[One (M9) Android Development] Mostafa Wael:
For those who want to know how does the phone respond to each file, always check out this post as it will get updated with newer thermal files being released ;)

Stock HTC thermal file

Unfortunately it is encrypted, but here are what I was capable to detect throughout my usage so far

Stock HTC thermal file actually throttles the big core to 1632 MHz starting from 36Â°C and migrates all the threads from the big cluster to the little cluster starting from 38Â°C leaving the little cluster wrestling with the max frequency poorly while the big cluster is lying lazily on the minimum 384 MHz inactive.

This technique, though theoretically should work like a treat, produces some horrible warm temps AND terribly throttled performance!

Daily use:

Till 41 degrees, running unthrottled!

41°C -> 42°C it limits the big cluster to 1344 MHz instead of the usual max frequency of 1958 MHz and shuts down one big core, while the little cluster is lefy untouched.

42°C -> 43°C limits the big cluster to a further limit of 960 MHz and shuts down 2 big cores out of the four. Little cluster still left untouched

43°C -> 44°C little cluster is limited to 1344 MHz and the whole big cluster is shut down. Yes it is too severe, but you really do not want that metal phone get that hot so severe throttling is the only way to bring it down, should it rise that much actually.

This is the same one integrated in LeeDroid ROM (R9 and upwards) and in ICE ROM. This is by far the best one for daily use according to the first people to get their hands on the file and reported in Lee's thread :)

You should never go wrong with that one!

Daily use (relaxed):

same as Daily use but with 2 degrees lower temp from the first region, in other words, the first throttling step is initiated at 39°C instead of 41°C and the second throttling step is initiated at 40°C instead of 42°C

This is targeted for those who find the first normal daily-usage file a bit warmer than their taste. I am personally using this file as ambient temp here is too hot these days (around 33-35°C not to mention the high humidity as well!)

Gaming:

This one is WIP and is still being developed and optimized. Its goal is to achieve the highest sustainable gaming performance possible for long gaming periods (30 minutes and above)

Testers: Recommended games for testing are those high GPU demanding games (Dead Effect 2 for instance)

targeted temperature barrier should be around 43-44°C

As you may have seen already I pushed another test file in the gaming folder, so you see, it is still WIP and not ready for mass consumption :o

UPDATE!!: after a lot of tests thanks to our friend [MENTION=3802290]avivhaiser[/MENTION] and his prompt accurate tests, this file has escalated to a beta instead of WIP. A disclaimer as usual, this file is targeted at those who want to unleash the full gaming potential of the phone, those who are sensitive to every 1 fps drop, those eagle-eyed creatures who are dubbed as hardcore gamers who say no to every single graphical slowdown even if it was a momentary glitch. So prepare for some kicking ass gaming with this file! :cowboy:

But of course everyone knows that Witwiki saying of "No sacrifice, no victory" and here we sacrificed the relatively cooler temperature barrier for more power, and I am sure gamers will like that :D

So according to our friend [MENTION=3802290]avivhaiser[/MENTION] and his Dead Effect 2 stats, this file can run the game at a 60-ish fps with a max battery temp of 45 degrees compared to the 47-50 fps with a max battery temp of 42 degrees of the daily-usage file.

So you pick your sweet :D

And of course, this file should work as good as you would expect from the daily usage file when performing simple tasks, so don't worry you won't be running hot all the time, just a tad warmer when only gaming :good: