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how much does the governerr really effect the battary?

im just wondering how much does the governerr effect battary life? i changed from ondemand to smartass2 and im not sure i see any diffrent...
and im scheduales which one is best for multitasking and which is for when playing games?
and should i change the governerr setting?
i also read that sleep_ideal_frequency should be 200 and not 100 beacuse 100 wastes more or something like that, is that true?
using galaxy i9000 semaphore kernal jb

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I use Performance governor all the time for 3 months now, battery life is same as on demand, smartass v2 or any other governor, except my phone lags much rarely than on any other govenor. For those that dont know, CPU of PC, your phone, calculator or anything else always works at 100% of its frequency even it has no work to do (Let's take for example your PC, even cpu usage is 5%, CPU still works at full frequency, the same works for your phone), so to me there is no point of any other governor except for Performance. If you have problem with battery life, it's mostly your screen. When I drain out my battery, my battery mostly get drained by screen (70-90%), I use about 0-30% of brightness always. Screen of 60-100% brightness will probably drain your phone's battery in 2-3 hours.

Lavoslav said:
I use Performance governor all the time for 3 months now, battery life is same as on demand, smartass v2 or any other governor, except my phone lags much rarely than on any other govenor. For those that dont know, CPU of PC, your phone, calculator or anything else always works at 100% of its frequency even it has no work to do (Let's take for example your PC, even cpu usage is 5%, CPU still works at full frequency, the same works for your phone), so to me there is no point of any other governor except for Performance. If you have problem with battery life, it's mostly your screen. When I drain out my battery, my battery mostly get drained by screen (70-90%), I use about 0-30% of brightness always. Screen of 60-100% brightness will probably drain your phone's battery in 2-3 hours.
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This is so wrong its a pain to read.:banghead: Why do we have the max and min frequency options in the semaphore app? Why do we have "Max Performance" and "Max Battery" power settings on laptops?
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There was a thread some while ago that concluded in OnDemand and Performance being to two to give longest battery life and best performance.
I don't have specifics or even a link, but the thread was about schedulers and governors and which went together for best performance and battery life. I'm sure it's google'able
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i found that thread but im just wondering how much battary life is wasted if i prefer preformence?
lets say i use smarassv2 since its faster will my phone drain lets say insted 20%\hour - 22%\hour? or is it more then that?

itzikd1 said:
i found that thread but im just wondering how much battary life is wasted if i prefer preformence?
lets say i use smarassv2 since its faster will my phone drain lets say insted 20%\hour - 22%\hour? or is it more then that?
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maybe you can try and tell us

There should be a significant impact regarding battery life when using Performance for example. But it also depends on what you are used to. If you play games all the time or do heavy tasks, the governor will kick the CPU to 100% all the time anyway. But if you mostly surf on the Internet or read texts there's no need to let the CPU go rampage.
Oh and Btw: Modern CPUs in notebooks or computers in general clock themselves down as well when they're idle.
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BlueFlame4 said:
There should be a significant impact regarding battery life when using Performance for example. But it also depends on what you are used to. If you play games all the time or do heavy tasks, the governor will kick the CPU to 100% all the time anyway. But if you mostly surf on the Internet or read texts there's no need to let the CPU go rampage.
Oh and Btw: Modern CPUs in notebooks or computers in general clock themselves down as well when they're idle.
Sent from my Gameboy Color
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I do use internet mostly so what will be the most effective governerr any idea?

itzikd1 said:
I do use internet mostly so what will be the most effective governerr any idea?
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Try OnDemand or SmartAssV2.

[Q] Nexus 6 problems: display, battery

I've received Nexus 6 from FlipKart, Its great but two major concerns:
1. Screen is very yellow (warm color) and on reducing brightness it becomes magenta. When compared to any other phone including Nexus 5, its extremely yellow. Tried couple of apps, none of them do a good job of fixing the yellows. Did anyone find a good app/setting to calibrate this screen right?
2. Battery life is pathetic: From 100% to 10% in half day. SOT is barely 3 - 3.5 hours (Greenified Facebook, Encryption off), no gaming, where as my friend gets 5hours. Sometimes phone hangs and switches off. When I switch on, it looses 15% battery. It has only been charged 2-3 times (only got it 2 days ago). Does it get better with time? or Am I having a faulty battery?
Update: forgot to mention my phone shuts down at 28% battery. And it didn't boot at all. I realized battery was zero. Is this calibration issue? Or bad battery

