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Download link: http://goo.gl/vzEB4
FAQs: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11436660&postcount=11 (Thanks Alienz!)
Yes, the kernel is still based on the i9000 JPX source release. Hopefully we get real source soon.
Main Features:
NEAR STOCK BATTERY!!! (Thanks Morfic!)
Overclock up to 1.4Ghz.
BLN (Backlight Notifications).. A basic app is included to turn it on if you want it
Voodoo lagfix v5
Voodoo Sound v4
Many parts of the "speedmod" patch from the i9000 forum
OC is based on raspdep's OC patches, also from the i9000 forum
Various speed tweaks
CIFS/SMB and NFS support compiled in (no modules)
Tunnel support compiled in (no modules)
Changes since 3.2:
New boot logo. (Thanks Alexia!)
Added battery drain fix in standby discovered by Morfic. Should be about the same battery as stock now.
Voltages and frequency scaling have been adjusted to more quickly jump to higher frequencies and come down slower. Improves response time while you use the phone.
The Voltage Control app has the correct voltages, I recommend leaving the lower speeds alone to start with. Going too low can cause the sleep of death. That's why they are as high as they are. NOTE: The voltage control app does not control the available states they way the older ones do. That screen is useless, ignore it. Set your max and scheduler if you wish, and the voltages if you want to change them.
SetCPU.... If you want to use it, you can have it set min/max. If you set profiles, don't set the max under 800. The phone needs 800 to be available. I use a screen off profile at 100-800 just to keep the OC disabled while sleeping. No reason it should need to really crank up the speed if I'm not looking at it. SetCPU is NOT required, I'm offering this as a tip for fans of that application.
The kernel has proven stable for a number of testers so far. If you get crashes, disable any OC/UV settings and try again. I recommend you only change one setting at a time, and NOT set at boot until you have run for a while to ensure you can run stable at that voltage/speed.
Great job testing it out now. Edit: screen is a little dark but the kernel is super smooth
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Going to test! Will post results in a couple of hours.
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I am considering flashing this new kernel but have a couple of questions I would like to ask first. I am currently on Bionix V 1.21 and love it. Is this kernel compatible with Bionix V 1.21? It appears that this kernel is Voodoo enabled so I presume I would not have to disable voodoo. If I decide to go back to the Kb1 with voodoo enabled which I believe is the stock kernel for Bionix V 1.21 would i just flash the kernel( is is available on TW forum?)or would I have to flash the whole rom again? I would think I would not have to but want to be sure before I leap. I would not like to have to ask for help for problems that could have been avoided by reading and asking questions. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
Is it ok to not use set cpu? Will this kernel will oc over 1000?
ttabbal said:
Download link: http://goo.gl/vzEB4
Yes, the kernel is still based on the i9000 JPX source release. Hopefully we get real source soon.
Main Features:
Voodoo lagfix v5
Voodoo Sound v4
Many parts of the "speedmod" patch from the i9000 forum
OC is based on raspdep's OC patches, also from the i9000 forum
Various speed tweaks
CIFS/SMB and NFS support compiled in (no modules)
Tunnel support compiled in (no modules)
Changes since 3.2:
New boot logo. (Thanks Alexia!)
Added battery drain fix in standby discovered by Morfic. Should be about the same battery as stock now.
Voltages and frequency scaling have been adjusted to more quickly jump to higher frequencies and come down slower. Improves response time while you use the phone.
The Voltage Control app has the correct voltages, I recommend leaving the lower speeds alone to start with. Going too low can cause the sleep of death. That's why they are as high as they are. NOTE: The voltage control app does not control the available states they way the older ones do. That screen is useless, ignore it. Set your max and scheduler if you wish, and the voltages if you want to change them.
SetCPU.... If you want to use it, you can have it set min/max. If you set profiles, don't set the max under 800. The phone needs 800 to be available. I use a screen off profile at 100-800 just to keep the OC disabled while sleeping. No reason it should need to really crank up the speed if I'm not looking at it.
