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[Q] Has anyone started overclocking Bravo?

If someone succeeded, could you please share how it's done?
Thank you very much

I have setcpu, but I don't know where to start. It would be nice to get this thing up to 1Ghz or 1.2GHz.

A dev has to build a custom kernel for the bravo that overclocks it. If no dev does it we won't be able to. Setcpu can only do it with an OV kernel installed

TPR300C said:
A dev has to build a custom kernel for the bravo that overclocks it. If no dev does it we won't be able to. Setcpu can only do it with an OV kernel installed
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Yes, I installed SetCPU on my Bravo, but it offers no option to o/c. Would be interesting to crank this phone up to 1Ghz.

TPR300C said:
A dev has to build a custom kernel for the bravo that overclocks it. If no dev does it we won't be able to. Setcpu can only do it with an OV kernel installed
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Just found out my thread has been moved here and got replied.
Thanks a lot for the information.

when i finish my bootstrap recovery for the bravo i plan on undertaking an overclock project on it next.
custom kernels are not possible due to the locked bootloader but i might be able to get an OC module to work, it would be installable via the CWM recovery i am porting.
once i build this module, setcpu will work.
i see 1ghz as obtainable.

I need a little bit of advice on overclocking using setcpu

Hey XDA
i bought the setcpu app on my nexus and tryed to overclock it... as i realised it doesnt really overclock it as it only goes to 1.3ghz which is the max the stock can go lol
i take it to actually overclock the tablet beyond 1.3ghz i need to install a new kernal perhaps a custom kernal?
also whats the best kernal i could install instead of stock?
im looking to overclock it to the most fastest but safest speed i heard 1.8ghz atm also want to here other users thots on which kernal i should try,
also if i ever decide to reutn back to stock does everything as in the kernal and the firmware rom flash back to stock?
thnks in advance

You can't over clock the stock kernel. You need an alternative kernel. I like Motley's kernel but Trinity and Faux kernels are good.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

so my best bet is elite kernal by clemsyns,
which file on his thread is the latest and best as in 1.8ghz?

encryptioncsta said:
so my best bet is elite kernal by clemsyns,
which file on his thread is the latest and best as in 1.8ghz?
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with your thinking, you should go ahead and try clemsyns 2ghz kernel, its posted in the east few pages of the thread
but really, you won't be able to handle 1.8ghz as a daily, its more of a toy to play with. there are much better kernels here to use as a daily, that of from 1.6-1.8ghz too. try them all, find what yo like. when you lose battery like a artery in your neck that's been slashed, you'll realize that 1.8ghz is only for fun.

yeah lol iknow what you mean lol
iv tryed searching for the 2ghz elite kernal but i cant seem to find it within the thread... only mnaged to find 1.8ghz
can someone post it in here for me plz if they could that would be great, i dontknow which page it might be on...iv heard of talk about it but havent seem an actual download for it from clemsyns

kernel for CM 10.2 with overclocking capabilities?

I probably searched for oc kernel for days now.There isn't right?

portis said:
I probably searched for oc kernel for days now.There isn't right?
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have you even looked in the development forums
there are lots of kernels that have oc capabilities, and that are compatible with cm 10.2.

Yes i do. Mybe the problem is in me,could you give as a link to 1 kernel for example.Thanks.
simms22 said:
have you even looked in the development forums
there are lots of kernels that have oc capabilities, and that are compatible with cm 10.2.
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trinity kernel, latest, tf4h is the name http://goo.gl/wteFmX
it can be clocked to 1728mhz, but you need a cpu control app for that. its defaulted to 1026mhz when it boots. dont let the 1026mhz scare you, its as quick as many other kernels at 1512mhz
trinity fours xda thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2083904&page=2189
just flash over what you have now, dont wipe a single thing! make a nandroid backup in recovery if you want
portis said:
Yes i do. Mybe the problem is in me,could you give as a link to 1 kernel for example.Thanks.
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simms22 said:
trinity kernel, latest, tf4h is the name http://goo.gl/wteFmX
it can be clocked to 1728mhz, but you need a cpu control app for that. its defaulted to 1026mhz when it boots. dont let the 1026mhz scare you, its as quick as many other kernels at 1512mhz
trinity fours xda thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2083904&page=2189
just flash over what you have now, dont wipe a single thing! make a nandroid backup in recovery if you want
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You might wanna give him TF3 Full instead if he wants to use 4 cores instead of 2, or maybe something like TF133 if he's on 4.2 :good:

