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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ArmedandDangerous:
I'm really really thinking of getting a Galaxy Nexus, but would like to see what performance gains there are going from 308Mhz GPU to 384MHz. I do play games a lot and would like to future proof it a bit since it's not a cheap phone, and also like to experiment with custom ROMS a lot so a Nexus is very much my preference for a phone. (Upgrading from a Desire Z)

I see this is the most popular kernel available here so would like to compare how big a difference performance is from stock.

Just need a favour if anyone can indulge me :)

Can any post scores from GLBenchmark 2.1 and RightWare Basemark ES 2.0 V1?

I'm trying to research how much better 384MHz vs 308MHz is in benchmarks to give me a better idea how far or near this SoC is to the Exynos in the SGS2.

Reference benchmark scores taken from Anandtech :)

If anyone could post these scores for me it would be awesomely great! XDA is the best forum ever :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] onyxogen:
That's a good move I think.

I have to ask : don't you think that the stock kernel isn't optimized in terms of battery life already? It is not in terms of performance - we all agree about that!! But I doubt that any kernel can squeeze significantly more battery life out our phones . That's because if a kernel is bugfree :-), the phone's hardware is the limiting factor. Hold on a second just to be sure you understand what I mean :I'm speaking of SIGNIFICANT more battery life like another hour screen on time!

Maybe that's naive. If you don't agree, could you please explain why not? Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pa.pn2:
In bettery battery stats i found this night 5 threads called kworker/u 1 to 5

Does someone know what these are? Sensors?

And i am not using k9 if anyone asks:)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sayan1987:
Will be ever implemented "wheatley" governor (it's in glados kernel now) and usage of c4 state?

What do you think franco about them? They are an improvement?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] psycho2097:
I think battery is worse in 13.1 for standby drain.

As you can see,no significant wakelocks in battery usage graph.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jornbjorn:
If u want to play... get an iphone. Want to install the best custom **** available? Get the gnex
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] franciscofranco:
I already have it implemented in my own local kernel since the day ezekeel created it, been testing it and it shows some awesome results battery wise, specially during screen on, and most of you may know that I always use brightness 100%.

Lol man what did you expect? Wi-fi and gps enabled and a lot of wakes as you can see with the blue bars? There are no miracles.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] profundus-sanus:
my battery life seems to doing pretty well. i jumped from #9(unsure) or so to 13.1 and saw a massive improvement.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] psycho2097:
I m not trying to be a **** here,just trying to help in whatever little way I can. I am just trying to report that on 13 I got half this much standby drain, with the same **** on. And the small blue bars are the sync,I think?

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lonnyrs:
Y U NO HAVE MY KERNEL?!

Haha, I like that Franco..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] franciscofranco:
I'm not calling you a **** what-so-ever :) There are many variables that affect battery life. a 0.5% increase is just minimal, and maybe the performance gain compared to the extra drain (just a supposition) it's better in the long run.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ArmedandDangerous:
Very helpful indeed. NOT. There's nothing wrong with wanting an Android phone with powerful hardware AND the ability to install any ROM I care to install.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] franciscofranco:
I really didn't understand what you wanted to see answered :/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] galakanokis:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

Anyone know if we can change kernel settings through adb similar to how you would echo then in a terminal?

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] osm0sis:
Yup! Has to be booted of course, with USB Debugging enabled in Developer Options. Then just adb shell in and su for the root prompt. Same echo commands from there; terminal is terminal. ;):good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sveke:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

Not sure if you guys heard but I live in new england and I'll just leave this here. This is my Audi A4, or was.....haha
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] galakanokis:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

Crazy, don't miss my days on the east coast. Hope you're ok. Take solace in the fact that I wore shirts this morning to take the kids to the park...

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Figured as much but wanted to double check. Stock colours suck.

Not having root hasn't been too bad so far.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] malaroth:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

It still is! It's just in cryogenisis!

Franco r364
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MaLiXs:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

Yes you can the same way you will fo it in terminal direct on the phone... Juste une adb shell. And su!! After the commande are the same ad in the OP. You could also search for Osm0sis post that talk about the other command

Envoyé depuis mon Galaxy nexus avec XDA premium
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aeroseek:
So much for the ole "leave the wipers up" trick O.o
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nuwan32:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

Haha it was much worse here in Toronto yesterday.

