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[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] def-g:
Yeah. Anything above MAGISK 16.6 causes it. The only module I'm running is Active Edge Plus. When you turn off your phone and plug it in. What happens?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] :
I had the same problem but without Magisk it works as it should.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] def-g:
This latest version is AWESOME!!! Never gonna upgrade again....?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] danielt021:
Is there a way to adjust the minfree values? The latest version keeps around 1G free.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Sultanxda:
Don't worry about it. That 1G free you see is a lie; your RAM is actually constantly filled to the brim (<=100M free) with cached data.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] arvylas:
That's also a lie.. ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] WoZzYDoesitbest:
Ok just updated to Android 9.0.. I just flashed twrp 3.2.3

Do I root first then reboot then flash boot back to twrp & flash sultan kernel just asking because this slot A & B system sucks I ended up getting stuck in a boot loop last night any tips would be greatly appreciated

Thanks in advance
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] 12Fully:
You have to flash magisk AFTER you flash a kernel if you want root.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] WoZzYDoesitbest:
Thank you
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] jlokos:
Thanks for the suggestion about saturated. I like the colors much better.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] onliner:
I just installed this Kernel in my new Pixel and wow, the fp unlock speed in stock kernel sucks ?.

Thanks for your amazing work!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Reechings:
Great kernel! Would it be possible to add some finer volume adjustments? I like to set it below 25%. Cheers!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sruel3216:
So we gotta use 16.6 right now?

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This kernel is very fast. First time trying it. However my apps seem to be killed off within a few min. Do I need to be rooted, because I am not rooted.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] 12Fully:
I use latest beta without any problems. If you're on P it's probably the Adaptive Battery setting.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sruel3216:
Ok I'll try turning that off. It's keeps killing my messages app.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Reechings:
Does this kernel affect auto brightness? It seems to jump around a bit more than before but I could be imagining things.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Hrithan2020:
Yeah, i don't know what happened. All of a sudden, the brightness keeps going to 80% or more when i open. I have adaptive display on, and even after a day, it is not reverting back to what was the earlier learnt behaviour of around 50% brightness in normal conditions.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Sultanxda:
What do you mean? This isn't something that the kernel is responsible for... The number of volume steps available can be tweaked using build.prop hacks.

Nope. Nothing related to screen brightness has been changed. Pie just isn't as polished as you think it is.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] :
I'm not too impressed with Pie.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] zetsumeikuro:
That probably won't help sadly the Pixels have pretty aggressive memory management and kill off background apps rapidly. I believe it has to do with the LMK settings and the only way to adjust that is root. Heck, even my Nexus 6 with Android P holds more apps in memory before killing off background apps lol....
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Sultanxda:
This kernel uses a different LMK so what you're saying doesn't apply here.

It's probably just the Adaptive Battery feature that's responsible for killing apps quickly.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] zetsumeikuro:
That's good to know, thanks! I missed that part in the changelog derp xD.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] :
I assume you've turned Adaptive Battery off ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Reechings:
Sorry I meant to say vibration steps. Thanks for your reply.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sruel3216:
Yeah it's annoying cuz it kills off my Android messages which I use a lot. I turned off adaptive battery and seems a lil better. Thanks
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sublimaze:
Is it possible to disable Adaptive Battery on a per-app basis?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] 12Fully:
Make sure you have Messages set to "not optimized" as well.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] frap129:
Yep, Settings -> Apps -> Select app you want -> Battery. Odd that they moved it from Settings -> Battery like they had in Oreo and before, but its still controllable.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] :
Wouldn't this significantly worsen the battery life if I didn't optimize my most used apps (6 apps for example) and switch off the adaptive battery ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] jblanko6:
So I flashed this on Pic stock ROM and now this. Any ideas ? Ugh

Thanks
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] infamousvincci:
Only one way to find out.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] epm90:
Not entirely sure if there is a better option to save data or anything but reflashing and formatting data using deuces recovery helped me a couple months ago.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Sultanxda:
Reboot to the bootloader and run this:

fastboot --set-active=other
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] danielt021:
Cool. One more question. Is anybody been able to play fortnite when running this kernel? The game always hangs with this kernel but not with others.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] :
You're right. Shame on me.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sruel3216:
Yes it's not optimzed. It won't even let me change it to optimized when I try. I select optimized and it stays in not optimized

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This phone has always been real fast but I can def notice and improvment in speed. Great job.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] jblanko6:
Question guys , what is the name of the kernel under settings? I want to make sure it's flashed.

