Ibrick
Android Expert
I figured something was up since usually it would have been released by now if everything was up to his standards.
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Root [Kernel][AOSP] Imoseyon LeanKernel 5.0.3
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I figured something was up since usually it would have been released by now if everything was up to his standards.
bjanow
Android Expert
I meant all the slots for OC that you can choose from. On Imo it's 1222 or 1400. But it's no matter now since I'm back on Gingersense 2.0 and Imo's 4.1.
WormDoes
Android Expert
Exactly. The extra slots are useless and it's why Imo removes them. It always annoyed me every time I ran Tiamat that every slot was there and unlocked.
bjanow
Android Expert
But let's say you don't want to OC to 1.22 but something less like 1.15. With Tiamat you can do that. I don't really pay much attention to how long it stays at which speed, I just know that this is max and this is min. Who cares how many slots there are if the kernel runs well?
WormDoes
Android Expert
I don't know, to each his own. Let's be honest here, though, the difference between OC 1.22 and 1.15 is nothing. I'd rather not look at 12 slots (as an example - don't know how many exactly) when 5 will do basically the same thing
Ibrick
Android Expert
That's kinda my thought.
Some of the slots are like 1.315 and 1.326.. What's the point? I don't need 4 slots in-between 1.2 and 1.3.
I understand wanting options, but holy sh*t setting the voltages is a PITA.
WormDoes
Android Expert
Right, we all do. All we're trying to say is that a 1.22 slot is essentially the same as a 1.17. Imos' 5 slots are exactly the same as Tiamat's 12 or whatever.
bjanow
Android Expert
cayniarb is lazy?? Who was the first one to put in Smartass v.2? This guy has multiple kernels, multiple devices, updates frequently and is always tweaking voltages for better performance. I don't think lazy is in his vocabulary. Now if you don't like the kernels because you don't like looking at all the slots that is one thing. And if the kernel doesn't work well with a phone that's fine too. But this guy is a workhorse.
Edit: Ours is the 7X30 http://tiamat-dev.com/
WormDoes
Android Expert
Dude, relax, there was an lol on the end, which usually insinuates someone is kidding around or joking. You wanted to know why they were still there. Other than no one removing them, there is no other reason. That's all I was trying to say
bjanow
Android Expert
I must have missed that, sorry. I did some inquiring regarding cpu slots and voltages. By default htc puts in 4 slots. CM7 has about 9 due to OC and some kernels have even more. They are not there by default and thus not there to remove. Tiamat actually put them in instead of failing to take them out.
Whether or not your or my phone actually uses these cpu slots depends on the phone, the governor used, and the program that calls the kernel speed. Some programs are cpu intensive and thus with an ondemand governor speed might go all the way up to max and stay there for a while. To say that only 5 slots are used is incorrect from what I have been told.
Here is the link to slayher's github for omfgb. https://github.com/utkanos/OMFGB_Mecha_Kernel/blob/master/arch/arm/mach-msm/acpuclock-7x30.c
As you can see there are 9 slots. What I found interesting is that there is no 1024 slot. As it turns out 806 clocks up to 1024 according to this line:
/* ACPU >= 806.4MHz requires MSMC1 @ 1.2V. Voting for
* AXI @ 192MHz accomplishes this implicitly. 806.4MHz
* is updated to 1024MHz at runtime for QSD8x55. */
But I can certainly understand if you don't want to look at all
the slots if you're changing voltages. I found that Tiamat's
kernels worked best for me if I didn't do anything other than
change governor.
WormDoes
Android Expert
Well, I stand corrected. I was clearly wrong. I was told the slots were the same on every kernel by someone who has more knowledge than all of us. I'm not going to throw him under the bus, though. I'll take this as a learning lesson to not always believe what you're told even when that person swears up and down they're right 
Any word on if this is working as well as 4.0 has. I flash it sometime last week and it seems to be working fine but if there is a real reason to upgrade it will be put on my to do list
Ibrick
Android Expert
He did pull out his tweaked Smartass, and replaced it with V2 only, which so far I'm happy with. Been waiting to really test V2 until Imo removed his tweaked version.
Battery, doesn't seem as good as 4.0. Not terrible, and I haven't tried the kernel with IX so I cant say for sure it's the kernel and not the gov, but that would be my educated guess.
I'd say unless you were really wanting to try one of Imo's kernel's with V2 optimized for his other tweaks, I'd stick with 4.0. I did, so I'm going to stay on 4.1.2 for a bit longer. The battery life is certainly good enough to more than get through the day, but I don't think I'll be seeing 20hrs avg, which is about the norm for me on Imo's kernel's.
Ibrick
Android Expert
That was my experience too, but V2 on 4.1.2 really is pretty nice.
I'll probably ride it out until the next version is released and settle on a gov then.
My phone is responding well to SAv2. Much better battery usage than prior 4.0 version.
Ibrick
Android Expert
So I noticed my mobile banking app was #1 on partial wakelock usage. Which is weird because up until a couple days ago it was no where to be found on there.
I've gone to force stopping the app if I open it to keep it from eating battery so with the timing of flashing 4.1.2 that could very well account for the increased battery usage and not the kernel.
I've gone to force stopping the app if I open it to keep it from eating battery so with the timing of flashing 4.1.2 that could very well account for the increased battery usage and not the kernel.
Ibrick
Android Expert
*edit*
Since I found that rouge app eating up my partial wake usage, force closing it after use has DRAMATICALLY increased battery life on 4.1.2. So far better than 4.0, would definitely recommend flashing if anyone is on the fence.