yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] flar2:
I don't think it makes much difference. I will fix the installer next update though.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] Seyaru:
Hi [MENTION=4684315]flar2[/MENTION] thanks for your work i have a strange behavior with vibration i set in 20% but some times back to stock and againt to 20%.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] manpildo:
Hey flar! I will start by saying that i bought your app straight away after one member recommended it to me (think it was alcolawl). I wouldn't have considered buying it if it wasn't for that strong recommendation, because i don't like buying without being able to test first. Perhaps you should consider making a "lite" or trial version of your app so people like me could get a taste of what they will be paying for. Pirating could decrease as a result [emoji4]
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] flar2:
Zero chance of that, way too difficult to maintain and opens the door to even easier piracy. There is already a two hour instant refund trial period from Google Play.

Most of the people who pirate won't end up buying anyway, they are the types who don't buy any apps.

Considering how many features I bring to Android, the cost of the app is a very small price to pay, less than the cost of a Big Mac. My kernels are free and the patches are used on many devices and many other kernels.

I really don't understand why people balk at a $3.99 price tag. It boggles the mind that only a small fraction of ElementalX users actually buy the app. With all due respect to Kernel Adiutor, EXKM is a lot more polished and thorough under the hood. I don't even recover my device costs on some of the devices I develop kernels for.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] manpildo:
Fair enough, I'd totally forgotten about the refund period, so every app comes essentially with a trial period already. Thank you for the in depth reply.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] Psychofrantics:
I guess some of us live in third world countries with no access to credit cards. Tried adding my debit card but it failed all times
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] flar2:
Others have used google opinion rewards or gift cards
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] Psychofrantics:
Unfortunately both are unavailable in Pakistan.

Later Edit : Never mind, gift cards are available at some stores
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] :
its because normal users don't know how hard it is to create a 'well-polished' app :) especially that many smartphone users are not really tech-savvy, they just know how to use the app but do not know how appreciate the dev's hard work by buying it :silly:
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] ulxerker:
word! I bought EXKM when I rooted my first phone and installed my first custom kernel years ago.

since then I cannot imagine a rooted phone without it and I always will recommend it to others. for me it is the most feature-rich, clean and easy to use kernel manager available and it is suitable for all roms and kernels!
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] suku_patel_22:
[MENTION=4684315]flar2[/MENTION] Why does the screen on time vary so much between EXKM and Google battery graph ?
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] rahatx7:
i have decrypted my n5x flashing modified boot.img (wid NRT) on Android N.....am i good to install elementalx 3.04 or is there any problem ? help is appreciated ..
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] nathanchance:
EXKM does not reset across charges automatically. If you notice, you have charged for your phone for four hours.

Yes. Just flash EX and reboot.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] flar2:
I've explained this a few times. The battery monitor stats are continuous. Doesn't matter if you charge to 100%, plug, unplug, etc. The stats are cumulative for all of the time that you are on battery power, from the time you boot. The Android stats reset at 100% charge. The only stats that matter on my battery monitor are %/hr active and %/hr idle. The longer you run, the more accurate those stats are. The screen on time will just keep accumulating.

Btw, your active drain is really high. I guess it depends on the apps you use, but I rarely see active drain over 20%/hr on any of my devices. My wife uses the 5X very heavily for Chrome, Facebook, YouTube, texting and phone calls and is usually only around 13-14%/hr.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] suku_patel_22:
I was downloading the 5X factory image and unzipping it during this period, that may have contributed to the high drain. I have reset the stats now and will see how it goes.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] manpildo:
Those things are usually restricted to certain countries. For example neither is available here in Estonia. Before I ordered myself a debit card with online payment capability I also pirated quite heavily because there was no other way, but some of the apps were essential to me. I didn't like it, I was well aware of the risks of using pirated root apps (as a precaution I used a firewall to restrict network access for those apps). Now my mobile operator also offers the option to pay via monthly bill, so things are getting better in this part of the forgotten world and finally I will never need to pirate again while also supporting developers for their work. :good:
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] SlimSnoopOS:
Ex 3.04 has been running very well for me on official 7.0 since Friday. First experience bumping up to 7.0 and it's been a smooth transition. No random reboots, force closes, etc. Unfortunately, I forgot to screenshot my stats before testing a few things. My stats are comparable to MM, about 12-15% active drain and ~1.5% idle drain. Great work flar2. Long live SweeptoSleep! lol
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] bobby janow:
Full stock N right now. If I want to flash this and root then get back to stock unrooted would I flash SuperSU first then the kernel and then full unroot? The SuperSU app asks if you'd like to restore the boot.img and if I say yes will that be enough? I do not want to dirty flash the images if I can help it. TIA
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] dickenam:
For me, the easiest path is to flash the factory images ¯\(°_o)/¯

