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New Aria user here...

Hello there XDA I just switched to the Aria from the Captivate. I am new to Android modding, so please bear with me.
I like the phone, It doesnt bother me losing screen space. However it is a bit slow with the 600 MHZ processor.
So if there are some people kind enough to guide me to/through the following it would be appreciated.
1. I would like to overclock it a bit, maybe to 800.
2. General performance tweaks
3. Get rid of Att bloatware
4. Root ( z4root is not in the market anymore and ATT disables side loading.)
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Everything u need is in the android Dev. Section for the aria its really simple. To find and to follow..I use cm6 rc2. It overclocks very nicely
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Hey Joshua, being new to the Aria as well (less than a month), I haven't looked into overclocking it... but I am running CM 6.1 RC 2, what do I need to do to start overclocking?

Install SetCPU to overclock. I wouldn't go over 825mhz as it starts getting unstable.
As for rooting, search for posts by user asiancuta. He did a really good write up that included a key point I didn't see anywhere else. It's titled NOOBZ: easy guide to rooting your aria.... Read all instructions, and make sure you understand it first.
To install cyanogenmod 6.1 rc2 do a search for That aria - she's so racy!
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Mike's Aria said:
Install SetCPU to overclock. I wouldn't go over 825mhz as it starts getting unstable.
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In the other overclocking thread (or overcloking as the OP spelled it ) several people posted that they were running at 864... what type of instability is likely? Also, doesn't overclocking HAVE to have some sort of adverse effect? Like reduced reliability or an increased likelihood of hardware failure? If there are no adverse effects, why would HTC not set the CPU higher from the factory?
I want to try it, but I feel like I pushed the limits of my comfort zone just by rooting and installing CM...

911jason said:
In the other overclocking thread (or overcloking as the OP spelled it ) several people posted that they were running at 864... what type of instability is likely? Also, doesn't overclocking HAVE to have some sort of adverse effect? Like reduced reliability or an increased likelihood of hardware failure? If there are no adverse effects, why would HTC not set the CPU higher from the factory?
I want to try it, but I feel like I pushed the limits of my comfort zone just by rooting and installing CM...
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I always lean on the side of caution when it comes to overclocking a phone. I don't want to fry the processor since I can't replace it as easily as one on a computer.
Processors are never set from the factory to run at their fastest.
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While it might seem odd since all these phones have the same hardware they don't all respond the same to overclocking. Some people can do 864. I can't even get my phone to do anything over 825 and even 825 gives me issues. I like to keep mine between 768-787. Over doing it can cause damage and shorten the life of the processor but keeping it around 800 is probably safe as long as you moniter temps. Heat is the real enemy here. Manufacturers are trying to balance cost, reliability, battery life. Our little phone use a smaller battery and so a lower clock speed keeps the phone running longer. And the aria is a mid range phone, they don't want it to be faster than the more expensive phones. Also Higher clock speeds will drain your battery faster. At 768 the phone is noticeably snappier and the battery drain over stock isn't even noticeable.

Huh. That's good to know, Callmearia. However I don't even know where to start on any of this. I've never 'flashed' a phone or anything like that before.
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This is a really good guide explaining how to root your phone and install a custom recovery, Clockwork, with which you can flash ROMs, make backups, and a bunch of other stuff:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788737
You will still not be able to sideload apps just by rooting though. You will need to flash a ROM in order to do that. Check out the Android Development section, it is all there.
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Huh. That's good to know, Callmearia. However I don't even know where to start on any of this. I've never 'flashed' a phone or anything like that before.
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I think most people can hit 864 now using CM6.1 RC2. I think some tweaks were made to allow it. Before I was only hitting 825mhz or 844mhz when I ran in to stability problems... but now I have none. Or, it could be due to the fact it's colder here now.

Alright, so after some adb troubles with Ubuntu 10.10, I am now rooted, woo!
So now, where to go from here?

This worked flawlessly and easy. Less than 5 minutes
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7449486&postcount=1
EDIT : I see that you already got rooted.
You have two choices for Attn1's custom ROMS
Liberated or Cyanogenmod
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819715
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=821642
Take in mind that CM has more customizable features, INCLUDING OVERCLOCKING. Liberated doesn't.
Place the .zip on your SD card. Enter clockworkmod recovery by holding down the volume down button after restarting phone. Wipe Data, Cache, Dalvik Cache. Go to install zip from Sdcard. Pick the file. It should install. wait, and reboot and continue.
Customize it to your liking. Download apps/widgets
Turn off unnecessary background items. (Auto Sync)
Decrease Brightness
Only use GSM networks
(these are battery saving tips....lots more)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=505419
That is the SetCPU for XDA members.
To install, go through ADB in the command line, or download FASTAPP Install from the Market and place the .apk on your sd card and install it from there.

kaschenberg said:
I think most people can hit 864 now using CM6.1 RC2. I think some tweaks were made to allow it. Before I was only hitting 825mhz or 844mhz when I ran in to stability problems... but now I have none. Or, it could be due to the fact it's colder here now.
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That's probably true. I haven't tried going over 825 since way back with dumfuqs kernel.