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I doubt this is a kennel problem as i encountered the same problem on Franco pre-r300
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Angelakaro:
You may need to disable thermal throttling
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] was1958:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

I noticed that our older chargers won't charge my GN, yet they work for my wife's Droid 4. USB 1 perhaps? I don't know.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus (toro) XENON HD Stable-4.0 Franco kernel r364
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Gingerbread Man:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

Well I don't get hiss over my speaker I'm afraid so it can't be kernel related, I'd say perhaps ****ty quality mp3 perhaps. On the off chance there is an app called speaker clean try running that maybe it will help.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] malaroth:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

What's the output on the older chargers? Below .7v you're not going to get anything at a trickle charge. .8 is recommended

Franco r364
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Gingerbread Man:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

Huh that's crazy, I live in 'actual England' the real deal UK haha we had some pretty bad snow that nearly ground the UK to a halt lol here is my garden

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More likely that the voltage or amps aren't high enough I though the USB version was to do with the PC end of stuff and data transfer speeds. If you look on Amazon or your favourite online shop and look for s2 chargers there's one made by Samsung with mains wall connector and micro USB and I got 2 or 3 of those around my house and they work great on my gnex and gf's s3
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] osm0sis:
Not all the commands will work without root but many should.

init.d might also still work since Franco has his own busybox stashed away in sbin.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] galakanokis:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

init.d, never thought of that. Never played with it before but quill give it a whirl.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Myster:
I never said anything about mp3 and playing music . I am having a lot of noice whenever i am on a phone call from my phone speaker
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Gingerbread Man:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

Tell the other person to be quiet then

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] siealex:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

Different manufacturers use different codes for their chargers. E. g. Asus uses shorted 2 and 3 pins on the USB connector, LG uses resistors soldered to these pins, etc.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Timmyfoxeh:
What is this? This is after a day or literally NO use and screen off 100% of the time.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sveke:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

Really? Not sure how much worse you can get than almost 40 inches.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] osm0sis:
I assume your Wi-Fi policy is set to off when asleep? You can see how little your phone is asleep by your Wi-Fi line (the Awake line is broken in 4.2.x). Rogue apps are definitely your problem there.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nuwan32:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

Well it was almost impossible to drive anywhere and all universities and schools shut down... Anyway back on topic, r364 is working well with PA 3.0 lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Timmyfoxeh:
Nope and nope.

Wi-Fi is set to off when not plugged in and my phone has been lying approx 3ft away from the router.

Rouge apps? I have a total of 48 apps installed which is quite on the low side compared most people I've seen, I'm very restrictive to only keep installed ones I really use. Back on 4.1.2 I had roughly the same apps and MUCH better battery drain on idle.

The problem here is 4.2 for sure. (I'm not the only one who's experiencing worse battery life since 4.2)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] J-Hop2o6:
Check to see if Google Maps Latitude/Location Updates is enabled. If any are, disable them. That is an idle battery drainer.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lightingcloud:
R: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

I had my first freeze since 364, while downloading a game from the humble Bundle app. The download begins, but around 4/6% the phone freeze and I have to Pull the battery. Ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Gingerbread Man:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

Your battery stats show your screen was used

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This is one which has a few people stumped atm, I think it may be to do with deadline io schedular but I'm not certain. You should post your configuration and any others who have these freezes on the regular should post theirs also
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jeffcavicchi:
Just an FYI, there is definitely a conflict between headphone boost and Google Music. Headphone boost on, I get no more than 15 - 20 seconds of music before it shuts off - regardless of whether I am streaming or playing something stored locally. Headphone boost off, same files/streams play no problem. Headphone boost does not interfere with my podcast player or other audio - definitely a Google Music issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Gingerbread Man:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

When you say roughly it doesn't mean exactly the same apps does it? Im with osmosis on this you have apps causing major wake locks and your screen shot of your battery even shows your screen was used. Why don't you post better evidence to back you up like your screen on time, your top few apps using CPU time and maybe even one of CPU spy. Baiscly what your showing is BS tbh there without anytjijmg substantial to back you up

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Did you try the same test with WiFi pm fast mode enabled?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Timmyfoxeh:
Before you point out the obvious, please pay attention to the other part of the battery stats where screen was not used at all and still it dropped from ~35% battery to 0%.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jeffcavicchi:
Yes - forgot to mention that. Tried it both on and off - no difference.

