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[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mev811:
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Hi guys, I have a question, the kernel is "boot.img" that makes flash via fastboot?..

What I mean is that if you install the kernel I have to rename this file that you downloaded for "boot.img" and put in the command window "fastboot flash boot-i 0xfce boot.img" ..? one last thing, I need to backup or does not affect the applications that i have already installed on my phone? thank you very much to anyone who can help me with these questions.. :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] kizsleg:
no need to rename. just flash it something like this.

fastboot flash boot xray-v3.0.img

no need to backup also when flashing kernels. Just flash another kernel in case you got a problem. will not affect the installed apps.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sirkay:
- yes boot.img included kernel+ramdisk (where kernel developer stored their recovery/scripts/etc)

- no need to rename to boot.img as long as its the right file to flash in fastboot mode.

-> fastboot flash boot boot.img also will do the trick

- flash boot.img in fastboot mode doesnt affect your apps/roms.

i recommend you use flashtool by androxyde. can find it at sticky thread OR here - QuickIMG

EDIT: damn .. am late a few sec before kizsleg. does timezone made me late? :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jjdoctor:
hmm.. Sirkay, any time u will be uplaoding the fixed kernel? I am going out and wont be with PC... just on mobile... wont be able to flash new kernel till tonight.. have to revert to 2.5.1 since v3 isnt as efficient..
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sirkay:
Done. link in first post

EDIT: dont forget to give me feedback as i made a standby kernel with diff freq and small fixes too ..
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] kizsleg:
thanks, downloading now to get the correct file. hate what you did earlier, you got me there also. hahaha. :p

EDIT: Why not post that standby kernel also so we can compare it. ^_^
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sirkay:
like i said to JJ .. love to tortured your passion ahaha :p

EDIT: so what you guys think, is it my kernel ready for SE Official ICS? ;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mcatk:
Nice work! what about GPU oc?

J'm on aire's kernel now, but j think there's no gpu oc...

How do u manage to oc gpu?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jjdoctor:
Sirkay, Brilliant.!!! v3.1 is perfect.... Using it and now no more choppiness... I didnt do benchmarks but I am not really Benchmark numbers fan... Practically something feels good is the best...

thanks mate...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] kizsleg:
i agree with jj, its really perfect. i noticed the big improvement especially in battery usage. apex launcher became more fluid now. as for sleeping i think im gonna try it again when i got home. because i got some wakelocks from v3 with wifi on which i didn't experienced from 2.5.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] braddybrad:
Here's my feedback:

everything perfect with kernel 3.0, instant deep sleep when screen off (no matter if Wifi on or off, etc).

With kernel 3.0.1 no more deep sleep at all, even with wifi off or forget network.

Installed 3.0 back and deep sleep is perfectly here again.

It might be specific to something with my setup, but to me 3.0 is perfect regarding battery drain issue.

(Using JJ's hybrid v3, did not full wipe between kernel changes, only cache wipe)

hth
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] kizsleg:
we got different situation here. in 3.0 2 to 3 mins before it went to sleep. but in 3.1 i only got a difference of 2 seconds between awake and screen on time which is really good. :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] *boy*racer*:
Why do you make some kernels pre rooted and some not? Your latest one is not pre rooted so I had to flash the su fix. Y is this?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] kizsleg:
Never had the problem like yours. have you already flashed the Superuser attached in the OP the first time you flashed this rom?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] *boy*racer*:
No I didn't already flash the su fix when installed the Rom. I'm using ics beta V3. Oh well at least it's working :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hansip87:
Well imho 2.5.1 is perfect i think ;) haven't tried 3.0.1 though. Have no computer around to flash it. :( need to go home and flash it.

You're right sirkay, better to hold your kernel and test it thoroughly yourself. To be honest even without your v3, I like the fact that 2.5.1 is perfect, if not flawless. Have I not read your kernel updates this morning, ill be rolling faster than today with v2.5.1.. :( well im a human.. so hard to resist.. :o
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] kizsleg:
well flashing that one is very important. that one solve my problem in backup/restore issue in titanium backup.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sirkay:
then i need to update link for v3.0.2? :p already got standby version just incase v3.0.1 doesnt give good performance. huhu.. i like to read feedback from you guys :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] kizsleg:
im ready! :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sirkay:
link for v3.0.2 updated! revert to old freq table, min 134MHz with small fixes
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] MegaWath:
Yesterday I've gone from Naples to Berlin with the plane, so I turned off my ray with the flight-mode activated..... Now I just can't turn on my phone (it go in loop: after SONY, XPERIA is displayed and the phone reboot)

