Cpu Float

Daan Muller

About this app

CpuFloat is a floating app which monitors several key pieces of system information so you can monitor your device without leaving the application you are using.

CpuFloat monitors:
• Cpu frequency
• Cpu temperature
• Gpu frequency
• Gpu load; not normalised
• Gpu temperature
• Time awake and in deep sleep
• Battery current
• Battery temperature
• Network speed

Time
This counts the time your gadget has been active and in deep sleep, a battery friendly state. Sometimes apps don´t let your device go into deep sleep, this will shorten the battery time.

Temperature
If available the cpu and gpu temperature are shown. If not available you can choose the temperature sensor in the settings. This has been extensively tested on Qualcomm socs. On other socs this might not work as intended.

Cpu and gpu Trippoint
If the temperature gets higher than the trippoint temperature, it´ll turn red. You can change the value of the trippoint temperature in the settings.

Flexibility
You can choose what to monitor and where to show the floating window. CpuFloat can be a big vertical floating view with lots of information or a smaller, less intrusive horizontal view.


CpuFloat is a compact system tool with minimal permissions; vibrate, read sdcard, draw over other apps. There are no ads and it doesn´t use internet data.


Notice about changing app permissions on android M (6) and up :
Because of security reasons you can only change app permissions if there are no screen overlays or floating apps running, else you´ll get this error message:
Screen overlay detected.
To change this permission setting, you first have to turn off the screen overlay from Settings > Apps.
Just exit CpuFloat and try again, if it still doesn´t work, there´s another app using a screen overlay.


Credits to:
♥ CM Calculator apk for user interface idea
♥ M11kkaa (xda developer) for temperature file paths
♥ Existz (xda developer) for awake and deep sleep time
♥ Consp1racy for SeekBarPreference
♥ Grarak for gpu and temperature file paths
♥ The Tester for catching exceptions and throwing ideas


For help or suggestions visit
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/themes-apps/app-cpufloat-t3204420

Ratings and reviews

Really nice app. Low CPU and RAM usage, so I'm guessing the battery usage is probably not too high, but it's a new phone, so I can't determine that yet. Only issue: if using the horizontal display, and the window is moved to the top of the screen, over the status bar, it can't be moved out of that position. Also in that state, can't get into settings menu (CPU float menu) or close app. This is occurring on a Pixel 6a running Android version 13.

CPU Float gives you a lot of options as to what temperature parameters it will display for you and how it will display them. You couldn't ask for more flexibility in a temperature display app. I also use it to determine the amount of current that is going into the cell phone battery while charging and out of the battery while discharging. Awesome! A+!

Good, but strange limitations. CPU frequency monitoring can only be enabled on consecutive cores. This wastes screen space for bigLITTLE SOCs that run clusters of cores at the same frequency. it's also not possible to configure your own "horizontal" layout, which is the only way that allows you to disable component labels. You must choose between cpu, gpu, battery or network stats. Theres no way to have just the values of for example; core 0+2 frequency, core 0 temp, and current in the top bar

What's new

Fixed startup bug, thanks to Bryan
Fixed GPU frequency on some devices

Added battery temperature