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Any side effects of over clocking to 1.4 ghz

Guys I was just wondering if there is any side effects of running g2 at those speeds for extended period of time?
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kinacool said:
Guys I was just wondering if there is any side effects of running g2 at those speeds for extended period of time?
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There are...
By increasing the voltage/speed you reduce the life of the CPU itself. However, these chips aren't designed to last 3 years and then die. They are designed to last 20 years and so OC'ing take the life to something akin to 12 years. Nothing to worry about.
If your software doesn't hang and the phone doesn't freeze/overheat then no worries.

I've had mine overclocked for a few days now with SetCPU to control the speed, and I've noticed that the phone is significantly faster and that the battery lasts longer on idle. Mine is running at 1305 (seemed to be the sweet spot without fiddling with voltage, might play with that another time) and I haven't had any issues at all. Unless you consider a free speed boost to be an issue, anyway.

kinacool said:
Guys I was just wondering if there is any side effects of running g2 at those speeds for extended period of time?
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Yeah I found a side effect.. not being satisfied with stock and not knowing when to stop overclocking lol 1.6 here I come!!
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Side effects?!
You will become very picky with phones.. trust me, once you get used the the fast overclocked G2, you don't want to use any other slow pines.

I know for certain that you could reduce the lifespan of your CPU, but that's if you're not being smart with it. Along with SetCPU, I was able to increase my battery life by having it idle very low when it's sleeping. I was able to keep my phone at 100% charge, unplugged, for five hours straight before it dipped down to 99%. Then it slowly started picking up.
I'd say that so long as you're smart with overclockiing, you'll be okay.
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General Warning: Overheating!

Just a warning to all using the FreeX10/other 2.2+ performance ROMs that I experienced is the overheating of the device. This may only be me, but I'm posting this just in case.
Quick details of my X10:
Flashed to FreeX10 Beta #4 last night.
Used SetCPU to set scaling to Performance and minimum clock speed @ 998MHz.
Using the 3G (build.prop) enhancement modification.
I have a rubber casing around the phone.
Usually connected to WiFi.
My phone has been on since last night and has been charging for most of the time since then and now.
Just then, I decided to turn my phone off a couple of times. I did not notice the heat from just holding it. I was browsing here and read a thread about removing the battery, so I just did that for some reason. It wasn't until I opened the case when I could smell the smell of melted/hot plastic - it was coming from the battery. I immediately placed the open-phone and the battery in front of a cool fan, the battery and phone both started to cool down and the smell disappeared. I couldn't find any liquid/melted plastics anywhere on/in the phone, but I could definitely smell it.
Just a general friendly warning (that can't hurt). Not sure if it's documented or not, and whether this is only Froyo or below/above.

Used SetCPU to set scaling to Performance and minimum clock speed @ 998MHz.
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what's the point?! if it is to overheat your x10, mission complete

Why using setcpu? I use the same rom and it runs like hell without setcpu. No overheating neither...
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nytral is right. You set the CPU to run @998Hmz at _all time_ so it'[s only natural that the device/battery overheated.

Mayazcherquoi said:
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Quick details of my X10:
Flashed to FreeX10 Beta #4 last night.
Used SetCPU to set scaling to Performance and minimum clock speed @ 998MHz.
Using the 3G (build.prop) enhancement modification.
I have a rubber casing around the phone.
Usually connected to WiFi.
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u have managed to make a perfect guide on how to overheat the phone...
u push all the components to their max working capacity (full cpu, 'enhancement' of radio) and on top of that u keep it enclosed in a rubber casing...
bravo!!!

DooMLoRD said:
u have managed to make a perfect guide on how to overheat the phone...
u push all the components to their max working capacity (full cpu, 'enhancement' of radio) and on top of that u keep it enclosed in a rubber casing...
bravo!!!
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Sorry, Min is 245. Not 998.. :-/
And I'm pretty sure the material of the casing (rubber vs hard plastic) wouldn't matter, but would contribute to the heating. I'm sure that a lot of people would use a case of some sort to protect their device.
The only reason why I started this thread is because I was on a ROM not too long ago (a couple of nights ago), which has exactly the same settings and modifications, except, it wasn't running Froyo - it was running Eclair. And since I installed that Eclair ROM, the phone has only been turned off once (with the battery removed, about a couple of days after installing it and it being on and charging pretty much 24/7) and has been charging pretty much non stop.
The only difference is it is using Froyo instead of Eclair... Hence why I thought it'd be best to start this thread.

LOL, now this is n1 example of a person who didnt read before he flashed
Solution dont whipe data...
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lol nice overheat guide
i'm using setcpu to scale it to powersafe and max @512 Hz
and when the screen is off it's max is set to the lowest (256?)
and when i wanna play games i always set it to min 256(?) and may 998 ans performance
then my battery won't drain so fast

nice overheating guidelines

Do you guys actually see a difference with setcpu? I have used every option available and nothing ever got slower or faster for me.
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Yeah I'm running 2.2.1 and my X10 is no where near hot. well, at least in temperature because its a hot-sexy phone ;P
Nice overclocking there though X10 watercooling systems now in development, expect another forum branch to open in XDA in the next coming weeks.