Thanks
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] nathanchance:
Sultan lol...
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] jblanko6:
Mine starts with 4.4.116- so I guess didn't flashed at all. Last time I got a "your device is corrupt. It can't be trusted......" I'm not sure what I did wrong but I am afraid to flash again lol. The only thing different I did was cleaning cached after flashing the kernel, could that have been what I did wrong ?

Thanks.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sublimaze:
You flashed to the inactive slot. The system expected files in the other slot, and could not complete the boot process.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] jblanko6:
So, how can I make sure I am flashing in the correct slot ? :confused: I did the --set-active=other and worked getting my phone back up and running. But don't want it to happen again . Thanks again.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] nathanchance:
Well it's going to say 4.4.116-Sultan...

I can't say what you did wrong either sorry. I've never had that happen flashing a kernel.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Sultanxda:
Both Android and the bootloader can change your active slot on their own. You must've been unlucky and had your active slot changed without you knowing.

Flash the kernel again now and it should work.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] jblanko6:
Thank you , I did withy be same result , lucky I could still go into recovery and restore a backup . No idea what's happening with this slot. :rolleyes:
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] infamousvincci:
Just download ex kernel manager or franco in playstore. Easiest way to check.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sruel3216:
Looking for some help. I have no clue why this started but I can't get my phone to show when it's connected to my computer. USB debugging is on. I haven't changed anything in my comp. Using the same USB cord I have been. It's not showing in device manager. It won't show in fastboot/bootloader so I can't even flash an image. I'm fastboot I just get "waiting for devices." I don't have an option on the phone that let's change to file sharing mode either. Any ideas?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Sultanxda:
The bootloader is separate from the kernel, so this kernel has nothing to do with your issue.

It's probably just your computer. Try a different one.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Sultanxda:
It's even easier to just go into Settings and look at the kernel version...
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sruel3216:
Not saying it is. Just looking for help. Tried my work comp to. I just get "USB device is unrecognized and malfunctioned"
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Sultanxda:
Try an older computer, or plug up your phone to a USB hub if you have one lying around. Every time you try to do something with fastboot and it fails, you need to reboot to bootloader again to start over.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sruel3216:
Hmm. I tried both my computer's and multiple cords. Not sure what caused this. Been using this same set up for years no problem. Phone won't even show internal storage with debugging on.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] MrMeeseeks:
Have you tried revoking USB debugging authorization in Developer Options then reconnecting to your PC?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sruel3216:
Yeah tried that. Did a factory reset thru the phone too. I'm reinstalling sdk manager and all my adb now...this is so weird. It won't let me install Android 9 api sdk, but will let me do 8.1...
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sruel3216:
delete
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sruel3216:
Send back to Google with it unlocked, will they not take it?

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This is exactly my problem...

https://support.google.com/pixelphone/forum/AAAAb4-OgUsy5rlva3ugX8/?hl=by
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Reechings:
Had same issue and it ended up being the cable. Use a proper USB a to c cable and try a different computer if that doesn't work.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sruel3216:
I tried. Waiting for them to reply to the bug report Google asked for
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] arvylas:
Hi Sultan, i think latest kernel is very aggressive with memory management. I saw the changelog that it supposed to have better ram management but in my case is the other way round.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] xFirefly93:
In which ways does you experience the opposite?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] arvylas:
The number of apps i can have simultaneously open is around 3. If i try to open a 4th the 1st gets kicked out. I'm talking normal apps not games or 10 tabs in chrome.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Sultanxda:
Your post provides nothing useful in terms of debugging, but I'll reply anyway.

Google changed the default behavior of the userspace low-memory killer to make it different from the last time I had used it on Nougat. The "aggressiveness" is probably from that. It'll be fixed in the next build with a configuration tweak.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] arvylas:
Yeah i know it doesn't (i'm a dev myself )and sorry about that but i'm not really sure i could provide something more helpful than that. I suppose you could replicate it by just opening 4-5 apps if indeed there is a problem and it's not my device only.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sruel3216:
I agree. I have same experience. I can have SMS and Gmail only open and they get killed within a couple min of using them
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] zacharias.maladroit:
You tried connecting the end of the usb cable where the device is 180° degrees in a different way ?

