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cap'nC

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i dont wanna sound like a smartass, but maybe try moving around? maybe your in a dead coverage zone. if that doesnt work, restart? or reflash modem?
I tried all of your suggestions, except for the radio reflash, and still have no success. Downgraded to r283 and I'm on H+ again.
I just had solid bars HSPA+ all the way home, up 30 miles of interstate in Atlanta area.
Thanks for your feedback. I'm not an expert at all, but logic tells me that my issue is due to this line of the changelog:
* Fixed the famous data drops by tricking Smartreflex to not overly calibrate certain hardware parts
In my area the H signal is quite weak, so maybe the phone needs those extra mV to stick to it. In the morning I'll see how it works in a nearby city.



EDIT: my issue is here again, on r 283 this time, so I think it's totally unrelated from the kernel. Maybe it is some maintenance work in the area.
 
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supernova_00

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Phone is adapting itself, normal behavior.

Ok, thanks for the reply. I'll keep monitoring it though. I guess I don't usually notice it since I'm always on my phone but for some reason I've always had issues with battery life, where I can barely hit 2 hrs of screen on time with no gps/syncing/bluetooth/nfc, brightness almost 0%, great 3G signal all day long, phone deep sleeps like it should and no real long wakelocks that aren't normal, no facebook (other than through Chrome), no gtalk or latitude, no messengers at all. I get around 2 1/2 hours screen on time with wifi on all day. :/

It's frustrating that I see people around here with 5 hours of screen on time or you having almost 2 hrs yesterday and 70% left
 
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kyokeun1234

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Ok, thanks for the reply. I'll keep monitoring it though. I guess I don't usually notice it since I'm always on my phone but for some reason I've always had issues with battery life, where I can barely hit 2 hrs of screen on time with no gps/syncing/bluetooth/nfc, brightness almost 0%, great 3G signal all day long, phone deep sleeps like it should and no real long wakelocks that aren't normal, no facebook (other than through Chrome), no gtalk or latitude, no messengers at all. I get around 2 1/2 hours screen on time with wifi on all day. :/

It's frustrating that I see people around here with 5 hours of screen on time or you having almost 2 hrs yesterday and 70% left

Yeah, you just give a few days and it should get used to it and give you awesome battery life :D
 

yellowdie

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Okay Franco, here's the deal.
Your work is absolutely incredible.
Your kernel is amazing.
Your timing sucks like crap.

I was getting on a plane when I was reading about you releasing M6 soon, and right at the very end they said "Turn off your phone now." And then I refresh and THERE'S MILESTONE 6, and I was like "NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! JUST ONE MORE MINUTE! I CAN GET IT!!" Needless to say, right as we landed, boom, installed M6 and she is a BEAUTY!!!!

You rock, good sir. Thanks again! :D :D :D
 

LibertyMonger

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Thanks for great Kernel Franco, it has been totally stable and smooth for me with each update. I tried other kernels and the one scored much higher in Quadrant but wasn't so stable, it was freezing up and not so smooth. I keep coming back to the Franco! Much appreciated Bud!
 
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creeve4

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Why does the Core under volt menu show 307 MHz for m6?

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JarGnex

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Hey franco just wanted to say thanks for the milestone. It's damn fast. I was gonna go to the gym but its raining so I'll just test the kernel with some games :D

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
 

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I've still never seen proof, like documentation, that this occurs. Everyone always says it but no one has ever provided evidence.:confused:

Gunna take a stab at this:

I'm guessing the battery algorithm for calculating remaining "percentage" is heuristic and updates itself on a regular basis. Say you're using Kernel A. Your phone (really the algorithm) is used to calculating values for Kernel A type of stuff. If you switch to Kernel B, it has to update itself to get a more accurate reading. This update may take some time since it has to gather data (I.e. you have to use the phone). So, after some time it will eventually get to a steady state to where it doesn't update anymore. This "update time" is usually what people call "setlling time"

Or that could be 100% wrong. In that case, sorry for BSing you :D:p

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IgnorantNerd

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I don't know how you did it but M6 is unbelievably fast! You really outdid yourself this time Franco! From now on, before I consider buying a phone I have to know first if you develop for it. Keep up the great work sir!

