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[Android General] Empty Hand:
Yes, great job and thank you for your continued work!
[Android General] marcusva79:
I know Franco uses stock ROM. Which stock ROM is it that he uses for his apk to work to. Probably don't with custom roms
[Android General] neriamarillo:
You just need to root the stock ROM. There is only 1 "stock" ROM. All others are custom.
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
Your welcome and glad

you like it. This is how I visioned this thread to begin with but forgot reserve enough posts. Its so much more organised now and I'm quite proud. I might put links to the compatible roms in the future. Any other suggestions?

The fku app will work on a custom rom or stock, you could install it on any recent android version. You do need root for most of the functions to work as intended though.
[Android General] Puzzlegirl:
I think you've done a fantastic job here and appreciate the time and effort you've put in. It would be great if more people turned up in this thread but you've certainly done enough to welcome them: well done!

PS I admire your patience but I did lol when I saw it fraying a bit yesterday ;) :sly:
[Android General] bash156:
Apologies for this question currently I am stock rooted running xposed modules however I want to try the Franco kernel can I download paid app and use it to backup existing kernel and download the Franco kernel from the app itself

Thanks in advance
[Android General] 3DSammy:
The free app can perform kernel backup and restores. I bought the pro version in appreciation for all his work plus the extra controls.
[Android General] bash156:
I have bought the paid app just wanted to know can I download install Franco kernel using just the app and by doing this will I lose anything
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
Thank you and youve been around long enough to know how things get some times round here :sly: feel free to post the link in any of the Franco threads you participate in, I'm trying to cater for all here :thumbup:

You can download and flash Franco kernel in the app. You can change many many settings too. All you will loose is stock kernel and mpdesision. You will gain battery life and awesomeness! Is there anything you are specifically concerned about? I'll try to answer your question as best i can
[Android General] bash156:
Thank you very much for the reply I think one of the concerns I had was if I download and install the kernel do I lose my apps data etc

I take it

I backup my existing kernel then

Download the Franco kernel through the app fkupdater and choose auto flash

Does the app support backup to usb

Thanks again
[Android General] maksud_ans:
which kernel support " Native Video Calling " nexus 5 ?possible to make " Native Video Calling " Franco kernel
[Android General] Empty Hand:
The only suggestion I can think of (since this thread is so complete) is perhaps adding links to sample settings for people to try (like yours and Vomer's on the N5, and maybe Osm0sis for the gnex if he still has his settings listed). I know settings depend largely on how each person uses their phone, so that may just lead to more questions, but something to think about.
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
Yeah potentially, not sure where I'll fit in but I'll have a think about it. Thanks for the suggestion!
[Android General] aaron13:
No you don't lose anything, because I did it before :thumbup:
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
Few minor updates to my personal settings for nexus 5. Settings post is now on page 24 due to the added posts on 1st page. I lowered max cpu and changed headset gain level.
[Android General] zxyz:
I woke up from plugging in my phone to the nonstop PA boot animation so i manually powered down the phone and rebooted. Now I'm trying to get the last_kmsg but that doesn't exist so I saw franco just mention to get KMSG. I'm trying to do that but no matter what I do, whether it's via Root Explorer or a terminal, my phone freezes (root explorer says the file is 0 bytes as well.) Can someone please help?
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
Not too sure on that one. Was the phone over heating when it was in boot loop? Other than turning it off for a while and letting it cool down and try again after. After each reboot the last proc/last kmsg gets wiped so it might be difficult to get the log unless you can replicate the issue. Perhaps its a rom issue, other than that I really don't know sorry
[Android General] Nbsss:
finally!

it was such a waste of time reading the same q&a every 2 pages, and seeing people pointlessly argue...

I just skipped to franco's posts for the last couple of pages, every other post seemed irrelevant.

