[Q] KERNEL PANICS - what are the relations and causes? [not a simple question] - Optimus One, P500, V General

I have made a lot of searches and read a lot about battery calibration... and of course i know what the hell is kernel panic, its definition and its symptoms.
However I still have some confusions and I hope some of you may be able to solve them
Maybe some of them are noobie questions but I honestly sorry for that also this may help others who has these confusions too
My situation:
The system stats are shown in my signature.
on 5/9 I have flashed franco.Kernel v19.4 bfs and then started a lot of OC tests,
finally I was stable on stress test (SetCPU) 729mhz for 2 hours non-stop,
and also I used the phone stably for over 24 hours without reboot.
However I faced a problem which is related to Darktremor scripts.
I used 2 weeks to solve it and finally it is gone now.
I started battery calibration which is the final process before I use my phone normally in my daily lives.
But in these two days, my kernel panics after ~4 hours of usage of 729mhz max CPU frequency.
without the need of advice, surely i have downclocked to 710mhz max and its all good. but however i am super curious about why 729 becomes from stable to unstable before and after.
1) Does battery stats related to kernel panics in ANY extent? if yes, how?
Ignore all questions under 1 if the answer is No.
1.1) Does wiping battery stats before flashing a kernel helps you OC higher?
1.2) Does wiping battery stats before flashing a ROM helps you OC higher?
1.3) Does wiping battery stats (for calibration purposes) has possibilities to produce kernel panics?​
2) Why is there a sudden drop of battery level (~4-5%) after kernel panics?
3) Is there any other possible causes of kernel panics BESIDES overclocking too high?
3.1) *2sd scripts?
3.2) ext4 barrier = 0?
3.3) inputting EXT4 data writeback?
(tune2fs -o journal_data_writeback /dev/block/mmcblk0p2)​
4) Is SetCPU the problem?
Some says "dont use SetCPU when you can overclock using CM7 settings."
Is that true?​
5) BESIDES the max speed, does it also depends on Governors?
Ignore powersave governor or others which forces the clock to the minimum frequencies.
So, is there any difference between setting the same maximum speed, different governors?
(for example) Would smartass gives a panic at 729mhz but ondemand doesnt?​
6) Does the "change of frequencies" gives easier kernel panics?
Situation A: 729min, 729 max
Situation B: 480min, 729max
In situation B, the system makes the frequencies change due to load, means it may switch from 480 -> 600 -> 729 -> 710 -> 691 -> 480 etc.
so does this "change of frequencies" makes the kernel loads more and finally gets it to panic?​
Thanks for your time reading and answering my questions!
Please just quote one of them if you would just like to answer one of the above
Thank you very much!

1) no.
2) It happens when u remove the battery and put it back.
3) There are some strange reports of kernel panic at 600Mhz which are weird. Sometimes Roms/kernel play a part(unknown).
4) it is because you can overclock in Cm7 settings menu, so no need to install another app such as SetCpu
5) Maybe, a governor who stays more on the highest frequencies i think are easy to panic because hardware can't handle it.
6) for me, i would say situation A would be easier to kernel panic, as it is constantly on the highest frequency and stressing your cpu too much that it can't handle it.
Since you get stable at 729mhz for 2h and panicked when 4h of use, that means the cpu can't handle 729mhz for above 4h.

