will setcpu work? - HTC Droid DNA

I'm all confused now about with s-on only being able to write to system in recovery...does that mean setcpu won't work or the values won't stick on reboot
thanks in advance

omario8484 said:
I'm all confused now about with s-on only being able to write to system in recovery...does that mean setcpu won't work or the values won't stick on reboot
thanks in advance
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You got it! I just wouldnt even bother with setcpu right now its really not necessary. Technically many of its controls wont work at all because we dont have access to the system partition at all while booted meaning build.prop mods and many kernel tweaks are not accessable. Just w3ait till kernel source drops to start playing with that stuff. Its really not necessary anyway yet. This SOC is a hoss!!!!:laugh::good:

I installed SetCPU and it does work for controlling the CPU speed, but you obviously can't overclock. I originally wanted to use it to lower the speed when the display is off, but it was doing a great job on it's own and rarely went above 384MHz when it was just sitting, so I uninstalled it. The only thing I found that didn't work was the graph that shows the usage at each speed.

geoff5093 said:
I installed SetCPU and it does work for controlling the CPU speed, but you obviously can't overclock. I originally wanted to use it to lower the speed when the display is off, but it was doing a great job on it's own and rarely went above 384MHz when it was just sitting, so I uninstalled it. The only thing I found that didn't work was the graph that shows the usage at each speed.
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If you wanna know that just download cpuspy!

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SetCPU and the X0

Now that the X10 is rooted, anyone install SetCPU yet. And if so is it fully functional?
Yeah, it's working fine for me.
Fuzalert2k said:
Yeah, it's working fine for me.
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And you can change ur signature now
Fuzalert2k said:
Yeah, it's working fine for me.
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Ok, good, I'll buy it now and get back to yaz...
Fuzalert2k said:
Yeah, it's working fine for me.
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Oh... did you manage to overclock, if so, what was the highest stable overclock?
RodneyBR said:
Ok, good, I'll buy it now and get back to yaz...
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No dude, don't buy it! it's free for XDA users.
RodneyBR said:
Oh... did you manage to overclock, if so, what was the highest stable overclock?
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No, it won't let me go higher than 993 mhz
if decrease the clock speed to the max of 600mhz,will it save more power?
yeah tried as well and the max is 993mhz. weird
(unless i'm missing something, I never used setcpu before)
I use OverclockWidget for my wife's X10.
Off screen frequency : 250~384
On screen frequence : 576~1000Mhz
it work like charm !
but your not going over 1000mhz? not overclocking
Mod. edit: not dev related, moved to general
Fuzalert2k said:
No dude, don't buy it! it's free for XDA users.
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It's free, really. How does that work?
czw2002cn said:
if decrease the clock speed to the max of 600mhz,will it save more power?
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Well, I just leave it set to "ondemand", so that way it will automatically adjust the speed as needed (Max: 998MHz, Min: 245MHz). My max is 998MHz.
what firmware we can use? which is highly recommended? R2BA026?
SetCpu and more, can we use Juice defender to increase autonomy
