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[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] ivy.lally:
Wakelocks of other source might prevent your phone from DeepSleep.

Which kernel do you use?

Aqua-M4 E2303, modded MarshMallow, SkyMelon kernel
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Alexir1:
I take this release (melon-test.zip) and install it. Then due boot, deny kernel adiutor to make changes. There it works whole kernel only. Deep sleep state is appeared. Let's go experiment.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] ivy.lally:
What is fast charge exactly in this kernel? I've connected this Aqua-M4 to charger from Chuwi: 5V*3A, Ampere has been showing current 1.2A on average (0.8-1.5) and battery has charged in just 1.5 hour. What do you think?

Aqua-M4 E2303, modded MarshMallow, SkyMelon kernel
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] ngvbach2000:
Bluetooth

I can not connect to bluetooth speakers, it does not play. :( (Sky Melon 8a)
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] valyo_bg:
8a test version from last link here. Huge battery drain and no deep sleep.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] CactusPie:
This is the one that I use: http://azure.cactuspie.com/files/Sky_Melon8a2-bfq.zip

Dunno about deep sleep, but the battery drain is low. Overnight the phone lost only 5% charge (WiFi was off though).
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] valyo_bg:
I just install to test, which governor you use? If you do some settings to approve battery life?
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] AndyPhoenix9879:
Go back to Melon 8, for those running on 8a can stay on 8a if it causes no problems on their device. Honestly for me using that exact version my battery life was the best it has ever been...
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] phoenix295:
I switched back to v8 and my battery life is back to normal ?

I got 0.3 %/hr during night time and that's awesome compared to 3-4%/hr on v8a
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] valyo_bg:
Ok Andy, I just go back to v.8 with ironactive governor, deep sleep is work again :) .
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] CactusPie:
I use the electroactive governor for both big and small cores, bfq scheduler for internal memory and tripnoid (for now) for the sd card. Plus some minor tweaks that don't affect the battery life. Bfq is actually one of the worst schedulers when it comes to battery life, so I'd say that my battery lasts surprisingly long.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] AndyPhoenix9879:
At least it's working fine for a few of you :)
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] ivy.lally:
Andy, what about FastCharge, it seems to work for me with more powerful charger, charging with current 1.2-1.5A indicated by Ampere takes about 1.5 hour. Is it thanks to your kernel?

Aqua-M4 E2303, modded MarshMallow, SkyMelon kernel
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Alexir1:
Reboot and all problems returns again. I try uninstall/install Kernel Adiutor, clear cashe/dalvik cashe, etc. I cannot repeat good result. Rollback to v8.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] NobbyNic:
W-Lan Not Working

Hey guys,

maybe i am not talented enough... but i can't get wlan working.

I have flashed sky melon 8a with TWRP and no errors occured.

Please, i need help! Thanks a lot!
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] valyo_bg:
It should work. Flash again via TWRP and do wipe of cache and dalvik after this. I suggest you to flash v8 instead of v8a.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] NobbyNic:
I have done this already and v8 works fine now. Thanks and good work, men!
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] norbus2000a:
So now I can confirm that the battery "issue" is present even on stock firmware. I think this is some kind of bug in reporting it in BetterBatteryStats or so... Now I'm on v8 and deep sleep works correctly. On v8a it wasn't. And now it doesn't even report wifi working!
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] cirnocirno:
Does this kernel work with stock android 6.0.1?
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] phoenix295:
Right now I am using v8 on stock 6.0.1 and it's smooth
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] valyo_bg:
This kernel is made to work with all variants of Marshmallow :) .
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] cirnocirno:
Thank you for the reply.

Another question, does this kernel improve battery life from the default one?
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] valyo_bg:
Phone work fast and smooth with same or even better battery life. Of course you can change kernel governor to extend battery life. This kernel is very customizable. Read posts above at the topic, there are a good suggestions about configuration of kernel governor to extend battery life and have good performance of phone.

To do this you need to install Kernel Adiutor from Google store.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] phoenix295:
Depends on the way you set it in kernel auditor :confused: if you set properly yes it does

I get 5 hrs sot with light gaming
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] CactusPie:
Yes, but depending on your settings the battery life can be further improved or decreased.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] norbus2000a:
I've noticed enormous overheating when I charge the phone through night. The case is really hot when I wake up and grab it...
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] cirnocirno:
I see, I mainly use my phone to call,sms, watch youtube, do light browsing and for gaming I don't do any heavy duty games, just some card games and puzzle games.

