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Overclocking and still only getting 540

I apologize if something like this has already been posted. Fel free to just point me to another thread. I have rooted my phone and installed the overclock widget. I also installed quadrant and ran the benchmark, but even with overclocking, I am only seeing a result around 540. Any ideas?

did you flash a kernel that allows for overclocking? Just installing the overclock widget isn't going to allow your phone to overclock. You need a kernel with the instructions added. There are some in the development forum, but it looks as of right now they break the cameras and perhaps the Wifi.

boredmug said:
did you flash a kernel that allows for overclocking? Just installing the overclock widget isn't going to allow your phone to overclock. You need a kernel with the instructions added. There are some in the development forum, but it looks as of right now they break the cameras and perhaps the Wifi.
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You know what? You're right and I knew that a few hours ago, and forgot between then and now. Thank you.

I got around 1270 on mine without an overclock.... but I am using FroYo ;p

[Q] Can SetCPU actually OVERCLOCK my EVO?

My apologies if this has been answered but I haven't been able to find it ...
I'm running AvaFroyo V7 ROM on my rooted EVO, and installed SetCPU. Things are definitely faster. But it appears SetCPU only allows me to UNDERCLOCK (to save battery life, etc.).
Can SetCPU *not* overclock? What am I missing here ...
Thanks in advance!,
Jon

Overclocking has to be enabled in your kernel before you can set it ine set cpu.

It will allow you to overclock if you are using a custom kernel that is capable of the higher frequencies.

strongsteve said:
It will allow you to overclock if you are using a custom kernel that is capable of the higher frequencies.
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Thanks Steve!
Any recommendations ....?

I personally prefer Netarchy CFS 4.1.9.1 and I overclock to 1.19. King makes good kernels too..

strongsteve said:
I personally prefer Netarchy CFS 4.1.9.1 and I overclock to 1.19. King makes good kernels too..
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Thanks, much appreciated!
Btw, what kind of clock speeds are you able to attain with those kernels?
-- Jon

Most of Kings and Netarchy's kernels can overclock to 1.26 but some CPUs become unstable at those frequencies. Mine runs real nice and safe at 1.19

Duh, my brain was on auto-pilot, didn't see the 1.19 in your previous post.
Thanks a bunch man!

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isnt tegrak only for tegra based devices?

smackdownn said:
isnt tegrak only for tegra based devices?
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It is just my kinckname. no relation to Tegra core... Haha
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but we already have voltage control for free and it does OC and UV....

xredjokerx said:
but we already have voltage control for free and it does OC and UV....
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Oh is that true? can you show me a link about it? thanks. I did not know that. shameful. . :<
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tegrak said:
Oh is that true? can you show me a link about it? thanks. I did not know that. shameful. . :<
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829731
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030994
but i guess this is different since u can use it on a stock kernel?
mm i dont know how many people are still running stock however.

xredjokerx said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829731
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030994
but i guess this is different since u can use it on a stock kernel?
mm i dont know how many people are still running stock however.
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I have just read all threads that you told me. Yeah you are right at last comment. My app does not need custom kernel. In addition
no reboot, can change at runtime.
This is a big differrence from another apps.
Thanks for links anyway!
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yes this app loads a kernel module much like voodoo control plus does. it adds overclock to any kernel instantly. unfortunately for the developer most of us have a favorite overclock kernel. but this will work for adding overclock to kb1 non overclock kernels that some members prefer to use for call quality reasons, and for people that love the stability of speedmod but want to experiment with faster clock speeds

Dani897 said:
yes this app loads a kernel module much like voodoo control plus does. it adds overclock to any kernel instantly. unfortunately for the developer most of us have a favorite overclock kernel. but this will work for adding overclock to kb1 non overclock kernels that some members prefer to use for call quality reasons, and for people that love the stability of speedmod but want to experiment with faster clock speeds
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onix is speedmod with OC/UV
EDIT: im just curious, ive traditionally undervolted my phone to increase battery life, what would be the purpose of increasing the voltage, seems as though it would be counter productive?

Well this is interesting. A good app for anyone who remains on stock and dosent want to load a custom rom but would like a little extra horsepower. The small percentage that people here make up may or may not use it, but to the rest of the world that is on stock, this could be really nice for them.

ballz0iron said:
onix is speedmod with OC/UV
EDIT: im just curious, ive traditionally undervolted my phone to increase battery life, what would be the purpose of increasing the voltage, seems as though it would be counter productive?
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To AdamNimrod,Dany897
that is what I want to say. Thanks much.
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ballz0iron said:
onix is speedmod with OC/UV
EDIT: im just curious, ive traditionally undervolted my phone to increase battery life, what would be the purpose of increasing the voltage, seems as though it would be counter productive?
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that is a gross over simplification. i believe onix has a lower kernel hz for battery life and additional patches though i never cared to keep track of specifically what features each kernel has.
also the ulk menu on speedmod actually works on all the options including jfs unlike onix

maybe you will have better luck in the epic and fascinate sections where there is no froyo source code so they have to choose between 2.1 overclocked and 2.2

Any chance to get this on 2.3.3?

