*I have posted this in the Galaxy S III General Forum, i didn't know where to ask.
I'm getting a new ROM and it has options for which kernel i'd like to have, so i'm stuck to what kernel to choose.
Can anyone tell me whats the best one and why?
Just a heads up, people hate/lock these "better than" threads as it's offensive to developers time and efforts.
Look at the descriptions in detail, they all work on different kinds of versions/releases of roms, some are older versions of Android, some are stock S3 Android, some are for ported Samsung firmwares. And some, like Boeffla, provides many for all of them including CM, Samsung and older versions.
Personally I'd choose Boeffla as it generally always workes for whatever rom I use and has everything you can imagine, the best thing is perhaps the downloadable "Boeffla Config" app, which provides far more configuration features than any other kernel tweaker I've seen.. by far.
AGNi has some cool unique features, like additional filesystem support and a few niche features. Nothing to sway me personally.
ArchiKernel really only works with ported up-to-date Samsung roms with no frills or anything, just his usual optimisations which haven't really made an impact on general use tasks and gaming performance as far as I can tell.
Notable Boeffla settings:
GPU overclocking/underclocking. (I suggest not under clocking in the slightest as it brings the system to a crawling halt.)
Change charging rates.
Large collection of CPU governors.
Undervolting of CPU & GPU.
Tweaks presets.
Disabling of logging.
Large collection of sound tweaks.
Kernel
Personally I will recommend u to go for boeffla kernel as it has all essential features including sound tweaks
And if u are in Sensation Rom V6(android 4.4.2 and also for other 4.4.2 ROMS) then in boeffla app
Set ZRAM :-
Number of zram devices -4
Zram total disk size-600
And
set swappiness- 60
And you will get the best of Senation Rom with best multitasking and battery life!
FireBlazeGT said:
Personally I will recommend u to go for boeffla kernel as it has all essential features including sound tweaks
And if u are in Sensation Rom V6(android 4.4.2 and also for other 4.4.2 ROMS) then in boeffla app
Set ZRAM :-
Number of zram devices -4
Zram total disk size-600
And
set swappiness- 60
And you will get the best of Senation Rom with best multitasking and battery life!
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true that
FireBlazeGT said:
Personally I will recommend u to go for boeffla kernel as it has all essential features including sound tweaks
And if u are in Sensation Rom V6(android 4.4.2 and also for other 4.4.2 ROMS) then in boeffla app
Set ZRAM :-
Number of zram devices -4
Zram total disk size-600
And
set swappiness- 60
And you will get the best of Senation Rom with best multitasking and battery life!
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thanks, Im really want it :good:
Can anyone advise what is the current lightest, and fastest ROM?
Coming from linux, it's pretty easy to pick a light weight distro, there are a tonne of very small but very fast options, with android it's much harder to tell what's light weight / fast, and what isn't.
I don't want to retire my S3, but it's getting a fair bit of lag on CM 11.2 (March release) 4.4.4.
Bump for interest
So no opinions?
haritrev said:
So no opinions?
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i'm using axuan's (4.4.4 - AXUAN i9300sksukni3 - s5 - note4style - V2 TW ROM) debloated rom further improved by zuziemanis (kopet huan 416mb - best or kopet note4 542mb - themed), so far i find it the lightest. i can run CoC, spirit fm/music, torrenting without one of them being killed by lmk.
2 issues:
1. gps not working in power saving mode.
2. only spirit fm radio works
other tw roms:
1. back-to-noot 4.4.4 ported 694mb - no theme, plain, vanilla-like
2. [4.4.2] QSBased SmartDroid Simple KK 426mb - heavily debloated (have a bloatwares pack available), stable, ram management still can't beat 4.4.4
for aosp, cm, etc i'm not happy with the keyboard predictions & auto spacing (google, swype, emoji, etc), i can't recommend any.
Hi,
As many of you know, L Speed is an app that requires root that has a ton of tweaks to increase performance/battery life.
Personally when i tried it (even though i went "light" on most tweaks) I still noticed that my battery life had decreased drasticallly and my phone was heating a lot more than usual.
So I wanted to if anyone else is currently using it and under which tweaks setup.
i use SetCPU (paid) profiles for performance and battery life
I use lspeed but the battery drains with or without it. perofrmance is better however there is nothing I cand do to stop the battery drain.
The battery surprisingly works now really well. even with data connection on.
For better performance only change governor for a little and big cores to ondamend, other option,tweaks in lspeed or kernel adiutor only faster drained battery and increase hoting of CPU, do not change min/max frequency CPU because this increase hoting.
I found much the same; the cpu and kernel tweaks just cause the phone to run hot.
I've found the following usefull:
-cache allocation(medium)
-improved scrolling
-liquid smooth ui
-disable debugging
I also use:
-NET buffers(small)
-Google DNS
-ram manager(multitasking)
esklarski said:
I found much the same; the cpu and kernel tweaks just cause the phone to run hot.