Detailed said:
You might wanna give him TF3 Full instead if he wants to use 4 cores instead of 2, or maybe something like TF133 if he's on 4.2 :good:
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youre right!
for android 4.3
tf3 http://goo.gl/jcWJfK
tf4c is defaulted two cores set as max and min cpu(dual core), tf3 is running all 4 cores
for android 4.2.2
tf133 http://goo.gl/jPK5E
latest and last 4.2.2 kernel tf152 http://goo.gl/CDAGV7

[Q] Overclock

Hi!
I'm very confused now. I have find out that devs have had really hard time trying to overclock s5360. I have been told that only Merruk 2.5 (OC 1.2Ghz) kernel is really overclocked and others just look like overclocked but they really are locked to 832Mhz. Is it really so? Is Maroc-OS's previously beta file (900Mhz) just placebo?
EDIT:
Here is Maroc-OS's answer to question: "Is the OC real or not?"
Background:
SGY has BCM21553 CPU which is running at 832Mhz with two frequencies (312Mhz, 832Mhz) as default. However there are some devices which are running at 1Ghz by default with the same CPU (BCM21553). That is why Maroc-OS wanted to OC his kernel.
First of all irfanbagus made a patch for s5360 to open additional freqs. Then Maroc-OS made a merruk beta file based on that patch. With that beta file you can "OC" stock and Savie #73 kernel to 900Mhz. However Maroc-OS and other devs found out that the beta file was not real OC because you can't OC BCM21553 with irfanbagus' patch. You can only add lower than 832Mhz freqs with that patch. Then Marok-OS decied to make new kernel.
Marok-OS built Merruk 2.0 which is "OC" to 1Ghz but again he found out that is was not real OC. Then he decied to try OC by different way. After much development Maroc-OS realesed first really overclocked MerrukTechnology Developer Edition V.2.5 kernel. However some people started to argue that even Merruk V2.5 kernel is not real OC. You can read the whole conversation about that starting from here to here. Maroc-OS made pretty clear that OC is working.
Then everybody noticed that AnTuTu or any other bechmark scores didn't raise up with OC (like they should). Some tester said that they can feel to faster performance and some people say that they didn't. Here Maroc-OS say that the OC doesn't work correctly but I guess that means that the kernel is not stable yet.
After same serious work Maroc-OS realesed updates to his V2.5 kernel and some people report better AnTuTu scores. Still there were some devs who said that OC is not working. Maroc-OS's final aswer to that argue is here.
That answer is what I find interesting. Maroc-OS said that the OC is semi working. When the freq is changed to over 832Mhz (1.248Ghz for example) the CPU tries to change it back to 832Mhz. Maroc-OS made the kernel to change freq back to over 832Mhz as quickly as possible. That means:
Maroc-OS said:
when the governor try always to swich to it randomly and back to 832 if he did it 20 times in a sec we got it working but not fully working one )
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So the freq is jumping between OC freq and 832Mhz. That means that OC is semi working. Maroc-OS wanted to make it fully working but never got that far because he just left from here xda.
However people didn't stop talk about is OC real or not. Here is people's opinion (link, link, link) You can read more starting from here to here. Then continue reading from here to here. Then you can check from here to here. Lastly you should check from here to here
This is the last post where Maroc-OS say something about OC.
Then let's talk little bit about other OC kernel. First one after Merruk kernel was Maroc-OS team member Mohamed.Anwar with eXtreme kernel (OC at 1Ghz). This is what Mohamed.Anwar said when Maroc-OS left. After all it turns out that Mohamed.Anwar used irfanbagus's patch to OC like Maroc-OS first did with merruk beta file. That means that eXtreme kernel is not real OC kernel.
Then there were Eve's kernel. The dev itself say that he/she doesn't know if the OC is working or not. He/she used some sources from Merruk kernels but I don't know is it really working or not. Many people say that is not real OC. Then there are Jarvis kernel and AXIOM kernel but they are based on Eve's kernel. Again, many people say that they are not real OC.
So you have to make your own conclusion about is the OC real or not!
Ps. The latest and most stable Merruk V2.5 #206 can be found from here and here but the latest modules are here.

most likely any oc is a placebo in 5360 - when I tested it I noticed no difference in performance
The phone may report its overclocked but most likely it isnt

marcussmith2626 said:
most likely any oc is a placebo in 5360 - when I tested it I noticed no difference in performance
The phone may report its overclocked but most likely it isnt
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What about Jarvis and BlackHeart Kernels?

Sameer N. Soni said:
What about Jarvis and BlackHeart Kernels?
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same

marcussmith2626 said:
same
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But I can feel the changes when I change the frequencies!

