I would like to know what your thoughts are on usage of these apps, do they work?
I have personally used,
Greenify
Es task manager
Du battery saver and there cleaner app
But I have read they use more ram then they free up etc..
Also xcore, and core2 management. (these shut down one core on dual core devices) Do these save battery or not? Surely since these phones are generally optimized for dual core processors, closing one causes the remaining core to work twice as hard and wont save any?
Are any if these applications worth having?
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Since few weeks I'm using greenify, but can't see any difference.
However since the beginning of my android adventure I'm using advanced task killer, set it to aggressive mode. This does the job pretty good (specially the older versions).
I'll have to try those core disabling apps.
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Core 2 doesn't even work.
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Ok strange, I thought it was because the s4 was quad core but just checked and the zoomis dual core.
How do you know it doesn't work? I checked via cpustats app (free in the app store) it shows when I use xcore or core2 manager that one of the cores are off line.
You could try xcore?
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I guess no one is sure?
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I've checked it using app called "monitor". It shows me the use of both cores, and after using this app both cores were still working.
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jakuburban said:
I've checked it using app called "monitor". It shows me the use of both cores, and after using this app both cores were still working.
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OK. Also I wondered since your zoom has a xenon flash, can you still get torch apps etc? I bet its bright if you can.
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OK. Also I wondered since your zoom has a xenon flash, can you still get torch apps etc? I bet its bright if you can.
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You can't use xenon as torch and I don't own this device anymore.
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I would like to know what your thoughts are on usage of these apps, do they work?
I have personally used,
Greenify
Es task manager
Du battery saver and there cleaner app
But I have read they use more ram then they free up etc..
Also xcore, and core2 management. (these shut down one core on dual core devices) Do these save battery or not? Surely since these phones are generally optimized for dual core processors, closing one causes the remaining core to work twice as hard and wont save any?
Are any if these applications worth having?
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Du battery saver is useless app. Basically all these battery saving apps do things which you can do from Status Bar. (Like switch off Wi-Fi, Data, B/T etc).
Greenify is good app to freeze apps, but shows effect only if you freeze large number of apps.
But xcore, core2 and CPU Controlling apps are best. They give major battery boost.
I don't have dual core, but if I underclock my phone's CPU I get battery boost of 2-3 days.
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Du battery saver is useless app. Basically all these battery saving apps do things which you can do from Status Bar. (Like switch off Wi-Fi, Data, B/T etc).
Greenify is good app to freeze apps, but shows effect only if you freeze large number of apps.
But xcore, core2 and CPU Controlling apps are best. They give major battery boost.
I don't have dual core, but if I underclock my phone's CPU I get battery boost of 2-3 days.
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See when I use xcore etc my phone slows but battery seems to drain just as quick. Then there are goveners and io schedulers, if I use interactivex does that only use one core until the second core is needed?
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See when I use xcore etc my phone slows but battery seems to drain just as quick. Then there are goveners and io schedulers, if I use interactivex does that only use one core until the second core is needed?
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I don't know about interactivex. I own a single core phone.
But disabling 2nd core definately gives battery boost.
I have tested it on my Laptop. Disabling 2nd core gives lot of battery boost (and a bit of lag).
Related
Anyone uses this app yet. It was recommend by Clemsyn on XDA as a better alternative to setcpu. I download the free version in the market, but the UI is a bit confusing. Seems like a little better optimization available.
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I saw his recommendation and downloaded the free version. I its a little overwhelming as i'm still noobish, but it seems to have a larger breadth of options than set cpu. As far as its relative reliability, i'm not sure. There is no "apply" button for uv steps tho, so an unintentional finger slip can cause your phone to freeze! just try it out, see if you like it I guess
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any way to disable the memory management?
Im gonna mess around with it tonight and see if I like it. It seems like it will take a little getting use to though lol.
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Anyone uses this app yet. It was recommend by Clemsyn on XDA as a better alternative to setcpu. I download the free version in the market, but the UI is a bit confusing. Seems like a little better optimization available.
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I have been using this ever since it came out it replaces a lot of apps out there and the CPU tuner is compatible with dual core phones and utilizes them completely. It has an app manager, auto starts, frequency controls, sd booster and many more uses. I for one think it is one of the best apps I have in my root arsenal .
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I have been using this ever since it came out it replaces a lot of apps out there and the CPU tuner is compatible with dual core phones and utilizes them completely. It has an app manager, auto starts, frequency controls, sd booster and many more uses. I for one think it is one of the best apps I have in my root arsenal .
