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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Misledz:
isn't just some minor issue, More like on M4 I used to get youtube loading pretty fast, But on 185 the Wifi tends to drop alot despite being connected, takes a while for it to reconnect. Normally I tend to go back and forth the office and home and It would automatically connect me to the WiFi, but on 185 it stopped doing that, you need to turn it on and off or press Scan in order for it to recognize the network.

That and there's a mega delay, Using whatsapp and every other app. Like a 2-10 second delay at most. Tried downloading a 600kb file and it was as slow as a blind man reading a book..

I appreciate the work but I'll revert to M4 for now. Great job regardless on other aspects besides the Wifi patches.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Serious_Beans:
The patches to Wi-Fi for 185 definitely are no good. Higher battery drain and slower speeds. I don't know if it's like this with everyone, but I'm seeing it a lot. Franco's probably working on reverting those patches though for the next nightly.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 15israellai:
I would rather guess he's fixing instead of reverting.

Blazing on my Nexus Prime
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Gingerbread Man:
It seems also there is another small bug within the Franco app I found as well the cpu0 and cpu1 read out... The display for governor doesn't give the correct reading when switching between custom power profiles.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
current bug with franco 185 (maybe even older ones) with max payne not loading up. it gets stuck on a black screen (not playing the splash video) and then goes back to launcher [similar to GTA III problem when the game first came out.. GTA III works fine though]
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rogersnm:
See this post:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 93ae8074:
I'm using it myself. It works.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mullemulle86:
Hello Franco wich rom do you recommend for your kernel?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rogersnm:
Search etc.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26669560&postcount=17357
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Emilius:
Maybe new sim is not needed. I have same story with signal drop. I have to do airplane mode on/off or sometimes restart the phone. That start happening just recently on any rome and kernel included default 4.0.4 ICS. Before that I newer have that problem.

So what I did is just turn the phone off, take sim out and then run the phone without sim. After that I turned phone off again, put the sin card back again and run the phone. Now is more then 24 ours how I did that and still nothing, it is not happening anymore.

What this have to do with anything I have no idea but it is working somehow. Anyone with signal lost/ data drop should try this. Even signal strength seems to me better then before. wth LOL
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] leets4uc3:
Would it be possible to change power mode with an nfc tag? It would be perfect for my car and nightstand!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Antob125:
Been pretty quiet on this thread other that linaro talks. Franco, planning on releasing a build soon to fix wifi and such?

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Hussainally:
On cm 9 after installing milestone 4 when I press storage in settings it force closes.on stock kernel no issue
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nodstuff:
There's your problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] craz6r:
Yeah, I thought I would try the new kernel coming from 163 512. Battery drop on screen off is decreasing more than usual. Haven't had a chance to try wifi. Just my 2 cents
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CaspaTheGhost:
Known issue and CM9 isn't supported...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Hussainally:
Noted..thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Redflea:
Funny...I'm running CM9 (winner's build) w/Franco's kernels and have never had any issues, including no problem w/the Storage option in Settings. Only ROM I've run on all versions of Franco's kernels (since almost the beginning of his kernel dev on Nexus) has been CM9.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bioan:
Don't know if it has been reported or not, but I get crappy sound quality from time to time. The sound is very low. It happens every 3rd or 4th call.

Using 185 + CM9.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] P30SiNa:
Flash r181. it will fix this problem.

I'm using CM9 too. ;)

EDIT: I hate it when people won't help and just say CM9 isn't supported. I love CM9. it's the only ROM that supports my language. So not supporting CM9 and not helping people because they use CM9 is not the appropriate way.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] WitchMX:
I just switched from AOKP to rascream with milestone 4 OC 1344 and the phone feels waaaay snappier .

