[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] PROGamer_199:
Revision of my first review (i'm dumb asf)

For those who don't know what idiocies I said on my first review, here is the link https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=81740479&postcount=603

First and foremost, I want to apologize to A2N for my initial review, where I got a lot of information wrong (I was still new to this kernel customization stuff), I bashed the kernel for no reason and my wrong final opinion. I will tell my long term review first (about 3 months of use rn), then I will address what I said wrong in my initial review.

What I loved about this kernel:

-Easy and user-friendly customization through the app.

-Included base profiles, perfectly good for editing if you don't like the default ones.

-Fine control over CPU / GPU, you can underclock for a better battery, or overclock for better performance.

-Option to "tell" the Kernel how much you want performance over battery life, for example, when you make an action, the kernel will determine if your CPU needs to move the workload to either Big or Little CPU complex, and then how much MHz those cores need, and you can give them an "incentive" to have better performance or more battery life. (crappy explanation, I know, I can't find anything better)

-Nice RAM management features, you can select either KSM or zRam swap (I prefer zRam personally tbh), and you can select how many pages to be scanned for KSM, 100 through 300, and how much swap do you need with zRam, from 0% to 75%. You can't have both options on, you have either KSM or zRam active.

-Simple and good Network congestion algorithm list to choose from.

-You can change the flashlight intensity from the stock 5th level to the 15th level that this kernel allows, it makes a BIG difference.

-You can force how fast your phone charges, for the S8 you have a max of 3000 mah and 9V, and for the S8+ you have a 3500 mah and 9V, or an experimental 12V. The stock ones of 9V will not damage your battery since it's "smart" enough to let it cool when it gets hot.

-The app is EXTREMELY easy to use, it explains to you like a 5 y/o what each option does.

What I don't like that much about this kernel:

-You need a separate special app to use it to its full extent (at least it's cheap asf, and it's a direct way of supporting the dev, and if you had his old Kernel on your old device, you can use the same app)

Now, to address what I was wrong in my last review:

-I wrongly accused this kernel of being laggy-er than NX, because of my lack of knowledge of how to configure it, since I don't like using stock profiles on almost anything I get.

-I wrongly calculated the max wattage each phone can handle, the S8 will handle a max of 27W if you choose the 3Ah 9V setting, and the S8+ will handle a nice 32W at 3,5Ah 9V, or 42W on the experimental mode of 12V, which I don't recommend, better stick to the nice and cool 9V mode.

-SoT time, I can't give any kind of kernel what my SoT is since I change my device usage drastically each and every day, some days I don't even touch the damn thing, and other days I kill it twice in the same day.

-The app hang problem, it was my use-case where I selected a 75% swap, and even the launcher didn't have enough space in RAM after opening any kind of app.

Again, a big sorry to [MENTION=5840412]ace2nutzer[/MENTION] , thank you for the hard work you've put to make this awesome Kernel, which has some features no other kernel has, like the faster charging, changing the touch boost frequency, etc. I hope I've made some justice to this kernel from my last idiotic review.

My final opinion to this kernel is: If you aren't scared to change some basic and easy to understand kernel settings from the app, and want the best possible experience while having some nice to have features, then this Kernel is for you. I recommend it 100%.