[ACS][GPL] Vision Kernel 1.2

[Shabbypenguin]

Just note Shabby's not a ROM dev, but just some guy who screws with things...

...and makes sure I don't overlook an important section of our userbase here on AndroidCentral. Do you have an 'Ambassador' user group?

i prefer the term diplomat better

gives me immunity

 

[Shabbypenguin]

updated main post to v1.2

 

[ragnarokx]

Holy smokes 1.45 GHz

 

[k0nane]

Holy smokes 1.45 GHz

And more!

 

[Paul627g]

Geez I wish my phone could handle 1.45 just to see.. I have only run 1.4 for about 2 minutes roughly before lockup...

Nice work thomas!

 

[thebullfrog]

HOLY CARP!

I'm gonna flash this now just to see if I can do it.

 

[drekosh]

Ha...I can't even get 1.4 to run for more than 2 seconds before locking up. My phone is a 1.3 GHz machine at best. I'll keep telling myself that I'm not jealous of the rest of you though.

 

[thebullfrog]

So far so good. Been running back to back to back Quadrant benchmarks to work the CPU. Seems to hold up merrily. Consistently scores between 2166 and 2186 for whatever its worth. Choppy video I was still getting on 1.1 is fixed, video is dead smooth now. Temps are a bit on the high side, but nothing unreasonable so far. We'll so how it does in actual real world use throughout the day, but so far looks like a great release and my phone appears perfectly happy with the ridiculous clock speed so far.

 

[kevincwelch]

Twilight v. Vision

I see the overclocking up to 1.4 Ghz is certainly one advantage of Vision over Twilight. But, what are the pros and cons of each? I currently am running SRF 1.1.0 with Twilight, typically with ondemand scaling and 100/1000, sometimes 100/1200. I use SPB shell, which I think is a little more intensive than LauncherPro. So, other than the overclocking, what are other reasons to try out Vision (other than just experiencing it, which I probably will do anyway)?

Also, can someone post the link to a "how to" regarding flashing back to Twilight? Or do I need to wipe and reinstall SRF?

Thanks

 

[Paul627g]

I see the overclocking up to 1.4 Ghz is certainly one advantage of Vision over Twilight. But, what are the pros and cons of each? I currently am running SRF 1.1.0 with Twilight, typically with ondemand scaling and 100/1000, sometimes 100/1200. I use SPB shell, which I think is a little more intensive than LauncherPro. So, other than the overclocking, what are other reasons to try out Vision (other than just experiencing it, which I probably will do anyway)?

Also, can someone post the link to a "how to" regarding flashing back to Twilight? Or do I need to wipe and reinstall SRF?

Thanks

Twilight Zone Kernel (Flash in CWM) Same way as you would a ROM but NO WIPE REQUIRED.

As far as comparing the two just look at the change logs...

 

[thebullfrog]

I'm a little fuzzy on details, but the OC is pretty much the only reason to choose Vision over Twilight as Vision is actually built off of twilight. Some people do have issues with the current build of Twilight causing freezes that Vision fixes, but unless you have that issue, Vision is intended to basically be a "fun" Kernel. So far all the little issues I had with earlier builds seem to be gone, so you can realistically run this as your daily, just keep the clock speeds sane. The Dev stated that the reason he wrote the Kernel was pretty much just to have fun seeing how hard you can push your clock speeds/ benchmarks, but being based on Twilight makes it a realistic alternative as well.

 

[scoob]

Glad to hear I'm not the only one who cannot handle 1.4gHz- I was kinda getting a complex...

Looking forward to checking out this new Kernel- especially to see if it will relieve some of my lockups.

 

[thebullfrog]

Muahahahahahahaha!!!

I'm running at 1.45ghz with a -200mv undervolt right now So far it seems stable, we'll see how long that lasts. I can haz 1.5ghz now?

 

[kevincwelch]

I'm a little fuzzy on details, but the OC is pretty much the only reason to choose Vision over Twilight as Vision is actually built off of twilight. Some people do have issues with the current build of Twilight causing freezes that Vision fixes, but unless you have that issue, Vision is intended to basically be a "fun" Kernel. So far all the little issues I had with earlier builds seem to be gone, so you can realistically run this as your daily, just keep the clock speeds sane. The Dev stated that the reason he wrote the Kernel was pretty much just to have fun seeing how hard you can push your clock speeds/ benchmarks, but being based on Twilight makes it a realistic alternative as well.

Seeing that it is based on Twilight, is that the reason I still see this in the settings? I was able to reach 1.45 GHz...

 

[thebullfrog]

Yeah, mine shows the same thing and I'm running a different ROM than you, so it looks like Thomas never changed that lol.

 

[scoob]

Muahahahahahahaha!!!

I'm running at 1.45ghz with a -200mv undervolt right now So far it seems stable, we'll see how long that lasts. I can haz 1.5ghz now?

So do you have to use another app to undervolt?
Just for kicks, I slid the sliders all the way to 1.45 and froze, rebooting now. I'm playing with back cover off right now for ease of pulling the battery...

 

[thebullfrog]

Voltage Control from the market. I have SETcpu disabled right now, as I'm not sure if you should use both or not. Right now in Voltage Control I'm using the 200, 400, 600, 1000, 1200, and 1450 mhz steps, every single one of which is at a -200mv undervolt with BFQ scheduling (whatever the hell that means), and having no issues whatsoever. If I set it to only use the 1.45ghz step I break 2200 in quadrant almost every time. This kernel is crazy. And apparently my phone is an absolute freak.

 

[thebullfrog]

hmm I finally got my phone to lock. It took having it locked at 1.45 with a -200 undervolt, and playing the game Cordy (which shreds my phone for some reason) for several minutes. It took a lot to finally hit my phone's limit, and thats assuming it wasnt just the app itself causing the freeze. I'm gonna try again with the lower clock speeds enabled and see how it does, I may wind up having to give it a bit of voltage back though.

UPDATE: Okay, now that it locked once it wants to KEEP locking up every time I start to play with undervolting. I think I made it mad lol. I'm sure I could sit here and pinpoint exactly where my limit is a given voltage but I don't have the paitience ATM. I'll just leave SetCPU to do it's thing for the time being and not mess with the voltages yet.

 

[mouseglider]

Twilight Zone Kernel (Flash in CWM) Same way as you would a ROM but NO WIPE REQUIRED.

As far as comparing the two just look at the change logs...

So when installing or reinstalling any kernel, there is no need to wipe? And only when installing roms is the only time when you need to wipe, correct?

Thanks as always!

 

[thebullfrog]

Yep, pretty much sums it up.