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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kennyp987:
Did you fix the ability to UV in the CPU apps?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hazard99:
Lag free is crazy ... I like it I just wonder what impact it will have on battery as it likes to hang around at higher clock speeds
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
test it out but as a general rule the battery impact is minimal in my tests.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] FRuiTBoOT:
Nice this one and the previous version are the only OC kernels that will r

Play nicely with my phone. Nice work!! Great stuff.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
This is from the dev of the Bullet kernel

Just throwing that out there that i have seen this issue had this issue and attributed it to my kernel and bad battery life, but this may be a possibility as well and i'm going to test this. I have system tuner installed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ashtear:
Anyone know any other app that shows the state of each individual core? SetCPU only shows core 0, the first core, I believe.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
I own systempanel

but the light version may see both, i know the full does.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ashtear:
It only shows load, not clock speed per individual kernel. Regardless, it's a great app. Thanks for the recommendation.

Still, any way to see the clock speed per core?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JaylanPHNX:
Here's another screenshot of battery spy. This shows charging all night and all day's discharge. This is with the last release (not the one you're testing).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
so guys who were testing, whats the verdict?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] skadude66:
Battery life is a bit better than previous versions, performance is great! Is there any room for improvement in terms of battery life? (That you know of).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ashtear:
As far as I can tell, most of my battery issues were caused by system tuner. Once removed, things seem to have stabilized.

I was also testing Bullet kernel, then came back over here. The speed in this one on the lagfree governor is smother in my opinion, but I still don't see the 10+ battery times some people see here. Not with regular use.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
I noticed this as well, my battery life increased exponentially when system tuner was removed. it was ****ing up something and causing the clock to hang at max for a very long time. sometimes until reboot.

I'm patching ck3 back in today, and since battery is doing better i'm going to try a few other tweaks, and have another kick at video oc, now that battery may be solved (pending more tests) i can move on with my mods.

it looks like the Bullet is a battery burner as well, i see some screens of 4h from 100% - dead. Hopefully we can find reasons for this and improve the battery further.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ashtear:
My consumption on Bullet so far is ok, but i'm not sure if better, given how big the impact from System Tuner was.

That picture is with Bullet, after charging overnight, minimal use, since i'm at home playing Skyrim. The last Bullet version isn't SoD-ing like before, so I could test it for an extended period.

Wanna switch now to Synergy, to test. Should I install the last test you put around here, or the latest on the original post?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
just give me a few and ill upload a new test for you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ashtear:
Ok. ^_^

I'm off from work today, so I can test it some. My only concern is that in my house I use the wifi connection a lot, since T-Mobile data signal is horrible in here, always EDGE connection. And when i'm out and about, cellular data is 4g, or so it says, and it seems to consume more power than wifi.

That always skews results towards better battery when i'm at home.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
im going to try and test on and off wifi, you test as you normally so and we will see if the results are consistent at least for us.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ashtear:
Will do.

By the way, how accurate do you think Battery Spy's %/hr measurement is? I think it's resolution is too low to be spot-on sometimes... It takes a while to react to changes in consumption, I think.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
Ok any one who wnats to test can try this.

http://www.multiupload.com/M4FXUQFIWC

Default gov is ondemand, if you with to test lagfree you can change to it with set cpu.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
Its about as accurate as i could find, the readings are a general reference as well as looking at the battery info in the settings.

I increased the poll rate on battery spy to be more responsive in the down % and what not as well.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ashtear:
Where did you change the poll rate? In the Battery Spy app itself, or on the kernel or ROM?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ashtear:
Also, you mentioned that if in lagfree, a screen off profile for SetCPU is unnecessary, right? This is still in effect?

Also, anything I should look out for?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
sorry i was confused with another app i was trying and didnt like.

thats correct. and just use it as you want to and keep battery spy going and we will start testing :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ashtear:
Is it just me, or does Android bunch up CPU use into the display category? Now that i'm using noticeably less CPU, what with switching kernels and all, Android's battery use screen reports lower percentage values for the same amount of use...

Also, off the bat, this kernel is more responsive than Bullet in the same governor, lagfree particularly.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
I never noticed the anomaly but i will keep that in mine. Hopefully this kernel is a little more battery friendly, but testing will have to be done :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ashtear:
Hmm. I don't know if i'm just being premature, but it seems that the battery reporting has frozen. Also of particular interest is that Battery Spy's %/hr is also stuck, even though voltage and temperature still move.

