Hi,
recently i came upon a thread with someone asking :
how to optimize the archos to be quicker ?
As this is propably a question many people might ask (even I still do ) I thought about creating a thread about. This is not just to answer his question but also for all u nerds out there to corrent me - as I might be wrong in some points AND to gather new options to speed up the device. This is what i have learned yet...
Anyway all of the things I list here require root as far as I know. So get your device rooted or abandon the Thread
ALL THINGS IN THIS THREAD ARE WITHOUT WARRENTY - SO IF YOUR DEVICE STARTS MUTATING INTO A DOG HUNTING YOUR ASS FOR NEW FLESH - BE WARNED
Memory Management:
Introduction: HAVING FREE UNUSED MEMORY ON ANDROID HAS (nearly) NO ADVANTAGE (exception having 0 memory also fu**s up the device -> 1. )
All of those methods wont make your device faster in the meaning of really getting faster in speed... as android already has a quite good memory management.
BUT if u get more space in memory your device can keep more of the apps U LIKE in memory (being inactive according to app lifecycle). This will make them get called faster next time u use them and your device will "feel" faster and more responsive.
1. What should work on all roms are the "minfree" settings -> meaning when android really kills apps - depending on free memory (if u don't know what is mean by - search for the "App Lifecycle" of android)
You can try setting those to the values mentioned by sibere (scroll down) or try finding your own settings. There for u can use any app like "AutoKiller Memory Optimizer" just serach "memory optimizer" in the market.
KEEP IN MIND - you may play a bit with those settings - BUT still u should know what u are doing if u use it!
LOW: If u set the values to low the device will kill apps very late keeping much of them in memory this might make you device get slow. If there is too less Memor fo a "new" app or another process just need more memory while running it has to close down other processes before memory can be allocated.
HIGH: If u set em too high u kill most apps instantly - and your device will get problems and might get unstable as far as i understood.
2. Try gettign more "free" memory by disabeling services - as those got the highest priority they wont get killed that fast by the memory management. For checking u might get an app like "TaskManager" wich lists all running processes.
Just check out what takes your memory and disable those u dont need.U can disaable them by using "Titanium Backup" disable app / uninstall em / or just uncheck their autorun by using a programm like "Autorun Manager". Remember if u just disable the autorun they might (re)start later still.
3. Use a low sceen count in your launcher and keep the widget count low. This is related to 2.) as most widgets run a "background service" to update itself / pulling information (e.g. a waether widget getting latest conditions, a calendar widget keeping connection to your calendar app,...) - each widget took at least 8MB memory when i checked with TaskManager - "greater" widgets like "Fancy Widget (sense like clock and weather widget)" sometimes take up to 25MB
4. DONT USE A LIVE WALLPAPER (live wallpapers use MUCH memory most 20MB-40MB - either they get closed down all the time - or they just reside in memory taking the memory u wanted to use for keeping other apps active)
I also noticed that the App Drawer got "much/noticeable" slower in every Laucher I tested while a live wallpaper was active
5. DO NOT USE A TASK KILLER (remeber the introduction!!! - and think about it yourself - if at least 20 ppl ask why - i write this down here )
6. SWAP / COMPCACHE (can be activated through UD config) - this is a really hard question - those methods extend your memory but the memory u gain is MUCH slower then the internal memory. So again u have to decide and try out if it helps u or it doesn't (I used em long time but never realy felt a big advantage of. Compcache even made my device feel slower and i got more FC's most time - also I tried to figure out how the memory management uses this "memory". But i din't find a clear answer yet - as some ppl mentioned that "inactve apps" wont get swapped - need some clear source... Anway in general those 2 should increase Multitasking capability at cost of speed.
7. FUDGESWAP
- noting yet - its GINGERBREAD only - so we have to wait...
FINALY: u have to decide on your own what u really NEED to run "simultaniously" (I personaly rather have less widgets and run background services like growl, eventghost, tasker) but u can count it yourself by checking back with taskmanager and having in mind your archos (GEN8) just has 256MB of internal memory.
CPU Manaagement:
8. (UD) If u got Urukdroid u can try setting your CPU Governor to another value like:
"Interactive" is more reactive than "on demand" (-> SIBERE)
9. Try an OC (OverClocked) Kernel -> get it in the Urukdroid Dev Thread (I wont link any here as u should know what u do and wich u choose!)
BEWARE not all devices can use an OC Kernel (sadly mine can't) but try it out...
10. Try overclocking your device with the Milestone Overclock Utility. This overclock method is based on a module insert. Again this just works with root.
OVERCLOCKING:
Each CPU is different -> each device is different and can handle different maximum speeds - this is related to the former position of the CPU on its waver while production...
So u have to try out what your CPU can handle safely - so it might happen your device will refuse to boot after u flashed a kernel or set some permanen OC values. Keep a BACKUP or reflash old kernel...
In general u normaly can't brick your device by overclocking as the CPU overheats -> safety function of the CPU stops it -> the device resets itself before the CPU get "burned" (hope this also aplies to ARM processors )
Other:
11. The Launcher: I tested out much lauchers already: ADW, ADW EX, VTL, Laucher PRO, Zeam Laucher, GO Laucher - most of them seem to be eaqual in speed and more differ in features (event Laucher PRO is still the fastest on my Wildfire [but development stopped some time ago], GO seemed to be a bit slower imho) - take any of those but avoid taking some over exagerated 3D'ish laucher like Regina, SPB Shell, Claystone...
12. Apps like "AutoKiller Memory Optimizer" have additionaly features to "optimise" the speed,... u might test those out but I didnt notice a difference most time. Still keep in mind - u should know what u are doing
13. Ok - u may want to hit me for that:
It's more a cosmetic thing - but I recently used UOT Kitchen for theming my framework and used the fly-in animations - and they feel much faster then the default animations just try it out... keep a backup of your original framework for reverting.
All the following Tweaks are mentioned by sibere (credits go to him and propably some other people)
echo "1536,2048,4096,6144,8192,10240" > /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree
(this is related to 1. ; 1MB = 256 => valueas above are 6MB, 8MB, 16MB, 24MB, 32MB, 40MB)
to enable cgroups cpuacct:
mkdir /acct
mount -t cgroups -o cpuacct none /acct
mkdir /acct/uid
to change ioscheduler:
cd /sys/block/mmcblk1/queue
echo "deadline" > scheduler
cd iosched
echo 1 > fifo_batch
These are lost on reboot so if you wanna keep them, add a script to /etc/init.d
Finaly I also have patched the sqlite library. If you want the file, let me know. It boost a lot SQL database writings. See this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=903507
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Will ask him to comment on "cgroups, ioscheduler, and sqlite" as im not sure if they work with all rom versions / neither how they work exactly.
THANKS Sibere
EDIT:
aditional threads with tweaks
- Supercharger
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1227269
BEWARE I HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME TO CHECK THEM OUT YET AND DIDN'T TEST THEM
SOME OF THEM MIGHT NOT WORK AND PEOPLEARGUE ABOUT THEM (e.g. the "debug.sf.hw =1" is heavily discussed)
IF ANYONE KNOWS MORE ABOUT THOSE OR CAN HELP TESTING IM HAPPY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
Hi.
