* The Official Galaxy Nexus Thread *

smokedog · 17 Dec 2011 at 20:00

Atari said:
Are there any good battery apps or tips to extend battery life? Im finding the battery life to be poor on my Nexus. I unplugged it at 1pm and im currently at 60%. Ive turned bluetooth, dync and dropped the screen to about 25% brightnesz and its still sucking batter life like no other phone ive had.

Thanks.

Use Green Power or Juice Defender. If your device is rooted try flashing a different ROM or Radio.

But regardless if you the screen is on a lot it will drink the juice. Also AMOLED consumes more power displaying white, so switch to a black theme if possible.

muon · 17 Dec 2011 at 20:15

I forgot to post this earlier today but...

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5198/motorola-droid-razr-review-a-better-clad-bionic/8

OMAP 4460 in the Galaxy Nexus has an SGX540 underclocked to 307mhz !!

Brian Klug @anandtech said:
...from what I can tell, the Galaxy Nexus' OMAP4460 SGX 540 clock is set at 307 MHz (even though OMAP4460 can clock its 540 at up to 384 MHz)...

source: https://github.com/supercurio/andro...una-3.0-mr0/drivers/gpu/pvr/omap4/sysconfig.h

jeezy85 · 17 Dec 2011 at 23:21

Finally flash player is out

kona786 · 17 Dec 2011 at 23:35

anyon said:
I forgot to post this earlier today but.
OMAP 4460 in the Galaxy Nexus has an SGX540 underclocked to 307mhz !

and so is the mali-400 gpu in the SGSII. underclocked.

muon · 18 Dec 2011 at 00:30

kona786 said:
and so is the mali-400 gpu in the SGSII. underclocked.

But everyone was assuming a gpu advantage based on 384mhz vs the 304mhz in 4430.

It'll be even further behind Mali than previously assumed. ALl you have to do is read through this thread.

kona786 · 18 Dec 2011 at 00:37

I'm aware of the GPU discussion - do you have a nexus? do you notice any weaknesses in the GPU?

muon · 18 Dec 2011 at 01:03

kona786 said:
I'm aware of the GPU discussion - do you have a nexus? do you notice any weaknesses in the GPU?

Yeh it's definitely weaker than my ipad 2. You have a point?

I think you will find it will be discussed much further. Put your finger in your ears if you want. I'm looking forward to the anandtech article.

kona786 · 18 Dec 2011 at 01:05

If it plays all the current games whats the problem? who cares what the clock speed is.

edit: I don't have a nexus, I have a SGSII fyi.

muon · 18 Dec 2011 at 01:06

kona786 said:
If it plays all the current games whats the problem? who cares what the clock speed is.

You tried Dungeon Defender on max settings? Definitely not fluid as sgx543mp2. I imagine it's better on the mali400mp4 as well.

Also tech enthusiasts care. I think you may be on the wrong website.

edit:

This reminds me of when HardOCP announced that Intel's Conroe wasn't anything to shout about because of logic like that. AMD's K8 they said was adequate.

kona786 · 18 Dec 2011 at 01:09

Do you have a nexus? If you do then you should have done your research if you thought an SGX540 at 720p resolution would be up to snuff at playing demanding 3d games.

muon · 18 Dec 2011 at 01:12

kona786 said:
Do you have a nexus? If you do then you should have done your research if you thought an SGX540 at 720p resolution would be up to snuff at playing demanding 3d games.

You hear me complaining? I simply stated something about the GPU in the Galaxy Nexus which is very interesting.

What is wrong with you?

kona786 · 18 Dec 2011 at 01:15

And when did you hear me complaining? I was just asking questions on whether you thought the GPU was ok as is and then you told me to put my fingers in my ears.

muon · 18 Dec 2011 at 01:18

kona786 said:
and so is the mali-400 gpu in the SGSII. underclocked.

kona786 said:
And when did you hear me complaining? I was just asking questions on whether you thought the GPU was ok as is and then you told me to put my fingers in my ears.

When did I state you were complaining? You're the one stating I should have done my research... underclocking means nothing... as long as it play current games its ok etc etc.

All I did was inform people of the lower clocked GPU inside the Galaxy Nexus than initially assumed. The impact on performance will no doubt be evident in an analysis.

kona786 · 18 Dec 2011 at 01:25

I never said under-clocking means nothing, did I now?

You stated a fact about about the Nexus, I stated a fact about the SGSII.

I'll leave it there - there was obviously some misunderstanding.

muon · 18 Dec 2011 at 01:28

kona786 said:
I never said under-clocking means nothing, did I now?

I initially didn't take it to mean that. However, once I had clarified in that everyone had assumed it was 384mhz up till now and hence this piece of information was valuable, your retort was

kona786 said:
and so is the mali-400 gpu in the SGSII. underclocked.

anyon said:
But everyone was assuming a gpu advantage based on 384mhz vs the 304mhz in 4430.

It'll be even further behind Mali than previously assumed. ALl you have to do is read through this thread.

kona786 said:
I'm aware of the GPU discussion - do you have a nexus? do you notice any weaknesses in the GPU?

anyon said:
Yeh it's definitely weaker than my ipad 2. You have a point?

I think you will find it will be discussed much further. Put your finger in your ears if you want. I'm looking forward to the anandtech article.

kona786 said:
If it plays all the current games whats the problem? who cares what the clock speed is.

edit: I don't have a nexus, I have a SGSII fyi.

You tell me what that exchange means.

kona786 · 18 Dec 2011 at 01:31

you asked me do I have a point - that was my reply.

kona786 · 18 Dec 2011 at 01:33

do you ever make a post without editing it 5 minutes later?

413x · 18 Dec 2011 at 01:39

Surely people didnt buy this if they wanted good gpu performance? I dont play anything more demanding than angry birds. Gpu doesnt bother me

muon · 18 Dec 2011 at 01:39

I try to make posts clearer, but large edits are usually shown.

Out of interest, what is the clock speed of the mali chip in the sgs2? Always assumed it was ~200mhz.

al4x said:
Surely people didnt buy this if they wanted good gpu performance? I dont play anything more demanding than angry birds. Gpu doesnt bother me

Same, who wants to play a 3D game on a small screen (well I suppose there will be people).

kona786 · 18 Dec 2011 at 01:43

Stock is around 200mhz yes. It can run at 275mhz without issues - possibly more if you want to really push it.

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