Just as a reference, I hit 7100 in antutu, while indica quadrant I got 3400.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
Doesn't work for me. I switched to a kernel where the game works for the time being. Will be waiting for r186.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] schizophrenia:
followed that post already but still wont work

but thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BFirebird101:
Is there any way to have the app auto set the IVA and CORE voltages that I undervolted?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] metalspring:
No, it's a safety feature
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] loki980:
Not sure if this is kernel related, but it's been taking a relatively long time to get a GPS fix with 185. To a lesser extent, my data connection sometimes doesn't work (signal bars turn blue) for some time when coming off wifi. I'm pretty sure I didn't have these issues on 181, so I'll try reverting to that to see if things are fixed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dr.sonic:
Turns blue? That means you have connection.

GNex via tt
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dracon6ai:
Not supporting CM9 isn't a fault of Franco, its a fault of the CM9 team. They make it so when devs create mods and enhancements for CM9 that its not for the betterment of the community but for the betterment of CM9. Franco and many other devs don't do this for CM9, they do it for the end user. He (Franco) is just staying in the "Google" state of mind while the CM9 crew goes the "Apple" route.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before one gets tired!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
"Apple route?" CyanogenMod is completely open source. You're using the wrong analogies. There are many features of CM9 that are available for other ROMs, all of it is open sourced.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] leets4uc3:
Does anyone know if there is a text file that I can edit to change the overall vibrate intensity? I tried trinity to day only to to test different vibrate strength and I really need to lower mine just a little. I have been searching all over for this and think it is called PWM or something like that.

So if someone knows where the setting lays or even exist please tell me :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nmesisca:
at the end of the day users dont really care who's right and who's wrong.

as a user, as soon as CM is in RC that's what I'll be using.

if franco's kernel is compatible I'll be happy to use it. if not, I'll move on to some other kernel.. no big drama..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
CM RC and Nightly is the same thing. It's a nightly just relabeled as a RC. What you're seeing in CM right now is going to be pretty similar with a fewer additions in RC1.

Franco's kernel is compatible with ALL roms. Kernels were never made to only work with specific ROMs. It's just a bug and things happen when it's a "nightly." There's no drama between CM or any dev.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nmesisca:
I might be wrong but its not a bug at all mate. Its the way they implement color calibration differently if Im not mistaken. Nightly or not, thats not gonna change.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] metalspring:
not unless cm gets off their high horse and actually works with the kernel devs for a workaround...which doesn't look like it's going to happen
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nmesisca:
one could see it the other way around too.. but anyways.. thats beside the point. all that matters is that they wont be compatible (not 100% i mean), hence I'll have to move on..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
It's a bug because when a person goes into a specific menu the SystemUI crashes? No. Every developer has their own way of implementing something, it can't be universal. At most, it'll just do a check and if it's not supported or done in that specific way then it'll be grayed out or not work.

AOKP has the same thing. It's color changing works with the AOKP stock kernel, but for trying to change Franco settings with AOKP ROM control won't work. That is why there's Franco Kernel Updater app on the play store
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] metalspring:
Make sure cm9 hasn't added anything else kernel specific, I remember seeing some omap patch merged into winners nightlies awhile ago which could cause further incompatibilities

This is the merge I'm talking about, maybe Franco could elaborate?

Merge OMAP_ENHANCEMENT code from omapzoom.org
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nmesisca:
which is why if everyone was playing nice with each other, we wouldn't need it at all. that COULD make you wonder about the motivations for the dispute.

but as I said, thats beyond the point.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] simms22:
the cm devs and one of our devs here on xda are working on a mechanism to try and prevent disputes like this from happening in the future. talks were had, people agreed, and we are moving on. btw, the idea came from that one dev thats here on xda(names are being excluded intentionally).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nmesisca:
good to hear some progress is being made after all!

:)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] theneighbor:
Haven't seen a new nightly in a couple of days. I wonder if Franco is busy coding in Linaro :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] metalspring:
He can't...linaro uses different binaries than what's available on a Mac which Franco builds from

If he wanted to start making linaro optimized kernels he would have to partition his Mac so he could dual boot, install a compatible Linux distro, setup another build environment on the Linux, resync source, get used to building on Linux vs Mac, and probably other things I can't quite think of atm...