Now I have re-installed ICS and goes normally.. It's a kernel or ICS (that is a beta) issue?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] justmpm:
I am having some troubles with the zram. It is installing on some roms and not on others. In the ones where it installs I see a 14zram script in /system/etc/init.d and I can see see the swap being populated. When it doesn't install, I don't see the script and the size of the swap stays 0. It doesn't seem to depend on init.d support as the ROMs that don't install the zram run init.d scripts. (I use the test script of Iridaki for this).....I was wondering if I could just put the 14zram script from a "working" rom into the ones that don't work...or if it is more complicated than this. More importantly, there is a 10% loss in performance (Quadrant scrore) when zram is activated....you can get some of the performance back by using really aggressive LMK settings...but this is because you end up writing to the zram partition much less (at least there is less information stored there)....so is there an easy way to inactivate zram and have the inactivatation stick through reboots?

Kernels Tested:

xray_v2.5.img

xray_v2.5.1.img

xray_v3.0.1.img

ROMs Tested:

KA12 (zram -)

KA11 (zram +)

KA10 (zram +)

Unofficial Miui (zram -)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] kizsleg:
phone still sleep well with 3.0.2. I cant even tell improvement now since 3.0.1 is ok. the only recognizable change is the Freq. table. Can you tell us the small fixed you've made with .2 so that we can monitor it?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sirkay:
fix for freq table, before this 134mhz was unused even we set it as min no matter what gov we used.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] funiewski:
pc companion and android commander can not see my ray as sony device, i'm now on jj's hybrid, is it kernel or rom dependent?

Edit:i managed to get rid of the problem after edititng build.prop and changing to st18i everywhere possible, but still is it kernel or rom dependent?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hansip87:
I think i'll settle with 3.0.1 one sirkay, great performance is back again. and i agreed more to stay with FXP freq table. It is because it is quite similar with out of the box freq table. and so far haven't had issue with setXperia when joined with 3.0.1 freq table. (2.5.1 still crashes setXperia app, don't know why). Thanks!

UPDATE: some random wakelock is happening again.. :( Sigh.. Market is already updated automatically to 3.5.16 though, Just've been downloading the latest setXperia app.

UPDATE 2: Weird, because wakelock only happens after toggling Off Wifi at the first time. when i switch it on and off again, it is fixed.. Umm.. still clueless about that.. :( should i go to 3.0.2 then..?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sirkay:
ive put script in ramdisk. if you want to, you can put that script in init.d. test performance before and after u put that 14zram
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] kizsleg:
now i see. maybe thats the reason why im now hearing some skips when playing audio.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sirkay:
i'll not include autoroot since some has conflict with their superuser installed
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sirkay:
i used 3.0.2, using wifi and phone still able to go into deep sleep.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hansip87:
Are you using Samba and PlayStore 3.5.16? My wakelocks only happened on the first time turning on wifi though. after toggling onoff again, it does not wakelock anymore..

Well anyway i'll try the 3.0.2 then. Hope it will cure the problem.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jjdoctor:
I am using 3.0.2 for last4-5 hrs... Only once had prob of phone not sleeping.. I rebooted and it got back to action.. deep sleep working fine afterwards...

There is a prob with some governors... Smartassv2 never goes to minimum,, it stays at 406+ while I select Ondemand it quickly returns to 134mhz...

Going fine and smooth so far.. just going to turn off wifi , then going to sleep... will see what happens to battery in next 5-6 hrs...

---------- Post added at 10:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:53 PM ----------

and a Small token of appreciation.... keep up the good work...;)

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[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sirkay:
still have samba installed but barely used since always got usb connected to flash new kernel. for Play Store yes i used to download apps update.

ive just tested online using wifi. toggle off, and let the phone for 30sec. check cpuspy, phone in deep sleep

i used SmartassV2 also .. its maintain at 306Mhz. but when i turn off screen, it used 134MHz

neway, thanks for the Small token of appreciation. i appreciate that :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hansip87:
Well, after using the 3.0.2, WiFi wakelock is fixed yet again :) will report back.

Btw, seems like setXperia app is a bit incompatible with smartassv2. Always crashed when using that governor. Reset data with TB, using ondemand and no error anymore.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sirkay:
so u think my kernel ready for Official ICS? its almost 2weeks since u gave me timeframe to made a better kernel for Official ICS :cool:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] superwoosh:
Doesn't work for me, all I get is "export: /system/sbin:/system/bin:/system/xbin:/sbin:/vendor/sbin: bad variable name"

):

EDIT : Nevermind, found out I was supposed to edit it in the init.rc file.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Taverius:
Yeah - that's why I unpacked the kernel ram disk and changed the /init.rc in there otherwise it won't stick.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sirkay:
you can mount USB storage from recovery?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sirkay:
kernel updated and uploaded. get it from first port!

