I've done numerous tests with and without OC and on different kernels (both normal and custom). So far SetCPU have only given me headaches. Random crashes, unable to wakeup, kernel panics... The list goes on.
According to these tests I've come to the conclusion that SetCPU is very unstable on Galaxy S and should not be considered supported at all.
What's your experience with SetCPU on Galaxy S? Is it conclusive with mine? Do you experience the same problems with Overclock Widget, or is it more stable?
after using setcpu for a few weeks and getting similar problems, i removed it.
There is pretty much no use in it for this phone, they allready scale from 100mhz - max speed (even oc if you have one) automatically
mekwall said:
I've done numerous tests with and without OC and on different kernels (both normal and custom). So far SetCPU have only given me headaches. Random crashes, unable to wakeup, kernel panics... The list goes on.
According to these tests I've come to the conclusion that SetCPU is very unstable on Galaxy S and should not be considered supported at all.
What's your experience with SetCPU on Galaxy S? Is it conclusive with mine? Do you experience the same problems with Overclock Widget, or is it more stable?
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Are you using a task manager? I had the same problem as you until I removed the auto task killer I had previously installed. Now I can set setcpu to 100000 min 1000000 max ondemand for main with a profile of screen off 100000 min 1000000 max conservative.
mekwall said:
I've done numerous tests with and without OC and on different kernels (both normal and custom). So far SetCPU have only given me headaches. Random crashes, unable to wakeup, kernel panics... The list goes on.
According to these tests I've come to the conclusion that SetCPU is very unstable on Galaxy S and should not be considered supported at all.
What's your experience with SetCPU on Galaxy S? Is it conclusive with mine? Do you experience the same problems with Overclock Widget, or is it more stable?
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Yes. I have the same problem on my stock SGS.
Setcpu is not working good on sgs. Try to remove it, and you'll get better battery life.
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I don't know of anyone who has tested it on the I9000 (and there may even be alternatives or the same thing floating around the development subforum), but they claim to have a 1.2ghz overclocked kernel here for the I9000. Maybe best to be avoided, but a 100% use at your own risk alternative, especially if you're a bit unsure on any of the translated steps, is available here.
http://translate.google.com/transla.../matpclub.com/board/index.html?id=tipn&no=144
been using it on a vibrant for about 10 days and had my first issue last nite - it froze the phone - had to remove battery to reboot, tried again, froze it again
i thought it was the last two apps i'd installed so i removed them, then there was an update, downloaded and installed, so i did a number of settngs changes, closing setcpu, running benchmark quad, reopening & changing settings etc
about half dozen times
and it's been fine so far -
I had the same issue. I would pull my phone out of my pocket and it wouldn't wake up. I could call my phone and it would ring but my phone would do nothing until I removed the battery and re-booted. This happened numerous times until I uninstalled SETCPU and it stopped doing that so I knew I found the culprit and haven't tried it again since (I need to receive calls as priority 1)
doesnt anyone search anymore i posted this issue over a month ago. setting cpu mode to anything on than conservative can cause freezes as the system doesnt get enough cpu to wake up.. it is even mentioned in set cpu to use conservative.
lgkahn said:
doesnt anyone search anymore i posted this issue over a month ago. setting cpu mode to anything on than conservative can cause freezes as the system doesnt get enough cpu to wake up.. it is even mentioned in set cpu to use conservative.
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I have it set to Conservative on my Vibrant, and I'm having the same issues as the OP.
Edit: When I go into SetCPU after pulling the battery and resetting, it shows it's limiting my CPU to 19.2 MHz. Yes, 19.2. Insane.
tt4079 said:
Are you using a task manager? I had the same problem as you until I removed the auto task killer I had previously installed. Now I can set setcpu to 100000 min 1000000 max ondemand for main with a profile of screen off 100000 min 1000000 max conservative.
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I killed my task manager service, and it didn't freeze up! I'm going to uninstall the task manager and see if I have any more freezing issues in the future.
Edit: Nope, didn't work. Removing SetCPU.
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What's your experience with SetCPU on Galaxy S?
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I have the Vibrant version with T-Mo. After rooting, Titanium, Barnacle and Root Explorer all seem to be working fine.
After a few minutes of installing SetCPU, my phone wouldn't wake up. Rebooted twice, same results.
Removed SetCPU and the phone's working fine again. Maybe the minimum speed should be set at 250 or so?
