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SETCPU

Hello
I have the Sprint Hero, am running the Aloysius ROM (last update that came out).. I have been using the SetCPU, but everytime i turn the screen off and then on again, all the values reset themselves to 245mhz max and min, down from the 528mhz/480mhz it was originally set to..
Why in the world does it keep doing this??? Its getting seriously irritating, and slows down the phone tremendously when trying to answer calls that come in while in sleep..

check your profiles. there is one for sleep/screen off. Probebly your problem. If not, then uninstall/reinstall.

beyondinferno said:
check your profiles. there is one for sleep/screen off. Probebly your problem. If not, then uninstall/reinstall.
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I didnt check any of the boxes for the profiles.. is this the problem?

you aren't supposed to use setcpu with android 2.1

I don't think Aloysious has the overclocking kernel. You'd need it to manually adjust the frequency.

jlem26 said:
you aren't supposed to use setcpu with android 2.1
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Ahhh Ic.. There in lies the problem...
Thanks.. I actually do prefer the Aloysius 1.0 over the 2.0 versions he has out.. It seemed to run much smoother, especially in screen transitions and just operated much smoother...
Will be going back to the 1.0 tonight...

jlem26 said:
you aren't supposed to use setcpu with android 2.1
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Thats correct... FLIPZ does a great job of explaining in more detail about what setcpu does and how it works or (lack there of) in the Setcpu vs OverClock Widget section and he also explains that it may be the new sprint radio that could be the cause for slowing things down in >ANDROID DEVELOPMENT > 05/18/10 l FRESH TOAST v2.1 l BFS + OVER CLOCK.....im a noob to the site so cant post links

use the Overclock widget with 2.1

Linpack top ten

I was curious if one of the senior members could explain how people are able to achieve some of these crazy mflop and mhz when you go to the linpack site. I understand that the droid has a beefier processor so I get the 1300 mhz numbers - I just dont understand how you could hit 80 mflops.
Are these stable everyday devices or are they maxed out to hit the number and then dialed back for normal use.
Thanks.

The Linpack results are manipulable. If you know what you are doing you can get it to say pretty much what ever you'd like it to say.

I have no clue either, but I saw framework hit 8 mflops with evil Eris 3 Rom

korben dallas said:
I have no clue either, but I saw framework hit 8 mflops with evil Eris 3 Rom
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No you didn't. That's fake also and was done well before Evil Eris 3 was done. I assure that Framework is not running a 1ghz overclock on an Evil Eris 3.0 rom. The 5.6 value is the highest legitimate value.

pjsockett said:
No you didn't. That's fake also and was done well before Evil Eris 3 was done. I assure that Framework is not running a 1ghz overclock on an Evil Eris 3.0 rom. The 5.6 value is the highest legitimate value.
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Well I did see it regardless if it was fake.

Thats cool - Thanks guys - seemed kind of unrealistic.
I and running XTR and hit about 2.6 - 3.1 @ 710mhz.
Anytime I exceed 710 I get boot looped.

pjsockett said:
No you didn't. That's fake also and was done well before Evil Eris 3 was done. I assure that Framework is not running a 1ghz overclock on an Evil Eris 3.0 rom. The 5.6 value is the highest legitimate value.
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Yeah I can confirm, I hit this number with Tainted Vanilla 1.4, JIT, overclock to 806mhz, and Airplane Mode enabled.

LexusBrian400 said:
Yeah I can confirm, I hit this number with Tainted Vanilla 1.4, JIT, overclock to 806mhz, and Airplane Mode enabled.
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seriously?
the highest i hit was 5.43 or something and that was white widow 3.2 767 overclocked and nothing running in the background... i should try airplane mode.

I faked them, linpack is worthless.

I put froyo on my wife's droid and it gets 9.8 consistently without messing with her everyday settings. It only has a 800mhz kernel too.
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zwade01 said:
I put froyo on my wife's droid and it gets 9.8 consistently without messing with her everyday settings. It only has a 800mhz kernel too.
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and that is NOT Unbelievable. (Thats not sarcasm BTW)
Froyo is like:
Giving your phone extacy...
Its fasstttt

[Poll] Phone Overclocking

So, as the title says this is a poll about phone over clocking.
Who's phone is capable of overclocking and who's isn't?
My goal is to find out if there is a way to tell if you can overclock or not based on the phones s/n.
Procedure:
So pick the proper answer on the poll, then if you could please make a post saying whether you can or cannot overclock along with your s/n.
Works
S/N=HTO2SHF05245 B
Doesn't
HT03GHF05302 JV002-00 D

mine does 768..without a hitch.. and doesnt get hot either..will post the sn when i can check my phone.

