[Q] SetCPU Settings For Thunderbolt - Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all I did a few searches for this but I wanted to be certain about this. I'm running the stock original on my thunderbolt rooted to use all the good apps. I decided to buy SetCPU to see if I could increase performance and conserve battery power too but I'm uncertain about the best settings to use. I don't want to burn it out so I'm looking to find out what the best settings are for the HTC thunderbolt to lock it so to increase performance and save battery power when it's off etc.. If anyone can suggest the best settings to overclock to so that I can increase performance and still be very stable and conserve battery power etc.. the best settings, I'd really appreciate it thanks!

check out the dev forum and read up on imoseyon's kernels, they'll do exactly what you are looking for.
and if you go that route, you won't even need to use setcpu anymore, imo made a script for his kernel that you can run in terminal to make all the adjustments for you.

gimp1045 said:
check out the dev forum and read up on imoseyon's kernels, they'll do exactly what you are looking for.
and if you go that route, you won't even need to use setcpu anymore, imo made a script for his kernel that you can run in terminal to make all the adjustments for you.
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Also set CPU really is out dated. It does not perform well on the thunderbolt I would stay away from it. If you download a ROM like BAMF it actually has overclocking built in for you and the phone utilizes it when needed.

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[Q] latest ROM for TB....

sorry, I don't have enough posts to reply to the already started thread over in the dev forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995819
basically I wanted to know, is there any way to flash to this latest "PG05IMG_Mecha" ROM from that Chinese site but NOT completely wipe the phone & lose all settings, apps etc. I spent the better part of the entire weekend setting up and tweaking all my settings just right. would hate to start from scratch but I do want the battery life enhancements of the latest FW.
cheers guys
No, currently there is no way just to flash that stock rom over top. What battery life improvements are in the newer rom?
Well I don't know the specifics but I believe they optimized the power saving algos a bit, I know HTC has been tweaking them to try to squeeze a little more life out of that tiny battery.
Does it also have a custom kernel? I know the largest battery savings I've seen from my experience w/ custom roms came from a custom kernel that was geared to save battery life.
I can't find any information on the thread you linked about it having any battery saving benefits.
javawolfpack said:
Does it also have a custom kernel? I know the largest battery savings I've seen from my experience w/ custom roms came from a custom kernel that was geared to save battery life.
I can't find any information on the thread you linked about it having any battery saving benefits.
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No, the custom kernels to the extent of the Dinc are not available yet.
javawolfpack said:
I can't find any information on the thread you linked about it having any battery saving benefits.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12220034&postcount=31&highlight=significant+increase
Russ36363 said:
No, the custom kernels to the extent of the Dinc are not available yet.
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Yeah I know they've barely gotten roms w/ no bloatware out so far, which is a miracle in the turn around time from the device hitting the market. But sure they'll be there soon. So just interested in how this ROM manages to accomplish a battery savings.
Upon looking at the message in the thread about battery savings. If you remove bloatware and apps that constantly decide they need to be running you'll see a noticeable increase in battery life with that. You could also constantly fight to kill them and likely also see an increase in battery life. But the increase won't be as significant as when the custom kernels come about.
So if you aren't readily familiar with the manual process for flashing roms or say get a rom from a more reliable source (developer)... you might want to wait for roms to start showing up on ROM manager that'll automate the process for you and hopefully by then the custom kernels and other such options will be available. But I don't really trust a link for a image for my phone that sends me to a foreign website. You might want to check out adrynalyne's basic debloated ROM??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000103