@terratrix
thanks for your reply!! at least im not using my stupidity to wipe battery stats and trying to avoid kernel panics, lol.
@info update and conclusion after 1 more day of testing
And there, after some readings on the forum and the experiences myself, i think i have found the critical point already - QUESTION NO.5
Conclusion : kernel panics are related to governors, at least, our new amazing profiled one - SmartassV2!!
On the thread of Franco's .35 v1 kernel, there are some users reporting the panic issues faced with ONLY SmartassV2.
And me myself, has joined the party as well
Smartass(v1) has been my best bud all the time at 729mhz or even higher for more than 6 months. And when I left it and went to choose his next generation, my phone got a generation gap with Mr.V2, lol.
On my phone: (Franco.kernel 19.4bfs and no any reflash or stuffs between testings)
SmartassV2 ---
very unstable panics AND random shutdowns at random times
729mhz - sometimes 2 hours, sometimes 4 hours
710mhz - yeah I justnow kernel paniced with this also, you know how long after boot? 30minutes!!!
Why 30minutes? I suspect that it.is related to franco's network speed hack. I'm on EDGE data plan and because of Franco, I can enable HSDPA with 4x more speed.
On 710mhz, my phone was stable for over 8 hours with EDGE on (I intended to save battery), but after a reboot (manual one for some other purposes) I started to use (the hacked) HSDPA. After 30 minutes, panic. I remembered when I was at 729 on smartassv2 I panicked after 3 hours and at that time I was using HSDPA too.
Smartass (v1) ---
Well now I'm on smartass v1 at 729mhz stably typing this message. Funny huh...?
Results:
Franco's network speed hack
OR
3G network/HSDPA network
OR
Even just because of specific phone hardwares
IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE ALMIGHTY SMARTASS-V2 GOVERNOR AND WOULD RESULT IN KERNEL PANICS AT THE FREQUENCIES WHERE THE PHONE CAN BE STABLE WITH OTHER COMMON GOVERNORS.
If I am wrong or you can confirm this by testing yourself, please let me know!!! thanks and hope I have provided some useful information
Goodnight and I'm going to continue working with my old friend smartass-v1 despite v2 has better profiling tweaks, lol
Sent from my LG-P500 using XDA Premium App

Dude, as i had mentioned earlier in franco's thread, that it had to do with the governors... cause i usually try and find out the cause of the issue myself before posting a bug..
SO all i tried were playing around with the performance settings... and i start off with changing the governors... the best targeted experimental ones are MINMAX (my personal fav), SMARTASS, SMOOTHASS (now removed but one AWESOME governor), and INTERACTIVE-X (rewritten by franco i guess).... About the frequencies... from what i have observed so far apart from reading stuffs is that, at 729 Mhz our optimus DOES pretty much stay stable even in the ****TIEST devices.. LOL i can say that cause we indians get the crappiest hardware of all... the point is... if you got a kernel panic at 729, it is most likely that you would get it again at 600 Mhz too cause its not overclock related..!!!
Bottom-line: Avoid SmartassV2 unless your phone is made of the finest hardware i.e. you can easily overclock it to 806 Mhz (ive seen some users using it at this frequency without any issues at all .. :O ) Use Smartass older or Minmax instead...!! And avoid overclocking above 729..!!!
P.s.: mine works fine even at 768 BTW....

We have to wait for Franco's next release for more smartass2 updates
Sent from my LG-P500

SmartassV2 is kind of strange, at least in my phone. I notice my battery draining faster while I use it, and it's probably because it stays in the max frequency longer for some reason, despite screen off. I use NoFrills for my CPU setting and it has the ability to view stats, and when I'm using V2 it stays longer at the max than at the min (65 vs 35%). The opposite is true for Smartass v1, which to me makes more sense because my phone stays at standby more often than being used.
As comparison data, my phone with smartass v1 can typically be OCed up to 787 MHz. 748 MHz on v2 is stable, but I haven't extensively tested higher freqs.

I have a Indian phone , smartass v2 oc to 768 stable xD
Sent from my LG-P500

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[Q] What are the best settings for SetCPU?

