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READ THE NOTES ON SETCPU BELOW BEFORE INSTALLING!!!
I've just spent the last few days bothering to understand the Eris cpu frequency manipulation in the recently released kernel. I know a few people have already released kernels and ROMs with an overclock-enabled kernel based upon the work done for the Hero, but there are some additional complications with this one.
TECHNICAL INFO FOR GEEKS
There are 4 "clock sources" on this thing, at least. They're called txc0 (the base clock), mpll (modem phase lock loop), gpll (global PLL), and bpll0 (backup PLL zero). The processor can handle a bpll1 as well, but if it's there, it's nearly completely unconfigured. They run at these frequencies:
txc0: 19200kHz
mpll: 245760kHz
gpll: 960000kHz
bpll0: 1056000kHz
The way our cpu handles changing frequencies (at least by default) is to select between these 4 sources, and apply a divider of 1 through 16 to it. There are a number of frequencies that the kernel steps through when changing between frequencies, and they're all specified as source/divider conbinations in the acpuclock-arm11.c file in the kernel, but the only ones exported to the cpufreq module (the thing that setcpu uses) are the following (these are the same frequencies you'll see in SetCPU if you select msm7k turbo, aka Hero):
19200 (txc0)
122880 (mpll/5)
160000 (gpll/6)
245760 (mpll)
480000 (gpll/2)
528000 (bpll0/2)
If you're particularly math-savvy, you'll realize that there's no way to get any frequencies between 528MHz and 960MHz using this whole "source/divider" method. It's been tried, by myself and others, to clock our cpu at 960MHz...it simply doesn't work, sorry guys.
So, someone really bright figured out that you can actually change the configuration of bpll0 itself on the Hero, by writing a multiplier (of the txc0 frequency) to a magic location on the board. This way, we could set the bpll0 source to whatever base frequency we wanted! That worked quite well for the Hero -- set the bpll0 source to the cpu frequency we wanted, and remove the divider, and you get any multiple of 19.2MHz that you'd like.
In the overly complicated (and redundant) table of frequencies in the acpuclock-arm11.c source code, there's an AHB frequency field, and an AHB clock divider. The AHB bus is like the PCI bus on a computer -- it runs wifi, usb, and things like that. The frequency listed in the table is completely for humans, as the code doesn't use it anywhere. However, the divider is applied to the *CPU frequency*, and the max it can be is 4 (it's only a 2-bit field, 0, 1, 2, or 3 -- add one to the value to get the divider value). At 528MHz cpu speed, the bus is at 132MHz with the max multiplier, and there's no way to overclock the CPU without also overclocking the AHB bus. C'est la vie.
On the Eris, there are further issues. The first of which is PerfLock.
Even before trying of overclock, I'm sure some of you installed setcpu and noticed that you could set the sliders to anything you wanted, and the cpu ignored you. It would stay at 480min/528max, no matter what, while the screen was on. (It actually went to 245.76min/254.76max while the screen was off, but that's harder to notice.) This is because the lovely people at HTC were trying to conserve power by scaling down the cpu when you weren't using the phone, and still have it be responsive when you were actually fiddling with it. In order to have setcpu work, we need to disable the perflock hooks into the cpufreq module.
The second issue is that bpll0 is used by something other than the CPU. I don't know what, but I do know that setting the base clock to much less than 700MHz makes it mighty unstable, and that it gets even *more* unstable as you *decrease* the frequency, which means that whatever else is using that source really doesn't like to get underclocked. So, we have a balancing game: The bpll0 source needs to be high enough that we're not severely underclocking the other hardware, and low enough that we're not cooking the CPU.
I tried two ways around this. First, I decided to become really bright myself, and I found the config locations for the gpll and mpll sources as well, and tried using the gpll source instead of bpll0. I did manage to clock gpll up and down, but anything other than 960MHz seemed very unstable. I suspect that a lot of the phone hardware is based on that source -- it is called "global", after all. The second way was to overclock the bpll0 source and keep the divider of 2, instead of underclocking it. That actually worked, but became unstable when the frequency got much higher than 650. So, I reverted to using bpll0 at 768 with no divider, which has been very stable thus far.
I tried, in fact, every multiple of 19.2 between 528 and 864. The sweet spot of stability is at 768, and anything higher or lower rapidly loses stability.
The next issue, also related to power saving, is the power collapse stepping. The kernel actually steps the kernel down to "idle", consuming the least amount of power, by bringing the cpu all the way down to 19.2MHz when idle. For every jump of more than 256MHz, up or down, the phone goes through this series of frequency jumps specified by the "up" and "down" fields of the frequency table, which are just indexes into the same table for the next frequency in the sequence. Existing patches that simply copy the 528 line as a whole and alter only the frequency and divider will lead to problems in two ways: First, if you try to jump from 480 to, say, 768, it will fail. The kernel will tell you that it's now running at 768, but it will actually still be running at 480, because the "up" field of the 480 entry is invalid and the difference is greater than 256. The 528 frequency is within 256 of 480, so there was no reason to put a valid entry there. This means that if you're using the ondemand governor, *sometimes* it will successfully overclock, and sometimes it won't. I observed this with my own testing, both in performance tests and in the debug logs for the kernel. Second, if you try to collapse *down* from 768, the "down" field of the 528 entry brings it down to 352, which is going to be more than 256, which causes the CPU to become unstable.
With the existing patches, it would just *leave* the bpll0 multiplier at the lower value, meaning that during power collapse, the intermediate frequencies would be different than the driver suspected, and larger than 256MHz of a jump as well, making the phone significantly less stable. It's just bad all around.
To make matters even more complicated, if you actually get rid of the perflock hooks, the cpufreq module defaults to setting the min and max to the lowest and highest available frequencies, causing major mayhem if your phone can't actually handle the overclocked frequencies that are enabled in the kernel.
WHAT I'VE DONE
This patch (attached), when applied to the Eris 2.1 kernel source from HTC, with the config taken directly from the leaked rom of the phone, will give you a kernel that will obey setcpu, will set the default min/max upon boot to 245.76/528 so you're not overclocking by default, enables the "auto" mode of setcpu, adds a frequency of 768MHz, and fixes up the step up/down fields of the table to make the ondemand and power collapse dynamic frequency steppings work consistently and as expected (by restoring the correct PLL multiplier for every frequency, adding correct steppings to 528, 480, and 768 entries, and being sure increase divider and decrease multipliers before decreasing dividers or increasing multipliers). Oh, and I enabled the netfilter module required by DroidWall, because about five million people asked me to.
Because I'm nice and a lot of people don't like compiling their own kernels, I've also attached a flashable update.zip that flashes a new boot.img (ramdisk+kernel) and installs the corresponding wifi driver.
I get a 50% increase in Linpack scores with the below patch. (I'm running Ivan's 0.8T2 right now, went from 2.2 at 528MHz to 3.3 at 768MHz.)
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A number of people have asked what my SetCPU profiles look like. They look like this:
Default: 480/768 (I have it clock down to 480 instead of 528 because 480 actually uses a lower voltage.)
Standby: 160/245 (I like battery life. It takes a while to show me who's calling, though, when it rings while in standby.)
Failsafe: 40C/245/245 (40 degrees is probably too hot. I want to stop it before it melts, which would be around 50 degrees.)
UPDATE: V2
So, 768MHz is the sweet spot on *my* phone, but apparently not all are created equal. I've added two more frequencies, 604.8MHz (overclocking bpll0 to 1209.6MHz and dividing by 2) and 710.4MHz (underclocking bpll0 to 710.4MHz). There's a notable gap between 604.8 and 710.4 to avoid the particularly unstable bpll0 settings. Everyone's phone seems to be able to handle 710, though. Everyone should be able to safely scale up and down through these frequencies.
UPDATE: V3
I've added every frequency step between 710.4MHz and 864MHz in this one, skipping over the unstable frequencies between 604.8MHz and 710.4MHz. On my own phone, I started getting really odd performance issues at 806.4MHz, and it insta-crashed at 844.8MHz. It's worth noting that all frequencies above 768 have an additional power collapse frequency to step through -- I noticed some *average* performance decreases, even though the fastest linpack runs were still faster than at 768MHz.
HOW TO USE
If you're just wanting to run the kernel and enable overclocking, do the following:
Install SetCPU, if you haven't already. It's available here on XDA for free and for $0.99 on the Market.
In SetCPU, choose the "HTC Hero/Tattoo [MSM7k Turbo]" option from the device selection menu. The CPU will happily ignore you, but setting it to this means that you won't enter a reboot loop after patching when SetCPU starts and overclocks your CPU entirely too much.
Make sure the "Set on Boot" option is unchecked, until you're absolutely certain that the settings you've got won't freeze your phone. Also, turn off profiles.
Flash the latest kernel-overclock-update-v*.zip below, using your favorite method, and boot your phone. Note that this kernel update will not overclock your phone until SetCPU tells it to -- the default policy is 245.76MHz min, 528MHz max, ondemand.
Start SetCPU, hit menu, and go to device selection. This time, select "Autodetect Settings". Make sure that the FIRST thing you do after device selection is move the max slider down to 528, so your phone doesn't insta-lock on you when SetCPU applies settings.
Change the governor to "performance" (which means it will always use the highest frequency in the range), and start incrementing the max up from 528MHz, one step at a time, releasing your finger each step (SetCPU applies the change when you let go of the slider), until your phone freezes.
Remember the bit about not checking the "Set at Boot" option? This is why. Reboot your phone (this will probably involve pulling the battery, if the phone didn't reboot on its own), and start SetCPU again. SetCPU very nicely shows you the last settings you saved, but does not apply them, which is nice because those settings will lock your phone. Lower the max setting to something that won't lock your phone, put the governor back to "ondemand", and set up profiles how you like.
If you would like to add this kernel to your ROM, do the following:
Create a boot.img for your rom, using the "zImage" file in the latest kernel-overclock-zimage-v*.zip below. You'll likely need mkbootimg for this. If you're making your own ROMs, you should already know everything needed for this except perhaps that you need to use the "--base 0x11200000" option.
Make sure your ROM places the wlan.ko file from the same zipfile at "/system/lib/modules/wlan.ko".
If you'd like to apply this patch and compile the kernel for yourself, do the following:
Download and extract the latest Eris kernel source. This patch is applied against the source distributed as "desirec_2.6.29_8a03cb9a.tar.bz2". Google is your friend for finding it.
