Is it worth rooting my phone and overclocking it?
Is overclocking it really noticable in performance to say approx 1.5GHz? And is it going to kill battery? Thanks
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Simmo3D said:
Is it worth rooting my phone and overclocking it?
Is overclocking it really noticable in performance to say approx 1.5GHz? And is it going to kill battery? Thanks
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Yes and Yes to both of your questions. There is a noticeable diffrence in performance when overclocking. But it will obviously use more battery
cant say ive noticed 1.5ghz killing my battery.. might be used a bit faster.. but u can easily offset this by lowering your clockspeed and voltage for your sleep state in addition to minimising the required voltage that 1.5ghz requires, id say my battery life is probably better overall, and i run 1.5ghz 24/7.
of course your mileage may vary depending on usage and various settings.
How hard is it to overclock it? My phone is rooted but I have no experience with overclocking.
I'm guessing it wouldn't be a wise idea?
Yeah this seems a little over my head.. thinking of buying another Xperia Play just to mod the crap out of.
Dont really wanna mess with the overlocking now I think about it incase I fry the chips and kill the phone.
At 1.4 and 1.5ghz its quite safe.
To chill out the battery put some screen off underclocking like at Real low with but not the least
1. 4 ghz scaling interactiveX I get 252/282 MS, thats pretty fast with nitro lag Nullifier too
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i currently overclocking my play to 1.6ghz and it runs fine.. games and apps run a lot more quicker
i'm quite interested in overclocking.. been thinking about it for the last months..
but i don't know, 1GHz is quite enough for me.. im not experiencing any slow down..
Well with 1.5Ghz then, you'll be amazed!
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i currently overclocking my play to 1.6ghz and it runs fine.. games and apps run a lot more quicker
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Uaed same but not recommended, when you see problems cool it
I used the XDA App to post this, what did you use?
Using phone now but mostly use the pc
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just a little information/ competition to see which SGS2 is the best , i want to see how low of a voltage you can go. I am using Stability test to test out the voltage, 3 round of classic test at 1.73ghz at 1125mV, and it stable, a little scare to go down more but here some info on my SGS2
running
beastmod 4.2
kernel 2.3.6
Was running originally at 1175 but i undervolt to 1125 and running stable at a stable temp of 41-42..
what's yours
be careful with such drastic undervolting at those frequencies, could result in corrupt nand.
G1_enthusiast said:
just a little information/ competition to see which SGS2 is the best , i want to see how low of a voltage you can go. I am using Stability test to test out the voltage, 3 round of classic test at 1.73ghz at 1125mhz, and it stable, a little scare to go down more but here some info on my SGS2
running
beastmod 4.2
kernel 2.3.6
Was running originally at 1175 but i undervolt to 1125 and running stable at a stable temp of 41-42..
what's yours
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This isn't undrevolting..... this is underclocking.
Undervolting is pretty dangerous with trial and error. The lowest I'll go is -75.
And my frequencies at min 384 and mas 1350 ondemand
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xxKamikazexx said:
This isn't undrevolting..... this is underclocking.
Undervolting is pretty dangerous with trial and error. The lowest I'll go is -75.
And my frequencies at min 384 and mas 1350 ondemand
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no underclocking meaning i would use less ghz than the stock, this is minimizing the voltage on the core.
what your doing is underclock, i put mine fixed on 1.73ghz at 1125mV of voltage
icenight89 said:
be careful with such drastic undervolting at those frequencies, could result in corrupt nand.
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I have never heard of such thing, i'm not doubting you but from over the years, i heard undervolting have positive affect on the CPU by lowering temp and give battery more juice.
where did you get those facts from?
G1_enthusiast said:
no underclocking meaning i would use less ghz than the stock, this is minimizing the voltage on the core.
what your doing is underclock, i put mine fixed on 1.73ghz at 1125mV of voltage
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Ohhhh my mistake, I didn't catch the mv after the 1125 lol that's why I thought you were only messing with ghz ha ha ha
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xxKamikazexx said:
This isn't undrevolting..... this is underclocking.