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Yeah I couldn't be more impressed now that I've messed around with it, but its gonna take sometime for me to fully utilize this seeing im kinda new to a lot of these features.
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I was using this for a little and noticed something weird im running the v6 supercharger scripts and in my memory settings the last mem setting would change from 275mb to 256mb. I tried everything so that it wouldnt mess with my supercharger scripts but no go. I unistalled it and everything has been back to normal. Anyone else notice this?
tapped via supercharged atrix with cm7 and clems kernel.
jiggytom said:
any way to disable the memory management?
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menu > settings > active tweaks > reapply memory limits > disabled
I believe this is the only option for memory, but could also be very wrong! :-0
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Anyone uses this app yet. It was recommend by Clemsyn on XDA as a better alternative to setcpu. I download the free version in the market, but the UI is a bit confusing. Seems like a little better optimization available.
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I bought the Pro version and am liking it better than SetCPU now that I have got used to it and have everything set up. I would like to see live update on the widget when the screen is on though. Lowest setting is 10 seconds.
Did someone use both of them and can list the advantages and disadvantages of both for gs3.
Thanks
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Did someone use both of them and can list the advantages and disadvantages of both for gs3.
Thanks
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i use both, for managing my cpu and cpu profile include voltage control, i use setcpu.
System tuner is more like all in one app. but it depends on your kernel. some kernel support setcpu and some dont. so check your kernel. if you are using custom kernel.
System tuner has a lot of info like which apps use more of your cpu. this can be usefull to find background app that running and use a lot of cpu which resulting bad battery life.
I suggest you check system tuner xda thread as all the info and all use listed there.
use search button or go to google play and search system tuner and go to their website or xda link
Does anyone know any good apps to check cpu usage that is known to be accurate, I have installed system panel and system tuner pro, both show all 4 core usage with on and sleep if cpu is not in use, the problem is all core 0,1,2,3.
both display different core in sleep mode at at the same time, example at the same time system panel shows core 1 and 2 in sleep mode, while system tuner pro shows core 1 and 3 in sleep mode, or just core 0 running and the other 3 sleeping.
so how do we know which is accurate and are these apps really that accurate.
thanks in advance.:victory:
CPU Spy
Check CPU SPY... Accurate and does not use any resources
anything to check all 4 core.
thanks
Hi,
Sorry, nevermind. Wrong reading.
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system panel and system tuner pro are the one's installed already, both give me different results.
you can read my first post about the problem.
thanks
Cool tool
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Hi,
Sorry, nevermind. Wrong reading.
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it's ok, your only helping.
I activated "developer settings" in Nexus 10.
After this I checked option force gpu acceleration.
Now adobe reader and other applications are much faster with screen scroll.
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Rom Toolbox should also be faster (for anyone who uses it); given that they didn't add hardware acceleration yet anyway
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Rom Toolbox should also be faster (for anyone who uses it); given that they didn't add hardware acceleration yet anyway
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Thanks this has made some of the slow games run a bit better :good:
Google really should enable this by default now. Pretty much every app works fine with it on.
Does this increase battery drain ?
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Google really should enable this by default now. Pretty much every app works fine with it on.
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That's because pretty much every app is already using GPU acceleration. So for those apps, checking the box does nothing.
But for apps that do not use GPU acceleration (because the developer is too lazy to code properly) it can help. Some apps are written so badly, that they will actually break when forcing GPU rendering. Which is why it isn't checked by default.
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kamaltmo said:
Does this increase battery drain ?
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Technically it should reduce battery drain, as the GPU would consume less power to do the same graphical task than the CPU (since the GPU is actually made for it).
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That's because pretty much every app is already using GPU acceleration. So for those apps, checking the box does nothing.
But for apps that do not use GPU acceleration (because the developer is too lazy to code properly) it can help. Some apps are written so badly, that they will actually break when forcing GPU rendering. Which is why it isn't checked by default.
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Technically it should reduce battery drain, as the GPU would consume less power to do the same graphical task than the CPU (since the GPU is actually made for it).
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Most still don't. They work fine with it but they still don't use it by default.
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Maybe a stupid question, but how does one activate developer settings?
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Firemarshalbill said:
Maybe a stupid question, but how does one activate developer settings?
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Settings, About Tablet, then keep tapping the build number
Appreciate it
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I don't see a Force GPU acceleration in my developers settings
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Adobe Reader and evernote are the applications where forcing GPU acceleration made a huge difference for me.
Without it, big PDFs were extremely choppy, scrolling pages and zoom was a pain, after that, everything ran extremely fluid.
I kinda suspect it's because some changes must have been made in the way android used to force GPU acceleration form 4.0, and now, in those applications forced is not as default.
