CPU tuner (Rooted phones)

CPU tuner (Rooted phones) Free App

Rated 4.19/5 (15,835) —  Free Android application by vogtp

About CPU tuner (Rooted phones)

CPU tuner gives you control over the power consumption of your android device.
Its prime purpose is to be a battery saver and to save as much battery as possible, but it can be used to overclock at the same time (if the kernel of your device supports it).

Depending on triggers (based on the battery) different profiles are loaded. Each trigger has different profiles depending of the the state of your phone (if it is locked, on battery, on power or a phone call is being done).

A profile can modify the following:
* The CPU governor, its thresholds and min/max frequencies off your CPU (i.e. setCPU speed).
* The state of services like:
- mobiledata connection
- 3G/2G switch
- background sync
- wifi
- bluethooth
- airplane mode


Configurations (i.e. a set of trigger and profiles) can be loaded based on the time of the day and the day of the week. This allows you to set a different behaviour during the night or the weekend.

In praise of CyanogenMod... ;)

If you use and like this app please subscribe to the mailing list cputuner-help@lists.sourceforge.net and participate in the forums on https://sourceforge.net/projects/cputuner/ (Project webpage).
You can follow CPU tuner on: https://plus.google.com/109797451979104819882

If you want to help translating please join in at http://www.getlocalization.com/cputuner/.

Please report errors in a mail to the address listed below not in a market comment.
You best generate a capabilities report first, by going to settings then to backend and choose capabilities report, when it is done hit send (and save the mail as draft). Then describe your issue (and if possible attach a logcat output along with the zip file from the report).

A note on permissions: Yes there are a lot and potentially dangerous permissions needed, but cpu tuner does not request the network communication permission which means that cpu tuner cannot send any information back. Further more cpu tuner is opensource so you can browse the code and check....

How to Download / Install

Download and install CPU tuner (Rooted phones) version 3.4.2 on your Android device!
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Android package: ch.amana.android.cputuner, download CPU tuner (Rooted phones).apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
V 3.4.2
* features
- use "on battery" not "screen off" for "screen locked"
- more translations
V 3.4.1
* bug fixes
- fix force closes
- fix battery not updating
- fix governor thresholds not written
V 3.4.0
* features
- New screen off and locked profiles
- New shell backend (thanks to stericson)
- Use interactive governor on Android 4.0 and later
- Do not start after frequent reboots
- UI optimisations
More downloads  CPU tuner (Rooted phones) reached 1 000 000 - 5 000 000 downloads
Version update CPU tuner (Rooted phones) was updated to version 3.4.2
Version update CPU tuner (Rooted phones) was updated to version 3.4.1
Version update CPU tuner (Rooted phones) was updated to version 3.4.0

What are users saying about CPU tuner (Rooted phones)

I70%
by I####:

I'm not much for reviews but give this a chance with root n then after couple weeks tinkering I got it just how I'd like. Phone is faster and battery probably lasts 30% to 50% longer. Also when set to max powersave while charging it charges ridiculously fast. I can charge it up 50% from where it was in 15 - 20 mins. Good work ol' chap

O70%
by O####:

But good grace is it useful! After 33 hours without charge, my battery still had 6% of its power. On a galaxy note 8, not know for its stamina, the battery drains at approximately 1% per hour when the screen is off, with data connection on. Custom trottling is magnificent, all of the device states are taken in account (screen on/off/locked, on power/battery/battery hot/call), savvy users can chose their governors... Nothing is missing. Highly recommended.

Z70%
by Z####:

I was smashing my head against a brick wall with the battery on my Nexus 4 and I will admit it was make or break whether I kept it. But before I waved the white flag I decided to root my phone and try some tuning apps however they turned out to be a pile of poo.....until I found this beauty!! Its an amazing app can tune it do virtually anything, anytime, any how!! Its because of this phone I now love my nexus 4 and will most definitely be keeping!!

I70%
by I####:

My Nexus 10 tablet suffered from some lag when I had opened man windows. With this tool I could analyze that it was running below 1000Mhz quite often. I tuned it ti use between 1000 and 1700 when it is cnnected to power and battery over 75% and it is really like I have bought a new device :) Sadl I cannot overclock, but I am running stock 4.4.4 and so it's not the apps fault.