Example post/my results
I cannot and my serial number is HT03GHF05302 JV002-00 D.

my hero can, yes

I tried several methods of OCing, and finally found one that works for me on another site. I'll PM it to you since I don't know what the rules are on posting links to other sites here.
In short, yes I can, but only using a certain method.

D3FAULT said:
I tried several methods of OCing, and finally found one that works for me on another site. I'll PM it to you since I don't know what the rules are on posting links to other sites here.
In short, yes I can, but only using a certain method.
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Can you PM me? I'd like to hear about it.

been oc since Toast released his kernel, but I do still get the random fc on incoming calls once or so a week. its annoying but if the call was important they leave a message. The difference in speed is worth it.

OC to 768 with no issues.

D3FAULT said:
I tried several methods of OCing, and finally found one that works for me on another site. I'll PM it to you since I don't know what the rules are on posting links to other sites here.
In short, yes I can, but only using a certain method.
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D3fault sent me the link and now I can OC up to 710 (768 freezes me). Before he sent me the zip file for the OC stuff I could not run any OC ROM's, no overclock widget, or setcpu. Now I can run overclock widget (LWP flies now) and setcpu. Still can't get all OC'd ROM's to load but it is worlds better than it was.
Lastly, I do get some heat though, oh well.
Here is the link for those who can't get their hero to overclock, try this (courtesy of D3fault, not me). Download and add to your SD, flash, download overclocking program of choice (I really like the OC widget in the market) and done.
http://forum.androidcentral.com/162759-post49.html

I can over clock, have been overclocked and remained on for over a day now. Battery temperature is 24.7 and thats under constant texting and web-browsing throughout the day. Ive downloaded a couple apps as well.
S/N=HTO2SHF05245 B

Ummm, why do you want my S/N #??? My hero is oc'ed an loving it.. depending on what rom i use that day..some get hot, some FC some things...but a few are flawless fer me with a lil tweek here an there

Overclocked to 710 (too squemish to get the higher kernel) and though it sucks through battery like no tomorrow, and the fact that... well.. it didn't speed any lag in the os itself, games and graphics work a hell of a lot quicker!
ROM - Bittersweet v1.2/stock radio/using DialerOne/LauncherPro
Kernel - Toast-godmode OC .29 kernel for DamageControl/based roms
Neocore:
1.5 - 12fps
2.1 - 24/28fps
w/oc kernel - 30/32.8fps
@lokipipin, the OC wants to find if there is a correlation of phones serial number differences to the freq. of people who can't overclock (i.e. it could be a revision, or even a ****ty batch of pcbs or something, and that could be tracked by s/n)

lokipimpin said:
Ummm, why do you want my S/N #??? My hero is oc'ed an loving it.. depending on what rom i use that day..some get hot, some FC some things...but a few are flawless fer me with a lil tweek here an there
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Well, there's not much i can do with your serial number that will harm you, so don't worry. But i'm looking to find a correlation between serial numbers and chip revisions, which would in turn let us know based on serial number if you can OC and etc.
We did this with the PS3 world a long time ago and it was pretty helpful, i'm surprised no one did it sooner.
And only based off the two that i have already, i can say that maybe the D batch was manufactured with lower quality chips. But that's only based off of two results, just imagine if i had more to compare.

smolck said:
D3fault sent me the link and now I can OC up to 710 (768 freezes me). Before he sent me the zip file for the OC stuff I could not run any OC ROM's, no overclock widget, or setcpu. Now I can run overclock widget (LWP flies now) and setcpu. Still can't get all OC'd ROM's to load but it is worlds better than it was.
Lastly, I do get some heat though, oh well.
Here is the link for those who can't get their hero to overclock, try this (courtesy of D3fault, not me). Download and add to your SD, flash, download overclocking program of choice (I really like the OC widget in the market) and done.
http://forum.androidcentral.com/162759-post49.html
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What exactly does this do? What does this actually change as far as the rom files? Can i flash this on pretty much any rom that says it OC's?

Pocker09 said:
What exactly does this do? What does this actually change as far as the rom files? Can i flash this on pretty much any rom that says it OC's?
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Wish I could tell you. All I know is that once I flashed it, I was able to use the OC widget. Prior to the flash it wouldn't work. I am a noob, sorry.

