A2N Kernel Control S8/S8+Note8

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About this app

Supports all S8/S8+/Note8 (Exynos variant) phones

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*** SUPPORTED MODELS ***
-- SM-G950F
-- SM-G950FD
-- SM-G950N
-- SM-G955F
-- SM-G955FD
-- SM-G955N
-- SM-N950F
-- SM-N950FD
-- SM-N950N

*** FEATURES ***
-- Charger control - adjustable charging current (safe up to 1C charging)
-- Battery thermal throttling - adjustable max battery temperature (by throttling charging current and CPU/GPU freq)
-- Low voltage throttling - adjustable device voltage threshold for throttling CPU/GPU freq in order to maintain stability even with old battery
-- More battery care features: stop charging at desired % level, battery IDLE mode
-- Ability to disable moisture detection
-- Adjustable resolution for HDMI/DEX
-- CPU/GPU OC control with voltage control
-- CPU/GPU DVFS thermal throttling control (ability to adjust the max allowed CPU/GPU temp)
-- Extreme powersave mode for max SOT
-- GPU: adjustable game boost level for smooth gaming
-- Limit CPU max freq on suspend
-- Performance profiles with different presets and one configurable profile and one profile for overclocking
-- SWAP/zRam - adjustable zRam size in RAM %
-- Load Wireguard kernel module - for better performance (backend, low level)
-- Wi-Fi-Band selection - 2.4 GHz only, 5 GHz only or Auto (both)
-- Torch brightness control - to get higher brightness (fail-safe)
-- Notification LED-RGB - adjustable blink-on-delay, blink-off-delay
-- Accelerometer calibration
-- Advanced power menu
-- ART: ability to trigger full speed optimization for all apps

*** NOTE ***
-- This app needs sometimes internet connection for license check

*** CREDITS ***
-- World-gear-symbol by Freepik (www.flaticon.com)

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Ratings and reviews

It's been working pretty awesome and does what it says. The problem is that when i play heavy games (Call of duty etc) the app crashes and resets me to the home screen mid game; my running apps in pop-up view close as well. I have S8+ 4 GB SM-g955FD and I'm using android pie stock rom. I've set my ZSWAP to 75% and using Power Plus profile with disabled Cpu/Gpu dvfs. Kindly guide me on what could be causing that.

It doesn't matter if you want to get more performance or maybe more hours on the battery, this kernel has everything for your good ol' S8/S8+. I can still make it through the day with my 2 yrs old battery and play games like on a brand new gaming phone. I fly when I'm scroll through the menus.. Best part is that it's finally stable too. For me, it's just perfect now. I cannot thank the developer enough for putting hundreds of hours into this kernel... Thank you and keep up the good work !!

Edit: Excellent kernel and great support from the developer. Can you an ability to stop charging the battery after reaching a limit and just power the phone from the cable? Like combining battery care and idle mode. Got it, Thanks for the reply 👍

What’s new

v64
- Fixed bugs
- Improved stability
- Improved startup time
- Power: added low voltage throttling (for stability with old battery)
- Power: added battery thermal throttling (battery care)
- Power: optimized charger control
- CPU/GPU: readded all freq steps
- Sync default settings with kernel defaults (R64)
- CPU/GPU: updated OC and thermal throttling
- GPU: updated game booster for smooth game playing
- Removed useless features / more cleaner UI