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MK kernel for Stock Base Roms 4.1.2 - Links & Discussion

Hi guys...i'm moving all discuttion of MK kernel for stock 4.1.2 from Sami OS thred to here so that Developemnt therad of SamiOS remains clean
Kernel & link
latest version with No teraing and almost bug free... here are some changes/review
#version3Latest Version Download
#version4One more version it should work for i9070P & some more features
NOTE : This is not my work , @mkaluza initiated it for CM and @PolishVodka made it available for Stock 4.1.2 you should thank them both
Below is Older version with some bugs mentioned below...so not recommended !
PolishVodka said:
Here is mkaluza's kernel for stock JB, working:
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http://www.mediafire.com/?x6gw3cg833x8k51
To install Flash zip in cwm or twrp
Personally I use smartassv2 (more smooth than default dynamic which is more battery friendly ! )
1.2GHz OC
And some init.ds to make UI more smoother...which you can find here
You guys should check mkaluza wikis in github too . Lots of useful info there, especially this:
https://github.com/mkaluza/project-zen/wiki/Janice-performance-settings
and Dynamic governor related wiki:
https://github.com/mkaluza/project-zen/wiki/Dynamic-governor
To all
some more info about MK stock kernel
Ram available for user was 647 MB for me ( 650 i n latest ! )
multitasking and app loading was exceptionally better !
to newbies plz don't blindly follow cocore commands/ init.d here bcz there are some changes here..[B].if you don't understand or used to with kernel commands and things , I advised you to stay way from this kernel for little while till final build comes[/B]
you can go for it now
and keep one thing in mind nandroid back up created by phillz recovery won't work with simple CWM ( atleast it didn't work for me) though it works with phillz
so if you use this kernel and you need to take backup... flash cocore and do it ...or use temporary CWM
Some discussion
1st one here is about 1st build...so if you wasn't aware of it you can skip this one and go to review directly
hastalafiesta said:
Try to extract 4.1.2 ramdisk and put it in /efs, then flash mkaluza kernel.
I have followed this simple step to make it bootable on cm 10.1.
You can find the guide to extract it on mkaluza thread.
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it won't work like that in stock 4.1.2 but
anyway @PolishVodka made one more build and it booted ..i tested it...there are some minor bugs in it which i reported and he will make final build and publish it... ( though i didn't get reply yet... may be this is because of time difference and when i reported there should be night
here is copy of my final review which i send to him
PSS : you got my reply about kernel booting right ?
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Yes, yes I got your previous message.
No problem I can wait till tomorrow for your review. Thank you.
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good stuff 1st
performance is exceptionally good ...i mean very very good especially with smartassv2
battery life is decent with smartassv2 & dynamic
no random reboot at all with OC @1.2
overall very stable
now some bugs
i alreay told yesterday about faint horizontal lines ( though they are not hurting much but still if they can be removed it'll be great ) & Jumpy UI
now one weird bug and it must be fixed ...is when we rotate screen it flickers very badly and turn offs this problem is lesser in smartassv2 & excessive in dynamic
see videos below
smartassv2
dynamic
you can see smartass v2 can open COC without waking screen while in dynamic i have to wake it ( actually screen doesn't look it self but it turns off so to wake it i hve to lock it and unlock it again ) ...and while seeing such Turned off scrren in complete Dark i can see screen on/off faintly which means process of loading is there but don't know why screeb offs
one more video...i'm not sure you can see it properly but whole track of tamplerun 2 is little bit jumpy
i'm hoping you can fix this bugs and make more smoother...you can ask cocafe for help in both of these or you can check his github for help to make UI smooth ( see master branch bcz in refresh version UI is not that smooth )
and don't abandon this kernel without fixing because it has really good potential , support this kernel as long as you can
and finally you should change default governor to smartassv2.. it's more resopnsive than dynamic , better performance and not much battery drain ... Newbies will like it more and experience user can chance if they want to use Dynamic and see difference by them self
Finally Thanks for this kernel
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buffer overflow said:
Yes, is working but without boot animation.i chose Pegasusqplus and Sioplus. UPDATE:CRT Off animation not working even if it is checked.
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isaak said:
Maybe you were using a custom boot animation?
Then there is no kernel support.
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stock boot animation was working for me
yah it doesn't support CRT but i don't care. and IMO this feature is now worth to waste time
Cassiusss said:
Have you noticed that with Mk Kernel on JB, the screen seems to be a bit brighter than usual?
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yah it's more brighter this is because you are comparing it with cocore not stock kernel ...in cococre auto brightness was lowered !
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@PolishVodka please put something on github, or at least tell us what have you changed in the kernel, if we collaborate we could have a bugless kernel! @ChronoMonochrome can you help us to fix the errors mentioned in the op?

