Second core script

trafalger888 · Mar 30, 2012

HitMyKush said:
I haven't done or used any scripts on my x2.. but I've had it for the past 7 months and have been doing a lot of flashing.. so anyway someone would be willing to put this in step by step format so that others can have dual core enables as well?

I can probably mess around with it and figure it out.. but I would rather follow a guide that ensures I'm doing it correctly.. anyway thanks for all the new dev stuff going on.. I feel brighter days for the x2.

-sips coffee, sparks a blunt *.*

I will write something up and get it to you I am on my to work now sorry wed Thursday fri and sat ate busy since I work overnights on those days

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trafalger888 · Mar 30, 2012

theredvendetta said:
Sounds like an unrelated issue. I fail to see how enabling a second core could disrupt cell service.

Though, I suppose anything is possible.

Agreed...I also have not seen any issues in this area

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754boy · Mar 30, 2012

Lemme get this correct.....So our phone is only using one core? What about during gaming? Seriously, why call t the X2 when the second core is dormant???

HitMyKush · Mar 30, 2012

754boy said:
Lemme get this correct.....So our phone is only using one core? What about during gaming? Seriously, why call t the X2 when the second core is dormant???

I think every x2 user wonders the same thing. Beastly internals. Terrible stock development.

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HitMyKush · Mar 30, 2012

trafalger888 said:
I will write something up and get it to you I am on my to work now sorry wed Thursday fri and sat ate busy since I work overnights on those days

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Whenever you get the time, were all working men. Preciate it man

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litetaker · Mar 30, 2012

Are you serious?

DZK initially had issues with CM7DX2 maxing out one core but the other core was idle. Several system info apps reveal that both cores are running... So I highly doubt that one of the cores is dormant in our Device...

I would like people like ash and MoonShadow to give their opinion and correct me if I am wrong but I really don't think that one of our cores is dormant.

Or may be I am missing the point of the OP...

KennyKusanagi · Mar 30, 2012

754boy said:
Lemme get this correct.....So our phone is only using one core? What about during gaming? Seriously, why call t the X2 when the second core is dormant???

Say it ain't so...

trafalger888 · Mar 30, 2012

Moon Shadow - NM said:
I would like to warn everyone that performing this mod WILL severely impact your battery usage. The Android operating system is designed to operate on ONE processor and turn the second one on on-demand. IF you choose to enable both processors, your phone will run better/fast/snappier, however, this will eat your battery. Just a warning.

You can monitor what is happening with the command:

Code:

htop

Ciao!

This pretty much sums it up lietaker...

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Travisdroidx2 · Mar 30, 2012

Any chance of someone making this into something we can run with script manager? And also run at boot so we do not have to re install it every time? Good find I will keep up on this thread.

ashclepdia · Mar 30, 2012

754boy said:
Lemme get this correct.....So our phone is only using one core? What about during gaming? Seriously, why call t the X2 when the second core is dormant???

as moon stated the second core DOES come on when needed
if you would like to see for your self, download an app called 2nd core, we can't use it for anything except showing when the 2nd core becomes active. when you open it you will, see one core active, have an app that requires intense CPU activity in you recent apps, long press home button open that app,an immediately long press home button and go back to 2nd core app, you will notice that the second core came online while it was opening that intense game/app.

litetaker said:
Are you serious?

DZK initially had issues with CM7DX2 maxing out one core but the other core was idle. Several system info apps reveal that both cores are running... So I highly doubt that one of the cores is dormant in our Device...

I would like people like ash and MoonShadow to give their opinion and correct me if I am wrong but I really don't think that one of our cores is dormant.

Or may be I am missing the point of the OP...

I think point of the OP is to share script that allows you to have both core CONSTANTLY active if you prefer. as moon stated tho it will impact battery life, tho, I would like to see a script along side this that puts it back to where it was, this way if you want to enable both cores and then go back to how it operates stock, then you could have two SM widgets to do that, I, am curious to see how this impacts music playing , wondering if when music is playing if the system is utilizing the second core when it is needed or not .

