[Kernel | Android 10 | One UI 2.5 | FUF5/FUH1/FUJ2/FUK1] BeastMode Kernel v2 for N960F | v2.17i | 20220122

[ykkfive]

I want to install the kernel. Install with twrp everything fine, but I reboot the phone and it does not come installed, always the same kernel from drketan q18. How to install the kernel?

Try with twrp 3.3.1.0 and see if this works.

yeah, try 3.3.1

 

[silviabcn]

Try with twrp 3.3.1.0 and see if this works.

Thanks. Finally I install with indicated twrp. Exkernelmanager I have installed but not knowing how to use is necessary? This kernel without the apk already works well for consumption ?. If exkernelmanager is necessary, can someone tell you how to configure it to improve battery consumption. Thanks.

 

[ykkfive]

Thanks. Finally I install with indicated twrp. Exkernelmanager I have installed but not knowing how to use is necessary? This kernel without the apk already works well for consumption ?. If exkernelmanager is necessary, can someone tell you how to configure it to improve battery consumption. Thanks.

read me post here

 

[livagoth]

@TechNoobForSale did you install the latest version? Very curious to see your new scores.

 

[TechNoobForSale]

@TechNoobForSale did you install the latest version? Very curious to see your new scores.

I did. Still didn't run anything because unfortunately I lost my father today. However I suspect this version is only going to ever so slightly improve scores. Don't expect ground breaking gains. Though ykkfive registered records on CPU Throttling test, that app really is only good to measure throttling. Not for performance benchmarking, because its bias towards Snapdragon is absurd (200GIPS for 845 even though the 9810's CPU obliterates it in everything else).

 

[ykkfive]

I did. Still didn't run anything because unfortunately I lost my father today. However I suspect this version is only going to ever so slightly improve scores. Don't expect ground breaking gains. Though ykkfive registered records on CPU Throttling test, that app really is only good to measure throttling. Not for performance benchmarking, because its bias towards Snapdragon is absurd (200GIPS for 845 even though the 9810's CPU obliterates it in everything else).

oh, i am sorry to hear that, mate

 

[TechNoobForSale]

oh, i am sorry to hear that, mate

Its aite mate. Thanks for worrying. I’ll keep testing.

 

[livagoth]

I did. Still didn't run anything because unfortunately I lost my father today. However I suspect this version is only going to ever so slightly improve scores. Don't expect ground breaking gains. Though ykkfive registered records on CPU Throttling test, that app really is only good to measure throttling. Not for performance benchmarking, because its bias towards Snapdragon is absurd (200GIPS for 845 even though the 9810's CPU obliterates it in everything else).

You have my condolences also man. May his soul rest in peace.

 

[TechNoobForSale]

Alright. I'll start benchmarking. If this Kernel release manages to get 460,000+ more consistently on AnTuTu, I'll call it a great improvement. Mainly the CPU is at fault anyways.

 

[TechNoobForSale]

First thing that comes to mind is that temperature reading in third party apps (CPU Throttling test, CPUFloat) is still broken. Only Hktweaks can see it. Where is the temperature file? For both CPU and GPU. Maybe I can sort out something to address it

 

[TechNoobForSale]

1st AnTuTu run: 452,760. GPU and CPU underperformed, especially GPU.

2nd AnTuTu run: 454,217

3rd AnTuTu run: (I disabled L Speed for this one) 455,618

4th AnTuTu run (Re-enabled L Speed since it doesn't degrade nor improve performance but I need aggressive doze): 457,822

Well, on a positive side note, this release is making me get 450,000+ MUCH more consistently (basically all the time). Unlike previous, which could drop even down to 442,000. I guess to go beyond 460,000 it takes very specific conditions that I yet don't know how to emulate. Battery is running low so I'll have to focus on a single run of Geekbench. I won't run in depth GPU tests since 598MHz was in the past and it remained that way. So I expect nothing better.

Geekbench 5:
Single: 531
Multi: 1755

This score is basically lower/on par with an Exynos 8895 overclocked to 2808Mhz big and 1898-2002MHz LITTLE cores.

