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Over Clocking the Eris..anyone else seem to get stuck at 246mhz

Since I rooted my phone yesterday, I decided to try an overclocker. I was saddened to see that it never registered mine as overclocking. I am using the Over Clock Widget. My processor runns at 528 and no higher, even when I select 585 or 600. Not a huge deal after I saw what was happening.
When it runs at 528 it runs nice and smooth and after 60 seconds, even while using, it drops to 480. When my screen goes off and then I use my phone again the processor is at 246 and won't adjust back up unless I reset it in the Over Clock Widget.
My question is, do you think this is an error with the Over Clock Widget or a phone issue. The visual performance lag I get existed before the app install and even before I rooted it, because I ran the linpack for android and got 0.807 for my MFLOPS. Then I ran it when it was showing 528, I got a 2.294 MFLOPS. Has anyone else seen this behavior. I always thought it was memory issue with the phone and have always used a task killer to clear up memory and performance was better, but now that I see what seems to be going on with the processor, I don't think it was memory now. When I reset it to 528 this phone runs smooth but as soon as it clocks down, back to lag and slow response.
Is there another app that would be setting my processor down that I'm not aware of? My next step is to wipe and reset the phone and run the linpack test and see what happens. I wanted to get thoughts before i do this though. Sorry this is so long.

some one help this poor fellow out... you need to read some stuff before making posts like this

surgeon0214 said:
some one help this poor fellow out... you need to read some stuff before making posts like this
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I read alot! This is my first time trying to overclock so before purchasing a more than likely better over clocking app, I want to know if anyone else has seen this using other over clockers. I have read many people over clockign the Eris getting speeds of around 700mhz, but mine won't hit over 528 as mentioned.
The Original Eris Overclocking:THREAD HERE Didn't mention any of this if you might have been refering to that thread.
Was that menat to be helpfull. I searched all across XDA and found not notable information on this. I read what I could but nothing that mentions what I have described above. If you have a link that has some information on this issue, please post. Looking for some feedback though still.

During your overclocking search on xda, did you happen to come across the setCPU thread? The app that you have to pay for on the market that is free there for xda uers? Search setCPU.
Also, most roms are already oc'd @ 710 without any app at all to control it.

zwade01 said:
During your overclocking search on xda, did you happen to come across the setCPU thread? The app that you have to pay for on the market that is free there for xda uers? Search setCPU.
Also, most roms are already oc'd @ 710 without any app at all to control it.
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he's more than obviously running the stock 2.1 rooted with an oc widget!
relax, flame off boys.
if you want to overclock there are several roms that are set to overclock by default(easiest method)
or you could flash a new kernel if you want to stay stock(not so easy for a new guy method)
and then there is always the i want to know whats going on write my own kernel method(much less easy then any other method listed)
if you want the stock feel only with all the root perks try plain jane. and as for posting a new thread like this feel free to PM me at any time before putting yourself out on a limb for the boys to jump on you im glad to help anyone avoid catching the heat/ informing ANYBODY

Yep thanks for the response guys. I am running stock. Just freaked me out when I saw that ahppening. Thought I might have had a screwed up phone. I will PM next time Sj. Thanks..still reading though. SetCPU did bring up more than just using overclocking which pointed more towards kernel rewrites and custom roms.

[INFO] SetCPU Settings for the Vibrant

SetCPU. In my personal opinion, one of the best Android apps out there. It lets you overclock/underclock your phone. Here I will describe how to set it up for the Vibrant so you do not brick/crash your phone.
1. Uncheck/DO NOT Check Set on Boot (this will cause crashes in most phones if checked)
2. Set the CPU Governor type to "Conservative"
3. If you're using a kernel such as JAC's OC/UV(/VOODOO) set the MAX Clock speed at 1.2Ghz, also set the MINIMUM clock speed at 200MHz (not doing this could cause random crashes/reboots/freezes)
4. Don't underclock too low (as this could cause crashes), I recommend nothing below 750MHz (although it could *probably* run at 400MHz, no lower though!)
5. Don't blame the dev of your kernel or SetCPU's dev if you break your Vibrant, you shouldn't do something you know nothing about.
6. Set a warning up so if your Vibrant gets hotter than 115° Fahrenheit SetCPU will alert you. (125° Fahrenheit is when your Vibrant will start to get damaged.)
7. Always ask if this works on the ROM you have flashed before you try to use it on the ROM.
8. SetCPU is free for XDA members only.
9. This will NOT work on the Vibrant's Stock kernel, a new one must be flashed (such as JAC's OC/UV(/VOODOO) kernel or Kingklick's OC/UV Kernel)
That is all.

