[Kernel] [OC] [QUICKCHARGING] [AOSP PIE] [4.9.221] - SimpleKernel SuZu - Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D

I'm not responsible for any damage to your device. So be advised.
Kernel Features:
-CPU Overclocked (BIG cores to 2.01GHz (experimental, i should reduce and / or disable it if too many users notify instability in F5122 (that is my personal device));
-AdrenoBoost;
-Slimbus (Audio bridge) Overclocking;
-WCD9335 HiFi selector and tunnings louder audio at kernel side;
-WSA8810 tunnings for better and louder audio in speaker;
-CRC disabled;
-DTS Eagle sound integration;
-300 Hz instead 1 kHz for kernel timer (saves power);
-Boeffla Wakelock blocker;
-Quick charge tweaks (2100mA constant charging for QC 2.0 / 3.0 enabled chargers, drawing about 1,6 Amps from wall PSU);
-Tunned voltage regulators for CPU and GPU enabling High Power Mode;
-Kernel general optimizations;
-WIP: add klapse and kcal;
-Enable 160 MHz clock in crypto engine for faster crypto operations.
Special thanks to:
@stefanhh0 github user (idk what is the nick here, please, pm me and i add it if you want) for keeping a source with newer mainline (i guess) patches;
@franciscofranco for many commits that help us improving performance and saving power;
Sony AOSP team;
And others that maybe i forgot to tag here but all them are in the github code below:
https://github.com/LuizPauloDamaceno/kernel
Inside the zip that you can download below, you will find the initial release. You should flash it by fastboot and them reinstall magisk if you have it. Also, have two xml files that is a complementing of the audio tweaks in android side, enabling CLSH_LOHIFI mode in the audio processor and tunning volumes. From mic to headphones and speakers. The thermanager is the one that you should install it for improved thermal handle with this kernel. Dont worry, things shouldn't fry, but is not my fault if them fry. As another complemention, i've done a "userdata" partition for users who have 64 GB variants, like me. The AOSP is compilled for 32 GB i guess and we have only half of our full capacity. Flashing userdata (obviously, will erase your data partition and you will loose everything like is done in the first AOSP flashes if you dont do a back-up...) you will also have more free space
Kernel: fastboot flash boot boot.img
Userdata: fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
To copy the below files i like to use root explorer app, you can also do by adb. I'm open for suggestion of better apps too
mixer_paths.xml: copy it to /system/vendor/etc/mixer_paths.xml and change permissions to 0644 octal or rw-r-r.
thermanager.xml: copy it to /system/vendor/etc/thermanager.xml and change permissions to 0644 octal or rw-r-r.
The first versions i will not do the automated flashing because are the initial and testing releases, but if my plans goes ok for the next 15 days or in the worst case next month, i can do a twrp flasheable style to make our lives easier. For me, no random reboots, no overheating for normal use and battery stills ok. Report it your experience, i will appreciate to know! =D
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=4349826312261806431
Hope you all enjoy this, guys!
Luiz

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LuizPauloDamaceno said:
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It's awesome that you still keep these kernels up to date. Really appreciate the work.
I've been switching between v14 and v33 of your extreme kernels today for GPU testing. Didn't expect to see a kernel for Pie. I hope you'll update the one for Oreo as well, it's always great to see new changes. Thanks again!

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Could this one be used with LineageOS 16 Custom Rom by chippa?

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LOLisLIFE said:
It's awesome that you still keep these kernels up to date. Really appreciate the work.
I've been switching between v14 and v33 of your extreme kernels today for GPU testing. Didn't expect to see a kernel for Pie. I hope you'll update the one for Oreo as well, it's always great to see new changes. Thanks again!
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I've stopped oreo because I didn't see any advantages to me to keep it updating, i do this for fun and based in my use. Now i'm using pie, so, i think is fare to start a Pie project...

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justfun598 said:
Could this one be used with LineageOS 16 Custom Rom by chippa?
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I dont know, i dont have sure if could be used because maybe the drivers are different. If the LiOs uses 3.10 kernel then dont, you cant, because the drivers of 4.9 kernel is quite different.

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justfun598 said:
Could this one be used with LineageOS 16 Custom Rom by chippa?
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LineageOS 16 by chippa uses 3.10 so no, I'll not boot.
@LuizPauloDamaceno i'll test it on the we with aosp 10 instead (already built against 4.9 kernel) and see how it behaves) thanks for your work.

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ParanoidNemo said:
LineageOS 16 by chippa uses 3.10 so no, I'll not boot.
@LuizPauloDamaceno i'll test it on the we with aosp 10 instead (already built against 4.9 kernel) and see how it behaves) thanks for your work.
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Thank you for the test! I will stay in AOSP Pie for a while since i've built mine one following the sony's tutorial for now. Wainting for the results

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So, who tested it the first release? Any observations? soon i will post the second release with some improvements.

