[Q] overclock issue - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm using the virus rom airborne rc6 and the netarchy 4.3.4 kernel. I went to the app market and downloaded the overclock widget since I had used it on another evo. Whenever I set it up or go to set it up I should say the phone locks up and requires a battery pull. Start the phone back up and it freezes again on the lock screen not allowing you to use it. A restore or wipe is required. I was thinking it was the Rom or kernel so I downloaded valpeak Rom and a kernel and it did the same thing on it. Just wondering if anyone had heard seen or experienced something like this before ? Is there another over clock program that's good and stable ?
Thanks in advance
Virus Rom airborne rc6
Netarchy toastmod kernel

jshaddix865 said:
I'm using the virus rom airborne rc6 and the netarchy 4.3.4 kernel. I went to the app market and downloaded the overclock widget since I had used it on another evo. Whenever I set it up or go to set it up I should say the phone locks up and requires a battery pull. Start the phone back up and it freezes again on the lock screen not allowing you to use it. A restore or wipe is required. I was thinking it was the Rom or kernel so I downloaded valpeak Rom and a kernel and it did the same thing on it. Just wondering if anyone had heard seen or experienced something like this before ? Is there another over clock program that's good and stable ?
Thanks in advance
Virus Rom airborne rc6
Netarchy toastmod kernel
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You need to clock it at a lower maximum speed. Some chips can't handle overclocking as well as other chips can. My phone can only be overclocked to like 1.1, and anything over that, I have the same issues you are explaining. Set the maximum speed a little lower and see if that helps.

That's just it when I try to set it up it freezes. I contacted the developer of the app and they said its on my end. I used the valpak before and could clock to 1.2 I'm wondering if there isnt something wrong with the kernels lime maybe they did a software update on the app and it doesn't agree with Rom or kernel. I've heard good things about set cpu I may try it. Thanks for your help

jshaddix865 said:
That's just it when I try to set it up it freezes. I contacted the developer of the app and they said its on my end. I used the valpak before and could clock to 1.2 I'm wondering if there isnt something wrong with the kernels lime maybe they did a software update on the app and it doesn't agree with Rom or kernel. I've heard good things about set cpu I may try it. Thanks for your help
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Yeah I know what you mean, you just gotta hurry and get into the app and lower the max speed before the app gets superuser permission and freezes again. Or if you have the SDK on your pc and know how to use adb, you could remove the app from the phone while connected to a pc in recovery. Also, I use setCPU, and I've had nothing but good experiences with it. I've never used Overclock widget so I can say anything about it.

try flashing a different kernel its happened to me before and thats what i had to do then i changed the max and flashed back to the other kernel

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Leukay said:
Yeah I know what you mean, you just gotta hurry and get into the app and lower the max speed before the app gets superuser permission and freezes again. Or if you have the SDK on your pc and know how to use adb, you could remove the app from the phone while connected to a pc in recovery. Also, I use setCPU, and I've had nothing but good experiences with it. I've never used Overclock widget so I can say anything about it.
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Thats how i fixed it. I ended up using the computer to remove the app and used setcpu. I normally dont care about the over clocking ability but the battery life sucks on the virus Rom. The roms great just crappy battery life. Thankfully that worked we will see if by underclocking it helps if not ill have to look for a different Rom. Thanks for your help man.

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[Q] setcpu on baked snack question.