For a full reference to cgroups, you may read the cgroups documentation from the kernel.
Basically, it provides process aggregations in the Linux kernel, mainly for resource tracking purposes.
deadline IO scheduler has been used a lot for SSDs and proven to be quite adapted to flash memory.
The minfree settings set here are pretty much optimised by me for the archos. It gives you a good balance between available cache and free ram . Android starts to complain when the free ram drops below 32Mb. with these settings, the OOM task killer will try to maintain a free ram level above 32Mb. You DON'T need a task killer. It will just use precious ram resources and will mess up with the android integrated task killer.
Those settings are reset on boot, so you may add them in a script added to /etc/init.d/ directory.
SQlite optimisation is of great help and I already posted a lot of information about it when I posted the tweaked file. Please refer to this post. (You'll have to look for it, it's somewhere in the dev thread )
Enjoy your optimised archos!
Thanks guys, learning new tips.
Nice! Good tips. Thanks.
Very usefull reading, thanks!
thanks for the tips ! cheers!
Hello, I am JustLoveJoy, I am an up and coming developer, although I work very hard on my phone right now, my gf has gotten an Archos 8 G2 4GB tablet and I have it rooted but it constantly gives me some issues. Finding this thread, I have to ask, can these or any tweaks be applied to her tablet? is there any source code on github or somewhere else? I mainly wish to get her to be able to do her Farmville on it. I'd like to get on to the development boards with a custom rom for it but I need someone with a little experience to point me in the right direction for that. Thanks So much for starting this thread!
hi i just want to try to root my arnova 7g2 bit i don't find a straight 3d on xda. you clan indicate the right street
Inviato dal mio GT-N7000 con Tapatalk 2
did you notice that crow (CM7) for Gen8 was released ?
still nothing for developing for the Archos 8 G2 4GB? If I can get adb shell I would be happy!
Thanks
thinks man
:good:
Thanks for the great post! I still have one of these!
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Hey all i created this thread for ADVANCED users (and some newbies lol) so that i can better help users tweak and improve performance on their eris. My inbox was getting crazy so i thought this would be better i will still take pm questions but it would be better if we can all learn here. This isn't really a place to report bugs as it would be better to contact your respective developer or post in that developers thread. I will try my very best to get the best performance out of your eris and hopefully we will have some fun along the way. So hopefully this can help take some of the load off of the developers threads and reduce noob-age.
I ONLY ASK THAT IF USERS WANT TO TWEAK I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU EITHER..........
1) PURCHASE ROOT EXPLORER FROM THE MARKET OR THE FREE ESTRONGS FILE EXPLORER APP FROM THE MARKET WHICH ALSO ALLOWS ROOT ACCESS AS WELL.... BUT I THINK ROOT EXPLORER IS BETTER IMHO.
2) HAVE ADB SET UP FOR YOURSELVES AT HOME OR KNOWLEDGEABLE OF ADB. I WILL NOT HELP YOU SET UP ADB OR THE SDK
ALSO I RECOMEND PURCHING THE FULL VERSION OF TITANIUM BACKUP AS IT IS AN INVALUABLE TOOL FOR ROOTED USERS AND MAKES BACKING UP AND TWEAKING MUCH EASIER FOR NEWBIES PLUS IT HAS SOME REALLY AWSOME FEATURES
so hopefully this will give us fun things to do in between releases from our devs. And always remember to donate to these awesome awesome eris devs for their hard work and commitment to us.
i want to keep an open discussion thread, nothing is off the table.
kernels
kitchens
cooking
roms
tweaks
hacks
apps
fixes
workarounds
you name it lets talk
lets figure it out together while learning along the way
Things are always changing so if you see any errors or things that need to be updated please let me know and i will be more than happy to get the correct information posted.
Moving apks and deleting dulicates...make your system efficient
YOU need either rootexplorer OR be ADB inclined to do the following....
i was thinking while doing some root exploring of ways to make this rom more solid and here are a few tips i thought everyone could use.
IF YOU DONT HAVE DUPLICATES DONT KILL YOURSELF SEARCHING JUST CONSIDER YOURSELF LUCKY. AND YOU DONT NEED THIS POST
FIRST
when i flash a Rom i always do my set up. here is an overview of what i do when i flash........
-i flash the Rom
-then i login to google as normal so i can receive Titanium Backup (TB) and Root Explorer (RE) from the market updates
if someone could be kind enough to give us a sample command to use terminal to install apps from the sd would be a great shortcut for us
-move those two apps from data/app to system/app
-then i do a full wipe (huh a full wipe you say....system files are never wiped....they can only be flashed over, so TB and RE will still be there)
-clean nand (so if you get crazy and screw up you can easily start over)
-Rom surgery
-Restore
-login to google last and sync
-batt tweaks and extras
this process IMHO makes your rom way more efficient than flashing, login and syncing.
OK
first thing i do when i flash a rom is to remove junk
i navigate with either explorer to system/app folder
then i remove all the useless apps i dont use, need or want
AND/OR remove the "ONE USE" apps (like setupwizard.apk only need it once or none at all if your a pro )
this reduces the ROMs footprint making it smaller
the smaller the Rom the better the faster
here are some things i like to rip out of system/app folder....
ADWLauncher.apk (make sure you have another launcher first i use lanucher pro)
Mail.apk (i use gmail)
Twitter.apk (i currently dont tweet)
ProTips.apk
HtcCalibrate.apk (after i calibrate of course)
Launcher2.apk(why have a bunch of other launchers you dont use hogging memory get rid of them)
MagicSmokeWallpapers.apk (this dont work for me but other do)
Carhomegoogle.apk ONLY
etc. there are others you can remove as well depending on you
and we will experiment to find more......
NEXT
i like to move IMPORTANT apks or apps from the data/app folder to the system/app folder epically if your Rom dev has not updated the gapps lately or you cant get access to the latest gapps.zip.
if you do not then you will end up with a lot of duplicate apps installed in your system when ever you receive a gapps update and that wastes memory and will cause memory issues in the future and it screws with autokiller
i like to move my favorite launcher (launcher pro paid) to the same place where launchers go, in the system/app folder (why have your launcher where regular apps go and get killed by autokiller) i think this is better for the system and doesn't hog your app data space plus it adds stability to your launcher.
here are some things i like to move into system/app.....
i like move into system/app are
launchers (stabilze launcher)
keyboards (should speed up keyboard strokes)
root tools and IMPORTANT apps (R.E. T.B.)
security apps (never deleted or wiped in case of theft, hoping thief is not nerdy)
any of the latest gapps update
and some others
this way if any issue occurs wipe and restore is easy as pie
IMPORTANT: APPS IN THE SYSTEM FOLDERS DO NOT GET WIPED OR DELETED DURING A FACTORY DATA WIPE OR DALVIK WIPE.....THEY CAN ONLY BE FLASHED OVER BY A ROM(OVERWRITTEN)
APPS IN THE DATA FOLDERS WILL GET DELETED DURING A FACTORY WIPE......BUT NOT DALVIK
i know we are ALL have at least one pair of identical (double apks in the system)
-but the identical apks have different names
-on is in data/app the other is in system/app
if you have updated ANY google app then chances are that you may have some double apps on your system wasting. when we update these google apks 'think' the rom comes with the apk already and is stored in the protected system/app folder WHILE the actual update is stored in the data/app folder (or where regular apps go) under a different name
EXAMPLE
google maps
-MAPS.apk ........is stored system/app
-com.google.android.app.map-1.apk........is stored in the data/app (this is the latest update of google maps and should replace the older MAPS.apk in system/app)
-these are the SAME APKs
hmmm so think gmaps is 5-6 megs in size and you have 2 of them so thats like 10-12 megs in your system, get rid of the old one.
there are two thing you can do here with two different benefits
-you can either remove the copy from either the data OR system folders depending on what you prefer.
if you remove the old app from system/app that means easier updates with now file moving BUT less app storage
OR move from data/app to system/app which means less FCs, more other app memory, and dealing with future updates and moving each app.
i like to move the new apks to the system/app where they belong
unstable Launcher PRO
my launcher was very unstable for a while wasn't a big deal for me
soo i decided to move my launcher to the system/app folder like all the other launchers....