- fixed busybox

- bigger images touch button
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] funiewski:
usb mount, mount sd ext, format sd ext from recovery is working in original ray touch realise (Ray XHY&L GB rom)

further testing: with your touch recovery usb mount, ext mount, ext format are not working, doomlords xcharge app(rebooting options for xperia devices) is not working properly, ray does not reboot to recovery (with original touch it does)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] justmpm:
Hello....

I tried the bootICS_touchRec kernel on JJHybrid_v2 and KA06 ROM and I found that when I was using GSM data the battery drained really fast and the phone got

really warm. Only takes 10-20 min for the phone to get noticably warm. The problem goes away when I flash boot_DoomRec kernel....
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jjdoctor:
Damn... That's a tough fix.. .. I format card only twice an year....lok
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] MegaWath:
kernel+touch recovery works great! :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sirkay:
i used with ics beta and JJ's Hybrid, work just fine. maybe some settings in KA06 didnt suit with touchRec kernel
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ijama:
Same here use icelite v3 with this touchrecovery working just fine..

none
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sirkay:
i dont have ext partition sorry i cant test it. also i dont used any reboot to recovery apps. this is my very first xperience using touch recovery
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sirkay:
i think it is somewhat related to /sys/class/android_usb/android0/f_mass_storage/lun/file

will try study more about this
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sirkay:
No usb mount storage for touch recovery? :(

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1514849&page=2
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] funiewski:
sirkay as i wrote before usb mount in touch recovery is working in Ray XHY&L GB rom, i have tested it bcs i use this rom on daily basis now

Forget it,i read whole thread and than doomlords ics beta kernel thread, he stopped developing the kernel, the touch recovery is not ported:-(

thx for your efforts
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jjdoctor:
Damn.. thats bad... But for he love of TOUCH i can sacrifice UBS mount..

btw... send me pngs of those touch buttons... I want to make them look better...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sirkay:
its located in /res/images .. once done design new img, pass to me ;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] justmpm:
I tried the newest version of the touch Recovery kernel and I don't see the battery drain problem anymore.....

Thanks alot!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jjdoctor:
I tried to replace the ones res/images folder but it still showed the old images... I guess it has to be packed in kernel...

let me know how it looks..:)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] kizsleg:
wow, that looks really nice. ;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Taverius:
The touchrec honestly is a bit of a gimmick to me - but the fact that adb works (in previous kernel only in recovery) makes it worth it yeah :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hansip87:
Hehe congrats mate :cool: to tell you the truth, your kernel is perfect, unless that pesky wakelock start appearing randomly. But as far as performance goes, I bet it's ready. Drawer fling animation is as smooth as in gingerbread. Well done sir! Now with final just a week away(hope so) we can have good start from day one. :cool:

Never underestimate this small room for minority device.. ;)

Now if only someone can crack that native code to improve camera quality..
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Da-BOSS:
i hope once the official ics come i hope this kernel work without any bugs or error bec. really that's the best in every side {performance,stability,etc...}and in every angel

100% the best :D really thanks i hope also to take the full considering once the ics arrive

to make it compatiable with official stock ics :D

Thanks for reading :p
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hansip87:
Sirkay, any improvement can be made with kernel regarding image quality of camera? Just curious question this is ;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jjdoctor:
My phone warms up like hell when charging using 3.0.2... This happened with 3.0 too but it's not present in 3.0.1

It's like the new frequency table is bugging up

Ondemand, min 134, max 1.2
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sirkay:
didnt know, will check bout that.

3.0.2 and 2.5.1 same freq table. 3.0 same with 3.0.1. i experienced phone warm when enabled 3g/data. i think phone boost power to search for better signal and made it warm

Edit: i used smartassv2 and vr. 134min - 806max
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hansip87:
Mine was heating up too, but i was thinking that is because of lost signal.. when i charge it at better place, it maxes at 31c while charging. using 3.0.2
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jjdoctor:
There is something related to frequency table that might be causing wakelocks...

It seems as cpu finds it hard to stick to deepsleep with frequency of 134mhz min which seems farther from 122mhz

I just had wakelocks twice and rebooting was the only solution...

