[KERNEL] [January 29] ElementalX-N9 5.17 (Nougat) 7.03 (Oreo)

[irishboym4]

Feature Request

Is it possible to add otg charging to this kernel? It's already arguably the best kernel

 

[octagonPerfectionist]

Maybe it's just me, but I'm noticing some stuttering when scrolling with version 2.00. I'm using default settings.

could be that the governor isn't as aggressive with touch boosting as the stock kernel is. try switching the governor to "interactive" and see if it still does that. you'll probably see a pretty big battery life hit though, so you should really be sticking with the "elementalx" governor. just guessing though since i don't actually know exactly what's changed for elementalx governor from the stock interactive governor.

 

[Dr. Hurt]

Could you please add BFS?

Thanks

 

[TabletNoob]

Is it possible to add otg charging to this kernel? It's already arguably the best kernel

is it???

 

[ins5736]

Maybe it's just me, but I'm noticing some stuttering when scrolling with version 2.00. I'm using default settings.

could be that the governor isn't as aggressive with touch boosting as the stock kernel is. try switching the governor to "interactive" and see if it still does that. you'll probably see a pretty big battery life hit though, so you should really be sticking with the "elementalx" governor. just guessing though since i don't actually know exactly what's changed for elementalx governor from the stock interactive governor. [emoji14]

I'm getting stutter and lag as well. I'm trying adjusting the threshold and min freq in elementalx gov before I drop to interactive.

 

[sing1gnis]

I'm getting stutter and lag as well. I'm trying adjusting the threshold and min freq in elementalx gov before I drop to interactive.

I've played around with the different governors and elementalx is definitely the worst. Performance, obviously, is the best. I'm sure flar will find a happy medium somewhere in between and have it rocking soon enough.

 

[laill]

@flar2

I am interested in setting the SELinux to permissive so as to test the unofficial xposed.

The link you provided earlier is not working somehow
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952602503

So I made a real short init.d script (I think you enabled the script support even you moved scripts to ramdisk?)

#Set SELinux status using setenforce [enforcing|permissive|1|0]

#!/system/bin/sh

setenforce 0

It is not executed during boot time despite I set permission 777. It worked just fine if I manually execute it.
If it is no trouble, can you reupload your SELinux zip? Thx alot, your kernel and new app are something real great.

Cheers,
L

 

[i3am5not8real13]

@flar2

I am interested in setting the SELinux to permissive so as to test the unofficial xposed.

The link you provided earlier is not working somehow
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952602503

So I made a real short init.d script (I think you enabled the script support even you moved scripts to ramdisk?)

#Set SELinux status using setenforce [enforcing|permissive|1|0]

#!/system/bin/sh

setenforce 0

It is not executed during boot time despite I set permission 777. It worked just fine if I manually execute it.
If it is no trouble, can you reupload your SELinux zip? Thx alot, your kernel and new app are something real great.

Cheers,
L

I'm using experimental exposed for 5.1 and elementalx for 5.1 and its working fine without having to set selinux to permissive...I'm also on latest AICP build

 

[octagonPerfectionist]

I've played around with the different governors and elementalx is definitely the worst. Performance, obviously, is the best. I'm sure flar will find a happy medium somewhere in between and have it rocking soon enough.

i've actually had no problems with scrolling with elementalx governor. it's pretty much been buttery smooth about 90% of the time and whenever it's not i suspect it's just due to the app or webpage being ****ty, and even then it tends to get better pretty quickly. i'd say it's much improved from 5.0.2, for me.

 

[preacher65]

Is there any chance of an express version of 2.00 - or could I make one myself but putting the 2.00 zimage in the .013 express zip? Would any other files be needed? I noticed some changes in editramdisk.sh as well. Also elementalx.conf, but I'm wondering if the aroma script creates that.

 

[octagonPerfectionist]

Is there any chance of an express version of 2.00 - or could I make one myself but putting the 2.00 zimage in the .013 express zip? Would any other files be needed? I noticed some changes in editramdisk.sh as well. Also elementalx.conf, but I'm wondering if the aroma script creates that.

there already is one, if downloaded through the elementalx app - has this not been uploaded anywhere else? if I'm allowed, I could attach it here. not sure why it wouldn't be up for download anywhere.

 

[preacher65]

there already is one, if downloaded through the elementalx app - has this not been uploaded anywhere else? if I'm allowed, I could attach it here. not sure why it wouldn't be up for download anywhere.

Thanks, I've got it now. I'd done a clean flash and switched back to this kernel as part of that, so I'd downloaded the kernel from http://elementalx.org/devices/nexus-9/ which only has the aroma version. With an unencrypted device I had to flash a kernel before first boot.

I've installed the app now and downloaded the express version, thanks for the pointer.

 

[darkchazz]

Are there any sort of GPU governor settings that can be tweaked?
Since not only the CPU is often pushed to high frequencies on simple tasks, but also the GPU.

 

[mikereidis]

Is it possible to add otg charging to this kernel? It's already arguably the best kernel

I'd also like to see this.

 

[Dr. Hurt]

Are there any sort of GPU governor settings that can be tweaked?
Since not only the CPU is often pushed to high frequencies on simple tasks, but also the GPU.

I think the closest thing to that would be underclocking the GPU.

I may be missing something though!!

 

[Freak07]

I think the closest thing to that would be underclocking the GPU.

I may be missing something though!!

Maybe @flar2 can look into porting simple_ondemand governor to nexus 9?

 

[darkchazz]

I think the closest thing to that would be underclocking the GPU.

I may be missing something though!!

I tried underclocking in 5.0.X
It made a huge difference in heat while gaming.. and the funny thing is I haven't noticed any difference in frame rates.

But I reverted it because I felt bad about crippling this powerful GPU.

 

[flar2]

Maybe @flar2 can look into porting simple_ondemand governor to nexus 9?

That's for qualcomm devices, not tegra.

I may look into the GPU governor, to make it less aggressive. I think limiting the max freq is a good first step though.

 

[Dr. Hurt]

@flar2

Could you also add BFS? It made quite a difference on FireIce kernel.

 

[flar2]

@flar2

Could you also add BFS? It made quite a difference on FireIce kernel.

I've tested BFS on other devices and found no improvement. In fact, I found the opposite. Plus we introduce the possibility of instability by changing one of the most integral parts of the kernel.