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[Guide][CM9][Easy-to-do] Performance Boost

Found and tested some init.d tweaks for CM9 for me it worked marvelous used in minicm9 nightlies sept.14
How to use:
Part 1
1.Flash latest naa ics kernel
2.download latest nightlies
3.download the attached file
4.extract files to destop
5.drag the 2 ini.d tweaks to rom's init.d folder
(system/etc/init.d)
6.save
7. Debloat the rom (remove unnecessary apps on system apps folder) (optional)
8. put rom to sd then flash
Part 2(more tweak)
1.open rom and go to to /system/lib/egl/
2.Open the file named "egl.cfg"
3.Delete the first line"0 0 android" or something like that
4.Go back into the egl folder and delete libGLES_android.so
Settings that i used:
[email protected] 245-748mhz
cwm swap partition
KSM-on
Allow purging of asset- on
zRam- 26% (use 18 if you want more battery life)
force GPU rendering
allow mock location off (some say it makes battery last longer)
THE TWEAKS ARE NOT MADE BY ME. I'm just sharing
Credits:
to the person who made the init.d tweaks
nAa for making ICS possible to our senior citizen phone
If mods found this offending to anyone feel free to remove the post just sharing my own experience

About the software rendering removal, please note that by removing that, gaming on our X8's would suck, big time more so on our little phones.

RohinZaraki said:
About the software rendering removal, please note that by removing that, gaming on our X8's would suck, big time more so on our little phones.
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For now we need performance on cm9/10. Not gaming
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can i play movie (not HD, Normal Movie) easily after remove libGLES_android.so ??

ithunter said:
can i play movie (not HD, Normal Movie) easily after remove libGLES_android.so ??
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I think,no.

then our phone will have only ICS but we cant play simple video even :'(

It works in Cm7 too, and for dialy use it is really good. It's not just making the phone usage smoother, but dramatically makes the battery last longer. It disables the Cpu rendering everywhere, and only the GPU do it, so the CPU can "concentrate" to calculations in the background processes. I use it since yesterday and started with 100% battery, and I can say it is true that battery is draining much slower.
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ElmirBuljubasic said:
For now we need performance on cm9/10. Not gaming
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agreed, i can now use cm9 as my daily due to the tweaks performs like GB already a couple of force reboots and slight app opening lag but everything seems nice

ithunter said:
then our phone will have only ICS but we cant play simple video even :'(
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i never had that problem since i'm not an avid fan of watching movie or video on a small screen

noproblem for appropriate resolution video... you can use app to watch HD videos

I went through it. Apparently some of the scripts were optimized for the ACE. I have no problem, however, some of them are optimizing nothing. Example, some of them are optimizing CPU Governors that aren't in our X8's, like Ondemandx and lulzactive. If you want, I can help you make it more X8 friendly

RohinZaraki said:
I went through it. Apparently some of the scripts were optimized for the ACE. I have no problem, however, some of them are optimizing nothing. Example, some of them are optimizing CPU Governors that aren't in our X8's, like Ondemandx and lulzactive. If you want, I can help you make it more X8 friendly
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Please do that Rohin!:good:

agreed and after changing it add to ICZ

What exactly the mock locations do ?

androidnerd2 said:
What exactly the mock locations do ?
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i also dont know but ive read from some thread that it drains battery

androidnerd2 said:
What exactly the mock locations do ?
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The following quote explains it well :
I have a very valuable use for Mock Locations. I am a full-time RVer and travel the USA constantly. While traveling, GPS constantly tells me where I am. However, when i want to know the location of campgrounds for the night, search engines and apps like "Places" and "Where" will only search the area where GPS says I am NOW. Mock locations (using My Fake Location) allows me to search the area where I WILL BE later in the day by faking the GPS location. Works GREAT.
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RohinZaraki said:
I went through it. Apparently some of the scripts were optimized for the ACE. I have no problem, however, some of them are optimizing nothing. Example, some of them are optimizing CPU Governors that aren't in our X8's, like Ondemandx and lulzactive. If you want, I can help you make it more X8 friendly
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that would be awesome

Tips to Speed up our Phones!!