Basically it would he would have to redo his entire setup so it's really not feasible
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rogersnm:
There's also nothing that particularly requires "coding in Linaro". The kernels build fine as is.

It's important to note that Franco has commitments to kernels for other devices, along with his own life, so I wouldn't expect to see constant development here.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] theneighbor:
Absolutely understood and by no means complaining. Just basing it off of the rate at which he's been pumping out nightlies lately. Heck I'm still on M4 and have been since release :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] morfic:
Or install linux inside a VM and use whichever toolchain he desires.

EDIT: "The entire setup" is a git clone of his source (unless he make local folders available in the VM). And then unpacking the toolchain.

And off he goes building.

That statement is equivalent to spreading false information.

Sent from my Nexus Prime.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] metalspring:
True but don't you get better performance from running Linux on a separate partition, that way the Linux distro can use all of the pc resources rather than share them in a VM?

Btw I hope to get into kernel development soon, if I can figure everything out, be on the lookout for the "metalkernel" lol :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] morfic:
It takes less than two minutes to build a kernel natively. (Amd hex core)

So what if it takes 4?

Doesn't affect the resulting binary.

And that is if Franco even finds the other toolchain useful.

My point is simple, whatever his reasons may be, and there are many valid ones, it's not the difficulty of running a linux VM for kernel building on a Mac.

Sent from my Nexus Prime.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 15israellai:
Yep, waiting for quite a while already.

Blazing on my Nexus Prime
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ArmanUV:
Or he could get the linaro toolchain from here and build it on his mac. I've built gcc4.7 on my mac, linaro should be very similar.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] daddymatt:
I'm having very low call volume every other call or so as well... I really wish there was a volume increase for in call as well... above stock.. so it would actually be loud.. THAT would be a great mod.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] provolinoo:
hi Franco,

any new nightly upcoming?

I love your kernel but wifi issues on 185 are very annoying :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thanksgiving60:
i can definitely dig this!

great work

thanks OP
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Hussainally:
Thanks so much buddy
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] despard:
Does anybody know what BTLowPower is? Cause it prevents my phone from entering deep sleep.

Thx
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rogersnm:
A bluetooth module would be my guess, try turning off bluetooth.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tatltael:
Where might I be able to find the rascream ROM? I couldn't figure out which ROM it is or where it is.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] P30SiNa:
http://fitsnugly.euroskank.com/rascream/ ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AdamZA:
Just adding my personal experience:

Phone seems to be allergic to deep sleep these days - I'm losing 25% battery overnight whereas on previous kernels I was losing only about 5% max. Yesterday I lost 50% battery with only 40 mins screen on time due to a long whatsapp conversation and that's the only thing I did since taking it off the charger at 97%.

BetterBatteryStats doesn't throw up anything suspicious - only my alarm clock etc. I also make sure I force close crap like Facebook etc before sleeping.

Current settings:

1536 max

729 min

lazy governer

no undervolt

screen off max 1228

SR on

r185

last time I remember having amazing battery performance was around r165-r173

Maybe it's just me - though i've seen others complaining of their phone not deep sleeping too.

Still, happy to try out every new nightly and I have a lot of confidence in Franco's work. Not going to roll back to earlier nightly yet, going to try and isolate the problem somehow.

Keep calm and switch on the charger :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] marceldy:
AnTuTu score : 7175

185 franco kernel linaro complied ^.^ with aokp 38 linaro complied as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yyz71:
Sweet..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] despard:
But I haven't turn on the Bluetooth, it's kinda weird .

Anyway, thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DaLoona:
Try r181, screen off max 384 and wheatley governor, works like a charm for me.

I also have advanced taskkiller (free version is good enough) and close all apps I dont need that way, before going to bed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] franciscofranco:
r186

* Fix non-bootable kernel for some ToroPlus and other rare cases

* Wi-Fi tethering fix attempt

* Another Wi-Fi patch from android-omap-3.0
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Culex316:
Thanks for attempting to fix! But unfortunately it still doesn't work for me, (my laptop running Windows 8 consumer preview can't connect to my phone either with or without WPA2)

My phone is running the stock 4.0.4 ROM by the way.