I think the instability of that launcher was because of AUTOKILLER thinking this is just a regular app in data/app which it was at the moment. i may be wrong but autokiller doesnt kill system apps. so i move my launcher there and guess what now my launcher is much better and faster and stable beacuse you now have lots more memory.
SPEED TIP: in spare parts speed up your transition and animation windows to FAST
MOVING APPS ADVANCED SHORTCUT
i finally figure out a great short cut for moving apps
-first rename and put your favorite file manager (ROOT EXPLO) onto the sd.
to be even faster rename and put your launcher and TB on there too.
-after flashing a rom bypass the setup (touch the android screen) to home screen.
-open terminal
-type
SU
cd sdcard
busybox install yourapp.apk /data/app
-now you have the file explorer ready to go
instead of trying to restore wipe restore.
and hopefully you know what to do next.
so to summarize...
-get rid of junk you dont use and free up that memory
-move apps to the proper locations in system/app AND/OR data/app
-make sure you dont have multiple google apps using different names
"MAPS.apk" and "com.google.android.app.map-1.apk" IS THE SAME APP IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. remove the old and put the new in system/app
make sure your main launcher is in system app so it doesn't keep getting killed by auto killer settings and reloading
Replace THESE apps = with THESE apps
system/app = data/app
Gmail.apk = com.google.android.apps.gm-1.apk
ChrometoPhone.apk = com.google.android.apps.chrometophone-1.apk
Maps.apk = com.google.android.apps.maps-1.apk
CarHomeGoogle.apk = com.google.android.carhome-1.apk
GoogleSearch.apk = com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox-1.apk
Googles.apk = com.google.android.appsunveil-1.apk
SuperUser.apk = com.noshufou.android.su-1.apk
AutoKiller = com.rs.autokiller-2.apk
TitaniumBackup = com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup-2.apk
Twittter = (forget)
Voice= com.google.android.apps.gv-1.apk i think
YouTube=
delete OLD in system/app = move NEW from data/app to system/app
YES i did all those with success more memory and speed and a massive increase in overall Rom stability
there may be more
BUT ALL THESE HAVE DUPLICATE APPS USING DIFFERENT NAMES stored in data/app and/or system/app WHEN the latest update should be system/app IMHO to prevent AUTOKILLER from always killing i believe autokiller will try to kill data apps first before system apps.
i still have my auto killer set at optimum and things work even better now
and i gained 25mb of system memory no more Force closes
Batt tweak custom set up process (a 1-2 day process to complete)
How to increase battery life
first off battery life depends on many factors.....
where you live, work, and the daily place you travel to.
im one of the lucky ones who has a cell tower down the street from me here in S. FL.
WARNING: IF you multitask alllllll day on your phone then this is not for you.This is more beneficial when your phone is at rest or in an idle state or screen off state.
Others may not be so lucky and may live in a bad signal area....which causes your phone to constantly search and listen for signals.
Also battery life could depend on the widgets you use or apps that you have active.
Example: Beautiful Widgets beautiful home is a constantly running app that also
-on occasion activates the GPS to acquire location
-on occasion downloads update weather data
Example: Facebook Widget
-by default update statuses every 15 minutes, so every 15 minutes its downloading data
so i usually adjust these settings to my personal liking
Now for the battery calibration process and how it works
Decad3nce port of Colins_ph batt tweak allows us to use some setcpu profiles without setcpu.
Setcpu and its widgets were resource monsters crippling our system and drain battery life as well. kiss setcpu goodbye we wont be needing it anymore.
the batt tweak calibration process takes some patience as the entire process could take 1-3 days to complete depending. Also i highly recommend using the latest CFS kernel by Conap as it provides extra battery savings
we will be running colins batt tweak during the calibration process so that both calibrate together, which makes a lot of sense as opposed to doning them separately.
here is the process and DS's custom settings for batt tweak 1 (the first release)
please remember to prepare yourself not to interrupt the process. the draining process may die while you are at work or during an emergency. so be prepared to have little use of your phone.
-flash latest CFS kernel found here
-flash batt tweak attached at the bottom of this post until its updated and fixed....more info in thread here
-turn off phone and let charge for a few hours or more to ensure that it is full
-when ready boot into recovery mode and wipe the batt stats and power off
-unplug phone and power on (charging cable not needed) you may experience weird battery levels or fast draining (this is normal)
-immediately open TERMINAL and activate colins_ batt tweak
with command batt-cfg and go to option 3 and input these settings........
I think this works much better
this schedueler keeps the cpu much lower
here if anyone want to try it out
underclock
ondemand
anticipatory
19200
710400
19200
710400
19200
710400 (ONLY IF YOU KNOW YOU CAN 768000)
90
15
15
15
- close terminal and operate phone normally if you want...i highly suggest leaving it alone as much as possible until it drains completely dead.
-use a cpu monitoring app just to make sure the cpu is idle i have seen mine dip down 80mhz if not then you need to kill active open apps
-let phone naturally drain completely until its dead (could take a full day or two mine was 48hrs with some usage)
-when dead make sure by pressing power rapidly a few times
-while off let phone recharge for as long as possible maybe four hours or more the mor the better
-when ready unplug phone and turn on
-when powered on reactivate batt tweak using terminal batt-cfg, then option 9 to save and your done (once setup all you need is option 9 to save and reactivate)
-wtf DS my phone is on but reads less than 100% battery. this is normal replug while on and let charge to full
- when full the process is now complete and you can use phone as normal
REMEMBER THAT SOME ROMS DO NOT ACTIVATE THE TWEAK AND YOU WILL NEED TO DO SO UNTIL YOUR DEV AS ADD THE SCRIPT TO ACTIVATE ON A REBOOT. SO UNTIL THEN OPTION 9 IN BATT TWEAK WILL DO THIS
use an app like system panel or seepu to look at cpu speeds make sure the cpu isnt running at 100%.
try to close apps if you see this but a reboot usually fixes this.
these settings allow for the cpu to use lower clock speeds when idle. much lower than the stock 245000 settings yes were going to the minimum 19200 with little to no side effects or slow downs, but the benefits are more when in a idle state. But it WILL drain at about same rate when your using it heavily.
make sure the tweak is running by either opening terminal and enter pidof batt.sh you should see the processing id number if its running.
