Hi all,
Had my Nexus 6 for a while and love it, but its starting to get a little sluggish and I've been having a look at a few ROMs available but I've not quite found one thats took my fancy. I was wondering if someone could recommend a ROM that's minimal providing good performance and possibly something that allows a CPU and GPU overclock? If I'm not mistaken its the kernel that provides the overclocking facility and not the ROM. I have seen a ROM (must include a kernel) that states CPU and GPU overclocks but in the description its actually downclocked for battery life.
Just throwing it out there in case someone reading this could answer as well, I've heard GTA San Andreas is an intense game to play on High settings, how does (stock) perform or as a bonus do you know how it performs with an overclock? I was surprised to see quite a few phone on benchmarks beat the Nexus 6
Thanks for any help/recommendations
first off, questions go into the q&a/help section, not into general. secondly, roms do not provide oc, or performance enhancing. thirdly, you want to try different kernels, as they provide oc and performance enhancements. i use elementalx kernel, which allows me to oc to 3033mhz.
and which phones beat the n6 in benchmarks? i get 58500 on antutu with my n6.
simms22 said:
first off, questions go into the q&a/help section, not into general. secondly, roms do not provide oc, or performance enhancing. thirdly, you want to try different kernels, as they provide oc and performance enhancements. i use elementalx kernel, which allows me to oc to 3033mhz.
and which phones beat the n6 in benchmarks? i get 58500 on antutu with my n6.
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Hi,
Yes as I did say I did pick up that kernels provided over clocking and I will try elementalx and see how that goes. As for the benchmarks for graphics I come across this website and filtered out Desktop and over 7" devices and that's where I discovered the Nexus 6 quite low down the score board.
http://gfxbench.com/result.jsp
Well definitely got some stuff to do now, I shall hopefully remove forced encryption and get elementalx on the go and see how it goes.
simms22 said:
first off, questions go into the q&a/help section, not into general. secondly, roms do not provide oc, or performance enhancing. thirdly, you want to try different kernels, as they provide oc and performance enhancements. i use elementalx kernel, which allows me to oc to 3033mhz.
and which phones beat the n6 in benchmarks? i get 58500 on antutu with my n6.
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Hi Again,
Took absolutely ages to install ROM and kernel because I deleted everything I'm twrp (advanced options) but Chroma ROM and Elementalx kernel are installed but I have some questions if you can help. First you have a massive 3033 over clock which if I recall was an option available when installing through recovery, however I've paid for the Elementalx app and highest over clock available is: 2649. Any reason for this? Also can I re install Elementalx through recovery without loosing anything?
Also there's only a 600mhz clock available for graphics is it possible to get higher ?
Last but not least I was really looking forward to having no encryption but it seems Elementalx installs with encryption.. Anyway around this? I've heard of read and write increases of up to three times faster.
mrsweet1991 said:
Hi Again,
Took absolutely ages to install ROM and kernel because I deleted everything I'm twrp (advanced options) but Chroma ROM and Elementalx kernel are installed but I have some questions if you can help. First you have a massive 3033 over clock which if I recall was an option available when installing through recovery, however I've paid for the Elementalx app and highest over clock available is: 2649. Any reason for this? Also can I re install Elementalx through recovery without loosing anything?
Also there's only a 600mhz clock available for graphics is it possible to get higher ?
Last but not least I was really looking forward to having no encryption but it seems Elementalx installs with encryption.. Anyway around this? I've heard of read and write increases of up to three times faster.
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if you intall the kernel through tbe app, youll get less options. install it tbrough the recovery, amd go ghrough thd setup and choose 3032mhz.
for the gpu, yes, 600 is the max. no way around that.
the kernel supports decryption, but you have to decrypt first, its not automatic. to decrypt, you have to reformat your storage, then boot up with the kernel.
simms22 said:
if you intall the kernel through tbe app, youll get less options. install it tbrough the recovery, amd go ghrough thd setup and choose 3032mhz.
for the gpu, yes, 600 is the max. no way around that.
the kernel supports decryption, but you have to decrypt first, its not automatic. to decrypt, you have to reformat your storage, then boot up with the kernel.
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Hi again,
I originally did everything through recovery but didn't choose the highest over clock I just assumed it could be changed in settings or something.
Anyway to decrypt.. If I go into TWRP and perform a wipe (the three things that it selects as default) shall I install just the kernal first (no rom, su or gapps) to get the option to decrypt? Then install the ROM , Gapps and su afterwards?
Sorry for the newbness
mrsweet1991 said:
Hi again,
I originally did everything through recovery but didn't choose the highest over clock I just assumed it could be changed in settings or something.
Anyway to decrypt.. If I go into TWRP and perform a wipe (the three things that it selects as default) shall I install just the kernal first (no rom, su or gapps) to get the option to decrypt? Then install the ROM , Gapps and su afterwards?