Install the Android NDK, if you haven't already. I recommend version r3. Make sure that "build/prebuilt/linux-x86/arm-eabi-4.4.0/bin" under the top-level NDK directory is in your PATH, or the kernel build won't be able to find your compilers.
In the top-level directory of the kernel source, run "make desirec_defconfig". This will generate the .config file used to configure the kernel.
Download the latest "kernel-overclock-v*.patch.txt" file below, to the top-level kernel source directory. (It actually doesn't matter where you download it, just be sure to specify the correct path to it in the command below.)
In the top-level kernel source directory, run "patch -p1 < kernel-overclock-v*.patch.txt". (I assume here that you have the "patch" utility. If not, go get it.)
Still in the top-level kernel source directory, run "make". When all is said and done, you'll have the compiled kernel at "arch/arm/boot/zImage".
Get the wlan.ko driver source. Easiest way is to install git and run "git clone git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/system/wlan/ti.git" in the directory you'd like to download it to.
Change to the sta_dk_4_0_4_32 directory under the wlan.ko source.
Set the KERNEL_DIR environment variable to the path to your top-level kernel source from above, and run "make". When all is said and done, the wlan.ko module will be in the same directory.
V1 RELEASE FILES:
eris21-overclock-v1.patch.txt - patch for the kernel source code. To apply, untar the kernel source, run "make desirec_defconfig", then apply the patch (usually "patch -p1 < eris21-overclock.patch.txt"). Modify how you like and build.
kernel-overclock-zimage-v1.zip - zip containing the the kernel itself and the wlan.ko module, for addition to other ROMs.
V2 RELEASE FILES
eris21-overclock-v2.patch.txt - patch for the kernel source code. To apply, untar the kernel source, run "make desirec_defconfig", then apply the patch (usually "patch -p1 < eris21-overclock.patch.txt"). Modify how you like and build.
kernel-overclock-zimage-v2.zip - non-flashable zip containing the the kernel itself and wlan.ko module, for addition to other ROMs.
V3 RELEASE FILES
eris21-overclock-v3.patch.txt - patch for the kernel source code. To apply, untar the kernel source, run "make desirec_defconfig", then apply the patch (usually "patch -p1 < eris21-overclock.patch.txt"). Modify how you like and build.
kernel-overclock-update-v3.zip - flashable update.zip to install boot.img containing the built OC kernel and corresponding wifi module.
kernel-overclock-zimage-v3.zip - non-flashable zip containing the the kernel itself and wlan.ko module, for addition to other ROMs.
NOTES ON SETCPU
SetCPU doesn't actually set parameters until you make a change, and it will default to min/max at 19.2/864, which is clearly going to crash on every Eris we've tried. When you flash this, be sure to do the following, or it's your own darn fault if you get stuck in a reboot loop!
Clear out your setcpu settings before you flash. This means deleting the file /data/data/com.mhuang.overclocking/shared_prefs/setcpu.xml .
Select "Autodetect" on the device selection screen
Make sure that SetCPU is not set to start at boot, until you know you've found settings that won't freeze your phone on boot.
Make sure that the first thing you set is to move the max down to a value you know is stable. If it's your first time, set it to 528 and increment up from there.
The "performance" governor is like "always use the highest frequency of the range". It's useful for testing.
kick arse.
Pretty awesome will be checking it out on wifes phone. I think after reading all of that I personally feel smarter good work.
Thank You.
There is a reason those of us who don't post much have an enormous amount of respect for you.
This is it....
Your contributions have added more then most people will ever know.
thanks man
mad props zan man!
you are awesome.
Thank you so much!
Thanks man .......
WOW. I'll just echo the sentiment. I feel much smarter now.
After using ur update.zip over v17.zip now im getting 5.15 MFLOPS and 2658ms at 768MHz and thats with LWP running in the background of the n1 launcher
Thank you very much for enabling Netfilter modules for Droidwall. I been looking for a rom that supports this feature for Eris for a while. Nice work on OC too.
Thanks again! Zanfur you are da man!
great info. thanks for all your work you put in here. im great with computer, and i learned a LOT from that.
i really wish xda had a thanks button.
Can I flash this overtop of the Evil Eris 2.01 update?
carpsworld said:
Can I flash this overtop of the Evil Eris 2.01 update?
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I expect so. I'd ask Framework about that directly though. You can always nandroid backup and try it... ;-)
zanfur said:
I expect so. I'd ask Framework about that directly though. You can always nandroid backup and try it... ;-)
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I just tried that. So far so good. Benchmark numbers have imporved since flashing the update, but that could just be the 768MHz versus the 710MHz difference.
Installed over top of Evil Eris 2.01 update. It did not work. Stuck at boot screen.
g00gl3 said:
I just tried that. So far so good. Benchmark numbers have imporved since flashing the update, but that could just be the 768MHz versus the 710MHz difference.
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How long did it take for you reboot. Which file did you use from the initial post?
carpsworld said:
How long did it take for you reboot. Which file did you use from the initial post?
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It was actually very quick, not like when installing a new rom. I used the .zip file in the first post. Always remeber to nandroid backup just in case...
I would recommend downloading the file again and try to flash it again. Just restore back to your backup from before this attempt and give it another shot.
Now my nan backup isn't working either...ugh.
These tips are based in my study and experience of using different programs and techniques to get solid and stable performance from custom kernels. It's a long read, but a good read if you really want to minimize heat and maximize performance. This information works on any custom kernel that can be used with Synapse. This guide is aimed at beginner and intermediate users who are interested in custom kernel settings but don't know where to start. These are the most commonly optimized settings on Android.
***DVFS Rule #2 is exclusive to Samsung devices (so if you don't have a Samsung device don't use it!)***
Rule 1: What works for some won't work for others - This has always been the most important rule of custom kernels. One person using Barry Allen governor, overclocked to 3.07 GHz, and not using intelliplug will never hit 70C while your phone using those same settings might immediately cause the phone to reboot. All synapse changes made to a device must be tested by you to ensure compatibility for your hardware. Some of you may be curious, if this is the case, why Google would have everyone use the interactive governor by default? I would respond to you that they originally assigned everyone to OnDemand while they worked to make a better and more compatible Interactive governor. But as you know there are a LOT of governors out there and knowing what is best for your device is to read and to test it. The good news is that once you find something that works well you can stick with it as long as you own the device.
Rule 2: DVFS (Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling) Disabler - This is mentioned in a few threads, but requires a repeat. Samsung uses DVFS to contol your CPU frequencies and voltage levels. This isn't an issue when you're running a stock kernel because it works in conjunction with MP-Decision to decide on the proper frequency level. When you're running emotion kernel you don't want DVFS to control anything. You want it to let Faux's Intellithermal work together with the kernel routines to shut down cores it doesn't need.
R2 Part 1: If your phone is running hot: Install Xposed, download Wanam Xposed (enable the module), Open Wanam, click "Advanced" menu, Uncheck "Enable TouchWiz DVFS" and reboot.
R2 Part 2: Following the reboot open Synapse, scroll over to CPU Drivers scroll down and put a checkbox in "Enable Intelli-hotplug", leave the rest alone, and click the check mark at the top of the screen to save changes. Scroll over one more screen to "Thermal" and put a check in the box, "Enable or Disable Intelli Thermal Control" and leave the settings below as they are unless you know what you are doing.
Note: The phone will be still be warm for awhile, but if you give the phone a break and allow the heat to dissipate it should run cooler and more consistently with the added bonus of shutting down 3 out of the 4 cores unlike MP-Decision which always leaves 2 cores live. After doing this if you are noticing performance loss or stuttering it's time to find a new governor that makes the most of these settings. Which leads me to Rule 3....
Rule 3: Choosing a new governor - This part is going to require some reading on your part, but I can assure you that it is worth your time. This guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/general/ref-to-date-guide-cpu-governors-o-t3048957 by @gsstudios is OUTSTANDING (please thank him while you are there) and carries a LOT of information about the governors and other performance informations. So find something you like from the guide descriptions to try out and leave it in place for 24 hours or more as long as you aren't experiencing excessive lag or reboots. If it performs well under normal usage the next step is to watch battery life. There won't be a single governor that does everything perfectly, but finding something that fits your needs is key. And it's OKAY if you decide to stick with Interactive, it is a very well made governor and many are based off of that design, but I equate it to finding a good pair of shoes. Lots of things will protect your feet from the ground, but shoes that you enjoy and work well make all the difference in the world.
NOTE: You can use Antutu for stability testing but do not pick a new governor and then run benchmarks and expect top score unless you chose the performance governor. Antutu specifically maxes out your device voltage and frequency to see what the device can handle which is not what intelliplug is for. If you are following this guide benchmarks are the least of your concerns.
Rule 4: Don't forget your Scheduler - Believe it or not, everything runs off of your phone storage. So using an optimized scheduler for you device could make great strides in battery and performance improvements. Unlike choosing a governor, you can absolutely benchmark your flash memory to find out which scheduler works best for you. I only use one and I am going to shamelessly plug it here: I use Android Tuner to benchmark my flash speed with different schedulers and it works great for me. How it works:
Note:To help with choosing where to start with schedulers you can use the guide I linked to above which will give you an idea of what to use. That guide has an exceptional amount of information about how these types of schedulers work and what you should use for getting what you want from your phone. What follows is my advice for testing benchmark write performance and those steps are completely optional, but it never hurts to see how your device does with your chosen scheduler.
R4 Part 1: Launch Android Tuner, from the main menu accept root, acknowledge that root is powerful, scroll all the way to the far left screen, choose "SD Card Read Speed", click "Benchmark in the center, and then notice at the top you have /storage/emulated/0 which is your faster internal memory (which you should optimize first) and then /storage/ExtSdCard which you can benchmark second.
R4 Part 2: When you are ready to benchmark choose your "I/O Scheduler" from the drop down menu and click "Run". Your results will be listed with the fastest read-ahead size on the left and the speed at which it read on the right. Higher = Better -- Then you would choose the other test size (10MB in my case) and you see which readahead value is the fastest for those files. If you manage to get a readahead that the 100MB and 10MB test highest values are the same, then you've won the lottery. Since that is almost impossible try to remember what your top 5 fastest are and choose the one that performs well in both tests. If you want to keep testing and check other schedulers for raw read speed just switch them at the top and re-run both tests.
After you've found which scheduler gives you the performance you want, go back to Synapse, scroll to "I/O" tab, and adjust pick your scheduler and readahead value, and finally click the check mark to apply it.