OR for a full read out of stats do batt-diag
and observe the time in state read out at the bottom. if you see values next to the 19200 clock speeds........SUCCESS!
PS if you screen on time is 3 hours and your phone is dead, DONT BLAME THE BATT TWEAK....BLAME YOURSELF !
ENJOY
alright now lets get some real stuff in here....lol
jdog94 said:
alright now lets get some real stuff in here....lol
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just trying to a make a nice neat place to put all my post on past tweaks for users and to do some advanced stuff in the future stay tuned
DS36 said:
just trying to a make a nice neat place to put all my post on past tweaks for users and to do some advanced stuff in the future stay tuned
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good, i need this!
Great idea"!"!!
HAI! Hau do i route mai fone? I wantz haxorz warez an wireles heatherin fo free intanetz!
So seriously, is this a fan-club for DS? I'm totally in if it is.
sticktodrum said:
HAI! Hau do i route mai fone? I wantz haxorz warez an wireles heatherin fo free intanetz!
So seriously, is this a fan-club for DS? I'm totally in if it is.
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LMAO can you please please be my threads personal comedian
Keep this thread development related or Ill move it to General, Is this a support thread or something? Something about tweaks?
Its all about me
Captainkrtek said:
Keep this thread development related or Ill move it to General, Is this a support thread or something? Something about tweaks?
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this is a thread to help old and new users tweak and mod their phones and other advanced stuff
trying to put all the knowledgeable stuff in to one easy thread and it will be dev related
im just started this thread im not done i have lots to do here
my in box is getting a little crazy
this should benefit all and provides basic dev techniques and instruction
this is the beginning stages
plus should reduce the number of faqs for everyone
less fights
less arguments
and less captainrtek (but thats not a bad thing)
DS36 said:
this is a thread to help old and new users tweak and mod their phones and other advanced stuff
trying to put all the knowledgeable stuff in to one easy thread and it will be dev related
im just started this thread im not done i have lots to do here
my in box is getting a little crazy
this should benefit all and provides basic dev techniques and instruction
this is the beginning stages
plus should reduce the number of faqs for everyone
less fights
less arguments
and less captainrtek (but thats not a bad thing)
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Haha gotcha, and thanks
Thanks in advance, DS.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
Thanks in advance, DS.
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Looking forward to working together with everyone learning along the way.
Will be post new batt tweak setting in the morn keep an eye out
Do not up date to the latest version of batt tweak it doesn't work.
Sent from my FroyoEris using XDA App
Brilliant.
sticktodrum said:
HAI! Hau do i route mai fone? I wantz haxorz warez an wireles heatherin fo free intanetz!
So seriously, is this a fan-club for DS? I'm totally in if it is.
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Lol I haz cheez burger
Sent from my FroyoEris using XDA App
rick311 said:
good, i need this!
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hey man are you ready
im going to post in the third POST what i have written down so far
but its NOT complete yet....so take a gander
DS36 said:
hey man are you ready
im going to post in the third POST what i have written down so far
but its NOT complete yet....so take a gander
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ok, i did all the setting tweaks that you recommend. do i have to input them every time i reboot? i dont see a setting that restores my previous settings.
Hey DS,
Great idea to help newbs like me! So after reading your first two posts I looked where my apps are, and every one of them seems to be in system/app... I checked in data/ and can't see anything in there (unless it's sdcard/data, in which case I have folders for Beautiful Widgets and Titanium). I'm using the EStrongs FE, although I don't think that would make a difference. Also, couldn't find any of the duplicate apps you were talking about either (I only have com.google.android.apps.maps.apk, for example). I'm on xtrROM 4.6 and used Titanium Backup to restore my apps.
Since Sony Xperia X10 is now running on 2.1, topics related to 1.6 is not mentioned here.
This thread are created based on compilation of other threads related to optimization, and meant as an entry point for user interested in optimization.
Understanding your Android
Just to put something short, so we can understand our Android and some points related to optimization better.
Android is an open source operating system owned by Google that is maintained by Android Open Source Project (AOSP). The operating system is based on modified Linux kernel, where most of the application is written in Java language and running on DalvikJVM.
Android do things differently than old generation OS like Symbian, and below is the explanation related to performance.
Unlike Symbian, Android designed to have as many as application loaded and running in the OS, it maintain list of least used application that will be unloaded when a requests for more memory is made when the free OS memory is already low.
These are the nature of JVM, where allocation and deallocation of memory is managed by garbage collector as doing things in bulk is faster then working with small chunks. So you don't have to be alarmed when you open a memory viewer application and see your Android is running on low memory. Freeing RAM with task killer is only momentarily, as you uses the phone again, the free memory will goes down again.
Android phones stores system application, data and files internally in NAND flash area and stores user data in internal memory storage or external storage such as SD cards. This memory is different than your operating sytem memory.
Operating system memory is memory allocated for the kernel, native application and most application you download from market. Installing a lot of application will not directly reduce free RAM, nor uninstalling or removing files will increase free RAM directly. Action such as removing ringtones, wallpaper and even Sony PC Companion ISO will not free your RAM
In general there are two type of android application. One is a standalone application that only run if you open the application, and the other one is running even you haven't open the application which called service.
By design, guideline and suggested practice, application should not continue to run lengthy processing when it get pushed to background via home button, back button or switching to other application; properly build application will just go idle. Which means you should be less paranoid about application eating you processing power.
But service is meant to run lengthy operation as they don't have user interface and runs in background. Some service meanth for pushing or pulling data from internet, reading your files and do processing like playing songs, or just doing something then update the widget just to make you happy. Unnecessary services are the things that you should be aiming if you want to optimize your Android.
General FAQ about Optimizing Sony Xperia X10 2.1
I just updated to 2.1 and my phone really feel slower than 1.6
Since you had been using 1.6 for quite some time, your SD card should have quite a lot of photo and media. Just after you updated to 2.1, and add your Google and maybe Facebook account, the new Face Recognition service is actually already starting to scans all your photo, then when your Google and Facebook contact arrived, it will try it best to match photo and contact. This new Face Recognition really kicks hard in your processor, then after a while your phone will be as fast and even better than old stock 1.6.
I still feel that the phone is slow, is there any simple and quick way to optimize
The simple and quick to optimize your phone instantly is by changing the 2.1 dalvikvm to JIT capable dalvikjvm. You can read and apply them by reading the thread referred below, but before you do that open the below link in background tab and please do read more first.
Android 2.1 OPTIMISER V002 by Jerpelea
2.1 Customizer v0.99.1 by ttxdragon
Both optimizer contains script that will erase your "junk/unused" application from your phone, be sure to read them first before executing. My suggestion is you apply JIT modification first, before going optimizing by remove your "junk/unused" application.
Please do remember that you have to Root your X10 first.
How to root the phone
You can root the phone using methods below.
OneClick z4root Android Application
SuperOneClick Windows Application
Is [INSERT APP NAME] here is save to remove?
By removing unused application, you will gain certain amount of performance gain. Below are the links with app list.
