 and I have a question: after installing romu and gapps and initial configuration I can flash BS5.1-r3 AND thermal.zip a magisk mantle? will thermal.zip not interfere with BS? Thank you.
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Sorry I haven't been on XDA much recently, and never received the notification.
If you use Bootleggers, the stock kernel is fine. But blackScreen 6.3 will work fine and it gives you more options. You flash the thermal at anytime. I recommend the Thermal-fix7 which is Jabashque 6 that I edited to fix a typo. No there is no conflict

kernel / Cpu manager for xiaomi mi 9 se EU ROM, miui 12 wanted

hi
looking for a safe kernel/cpu manager app , even for small money on playstore maybe, to limit cpu max speed usage to save some battery.
should be good in your experience without any bugs so it doesnt on accident overclock even through bugs and wreck the device?
any hints?
thx^^
Try to use SmartPack Kernel Manager from play store or download EXKM. I am thinking of starting work on a kernel profiles via Spectrum in the future.
Tried SmartPack Kernel Manager (and its predecessor Kernel Adiutor), on Mi 9T.
Strange that when I switch CPU Governor for the Little core, it switches also for Big core, and vice versa (on the other phone I was able to force different Governors for the two cores)

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