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running this on minco rom (toro) and it's almost like they were made for each other...wait ;)

seriously though, looking forward to v6
 

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    I hate big OPs.

    Works on all roms. r390 and newer versions are ONLY for 4.3 or newer.

    F.A.Q:
    1. My device rebooted or crashed, how can I help?
    A: Get me /proc/last_kmsg on pastie.org.
    2. Battery sucks, my device is not entering deep sleep. FIX PLOX!
    A: Fix it yourself, it's an app waking your device up not the kernel's problem
    3. Signal is dropping since I flashed the kernel, amg u sucks!
    A: The kernel has nothing to do with gsm/cmda signal. Make sure you have the latest radios
    4. Do I need to wipe anything when flashing this kernel?
    A: No.
    5. Does this kernel has X or Y mod?
    A: Learn to read, everything you need to know is in the features list, changelog or public repo.

    Downloads:
    4.3: http://192.241.177.15/GalaxyNexus/4.3/
    4.4: http://192.241.177.15/GalaxyNexus/4.4/

    Kernel changelog:
    http://192.241.177.15/GalaxyNexus/4.3/appfiles/changelog.xml

    Source:
    https://github.com/franciscofranco/Tuna_JB_pre1/tree/nightlies-4.3

    franco.Kernel updater Free apk: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1867127

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    [KERNEL][GPL][5 JUN - #Milestone 4][r200-ICS r210-JB] franco.Kernel | 4.0.3/4 |

    Terminal commands for all the options in this kernel:

    Color Multipliers:

    echo r g b > /sys/class/misc/colorcontrol/multiplier

    Replace r g and b for 2000000000 for stock color. If you want to change the colors just replace the first 3 numbers of each r/g/b with 0-400 of your choice.

    Gamma Control:

    echo r g b > /sys/class/misc/colorcontrol/v1_offset

    Replace r/g/b by -255/200 of your choice.

    Fsync:

    echo 1 > /sys/module/sync/parameters/fsync_enabled - to enable

    echo 0 > /sys/module/sync/parameters/fsync_enabled - to disable

    Sound Control:

    echo i > /sys/devices/virtual/misc/soundcontrol/volume_boost

    Replace i with 0-3 of your choice.

    Sound High Performance:

    echo 1 > /sys/devices/virtual/misc/soundcontrol/highperf_enabled - to enable

    echo 0 > /sys/devices/virtual/misc/soundcontrol/highperf_enabled - to disable

    USB Fast Charge:

    echo 1 > /sys/kernel/fast_charge/force_fast_charge - to enable

    echo 0 > /sys/kernel/fast_charge/force_fast_charge - to disable

    wifi_pm:

    echo 1 > /sys/module/bcmdhd/parameters/wifi_pm - to enable

    echo 0 > /sys/module/bcmdhd/parameters/wifi_pm - to disable

    Trinity's Contrast:

    echo i > /sys/module/panel_s6e8aa0/parameters/contrast

    Replace i with -25/16 of your choice.

    BLX:

    echo i > /sys/class/misc/batterylifeextender/charging_limit

    Replace i with 0-100 of your choice.

    OMAP Gamma interface:

    echo i > /sys/devices/platform/omapdss/manager0/gamma

    Replace i with 5-10 of your choice.