The curve seems ok in Android's Battery Use, but I don't know if it just hasn't refreshed. I don't want to reboot to make sure if it froze because if it did, I want to be sure, and rebooting may fix it, like when it gets stuck at 100% after charging. Though, come to think of it, that hasn't happened lately.

I'll give it an hour or so, see if it moves.

Edit: nevermind, it moved.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ashtear:
Does that look ok to you guys? the status bar above everything else?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
my status bar is not even on my list.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ashtear:
That's messed up then... I'm on Juggernaut, though... dunno if that's part of it...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] phewizzo:
New kernel the phone is sleeping like a baby. 3 hours and a few text and tweets, im at 95%. Niceee.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
thanks for the feedback, pleasel et me know hwo it goes as you use it. feed back good or bad is always welcome guys.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ashtear:
To me that is crazy... How do you do that? What could be eating my battery so savagely?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
i got over 24h of light usage on my device 2 days ago on my first test. i just quit and started charing it at 24h when i still have 22% left
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
so im kicking the crap out of thiss kernel right now. I'm in a call, with a BT headset and im also wifi tethering right now.

its at 30% battery and still says in have 1h 12m of usage left till 0%
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ashtear:
I think it's so difficult to measure kernel efficiency because on one end, you have the user perception of responsiveness, which is totally subjective, plus you have radically different perceptions of usage. And even in the same device, same ROM, system behavior is so different across users...

Even using apps that monitor CPU load, different state variations such as clock speed and clock voltage, screen brightness, internet connectivity mode and other low-level events still make measuring system energy consumption an imprecise science.

Unless such event monitoring and hardware energy consumption is caught and measured within the OS, it's never gonna be completely accurate, I think.

Rant aside, i'm getting the best battery I've gotten lately. 9 hours and 10% remaining. Is there any way I can document why my use is so high? Anything anyone can think of? Thanks, in any case.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] phewizzo:
I just got a random SOD... and im not using any system apps for overclocking....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TricH:
I got multiple sod's mr. X
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
I've go one of those too. I'm actually looking into it as we speak. I may have the voltages for the min freq a tiny bit too low.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] phewizzo:
Yea that wad weird. Kernel was running smooth. I had around 84% before the SoD and pulled the battery and rebooted and it dropped down to 70%. I look at the battery stats in about phone and everything is blank even after a reboot.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ashtear:
In the end, this is how the day looks, Mr. X.

The day started with light use and wifi. When you see the battery slope in Battery Spy get steeper, that's when I went out to dinner, switched to cellular data and heavy use, browsing online and listening to music. The huge spikes in %/hr near the end were some gaming.

Also, all that time I used lagfree, min at 192mhz and max at 1.026Ghz. Responsiveness was great, both games ran nicely.

Thoughts?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ashtear:
Hmm, question. When plugged to AC, how long should the phone take to charge?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
depend on how much juice is being used in the background
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ashtear:
Wifi, nothing else, sleeping, only charging... It's gonna finish charging in about 2 and a half hours... Isn't that too fast?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
no thats about right
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ashtear:
Oh, ok. I thought it could signal a battery calibration problem.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ashtear:
I am considering just reformatting the phone and not installing anything... Testing to see if the problem's an app...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TheMrRoxtar:
If I have my phone running on one kernel and want to get another kernel is it ok to flash over??

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JaylanPHNX:
I flashed your latest test build and so far it's responsive (lagfree at 1.6 GHz max) andI've been using it for XDA, Pulse, Facebook, etc nonstop for an hour with less than fifteen percent loss. This may be it. (Bombardier ROM)

Sent from my beastly Galaxy S 2.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
yes just flash over
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TheMrRoxtar:
Thnx man!

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] atrade:
Hey Mr. X,

I'm willing to test out battery life for you on these kernels. I've been using jugs 0.3 with Juggernaut 2.6 for a few days now and gotten so so battery life. Then I went in and underclocked my vdd_tables to the same values as v0.05.2 (except that on the first three frequencies jugs 0.3 only allows 812500 not 800000). It made a very dramatic improvement on battery life.

I'm going to flash over your kernel right now and give it a go all day tomorrow. Can you tell me which one you would like tested currently I've seen a could different versions in the past few pages.