George
To begin with, you don't even need SetCPU
SGS phone automatically regulates the speed of the CPU depending on your usage.
most of the time in Stock ROM it hover around 200 Mhz, very few times it uses the max 1000 Mhz
only when there are lots of background apps running
when you runt he CPU at 1000 Mhz it gets hot fast, and it consumes more battery
good thing is it drops back down to 100~200 Mhz as soon as it's done with the heavy tasks
so having the SetCPU installed will defeat the whole purpose of power saving and CPU cycle on demand
mekwall said:
I've done numerous tests with and without OC and on different kernels (both normal and custom). So far SetCPU have only given me headaches. Random crashes, unable to wakeup, kernel panics... The list goes on.
According to these tests I've come to the conclusion that SetCPU is very unstable on Galaxy S and should not be considered supported at all.
What's your experience with SetCPU on Galaxy S? Is it conclusive with mine? Do you experience the same problems with Overclock Widget, or is it more stable?
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I don't even remember the last time where we had a fixed clock on a cpu Allgamer. The point of setcpu is to either downclock or overclock your cpu. You might want to limit your clock to 0.6GHz just to save some juice.
Anyway, after a few hours of head scratching and 2 reboots, I uninstalled and refunded it.
I agree. Setcpu is rather unstable. I have feeling lots of the kernel overclockers have problems but blame the kernel while they should blame setcpu
i have just installed setcpu. it's probably been about a day or so now and i have not experienced any problems?
i have an Australian model (I9000) just flashed to the canadian firmware for the 3br fix.
Is it just generally not recommended to use setcpu on my SGS?
please advise. Thanks
toansta said:
i have just installed setcpu. it's probably been about a day or so now and i have not experienced any problems?
i have an Australian model (I9000) just flashed to the canadian firmware for the 3br fix.
Is it just generally not recommended to use setcpu on my SGS?
please advise. Thanks
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It depends on what you're using it for. If you know what you're doing, it can be a useful tool. If you want to overclock, you'll want setcpu. If you want to underclock (lets say you're out and about, with 40% battery), then you can set the maximum cpu speed lower so that the battery will last longer.
You don't need setcpu if you're simply going to tell it that you want your max speed to be 1ghz, with a min of 100mhz and you want it to be "conservative". Your phone does that by default, and frankly the SGS is pretty good on its own when it comes to battery management.
thanks reuthermonkey, i will keep that in mind.
What are the perfect setcpu 2.0.3 settings for froyo JP6 I9000 rooted? Thanx in advance
Telanis said:
I have it set to Conservative on my Vibrant, and I'm having the same issues as the OP.
Edit: When I go into SetCPU after pulling the battery and resetting, it shows it's limiting my CPU to 19.2 MHz. Yes, 19.2. Insane.
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Menu and rescan the device should restore the normal values. those values are not the ones actually used!
Hi
can anyone help me with this problem.
Every time i unlock the tab(when it wakes up from sleep) it freezes, the screen doesnt respond for about 10 seconds, after that it works normally. Interesting fact is that this problem is not there when tab is on charging.
I am running MIUI XJ 2.3.10
But the problem is consistent with all the roms: stock, ics, boca.. all.
Are you using something to overclock or underclock, or undervolt your tablet CPU?
For example, there are some people who use profiles with SetCPU. They define that whenever their screen goes off, the CPU goes to a minimum 100 MHz. Which slows it down and then the tab takes its sweet time to get back on, since it's on slow speed.
Dont know much about MIUI but maybe they have CPU settings built in or something. If you dont use any overclocking, install setcpu, select minimum 100 maximum 1000 and select ondemand governor. Share results here. Dont select or enable any profile setting etc.
tried what u said with set cpu. still didnt help..
finally after lot of searching got an app called soft lock.
now my tab wakes up instantly without any freeze..
but have to check how much battery drains becaus this app probably disables deep sleep
thank u for ur reply
obahmood said:
Are you using something to overclock or underclock, or undervolt your tablet CPU?
For example, there are some people who use profiles with SetCPU. They define that whenever their screen goes off, the CPU goes to a minimum 100 MHz. Which slows it down and then the tab takes its sweet time to get back on, since it's on slow speed.
Dont know much about MIUI but maybe they have CPU settings built in or something. If you dont use any overclocking, install setcpu, select minimum 100 maximum 1000 and select ondemand governor. Share results here. Dont select or enable any profile setting etc.
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tried what u said with set cpu. still didnt help..
finally after lot of searching got an app called soft lock.
now my tab wakes up instantly without any freeze..
but have to check how much battery drains becaus this app probably disables deep sleep
thank u for ur reply
An observation.