The current battery life is alright, I get around 60% after a day usage of my phone.

I see

Fair enough.

I was merely asking since the OP mentioned UV and that appeals to me, since it will give longer battery life and a cooler temp.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] CactusPie:
Today in the morning I managed to somehow reproduce the battery issue with 8a. I unplugged the charger and about an hour later I noticed that the phone was warm and the battery was already down to 55%. Restarting the phone fixed the issue and I couldn't reproduce it again. Before connecting the phone to the charger last evening everything was fine too. Could it be related to the charging process? I have quick charge enabled.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] AndyPhoenix9879:
No idea... I'm planning on reverting it back to an earlier build but won't be able to do it this few days. Exams' coming :silly:

Sorry for the inconveniences caused ya
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] dagger1:
Well, in the mean time, V8 is pretty stable (for most people, at least). You go nail those exams.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] CactusPie:
No need to apologize, you shared a great kernel with us and it's free. If anything, we owe you for that ;)
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] raphael mark:
I got 6 hrs gaming on pexo rom and 8 hrs on lollipop stock rom but lollipop has some glitches it's not smooth like marshmallow
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] jimakhs:
hello everyone can i find somewhere the stock init.qcom.post_boot.sh file ? thnx
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] m4_aqua:
I've been using the v8a charging fast. But then the phone started to rely on the charge. I sleep after taking the plane mode at night. When I left the phone at night, the charge was 47, and after 3 hours I woke up and looked 17. Despite being in airplane mode (It is not enough even from morning to evening)

I had to go back to v7. In v7, the phone starts to warm up while it is charging. It is charging too slowly. In all later versions of 7v there are problems with either charging or premature termination of the battery.

Is there a possibility to restore the original stock kernels to the phone right now? Because I can not use the phone correctly, it's always problematic. Or if I go back to v5a, there's a camera bug.

Model: E2303 stock rom
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] AndyPhoenix9879:
Use SkyMelon 8.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] valyo_bg:
I don't see any problems with v7e and v8 of SkyMelon kernel with battery life or charging. So you can use both version, of course v8 is better because of performance.

My favorite kernel governor is intelliactive for both versions.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] mindblower01:
Does anyone using magisk v12 with this kernel? I install magiskv12.zip on melon v8 and phone was bootlooped on sony logo.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] CactusPie:
Yeah, I do. Works fine for me. I had some issues with bootlooping after wiping dalvik and dalvik cache, I needed to do full wipe after that. But besides that, it works fine.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] milenka88884:
wifi problem

Hi everyone, i have problem with wifi. It wont even start, and it cant find any wifi hotspot. Im running on pexorom 3.0 and skymelon 8a. Do you have any ideas how to repair this ?
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] valyo_bg:
Try with SkyMelon 8 or 7e. Clear cache and dalvik after kernel installation.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] milenka88884:
thank you. Version 8 worked
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] ivy.lally:
It's just about wlan.ko kernel module, in fact it is enough to copy just this module, reinstalling the whole kerne does it too although it is exaggeration, and need it wiping dalvik and cache indeed? (in this Xperia Aqua rebuilding dalvik is time consuming)

Aqua E2303, MM modded, SkyMelon
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] senator m95:
Why GPU frequency won't change? its always on 700MHz ! while playing Coc device hitting up
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] AndyPhoenix9879:
Hey guys! Anyone interested in testing again?

F2FS enabled one : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4nj3MjAx2wIcXlSVThRZ3RGemM/view?usp=sharing

F2FS disabled one : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4nj3MjAx2wIRGZtTzdOeHh6bk0/view?usp=sharing

Both are the same except for the F2FS feature. I've been using the disabled one for awhile now (deep sleep works). I'm curious on whether that'll work for the F2FS one.

[MENTION=6138457]senator m95[/MENTION] That shouldn't even be happening - what did you do?
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] armivzla:
Just tomorrow I thought about formatting the phone to do some tweaking.

Do you think you can work on a recovery that is compatible with f2fs? In such a way to format the Data and Cache with that partition?

