So I just unlocked the bootloader of my one-week-old Poco F1, flashed LineageOS 16, and everything has been smooth sailing so far. Now, I want to flash a custom kernel. What can you recommend for a good balance of battery life and performance? I'm not really keen on tweaking parameters so I want a flash-and-forget-it solution. Thanks in advance.
Sphinx works best for miui and lineage.
Franco is also up there
Canting kernel. At first I was flashing a different kernel daily. I found Canting and have been on it for nearly a week. Super stable. Not 1 random reboot or freeze and it also has vibration control, sound control, display control, Klaspe and just about everything else
https://github.com/khusika/canting_kernel_xiaomi_sdm845/releases
Sphinx Kernel is a good all-rounder, if you want a 'leaner' kernel go for Simple Kernel. As for performance, I've heard quite some praise from Malakas Kernel but I can't guarantee anything. An honorable mention would be Canting Kernel.
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Arter97 kernel is good for balanced performance and battery life and its very smooth
Sphinx Kernel
kernels benchmarked on LOS16
Brapabout said:
kernels benchmarked on LOS16
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Did you benchmark these yourself?
djdelarosa25 said:
Did you benchmark these yourself?
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Yes. 3x each test averaged with unthermal to rule out throttling.
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Yes. 3x each test averaged with unthermal to rule out throttling.
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Awesome! What do you personally recommend for the best balance of battery life and performance without tweaking? How about pure battery life?
djdelarosa25 said:
Awesome! What do you personally recommend for the best balance of battery life and performance without tweaking? How about pure battery life?
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I use lineage stock and have been getting ~8 hours SOT with light usage, over 48 hours between charge. The gains/losses in performance and battery life between kernels were negligible for me in real world usage and sticking with stock is just one less thing for me to worry about when updating.
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I use lineage stock and have been getting ~8 hours SOT with light usage, over 48 hours between charge. The gains/losses in performance and battery life between kernels were negligible for me in real world usage and sticking with stock is just one less thing for me to worry about when updating.
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Yep, might as well stick with stock I guess. The development done into these kernels is very active that some even update every day. I think it's too much of a hassle to me to flash a newer version daily.
I also like to believe that wiping cache frequently, which is a prerequisite in flashing, hurts battery life, because the phone doesn't get to compile it and as a result, keeps on running background processes to rebuild it every time you do so. What do you think?
Go for FK. 8 hours sot while playing PoGo non stop on 4g. Very good performance and non heating issues so far.
Just wanted to update this post based on my findings:
Franco: Awesome battery life, though the device essentially becomes gimped. I'm not a fan of underclocking.
Malakas: Best performance by far, and also pretty good battery life. A bit unstable, though.
Sphinx: A good balance between performance and battery life, though idle drain is a bit high. Will test a bit more.
Not willing to test arter's since it's SELinux Permissive.
djdelarosa25 said:
Just wanted to update this post based on my findings:
Franco: Awesome battery life, though the device essentially becomes gimped. I'm not a fan of underclocking.
Malakas: Best performance by far, and also pretty good battery life. A bit unstable, though.
Sphinx: A good balance between performance and battery life, though idle drain is a bit high. Will test a bit more.
Not willing to test arter's since it's SELinux Permissive.
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flash Twisted.it has best performance.
djdelarosa25 said:
Just wanted to update this post based on my findings:
Franco: Awesome battery life, though the device essentially becomes gimped. I'm not a fan of underclocking.
Malakas: Best performance by far, and also pretty good battery life. A bit unstable, though.
Sphinx: A good balance between performance and battery life, though idle drain is a bit high. Will test a bit more.
Not willing to test arter's since it's SELinux Permissive.
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I'm running Evolution-X with the Optimus Drunk Kernel. I have the NVT panel version of the Pocofone and my experience has been excellent. I also service a FTS panel version of the Pocofone, that had the freezing problem, and the Optimus Drunk Kernel really helped turn the phone from a freezing/frustrating nightmare and a similar experience to the NVT panel version. I recommend both the Evolution-X ROM and the kernel. Currently, the default kernel on the ROM is the DERP kernel, which is also good.
Nowadays I just stick with the stock kernel
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I'm getting really bad battery life on cm9
Any suggestion for a battery friendly rom?
every rom runs differently on each phone so its hard to recomend one. have you tried a different kernel for cm9. change the govenors, io shedules, undervolt or underclock. also depends on your usage and apps installed. cm9 as a base should give you good battery life.
