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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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.
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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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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ghostofcain said:
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.
blinkash said:
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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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
marcoxx626 said:
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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Ok, so I'm currently unhappy with my battery life. I used to underclock the CPU on my HTC Evo but im not sure how to do this on the S3 i found a guide under the I9300 for this but i need to know if it is usable for our device as well. Also, curious as to how overclocking the GPU affects battery life. Is it the same as overclocking the CPU or is there little to no change? Also i want to know the most common voltages used as well
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