So I'm running baked snack here and really beginning to enjoy it and this whole root thing. I've installed setcpu but every time I back out of the interface it goes down to 691 no matter how high I set it or on any profile. Does this not work with baked snack? Am I overlooking something or did I set it up wrong(I used auto detect when I started)?
Did you flash a different kernal?
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Nope I flashed kernel 3 I think or what ever came included in the baked snack.
should I DL that kernel by itself and then flash over the Baked snack with it? and whats the difference between flash over and flash ontop of?
Damn the stupidity of it all... lol. I set my profile to 691 if my battery was under 40% which it was... but now when I plug my phone in the cpu goes up to 1ghz which I have it set to but my battery keeps going down. Now this is a problem here if I'm not able to charge my phone while the setcpu is running it will get really annoying really fast. Considering the app manager that I have refuses to close it so I have to manually go to settings > applications > manage applications then go to setcup and force close it to charge my phone it seems. Do you guys think its a problem with my cpu being set to high while charging should I drop it down a whole bunch for the charge process too? That doesn't seem like a very needed thing to do I would assume it would be able to charge just fine without that. Looks like I got a lot to learn about this whole rooted phone thing.
Check your profiles in setcpu and make sure you don't have one that's at that speed with the highest priority. If that all checks out fine I would flash kernal 2 (my favorite) don't wipe just flash. And as for your question over or on top they mean the same thing and that's flashing the kernal without wiping.
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Also do you have overclock widget running as well? If so they might be fighting eachother
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not even quite sure where the overclock widget is. I looked to see if setcpu had a widget and it wasn't in the widget menu. Where as most of my other installed apps have a widget assossiated with them. I'll look into kernel #2 right now, I still have some more flashing to do.
crimeslunk said:
not even quite sure where the overclock widget is. I looked to see if setcpu had a widget and it wasn't in the widget menu. Where as most of my other installed apps have a widget assossiated with them. I'll look into kernel #2 right now, I still have some more flashing to do.
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Overclock widget is just another widget you can download that runs seperatly from SetCPU. You should have a SetCPU widget though. I would try reinstalling SetCPU also

set cpu yes or no?

okay, I used to use set cpu... then I read that set cpu actually kills your batttery, so I stopped using it.
currently i'm using VirusRom anthraX RC1 with 2.6.32.15-king-havs-OcUV-aosp
should I be using set cpu?
+1. also, the first time i used it, i oc'ed all the way and instantly got a reboot. is this the starting point in the infinite reboot cycle? i had that problem happen to my last evo.... not fun
dkdude36 said:
+1. also, the first time i used it, i oc'ed all the way and instantly got a reboot. is this the starting point in the infinite reboot cycle? i had that problem happen to my last evo.... not fun
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bump, help us.
I am thinking the dconfig file virus has will work on Anthrax..use it on Airborne and REVolution roms of his, along with SetCPU, and getting good results.
derik123derik123 said:
okay, I used to use set cpu... then I read that set cpu actually kills your batttery, so I stopped using it.
currently i'm using VirusRom anthraX RC1 with 2.6.32.15-king-havs-OcUV-aosp
should I be using set cpu?
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Its entirely up to you. If you feel you phone isn't fast enough for you then OC it. SetCPU is required to overclock. If you don't overclock then you don't need setcpu. You will most likely have better battery life if you don't overclock. I run mine both ways I oveclock for a while then run stock for a while. Battery life is better at stock speeds.
My advise when playing with setcpu is to uncheck the set on boot just encase you set it too high. Take baby steps don't just jack it up all the way. Also I think some kernels can use a configuration file, I don't know anything about that.

