Weird problem: SetCPU not working - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Well guys i installed SETCPU right after rooting, set the limit cpu frequency values according to my choice (UC) but to mu surprise it still peaks at 1.4ghz. I'd set the valut to 200min 1000max with pegasis governor but it doesn;t work. It never happened on any previous device i rooted. Already tried rebooting, nothing happens. So what can be the cause? I guess CF Auto Root just installed the root binaries bit not the busybox. Can it be the problem?

Does your kernel support OC?

Well bro i don't want to overclock and it's stock, so i guess it doesn't support overclocking. Besides, i want to underclock it(UC). But it doesn;t work even my profiles like battery less than, charging etc doesn't work either. Setcpu shows the limit defined values but cpu keeps running at 1.4 ghz

flash a custom kernel

Thanks for the suggestion but i just wanna keep it stock to avoid any problems whatsoever. It's just that setcpu always worked even on stock kernnels. Already tried on S2 and my ace, it worked great.

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Setcpu help!!!!

I need to know wat setting wrk the best for TV with setcpu. My battery is worst since I've rooted and its making me want to unroot. Help please!
mi2gurlz said:
I need to know wat setting wrk the best for TV with setcpu. My battery is worst since I've rooted and its making me want to unroot. Help please!
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Well, first thing first. Let us know what ROM, kernel, and radio you are using. Those things are the major factors that effect your battery life.
Also, what is your current setcpu settings?
1025MHz max/245MHz min are the stock frequencies. Setting the CPU above that will have an impact on your battery life. I really don't find a reason to overclock this phone.
If your using SetCPU, setting up a "Screen Off" profile is a must. Set it to 245min/max, so that when the screen is off, the CPU runs at a very minimal speed, saving you a lot of battery life.
I also recommend using Green Power. It is a free app in the market. It is a lot like Juice Defender, only I think it's simpler to use.
You can set the app to turn off data when your screen is off, and turn back on when you turn the screen on. Also, you can set it to turn data on (for example) every hour, for 1 minute to sync your data, then turn back off, this way you will still get your notifications.
I find it helps my battery a lot.
Thanks I will try that. I was using Ginger3dth3ory radio mr2 i think and i dont remember the kernel. I just flashed another ROM and its synergy_rls1-mecha kernel is [email protected] #1 and i assume the radio is the same since i dint get a new one. setcpu is set at 1024/245.

[Q] Best alternative to set cpu?

Hello all. I have a rooted Samsung Vibrant that Im running a custom rom that has a kernel capable of overclocking. Ive been using set cpu for a while with no problems. For some dumb reason on my part I uninstalled it and tried tegraks overclock. I decided I didnt like it and went back to set cpu. But after reinstalling it the settings wont stay set on boot. Ive tried everything I could think of, wiping data, cache, dalvik, fixing permissions, reflashing the kernel. Nothing will make the settings stick. So I thought Id see what the best alterntive is before I buy one. Id like one that has profile management also. Thanks!
I'm using No-Frills CPU Control. Works very well.
Im using no frills CPU and so far seems good. Haven't tried rebooting and seeing if setttings stay. I do wish it had profile management tho. Thanks.

[Q] Identifying the cause of a Crash/Freeze

My device has started to completely lock up randomly about five or six times a day and I desperately trying to find the cause.
I'm running a clean install of Checkrom Revolution v2 and Siyah v2.2 final. The problem I'm having is that I'm unable to identify exactly when the problem started to isolate the cause. As such, I've spent quite some time returning the phone to a state that I knew worked - I.e. older kernel (b16), stock voltages, re-enabled the second core, stock gpu settings and restored frequency thresholds, but to no avail.
The phone still crashes, particularly under heavy load such as running a stress test, using sat nav or playing games. However, I can still get a freeze when say I lock the device. The most frustrating part is I cannot perform a titanium backup, as it will crash during the process, with it being quite processor hungry.
So, I'm a bit stuck. Is there any way I can properly trace the cause of the lockup, in a hope to fix it?
Thanks in advance
Any ideas with this? Is there some inbuilt event log that I can read possibly?
Try a different governor (smartassV2) and make sure no UV or profiles, not needed. SetCPU set to only 100-1200mHz.
My CheckROM 3.1.1 and sirahkernel V2.2 in this configuration is flawless.
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SetCPU not saving my main profile settings