Undervolting is pretty dangerous with trial and error. The lowest I'll go is -75.
And my frequencies at min 384 and mas 1350 ondemand
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As far as I know, there are no dangers associated with undervolting. I run at those frequencies too at -112.5 and have never had a problem of any sort.
I run about 1ghz. No under volt with this ics kernel but with my old gb kernel I undervilted with faux -100 at 1ghz...ran cool even with games and video, great battery life. And honestly 1ghz is plenty for snappy fast speed
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i also run 1ghz, runs super smooth across the board
zander21510 said:
I run about 1ghz. No under volt with this ics kernel but with my old gb kernel I undervilted with faux -100 at 1ghz...ran cool even with games and video, great battery life. And honestly 1ghz is plenty for snappy fast speed
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How did you undervolt by -100?
yoft1 said:
As far as I know, there are no dangers associated with undervolting. I run at those frequencies too at -112.5 and have never had a problem of any sort.
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I don't know if you're familiar with overclocking, but the same type of stability issues can occur. When you're undervolting you can think of your stock speed as an "overclock" and you're just trying to minimize the voltage necessary for stability. If you undervolt too much you can experience freezing, corruption, bad lag, etc. It's all the same process for desktop computers, laptops, and anything else you can play with the voltage.
Personally I'm at -62.5, but after seeing how low people are going I might be a bit more adventurous. Don't use the "Set at Boot" option when you're experimenting.
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How did you undervolt by -100?
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I did it gradually...and the fact that I was at 1ghz might have also made it possible. Started at -50 since most had said it was safe...then tried 60 then 75 then 90 then maxed at 100...worked beautifully.
I have heard and it is true that phones are made very different. Some exact same models can't oc or UV as high or low as others...I got lucky with a really good model...my old nexus S couldn't oc to 1.4 without freezing while others could.
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Nice!
Could I try your script?
SupaKid said:
Nice!
Could I try your script?
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My bet is he used romanbb's FauxClock (which maxes out at -100mv).
What's the best app to under volt with?
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asting said:
I don't know if you're familiar with overclocking, but the same type of stability issues can occur. When you're undervolting you can think of your stock speed as an "overclock" and you're just trying to minimize the voltage necessary for stability. If you undervolt too much you can experience freezing, corruption, bad lag, etc. It's all the same process for desktop computers, laptops, and anything else you can play with the voltage.
Personally I'm at -62.5, but after seeing how low people are going I might be a bit more adventurous. Don't use the "Set at Boot" option when you're experimenting.
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Right, I meant that there are no risks to undervolting in terms of physical damage to your phone, only stability issues which is fixed with a reboot, assuming you didn't set at boot. Overclocking is a bit different in that the risk overclocking presents in addition to stability issues is the risk of overheating which can permanently damage your phone. Undervolting can compensate for this somewhat by letting the power supplied to the processor and thus reducing the risk of overheat.
hiz99 said:
What's the best app to under volt with?
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I use system tuner, you can also look for Gideons script that is flashable in cwm to undervolt.
Im undervolted to -75mv for quite some time running a script clocked at 1.518min384
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I have Gideon's OC/UV script. How could I edit it to undervolt by -100?
SupaKid said:
Nice!
Could I try your script?
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yup that's what I used lol.
I don't really know much about overclocking but it is it worth it? And how do I do it?
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schust3r5 said:
I don't really know much about overclocking but it is it worth it? And how do I do it?
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Well its really a matter of taste. Overclocking makes the phone a bit snapier and makes large games a bit quicker, but it also eats away at your battery faster. In my opinion overclocking is not worth it based on the small performance boost and larger battery drain. I actually under clock and undervolt to get max battery life with little or no hit to performance.
