SetCPU and Gingerbread

[jerroedr]

Jimmy,

Is that swipe gesture on your unlock screen? I could not find any other LP pro gesture settings.

Jerr,

It might kinda hard to nail down exactly whether setcpu is specifically causing folks issues. Everyone running GB is experimenting these days, trying to deal with the additional aggressive memory management. When you say your GPS is getting your phone warm, is it the gps chip itself, transferring heat to other components? I remember back in the early eclair days, my phone seemed to get pretty warm doing gps things. Right now with GB and prime's OCing, I can run GPS till the cows come home and my phone stays cool. I have not tested in navigation, just maps and my other gps apps but the phone stays cool. It could be a situation where your kernel of choice, and your top speed and governer are giving you issues, issues that the setcpu profile helps mitigate, but does not address possible root causes.

My primary concern with setcpu these days is that it has not been updated in a long time. Certainly not since GB came out. While this may mean absolutely nothing, I find it hard to believe that a program as robust as Setcpu, mixed in with the new memory management of GB does not need some tweaking? Again, that is just WAGing.

What I do know is that Setcpu is using resources. If you have profiles running, then depending upon what type of profiles, setcpu can be polling battery status, temperature and a whole host of things related to the cpu slots and voltages. With the ability to control upper and lower speeds as well as governor in CM settings, and your slots and voltages with prime's work (or MSOC) it does make intuative sense to at least ask whether setcpu is necessary at all. I think a lot of us are testing now, and we should see more feedback as this GB experience extends.

Craig

i meant navigation overheats me. It did with stock kernels oc, lv, ect. It usually doesnt if at 900hz or less but i havent had the chance to test it since the reprimed kernel came out

[Bear in NM]

Jerr,

I was wondering if that was the case. Navigation is the hardest on the system for heat, as everything is getting worked, cpu, gpu, gps, the the radio One thing that might help would be making sure you have the maps cached. And as you mentioned 900 or less, I would try kicking the top down to 600 or so.

Craig

[jerroedr]

Jerr,

I was wondering if that was the case. Navigation is the hardest on the system for heat, as everything is getting worked, cpu, gpu, gps, the the radio One thing that might help would be making sure you have the maps cached. And as you mentioned 900 or less, I would try kicking the top down to 600 or so.

Craig

how do you cache a map? i may give no setcpu a go. nobody seems to be posting in this thread though so its hard to say if its better or not

[Bear in NM]

Jerr,

My maps make caches when I open maps, and scroll around. If you choose different zoom levels, the maps appear to get cached somewhat by zoom level, depending upon what layer you have on. I do not use navigation, but my thought was if you know where you are going to be going, open up maps, scroll around your route/ destination and check to see if the maps get cached. You should be able to trun off 3g (wifi) and still open maps and move around (if cached).

I would not loose a ton of sleep over freezing/renaming/unistalling setcpu. Easy to reverse, especially as if you have the market version, it will always be there for you.

Craig

[jerroedr]

Jerr,

My maps make caches when I open maps, and scroll around. If you choose different zoom levels, the maps appear to get cached somewhat by zoom level, depending upon what layer you have on. I do not use navigation, but my thought was if you know where you are going to be going, open up maps, scroll around your route/ destination and check to see if the maps get cached. You should be able to trun off 3g (wifi) and still open maps and move around (if cached).

I would not loose a ton of sleep over freezing/renaming/unistalling setcpu. Easy to reverse, especially as if you have the market version, it will always be there for you.

Craig

shoot, optimally, cm will integrate at least a temp profile soon. that would just about do it.

[jefbystereo]

I just went to CM7 nightly from a stock 2.2 rom and it kept boot looping after i reinstalled all my programs. eventually i decided to not reinstall setcpu and so far it is running great.

I do miss the profiles in setcpu, particularly for the temperature settings. Running navigation wile the droid is in the sun on my dash really cooks it and i like to make sure to clock down when needed.

[Bear in NM]

For the record Setcpu has been updated with 2 updates in the last couple of days. Certainly worth trying, as it was supposedly tweaked for CM7. FWIW.

Craig

[jerroedr]

For the record Setcpu has been updated with 2 updates in the last couple of days. Certainly worth trying, as it was supposedly tweaked for CM7. FWIW.

Craig

im all over it lol