Outside of the images, to get back to stock unrooted, I would just track down the un-su.zip that's floating around, flash that, and in TWRP img flash the stock boot.img
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] bobby janow:
Not the easiest but probably the most sure. Unsu doesn't work any longer. SuperSU offers to restore the stock boot.img and recovery so I'm just trying to see it that's enough or does the kernel make some other changes that a stock restore won't handle.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] dickenam:
Easiest if you're always near your laptop with your USB-A/USB-C cable =]

And good to know on Un-SU. Yeah, without knowing (granularly) what SuperSU does/modifies it's hard to say if that would be a means to your end or not. Good luck!
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] flar2:
SuperSU only modifies the boot.img. flash the stock kernel and it's gone
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] reflexr:
Hey, any way to download the stock android 7 kernel and then flashing the ex kernel over it? I am currently running a custom kernel and I can't flash ex kernel over it without bootloop

I am at work and can't download the whole factory image

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[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] hilla_killa:
As stated in manymanymany threads ONLY flash over kernel that came with your rom thats probably why your having problems! You can flash ypur stock boot img from your rom or dirty flash your rom
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] reflexr:
Yeah that's my problem. I don't have the boot IMG. I'm on stock Android 7.

I want to flash elemental kernel, but actually a custom kernel is running.

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[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] dfryer1193:
You can get the boot.img by unpacking the factory image you download from google. Then flash with

Fastboot flash boot boot.img
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] reflexr:
Thank you. I prefer to flash with flasfire.

Do you know which options I have to select and it's like a factory reset?

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[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] ulxerker:
you can find the 7.0 factory image incl. boot.img for the N5X here. concerning flashfire settings please use to the flashfire subforums here on xda.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] reflexr:
Hey, I am at home now and flashed boot.img. Now I'm using the great elemental kernel. Thanks

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[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] ulxerker:
good, now consider to purchase the EXKM app for best EX user experience and, of course, to support the developer. :)
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] reflexr:
I already bought the app. It's good to support a great developer
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] rayraycarter4:
So I installed this last night over the stock dirty unicorns kernel and it booted up fine but I when to sleep and woke up to a bootloop and nothing would fix it until I did a full wipe and reinstalled the rom
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] SlimSnoopOS:
Which version did you install? Before upgrading to 7.0, I was using DU 10.3 with Ex. 1.19 just fine.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] rayraycarter4:
I'm on the latest du weekly marshmallow and I installed 1.19
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] hilla_killa:
To up the max cpu freq do i need to reflash since i didnt select oc in my installation
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] khanjui:
Yes.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] :
hello, may i ask if KSM is safe to be disabled? what does it do? i have been searching it on the internet but there is so little information about it. does it sacrifice battery for performance? :confused:

edit: reason is i want to squeeze more battery by disabling some features hehe pls dont hate me
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] flar2:
Yes, you can safely disable it.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] ulxerker:
disabling KSM saves some battery due to reduced CPU usage.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] :
thank you both! :o

edit: is ZRAM also safe to disable? :)
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] statikrage:
Quick question if I am on stock Nougat, just rooted, no TWRP installed. Can I just boot TWRP in adb, flash kernel and reboot?

Thanks!
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] ulxerker:
yes, and it also saves some battery.

nope, use FlashFire if you don't have a custom recovery.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] flar2:
Yes, make sure you have BusyBox installed if you are using EX Kernel Manager, and do it soon after boot because it can take a while if the zram is being used.

I'm not sure there is any battery advantage to disabling zram. Any cpu usage savings are probably offset by having to reload apps and browser tabs more often.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] ulxerker:
thats weired as I'm using EXKM with disabled zram but without busybox and I never had any issues. I boot my phone with zram disabled, maybe thats why.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] flar2:
Install busybox and see what it says about zram in the app.

The app used to complain if busybox was not installed, but I removed the warning. I think this is one of the only things in the app that requires busybox. If I can ever find some time to work, I'm going to package busybox in the app to avoid this problem.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] ulxerker:
thanks ... so, I installed busybox but after that when enabling and disabling zram I don't see any changes or messages in EXKM. what am I supposed to see?
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] flar2:
There are no messages or anything, it will just work correctly. I think it always says disabled if you don't have busybox.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] VinciusG:
[MENTION=4684315]flar2[/MENTION] Can you tell me what is the best value for the swappiness? What does it mean? Thanks
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] nathanchance:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swappiness
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] ulxerker:
I checked against and there is no difference with or without busybox installed. the behaviour in EXKM is just the same, so busybox seems to be not needed (anymore).
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] shero73:
Anyone using Mad Dog profile? Is there somewhere that describes it's personality? Thanks
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] nokiagye:
Please add color gamma support.