(unplugging, rotating it 180° so that the usb-c connector still fits)

I had this kind of issue under Linux with the V30, sometimes it's the one direction, sometimes the other that the device descriptor cannot be read and it's failing at flashing/working in fastboot mode.

usb-c is supposed to fix this kind of problem (or even prevent it from even occurring) but it happens so ...
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sruel3216:
I'll read that somewhere. I'll try that for the last thing, but my case is escalated at Google for now. Just waiting to hear back from the tech on the bug report. I think my hardware just went bad like the link I posted from Google's support forum. They said they are aware of this issue and only fix is replacement.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] nezebilo:
I also have the same issue with him. I can only have about 3 apps open even though it says there's about 800mb of memory free
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] xFirefly93:
800mb free RAM? Jesus, what kind of apps does you guys use?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sublimaze:
You may have a hardware issue.

Currently I am using 2.6 GB (out of 3.8 GB) with the following apps in the background:

The Weather Channel

Google Maps

YouTube

Gmail

Android Pie stock PDF reader

Amazon

App Sales

Google Play Store

Phone

Contacts

Pulse SMS

Brave Browser

Settings

And no problems flipping between apps, no lag, and no FCs. In fact, I can't remember the last time I had FC on this phone.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sruel3216:
I have 1.3gb free and all that is open is Android messages. Is that about normal?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Sultanxda:
Memory management issues are definitely not related to hardware.

I wrote my own low memory killer driver last night that I'm testing right now. It should remedy all teh memory management issues.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] lscheres:
Are you plugging the phone into a USB 3.0 port?? That was my issue. The 2.0 port worked just fine, 3.0 my pixel 2 wouldnt show up, itd connect but not show up in file manager and not fastboot
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sruel3216:
Yeah my comp has both 2.0 and 3.0. Neither work anymore. I'm using the same cord and port I have used the whole time I have had this phone, which is why it is so weird to me. Google got back to me and they are still looking into the issue. Hopefully they don't give me **** for having it unlocked with a custom kernel. But I had no choice.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Reechings:
Don't assume that because the cable worked before that it's not the problem. I had one that worked fine then suddenly stopped.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sruel3216:
I agree. But I've tried 3 cords, two laptops and 6 USB ports. Both comps give me a "device corrupted" warning under device manager

I'm not the only one that's had this problem. There are multiple threads on Google support forum of this same problem that ended up being hardware related and only a new device fixed it
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Reechings:
Ok yeah you may have a problem.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sruel3216:
Yup it turns out it was a hardware failure. Going to be covered under warranty it sounds like. They didn't mention anything about it being unlocked with a custom kernel.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Valeriuz:
EDIT

I've flashed the kernel but I've noticed that memory managment is worse than before, apps reload a lot!

Also no NTFS support.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] zacharias.maladroit:
did you read 1-2 pages back ?

NTFS could be a ROM-side issue (not supported) since it's usually supported via FUSE and ntfs-3g instead of in-kernel, the fuse NTFS driver works better and is more safe
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] :
How's the testing going ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] arvylas:
Hey sultan, is there any possibility to add Westwood congestion algorithm? I've seen much better results in not so good reception areas.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] xFirefly93:
+1.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] def-g:
Sultan hard at work.... Something good this way comes. Lol
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] arvylas:
I reverted back to the previous version and multitasking is much better. Pretty much like stock behavior.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Sultanxda:
New build is up with a custom low memory killer driver that I wrote. This should solve the memory management issues (:

Today's build has better-than-stock behavior :cool:
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] infamousvincci:
There ya go! Thanks!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] arvylas:
I was a bit sceptical about that better than stock claim but you might be actually right. I opened 8 apps with some pretty ram heavy ones like chrome, insta, FB messenger and all stay in memory. Congrats sultan.