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This kernel is much more stable for me than the dow kernel. Great work.
tenbeau said:
I am considering flashing this new kernel but have a couple of questions I would like to ask first. I am currently on Bionix V 1.21 and love it. Is this kernel compatible with Bionix V 1.21? It appears that this kernel is Voodoo enabled so I presume I would not have to disable voodoo. If I decide to go back to the Kb1 with voodoo enabled which I believe is the stock kernel for Bionix V 1.21 would i just flash the kernel( is is available on TW forum?)or would I have to flash the whole rom again? I would think I would not have to but want to be sure before I leap. I would not like to have to ask for help for problems that could have been avoided by reading and asking questions. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
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Im not sure if you have to disable voodoo or not .. probably not but don’t take my word for it and no you do not have to flash the whole rom again, just the kernel. Thanks for not clogging up the forums. Lol I know its hard to ask questions in the vibrant forums, (cause you'll get beaten to death with mean comments) but ask them anyway, someone will answer eventually. Ignore the whiny, ungrateful 2 year olds that somehow wandered onto this forum...
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I flashed without disabling voodoo
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Im not sure if you have to disable voodoo or not .. probably not but don’t take my word for it and no you do not have to flash the whole rom again, just the kernel. Thanks for not clogging up the forums. Lol I know its hard to ask questions in the vibrant forums, (cause you'll get beaten to death with mean comments) but ask them anyway, someone will answer eventually. Ignore the whiny, ungrateful 2 year olds that somehow wandered onto this forum...
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tenbeau said:
I am considering flashing this new kernel but have a couple of questions I would like to ask first. I am currently on Bionix V 1.21 and love it. Is this kernel compatible with Bionix V 1.21? It appears that this kernel is Voodoo enabled so I presume I would not have to disable voodoo. If I decide to go back to the Kb1 with voodoo enabled which I believe is the stock kernel for Bionix V 1.21 would i just flash the kernel( is is available on TW forum?)or would I have to flash the whole rom again? I would think I would not have to but want to be sure before I leap. I would not like to have to ask for help for problems that could have been avoided by reading and asking questions. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
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It is compatible with Bionix 1.2.1, that's what I developed it on.
If you have the red voodoo recovery, there is no need to disable voodoo for flashing. Generally speaking, kernels can be flashed without disabling voodoo in any case.
This is what iv'e done, I've lowered my Volts on some clocks, 1000 and up, and I was wondering should/can I use setcpu for profiles?
Answers to COMMON questions:
1. Can I flash this over Voodoo or RFS (stock)
You do NOT need to disable Voodoo. Flash right over Voodoo or RFS kernels. Make sure you are not running JFS though. JFS is not supported
2. How is stability? Does it crash? Sleep of death? etc?
Stability on this is AMAZING. It will not crash unless you overclock/undervolt and your settings are unstable. If that is the case, you know its your settings.
3. Do I need SetCPU to overclock?
You do not need to use SetCPU (You can if you want to). Use the Voltage Control App to overclock.
4. How do I overclock? Can I use this without an overclock?
By default, the kernel will boot to 1.0Ghz. To OVERCLOCk to 1.4Ghz (or lower) you need to use the app that this kernel installs during the flash. The app is called "Voltage Controll" and can be found in your app drawer after the flash
5. What is the battery life?
Battery life should be close to stock now. The battery drain issue that was present in the I9000-based kernels earlier has been solved.
6. Does this support BLN (Back-light-notificaations)?
Yes. You need the BLN control app from the market to use it.
7. How do I use Voodoo sound? What is it?
Voodoo sound is a vast improvement to the sound quality of your phone. To use it, download the Voodoo Control app from the Market.
8. What ROMs is this compatible with?
This is compatible with ALL Vibrant Froyo ROMS. This means 2.2 ROMS made for the Vibrant. 2.2.1 is not yet tested but should theoretically work.
I hope this helps.
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It is compatible with Bionix 1.2.1, that's what I developed it on.
If you have the red voodoo recovery, there is no need to disable voodoo for flashing. Generally speaking, kernels can be flashed without disabling voodoo in any case.
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Thanks so much for your kind and patient and swift reply. Donation just made. I really admire yours and all of TW generosity and patience with noobs like me. I am flashing the kernel now. Thanks again for sharing your brilliant work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cashyftw said:
This is what iv'e done, I've lowered my Volts on some clocks, 1000 and up, and I was wondering should/can I use setcpu for profiles?