2.1 Customizer v0.99.1 by ttxdragon
Official List of Apps that Can be Removed from a 2.1 x10 by exekias
And still a lot more in other Sony Ericsson X10 forum section but those two is quite complete
And in case you forgot to make backup you can go to
2.1 System Apps - In Case You've Deleted Them by XperiaX10iUser
After doing all that my Quadrant Benchmark is still low
You should run Quadrant as least two or three time or until you get best score, the first one usually yield low score, because a lot of memory allocation process to Quadrant happening during the first run.
Tuning Utilities
Memory Usage - Application to see how much memory used by your application and services
Advanced Task Manager - Application to see is your application running on foreground, background or idle and its memory usage
Quadrant Standard - General benchmarking tools to see if your changes make improvement
Linpack - Processor benchmarking
Titanium Backup Pro - Back up application, the paid version can freeze your app rather then uninstalling it.
Fine Tuning Guide
About Widget, Application shortcut and Live Wallpaper
Even though widgets looks really good in your phone, some widgets required simple periodic process for updating its display, some have a full blown service running to support it. A very instant example that you can see in your phone is the Power Control widget and the new Status Switch widget.
Power Control widget update triggered by configuration change such as wifi on and off, while Status Switch widget which have a battery level is triggered by a running service. Just put Status Switch widget then go to Settings -> Application -> Running Services. Then you will see there a Status Switch Update service running in background to update the battery level.
By selectively put widgets on your home screen, you can gain extra processing and memory. Timescape widget is even worse, it have three service running to support it.
Application shortcuts also uses extra memory in your home screen app and your home screen app is usually system persistent, reducing number of shortcut will give extra RAM and reducing the required rendering process during scroll.
Live Wallpaper just as the name said looks really nice and require extra memory and process of course.
Tuning via build.prop
Some value can be added and modified into build to increase the performance of X10.
dalvik.vm.heapsize=32m
This will change the maximum memory size per application. If you decrease the value, smaller application starts faster, but big application like games will prone to crash, if you increase the value too much, smaller application takes longer to start, but big application will extra gain benefit from less garbage collecting.
Reference: Test: How changing the max amount of memory per VM Heap can effect your ROM (Cyanogen)
windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=60
This will change the maximum number of touch screen gesture events per second, the bigger the value, the smoother the scrolling will be
There still some more build.prop tweaks that you can do, but not all of them will be processed by X10 as each device behave differently.
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Nice clean guide, should help newcomers. Good work!
synlar said:
Nice clean guide, should help newcomers. Good work!
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Thanks, but i am quite depressed after reading it my self and found that i make a lot of typo. Had to revise and revise again.. lol.
Nice piece of work there Xeviro..
Can you post your build.prop please i cant find the windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=60 one in mine.
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Can you post your build.prop please i cant find the windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=60 one in mine.
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That one you add by your self to you build.prop. If you look further in google, there still a lot of other build properties that you can set to Android.
There is another way to add and test build.prop instantly by using adb shell command "setprop key value" and "getprop key". Some property will take effect immediately, some require you to reboot.
How do you prove that the windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=60 actually works? After applying that I tried input benchmark and it still showed 33hz.
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How do you prove that the windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=60 actually works? After applying that I tried input benchmark and it still showed 33hz.
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Ok, i just checked, that for this build.prop property to take effect, you need to reboot the device first. I just test on my, giving 10 and 200 in value. With 10, the input benchmark showing less then 20hz most of the time, while with 200 it gives me 40hz+.
Also you can see if you scroll the app list with 10 and 200 value, you can see the difference.
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Ok, i just checked, that for this build.prop property to take effect, you need to reboot the device first. I just test on my, giving 10 and 200 in value. With 10, the input benchmark showing less then 20hz most of the time, while with 200 it gives me 40hz+.
Also you can see if you scroll the app list with 10 and 200 value, you can see the difference.
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I definitely notice the difference between 10 and 200, but it still doesn't go above 33hz... Maybe it's the framerate cap doing it's thing?
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Thanks, but i am quite depressed after reading it my self and found that i make a lot of typo. Had to revise and revise again.. lol.
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Good write up! I was actually going to say something about the typos/errors, because I'm a jerk, but, you noticed them too, so I feel satisfied.
I hope people will read your little intro about RAM and realize a task killer's real purpose is to kill rogue services that kill battery.
xeviro said:
That one you add by your self to you build.prop. If you look further in google, there still a lot of other build properties that you can set to Android.
There is another way to add and test build.prop instantly by using adb shell command "setprop key value" and "getprop key". Some property will take effect immediately, some require you to reboot.
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But where do i need them to add? At Beginning or at End or Middle?
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Good write up! I was actually going to say something about the typos/errors, because I'm a jerk, but, you noticed them too, so I feel satisfied.
I hope people will read your little intro about RAM and realize a task killer's real purpose is to kill rogue services that kill battery.
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Please forgive my typo and grammars, i life in country where people simplify their way of communication. I cannot talk proper now. hahaha
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But where do i need them to add? At Beginning or at End or Middle?
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Anywhere
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Please forgive my typo and grammars, i life in country where people simplify their way of communication. I cannot talk proper now. hahaha
Anywhere
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If i add this to the end of my build.prop my phone does not accept SIM unlock code anymore .... ??
EDIT: Strange, second time it worked ... btw. what is the default value ?
Ive added dalvik.vm.heapsize=32m to see what diff it will make and well..
wow.. it killed my phone.
It will show sony ericsson on the screen when you turn it on and just stay there!
So yeah... how can i fix this?
It's bricked, you'll need to reflash the software!
:-(
OP- Great thread, thank you!
Post on my Rooted 2.1 X10i using Tapatalk Pro and Swype
Yeah i knida noticed...
fixed now but im not trying that heapsize thing again..
Anyone here have the original/untouched nordic build.prop? I'm really appreciate it if you share it here. ^_^
Sent from my Xperia X10i (2.1 and rooted) using XDA app
Seansmit17 said:
Ive added dalvik.vm.heapsize=32m to see what diff it will make and well..
wow.. it killed my phone.
It will show sony ericsson on the screen when you turn it on and just stay there!
So yeah... how can i fix this?
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Yeah i knida noticed...
fixed now but im not trying that heapsize thing again..
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Its working correctly in my phone, and this heapsize settings is the most common one in android modding. you go check google and see the results.
I also attached build.prop from my phone.
I have picked up lots of bits of information about how to maximize space issues and maximize battery life for those of us who are in love with these amazing new NAND builds....especially those of us with European HD2 phones who only have 512MB to play with
I have compiled them below for ease of reference - I claim no originiality for these ideas...I am just bringing them together...so MAJOR THANKS TO ALL THOSE OUT THERE! You know who you are...
I have already posted this on the DFT thread as I love that particular build, but they should (might!) work for other builds and I post it here for further reference as it took me a long time to sift through the threads to find it all.
Space
1. Before flashing your phone, using DFT Stock Desire, for example, you can edit the flash.cfg file and change the following line:
cache ya 40M >>to>> cache ya 15M
This reduces the cache by 25M with no discernible impact on the speed of the build (imo).
This should give you in excess of 130MB free after a clean flash on that particular ROM. Expect that to drop to around 100MB once Market, Flash and a couple of other apps update themselves.
Some NAND ROMs will not even have this as an option, and others may look a little different. You can read about how the flash.cfg file is structured here.