Moon Shadow - NM said:
I would like to warn everyone that performing this mod WILL severely impact your battery usage. The Android operating system is designed to operate on ONE processor and turn the second one on on-demand. IF you choose to enable both processors, your phone will run better/fast/snappier, however, this will eat your battery. Just a warning.

You can monitor what is happening with the command:

Code:

htop

Ciao!

thanks for the info moon, always insightful as usual

trafalger888 · Mar 30, 2012

ashclepdia said:
as moon stated the second core DOES come on when needed
if you would like to see for your self, download an app called 2nd core, we can't use it for anything except showing when the 2nd core becomes active. when you open it you will, see one core active, have an app that requires intense CPU activity in you recent apps, long press home button open that app,an immediately long press home button and go back to 2nd core app, you will notice that the second core came online while it was opening that intense game/app.

I think point of the OP is to share script that allows you to have both core CONSTANTLY active if you prefer. as moon stated tho it will impact battery life, tho, I would like to see a script along side this that puts it back to where it was, this way if you want to enable both cores and then go back to how it operates stock, then you could have two SM widgets to do that, I, am curious to see how this impacts music playing , wondering if when music is playing if the system is utilizing the second core when it is needed or not .

thanks for the info moon, always insightful as usual

Yes ash you are correct in what you saw as the point...I am not always as eloquent as I should be I suppose...changing the echo to 0 will turn oyster off although I have not played with this so o am not sure if it will shut it completely down or take it to its original state

For me at work I normally get 12-14 hours out of my battery with moderate to heavy use ...I still see those same numbers

As far as music..I decided to try an experiment. On my way home, which os a 30 minute drive, I played music the whole way...I did not experience one skip the whole way...I see that as an improvement

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ashclepdia · Mar 30, 2012

hedwig34 said:

I had some time to try this out this morning.

I made a script called cpu1 with this in it:

Code:

#!/system/bin/sh

echo "==================================="
echo "cpuinfo before:"
echo "==================================="
cat /proc/cpuinfo
echo ""
echo ""
echo "==================================="
echo "activate cpu1:"
echo "==================================="
chmod 666 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online 
echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online 
chmod 444 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
echo ""
echo ""
echo "==================================="
echo "cpuinfo after:"
echo "==================================="
cat /proc/cpuinfo
echo "==================================="

I put that script /mnt/sdcard/
Then ran it in a terminal in a terminal (i'm using eclipse and there is one built in):

Code:

$ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH
$su
# cd /mnt/sdcard
# pwd
/mnt/sdcard
# sh ./cpu1 > cpu1.txt
# cat /proc/cpuinfo
Processor       : ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v7l)
processor       : 0
BogoMIPS: 1998.84

processor       : 1
BogoMIPS: 1992.29

Features: swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp vfpv3 vfpv3d16
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant     : 0x1
CPU part: 0xc09
CPU revision    : 0

Hardware: Daytona
Revision: 83a0
Serial  : 02804105417f8657
#

the # sh ./cpu1 > cpu1.txt line saved the output to /mnt/sdcard.cpu1.txt

Here is what is in cpu1.txt:

Code:

===================================
cpuinfo before:
===================================
Processor	: ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v7l)
processor	: 0
BogoMIPS	: 1998.84

Features	: swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp vfpv3 vfpv3d16 
CPU implementer	: 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant	: 0x1
CPU part	: 0xc09
CPU revision	: 0

Hardware	: Daytona
Revision	: 83a0
Serial		: 02804105417f8657


===================================
activate cpu1:
===================================


===================================
cpuinfo after:
===================================
Processor	: ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v7l)
processor	: 0
BogoMIPS	: 1998.84

processor	: 1
BogoMIPS	: 1992.29

Features	: swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp vfpv3 vfpv3d16 
CPU implementer	: 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant	: 0x1
CPU part	: 0xc09
CPU revision	: 0

Hardware	: Daytona
Revision	: 83a0
Serial		: 02804105417f8657
===================================

I have not done much with benchmarks so I just picked Antutu and ran one before and then after.

Take a look at the screenshots attached. The after looks slightly better but it also shows that I had more ram. So I don't know if it helped. Interesting stuff though.

