THe conclusion is obvious. All the pre-processing of V4A and ATMOS is done by the CPU since those softwares are hardware agnostic. Any processing takes CPU and I have noticed about 10% more battery drain when using V4A. I don't mind since the results are awesome. Regarding the HiFi DAC, it doesn't affect CPU but the AKM DAC requires extra power. Even the stock ROM warns about a higher battery drain when HiFi audio is used.
The other issue has an easy explanation and solution. I have always gave credit in the OP to NFound and Kranoner for their ROMs and Kernels in the post introduction, ALWAYS. And I clearly state that the ROMs and Kernels in the EDL packages where created by them. I understand that some people doesn't read all the info in the posts and go directly to the download section, so I have just added clear credits next to the reference to the ROM or Kernel in the bundle description to ensure no one misses the credits.
Regarding donations, I never asked for them and I never received any, I do not invest all these hours for a few hundred dollars, I do it for pure fun like many others around here. I share my packages, tools and tricks just for helping others, not for getting money, or enlarging my ego. All I have asked for is to press the thanks button just to know if my time is helping people when I answer their concerns. Why I placed my nick in the filename? it is easy, it is a quality stamp telling everyone that I guarantee that the EDL bundle is certified by me. Everyone can rename it after downloading so it is not a big deal. I have tested many roms and kernels and these bundles are carefully curated to be stable and easy to install. That is the added value here that is very important for newbies that arrive here looking for an easy way to get Oreo. By the way, Pie is not yet stable enough, that's why the EDL packages haven't changed in a while.
Suggesting that @Kranoner and @NFound left the Axon 7 Scene because I was getting donations is far from reality. Kranoner left this forums because he no longer uses this device, his son was using it and he was really disappointed by how other developers were not sharing their work, and he decided to not stopping by here any more. NFound left the Axon 7 scene since he replaced his device by a new Nubia and asked to close his own threads in the Axon 7 forums. On the other hand, I created these EDL packages well after those roms were created and after all the donation hype about them. And again, I never received or asked for any donation.
The EDL packages are used by newbies. It is the fist stop for many that later learn how to use TWRP, flash modules, solve their own problems, etc. I use them as a fast way to recover my phone when my experiments go wrong.
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