A couple of things:
1. It's been found that setting the minimum to 200 MHz is too low on some ROMs and can cause problems with some applications, like Pandora. Users have reported that setting the minimum to 400 MHz alleviates those problems.
2. SetCPU is and has been free for some time to XDA members. However, if you like the application, you should throw the dev some coins and buy it in the market or make a donation.

NikolaiT said:
SetCPU. In my personal opinion, one of the best Android apps out there. It lets you overclock/underclock your phone. Here I will describe how to set it up for the Vibrant so you do not brick/crash your phone.
1. Uncheck/DO NOT Check Set on Boot (this will casue crashes in most phones if checked)
2. Set the CPU Governor type to "Conservative"
3. If you're using a kernel such as JAC's OC/UV(/VOODOO) set the MAX Clock speed at 1.2Ghz, also set the MINIMUM clock speed at 200MHz (not doing this could cause random crashes/reboots/freezes)
4. Don't underclock too low (as this could cause crashes), I recommend nothing below 750MHz
5. Don't blame the dev of your kernel or SetCPU's dev if you break your Vibrant, you shouldn't do something you know nothing about.
6. Set a warning up so if your Vibrant gets hotter than 115° Fahrenheit SetCPU will alert you. (125° Fahrenheit is when your Vibrant will start to get damaged.)
7. Always ask if this works on the ROM you have flashed before you try to use it on the ROM.
8. SetCPU is not (and probably never will be) free, so DO NOT bug the dev for a free copy.
9. This will NOT work on the Vibrant's Stock kernel, a new one must be flashed (such as JAC's OC/UV(/VOODOO) kernel or Kingklick's OC/UV Kernel)
That is all.
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I am interested in how you have determined this.

How legit are these instructions, im interested in this app. Since im running bionix 1.9.1 jacs oc/uv rom.
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I agree with most of what the OP is saying, I've been using setcpu since my G1. I'm currently running Fusion 1.0 with JAC kernel. I have 200 min with 1200 max. No set on boot and no profiles. I'm not sure about the damage temp, I've ran the gps for an hour with the phone in direct sunlight and it hasnt gotten that high.

This is what works for me, as well as many other users, and the issues posted here have been reported by many users. Also to the person with JAC's OC/UV Kernel, this app is required. If it isn't used, you can experience random freezes/crashes/reboots.
opiomorph said:
A couple of things:
1. It's been found that setting the minimum to 200 MHz is too low on some ROMs and can cause problems with some applications, like Pandora. Users have reported that setting the minimum to 400 MHz alleviates those problems.
2. SetCPU is and has been free for some time to XDA members. However, if you like the application, you should throw the dev some coins and buy it in the market or make a donation.
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Yes, this is true, but the only time time the vibrant will reach 200MHz (100MHz if SetCPU isn't used) is when the phone is idle.

Double post, apologies.

i have set on boot checked on bionix 1.9.1 with no problems. 200min,1200max, conservative.

Im running the bionix 1.9.1 with jacs oc/uv. I havent installed the set cpu app yet and my phone is running great. Im working on getting up the nerve to try it.
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GreggoryD502 said:
Im running the bionix 1.9.1 with jacs oc/uv. I havent installed the set cpu app yet and my phone is running great. Im working on getting up the nerve to try it.
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Do eet! The worst that will happen is that your CPU can't handle an overclock and you'll be stuck at 200/1000. Cross your fingers!