R70%
by R####:

Excellent app. I love that you can choose from several default configurations. That makes it easy to try different things with your CPU and the governors. Fortunately the default configuration is your current configuration, so they won't screw up your entire system. The thing to remember is you need to change the default configurations to match whatever tweaking that you would like to do.

R70%
by R####:

Amazing. This does everything I was looking for for cpu profiles. Takes a bit to setup but all and all great. If there was one thing I would like to see changed it is as follows. Wish my cpu frequencys where setup by default. I had to manually put them in. I had just the highest and lowest frequencys as options originally in the app. I had to manually set the frequency in between. Using sony experia play.

R70%
by R####:

This app is the greatest except for one issue. All my profiles has the cpu frequency above 1200mhz, but after an hour or so the cpu drops to either 800mhz or 1000mhz. I could is this in the log. I have to disable cpu tuner in the setting and enable it to have the cpu reset to the correct frequency. I am on a rooted SGN2.

O70%
by O####:

I like this app because not only can I increase/decrease voltage, but I can enable and disable it. Something I could not do with no-frills CPU. It also seems easier to understand and more user friendly.

R70%
by R####:

My Galaxy S4 was charging too much slow.It was charging 50% in 2 hours. I was worried about it soo much until i found this app. Now it is charging my phone upto 50% in less then an hour. Thank you developer TOTALLY LOVE YOUR APP.

I70%
by I####:

I practically gave up on saving battery life and having a fully functional phone without plugging it in at least once a day! Until I found this app and gave it a whirl! I am a moderate user of the phone and it used to drain way too quick for the amount of usage! Thanks for your app! Keep up the awesome work!!

D70%
by D####:

This is really a nice Tool which Saves Battery(really) and Optimize the CPU according to your needs. It allows you to create profiles and attach them to Triggers like Screen Off, On call, on battery etc. I changed my cpu freq to 300Mhz on Screen off, and what I see: Not even 1% battery is consumed in 7 hours... :-O Thanks a lot for this tool... :-)

R70%
by R####:

I've found this app to be very good except on my Nexus the screen locked trigger is always true. So I can't use any profiles with that trigger. Otherwise even when the screen is on its in the locked profile which for me at the moment is two cores and 800mhz. Chrome is running a little slow right now. Fix that bug and 5 stars.

R70%
by R####:

Why are the values on the "current" tab editable? What is the difference between "Auto: Performance" and "Performance"? What exactly does "Active CPU's" mean -- an informational indication of how many CPU's are in use, or of how many CPU's are configured to be in use? Why am I shown to be at half-speed when I specifically configure full-speed?

Z70%
by Z####:

I'm only hanving some issues with my galaxy note 4, it turns off many times when using this app. It the phone doesn't give me time to log the crash. Hopping for an update. It works great for my galaxy s4.

R70%
by R####:

How did I not see this app long ago? After struggling with battery drain

B70%
by B####:

In cpu tuner setting they say i don't give root permission, but on my superuser setting said granted. So i checked on cpu-z governor is like what i set on this app. So? This app problem or mine? And my settings on this app work or not? Sorry for my bad english

R70%
by R####:

It's interface is bit complicated. It failed to disable cpu cores. I'll come back when this app works exactly as described.

R70%
by R####:

Works well, can't say it's without it's problems sometimes governors aren't being set right, I think it's a flaw in my devices firmware rather then the app.. but it works well otherwise. This is great for tuning down your cpu to try and save some battery life. A cool feature to add would be if it could trigger based on which app is in the foreground so say you open up an app it would automatically apply a specific profile while that particular app is in use. Plauge inc for example will gobble up my cpu and battery for some reason, so I always put a cap on the cpu speed and cores with this before playing.. wish cpu tuner could do this for me automatically.

N70%
by N####:

I started this app and gave it all the permissions to do its thing. Only issue is, my battery is almost dead and I plugged it in and it won't charge. I uninstalled the app hoping it would work and go back to normal, but no luck. I messed around with some settings and it seamed that I got a charge going, but it won't go passed 35%. And now it's not holding a charge!

R70%
by R####:

I didn't use anything experimental or dangerous but it started after installing and ended after uninstalling > it kept rebooting suddenly at any time (like 3m after the booting up)... I liked it but i moved from ★★★★★ to only ★

S70%
by S####:

The only cpu manipulator that won't crash my rooted note 4. All others create reboot issues. This is best used for snapdragon chips as Samsung chips have sleeper cores and you risk soft bricking them if you don't let them activate upon screen off. I learned that on my tab s.