Hello guys,
Our X8/W8 is a slow speed device and without proper memory management there would be many lags and unresponsiveness in our device.So to overcome these problems I have some tips and thought that I will share it with all you guys.
These are those tips that I know of and those that I believe will actually speed up your phone and some tips here will also allow you to conserve some battery life too.So here we go:
Dont use too many apps.Delete all unused apps.
Dont use more than 2 launchers in the same device.It will cause a lot of RAM loss.
When selecting your default launcher try to select a launcher that is small in size so that it will ony take up a small amount of RAM.
To reduce HomeScreen Redrawing check the "Keep Home In Memory" app found in almost all Custom ROMs.This will reduce the time taken for your HomeScreen to fully load up after you exit an app.
Dont Undervolt the CPU if you find that your Phone is becoming too slow.
When selecting a rom make sure that your ROM is lightweight(small in size).The Custom ROM runs in the RAM of our device and when the Custom Rom is small in size then it will take up only a small amount of RAM and you will have more free RAM.
Odexed ROMs should technically speed up your Phone but the difference will be only minor.
If your manufacturing date is 11W29 or below then it would be good to unlock the Bootloader and flash a Custom Kernel.If the Custom Kernel is a good one then we can notice a change in our Phone's speed.
Remove all bloatware from the Custom Rom.
Reduce the use of Live Wallpapers.
Turn off 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, Data Services etc when they are not in use.This speeds up your Rom and also conserves your Battery.
Overclocking should be done ONLY when needed so bad.What it does is that it supplies more power than needed to you CPU and tries to increase its clock speed.This may speed up you phone but it also OVERHEATS the CPU and as a long term effect it may destroy your CPU.So you will have to buy a new phone!
Its better to have a darker theme than a lighter one.Darker themes conserves the Battery and also speed up your device a bit.
Dont use a Third Party Task Killer app. Android will manage it memory by itself.
After Rebooting or Turning on the device wait for a 1-2 minutes even after the screen is fully loaded.This allows the ROM to settle and you can use it more efficiently afterwards.
Use of V6 Supercharger by Zepplinrox,The Adrenaline Engine etc has to be considered over Overclocking as overclocking will ultimately damage the CPU.
This list of tips will be constantly updating.If you have any tips that you use to speed up your phone please post it here and I will add it to this list.
Click THANKS if this helped!!
Enjoy!!!!!!!!

Thanks!!!!

Yokisen said:
Thanks!!!!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35471324&postcount=1
read point 5.

nice!!
just a question, would u recommend x8 users to use supercharger? or any other tweaks?

hzai93 said:
just a question, would u recommend x8 users to use supercharger? or any other tweaks?
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Supercharger with lukenda's ultraram settings :thumbup:
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Isn't there already a thread about speeding up our phone? By lucastan.
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Thats by using different apps but this one doesnt use any third party apps to speed up our phone.These are general methods to speed up our phone.

Thanks.. !
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Thanks a lot!!
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Hazirul said:
Thanks.. !
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Suhairul said:
Thanks a lot!!
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Both of you
There's a button for that...
What u did is called spamming!
wanna thank xda? here

Cool
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what about for jelly bean?
hey guys do you guys know any good tweak that i can use to speed up my minicm10? just wanna ask since i am addicted to tweaking my phone to its max potential

To reduce HomeScreen Redrawing check the "Keep Home In Memory" app found in almost all Custom ROMs.This will reduce the time taken for your HomeScreen to fully load up after you exit an app.
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This is bad. Android will kill other more important app. One time it killed my systemUI . So I prefer to wait but I haven't seen redrawing launcher since I'm using custom kernel and good rom
overclocking will ultimately damage the CPU.
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Have somebody seen bricked x8 by overclock? I don't think so. I'm using my phone with maximum oc my phone can run. 245/787mhz for about year (since I have bought it) and it is still working great without any issues.
Sorry for my English.

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This is bad. Android will kill other more important app. One time it killed my systemUI . So I prefer to wait but I haven't seen redrawing launcher since I'm using custom kernel and good rom
In all my life I have never heard this before.I dont think Android will kill the SystemUI. It is like killing itself, and that is NOTlikely to happen.The "Lock Home In Memory" doesnt make your launcher indestructible! It just make it a little more difficult to kill but yet "kill-able".It will kill the launcher only when a lot of other unwanted apps have been killed.That option just gives the launcher a little more priority.
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Have somebody seen bricked x8 by overclock? I don't think so. I'm using my phone with maximum oc my phone can run. 245/787mhz for about year (since I have bought it) and it is still working great without any issues.
Sorry for my English.
When you overclock have you ever touched the phone's back???
Well you can see that its hotter than usual. This means that more amount of power goes into the CPU.
For example, You take the case of a LED.When you give it the right amount of power it lights up very well,but what happens when you give it a lot more power than needed??It will overheat and eventually get destroyed.Thats the same thing that will happen here.Overclocking may not explode your CPU but if you have overclocked for a long time and then switch to normal then you can see that the CPU is now less efficient than it was before overclocking.
Cheers
Leon

last mini cm10 nightly + nAa .32 v4 its pretty fast but when I add Seeder app it seems to be a lot of faster.
App is reduced some lags so maybe it's only illusion

By doing implementing these tips you can get a better speed without much effort.But surely these tips wont make your phone an Xperia Z but you can surely notice some effects.

Swapper 2
Does using swapper 2 or a similar application help ?

I personally wont recommend Swaping. It will reduce our SDcard life. And we need to use a very high quality SD card which is very costly and and you will have a reduced life span of SD card too. But if you can afford buying a High Quality Class SD card once in a while then its OK.

Leon1234 said:
I personally wont recommend Swaping. It will reduce our SDcard life. And we need to use a very high quality SD card which is very costly and and you will have a reduced life span of SD card too. But if you can afford buying a High Quality Class SD card once in a while then its OK.
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can be used only while gaming

Tips to increase performance and increase battery life |Xperia X8/W8

Hey people, this is my first post.
So basically this post is for people still using xperia x8 / w8.
TIPS to increase performance :
1. Install a custom ROM (with a custom kernel). It's no use installing a ROM on stock kernel because it's not very fast and battery life is low too ( I like Minicm7 and Minicm10)
2. After installing the kernel and rom, install a nice launcher. (LauncherPro for gingerbread and nova /apex for ice cream sandwich or jelly bean).
3. Tweak cyanogenmod performance settings : increase vm heap size, allow purging of assets, disable surface dithering, set cpu governor to smartassv2. Overclock if you want but not too much.
4. Use v6 supercharger script. (easy to follow and works great). Do it only if you have custom kernel, because on stock it asks to update busybox which soft bricks the phone).
5. Use autostart manager to remove unnecessary apps from boot.
6. Install apps that you need.
7. Enable "long press to kill apps" in development and kill after you use them like browsers etc.
8. Don't use task killer.
Battery life tips (I assume you are on custom ROM with custom kernel) :
1. Use setcpu and enable profiles. Make the following
A) Screen off - Set Minimum and maximum values of clock the lowest.
B) Battery levels - Choose the maximum to any value below 600 mhz but above 320 when say, the level is less than 40 percent or maximum 480 when the level drops below 50 percent.
2. Make sure you uninstall Dsp manager with titanium backup or root uninstaller.
It sucks lots of battery.
3. Don't set auto brightness.
4. Keep vm heap size to 32.
5. Set governor to on-demand using set cpu for all profiles. AS WELL as for normal usage. (where there are sliders)
6. You may use antutu battery saver. It may or may not work for you.
7. Use v6 supercharger script.
That's it. Press thanks if I helped.
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I appreciate you for the effort you made.
But there are already many threads about it and also I think that most of the x8 users do have knowledge of these basic things..
Cheers..:beer:
sent from my phone using hands and brain...

dagger said:
I appreciate you for the effort you made.
But there are already many threads about it and also I think that most of the x8 users do have knowledge of these basic things..
Cheers..:beer:
sent from my phone using hands and brain...
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Sir, Thank you for your review and the beer Yes I am aware of the fact that many people know about it but are tired going through many threads so I compiled a list. That's all.

Exactly this thread will be helpful for noobs much. Nice info :thumbup:
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@op you may want to review some info. for example, for performance, smartassv2 isn't really the best choice (interactive or ondemand, anyone?). you may also want to remove v6 supercharger since noobs will ultimately ask a lot of questions about it (specially ics/jb users). conversely, ondemand is NOT the best choice if you want to save battery. it has a hair trigger that jumps to max freq and stays there for a long time (like interactive but with different conditions for scaling iirc). there are also lighter launchers than nove/apex/launcherpro. uninstalling or freezing unused apps can also help performance instead of trying to kill them (specially with apps that simply restart themselves). you also have the undervolt option. and updating busybox will not necessarily cause issues if you're on custom kernel. i've updated mine on cm7&10 without issues. i do think gdx (at least on stock kernel) bootloops if you update it. as daggre said, we already have lots of tuts about this, so it would be best to give accurate info or else it will just confuse users.