Alrighty... did all that, now running cyanogenmod on my Aria! \o/
No more ATT bloatware.
I made sure to do a nandroid backup just in case.
Also overclocked to 768MHz. Phone seems a bit quicker.
Thanks guys
Any other tips?
Oh also adb stopped working again on Ubuntu >.< Anyone know how to fix that?
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L551 said:
Alrighty... did all that, now running cyanogenmod on my Aria! \o/
No more ATT bloatware.
I made sure to do a nandroid backup just in case.
Also overclocked to 768MHz. Phone seems a bit quicker.
Thanks guys
Any other tips?
Oh also adb stopped working again on Ubuntu >.< Anyone know how to fix that?
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Make sure you install the google apps package.
Also, Not too sure.
I use windows. Works perfectly on there. try that

Yup I made sure to install that. Need my market.
I'll see if it works on windows later.
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L551 said:
Alrighty... did all that, now running cyanogenmod on my Aria! \o/
No more ATT bloatware.
I made sure to do a nandroid backup just in case.
Also overclocked to 768MHz. Phone seems a bit quicker.
Thanks guys
Any other tips?
Oh also adb stopped working again on Ubuntu >.< Anyone know how to fix that?
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Try leaving the OC alone after the reflash.. It's defaulted to 864mhz and it works flawlessly for me.

It was default 600MHz for me.
EDIT: Holding down 1 to access voicemail no longer works, as there is no voicemail number in the options. What is it?
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L551 said:
It was default 600MHz for me.
EDIT: Holding down 1 to access voicemail no longer works, as there is no voicemail number in the options. What is it?
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Its different for every one. My VM is a local number. You can always just use your phone number.
I recently set my VM to go thru my Google Voice number now.
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Using my own number worked.
However, now my phone is freezing randomly, and causing the launcher to hang. (ADW and LauncherPro both do this)
It seems android.process.acore always takes alot of CPU time when it does this.

[Q]Game Dungeon Defenders

This game runs very slow on my evo. I use sprintlovers rom. so, what should i do ?

Try using cm7 and flashing savage zen kernel and overclocking to about 1130ghz. It ran pretty cool for me.

dirkyd3rk said:
Try using cm7 and flashing savage zen kernel and overclocking to about 1130ghz. It ran pretty cool for me.
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thanks. but look dangerous

hongha_222 said:
thanks. but look dangerous
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How is it dangerous when you're already rooted lol. Its just flashing another rom dude.
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dirkyd3rk said:
How is it dangerous when you're already rooted lol. Its just flashing another rom dude.
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so, cm7 is better ? I won't try overclock
i'm reading guide for cm7

hongha_222 said:
so, cm7 is better ? I won't try overclock
i'm reading guide for cm7
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Dude overclocking is safe you must be pretty new at this. Well there's diff kernels you could flash over your current SENSE sprint lovers rom to give it more kick to play your game. That game requires really high end phones with better gpu's. Give your evo that extra boost man for games like that.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=719763
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Theres also a slider in the options to decrease the gfx a little and make it much more playable as well.

dirkyd3rk said:
Dude overclocking is safe you must be pretty new at this.
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lol.
dont let DDs "devil-may-care", "yer a newb dood just do it cuz I say so" wording put you off.
smart guy, but well known for it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=960765
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790427&highlight=overclocking
http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=62702489
in sum, yes, it can be done, and can be safe, if done right, but the risks are possibly not worth the %10-20 "performance increase". for me, battery drain, overheating, not worth it. but like DD mentioned first, perhaps better to just flash a AOSP based rom, something that's going to be faster "just because" then to force the CPU to work harder.

The Evo's gpu (Adreno 200) is underpowered. That's why you don't see it on the recommended list. They are suggesting at least Andreno 205 which include G2, DesireHD, even the Evo Shift. I've had this game too and tried overclocking, but it's just gpu limited. There's no difference. Don't get me wrong the game will run, but I don't see it playable at 20 fps IMO. I'm gonna save this game for my next device. I'm a bit disappointed too.

[Q] overclock 1.7Ghz?

Can someone please make 1.7Ghz possible. My phone crashes every time when i oc to 1.8Ghz.
Im just interested in what my phone is really capable of.

try cm7 with franco kernel, perfect with 1.8 oc

Already tried that. Freezes on my phone.