Flash elementalx, you'll be able to change color values and battery life is great

1. You can change your RGB using any kernel with support to it. Almost every single kernel have support to RGB LCD KCAL. Use a app such as Trickster to modify the RGB once you flashed a kernel of your choosing.
2. Battery life is subjective to how you use your device. Just because someone was able to achieve 5 hours+ SOT doesn't mean you will either because there are way too many factors that play into effect such as: cellular signal strength, wakelocks, apps installed, etc. If you want to maximize your battery life, look into underclocking the CPU/GPU frequency and flash a custom kernel (e.g. Franco) that removes mpdecision. Mpdecision is a huge battery drain and the frequencies that it selects is completely random and unnecessary in my opinion.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57808725&postcount=7 my battery life with Franco pre-r1.

I agree that mpdecision really does drain battery a lot. I have mine OVERCLOCKED to 2.88 ghz with sensei kernel and intelliplug. And I am still getting way better battery life than stock. Just flash this kernel with intelliplug and there goes your battery issues. And you can also adjust your screen colors.

rmx36 said:
I agree that mpdecision really does drain battery a lot. I have mine OVERCLOCKED to 2.88 ghz with sensei kernel and intelliplug. And I am still getting way better battery life than stock. Just flash this kernel with intelliplug and there goes your battery issues. And you can also adjust your screen colors.
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For more elaboration on mpdecision,
All Qualcomm based phones have Qualcomm prorprietary userspace binary called "mpdecision" aka m(ake)p(oor)decision. Instead of letting the kernel itself to decide what frequencies and how many cores to run, this "mpdecsion" binary polls the kernel run queue statistics and decides for the whole system the "optimal" frequency and the "optimal" number of cores to use. The concept is fine, except the decision making is done in userspace and it's 100% closed source so there's no way to tweak it and there's a latency (because all userspace binaries needs to "poll" the kernel for the latest information which is slightly delayed). - faux123
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In other words, mpdecision makes your phone sit at 1.5GHz for doing the most simplest tasks, even composing a email it'll bring your frequency to be at 1.5GHz.
Download CPU Spy and use your phone, then look at CPU Spy and you'll see how much time is spent in that frequency. Then flash another kernel that does not use mpdecision then you'll see the difference, the phone sits at frequencies that makes sense for the load that is on the device.
The alternative solutions would be, Franco's Hotplugging Algorithm or intelliplug by Faux.

Battery life is very subjective.
I am still 100% stock, encrypted, auto brightness and get over 6 hours SOT every charge. Mainly WiFi, some LTE. No gaming.
I will root and switch to another kernel when I have time and see the difference. I would expect more battery.
However if you are only at 2.5 hours SOT on a full charge, I wouldn't expect it to double just by changing kernels.

JasonJoel said:
Battery life is very subjective.
I am still 100% stock, encrypted, auto brightness and get over 6 hours SOT every charge. Mainly WiFi, some LTE. No gaming.
I will root and switch to another kernel when I have time and see the difference. I would expect more battery.
However if you are only at 2.5 hours SOT on a full charge, I wouldn't expect it to double just by changing kernels.
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Thats so impossible. I've switched to 2G only but i run on Wifi all time and yet 1 day standby and 3.5hrs SOT.

zephiK said:
1. You can change your RGB using any kernel with support to it. Almost every single kernel have support to RGB LCD KCAL. Use a app such as Trickster to modify the RGB once you flashed a kernel of your choosing.
2. Battery life is subjective to how you use your device. Just because someone was able to achieve 5 hours+ SOT doesn't mean you will either because there are way too many factors that play into effect such as: cellular signal strength, wakelocks, apps installed, etc. If you want to maximize your battery life, look into underclocking the CPU/GPU frequency and flash a custom kernel (e.g. Franco) that removes mpdecision. Mpdecision is a huge battery drain and the frequencies that it selects is completely random and unnecessary in my opinion.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57808725&postcount=7 my battery life with Franco pre-r1.
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Impressive! I'm trying ElementalX kernel right now. Is it safe to switch-off MP-decision on that using trickster or shall I go with franco blind folded.

taranfx said:
Thats so impossible. I've switched to 2G only but i run on Wifi all time and yet 1 day standby and 3.5hrs SOT.
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Well, not impossible as it has been that way on my phone since day 1.
But i agree that it is really odd how some people are getting 3 hours and others getting 6.
I had the opposite on my Note 4 though. Everyone got 6 and I got 4. So who knows?

taranfx said:
Impressive! I'm trying ElementalX kernel right now. Is it safe to switch-off MP-decision on that using trickster or shall I go with franco blind folded.
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You only want to disable MPDecision if theres a alternative. For Franco, mpdecision is 100% removed so you don't need to disable anything.
I don't know ElementalX so I can't say, ask in their thread. If you use Franco, everything is done for you and you don't need to do anything on your part.