RodneyBR said:
Well, I just leave it set to "ondemand", so that way it will automatically adjust the speed as needed (Max: 998MHz, Min: 245MHz). My max is 998MHz.
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you know the phone does that anyway right?
I don't speak French so I can't comment on that but I've been using SetCPU since the 020 root and it SEEMS to work alright. Sometimes when I open it, it says something about failing but then it works OK.
I'm currently on R2BA026 rooted and it works for me. I also use JuiceDefender but to be honest I'm getting more and more convinced that's not helping any more. JuicePlotter in particular is struggling and keeps stalling, with gaps in the graph frequently, not sure why but that's not relevant to this thread so I'll leave that.
But I do NOT use it to overclock and would not recommend that! For a start, it would cane the battery. Rather, I use it to "throttle" the CPU speed. I think that's what most of us use it for. E.g. when the screen is off, it stops the CPU working too hard (and thus saves battery). Also when power is running low, CPU is throttled to save it. By throttled I mean "restricted to 245Mhz".
It's free to XDA members because the dev kindly put it up here somewhere for download - if you're looking for "how that works" on the Market, stop now because that's not how it works! The Market doesn't give you a discount for being on XDA.
Just search for it on here, or wait for someone who has used it to point you in the right direction. I'd search for it for you but I'm about to head out.
Ungruntled said:
I don't speak French so I can't comment on that but I've been using SetCPU since the 020 root and it SEEMS to work alright. Sometimes when I open it, it says something about failing but then it works OK.
I'm currently on R2BA026 rooted and it works for me. I also use JuiceDefender but to be honest I'm getting more and more convinced that's not helping any more. JuicePlotter in particular is struggling and keeps stalling, with gaps in the graph frequently, not sure why but that's not relevant to this thread so I'll leave that.
But I do NOT use it to overclock and would not recommend that! For a start, it would cane the battery. Rather, I use it to "throttle" the CPU speed. I think that's what most of us use it for. E.g. when the screen is off, it stops the CPU working too hard (and thus saves battery). Also when power is running low, CPU is throttled to save it. By throttled I mean "restricted to 245Mhz".
It's free to XDA members because the dev kindly put it up here somewhere for download - if you're looking for "how that works" on the Market, stop now because that's not how it works! The Market doesn't give you a discount for being on XDA.
Just search for it on here, or wait for someone who has used it to point you in the right direction. I'd search for it for you but I'm about to head out.
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we cant overclock anyway until there is a custom kernel. and you get bet your arse that when there is one, ill be overclocking to the max zoooom
I've used SetCPU for a few weeks and now I've been using my X10 without SetCPU for a few weeks and I've noticed zero difference in power consumption.
I'm guessing Android does a fine job itself at downclocking the CPU when it doesn't have to do heavy tasks.
Cinner said:
I've used SetCPU for a few weeks and now I've been using my X10 without SetCPU for a few weeks and I've noticed zero difference in power consumption.
I'm guessing Android does a fine job itself at downclocking the CPU when it doesn't have to do heavy tasks.
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Same here. i just uninstalled it and my phone is also more stable.