Sorry for the newbness
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lol, thats alright, we were all newbs once.
no, thats not how things work. a rom has to be installed, then the kermel. then you reformat your storage, then you just reboot and youre unencrypted
btw, im still encrypted. besides the read/write speeds, it all is the same.
Read the disable forced encryption thread in development. Take your time before you mess things up.
simms22 said:
lol, thats alright, we were all newbs once.
no, thats not how things work. a rom has to be installed, then the kermel. then you reformat your storage, then you just reboot and youre unencrypted
btw, im still encrypted. besides the read/write speeds, it all is the same.
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ok, I wiped the phone in TWRP installed Chroma then Elementalx, gApps then supersu then I selected to wipe data and I had to type yes. Afterwards Chroma would be stuck in a boot loop. It said Android is starting.. starting apps but then immediately restart. So I tried again but after installing everything I just performed a factory reset and this time it worked, but I have an odd problem.. it;s installing apps but saying I'm running out of storage space?.. I went into storage and it shows 25.98GB available.. any ideas? and also thanks for your help I do now have it decrypted and I think im running an overclock that you had.. I'll have to wait for the app to install to verify
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ok, I wiped the phone in TWRP installed Chroma then Elementalx, gApps then supersu then I selected to wipe data and I had to type yes. Afterwards Chroma would be stuck in a boot loop. It said Android is starting.. starting apps but then immediately restart. So I tried again but after installing everything I just performed a factory reset and this time it worked, but I have an odd problem.. it;s installing apps but saying I'm running out of storage space?.. I went into storage and it shows 25.98GB available.. any ideas? and also thanks for your help I do now have it decrypted and I think im running an overclock that you had.. I'll have to wait for the app to install to verify
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just reboot. thst happened to me twice, not enough space, and i rebooted. fixed it for me. i believe it said i was running out of space in the /system/. oh well.
simms22 said:
just reboot. thst happened to me twice, not enough space, and i rebooted. fixed it for me. i believe it said i was running out of space in the /system/. oh well.
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Hi,
before you replied I went ahead and tried flashing again this time not performing the wipe after I installed everything. But now I can't get rid of the boot loop, everytime Chroma starts for the first time a window appears saying "apps are starting.. starting apps" but once finished it reboots... I've tried flashing everything and performing a wipe, flashing and performing a cache and delvik wipe and also flashing and performing nothing just booting into system... however im still stuck in that boot loop.. seems I've gone a step backwards somewhere lol.. any ideas? I'll continue flashing in the meantime until I get a reply thanks for your help again
This time I wiped user data as well as factory reset so there was nothing at all on the phone. restarted into TWRP which mounted the file system so I could transfer all the files over from my PC. installed everything as per usual and once installed I didn't wipe delvik cache I just selected to boot into system but same again it just says starting apps and once finished just reboots.
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This time I wiped user data as well as factory reset so there was nothing at all on the phone. restarted into TWRP which mounted the file system so I could transfer all the files over from my PC. installed everything as per usual and once installed I didn't wipe delvik cache I just selected to boot into system but same again it just says starting apps and once finished just reboots.
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After restarting around 3 times its finally booted.. how odd
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After restarting around 3 times its finally booted.. how odd
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ok, I keep getting optimising apps on every boot so not too sure why that is, but storage space running out is gone and encryption is also disabled. One thing however is Elelemntalx app shows the default overclock being used and not exceeding 2265,, however if I go into CPU settings I see 3033 as on option but when selected it won't change the overclock above the default max
mrsweet1991 said:
ok, I keep getting optimising apps on every boot so not too sure why that is, but storage space running out is gone and encryption is also disabled. One thing however is Elelemntalx app shows the default overclock being used and not exceeding 2265,, however if I go into CPU settings I see 3033 as on option but when selected it won't change the overclock above the default max
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its because youre at 40% battery or less. on 5.1, the cpu automatically drops to 2265. at 20%, it drops even more. nothing you can do about it at this point
simms22 said:
its because youre at 40% battery or less. on 5.1, the cpu automatically drops to 2265. at 20%, it drops even more. nothing you can do about it at this point
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Sweeet waiting for it to get another 20 odd percent then see if it gets 3033
Vindicator kernel supports 2.9ghz CPU OC and 700mhz GPU. Optipop or benzo ROM are both pretty optimized.
I'm getting unusually high Android System usage. Sometimes it outnumbers screen usage. If I start using the phone at the end of the day(10% battery life), my max SOT will be something like 2hrs with 20-30% Android System use. It happens on every single kernel and rom (SM-N920C). So here are the things I tried:
Stock russian based image with deepsleep fix/stock kernel (CF 2.66) N920CXXU2AOK6_N920COXE2AOJ5_N920CXXU2AOK5_HOME.tar.md5
Stock AUE based image with deepsleep fix/stock kernel (CF 2.66) N920CXXU2AOK6_N920COJP2AOJ5_N920CXXU2AOK5_HOME.tar.md5
Stock based image with arter97 v11 kernel and philz recovery.