Here is the dmesg.txt file, hopefully it is helpful.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Rovian:
What settings are you using?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] six_dfx:
Quadrant scores > 4200 scream linaro build with max OC
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Neo3D:
Would it be possible to get native NTFS support to go along w/the USB Host mode like the Asus Transformer?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rizzxx7:
Wifi tethering fix doesn't work
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yyz71:
Using ondemand 1536 max 729 min:)

And PROVISION ROM
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sago62:
+10
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sago62:
I'm back with A185 fixwifi ...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] franciscofranco:
NTFS support its enabled for some months already.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Rovian:
Thanks, I can't pass 3850 for some reason using the same settings :(, I'm using B39 however. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rogersnm:
Make sure you've enabled "Force GPU Rendering" under "Developer options" in the Settings panel.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yyz71:
Give PROVISION ROM a try maybe that might help:)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spaceman860:
Reporting R186 is still causing excessive waln rx wake when connected to wifi:(

Sent from my Gnex {GSM}
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] P30SiNa:
Awesome Battery Life!

r181, 384Mhz GPU - CM9 latest nightly

384/1228 - Wheatley

Auto Brightness

Wi-Fi ON most of the time. I turned it off while sleep at night.

2G only

Smartreflex ON

Lots of gaming!

+ Browsing web, downloading, ...

and yes, I love Temple Run :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bioan:
Franco please take PegasusQ governor in consideration. It gives great performance and screen on time. Popcorn kernel has it implemented. Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Rovian:
Thanks! my first 4k hit mark. :D

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I'd give that ROM a try sometime later, thanks! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yyz71:
Welcome to the 4k club:D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Theshawty:
Does the 1.5 GHz clock require messing with volt values? Or can it be nicely run with smartreflex?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rogersnm:
The 1.5 GHz voltage level isn't managed by smartreflex, it's set by the predefined voltage level (which you can change in the app)

Once you set the voltage to less than 1300 mV smart reflex will take over (and probably cause a system crash), any voltage levels that are set to more than or equal to 1300mV are not managed by smartreflex (which includes the 1420 MHz freq).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zenzip:
check temp...is too hot!

its notmally? pls help me!!! :eek:

Inviato dal mio Galaxy Nexus con Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] franciscofranco:
Nop. Pegasusq is a governor from Samsung based on Ondemand with hotplug routines for their exynos chips. We dont need that and we already have enough governors that do their job just fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Gahh Its Lee:
What are you running these days? Lately my battery life has taken a big old **** and I'm back to 192-1300 lazy
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] franciscofranco:
Can you try to change your router channel? Maybe you re in a noisy area.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] franciscofranco:
Sister has been using my GN with 384/1344 wheatley.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dr_w:
What battery are you using?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] P30SiNa:
Original battery. I didn't change it. 1750 mAh
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yahyoh:
just installed latest nightly on my sis gnex it look like gpu work on 512mhz should i under underclock it to 384(dose 512 will make heat or more battery drain :o ) what guys I have to do ^_^ i'm new with gnex :rolleyes: but i really like it and franco kernel is amazing :cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rogersnm:
Yes. Will you notice it? No, because it has a negligible effect.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Theshawty:
How so?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yahyoh:
so ^_^
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] metalspring:
I know it's Ezekeels governor but do you think you could work a Max screen off speed into Wheatley? Might help with music playback while screen off

Right now Wheatley sucks at that for battery life...

9 hours of music lost almost 50% whereas interactive looses about 25%
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ragnarokx:
Good idea. This is the only reason I can't use Wheatley - I play too much audio. Otherwise it's a great governor.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Theshawty:
Could you be a tad more specific? :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phydo:
Franco, is there a reason my Max screen off frequency always reads zero in the app? If I click on it, the selection box shows 729, but it never changes on screen.