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You can use setcpu for profiles, just keep 800Mhz available. The phone will likely crash if you don't. I set a screen off profile of 100-800 to keep the oc disabled when I don't need it, as 800 is a lower voltage.
Hint with voltages, try to keep 1000 and higher at the SAME voltage. Changing the voltage too often can cause instability as the voltage regulator doesn't adjust as fast as we would like sometimes. OC makes this worse as you need a higher voltage to maintain a stable CPU at the higher frequency. The kernel is set to jump to 1000, then to the max set clock speed. Setting 1000 to the higher voltage gives us some extra time to stabilize the new voltage before the just into the OC speeds.
tenbeau said:
Thanks so much for your kind and patient and swift reply. Donation just made. I really admire yours and all of TW generosity and patience with noobs like me. I am flashing the kernel now. Thanks again for sharing your brilliant work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thanks for your kind words and the donation. I'm glad you find my work useful.
just flashed this..
and a few questions ive never used OC before..
What does VOODOO Sound really do?
I set my thing on SetCPU as 1.4ghz as max and .1 as low with conservative.
then a profile with screen off and on conservative.
will those save battery?
xriderx66 said:
just flashed this..
and a few questions ive never used OC before..
What does VOODOO Sound really do?
I set my thing on SetCPU as 1.4ghz as max and .1 as low with conservative.
then a profile with screen off and on conservative.
will those save battery?
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SetCPU by itself will NOT overclock. You need to use the Voltage app that comes with the kernel. See my above post with the Common questions.
I'd like any of the kernels developers gave me a clue about an issue im having with all custom i9000 based kernels (eugene's and TW's). The problem is with line2 voip app which calls isn't heard in the other end when running these kernels, but in stock/voodoo it works just fine. Please any of you have an idea of what could be going wrong?
thanks.
Okay tested so far, everything is working good (undervolted to about 175 for lower clocks 100-1000 and 75 for higher clocked 1200-1400)
Don't try this, as every phone can't handle some things, i'm just stating.
EDIT: I'm seriously stupid, how do I remove the settings again? I know it's in system/ something
Edit: NEVERMIND fixed
I've never used an OC kernel, was thinking of giving it a try. If I decide its not for me is this like removing a voodoo injected kernel, disable, then flash a diff kernel then delete files?
kcp877 said:
I've never used an OC kernel, was thinking of giving it a try. If I decide its not for me is this like removing a voodoo injected kernel, disable, then flash a diff kernel then delete files?
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Just flash other voodoo kernel on top of it no need.to.disable voodoo
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I already postet this in the Atrix 4G section, because they have a thread there about this topic. But they are discussing more about the locked bootloader than about overclocking and as we don't have such a thread here, I will start this one.
Perhaps you think overclocking actually does not make much sense on this device atm, as it is really fast, but I always like to get most out of my hardware that is possible.
I dont think, I would enable overclocking for everyday use now, but it would be cool to be able to do so if needed. At 1200 MHz as Nvidia had planned for the Tegra2 3D the Phone would for sure even beat the Omap 4 in Optimus 3D.
I am totaly new to Android and also to Linux, so I am not sure if this is helpful, but I have seen something very interesting in the Optimus 2x review at Anandtech.
I dont know where these variables are stored and what is needed to, but for me it looks as if we are able to change them, overclocking should be possible on the Optimus 2X.
It would be great if some oft the developers here could look into this when the Optimus Speed finally has been shipped…
I was wondering the same thing. So i checked other Tegra2 powered devices. And as far as i know none has been overclocked yet. Correct me if am wrong.
So far no overclock is needed since this phone is reaaaaaaalllly fast.
But I am sure as soon as it needs some extra power developers will figure out how to do it
Michael Huang (author of SetCPU) has just overclocked the Xoom tablet today. Now, while the Xoom is a Tegra2 device, its kernel is (apparently) Google based whereas others are nVidia based.
In overclocking the Xoom from 1GHz to 1.5GHz though, he saw about a 1/3rd increase in performance on Linpack and Quadrant. Looks promising so far.