Also, what is your preferred battery calibration stats wipe? I generally do a complete wipe, install juggernaut rom, flash kernel. Then I turn my phone OFF and let it charge to 100% (and leave it about 10-15min extra to be on safe side).

Then I unplug my charger, boot into CWM, wipe battery stats, then reboot.

From there I go into battery spy and clear statistics if there are any.

Am I doing that the absolute best way to get a good idea?

I also monitor with cpu spy for my freqs. Currently on jugs I am using ondemand 1512max 384min with only a screen off profile of 384min 384max. Would you prefer I test the same ondemand on yours, or lagfree -- I'm aiming to maximize battery life but will test whatever to be most helpful.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OrrinS1189:
MIN Bug

Strange Bug...

Using SetCPU or any other CPU setting program I'm having trouble getting MIN freqs to stick. The MAX no problem will stay with whatever I choose and the governors as well. THE MIN won't stay and alway seems to default back to 384...

I've cleared data to SetCPU, restarted and then reinstalled... set my prefs then simply re-open the app to see 384 as the set min! (Even though the bar still says what I set it too)

And the cpu is indeed going down to 384! I can't control it!

P.S. This is also the case with other kernels! (OC works fine!)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
Some people get this others don't, i have never got it, I'm wondering if its a app conflict of some sort what apps do you have installed?

Also how goes the test guys.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] atrade:
Sorry for the crazy long post above... Sparknote edition... What's the latest and I will test? I have v0.05.2 and getting 12-14hrs heavy use. Jugs 0.3 with same usage around 22hrs. I'll test the new one. Also, would you prefer ondemand or lagfree tested? Lagfree should be better battery correct?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
give this a go

http://www.multiupload.com/L8WZTHSIVY

Test ondemand, see if that yields better results, that could be the defining factor here, if you want battery ondemand, if you want super smooth performance at the cost of battery, lag free.

i have been testing exclusively on lagfree, im not getting terrible battery but i do knwo its less then ondemand.

I am on the telus rooted stock rom i made my self and of course my kernel is based on telus source because i do not wish to have Carrier IQ (CIQ) spying on me with there nasty root kit and using my battery and data.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ashtear:
I clean-installed juggernaut and this kernel, and now battery's running nice, even in moderate use. 5 hours in only 25% looks good. I'll let you know by the end of the day how it's ending up.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
thanks, i seem to be getting decent battery with moderate use as well, and when i punish it it is acceptible.

last night at 30% i was wifi tethering, talking on the phone with a bt headset and oc'd to 1.8 and it still lasted 1h 23m from 30% doing all that, i was torrenting off my wifi tethering too to download a ubuntu distro on the 4g.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ashtear:
So, if battery issues seem ok now, what's the next step?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TricH:
Did you figure out the sod's mr. x?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
I havnt got one since i removed my feeble attempt at oc'ing the video, ive posted the kernel as a release in the first post hopefully this one is the one for you guys :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ashtear:
Ok, installing, I'll let you know.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tiquau:
Is the latest version (0.5.6) same as the kernel in the BeastMOd v2.5 ROM?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iwasblown:
Smooth as ever x, wish I can make some kernels, would be an experience.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TricH:
I gave you a thanks just because of your name
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] glensta:
Lol +10Char
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
no this was built today
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Nismo13:
I have beastmod 2.5 and am not happy with the battery life on the kernel provided in that rom

So if i flash this kernel and want optimal battery life , should i use setcpu , 1.6 max and 192 min with screen off profile 384 max and 192 min ( have used this on all my kernels)

Or should i not use setcpu
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
If you want better battery life, then you may have had before i would suggest using ondemand governor
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Nismo13:
ondemand with the settings I have listed?

I am testing bullet kernel now, your kernel is nxt :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
sure, they look fine.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] throwedyungg:
Hey Mr. X, would I get better battery life by leaving stock cpu settings alone or if I left clock speed same but use ondemand? Also if I wanted to underclock my phone to get even better battery life what kind of setCPU settings do you recommend? 1.3ghz/192mhz?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ashtear:
I've been using ondemand, max 1Ghz. 7 hours on, still have 70% battery. No appreciable difference in consumption from the last test build and the latest release as far as I can see.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
there wont be much battery diff if any. this one i removed the video oc to get rid of the sod, since i only got it when i oc'd the video.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] phreshjoker:
I have excellent battery right now :/

Sent From my Galaxy S II T-Mobile
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JaylanPHNX:
Is the release .05.6 the same as the test .05.6 you uploaded earlier in this thread?