jineshpatel30 said:
it won't work like that in stock 4.1.2
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This is not true.
Official Mk Kernel works with no problem on stock 4.1.2. I've used JB-4.1-stock-CoCore-cwm-6.0.3.4.boot.cpio.gz ramdisk, renamed to boot.cpio.gz and placed in the efs folder. Then installed the kernel 5.4.0 no swap.
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it's more brighter this is because you are comparing it with cocore not stock kernel ...in cococre auto brightness was lowered!
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I'm comparing it with stock kernel... and it's brighter. I have no doubts.
Boot animation working for me too.
Camera opening makes the screen tearing. (on both PolishVodka and official versions)

Cassiusss said:
This is not true.
Official Mk Kernel works with no problem on stock 4.1.2. I've used JB-4.1-stock-CoCore-cwm-6.0.3.4.boot.cpio.gz ramdisk, renamed to boot.cpio.gz and placed in the efs folder. Then installed the kernel 5.4.0 no swap.
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i was talking about 1st release by PolishVodka. not any other official build
and official versson wasn't suppose to be used with stock rom..it may work but there is chance you end up with something bad
I'm comparing it with stock kernel... and it's brighter. I have no doubts.
Boot animation working for me too.
Camera opening makes the screen tearing. (on both PolishVodka and official versions)
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if you have no doubt then check with some brightness and illumination test app and you will see stock & this kernel have same brightness level !
Not only camera opening any rotation to screen makes it tears most of times ...
& this thread is not about official MK if you still using it have some problem then you should report it in official thread

@jineshpatel30 : How much free ram you have ?

Force said:
@jineshpatel30 : How much free ram you have ?
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647 MB...i wrote is in OP as well
Why ?

jineshpatel30 said:
i was talking about 1st release by PolishVodka. not any other official build
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You have answered to Reinkaros here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59215110&postcount=804 and Hastalafiesta here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59255043&postcount=821
They have suggested to use official MK Kernel but you instead have tried to use the ramdisk with the first release of PolishVodka... so that's why your phone failed to boot. First release of PolishVodka will never boot. And that's why he released a second version.
And this second version seems to be nothing else than the official Mk Kernel with included stock ramdisk and some more zram.
Both official and PolishVodka versions act the same.
Ah, and that brightness levels are the same means nothing if the screen is still brighter...
Anyway now i'm using PolishVodka version and i'll be glad to help.

jineshpatel30 said:
647 MB...i wrote is in OP as well
Why ?
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Sorry,i didn't see it. 647mb free ram ?! I think i never had more than 320-350 free ram and now is double. That's a big change. Did you try to open 2 games or open a game and a chat app or browser? The other app in background close?

647 MB is total ram, not free ram.

I fix screen tearing and flickering in my Kernel using this commit by mkaluza. Hope it works for PolishVodka :good:
display-s6e63m0: revert "remove DDR_50_OPP requirements for screen on"

Force said:
Sorry,i didn't see it. 647mb free ram ?! I think i never had more than 320-350 free ram and now is double. That's a big change. Did you try to open 2 games or open a game and a chat app or browser? The other app in background close?
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Oh i though you asked about how much ram is there for user to use sorry

Cassiusss said:
You have answered to Reinkaros here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59215110&postcount=804 and Hastalafiesta here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59255043&postcount=821
They have suggested to use official MK Kernel but you instead have tried to use the ramdisk with the first release of PolishVodka... so that's why your phone failed to boot. First release of PolishVodka will never boot. And that's why he released a second version.
And this second version seems to be nothing else than the official Mk Kernel with included stock ramdisk and some more zram.
Both official and PolishVodka versions act the same.
Ah, and that brightness levels are the same means nothing if the screen is still brighter...
Anyway now i'm using PolishVodka version and i'll be glad to help.
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Gald that you ate willing to help
Zram enabled in polishvodka verson ?
I don't think so

Epirex said:
I fix screen tearing and flickering in my Kernel using this commit by mkaluza. Hope it works for PolishVodka :good:
display-s6e63m0: revert "remove DDR_50_OPP requirements for screen on"
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@PolishVodka
Check this...

Force said:
Sorry,i didn't see it. 647mb free ram ?! I think i never had more than 320-350 free ram and now is double. That's a big change. Did you try to open 2 games or open a game and a chat app or browser? The other app in background close?
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You got very very excited boy !!!!

You guys should check mkaluza wikis in github too . Lots of useful stuff there, especially this:
https://github.com/mkaluza/project-zen/wiki/Janice-performance-settings
and Dynamic governor related wiki:
https://github.com/mkaluza/project-zen/wiki/Dynamic-governor

Reinkaos said:
You guys should check mkaluza wikis in github too . Lots of useful stuff there, especially this:
https://github.com/mkaluza/project-zen/wiki/Janice-performance-settings
and Dynamic governor related wiki:
https://github.com/mkaluza/project-zen/wiki/Dynamic-governor
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hastalafiesta said:
@ChronoMonochrome can you help us to fix the errors mentioned in the op?
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Why asking me? I'm not a stock user and don't have janice too. Never had mentioned bugs. I can only suggest to use Interactive/ZenX to make some games lagless.
P.s. original thread of the tweak for increased RAM http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...jb-kk-lp-ram-repartition-to-691-1-mb-t3043437 .