S70%
by S####:

I'm not a pro at this. The profiles, and a little bit of reading, and you can get a great understanding of saving battery life. I love performance, but I hate charging all the time. So a happy medium is a must for me. I use the normal setting, and since I set it up to power save evenly from full battery to empty, my phone not only is obviously saving battery, It seems much smoother surprisingly. I can't see why anyone would give this app a poor rating. Thank you for the excellent app developers!

S70%
by S####:

I love the design and concept of this app, but recently after an OS update (cm12.1) my phone has begun randomly freezing and the rebooting. I started removing apps one by one to test what is causing it, and it stopped when I removed this app. I love this app before and how much battery it saved and I really hope that the Dev can resolve this cm and lollipop (5.1.1) area issue so I can use it again!

H70%
by H####:

Changed from 5-stars to 3. No matter how I tweak or set my profiles, my lock screen always freezes (even when no lock screen is set), phone keeps freezing up coming out of screen off state. Screen was only off for a couple of minutes - had to force restart each and eveytime. Please fix! In the meantime I'm using SetCPU and to my surprise, their profile trigger for Screen Off does work with all cpu governors available on my Samsung stock kernel! No issues with device frozen coming out of screen off.

U70%
by U####:

My asus zenfone 5 can standby more than 1 days using this app, my setting is while sleep set 2G connection-800Mhz-all app standby(bbm-whatsapp-etc)

D70%
by D####:

Really allows you to have your cake and eat it. Using the virtual governors with speed settings I chose for when the screen is on/off has really made my power use more efficient whilst giving me full power when I need it. Still haven't found out how to by the dev a whisky yet though, when I do he will be drunk!

S70%
by S####:

This is the first app which I have seen which actually does what it promises. My battery life saw an increase of at least 10% if not more. I totally recommend this app.

R70%
by R####:

Freezes my phone Force close a lot start up takes mins sometimes doesn't show the UI just black screen still giving it a try though b.c it does save battery just after a while makes everything slow and messes up alot

Q70%
by Q####:

Work like a charm. A bit confuse about terminology, but i swiftly understand how to setting. Cool job. Theme should be good but nice to have.

S70%
by S####:

my phone poped and it got so hot it wasent touchable and screen melted alittle cause I over over clocked doueent work any more

Q70%
by Q####:

My spotify would stutter because the min cpu was too low for screen lock, this allowed me to change the min cpu for on and off screen and it fixed the issue. It really saves so much trouble. Thanks

L70%
by L####:

I use CPU tuner on my galaxy j docomo which run Android sphinx v1b 4.4.2 I set my cpu min clock to 300mhz and max cpu clock 2300 mhz. It's very ok with performance and power save. But the min cpu clock was auto change to higher value !? i don't know why. Could you tell my how to keep my min cpu clock value?

Q70%
by Q####:

Let's you adjust how much juice your processor runs on, increasing or decreasing battery life depending on how you use it.

N70%
by N####:

It's the only free app I found that can actually set the CPU speeds of my Shield Tablet on Lollipop.

Q70%
by Q####:

..on testing capabilities. Note 3 running lollipop 5.0

Q70%
by Q####:

With selecting 2G/3G .. Its not working for me !! i use 3G but whenever im selecting 2G on the profile, its not switching the connection speed, remaining 3G all the time. Except this prob the app is great. Thank you

Q70%
by Q####:

This app is better than any over clocking app... even the paid ones. let's you control pretty much every aspect of the cpu. I have an S5 and it lasts me 2 days on one charge because of this app. Once you find that sweet spot, your battery life becomes invincible!

Q70%
by Q####:

Just opening this app forces me to manually turn off my HTC One. Please fix that and I'll rate 5 stars

S70%
by S####:

Using it on rooted Samsung s3 - lot of the time the cpu falls down to 0.8ghz or 0.2ghz even though I have it set 1400ghz performance setting in every profile, apart from that it's good.

N70%
by N####:

Its wicked! Automatic functions! Makes phone lasts longer! Problem i found is: 1. if i press help & go back the minimum cpu speed goes up to the max. 2. If my phone sleeps (not lock) & i wake it up, it still detects screen off, even though its awake. I have to lock it then unlock to correct it. 3. If i restart my phone i have to lock & unlock my phone to correct it to d configs i chose.


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