[Q] Screen flickers when it wake up from sleep

This is stock ROM.
Every time I flash bacon bits to overclock my phone I always noticed that my screen flickers when I turn off the phone's screen or press the button to wake up.
Sometimes it just gets stuck and it stats flickering like crazy and I can't unlock my phone because of it.
This only happens when I OC my phone. When I wipe the phone it works fine but no OC which is what I want.
Any way to fix this issue?
I don't use Bacon Bits, but I have experienced the flickering you speak of. It seems that happen when you go too far with the OC process. What happens if you were to lower your clockspeed a bit? Does it continue to happen for you?
dustrho said:
I don't use Bacon Bits, but I have experienced the flickering you speak of. It seems that happen when you go too far with the OC process. What happens if you were to lower your clockspeed a bit? Does it continue to happen for you?
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Actually I OC my phone, but it's still set on 806MHz so even at lower clockspeed it still flickers. It's bugging the hell out of me.
EDIT:
Switched over to pershoot's kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=847672 I can now overclock to 1.5 gHz with no problems anywhere. Aweseome.
I have this same problem and am bumping this thread.
I'm running stock rom with bacon bits v 0.3 - and my screen flickers when turning off so much that it won't turn off fully and opens the lock screen. I have to just try and try repeatedly to get it to work.
Any suggestions?
captainreynolds said:
EDIT:
Switched over to pershoot's kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=847672 I can now overclock to 1.5 gHz with no problems anywhere. Aweseome.
I have this same problem and am bumping this thread.
I'm running stock rom with bacon bits v 0.3 - and my screen flickers when turning off so much that it won't turn off fully and opens the lock screen. I have to just try and try repeatedly to get it to work.
Any suggestions?
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Yeah, I have flashed all the kernels even pershoot's and it still flickers. I'm using the original ROM that came with the phone not the original one posted on the forums. Maybe if I use the one posted on the forums that will work?
I have the stock rom as well - I first flashed baconbits kernel, but when that flickered, I flashed pershoots most recent kernel in recovery. No flickering anymore - sorry to say I don't know what's wrong. Try posting in the thread of the kernel you are currently running!
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captainreynolds said:
I have the stock rom as well - I first flashed baconbits kernel, but when that flickered, I flashed pershoots most recent kernel in recovery. No flickering anymore - sorry to say I don't know what's wrong. Try posting in the thread of the kernel you are currently running!
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Well you know what I flashed an older version of pershoot mayeb I should try the newer one. I'll let you know what happens...
I had trouble flashing it with ROM Manager. Clockworkmod it. Here's the link to pershoots blog with the latest update links: http://droidbasement.com/db-blog/
Good luck!
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Just tried it and nope... it's still doing it maybe it's just my phone.
Bring it up in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=847672&page=103
Pershoot is always monitoring it along with a bunch of other smart devs. Maybe they'll have a better idea - don't give up hope!
what app are you guys using to manage your OC?
if it's setCPU, set your scaling to Interactive on the main screen and in any profiles you're using.
also, if you are using any screen on/off animations, disable them (just to see, for troubleshooting purposes, if that might be the culprit)
pmcqueen said:
what app are you guys using to manage your OC?
if it's setCPU, set your scaling to Interactive on the main screen and in any profiles you're using.
also, if you are using any screen on/off animations, disable them (just to see, for troubleshooting purposes, if that might be the culprit)
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Yeah, it's set on Interactive and so are the profiles. As for the screen on and off animation I believe that's in the CM7 RC1 ROM. I'm using the stock ROM so there's no option for that.
jjuice525 said:
Yeah, it's set on Interactive and so are the profiles. As for the screen on and off animation I believe that's in the CM7 RC1 ROM. I'm using the stock ROM so there's no option for that.
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hehe, didn't even read what rom you were using. my bad.
kernels aside, it is very possible, as you mentioned earlier, that you guys got the chips in the stash that don't take to overclocking very well. even on a device like the G2/DZ that seems to take to higher clock speeds relatively easily, there are bound to be some that aren't as happy with the increased workload.
if I think of any other bright ideas, I'll let you know. I haven't played with baconbits a lot.
pmcqueen said:
hehe, didn't even read what rom you were using. my bad.
kernels aside, it is very possible, as you mentioned earlier, that you guys got the chips in the stash that don't take to overclocking very well. even on a device like the G2/DZ that seems to take to higher clock speeds relatively easily, there are bound to be some that aren't as happy with the increased workload.
if I think of any other bright ideas, I'll let you know. I haven't played with baconbits a lot.
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Actually, after installing Pershoot's most recent kernel, I have no problems. Maybe I just got lucky here.