Can't say that there is a "Best" anything. As stated above roms have different outcomes depending on the phone. I am running Gubment Cheeze Build B1.1. I have had great battery life out of it. Extremely great life during sleep. I am hooked to wifi about 22 hours a day. I use bluetooth about 2 hours a day. I do not oc/uv .. or change anything about it... use it like it is right out of the box. If you want to try it .. I am sure you will like it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798520
I've tried out a variety of kexec kernel roms on my xt912 and I can't seem to figure out how to get good battery life on any of them. I use cpu sleeper and hotplug but neither of these seem to help much I've also tried underclocking and using a custom kernel with subpar battery still. Any tips? I really like the added features but can't deal with the poor battery performance... Thanks for any suggestions!
For my kexec'ed phone, 24 hours is the limit....
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Well generally battery life on kexec is worse than on stock kernels. But you might want to try JBX Kernel - it works great and gives great battery life with decent performance :]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2223517
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Well generally battery life on kexec is worse than on stock kernels. But you might want to try JBX Kernel - it works great and gives great battery life with decent performance :]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2223517
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I tried the JBX Kernel, the most recent hybrid version, and was getting pretty bad battery life and seemed to lose more battery with the screen off then on, what settings do you use?
Sacuraktive governor + sioplus scheduler, heavy undervolt (down to 830 mV), frequency lock at 100 mHz/1 gHz. You also need to remember that it's best to do a clean install on the first jbx kernel flash.
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Sacuraktive governor + sioplus scheduler, heavy undervolt (down to 830 mV), frequency lock at 100 mHz/1 gHz. You also need to remember that it's best to do a clean install on the first jbx kernel flash.
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Alright thanks, I'll give it a shot!
dubisz said:
Well generally battery life on kexec is worse than on stock kernels. But you might want to try JBX Kernel - it works great and gives great battery life with decent performance :]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2223517
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I have to disagree. My battery life is much more improved with cm 10.1 (hotplug and noop scheduler) than with stock kernel. Moto has much **** going on in the background
Well don't mistake stock kernel with stock rom. Battery life on debloated roms with stock kernels is still better than kexec.
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Well don't mistake stock kernel with stock rom. Battery life on debloated roms with stock kernels is still better than kexec.
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I have not tried that so I can't give any statement but stock "rom"(retail.eu) with stock kernel doesnt have that good of battery life
Battery has been an issue since day one with the RAZR. Kexec has been a bit hungry compared to stock. Juice defender helps quite a bit.
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Any suggestions how to keep battery life longer with roms higher then 4.1.2? Every time i flash rom like cm kitkat, paranoid 3+ or higher my battery life sucks (battery life to 5 hours). And with 4.1.2 roms battery life is just awesome (about a day).
Sorry for bad english.
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Any suggestions how to keep battery life longer with roms higher then 4.1.2? Every time i flash rom like cm kitkat, paranoid 3+ or higher my battery life sucks (battery life to 5 hours). And with 4.1.2 roms battery life is just awesome (about a day).
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The reason why battery life is noticeably worse on kitkat is because of the lack of drivers available for or device. It isn't well optimised for our device and as a consequence, battery life is lost. If you absolutely want the best features (in kitkat) and want reasonable battery life, look for roms that have been built to be as close to aosp sources. That is look at rom like slimkat or neatrom aosp as they seem to have the least bloat ware and are running on the latest version of kitkat.
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The reason why battery life is noticeably worse on kitkat is because of the lack of drivers available for or device. It isn't well optimised for our device and as a consequence, battery life is lost. If you absolutely want the best features (in kitkat) and want reasonable battery life, look for roms that have been built to be as close to aosp sources. That is look at rom like slimkat or neatrom aosp as they seem to have the least bloat ware and are running on the latest version of kitkat.
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And how about kernels? Do they have any impact on battery life?
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And how about kernels? Do they have any impact on battery life?
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Kernels can provide driver updates to the graphics therefore there may be better performance in games. Most custom kernels allow the user to undervolt their cpu (and sometimes gpu) therefore accounting to battery savings. So yes, if tuned properly (sometimes if custom kernel settings are left to the defaults), there may be a slight improvement to battery life. As I said before, I can only recommend to you aosp roms such as neatrom or slim saber rom if you want minimal battery drain.
Is anyone using any kernels with OOS 3.1.4? How's the battery life treating you?
Also, is there a version of bluespark for 3.1.4? I couldnt find any working builds in the bluespark thread.
I´m using arsenic kernel with the recommended profile. To be honest is nothing special, it´s just a bit better than stock kernel. When phone is idle battery loses around 3%.
I think bluspark does not support 3.1.4, he abandoned development I think.
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I´m using arsenic kernel with the recommended profile. To be honest is nothing special, it´s just a bit better than stock kernel. When phone is idle battery loses around 3%.
I think bluspark does not support 3.1.4, he abandoned development I think.
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I remember using that with mOOS and greenify with it. I chose zzmoov governer and easily got 5 hr SOT with the battery saving profile.
Yes I also used it with mOOS, and works better with it than with stock OOS, which does not surprise me.
Never used battery saving profile, but I reached 5hrs SOT though.