S/N: HTO2AHF01287 JV002-00 C
I can overclock the phone but cannot overclock to 768. Only 710 and staying stable.
Edited my S/N missed a character at the end.

smolck said:
D3fault sent me the link and now I can OC up to 710 (768 freezes me). Before he sent me the zip file for the OC stuff I could not run any OC ROM's, no overclock widget, or setcpu. Now I can run overclock widget (LWP flies now) and setcpu. Still can't get all OC'd ROM's to load but it is worlds better than it was.
Lastly, I do get some heat though, oh well.
Here is the link for those who can't get their hero to overclock, try this (courtesy of D3fault, not me). Download and add to your SD, flash, download overclocking program of choice (I really like the OC widget in the market) and done.
http://forum.androidcentral.com/162759-post49.html
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Obviously the actual credit for that goes to person who posted it over at Android Central, beezy420. It's worked for me and several others so it's worth a shot if nothing else works for you.
I flashed it to my rooted stock 2.1 and it worked, so give it a shot.

yes my hero is OC'ed with 710

So far I have only tried to OC my Hero once. I did it with Zen's MT3G ROM and it worked, but it definitely created some heat. I think with that one it was OC'd at something like 691. Like I said, phone worked, but it DEFINITELY heated up a LOT more than normal. I can't easily access my s/n right now, so I'll have to update this post when I can.

I can OC to 787 or higher. Been running OC since day one of toast first release 1-2months ago. I have made a few kernels for myself with 787 and once with one a step higher, all booted fine with no reboots.
S/N: HT01YHF02496 JV002-00 C

How can i run my Phone STABLE at 1.26 GHZ using SetCPU or some other program?

So, I can only run my phone at a MAX 1.3 GHZ without it crashing..
How can I run it at 1.26 without it crashing?
I am running Kings Kernel #11CFS
with Virus Sense Rom RC3
Is there some setting I need to chang? or use a different kernel..

why would you want too ? i would imagine that would kill the battery and make the phone very warm ?

Not all CPU's are created equal. If yours is crashing a lot at that frequency, chances are that yours will almost never run stable.

you could try using conservative scaling but it still probably wont be stable. most evo's cannot handle it.

Heat is your enemy. I suggest you try my hardware mod to really crank up the freq.

Overclocking
I just rooted my phone and I downloaded setcpu and I want to overclock it, but the max that i get is 998. And was wondering how can i get it at 1.267GHz. Im new to the android. Can someone please help.

The stock kernel does not allow over clocking, you'll have to try out a kernel from the development section, I recommend the newest Kingz.
Hey... I think this thing makes phone calls too!

1ktmeadows said:
I just rooted my phone and I downloaded setcpu and I want to overclock it, but the max that i get is 998. And was wondering how can i get it at 1.267GHz. Im new to the android. Can someone please help.
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Download a kernel that supports OC.

I tinkered around with OC'ing a few months ago I could never get it over 10xx without crashing. I just learned to live without setcpu.
I agree with voodoo there's really no benefit, unless you like pulling the battery. I didn't notice any better performance or speed while overclocking.

nukedukem said:
Heat is your enemy. I suggest you try my hardware mod to really crank up the freq.
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Lol... [op]is there a particular reason why you want it that high? In all honesty there is no benefit to this.
sent from my VooDoo phone...

VOODOOTRIP said:
Lol... [op]is there a particular reason why you want it that high? In all honesty there is no benefit to this.
sent from my VooDoo phone...
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Indeedj this will cause ecen more battery drainage and additional heat that might damage the phone
Sent from the iPhone Assassin

Mine is running very stable at 1.26Ghz and great battery life. Running BakedSnack 1.8 along with kernel #6. I'm using Overclock Widget instead of SetCpu as SetCpu was causing lagging response on my EVO.

I dont need 1.26 GHZ
I just wanted to Know why my phone wasnt running stable at 1.26 even thoug it said it was capable of doing it..

Hey
nukedukem said:
Heat is your enemy. I suggest you try my hardware mod to really crank up the freq.
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That looks pretty sweet.. is that real though?? if so what did you do?

ins0dus said:
That looks pretty sweet.. is that real though?? if so what did you do?
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Love the cooler pic,lol. Might have to steal that one.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

I always wondered when we'll start seeing little fans in our phones, or heat sinks on the back.

bender1077 said:
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ahahahahaha

I agree with most ppl in that this phone is wicked fast as it is and its just not worth the risk/reward
HTC EVO4G A.K.A. Usain Bolt
Linpack: 34-35 MFLOPS Avg
Quadrant: 1500+
Kernel: King's #6 BFS
FPS2D: 54-55 FPS
ROM: Fresh 3.3
PRI: 1.77

I totally agree that heat is the undesired side effect of the overclocking of the Evo. I had been running mine at 1.152MHz and the noticed a couple of different colored spots on the screen especially during boot up with the bright white splash screen. This was caused by the excess heat from the CPU. I had my screen replaced due to dust under the glass and it is perfect, so no more overclocking for me.