Help choosing kernel

I know how to use a search button, I have been on forums for a LONG time.
I also know how to use google. That being said, I have done hours (literally) of reading, learning, and attempting to choose and run the best kernel for my phone.
I would like some personal input from community if I could.
I have looked extensively into Imnuts and Nemesis2all's kernels.
I want one that will give me a tiny speed boost, but more so one designed to give me the longest battery life I can get while still containing the ability to run at a decent enough speed.
Any input would be great.
Edit-I guess it would be nice for you guys to know as well, I am running Evil Fascination 3.6.0, with the black mods =]
Ive heard both good and bad between these two kernels. Everyones phone is different and results will vary. Imnuts has a fixed undervolted setting either 100mv or 50mv but the limit is 1000mhz so theres no overclocking. Nemesis' OTB it is customized through voltage control app on which frequency steps you want to undervolt and you can overclock the kernel past 1000mhz for faster speeds. Ive also had good experiences with Comavolt (undervolted by -75mv) on SC 2.9.2 but I havent tried it out with CR 2.0 yet. If you arent into messing around with the voltage settings too much go with Imnuts or Comavolt. I suggest giving 4 days on each kernel with a battery stat wipe prior to see which one to settle with. Hope this helps!
Thanks man.
That's the kind of reply I was looking for. I think I am going to try out comavolt for a few days.
And do a full battery stats wipe, I may try and dig and see if I can locate an app that can log, and show me in much more detail where my battery life might be going, rather then just the silly android one in our menus ( I am fan of detailing when it comes to performance. )
I will post up in case any one else has concerns or questions whether to which to choose. Or if anyone else has an personal inout I would gladly take it into consideration.
Sn4ckm4st3r said:
Thanks man.
That's the kind of reply I was looking for. I think I am going to try out comavolt for a few days.
And do a full battery stats wipe, I may try and dig and see if I can locate an app that can log, and show me in much more detail where my battery life might be going, rather then just the silly android one in our menus ( I am fan of detailing when it comes to performance. )
I will post up in case any one else has concerns or questions whether to which to choose. Or if anyone else has an personal inout I would gladly take it into consideration.
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CPU Spy and Spare Parts are two good apps for the kind of info you are looking for on battery usage and more.
Also, being that I am on evil fascination.
IS it considered to be more a AOSP rom, or is it something else?
And give the two options pretty much explained to me, does anyone know if theses are STRICTLY zip? Or can they be had in an ODIN compatible format as well, (hate flashing from sd card if I don't have to.)
I had been using Comavolt with Comm 1.3 until I went to PBJ with the Comm 2.0. I will see how it is with PNJ. I had very good result with Comavolt; so I hope that helps out.
EF is a touch wiz rom
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I am running otb. OTB lets you change the clockspeed and voltage. Effectively, you can undervolt, overclock, or both in whatever combination. I have a voltage control app on com rom that makes it easy. I'm not too aggressive, and I've not had a single issue out of it (performance or stability).
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Personally, I believe that there's no point to overclocking your phone other than being able to say "my phone is overclocked." I've always gone for battery life when choosing kernels and I've never had performance issues. I've had good experiences with all of imnuts' 100-mv UV kernels. I just put SetCPU on conservative and forget it.
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i'm running stock, debloated ED01 and nemisis2all's OTB 1.6 on stock settings flie for my phone and the battery life is great for me. you can tweak the clock speed and voltage really easily with the recommended voltage control app that's free from the market.

[Q]Undervolting the CPU.

Just flashed faux's newest kernel, and it has undervolting.
I'm wondering if anyone has experience with this or has a guide for it.
I just want to maximize its potential.
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Just flashed faux's newest kernel, and it has undervolting.
I'm wondering if anyone has experience with this or has a guide for it.
I just want to maximize its potential.
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there is no specific guide. Unfortunately every CPU is different so the values you can use to undervolt will be different. Check out Faux's Thread Around page 50. There should be some info there.
Read Faux's kernel thread. There are several settings that people have posted and some info on how they tested their phone.
Milenko2121 said:
Just flashed faux's newest kernel, and it has undervolting.
I'm wondering if anyone has experience with this or has a guide for it.
I just want to maximize its potential.
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Just have to play around with it. Usually start off with the lower frequencies and see if stable. Then continue up.
Good rule of thumbs are the higher freq, the less you should undervolt.
Another important thing is uncheck Set on Boot. Last thing you want is for it to be unstable and you're stuck in a reboot loop cause it keeps setting itself.