Fatsodonkey said:
Already tried that. Freezes on my phone.
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I've seen somewhere that changing the I/O Scheduler to vr helps OC to 1.8GHz. I haven't tested it, and I don't know how much this affects the phone.

I just got my root on a few days ago. Before and after games play fine at the stock 1024mhz so I think overclock xperia really wouldnt mean much besides less battery life. Plus quad cores are early to mid 2012 ... hopefully something like the xperia play only jacked on steroids comes out next year. I honestly havent looked around enough tho I hope xperia play isnt the first and last of its kind!
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I have tried the vr also no effect...

it's works on my phone !but seems not good,sometimes automatic reboot，the rom is oxygen r3. just this rom can only works on 1.8Ghz !
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Best ROM for smooth angry Birds

Plz help me out someone !!
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try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1364416

ficko_98 said:
try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1364416
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Definitely this is, was playing angry birds this morning and this beats all roms for smoothness. If not this id say Pcfs v5 was second best ive used

im quite sure any latest 2.3 rom we have will do the job

I'm pretty that lagless angrybirds isn't possible with an ARMv6 phone. Angry birds was back ported from ARMv7 hence also seeing lag in older iOS devices also, 1st and 2nd gen.
You can get smooth game play until level 1, second slide. However, if you do experience lag during the beginning of each level, best is to wait for about 5-10 seconds before beginning.

MrAndroid12 said:
I'm pretty that lagless angrybirds isn't possible with an ARMv6 phone. Angry birds was back ported from ARMv7 hence also seeing lag in older iOS devices also, 1st and 2nd gen.
You can get smooth game play until level 1, second slide. However, if you do experience lag during the beginning of each level, best is to wait for about 5-10 seconds before beginning.
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Yeah, i've noticed that, but i was wondering how is performance on 2.1 rom -
Yesterday my internet was down, so i noticed that in 2.3, both tethering doesn't works - Can i get it working on rooted 2.1 Rom ????
And i think thaat 2.1 Rom should have best gaming.
Correct me if I'm wrong and I'm really sorry for my worst English.....
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no 2.1 sucks for gaming. and i dont think u can tether using 2.1..... miros new rom has the best 2d and 3d performance so maybe u try that rom?

bs828 said:
no 2.1 sucks for gaming. and i dont think u can tether using 2.1..... miros new rom has the best 2d and 3d performance so maybe u try that rom?
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Installed PCF's v6 today....angry birds going good, but no tethering yet-///--/- on rooted 2.1, by using 3rd party software like PDAnet, i hope i can tether
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nexus2515 said:
Yeah, i've noticed that, but i was wondering how is performance on 2.1 rom -
Yesterday my internet was down, so i noticed that in 2.3, both tethering doesn't works - Can i get it working on rooted 2.1 Rom ????
And i think thaat 2.1 Rom should have best gaming.
Correct me if I'm wrong and I'm really sorry for my worst English.....
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As far as I know, 2.1 is the best for 3D gaming while 2.2+ are the best for CPU intensive games
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no 2.1 sucks for gaming. and i dont think u can tether using 2.1..... miros new rom has the best 2d and 3d performance so maybe u try that rom?
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If 2.1 "sucks" for both 3D and 2D then explain why on GT540 I would get
35fps on 2.1 for NenaMark while swiftdroid/PC-fighter CM7.2, Superfast froyo etc.. will ONLY give me 25-28fps.
19.XXfps for Glbenchmark with 2.1 while only getting 11-13fps on swiftdroid/PC-fighter CM7.2, superfast froyo etc...?
*All Custom roms all had proper 3D and 2D working
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nexus2515 said:
Yeah, i've noticed that, but i was wondering how is performance on 2.1 rom -
Yesterday my internet was down, so i noticed that in 2.3, both tethering doesn't works - Can i get it working on rooted 2.1 Rom ????
And i think thaat 2.1 Rom should have best gaming.
Correct me if I'm wrong and I'm really sorry for my worst English.....
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You can tether by using a custom kernel for 2.1. Go with either Quarx or MMxtreme boot666 kernels.
After than, ensure you have a rooted phone. This can be done by "Z4root" if you haven't yet rooted it.
Download an app called "Wireless Tether for Root Users" to begin tethering

Benchmark =/= to performance use zenonia3 and tell me results. Nenabench 37fps sdslrevo

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Benchmark =/= to performance use zenonia3 and tell me results. Nenabench 37fps sdslrevo
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I can assure that your swift is overclocked. DO IT AT 600MHz!!!!
Nenamark = one part of 3D performance
GLbenchmark = one part of 3D performance
Quadrant =/= Phone performance

Yeah Oc 729 I think but go play zenonia3 then u tell me if there is a dif

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Yeah Oc 729 I think but go play zenonia3 then u tell me if there is a dif
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Yes my sgs aced it smoothly. underclocked to 400MHz too

:/I meant gt540 ... u don't have anymore nvm

angry Birds runs well only in armv7

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angry Birds runs well only in armv7
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Well thats b.s last 2.3 i did for myself with 855mhz o/c interactive played it flawlessly
Honestly tho i wana see a working 4.0 then play round with that and see how it goes
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You'd experience intense lag on second slide, level 1. As i have previously stated, angry birds was an application designed for iphone 3gs which had armv7. Angry birds is actually a 'back port' for armv6 devices.