[POLL] OVERCLOCKING: Share your Best Setup, Quadrant Benchmarks, Battery life, Worth?

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What overclocking set up are your using ??
What Quadrant benchmarks are you getting ??
Which ones have you tested and what's your oppinion ??
What 'bout battery life ??
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My experience:
1.- Stock experience.
I've been comparing the DZ to an X10 (1GHz SoC), performing the same tasks simultaneously on both. Without any overclocking, the Desire Z really blows the antenna off the X10.
IMHO HTC did a great job with the DZ and Sense here, this phone was already smooth as butter beforehand. I love scrolling with the "Asteroid belt" live wallpaper, full web browsing, viewing pics... everything is slick.
My batt life was pretty decent but not overstanding (it barely makes it to the end of the day, but I am aware I really sqweeze it, heavy user am I ).
2.- After Overclocking.
I've got some days with the godspeed overclocked (stock) kernel @ 1.42 GHz, no particular SetCPU profile set, just flashed and went staright to my standard everyday use:
- Battery life barely affected, I'd say unnoticeable unless I start to play games .
- Heavy tasks do run better @ 1.42 GHz, I can notice the improvement from loading angry birds to viewing powerpoints to web browsing, but I really don't notice any difference when using small "normal" apps.
- Quadrant score: 2471 @ 1.42 GHz (range fluctuates from 2100 to 2500)
Can somebody recommend me a good Doom/Quake like game ??

I tested overclock temporarily to about 1.3Ghz via the old temp root method (before we got the full root) and in all honesty I feel the stock default speed is very fast as it is. Until I actually come across a laggy situation (a high end game or something) then I am not really going to both with overclocking.
But would love to do it using a method not requiring flashing - something just done under root.

Stock Experience
This is my third htc android phone after having a hero, desire and now the z. Nothing about battery life on the z was going to surprise me after owning the desire. Stock battery life on the desire was shocking! underclocking saved it completely. Now although the Z is better its not much.
Battery life on stock you would be lucky to last a day, even without much use.
Custom Experience
Now to get the best out of all my android phones battery life I do 2 things. Underclock for screen off as low as your phone will allow (and powersave governor), on the desire and the z I could go as low as any kernel would allow us too, my hero was not so good and didn't like the low speeds
Overclock when in use (I got to 1.4ghz and get a nice experience), with a good governor, ideally the new "smartass" governor, but interactive or ondemand will be fine.
I now get about 48 hours from it, with a descent amount of use. Which is great for me, I charge it every night anyway.

More input appreciated

Stock Experience
Day two after getting my DZ I installed Quadrant Standard and performed a benchmark. The best I got was 1588, and that was completely stock with a few apps installed. The more I seemed to install on it the "worse" the numbers seemed to get..although my lowest score was only around the 1400 mark.
As far as battery went I was lucky to get 8 hours out of the phone (although I was obviously tweaking and playing with it alot). I followed a few of the battery saving tips here http://www.goodandevo.net/2010/05/20-tips-to-improve-htc-evo-4g-battery-life.html and it seemed to improve it so I could at least get 10-12 hours from it.
Overclocking
Since going to the 1.4Ghz overclock kernal this morning, the highest Quadrant score i've seen is high 1800's. Not a huge jump imo over the initial stock clock i was running..but I can definately tell the phone is running faster now.
Battery has yet to be determined as I just installed setCPU last night and havent' fully had a chance to gauge whether it's impacting battery yet or not.
EDIT: After flashing 1.4 on my phone in the morning..by the afternoon I was getting some funky things happening with the phone (weird sound quality during calls, getting stuck on reboot screen) so I uninstalled and flashed the 1.2 on to try it out. After rebooting I did a Quadrant test, but this time I put SetCPU from On-demand to Performance..and my Quadrant score broke 2k. So now i'm curious as to what I would get with the 1.4 kernal running Performance mode..but i'm leery about the way my phone was acting while using it..