lock ups

In the past week have just rooted my inc2, flashed OMGB rom and Tiamat 1.1.0 kernel. I also loaded SetCPU from the market. I can't go over 1.036ghz without the phone locking up and having to do a battery pull. When the phone is back on I only have a few seconds to open SetCPU and lower the OC rate or the phone will lock again. I wiped cache/davlik cache before flashing kernel. What am I doing wrong? I have seen in the Tiamat thread in the development forum that people are going as high as 1.9ghz with out a problem. I would only like to get 1.2ghz to 1.3ghz because I read that this is a safe range. I do have have the governor set at Smartass. Thank you for your input.
scott7044 said:
In the past week have just rooted my inc2, flashed OMGB rom and Tiamat 1.1.0 kernel. I also loaded SetCPU from the market. I can't go over 1.036ghz without the phone locking up and having to do a battery pull. When the phone is back on I only have a few seconds to open SetCPU and lower the OC rate or the phone will lock again. I wiped cache/davlik cache before flashing kernel. What am I doing wrong? I have seen in the Tiamat thread in the development forum that people are going as high as 1.9ghz with out a problem. I would only like to get 1.2ghz to 1.3ghz because I read that this is a safe range. I do have have the governor set at Smartass. Thank you for your input.
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Go back to the kernel thread look for the voltage table. The voltage levels are too low at the overclock levels, that what's causing your freeze ups. Use incredicontrol app from the market to adjust the voltage levels. You want to mirror the settings to match those of the previous version of the kernel
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Thanks tnez, I found chads post about incredicontrol and sounded like it only worked on ver 1.0.4, will it work on ver 1.1.0 also.
How bad is this freezing for the phone? If I ever get really stuck will booting into recovery and reflashing omgb fix it or using the nandroid backup I created before flashing the kernel? Still new to all the rooting and custom roms and kernels, lots of fun but still have the fear of bricking the phone.
I'm fairly new myself but have been using SetCPU for a while. Make sure the "Set on Boot" option is unchecked until you find a setting that will work for your phone. As far as the nandroid, restore is your friend!! lol I've made many mistakes in the past that have totally locked up my phone and the restore option from recovery has saved me every time. There is always a chance that you can damage your phone but as time has gone by the devs have really made that possibility minimal
scott7044 said:
Thanks tnez, I found chads post about incredicontrol and sounded like it only worked on ver 1.0.4, will it work on ver 1.1.0 also.
How bad is this freezing for the phone? If I ever get really stuck will booting into recovery and reflashing omgb fix it or using the nandroid backup I created before flashing the kernel? Still new to all the rooting and custom roms and kernels, lots of fun but still have the fear of bricking the phone.
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The app works on any kernel that supports adjustable voltages.
Both methods will work to undo things. Either restore or re flash the rom. But like stated above don't select the set on boot option until you find settings that work good on your phone.
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Thanks again tnez, I installed incredicontrol and made the changes to the voltages so far so good. I have gone to 1.19ghz with no problems after the voltage changes. Is there app that can be used to test for stability or is just using the phone the way to test for stability.
scott7044 said:
Thanks again tnez, I installed incredicontrol and made the changes to the voltages so far so good. I have gone to 1.19ghz with no problems after the voltage changes. Is there app that can be used to test for stability or is just using the phone the way to test for stability.
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You can do it by use....open up different apps very quick and switch between them...basically trying to over load the phone by making it multi task at a high level. set cpu also has a built in stress test under the info tab, run that for a few mins. I usually do the stress test for 3-5 mins followed by a quadrant test.
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In regards to Tiamat, there have been a ton of people say that downgrading back to 1.0.4 Tiamat fixed the issue of the phone locking up when overclocked. If all else fails from what you have been recommended, try that!
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In regards to Tiamat, there have been a ton of people say that downgrading back to 1.0.4 Tiamat fixed the issue of the phone locking up when overclocked. If all else fails from what you have been recommended, try that!
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voltages just need to be changed and made to match 1.0.4 for the kernel to run like a champ
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[Q] Does anyone else's A100 slow down