My battery life with LK is pretty good as well! I was able to tether for 10 hours straight and still had 22% left after sleeping ~8 hours.

[Q] Which kernel/kernel settings for better battery life?

Hey all. I'm running Chroma 7/1 on Zen 21 right now, and I can't say I like the battery life I'm getting. What kernel have you found gives the best battery life? Or what settings? Other suggestions? Lemme know. Thanks!

It's hit and miss. We don't know what else you are running as far as apps and settings go, so it's basically trial and error until you find What's best for you.

right, it all depends how you use the phone.
me, im a heavy user, lots of browser action. but i dont do much gaming. i like performance, but i get great battery life as well(about 5-6.5 hours sot). i strictly use ondemand/deadline, no hotplugging, fsync off. also, i like despair, vindicator, and elementalx kernels, but thats just me
oh, signal quality plays a huge role in battery life as well. so does screen brightness, keep your screen brightness down. i keep mine from 15%-0$.

I use elementalx. It doesn't have better battery life than any other kernel - they are all the same. It's all about tweaks..
Setting the up threshold higher for example, will change the % of load the cpu must be under before it ramps up to the next frequency or even to turn additional cores online.

Thanks. I guess it's trial and error then.

I've been using aicp and stock elemental x with good results.

YevOmega said:
Hey all. I'm running Chroma 7/1 on Zen 21 right now, and I can't say I like the battery life I'm getting. What kernel have you found gives the best battery life? Or what settings? Other suggestions? Lemme know. Thanks!
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What improved the battery life of my N6:
Franco's kernel (default setting);
No wallpaper app;
Pixel battery saver;
Replaced apps with white background by alternative apps with a black background.
Installed/flashed apps modded by the Team Blackout
Disabled not used g-apps.
Disabled not used services

Your benchmark rank?

Share your benchmark rank here. And which rom,kennel, any mod/twick do u prefer use for the most perform & battery life?
Mine: benchmack 12562, i am using slimkat+F kennel + L speed. Its fast,smooth and good battery life for me
Sorry for my bad English

I have something about 1150 with quite good performance, but battery drain too fast. However, I could be problem that it was keept for a long time fully discharged
What mHz can you use without reboots?

I set at 1100 with i/o noob

How could you call me like that...?
On 1150, CM12.1, F-kernel and L-speed Ive got 1270 points. Before I used Fly-on mod, but L-speed seems to be better.

Ive try out Fly-on mod, L-speed & Skynet. For me, L-speed is the best. In Novathor, i set deepest sleep state is state 4, so battery isnt too much. And i always disabled KSM, it may cause battery drain. My benchmark points is between 12k - 12k5

Och, there is a new version of F-kernel - 1.6 and dev said that novathor doesn't work propertly so you have to do it manually. In /sys/... folder you can change deepsleep state.

ridiculous

Note 5 fast battery drain

Hello everyone!
Usually I am not active on forums because usually most answers are somewhere in the vast internet. But this time I gave up.
I have a problem with my Note 5's (SM-N920L) fast battery drain. Now it even goes 20% per hour when I use it.
My phone is already about 1,5 year old and I use it a lot, so I read that might be a battery problem so I tried booting it into safe mode and it solved the problem so it seems there is a problem with some app or other functionality, not a battery. So I have factory reset my phone and it was working fine for maybe 3 days, then afternight it drained batterry ultra fast again.
I tried uninstalling any apps that I had installed the day before it broke again, but it didn't help
I have also rooted my phone previously to try to find the reason for fast drain with Gsam stats and WakeLock but I still couldn't find out what's the cause of the problem.
I've seen some posts about deep sleep issue, but my battery drain is qute ok when I'm not using it.
Did anyone have a similar problem? Do you have an idea what can I do to repair it?
Greetings,
Paweł (Paul) Sawicki