How's that even possible? I mean they have like a small town of devs in Google.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Sultanxda:
Stock kills apps before you run out of memory, in an attempt to prevent you from running out of memory. Simple LMK (my low memory killer) kills apps when you actually run out of memory, so memory usage is maximized.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] galaxys:
LMK is very cool :cool::cool::cool::cool:! Kudos
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Badger50:
Did you flash it straight over another kernel, then install magisk? Or did you go old school and flash the boot.img first, then the other stuff?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] infamousvincci:
Just flash this on top of kernel then magisk. U should be fine.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Sultanxda:
New build is up with Westwood+ and some tweaks to the new low memory killer.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Valeriuz:
[MENTION=4800121]Sultanxda[/MENTION] thank you for the latest release! What do you think of the bad memory managment of the Pixel?

In your opinion, 4 gb of ram today are not enouth to permit a good multitasking? Previously I had a Oneplus 5T with 8 gb di ram and multitasking was so better!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] arvylas:
[MENTION=4800121]Sultanxda[/MENTION]

When I open something really heavy like an mmorpg I'm playing there is a massive slow down. Last time the device froze for more than 30secs. Not even the power button was responsive. I have that behavior only today with the two latest versions of the kernel. Tell me If I can provide something to help you.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] mattnin:
Sultan, thank you for all the work that you do on android kernels. I have a question about another device and hoping that you can point me in the right direction. I've applied your full change to cmdline.c to the Sailfish/Marlin kernel but I'm still not able to pass safetynet and my device is showing as not certified. Are there any other patches I need to also merge in order to satisfy safetynet? This is the only patch I've applied to the kernel which is based on your cmdline.c patch, https://github.com/mattnin/docker-lineage-cicd/blob/master/src/kernel_patches/safetynet.patch

I'm running Lineage 15.1, google pixel

I appreciate any help you would give.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Sultanxda:
Which game?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Sultanxda:
This only bypasses SafetyNet's bootloader unlock check. There are many other things that can cause SafetyNet to fail.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] mattnin:
Thank you, I will continue working on it!

Regards
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] arvylas:
Darkness rises. When it froze I had opened the game and tried to open a level and froze during the loading screen.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] def-g:
What does Westwood+ do?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Sultanxda:
It makes people on XDA happy.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] infamousvincci:
This happened to me as well.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] def-g:
I'm one of those people cause this Kernel is ???
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Sultanxda:
Try this kernel:

EDIT: That kernel was worse. Try this one:

EDIT2: No more testing needed.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Sultanxda:
New build is up with the freezes caused by the low memory killer fixed.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Freak07:
Thank you very much for all your work here on XDA!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] arvylas:
I didn't experience any slow downs with the test 2 build. Is there anything different with the latest update?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Sultanxda:
Yes.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pushpendrayadav:
Hi Sultan,

I am getting frequently mobile signal issue when issue your kernal. There is no such issue with others.

Kindly help me to resolve the same because other than everything is so smooth.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Sultanxda:
The kernel does not affect mobile signal.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pushpendrayadav:
Okay Thanks , may be I am missing something.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] joedajoester:
Is it normal for magisk to not be installed anymore after flashing this kernel? I'm on the September patch so that could be why. Not sure if it's good to flash magisk when my boot.img isn't stock anymore.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Badger50:
Yes. You still need to flash magisk after you flash the sultan kernel.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sublimaze:
Some kernels automatically do this if you already have Magisk installed, but it requires extra code and Sultan prefers to keep his kernel as lean as possible. If you want Magisk, it is just one additional swipe in TWRP and takes 5 seconds to complete :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Sultanxda:
New build is up with September patches and more LMK fixes.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] def-g:
So quick. Gracias
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] arh2o:
How are people's experience with Westwood+ TCP congestion (active from the 9/3 build onwards)? From doing some research it seems to help with streaming and packet loss but can anyone speak to their real-world experiences with it on? Any noticeable improvements especially in low coverage areas? Thanks
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pkgnex:
You should download a network speed test app (Ookla or similar) and try it yourself with different congestion algorithms when connected to the various networks you use.

If your experience is like virtually everyone else's, whether on WiFi or LTE, westwood will achieve faster download and upload rates than other algorithms (except occasionally Illinois in certain circumstances). The difference is statistically significant, and often substantial.