Does any one else's a100 become super laggy after a few minutes of being on.. I am running the latest flex reaper I even overclock it all the way but I get this huge lag after the first few minutes of being on.. anyone else experience this or have a fix for this?
Crimson Ghoul said:
Does any one else's a100 become super laggy after a few minutes of being on.. I am running the latest flex reaper I even overclock it all the way but I get this huge lag after the first few minutes of being on.. anyone else experience this or have a fix for this?
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I do not experience this issue. When you flashed the rom, did you do a clean install? Have you formatting the device?
Yup.. I format everything.. I use the touch recovery and just use every option that it provides and wipe everything.. It even does it when there is nothing installed. I usually delete almost all the useless system apps that I don't use like the google music app and all of the ones civato provides... I even change the animation settings to .5 in the developer section.. should I turn them off all together?
Crimson Ghoul said:
Yup.. I format everything.. I use the touch recovery and just use every option that it provides and wipe everything.. It even does it when there is nothing installed. I usually delete almost all the useless system apps that I don't use like the google music app and all of the ones civato provides... I even change the animation settings to .5 in the developer section.. should I turn them off all together?
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The animations should not have anything to do with it. Does this only occur on that rom? Have you tried other roms and experienced that issue?
not many other roms out there.. I have used stock and his.. had the same issue on both.. Also happens on my brother's a500.. it usually happens when unlocking and going into any app.. it sits there for a few seconds and then opens whatever it is i opened
Crimson Ghoul said:
not many other roms out there.. I have used stock and his.. had the same issue on both.. Also happens on my brother's a500.. it usually happens when unlocking and going into any app.. it sits there for a few seconds and then opens whatever it is i opened
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This is starting to sound like a hardware issue. Before that is concluded, you could:
- Make sure the governor is not set to "conservative"
- Try a clean install of CM9
If the problem still arises, its most likely a hardware issue.
I'm using the OC kernel and have it to 1500.. I also always leave it on performance.. I figure it would kill my battery life but I don't use it much.. and i tried cm9 also.. too many issues as of right now
Crimson Ghoul said:
I'm using the OC kernel and have it to 1500.. I also always leave it on performance.. I figure it would kill my battery life but I don't use it much.. and i tried cm9 also.. too many issues as of right now
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It doesn't seem it can be anything else but a hardware issue in that case.
NB. Overclocking to a high frequency can cause instability and bring about that issue (but since you experienced it on the stock rom, its quite likely not to be that).
the overclocking helps to speed it up a tad bit.. for the most part it just lags.. i did a clean install just now
Thought I would jump in. Stock ics would slow down and lag on me, jittery transitions poor performance in games or movies, but it took an hour not a few minutes. However testing the T20 kernel before the release kernel had that exact issue, bogging and lagging within minutes.
His release kernel doesnt do it, and flex extreme as well as my cm9 builds don't, even with T20 kernel. Consider flashing that kernel to see what happens.
Side note...what issues did you have with cm9? And what release? My build 1 has been running for 3 days no reboots stable as can be undervolted and OC when needed. Something to maybe think to try to see if it persists. T20 kernel works fine with it too.
Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
Crimson Ghoul said:
Does any one else's a100 become super laggy after a few minutes of being on.. I am running the latest flex reaper I even overclock it all the way but I get this huge lag after the first few minutes of being on.. anyone else experience this or have a fix for this?
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Yup, EVERYTIME I turned on my screen then unlocked it to laggggggg for a lil while. I'm now using CM9 n that issues gone. Try CM9
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705554
A100 Running CM9 Nightly ROM n ezT20 OC Kernel :-D
To prevent the lagg after unlock, I set the governor to ondemand and the minimum frequency to 312.
eww245 said:
To prevent the lagg after unlock, I set the governor to ondemand and the minimum frequency to 312.
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That reminds me...setting a screen off profile with the same min/Max speed can cause issues with that, give Max a notch or two higher. And don't have it change the governor leave it the same. So like interactive screen on Myst nit be conservative screen off, doesn't work that way.
Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
I had the same issue on stock. I noticed there are 2 weather applications installed (version 1 and version 2) immediately after I disabled the old weather application (version 1) this stopped happening. I used the ICS GUI to do the disable.
This might not be the case in custom rom, but is true for stock. Post reply and let me know if this fixed it for you also.
Crimson Ghoul said:
Does any one else's a100 become super laggy after a few minutes of being on.. I am running the latest flex reaper I even overclock it all the way but I get this huge lag after the first few minutes of being on.. anyone else experience this or have a fix for this?
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Do you have a micro SD card plugged in? Try reformatting the card with a computer. Worked for me.
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I felt the need to add my two cents in this....this has been happening to me for the longest with the flex reaper rom ONLY. I've used stock and ZN's rom and those did not lag after unlock...only flex reaper. I'm currently using flex reaper and still experience it from time to time but doesn't destroy my day at all...
Give the CM9 nightly ROM's a go. No Bluetooth n no HDMI audio, but everything else is fine n damn smooth. Those issues will be fixed though
A100 Running CM9 Nightly ROM n ezT20 OC Kernel :-D
eww245 said:
To prevent the lagg after unlock, I set the governor to ondemand and the minimum frequency to 312.
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I installed Flex 100 Reaper with stock and it it seemed to run smooth enough. Then I installed the OC kernal, and started to get lag. I was looking around to find the OC settings, but can't see it anywhere in settings..
Can anyone direct me to where can I adjust the governor/max/min CPU settings?
Sorry for the noob question.
htc_softbank said:
I installed Flex 100 Reaper with the OC kernal, and started to get lag. I was looking around to find the OC settings, but can't see it anywhere in settings..
Can anyone direct me to where can I adjust the governor/max/min CPU settings?
Sorry for the noob question.
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Setcpu from the play store.
The overclock settings are not integrated like CM.

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