setcpu?

Hello everyone, I just had one quick question (I'm also very new to Android in general so I don't want to do anything to make my phone un-useable). Does Setcpu work with samsung fascinate root and clockwork mod? I heard some people say theres a seperate application to underclock and overclock the fascinate, but then again i do not think they knew what they were talking about. Is there a better program than setcpu?
Sorry if this has already been posted. I know its been posted in other forums for different phones, but didn't find one for the fascinate.
xsalientx said:
Hello everyone, I just had one quick question (I'm also very new to Android in general so I don't want to do anything to make my phone un-useable). Does Setcpu work with samsung fascinate root and clockwork mod? I heard some people say theres a seperate application to underclock and overclock the fascinate, but then again i do not think they knew what they were talking about. Is there a better program than setcpu?
Sorry if this has already been posted. I know its been posted in other forums for different phones, but didn't find one for the fascinate.
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setcpu is the only and the best overclocking app. If u want to be able to overclock ur phone us have to flash jt1134s 1.2ghz voodoo kernel then use can use setcpu to overclock to 1.2ghz!
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xsalientx said:
Hello everyone, I just had one quick question (I'm also very new to Android in general so I don't want to do anything to make my phone un-useable). Does Setcpu work with samsung fascinate root and clockwork mod? I heard some people say theres a seperate application to underclock and overclock the fascinate, but then again i do not think they knew what they were talking about. Is there a better program than setcpu?
Sorry if this has already been posted. I know its been posted in other forums for different phones, but didn't find one for the fascinate.
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SetCPU is the most popular one. You'll need root to even use SetCPU. And you'll need CWM to flash the OC Kernels. If you dont OC SetCPU is pointless
On that note.
SetCPU must be ran on conservative and with no profiles and no load on boot.
If you do reboot your phone, mine reverts back to 800, so I need to manually change it to 1200.
Do u have to set both min & Max to 1200???
no just the max
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saps said:
SetCPU is the most popular one. You'll need root to even use SetCPU. And you'll need CWM to flash the OC Kernels. If you dont OC SetCPU is pointless
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Not pointless. You can always underclock to spare your battery life
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jt1134 said:
Not pointless. You can always underclock to spare your battery life
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Yes, of course you are right. Actually the other day I forgot to slide sliders up from 800 to 1200 and I was getting really good battery life for like 2 hours my % only dropped 1% and I was like wow.
Im just pleased as punch that there are OC/UV kernels out, its the best of both worlds.
Actually my battery life is above average it seems; either that or my usage is below average so Im not draining it as much. I'd gladly mildly overvolt to something like 1350mV if it meant I'd be rock solid stable at say 1.4Ghz
BTW, jt I heard you might be getting out the kernel speed chase after these 1.2Ghz's? Just don't feel like chasing 1.3 or 1.4?
I am running Dirrk's D012 LV 1200 Kernel with SetCPU
Luckily, the LV runs EXTREMELY smooth on my phone..
So smooth, that for the past day now I have been able to run with "set on boot" and constant restarts on my phone..and with Profiles for Screen Off, Temp (probably wont get there), and Charging. I can say that I have had no problems with my profiles and set on boot. Then again, I don't want to contribute to hurting anyone's phone
Just thought I'd let everyone know how my phone (and potentially others) can seem to handle profiles and set on boot.
johnz1 said:
I am running Dirrk's D012 LV 1200 Kernel with SetCPU
Luckily, the LV runs EXTREMELY smooth on my phone..
So smooth, that for the past day now I have been able to run with "set on boot" and constant restarts on my phone..and with Profiles for Screen Off, Temp (probably wont get there), and Charging. I can say that I have had no problems with my profiles and set on boot. Then again, I don't want to contribute to hurting anyone's phone
Just thought I'd let everyone know how my phone (and potentially others) can seem to handle profiles and set on boot.
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No problems with set on boot here either. I keep it on.
so how do i use setcpu/what are the steps i need to take?
xsalientx said:
so how do i use setcpu/what are the steps i need to take?
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Install it, tell it to auto detect, set the max where you want, leave the min at 100, and then leave it alone.
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I was hoping to get some help. I have installed jt's 1200 voodoo kernal, and I can't seem to get Setcpu to clock at 1200. It still says that the max is 800, however, on the slide it is only giving me the option to goto 528. Bellow are my facts, any help would be great!
Facts:
1. flashed jt's overclocked voodoo use clockwork, but did it through "install ROM from sd card". I am not sure if this is correct, but it seems to be running voodoo.
2. I have no idea how I need to have Setcpu set up.
I feel like I am blindfolded and I am trying to wack at a pinata.
thanks.
Edit: never mind...even a blind folded monkey hits the pinata every now and then