On a Samsung Vibrant (U.S.A.) with stock v2.2 what are the best settings, profiles, ect. for saving battery? Also please label the specifics like max/min, scaling, and your advanced settings. Thank you...
EDIT: I understand you can't overclock without a customized kernal, but if I recall correctly you can underclock without it. Am I correct?
If you underclock your phone, it might get better battery life, but it perfomance will go down too and will start lagging, i don't recommend it at all.
The vibrant doesn't like profiles with less than 800 Max, it tends to freeze on wake-up. The amount of savings from an 800 MHz screen off profile is almost immeasurable as well. Also, the default conservative governor is the only one that is reliable. Therefore unless you're overclocking to start with, setcpu doesn't do anything for battery life on our phones. Best to just use a UV kernel such as BALI.
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Hey man, what you want is undervolt. Underclock will slow you down, and not make a huge difference. However I undervolt by 75mv through the spectrum and have seen great results.
can't hurt to underclock to 800 though, some kernels are ok at 400 but very laggy.
Vibrant - project v, bali 1.8.6UV
JettyLife said:
Hey man, what you want is undervolt. Underclock will slow you down, and not make a huge difference. However I undervolt by 75mv through the spectrum and have seen great results.
can't hurt to underclock to 800 though, some kernels are ok at 400 but very laggy.
Vibrant - project v, bali 1.8.6UV
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Yes.
Don't underclock. It will make your phone hell.
UNDERVOLT.
thats good.
Ok, I'm posting here because after doing a search, this is the very latest SetCPU thread. Recently, we finally got a worthwhile Gingerbread JVP and several ROM's (Simply Honey 3.8 & Asgard 3.1 JUST AMAZING ROM's) have finally given us some 2.3's we can keep on our phones, well in my opinion anyway.
So, I'm using cmenard's latest Bullet GB Kernel v6.1 and have decided to finally put to use the profiles section on SetCPU. Below is what I'm thinking and would enjoy a friendly conversation of what/if any benefits can be had on Gingerbread and customs Kernels using SetCPU Profiles. I read somewhere that Android is getting much better in regards to battery/performance efficiency, but I noticed a slight fall in battery life on 2.3.4 over 2.2.1 by a few hours.
My Profiles at this time.
Main SetCPU screen
200 min - 1200 max - Conservative? Smartass? Interactive? Any particular Governor worth using other than stock Conservative? - Set on Boot = YES
I'm not quite sure how the priority works on the main screen, I mean let's say I'm at 21% battery life and its time for my battery profile to kick in, but I'm still using the phone for various reasons, wifi calling or benchmarking etc. Will the phone stay at 200-1200 or will it actually use my battery profiles?
Screen Off (Set at 10 minute timeout)
100 - 800 - Conservative - Priority 100
Battery <11%
100 - 400 - Conservative - Priority 75 (Really thinking I should delete this)
Battery <21%
100 - 800 - Conservative - Priority 50
Charging
100 - 800 - Conservative - Priority 25 (Trying to keep the phone cool)
I have read that the Vibrant does not like profiles of 400 or lower when the screen is off, and this must be true as I tried 100-400, 200-400, but they all gave me wake of death until I set the max to 800 (there was no in between a.k.a 500, 600 or 700), so now 100-800 seems to work great for Screen Off. I hate this since when the screen is off the phone does not need to be doing anything other then checking gmail via wifi and notifying me using BLN blinking. Also, I tried to set a profile for Battery temp, but for what ever reason it will NOT give me the save button, so I assume GB now controls that on its own, or cmenard has removed that option from his kernel (or setcpu is borked, lol).
Any tips or concerns with my settings above? Anyone here a guru with SetCPU profiles and can see I'm a noob with profiles? lol
Thanks
SkOrPn