Stock based image with SkyHigh v3.5 kernel with philz/twrp recovery.
Dr. Ketan rom with arter97/skyhigh kernel
Venom rom with arter97/skyhigh kernel
The problem is not in deepsleep, because the device does deepsleep when checking through betterbatterystats.
Tried disabling location/location history, android device manager, most of the samsung bloat through titanium backup. Also ejected the sim to make sure its not a network issue. Wifi is connected but when I check from betterbatterystats everything seems ok. No unusual wakelocks or anything. I literally tried everything.
Please help me.
Octa_core said:
I'm getting unusually high Android System usage. Sometimes it outnumbers screen usage. If I start using the phone at the end of the day(10% battery life), my max SOT will be something like 2hrs with 20-30% Android System use. It happens on every single kernel and rom (SM-N920C). So here are the things I tried:
Stock russian based image with deepsleep fix/stock kernel (CF 2.66) N920CXXU2AOK6_N920COXE2AOJ5_N920CXXU2AOK5_HOME.tar.md5
Stock AUE based image with deepsleep fix/stock kernel (CF 2.66) N920CXXU2AOK6_N920COJP2AOJ5_N920CXXU2AOK5_HOME.tar.md5
Stock based image with arter97 v11 kernel and philz recovery.
Stock based image with SkyHigh v3.5 kernel with philz/twrp recovery.
Dr. Ketan rom with arter97/skyhigh kernel
Venom rom with arter97/skyhigh kernel
The problem is not in deepsleep, because the device does deepsleep when checking through betterbatterystats.
Tried disabling location/location history, android device manager, most of the samsung bloat through titanium backup. Also ejected the sim to make sure its not a network issue. Wifi is connected but when I check from betterbatterystats everything seems ok. No unusual wakelocks or anything. I literally tried everything.
Please help me.
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Let the phone settle down after flashing. I guess it so happens because it keeps system wakeclocks to check your usage patterns and then try to save battery accordingly from 2nd or 3rd charge cycle.
I'd recommend to wait after flashing a firmware.
Assuming you have a N920C (single sim), flash the OK7 version ROM (or even the iOiO custom ROM) with SkyHigh v3.5 kernel and allow it be stable after 1 or 2 days and then check. (You'll be surprised with good battery life)
Sounds good?
anmolkakkar said:
Let the phone settle down after flashing. I guess it so happens because it keeps system wakeclocks to check your usage patterns and then try to save battery accordingly from 2nd or 3rd charge cycle.
I'd recommend to wait after flashing a firmware.
Assuming you have a N920C (single sim), flash the OK7 version ROM (or even the iOiO custom ROM) with SkyHigh v3.5 kernel and allow it be stable after 1 or 2 days and then check. (You'll be surprised with good battery life)
Sounds good?
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I wish it worked as great as it sounded. I have done that. It came to the point where the system started asking about optimizing apps (after couple of days) and I agreed. Nothing changed. It most likely is not a wakelock. Standby drain is normal but once I turn the screen on it starts going down really fast, like I can see it going down in front of my eyes.
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I wish it worked as great as it sounded. I have done that. It came to the point where the system started asking about optimizing apps (after couple of days) and I agreed. Nothing changed. It most likely is not a wakelock. Standby drain is normal but once I turn the screen on it starts going down really fast, like I can see it going down in front of my eyes.
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It may sound odd, but did you try a wipe data/factory reset?
Sometimes it can help!?
anmolkakkar said:
It may sound odd, but did you try a wipe data/factory reset?
Sometimes it can help!?
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Like I said, I have been doing full stock installs, meaning everything is wiped off and I always set everything up from scratch, no backups.
Hi, I have got my N910F rooted phone with stock firmware build
MMB29M.N910FXXS1DPH1
and E-motion kernel.
These days I've installed L Speed to get a faster phone but I'm noticing many lags..unfortunately..
I notice the kswapd0 and Android system often suck my cpu.
I found on the web that if you want fox the kswapd0 issue you need to use Semaphore kernel but I installed E-motion kernel because I'm using a Zerolemon large battery and this kernel can read the battery in a correct way.
Therefore I'm thinking to change the Rom for example but I don't know them..
I thought about Emotion Revolution that you can match with the Zerolemon kernel.
In my phone I have installed about 650 apps (Titanium finds 660apps).
What do you think? Can I solve my lags issues?
Thanks!!
Sent from Note 4 device - Rome - Italy
umby75 said:
Hi, I have got my N910F rooted phone with stock firmware build
MMB29M.N910FXXS1DPH1
and E-motion kernel.