It is worth the money for the developer, for sure.
Also, can you post your source for the temperatures you listed? Seems kind of low for Fahrenheit. Especially since where I live those temps are just above room temperature sometimes

Ok. Just installed and set 1200.max 400 min. Will post latet let everyone know.if I notice a differnce. Phone does seem snappier, or could be.my imagination. Lol
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Quick, possibly dumb question. Do I have to reset the settings if I turn my phone off and turn back on?
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GreggoryD502 said:
Quick, possibly dumb question. Do I have to reset the settings if I turn my phone off and turn back on?
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not if you have 'set on boot' checked. but some people claim that setting can cause problems. however i've been running bionix 1.9.1 with set on boot checked since 1.9.1 came out with 0 problems. otherwise, yes, you have to reset it every time you reboot.

Thanks. Ill check set on boot and see what happens.
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Be careful about "Set on Boot", it someone resets SetCPU and underclocks your phone to the point of crashing shortly after it boots. This is a pretty common issue but it doesn't happen to all users.

funeralthirst said:
not if you have 'set on boot' checked. but some people claim that setting can cause problems. however i've been running bionix 1.9.1 with set on boot checked since 1.9.1 came out with 0 problems. otherwise, yes, you have to reset it every time you reboot.
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i dont have set on boot checked, and my settings are preserved on reboot

Ive been using set on boot for several days now, and no issues so far. To be honest I cant really tell any difference in the phones performance. But im not really pushing it either.
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NikolaiT said:
9. This will NOT work on the Vibrant's Stock kernel, a new one must be flashed (such as JAC's OC/UV(/VOODOO) kernel or Kingklick's OC/UV Kernel)
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This does work on stock vibrant kernel. I have it on JI6 stock except for Root and mods. The OP is correct that you cannot over clock on stock.
As a battery saver for JI6 possibly. Also I am currently using it as an attemped fix for my Gallery freeze, lockup/CPU hog issue.
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Droid X lag

One of my buddies at work has a rooted Droid X, and I couldn't believe how laggy it is, even compared to the stock JFD Vibrant.
I am not here to pick up the fights with "my phone is better than yours" type of replies, I am just looking for any pointers how to help my buddy because my Vibrant with Nerov3+voodoo (2.2 ROM with /system, /data, /dbdata and /cache converted to EXT4) runs circles around his DX.
I am not sure if it is an app or something that cause this (he does not have much installed), but even looking at the youtube vids of DX his phone feels like it's limping on a half a leg.
So far I know he is running the latest OTA and his phone is rooted, I checked his /system, /data etc are EXT3 - I assume the stock DX has a proper FS unlike my Vibrant when it was stock.

It's probably the blur elements. A custom ROM fixes that quite quickly.

blockhead42 said:
It's probably the blur elements. A custom ROM fixes that quite quickly.
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Thank you! I will suggest him to join xda and flash a custom ROM.
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Blur shouldn't make it lag that much. Some of his settings might be slowing him down. If he is trying to be real conservative on his battery and set it to "conservative" - it is going to throttle back his CPU usage to try and maintain better battery life.
Need to check a few things like that.
what kind of scores do you get in quadrant on your phone (if you aren't boosting them with the stagefright etc)?

thepolishguy said:
Blur shouldn't make it lag that much. Some of his settings might be slowing him down. If he is trying to be real conservative on his battery and set it to "conservative" - it is going to throttle back his CPU usage to try and maintain better battery life.
Need to check a few things like that.
what kind of scores do you get in quadrant on your phone (if you aren't boosting them with the stagefright etc)?
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I will see him after the New Year's and will check.
I am not sure what Quadrant scores he is getting, but the phone obviously not performing to its full potential. I get around 1500 Quadrant with EXT4 converted filesystem, it is under a 1000 stock. The boost in score is def the filesystem read/write + a small bump due to JIT on 2.2.