Watch the video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLNjHyAi8BI and follow Michael on Twitter here: http://twitter.com/coolbho3k
The Reason to Overclock the Atrix in my opinion is as follows
The Linux Based Webtop is slow in reviews
So when pluged into mains power it would be very usful to overclock the device to make the most of the webtop with less lag issues making the device far more usful if you need/want that feature.
Maby possible to make a custom dock (stick fan on it) and clock higher
I'm more interested in underclocking, especially when screen is off with a screen off profile in SetCPU. What do you think is the lowest possible frequency I could set it at?
You can put all the way down. I use the same settings in both my N1 and the 2x. Saves some juice. What I really want to see is custom kernels, pref undervolted if its possible.
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According to the SetCPU changelog, overclocking/underclocking is now possible:
2.1.1 - Fixed an issue with profiles backup in CM7.
- Added support for the Motorola Xoom, Atrix 4G, and other Tegra 2 devices.
- Fixed various bugs.
- Tablet optimized UI and more profiles coming soon!
2.1.1a - Fixed the 0 MHz display issue on some devices.
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Convel said:
According to the SetCPU changelog, overclocking/underclocking is now possible:
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How can you overclock with SetCPU then on o2x? Believe only the powersaving underclocking on demand is working.. overclock needs more work i believe.
The Xoom has been overclocked, but apparently the kernels are from google, which made it easier.
If anybody knows more about this, please correct me
The kernel must be adjusted to make overclock work. I got to read myself into this, but perhaps someone else knows already everything to it .
GPU
i wonder if the gpu can be overclocked, would be nice if it was possible too just OC the gpu and compare the results. Or do you think that the CPU and GPU clock speeds are somehow linked???
Any thoughts?
bumping cause im curious. Can any one please answer ?
well this is arm so id day they are linked
are we able to read the clock speed of hte gpu. does is change?
Look at the date mate
The GPU is not linked with the CPU. The GPU is overclocked in different kernels. Spica's kernel allows on the fly overclocking of the GPU.
After having this device for over a year, the only time i needed OC is for 720P Youtube or Youtube HD app. No OC on the GPU has ever been needed. Yes i have been playing around with 1.2 and 1.4, but they just consumed battery more than giving a better experience. I would go so far and say undervolt it and put it on 900Mhz.
Why has nobody overclocked the Droid 3 yet? Is anyone working on this?
This phone has so much potential with the duel core processor.
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From what I understand, we have limited access to kernel modifications. I don't think the bootstrap circumvents these problems.
I'm still hopeful though.
With the locked bootloader, custom kernels aren't possible. However, it can be overclocked, through the injection of a module. I'm not quite sure how it works, but once someone does that, we can OC. They got the Droid 2 and X to 2 ghz.
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From what I understand, we have limited access to kernel modifications. I don't think the bootstrap circumvents these problems.
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With kernel modules is possible, was already done on milestone 1
I would be more interested in undervolting. Can this be done with the injected module or is direct access to the kernel required?
sic4672 said:
I would be more interested in undervolting. Can this be done with the injected module or is direct access to the kernel required?
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You can do it now with SetCPU. Be very careful though, Moto used a weird governor on this called moto_hotplug, when root was first available and people undervolted some reported going too low and not having enough power to turn on the screen. I wouldn't set the max below 600MHz until more is known about this governor, and even 600 has been a little low for me at times.
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I would be more interested in undervolting. Can this be done with the injected module or is direct access to the kernel required?
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Usually Motorola phones are power hungry because the 3G, not because the cpu consumption, the gain in battery life available trough undervolt is usually limited.
Camspanners said:
You can do it now with SetCPU. Be very careful though, Moto used a weird governor on this called moto_hotplug, when root was first available and people undervolted some reported going too low and not having enough power to turn on the screen. I wouldn't set the max below 600MHz until more is known about this governor, and even 600 has been a little low for me at times.
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I appreciate your response, but I think you misunderstood my question. I want to undervolt, not cap the frequency. For example, if the SoC operates at 1.3v at a clock speed of 1Ghz, then I would like to try and drop the voltage to 1.2V at 1Ghz (higher or lower voltage if viable). I don't think this can be done through setcpu, can it?