Edit: I just checked the cpufreq device file and it reads 729 so it works, but the app is just funky.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rogersnm:
Do you mean how is it negligible?

Essentially just empirical evidence, people don't seem to see a noticeable difference in battery life when running the GPU @ 512 MHz vs 384 MHz.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yahyoh:
from what i saw no difference in benchmark like antutu or quadrant

i think there no way to underclock the GPU to 384 because its hardcoded into

kernel ( like SGS1)

btw what voltage that run 384 and what voltage for 512 is it big difference that will cuz higher darin or more heat :rolleyes:

sorry for my dumb question but i'm new on Gnex :o
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CaspaTheGhost:
+1 Agreed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
Max Payne still not working on r186. Black screens when loaded and then goes back into launcher.

Yes I've done the "sdcard" trick mentioned a few pages earlier. Still no luck.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rogersnm:
The voltage change is minimal however power consumption is proportional to the frequency, so regardless of the voltage change, the difference in clock alone results in a 33% power increase. However, when weighted to all the other components of the phone, the actual overall increase in power consumption is not notable.

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Use your ROM's sdcard binary from /system/bin, search this thread for details I've said it a few times already.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
Editted my post.. mentioned I already did that. Took the "sdcard" from /system/bin/ and placed it in. Replaced the permissions, rebooted.

Reinstalled app. Still blacks screen, works on other kernels. GTA III works fine on Franco Kernel still.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] schizophrenia:
same here
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rogersnm:
Well that is curious, seeing as it's only £2.30 I'll download it and see if I can get it going.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Think420:
I don't know...

there might actually be something to this governor...getting really good battery/performance with it

I think at the very least it should replace ondemand
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Theshawty:
I thought the drain would be higher than what people have come across? I'll try flashing your linaro 512 MHz build to see how it really acts.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
That'd be appreciated, keep us posted if you can get anything.

A tip is that even though if the game doesn't load it'll let you download the additional files (1.34GB) so copy those files and put it on the root of your sdcard... so you won't have to keep re-downloading the game files over and over.

You can find the downloaded files in /sdcard/Android/data/com.rockstar.maxpayne
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] androo45:
Franco, your kernel rocks !

Amazing battery life so far.

r181, 512mhz GPU, AOKP M5

Autobrightness (and 45min on full brightness)

Wifi most of the time + 5h on 3g

3g only

Fairly heavy usage, mostly browsing, some gaming

2000mAh battery

The first time I managed to get 5h+ screen on with this long stand-by.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Theshawty:
How do your phones behave with 15xx MHz overclock?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Like a rocket! :D

:)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] elban:
I get better results in benchmarks at 14xx.

For what's worth...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rogersnm:
Just gave it a go and it works fine with the stock sdcard binary. (See Attachments)

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That'll be because of thermal throttling.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Theshawty:
Overclocking sure gives a boost in benchmarking but those results aren't fair since real time use varies, but why have you overclocked? Do you just like the feeling of it or do you play intensive games?

I run 384/1228 and I tried overclocking to 729/1344 but for normal use (not playing games) I saw no improvement in how it behaved except a higher battery drain :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rogersnm:
Overclocking definitely has a positive impact on web page render times/scrolling. The real question is why should you not overclock? :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Nexus Project:
Battery drain

Sent from my i9250 (GSM) Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rogersnm:
The screen off battery drain shouldn't matter, as you can change the max frequency it can use when the screen is off, so I assume you mean high battery drain whilst the screen is on. Given the insignificance of the CPU's power consumption when compared to the radio, wifi, screen and GPU, combined with the minimum amount of time the CPU spends using the overclocked frequency levels (about 20 minutes in 8 hours for me yesterday), the impact of overclocking on battery life is negligible.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Theshawty:
What CPU freqs do you use? "normal" oc, like 1344 MHz or insane oc like 15xx MHz with altered volts?

I had in mind like 729/1344 MHz with smartreflex on and maybe 729 MHz max in screen off. Higher than 1344 makes no sense for me.