Tegra Overclock App - Play Store

Not my app, but I seen this over on the N7 forums and thought I might share. I haven't personally tried it but seems pretty cool. It might be able to get a few more FPS out of some of the stuff the Ouya is doing.
Tegra OverClock
I don't know how you'd get it installed on the Ouya without having to backup and restore the APK by sideloading.
It seems it was just released today.

It appears to use drm tied to Google framework.
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Perhaps it can be found in another market?
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player911 said:
Not my app, but I seen this over on the N7 forums and thought I might share. I haven't personally tried it but seems pretty cool. It might be able to get a few more FPS out of some of the stuff the Ouya is doing.
Tegra OverClock
I don't know how you'd get it installed on the Ouya without having to backup and restore the APK by sideloading.
It seems it was just released today.
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Well after doing some research it looks like (Assuming you're rooted with custom ROM, cwm recovery, Google Apps enabled etc.) We can "safely" overclock the GPU.
I used Google translate and found the following Spanish user said, "Tegra overclock (no Tegrak): Default uya the gpu of 200mhz and can come to no problem climbing to 520 (more crashes) and force the 4 cores to stay on. It is quite noticeable in some ways, the vice city to the fullest without almost pulls, n64 emus greatly improved the framerate but less so in the benchmarks. The temperature in my case (I have it out of the box) is no problem. http://www44.zippyshare.com/v/71430637/file.html
ale! to tinker but I take responsibility if it burns! lol"
I'm going to give this a shot. Hope my OUYA doesn't die on me

BlissfulBeast said:
Well after doing some research it looks like (Assuming you're rooted with custom ROM, cwm recovery, Google Apps enabled etc.) We can "safely" overclock the GPU.
I used Google translate and found the following Spanish user said, "Tegra overclock (no Tegrak): Default uya the gpu of 200mhz and can come to no problem climbing to 520 (more crashes) and force the 4 cores to stay on. It is quite noticeable in some ways, the vice city to the fullest without almost pulls, n64 emus greatly improved the framerate but less so in the benchmarks. The temperature in my case (I have it out of the box) is no problem. http://www44.zippyshare.com/v/71430637/file.html
ale! to tinker but I take responsibility if it burns! lol"
I'm going to give this a shot. Hope my OUYA doesn't die on me
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So did it work? Can you post back your experience? Thanks

Really it sounds great.
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Will it eventual work the orginal terga overclock app, or will it just be the Spanish
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D3LTA said:
Will it eventual work the orginal terga overclock app, or will it just be the Spanish
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He was simply quoting a Spanish website regarding Tegra3 GPU clock - this has nothing to do with the O/C app. IF the app is optimized for Ouya, it won't be Spanish only of course.

Ipse_Tase said:
He was simply quoting a Spanish website regarding Tegra3 GPU clock - this has nothing to do with the O/C app. IF the app is optimized for Ouya, it won't be Spanish only of course.
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FYI...I tried the latest version on my Ouya and got nothing. It doesn't even pull the CPU clock speed.

Ipse_Tase said:
FYI...I tried the latest version on my Ouya and got nothing. It doesn't even pull the CPU clock speed.
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Did you run it on a rooted / custom rom / play enabled ouya? i'm on 519r2 (StockPlus). Would love to give it a go, but a little concerned about heat!

rosietastic said:
Did you run it on a rooted / custom rom / play enabled ouya? i'm on 519r2 (StockPlus). Would love to give it a go, but a little concerned about heat!
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It is working fine for me on 519r2. If you don't mess with the CPU speed, which there is really no reason to, there shouldn't be any noticeable increase in heat. I just have the GPU set to 520 and the FPS locked at 60. It has definitely made games I considered previously unplayable, playable.

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It is working fine for me on 519r2. If you don't mess with the CPU speed, which there is really no reason to, there shouldn't be any noticeable increase in heat. I just have the GPU set to 520 and the FPS locked at 60. It has definitely made games I considered previously unplayable, playable.
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In my case, even with "Set at boot time" enabled, the settings are not sticking. I have to do it every time I power on the box - which becomes a bit tedious. Same goes for not being able to wake the Ouya from the controller.
I checked with No-frills CPU Control to see the CPU % use vs different governors and I found (same as on my N4) that "interactive" seems to be the better one.