Rule 5: Undervolting (IMO) does more harm than good - I'll let you Google it but it follows the rule of diminishing returns. You might be running Synapse and are able to undervolt 75mV and still cruise through menus and apps like it's no problem. But I promise you at some point the CPU is going to call for that voltage you starved it of and it will reboot. It's not a matter of if it will happen, but when it will happen. This comes down to your personal silicon and I do not recommend undervolting at all. Other more advanced users may disagree with me, but for the average user there are better ways to save battery and negate heat than starving your CPU and GPU at a kernel level. Especially with DVFS disabled.
And that's all I have for you. These tips work for any custom kernel that uses Synapse to manage their settings. I've personally test my setup with Emotion and the kernel we are not to speak of on XDA. If you like the idea of getting the most out of your device then a custom kernel might be for you, but it requires a lot of patience. If you just need something that works I definitely recommend the stock kernel because they really did a good job with the Lollipop release of our kernel.
I hope this helps some of you and I hope that everyone can take something away from this guide. Feel free to let me know if this helped you in some way or if you need some guidance on the topic. I'll do my best to backup my claims with proper research and documentation.
Thanks
Google - For research help and a great phone OS
Linux - The foundation of this OS
gsstudios - For his outstanding guide and work on researching this information (Definitely hit 'Thanks' on his post)
Note 4 ROM and Kernel Devs - we are very lucky to have a lot of great devs for our device; their work is appreciated and gives me something to write about
XDA and their members - where I've learned most everything about one of my favorite operating systems
I rooted and am running tek s ROM. The phone has been super laggy and slow since I flashed that ROM. Any advice.
Have you switched the governor to interactive or on-demand? That's the most important piece. The below link has a bunch of tips (universal to qualcomm/US S7 and S7e) to improve performance.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...-to-notes-root-install-xposed-unroot-t3411039
pitbullmommy45245 said:
I rooted and am running tek s ROM. The phone has been super laggy and slow since I flashed that ROM. Any advice.
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Check the thread under Guides about common problems and fixes.
I did but I didn't see a fix for this. I did what another member told me to do and it worked.
pitbullmommy45245 said:
I did but I didn't see a fix for this. I did what another member told me to do and it worked.
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Bug #1: Phone is laggy after rooting the phone/Battery is down the tank.
Fix: The phone is (partially) lagging because the ENG bootloader automatically sets the CPU governor to "Performance." While this is supposed to lock the CPU frequency at the maximum values, it does cause a lot of heat and possibly throttling. Additionally, the max core clocks are set to 1.593Ghz instead of their actual maximums. Not every CPU Tuner will allow you to set the big cores separately, so look around for one that does if you don't want to use Kernel Toolkit.
First, use Flashify to flash one of two zips provided by psouza4 on our sister Verizon Galaxy S7 (Edge) threads.
1. Kernel fixes & tweaks V15
2. Kernel fixes, tweaks, & Debloater
You need only flash one of these two zips. One additionally debloats the system, one does not. Choose whichever suits your needs.
What the zips do:
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Next, install a CPU Tuner utility like Kernel Toolkit, then change the governor from "Performance" to "Interactive." Also change the max CPU frequency of the little cores to 1.593Ghz and the big cores to 2.150Ghz while you're at it. Leave the cores at their default minimum frequency. This will go a long way to improving the speed of the phone. Also make sure you that have the new settings to apply on boot. Every kernel manager should have this option somewhere.
Note: Although the max frequency in the settings screen will drop to some number, as long as you can see the CPU ramp up to the new settings in the information screen, then everything is fine. You can test the max frequency by turning the screen off and then back on.
Then, install sEFix and set entropy to "Ultra."
Lastly, install L Speed and:
Code:
-Main Tweaks: Turn on
-Battery Improvement
-OOM Killer
-Kernel Tweaks - "Light"
-CPU Tuner: Turn on
-CPU Optimizer
-LNET Optimizer: Turn on
-Google DNS
-Faster Streaming
-Faster Dormancy
-IO Tweaks: Turn on
-IO Boost
-Partition Remount
-RAM Manager
-Balanced
-Seeder
-Moderate
Literally the first bug and fix on the guide.
Custom kernel for Samsung Galaxy S Advance
Code:
/*
* Your (probably expired) warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this kernel
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
*/
Features:
Universal kernel for JB, KK, LP and MM-based ROMs
CPU, GPU and DDR OC support
more governors and I/O schedulers
Lite kernel - some kernel features moved as modules
F2FS support
ABB-charger tweaks
many others features and tweaks...
Credits:
@dh.harald and @hafidzduddin for contribution on U8500 platform sources
@ Team Canjica for a base for this kernel
@ Nova Fusion for F2FS implementation
@zwliew for contribution on TC kernel
@cocafe for LiveOPP, GPU OC, abbamp and abb-charger tweaks and many cool patches which I've used from his kernel
@faux123 for dynamic Fsync implementation
@Christopher83 for dynamic management of dirty page writebacks implementation
@KINGbabasula for contribution on TC kernel sources
@boype for SIOPlus tweaks and OndemandPlus governor
@Adi_Pat for abbamp, kernel tweaks
@PolishVodka for initramfs scripts for 4.2.x and 5.0.x
@Rox for help in fixing initramfs scripts for 4.1.2
@ace2nutzer for optimization CPU OC and for whatever scripts which I have used in my kernel
@Meticulus for BLN, Sweep2wake and Doubletap2wake
@mkaluza for huge LiveOPP/Mali improvements and Dynamic governor
@yanpol199 for help with F2FS support in TWRP
@ all users who tests this kernel and directs the development along the right path
@ all those users, who I forgot to mention (PM me if so)
Team Win for TWRP recovery
Samsung for opening kernel source
Linus Torvalds for Linux sources
Special Thanks:
@isaak, @enkflr, @Pdevo, @prometej-zg for donating this phone!
[*]@S.AMU for providing FTP-Server
Source Code:
LK 3.10.y based releases
r5.7.x (LK 3.4.y based releases)
Installation:
Flash temporary kernel (if coming from other recoveries than TWRP 3.1.1)
Reboot recovery
Flash kernel zip
Compatibility:
I only add those ROMs that are confirmed to work by me or someone else:
Stock 4.1.2 ROM
LineageOS 11
CyanogenMod 13
Notice: this kernel is not compatible with NovathorSettings app, be sure to remove it before installing a kernel!
Download:
FTP
XDA:DevDB Information
Chrono Kernel, Kernel for the Samsung Galaxy S Advance I9070
Contributors
ChronoMonochrome, cocafe, faux123, zwliew, mkaluza, Meticulus, KINGbabasula, ace2nutzer, TeamCanjica
Source Code: https://github.com/ChronoMonochrome/Chrono_Kernel-1/commits/master
Kernel Special Features:
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: R5.7.1
Stable Release Date: 1974-11-11
Beta Release Date: 1974-11-11
Created 2018-03-09
Last Updated 2018-04-16
Changelogs and features
Changelog
R5.9.1
Resolved (hopefully) deepsleep issues *
Fixed touchkey not working issue **
* tested in about 24 hours so far with ~6 hours of deep sleep on UltimateROM 6.0.1 without any issues with wakelocks.
** It seems that in r5.9 was introduced a bug - touch keys weren't working (at least, on 6.0.1) after device wake up.
R5.9
Bring up all the latest CK code from Codina kernel
Fix a severe performance issue on r5.8.2 build
BLN is finally FIXED! *
* Apparently, issues with BLN were related to Janice touchkey driver that was putting the device to sleep (when the display is off) regardless of a BLN wakelock usage. Reverting this behavior seemed to enable BLN to work.
R5.8.2
In-kernel vibrator fix for Android 6.0+
R5.8.1
PowerHAL fixes for 4.4.4
Experimental fix for CPU governor issue on 4.4.4
LCDCLK: revert to TeamCanjica kernel implementation
R5.8
Memory management hugely improved (finally LMK works properly)
Fixed powersave interface on JB 4.1.2 stock
Experimental fixes to PowerHAL on 4.4.4
LiveOPP: merged changes from refresh kernel (removed some CPU freq steps)
Dynamic: adjust tunables (same like in refresh kernel)
Possible vibrator fix on 6.0+ (not tested)
(old changelog)
R5.7.1
Initial build for janice (kernel sources based on LineageOS 15.1 kernel for Codina)
Fixed bluetooth issue on 4.1.2
Squash-reverted GPU-related code logic from CPU governor Dynamic
J4FS module code cleanup
Reverted forcing minimum CPU freq to 800 MHz
Enabled CONFIG_CPUSETS (required by Android 6.0.x+ ROMs to function properly)
Kernel Tweaks:
(GPU/CPU undervolting and related tweaks)
Undervolting the CPU/GPU will bring battery savings but possible instability.
1) to undervolt CPU use ChronoKernel app or via init.d scripts:
Code:
echo *cpufreq* varm=xx > /sys/kernel/liveopp/arm_summary
for example, following sets voltage varm=0x10 for 200 MHz:
Code:
echo 200000 varm=0x10 > /sys/kernel/liveopp/arm_summary
or
Code:
echo 200000 varm-=10 > /sys/kernel/liveopp/arm_summary
(default varm voltage for 200 MHz is 0x1a but, code above sets 0x1a - 0xa(10) = 0x10 )
2) to undervolt GPU use init.d script:
Code:
echo x vape=yy > /sys/kernel/mali/mali_dvfs_config
Example:
Code:
echo 2 vape=0x1c > /sys/kernel/mali/mali_dvfs_config
"2" stands for DVFS idx (look at mali_boost_high/mali_boost_low).
To prevent overriding of such settings by ChronoKernel app, add line to your init.d script after GPU undervolting
Code:
chmod 444 /sys/kernel/mali/mali_dvfs_config
Don't change voltage of both GPU/CPU at the same time - otherwise if you'll get reboot if won't know what it caused. The same is for different frequencies - if you'll change voltage of too many steps you won't know which frequency caused reboot. It's not easy process, though, following method simplifies it: https://github.com/mkaluza/i9070_kernel_CoCore-E/wiki/Undervolting-janice .
3) Custom LiveOPP table.
By default some LiveOPP steps such as 100, 200, 500 ... MHz aren't used. You can re-enable those by following way:
Code:
echo 200000 enable=1 > /sys/kernel/liveopp/arm_summary
Or use CK app instead. Don't enable it unless it uses the same voltage as 400 MHz. The same is for the rest frequencies - until some of them uses same voltage, no point to enable steps with lower freq. I've added 100 MHz just to further make some tests with it once again. It can't use lower varm than 200 MHz - that's why it's disabled by default. Furthermore, not all phones well keep undervoltage, that's why 100-400 MHz steps uses same stock voltage varm=0x1a.