Been trying to flash 1.4 but my phone freezes at boot and does not happen anything, however with 1.2 ghz I get a quadrant of 1900 - 2000.
Any ideas what I can do so my phone can flash the 1.4 ghz kernel? Or simply my phone can handle it?

buzmay said:
Been trying to flash 1.4 but my phone freezes at boot and does not happen anything, however with 1.2 ghz I get a quadrant of 1900 - 2000.
Any ideas what I can do so my phone can flash the 1.4 ghz kernel? Or simply my phone can handle it?
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a) try the new s-off method (uber root with scotty2's gfree)
b) download the 1.4Hz update again, and check the MD5 checksum

gtrab said:
a) try the new s-off method (uber root with scotty2's gfree)
b) download the 1.4Hz update again, and check the MD5 checksum
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MD5 checksum are correct, I used your method for "dummies" and was able to flash the 1.2 ghz, why should not I be able to flash the 1.4?
Why trying a) will help me?
Thanks in advance

buzmay said:
MD5 checksum are correct, I used your method for "dummies" and was able to flash the 1.2 ghz, why should not I be able to flash the 1.4?
Why trying a) will help me?
Thanks in advance
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just for testing purposes...
it is a full mystery to me, why you can flash the other two and not this one

gtrab said:
just for testing purposes...
it is a full mystery to me, why you can flash the other two and not this one
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I did now the uberrot method and tried to flash your 1.4 ghz and no succes it gets stuck in the htc quietly brilliant splash

buzmay said:
I did now the uberrot method and tried to flash your 1.4 ghz and no succes it gets stuck in the htc quietly brilliant splash
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You're just putting on a new kernel, right ? What ROM version do you have ? I wonder if there's an incompatibility.

1.4ghz setcpu with the vision_oc.ko module load after every boot, oldest method found on this forum, stock rom, quadrant around 2200.
-- sent from htc z using xda app

steviewevie said:
You're just putting on a new kernel, right ? What ROM version do you have ? I wonder if there's an incompatibility.
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Yes what I am doing is download the zip enter into recovery mode and flash zip from sd card. No wipe since I am on stock Rom rooted and s-OFF. I can flash the 1.2 but not the 1.4
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buzmay said:
Yes what I am doing is download the zip enter into recovery mode and flash zip from sd card. No wipe since I am on stock Rom rooted and s-OFF. I can flash the 1.2 but not the 1.4
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I don't use that method. There's an easier way without rebooting to bootloader:
Open the ROM Manager app
Tap "Install ROM from SD card"
then, scroll to choose the OC Kernel Update
ROM manager will do the rest.
Try this.

gtrab said:
I don't use that method. There's an easier way without rebooting to bootloader:
Open the ROM Manager app
Tap "Install ROM from SD card"
then, scroll to choose the OC Kernel Update
ROM manager will do the rest.
Try this.
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This was the first method I tried following your guide but not even like this. I wonder if it is the phone that cannot simply take the overclock isn't it a way of getting a kernel with standard 800 able to overclock to 1.4???
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buzmay said:
This was the first method I tried following your guide but not even like this. I wonder if it is the phone that cannot simply take the overclock isn't it a way of getting a kernel with standard 800 able to overclock to 1.4???
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you are not alone, another user has reported problems not being able to flash the 1.4GHz update, but the other ones flash OK this is curious
please follow the thread @ android dev

buzmay said:
I did now the uberrot method and tried to flash your 1.4 ghz and no succes it gets stuck in the htc quietly brilliant splash
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I had that too, try to flash the 1.2 Ghz first and then the 1.4

YuBlue said:
I had that too, try to flash the 1.2 Ghz first and then the 1.4
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Interesting...
That worked for you ?? (flashing 1.2GHz first and then 1.4GHz)

I have a Desire Z with the 1.8GHz kernel and CyanogenMod 6.1 CR1.
I got a Quadrant score of about 2842 with no other apps running afterboot.
I upgraded from a HTC Magic and I had a X10 Mini in between (dont ask)
I missed the keyboard and this was cheaper then a desire HD with the same screen res (I know the physical size is smaller)
With the kernel hack and cyanogen im getting about 36hours of battery life but I am a relatively light user and generally keep my phone on charge at night/in the office
Im tempted to try the 1.9GHz hack but I want to make sure the 1.8 is stable for a week or so first. However the bottle neck is now more around memory/2d graphics so increasing the speed wont add much

I have my Desire Z on the stock speed and I got 1600 on Quadrant