Icecream Sunday Final + Lag

I installed Icecream Sunday Final (very nice rom btw), but the phone lags often. For example, when I unlock it, it can be frustratingly long to be able to launch any applications right away. There is always at least 100mb of ram free, so I am not sure what causes this.
Does anyone have any advice? Has this happened to any other ICS users?
Are you using an OC Kernel?
If so, I read around here on the forums that you should increase your minimum CPU speed a bit and that should clear up the lag when unlocking the phone. Haven't tried it myself since I am running theMyth - ICS Lite, but am going to go back to Cyanogenmod (once of the things that peeved me on Cyanogen was exactly this; lag after unlock).
Hope this helps
Gooner88 said:
I installed Icecream Sunday Final (very nice rom btw), but the phone lags often. For example, when I unlock it, it can be frustratingly long to be able to launch any applications right away. There is always at least 100mb of ram free, so I am not sure what causes this.
Does anyone have any advice? Has this happened to any other ICS users?
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hi you have to flash a kernel (you ll find all the information needed in the ic sunday topic)
i did do that and its far better
Either you set your min. frequenzy to 245Mhz or just use smartass gov. @ 122Mhz. I prefer smartass @ 122Mhz and there no lag.
PS: I´m using the same rom but with SlaidFastMod V2
I'm having wake-up lag too! But I already gave up thinking that the SGA's CPU just sucks. Thanks for this info GerasVille, I did not think to tinker with the System settings of CyanoGen because of the "Dragons Ahead" prompt. I will try this smartass setting to see if the wake-up lag will be removed. It sucks when I have to send an emergency SMS and my phone is lagging like hell.
Anyway so let me get this straight. Does having the minimum CPU clocked at 122mhz mean that if the device is inactive, it dynamically clocks down the CPU to 122mhz to save battery? Hence the wake-up lag is caused by the CPU being clocked back up?
I'm also gonna try out slaidfastmod to see if it makes it even better.
You can put up with the lag and save a tiny bit of battery life, or speed up the CPU and lose some battery life. Whichever you feel is more useful. Personally I don't mind the small unlock delay. Happens on most phones low powered anyway.
Sent from a phone with an app.
Eniac77 said:
Are you using an OC Kernel?
If so, I read around here on the forums that you should increase your minimum CPU speed a bit and that should clear up the lag when unlocking the phone. Haven't tried it myself since I am running theMyth - ICS Lite, but am going to go back to Cyanogenmod (once of the things that peeved me on Cyanogen was exactly this; lag after unlock).
Hope this helps
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The kernel that is currently installed is "2.6.35.7-perf-CL562111" Ketut-lenovo #4. I am not sure if it is an OC kernel.
GerasVille said:
Either you set your min. frequenzy to 245Mhz or just use smartass gov. @ 122Mhz. I prefer smartass @ 122Mhz and there no lag.
PS: I´m using the same rom but with SlaidFastMod V2
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I installed SlaidFastMod v2, set governor to Smartass and min CPU frequency to 245 MHz and this fixed the issue! It's much smoother when unlocking.
Is it safe to tick the "Set on boot" setting for CPU settings?

Overclocking Problem

hey guys.
i have been wondering about this problem for a long time, and i could not find a solution to it. Thus, i wanted to ask you guys about it. The max i can overclock my phone to is 748. whenever i try to raise it to about 768 or 787, the phone will freeze and restart. is it due to the hardware limitations of my phone? or isit due to some software limitations?
Please help.
Just Hardware.
(I can overclock to 729 )
Hi. I'm still using Gingerbread stock rom 2.3.3 but with latest franco's kernel. My max. clock is 710Mhz. Anything above that, my phone will get freeze very often. Is there any recommendation on what should i set for my min. clock as well as the Governor?
SacredGuy said:
Hi. I'm still using Gingerbread stock rom 2.3.3 but with latest franco's kernel. My max. clock is 710Mhz. Anything above that, my phone will get freeze very often. Is there any recommendation on what should i set for my min. clock as well as the Governor?
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I use the performance gov. and it's worked well.
SacredGuy said:
Hi. I'm still using Gingerbread stock rom 2.3.3 but with latest franco's kernel. My max. clock is 710Mhz. Anything above that, my phone will get freeze very often. Is there any recommendation on what should i set for my min. clock as well as the Governor?
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I use stock 2.3.3 v20g + franco kernel and set max clock at 729Mhz, sometimes it freeze, but normally work fine (with any gov).
Each CPU is a little different. My OV is stable at 600 with smartassv2 but once I step it up to 729 the phone will randomly freeze or reboot.
Sometimes you get a good cpu that can be OCed a bit, and sometimes you get one that can go no further then stock. If you can OC then consider yourself lucky.
Whenever you try to increase the max frequency beyond a certain limit the CPU can not handle that and tells the kernel about that and kernel starts to Panic... (reboots or freeze)
For example My phone remains stable upto 768 MHz (usually i keep it at 748Mhz....)
but if i increase it to beyond 806 MHz it starts to panic...
Hardware
Has differences on hardware, already tried with 2 differents P500, one could overclock to 768 Mhz, the other can reach 800Mhz without freeze.
karven said:
Has differences on hardware, already tried with 2 differents P500, one could overclock to 768 Mhz, the other can reach 800Mhz without freeze.
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Since all the p500 have same hardware, they can be OC to same max frequency if they have same software config...
806! never freezes but she gets warm! can get over 40 celcius
EDIT
Mind you i only get about 16 hours of battery life LOL
shubhamjain001 said:
Since all the p500 have same hardware, they can be OC to same max frequency if they have same software config...
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where did u get ur facts?
are u smart or just effin noob?
yours preferred governors????
actually the best one is....
Dude keep it around 652 and interactive otherwise UR Battery will drain fast
depends on ur ROM+kernel combo.
on oxygen v1.1 i smoothly ran on 480-768 and battery lasted around 2 days with average use.
Now on Cm7 nightly, equally smooth at 729-480 and battery is awesome too..
Overclock
Ohhh!!! lucky guys.. my phone only accepts 672Mhz at max or anything above that value leads to rebooting or freezing.
Rom: Cyanogenmod 9 (Android 4.0.3)[BETA4]
Kernal: Franco Kernal - 4
OC: 480/672 Max
I get 748MHz completely stable when pushing "performance" governor with franco #4.
But irrespective, this is not about bragging...one would see LITTLE real life difference (save for frying the CPU faster) going above 672MHz. Don't just look at synthetic benchmarks...feel your phone.
Oh...and it was mentioned multiple times that 600->806MHz uses the same voltage hence the same power consumption for Sidestep CPUs.
I am running max CPU @ 729 and it has been running smooth for days with no freeze/reboots, I also noticed having the Governer on Performance has helped my battery life and such, i havent noticed the phone getting any warmer whatsoever so no problems with heat, Also I am using a LG-P504 Optimus One which Ive heard is the final release for this phone, so maybe its more stable than the pervious versions.
My p500 can handle 768 max. With some kernels 787mhz. But i am running 245-710 with miui v4: lol:
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Yea mine can handle that too but it drains my battery faster I've noticed. So now I run Max @ around 720 which seems quite stable!! Only time I use the nitrous feature also is with playing more top end games which I otherwise wouldn't be able to play without really low fps.
Sent from my LG-P504 using XDA App
Im using cyanogenmod nightly 7.2.0 build 34 on 748 mhz with any governer and it's working very well.OC also depends on ROM's.each ROM has different capabilities to OC...