See here:

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/33440-google-music-pauses-itself-all-the-time/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Gingerbread Man:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

The thing is its not neseserily kernel related I'm gonna say rouge apps are running havoc on that users system, that is until better screen shots have been provided until then I call BS
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Timmyfoxeh:
Yeah, I may have changed 1 or 2 apps in the past few months but overall it's more app uninstalls than installs I've been doing.

Also if you care to do any research, my experience is very similar to what I've seen other people say. I'm knowledged enough to know how to limit what apps can do to my battery when idle and in overall I highly doubt there's an app causing this. I've had pretty bad battery life since day 1 of 4.2 and I'm not the only one on this forum with that experience.

I never said it was kernel related, I'm just posting a screenshot of what I saw in the morning after picking up my completely discharged Gnex from the desk in the morning. I've always had bad battery life since 4.1, and before you blame my apps, please read the above, it is NOT my apps. My top 3 drainers based on Android battery stats tend to be Screen, Android OS and Phone Idle (Screen or Phone Idle tend to be by far the highest depending on if I keep my phone idle or use the screen for a bit)

My entire point is that going to 4.2 (and 4.2.1) from 4.1.2 have given me some very noticeable battery drain on idle on idle. That is with the same phone, same apps, same kernel (franco, stock also is pretty much the same), same everything except for Android 4.2 vs 4.1.2

Also YES I have flashed it clean, I flashed the stock factory image (coming from a custom ROM) which wipes your entire device (including sdcard).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xI mEzMeRiZe Ix:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

Not sure if this is relevant to the battery issues, but at my college, the WiFi keeps my phone and tablet awake when connected. DS Battery Saver is a necessity when I am here. Home WiFi doesn't cause any problems.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Gingerbread Man:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

OK so if your using the volume boost and your facing problems then I suggest you turn it off, turn off high performance sound also and then reboot. The mod was created by ezekeel and it has never worked quite perfect. We had it on here for quite a while then Franco removed it due to people complaining about it, after quite a while Franco him self tried to fix it, couldn't then it got removed again and now it has been reintroduced as it was on the understading if you want to use it then you have to accept its bugged. You can turn it off or on and change the boost level. I suggest you just turn it of it bothers you that much personally I really really like this feature and wanted it back for a long time, using it knowing it has its flaws. This is part of life when you play with non official / experimental software some things don't work as intended. God help you if you had a non nexus device where you'd find your camera wouldn't work after flashing a certain rom! You just have to take it as it is or move on, straight up friend that's just how these things can be

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Then charge your phone over night then, I do every night no problems with my battery health from doing so.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Timmyfoxeh:
To answer another "obvious" solution: That's what I usually do indeed, but I didn't bother since saturday is my lazy day. Nonetheless it doesn't change the fact that a 35+% battery drain over a course of ~10 hours is quite large compared to usually being maybe 5-10% in the same time period back on 4.1.2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jeffcavicchi:
Hi performance sound seems to work fine - it is only volume boost that seems to cause problems. Not a big deal - easy enough to leave it off.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Gingerbread Man:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

If you posted some more screen shots it would be easier to see what's going on. I guess you have the latest bootlaoder and radio version?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Timmyfoxeh:
Yes and yes

As for more screenshots, that's not possible until' at least tomorrow as battery stats have changed (because of today's usage).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Gingerbread Man:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

OK so if you get real **** battery life again what I'd suggest you post is a screen shots of

1 settings/battety

2 settings/battety (click on the graph)

3 settings/battety/screen

4 CPU spy

And then a detailed explanation of whats going on for you. Its difficult to tell for what you provided didnt provide enough information
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Timmyfoxeh:
Though I'm not asking what's wrong, because I'm 99% sure it's 4.2 (because that's when my battery life started being this bad).

All I'm saying is that my battery life is bad since 4.2, what more do I need to say?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Gingerbread Man:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

OK so I'm glad your sorted then. Im still quite stumpted as to your exact issue as its Google play music your using, I'll try to have a think about it but I still can't see how its happening
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jeffcavicchi:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

It's a mystery to me too. Possibly some conflict between the Eq for Google Music and volume boost?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] malaroth:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

4.2 isn't as great on battery life for sure but it's not so drastic I'd go back to 4.1. I lose about .5 to 1 hour screen on but that's going from 4 to 3 or 2.5. But on the flip side idle drain went from 3% or 4% an hour to .5% or 1% every 2 hours

Franco r364
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gpzbc:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