2. Immediate install Z4 to root your device. You will need to get it from here. (Note: it may get stuck on 'Rebooting'. Wait a minute or so and then manually reboot - it will work fine and SuperUser will now work after the reboot)
Put it on your SD card and then install a file manager from the Market to browse to it and then install and run. Follow the details on the thread...
3. Install Move2SD. You can get it from the Market. Full details are here.
This allows you to move most (not quite all) apps to SD. It is the best option I have found to move most of those awkward apps.
I have now installed pretty much all of my apps that I used to run on non-NAND builds and have moved about 90%+ of them to the SD card. At time of writing I have loads of apps installed and still have over 70MB free
Battery
1. Install Battery Monitor Widget or Current Widget from the Market so that you have a way of tracking your current usage.
2. Install Set CPU - free for XDA members from here, but also available on the Market.
After setting your Main Screen to 'OnDemand' and 'Set on Boot', assign SetCPU a couple of profiles. I tend to use:
>> Screen Off: Max/Min 245000, Scaling 'OnDemand', Priority 50%
>> Battery <25% Max 384000/Min 245000, Scaling 'OnDemand', Priority 50%
You can play to your hearts content here, but these give me consistently 7ma in Standby.
Also, you can reduced the sampling rate to 20000 and 'Set on Boot' in Advanced if you like.
3. Avoid power hungry background stuff like animated wallpapers and turn off GPS, Wireless etc. There are LOADS of apps out there that can do this automatically for you free from the market, but I have found that making sure my GPS is off (I have a widget to show me) plus SetCPU is plenty. It may work for you though.
4. Some have reported that Darkstone's suggestion makes a major difference to their power consumption:
"To fix high power drain / usage in standby (60mA or 70mA) disable 'Use wireless networks' in Settings>Location menu. You will now get 7mA or less constantly. I discovered this as the main culprit last night. Also works in other builds."
Anyway, there you go - a few consolidated thoughts - happy NANDing!
How to root Gauner HD V0.3 ? root not the same /system/...
Thank you !
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How to root Gauner HD V0.3 ? root not the same /system/...
Thank you !
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Not sure I'm afraid...have you tried it? I tried it and Z4 got stuck on the 'Rebooting' screen, but when I manually reboot it had solved it...
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How to root Gauner HD V0.3 ? root not the same /system/...
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isn't that the v0.3 itself already been rooted at the first place?
I installed Root Explorer and gotten root access immediately...
But can't check permission some folder to change themem or something !
When you do this
"To fix high power drain / usage in standby (60mA or 70mA) disable 'Use wireless
networks' in Settings>Location menu. You will now get 7mA or less constantly. I discovered this as the main culprit last night. Also works in other builds."
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You will loose weather on main screen. It will say "To see local weather tap here"
SetCPU doesnt work on Nand ROM..Is there any similiar program like SetCPU for Nand ROM ?
well guys i really dont understand why everybody you complaining about nand build
well my nand build is nexus one and i get 2-3ma battery drain in standby
olso the spuset in on 1190smartass
i dont want to be a smartass guy, but please ram and rom is different
ram = random access memory
rom = read only memory
when i look at the thread title of couse i think about ram, not rom... and too much thread title have that 2 things mixed in and im sure that will make alot of people (including me) confused
btw i thank you for the info
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SetCPU doesnt work on Nand ROM..Is there any similiar program like SetCPU for Nand ROM ?
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It does for me Are you rooted?
aboveluna said:
i dont want to be a smartass guy, but please ram and rom is different
ram = random access memory
rom = read only memory
when i look at the thread title of couse i think about ram, not rom... and too much thread title have that 2 things mixed in and im sure that will make alot of people (including me) confused
btw i thank you for the info
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You're quite right - too much 'New Year cheer' the day before I started the OP
Have changed it as you correctly point out - thanks.
Just trying my best to help out! These are the things i do to improve performance on my hd2 (tmous) running sense 3.5. Some of these are risky so read before applying
1. Swap.
There is much of debate about using swap on your android device,some say its useless and it wears down the sd card and others say it speeds up your device on a notable level. What i've noticed is that swap behaves according to what else is using the sd on android at the time, remember that android is also accessing the fat32 and your ext4 partitions. Right now im not using my ext4 partition on my sd and and i can notice the little boost from swap , and on the previous rom which ext4 was needed, using swap would more show up on benchmark than actually being experienced.
HOW TO GET SWAP WORKING. Its very easy on the sense 3.5 roms!!!! Just partition your sd using recovery in magldr, download script manager from the market and download swap-hard.sh from Dorimanx's high performance rom.
in script manager go to where u downloaded the script and run it (run as root and run at boot). Thats it!
2. VM heap size.
i set mine to 96m ,using blade buddy from the market. In advanced settings edit the value in dalvik.vm.heapsize press menu save and restart.(dont overdo it 96 already is.
3. Overclock. I just overclock to 1.382Ghz max 576 min with the performance governor. (please read about the dangers of overclocking your hd2 before choosing to do so.)
4. v6 supercharger. Search for it, read the thread!!! use and enjoy!
5. Reduce system traffic. As wonderful as the hd2 is we need to remember that it has its limits no matter the os u put on it (lack of speed, heating up, speedy discharges ect). this is all due to what im calling system traffic, the autosync every 10 minutes, the running 10 apps you dont need just because, things like that. These things unbalance the performance vs the productivity. Set the auto sync to an hour or take it off . close apps when u r done with them. Clean up the temp files regularly (caches ect).
6.Flash the newest radio Leo_RADIO_2.15.50.14
This is it for now if u got anything else to help then please reply as these things can help any rom , also u shall take full responsibility for any future damage to your phone or phones hardware (nothing to be scared about but im putting it up incase.) And it would be great to get a dev's opinion on this and to also correct or guide people to better settings.
i would love to post a video but i have a dell streak 7 and the vid recording is horrid!!! but the average quadrant is in the 1200s.
This thread is for the fortunate subset of 5th Gen Fire devices that are rooted and rocking a custom ROM. It should also work on rooted FireOS (5.3.1 and below) that have both ads and OTA updates blocked.
There have been numerous posts regarding uneven performance while multitasking along with sluggish response after waking the device from a long slumber. Most recognize this is due to excessive swapping associated with limited user addressable RAM. While there are a number of incremental 'tweaks' that can marginally improve this behavior my objective was to realize a more substantial improvement with minimal effort, knob turning and side effects. To date I have realized the benefit (minimal lag; responsiveness approaching devices with twice the RAM; woohoo!) but still working on the automation that will make it largely transparent. Lacking the time to work on the latter I thought it best to toss out the high level config and let others, if interested, work through both validation and implementation details.
As an aside, I have used the same technique on a 2nd gen HD running CM 11 that had been shelved for many months due to the same issues. It now hums along at a respectable pace and is once again a joy to use.
The secret sauce is simple: expand zram space allocation and add a small, secondary swap file in a normally unused location in permanent storage.