ChronoMonochrome said:
Why asking me? I'm not a stock user and don't have janice too. Never had mentioned bugs. I can only suggest to use Interactive/ZenX to make some games lagless.
P.s. original thread of the tweak for increased RAM http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...jb-kk-lp-ram-repartition-to-691-1-mb-t3043437 .
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Just because I know you have a great knowledge about kernel and so I thought about asking you.:good:

hastalafiesta said:
Just because I know you have a great knowledge about kernel and so I thought about asking you.:good:
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Just wanted to say that mentioned bugs maybe not a kernel fault. It's difficult to advice anything especially because it's just reports about lagginess in some games. I'm not a hard gamer too. Maybe you can compare same things on various ROMs.

ChronoMonochrome said:
Just wanted to say that mentioned bugs maybe not a kernel fault. It's difficult to advice anything especially because it's just reports about lagginess in some games. I'm not a hard gamer too. Maybe you can compare same things on various ROMs.
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Well i'm also not hard gamer..and i gave the examples where bugs was most clear
I took Dolphin browser to show screen tearing while rotation
Then COC for screen goes off during loading ( perhaps this happes in landscape apps only )
And finally TR2 to show jumpyness
But these bug weren't only in this things specifics...one can see jumpy UI in setting also , screen tearing in other apps like one person said in camera on/off
So it's not just about game and rom related bcz with same Rom and cocore any of given bugs is not there !
Anyway i didn't get any reply from PolishVodka since last build so may be he's too busy or may be this is it for this kernel !
@hastalafiesta
If you have some knowledge about kernel and you wants to continue you should start it from MK kernel Github bcz @Cassiusss was able to boot it directly on stock by boot.cipo.gz and you can ask PolishVodka if you stuck on boot , about how to fix it

[EOL] [KERNEL][G800F][exynos][CUSTOM KERNEL] FOR MOST CUSTOM ROMS [EOL]

Code:
***WARNING***
-READ CAREFULLY!!
YOU FLASH THIS KERNEL AT YOUR OWN RISK.I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT MAY OCCUR DUE TO THE FLASHING OF THIS IMAGE.
I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST DATA,BRICKED PHONE,OR ANYTHING OF THE SUCH.(PHONE EXPOLDES,OVERHEATS ETC)
THIS KERNEL IS ONLY FOR THE S5 MINI SM-G8OOF (Exynos) DO NOT FLASH THIS ON ANY OTHER DEVICE!
EOL (End of Life) ​
I will be creating a new thread for my N kernel - Stay tuned!​
UPDATED Linux kernel to 3.4.113 on 27-10-2016​UPDATED to v2.5 on 13-10-2016​
Code:
Changes in version 2.5
*Unlocked CPU frequencies 1500,300 and 200MHZ
*Switched to self built Linaro/Sabermod toolchain
*Added many more optimization flags
*Added DriveDroid support
Features
-Now supports Many different ROMS for the G800F
-Compiled with self built optimized Linaro/SaberMod toolchain ("LinaroMod")
-Unlocked CPU frequencies: 1500MHZ,200MHZ and 300MHZ
-Updated Linux kernel from 3.4.39 to the latest 3.4.113
-Added many optimizations (You can see all of the optimization flags in the makefile on the kernel source page)
-enabled graphite
-Added Drivedroid Support - http://softwarebakery.com/projects/drivedroid
-Fading LED's
-Added I/O schedulers
-zen
-sio
-fifo
-fiops
-tripndroid
-vr
-Added CPU governors
-zzmoove
-hyper
-alucard
-darkness
-nightmare
-wheatley
-smartassv2
-dancedance
-pegasusq
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You will need Kernel Adiutor (free from the play store) or similar app capable of allowing you to switch I/O schedulers and
CPU governors in order to be able to change and set those.
I can recommend this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/kernel-adiutor-mod-singularity-kernel-t3333549
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Known Issues
Let me know and I will try to fix them
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Installation
I HIGHLY recommend that you do a full backup before flashing this kernel.I am not responsible if you lose any or all of your data.BACKUP!!
1.Download the "Spookcity_Kernel-MM"
2.Place the zip onto your phones storage
3.Reboot into recovery (Volume-Up + Home + Power button)
4.Select install
5.Flash the downloaded kernel
6.Go back a few times in TWRP.Select wipe -> Advanced wipe and wipe Dalvic/Art cache and the cache partition
If you do not do this you are very likely to experience strange issues.You have been warned.Do not report problems if you did not do this.
7.Reboot and hopefully enjoy.
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Downloads
Spookcity_Kernel-MM
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Sources
Toolchain - https://github.com/Spookcity/Android-Toolchains
Kernel - https://github.com/Spookcity/android_kernel_samsung_kminilte
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Code:
CHANGELOG
[U]18-06-2017[/U]
-Switched to anykernel2
[U]31-10-2016[/U]
-Added zip for Bliss Rom
[U]13-10-2016[/U]
-Unlocked CPU freq 1500,200,300MHZ
-Switched to my self built toolchain
-Added many more optimization flags to the build
-Added DriveDroid support
-Added zip for Zephyr-OS
[U]24-07-2016[/U]
- Added zips to support more custom ROMS
[U]V2 - 23-07-2016[/U]
-Fixed RAMDISK to make it compatible and actually work with newer builds of CM13
-Changed SELinux from disabled to permissive to be in line with the "stock" CM kernel
-Added I/O schedulers
-fiops
-tripndroid
-vr
-Added CPU governors
-pegasusq
[U]V1 - Initial Release[/U]
Thanks to
-hennymcc and CTXz for bringing CM13 to our device! I used their kernel sources to build this.Without them I never would have been able to attemp this.
-DJ_Steve for his custom kernel.Without being able to look at his sources and cherry-pick some things I would also not have been able to do this.
-CurtisMJ Ditto same thing here.His kernel build and sources were very helpful to me.
-frap129 for his amazing toolchains!
-ArchiDroid
Anyone I may have left out sorry.I appreciate you all!
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I hope you enjoy and please say thanks if you find this at all useful
XDA:DevDB Information
Spookcity_Kernel, Kernel for the Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini
Contributors
spookcity138
Kernel Special Features:
Version Information
Status: Beta
Created 2016-05-26
Last Updated 2017-06-18