Greetings and in advance many thanks for continuing to give life to the M4
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] AndyPhoenix9879:
Was planning on doing one - but my internet can't handle that size (I'd probably run out of quota - throttling the internet speed to like around 20kbps). So no-go...

This is one of the more comprehensive guide I saw : http://www.stupdroid.com/2017/01/compile-twrp-rom-source.html

It's more "step-by-step", so maybe someone could probably make one.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] cirnocirno:
So I flashed the V8a and it works alright, just wondering where is the undervolt options?

I can't see it on kernel adiutor
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] ivy.lally:
Andy, and what's new in this new version? Asking because my Aqua works well with previous version and with Adopted in F2FS.

Aqua E2303, MM modded, SkyMelon
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] AndyPhoenix9879:
It's not there - you're just using my undervolted settings that I used for the kernel. I have no idea how to display the voltage settings :silly:

Not a whole lot...

-58MHz frequency added for big clusters

-79MHz frequency added for LITTLE clusters

-enters deep sleep faster

-tuned Adreno Idler

-removed some shyts
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] cirnocirno:
I see.

I hope in the future we will have the option to fiddle around the voltage settings, would be interesting to see the limit I can push down on my chip
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] ivy.lally:
I'like it too ;)

Aqua E2303, MM modded, SkyMelon
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] CactusPie:
I will check the new version out :) Btw, could you tell me what were the original (stock) CPU and GPU frequencies?
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] ivy.lally:
It is just running on my Xperia Aqua and it seems is right, but it needs testing with BetterBatteryStats yet how it tackles DeepSleep and what about wakelocks

Aqua E2303, MM modded, SkyMelon
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] ivy.lally:
It is alright, enters DeepSleep, tested for 12 hours of idling when the phone slept well ;)

Aqua E2303, MM modded, SkyMelon
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] pawwaap:
[emoji6]
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Gray47Maxx:
That's strange, but my phone (E2312, stock) didn't wants to woke up the screen. It was, probably, broken by your kernel, but my screen is completely black. Wiping cache and dalvik-cache didn't help either. I revert to old SMK 8.0-fixed and screen started to work.

If you need any additional information - feel free to ask me)))
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] AndyPhoenix9879:
There's a chance that it's caused by the lower CPU frequency I added in. Try using 100MHz for the big cores and see how it goes (if you have the time for that).
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] armivzla:
To me this does not happen to me, but it happened to me with earlier versions, and fixed it by changing the kernel governor. With this, those who bring in the factory, walk quite well, and the battery in deep sleep lasts long enough
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Thedalamsyh:
sorry I'm a bit newb in kernel things, but I want to ask if u include svs/havs and vdd interface feature on this kernel? on my old phone (really old Samsung galaxy w) I used to undervolt the kernel with Incredicontrol app which requires svs/havs kernel. I'm asking this because you didn't mention it in the features section..
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Yashveer03:
Hi guys do you know how to root the sony xperia m4 aqua
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] valyo_bg:
Just search the forum, there are several topics about routing of Xperia.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] ivy.lally:
And what is the default minimal frequency when SkyMelon is booted without any user's settings? Probably 200MHz?

Please, don't give up these minimal frequencies, they contribute to power savings, unless you're going to decrease them further ;)

Aqua E2303, MM modded, SkyMelon
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] AndyPhoenix9879:
Nope. I have no idea what's that honestly - and it seem to be very ancient lol. Don't think we even have that anymore (idk)

I think.. 58MHz for big and 79MHz for LITTLE?

Didn't say it's going to be removed lol
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] AndyPhoenix9879:
This should result in a smoother UI

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4nj3MjAx2wISTMzcWFCbWQ4bG8/view?usp=sharing
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] F4JL0:
Is this latest version of this kernel? Right now iam using 8a its good.

I saw more battery drain but its not that bad.

I have problem with apk Backup and restore (stock apk from SONY) backup always stucks at 50%

Sorry for my bad English
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] ivy.lally:
And what is exactly new in this version?

It seems ui is smooth enough so far, is there so any point in replacing the kernel?