Overclocking my phone.

Hello there, I'm here to ask how some people overclock their xperia x10 so high example to 1190 mhz, my one is instantly booting when i switch to that frequency, how do they do it ? Im on jb rom by scritch 007 and jb ferakernel . Any advices ?
loockzye said:
Hello there, I'm here to ask how some people overclock their xperia x10 so high example to 1190 mhz, my one is instantly booting when i switch to that frequency, how do they do it ? Im on jb rom by scritch 007 and jb ferakernel . Any advices ?
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To start with, no two XPERIA X10i are the same when it comes to the silicon in them.
The odd one or two may be able to sustain 1128MHz for benchmarking, but highly unlikely to be able to sustain that frequency for an extended time with a 'standard' load of user installed apps.
The XPERIA X10i is spec'd to be run stable and conservatively at 998MHz and there was no consideration for any frequency changes above that when designed.
However that does not stop most of us attempting to find the limits.
I tend to favour 1113MHz for my max daily frequency using SmartAssv2 governor, others may select something different.
I use SetCPU to change CPU frequencies, others prefer AnTuTu cpu master or some other overclocking application.
I use Link2SD on a secondary partition with a 32GB SanDisk UHS-I SDcard which gets away from the slow read/write of internal data storage.
build.prop 'tweaking' for optimisation goes a long way too.
The smart money is not overclocking, but on how low you can maintain the CPU (and thus battery life) when the screen is off and still be able to come out of deep sleep without 'hanging' the phone.
I have a screen-off CPU profile clocked at 576MHz-192MHz using SmartAssv2 to do that (work in progress).
Limiting applications that wake your phone when the screen is off it also a bonus.
CPU Governors and I/O scheduler information is a good start to understand what the CPU is attempting to do with different settings.
I have installed and run scritch007 CM10 JB ROM v5.0 (think it was at the time) with Amin Kernel and I seem to remember 1190Mhz was the raged edge of stability with AnTuTu v3 on my phone, so it doesn't surprise me a phone may not be able to clock at that speed using a CM10 JB ROM. See my AnTuTu v3 benchmark below used SmartAssV2 and noop I/O scheduler.
One should consider with the JB ROMs, the phone is doing a lot more (albeit a lot smarter) with the same amount of HW resources and even if you set the clock at 1190MHz and benchmark it, even before installing your own apps, there is still a lot of processes all completing for resources.
To get a better idea of the abilities of your phone, you may want to installed generic GB 2.3.3 and root it with an Overclocked Kernel to see if high clock rates of 1190MHz+ can be maintained without crashing the phone (WLOD - White light of death).
I can set 1128MHz on my phone without crashing it, but it always crashes on AnTuTu benchmark test at that frequency which is only about bragging rights at the end of the day anyway. I can't do anything constructive at these clock rates.
Installing JB ROMs and Kernels under rapid development with their own quirks on an X10i is probably not the most ideal why to gauge the stability of your phone when overclocked.
At the end of the day, it's more likely just luck of the draw if an XPERIA X10i can maintain 1190MHz+ clock frequencies and I'd say that 1190MHz+ is the exception and not the rule.
Dr Goodvibes said:
To start with, no two XPERIA X10i are the same when it comes to the silicon in them.
The odd one or two may be able to sustain 1128MHz for benchmarking, but highly unlikely to be able to sustain that frequency for an extended time with a 'standard' load of user installed apps.
The XPERIA X10i is spec'd to be run stable and conservatively at 998MHz and there was no consideration for any frequency changes above that when designed.
However that does not stop most of us attempting to find the limits.
I tend to favour 1113MHz for my max daily frequency using SmartAssv2 governor, others may select something different.
I use SetCPU to change CPU frequencies, others prefer AnTuTu cpu master or some other overclocking application.
I use Link2SD on a secondary partition with a 32GB SanDisk UHS-I SDcard which gets away from the slow read/write of internal data storage.
build.prop 'tweaking' for optimisation goes a long way too.
The smart money is not overclocking, but on how low you can maintain the CPU (and thus battery life) when the screen is off and still be able to come out of deep sleep without 'hanging' the phone.
I have a screen-off CPU profile clocked at 576MHz-192MHz using SmartAssv2 to do that (work in progress).
Limiting applications that wake your phone when the screen is off it also a bonus.
CPU Governors and I/O scheduler information is a good start to understand what the CPU is attempting to do with different settings.
I have installed and run scritch007 CM10 JB ROM v5.0 (think it was at the time) with Amin Kernel and I seem to remember 1190Mhz was the raged edge of stability with AnTuTu v3 on my phone, so it doesn't surprise me a phone may not be able to clock at that speed using a CM10 JB ROM. See my AnTuTu v3 benchmark below used SmartAssV2 and noop I/O scheduler.
One should consider with the JB ROMs, the phone is doing a lot more (albeit a lot smarter) with the same amount of HW resources and even if you set the clock at 1190MHz and benchmark it, even before installing your own apps, there is still a lot of processes all completing for resources.
To get a better idea of the abilities of your phone, you may want to installed generic GB 2.3.3 and root it with an Overclocked Kernel to see if high clock rates of 1190MHz+ can be maintained without crashing the phone (WLOD - White light of death).
I can set 1128MHz on my phone without crashing it, but it always crashes on AnTuTu benchmark test at that frequency which is only about bragging rights at the end of the day anyway. I can't do anything constructive at these clock rates.
Installing JB ROMs and Kernels under rapid development with their own quirks on an X10i is probably not the most ideal why to gauge the stability of your phone when overclocked.
At the end of the day, it's more likely just luck of the draw if an XPERIA X10i can maintain 1190MHz+ clock frequencies and I'd say that 1190MHz+ is the exception and not the rule.
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[Q] S3 i9300 CPU dropping to 800Mhz constantly!!!