These days I've installed L Speed to get a faster phone but I'm noticing many lags..unfortunately..
I notice the kswapd0 and Android system often suck my cpu.
I found on the web that if you want fox the kswapd0 issue you need to use Semaphore kernel but I installed E-motion kernel because I'm using a Zerolemon large battery and this kernel can read the battery in a correct way.
Therefore I'm thinking to change the Rom for example but I don't know them..
I thought about Emotion Revolution that you can match with the Zerolemon kernel.
In my phone I have installed about 650 apps (Titanium finds 660apps).
What do you think? Can I solve my lags issues?
Thanks!!
Sent from Note 4 device - Rome - Italy
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Sounds like you are suffering from the same symptoms I have. After over a years worth of usage and a couple "dirty" flashes to improve speed / stability my device was suffering from random reboots, slowdowns and lag spikes. In the end the only real solution is a factory reset
I've tried wiping cache, re flashing roms / kernels, trying different kernels (even though I need the zerolemon fix) all without any meaningful success
I'm unsure of the exact cause of the lag though. Even completely stock devices will experience lags / slowdowns after several years and the recommended fix from the manufactures themselves is a factory reset. This is only exasperated by flashing custom roms, kernels and patches which may introduce memory leaks, data leaks or other instability.
Personally I went back to a stock (debloated) Samsung based rom with Emotion's Zerolemon kernel, restored most of my apps and re-setup everything system related. It's now running like-new again.
Sadly there is no "quick fix" for this issue and, like me, your attempts to solve issues regarding speed / reliability by flashing various patches and fixes have come back to bite you.
So:
Backup userapps in Titanium (Do not backup / restore systemdata)
Perform a Nandroid Backup
Flash the rom of your choice (Do not flash the kernel yet)
Factory reset (Wipe system, Cache, Dalvik Cache in recovery)
Boot into android and perform the initial set-up
Flash the kernel in recovery (No need to wipe anything)
Boot back into android and begin restoring user apps and setting everything back up the way you like it.
I know "factory reset" probably isn't the answer you were hoping for but it's the only option I have found which fixes these issues for longer than a couple days..
Best :
Stay on android 10 or return to final android 9 or custom, tweak : ROM, kernel, etc..
or what's the best for non-gamers user ?
android 10 (seems to me some kind of kernel problem) for our phone is ****ed up, battery wise.
just stay on a9, tweak it a bit and you should have better experience than with a10.
sure, some have good battery life on a10. i was one of those people. but over time it just started declining. it could be because i used custom kernel and some heavy tweaks from that one thread here.
actually, i think that the more you tweak this phone, the worse battery life gets. sure, you can disable few apps, but that's it. don't go crazy on disabling services and what not. maybe install custom kernel.
dvijetrecine said:
android 10 (seems to me some kind of kernel problem) for our phone is ****ed up, battery wise.
just stay on a9, tweak it a bit and you should have better experience than with a10.
sure, some have good battery life on a10. i was one of those people. but over time it just started declining. it could be because i used custom kernel and some heavy tweaks from that one thread here.
actually, i think that the more you tweak this phone, the worse battery life gets. sure, you can disable few apps, but that's it. don't go crazy on disabling services and what not. maybe install custom kernel.
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Thanks you for the answers and suggestions..
if so, I will return to the final A9. My plan will do :
- unlok bootloader (edl mode)
- flash raw firmware (A9)
- install twrp (permanently)
- install magisk (for root)
What do you think ? is it correct ? or need correction ? please if you have any suggestions, I would really appreciate it..
Sorry if my language not good. I appreciate any adcvice and suggestion sirr..
i would suggest unlocking bootloader through official asus application. just to be on the safe side
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i would suggest unlocking bootloader through official asus application. just to be on the safe side
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Oh thank you for the advice. Then I will do : Unlok Bootloader (official) > Flash Raw Firmware (A9) > Install TWRP (permanently) > Install Magisk (for root).
Now I'm at the latest A10 and I will do the job above. Does anyone have any other tips and suggestions ? Like :
- advice before or when doing
- suggestions after working (such as settings, tweaks or custom : kernel, ROM or other tips and suggestions after doing it) if any, please..
after you flash raw firmware, do a factory reset.
for tweaks, it depends on what you want from this phone. most stuff works pretty good without modifying.
dvijetrecine said:
after you flash raw firmware, do a factory reset.
for tweaks, it depends on what you want from this phone. most stuff works pretty good without modifying.
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Thanks for the advice friends..
If the phone has unlocked bootloader won't it cause problems returning to factory settings ?
unlocking bootloader will reset your phone to factory settings. but it's advisable to do another factory reset after flashing firmware so no files are left from other android version.
Ooh thanks you for the advice and suggestions..