To over/under clock/volt you need to be rooted and install a kernel that supports the features and is compatible with your type of rom. From there you can use scripts or one of several apps on the market to change the values to your liking.
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I don't really know much about overclocking but it is it worth it? And how do I do it?
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It makes your CPU run faster and things MAY be smoother for you. Is it worth it? Depends on how concerned for stability you are. Things could be more unstable for a possibly unnoticeable performance gain. This is coming from someone who enabled overclocking in his kernels.
If you think it's still worth it, you'd need to flash an appropriate custom kernel for the ROM you're using and install an app such as nofrills or incredicontrol or setcpu or system tuner (to name a few) to activate overclocking.
How much can you overclock HTC Desire HD without damaging the hardware?
And how much do you have your Desire HD overclocked right now?
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I'm running the HTC Inspire, which is just the DHD +4g radio, keep that in mind though. It shouldn't affect CPU speeds, but who knows.
I've overclocked to 2.1ghz, but the most you'll ever need is 1.5. Past that you get stability issues and no speed increase, at all. It might even slow you down because of random glitches. Oh, and it gets really, really hot.
I usually stay around 1.2 ghz if I expect heavy usage (gaming, HD video), 700mhz for normal usage (web browsing, ebook reading, music)
I dunno about a safe zone, I've heard 1.5ghz and 1.6ghz, but nothing to back either up.
Thank you for your answer
And anyone else?
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Constantly on 1.25, I get glitches if I go higher, have to increase voltage in that case, works great for me this way though...
Depends on the rom. I'm using cm7.2 stable at 1.5 ghz and it's fast with no freezes or crashes
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It also depends on the hardware. Not all devices can OC to the same amount even if on the same set up
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1.3 on interactive governor is my usual. Works flawlessly
As Zelendel points out there is no "safe" overclock, anything over 1ghz is outside the manufacturers stated performance and therefore at your own risk.
Yes I know there is a risk, but I know there is a point where the device starts to lag or glitch. Like more than 1.5 GHz
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Muikkuman said:
Yes I know there is a risk, but I know there is a point where the device starts to lag or glitch. Like more than 1.5 GHz
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You'd have to test your own hardware, I know of people who can run 2ghz all day and others who struggle with anything over 1.2ghz. Even if you'll run stable at xghz it doesn't guarantee that it's not over stressing your device.
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You'd have to test your own hardware, I know of people who can run 2ghz all day and others who struggle with anything over 1.2ghz. Even if you'll run stable at xghz it doesn't guarantee that it's not over stressing your device.
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Is there anyway to see if your current overclock is stressing your device?
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I can't imagine if you don't touch voltages and only overclock the CPU much can go wrong. In worst case scenario your phone will force reboot if it's OC'ed too high.
I been running my phone on +- 1.5GHz for months now and never had a problem (and definitely higher scores in benchmarks), higher seems useless because in benchmarks you see no more improval.
Anything til around 1.5/1.6GHz should be fine.
I'm currently on rcmixed rom as you can see in my signature, and I'm using daemon controller with andrev_oc using daemon controller standard voltages for overclocking.
what voltage do you use at 1.5 GHz?
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Muikkuman said:
what voltage do you use at 1.5 GHz?
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It really depends
Hi. It really depends how much your device can be overclocked without losing stability. But I don't think overclocking is really necessary on DHD. With the right ROM, it runs pretty smooth on 1 GHz.
I've installed ARHD 6.3.3. with a couple of its scripts, and it runs extremely smooth on my device and there is no lag whatsoever.
Overclocking really can lower the life of your device.
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Hi. It really depends how much your device can be overclocked without losing stability. But I don't think overclocking is really necessary on DHD. With the right ROM, it runs pretty smooth on 1 GHz.
I've installed ARHD 6.3.3. with a couple of its scripts, and it runs extremely smooth on my device and there is no lag whatsoever.
Overclocking really can lower the life of your device.