I've set my main to 800/200 conservative. Occasionally I go back into the application and see that it has changed to 1200/200 on its own.
I check time in each state and 1200 is showing up on the chart, so I know its not false or a glitch. Why is this happening?
I've updated my kernels, I've switched to Entropys from Siyahs and its still happening, I'm not too sure if its the kernels fault though, any ideas?
CollegeProfesor said:
I've set my main to 800/200 conservative. Occasionally I go back into the application and see that it has changed to 1200/200 on its own.
I check time in each state and 1200 is showing up on the chart, so I know its not false or a glitch. Why is this happening?
I've updated my kernels, I've switched to Entropys from Siyahs and its still happening, I'm not too sure if its the kernels fault though, any ideas?
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Do you have an alternate profile set somewhere?
Also, unless you reset cpuspy counters after boot, there will be some 1200 MHz time, since SetCPU doesn't reset the limit until after boot.
You probably have, but I have to ask just to make sure...are you sure you checked the "set at boot" option?
Entropy512 said:
Do you have an alternate profile set somewhere?
Also, unless you reset cpuspy counters after boot, there will be some 1200 MHz time, since SetCPU doesn't reset the limit until after boot.
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I have 2 profiles set, but theyre 500/200 for when the screen is off an for when im under 50% battery. Phone is still using 1200mhz though, even though its set to never do that.
raptor102888 said:
You probably have, but I have to ask just to make sure...are you sure you checked the "set at boot" option?
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It is, thanks

Zopo ZP100 Pilot What SHOULD I do??