Hi there to all!!! I've been flashing various Android Roms for a few yrs now & really enjoy trying out new custom roms etc... Now i have a weird problem, Most customs Roms I have tried for my S3 i9300 are great & most 4.3 Roms come with a Custom Kernel such as Beoffla, GoogyMax, devil kernel & so on.... Now the problem is when leaving the CPU at defualt governer & settings everything is fine eg: min 200 & max 1400 but games lag now & again, When setting the CPU min & Max settings to 1400MHz, the results are much better but not for long, The CPU always drops to 800MHz when gaming as i notice the lagg, I've noticed this same thing with just about every kernel & rom ive tried wether its set to 1400 or even overclocked to 1500 or 1600max, I've also tried every trick to make them settings stick , like trickster mod etc, none seem to work for long, its like another system service is interfering with the settings or so.....im pulling my hair out to figure out what this is, I just want the CPU min & max to stay firmly at 1400Mhz or 1500 etc....without changing at all!!!
Any help or suggestions would be really appreciated.... FlashJunkie83
Sent from my NeatRom'ed Galaxy S3
CPU/GPU can under-perform if they get too hot from playing resource-intensive games or apps. Maybe this is the issue.
~ RazorMC
RazorMC said:
CPU/GPU can under-perform if they get too hot from playing resource-intensive games or apps. Maybe this is the issue.
hey yea would make sense but when running rooted stock 4.1.2 with stock kernel, this doesnt happen at all, i can set performance governer in set cpu & it stays at 1400 Mhz throughout, also i would of thought a Cpu thats ment to run at 1400 would be fine to do so all the time as its ment to be able to... even with a little heat behind it... its still only doing what its ment to lol, i remember in the days of my s2, i could push the cpu to 1200mhz & it would happily stay there even tho it got hot lol, im really sure its a system thing that upsets the cpu frequency, other than that there must be a way to stop the cpu/gpu from under-performing with a little heat..... thanks for reply tho dude....
Sent from my NeatRom'ed S3 i-9300
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@FlashJunkie83
- High temp will always cause freq throttling since this is how devices are designed. This over-rides whatever the max freq the cpu was designed to run on.
- try undervolting from the boefla config app (if you use the boefla kernel). I use -25mV with almost no difference to performance. Some users have gone on to -50mV but that gave me random freezes and massive lags sometimes.
- Test different governors. I mostly use the default pegasusq and it works well enough. Constantly high freq can affect the CPU in the long-term. So I use max freq of 800mhz and increase it to 1400mhz only when I play games.
- I'm not a fan of SetCPU. It's a great app but i find specific apps (like boeffla config) for kernels to be more precise.
- You can also try a different battery and borrow one from a friend to test it out. I had slight heating issues long ago and changing the battery reduced the heat for me somehow. It was not much, but it was enough for me to notice.
~ RazorMC
RazorMC said:
@FlashJunkie83
- High temp will always cause freq throttling since this is how devices are designed. This over-rides whatever the max freq the cpu was designed to run on.
- try undervolting from the boefla config app (if you use the boefla kernel). I use -25mV with almost no difference to performance. Some users have gone on to -50mV but that gave me random freezes and massive lags sometimes.
- Test different governors. I mostly use the default pegasusq and it works well enough. Constantly high freq can affect the CPU in the long-term. So I use max freq of 800mhz and increase it to 1400mhz only when I play games.
- I'm not a fan of SetCPU. It's a great app but i find specific apps (like boeffla config) for kernels to be more precise.
- You can also try a different battery and borrow one from a friend to test it out. I had slight heating issues long ago and changing the battery reduced the heat for me somehow. It was not much, but it was enough for me to notice.
~ RazorMC
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thanks mate will give it a go
sent from my NeatRom'ed S3 i9300
finally fiqured it out, it seems that cynogenmod has a diffrent approach to thermal throttling as ive flashed CM10.2.0 Android 4.3.1 along with Boeffla 2.1 for CM & the issue seems to have gone completely, have been running a performance test on games for best part of the day at 1600MHz with 4 enabled cores & just going back to normal settings for normal daily use, & not 1 issue with throttling, so now im very happy with the smoothness in games although its gets warm, but most high performance CPU's do anyways,So ive come to the conclusion that thermal throttling must be handled more by sammy roms it seems, but got the result i wanted in the end, thanks for all replies tho guys
Sent from my blazing S3 i9300 now running CM10.2.0

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