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[Xperia Arc Android Development] mo786wp:
Hi Doom is this a 1.6 or 2.0 ghz version? Downloading now, cant wait to test =)

EDIT - I just read the change log 2 in one, awsome =)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] borjok536:
wifi doesnt work even after installing the modules for that version....
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
i had re-uploaded the wifi drivers...

download them again and try...

wifi is working fine:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] mo786wp:
i second that, wifi works fine doom =)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] JKenvin:
I can connect wift with new module wifi!

Thanks!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] irononreverse:
Everything is working fine now. Thanks Doom!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] mo786wp:
Quick question guy. I always saw the 2 versions 1.6 and 2.0 ghz now this one is all in one.Does it mean we can choose frm cwm or what exactly does this mean?

[v05 onwards] bootup CPU frequency fix-up now at kernel level so no more need for having two separate versions of same kernels (1.6 GHz and 2.0 GHz), both are now merged into one
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Crenshaw-PCGH:
Wolud it be possible to add touch recovery? :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Dark Fable:
Is v5 compatible with 4.0.4 ?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] lamducthien:
Yes, very smooth
[Xperia Arc Android Development] JKenvin:
That right! Smooth & Stable!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Dark Fable:
Lol, I'm getting a bug on temple run with this kernel. xD The pause screen is all black and yellow. Anyone else ?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] abrarabbu:
with stock no problem at all.

let me try with doom kernal on
[Xperia Arc Android Development] codestation:
Yes, but I am using the arcnight kernel so isn't a problem with this kernel (maybe a bug with all kernel based on beta sources?). Don't have a pc with me so cannot flash a stock kernel right now to verify this.

Edit: I just flashed a stock kernel and the bug is gone, this is the first visible bug that I see from the beta kernels :/

Sent from my LT15i
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Dark Fable:
It works fine on stock. [:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
.562 FW kernel sources are not available...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] chitose_ndy:
doom.

the wifi range are incredible!!

WOW!!!

could u add these wifi function on the latest GB kernel?

i mean ur doomkernel GB kernel?

please.. just last update please..

or a wifi patch.. please please.. :(
[Xperia Arc Android Development] vulkanxxv:
The doomkernel logo is back on my xperia.

Comparing... :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] bmwbasti:
Hi Doom :),

yesterday i switched from GB (Arconium 8.2) to ICS (Arconium-ICS 2.4) and (of course) i'm using your kernel ;)

In my case Doomkernel v5.

But i got a huge problem and want to ask here.

My battery is getting "soaked out" over night. It goes down from 100% to 45% in ~10h even if the phone is laying arround with no Wifi/3G etc. enabled.

No i found out that the phone just simply won't get into deep sleep state.

So my question is if this is kernel or Rom related?

Kind regards

Basti
[Xperia Arc Android Development] mo786wp:
what i normaly do is wipe batty stats after flashing new kernel, nt sure if it make a difference but i do it as a habbit and i get excellent battery time on Doomkernel.Who knwo give it a try dude.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
hi mate... if it was a fresh ROM install i recommend u let the ROM settle for some time and then do a couple of reboots...

also post in detail the setup/config u used...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] irononreverse:
I find battery gets gobbled up after a fresh ROM install since I assume it's syncing stuff up and stuffs. Battery life settles after a day or so
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Punkid:
doomlord, i asked u before too, can u pleassseee look into wifi disconnections...i did a bit of testing and stuff... i have 2 routers both are wifi G capable routers, i use only one at a time, the other one is off... so the one i use is a TPLINK router, my wifi disconnects only on this router, and ONLY OF WIFI G mode, if i set if to wifi B only mode, it works fine without disconnections,but lower speeds ofc :( . But the wifi disconnections happen only on my phone, and only on ICS, not on GB.

I hope u can help me out here, ive read alot of other people with wifi disconnection problems too
[Xperia Arc Android Development] bmwbasti:
hi mate... if it was a fresh ROM install i recommend u let the ROM settle for some time and then do a couple of reboots...

also post in detail the setup/config u used...[/QUOTE]

Hi Doom,

yes it was a fresh install ;)

First i flashed baseband 70 with flashtool followed by your kernel (Doomkernel ICS 5) with fastboot.