Nice, finally some new development for our phone =)
I will test the kernel right away...
One thing that I would really love would be if you have the time to look into adding DT2W :angel:
Thanks for your work so far :good:
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booting went well. However WiFi doesnt work for me :/ I uploaded the logcat-output filtered for "wifi" to hastebin. If you need anything else for debugging let me know. Thanks to dual boot I will keep your custom kernel on one ROM
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zaworka said:
Nice, finally some new development for our phone =)
I will test the kernel right away...
One thing that I would really love would be if you have the time to look into adding DT2W :angel:
Thanks for your work so far :good:
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booting went well. However WiFi doesnt work for me :/ I uploaded the logcat-output filtered for "wifi" to hastebin. If you need anything else for debugging let me know. Thanks to dual boot I will keep your custom kernel on one ROM
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Thanks for trying out the kernel. That's weird about the WiFi. I have never had that happen in the bunch of times I have flashed it. I will def look into it.I'll have a look at the log, although at this point I'm also not that great at interpreting those, so it may not help. I'll see what I can do though
Sent from my SM-G800F using Tapatalk

can you tell me someone what is kernel?

br3acker said:
can you tell me someone what is kernel?
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http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/linux-kernel-explanation-laymans-terms/

zaworka said:
Nice, finally some new development for our phone =)
I will test the kernel right away...
One thing that I would really love would be if you have the time to look into adding DT2W :angel:
Thanks for your work so far :good:
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booting went well. However WiFi doesnt work for me :/ I uploaded the logcat-output filtered for "wifi" to hastebin. If you need anything else for debugging let me know. Thanks to dual boot I will keep your custom kernel on one ROM
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OK,well after looking at the log and trying to decipher it and then thinking a bit I have only come up with one possibility.Maybe somehow your wpa_supplicant.conf file located in /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf has the wrong permissions for some reason.If you want you could try to check and possibly change the permissions.If you decide to try this I would backup the file because you never know.
The permissions should be: Owner - wifi Group - wifi...
Owner read and write/Group read and write/ others none.
If your permissions are correct on that file the only other thing I could possibly think of to do if you wanted would be to delete that file,wpa_supplicant.conf.Only after you back it up it though because you will lose all of your passwords,and reboot.It should recreate it.Do that at your own risk though.This is all I have come up with because I have never had that problem,so it's a bit difficult.

I am sorry, I think the error was my fault and not a bug of the kernel. I think the build that I am running at the moment is one I build myself and used sabermod toolchain. I remembered that I had the same problem using DMPKernel on that build. I thought I was using one of hennymmc's builds by now - so, sorry for reporting but thanks for looking into anyways.
Unfortunately I tried both and didnt solve the issue ,the permissions were set correctly btw.
I just installed the CM13 on another partition but - unless I have a flashable zip file - I can not install your kernel on that one. Would it be possible to provide the kernel as .zip?

zaworka said:
I am sorry, I think the error was my fault and not a bug of the kernel. I think the build that I am running at the moment is one I build myself and used sabermod toolchain. I remembered that I had the same problem using DMPKernel on that build. I thought I was using one of hennymmc's builds by now - so, sorry for reporting but thanks for looking into anyways.
Unfortunately I tried both and didnt solve the issue ,the permissions were set correctly btw.
I just installed the CM13 on another partition but - unless I have a flashable zip file - I can not install your kernel on that one. Would it be possible to provide the kernel as .zip?
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Sure thing.I updated the download section above and added a flashable zip.I think it'll work.

spookcity138 said:
Sure thing.I updated the download section above and added a flashable zip.I think it'll work.
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Nice, that worked! Thanks for the effort :good:
Will test it over the next few days :fingers-crossed:

zaworka said:
Nice, that worked! Thanks for the effort :good:
Will test it over the next few days :fingers-crossed:
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Good,I'm glad that worked.You thoughts and feedback are most welcomed.