UPD. thanks to @borkins for this nice editor LiveOPP ARM steps: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60311291&postcount=2921
(CPU freq management tweaks)
CPU freq. limiter for screen OFF, adjust it via:
Code:
SYSFS=/sys/kernel/cpufreq/cpufreq_limits_on_suspend
echo min=100000 > $SYSFS
echo max=400000 > $SYSFS
echo on > $SYSFS
Too low frequency may cause freezes after wakeup and sound scrathes. If you use Dynamic govermor, it make no sense to use cpufreq limiter, because Dynamic already takes care about CPUfreq usage optimization. For more, read wiki.
Input boost
This feature has been originally written by zwliew.
Not all governors support input boost. Supported governors: ondemand, interactive, conservative, ZenX, lionheart and some others. Dynamic governor has its own boost interface.
Default boost frequency is 400 MHz.
Code:
echo 450000 > /sys/kernel/cpufreq/input_boost_freq # echo '0' to disable
echo 35 /sys/kernel/cpufreq/input_boost_ms
(BackLight Notification)
To configure time intervals of BLN blinking type(bln_ondelay stands for time of blink and bln_offdelay - delay between two blinks):
Code:
echo bln_ondelay=500 > /sys/kernel/bln/blink_mode
echo bln_offdelay=6000 > /sys/kernel/bln/blink_mode
Make sure BLN enabled:
Code:
echo 1 > /sys/class/misc/backlightnotification/enabled
# to enable bln_wakelock.
echo on > /sys/kernel/bln/bln_wakelock
Use /sys/devices/virtual/misc/backlightnotification/blink_mode to changes modes.
Blink modes:
0 = no blinking
1 = blink backlight only
2 = blink backlight + rear cam flash
3 = blink rear cam flash only
(Module autoload)
Now there is a simple way to load modules at boot. Just move needed modules to /system/lib/modules/autoload and reboot device(or execute /etc/init.d/00autoload)
(DDR overclock)
This feature has been developed by me and allows you to improve DDR and GPU performance. Please note, that DDR OC might work unstable and cause filesystem corruption. Though, DDR clock of 975 MHz has been highly tested and should work fairly stable on most devices.
Overclocking DDR over 975 MHz is highly NOT recommended, especially in case if you not sure that you can deal with possible consequences.
How to OC DDR:
1) by using
this script .
2) by using Terminal Emulator(in example below 975 MHz):
Code:
echo 0x5017f > /sys/kernel/liveopp/pllddr_oc_on_suspend
This setting will be applied right after disabling screen.
(Minimum APE/DDR OPP on screen on)
This feature has been developed by me and allows to set minimum APE/DDR OPP states which are used when screen is ON. APE controls many systems such as an image, video, audio system etc. DDR OPP determines performance of DDR. Default values are APE50 and DDR50. Lower states(APE25/DDR25) reduces power consumption, but may cause graphical glitches like screen blinking or filling it by vertical grey lines. If you don't have mentioned effects, it's recommended to use APE25/DDR25:
Code:
echo ddropp=25 > /sys/devices/pri_lcd_ws2401.0/mcde_screenon_opp
echo apeopp=25 > /sys/devices/pri_lcd_ws2401.0/mcde_screenon_opp
* if you don't have folder /sys/devices/pri_lcd_ws2401.0, use /sys/devices/pri_lcd_s6d27a1 instead.
(Screen refresh rate)
This feature has been developed by cocafe and modified by me. Lower lcdclk frequency cause less power usage, but too low values makes system unusable.
Following command allows to change screen refresh rate:
Code:
echo x > /sys/kernel/mcde/lcdclk
use
Code:
cat /sys/kernel/mcde/lcdclk
to see supported lcdclk modes. Default mode is 60 Hz which is recommended in most typical cases. If you've screen tearings, blinking etc. change resresh rate mode to "60+ Hz":
Code:
echo 0 > /sys/kernel/mcde/lcdclk
(ABB charger tweaks)
added tweakable interfaces for termination current. To adjust it type(just an example):
Code:
echo 90 > /sys/kernel/abb-chargalg/termination_curr_1st
echo 70 > /sys/kernel/abb-chargalg/termination_curr_2nd
curr_2nd should be less or same as curr_1st. Lower values prolongs battery lifetime, but also slows battery charging.
Default values are curr_1st == curr_2nd == 150 mA. Please note, too low values maybe aren't usable.
(Dynamic FSync)
This feature has been developed by Faux123 and allows to dynamically manage the synchronous writes performed on file system (FSync).
It uses asynchronous writes when the screen is on, instead of synchronous writes, to have better performance and a slightly lower battery drain, while when the screen is off the synchronous writes are re-enabled to flush all the outstanding writes and prevent possible data loss.
How to enable/disable the Dynamic FSync (default enabled):
1) By downloading and using Trickster MOD
2) By directly editing the file /sys/kernel/dyn_fsync/Dyn_fsync_active and setting 1 to enable the dynamic fsync, 0 to disable it (note that set value will be lost after a reboot/shutdown)
3) By using Terminal Emulator (note that set value will be lost after a reboot/shutdown)
- Open Terminal Emulator
- Run this command to disable the dynamic fsync feature
Code:
su
echo 0 > /sys/kernel/dyn_fsync/Dyn_fsync_active
- Or run this command to re-enable the dynamic fsync feature
Code:
su
echo 1 > /sys/kernel/dyn_fsync/Dyn_fsync_active
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(Software CRCs)
Disabling software CRCs gives you a slight bump(10-30% is what they say) of MMC performance, at the cost of a possibility of your Ace 2 freezing randomly.
Code:
echo 0 > /sys/module/mmc_core/parameters/use_spi_crc
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(Dynamic dirty page writebacks)
This feature has been developed by Christopher83 and allows to dynamically manage the dirty page writebacks with two different intervals, one when the screen is on and another when the screen is off.
It is based on a commit of Francisco Franco, but instead of using hard coded values and of disabling at all the dirty page writebacks while the screen is on (possibility of data loss).
By using a higher interval we have better performance and less battery consumption, with a very low risk of data loss.
How to customize the dynamic dirty page writebacks feature (default disabled):
Three new procfs parameters are exposed inside /proc/sys/vm path:
- dynamic_dirty_writeback is the activation status of this feature, set 1 to enable it, set 0 to disable it and use the standard behaviour
- dirty_writeback_active_centisecs is the interval for the dirty page writebacks when the system is active (screen on), the default value is 1500 centisecs (15 seconds)
- dirty_writeback_suspend_centisecs is the interval for the dirty page writebacks when the system is suspended (screen off), the default value is 500 centisecs (5 seconds)
1) By directly editing one of the file written above inside /proc/sys/vm and setting the preferred value (note that set value will be lost after a reboot/shutdown)
2) By using Terminal Emulator (note that set value will be lost after a reboot/shutdown)
- Open Terminal Emulator
- Run this command to disable the dynamic dirty page writebacks feature
Code:
echo 0 > /proc/sys/vm/dynamic_dirty_writeback
- Or run this command to re-enable the dynamic dirty page writebacks feature
Code:
echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/dynamic_dirty_writeback
- Run this command to set customize the two intervals (30 seconds while the screen is on, 10 seconds when the screen is off)
Code:
echo "3000" > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_active_centisecs
echo "1000" > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_suspend_centisecs
(Tweak app)
ChronoKernel settings
Thanks mars_army for this app!
Bug reports:
after experiencing a random reboot, type in terminal:
Code:
su
cat /proc/last_kmsg > /storage/sdcard0/last_kmsg.txt
report it in the thread and attach the last_kmsg.txt
Misc
Storages switch
By default, this kernel comes with internal and external storages switched. You can revert this behavior, by changing the line
Code:
use_swap=1
to
Code:
use_swap=0
in file /ramdisk/fstab_specs.txt and flashing the kernel package. This setting will remain until you format /ramdisk partition.
@ChronoMonochrome
I tested "chrono_kernel_r5.7.1-test-40-g169a68f4f29d-janice.zip" on Lineage OS 11.
Result: I have the same hiccups in the youtube video like before.
I think that you can revert the LCDCLK frequency to the default 60 Hz value, because I didn't notice any significant difference.
And I had an isolated crash while I was navigating in settings.
My usual running apps & services are: Should I answer?, Nova Launcher, Tesla Unread, Google Play Services 11.9.75, Ginger Keyboard, Skype 7.46.0.596 (old version from apkmirror), Quickpic, Terminal Emulator, CCleaner, Google Play Store 9.0.15, Tubemate 3.0.11, My Vodafone, Naked Browser, Titanium Backup, Fx File Explorer, Gmail, Google News & Weather, MX Player.
I hope that these logs can help you.
isaak said:
@ChronoMonochrome
I tested "chrono_kernel_r5.7.1-test-40-g169a68f4f29d-janice.zip".
Result: I have the same hiccups in the youtube video like before.
I think that you can revert the LCDCLK frequency to the default 60 Hz value, because I didn't notice any significant difference.
And I had an isolated crash while I was navigating in settings.
My usual running apps & services are: Should I answer?, Nova Launcher, Tesla Unread, Google Play Services 11.9.75, Ginger Keyboard, Skype 7.46.0.596 (old version from apkmirror), Quickpic, Terminal Emulator, CCleaner, Google Play Store 9.0.15, Tubemate 3.0.11, My Vodafone.
I hope that these logs can help you.
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Thanks for the report! Unfortunately, the last_kmsg log appears to be taken from MaxiCM kernel, so the crash isn't captured here. In the meantime I'll install some of those apps to test how it goes under increased memory pressure. Was /proc/meminfo log taken before or after reboot? It would be useful to check this sysfs interface when the phone is encountering laggs (if it does), but after reboot this info won't help. About lowmemorykiller changes: were apps running faster / slower? So far Youtube playback is the only issue or phone laggs too?
ChronoMonochrome said:
Thanks for the report! Unfortunately, the last_kmsg log appears to be taken from MaxiCM kernel, so the crash isn't captured here. In the meantime I'll install some of those apps to test how it goes under increased memory pressure. Was /proc/meminfo log taken before or after reboot? It would be useful to check this sysfs interface when the phone is encountering laggs (if it does), but after reboot this info won't help. About lowmemorykiller changes: were apps running faster / slower? So far Youtube playback is the only issue or phone laggs too?