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Yeah that's true =\
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setcpu
can you uninstall setcpu after your dont over clocking?
I can go up to 1.3Ghz, anything higher just freezes the device after some time and I have to pull battery out.
Muikkuman said:
How much can you overclock HTC Desire HD without damaging the hardware?
And how much do you have your Desire HD overclocked right now?
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Don't try to Overclock more then 1.5Ghz.
Hehe I did overclock to 1.8 GHz once and my mobile froze. But I pulled the battery and now I'm running stock speed.
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Hello, so as you know OC may have a detrimental effect on Xplay Hardware, I was wondering if OC at 1.0-1.2, maybe 1.3, will ultimately deteriorate the Xplay. I was waiting for intro of a PS1 game to pass 1.2ghz then fell asleep, and it stayed on until the battery shut down at 4%..probably was on a few hours I don't know
Lol, yea u can oc to 1.2 GHz in fact that's my normal OC settings for all games,
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I think its safe until 1.4
Depends on chipset, mine can go to 2 GHz but reboots after 20-40 mins and at 1.9 it stays for about 1 hours
And my safest oc is 1.8, buy I'm in lupus so 1.6 for now,
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frago21ps said:
I think its safe until 1.4
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Agreed. Xperia Play can reach 1.4GHz easily without any serious issue. It can go further but being very carefully with CPU settings and dealing with the shorter battery life and the device getting hotter.
I run 1.6ghz all day and it's smooth 24/7. My battery hasn't really taken a hit at all.
My default clock is 1.6Ghz the majority of the time.
The chipset itself can handle 1.4Ghz according to the manufacturers guidelines and this clock has been set in another phone. (I don't remember which)
On the Xperia Play, you're not really effecting the hardware at all until 1.3Ghz as it is not until 1.3Ghz that the voltage requirement changes for the CPU.
Yea that's why I run 1.2 GHz on my stock battery to save it and not drain it! (I use 3600mah mostly)
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Spizzy01 said:
My default clock is 1.6Ghz the majority of the time.
The chipset itself can handle 1.4Ghz according to the manufacturers guidelines and this clock has been set in another phone. (I don't remember which)
On the Xperia Play, you're not really effecting the hardware at all until 1.3Ghz as it is not until 1.3Ghz that the voltage requirement changes for the CPU.
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Anyone with knowledge of any of the settings on kernels and what they do our mean I would love some help so I can further understand what to tweak and what the limitations are. I bought faux clock, probably shouldn't have since I'm cluelessv to what I should change because I get reboots undervolting too much or over clocking. Mpdecision I have no clue about. Noop/row/zen ect ect no clue. Thanks anyone. I'm on bioshock 2.0 and want to try and max my battery life.
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http://rootzwiki.com/topic/40336-cpu-governors-explained/
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I've found that undervolting by more than 50mV doesn't agree with my phone. At -50mV I do notice that my phone runs cooler, haven't done enough tests to see the difference in battery life though.
Also trying to set up a performance setting or wondering if that would even help with the streaming of movies to my ps3 through dlna file sharing. Thought overclocking would help. No use vi just can't figure it out. Any ideas on that issue?
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I can't think if any reason for using the performance governor. That causes your cpu to run at max frequency all the time and would be terrible for your battery. Would also cause your phone to get verrrry hot. For things that require good performance you're best off using on demand. Overclocking could help i guess but I've never had the need to overclock... Then again I've never done what you're trying to do. Can't even imagine the need to overclock a quad core phone clocked at 1.9GHz
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I can't think if any reason for using the performance governor. That causes your cpu to run at max frequency all the time and would be terrible for your battery. Would also cause your phone to get verrrry hot. For things that require good performance you're best off using on demand. Overclocking could help i guess but I've never had the need to overclock... Then again I've never done what you're trying to do. Can't even imagine the need to overclock a quad core phone clocked at 1.9GHz
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Was thinking just for sharing movies then tune it down
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