Sent from my beastly Galaxy S 2.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] pychobj2001:
With 0.05.6, I get no radio, I didn't check the base band tho and no log cat, I flashed bullet and it worked again....maybe a bad download? Hmmm
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TricH:
No it is not
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] daddymatt:
Nope, I got the same thing, a reboot got it back but it was CRAZY laggy with BM2.5 so I restored from my nandroid and all is well.... not sure what the heck that's all about. I know the Dev knows what he's doing and I know I followed the directions .. oh well.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
thats really interesting, i have not had that at all.

anything you can think of that maybe you have done differently that i can try?

I'm going to review my source but i have not made any changes that would effect that.

the only thing i can think of is maybe the HZ mod i made to help smooth out the UI is effecting it.

I'll revert that now and reupload untill i can locally test it more.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cwalker0906:
I also expwrienced bad lag and on quadrent the fps rates were all over the place not steady like they should be
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] daddymatt:
Not sure what it could be... kinda puzzled. Whatever the "unreleased" version is in BM2.5, it works fine.. smooth and AWESOME battery life.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
the 2 differences between the unrelesed version and this one were i turned OTG back on and the HZ chage from 100 to 300

so i haave reverted the HZ since OTG is known to work.

New link in first post.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] losplatanos:
i lost radio in settings it says to insert sim card, that never happend before,
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ThC23:
So 5.6 should be better then unreleased kernel on BeastMod 2.5?

Because the one on BeastMod is working great for me.

#Havingablast w/ my SGS2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tiquau:
Can't get BLN to work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
That may be from the kernel HZ tweak i did redownload the kernel and flash it ive reverted it.

you need to have a rom that supports it installed as well as an app to control it. bln is working im on the same kernel is in the first post and i just tested it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tiquau:
I used Beastmod v2.5 rom and BLN control app. Same setup with Jug v0.3 kernel works though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
Not sure what to tell you, i have not touched bln in ages, it is the ssame as always and is working for me, im sure others can verify this as well.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] atrade:
Thanks for the info. I'm surprised as I read somewhere that lagfree was actually better battery life than ondemand. Anyways, how does smartass stack up? Is that any better or worse or is ondemand definitely the best for battery?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OrrinS1189:
Smartassv2

SmartassV2 is actually smooth and giving my great quadrants and OK battery! try it out!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] losplatanos:
the radio works now, thanks :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Nismo13:
bullet had terrible lag for me, trying synergy with ondemand gov for optimal battery
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ashtear:
Mr. X, I think I pinpointed my problem. It's the cellular internet, draws a LOT of battery.

With wifi, min drain as reported by Battery Spy is 3.5%/hr. Internet off, no wifi or cellular, 2.5%/hr. Cellular internet? 8%/hr minimum. It's insane. This is all no use, just on and screen off.

Kernel is unrelated to that, though, right? Any suggestions?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
Yes i have not touched anything that is remotely related to the radio, or its power. Aside from the HZ that was just causing the system to glitch and the radio to not be started, which has nothing to do with power.

If you have poor signal cellular and cell data will take up A LOT of power trying to keep a hold of what little single it has as well as searching for better signal, not only that when data or voice calls are active the radio will ramp up its milliwatt output, possibly to max that the radio chip will allow to ensure it does not drop. in my office that has concrete walls a steel roof and multiple floors, my battery can be dead in a matter of 6 hours when its cycling in and out of poor signal or no signal/searching
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ashtear:
Is it anybody else's case that if the phone has external power, it won't stay off? It turns on as soon as it's plugged, or will just reboot instead of turn off if told to do so when plugged...

Kernel or ROM, who has control over that?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mbernusg:
Meaning when wifi calling updates we shall see battery improvement? at least those who have ****ty service @ home lol

sent from my real Gs move in silence like lasagna
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TheMrRoxtar:
Noob question! What's the difference.between this kernel and bullet kernel?

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gamefreakgcb:
Thank you for solving the battery drain issue. I was ready to pull my hair out becasue of it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
I hope every one finds this a lot more usable now :)

maybe ill get back up to a 5 star rating now lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TricH:
you got my vote ;)