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/proc/meminfo log was taken before the reboot. Youtube playback is not the only issue. I can just say that the best way to reproduce a crash or a slowdown is switching from an app to another as quick as possible and/or try a cleaning with CCleaner. Ah, in that list I forgot some apps, so I've updated my previous post.
So far I've tested as much as possible on stock 4.1.2 rom and everything is working fine.
-Bluetooth is definitely fixed, working like a charm.
-CRC, FSYNC and other tweaks give me no issue at all and work good.
-Tested a bit of undervolting, firstly cpu, then gpu, and DDR OC, and here too, no problems.
-Really great the supension min and max cpufreq, tested it with some init.d scripts.
Overall stability and responsiveness of the system is impressive, really positive, you really made a big surprise
These instead are the few things I noticed not working, I think the first two are really not a major problem at all and maybe I am messing with something:
1. I have noticed that trying to set governor by init.d script doesn't seem to take effect and at boot completed I find performance setted as governor:
busybox echo dynamic > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor;
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Running then the script manually set dynamic as governor correctly.
(SOLVED WITH A BUSYBOX CHMOD COMMAND BEFORE EVERY PARAMETER SET)
2. I tryed using exfat support, loaded fuse.ko and exfat.ko modules on boot, then used the same binary from cocafe twrp kernel I was using fine (and here I think there is the issue) with this command:
exfat-fuse /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /storage/extSdCard;
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Sdcard isn't recognized and android is asking to format it as usual.
3. I guess should be the number one: Recovery doesn't seem to work, tryed many times, also removing battery first, but I can't enter in recovery. Next time I flash kernel I will do it manually from terminal, or Universal Kernel Flash app
EDIT1:
I found that the path where lcd parameters are located would be:
/sys/kernel/s6e63m0/panel/lcd_clk
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instead of:
/sys/kernel/mcde/lcdclk
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EDIT2:
Seems like deepsleep is broken, because in my situation phone doesn't enter in deepsleep mode and having a look at /d/supsend_stats and d/suspend directory confirm my issue.
I found at first strange the absence of /d/cpuidle directory and so the deepest_state configuration file, like something is missing here.
EDIT3:
I think I found another last issue, BLN is not working, but I think could be again something to do with files and folder structure, for example I can't find:
/sys/class/misc/backlightnotification/enabled
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Again, this is still something not so important tough
EDIT4:
I was experiencing before issues with phone calls, making phone app freezing and signal loss, going to "no service" mode. Had to flash backup kernel for now, tomorrow as I get some time again I will provide logs
Pdevo said:
So far I've tested as much as possible on stock 4.1.2 rom and everything is working fine.
-Bluetooth is definitely fixed, working like a charm.
-CRC, FSYNC and other tweaks give me no issue at all and work good.
-Tested a bit of undervolting, firstly cpu, then gpu, and DDR OC, and here too, no problems.
-Really great the supension min and max cpufreq, tested it with some init.d scripts.
Overall stability and responsiveness of the system is impressive, really positive, you really made a big surprise
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Thanks for a review!
2. I tryed using exfat support, loaded fuse.ko and exfat.ko modules on boot, then used the same binary from cocafe twrp kernel I was using fine (and here I think there is the issue) with this command:
Sdcard isn't recognized and android is asking to format it as usual.
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Honestly I didn't test exfat for a long time. These issues might come due to the filesystem driver updates. Anyway I need to test things myself before I'll have clues on how to fix it.
3. I guess should be the number one: Recovery doesn't seem to work, tryed many times, also removing battery first, but I can't enter in recovery. Next time I flash kernel I will do it manually from terminal, or Universal Kernel Flash app
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Are you sure you have followed the installation guide to flash the kernel? Especially, using TWRP is required to flash a kernel (other recoveries aren't tested and can be a cause for a bugs) I was returning to a stock for a short time to test if bluetooth works and recovery was working for me when I was returning to UltimateROM 6.0.1 afterwards.
Don't use manual flashing or UKF app to flash the kernel! The installation method is quite complicated (compared to installation of other kernels), so a full and proper installation is only possible if you flash it from recovery.
EDIT1:
I found that the path where lcd parameters are located would be:
instead of:
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I have moved the interface to match the implementation of LCDCLK management on codina.
EDIT2:
Seems like deepsleep is broken, because in my situation phone doesn't enter in deepsleep mode and having a look at /d/supsend_stats and d/suspend directory confirm my issue.
I found at first strange the absence of /d/cpuidle directory and so the deepest_state configuration file, like something is missing here.
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This is entirely possible due to deepsleep driver changes in a kernel. I never tested if it works on stock, I guess I'll have to return to stock once again.
EDIT3:
I think I found another last issue, BLN is not working, but I think could be again something to do with files and folder structure, for example I can't find:
Again, this is still something not so important tough
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I was thinking BLN isn't working on this phone at all, so I disabled the kernel support. Is the stock ROM only where BLN works?
Yes sir, I flashed your kernel exactly from twrp, coming from cocore refresh24, I referred to UKF or terminal emulator to say I would use that method now that I can't enter recovery mode, but I never use these ways at all, always from recovery, because I know that kernel come with scripts and other files that without recovery wouldn't be installed
Tomorrow I will do further testing
ChronoMonochrome said:
I was thinking BLN isn't working on this phone at all, so I disabled the kernel support. Is the stock ROM only where BLN works?
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As far as I know no dev on Janice introduced BLN, but I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be technically possible if it works on Ace II.
Please don't give up on this unless you're sure at 100%.
@cocafe had it on his todo list, but at the end he didn't implement it for unknown reasons. I asked to him but he never explained it.
ChronoMonochrome said:
I was thinking BLN isn't working on this phone at all, so I disabled the kernel support. Is the stock ROM only where BLN works?
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Until now, BLN never been working or supported on custom and stock roms, as said by @isaak, the reason behing that I think is properly known by developers such as cocafe.
Yesterday I made a little try using the commands you point in the thread, a little go, but in fact is not working. Would be a cool feature, but nothing so important at all for me, at least for now
UPDATE:
I flashed again the kernel, starting from freshly downloaded zip, and I got an infinite bootloop trying to get to recovery, the only way to go back working was flashing stock rom with odin.
I can now safely say there is an issue with recovery using the stock rom.
UPDATE 19:30
I took two logs, one for incoming call and one for outgoing call, reproducing the issue I was referring in previous post.
In the first case, incoming call, notification appear but scrolling to accept call make phone unusable and I could just shutdown it to solve the situation.
In the second case, outgoing call, after I start the call the phone app isn't responding, I see the notification widget but tapping on every possible button, to terminate call or enter in dialog, doesn't work and phone is very unstable until a sort of a timeout is running out and call stop itself.
Hi @ everyone!
Because of th numerous issues found with the current release, I'm starting to work on a fresh kernel sources (3.0.101), almost from scratch. My primary focus for now will be a multitasking, that is the main issue with the current release. Because of yet unknown root cause of the issue it could take a while to reveal it, but I hope to release a new build these days (and after playing with some kernel configuration find out more appropriate one for a multitasking). Stay tuned!
For sure we stay tuned!, thank you so much for the efforts and take all the time you need Chrono
isaak said:
My usual running apps & services are: Should I answer?, Nova Launcher, Tesla Unread, Google Play Services 11.9.75, Ginger Keyboard, Skype 7.46.0.596 (old version from apkmirror), Quickpic, Terminal Emulator, CCleaner, Google Play Store 9.0.15, Tubemate 3.0.11, My Vodafone, Naked Browser, Titanium Backup, Fx File Explorer, Gmail, Google News & Weather, MX Player.
I hope that these logs can help you.
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I have set up all these apps about 10-12 days ago. I should say, removing CCleaner seemed to help a lot to increase the phone performance. It's doing a lot of background CPU and I/O work, making the phone almost unusable on r5.7.1 and severely affects performance on r4.1 / r4.6.
ChronoMonochrome said:
I have set up all these apps about 10-12 days ago. I should say, removing CCleaner seemed to help a lot to increase the phone performance. It's doing a lot of background CPU and I/O work, making the phone almost unusable on r5.7.1 and severely affects performance on r4.1 / r4.6.
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The new CCleaner version is on the heavy side, so I had to freeze some background services with My Android Tools app. Anyway I've just uninstalled it definitively.
New build r5.8 is up!
R5.8
Memory management hugely improved (finally LMK works properly)
Fixed powersave interface on JB 4.1.2 stock
Experimental fixes to PowerHAL on 4.4.4
LiveOPP: merged changes from refresh kernel (removed some CPU freq steps)
Dynamic: adjust tunables (same like in refresh kernel)
Possible vibrator fix on 6.0+ (not tested)
ChronoMonochrome said:
R5.8
Memory management hugely improved (finally LMK works properly)
Fixed powersave interface on JB 4.1.2 stock
Experimental fixes to PowerHAL on 4.4.4
LiveOPP: merged changes from refresh kernel (removed some CPU freq steps)
Dynamic: adjust tunables (same like in refresh kernel)
Possible vibrator fix on 6.0+ (not tested)
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I tried 5.8.5 and I have still issues with LineageOS 11:
1) I've got a screen flicker issue while I was browsing in Naked Browser with the new LCDCLK frequency.
Tried to set echo 1 > /sys/kernel/mcde/lcdclk, but I've noticed that this value is not kept after a reboot.
Very annoying, because I can't restore 60 Hz permanently.
2) There are still issues about some values not kept in the performance UI of Lineage Os.
For example:
- Try to set Zenx as governor, min. 200 max 1000, Noops scheduler. Reboot. Scheduler will be resetted to Deadline.
- There is still a bug with max clock value of Dynamic governor (I can reproduce it with ZenX governor too). I set it to 800 MHz, I go back to the settings screen, then I return to the Performance -> Processor section to check if the 800 MHz value is maintained. But the UI automatically restored the max clock to 1000 MHz without my consent.
For your information, these issues occur only randomly and with particular combinations. So, if you can't reproduce them, the best way is to set these, one at a time:
1) Zenx as governor, min. 200 max 800, Noops scheduler. Reboot.
2) Zenx as governor, min. 200 max 800, Fiops scheduler. Reboot.
2) Zenx as governor, min. 200 max 800, Sioplus scheduler. Reboot.
After the first, the second or the third reboot, some of these values you've set will change spontaneously on their own.
"Set on boot" options are correctly set for both Processor and I/O Scheduler.
And I keep "Enable per-app profiles" option turned off.