    Thermal Throttle:

    echo 1 > /sys/module/omap_temp_sensor/parameters/throttle_enabled - to enable

    echo 0 > /sys/module/omap_temp_sensor/parameters/throttle_enabled - to disable

    TCP Congestion Algorithm interface

    To check all the available options:

    sysctl net.ipv4.tcp_available_congestion_control

    To change to other option:

    sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control=NAME_OF_THE_ALGORITHM

    Detailed test of all the algorithms:
    Latency - Download - Upload

    cubic:
    1st run: 15ms - 10,75Mbps - 7,82Mbps
    2nd run: 14ms - 10,84Mbps - 8,06Mbps

    reno:
    1st run: 13ms - 15,51Mbps - 6,73Mbps
    2nd run: 13ms - 14,73Mbps - 8,51Mbps

    bic:
    1st run: 12ms - 10,38Mbps - 8,61Mbps
    2nd run: 13ms - 10,78Mbps - 8,62Mbps

    westwood:
    1st run: 11ms - 17,65Mbps - 8,30Mbps
    2nd run: 13ms - 13,28Mbps - 8,29Mbps

    highspeed:
    1st run: 13ms - 10,76Mbps - 7,94Mbps
    2nd run: 16ms - 14,42Mbps - 8,52Mbps

    hybla:
    1st run: 14ms - 11,19Mbps - 7,44Mbps
    2nd run: 14ms - 13,47Mbps - 7,56Mbps

    htcp:
    1st run: 14ms - 13,24Mbps - 7,03Mbps
    2nd run: 15ms - 10,85Mbps - 8,00Mbps

    vegas:
    1st run: 14ms - 8,49Mbps - 6,62Mbps
    2nd run: 14ms - 12,00Mbps - 7,07Mbps

    veno:
    1st run: 13ms - 9,58Mbps - 8,13Mbps
    2nd run: 13ms - 8,50Mbps - 7,64Mbps

    scalable:
    1st run: 18ms - 12,01Mbps - 8,73Mbps
    2nd run: 14ms - 13,96Mbps - 8,23Mbps

    lp:
    1st run: 14ms - 14,90Mbps - 8,68Mbps
    2nd run: 14ms - 13,44Mbps - 8,72Mbps

    yeah:
    1st run: 14ms - 13,37Mbps - 8,28Mbps
    2nd run: 17ms - 13,89Mbps - 8,14Mbps

    illinois:
    1st run: 13ms - 12,93Mbps - 8,24Mbps
    2nd run: 16ms - 13,97Mbps - 6,46Mbps
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    Just woken up and feel like my head is going to explode already this last 5 pages is crazy

    haha. It's been a crazy two days. :) But it's been a blast.

    Now, sleep is over, time to get back to work!

    I got these from that thread:

    so it makes much sense, to make the min_sample_time as low as possible (?), but how low? what's the most appropriate sample time for battery and performance?

    for the timer_rate, franco suggested 30k to consider the CPUs latency. What has it to do with the cpu's latency?

    he also said min_sample_time doesn't have to be in multiple of timer_rate.
    in my case, all my timers are in 20k, which works fine as of now. But i must be missing some things, because I just saw somebody post these values, and no detailed explanation for having them.

    Yes and no. Here's what we're thinkin' so far.

    THIS POST WILL BE A RECAP OF THE LAST FEW PAGES OF RESEARCH! :)

    This was my original settings that I've been using for weeks:
    above_hispeed_delay: 20000
    go_hispeed_load: 50
    min_sample_time: 40000
    timer_rate: 20000
    So to make the short hand easier, we kept it in that order and just said: 20000/50/40000/20000 became 20k/50/40k/20k became 2/5/4/2. Make sense?

    Here is a breakdown of what they each mean:
    -above_hispeed_delay: Once speed is set to hispeed_freq, wait for this long before bumping speed higher in response to continued high load.
    -go_hispeed_load: The CPU load at which to ramp to the intermediate "hi speed".
    -min_sample_time: The minimum amount of time to spend at a frequency before we can ramp down.
    -timer_rate: Sample rate for reevaluating cpu load when the system is not idle.

    This is a good explanation that I wrote back on page 3038:
    -above_hispeed_delay: higher = better battery, lower = better performance. (100k is default)
    -go_hispeed_load:.......higher = better battery, lower = better performance. (50 is default)
    -min_sample_time:......lower = better battery, higher = better performance. (60k is default)
    -timer_rate:.................higher = better battery, lower = better performance. (20k is default)
    So Google's default is 10/5/6/2. Lower numbers are all better for performance except min_sample_time (there higher is faster). So our goal is to find a sweet spot.