I've found the following usefull:
-cache allocation(medium)
-improved scrolling
-liquid smooth ui
-disable debugging
I also use:
-NET buffers(small)
-Google DNS
-ram manager(multitasking)
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In my experience cache allocation caused freezings (maybe they fixed it). Also, are you aware that liquid smooth ui drains battery? And do does the ran manager (in both multitasking and balanced, as i tested with Ampere)
dagger1 said:
In my experience cache allocation caused freezings (maybe they fixed it). Also, are you aware that liquid smooth ui drains battery? And do does the ran manager (in both multitasking and balanced, as i tested with Ampere)
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I can say I've not done thorough testing. But the current settings I feel battery life is very good... but I may turn off the cache mod. The smoothui one pays for itself.
Edit:
Funny, I switch the cache to default and get a FC right afterwards. I was thinking they were to do with system debloating I've bend doing
I have installed Root Booster, It's a great app for perfomance and battery. You can try it man!
Hi there, this is the thread to share your rom and kernels setup and if also some mod that you use in your rome such as audio mod. Might be helpful for and the other users to try. Maybe some of you using MiUI Rom either chinese or global or xiaomi.eu or other MiUI based rom and maybe some of you using CM13 and aosp based rom.
Here is also some link for the kernels:
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Guyver Kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-3/how-to/kernel-test-guyver-kernel-t3494521
Radon Kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-3/development/kernel-t3414884
Agni Kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/red...nel-24-09-2016-agni-puremiui-mm-v1-4-t3468042
http://forum.xda-developers.com/red...ernel-25-09-2016-agni-purecm-mm-v1-6-t3469874
http://forum.xda-developers.com/red...kernel-02-10-2016-agni-purecm-n-v1-7-t3472640
ElementalX
http://forum.xda-developers.com/red...nel-elementalx-rn3-0-01-miui-android-t3455859
Neon Kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-3/development/kernel-neon-kernel-t3439667
Blaze Kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-3/development/kernel-blaze-kernel-1-t3424981/page152
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Some users like more battery backup on their device, some users like more performance on their device. So, which one is yours?
Share.... :highfive: Also it might be helpful if you share your kernel settings. Screenshot would be great :highfive:
My ultimate Kenzo-combo is:
1. Unofficial CM13 by Umang and DiamondBond. Why this over official CM13? Because I don't have to mess with all the camera fixes, everything is included by default. Plus as a bonus I get lightning-fast boot times and slightly quicker apps installation;
2. Radon V3.0.1 aka the most versatile, feature-rich and stable kernel for this device;
3. GovTuner 3.6 with the Balanced profile. The phone runs super-smooth while giving me solid 7-8 hours of actual use. Sure, I could go with more conservative settings and easily get 10-12 hours of SoT, but watching the phone stutter and lag is not for me.
4. Various little mods and adjustments, like the Goodix patch, build.prop tweaks ( disabling Camera2 API and bringing the LCD density down to 420 ), removing SoundFX libraries, heavily debloating the ROM and cleaning up some more system stuff like libraries and ringtones.
Overall this combo gives me the perfect day-to-day usage with no bullstuff, no crashes, no weird glitches and bugs. Everything is consistent, clean, smooth and stable.
CM14.1 can't come soon enough.
01_april said:
3. GovTuner 3.6 with the Balanced profile. The phone runs super-smooth while giving me solid 7-8 hours of actual use. Sure, I could go with more conservative settings and easily get 10-12 hours of SoT, but watching the phone stutter and lag is not for me.
4. Various little mods and adjustments, like the Goodix patch, build.prop tweaks ( disabling Camera2 API and bringing the LCD density down to 420 ), removing SoundFX libraries, heavily debloating the ROM and cleaning up some more system stuff like libraries and ringtones.
Overall this combo gives me the perfect day-to-day usage with no bullstuff, no crashes, no weird glitches and bugs. Everything is consistent, clean, smooth and stable.
CM14.1 can't come soon enough.
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Wow, that is a lot work to do. Does the Gov Tuner same like L Speed And HEBF mod?
khairul H said:
Wow, that is a lot work to do. Does the Gov Tuner same like L Speed And HEBF mod?
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Unfortunately, I haven't used either of those mods, so I can't compare.
But after installing GovTuner I noticed a signifcant increase in smoothness and fluidity with no real decrease in battery life / SoT.
01_april said:
4. Various little mods and adjustments, like the Goodix patch, build.prop tweaks ( disabling Camera2 API and bringing the LCD density down to 420 ), removing SoundFX libraries, heavily debloating the ROM and cleaning up some more system stuff like libraries and ringtones.
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Can you explain how it improves? for example disabling Camera2 API? I use Denoisecamera (from this forum) but some options FC.. but the pictures are actually nice in my opinion... Would like to have a full working camera with at least a close enough quality to this app
Barnir said:
Can you explain how it improves? for example disabling Camera2 API? I use Denoisecamera (from this forum) but some options FC.. but the pictures are actually nice in my opinion... Would like to have a full working camera with at least a close enough quality to this app
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It doesn't improve picture quailty, it improves the speed and responsiveness of the camera app. I don't care about picture quailty at all because I'm a student, so 99% of the pictures I take are textbooks, whiteboards and so on. I don't need any manual controls and denoise features for that. So, it improves the experience for me personally by making taking pictures faster and simpler.