Hey Dani, Thanks for advise.
.:Crack:. - I don't have Gingerbread rom for my device. I'm waiting for it..

tegrak said:
Hey Dani, Thanks for advise.
.:Crack:. - I don't have Gingerbread rom for my device. I'm waiting for it..
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+1 for you being from south Korea . I hope to visit there next summer :]

yea but what are the values for 1.2ghz?
how long the battery hold with such speed?
Vsel?

ballz0iron said:
onix is speedmod with OC/UV
EDIT: im just curious, ive traditionally undervolted my phone to increase battery life, what would be the purpose of increasing the voltage, seems as though it would be counter productive?
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Decreasing voltage increases battery life (obviously less juice = lasts longer) but also makes your phone less stable. The inverse holds true to a point. For every phone at every cpu speed, there is a range of voltages where your processor doesn't lock up and die instantaneously. Too much voltage makes it die, too little makes it shut off.
In the range where it works, however, the lower end is better for battery life, but if it's doing something towards the upper end of the freq range, it might still die, but the upper end of the voltage spectrum is pretty much good to go.

cant overclock my cappy at all raise it to 1.2ghz without any voltage change and
it says i need the full version...
whats the point in OC app that you cant use it?

[Q] Is it possible to overclock above 768mhz?

just curious really as my phone never gets warm or anything running at 768mhz the battery life is also pretty good.

hey,
i don´t think so, because in the worst case your phone will take damage. But this ~770 mhz are about 250 more then before. Im happy with this xDDD

that is true haha, i just dont see it doing much harm if the phone will run stable higher at the same voltage or the tiniest bit higher

No, that's the limit of the MSM7225. (Achieved by adjusting the PLL to its max, any higher will overrun the limits of the chip, and cause it to most likely fail)

i would like to know, if its very bad for the phone, if you let it permanently run with full speed. Ok, if it will get very hot.. thats clear, but is it bad if you have the 77mhz and it is for example in silent mode, or when you listen to some music. Should you ever take some possible speed away, if its not need? (thx)

The hardware life will probably be reduced. By how much, it cannot be said definitively, but, I am pretty sure that by the time the hardware fails because of overclocking, the phone will have been retired long back.
What you are requesting (Dynamically changing speed) is exactly what Speed Governors (Performance, Internative, OnDemand etc) do. If you are on CM7, use Smartass Governor, because it's the "smartest". If not, then use Interactive governor.

i use ginger yoshi... and sometimes it sais that the sd was removed. Could overclock be a reason for this?

I dont think so. I got the same issue once, and formatting the SDCard fixed it.

ok i will try it thanks

3xeno said:
The hardware life will probably be reduced. By how much, it cannot be said definitively, but, I am pretty sure that by the time the hardware fails because of overclocking, the phone will have been retired long back.
What you are requesting (Dynamically changing speed) is exactly what Speed Governors (Performance, Internative, OnDemand etc) do. If you are on CM7, use Smartass Governor, because it's the "smartest". If not, then use Interactive governor.
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I have a sense rom on the wildfire, so I will try Interactive Governor. Do I still need SetCPU in order to use it?

KhurramF said:
I have a sense rom on the wildfire, so I will try Interactive Governor. Do I still need SetCPU in order to use it?
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To use overclocking and governers on sense roms, oc kernel and application like setcpu are must. Setcpu has governers too.
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bharatgaddameedi said:
To use overclocking and governers on sense roms, oc kernel and application like setcpu are must. Setcpu has governers too.
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Even if it a custom rom? I am using JokerDroid 4.2.

KhurramF said:
Even if it a custom rom? I am using JokerDroid 4.2.
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Depends whether the rom has inbuilt oc kernel or not.
Haven't used the jokerdroid. But I think it has...
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bharatgaddameedi said:
Depends whether the rom has inbuilt oc kernel or not.
Haven't used the jokerdroid. But I think it has...
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Looked at JokerDroid's thread and it says about version 4.2
■ Kernel : nFinity Kernel
■ Build Number : 2.37.415.1
■ CPU Overclock : 710 Mhz
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So this means it has an oc kernel?