Hey i heard that if i use my sd card for page file i can increase ram or something like that but is it safe i heard that sd card life will get decreased

KillForFun said:
Hey i heard that if i use my sd card for page file i can increase ram or something like that but is it safe i heard that sd card life will get decreased
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Yes you can use Swapper 2. Useful only if you use class 6 SD card or above. otherwise no use.

cascabel said:
@op you may want to review some info. for example, for performance, smartassv2 isn't really the best choice (interactive or ondemand, anyone?). you may also want to remove v6 supercharger since noobs will ultimately ask a lot of questions about it (specially ics/jb users). conversely, ondemand is NOT the best choice if you want to save battery. it has a hair trigger that jumps to max freq and stays there for a long time (like interactive but with different conditions for scaling iirc). there are also lighter launchers than nove/apex/launcherpro. uninstalling or freezing unused apps can also help performance instead of trying to kill them (specially with apps that simply restart themselves). you also have the undervolt option. and updating busybox will not necessarily cause issues if you're on custom kernel. i've updated mine on cm7&10 without issues. i do think gdx (at least on stock kernel) bootloops if you update it. as daggre said, we already have lots of tuts about this, so it would be best to give accurate info or else it will just confuse users.
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Sorry for the mistakes. I wrote smartass v2 because interactive sucks too much battery and isn't practical to use. I would like to delete the thread. I'm new here so please tell me how. I will update the facts and then write

tsinghxda said:
Sorry for the mistakes. I wrote smartass v2 because interactive sucks too much battery and isn't practical to use. I would like to delete the thread. I'm new here so please tell me how. I will update the facts and then write
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you'll have to ask a mod to delete the thread. why not just update it though? it's a good thread for new guys. just update some info and you're good to go.

cascabel said:
you'll have to ask a mod to delete the thread. why not just update it though? it's a good thread for new guys. just update some info and you're good to go.
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Alright, I'll update by Monday. Thanks

Haha, thanks for the tips :good:

What's Your Reason for Not Using the Stock Kernel...

I see a lot of people are quick to flash AK, Franco, Tyr, etc before they even give the kernel that comes with the ROM a try.
From my personal experience, the kernel that comes with a ROM is always faster & snappier than aftermarket kernels (no overclocking).
Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but the kernel that comes with the ROM is optimized to perform best with the ROM. Optimization is the main reason why Android is one step behind of iPhones. I don't know about you guys, but I want my phone to be fully optimized which is why I stick with the stock kernel most of the time.

I guess I'm also one of these people who are quick to flash a aftermarket kernel.
But I think the aftermarket ones are the more optimized ones.
Anyway I never had problems with the stock kernels.

I love the extra work devs like Franco and AK do. Sometimes I get some reboots with Franco but overall its a good experience. I just have some Franco loyalty from when I used his kernel on nexus 4 lol best kernel ive ever used. Not sure if I'd say the same about his one plus kernel but if there's any issues I'd blame cm not him

Klobal said:
I guess I'm also one of these people who are quick to flash a aftermarket kernel.
But I think the aftermarket ones are the more optimized ones.
Anyway I never had problems with the stock kernels.
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I used to be the same way on my older android devices.
It seems like now flashing a kernel is no longer need to improve performance (sorta)
The hardware on the oneplus one is beast & android has come a long way in terms of software.

Because I love the sound control in AK Kernel

jousa11 said:
Because I love the sound control in AK Kernel
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Better than Viper or DSP?

OmegaBlaze said:
Better than Viper or DSP?
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I use viper as the audio processor AK's kernel just gives good audio gain without any distortion

OmegaBlaze said:
I used to be the same way on my older android devices.
It seems like now flashing a kernel is no longer need to improve performance (sorta)
The hardware on the oneplus one is beast & android has come a long way in terms of software.
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I believe the same. I get most battery savings from deleting bloat off the phone.

NJGSII said:
I believe the same. I get most battery savings from deleting bloat off the phone.
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I do the exact same thing. I try and delete all of the unnecessary google play stuff as well as apps I don't use often. And use greenify as well.

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I use viper as the audio processor AK's kernel just gives good audio gain without any distortion
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I definitely have to try that out. I usually always skip pass it lol..

I use franco kernel because I get better battery with his kernel (compared to stock), and it's always up-to-date with most of the patches, while with stock you'll have to wait until the next OTA to get some patches.

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I believe the same. I get most battery savings from deleting bloat off the phone.
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Can you please name bloat stuff which still comes with Cyanogenmod what should be deleted? Would be helpful for me to get my phone as clean as possible/neccessary.

m4soN said:
Can you please name bloat stuff which still comes with Cyanogenmod what should be deleted? Would be helpful for me to get my phone as clean as possible/neccessary.
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Meant that with other phones I have

So, there is no stuff which still comes with systems like cyanogenmod which i can delete without getting any trouble? If yes, how do i know which stuff this can be?

