Hey gang, I recently started playing around with voltage settings and I've hit a roadblock.... I don't know what I'm doing. I know that Matr1x comes by default undervolted but I hear about guys going further and getting better battery life which honestly is what I'm after. If anybody has any suggestions on how much to undervolt safely feel free to chime in. Thanks in advance.
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Every device is unique. You have to see what undervolting limits work for YOU. Just go down a step and see if that works, and if it does go down another step, etc.
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Hi all,
I am using a rooted n7.
I have over clocked my galaxy s2 to 1.5ghz before, but I am not sure what is a safe level to over clock the n7 to.
What is a is is for battery life and performance?
And which kernel do u guys recommend
?
Thanks in advance
Cheers
Corey
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fishingfon said:
Hi all,
I am using a rooted n7.
I have over clocked my galaxy s2 to 1.5ghz before, but I am not sure what is a safe level to over clock the n7 to.
What is a is is for battery life and performance?
And which kernel do u guys recommend
?
Thanks in advance
Cheers
Corey
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I run trinity kernel on my Gnex and N7 and on my N7 I keep it stock speeds because I've seen no reason to realistically OC it. Most of the improvements I see are from the kernel software changes over stock. You can OC to 1.6 safely but I'm not sure of the power usage difference but I'm pretty sure the loss in power isn't worth the gain from OCing.
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I have mine at 1.6 just for the hell of it, I get a good 4 or 5 hours of continuous usage out of it.
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I have mine at 1.6 just for the hell of it, I get a good 4 or 5 hours of continuous usage out of it.
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For the benefit of the community, can you tell us any major changes at 1.6 GHz?
Is there anything noticeably faster?
Hi, I have a related question but can't post since I'm new.
Using the glazed rom which i like but it apparently has gpu overclock. I would like to know how to adjust that back to stock setting or at least see what it currently is. I found the CPU section but there is no gpu I can see.
Is there a tool I can use?
Sorry for the hijack...at least its sort of on topic
IMO over clocking is a gimmick, its the kernel build
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Harry GT-S5830 said:
IMO over clocking is a gimmick, its the kernel build
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My thoughts exactly. I play some light games and web browse on my Nexus 7.
For those purposes, my Nexus 7 is already extremely fast, so I don't think I would be able to notice if it was over clocked.
But I guess it depends, maybe there's a big difference when running GPU heavy games.
I have OC mine upto 1640 MHz for bench marking alone for half and hour or probably more and it went fine although the tablet was getting warmer more than usual.
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Hi,
I decided to flash trinity kernel.
I am currently OC to 1.5yghz, is that a safe level to keep it at full time? Or can that burn the cpu out?
Thanks again
Cheers
Corey
Edit,
I over clocked my galaxy s2 ages ago, and I noticed a huge difference in performance.
So that is why I want to over clock my n7 too lol
Corey
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there is no such thing as a safe overclock. overclocking, by nature, carries some risk. that said, i havent seen anyone brick their device from overclocking.
fishingfon said:
Hi all,
I am using a rooted n7.
I have over clocked my galaxy s2 to 1.5ghz before, but I am not sure what is a safe level to over clock the n7 to.
What is a is is for battery life and performance?
And which kernel do u guys recommend
?
Thanks in advance
Cheers
Corey
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Just wondering
Why do you feel the need to OC?
I go to 1.6 but use the Trinity App to go back to stock when OC not needed
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I have not over clocked the Nexus 7 yet but one way to test your devices max is to use setcpu. Make sure you do not have "set on boot" option selected. Then step up your cpu. If your cpu can not handle the over clock it will force restart. If you do not have the set at boot selected it will revert back to the last good state on restart.
Each device is different on what it can handle for over clock.
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fishingfon said:
Hi,
I decided to flash trinity kernel.
I am currently OC to 1.5yghz, is that a safe level to keep it at full time? Or can that burn the cpu out?
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To be honest I doubt you'll notice much increase from oc the CPU since the CPU already is so powerful nothing pushes it to max really.
Only thing worth overclocking is GPU really. And at that, your not going to notice a difference unless your playing some intense games.
I prefer balanced battery and peformance. Please advice. Thanks
All kernels work differently for different people. Try a bunch and see what works.