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I tested the first release on AOSP pie. The battery life is quite good but i needed to set big cores frequency back to 1.8, because the phone heats up a little bit. I also noticed a bug but i don't know if it's due to the rom or to the kernel: sometimes (not too frequently) the system ui force closes without any message. The screen becomes black and after a few seconds it turns on with lockscreen.
Anyway, as wel as in other roms, Whatsapp voice notes are very quiet; can this be solved with mixer path?
Thank you for your effort

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Lihxor said:
I tested the first release on AOSP pie. The battery life is quite good but i needed to set big cores frequency back to 1.8, because the phone heats up a little bit. I also noticed a bug but i don't know if it's due to the rom or to the kernel: sometimes (not too frequently) the system ui force closes without any message. The screen becomes black and after a few seconds it turns on with lockscreen.
Anyway, as wel as in other roms, Whatsapp voice notes are very quiet; can this be solved with mixer path?
Thank you for your effort
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When you say voice notes are not very quiet you say about noise or too loud?
About the frequency, yes, the higher frequencies is intended to who wants to play certain games with higher performance or just perform better other applications, but everything has the "dark side". In some AOSP roms (i think all) you have random reboots because the 1.95 GHz is enabled without any overvoltage, so, the clock cannot be sustained by the system and the CPU crashes. I recommend if you want to use these clocks to have a fan in a joystick for example... And if you use is only the daily, use the stock frequencies. =D
About the lockscreen and sysui stop answering, i've also observed this without kernel modifications. So i think can be something from ROM or kernel that isn't related to hardware changes. Can be investigated. For 3 days now that this problem not showing here...

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LuizPauloDamaceno said:
When you say voice notes are not very quiet you say about noise or too loud?
About the frequency, yes, the higher frequencies is intended to who wants to play certain games with higher performance or just perform better other applications, but everything has the "dark side". In some AOSP roms (i think all) you have random reboots because the 1.95 GHz is enabled without any overvoltage, so, the clock cannot be sustained by the system and the CPU crashes. I recommend if you want to use these clocks to have a fan in a joystick for example... And if you use is only the daily, use the stock frequencies. =D
About the lockscreen and sysui stop answering, i've also observed this without kernel modifications. So i think can be something from ROM or kernel that isn't related to hardware changes. Can be investigated. For 3 days now that this problem not showing here...
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Thanks for the answer. Btw, i meant that voice notes are quiet, so their volume is too low to be heard

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Can anyone do a benchmark using antutu and stock 4.9 kernel (not this one) just to compare it? Following screen from next version that I should post soon. With 4.9.224 Linux and many more features.

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LuizPauloDamaceno said:
Can anyone do a benchmark using antutu and stock 4.9 kernel (not this one) just to compare it? Following screen from next version that I should post soon. With 4.9.224 Linux and many more features.
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I took this one a year ago with Omni and 4.9 kernel, I recall performance was terrible on all 4.9 ROMs back then.
On your run I noticed that CPU scores is still lower than stock 8.0 with 3.10 kernel (that one got 46k on CPU and 17k on GPU), but I think it's better than anything we have currently.
By the way @ParanoidNemo how was the kernel running on AOSP 10?

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iH8Ecchi said:
By the way @ParanoidNemo how was the kernel running on AOSP 10?
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Been stuck with a lot of work and not tried yet. Will report as soon as I've time to try it.

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iH8Ecchi said:
I took this one a year ago with Omni and 4.9 kernel, I recall performance was terrible on all 4.9 ROMs back then.
On your run I noticed that CPU scores is still lower than stock 8.0 with 3.10 kernel (that one got 46k on CPU and 17k on GPU), but I think it's better than anything we have currently.
By the way @ParanoidNemo how was the kernel running on AOSP 10?
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Interesting, thank you for feedback. Yes... CPU score in 4.9 kernels is lower than 3.10. I think is something related to KPTI mitigations or something else... Concerning you're using OMINI rom... Is the wifi thetering working well? I have troubles with AOSP related with that and i thinks is not related to kernel. Thank you.

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LuizPauloDamaceno said:
Interesting, thank you for feedback. Yes... CPU score in 4.9 kernels is lower than 3.10. I think is something related to KPTI mitigations or something else... Concerning you're using OMINI rom... Is the wifi thetering working well? I have troubles with AOSP related with that and i thinks is not related to kernel. Thank you.
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I did this run a year ago, haven't tested that yet. I've since switched to Lineage GSI (with Sjll's modified 4.9 kernel), and tethering/hotspot works fine.

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Just flashed on latest AOSP pie by vknecht and it's work like a charm. No major bugs by far, rom is stable and fast, phone doesn't get really hot even without underclock. Im staying on it because ViPER4Android working with this setup unlike on LOS 16.

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adi_adi said:
Just flashed on latest AOSP pie by vknecht and it's work like a charm. No major bugs by far, rom is stable and fast, phone doesn't get really hot even without underclock. Im staying on it because ViPER4Android working with this setup unlike on LOS 16.
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Have you some random reboot or not with the aosp9 by vknecht?

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ParanoidNemo said:
Have you some random reboot or not with the aosp9 by vknecht?
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Well, random reebots still occur unfortunately, but most on demanding tasks. I'm not an expert, but I don't think this is a kernel issue.