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androiduser96

androiduser96

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I've never really understood what governors are. Like on SetCPU. Can someone explain to me what exactly is it?

I have a little idea of what it is, but I don't know exactly.
 
It tells your CPU how to act.

One can tell your CPU to max out. Another one to stay on the lowest setting you have. Or you have Ondemand which goes from your highest to your lowest and responds by how your phone is acting. Something like that I guess. lol
 
Basically each of them tells the processor how to REact to thre settings that you have set for the device atm
 
This is what I use:

I think the best balance is Smoothass with your min set at a stable MHz (for me it's 338MHz) and stable max (mine is stable at 1.9GHz but I put mine at 1.7MHz for better battery/temp.

For some phones if you go too low, it'll cause issues such as reboot, freeze, or slow response when you try to power on your screen. Some people seem to be okay with min at 245MHz but not me, so you should play around with it. I also add a cpu profile with highest priority for when the screen is off so that it doesn't go any lower than my minimum. Nothing is more annoying than getting a lag when you try to turn on your phone and it lags out and you have to wait like 5-10 seconds for it to turn on when you need your phone.

As for the max cpu speed, most Esteems can hit 1.8GHz, so 1.7GHz should be good. This is basically Smartass3 but I think some other guy made this one. As long as you set your min properly, this is good. Some people prefer to set their max at 1GHz or even lower to save battery, but I can notice the lag after an hour or so of use at lower speeds. I'm pretty sure I can go a bit lower than 1.7GHz so I'll mess with it and probably settle at around 1.4-1.5GHz.

For more info and descriptions of all governors:
CPU Governors - RootzWiki
 
governor

1. The elected executive head of a state of the US. 2. An official appointed to govern a town or region.

lol
 
Fuzzy13 said:
I have mine Ondemand. Lowest setting and usually keep the high around 600ish.
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Per your suggestion, I did that too but it lags so I decided to go back to overclocking. It buds me too much when it doesn't scroll smoothly at homescreen, app drawer, or anywhere else.
 
blaxican25 said:
governor

1. The elected executive head of a state of the US. 2. An official appointed to govern a town or region.

lol
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Smartass lol (ALSO a governor :))

As far as profiles, I run regular ondemand 368/1024 on speed kernel, screen off set to 368/368 and battery < 10% set on lowest priority at 245/368.
 
justainchoe said:
Per your suggestion, I did that too but it lags so I decided to go back to overclocking. It buds me too much when it doesn't scroll smoothly at homescreen, app drawer, or anywhere else.
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Luckily my phone acts normal per say with this setting. The difference between 700ish and max is negligible IMO so that's why I dont even bother OC'ing. Waste of battery.
 
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