Any chance this kernel hits the G800H for cm 13 too ?
I can be your tester

sasukesama said:
Any chance this kernel hits the G800H for cm 13 too ?
I can be your tester
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Hey, I appreciate the offer. That is something I can look into at some point. No promises. In still trying to learn all of this stuff.
Sent from my SM-G800F using Tapatalk

spookcity138 said:
Hey, I appreciate the offer. That is something I can look into at some point. No promises. In still trying to learn all of this stuff.
Sent from my SM-G800F using Tapatalk
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Sounds good
I think you can do the same (using the cm13 kernel and DJ_Steve kernel stuff) as he has a G800H version of his kernel

I use your kernel , you can repair the wifi ?

Abde77 said:
I use your kernel , you can repair the wifi ?
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What's the problem with the WiFi exactly? I need to update this anyway. I will at some point.I've had no WiFi probs though.
Sent from my SM-G800F using Tapatalk

spookcity138 said:
What's the problem with the WiFi exactly? I need to update this anyway. I will at some point.I've had no WiFi probs though.
Sent from my SM-G800F using Tapatalk
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Conducted any work on the development of the kernel? About sound problems and headphones like DJ_Steve , initially had no problems, and then there., maybe it depends on kernel version? Is there a chance to make all the improvements in version 3.4.39 ? (Google translation)

Oleggluk said:
Conducted any work on the development of the kernel? About sound problems and headphones like DJ_Steve , initially had no problems, and then there., maybe it depends on kernel version? Is there a chance to make all the improvements in version 3.4.39 ? (Google translation)
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I actually haven't touched this recently at all.I've been spending too much time on the mess that is my AOSP build [emoji2]
I give up on that for now though.It's giving me a headache.
I will try to get back to this soon,as I don't even think it works with any of my builds.I don't know.I'm not even using this right now.
I never actually had any real audio issues with this however and I did use if for awhile,so that's strange.
Sent from my SM-G800F using Tapatalk

spookcity138 said:
I actually haven't touched this recently at all.I've been spending too much time on the mess that is my AOSP build [emoji2]
I give up on that for now though.It's giving me a headache.
I will try to get back to this soon,as I don't even think it works with any of my builds.I don't know.I'm not even using this right now.
I never actually had any real audio issues with this however and I did use if for awhile,so that's strange.
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Also does not have wi-fi access in the new Assembly СМ13 from ayke with this kernel. I took apart your kernel and replace the ramdisk from the new build, wifi now works. (Google translation)

Oleggluk said:
Also does not have wi-fi access in the new Assembly СМ13 from ayke with this kernel. I took apart your kernel and replace the ramdisk from the new build, wifi now works. (Google translation)
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I kinda remember this issue as well.Good to know about the ramdisk.
Its such a strange thing how only some experience the robotic voice...and you have no microphone problems with ayke's build either? Like it stops working after a phone call?
Sent from my SM-G800F using Tapatalk

spookcity138 said:
I kinda remember this issue as well.Good to know about the ramdisk.
Its such a strange thing how only some experience the robotic voice...and you have no microphone problems with ayke's build either? Like it stops working after a phone call?
Sent from my SM-G800F using Tapatalk
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Robot voice I have never had. And mute has the same problem that error camera. If you kill the mediaserver, the microphone performance is restored. You can use the long-known app Mediaserver Killer. (Google translation)

[Kernel]Photon Kernel[condor][UBER-4.9][AndroidN]