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Franco kernel lets you overclock the gpu to what ever you want (416-750 and anything in between) so with that in mind you can create your own balance of battery vs performnce.
You cant overclock cpu but honestly it isnt needed.
Also with his latest release r25 th whol devive is much more responsive. Touchscreen etc.
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Stock.....
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I'm on stock. I can't deal with sods. It's fast and battery life is good.
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i'd say go franco or trinity.
What do you guys use to monitor and control the voltage of your cpus of your nexus 4 after flashing the Franco kernel?
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His app .....
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Voltage is not adjustable is his kernels, currently.
Sorry I'm a real noob how do I change the voltages with his kernel?
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Sorry I'm a real noob how do I change the voltages with his kernel?
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you cant. not yet
Oh I thought I heard you could change the voltages with Franco kernel so I kept trying to see which apps work but found none thanks though what's limiting the nexus 4? Is there any other way to under volt?
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Good Guy Mark said:
Oh I thought I heard you could change the voltages with Franco kernel so I kept trying to see which apps work but found none thanks though what's limiting the nexus 4? Is there any other way to under volt?
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Franco personally is not a fan of undervolting. He'll probably make sure the kernel is stable before he adds the undervolting feature. There's been a lot of ironing out going on with the kernel and adding undervolting capabilities would probably cause more trouble if its implemented now.
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So actually I am a big fan of ps one games and I can't resist to not play ps1 games on my phone.
Well I am worrying about there battery drain here.
After playing a game on my epsxe and fpse(about 35 minutes) I go from 100% down to 69%
Is it normal? or not?
(also my phone heats up after this amount of time)
Most likely you need to change CPU settings, including voltage.
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Most likely you need to change CPU settings, including voltage.
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I am on stock android(rooted)
Can you recommend me a good Rom-Kernel combo ?
Cause this is my first android experince, and I am not sure what the best rom is for a beginner like me is .
I also do not want to damage my phone by tweeking with the cpu and voltage settings.
Should I wait maybe for stable roms? Cause I see alot of nightlies roms.
Also I am not familiar with the term "milestone rom"
Thanks in advance.
Any of the custom kernels should last a bit longer than stock. I use IntersectRaven's kernel. I have fpse but haven't gotten around to putting any iso's on here yet so I'm sorry I can't give any report. You could also try lowering the brightness while you play, and turning off data or just enabling airplane mode if you don't mind not being able top receive calls or texts while you play.
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You can stick with stock ROM rooted but you can under clock it. The emulator doesn't need a lot of power, I use yo use it on my 600mhz phone so it should be fine with the nexus. Also stock rooted is the most stable.
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Or keep the phone plugged charging while playing, this phone is a battery hog, i mean am not trying to generalize, but seems like some people try to multitask all day long on a mobile device with no removable battery, i mean really, think about a gadget trying to process console games, web, content, gps, screen activity, all at the same time, come on people at the end this is a phone not an alienwarelike or multitasking wireless gaming console
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Okitche very
Thanks for the replies guys !
Should I use SetCpu in order to under clock it?
Also I heard many positive things about the franco kernel, is it worth giving a shot?
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Thanks for the replies guys !
Should I use SetCpu in order to under clock it?
Also I heard many positive things about the franco kernel, is it worth giving a shot?
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I haven't tried it personally but, you should still give it a shot. And setcpu is fine.
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Most custom kernels lag more than the stock kernel.
If you want to go the custom kernel route for (at the moment) better battery life, go either CyanogenMod(the one included in their ROM) or Franco.
Hello Guys i was playing around with trickster Mod and forogt what the stock voltages had been..can any1 help me?
Another question does Undervolting harm my nexus 4?
Greetz Hottieyoyo1 picture below what my Stats look like
As long as you don't set it to set on boot it will go back to stock voltage when you reboot and no it won't harm the phone
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As long as you don't set it to set on boot it will go back to stock voltage when you reboot and no it won't harm the phone
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what are my benefits when i UV my nexus 4?
soorry for asking im just new to this story
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what are my benefits when i UV my nexus 4?
soorry for asking im just new to this story
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You might get a little bit more battery life and it will keep the phone a little bit cooler. I personally don't do it
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what are my benefits when i UV my nexus 4?
soorry for asking im just new to this story
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You should check your CPU binning too, not all SoC are created equal, so some of them are capable of lower undervolting