You know you guys now have to run some sort of benchmark tests or post a short video showing GPU-on and GPU-off performance! :laugh:
Is there any kind of negative effect of doing this?
I've noticed it a few times and thought of doing it, but figured if it was the best option then it would be on by default.
There must be a reason it is disabled? Battery? Compatibility? Kittens dying?
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Is there any kind of negative effect of doing this?
I've noticed it a few times and thought of doing it, but figured if it was the best option then it would be on by default.
There must be a reason it is disabled? Battery? Compatibility? Kittens dying?
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Yes it creates random reboots that people are talking about.
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As far as ive tested and after 48 hours with it enabled i got 0 reboots. I had those the first two days, since ive stopped using chrome, not a single freeze.
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I don't see a Force GPU acceleration in my developers settings
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I think it's called "Force GPU Rendering" in dev settings. I enabled it and tested on an app that usually scrolls choppy and slow. I noticed smooth and fast scrolling after enabling.
It is not enabled by default because Google cannot guarantee compatibility with all apps. Apps that make heavy use of custom widgets *may* have rendering issues. It is something that app developers should opt-in for but often the developers do not, despite there being no issues. 98% of apps work great with it forced on.
It shouldn't cause reboots or the like unless a particular app that isn't compatible somehow crashes the kernel(not likely). *If* it causes an issue with an app then usually it will not render 100% correctly or at worst it will force close.
Okay guys, so after using a lot of tweaks for the rom I'm at a point where my performance and battery life is pretty good. So here's the one one app which always saves battery life like a pro:
SetCPU - it's a life savor, try setting up some profiles in it for the different battery states and lock screen etc. By setting normal CPU on lock screen to 300 it got so much better battery life.
To find the app just search "SetCPU" in play store, it does require root acces.
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Hmm, I am pretty sure that SetCPU needs a custom kernel with change-able clock speeds.
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Hmm, I am pretty sure that SetCPU needs a custom kernel with change-able clock speeds.
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To overclock? Yes. To manage CPU profiles according to battery level, lock screen and so on. Only root is needed. Its only the frequency it changes
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Okay guys, so after using a lot of tweaks for the rom I'm at a point where my performance and battery life is pretty good. So here's the one one app which always saves battery life like a pro:
SetCPU - it's a life savor, try setting up some profiles in it for the different battery states and lock screen etc. By setting normal CPU on lock screen to 300 it got so much better battery life.
To find the app just search "SetCPU" in play store, it does require root acces.
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and what are your settings in SetCPU? I use cpu control option in Rom Toolbox Pro and i think that works the same way but let me know what are your settings
btw How do u use swap memory? i tried but couldn't make it workin, help me please with that! =)
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and what are your settings in SetCPU? I use cpu control option in Rom Toolbox Pro and i think that works the same way but let me know what are your settings
btw How do u use swap memory? i tried but couldn't make it workin, help me please with that! =)
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Used this script
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2359182
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Used this script
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2359182
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Hi friend. Can you please post the last part of your profiles ( <50% battery so on)?
I'll post the settings a bit later, my phone is charging atm
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I'll post the settings a bit later, my phone is charging atm
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Waiting ?
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Waiting ?
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Remember to check the persistent icon in status bar on, otherwise it might be closed by other apps
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Remember to check the persistent icon in status bar on, otherwise it might be closed by other apps
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sorry for offtopic, before i factory reset i used rom toolbox pro for cpu profiles. i also found sd booster - it works for internal memory and external micro sd card.
i see there is standalone app for that also -> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mehrmann.sdbooster&hl=pl
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sorry for offtopic, before i factory reset i used rom toolbox pro for cpu profiles. i also found sd booster - it works for internal memory and external micro sd card.
i see there is standalone app for that also -> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mehrmann.sdbooster&hl=pl
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Doesn't it damage the memory ?
There are some reviews that claim this damaged their phone.
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Doesn't it damage the memory ?
There are some reviews that claim this damaged their phone.
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i don't know. imho it does not because it's about caching files, it's something like creating ram from int/ext memory and someone said:
Yeah it will degrade the life of the sdcard, which is why I advise users to perform due diligence in the Disclaimer/Warning.
But from the research I did it seems that the degradation is negligible enough that something else in the device will break before the sdcard. Or even more likely the user will replace their device due to pace of technology before the degradation is really noticed.
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creating 256mb swap partition is more than actually making 4mb cache so i think it is barely impossible to damage the storage even because we download many apps or games so the storage is filling with data too
it is only my opinion