Got to go back to 2.5.1 or 3.0.1 to see if this assumption is true...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Da-BOSS:
can u test it with the lastest KA13 Rom ?would be much appreciated :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] o0lx0o:
with KA12 fine so far but battery lose a bit quickly about 9hours/15%drop in deep sleep. the stock kernel seems to save more battery compared to this.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Da-BOSS:
thanks but i need to test it with KA13 not KA12 :o
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sirkay:
sorry i dont use KA's rom, so cannot confirm about that in KA's latest rom.

but as previous version respond from KA's users seems to be good.

you can test by yourself, only you know your phone better :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sirkay:
i've made v4.0 Beta includes

- power suspend time

- some changes in:

-> smd_rpcrouter.c

-> smd_pkt.c

-> smd_qmi.c

- enabled LZO compress/decompress

- enabled zram debug

based on cayniarb @ http://git.tiamat-dev.com/7x30/htc-kernel-msm7x30/commit/

i prefer testing it myself until confirm its stability
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] slasherzx:
It seems that 3.0.2 has the wifi bug in which it doesn't sleep unlike the 3.0.1. Any solution?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jjdoctor:
great... I am just gonna give it a go..

Prefer testing by users coz a 100 people testing would make it easy for u findnig any bugs rather than doing alone coz u cant test everything... that is what BETA is termed...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sirkay:
reboot the only solution. not much differ between 3.0.1 and 3.0.2, only freq table.

performance drop after implement those updates. will released beta tester once am satify enough with performance

EDIT: flashed back v3.0.2, v4.0 doesnt give much impact. will see more into it. has anyone ever heard about ZSL (camera related)?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] justmpm:
I spent yesterday testing xray3.0.1 and xray3.0.2. I tested a number of configurations using Quadrant (v2.0) on a fresh KA12 install. Unless otherwise indicated in the table: the kernels were set to run at their full range of frequenceis, Deadline as the IO S, 32Mb zram swap, smartassv2 governor. I also monitored some system states and the KernelPerf table contains these results. Each state was tested 3x and I have reported the median values. Honestly, the table is super boring....but some things are clear....xray3.0.2 is way better than 3.0.1, zram is a good thing, the size of the zram affects performance and could be optimized, V6 and zram are "compatible" (in that they don't make your phone less stable), but V6 is the dominant force and keeps the zram swap from being populated (again this might be optimized by monkeying with the V6 LMK settings), the xray kernels are real battery hogs (as measured by the current drain on the battery). Lastly, considering the max feq is 1400, the Aire kernel is pretty good. Told you it was boring.

Anyway, since I was measuring the current drain during these tests, I decided to deconvolute the Aire frequency table - using the classic current voltage relationship. I made the assumption that the background drain (i.e. the drain by the display), is constant through out the testing. I took the current at the beginning of Quadrant's third CPU test to deconvolute Aire's table (see AireTable.pdf). In the absence of Aire giving us the table this is probably the best that can be done. A couple things made me feel better about these measurements, one is that I also deconvoluted the Sony ICSbeta kernal (upto 1024 the freqs are identical with Aire) and there was a consistent 20-25% undervolting by Aire and for both kernels the measured relationship is fairly linear. 768mHz is an outlier and was set to a higher than expected voltage by Aire ...this is real.

I fit the f-v relationship, and then applied it to xray3.0.2 (most of this can be found in AireTable.pdf). For the last 12 hours, I have been running as shown in the last table in AireTable.pdf (min 134, max 1401) with out an issue. Originally I didn't "overvolt" 768 and the phone would hang at this freq until I increased the voltage. I will switch to the full frequency range once my phone recharges. So far no wakelocks, phone sleeps really well. My phone will wakelock if I set the max freq below 806....not sure if this is related to JJdoctor's previous post??????

Since I watched a lot of Quadrant runs, I can say that one reason the Aire kernel is so good is that the CPU utilization rarely drops below 100%, even as

the frequencies are changing, whereas, the xray kernels tend to drop below 100% utilization as they move between frequencies. I am not sure if this is something that Aire coded into the kernel or if it is simply because there are only 1/2 as many frequency transitions in his table.

EDIT: AireTable.pdf updated
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hansip87:
Wow complete data you got there ;) Well, as i'm not that expert about this things, i can only say that Aire's kernel is quite good, but the problem last time was that the OC can't go to 1.4Ghz, stuck at 1.2Ghz (even though the freq is allowed as max) don't know why. Sirkay's is better, but the lack of test for voltage tuning made my device a battery eater when i go online :( So thankfully you provides us with Aire's default voltage given at your PDF :) Thanks!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sirkay:
you can uv with aire's kernel? i gave you option to uv. am no oc/uv addict but still i gave those options to share with you.

am using hybrid. (ics beta rom before i learn how to compile kernel), so i never test my kernel with roms other than that. so i dont know about their performance

i did mentioned in first post about KA's rom. have you test jj's hybrid with this kernel? try it and give your comment. like to read it. ask your rom cooker, they shud know what kernel was better to used with their rom as they're the first person to test it.

true, i still admire what aire has done with his freq table. what do you expect from person that learned how to build kernel in a month?