Once rooted try to get setcpu and leave it at 800Mhz permanently. That fixed my issues with lag. Of course a new Rom wouldn't hurt since Stock Verizon/Blur Rom sucks balls.
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A few things I do to speed up the x are; turn off push for e-mail, freeze the stock applications I do not use via titanium backup, and use fast reboot when it slows down anyway. I still have some lag issues but these help. I'm ready for the incredible Hd so I can drop the x, this Motorola device just has never met the mark for me plus I miss sense.
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sandman2025 said:
I'm ready for the incredible Hd so I can drop the x.
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That's my plan too... I wish Motorola gave a similar option like on the original nexus one bootloader...
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[Q] Freezing once passing 1.51ghz

I've tried both CM7 and Evervolv roms and they both freeze once I go past 1.51ghz. Anyone know a reason for this?
Using cwm3 or 2.5:
When I flash a rom I wipe cache, delvik, data and battery.
Then i install zip from sdcard > choose zip from sdcard. I do this for roms, kernals, and gapps. I first flash rom then gapps then kernal.
Ive also tried setting permissions with cwm.
I am currently using CM7 with the gb kernal, and SetCPU. Funny thing is that setcpu sometimes has the bar thing set to 1.51 but then the max says 800mhz. I have to move the bar around for it to set correctly.

Some phones aren't going to be able to clock that high, no matter what what you do. The Hero CDMA was like this as well. Some couldn't go over 691 mhz.
Try and remember that this phone is marketed at 800 mhz, so making it all the way to 1.8 could be considered a pipe dream by some. Although I've personally seen a G2 make it all the way to 2.1 ghz.
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Edit: As far as setcpu goes, I myself have had that same issue with the Shift and the Heroc. I am personally using the nofrills app. Best I've seen. You can find it in the Hero CDMA forum, first post of the aospCmod thread by user aosp.

What governor are you using under setcpu(assuming you are using setcpu)? Try using "on demand" if you haven't already tried that.
powered by the tears of a million orphaned alpacas...

smoothtaste said:
Some phones aren't going to be able to clock that high, no matter what what you do. The Hero CDMA was like this as well. Some couldn't go over 691 mhz.
Try and remember that this phone is marketed at 800 mhz, so making it all the way to 1.8 could be considered a pipe dream by some. Although I've personally seen a G2 make it all the way to 2.1 ghz.
Sent from my PG06100
Edit: As far as setcpu goes, I myself have had that same issue with the Shift and the Heroc. I am personally using the nofrills app. Best I've seen. You can find it in the Hero CDMA forum, first post of the aospCmod thread by user aosp.
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That would make since! Dam...i got screwed haha.
oboroninja said:
What governor are you using under setcpu(assuming you are using setcpu)? Try using "on demand" if you haven't already tried that.
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ill try ondemand. Usually if I go that high its for benchmark purposes.

depsidynamic said:
That would make since! Dam...i got screwed haha.
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You didn't get screwed. Your phone works as advertised at 800Mhz. You're nearly doubling your speed at 1.5Ghz....

depsidynamic said:
That would make since! Dam...i got screwed haha.
ill try ondemand. Usually if I go that high its for benchmark purposes.
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I also agree that you didn't get screwed at all. I posted that app in the Themes and Apps section, FYI!
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I was joking guys!

Some questions about ktmanta and other stuffszz

Zup everybody.
Im a new android user and im loving it. With Nexus 10 to be my first android device im very happy with it after i installed ktmanta Kernel.
although i had very litte knowlidge about what roms and kernel is/was i went for it anyways. It improved my experience alot, and everything is running real nice. Also gta vice city doesent lag at all. it lagged like hell before the kernal install.
Now i have few questions and i hope someone out there could help me with. ive seen a few threads on this forum and everyone seems to be nice unlike other forums (no names mentioned)
When i flashed (i think its called that way) the ktmanta kernel i knew that everything would dissapear, but im wondering now if there is a way to backup exact everything before loading a new rom or kernel?
also. when i play gta vice city i use min/max 1500/1500 on the cpu and it works really nice. the only problem is that i have to manually change it and after i have played the game i have to go back and change it to 200/1700 again.
can i somehow make an ikon that i push and the cpu go to 1500/1500 and if i push another icon it will go on the other setting? something like that?
Ive seen folks wright on forums that there is an app that can make your battery life better but never mention such app.
i have batterycalibr, is that the only one?
And the last question is, is there something you could recommend to a new android user (apps,widgets, specific roms, etc) ?
Im loving the android experience and im considering to sell my iphone 5 and buy a droid phone.
(please i apologize if my grammar or spelling isn't at the top)