The thermal drivers don't lower the "little" CPU'S frequency when it's hot take a look on next update thanks
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] flar2:
The current driver allows control of red, green, blue, saturation, value, contrast and hue.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] Gafanhotz:
http://xdaforums.com/nexus-5x/general/guide-advanced-interactive-governor-t3269557

Give also a try to GlassFish:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=68330029&postcount=4418

I'm hoping to see it included into EXKM soon.

Also, [MENTION=4684315]flar2[/MENTION], a small-ish bug I found on EKXM: If you have the options to load on boot (blue "power button") activated, and then change the governor profile, the options will still be blue, also showing the new values of the new governor profile, but when you reboot you'll get the old values of the previous governor profile set. The new values are only updated 'visually'. The best option (in my ****ty opinion) would be to when setting a new governor, set to off all 'load on boot' options from the CPU settings.

Edit: Clarity.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] SlimSnoopOS:
I had to read this a few times to realize you're referring to the governor profiles and not the CPU governor
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] nokiagye:
Yes I know but add the gamma when you can please...
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] manpildo:
Ditto, boot options should be reset because they don't stick after profile change. Or make them stick after change.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] Gafanhotz:
And if they stick after change they stick using the old governor profile options. (And look at that, my wall of text resumed in two lines. Thanks I guess? :P)
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] Sn00ky:
Hey guys, sorry for stupid question, after applying a governor profile, should I leave the governor to "interactive" to take effect or I can select "elementalx" governor for example? is it necessary to choose anything else from interactive though? Also can you recommend any efficient GPU profile to use? Thanks!
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] ulxerker:
keep interactive governor as the profiles are based on it. regarding GPU set max. MHz to 300 and GPU governor to powersave if you don't play heavy games.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] zurik:
This kernel maximise the battery life on Nexus 5X ?
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] Smultie:
No
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] ulxerker:
not by itself, for that you have to do further tweaking like loading a governor profile in EXKM.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] Midomad:
New factory image for september NRD90S is up

https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] crian:
Any kernel changes?
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] suku_patel_22:
Its a new kernel, the checksum is different

However the bootloader and radio is the same.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] flar2:
Update!!!

Nougat

ElementalX-N5X-3.05

Marshmallow

ElementalX-N5X-1.20

Changes:

-September security update
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] TW1ST3D1NS4N3:
Ty my good sir!
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] oeusr:
Anyone getting a bootloop after installing? I just updated to the September security update and flashed 3.05. Could have been a bad download on my end so I'll try again after I get everything up again with fastboot and update.

Edit: Redownloaded after flashing system again in fastboot. Booted it up to make sure it was working, then went to recovery and flashed 3.05 and won't boot after that.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] SlimSnoopOS:
Nope. Flashed fine on NRD90S rooted stock. View attachment 3867169
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] oeusr:
thanks for letting me know. Must be something wrong on my end then
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] SlimSnoopOS:
Idk why but my AFH download was entitled something funky. I get a hosting location not City/State/Country but of "Mirror TMP1." it downloads and flashes fine for me though. Are you downloading from EXKM or his download links?
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] Mesmurized:
Same here but the hash tags matches
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] oeusr:
I've downloaded originally through EXKM and then the download link. I'm probably tired and doing something wrong so I'll just reflash the whole image and see if I missed something.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] bhavstech:
cant switch to this kernel from jolla kernel does anyone have any idea how to fix it
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] nathanchance:
Well it'd be just slightly helpful to know what steps you have already tried and what is happening when you do them since we aren't mind readers :p following the steps in the OP is also a good place to start.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] bhavstech:
Actually i had flashed jolla kernel a few days back with multirom i was facing some issues then i flashed this kernel again but it was stuck on boot

Turned out that i cant flash this over custom kernels

I switched to stock and then flashed it it got fixed

Thanks for the helping though :)

Read it in OP only btw
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] rebretz000:
3.05 flashed for me fine on stock September patch.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] jimyiak:
Just a heads up..it doesn't boot over uberstock rom either..maybe there is custom kernel inside the rom..
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] rebretz000:
UberStock does have a custom kernel built in but also the latest UberStock is still on previous Nougat build not the September patch.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] :
Thanks for update. Your on in. :)
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] patadas:
Hi,

it is possible to throttle temp of a individual core rather then a all cluster?

best regards,

John
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] SlimSnoopOS:
I don't believe so. The clusters are synced to their primary core, CPU0 (little cluster) and CPU4 (big cluster) dictate how the others run.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] manpildo:
First time updating through EXKM, worked flawlessly. Thanks :)
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] draggehn:
I read that using EX and uberstock together is unsafe because US ships with Phasma. Is there any way I can use your kernel and uberstock? Flash stock boot image maybe?
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] nathanchance:
False. Since Phasma is the default kernel in Uberstock, you are free to flash EX.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] draggehn:
Hmm, maybe I misread jimyiak's statement. He claims that the combo did not boot:
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] nathanchance:
From the OP:

It should work, if it didn't boot, it is for some other reason. It may be due to some setting that was checked during installation like overclocking.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] draggehn:
Yeah just wanted to be safe. Flashed it and everything's all good (thus far). Thanks for the help.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] distortedvoice:
My cell service drops and I have to airplane mode on and off to get service again with this kernel. I flashed it over stock 7.0. What logs do I need to provide to figure out what is going on?
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] Tech_Savvy:
if had the same issue on stock kernel with latest release, so it isn't flars kernel
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] distortedvoice:
It doesn't happen until I flash the kernel
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] flar2:
Purely coincidental.

I would never release a kernel that breaks stuff like that.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] patadas:
And about undervolt?

it is possible to change in SnapDragon 808? could it fix my heat issue?

best regards,

John
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] SlimSnoopOS:
Search is down so I can't link you to flar2's exact response, but no undervolt on this phone. You'll want to check out the Thermal throttle thread in the general section. Otherwise, if you live/work in a warm climate, this phone is going to buckle at the knees.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] mykenyc:
His kernel is basically stock with a few features, his kernel should have nothing to do with your modem.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] con4n007:
tried to flash the new nexus 5x September image and flash elementalx 3.05 in TWRP but it stuck in the GOOGLE logo and goes back straight to TWRP.

any idea why?

EDIT: nevermind, prolly cause i hadnt updated the supersu from 2.76 to 2.78
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] kojak1989:
ElementalX have only increased sound for headphones or for speaker too ?
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] SlimSnoopOS:
Both are supported.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] khanjui:
Mic, camcorder mic, speaker, headphones.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] kojak1989:
i mean both are increased by default or just headphones sound ?
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] SlimSnoopOS:
They should be unchanged by default. You can adjust them after flashing though. I always do for the speaker.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] o muerte:
Are there any known issues with CyanogenMod? After flashing to EX (I've tried both 1.20 and 1.15) on my 5X I'm experiencing frequent reboots - they all seem to be TCP send related. I'll post kmesg dumps after my phone finishes building dalvik (just flashed back to stock CM) if that helps.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] Smultie:
Is it safe to run 3.0.5 without the September update?
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] flar2:
I don't know. Probably.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] khanjui:
I'm using it without any problem.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] Smultie:
Thanks. Can confirm it works!
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] imarcel99:
Can this be flashed over stock rom with franco kernel?
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] ulxerker:
first flash the kernel (boot.img) that came with your rom, after that you can flash EX.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] imarcel99:
So..stock NRD90M kernel and then this one?
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] Nex23:
The Boot.img from the images on google's Homepage.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] Argeddion:
Ex Kernel Manager

Is there a way to get Ex Kernel Manager to operate without a superuser access management tool? Supersu always gives me bootloops and I only want twrp and this kernel
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] Nex23:
SuperSU doesnt make bootloops.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] flar2:
Flash the stock boot.img. Install SuperSU, reboot. It will loop once or twice then work. Then install ElementalX.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] Nex23:
Oh really then he is right. Then last time I also had one loop but I thought I was just crackbrained and didn't look right.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] Argeddion:
Sideloaded Supersu, now tries to boot for 20 minutes already. It does bootloop. Tried with twrp and cf autoroot. Something seems to not work properly. But this is way offtopic. Thank you anyway
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] enzo_cz:
Having wiped both dalvik and cache? It worked 4 me.
[Nexus 5X Original Android Development] Argeddion:
Yes. Im about to downgrade too a rootable M build and update with flashfire. Hoping this will keep me rootet. Or maybe a clean install alone will fix everything.

But lets stay on topic. Your help is really appreciated, but for further help I will search in the right forums.