Booted into recovery afterwards, cleared cache and dalvik and did a factory reset.

Then i installed Arconium (Arconium-ICS-2.4) and then your wifi.zip.

Somebody posted in another thread that this is known as "Androis OS bug" which can be avoided by doing a reboot after unpluging the phone off the charger.

That helped quite well and i had ~1% battery usage per hour until today in the afternoon.

There suddenly "Android OS" went up in battery usage and the battery again got soaked for about 20% in 3 hours.

Don't know if it works but i'll try to upload screens.

Kind regards

Basti
[Xperia Arc Android Development] BlackMN:
Me too, this is a ICS bug, Android OS bug or nope deep sleep bug. The system cant go into deep sleep and so drain battery. The solution is reboot phone after a recharging or connecting with PC. I think this bug maybe belong to wifi drivers. I will go back to stock kernel and have a feedback.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] jimbo77:
That is not a WiFi driver issue. Remember that All Actual custom Kernels are based on ICS BETA sources... We are doing our best to minimize it but without official sources we'll have to live with it meanwhile :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] bmwbasti:
Hi BlackMN,

thanks for your answer.

But that's not the case in my case :D

Some other user pointed me at the "Android OS bug" but neither was my phone connected to a pc nor was it connected to a charger when "Android OS" usage began to rise.

I even rebooted the device once more at ~37% battery but it went down to 5% in 4 hours even after rebooting.

Hi jimbo,

your work (and the work of all other developers here, is highly welcome and i think that nobody is making the developers responsible for this annoying bug ;)

I only wanted to give feedback here. I have absolutely no knowledge of coding, android or linux so i even don't know where the problem comes from ;)

Kind regards

Basti
[Xperia Arc Android Development] caqo71:
Well, I just want to thank all the devs work about making a good kernel, or a good rom. For all that people that think that the rom is faulty, or the kernel is not good enought for you, I remenber that in first place, the modified kernel is based on a Beta source, and the source roms, are based on another model of phone, and also are working in a beta kernel.

I just want to ask to DoomLord if having the official source kernel of ICS, devs would make an operational difference to ICS rom from SONY. I think that it will not be like that, since the good devs in here has spoted that sony has a faulty behaviour with the software/hardware rendering apps.

SO, don't blame Kernel/Rom developers, they just do thing with the tools that they have.

IE: Temple run was fixed in ICS by the devs of the game,not rom devs, so this means that soft devs has a lot to do with ICS.

Cheers. :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
yes with proper ICS kernel sources (corresponding to the firmware) we will be able to have a much smoother kernel...

BTW ICSBeta for Xperia Play has newer adreno drivers in kernel... i was plannign to make a test kernel with those new adreno sources but then i thought its better to wait for official ICS kernel sources for ARC...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] caqo71:
Well, if the whole rom itself don't get optimized by sony, I think that all the work made by devs would not be optimals. Just think in the first vertions of GB by sony, and compare them with the latest .62. Arconium is the latest best choice about GB.

Just have a big patience ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
yes true...

the .42-.62 GB ROMs were awesome...

later ICS updates will certainly sort out all these issues...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] AUDIMEN:
DooMLoRD

Hi! Tell my please! Which parameters are optimal in "NoFrills" for the fifth kernel?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] mo786wp:
Hey Doomlord, jsut want to know do i need to run any governer with you kernel? i never did in the past . Im using the kernel on Arconium Miui 2.5.11, works perfect for me. O and another thing, i know u said 1.6ghz and 2.0 is intergrated in one etc but what does dat actualy mean? is this an automatic thing or do i need to chage from one to another via recovery?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Ivanprskalo:
I wrote this somewhere but here it is again:

LEAVE Wi-Fi ON.

I know, it is really odd, but believe me, that is how things work with DoomKernel on ICS.

With Wi-Fi ON ALL the time you'll almost double your battery life: you'll get 18h guaranteed and with some heavy usage trough day, of course if you are not about gaming whole day, and for the night: smartassV2 + vr (or sio) and it will put cpu in deep sleep 85% and more. That way you will end up with drain 1-2% per hour over night, so up to 10-15% battery lost over night. (Try also put it into airplane mode with app called: better airplane mode, it is free and it enables you to leave only wi-fi ON and cell, bluetooth turn OFF.)