KhurramF said:
Looked at JokerDroid's thread and it says about version 4.2
So this means it has an oc kernel?
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Yes, it does, and it is overclocked to 710 MHz, by default.

SetCPU no longer underclocking at low usage?

I have moved from CM7 to Hombase 5.4, and found that setcpu no longer seems to do anything. on CM7 it worked as i had hoped, underclocking the phone when i was doing low intensity stuff like texting, and pushing it up to full power for videos etc. now it does nothing but tell me core temps, which are always high as its always running at 1Ghz.
Can anyone explain how to get it back to underclocking?
Many Thanks

Try a different kernel.
Sent from my CM860

ishamm said:
I have moved from CM7 to Hombase 5.4, and found that setcpu no longer seems to do anything. on CM7 it worked as i had hoped, underclocking the phone when i was doing low intensity stuff like texting, and pushing it up to full power for videos etc. now it does nothing but tell me core temps, which are always high as its always running at 1Ghz.
Can anyone explain how to get it back to underclocking?
Many Thanks
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This is a known issue with the OC faux kernel. I was running into the same problem with his enhanced stock kernel after using webtop. After reflashing the enhanced stock 0.2.0 it would still get stuck at max 1Ghz after using webtop, but a reboot would get the underclocking working again.
I only tried the webtop hack to see if I could get it working. I haven't gone back into it at all so I don't know if this is something that will reoccur. Although I will say that with my day to day use I have not run into any clocking issues since.

Thanks, is there a page somewhere which details which kernels do what and which would work with my rom?
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ishamm said:
Thanks, is there a page somewhere which details which kernels do what and which would work with my rom?
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This is the page for faux's kernels. As far as details, start reading and searching through that thread as well as the threads for any ROMS you are using. 99% of the time people will either have the same problem (and possible fix), the other 1% of the time they will identify a bug (i.e. maxed out CPU).
Keep in mind faux does have different kernels for Froyo, GB, and CM7.

For some reason even if I move the slider from 1300my to 1000, when I touch the screen with at least 3 fingers for a few seconds it pegs out at 1300. I read our cpu's are daisy chained so to speak
so the 2nd core kicks in when needed. I tried cpu tuner and it gives the option to powersave and only use one core or if you choose performance it will allow Both cores. Just might be setcpu isn't designed fully for our dual core setup.

thanks for the link to kernels, but i cant find one for HomBase, or a Kernel only download on the homebase thread. i have the Version2, which has some blur, but only the 1.0Ghz clock kernel. where could i get the 1.3GHz download by itself, to see if that might help, as its the one CM7 had iirc
Thanks

ishamm said:
thanks for the link to kernels, but i cant find one for HomBase, or a Kernel only download on the homebase thread. i have the Version2, which has some blur, but only the 1.0Ghz clock kernel. where could i get the 1.3GHz download by itself, to see if that might help, as its the one CM7 had iirc
Thanks
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Get the 1.3 from the faux thread that I linked to. They're in the very first post...
CM7 is the only ROM that has its own custom faux kernel. For all other ROMS just match the kernel to the build the ROM is based off of (Froyo or GB). If you're using V.2 of Homebase then use the GB one.
Update: Also, there are other kernels out there. I was only using faux's as an example since you were using CM7 and Homebase.

thanks, ive now got the 1.3Ghz kernel installed successfuly, but it still seems like setcpu will not underclock. i dont know if its normal, but the "Scaling" option is greyed out, and i cant get access to the Advanced tab. is there something im doing wrong in setcpu itself?
thanks again

ishamm said:
thanks, ive now got the 1.3Ghz kernel installed successfuly, but it still seems like setcpu will not underclock. i dont know if its normal, but the "Scaling" option is greyed out, and i cant get access to the Advanced tab. is there something im doing wrong in setcpu itself?
thanks again
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Lack of underclocking is a known issue with the latest OC kernel. I'm unclear whether it's actually a bug with the kernel or with setCPU not supporting dual core devices. But yeah, there's a problem with it right now. I'm on the stock enhanced, and other than the webtop issue I mentioned above, it works fine.
Scaling/advanced are not available, this is something that is determined by the kernel you are using not the app.

ok so if i understand you right i would be best off using the stock enhanced kernel (for now), as it will underclock fine?

ishamm said:
ok so if i understand you right i would be best off using the stock enhanced kernel (for now), as it will underclock fine?
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It's working perfectly for me, except after webtop use (which I don't normally use).

I'm still having the same issues regardless of weather I choose power save or performance it will not underclock, and those are the only governors I get the option of :s
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