Sameer N. Soni said:
But I can feel the changes when I change the frequencies!
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placebo - it doesnt go above 832mhz

marcussmith2626 said:
placebo - it doesnt go above 832mhz
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But my SGY really gets faster after changing freqs

Sameer N. Soni said:
What about Jarvis and BlackHeart Kernels?
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I have tested all in cpu-z and some other widgets and app say "1248Mhz" but i don't know if is the real freq. of clock.

marcussmith2626 said:
most likely any oc is a placebo in 5360 - when I tested it I noticed no difference in performance
The phone may report its overclocked but most likely it isnt
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Can you tell me why they (OC) are placebo? Does it have something to with that bcm21553 has some lock code at 832Mhz? But why there are phone with same CPU at 1Ghz? If those phones are 1Ghz why s5360 cannot be oc atleast 1Ghz?
T968 : CPU: 32bit Broadcom
BCM21553, 1GHz
Alcatel OT979 3G WCDMA : CPU:
32bit Broadcom BCM21553, 1GHz
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Axiom 1.0 (1.2Ghz): Sources are from eve and people say it's not working --> Not working?
Eve.121_4 (1.2Ghz): Developer itself says "don't know its working or not" and people say it's not working --> Not working? (Any proofs bogoMIPS or FLOPS?)
Jarvis v2.2 #29 (1.2Ghz): People say it's not working --> Not working? (Any proofs bogoMIPS or FLOPS?)
Merruk 2.5 (1.2Ghz): Some people say that it is the only one working and some say it's not working --> Works? (Any proofs bogoMIPS or FLOPS?)
MerrukTechnology 2.0 PRE-FINAL (1024Mhz): I don't know
Merruk beta (OVERCLOCK SGY.zip) (900Mhz): People say it's not working but bogoMIPS shows 900.05 (tested myself) --> Works?

Vohukain said:
Can you tell me why they (OC) are placebo? Does it have something to with that bcm21553 has some lock code at 832Mhz? But why there are phone with same CPU at 1Ghz? If those phones are 1Ghz why s5360 cannot be oc atleast 1Ghz?
T968 : CPU: 32bit Broadcom
BCM21553, 1GHz
Alcatel OT979 3G WCDMA : CPU:
32bit Broadcom BCM21553, 1GHz
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Because bcm_tweaks (or some file like this) lock the processor to 832
Sent from my GT-S5360 using Tapatalk 2

But overclocking only makes your phone dying LOL

Not nessessary
GalKill said:
But overclocking only makes your phone dying LOL
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You are wrong. OC may decrease your phones lifetime but manufacturers never push their products to their limits. There is always possibility to OC little bit but not too much. Too much OC will harm your phone. But we can do always something. Proof of that with bcm21553 is that there are phones with frequency 1Ghz by default.

Vohukain said:
You are wrong. OC may decrease your phones lifetime but manufacturers never push their products to their limits. There is always possibility to OC little bit but not too much. Too much OC will harm your phone. But we can do always something. Proof of that with bcm21553 is that there are phones with frequency 1Ghz by default.
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But it is the best when your phone is operated with normal setting. Remmember, our phone is low end phone, everything is below average .

GalKill said:
But it is the best when your phone is operated with normal setting. Remmember, our phone is low end phone, everything is below average .
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So should'nt I use custom Governors or I/O Schedulers?

Proof it!
I have now read to whole development thead of merruk kernel. I figured out that there are only couple guys saying that oc is not working. Maroc-os and others never said that is not working. I'm not dev but I figured out that there was some problems with bcm21533 lock code (HW something) but I guess that mMroc-os made it (semi) working. So why people are saying that it's not working. Where are yours proof?

Vohukain said:
Can you tell me why they (OC) are placebo? Does it have something to with that bcm21553 has some lock code at 832Mhz? But why there are phone with same CPU at 1Ghz? If those phones are 1Ghz why s5360 cannot be oc atleast 1Ghz?
T968 : CPU: 32bit Broadcom
BCM21553, 1GHz
Alcatel OT979 3G WCDMA : CPU:
32bit Broadcom BCM21553, 1GHz
Edit:
Axiom 1.0 (1.2Ghz): Sources are from eve and people say it's not working --> Not working?
Eve.121_4 (1.2Ghz): Developer itself says "don't know its working or not" and people say it's not working --> Not working? (Any proofs bogoMIPS or FLOPS?)
Jarvis v2.2 #29 (1.2Ghz): People say it's not working --> Not working? (Any proofs bogoMIPS or FLOPS?)
Merruk 2.5 (1.2Ghz): Some people say that it is the only one working and some say it's not working --> Works? (Any proofs bogoMIPS or FLOPS?)
MerrukTechnology 2.0 PRE-FINAL (1024Mhz): I don't know
Merruk beta (OVERCLOCK SGY.zip) (900Mhz): People say it's not working but bogoMIPS shows 900.05 (tested myself) --> Works?
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someone took into account what I said? Would not there a way to check the cpu clock? I tested the kernel merruk and Jarvis also both when applied 1248Mhz literally accelerate small GY.
Not so dev but if I remember well the only thing that prevents the oc Gy would not that file apuclock something? (remember that time does not move with the gy sources).

