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Overclock advise

Overclock your vibrant phone after rooting it and flashing trigger 2.2?
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Did you flash an overclocked kernel?
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Nope I didn't just root and then put trigger 2.6 that's it nothing else
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You have to install a kernel that allows OC in order to do so. Even then you may get problems if you have a Vibrant thats picky about its voltages.

aloneinshadow said:
You have to install a kernel that allows OC in order to do so. Even then you may get problems if you have a Vibrant thats picky about its voltages.
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Just like mine, i'm runing trigger 2.5 after issues with other ROM's. Now i'm happy and very stable. I wouldn't OC.
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Thank you very I won't OC then lol
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Kurama15 said:
Thank you very I won't OC then lol
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nothing ventured, nothing gained

Just flash one and take it for a spin. See for yourself. I have Axura with Morfic's kernel and its beautiful!
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I was reluctant too, flashed the DOW14 and i'm really glad i did.

If you are OK with loss of Battery life over clocking is OK. For me, having a phone that after 24 hr of moderate use I still have 65% battery left is Awesome !!
Giving that that up just to have a higher Linpack or other high benchmark score ...to me is pointless..........

It will kill you phone if you oc high frequency

SBC-bcnice-stable-v8 for shift?

is there an SBC-bcnice-stable-v8 for EVO SHIFT? this is the kernel for better battery life with auto bump charge. I use it on the regular EVO and would love to use it on the SHIFT. I tried flashing it but I guess I need one made for the shift. any help would be appreciated ...

Check the android dev section..bcnice has a 1.5 uv kernel
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Naw, no one's bothered with an SBC kernel yet. Too busy getting GB and AOSP compatible kernels working fully.
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JKILO said:
Check the android dev section..bcnice has a 1.5 uv kernel
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isnt that an undervolting kernel? if anyone has one that has the AUTO-BUMP CHARGE and works with SENSE I would love it. I love having my EVO charged and wake up with it at 100% .. WHERE my Wife's SHIFT was on 97% when I checked it this morning...

dahauss said:
isnt that an undervolting kernel? if anyone has one that has the AUTO-BUMP CHARGE and works with SENSE I would love it. I love having my EVO charged and wake up with it at 100% .. WHERE my Wife's SHIFT was on 97% when I checked it this morning...
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and @ 5pm what are the batteries at?

riggsandroid said:
and @ 5pm what are the batteries at?
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Exactly.
For the hell of it i ramped up to 1.8 ondemand yesterday. 7am to 7pm still had 32%
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riggsandroid said:
and @ 5pm what are the batteries at?
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BUT isnt undervolting the same as what I am doing with SETCPU? I have a screen off profile defined...

Under volt is actually using less voltage at a specific clock speed. Lowering your frequencies with screen off is just under clocking
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OK so which is the best EVO SHIFT battery life kernel ?

Just the standard bcnice 1.5 kernel will treat you real well. Check top speeds incrementally if going to overclock...some can't go the full 1.5 and others can go higher.
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I can't see a visual difference between 1.5 and 1.8 though I of course got better linpack and what not but at 1.8 it would heat up if I played angry birds lol
danaff37 said:
Just the standard bcnice 1.5 kernel will treat you real well. Check top speeds incrementally if going to overclock...some can't go the full 1.5 and others can go higher.
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Miui battery vs. Bionix 1.3.1

I read that Miui has a faster battery drain than some other roms. I was wondering if the battery life is at least on par with an older rom like Bionix.
Anyone go from B1.3.1 to Miui?
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You gotta pay the cost for your phone to look like an iPhone... aka pos
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richiehd said:
I read that Miui has a faster battery drain than some other roms. I was wondering if the battery life is at least on par with an older rom like Bionix.
Anyone go from B1.3.1 to Miui?
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Its not the drain is pretty fast but rom is Gingerbread an its fast an smooth an has different look from any other rom
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Yea it does drain faster and you probably will quickly notice an hour in decreased life.
I suggest not overclocking.
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subzerold said:
You gotta pay the cost for your phone to look like an iPhone... aka pos
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This is absurd. Why are you being so hostile? Did someone force you to sit at a desk and punch in a bunch of numbers every 108 minutes? Did someone steal your baby?
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I'm running CM7, which I've read is very similar to MIUI. When I was using Bionix I could go at least 24 to 36 hrs without charging with my typical minimal use (using edge network). On CM7 I get about 13 to 16 hrs, but CM7 runs rings around Bionix as far as responsiveness goes. It's fast and smooth!

