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Root Droid Overclock Governor Change

SimsDelt

SimsDelt

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Just a quick FYI... in the new Rubix's Drod has implemented a new governor system to help manage battery life / performance better. Turns out Jrummy's updated for Droid Overclock that was released yesterday does it too. Just to go to settings... and check all the checkmarks for the new Interactive Governor and Conservative Governor. Then go back to the main screen and CPU Frequency Scaling and change the governor to the one you want. Here is Drod's description of what the two new governors do:

drod2169 said:
The new governors handle the way the CPU scales the clock speeds. OnDemand (the stock DX governor) scales speed up based on a sampling rate, up threshold, and the users use.

Interactive ONLY uses the users use, providing a speed boost. This can yield either battery decrease, or increase, depending on said use (e.g. if you sit on your phone and web browse for an hour straight, the cpu wouldn't scale down as often as ondemand)

Conservative scales DOWN more often than ondemand and interactive. It uses both sampling rate, up threshold, and also includes a down threshold. This would yield the best battery life of the three.

Hope this helps everyone who wants to stay on their current ROM but take advantage of the new governors.
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I still can't believe that no one has commented on this thread. The new Conservative governor is gonna dramatically help out battery life.
 
jonathanmsims said:
I still can't believe that no one has commented on this thread. The new Conservative governor is gonna dramatically help out battery life.
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I know for me personally its not a huge deal. I get well over 20 hours on a charge and thats more than enough for me. I charge every night, regardless of what % battery life I have left. So as long as I can make it from when I wake up till when I go to sleep I'm happy, which I have no problems doing on ULV overclocked to 1.2

thats just me though. if people are having problems with battery life still then yes, this could help them out a lot

example: I unplugged at 6am this morning (or within a few minutes of my alarm) and now its just after 3 pm and I'm still at 80%
but again, thats just me
 
jonathanmsims said:
Just a quick FYI... in the new Rubix's Drod has implemented a new governor system to help manage battery life / performance better. Turns out Jrummy's updated for Droid Overclock that was released yesterday does it too. Just to go to settings... and check all the checkmarks for the new Interactive Governor and Conservative Governor. Then go back to the main screen and CPU Frequency Scaling and change the governor to the one you want. Here is Drod's description of what the two new governors do:
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Is this just for Droid Overclock? Right now I use SetCPU to drop my CPU speed to the minimum during screen off. I get excellent battery life on Apex, even before using SetCPU. One day I used my Droid very heavy (unusal for me) and still had 40% battery life when I put it back on charger that night. But I am always looking for a way to save even more battery, if it doesn't trade off to much performance.

Thanks for sharing!
 
I have great battery life too (on Apex 1.4.1).. but if you are like me, you like to make the most of your DX when you can. I don't know about setcpu... I used to use it, but now that I use Droid Overclock I uninstalled SetCpu. In Drod's post about Rubix he said that SetCpu had it implemented as well, but I just don't know. I'm sorry.
 
jonathanmsims said:
I have great battery life too (on Apex 1.4.1).. but if you are like me, you like to make the most of your DX when you can. I don't know about setcpu... I used to use it, but now that I use Droid Overclock I uninstalled SetCpu. In Drod's post about Rubix he said that SetCpu had it implemented as well, but I just don't know. I'm sorry.
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Well, I might switch to DO, if you are seeing that good of results with it. :)
 
doesnt really affect me....but it is interesting....
i pretty much smoke my battery and dont care cause i can always get it plugged in somewhere in my work truck or at my desk.
 
faber78 said:
doesnt really affect me....but it is interesting....
i pretty much smoke my battery and dont care cause i can always get it plugged in somewhere in my work truck or at my desk.
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+1....I do the same thing im always around a charger so I stopped caring ....but this is some good info and hopefully it helps some others with their battery life
 
Well... I used my phone off an on yesterday... internet/calls/texts randomly while visiting with family. Unplugged at 7:00 am... plugged back in at 10:30 pm last night and was at 70%. Great battery life in my opinion. Can't say if it was because of all the above stated, but its the best battery life I've ever gotten.
 
jonathanmsims said:
Well... I used my phone off an on yesterday... internet/calls/texts randomly while visiting with family. Unplugged at 7:00 am... plugged back in at 10:30 pm last night and was at 70%. Great battery life in my opinion. Can't say if it was because of all the above stated, but its the best battery life I've ever gotten.
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awesome and what are your settings?
 
Yes, can you post your settings. I use SetCPU and use a profile to drop my cpu speed down to 300 mhz while the screen is off. Also, I do not see any kind of an update for it right now. And I don't believe the version I have will do what you are talking about and don't know where to look for it in there. I am going to purchase Droid Overclock and give it a try. I am looking for great battery life.

Usually, with Apex 1.4.1 I can plug mine back in at night with around 50 - 60%, except on days with heavy use and it is lower than that.
 
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