SetCPU vs. Voltage Control

So far I've just been using SetCPU for over/underclocking but have never messed with undervolting. I was wondering what most people use if your main priority is undervolting for better battery life. I'm running Siyah 2.6.7 with SHOstock ROM. Any help/feedback is appreciated.
mpkothari said:
So far I've just been using SetCPU for over/underclocking but have never messed with undervolting. I was wondering what most people use if your main priority is undervolting for better battery life. I'm running Siyah 2.6.7 with SHOstock ROM. Any help/feedback is appreciated.
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Well, undervolting is very tricky. Each CPU differs in its ability to undervolt, so settings that work for one may not work for others. You'd have to do some testing. I recommend either a.) undervolting one tick and run AnTuTu benchmark multiple times as well as a demanding game/app (Run them for a long time), or b.) undervolting one tick and using your phone normally as per your current usage and if by the next morning it's still running as normal, repeat one tick.
Do NOT set "Set on Boot" to on until you've run these tests and have had no issues.
Hope this helps a little.
Do not worry about 1400,1600 mhz till later since that's when your overclocking.
Bump everything else down by 25mv, run the stress test and a few intensive programs like benchmarks/games.
Keep doing that till you start to notice problems and then revert to the best setting you had. (make sure to backup or not set on boot)
Once you go through all that then you can do it for individual mhz and see which can still be lowered.
This should keep you busy for a hour or so.
I'll share what I posted in another thread. Doing stress tests are fine, but if you test throughout the course of a day or more, you have the opportunity to come across situations you might not think of during testing.
Simba501 said:
Ouch....I think the best way to experiment with undervolting is to use Voltage Control. Save the stock settings as your boot settings (it saves everything - governor, frequencies, etc; so, make sure those are what you want them to be as well), then undervolt (at the beginning of the day). If you make it to the end of the day with typical usage, you can save those as your new boot settings. Undervolt further at the beginning of another day, etc. Once you make it to the point where you get locked up, voltage control will set the previous values at boot and you'll know that those are your limits.
EDIT: If you want to play it extra safe, run values for more than one day.
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I'm at work right now trying not to get easily distracted by xda since I keep checking whether or not an ICS leak has been ported or something. Thanks guys for your much appreciated input. I've been running with all voltage values knocked down by 50mV with the exception of 1.4 and 1.6 GHz. Those I kept stock since I'm not overclocking. So far so good actually with sio/ondemand and Max 500 Mhz. It's surprisingly smooth and battery of course is doing exceptionally well at these settings. Switched over to voltage control for now.
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I personally have become very fond of voltage control where as I'd previously been using set-cpu for nearly ever since the H1 and mytouch days. Voltage controls just allows more freedom and tweakability.
Alucardis666 said:
I personally have become very fond of voltage control where as I'd previously been using set-cpu for nearly ever since the H1 and mytouch days. Voltage controls just allows more freedom and tweakability.
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Right there with you. just "converted" to Voltage Control. (thanks Simba!)
K Rich said:
Right there with you. just "converted" to Voltage Control. (thanks Simba!)
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Heh, glad I'm not the only defector
Simba501 said:
I'll share what I posted in another thread. Doing stress tests are fine, but if you test throughout the course of a day or more, you have the opportunity to come across situations you might not think of during testing.
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That's the post I was thinking of, I just honestly couldn't figure out where I saw it or who wrote it.

General Kernal question

I am coming from the Droid X where we were not able to change the Kernal. So all this Kernal stuff is kind of new to me. I finally rooted yesterday and am running viper with LK DNA .94... So what is the best app to use for tuning the Kernal? Is this necessary? Is their a thread where I can read up on this?
Thanks for your help
Either use trickster mod or system tuner.
You can lower the voltage(save battery), up the clock speed and change the governer(change performance/battery life), etc.
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xentheosx said:
So what is the best app to use for tuning the Kernal? Is this necessary? Is their a thread where I can read up on this?
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There are a few to choose from, but system tuner works well. Keep in mind though that it is completely optional to overclock/undervolt, and the kernels work well as is. Overclocking too high can damage the phone (I recommend not going over the stock 1.5GHz unless you know what your doing), and undervolting can make the phone crash frequently. If your read up on a few guides it can be done completely safely, but you may find you prefer to leave the kernel's default settings as they are known to be safe and stable and are already optimized over the stock kernel.

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