Hello XDA Members,
I am here with my new kernel. This kernel works on Android 7.x based ROMs
Standard disclaimer :
Code:
This product is distributed free of cost and does not come with a warranty. I will not be responsible for anything that may happen to your phone as a result of flashing this kernel. You have been warned !If you come to me saying that this turned my phone into nuclear bomb , I will surely laugh at you !!!
Introduction :
Photon is a fundamental particle of nature which delivers light to us all. It's mindboggling properties like duality, never stopping from being in motion and presence in so many diverse natural phenomena like photoelectric effect, relativity etc. makes the man ultra-curious about it. A photon is born when atoms transition from excited state to ground state. What's the point of this paragraph in a kernel description post?
Well, like a photon this kernel possess duality. How? By giving better battery back up and performance. ( ) What about non-resting nature of photons? Yes, the kernel support will never stop until Nougat says good bye. ( ). OK now don't ask about analogies regarding photoelectric effect and relativity. ( : D ).
Anyways, now coming to the point I am very much glad to present you, the users of condor, my tiny piece of work for our small beast, .
“The Photon Kernel“
I got very much fascinated by the concept of photons when I studied it for the first time and hence (yes, you've guessed it right!) I've named this kernel Photon.
Enough of the physics class today let's look inside the features of the kernel now ( xD ) :
Features :
1)Compiled with UBER toolchain 4.9
2)Used -O3 and graaphite optimisation flag
3)Added few more governers to stock ones. List of all governers :
Impulse
Ondemand
Ondemandplus
Powersave
Performance
Interactive
Userspace
Smartmax
Lionheart
Nightmare
4)More I/O schedulers.List of all I/O schedulers :
noop
deadline
row
cfq
flops
tripndroid
sio
sioplus
vr
zen
bfq
5)Enable Arch Power
6)Disable Gentle Fair Sleepers
So that’s all for the features as of now. More features will be added in future.
This kernel serves me good for daily use and allowes me to use those governers flawlessly.
To-do list :
1)Add more governers(No more governers planned)
2)Add dt2w feature
(DT2W and intelliplug update is ready but I want everything to be nice and shining before adding them )
Downloads :
Grab your photon build here :
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457095661767122135
Credits :
@squid2
@rainforce279
flar2
Me
Installation Instructions :
1)Download latest zip from the link given
2)Make sure you are on android nougat rom
3)Reboot to twrp recovery and flash the zip(Hope you like installation script)
4)Reboot and profit
Known Issues :
None so far
If you found something ,let me know with last kmesg
If you like my work and you want me to work more on this project , please hit thanks button. It will encourage me a lot !!!
XDA:DevDB Information
Photon Kernel, Kernel for the Moto E
Contributors
ABSathe
Source Code: https://github.com/Ashutosh-01/photon_android_kernel
Kernel Special Features: Multiple custom governers,I/O schedulers
Version Information
Status: Beta
Current Beta Version: r5
Beta Release Date: 2016-11-16
Created 2016-11-02
Last Updated 2016-12-21

Special thanks to : @Vikrant Desai (For writing OP) @neonkat(For helping me )
Important Note :
Please make sure that you are on a stock kernel that comes with your ROM before flashing this.
If you flash this over another custom Kernel it may lead to unexpected issues
I personally use this on AOSP OMS rom

FAQ:
1)I find this kernel useful and want to support further development how should I do it ??
Ans- Hit the thanks button to encourage me
2)I want to suggest few changes to this kernel and want to contribute.
Ans- If you want to contribute .. feel free to create a pull request in my github
3)I want to request feature .
Ans- Ask in this thread.. if I find feature useful and logical .. I'll add it.,I would appreciate if you link me with commit. It's really hard to dig in the sources and find the exact commit.
4)I have an issue , will you help me ?
Ans- I am not any superstar kernel developer, but I will try my best to solve the issue. Here are few steps you should do before reporting issue here.First of all clean flash your ROM and then flash my kernel
If the issue still persists .. report it here with last_kmesg (can be obtained through Kernel Adiutor app)
5)Is this Kernel better than kernel A or kernel B ?
Ans- Please don't ask such questions in this thread .. if you want to use this kernel use it .. if you find issue .. report it here.
6)Which app should I use for tweaking this kernel ?
Ans- Use Kernel Adiutor app from play store

Dt2w works??

Rajendran Rasa said:
Dt2w works??
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No it doesn't. But it might be added soon.

Dt2w is not unstable in the Moto E? If it is possible in the next versions consider adding Dt2s/S2w.
Thanks for Kernel

dVinsmoke said:
Dt2w is not unstable in the Moto E? If it is possible in the next versions consider adding Dt2s/S2w.
Thanks for Kernel
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I tried adding it
But it lead to some serious lags
Maybe(mostly) I'm doing something wrong .. I'll try to fix it ASAP
Sent from my Nexus 5X using XDA Labs

ABSathe said:
I tried adding it
But it lead to some serious lags
Maybe(mostly) I'm doing something wrong .. I'll try to fix it ASAP
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Take your time
Nice work with the kernel

You could add more hotplugs, Arch power, I/O governors like sio and tcp algorithm westwood and it will be the best kernel for N ?

New build up !!
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=529152257862681879
Added 3 more governers
smartmax/lionheart/nightmare
Hope you guys enjoy
If someone could please report me for battery life and performance .. it would be great for me
A note about dt2w .. I haven't added it yet but would definitely like to (I'm searching for a proper commit that could work with condor )
If you want to report an issue report it properly

How to access the kernel settings??

sushant_ said:
How to access the kernel settings??
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Just download Kernel Adiutor or some similar app from play store

ABSathe said:
New build up !!
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=529152257862681879
Added 3 more governers
smartmax/lionheart/nightmare
Hope you guys enjoy
If someone could please report me for battery life and performance .. it would be great for me
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Thanks man!
Any news on dt2w?

WickedCool19 said:
Thanks man!
Any news on dt2w?
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He mentioned it just two posts above.

Vikrant Desai said:
He mentioned it just two posts above.
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I asked in context to the new update.
Whether there was something new about it.

