[Tutorial]Sysctl and you, A guide to better preformance and battery life.

[nerdslogic]

I guess I should. I don't overclock....mostly because I don't know how and don't wanna break my phone doing something I don't totally understand. For some reason this is way different for me than overclocking a computer.

 

[Jboxen]

QuickClock has a calculator in it that will calculate the best setup for you phone. And Droid Overclock will have one soon I believe too.

 

[Tillyswilly]

Ok I did it in jrummy overclock app but when I put it in terminal this is what I get

Don't blame me my head and hands posted it.

 

[Jboxen]

I've never seen those results before... go to terminal, and type this in:
cp /etc/sysctl.conf /sdcard/

Then go to the root of your sdcard and open the file sysctl.conf as text and tell me what it says.

 

[Tillyswilly]

Ok where is that file I don't c it I'm using file manager

Don't blame me my head and hands posted it.

 

[Jboxen]

Try
cp /etc/sysctl.conf /sdcard/sysctl.conf

 

[Tillyswilly]

Still don't c it this is what I get in terminal when I type it

Don't blame me my head and hands posted it.

 

[Jboxen]

Sounds like you might not have a sysctl.conf file. Do you have root explorer?

 

[Jboxen]

Actually, that first one looked successful. Did you check the root of you sdcard for the file?

 

[Tillyswilly]

yea i dont c it anywhere im gonna plug it up in the comp and check brb

 

[distvox]

I don't really see a difference in battery life. Should it be a big difference or slight?

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[Tillyswilly]

Ok found it with the comp. and this is what it says looks good to me your the expert though lol

Don't blame me my head and hands posted it.

 

[Jboxen]

Yes that looks good. Reboot your phone and go to the terminal, try the

sysctl -a | grep vm

again and see if it works

 

[Jboxen]

I don't really see a difference in battery life. Should it be a big difference or slight?

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Depends on usage really, but I saw a pretty good difference.

 

[imoseyon]

Hey Jboxen, thanks for bringing my work to the D2 forum! I'll check in every once in a while in case there are any questions.

BTW, I got crond working in case anyone's interested... imoseyon: cron on android is awesome