Big SoC always active?

[swa100]

Hey all,

I was looking around in aida64 and I saw that the big core is always active. At idle it's staying at 633mhz. Only after boot I saw "sleeping" , but after few mins it just stayed at 633mhz. More people experiencing this? I'm on the second 7.1.2 beta.

Screenshot: https://s11.postimg.org/d2a4kcyir/Screenshot_20170324-090259.png

I'd like to hear your thoughts!

 

[swa100]

It seems that when they're stopped or sleeping, that's because of thermal throttling: https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/4-cores-allways-stopped-whats-t3390543. So I guess they should always be running and not sleeping/stopped. If not, your phone runs too hot.

Would be great if someone can give a clear answer on this!

 

[hawkswind1]

When the phone reboots it works hard to start the OS and apps and therefore has to thermal throttle to cool the cpu down. Once it fully boots and the cpu load is lower it cools down and the big cluster comes back online and idles at 633, the stock big cluster governor setting.

 

[swa100]

When the phone reboots it works hard to start the OS and apps and therefore has to thermal throttle to cool the cpu down. Once it fully boots and the cpu load is lower it cools down and the big cluster comes back online and idles at 633, the stock big cluster governor setting.

Thanks for the info. But what's up with this comment on Reddit then? "my nexus 6p is working properly on 7.1.2 apparently, my uptime is ~189 hours, 4 cores are on low frequency 384 mHz and the other 4, the A57s are sleeping, see the screenshot below.
http://m.imgur.com/UZhZxd8". More people are reporting this . So it seems that for some people it's idling at 633mhz and for some people it's sleeping.