This should help a lot! Thanks! :)
[Android General] shaker2k:
Your doing a great job T.G.M. Hopefully it will be easier to find important info in the development thread. Took me an hour to catch up yesterday lol.
[Android General] liperus:
Another question: when Franco adds color calibration to the Nexus 5 (my screen is a bit too cold for my taste in these last kernel versions), will it be in his FKU app or in a whole new app altogether (I think that's what he did on the Nexus 4 :confused:)?
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
Cpu binning and stock voltage tables for all chipsets post 2. Its lengthy!
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
added some info about the kernel, features and a small peice about franco
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
Thanks both of you, i know how you both feel.

I think when Franco get the colour interface sorted it will be part of the existing app but i dont know for sure. He will tell us when the time comes :good:
[Android General] Empty Hand:
Now we just need Osm0sis here and it will feel like home again. :D
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
Haha yeah, he did say he was considering getting an n5 but won't be till new year if he does. I have no Osmods to flash :(
[Android General] bleuxeon:
Coming from a Galaxy SII I can tell that you are wrong!

There is at least 2 major kernels that perfectly work with nearly ALL version of CM : Siyah kernel and DorimanX.

They have both an amazing features list compared to CM's kernel, hudge battery saving, enormous perfs boost and maybe 10 devs that share and work on both kernels.

So I m afraid I must say that your statment is wrong.
[Android General] gregb882:
Speaker Gain Setting

First, thank you for this thread! I've learned just enough over the years to unlock & root my phones so I can take advantage of ROMs and/or kernels to improve performance and stability based upon talented devs work, but I never did get into making changes myself. And I always considered myself too noobish to post a question on a developer's thread (like Franco's), but that doesn't mean I don't have questions; so thank you for this thread.

After doing some searches (I admit that I may not be using the right criteria, but I did try), I can't find conversation about values to increase the speaker volume. I see where I can change the values in FKU (Kernel Settings, Speaker gain), but I have no clue what to change it to. I just don't have a feel for what the numbers represent so I wanted to learn more before making a change. Do the number represent a multiplier of stock volume? Are they logarithmic? Are they dbs? How much is a lot? I know I could simply plug in some numbers and see what happens, but I'd much rather understand a little bit about the affect the numbers will have.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
Your very welcome! To tell the truth I don't know exactly what conversion from inputting a number to dB level works out but I know the maximum possible value is 20 and lowest I think is -20 so that gives a range of 40. https://github.com/franciscofranco/hammerhead/commit/0195a66aed68df51a91f363c0aa9f902bc1e4c71 is the github page for the speaker mod stuff something may be in there

I was talking about nexus' not sgs2. There was several issues around 4.3 and cm and caf drivers and 2 different aosp roms all at once at it was over all this that jbq left aosp.
[Android General] Ok_Kaleidoscope5109:
I have an SGS2 and I think you may be mistaken. Siyah and DorimanX were designed to work with CM. To correct the OP and you, I think the correct statement is that CM is designed to work with its own kernel. It's not that CM actively tries to shut out other kernel developers, but you would need to tune your kernel to work for CM as it's not exactly the same as the stock Nexus 5 kernel. CM may or may not work with custom kernels, but it's up to the kernel developer.

With that said, it's up to Franco (and I hope he does make this kernel CM compatible) to support CM or not.
[Android General] Sharvil06:
I wanted to know if anyone found a solution to the EntriesRefresh_Wakeclock that is keeping my phone awake 100% of the time. I tried turning off hotword detection, but that didn't help. I was also recommended to Greenify Google search, but I was having problems uninstalling and reinstalling Search as a user app so if anyone could help me, that would be greatly appreciated.
[Android General] toprock23:
Quick question. Will my UV settings stick after a reboot? I can't find a set at boot option.
[Android General] njnets123:
So if I flash the kernel and don't flash the app, will the kernel still work for me?
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
I don't know of that wake lock you could try a Google search. If you want to convert it to user app then there is a function to do such a thing in titanium back up.