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Yes I also used it with mOOS, and works better with it than with stock OOS, which does not surprise me.
Never used battery saving profile, but I reached 5hrs SOT though.
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What are you on currently? Whats your best setup?
I have stock OOS 3.1.4 with arsenic kernel, greenify and Naptime.
I haven´t found the best profile for me yet, so I use the recommended profile in arsenic´s kernel (interactive cpu). Battery profile lags a bit for what I want.
As I play games a little bit more, I only have around 4hrs SOT.
I was looking to flash a new kernel for my poco f1.
I search for a bit and find out that people consider those 2 the best one out there
Can someone explain me which one is better and why?
Sphinx has better performance but runs hotter than Franco this is because Sphinxes clocks are higher.
Franco has lower clocks so you will see minor stutters in games but it is clocked lower than stock. While only francos gpu is overclocked.
Both are stable in all applications no crashing.
it's not overclocked on franco. and it's a bad idea to overclock when it throttles anyway at load. it will make things worse. you could actually get better performance if you underclock...
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Sphinx has better performance but runs hotter than Franco this is because Sphinxes clocks are higher.
Franco has lower clocks so you will see minor stutters in games but it is clocked lower than stock. While only francos gpu is overclocked.
Both are stable in all applications no crashing.
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Do u know which one have better battery life?
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it's not overclocked on franco. and it's a bad idea to overclock when it throttles anyway at load. it will make things worse. you could actually get better performance if you underclock...
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so in your opinion which one is better for battery life?
I'LL go for franco anytime.. of the day.. both are superb in performance.. but im getting longer battery life with franco.
Franco is a great developer, buy he doenst use f1, just develop for it. Sphynx is an f1 user and his kernel is better polished, i have better battey with it. But there are lots of good kernels here, now im using shadow kernel, it is very good too
kernels don't really matter for battery life. unless using drivers with issues, which isn't a problem on a poco.
if you're using miui, debloat services and processes that constantly report to miui and wake your device.
limit apps push notification and background access. disable sync of non essential services.
personally i don't believe in using battery saving profiles and tweaks like LKT and messing with CPU governers and I/O scheds, but you can experiment with those if you need more battery at the expense of performance.
also try to optimize battery for any service/app you don't need realtime sync for (or don't need it to stay running in background). can also try the google play services gms doze module.
use adblocking browser like Bromite / hosts file to prevent ads from loading will also help battery times.
all of these have far greater effect on battery than kernel level tweaks or differences.
To be honest, the kernels I love are not the two. I actually use Shadow and Twisted Prime. I am currently using Twisted's kernel because, in my use-case, it actually provided me with better performance and overall battery. However, Shadow kernel is also good because you can add tweaks that will make it even better.
After being with franco kernel for quite a while.. im.now.trying the MALAKAS or MLX kernel.. and im telling you bro.. this one's damn smooth and effficient too.. wow. Just wow..
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I'LL go for franco anytime.. of the day.. both are superb in performance.. but im getting longer battery life with franco.
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Lol are you in dreams ?
Franco is the most power hungry kernel.
Evel the stock is better than it.
Without using any underclocking.
And after underclocking it gets like 2+ minutes in battery life and makes the phone's performance ****
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Lol are you in dreams ?
Franco is the most power hungry kernel.
Evel the stock is better than it.
Without using any underclocking.
And after underclocking it gets like 2+ minutes in battery life and makes the phone's performance ****
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What kernel do you recommend that is balanced in terms of battery life and performance?
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What kernel do you recommend that is balanced in terms of battery life and performance?
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Stock with tweaks
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Stock with tweaks
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You're on MIUI, right?
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You're on MIUI, right?
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Yes
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Stock with tweaks
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What kind of tweaks..
Just wanna report that Twisted is the most balanced kernel that I've tried.
Sphinx kernel has a better performance than Franco, but the device will be hotter. If you're in a tropical country, the temperature may stay between 40°C-45°C in Sphinx. Franco saves a lot more battery, also low temperature, but I don't like the performance in games, but it is better than the stock kernel.
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I was looking to flash a new kernel for my poco f1.
I search for a bit and find out that people consider those 2 the best one out there
Can someone explain me which one is better and why?
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What is this? Some sort of competition? Ask your question in a more appropriate way whether you want better performance or better battery life. Both kernel serves different purpose.
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Franco is a great developer, buy he doenst use f1, just develop for it. Sphynx is an f1 user and his kernel is better polished, i have better battey with it. But there are lots of good kernels here, now im using shadow kernel, it is very good too
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That's quite the opposite. Francisco owns a Poco F1. Infact he was provided the unit by Xiaomi, afaik. On the other hand, Michael doesn't have a Poco F1. He owns a Dipper (Mi8) which share similar hardware and software with Poco F1.