Disadvantages of overclocking and why you shouldn't

1. You could literally burn out your processor making your phone unusable at all (think of RROD for phones)
2. If it crashes while writing sd or nand you could loose data such as apps, texts from your boss, videos of your baby's first steps, pictures of your girlfriend and contacts of coworkers
3. Your phone could become less tolerant of workload and have random reboots even on stock RFS at 1ghz
4. A lot more such as battery overheating and possible exploding
5. IT IS A PHONE WITH NO FANS!
NEVER GO ABOVE 1.3 GHZ OR AT BEST STAY ON 1.0 GHZ (OR 1.2) LIKE SAMSUNG PUTS YOU ON DEFAULT (FOR A REASON)...
Please share your opinion of overclocking but don't be mean to others. There arrested some benefits but I say stay under 1.3
Reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overclocking
http://www.dgweb.ca/g3/part3.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/258766-29-advantages-overclocking-disadvantages

IBTL
/me sits back and waits for trolls
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cordell12 said:
IBFL
/me sits back and waits for trolls
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In before ___? What is the L?
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I have run 1.3 solidly since i rooted, no bad sectors or anything. I do understand there are recommended levels but is there any indicator one can use to notice degradation?

Sectors is the nand memory, not the processor. I am just saying the risks of it. Not saying that you shouldn't, just the risks.
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marcusant said:
In before ___? What is the L?
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Lock
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marcusant said:
In before ___? What is the L?
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"L" = Lock ( in before lock )

TexasEpic4G said:
"L" = Lock ( in before lock )
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I saw. I really don't see why this would be locked.
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I think it all depends on your surroundings, in a hot car I underclock and it still gets hot, outside or in a cold room I push it to 1.4ghz and it only gets warm. Also overclocking on the charger is probably a bad idea too. Just my 2 cents
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I only overclock occasionally for bragging when a friend gets a fancy new phone or something.
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Absolutely agree Marcusant. The only people I see random rebooting after release are OC'ing. My phone is superfast at 1000 Mhz and Legendary plus it barely does 1200 anyway so why blow it up?

Also aren't there galaxy s variants that come overclocked at 1.2ghz? Plus the moment was overclocked too. So I guess samsung is fine with overclocking.
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marcusant said:
I saw. I really don't see why this would be locked.
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I wasn't suggesting this was gonna get locked - just answering your question about what "L" in IBFL meant ....... I am in agreement about OverClocking ( and UnderVolting ) because some phones ( mine included ) don't handle OC/UV very well

xopher.hunter said:
Also isn't there galaxy s variants that come overclocked at 1.2ghz? Plus the moment was overclocked too. So I guess samsung is fine with overclocking yes?
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I reallly doubt Samsung would go very high but all I know is that the moment had some major problems...
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marcusant said:
I reallly doubt Samsung would go very high but all I know is that the moment had some major problems...
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The moment did have a major problem: its arm11 processor
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I don't OC. Not because of the reasons mentioned but it's just not a big deal to me.

xopher.hunter said:
Also aren't there galaxy s variants that come overclocked at 1.2ghz? Plus the moment was overclocked too. So I guess samsung is fine with overclocking.
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exactly. the infuse uses same chipset but clocked at 1.2ghz factory.

Other than for bragging rights, overclocking a phone(especially on the epic) is almost pointless.
Its not like on a PC where you can overclock a CPU 50-100% of its original clocks to yield performance. A .3ghz overclock really get you nothing in the real world.