Recently I've been trying a different set of tweaks and have the best battery life I've ever had with this device.
DO NOT USE GREENIFY. As it drains the battery a lot these days.
-Rom: PixelRom v6 (Samsung based, all other roms suck for our device, this is odexed and the fastest)
-Kernel: Fuel kernel.
-Cpu governor:
Big: zzmove
Small: interactive
-Flash the lastest Magisk 13 beta.
-Download - then install the following magisk zip plugins through the magisk app:
-(Deleted crossbreeder, as it causes system hangs)
-DozeGMS
-https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk
Then install busybox (use one which installs successfully). Then hebf from the play store, don't apply any profiles. Disable the extra logging and kernel panics - set it to stay on boot.
-Battery tab - Enable improve battery, low ram device, instant doze.
And I do recommend making your wifi turn off when the screen goes off.
Welcome to three days of battery with frequent usage.
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Thank you
Turbine1991 said:
Recently I've been trying a different set of tweaks and have the best battery life I've ever had with this device.
DO NOT USE GREENIFY. As it drains the battery a lot these days.
-Rom: PixelRom v6 (Samsung based, all other roms suck for our device, this is odexed and the fastest)
-Kernel: Fuel kernel.
-Cpu governor:
Big: zzmove
Small: interactive
-Flash the lastest Magisk 13 beta.
-Download - then install the following magisk zip plugins through the magisk app:
-CrossBreeder Lite Edition
-DozeGMS
-https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk
Then install busybox (use one which installs successfully). Then hebf from the play store, don't apply any profiles. Disable the extra logging and kernel panics - set it to stay on boot.
-Battery tab - Enable improve battery, low ram device, instant doze.
And I do recommend making your wifi turn off when the screen goes off.
Welcome to three days of battery with frequent usage.
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Thank you for your detailed reply! :highfive:
I'll try to install the set you've mentioned and will get back soon with results. I hope this will be the solution.
Have a nice day!
Greetings,
Paweł (Paul) Sawicki

Also got the best battery life with Pixelrom 6

Turbine1991 said:
Recently I've been trying a different set of tweaks and have the best battery life I've ever had with this device.
DO NOT USE GREENIFY. As it drains the battery a lot these days.
-Rom: PixelRom v6 (Samsung based, all other roms suck for our device, this is odexed and the fastest)
-Kernel: Fuel kernel.
-Cpu governor:
Big: zzmove
Small: interactive
-Flash the lastest Magisk 13 beta.
-Download - then install the following magisk zip plugins through the magisk app:
-CrossBreeder Lite Edition
-DozeGMS
-https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk
Then install busybox (use one which installs successfully). Then hebf from the play store, don't apply any profiles. Disable the extra logging and kernel panics - set it to stay on boot.
-Battery tab - Enable improve battery, low ram device, instant doze.
And I do recommend making your wifi turn off when the screen goes off.
Welcome to three days of battery with frequent usage.
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I can only find Crossbreeder Ultra Lite. The Crossbreeder Lite thread says it's for 5.1 and below. What one is right to use?

Check system processes. I found out recently that com.android.systemui uses 15% cpu even on empty home screen and heats up my device without any reason. It was definately the cause of my battery drain. I've been trying disabling apps and unnececery options, and suddenly ui stoped draining and went down to normal 0.5% cpu consuimption. But I don't know exactly what I changed. My latest action was to update all Galaxy Apps.

Actually - don't use that Crossbreeder plugin, it seems to cause system hangs. Everything else though is fine - it'll make the battery life sing!
I also accepted this device just had bad battery life. But now it's never been so good.
IMO Samsung should have used a single processor and use a bigger battery.

Turbine1991 said:
Recently I've been trying a different set of tweaks and have the best battery life I've ever had with this device.
DO NOT USE GREENIFY. As it drains the battery a lot these days.
-Rom: PixelRom v6 (Samsung based, all other roms suck for our device, this is odexed and the fastest)
-Kernel: Fuel kernel.
-Cpu governor:
Big: zzmove
Small: interactive
-Flash the lastest Magisk 13 beta.
-Download - then install the following magisk zip plugins through the magisk app:
-(Deleted crossbreeder, as it causes system hangs)
-DozeGMS
-https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk
Then install busybox (use one which installs successfully). Then hebf from the play store, don't apply any profiles. Disable the extra logging and kernel panics - set it to stay on boot.
-Battery tab - Enable improve battery, low ram device, instant doze.
And I do recommend making your wifi turn off when the screen goes off.
Welcome to three days of battery with frequent usage.
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Ok I did most of these, except zzmoove thing which I dont know how to do... But my battery is still draining like crazy... almost more than 5% idle...
Can any body help?