Try also to undervolt a bit, -50 on all frequencies would be appropriate.

Try to use only GSM signal when you are not in the need to browse web with 3g, and try to avoid leaving on data connection all the time - it also lowers performance of almost all ROMs.

Try it out and press thanks if it works.

I know it works for me, and I guess only DoomLord would know why is that way, but I tell all of you -- try it out, see if it works: wi-fi always ON.

I know many of you guys know this, but it is never bad to repeat it once in the while, right?

At least for those who are a bit new in whole thing...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] flakinarist:
yesterday i read that one of the newer sonys in japan will be released with android 4.0.4 and a 3.0.8 kernel. (www.xperiablog.net/2012/05/22/xperia-s-ics-update-will-bring-android-4-0-4)

as i think the arc won't get an official 3.x kernel - so might it be possible to port this kernel to be used in our arcs?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] bmwbasti:
@ Ivanprskalo

thx fpr your description.

I'll test it with leaving Wifi active all the time.

The rest of your description is nothing for me because i'm using some of the "tricks" since i own an Android device ;)

@ Doom

Just a quick question. Atm i'm trying which voltages are the lowest possible for my device for beeing stable and save some battery.

I'm using SmartassV2 as governor.

Are all (in Incredicontrol) listed frequencies used by this governor?

I'm asking because testing the voltages for every frequency costs really much time (especially fpr the low frequencies like 134Mhz) and so i could skip the unused frequencies.

Kind regards

Basti
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Coolgoly:
The only one unused here is 192.Using 134-1516MHz@SmartassV2.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
already posted about this in either this or the GB thread for my kernel...

you will have to check which voltages are best for ur device... some chips can handle very low voltages and still remain stable, which will give great battery life..

about using certain frequencies, it depends on CPU governor... some governors are hardcoded to use specified frequencies while others properly scale across the frequency range...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] bmwbasti:
Just to come back to this tip.

Thank you very much :)

With Wifi active all the time i'm now having less than 1% per hour of battery usage :D

Hi Doom,

i know that, thanks anyway ;)

I only wanted to know if there are some unused frequencies so that i can skip them while testing the voltages for every frequencies ;)

I have now done hours of testing the voltages and i found out that "stable while doing stability test" doesn't mean "rockstable"

It's the same like trying to overclock/undervolt PC. Stability tests run for hours and hours and hours but the practical usage tells something different.

My device e.g. "mastered" stability test with very little voltages in the lower frequencies ( e.g. 625mV from 134Mhz to 384Mhz). Each of this frequencies ran for about 6 hours in stability test without problems.

But after booting the Arc stuck, the display faded out and it rebooted :D

I think i have to do some more testing. Finding the lowest voltage for each frequency seams to be way more difficult then on a PC ;)

Kind regards

Basti

PS.: Are there any "hardcoded" voltages in your kernel Doom?

I'm asking because sometimes the voltages i defined got changed by Incredicontrol after a reboot. Or ist this some kind of fail safe setting of Incredi that raises the voltages if a device reboots because of too low voltages?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Coolgoly:
625mV?I can't go below 750.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] bmwbasti:
As i've written above stability test runs great with 134Mhz@625mV but it's not stable after rebooting ;)

Now it runs with 134Mhz@700mV (in normal usage) and it runs pretty stable so far.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] alfiemenace:
but do undervolting do some damages in our device on the long run? just like how the brain would do if only little oxygen is given to it?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] bmwbasti:
There are only two things that can happen while undervolting chipsets:

The device runs not stable anymore (reboots) or (the worst case) you get into a bootloop when the device starts up.