Tools (or adb/shell/terminal commands for those with furry chests):
- EX Kernel Manager (EXKM) or other tool/technique that can manage zram parameters (note: I find current builds of Kernel Adiutor too unstable for this work)
- Apps2SD Pro or other tool/technique that can create/manage traditional swap files and swap space priorities
- BusyBox Installer (v1.27.2+) or other tool/technique to insure startup scripts are properly executed
- L Speed (optional) - for ease of implementing a few discretionary performance tweaks
- DiskInfo PRO (optional) - visualize partition utilization
- RAM Truth (optional) - simple app to visualize RAM utilization
Technique (highly abbreviated):
- boot device to rooted ROM; install above tools or equivalents
- use EXKM to resize zram to 128 MB (note: zram must be temporarily disabled)
- use Apps2SD to:
* add a static, 128 MB swap file in the cache partition which remains largely unused with custom ROMs
* important: reassign swap file priorities (button at top right): 0 for the static file; 1 for zram
* increase swappiness to 100 if necessary (EXKM can also be used to set swappiness and other VM parameters)
* verify both swap spaces are enabled via sliders
Note to geeks: I understand how swappiness, vcache pressure and other virtual memory tunings really work; let's not debate that here. Same with the merits of running a static swap file in combination with zram or the 'dangers' of placing that file in the volatile cache partition. We're talking a hand held device with very modest resources...not the server room with a 99.9x SLA. Yes, zswap would be better. However ...
Optional tweaks:
- use EXKM or L Speed to set LMK parameters to: 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64
- use EXKM or L Speed to set write deferral (aka 'laptop mode') to 5 sec
- toggle KSM off/on in L Speed (sets performance enhancing parameters)
- with zram disabled enable zram tweak in L Speed which will establish a 96 MB space along with other optimizations; I find the smaller size ideal for my workflow; YMMV zRAM size can be set with EXKM or another kernel manager.
Challenges:
While the options exist none of the tools noted above can reestablish custom zram space or automatically create a static swap file on boot. I believe this is a kernel issue but have not ruled out interference by Lineage 12.1 which is the ROM I have been testing with. Unfortunately, I lack the time (and quite frankly motivation) to toss Nexus or another ROM on to a spare device to verify the culprit. I might do a bit more testing my my HD 7 which uses a different kernel and ROM. --> Turns out an old version of BusyBox was the culprit; updating to 1.27.2 solved the problem allowing the suggested configuration to be automatically reestablished on reboot. I added my favorite BusyBox installer to the prerequisite tools.
Another issue is the potential for maintaining 'stale' annon pages in zram for a period of time but that's a left field item that probably won't effect most users. A quick fix is occasionally swiping away all apps.
Provide discussion/feedback in this thread. I may or may not respond depending on available time. I love a deep dive (shared above) but once the goal has been reached my interests move elsewhere.
Edit: struck-out references to L Speed after developer/maintainer acknowledged "cooperation" with Kingo Root team (borderline malware).
Quick follow-up: I continue to enjoy benefits noted in the OP with a dual cache configuration. Device remains responsive after waking and typically returns to 'full' performance within a few seconds. I can easily switch between a handful of apps (browser, mail, Play Store, XDA labs, etc) with minimal lag and context preservation; no reloading web pages after switching away. No notable impact on battery life. Really no disadvantages at all - at least with my work flows.
Regardless of tuning one has to keep in mind the modest hardware resources on Fire 7s. Load up a game or two or a couple heavy Amazon/Google apps and things go south pretty quick. That said, responsiveness far better than any stock config, even when the device is clearly overburdened.
Another quick note. Simply adding a classic swap file (suggest 128 GB) to the largely unused cache partition can yield a decent improvement in multi-tasking performance without the complexity of tinkering with zRAM. All steps can be accomplished with the free tool Apps2SD or equivalent. Happy to document if there is sufficient interest.
Note: Be sure to change zRAM swap priority to "1" so it receives preferential treatment over the classic swap file. zRAM will almost always be faster than classic swap but there is only so much if it. The swap file will be used once zRAM is fully utilized (not entirely accurate but generally true).
FWIW - depreciated references to L Speed app in OP after developer acknowledged "cooperation" with Kingo Root team. While nefarious behavior is unlikely there are other options that avoid any potential conflict of interest.
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Technique (highly abbreviated):
- boot device to rooted ROM; install above tools or equivalents
- use EXKM to resize zram to 128 MB (note: zram must be temporarily disabled)
- use Apps2SD to:
* add a static, 128 MB swap file in the cache partition which remains largely unused with custom ROMs
* important: reassign swap file priorities (button at top right): 0 for the static file; 1 for zram
* increase swappiness to 100 if necessary (EXKM can also be used to set swappiness and other VM parameters)
* verify both swap spaces are enabled via sliders
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When you say Cache partition for the swap file are you referring to "/cache" or the second partition for app2sd?
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"/cache" partition which resides on faster internal storage. Anything on external storage will be significantly slower due to interface limitations.
@Davey126 it has been about a day or two and I can confirm that by following these instructions it has brought new life into my KFFOWI 5th gen. This paired with some L Speed Tweaks (even though you say not to trust them, I opted to use it for a few performance tweaks) and the Lineage ROM from @ggow makes my user experience on the device quite pleasing.
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@Davey126 it has been about a day or two and I can confirm that by following these instructions it has brought new life into my KFFOWI 5th gen. This paired with some L Speed Tweaks (even though you say not to trust them, I opted to use it for a few performance tweaks) and the Lineage ROM from @ggow makes my user experience on the device quite pleasing.
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Thanks for the feedback.
As for L Speed I don't distrust the current developer/maintainer but no longer feel comfortable providing an implicit endorsement. Who you associate with makes a difference IMHO. Each person needs to make their own call. There is no magic in L Speed; it simply offers a convenient UI to various well publicized system 'tweaks' that can be implemented using other tools/techniques.
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Optional tweaks:
- use EXKM or L Speed to set LKM parameters to: 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64
- use EXKM or L Speed to set write deferral (aka 'laptop mode') to 5 sec
- toggle KSM off/on in L Speed (sets performance enhancing parameters)
- with zram disabled enable zram tweak in L Speed which will establish a 96 MB space along with other optimizations; I find the smaller size ideal for my workflow; YMMV zRAM size can be set with EXKM or another kernel manager.
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Thanks for the guide, it already seems to have helped a lot with smoothness but I wanted to know how to set these options using EXKM.
I'd never heard of the app before today and I've had a good look through the menus but can't seem to find somewhere to set these values. I'm guessing these are the usage % values used by the CPU governor to jump up and down power states?
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Thanks for the guide, it already seems to have helped a lot with smoothness but I wanted to know how to set these options using EXKM.
I'd never heard of the app before today and I've had a good look through the menus but can't seem to find somewhere to set these values. I'm guessing these are the usage % values used by the CPU governor to jump up and down power states?
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No, governor tunning is a different beast not addressed in the OP (although I do that on some higher end devices).
With regard to EXKM:
- LMK values can be set under memory -> low memory killer
- KSM toggle can also be found in the memory section
- it appears laptop mode can not be set in EXKM (not that important)
As an alternative to laptop mode you can twiddle 'dirty ratio' and 'dirty background ratio' in EXKM. Suggest setting to 30 and 15, respectfully.
Edit: you may also want to take a peek at Kernel Adiutor (correct spelling). While I find it a bit flaky it exposes more controls vs EKKM and costs less too.
