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Root What Kernal to Use

porky101

porky101

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I have been looking around on Google and was wondering what is a good Kernal to run for overclocking and tethering that wont heat my phone up to much and ruin my battery life.


I am on a Motorola Droid with Cyanogen Mod 6.0.0
 
I prefer Slayhers kernels above all others. Great benchmark results and tremendous battery life.

Also, very rarely will your phone overheat.
 
Jedii said:
I prefer Slayhers kernels above all others. Great benchmark results and tremendous battery life.

Also, very rarely will your phone overheat.
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I will have to look that up. Also I know that a kernal is required to overclock your device. But, I do not think that I really understand the purpose of installing a kernal, can someone explain that to me as well?
 
Porky...definitely read the info above. Also, I've tried using slayher's kernels with good success with compcache. But, each droid is definitely different! P3, chevy, slayher...all make good kernels! Try a couple and see which works for you. Start around 1000mhz (most every droid can run that) and make backups in between so that you can go back if you overclock too much. Then work your way up until you're happy! Enjoy, and welcome to the addiction!
 
to install the kernal, you just have to rename it to update.zip then flash it in recovery mode correct?
 
porky101 said:
to install the kernal, you just have to rename it to update.zip then flash it in recovery mode correct?
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NO NO NO! Do not rename it it update.zip!

1.) Download the kernel
2.) Put the file anywhere on your sdcard.
3.) Power off your droid
4.) Boot into recovery by holding X while powering on the phone
5.) Perform a nandroid backup (always sound practice although this is not required. Its actually not necessary at all if you have a kernel that you know works well somewhere on your sdcard.)
6.) Press install zip from sdcard
7.) Press Choose zip from sd card
10.) Navigate to the file and click on it.
11.) When the install is complete press the power button to get back to the main menu
12.) Reboot

Thanks OMJ^^

Please read this as well:
http://androidforums.com/droid-all-things-root/136508-guide-all-things-root-related.html
 
Jedii said:
NO NO NO! Do not rename it it update.zip!

1.) Download the kernel
2.) Put the file anywhere on your sdcard.
3.) Power off your droid
4.) Boot into recovery by holding X while powering on the phone
5.) Perform a nandroid backup (always sound practice although this is not required. Its actually not necessary at all if you have a kernel that you know works well somewhere on your sdcard.)
6.) Press install zip from sdcard
7.) Press Choose zip from sd card
10.) Navigate to the file and click on it.
11.) When the install is complete press the power button to get back to the main menu
12.) Reboot

Thanks OMJ^^

Please read this as well:
http://androidforums.com/droid-all-things-root/136508-guide-all-things-root-related.html
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Thanks for the save there :D
 
porky101 said:
I installed the kernal and SetCPU, but the max I can set in SetCPU is 600MHz
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Did you set it to autodetect speeds in setcpu?

Also, are you sure you got an overclocked kernel?
If so, did you install it like i posted?
 
porky101 said:
I use 1000 Version 1.6....the numbers mean how high in MHz you can Overclock to.
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LOL.. I know that:o

what I mean, there are 2 pages I posted..
between the 2 there are 9 different 1000-1200 kernals.
How can I tell the difference between say:
LFY-1200.zip

1200 Now Version 1.6

1200 Now

the last 2 are low voltage from Froyo Kernels by slayher - CyanogenMod Forum

the first LFY1200 is from the first post of this thread is it the same as either with a name change or is it entirely different?
 
thaDroidz said:
LOL.. I know that:o

what I mean, there are 2 pages I posted..
between the 2 there are 9 different 1000-1200 kernals.
How can I tell the difference between say:
LFY-1200.zip

1200 Now Version 1.6

1200 Now

the last 2 are low voltage from Froyo Kernels by slayher - CyanogenMod Forum

the first LFY1200 is from the first post of this thread is it the same as either with a name change or is it entirely different?
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O, I have no clue.


Jedii said:
NO NO NO! Do not rename it it update.zip!
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Now, just out of curiosity, when you flash a theme over do you rename it to update.zip?
 
No. Just name the theme whatever you want and place it some where on your SD you'll be able to find when in recovery.

Example: I create folders on my SD such as: Kernels, Themes, ROMS, backups, etc...So when i am in recovery, it is easy to find.
 
Jedii said:
No. Just name the theme whatever you want and place it some where on your SD you'll be able to find when in recovery.

Example: I create folders on my SD such as: Kernels, Themes, ROMS, backups, etc...So when i am in recovery, it is easy to find.
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O.....I guess I will start doing that now.
 
porky101 said:
O.....I guess I will start doing that now.
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Thats just how i do it. Not everyone will do it that way. But when you're like me and have 10 SD cards lying around with like 6 ROMS on each.....well, i need organization. haha
 
I have ROM Manager, so that helps me a bit. Especially with managing multiple ROMs and updates for them.
 
porky101 said:
I have ROM Manager, so that helps me a bit. Especially with managing multiple ROMs and updates for them.
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Yeah. ROM manager is a good tool. I just do most of my stuff from a computer so its easier to just do it all in recovery for me. Plus, ROM manager updates to much for me. LOL
 
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