WickedCool19 said:
I asked in context to the new update.
Whether there was something new about it.
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ABSathe said:
A note about dt2w .. I haven't added it yet but would definitely like to (I'm searching for a proper commit that could work with condor )
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Well, OP said that dt2w haven't been added yet. Only new governors (at least these are the visible changes)
ABSathe said:
If someone could please report me for battery life and performance .. it would be great for me
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Performance is great! Everything is running smoothly, nice work :good:
Battery life looks Ok. Haven't really tested it yet
I'm going to provide a better report regarding that at the end of the day.
Note: I'm using this kernel with cm 14.1 from squid2

Raxcoms said:
Performance is great! Everything is running smoothly, nice work :good:
Battery life looks Ok. Haven't really tested it yet
I'm going to provide a better report regarding that at the end of the day.
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Which ROM u r using??

Ujwal Agrawal said:
Which ROM u r using??
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Cm 14.1 from squid2

Raxcoms said:
Cm 14.1 from squid2
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I used r3 version of this kernel on the same ROM and I lost RIL

Ujwal Agrawal said:
I used r3 version of this kernel on the same ROM and I lost RIL
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It took me arround 2~3 minutes to get RIL working.
RIL wasn't working from the beginning

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Sweet
Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

congratulations n good luck.
:cyclops:
Will flash aosp,just to test... @sdiown,what rom you running?

Calvin.manneson said:
congratulations n good luck.
:cyclops:
Will flash aosp,just to test... @sdiown,what from you running?
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I tested on crDroid, works perfect.
bustyouup4free said:
Sweet
Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk
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Thanks
Calvin.manneson said:
congratulations n good luck.
:cyclops:
Will flash aosp,just to test... @sdiown,what rom you running?
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Hope you enjoy it!

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I just tested it for herolte, RR, not the new tree. It successfully boots up, I will report if I find any other issue. Thanks for the kernel.

Wowowowowow another one for aosp roms, now with wakelocks and voltage control! Flashing aokp right now (no substratum issues) will report back on how it goes after a few cycles

Tested on RR build 07/18 and working fine.
But there is no option for led fading!
Good work?

Missing quite a few CPU governors

Installed on RR (7/29) and doesnt seem to boot.
Galaxy S7 G930F International variant.

kornelkahh said:
I just tested it for herolte, RR, not the new tree. It successfully boots up, I will report if I find any other issue. Thanks for the kernel.
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Thanks, enjoy it
iOrpheus06 said:
Wowowowowow another one for aosp roms, now with wakelocks and voltage control! Flashing aokp right now (no substratum issues) will report back on how it goes after a few cycles
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Waiting for your feedback
ahmad.gh1 said:
Tested on RR build 07/18 and working fine.
But there is no option for led fading!
Good work
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Thanks, I will lookup it today.
sooyongjie said:
Missing quite a few CPU governors
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Which one? I will add it on the next version
KawaiiBear said:
Installed on RR (7/29) and doesnt seem to boot.
Galaxy S7 G930F International variant.
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It's because it doesn't run on new tree

sdiown said:
It's because it doesn't run on new tree
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Can you make run on the new tree ? Also is the smartmax the default governor?
Thanks for your work.

Zakaria.R said:
Can you make run on the new tree ? Also is the smartmax the default governor?
Thanks for your work.
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For now I cant., Because new tree isn't that stable. So I'll wait until new tree is stable. Smartmax isn't default governor.
Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

sdiown said:
For now I cant., Because new tree isn't that stable. So I'll wait until new tree is stable. Smartmax isn't default governor.
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Oh alright, hope things will work out soon, thank you for your efforts ??

Does enforcing mode work with this kernel? If not, are planning to implement it?

It was a short period of time but I can see the SOT is fine with normal usage (streaming, gaming, browsing). I just dont know why aosp kernels on s7/edge hate facebook app so much that the big cluster maxes out its frequency, resulting in an overheating and massive drain when using fb app and would require a reboot to get it back to lower frequencies.
A few more optimizations then this would be a better kernel than the ones included in rom.zips

ahmad.gh1 said:
Tested on RR build 07/18 and working fine.
But there is no option for led fading!
Good work
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This feature will be available on latest version, altought im waiting all of you to my telegram channel for future updates. I will close this thread for some reasons. :crying:
https://t.me/unofficialfo

Thread closed on OP's request.
Regards
Vatsal,
Forum Moderator.

