Questions tagged [processor]
Processor is the CPU that manages and runs software on top of it. In respect to Android, its refers to the Google's Android Operating System. There are various processors, notably ARM by Qualcomm, usually known as Snapdragon. Please use this tag if your question is specific to Processors.
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What should I do if a brand new Android phone is overheating?
I brought 'Moto G24 Power' smartphone 2 days back. From day one it is overheating evening when I am doing basic tasks. I brought it from Flipkart online. There is no return, only repair from service ...
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Is my processor really what it should be?
So I was wondering, I just got Iqoo (a Vivo brand) phone and it is supposed to have processor Snapdragon 778g. And now when I go to Settings>About Phone, I see the correct processor name. Ok? But ...
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Does Google Nexus6 support 64bit android apps?
I have a 64bit android application with "minSdkVersion=20" (means it can be installed on Android 4.4 above).
My question is:
can this application be installed on Google Nexus6 with android 6 ...
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How to automatically set a CPU governor on boot?
There are apps that can accomplish this task (e.g. "Kernel Adiutor" and others), however they in turn require other apps that can grant them root access to begin with, which is a lot of ...
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Samsung Galaxy A11. Turn on 64 bit node?
I wanted to purchase a 64-bit android smartphone. I looked at the processor used on the Galaxy A11. It is a 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53. And I bought this phone.
Looks like I made a mistake. Android on the ...
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Reviving my phone after a small part of it (eg the processor) overheated
I tried to compress my 1.6GB video in the Media Converter app by exporting it to mp4(h264,aac) on my OnePlus 3 as per https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-reduce-video-size-on-Android. However, ...
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Can a mobile processor be Overclocked with Software means?
I was searching weather a mobile processor be Overclocked or not so i came across an answer saying no because processor operates on PLL(phase locked loop) which if set to a particular frequency can't ...
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Where is the baseband firmware stored and how does Android interact with it?
My searches on the web didn't provide suitable answers to these questions:
1) Where is the baseband firmware stored?
My understanding is that this particular firmware is a RTOS built for the ...
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Android apps for "armeabi-v7a" and "x86" architecture: SoC vs. Processor vs. ABI
While downloading Android apps, sometimes I have seen apps for armeabi-v7a and x86 architecture.
I read some references for armeabi-v7a and x86 architecture. However, at the end, I couldn't finalize ...
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How to make mobile device powerful as PC/server?
Can we somehow connect mobile device with our pc and use pc's ram, cpu etc. on connected mobile device or is there maybe a powerful external ram and processors for mobile devices?
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Do I need a smartphone with more RAM or one with a higher processor in order to load a big excel file faster?
As the title says, do I need a smartphone with more RAM or one with a higher processor in order to load a big excel file faster ?
For instance : Snapdragon 835 with 8GB RAM vs Snapdragon 845 with 6GB ...
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Why do Android phones have more cores than computers?
Laptops have usually at most four cores, and dualcores are probably more common. I have recently switched from quadcore to dualcore and I can confirm there is a limited number of usecases for quadcore,...
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Is there any relation between processor clock speed and heating effects?
I'm planning to buy a new android smartphone, and I've heard that while high processor clock speeds are good, they are also accompanied by high heating effects.
Is there a way I can obtain the heat (...
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CPU-Z shows 8 cores, but 4 of them are stopped
I am using CPU-Z to test basic things about the J7. It reports an Exynos Octa 7580, 8 cores, 8x ARM Cortex-A53 @ 1.5GHz, r0p3, 28 nm.
At all times that I checked, only cores 0-3 are active, and cores ...
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How to tell what architecture an APK is intended for?
I am writing a script to test a large quantity of apks. Some run on x86 and some run on arm. Is there a way I can tell which apks are intended for which architecture?
I have looked through the ...
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