p0xis said:
Zup everybody.
Im a new android user and im loving it. With Nexus 10 to be my first android device im very happy with it after i installed ktmanta Kernel.
although i had very litte knowlidge about what roms and kernel is/was i went for it anyways. It improved my experience alot, and everything is running real nice. Also gta vice city doesent lag at all. it lagged like hell before the kernal install.
Now i have few questions and i hope someone out there could help me with. ive seen a few threads on this forum and everyone seems to be nice unlike other forums (no names mentioned)
When i flashed (i think its called that way) the ktmanta kernel i knew that everything would dissapear, but im wondering now if there is a way to backup exact everything before loading a new rom or kernel?
also. when i play gta vice city i use min/max 1500/1500 on the cpu and it works really nice. the only problem is that i have to manually change it and after i have played the game i have to go back and change it to 200/1700 again.
can i somehow make an ikon that i push and the cpu go to 1500/1500 and if i push another icon it will go on the other setting? something like that?
Ive seen folks wright on forums that there is an app that can make your battery life better but never mention such app.
i have batterycalibr, is that the only one?
And the last question is, is there something you could recommend to a new android user (apps,widgets, specific roms, etc) ?
Im loving the android experience and im considering to sell my iphone 5 and buy a droid phone.
(please i apologize if my grammar or spelling isn't at the top)
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1. Try using titanium backup to backup your app data and you can restore it once you flash a new ROM/kernel. Remember, only backup app data, NOT system data or you may result in bootloops.
2. Not 100% sure if you could use the KTweaker app or SetCPU to set profiles when you're gaming but you might want to look into that. That being said, you shouldn't have to set your min at 1500 to have fluid gameplay, or at least I don't think so and it will drain your battery much faster. IMO, check out the franco kernel if you want to have the smoothest gameplay with no tweaking necessary and no drops in framerate.
3. I really don't believe in all of that battery calibrator, juice defender, or any other app that claims to significantly increase battery life. However, if you are going to use the KTManta kernel, you can undervolt your device and get some pretty awesome battery life.
4. What kind of apps, widgets, etc. are you looking for? Find out what your style is and customize accordingly. That's the awesome thing about Android!
Hope this helped... :good:

dust. said:
1. Try using titanium backup to backup your app data and you can restore it once you flash a new ROM/kernel. Remember, only backup app data, NOT system data or you may result in bootloops.
2. Not 100% sure if you could use the KTweaker app or SetCPU to set profiles when you're gaming but you might want to look into that. That being said, you shouldn't have to set your min at 1500 to have fluid gameplay, or at least I don't think so and it will drain your battery much faster. IMO, check out the franco kernel if you want to have the smoothest gameplay with no tweaking necessary and no drops in framerate.
3. I really don't believe in all of that battery calibrator, juice defender, or any other app that claims to significantly increase battery life. However, if you are going to use the KTManta kernel, you can undervolt your device and get some pretty awesome battery life.
4. What kind of apps, widgets, etc. are you looking for? Find out what your style is and customize accordingly. That's the awesome thing about Android!
Hope this helped... :good:
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Thanks for the fast answer.
IF i dont set my min to 1500 gta vice city laggs.
I downloaded the Franco kernel from play store bit nothing happend...
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p0xis said:
Thanks for the fast answer.
IF i dont set my min to 1500 gta vice city laggs.
I downloaded the Franco kernel from play store bit nothing happend...
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You have to flash the kernel with the app. It should be a very fast and easy process.

dust. said:
You have to flash the kernel with the app. It should be a very fast and easy process.
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Thanks alot mate. I payed for the Franco kernel and then downloaded a file and had to restart my tablet. I guess i did the process right.
Now gta runs really nice without me putting min/max at the same mhz
Can i delete the ktweakert now ?
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p0xis said:
Thanks alot mate. I payed for the Franco kernel and then downloaded a file and had to restart my tablet. I guess i did the process right.
Now gta runs really nice without me putting min/max at the same mhz
Can i delete the ktweakert now ?
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Yep! You won't be needing it anymore. I'm glad everything worked out for you!