Thread: Looking for N810 Governor CPU Policy Tips
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2011-07-08 , 01:07
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Originally Posted by jmart View Post
I'm looking to get some tips on how other users utilize their governor / CPU Policy in order to gain performance and increase battery life.
Unless you're doing something really unusual the default settings should be pretty optimal.

I've installed Diablo Turbo, but have not done anything to change governor settings. Does this mean I'm using the default setting --- which would be on demand, right??
Right.

I basically understand what on demand, conservative, and performance do, but what does null and powersave do?
Powersave is the opposite of performance, ie it locks the CPU to the lowest available frequency. The "null" one is a custom Nokia addition that just registers itself but does nothing. The comments in the source say 'The "null" governor is meant to be used as default during boot until a proper governor is set from userspace.'


I keep it in offline mode whenever possible, and keep bluetooth and GPS turned off virtually all the time. When I'm not using it I keep it in offline mode with the screen and keys locked.
You should be getting several days of uptime per charge like that, if not there's likely something else going wrong.
 

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