It's not like "giving the brain little oxygen" but rather "giving the brain exactly the amount of oxygen it needs for specific activities" ;)

When you are just sitting on your couch and watch tv you don't breathe like you are running a marathon, are you? ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] mo786wp:
Hi gusy im haveinf some touch screen delays afetr flashign this kernel, specialy when i go to typ a msg i realy need to tap it a few time be4 the keybord actualy come up.Is this kernel or rom related?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Gajba:
Same here.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] doomed151:
Likely ROM related. Also, it's not because of the touch delay, it's just the phone itself being too slow to load the keyboard.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] sirkay:
@Doomlord mate, vmalloc.c from zram patch by faux123 caused wifi modules failed to load.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
been there... done that... fixed it, long time back :p

check my github for the proper fixes for Xperia 2011/2012 devices ;)

https://github.com/DooMLoRD/Xperia-2011-TI-WLAN/commit/5bae5a8d53825b73a615afb528c080a9b4a4f7fd

almost 90%+ of the kernels for Xperia 2011 devices are derivatives of my kernel... also whichever patches i include are fixed, with sources pushed to git so that others may refer to them...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Coolgoly:
I'm not talking about stability issues.

I can't set nothing below 750mV and I think that this is the minimum allowed tension by the kernel.How do you this?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] bmwbasti:
Just simply put your finger in the textfield and type in the voltage ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Coolgoly:
Just did it and doesn't work.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] bmwbasti:
I don't know why this doesn't work for your device :(

But there is at least one other person that managed to set the voltages that low, look here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26404893&postcount=1671

But i must say that now i set 750mV as the lowest voltage too.

As i mentioned before the lower voltages were stable for stability test but not for using the device and i don't know exactly which voltage causes the unstability. And testing every frequency with every possible low voltage one/several days with normal usage just simply costs me too much time.

I don't know if Doom has "hardcoded" some voltages in his kernel.

Kind regards

Basti
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
its hardcoded...

https://github.com/DooMLoRD/Xperia-...ernel/arch/arm/mach-msm/acpuclock-7x30.c#L119

p.s. u cannot go below 750 mV & above 1525 mV

https://github.com/DooMLoRD/Xperia-...kernel/arch/arm/mach-msm/acpuclock-7x30.c#L54
[Xperia Arc Android Development] bmwbasti:
Strange Doom :confused:

Why i can set lower voltages in Incredicontrol and why they get used even after reboot? Some kind of displaying bug in Incredi?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Monkeyscratch:
Thanks Doomlord for this kernel! As you can see I achieved great battery life!

Im running Arconium 2.4 and overclocked my phone to 1.5 GHZ

In the 2 days that my phone was on battery I played some music and read some facebook and twitter. and I was really amazed about the battery life!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] datagubben:
Hello doomlord, can you make kernel for the new arc firmware please?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] terranox:
Doomkernel V6!!!

Enviado desde mi LT18i usando Tapatalk
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ironlady:
battery leak when i used wifi and then switched it off. hence i charged 100% in the morning, and even before 12pm it went around 50% under light use anyway.

no im not using arcknight it keep insisting on rebooting my phone :(
[Xperia Arc Android Development] bmwbasti:
I have the same enormous drain with V5 and Arconium 3c when switching Wifi off.

For me the problem was solved whe i just simply don't deactivate Wifi ;)

With Arconium 2.4 i had less than 1% battery consumption per hour.

With ICS 4.0.4 (Arconium 3c) the battery consumption seems generally higher and now i have (same settings, same undervolting) ~2% per hour.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Coolgoly:
Strange,V5 is awsome on Arconium 3a.

This is with 3g and data always on,1,5GHz OC and no wifi:

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/2345/screenshot2012053018252.png
[Xperia Arc Android Development] iridaki:
You have hardly touched your phone, so that is not valid feedback at all,

most people use their phones every now and then. :D
[Xperia Arc Android Development] papayayoghurt:
Can i use it with .431? Is there a Kernel for this FW?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
there are no new sources released by sony devs
[Xperia Arc Android Development] bmwbasti:
Does that mean no sources released yet or just simply that the "new" kernel isn't different than the beta release kernel?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
no new kernel sources are available
[Xperia Arc Android Development] bmwbasti:
Hi doom,

do you think that there has been changed much?

The two kernels have the same version number though.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
no idea mate
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Dark Fable:
Why isn't Sony releasing the new kernel sources ? :/ The new 4.1.B.0.431 is amazing..
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ironlady:
i have the same setup with u at 1.2ghz too and i experience the drain on v4, havent tried v5 since u already reported it drained on wifi toggled on and off too
[Xperia Arc Android Development] AUDIMEN:
Thank you DooM!