Try this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2384985
overclock to 1.2GHZ.

Simple way to check is first be at normal 832MHz and do a benchmark.
Then switch OC kernel and set OC at max. Do another benchmark.
DO NOT BLAME ME FOR ANYTHING BAD HAPPENED TO YOUR PHONE. DO AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Compare both benchmark scores.
That will sort out the thing whether OC is real boost or just a placebo.

I would like to open this thead again now because Maroc-os is back! I have tested all these oc kernels and they are good, no doubt about that. Thanks to the devs! I'm just wondering that are they really overclocked over 832Mhz ? I mean they are great but is the faster performance effect due overclocked frequencies (over 832Mhz) or something else? It woudl be really nice if Maroc-os and other great devs would say something about it.
Here is the list of oc kernels (what I know):
- Axiom 1.0 (1.2Ghz)
- Eve.121_4 (1.2Ghz)
- Jarvis v2.2 #29 (1.2Ghz)
- Merruk 2.5 (1.2Ghz), MerrukTechnology 2.0 PRE-FINAL (1024Mhz), Merruk beta (OVERCLOCK SGY.zip) (900Mhz)
- eXtreme Kernel (1.0Ghz)
Ps. You can also "overclock" stock kernel and Savie #73 kernel to 900Mhz with merruk beta file. (check this post)

New poll added!
Hi! I added new poll and edited the first post. Please read whole OC story from the first post and vote! Thanks!

Note 3 N9005 cant overclock processor

Hi guys, fairly new to modding my phone, have tried a few different roms and kernels over the last week, and have sort of settled on cyanogen CM12.1 lolliop 5.1.1. with the kernel that comes with the rom. I've been seeing a few posts/roms that claim its possible to overclock the processor to 2.7ghz now I've tried to install synapse, and stweaks neither of which seem compatible, so I have kernel adiutor installed, but the max frequency it will offer me is 2,3 ghz, am I missing something? can't seem to find any info, can anyone point me in the right direction please

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Hi guys, fairly new to modding my phone, have tried a few different roms and kernels over the last week, and have sort of settled on cyanogen CM12.1 lolliop 5.1.1. with the kernel that comes with the rom. I've been seeing a few posts/roms that claim its possible to overclock the processor to 2.7ghz now I've tried to install synapse, and stweaks neither of which seem compatible, so I have kernel adiutor installed, but the max frequency it will offer me is 2,3 ghz, am I missing something? can't seem to find any info, can anyone point me in the right direction please
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No apps can overclock if the kernel doesn't support the overclock.
Not all phones can can reach so high overclock.
Get arters kernel for cm12.1. Or use cm12.1 by temasek which supports up to 2.5

Thanks for the advise, I'm going to install arters kernel now and see what happens

I installed the arter kernel, and still no overclocking, also reduced my Antutu bench from 45403 down to 3400ish, so gone back to cm12.1 kernel for now. any ideas why I can't increase mas cpu speed?

Maybe it doesn't support till 2.7GHz. Try different kernel
Sent from my SM-N9005

prophotoboy said:
I installed the arter kernel, and still no overclocking, also reduced my Antutu bench from 45403 down to 3400ish, so gone back to cm12.1 kernel for now. any ideas why I can't increase mas cpu speed?
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Look at the kernel settings.

kenny1991 said:
Look at the kernel settings.
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Thanks Kenny, how can I do that? and is it possible to change something in the code to make it overclockable?

prophotoboy said:
Thanks Kenny, how can I do that? and is it possible to change something in the code to make it overclockable?
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What do you see with fauxlock?

kenny1991 said:
What do you see with fauxlock?
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https://onedrive.live.com/redir?res...87&authkey=!AH4EamXAkgxBxeg&ithint=folder,png

Ok. well I have an update, I flashed the kitkat 4.4 liquid smooth rom yesterday, and that allowed me to overclock the cpu but unfortunatly, even overclocked it was slower than Tamasks cm12.1 rom, I also tried the liquid smooth lollipop rom, but again, it didn't allow me to overclock the cpu, it was faster than the kitkat rom, but still not as fast as the cm12.1 so I've gone back to that for now. Its looking like something to do with the lollipop version of android thats stopping the cpu from being overclocked....

Hm strange