It's possible to overclock right now but the process is not user-friendly. I've been trying to write a kernel module to simplify it and make the changes appear to survuve a reboot but haven't had enough spare time to figure it out entirely. Check out this post by yang.felix, he found the proper register to manipulate on the XT862 but it isn't easy for the average user; I'm trying to see if a similar approach to how the original Milestone was overclocked can be applied to the XT862/XT860:
forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17669227&postcount=7
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As the thread title, when will we see kernel modules to allow overclocking/undervolting to locked bootloader devices? Im surprised I've not seen any mention yet!
I'm working on something similar to the Milestone overclocking module that could be loaded at boot time. Currently it is possible to overclock the OMAP4430 present in our phone but it doesn't persist through a reboot and to be honest, is not very "noob-friendly" or robust as it involves calling kernel functions in userspace and requires the throttling to be set to "performance", basically running at full-bore. I just haven't had time to devote a full day to it yet but will share my findings as soon as I can.
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I thought I'd replied to this! Damn Opera Mini I did ask about VSEL settings? Would that be a possibility? The major bonus of clock tweaking/voltage tweaking would surely come in the form of battery life since at 1ghz dual core the power is probably meaty enough.
I've been a reader of this forum for a while. I've finally regained root after losing it during the update. Thanks Marty for the root exploit. The main thing I like to do with root is overclock. Has anyone achieved this? I see benchmarks that show it has been done on the Bionic running JB. Thanks!
Anyone? No one? Will the method they're using for the Razr work?
Has anyone here overclocked a Bionic on Jelly Bean? If you have, please point me in the right direction. Thank you.
As far as I recall, 1250mhz is as high as you can get on this hardware. You should be @ 1200 already, so I imagine the difference would be negligible.
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As far as I recall, 1250mhz is as high as you can get on this hardware. You should be @ 1200 already, so I imagine the difference would be negligible.
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I was running 1370 stable on ics. Just need a kernel I think.
Have you tried this?
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php?/topic/16813-[KEXEC]-Code-Kernel-4/24/13
I couldn't get it to show the higher frequencies but maybe you'll have better luck with it
It lagged for me, it defaults the min to 100 and couldn't get 300 to stick.
Others have had better luck
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Overclocked at 1300 right now
Currently I am overclocked at around 1300, 1400 made the device freeze. I achieved this by installing a custom ROM, if you go to Motorola Droid Bionic > Droid Bionic Development > Blurry 2.4 and install that rom, it has built in kernels that allow overclocking.
Sorry for being a noob, but how do you overclock it? And is their a difference when its overclocked?
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Over clocking to my understanding is a feature that some kernels have along with additional scripts added. I personally use Motomizer Expert to set the CPU values to above normal (my values originally were 300, 600, 800 and then 1000) I have it overclocked to where my processor runs at 1300. I then set the value to the maximum using SetCPU. All it does is make your processor run faster than normal, making the phone snappier and faster overall, not by much, but enough to notice. I hope this helps, and keep in mind I am also a n00b, so if I am wrong, I'm sorry and maybe someone more knowledgeable can help you.
Thanks for all the responses. I'll try changing the kernel first, if that doesn't work; I'll consider the rom. I like the way everything runs with Jelly Bean, I just love to tweak.
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Thanks for all the responses. I'll try changing the kernel first, if that doesn't work; I'll consider the rom. I like the way everything runs with Jelly Bean, I just love to tweak.
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The kernel is difficult to change till the boot loader is unlocked (most likely will never happen). Of coarse kexec kernel is the only way for now.
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I have tried the Kexec Kernel, unfortunately, it allowed me to underclock to 100, but it wouldnt allow me to set any values about 1000. That is when I started looking into OC'able ROMS. and Blurry is the one I liked best. AOKP is nice, but it didn't have the kernel built in. I have not tried Liquid Smooth and CM 10.1 was just not for me. Hope this helps.
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I have tried the Kexec Kernel, unfortunately, it allowed me to underclock to 100, but it wouldnt allow me to set any values about 1000. That is when I started looking into OC'able ROMS. and Blurry is the one I liked best. AOKP is nice, but it didn't have the kernel built in. I have not tried Liquid Smooth and CM 10.1 was just not for me. Hope this helps.
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Ok. I may look into the Blurry ROM.