Kernel version 5 works great on firmware "4.0.4 - 4.1.B.0.431"! ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] datagubben:
The kernel sources hasent been released by Sony yet, even Doomlord says that.

Doom Kernel 5 is NOT compatible with the official Arc .431 firmware :mad:

(Maybe you have a ROM with prerelease .431)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
well... its not that it isnt compatible... just that there might be some new functions/features/changes in the .431 firmware kernel sources, and since we dont have those sources MAY BE those features MAY NOT work correctly...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] datagubben:
I get FC all the time when using doom 5 on the new official Arc .431 firmware.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] irononreverse:
I'm using v5 with 431. Everything is working smoothly here
[Xperia Arc Android Development] AUDIMEN:
I confirm! Using this kernel v5, the problems have not yet discovered! :rolleyes:

I use the usual firmware LT18i 4.1.B.0.431 Generic World Greece!

P.S: I was wrong! Read below!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] blikjebanaan:
hi i booted this kerneel with the prompt and installed the wifi modules wich was a dumb move to do. my phone booted and didn't had doomkernel, but then wifi didn't work anymore. tried to do a factory reset and now it's boot looping. only way to boot is trough CWM and then i only get black screen. when I try to repair when phone is finally it turns it of by itself. hope it's clear.

please, help

*edit try to restore nandorid back-up hop eits working

*worked, sorry for this post. was a bit in panic there :p
[Xperia Arc Android Development] AUDIMEN:
I was wrong!

Sorry, I was wrong! I use the usual firmware:

LT18i 4.1.B.0.431 Europe

With firmware Greece and France i obtained an error when installing the kernel v5!

DooMLoRD

You can check the difference of the firmware? :confused:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
what error do u get exactly?

and i cannot test the firmwares myself as the ARC is my daily use phone... though i will test all this once the kernel sources are out, or when i get time ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Dark Fable:
Any estimate on when they'll be out ? Tired of waiting for months...:(
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
i dont know mate... they havent even released the .562 kernel sources and that firmware has been out for more than a month now :9
[Xperia Arc Android Development] irononreverse:
I'm using the generic FR firmware and have had no errors.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] AUDIMEN:
After downloading Greece and FR, I get a network error, keyboard, music, camera and many system applications!

In firmware "LT18i 4.1.B.0.431 Europe" there is no problem! ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
did u select the option to "wipe data partition"?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Dark Fable:
Woop...I guess I'll go back to gb then until the sources are released as the games are unplayable on stock ics rom because of the lags. Only your DooMKernel v22 is the best for games. :D
[Xperia Arc Android Development] AUDIMEN:
No, I did not do!

I've stay at this firmware "Europe", i like it! :D
[Xperia Arc Android Development] wayne850:
will this kernel work on .431 firmware?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] irononreverse:
As I said above, it's working fine for me. Arc, 431 generic FR, doom v5.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] sebasgl1:
stop saying this v5 works with 4.0.4, it does'nt. if you get it working, great for you, but dont say it like it would work for all
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
Cause thats the normal behavior... U can keep the power button pressed so that the device starts booting... Then keep pressing back button, u should now enter recovery...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] vitaminme:
../android/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools/./fastboot flash system system.img

sending 'system' (234473 KB)...

(bootloader) USB download speed was 9346kB/s

OKAY [ 25.872s]

writing 'system'...

(bootloader) Flash of partition 'system' requested

(bootloader) S1 partID 0x00000004, block 0x000002e4-0x00000ca7

(bootloader) Erasing block 0x00000300

(bootloader) Erasing block 0x00000400

(bootloader) Erasing block 0x00000500

(bootloader) Erasing block 0x00000600

(bootloader) Erasing block 0x00000700

(bootloader) Erasing block 0x00000800

(bootloader) Erasing block 0x00000900

(bootloader) Erasing block 0x00000a00

(bootloader) Erasing block 0x00000b00

(bootloader) Erasing block 0x00000c00

(bootloader) Erase operation complete, 55 bad blocks encountered

(bootloader) Flashing...

(bootloader) Flash operation complete

OKAY [ 44.073s]

finished. total time: 69.945s

What does 55 bad blocks encountered mean?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
I don't know.. May be ur device NAND is damaged?

Why u posting this here?