[KERNEL][07/04/2021] kintsugi reborn for Samsung Galaxy A30

kintsugi reborn.
Based on my previous project, Kintsugi, kintsugi reborn follows its predecessor's goal to give the device a good balance between performance and battery life while focusing on its stability for a daily life usage. Features and changes are carefully chosen and pulled from different other kernel projects.
Features
Built with Google Clang version 12.0.6 + LLD linker
Full -O3 build with chipset's flags included (thanks to kdrag0n)
AnyKernel3 powered installation to stay OTA and flashers (EXKM, FKM...) friendly
ARM architecture performance and battery patches
Disabled numerous debug and logging options
Disabled several Samsung security and debug related options
Implement SafetyNet flags patches by sultanxda and kdrag0n
250 Hz timer frequency
BPF JIT compiler enabled by default
Implent CPUfreq backports by celtare21 (KuranKaname on XDA)
Westwood set as the default TCP network congestion control
ZEN v2 set as the default I/O scheduler
Disabled Kernel Samepage Merging by default for less CPU usage
Built-in Boeffla wakelock blocker with pre-configured wakelock blocklist
exFAT and vFAT filesystems support
Implent sdFAT mount options by cocafe
WireGuard support
Other misc. optimizations and fixes
Download & Links
OneUI 3.x build's ZIP download:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/kintsugi-reborn/files/kintsugi-reborn-stable%232.10-3.zip/download
Credits go to
@geckyn for their great work in achieving the Exynos 7885's kernel compilation with Clang
@eng.stk for their personal pieces of advice and also for their contributions
@wrongway213 for this thread template and previous pieces of advice
@el0xren for providing a working Samsung kernel source drop
@nalas for ThundeRStormS kernel, Powersuspend 2.0 update and their contributions
@Freak07 for their amazing contributions
@arter97 for their contributions
@kdrag0n for their innovative contributions
@osm0sis for AnyKernel3 and their contributions
@Sultanxda for their outstanding contributions
@nathanchance for their compilation guides and repos
XDA:DevDB Information
kintsugi reborn for Galaxy A30, Kernel for the Samsung Galaxy A30
Contributors
momojuro
Source Code: https://github.com/momojuro/kintsugi-reborn
Kernel Special Features: Boeffla Wakelock Blocker, Wireguard
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 2.10
Stable Release Date: 2021-07-04
Created 2021-07-04
Last Updated 2021-07-04

After flashing and rebooting, my device keeps on restarting and does not boot into the OS. Downloaded the .zip twice to make sure that the file didn't get corrupt when downloading. This looks like an amazing kernel and can't wait to use it once this issue is hopefully fixed.

Borkode said:
After flashing and rebooting, my device keeps on restarting and does not boot into the OS. Downloaded the .zip twice to make sure that the file didn't get corrupt when downloading. This looks like an amazing kernel and can't wait to use it once this issue is hopefully fixed.
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Exactly the same issue here.

Borkode said:
After flashing and rebooting, my device keeps on restarting and does not boot into the OS. Downloaded the .zip twice to make sure that the file didn't get corrupt when downloading. This looks like an amazing kernel and can't wait to use it once this issue is hopefully fixed.
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it's a gsi kernel

So it wont work for One UI 3 Stock?
SirKosichka said:
it's a gsi kernel
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Borkode said:
So it wont work for One UI 3 Stock?
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yes it's not working on one UI

Borkode said:
After flashing and rebooting, my device keeps on restarting and does not boot into the OS. Downloaded the .zip twice to make sure that the file didn't get corrupt when downloading. This looks like an amazing kernel and can't wait to use it once this issue is hopefully fixed.
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mon_ster_x said:
Exactly the same issue here.
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Thanks for letting me know. I will fix that issue as soon as possible because I know where it comes from.
SirKosichka said:
yes it's not working on one UI
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SirKosichka said:
it's a gsi kernel
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That's false.

Borkode said:
After flashing and rebooting, my device keeps on restarting and does not boot into the OS. Downloaded the .zip twice to make sure that the file didn't get corrupt when downloading. This looks like an amazing kernel and can't wait to use it once this issue is hopefully fixed.
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mon_ster_x said:
Exactly the same issue here.
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The download link has been updated. I would like to know if the issue got fixed whenever you've got time for testing it out.

momojuro said:
The download link has been updated. I would like to know if the issue got fixed whenever you've got time for testing it out.
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The download link was not updated however it showed me the updated file (https://sourceforge.net/projects/kintsugi-reborn/files/kintsugi-reborn-stable#2.10-2.zip/download) but unfortunately flashing the new file did not fix the issue. But thank you for the time you took trying to fix it, hopefully you could find the root cause soon. Is there any logs or anything that I could provide to assist?

Borkode said:
The download link was not updated however it showed me the updated file (https://sourceforge.net/projects/kintsugi-reborn/files/kintsugi-reborn-stable#2.10-2.zip/download) but unfortunately flashing the new file did not fix the issue. But thank you for the time you took trying to fix it, hopefully you could find the root cause soon. Is there any logs or anything that I could provide to assist?
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The download link got updated again. I hope it's gonna be the right attempt this time! Thanks for your feedback.

Hello, unfortunately I am still facing the same issue. I noticed in your credits it said "@Geckyn for their great work in achieving the Exynos 7885's kernel compilation with Clang" however my A30 has got an Exynos 7904, could this be the root cause?

Borkode said:
Hello, unfortunately I am still facing the same issue. I noticed in your credits it said "@Geckyn for their great work in achieving the Exynos 7885's kernel compilation with Clang" however my A30 has got an Exynos 7904, could this be the root cause?
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7904 runs same board as 7885.

Excellent kernel
After several days of using it, it doesn't present any bug and everything is going very well.

how to install? I get error:1 on twrp

Just a bootloop a305f, not good

Is there any android 11 GSI version of this kernel?

×Bluetooth not work×

Deriam Hndz said:
Excellent kernel
After several days of using it, it doesn't present any bug and everything is going very well.
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Bluetooth not work