I am experiencing the same thing. While running Franco Kernel, the phone becomes almost totally unusable while updating apps in play store. So I went back to the CM 10.1 kernel and the problem stopped immediately.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Angelakaro:
About lags after installation/updates,don't know if someone noticed that,but if all your apps are restored after a factory reset,at the first boot,the phone won't be laggy installing them. It's very likely google sh** and not kernel related,i guess
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kurre:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

4.2.1 idledrain isn't do bad.. Overnight drain is about -0.2...-0.4%/h (no 3g, wifi or sync). Daytime drain is about -0.8...-1.5%/h (3g & sync). And I think I didn't get any better drain while in 4.1.2 version :)

But I have also noticed that a bad reception causes a "massive" drain if you're using 3g data.. I easily lost about 50% during the workday with a ****ty signal.

BTW. Have you guys made any experiments with the CFS values? granularity_ns and latency_ns values? While using SGS, tweaking those values made a "big" difference, but also too aggressive values caused some instabilities for someone's. I have tried some different value sets, but it's still too early to say anything concrete :rolleyes:

Sent from my slimbeaned GNex :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cucisan:
AW: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

better battery stats might help you alot finding out whats happening... (xda or market)

might be mobile network reception or app that prevents phone deep-sleeping

Gesendet von meinem Galaxy Nexus mit Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lightingcloud:
R: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

I'm using row, actually, with last tunables found in this thread except read_ahead which I don't know how to change.

CPU min/max 384/1228 interactive 15000/0/95/729/45000/15000/85/80000/80000, row
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] whitedragonz83:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

Not sure the new ROW tuneables, but here is a screenshot of deadlines I have used a few days. Based off the nexus 4 thread. These feel great.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aHecticLife:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

Can anyone send me there settings in terms of best battery life please :(

Sent from Blah Blah using XDA's Blah Blah Premium App
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joaquinf:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

Two. Posts. Above. Yours

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Here are the instructions to set the read ahead buffer size via init.d

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37431082#post37431082
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] osm0sis:
So yes, because it's "keep Wi-Fi on during sleep" "only when charging". So looking at your graph again and the Wi-Fi bar, my guess is it never made it to sleep. It shows how much time awake your device has truly spent when the screen is off. Get BetterBatteryStats and charge to 100% then unplug and leave it alone for a couple hours. Then post screens of Partial and Kernel wakelocks as well as Network and Alarms. It will show you what's gone rogue.

Even if you haven't changed much, old apps can update and go rogue as they change things. Like malaroth said, 4.2.x is worse on battery but only by like 1.0%/h where 4.1.2 was at 0.4%/h for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] J-Hop2o6:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

Check to see if Google Latitude Location is enabled in Google Maps settings. If some are disable all of them, especially background reporting, which is the main idle drain killer. I also heard Google Currents is a idle battery drainer if it auto updates in the background. So check those two app settings.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lightingcloud:
R: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

When I try to set permissions I get this error. Using total commander w/ root, obviously.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joaquinf:
Use a different app like esfile explorer or solid explorer. I have no issues settings permissions to the file
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kurre:
Re: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

Press the "R" button on the upper toolbar at the down left side of the screen (it'll turn to RW when you're on read/write mode). If the upper toolbar isn't visible, press rightmost button on the bottom toolbar. TC is a great tool.. And the newest beta is even better :p

Sent from my slimbeaned GNex :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lightingcloud:
R: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

Managed to do all the steps with esfile, Thanks :) Now how can I See if everything went Well? I can't find a read_ahead value in franco's app...

Thanks, I'll try!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joaquinf:
Go to /sys/block/mmcblk0/queue > open the read_ahead_kb file and check the value
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lightingcloud:
R: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

Ok, it worked and the value is correct... but it froze again while downloading. :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joaquinf:
I'm kinda lost on that issue. Try using CFQ scheduler
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lightingcloud:
R: [KERNEL][GPL][GN] franco.Kernel-r364 -&gt; 4.2 | r300 -&gt; 4.1

Do I have to set something in particular except from selecting the scheduler?

Sorry, I'm really a noob :P
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joaquinf:
nope. Just select the desired scheduler on the FKU and that's it.

This is really a "trial and error" situation as there is no evidence of what could be causing those market freezes. I haven't had any though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] convolution:
this question has prob been asked a million times in this thread, but it's kind of hard to search for the answer so I'll just ask it again:

how do we flash a boot.img file? All the other kernels I have flashed has been in a .zip format.