What I've observed is that Big CPU doesn't boost to 2886MHz in single core. Trying to disable L Speed

Geekbench 5 Run 2:
Single:
Multi:

Edit: Upon rebooting my battery dropped from 47% to 7%. Stopping tests for today.
Edit 2: L Speed was the culprit for the CPU not boosting. I suggest everybody with a Note9 here not to use that app on this phone. The tweaks contained in L Speed DO work for old devices. However particular cases like Note9, it's better not to test on those. L Speed is a great app and it revived many of my old devices and made them smooth again. But I just never had a positive experience with it on my Note 9. My friend with his S8 though defeated records with it and a fair amount of overclock and optimizations. Phones that came out after 2018 just won't benefit from this app.

 

[TechNoobForSale]

Resuming the testing.

Geekbench 5 Run 1:
Single: 725
Multi: 2247

Highest single core score I've ever reached on this Kernel. My record remains 732, on stock Samsung firmware for single core. Let's see if I can get more with another run

Geekbench 5 Run 2:
Single: 728
Multi: 2216

Note: On the multi core aspect there seems to be no improvement. However I see a slight improvement on the Single core score average. It very rarely falls below 700 now. Ykkfive has most likely tweaked the managing of the single core frequency, as I've seen 2886MHz being used much more frequently in the Single Core section. But this is still not enough. We should be seeing scores in excess of 745 in single core with a frequency of 2886MHz. But we are closing in. Rememeber that single core frequency is very important because it seems the system uses it when opening apps. And if the device uses that frequency more, app booting times will be reduced. 2496MHz and 2704MHz frequencies are still used way too much instead of 2886MHz in single core tests. Little CPUs keep capping at 1950MHz but that's my ROM's problem at this point. I just hope it won't bother me when frequencies above 1794MHz will be applied on big cores as well. I really hope so.

Geekbench 5 Run 3, last one:
Single: 733
Multi: 2252

Pretty good! However the multi core still falls short of the highest ever recorded on 9810, which is around 2350. Probably scored by a heavily throttled overclocked 9810, but we are closing in at stock big frequencies. So that's great. Let's go on. Keep in mind that L Speed is uninstalled.

AnTuTu V9, first run: 456,761
Everything performed well....except CPU, which fell short of about 5,000 points compared to its best possible performance.

AnTuTu V9, second run, last one (Battery): 459,439

Almost. Overall this Kernel release is exactly as the developer said. An improvement over the previous one, made by tweaks here and there. Nothing drastic. Therefore the performance is not too far away to be called "better" but not even the same as before. There is an improvement. That's it for today. Time to let my poor phone take a well deserved break. Considering that we started off from an Exynos 9810 that scored 370,000 on average and 410,000 in the best case scenario on stock firmware, this is definitely almost a generational leap ahead.

 

[ykkfive]

First thing that comes to mind is that temperature reading in third party apps (CPU Throttling test, CPUFloat) is still broken. Only Hktweaks can see it. Where is the temperature file? For both CPU and GPU. Maybe I can sort out something to address it

due to changes in permissions, need root access to access them

 

[ykkfive]

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[ykkfive]

20211207
reuploaded fuj2 boot.img (only for boot.img, others are not affected)
pls download it again

 

[daywiz]

@ykkfive : Thank you for the awesome work. Just wanted to clarify if I can flash the ROM using the latest TWRP (3.6) or do i need to downgrade (3.3.1) as mentioned as recommended version on the first page. I am currently on Dr Ketan Q18.

 

[ykkfive]

@ykkfive : Thank you for the awesome work. Just wanted to clarify if I can flash the ROM using the latest TWRP (3.6) or do i need to downgrade (3.3.1) as mentioned as recommended version on the first page. I am currently on Dr Ketan Q18.

it is suggested to use 3.3.1 coz it has been tested, but you may use others as well if you don encounter any problem

 

[ykkfive]

20211207
reuploaded fuj2 boot.img (only for boot.img, others are not affected)
pls download it again

20211211
fuf5 and fuh1 boot.img reuploaded too, pls download it again if you have any problem before
sorry about that

 

[daywiz]

it is suggested to use 3.3.1 coz it has been tested, but you may use others as well if you don encounter any problem

Thanks a lot for the prompt reply. It worked perfectly on 3.6. , so thats a big positive.

 

[TechNoobForSale]

Thanks a lot for the prompt reply. It worked perfectly on 3.6. , so thats a big positive.

That's good to hear. Because 3.4.0-0 has been reported to act up with this Kernel despite being a newer release than 3.3.1-0. TWRP just is never perfect, is it? Despite how much they update it.