3) On the Performance UI, performance profile results automatically set on Balanced after any reboot. But if you cannot fix it, I can live with that, don't worry. It doesn't keep "Power save" or "Performance" profile between reboots.
PS: I would appreciate if you could update the installation steps in this thread with the same steps of the refresh topic:
Flash temporary kernel (if coming from other recoveries than TWRP 3.1.1)
Reboot recovery
Flash kernel zip
isaak said:
I tried 5.8.5 and I have still issues with LineageOS 11:
1) I've got a screen flicker issue while I was browsing in Naked Browser with the new LCDCLK frequency.
Tried to set echo 1 > /sys/kernel/mcde/lcdclk, but I've noticed that this value is not kept after a reboot.
Very annoying, because I can't restore 60 Hz permanently.
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Sorry, I thought I've reverted this change. Can you confirm that setting old LCDCLK freq fixes issue? As a temporary solution you can use init.d script to set the appropriate LCDCLK freq index.
2) There are still issues about some values not kept in the performance UI of Lineage Os.
For example:
- Try to set Zenx as governor, min. 200 max 1000, Noops scheduler. Reboot. Scheduler will be resetted to Deadline
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Can confirm now. I have a guess for that, for now the solution as follows:
remove /ramdisk/modules/autoload/sioplus-iosched.ko, reboot. I have to test this a bit more time to be sure 100%, but so far I couldn't reproduce an issue after removing this module (no other CPUfreq governor or I/O scheduler must be loaded as well).
- There is still a bug with max clock value of Dynamic governor (I can reproduce it with ZenX governor too). I set it to 800 MHz, I go back to the settings screen, then I return to the Performance -> Processor section to check if the 800 MHz value is maintained. But the UI automatically restored the max clock to 1000 MHz without my consent.
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It's not a bug, but rather intended behavior - due to PowerHAL changes implemented, CPUfreq can only be changed via script (see /ramdisk/perf.sh). I've previously asked if anyone would prefer to adjust CPUfreq usual way, In this case I can just remove the corresponding lines from the PowerHal script. This will make PowerHAL settings a bit more useless, but will gave easier control over CPUfreq.
3) On the Performance UI, performance profile results automatically set on Balanced after any reboot. But if you cannot fix it, I can live with that, don't worry. It doesn't keep "Power save" or "Performance" profile between reboots.
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The script actually works, though you're right, it works buggy and everytime shows the default profile (you can set, e.g. Powersave profile and check min/max CPU freq, to check if it actually works).
PS: I would appreciate if you could update the installation steps in this thread with the same steps of the refresh topic:
Flash temporary kernel (if coming from other recoveries than TWRP 3.1.1)
Reboot recovery
Flash kernel zip
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Done!
isaak said:
I've got a screen flicker issue while I was browsing in Naked Browser with the new LCDCLK frequency.
Tried to set echo 1 > /sys/kernel/mcde/lcdclk, but I've noticed that this value is not kept after a reboot.
Very annoying, because I can't restore 60 Hz permanently.
ChronoMonochrome said:
Sorry, I thought I've reverted this change. Can you confirm that setting old LCDCLK freq fixes issue? As a temporary solution you can use init.d script to set the appropriate LCDCLK freq index.
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Yes, I can confirm that setting old LCDCLK freq fixed the flicker issue for my screen. I think it would be better to set it as default in the next release.
isaak said:
There are still issues about some values not kept in the performance UI of Lineage Os.
For example:
- Try to set Zenx as governor, min. 200 max 1000, Noops scheduler. Reboot. Scheduler will be resetted to Deadline
etc etc....
ChronoMonochrome said:
Can confirm now. I have a guess for that, for now the solution as follows:
remove /ramdisk/modules/autoload/sioplus-iosched.ko, reboot. I have to test this a bit more time to be sure 100%, but so far I couldn't reproduce an issue after removing this module (no other CPUfreq governor or I/O scheduler must be loaded as well).
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I tried your steps, unfortunately they didn't work for me.
ChronoMonochrome said:
It's not a bug, but rather intended behavior - due to PowerHAL changes implemented, CPUfreq can only be changed via script (see /ramdisk/perf.sh). I've previously asked if anyone would prefer to adjust CPUfreq usual way, In this case I can just remove the corresponding lines from the PowerHal script. This will make PowerHAL settings a bit more useless, but will gave easier control over CPUfreq.
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Personally I would prefer more control over CPUfreq. Could you list the main advantages to limit CPUfreq changes only via script? Is it a sort of auto-optimization? This point is not clear to me. If you think that any change to this mechanism would affect negatively the battery life, then don't change anything.
isaak said:
On the Performance UI, performance profile results automatically set on Balanced after any reboot. But if you cannot fix it, I can live with that, don't worry. It doesn't keep "Power save" or "Performance" profile between reboots.
ChronoMonochrome said:
The script actually works, though you're right, it works buggy and everytime shows the default profile (you can set, e.g. Powersave profile and check min/max CPU freq, to check if it actually works).
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I tried Powersave and Performance profiles, in both cases the maximum freq varies between 400 MHz and 1000 MHz, rarely reaching 800 MHz. Minimum freq is always 200 MHz and it doesn't change visually like the maximum freq. Balanced profile is always shown visually after a reboot.
isaak said:
Personally I would prefer more control over CPUfreq. Could you list the main advantages to limit CPUfreq changes only via script? Is it a sort of auto-optimization? This point is not clear to me. If you think that any change to this mechanism would affect negatively the battery life, then don't change anything.
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Because of some CPUfreq scaling tunables were changed (in the case of Dynamic governor), it makes sense to implement a PowerHAL profiles, which would limit / restore the max CPUfreq. But I think I've found a solution - I will make it possible to change CPUfreq for a Balanced profile.
I tried Powersave and Performance profiles, in both cases the maximum freq varies between 400 MHz and 1000 MHz, rarely reaching 800 MHz. Minimum freq is always 200 MHz and it doesn't change visually like the maximum freq. Balanced profile is always shown visually after a reboot.
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Ok, I found some logical errors in the script, should be fixed in upcoming release.
Custom kernel for Samsung Galaxy S Advance
Code:
/*
* Your (probably expired) warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this kernel
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
*/
Hi there!
Because of numerous issues found in 3.4.113 kernel, I'm temporarily moving to development on 3.0.101 base.
What is difference between chrono kernel (CK) and CK refresh build? CK was mostly tested on MM-based ROMs, but appeared not to work stably on Android 4.4.x. Aim of this build is to properly enable support for older ROMs (like kitkat), and when done, merge these changes to 3.4.113 kernel.
This build is based upon chrono kernel r4.1 build, so to avoid versions confusion, I'm creating a separate topic.
Features:
CPU, GPU and DDR OC support
more governors and I/O schedulers
Lite kernel - some kernel features moved as modules
F2FS support
ABB-charger tweaks
many others features and tweaks...
Credits:
@dh.harald and @hafidzduddin for contribution on U8500 platform sources
@ Team Canjica for a base for this kernel
@ Nova Fusion for F2FS implementation
@zwliew for contribution on TC kernel
@cocafe for LiveOPP, GPU OC, abbamp and abb-charger tweaks and many cool patches which I've used from his kernel
@faux123 for dynamic Fsync implementation
@Christopher83 for dynamic management of dirty page writebacks implementation
@KINGbabasula for contribution on TC kernel sources
@boype for SIOPlus tweaks and OndemandPlus governor
@Adi_Pat for abbamp, kernel tweaks
@PolishVodka for initramfs scripts for 4.2.x and 5.0.x
@Rox for help in fixing initramfs scripts for 4.1.2
@ace2nutzer for optimization CPU OC and for whatever scripts which I have used in my kernel
@Meticulus for BLN, Sweep2wake and Doubletap2wake
@mkaluza for huge LiveOPP/Mali improvements and Dynamic governor
@yanpol199 for help with F2FS support in TWRP
@ all users who tests this kernel and directs the development along the right path
@ all those users, who I forgot to mention (PM me if so)
Team Win for TWRP recovery
Samsung for opening kernel source
Linus Torvalds for Linux sources
Special Thanks:
@isaak, @enkflr, @Pdevo, @prometej-zg for donating this phone!
[*]@S.AMU for providing FTP-Server
Source Code:
LK 3.0.y based releases
Installation:
Flash temporary kernel (if coming from other recoveries than TWRP 3.1.1)
Reboot recovery
Flash kernel zip
Notice: this kernel is not compatible with NovathorSettings app, be sure to remove it before installing a kernel!
Download:
FTP
XDA:DevDB Information
Chrono Kernel Refresh, Kernel for the Samsung Galaxy S Advance I9070
Contributors
ChronoMonochrome, cocafe, faux123, zwliew, mkaluza, Meticulus, KINGbabasula, ace2nutzer, TeamCanjica
Source Code: https://github.com/ChronoMonochrome/Chrono_Kernel-1/commits/refresh-3.0.101
Kernel Special Features:
Version Information
Status: Testing
Stable Release Date: 1974-11-11
Beta Release Date: 1974-11-11
Created 2018-03-22
Last Updated 2018-03-23
Changelogs
Changelog
R4.6.2
rebased to CM14.1 branch (added support for 6.0.1 and 7.1.2 ROMs)
R4.6.1
fixed CPU OC instabilities
LCDCLK is adjusted to fix tearing issues *
adjusted Dynamic CPU governor tunables for a better battery live
adjusted PowerHAL profiles **
genfstab: storages swap is disabled by default (remove /ramdisk/fstab_specs.txt before flashing to take this change in an effect)
updated temporary kernel zip
* tested with apps like Impossible Game, a display tearings are mostly resolved here. Apps like Youtube, though, might still causing tearings when playing video.
** the minimum CPU freq is set to 400 MHz. I've decided to use it as a default since 200 and 400 MHz CPUfreq steps are anyway using the same voltage, so unless you're undervolting the CPU, there won't be any significant difference in a battery drain.
R4.6
updated to r4.6 LowMemoryKiller implementation - best so far!
Disabled HighMem
removed some CPUfreq steps *
Dynamic governor: parameters are tuned for the better performance (credits: @ace2nutzer)
Added performance profiles (the corresponding parameters can be found in /ramdisk/perf.profiles.rc)
Other updates from r4.6 (various updates from LK 3.4, tweaks etc)
* Avalable CPU frequency steps are: 200, 800, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1215 Mhz. I've decided just to give it a try - this is a necessary part of tuning the CPU governor. If anyone doesn't like that frequencies between 200 and 800 MHz were removed I can add them back, but until performance-related issues are not resolved I'd suggest just leave as it is.