    The default 10 is for "Once speed is set to hispeed_freq, wait for this long before bumping speed higher in response to continued high load." So we think 10 is too high, but if you go too low, then you'll be using the higher freqs a lot more than you need and it will hurt the battery. So we are leaning towards 6 (60000) for above_hispeed_delay.

    The default 5 is for "when the CPU hits X% amount of load, then jump to the hispeed_freq." Again if this one is too low then it will cause the higher freqs to be used more often then they need, so we actually turn go_hispeed_load up a little bit to 7 (70).

    The default 6 is for "how long do I wait before lowering the clock speed from what it's currently at." So the lower we put this, the better battery will be. We're still trying to decide between 3 (30000) and 5 (50000). Osm0sis is getting more lag at lower levels, and finds the best performance mark at 5. So we turn min_sample_time down a little from stock to help with the battery.

    The default 2 is for "wait this long before changing the clockspeeds from what it's at now." While technically 2 sounds better because it's changing more often, Franco believes that by setting the timer_rate to be the same thing as the CPU sample_rate (which is preset at 30000), then that will make the CPU more efficient at switching. So we increased it from 2 (20000) to 3 (30000).

    So TO RECAP: Using the stuff from above, Google's defaults for these settings are 10/5/6/2 and we are changing them to 6/7/3/3 or 6/7/5/3 (again, still testing that third number for the min_sample_time).

    Does that make sense for everyone interested in following along? Any questions? Feel free to try out these settings yourself (the easiest way is with Franco's app or something like Trickster). We want as much feedback as possible on this.
    The next kernel release will have the totally tweaked settings for everyone to test without having to change their own stuff.

    :):D:laugh::good:
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    Kernel Emergency Settings Reset Zip

    Alright so here's something that's been requested for awhile.

    I wrote it up recently with Franco's stamp of approval, so I'm posting it here now. Please direct people back to this post from other threads.

    This can/should be everyone's go-to when experiencing problems after updating to a new kernel build, you get stuck in a bootloop, or you think there's a conflict between ROM and kernel (or kernel tweaking app) you can't track down, since likely some leftover settings (voltages, etc.) are at fault. It's also useful if you just want to make sure you're running clean defaults. This should work on any device franco.Kernel and f.Ku support, as well as a variety of other devices, kernels and control apps: eXperience (Free/Pro), GLaDOS Control, TricksterMod, Trinity Kernel Toolbox, ROM Toolbox (Lite/Pro), SetCPU, Faux123 Kernel Enhancement Project, Performance Control and Synapse.

    Flashing this via custom recovery of your choice will delete the kernel app settings file(s), disable init.d and userinit.d scripts by moving them to a subfolder (/system/etc/init.d/off/ and /data/local/userinit.d/off/ respectively) and wipe cache and dalvik-cache for good measure.

    Hopefully it helps!


    Note: If your ROM has a Performance/Tweaking App built-in you should also manually disable any Set On Boot options it has. For example, I couldn't include clearing CM's Advanced Settings since they're built into the main com.android.settings/Settings.apk along with a lot of other Android OS settings (APNs, Developer Options, etc.), so to run clean and without conflicts on CM you need to unset them yourself.

    You should also avoid having more than one control app installed at a time. Conflicts have been reported even with everything "unset" in two apps.

    I also chose not to disable anything your ROM may have in /data/cron or /system/addon.d since some rely on it heavily, so you can choose to review those directories' contents and whether you want to leave them enabled on your own. I also left out disabling sysctl.conf since that's done by f.K and the Franco's Dev Team scripts, and also seemed a bit heavy-handed for this zip script.