[Q] G Tab wont overclock

I dont know if anyone is having this problem but on pretty much any rom/bootloader combination my tablet will only run at stock speeds and if the rom is overclocked on first boot my tablet just wont boot at all, I know some processors are slower than others but is it really likely that mine maxes at 1 GHZ? If i use setcpu to OC when a rom is running smoothly it will run fine for about 1-2 minutes or until i needs a lot of cpu then it just freezes. Any ideas to fix this, or just help understanding what is going on would be appreciated. My CDMA hero overclocks just fine and crashes instantly if i go too far unlike the tablet.
I know that this will sound like a stupid question, but are you certain that you've loaded a kernel that allows for overclocking?
what rom/kernel combinations have you tried?
Calkulin Clemsyn combo is what I'm using, and the overclocking appears to be working fine with Clemsyn's kernel.
Try CPU master from market. The free version works fine. Should do what your looking for. I have the paid version of Set CPU and it has never worked on gtab for me.
Mantara said:
Try CPU master from market. The free version works fine. Should do what your looking for. I have the paid version of Set CPU and it has never worked on gtab for me.
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Well, I'm surprised no one before me has tried to make this clear yet. Pershoot's kernels are written for setcpu. Clemsyn's kernels are written for cpu master. Make sure you use the right cpu app.
TJEvans said:
I know that this will sound like a stupid question, but are you certain that you've loaded a kernel that allows for overclocking?
what rom/kernel combinations have you tried?
Calkulin Clemsyn combo is what I'm using, and the overclocking appears to be working fine with Clemsyn's kernel.
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Ive tried pershoot and clemsyn neither work though pershoot is more stable
Mantara said:
Try CPU master from market. The free version works fine. Should do what your looking for. I have the paid version of Set CPU and it has never worked on gtab for me.
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Im installing that now, hopefully it works, it should, ive only tried setcpu to this point.
EDIT: nope, it still locks up, maybe my tablet just wont go that fast?
whodatxevg said:
Im installing that now, hopefully it works, it should, ive only tried setcpu to this point.
EDIT: nope, it still locks up, maybe my tablet just wont go that fast?
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Not all chips can be overclocked to the extreme. A few can't handle it at all. Try some small increases at first to see if your chip can handle it.
I've also had some luck with finicky chips using PimpMyCPU with Celmsyn's kernel since it allows you to set specific speed and voltage combinations (Not sure if CPU Master allows that... never used it). So you might give that a try.
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I dont know if anyone is having this problem but on pretty much any rom/bootloader combination my tablet will only run at stock speeds and if the rom is overclocked on first boot my tablet just wont boot at all, I know some processors are slower than others but is it really likely that mine maxes at 1 GHZ? If i use setcpu to OC when a rom is running smoothly it will run fine for about 1-2 minutes or until i needs a lot of cpu then it just freezes. Any ideas to fix this, or just help understanding what is going on would be appreciated. My CDMA hero overclocks just fine and crashes instantly if i go too far unlike the tablet.
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me to Calkulin Clemsyn combo is what I'm using, and the overclocking appears to be working fine with Clemsyn's kernel. from 1k to 1.5 k and works great and I am using CPU master also
Are you clearing davlik cash between each kernel switch?
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Well, I'm surprised no one before me has tried to make this clear yet. Pershoot's kernels are written for setcpu. Clemsyn's kernels are written for cpu master. Make sure you use the right cpu app.
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Only his latest kernels have worked with it. Setcpu didn't get on there end of the process until late may-ish, I believe, when they finally supported tegra2. Still CPU master works with pershoots kernels too. Its basically a re-branded copy of setcpu anyway.
No matter what combo of app/kernel/rom it wont go to 1200 and not lock so im just thinking its one of the slower tegras, which sucks but oh well
goodintentions said:
Well, I'm surprised no one before me has tried to make this clear yet. Pershoot's kernels are written for setcpu. Clemsyn's kernels are written for cpu master. Make sure you use the right cpu app.
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WHAT?! How have I never read that! Thanks GI.
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WHAT?! How have I never read that! Thanks GI.
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That's just it. It's not written anywhere before I wrote it. It's like masturbation. It's not really written anywhere for a 12 year old to learn about. Eventually, they all figure it out on their own... or they become the 40 yr old virgin.
Not positive it will work but for desktops, back when I overclocked religiously, instability could be helped by raising voltages. But it might increase heat which also leads to more instability. Lucky for us, tegra 2 is low voltage.

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.

Don't use SetCPU or cpu monitors with ICS!!!