R4.1
Initial build for janice (kernel sources based on Chrono Kernel r4.1)
LiveOPP: updated to r5.7.1 kernel version
Exfat: test fixes for Stock 4.1.2 ROM (not tested)
Enabled CONFIG_STE_TRACE_MODEM (test fix for Stock ROM incoming / outgoing calls)
Kexec: added janice support
Misc
Storages switch
By default, this kernel comes with internal and external storages switched. You can revert this behavior, by changing the line
Code:
use_swap=1
to
Code:
use_swap=0
in file /ramdisk/fstab_specs.txt and flashing the kernel package. This setting will remain until you format /ramdisk partition.
Thank you Chrono again.
So far I am still having issues with calls on 4.1.2 stock, I took another logcat in case would help you, and seems like phone can't enter deepsleep mode, but I will investigate further this issue with some days of usage.
I couldn't get exfat working, I took the exfat-fuse binary from /sbin in TWRP, then ran "exfat-fuse /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /storage/extSdCard", tryed also with "mount.exfat-fuse etc etc", the fact is the card is correctly mounted and usable from recovery, but this does not matter after all.
The nice thing is I find multitasking working far better, phone seems to be more responsive in situations where more apps are running at the same time, this is very good to me!.
Another big point is installation went fine and recovery is working perfectly, so problems with possible bootloops are solved (and after some more usage I will go further to your more updated roms )
If there is something more to provide you, test or informations missing, please ask me Chrono
I tested chrono kernel r4.1 on Lineage OS 11.
-Compared to the previous chrono_kernel_r5.7.1, this is considerably slow, especially during the opening of apps like Settings, Contacts, Google News, Play store.
-If I set 1000 Mhz as maximum clock of the dynamic governor, the phone becomes slower and a bit hot on the back.
Multitasking is severely affected by that clock. Multitasking is more stable at 800 Mhz, despite it's still slow.
-If I reboot the phone, the maximum clock of 1000 Mhz is automatically resetted at 800 Mhz.
-If I attempt to reboot the phone in recovery mode from Lineage Os 11 ROM with the PC USB charging cable on, phone will shutdown instead. Disconnecting the charging cable before rebooting the phone in recovery mode is the only workaround. It doesn't happen with the Epirex Kernel, so I think it's related to your kernel.
In my attachment there is a meminfo that I took while the phone was under load.
If it isn't enough, I attached a full logcat. There are some errors and crashes.
@Pdevo, @isaak, thanks for testing!
I tested chrono kernel r4.1 on Lineage OS 11.
-Compared to the previous chrono_kernel_r5.7.1, this is considerably slow, especially during the opening of apps like Settings, Contacts, Google News, Play store.
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Probably I've rushed things, or sort of. I had a hard time trying to find a considerably stable kernel 3.0.101 base (this one appeared to work stably, though not best, in terms of the performance). Nevertheless, the multitasking should already be better (at least better than in r5.7.1, as in this one LowMemoryKiller appeared not to work at all). I'm updating the sources to a new kernel base, r4.6 which should be even better in multitasking term.
-If I reboot the phone, the maximum clock of 1000 Mhz is automatically resetted at 800 Mhz.
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Should be fixed in upcoming release.
-If I attempt to reboot the phone in recovery mode from Lineage Os 11 ROM with the PC USB charging cable on, phone will shutdown instead. Disconnecting the charging cable before rebooting the phone in recovery mode is the only workaround. It doesn't happen with the Epirex Kernel, so I think it's related to your kernel.
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It's a bug in CM11 ramdisk, I've took another one from Codina, and now this issue should be resolved as well.
Pdevo said:
So far I am still having issues with calls on 4.1.2 stock, I took another logcat in case would help you, and seems like phone can't enter deepsleep mode, but I will investigate further this issue with some days of usage.
I couldn't get exfat working, I took the exfat-fuse binary from /sbin in TWRP, then ran "exfat-fuse /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /storage/extSdCard", tryed also with "mount.exfat-fuse etc etc", the fact is the card is correctly mounted and usable from recovery, but this does not matter after all.
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I'm afraid that exfat driver built in the kernel is not compatible with this userspace mount.exfat-fuse utility. I won't be able to fix it, until I find a time to return to stock & rebuild either mount.exfat-fuse or kernel driver in order to make them compatible each with other.
As for the deepsleep issue, I can say that at least 4.4.4 is not affected by this bug. Try making sure that no apps are preventing deep sleep (Better battery stats or Wakelock detector can help in that).
New build r4.6 is up!
Changelog
updated to r4.6 LowMemoryKiller implementation - best so far!
Disabled HighMem
removed some CPUfreq steps *
Dynamic governor: parameters are tuned for the better performance (credits: @ace2nutzer)
Added performance profiles (the corresponding parameters can be found in /ramdisk/perf.profiles.rc)
Other updates from r4.6 (various updates from LK 3.4, tweaks etc)
* Avalable CPU frequency steps are: 200, 800, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1215 Mhz. I've decided just to give it a try - this is a necessary part of tuning the CPU governor. If anyone doesn't like that frequencies between 200 and 800 MHz were removed I can add them back, but until performance-related issues are not resolved I'd suggest just leave as it is.
ChronoMonochrome said:
Changelog
updated to r4.6 LowMemoryKiller implementation - best so far!
Disabled HighMem
removed some CPUfreq steps *
Dynamic governor: parameters are tuned for the better performance (credits: @ace2nutzer)
Added performance profiles (the corresponding parameters can be found in /ramdisk/perf.profiles.rc)
Other updates from r4.6 (various updates from LK 3.4, tweaks etc)
* Avalable CPU frequency steps are: 200, 800, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1215 Mhz. I've decided just to give it a try - this is a necessary part of tuning the CPU governor. If anyone doesn't like that frequencies between 200 and 800 MHz were removed I can add them back, but until performance-related issues are not resolved I'd suggest just leave as it is.
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Tested on Lineage Os 11 without CCleaner.
After flashing this new kernel I had to force a Media scan with Fx File Explorer (that detected over 300 changed files) because the phone was really slow. That was sufficient to speed up the multitasking that now it's much better than previous 4.1 build.
Additional observations:
- Do you think it's possible to improve Media scanner reactivity via kernel?
- Fx File Explorer detects my external sd card as Main storage and Media card as internal storage. This doesn't happen on Epirex kernel.
- Battery usage is higher than previous kernel. If I stay on a webpage in idle, after 30 seconds my battery decreases of one percentage point (i.e. from 70% to 69%). I noticed that a simple swipe on the screen jumps the current clock directly to the maximum frequency, this could be one of the reasons.
- There is only FIOPS as I/O Scheduler and I miss all the other schedulers.
I think you're on the right track!
isaak said:
- Do you think it's possible to improve Media scanner reactivity via kernel?
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I don't think it's possible. The only possible way is to overclock CPU, though it won't help much.
- Fx File Explorer detects my external sd card as Main storage and Media card as internal storage. This doesn't happen on Epirex kernel.
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This is a default behaviour in Chrono Kernel. Because on codina we have only 4 Gb of available space, it makes sense just to remove internal storage partition and use the external one as primary. If anyone wants, I can revert this behavior. It's possible to switch storages back by editing file /ramdisk/fstab_specs.txt (set use_swap value to 0) and flashing a kernel package.
- Battery usage is higher than previous kernel. If I stay on a webpage in idle, after 30 seconds my battery decreases of one percentage point (i.e. from 70% to 69%). I noticed that a simple swipe on the screen jumps the current clock directly to the maximum frequency, this could be one of the reasons.
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Ok, I'll consider of tuning CPU governor in order to provide more battery friendly setup. I was afraid that the battery usage might be too high, but that was a necessary evil, I guess. In the meantime, as a temporary workaround, the maximum CPU frequency can even be lowered to 800 MHz, it should be still fast enough.
- There is only FIOPS as I/O Scheduler and I miss all the other schedulers.
I think you're on the right track!
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To load more I/O schedulers, you can copy (or symlink) a module file to /system/lib/modules/autoload, then reboot the phone. This doesn't seem to work, a script that loads modules, is broken.
Because usually I don't change I/O scheduler, by default, no more I/O scheds are loaded. Do you have any preferred I/O scheds?
ChronoMonochrome said:
I don't think it's possible. The only possible way is to overclock CPU, though it won't help much.
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Nevermind.
ChronoMonochrome said:
This is a default behaviour in Chrono Kernel. Because on codina we have only 4 Gb of available space, it makes sense just to remove internal storage partition and use the external one as primary. If anyone wants, I can revert this behavior. It's possible to switch storages back by editing file /ramdisk/fstab_specs.txt (set use_swap value to 0) and flashing a kernel package.
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I'd like to revert the behavior, so I would appreciate If you could provide the same instructions here and in the other kernel thread..
ChronoMonochrome said:
To load more I/O schedulers, you can copy (or symlink) a module file to /system/lib/modules/autoload, then reboot the phone. This doesn't seem to work, a script that loads modules, is broken.
Because usually I don't change I/O scheduler, by default, no more I/O scheds are loaded. Do you have any preferred I/O scheds?
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I would suggest deadline, noop, sioplus, zen (plus the existent FIOPS).
ChronoMonochrome said:
This is a default behaviour in Chrono Kernel. Because on codina we have only 4 Gb of available space, it makes sense just to remove internal storage partition and use the external one as primary. If anyone wants, I can revert this behavior. It's possible to switch storages back by editing file /ramdisk/fstab_specs.txt (set use_swap value to 0) and flashing a kernel package.
To load more I/O schedulers, you can copy (or symlink) a module file to /system/lib/modules/autoload, then reboot the phone. This doesn't seem to work, a script that loads modules, is broken.
Because usually I don't change I/O scheduler, by default, no more I/O scheds are loaded. Do you have any preferred I/O scheds?
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Personally I really appreciate and find useful the external sdcard storage as primary one, should be the default behaviour for me, it makes sense and also I never liked to have some files on one unit and some files on another one (download, pictures, recordings on extsdcard, apps folders, screens, other apps downloads etc on internal), I really like the idea of sdcard as main, like the old times of galaxy mini
Fiops to me is a fair good scheduler, maybe also noop would be useful, but I guess having as much things as modules as possible can help load only the strictly necessary, but I say this without dev knowledge.