Long press on it and you will see a dialogue box pop up with a set on boot check box. That's how all the set on boot options work now
[Android General] dryspuri:
Thanks for informative thread, It still does not explain, what are settings for best battery, best gaming, best day to day settings
[Android General] TheSpaceManatee:
I have a few questions here:

1: Every time I install Franco kernel, I get different stock clock speeds, ranging from 749mhz to 2249mhz.

2: whenever the stock clock speed is below 2249mhz and I ramp it up to 2249mhz where its supposed to be, I get bootloop. I will post kmsg when it happens again.

3: every single benchmark app that I used, I lost to my friends galaxy s4 by a huge margin :(
[Android General] Sharvil06:
I opened up Titanium Backup, took a backup of Search but when I hit Uninstall I get this message.

Edit: So instead of uninstalling, I tried freezing the app but that just made the launcher crash until I defrosted it. I guess I'll just have to try a new launcher and see if that helps.
[Android General] mastarifla:
Will I have any issues coming from the Faux kernel? Can I flash this over the Faux Kernel? Or do I need to flash stock first and then flash Franco's Kernel?

Edit: Answered my own question, yes you can flash this directly over Faux, might be useful in the FAQ
[Android General] aaron13:
I solved it last time with the catlog app.
[Android General] bash156:
Managed to install Franco kernel thanks I've bought the app too can you tell me do all the boxes need to be ticked or do I leave alone

Thanks again
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
If you long press an item it will explain its purpose then you can choose to set it on boot if you so desire
[Android General] wardawgmalvicious:
Thanks Gingerbread Man! Awesome thread! I'm trying to learn as much as possible, I'm seriously contemplating trying to learn how to more and am thinking about maybe going to school for doing mobile development and whatnot. I really enjoy tweaking and modding devices.
[Android General] wardawgmalvicious:
Hey Gingerbread Man, is the color parameter profile labeled Gingerbread Man v4 yours? It happens to be my favorite one and I'm using it right now lol.
[Android General] aheeejd:
Haha, very nice. New to franco kernel, flashed a few hours ago on carbon rom, & I searched the thread to find what app I should be using to tweak settings & found this thread, awesome.

Sent from my Nexus 5 using JellyBombed Tapatalk 2
[Android General] aheeejd:
Well, is there an issue at this time with the franco app, I installed free version from play store just to check it out before I bought paid app & it won't even open, soon as I touch app, this is what I get,

Sent from my Nexus 5 using JellyBombed Tapatalk 2
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
Glad you like it and yes that's my profile, enjoy ;)

The free one is old and doesn't support nexus 5 as mentioned in post 1 but you won't regret buying the full version, if you don't like it then there is the 15 minute refund window through Google play
[Android General] aheeejd:
Oh, I misunderstood the op, I thought the free one wasn't supported as in didn't get updated much, but you're right, I bought the full version, & no need to pay attention to the 15 minute refund ticker as I watched the video on the app & knew I had to have, enjoying it already. Just reading up on how/where to dl the color profiles & whatnot, thanks man.

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
Sure no worries. You should find the instructions about colour profiles in the nexus 5 post post 3)
[Android General] wardawgmalvicious:
OK so probably a newb question, I just checked the box for using the governor to interactive. I'm assuming what it was doing before would be the stock governor or something like that. If I do uncheck the box, does it just go back to the stock settings as far as how the cores are used?
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
Interactive is the name of the governor, it tells the CPU how to react. Google use interactive as their choice too but it's a little different than Franco tuned version. You can't really uncheck it as such because the CPU requires a governor for its instructions. You can only choose 2 governors on nexus 5 in Franco but you can change how interactive behaves which I have covered in post 2, you can set those on boot and keep those changes or unset on boot and perform a reboot and they revert to their defaults set by franco. Sorry that's not an easy question to answer in a simple way.
[Android General] wardawgmalvicious:
I think I understand, as least some of it. I tried searching governed within the thread, I don't like to ask a question if its already been asked and answered, so I apologize. Nothing came up though, not sure if its me or Tapatalk. I'll take a look at that post though, thanks for the answer!
[Android General] TyroneLT:
When using a battery case on the Nexus 5 like the ZeroLemon or the Limefuel in conjunction with Fast charge enabled on the franco kernel, what would the result be? Will it draw more power from the case?