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No, governor tunning is a different beast not addressed in the OP (although I do that on some higher end devices).
With regard to EXKM:
- LMK values can be set under memory -> low memory killer
- KSM toggle can also be found in the memory section
- it appears laptop mode can not be set in EXKM (not that important)
As an alternative to laptop mode you can twiddle 'dirty ratio' and 'dirty background ratio' in EXKM. Suggest setting to 30 and 15, respectfully.
Edit: you may also want to take a peek at Kernel Adiutor (correct spelling). While I find it a bit flaky it exposes more controls vs EKKM and costs less too.
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Ah, LMK, not LKM. Thanks again.
Also, just a small suggestion but wouldn't it be better to remove the references to L-Speed and leave an edit message at the bottom rather than having the red, striked through text in the middle?
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Ah, LMK, not LKM. Thanks again.
Also, just a small suggestion but wouldn't it be better to remove the references to L-Speed and leave an edit message at the bottom rather than having the red, striked through text in the middle?
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Thanks for noting LKM/LMK typo in OP - fixed that.
I will likely clean-up the OP at some point as there are other refinements (eg: tweaking dirty ratios) that may prove beneficial to a larger community.
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Thanks for noting LKM/LMK typo in OP - fixed that.
I will likely clean-up the OP at some point as there are other refinements (eg: tweaking dirty ratios) that may prove beneficial to a larger community.
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I was wondering what differences need to be made for a 7th gen hd 10. I know this guide is written for a 5th gen (1gig RAM, 8 gig drive), but I have a 7th Gen (2gig RAM, 32GIG drive) with 2gig zram (priority 1) and 4 gig swap on the /data partition (priority 2). What would be the best LMK values? Also, is it ok to have the swap on /data vs /cache (my /cache only has 400mb)?
Thanks for any help!
edit: in the OP, it says to set laptop mode using L-speed, and then L-speed is crossed out (I understood why), but no alternative is listed for doing this. I just wanted to add that you can use kernel adiutor to change laptop mode. It's on virtual memory settings.
mistermojorizin said:
I was wondering what differences need to be made for a 7th gen hd 10. I know this guide is written for a 5th gen (1gig RAM, 8 gig drive), but I have a 7th Gen (2gig RAM, 32GIG drive) with 2gig zram (priority 1) and 4 gig swap on the /data partition (priority 2). What would be the best LMK values? Also, is it ok to have the swap on /data vs /cache (my /cache only has 400mb)?
Thanks for any help!
edit: in the OP, it says to set laptop mode using L-speed, and then L-speed is crossed out (I understood why), but no alternative is listed for doing this. I just wanted to add that you can use kernel adiutor to change laptop mode. It's on virtual memory settings.
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It appears you have priorities reversed. Higher values receive preference. The magnitude of the difference is irrelevant. zRAM is considerably faster than eMMC based storage; the latter should only be used when zRAM is exhausted or momentarily unavailable for whatever reason.
The container sizes also seem excessive. 2 GB of zRAM effectively leaves no uncompressed memory on a HD 10 which is highly inefficient. I wouldn't go over ¼ available RAM or ~½ GB. Toss in a 500 MB of eMMC based (overflow) swap file and you're good to go. If you regularly use more than 1 GB of swap on a relatively low end Android device then something else is amiss.
I am aware Kernel Adiutor can set laptop mode but did not want to introduce another tool into the mix...especially one that has demonstrated inconsistent behavior. FWIW - recent testing suggests 1-2 sec may be a better choice vs the 5 sec mentioned in the OP as the latter may trigger lockouts during sustained writes (eg: large file download on a fast connection). I currently use 1 sec and happy with the results. I will likely update the OP with this info once satisfied that the benefit is worth the effort.
All things being equal I see no reason to change LMK values suggested in the OP. Especially given the availability of zRAM and swap.
Thanks for these instructions, Davey126!
I just tried this process on my 5th Gen Fire 7" which I recently installed with the LineageOS ROM. I was not familiar with the EX Kernel Manager and Apps2D Pro tools, but it was reasonably clear how to make the settings changes you recommend.
I added the 128Mb swap under /cache and increased the zram swap to 128Mb, setting it to priority 1. Maybe it's my imagination but my device does seem a lot snappier when switching between running applications, and better at returning to previously displayed data in applications instead of reloading pages.
Cheers!
Matrey_Moxley said:
Thanks for these instructions, Davey126!
I just tried this process on my 5th Gen Fire 7" which I recently installed with the LineageOS ROM. I was not familiar with the EX Kernel Manager and Apps2D Pro tools, but it was reasonably clear how to make the settings changes you recommend.
I added the 128Mb swap under /cache and increased the zram swap to 128Mb, setting it to priority 1. Maybe it's my imagination but my device does seem a lot snappier when switching between running applications, and better at returning to previously displayed data in applications instead of reloading pages.
Cheers!
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Thanks for sharing first impressions. Time will tell if the benefits are durable; certainly have been for me with no adverse side-effects.
Another suggestion to reduce wake lag: install Greenify (or similar tool) and add commonly used apps to the action list even if not flagged as background abusers (you may need to override Greenify's sensible defaults via the gear icon). This prevents multiple apps from becoming simultaneously 'active' on wake which is a huge contributor to lag on lower end devices with limited resources (CPU and RAM). Hibernated apps will launch when needed with minimal delay and NO loss of context. Works a treat.
Be sure to add your favoriate browser, mail, messaging and social media apps to the hibernation list as all like to 'check in' after a long slumber.
Although Greenify can auto-hibernate apps on most devices (works best with Xposed Framework) I use an automated approach that invokes Greenify's widget when the screen goes off. There's still some momentary lag on wake but the device remains responsive which is a huge improvement.
Hi Davey126,
thx for the guide, it seems to work awesome.
However, i have the one problem thats the settings in EXKM regarding to "zRAM Size", "dirty ratio" and "dirty background ratio" are lost after rebooting the device. Is there a way to make the settings reboot proof? Interestingly for the "LKM" settings there is an option "Apply at bootime", which does the trick for me, but only for the LKM options.
Kind regards,
Stephan
IronMan1977777 said:
Hi Davey126,
thx for the guide, it seems to work awesome.
However, i have the one problem thats the settings in EXKM regarding to "zRAM Size", "dirty ratio" and "dirty background ratio" are lost after rebooting the device. Is there a way to make the settings reboot proof? Interestingly for the "LKM" settings there is an option "Apply at bootime", which does the trick for me, but only for the LKM options.
Kind regards,
Stephan
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Likely BusyBox is missing or outdated. Try installing this (I use the pro version).
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Likely BusyBox is missing or outdated. Try installing this (I use the pro version).
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Ok. I bought BusyBox Pro and updated to Version 1.28.1-Stericson. Still all settings in EXKM besides LMK get lost after rebooting the device ...
IronMan1977777 said:
Ok. I bought BusyBox Pro and updated to Version 1.28.1-Stericson. Still all settings in EXKM besides LMK get lost after rebooting the device ...
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- verify BusyBox is property installed w/no conflicting builds
- uninstall/reinstall EXKM
- test if behavior can be duplicated with another (free) kernel manager like KA