I will test this build and especially the deepsleep issues, to see if there are apps causing phone not to sleep, the problem is I didn't add any app, just using the same enviroment that with cocore was going to deepsleep. I will report soon, anyway, good job chrono, keep it up
Pdevo said:
Fiops to me is a fair good scheduler, maybe also noop would be useful, but I guess having as much things as modules as possible can help load only the strictly necessary, but I say this without dev knowledge.
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Yes, FIOPS is good. I just think that having 2 or 3 additional schedulers to select would be better for different uses.
In my previous post I replaced sioplus with zen, according to the conclusions of this guide. There is an useful (up to date) list of recommended IO schedulers, ordered for everyday usage, battery life, heavy multitasking, etc.
New build r4.6.1 is up!
Hey guys and sorry for having to wait that long for a new releases!
I'm still working on 3.4.x kernel - no great news here, but at least I've found a more less stable sources base, so the only what needed now, is a time to bring up some stability fixes and feature changes.
For now releasing a 3.0.101 kernel with some minor changes:
R4.6.1
fixed CPU OC instabilities
LCDCLK is adjusted to fix tearing issues *
adjusted Dynamic CPU governor tunables for a better battery live
adjusted PowerHAL profiles **
genfstab: storages swap is disabled by default (remove /ramdisk/fstab_specs.txt before flashing to take this change in an effect)
updated temporary kernel zip
* tested with apps like Impossible Game, a display tearings are mostly resolved here. Apps like Youtube, though, might still causing tearings when playing video.
** the minimum CPU freq is set to 400 MHz. I've decided to use it as a default since 200 and 400 MHz CPUfreq steps are anyway using the same voltage, so unless you're undervolting the CPU, there won't be any significant difference in a battery drain.
ChronoMonochrome said:
** the minimum CPU freq is set to 400 MHz. I've decided to use it as a default since 200 and 400 MHz CPUfreq steps are anyway using the same voltage
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On Lineage OS 11:
Using more accurately the Performance function in Lineage Os Settings (an example here), there are different bugs:
1) Minimum CPU freq here is still set at 200 MHz after I flashed chrono kernel 4.6.1.. but this time I forgot to flash the temporary kernel before your kernel.
Anyway chrono kernel 4.6.1 was flashed without issue using TWRP 2.8.7.0.
2) Maximum CPU freq is automatically restored at 1000 Mhz after any reboot, even if I set 1200 Mhz (with any governor).
3) Deadline scheduler is automatically set after any reboot, even if I set FIOPS as default scheduler.
4) Dynamic governor is automatically set after any reboot, even if I set Zenx as default governor.
5) On the Performance UI, performance profile results automatically set on Balanced after any reboot, even if I set Power save as default (it may be reproducible with "Performance" option too, I didn't check).
UPDATE: I've reinstalled chrono kernel again and these behaviors still happen.
For me the minimum freq was correctly 400 mhz as expected, as always running on stock 4.1.2.
After two days of use I can say you are following the right path.
This time I wanted to remove every possible source of doubts and I went for a clean installation, so doing a complete reset and flashing your kernel, of course after the temporary one. I still have the phone not going to deepsleep and the call issues (basically it is impossible to do and receive phone calls on stock rom).
A part from these I can say I didn't noticed any other issue at all, finding memory management a little improved compared to previous release and battery life still good, considering the phone isn't going to sleep mode.
I think this will continue to improve and soon all these glitches will just be gone away, thank you so much chrono also hoping to settle for a bit on your ultimateROM, only waiting for the vibration working, because that is basically the only notification for me
isaak said:
On Lineage OS 11:
Using more accurately the Performance function in Lineage Os Settings (an example here), there are different bugs:
1) Minimum CPU freq here is still set at 200 MHz after I flashed chrono kernel 4.6.1.. but this time I forgot to flash the temporary kernel before your kernel.
Anyway chrono kernel 4.6.1 was flashed without issue using TWRP 2.8.7.0.
2) Maximum CPU freq is automatically restored at 1000 Mhz after any reboot, even if I set 1200 Mhz (with any governor).
3) Deadline scheduler is automatically set after any reboot, even if I set FIOPS as default scheduler.
4) Dynamic governor is automatically set after any reboot, even if I set Zenx as default governor.
5) On the Performance UI, performance profile results automatically set on Balanced after any reboot, even if I set Power save as default (it may be reproducible with "Performance" option too, I didn't check).
UPDATE: I've reinstalled chrono kernel again and these behaviors still happen.
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1) Isn't an issue here, the showed CPU frequency is 200 MHz, but the actual CPU pll clock set at 400 MHz. Might be confusing, but yet that is better for a battery life.
2) These aren't really bugs, it's how LOS 11.0 performance profiles works. To change min / max CPU freq, you either need to edit /ramdisk/perf.profiles.rc (and set a custom values) or disable perf profiles. Actually there is one more way - to remove CPUfreq adjusting lines completely from that script - would anyone like this change introduced in a new release?
3-4) I've checked it right now - no issues for me... Have you set "apply on boot" checkbox?
5) It's a known bug of CM11 perf profiles. AFAIK, @ace2nutzer fixed this bug in his CM11 builds. @ace2nutzer, can you please remind how this could be worked around?
ChronoMonochrome said:
2) Maximum CPU freq is automatically restored at 1000 Mhz after any reboot, even if I set 1200 Mhz (with any governor).
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2) These aren't really bugs, it's how LOS 11.0 performance profiles works. To change min / max CPU freq, you either need to edit /ramdisk/perf.profiles.rc (and set a custom values) or disable perf profiles. Actually there is one more way - to remove CPUfreq adjusting lines completely from that script - would anyone like this change introduced in a new release?
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Honestly I don't know how to disable perf profiles. If it's a simple thing to do (like a command or two to execute), please tell me how to do it because it's enough for me, otherwise I'd like to try the third way and see.
ChronoMonochrome said:
3) Deadline scheduler is automatically set after any reboot, even if I set FIOPS as default scheduler.
4) Dynamic governor is automatically set after any reboot, even if I set Zenx as default governor.
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3-4) I've checked it right now - no issues for me... Have you set "apply on boot" checkbox?
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Yes, "Set on boot" options are correctly set for both Processor and I/O Scheduler.
And I keep "Enable per-app profiles" option turned off.
@ChronoMonochrome
UPDATE 1: It occurs only randomly and with particular combinations. The best way to reproduce is to set these, one at a time:
1) Zenx as governor, min. 200 max 800, Noops scheduler. Reboot.
2) Zenx as governor, min. 200 max 800, Fiops scheduler. Reboot.
2) Zenx as governor, min. 200 max 800, Sioplus scheduler. Reboot.
After the first, the second or the third reboot, some of these values you've set will change spontaneously on their own.
UPDATE 2: I've got a screen flicker issue while I was browsing in Naked Browser with the new LCDCLK frequency.
Tried to set echo 1 > /sys/kernel/mcde/lcdclk, it's ok now, but I've noticed that this value is not kept after a reboot.
Do you need a specific log?
In case please write me any command and I'll give you the output.
isaak said:
On Lineage OS 11:
Using more accurately the Performance function in Lineage Os Settings (an example here), there are different bugs: .....
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I suggest to keep it unchecked, otherwise it'll change the profile randomly, and that's probably not what u want.
ChronoMonochrome said:
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5) It's a known bug of CM11 perf profiles. AFAIK, @ace2nutzer fixed this bug in his CM11 builds. @ace2nutzer, can you please remind how this could be worked around?
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There's still no fix ! But what i did is to add the perf. profile in my control app ... that works fully independently.
But that's probably not what u guys want.
My last try was to do that over build.prop .. this works only for around 15 seconds (after wiping dalvik cache it's around 30 sec.) and then it sets back to "balanced" .. so i use it anyway just for speeding up the boot sequence:
Code:
# CM Performance Profiles (only during boot)
# 0= powersave; 1= balanced; 2= performance - default
sys.perf.profile=2
IMO the best way is to add the perf. profiles button to the quick settings, then it's very easy to switch between the 3 profiles.
Using the same profile for everything is for sure not the best option if u want performance + powersave at the same time.
Personally i use performance, and when i read an pdf or watch a YouTube Video then i switch to powersave.
Using powersave or even balanced for normal usage isn't recommended as it can drain even more battery than using performance, because it's slower and the CPU will stay too long on max. freq and the LCD also will stay longer ON, which leads both to increase power consumption.
So the faster the cpu is, the quicker it'll go on idle (min cpu 200) which is powersaving freq and the faster u'll turn OFF the screen, and logical bigger time on suspend --> deep sleep :highfive:
ace2nutzer said:
I suggest to keep it unchecked, otherwise it'll change the profile randomly, and that's probably not what u want.
There's still no fix ! But what i did is to add the perf. profile in my control app ... that works fully independently.
But that's probably not what u guys want.
My last try was to do that over build.prop .. this works only for around 15 seconds (after wiping dalvik cache it's around 30 sec.) and then it sets back to "balanced" .. so i use it anyway just for speeding up the boot sequence:
Code:
# CM Performance Profiles (only during boot)
# 0= powersave; 1= balanced; 2= performance - default
sys.perf.profile=2
IMO the best way is to add the perf. profiles button to the quick settings, then it's very easy to switch between the 3 profiles.
Using the same profile for everything is for sure not the best option if u want performance + powersave at the same time.
Personally i use performance, and when i read an pdf or watch a YouTube Video then i switch to powersave.
Using powersave or even balanced for normal usage isn't recommended as it can drain even more battery than using performance, because it's slower and the CPU will stay too long on max. freq and the LCD also will stay longer ON, which leads both to increase power consumption.
So the faster the cpu is, the quicker it'll go on idle (min cpu 200) which is powersaving freq and the faster u'll turn OFF the screen, and logical bigger time on suspend --> deep sleep :highfive:
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Sorry for so late response, I had to take a break in a development because suddenly got sick with a flu (I'm fine now, btw) :silly:
I think I've found a temporary solution to this bug, take a look if you're interested:
https://github.com/ChronoMonochrome...mmit/bd0dcce403633543f1bf11e5f8b476a3e88322cb
New build is up!
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R4.6.2
rebased to CM14.1 branch (added support for 6.0.1 and 7.1.2 ROMs) *
Hey there! I've been testing 6.0.1 / 7.1.2 ROMs and I've recently got some issues with camera on 3.4.x kernel build, so I've decided to release a new refresh build (based on 3.0.101 sources).
I've rebased the most of recent changes to CM14.1 branch in order to support these ROMs (so if you're using older ROMs like stock 4.1.2 then better to use previous release cause some patches might be missing here).