Aqua E2303, MM modded, SkyMelon
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] NickMihal:
Double tap to wake up?
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] ivy.lally:
Is it question or information? ;)

Aqua E2303, MM modded, SkyMelon
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Hyoni:
Is there a way to double tap to wake up? I'm looking for this a while and it seems possible, but no one did it
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] AndyPhoenix9879:
No

Then you be the first one to do it :) I can teach you to build a kernel and all, if you want - then after that you do that double tap to wake shizz.

I can't implement it because I don't really know how. I'm no pro at this. I just develop one to overcome the treacherous stock kernel which lags, drains and heats up like fk. But if you think you can implement the double tap to wake, and need help in just getting the compilation to be done, I can help
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Hyoni:
I would gladly be the first one to do it, but I'm not a developer and not even a programmer

I just know how to use the stuff I can find
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] dagger1:
I frankly don't get why people care about the double tap wake up thing that much. Is it really that much of an improvement over simply pressing a button? Also, surely it must take a toll on battery.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] pawwaap:
Very little on battery, why, do you mean wakelocks? It's irrelevant as hardware sensors initiate things on things like double tap.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] piumaldias:
I am using E2353 single sim.I installed pexo 3.0 and then flashed sky melon 8a and it gave me random reboots. I changed to stock rom and flashed sky melon 8a and it gave reboots again. I then flashed the sky melon 8 and it worked fine. Then again i flashed pexo 2.1 with sky melon 8a and still gave the random reboots. The reboot are very random. Happens after atleast 10 of use. Even if i left the phone someware it will happen automatically. I tried wiping dalvic /cache after flash but still no good. Can someone help me on this. I need to flash sky melon 8a
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] ivy.lally:
And what kernel settings do you have, rely on defaults or have you done something in KernelAuditor?

And which kernel 8a have you installed, there were several versions already?

I have the last but one and it works perfectly on my modded stock MM, with kernel settings set by this:http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/591f8a897e217/pkernel.sh.txt

(Please, forgive for its draft like dirtiness, and maybe contribute to tidy it up? ;) )

------EDIT:

Please, forgive, I can see only now you have E2523, it may have different working conditions and render my configuration irrelevant.

Aqua E2303, MM modded, SkyMelon
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] piumaldias:
Ive the original settings without even installing KernelAuditor . i have overclocked the cpu to max frequencies. but i tried keeping them underclocked as well . yet the reboots were there. I wonder if it has something to do with undervolting. can anyone help me with how to change the voltage values
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] AndyPhoenix9879:
Or you could just use SkyMelon 8... Both are undervolted, 8a might be a bit fked up.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] AndyPhoenix9879:
Yes, but a sensor would have to be initiated for the whole time to even be able to detect a double tap - otherwise it'll miss it. But that's not the reason I didn't implemented it - I just don't know how.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Thedalamsyh:
to prevent hardware buttons malfunctioning (?) of course.. since I think the power button in this device is a bit fragile.

but I do agree on the battery issue.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] F4JL0:
HI guys,

I have found that I can't take screen shot. After I take screen it gives me error in Notification bar.

Do you have same problem guys or its just me??

Iam using Skymelon 8a
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] AndyPhoenix9879:
Don't think thats kernel related lol
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] F4JL0:
I solved it it was just problem with folder "Screenshots" which is inside "Pictures" folder.

I have question ? what have you changed in newer version of kernel?

Thanks and sorry for my bad English
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] pawwaap:
And this device is supposed as watertight, so any mechanical wear up is a problem.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] AndyPhoenix9879:
Nothing much. Just continue using SkyMelon 8 - might release a new one with a better battery and performance and a new hotplug (replacing cluster plug and will always be running) soon

Honestly, mechanical wear is an inevitable problem. And it compromises only it's IP rating. Other than that it's fine - so.. DT2W is a low priority.

You're welcome to use my current source and add in DT2W.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] pawwaap:
You know, I have also Xiaomi MiMax with LineageOS N and intensively use double tap there. And the battery readings from deepSleep is perfect! (After few days of idling there's about 1% drain.) Pondering what is it, better less power demanding sensor hardware or better software drivers? ;)

HELIUM 364GB ;) locked BL, Nijel's LineageOS
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] F4JL0:
Iam glad that you working on it.

I will wait for an update ;)
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] cirnocirno:
A problem I noticed with kernel v8a is that WIFI makes the phone drain a lot of battery.