Thanks and as always appreciate everyone who contributes to this thread!
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
My honest answer is I don't know. I don't own one of those cases. I'd search or look for a thread about it or ask in Q&A forum
[Android General] TyroneLT:
Thanks, I'll ask around in the Q&A forum.
[Android General] bash156:
Apologies if this has been answered already just wanted to know if I ever needed to uninstall this kernel then all I have to do is restore the stock kernel from fku?

Regards
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
Yes, its a good idea before you start flashing kernels to have made a back up via fku or flashify. When you restored the stock kernel img and reboot you will be back to the stock one. Its not quite simple as uninstall because the HW needs a kernel to run and without a kernel it won't work but you can replace it for the stock version.
[Android General] bash156:
Thank you for the quick response
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
If you are doing it for OTA purposes you might find it fails because a couple of files get renamed. If that's the case the info you need is in post 2 and fastboot system.img and boot.img is the fastest and easiest way to get it all back to stock without wiping all your stuff.
[Android General] Hero746:
Do you guys recommend I wipe cache and dalvik after installing the kernel?
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
Nope, no need to
[Android General] paradoxiumwind:
Joined google~+ and the beta programmed, followed the link, already says I have FKU installed - do I need to reinstall it? I managed to find the beta .img and just fastboost flashed it, but this instruction is confusing.
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
When there's an update it will notify you to up via play store, I don't there is any beta app builds at this time. All info is in post 1 with a section about the beta app program.

The app beta is different than the test kernels, you won't get those to download within the app. You test kernels you need to visit francos server to download.
[Android General] paradoxiumwind:
I see. Thanks. I'm about to flash a new Carbon nightly and I can't remember where I got r34 from.. got the server link? browser history isn't helping at all.
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
Post 3 is nexus 5 specific stuff with a link to the nexus 5 section on Francos server. Have a look in there in the test folder
[Android General] paradoxiumwind:
http://192.241.177.15/Nexus5/4.4/tests/

yep.. found it again just now. /facepalm
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
Thread moved from nexus 5 q&a to android general section! Thanks again to [MENTION=4478812]ApriliaM3[/MENTION] with his help to do this
[Android General] Shane_IL:
Question to those using r34, how stable is it?
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
Its stable, no reboots occur unless you change voltage or clock speeds too much. There is potentially a memory issue and sound cuts out if you play music too loud on headphones but its 99% fine for normal usage.
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
Several updates to my settings post.
[Android General] wardawgmalvicious:
I have had issues with playing music through headphones where it cuts out and is annoying. It doesn't last longer than a few seconds. It kind of sucks for me when I'm at the gym in the middle of a heavy set, but all in all its worth it to upgrade, no other issues with the kernel whatsoever.

-wardawgmalvicious

Rooted N5/N7 2nd Gen

MultiROM TWRP

Franco Kernel

Stock 4.4.2 infused with GB

Ubuntu Touch r206

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[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
That's only if you use the top two volume slots. Instead set headset gain at -1 and headphone boost to 1, 2 or 3 and that will be at least as loud maybe louder
[Android General] wardawgmalvicious:
Ah ok, I hadn't touched the volume settings at all, but I will give those a shot. Thanks!

-wardawgmalvicious

Rooted N5/N7 2nd Gen

MultiROM TWRP

Franco Kernel

Stock 4.4.2 infused with GB

Ubuntu Touch r206

-Sent using Tapatalk
[Android General] t1.8matt:
I just purchased the FKU app coming from Trickstermod, had a question about per app settings. I have my max cpu on my N5 set to 2496 and min at 1267. I set up two profiles, one at those settings for gaming, and one at max 1497 and min 1267 for every other app. I noticed when using an app that changes the profile, I get a toast at the bottom saying it is using that profile, but after a couple times I no longer get the toast. How do I know that the profiles are changing when they are supposed to?
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
If that happens on r34 or recent builds after a fair while of uptime it might be that per app mode service is being killed from memory to android management. My only suggestion is to reboot at this time.
[Android General] t1.8matt:
I'm not using Franco's kernel. I bought the app for the features as I figured it could be used on any kernel like other kernel tweaking apps.

---------- Post added at 07:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:18 PM ----------

And it happens within 2 minutes with very little apps in recents.
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
Edited nexus 5 per app modes, global settings & voltage
[Android General] occtec:
Can someone please shed some light on the difference between Francos display control app which can be downloaded via the play store and the color control app which comes with fku updater? Surely you don't need to have both, is one better than the other?

Cheers
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
There isn't really any difference it just depends if you want to buy a new app. Originally it was aimed at n4 users before it became integrated into fku
[Android General] looniaz:
Hello everybody,

This is my first time I've ever had a Nexus device after years of using Sams*ng. I just root my phone about a week ago and using this kernel since I've read a lot of good things from it. I also already bought the FKU. But when I tweaked the governor, cpu freq etc I see that hotplug control menu is empty. Is there something that I miss?
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
Nice to have you aboard, welcome! Hot plug shouldn't be be empty, should be a number between 0-100, probably 60. Which apo version and kernel version are you using? May be clear app data and reboot.
[Android General] looniaz:
I'm using FKU v11.3 and kernel r33. Already cleared app data and reboot but nothing's change. Still empty hotplug control menu. Should I flash r34 to be able to access hotplug control menu?
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
You might have to use r34 then
[Android General] Tzfardaya:
even if you're not using the franco kernel, it sounds like your fku is getting killed off somehow, either by android memory management, or have you greenified fku (don't do this), swiped it away from recents after manually opening the app (don't do this either), or used the back button to exit out of fku (another nono)...

swiping and back button close the app and all related background activities (current bug in 4.4.2 that google is supposedly working on) which prevents fku from running the per app service.
[Android General] t1.8matt:
I switched from Pac to Carbon and is working how is supposed to now. Don't know why but is all good now.
[Android General] aow1980:
[MENTION=1240506]thegingerbreadman[/MENTION] I got way to aggressive and stupid with my settings. Was getting good standby and screen time but was becoming real laggy. Gonna start again and try to stick closer to yours this time..
[Android General] prodev_1990:
Battery

SO does it really affect the battery?
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
I don't notice a loss in performance with mine, how ever if you bench marked it would reduce the scores but I don't give a **** about benchmarks. Let me know how you get on :)

Which part do you mean? Overall the kernel does increase battery, there is a few things to do to get even better battery life. Check out page 24 with my own personal settings or click link in sig
[Android General] aow1980:
Your settings are fine with performance. It wasn't until I lowered some things to low that I started to get lag. Have to say your settings are great on their on. I'm just trying to learn as much as I can by tweaking it more and more. Like I tell my kids you can't truly learn something till you break it and fix it.
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
Out of interest which ones did you find caused the lag for you? To your other point I agree but with more of an approach of if you can explain something well enough that shows an understanding and if you understand it then it can be fixed, although finding the understanding can take trial and error, who needs instructions for anything?!
[Android General] aow1980:
I lowered max to 1497 then started lowering all other freqs in gov control. I ended up playing with all the options in governor settings in the end. I was also texting the per app mode. To many different changes to list.

What I ended up doing was setting my frequency levels to low all around. Was able to keep cpu temp low but overall performance was suffering in the long run. I've since cleared the app and started with your settings. I'm using [MENTION=1363323]vomer[/MENTION]s Starting part on settings you haven't changed. Attaching a few pics of my son's that seem to be going good right now. Gonna keep testing it to verify.
[Android General] The Gingerbread Man:
Thanks for that, comparing your screen shots to defaults there was couple of settings I didn't realised had been changed myself! I've lowered my boost duration and go hi speed load