A year ago overclocking was marginal at best because no apps were able to utilize our phones processor but now with dual cores all around us it will be the only way we can keep up. Don't believe me? Try playing shadowgun at 1.0ghz
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shabbypenguin said:
exactly. the infuse uses same chipset but clocked at 1.2ghz factory.
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I never said 1.2 was bad. I said above 1.3
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Best kernel for Epic 4G ICS?

Any idea? Stability + good battery?
I was using Legendary before, awesome battery life while at 1400Mhz all the time. It was amazing.
Anyone know which kernel I should use now?

YMMV but this was my battery today with the newest samurai kernel tanto
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This being covered time and time again in many different posts over many different threads almost warrants no answer but ill give you one and here it is
try them all flash one per day till you find one that works for you the way you like it everyone uses their phone differently so no matter what you will get different results than i do or the next person that post on this

It's really up to you, try them out and see what you like the best. I've tried all 3 kernels currently out right now and they all work pretty good. The two I usually stick with are shadow kernel and the samurai kernel. Shadow kernel is nice and makes everything feel real snappy. You can overclock to 1400 mHz and the battery life for me is good. The newest shadow, tanto, overclocks to 1500 mHz and works with voodoo control. Haven't gotten the chance to really test battery since it just came out but so far it runs pretty good. Just test both of them out, you can always flash over another kernel.
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Bad question....like what's the best ROM. Every phone and every user is different. You have to try them out to see what works best for you.
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Exactly im still on froyo acs because it works for me

ZenInsight said:
Any idea? Stability + good battery?
I was using Legendary before, awesome battery life while at 1400Mhz all the time. It was amazing.
Anyone know which kernel I should use now?
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I am pretty much a noob here and know better than to ask any "what's the best....." question. I have read it dozens of times that your phone and your use is different. Might as well ask us how you should dress too.

Stock.
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Zeinzu said:
Stock.
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+1
Also close to stock kernels like aprosamurai's. He likes to keep his stockish with a few tweaks and some new fixes. Just my opinion of what works best on my phone. Others like earthbound's are too tweaked for me but his is really fast and bleeding edge. Bbelos's are also good.
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Zeinzu said:
Stock.
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The best kernel is Colonel Sanders.
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xSaint21 said:
Exactly im still on froyo acs because it works for me
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Lmao ohh my...believe me your missing out on so much my man
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Cm7 till cm9 is official
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Best kernel is facepalm. Epic facepalm.

Frostacious said:
Cm7 till cm9 is official
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Those are ROMs not kernels.

austin420 said:
The best kernel is Colonel Sanders.
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That's for CM7 only
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I'm using shadow now and have used apro's too and they both worked great. You need to experiment with them, and you're going to have to tweak to get better battery life. I had several trying to constantly run and none of them were things I use a lot so they had to go. If I wanted super battery life I would have bought a flip phone and not a micromini laptop, and I wouldn't have such a joyful device to tinker with.
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Stock is always going to be the best for wanting nothing but the simplicity.
Put it like this when i buy a car, i put bigger tires on my car for grip, and better handling. But i know i will loose some gas mileage but not alot.
I'll put a turbo and some internals into my engine to gain in power but will loose gas.
But if we can put bigger tires and a bigger turbo but still have the same gas results as stock, Then why not do it?
We all benefit in one area and thats why custom kernels are there for those who want options that stock doesn't provide.
Stock= Base Model
Custom = Fully Loaded
Simple as that. So everyone should try different kernels and then reply not saying oh this is the best. But say IMO i prefer this over that simply because of these reasons. Everyone will want a specific kernel because one may like different things about the different kernels

tony45x220 said:
Lmao ohh my...believe me your missing out on so much my man
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I know we all are man we gotta get that iPhone

kennyglass123 said:
Those are ROMs not kernels.
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And also cm9 IS official.
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If you want to keep close to stock: aprosamurai's.
If you want to live on the bleeding edge: earthbound's
I prefer stock, though I may give earthbound's another try now that he made some updates