Even in v8 but not as much as v8a.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] ivy.lally:
AutoScreenOnOff for our Xperia Aqua suits the best, I've used this utility from the very beginning and is perfect if you want to avoid touching physical power button!

It uses just proximity sensor and introduces no measurable power consumption (according to BetterBatteryStats).

Andy, do you think double tap would consume battery with bigger hunger?

Aqua E2303, MM modded, SkyMelon
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] AndyPhoenix9879:
The wifi module is the same between the two, just use the one draining less battery

You know why? Cause of the well written code for DT2W on that device. If I were to add it in (and succeeded), the battery drain wouldn't be that ideal... This was true with the Xperia M, with some skilled developers working on it for some time to improve the standby time. I'm not skilled enough for it :silly:

Why do you want DT2W on this phone so badly when you already have a phone with DT2W...:confused: I find it a cool feature, but not a necessary one...
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] pawwaap:
Aqua claims is watertight and mechanical elements are the enemy of the feature. It is why ;)
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] cirnocirno:
Yeah I will, but still weird thing that it happens.

Still pretty nice that there is someone working on this device, it needs so much more love, thanks.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] AndyPhoenix9879:
Tell me how this one works for you guys : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4nj3MjAx2wIbTE5cElFV3JqWGM/view?usp=sharing

If it works well, that'll be a release.

Nothing much changed,

-GPU frequency modified a bit

-AutoSMP hotplug

-Maple as default IO Scheduler (effing smooth)
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] valyo_bg:
Work good till now, goes to the deep sleep, performance is good. Let see battery life :) .

Which governor you suggest, Kernel Adiutor shows intelliactive, I'm not sure if this is not my old configuration?
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] AndyPhoenix9879:
I set intelliactive as the default one. Interactive governor also became non-cancerous in that version
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] jimakhs:
Latest release is super smooth and i think consumes less battery if you can update the supersu in the final release would be awesome
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] phoenix295:
AutoSMP is awesome man!!

My phone enters deep sleep well and consumes less battery too ? I get 5 hrs sot on WiFi without gaming and 6-6.30 hrs sot without WiFi (data off too)

And for performance I played vainglory and was getting 27fps and was smooth as :fingers-crossed:
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] valyo_bg:
With 10 hours testing of battery, 30 minutes SOT, 15 minutes conversation, my battery goes down with 3% per hour. Phone work perfect, goes to sleep but still battery life is shorter while it's not used much.

Now I will try AutoSMP and will report again battery life and how smooth phone is.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Thedalamsyh:
does anyone here who reports good battery life use messaging apps like WhatsApp and Line altogether? anyway I just checked the forum and about to test the latest version now. sorry for oot question.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] F4JL0:
Hi guys,

Iam new to this so maybe ai will write a stupid qiestion :D

What is this AUTOSMP and what is it for?

I will flash this version tomorrow :) should i wipe all my data or i just can flash ?

Thanks
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] shivasrage:
Hmm... I think it´s better to wait a little with updating supersu there are biiig problems with

new superuser (2.81) release at the moment ..... but I think chainfire is allready working on it...:good:
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] valyo_bg:
So far so good, for almost 6 hours in standby, my phone loose less than 6% with AutoSMP enabled, this mean approximately 1% per hour :) . Good work [MENTION=5689354]AndyPhoenix9879[/MENTION], let see tomorrow at daily use how battery life and SOT will be.

Edit: Unfortunately during writing of this post my phone loose 3% of battery...
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] F4JL0:
Can someone tell me what is "AutoSMP" and what is it for?
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] valyo_bg:
This is option that can be configured inside Kernel Adiutor app, and stop unused cpu cores for better battery life. Just install Kernel Adiutor and enable AutoSMP option and set it to start automatically during every boot.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] F4JL0:
Thanks for reply

I dont have newest version of kernel now, I will flash it tomorrow

I see positive reactions on this version, it looks good
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] valyo_bg:
With AutoSMP enabled I receive big interface lag , phone work slowly and loose 7% more of battery for approx 10 minutes of use. Should I try with different governor, or to change something inside AutoSMP configuration?
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] phoenix295:
How come?:confused:

I use it and i get drain like 20%/hr when screen is on and 1-2%/hr when screen is off

Shall i share how i have configured it?