I don't think it's showing you had more ram available per say, just that your ram performed better on that run giving you a better score for it

by the way would you be able to upload the script you used so I can slip it into init.d ?

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hedwig34 · Mar 30, 2012

ashclepdia said:
I don't think it's showing you had more ram available per say, just that your ram performed better on that run giving you a better score for it

by the way would you be able to upload the script you used so I can slip it into init.d ?

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I'm a total noob when it comes to benchmarks. lol

As for the script, I think trafalger888 is cooking something up for init.d. Keep and eye out.

ashclepdia · Mar 30, 2012

hedwig34 said:
I'm a total noob when it comes to benchmarks. lol

As for the script, I think trafalger888 is cooking something up for init.d. Keep and eye out.

yea I was trying to copy paste from your post but it wouldn't paste right, got it to work tho, been using it in script manager for now, thanks

skwoodwiva · Mar 30, 2012

Just a BTW note. Uh-oh Rant coming . Why do people use those blasted code boxes? They never help and just make you wonder if xda is meant to be browsed on a 'ing phone? Just like the Tiny Little arrow that you always mis-hit to get latest post. Rant off

Moon Shadow - NM · Mar 30, 2012

litetaker said:
Are you serious?

DZK initially had issues with CM7DX2 maxing out one core but the other core was idle. Several system info apps reveal that both cores are running... So I highly doubt that one of the cores is dormant in our Device...

I would like people like ash and MoonShadow to give their opinion and correct me if I am wrong but I really don't think that one of our cores is dormant.

Or may be I am missing the point of the OP...

I answered this in one of my previous posts and Ash provided a much deeper analog that I.

skwoodwiva said:
Just a BTW note. Uh-oh Rant coming . Why do people use those blasted code boxes? They never help and just make you wonder if xda is meant to be browsed on a 'ing phone? Just like the Tiny Little arrow that you always mis-hit to get latest post. Rant off

Skwoodwiva (Screwdriver as Scoobydo would pronounce it?? Anyhow...) I use the code boxes because I mainly use XDA on my laptop when I'm developing something, or checking something out. I use Tap-a-talk when I'm mobile to read and post minor stuff. I'm not going to apologies for using "the damn" code boxes because for code, it is much cleaner.

Ciao!

skwoodwiva · Mar 30, 2012

..Elme(r) Fudd would pronounce it.

ashclepdia · Mar 30, 2012

**facepalm**
just now realizing, that's what your name is, lmao
(sorry for off topic- but I AM the king of going off topic)

Moon Shadow - NM · Mar 30, 2012

Quick script to run in script manager or terminal

This script and flashable zip file are for CM7DX2 ONLY! It _MIGHT_ work on other ROMs, but your mileage may vary!

Okay, it was requested by Ash for me to make a script that would run from init.d. I have included a flashable zip that installs a much simplified version of this script in init.d. Please keep in mind that the only way to change CPU1 back to "On Demand" is by using the script that is in this post as well.

As with all of my mods, I am not responsible for what you choose to do with your phone.

Flashable Zip:
Nandroid backup FIRST! Then flash this zip via Bootstrap Recovery. No need to clear cache or dalvik-cache.

Script:
If you are going to run this script in the terminal, please remember to set the permissions with chmod to 755. Example:

Code:

chmod 755 CPU_Core1_OnDemand_AlwaysOn.sh

In script manager, there is no need to do this.

Grrr... XDA doesn't allow uploading of .sh files. Just remove the .pdf extension. This file is _NOT_ a PDF file.

Your welcome!

Ciao!

ashclepdia · Mar 30, 2012

Moon Shadow - NM said:
If you are going to run this script in the terminal, please remember to set the permissions with chmod to 755. Example:

Code:

chmod 755 CPU_Core1_OnDemand_AlwaysOn.sh

In script manager, there is no need to do this.

Grrr... XDA doesn't allow uploading of .sh files. Just remove the .pdf extension. This file is _NOT_ a PDF file.

Your welcome!

Ciao!

is it possible to just slip that into init.d as well and have it run at boot or will it not work?

edit
I see what this is now
disregard question lol

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