01_april said:
It doesn't improve picture quailty, it improves the speed and responsiveness of the camera app. I don't care about picture quailty at all because I'm a student, so 99% of the pictures I take are textbooks, whiteboards and so on. I don't need any manual controls and denoise features for that. So, it improves the experience for me personally by making taking pictures faster and simpler.
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I see, but would you use any other app for the purposes i said? i dont even know now how to unnistall that Camera because it is a flashable zip
I'm using AOSCP 7.1 and Agni Kernel 3.2 and i really like this combo
Another great combo is TeslaN 7.0 and Agni kernel
01_april said:
Unfortunately, I haven't used either of those mods, so I can't compare.
But after installing GovTuner I noticed a signifcant increase in smoothness and fluidity with no real decrease in battery life / SoT.
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What about your Kernel settings? Governor? I/O scheduler, etc?
MurdererFight said:
I'm using AOSCP 7.1 and Agni Kernel 3.2 and i really like this combo
Another great combo is TeslaN 7.0 and Agni kernel
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What about your Kernel settings? Governor? I/O scheduler, etc?
AICP + Agni with ondemand and noop + xposed with greenify Amplify and power nap 11-12 hour of screen
I use official CM13 + Guyver Kernel.
I prefer to have a better battery backup (2days) but not in lieu of a great decrease in performance. The phone doesn't shutter or lag, smooth and I get about 10h SOT
mehrshad.shafaghi said:
I use official CM13 + Guyver Kernel.
I prefer to have a better battery backup (2days) but not in lieu of a great decrease in performance. The phone doesn't shutter or lag, smooth and I get about 10h SOT
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What about your kernel settings? do you keep it default or you tune a little bit? 10h seems interesting.
Barnir said:
I see, but would you use any other app for the purposes i said? i dont even know now how to unnistall that Camera because it is a flashable zip
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Snapdragon Camera and Manual Camera come to mind, you can easily Google both of those.
khairul H said:
What about your Kernel settings? Governor? I/O scheduler, etc?
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CPU governor - Interactive, GPU governor - Simple Ondemand with Adreno Idler turned off, I/O scheduler - Zen, forced FastCharge, speaker boost of +18, vibration level of 67%, disabled Fsync, TCP agorithm set to Cubic, Low Memory Killer set to Very Light, plus some color-calibration ( personal preference ).
######MINE KENZO CONFIGURATION###### ROM: - GLOBE MIUI dev 6.11.3- smiui.net
KERNEL -STOCK SMIUI
XPOSED
VIPER4ANDROID FX
HEBF TWEAKS
MIX THEME
MIUI TWEAKS BY SOLARWAREZ (THANKS FOR HIS AWESOME XMIUI APP
SOTS: -10H
OTHER ONES
1.RR 5.7.4
RADON
XPOSED
VIPER
Camlin3 said:
######MINE KENZO CONFIGURATION###### ROM: - GLOBE MIUI dev 6.11.3- smiui.net
KERNEL -STOCK SMIUI
XPOSED
VIPER4ANDROID FX
HEBF TWEAKS
MIX THEME
MIUI TWEAKS BY SOLARWAREZ (THANKS FOR HIS AWESOME XMIUI APP
SOTS: -10H
OTHER ONES
1.RR 5.7.4
RADON
XPOSED
VIPER
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I am using Official TWRP 3.0.2-2 and I have officially unlocked my device, can I flash smiui rom with my recovery or should I have to install some other recovery? and I want to keep my recovery so I should check don't overwrite recovery while building my smiui rom?
Thank you,
Rescuremix 5.7.3 (MM) + radon kenzo 2.9.5 is great battery life+Better camera,,,
No bugs!!
Sorry my bad english
NX 10.4 + Radon 3.0.1 + amplify,greenify,powernap
Get around 11h SOT , 85k antutu 2GB model
And totally customisable with kernel adiutor
redminote3 said:
NX 10.4 + Radon 3.0.1 + amplify,greenify,powernap
Get around 11h SOT , 85k antutu 2GB model
And totally customisable with kernel adiutor
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Stats dont work on m stable stock with onl greentif & gotuner. How to get stats in powernap?
Use BetterBatteryStats
If you have any experience with debloating, how was the effect to the performance and battery life?
If you are interested, you may want to try one of these debloating scripts
* https://gitlab.com/W1nst0n/universal-android-debloater
* https://github.com/0x192/Universal-Android-Debloater
* https://github.com/khlam/debloat-samsung-android
* https://r1.community.samsung.com/t5/others/how-to-remove-samsung-bloatware-without-root/td-p/5817510
* https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12jEGQftFUL3vAI03X0Ku1LgoWFQKdwPA_WHuLh_2ics
I disable everything in this list except google apps and disabled the auto update using this guide.
app list:
debloat-samsung-android/commands.txt at master · khlam/debloat-samsung-android
ADB commands to aggressively de-bloat Samsung Android Phones without root. Make Samsung One UI closer to stock Android. - debloat-samsung-android/commands.txt at master · khlam/debloat-samsung-android
github.com
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Phone is much smoother, the June update dramatically decreased performance.