Hi I got this phone couple of days back. It came flashed with latest Android 4.0.3 (20120608-154131)
I have rooted it using zopoROOTby_Jaynes_android4.0.
It's working fine, but seems the battery life is ridiculous and the battery information is also not reliable, especially after restarting the device
(Sometimes it suddenly decreses a lot and vice-versa).
Also GPS, I tried it out in the open for like 15-20 mins it finds 4-6 sats but DOESN'T lock on.!
And then the market had some incompatible apps, I did the XML trick, didn't work...removed the 5 files again and then gave up, all of a sudden after a restart, market is fully accessible!! (Weird!)
I have backed-up my apps using Titanium free but I want to install CWM recovery. I do not know the exact procedure to follow for the same.
I just want to have the CWM recovery and not want to flash whole ROM again...How to do it???
Also please give me any important suggestions, tips if you have regarding this phone.
Thank you!
Anyone have anything to say?
NHS2008 said:
Hi I got this phone couple of days back. It came flashed with latest Android 4.0.3 (20120608-154131)
I have rooted it using zopoROOTby_Jaynes_android4.0.
It's working fine, but seems the battery life is ridiculous and the battery information is also not reliable, especially after restarting the device
(Sometimes it suddenly decreses a lot and vice-versa).
Also GPS, I tried it out in the open for like 15-20 mins it finds 4-6 sats but DOESN'T lock on.!
And then the market had some incompatible apps, I did the XML trick, didn't work...removed the 5 files again and then gave up, all of a sudden after a restart, market is fully accessible!! (Weird!)
I have backed-up my apps using Titanium free but I want to install CWM recovery. I do not know the exact procedure to follow for the same.
I just want to have the CWM recovery and not want to flash whole ROM again...How to do it???
Also please give me any important suggestions, tips if you have regarding this phone.
Thank you!
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Is the phone going in deep sleep? (install cpu spy to check). This could be your battery problem. WiFi/3G/Bluetooth and some apps can keep the phone from going into deep sleep. You can try to edit build.prop to help it go into deep sleep.
The gps - theres some things you can edit in gps.conf and secgps.conf to get a faster fix (like changing time servers and how a-gps works).
kevinlekiller said:
Is the phone going in deep sleep? (install cpu spy to check). This could be your battery problem. WiFi/3G/Bluetooth and some apps can keep the phone from going into deep sleep. You can try to edit build.prop to help it go into deep sleep.
The gps - theres some things you can edit in gps.conf and secgps.conf to get a faster fix (like changing time servers and how a-gps works).
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Thanks for your helpful reply! I installed CPU Spy and here's what I found!
Seems, it's keeping at 1001 Mhz all the time!! Am I right??
Are there any other ways around it than editing system files??
Thanks again!! About GPS I got it to work today, albeit not accurately...
NHS2008 said:
Thanks for your helpful reply! I installed CPU Spy and here's what I found!
Seems, it's keeping at 1001 Mhz all the time!! Am I right??
Are there any other ways around it than editing system files??
Thanks again!! About GPS I got it to work today, albeit not accurately...
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Yep, looks like it is staying at 1ghz, you can install an app like setcpu to manage the cpu frequency. You will probably be limited by the kernel when it comes to governors (no undervolting either).
If you are not comfortable editing the gps.conf/secgps.conf there are apps for that I think. But it is quite easy with a file manager (root browser for example), the gps.conf tweak is to change the " NTP_SERVER= " to the closest server to where you reside from this site :
http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/
For example if it says NTP_SERVER=0.europe.pool.ntp.org , (edit: noticed you live in India, so you would do it like this):
NTP_SERVER=1.in.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=0.asia.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=2.asia.pool.ntp.org
If you want to see more on these gps tweaks(I would just do the time server tweak since it works on all phones, I'm not sure if the secgps.conf tweak works with your phone), check out this thread (it's been updated at the bottom of the first post) : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1320626
I'm not sure about CWM, I think it has to be tailored to the phone itself because of the location of the recovery partition.
Edit2: I noticed in the picture that your phone has 1ghz , 500 mhz 250mhz and 166mhz. You can add a profile to setcpu to set the CPU to max 250mhz while the screen is off for example. This wouldn't fix your deep sleep issue, but would save battery. (Deep sleep is some parts of the CPU turned off, while some parts stay on)
Thanks again! I have set it to 250-1001 ondemand and apply on boot now. But 'deep sleep' is still unused as per CPU spy, Any clues as to how can it be enabled?
About GPS, I can do that. Just that I could live without it for now, but thanks for elaborating it! I will do it tomm. Morn, its 2:39 am.
NHS2008 said:
Thanks again! I have set it to 250-1001 ondemand and apply on boot now. But 'deep sleep' is still unused as per CPU spy, Any clues as to how can it be enabled?
About GPS, I can do that. Just that I could live without it for now, but thanks for elaborating it! I will do it tomm. Morn, its 2:39 am.
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I posted second edit after you posted, will repost here in case you missed:
Edit2: I noticed in the picture that your phone has 1ghz , 500 mhz 250mhz and 166mhz. You can add a profile to setcpu to set the CPU to max 250mhz while the screen is off for example. This wouldn't fix your deep sleep issue, but would save battery. (Deep sleep is some parts of the CPU turned off, while some parts stay on)
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The deep sleep issue is probably related to some apps keeping the phone on (could be kernel problem also, but I'm not an expert on that so can't say). You can check wake-locks with betterbatterystats. Also, rebooting the phone helps(rebooting after charging also helps I noticed). Edit: Some tips on wake-lock : http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Wakelocks
kevinlekiller said:
I posted second edit after you posted, will repost here in case you missed:
The deep sleep issue is probably related to some apps keeping the phone on (could be kernel problem also, but I'm not an expert on that so can't say). You can check wake-locks with betterbatterystats. Also, rebooting the phone helps(rebooting after charging also helps I noticed). Edit: Some tips on wake-lock : http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Wakelocks
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Thanks for your reply. I think it is more of a Kernel problem only.
ust found out using Batterystats that As soon as I get a message or notification, It triggers LED light and a WAKE LOCK (Called 'Leds Wakelock' ) Which prevents phone from going into deep sleep, and it remains that way hogging battery! Only solution is to REBOOT and hope you don't get any notification!
BEFORE REBOOT
AFTER REBOOT
If your phone has a cyanogenmod rom (I haven't looked into the popularity of it), there is an option to turn off the LED notification in the cyanogenmod settings. Does Zopo release the source code for the kernel / rom?
I read in the other thread about the phone having issues when not in the performance governor, that is a shame, maybe the voltage is adjusted lower at lower frequencies causing the reboots.
kevinlekiller said:
If your phone has a cyanogenmod rom (I haven't looked into the popularity of it), there is an option to turn off the LED notification in the cyanogenmod settings. Does Zopo release the source code for the kernel / rom?
I read in the other thread about the phone having issues when not in the performance governor, that is a shame, maybe the voltage is adjusted lower at lower frequencies causing the reboots.
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I don't know whether it is cyanogenmod (I don't even know what that is..) But my phone doesnt have ANY option regarding that. But
Here's a good thing, since I restarted to take screen shot I've had several notifications LED flashes, and the 'LEDS Wakelock' hasn't reared it's ugly-head!
ALSO I have again set the Governor to 'On demand' and now it seems doing better no Hang up for a good time played AB space. going good!
I think that LEDS Wake lock was root of all troubles. Will have to keep a lookout for it.
Thanks a lot for your guidance!
Have you come up with a solution that can kill that wakelock other than reboot? From my observation that leds wakelock only happen when the battery's going low (<15%) and it won't go away after that.
Dirty solution is to patch framework-res.apk and modify the level of battery low notification.
I am using a newer custom ROM 100500 v2 and no longer have any issues with wake locks!
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