    Download counts for the previous versions: 790; 2678.
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    Sure. Happy to post my franco.Kernel settings here for anyone who wants to try them. I'll keep these up-to-date if I change them. :)

    These are my f.K settings, my DirtyV settings can be found here.
    Device: Galaxy Nexus
    Max Frequency: 1305 MHz
    Min Frequency: 384 MHz
    Governor: interactive
    Governor Tunables: a_h_d 15000 / g_h_l 95 / h_f 729600 Hz / m_s_t 45000 / t_r 15000 / i_b_f 1036800 Hz / t_l 85 / t_s 80000 / b_d 1000000
    IO Scheduler: row
    IO Scheduler Tunables: h_r_q 100 / r_r_q 75 / h_s_q 5 / r_s_q 4 / r_w_q 4 / l_r_q 3 / l_s_q 2 / r_i 15 / r_i_f 25
    Read Ahead Buffer: 512; NR Requests: 512
    TCP Congestion Avoidance Algorithm: westwood
    Screen Off Max Frequency: 537 MHz

    Color Multipliers: 230 235 340
    RGB Gamma: -4 0 5
    Trinity Contrast: -22; OMAP4 Gamma: 4; CAB: Disabled

    Sent from franco.Kernel updater app:
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.franco.kernel

    The following voltages are just as a reference. DO NOT enter them; your device may not be able to handle them this low, causing freezes and reboots. They are here so that people can compare their stable voltages after following the UV guides linked below, to see how our devices compare. Every device is different, so again, DO NOT enter them.
    mpu_voltages:
    1804mhz: 1425 mV
    1728mhz: 1375 mV
    1612mhz: 1325 mV
    1536mhz: 1275 mV
    1420mhz: 1225 mV
    1305mhz: 1175 mV
    1228mhz: 1125 mV
    1036mhz: 1075 mV
    729mhz: 925 mV
    537mhz: 825 mV
    384mhz: 775 mV
    192mhz: 725 mV

    iva_voltages:
    430mhz: 1125 mV
    332mhz: 1025 mV
    266mhz: 925 mV
    133mhz: 825 mV

    core_voltages:
    512mhz: 1050 mV
    384mhz: 975 mV
    153mhz: 800 mV
    There are some battery savings from UVing but they aren't extreme. If you do not know how UVing works and/or you can't/won't read to properly build your own voltage profile, then just stick with the defaults Franco has already UVed. If you do still want to learn to UV then, once again, everyone should build their own voltage profile for their own device. Read this, this, this, and this for starters on UV methods. You don't know how your device will do until you learn and try.

    As a sidenote, if anyone else wants to share their voltages for comparison the easiest way is to copy the contents of the 3 voltage files (mpu/iva/core) in /sys/class/misc/customvoltage/ - they look (almost) exactly as the sections above.
    Fsync on just in case anything ever happens I want my data protected. That said I do disable it temporarily if I ever want a bit more performance in an app or game. SR is hardcoded disabled in the latest builds.

    The other thing worth noting is I set my color settings on boot with an init.d script. Doing it that way you can end up with a completely different result from the same values. The contrast, blacks and colors are much more natural. Also it's seamless which is nice; they take effect during the Google logo. Attached is my init.d script for that. Alter it to your own color settings, remove the .txt extension, push to /system/etc/init.d/ and set the correct perms; rwxr-xr-x (chmod -R 755 /system/etc/init.d in Terminal Emulator).

    900colorsettings can be found with my other init.d scripts (from Franco Dev Team), here: https://s.basketbuild.com/filedl/devs?dev=osm0sis&dl=osm0sis/scripts/900colorsettings

    Note: On my new replacement screen, setting the color multiplier too early in the boot (any time before the boot animation) made everything look dark, oversaturated, uncontrasted and dusky; basically the opposite of the way it used to work on my old panel. Adding sleep 2; before that line in the init.d script fixed this, so experiment if your panel is more like my new one, and the init.d as-is after you put in your settings makes it look worse.

    [ New init.d script with my new colors. I need the sleep 4 because of my problem in my "Note" above, so comment it out if you don't need it, it will make it look worse. Previous download counts were 1880, 646, and 307. Thanks everyone! ]