Purchased Franco Kernel Updater and if I didn't use a custom kernel (or Franco Kernel) then I spent money on something I'm no longer using.
Also because I'm not a fan of mpdecision.

zephiK said:
Purchased Franco Kernel Updater and if I didn't use a custom kernel (or Franco Kernel) then I spent money on something I'm no longer using.
Also because I'm not a fan of mpdecision.
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Same here switching between AK and Franco.
Both are a good choice.
But as mentioned before, the hardware of our phone is :good: so no need to flash a aftermarket kernel to gain more performance.

zephiK said:
Purchased Franco Kernel Updater and if I didn't use a custom kernel (or Franco Kernel) then I spent money on something I'm no longer using.
Also because I'm not a fan of mpdecision.
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Why not? Intelliplug?

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Why not? Intelliplug?
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Anything other than mpdecision, I personally prefer Franco's hotplug algorithm which is his own implementation of powering on/off cores.
Mpdecision is Qualcomm's implementation of powering on/off cores.
I personally am not a fan of Intelliplug,
3 - Don't even bring intelliplug on this. With all due respect to faux, that driver is a butchered solution to control the cores. The code is a mess and, in my opinion, just doesn't make any sense. I've worked on my Hotplug driver for years and it works as simple as need be, with appropriate userspace tunables for users to tinker with.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55667033&postcount=3981
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http://www.reddit.com/r/nexus4/related/158t1i/custom_kernels_a_guide_on_what_you_need_to_know/ has a great reading on mpdecision and why it is not good in their opinion.
--mpdecision--
All Qualcomm based phones have Qualcomm prorprietary userspace binary called "mpdecision" aka m(ake)p(oor)decision. Instead of letting the kernel itself to decide what frequencies and how many cores to run, this "mpdecsion" binary polls the kernel run queue statistics and decides for the whole system the "optimal" frequency and the "optimal" number of cores to use. The concept is fine, except the decision making is done in userspace and it's 100% closed source so there's no way to tweak it and there's a latency (because all userspace binaries needs to "poll" the kernel for the latest information which is slightly delayed). - faux123
ELI5: mpdecision is a proprietary Qualcomm daemon that makes calls to the SoC (the entire chip your phone uses) to manage the cores. The OS (PowerHAL) makes a request to mpdecision and then mpdecision makes a request to the first two cores to ramp them up. - _motley
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I like to mess with my phone. Simply because I need a kernel fully optimised kernel for the device. Not to say that the developers aren't doing a good job, but in my case, a user sometimes knows better than the creator themselves.
Unless the custom kernels do not satisfy me, I'll revert back to stock.

m4soN said:
So, there is no stuff which still comes with systems like cyanogenmod which i can delete without getting any trouble? If yes, how do i know which stuff this can be?
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This phone is fairly clean out of the box. About the only stuff worth freezing or deleting would be some of the google play apps if you don't use them. For example Google play books, news stand, or games.

Kernel Adiutor and LSpeed

Hi Everyone!
This is my second post. I am now using a custom ROM on my Lenovo a6000. I am enjoying it yet I still want to make it even more awesome which is why I keep on looking for good apps to improve my device. I came across with LSpeed and many have spoken that it was a good app.
However, I find it similar to Kernel Adiutor which is already installed together with the RR ROM. Now my question is, is it safe to use both of it together at the same time? Is there any side effects or bad results?
Looking forward to your honest answers.
Regards,
Borj

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Hi Everyone!
This is my second post. I am now using a custom ROM on my Lenovo a6000. I am enjoying it yet I still want to make it even more awesome which is why I keep on looking for good apps to improve my device. I came across with LSpeed and many have spoken that it was a good app.
However, I find it similar to Kernel Adiutor which is already installed together with the RR ROM. Now my question is, is it safe to use both of it together at the same time? Is there any side effects or bad results?
Looking forward to your honest answers.
Regards,
Borj
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.THeRe Is No ConNEction BetWeen THoSe 2 APps..
USe FreelY Both OF ThEm
No SIdE EFfeCts...
EnJoY

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.THeRe Is No ConNEction BetWeen THoSe 2 APps..
USe FreelY Both OF ThEm
No SIdE EFfeCts...
EnJoY
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Thank you! I am just curious because LSpeed also have CPU Governors which Kernel Adiutor also have. Not just that, they almost got the same features. Does this two won't cause problems on managing CPU Cores when used together at the same time?

xda_borj said:
Thank you! I am just curious because LSpeed also have CPU Governors which Kernel Adiutor also have. Not just that, they almost got the same features. Does this two won't cause problems on managing CPU Cores when used together at the same time?
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What Lspeed contains is the governer tuner
it just improves the throttling of cpu and does not change your governer
use both of them freely

The Hard Gamer said:
What Lspeed contains is the governer tuner
it just improves the throttling of cpu and does not change your governer
use both of them freely
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No bro, actually the updated LSpeed on Google Paystore does CPU governors. Please check it yourself.