Many have complained about issues with the kernel in ICS. On any build, it is vital that you not use setcpu or any other cpu scaling app. Don't change the max/min freq, don't change the governer, nothing. Perflock will constantly reset any changes and cause the cpu to run at either full throttle or full min - no in between. Until we get kernel source and custom kernels, this will always be the case. It's something HTC does.
Many cpu monitor apps will do the same. The link in my sig has more info, and a link to a cpu monitor app that is safe to use with our kernel.
Actually when I was on the second ics leak, and setcpu worked fine. I know this because I benchmarked before and after setting frequencies
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benchmarking doesn't mean it wasn't running at full tilt when you didn't need it to. unless your kernel magically doesn't include perflock, it was.
also, there are some combinations of setcpu and monitoring that will work. at one point if i used setcpu, cpu monitor, and one other which i forget now, it would work, kind of. definitely not recommended.
Thats why I deaded mine. Phone was constantly overheating
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since i stop fighting with the kernel i've had nothing but great battery life and performance since the first ICS leak.
tsp, what i don't understand is why something like system panel, which shows you scaling (but doesn't let you change it) showed the proper correct scaling between 384 and 1512 and hardly EVER hit full throttle on GB, but on ICS, it's always showing full throttle.
then i installed your widget you showed me, and it showed constantly chagning like system panel used to on GB.
any idea why? which one is rgiht??
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since i stop fighting with the kernel i've had nothing but great battery life and performance since the first ICS leak.
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Agreed. I had set CPU try to disable perflock and limit to 1200mhz on conservative and it ended up being worse battery and slower overall.
You're exactly right I advise everyone I discuss the topic with to make sure and avoid trying to over ride perflock with a CPU management app. It causes a conflict in my opinion which is a huge battery drain and also causes excessive heat due to the process of fighting for its life.
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I've been saying this I even started a thread to smash this rumor of ICS kernels running bad...apparantely people like to give out wrong information on these forums, reminds me of the news channels.
THERE WAS NEVER ANYTHING WRONG WITH ANY ICS LEAKS. JUST USER FAULT
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I've been saying this I even started a thread to smash this rumor if ICS kernels running bad...apparantely people like to give out wrong information on these forums, reminds me of the news channels
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You are correct. I would say upwards of 20% of what I read here is incomplete or straight up wrong.
con247 said:
You are correct. I would say upwards of 20% of what I read here is incomplete or straight up wrong.
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My favorite part is when they try to sound like a dev, I guess everyone's a dev on here ;-P. At least I only say something I know from EXPERIENCE and not what I read ;-)
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jayochs said:
tsp, what i don't understand is why something like system panel, which shows you scaling (but doesn't let you change it) showed the proper correct scaling between 384 and 1512 and hardly EVER hit full throttle on GB, but on ICS, it's always showing full throttle.
then i installed your widget you showed me, and it showed constantly chagning like system panel used to on GB.
any idea why? which one is rgiht??
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the widget i posted is what you want. it should be scaling up and down, and settling eventually when nothing is really going on. the system panel that you tried clearly affected the perflock in some way. from what i understand, some apps/widgets look at the cpu itself, while others hit up the kernel for status. the ones that hit up the kernel are the issue. i'm not 100% on this, that's just what i've been told. all i know is my experience seems to match this.
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Many have complained about issues with the kernel in ICS. On any build, it is vital that you not use setcpu or any other cpu scaling app. Don't change the max/min freq, don't change the governer, nothing. Perflock will constantly reset any changes and cause the cpu to run at either full throttle or full min - no in between. Until we get kernel source and custom kernels, this will always be the case. It's something HTC does.
Many cpu monitor apps will do the same. The link in my sig has more info, and a link to a cpu monitor app that is safe to use with our kernel.
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Hmm, that's weird, cause I've been using setCPU with ICS on the Rezound for months and it works great! My CPU scales fine and hits all the frequencies its supposed to. The min and max frequencies do change around seemingly randomly, but anyone can see by watching the current frequency display that it is always somewhere in between the range I selected, and always appropriate for the system load.
I've always had CPU Master installed. I just removed it, we'll see how it goes.

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