The phone operates two core CPU
If you go after a deep sleep only work CPU1.
I can not find an application that can automate this.
I tried the "CPU sleep" ES "XCOR," but do not run the two cores when the application starts.
anyone know the answer?
I hope you understand
I checked the "System Monitor app"
XCOR turn on my core 2 and it works, but after a deep sleep only works 1 seed again!
sorry for my bad english
I that for AOKP? I'm running CM10.1 and 2nd core works fine after deepsleep according to "cpu usage monitor".
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I that for AOKP? I'm running CM10.1 and 2nd core works fine after deepsleep according to "cpu usage monitor".
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Yes running AOKP!
During solved
tuner pro android is available ONLINE ALL CPUs, turned init.d!
Since then it works beautifully!
thank you
I have the same issue with DMod and the battery runs out reeeeeally fast. Like in 20 minutes I lost 10%.
I did all wipes and stuff, brand new installation it just won't work. Went back to stock since it is the only one to proper work so far with no bugs.
Hi,
first, I want to apologize for my bad english.
I have a problem with the clockingspeed of my HTC One.
I was impressed by how bad the battery life of the One is.
I found out, that the CPU is always clocking at 1,7Ghz, both values (Min AND Max) are set to 1.7 Ghz.
If I turn on the battery-safe option, it clocks at 1Ghz, but again on both values.
So, I have downloaded some CPU apps, which should let me change the clocking speed of the CPU.
Well, it works, but if I turn on "Set on boot", and reboot, the values are gone.
I thought, this would be caused by the stock ROM, so I have flashed the "InsertCoin" ROM, but no changes.
Has someone the same problem, or does someone has a solution for me?
regards.
The clock speed is dynamically controlled. When the phone is not in use, it should reduce the clock speed.
It sounds like you have an app that is preventing it from sleeping.
Install betterbatterystats and look for partial wakelocks. Feel free to leave a screenshot here.
Hi,
even if there is an app which would prevent my phone from clocking down, the MIN-value should be at 300/400mhz, and not be the same as the max-value ..
regards.
No idea..?
what hes saying is theres a rogue app mostly likely in the background thats pushing your phone that it thinks it should ramp up the speed of your phone. so even if you have it set to 384/1.7 the phone is detecting "oh **** *so and so* app is beastly bump the speed to max 1.7. bad analogy but you get the idea. i would start by wiping the phone install a brand new rom and DONT install anything just the mhz reader. then check. if your on a fully clean flash and still holding at max value all the time. then next is to check the CPU governor. it may have been set to performance at some point "accidentally" the performance governor forces the phone to hold at max speed. mostly only used for synthetic benchmarks.
Nope nope nope.
Nope.
I just had to S-Off my phone ..
So I've gotten my standby time to be pretty good but under moderate use, the device is getting warm and chewing through battery. I.e 4hrs off charger, 40 minutes of screen and only 71% left. I'm stock rooted and removed bloat. Even had stuff greenified (just uninstalled to test now). Is there anything I can do without tripping Knox to slow down the CPU a little? The native power save mode is all or nothing now - they used to let you control which features were enabled on older devices
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So I've gotten my standby time to be pretty good but under moderate use, the device is getting warm and chewing through battery. I.e 4hrs off charger, 40 minutes of screen and only 71% left. I'm stock rooted and removed bloat. Even had stuff greenified (just uninstalled to test now). Is there anything I can do without tripping Knox to slow down the CPU a little? The native power save mode is all or nothing now - they used to let you control which features were enabled on older devices
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If your rooted, download a program called Trickster Mod. (All credit to the dev) It allows you to underclock the CPU. Stock value is set at 1.5Ghz. WIthout an overclocked kernel, that value cannot change. However, underclocking is available. And since this device is a true octa-core dropping it to 1.2 Ghz shouldn't be a problem. Also you can change your governor to a conservative one. Stock is ondemand. Conservative and Performance are able to be selected. Changing your TCP congestion to cubic instead of the stock bic, in my experience, gives you a bit better battery life as well. Hope this helps.
Thanks!
The app doesn't say it supports s6, does it definitely work?
You can try kernel tweaker which is also availble on the play store. By the way we do have a Q&A forum so your questions would be better suited over there.
I can't find anything called "kernel tweaker" exactly... Also my question was about apps and this is app subforum. Sorry if that isn't correct