[Q] Nexus S rooted -> now I need a good Kernel

[mindwalkr]

Hey fellow XDA's

Having recently rooted my Nexus S (i9023, LCD version running 2.3.4 Gingerbread) I'm looking at the next logical step which is to install a kernel that will improve on my experience so far with the Stock Nexus for the past 4 months or so. I like the Stock experience so I'm not looking into a ROM.

However, regarding the stock Android, I realized that the video recording audio quality truly sucks...
.. and it's obvious the lack of a notification light can be a problem ...
... and the battery life whilst good is not incredible, still need to charge every night.

So what I need is to install Voodoo sound for the sound, BLN for the notification light.. and the battery life "improvement" could come from underclocking the CPU... (I could maybe overclock but really does it change anything in real life other than quadrant scores ?)

I've noticed so far that there's quite a few Kernel builds around, but some of them seem to have more stuff than I need. While this might be a good thing, I also want to keep it simple. I like the Stock 2.3.4 so I don't really need Voodoo colors for example. Also some users seem to report worsening of battery life with some of the custom kernels... (but you can't believe everything you read on the interwebz I suppose..)

It seems that I can either pick NetArchy, Lucid or Matrix kernels. Which one would be the simplest for me ? I don't need to have kernel features that I won't use.. I'm not looking to overclock the phone.. maybe underclock to help battery life when it's just sitting still!

Thanks a lot for any thoughts guys!

 

[melvinchng]

Take trinity miui kernel tuv10 1ghz, up to 3700 in quadrant. And it is under volt kernel. The voltage is lower than stock and probably save you battery.

If you wanted to save more juice, take 880mhz or known as teuv. Your quadrant still can reach up to 3300 with a very low voltage and stable kernel.

It comes with latest voodoo. I enjoy the sound very well.

Accidentally sent from my Nexus S using XDA Premium App

 

[rentaric]

You talk about saving battery life and leave out the most obvious, Trinity kernel, TUV or TEUV.

 

[AllGamer]

if you are on stock 2.3.4 i'll suggest Netarchy 1.3.7 stanble, the fastest and smoothest

if you plan to flash CM7 or some of its derivatives then i'll suggest Trinity TUV10

 

[mindwalkr]

yep stock kernel 2.3.4 for european variant. I don't plan to use CM7 (yet)... but I guess I'll just do a NANDroid backup of my rooted Nexus with stock kernel and then both NetArchy and Trinity... see which one is best for my usage

 

[AllGamer]

Trinity is not that great on stock 2.3.4

i tried that already, but it's definitely best to try by yourself and see which one you like better

 

[mindwalkr]

Just installed NetArchy CFS... so far so good. Downloaded Voodoo Control and BLN and it seems to work well. No issues breaking existing functionality... going to run it for a few days, see how the battery holds! Enjoying the sound and the back light notifications!!

---------- Post added at 09:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:13 PM ----------

2198 quadrant score... it's an improvement, but then again overclocking the CPU was never part of my plans so I'm happy