To my understanding the 2.6.29 doesn't support overclocking so setcpu shouldn't make a difference at all. The rubber case probably contributed to the heat retention but the heat likely is from the constant charging.
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Try the JuiceDefender app and set it to turn off wifi and data when your screen is off or unless certain apps are visible, helps with battery and stops unused functions while your phone sleeps.
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Phone doesnt overheat, if you use it right.

Useless topic!!
Sounds like a guy (not saying names) that Z tells to remove some files from "some" roms he was taking without permission, just trying to desestimate Z rom.
Beta 4 runs very well, theres no overheat.
Sorry for my bad english!!
Greetings from Venezuela!

I have installed cm6.1. 3 v4. 3, its a fab rom.... but charging is the main prob... even if i charge for 2 hrs continues it charges upto just 60% and it becomes very hot..... any solution for this......

madhupv said:
I have installed cm6.1. 3 v4. 3, its a fab rom.... but charging is the main prob... even if i charge for 2 hrs continues it charges upto just 60% and it becomes very hot..... any solution for this......
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Try charging the phone while its off. Ive heard people say that their phone wouldnt charge past a certain point but after charging it whilst off it returned to charging back to 100 percent. I bought a new usb cable for my charger after the terminal end into the phone became deformed and my phone now charges ~3x faster but ive never had it get abnormally hot.
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Hmmm... i set cpu to 998 when running emulators, otherwise its just ondemand. Using freex10 b4 for a fortnight high use frequent charging added 3g build prop lines, got no overheating issues.
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Rofl setcpu doesnt work unless u got full access, root doesnt give that... but have fun xD
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Its funny that anyone with the know how or has supposedly read these forums continue to pay for (or pirate!) apps that have no effect. WITHOUT UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER AND CUSTOM KERNEL OVERCLOCKING APPS HAVE NO EFFECT! Check the overclock option in JuiceDefender, this option is not supported! The developer of the app has apparently left out any notice that it doesnt work with our kernel so they can continue to make sales.
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What I like about being rooted and having CM7

So I haverrooted and flashed CM7 today and there's quite a couple of things I really like
-Boot time is much lower
-SD card takes way less time to prepare after mount or phone restart
-Themes
-Custom Boot animations
-Overclocking
-You have way more customisibilty /lolwut/
-Gingurbread!
-A large communty willing to help
and more
Post what you like a lot about being rooted/cm7 in this topic!

Feeling, that phone is almost completely yours.

Im going to update soon to cyanogenmod I tried it out today but used my back up to go back because i didn't had much time today to install en set up everything i want on my phone. Does gps work with cyanogenmod?

If it doesn't I think you just need to reflash a radio

I went ahead and installed CM7 too
My top thing I love is Control
Even in CM7 there is apps I dont want i.e "mail" & "books"
Now I can get rid of them
I love the fact that I do not have teeter or stocks installed on my phone.
I love that I have changed the font of my phone.
I can finally change lockscreen.
Its faster! (Even angry birds RIO)
It looks more glossy/sharper (It looks like screen had a major upgrade??)
I have not OC'd my phone yet but I may have a play with that later

Text seems unclear compared to HTC default rom. Any help with that?

hey, do you know how to remove the vibration that happens when you unlock the phone(slide to unlock)

gogusteliade said:
hey, do you know how to remove the vibration that happens when you unlock the phone(slide to unlock)
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Cyangenmod settings lockscreen. Look in there
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And lockscreen can be disabled/changed even on unrooted phone.
There are apk apps for that.
What I like about rooting and custom roms is experimenting.
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Rooted and stuck CM7 on last night, whacked the overclock up to 768mhz with no problems. I feel like it's a brand new phone, no longer plagued with the slowdown and stutter that was keeping it from being the best budget android around.
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Interesting...
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U r interesting really.
Username tapatalk and sent from tapatalk. Lol...
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I use Cm7 yesterday and today but I doubt that my battery last for 4 days as some people have reported here. Does anyone have some advice. 2g-3g is turned on constantly ... without the gps.

Markoleti said:
I use Cm7 yesterday and today but I doubt that my battery last for 4 days as some people have reported here. Does anyone have some advice. 2g-3g is turned on constantly ... without the gps.
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Underclocking improves battery backup. Make sure that the phone is in an underclocked state when not in use and depending on ur usage.
And common factors also matter. Like vibration, ringtones, brightness etc.
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It works !
The GPS in wildfire on CM7 works as required !

Dylbot said:
Rooted and stuck CM7 on last night, whacked the overclock up to 768mhz with no problems. I feel like it's a brand new phone, no longer plagued with the slowdown and stutter that was keeping it from being the best budget android around.
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I did that too, but then found that my phone got too hot after a couple of hours of normal use. (Web browsing, casual gaming, etc.)

Yeah I was gonna ask about battery life, I rarely have wifi or bluetooth on and set up sync times to be every 4 or 12 hours usually with screen brightness quite low. Do you think I would see significant gains in battery life using CM7?
I'v read conflicting reports on CM7's battery life.

Myrmidon83 said:
Yeah I was gonna ask about battery life, I rarely have wifi or bluetooth on and set up sync times to be every 4 or 12 hours usually with screen brightness quite low. Do you think I would see significant gains in battery life using CM7?
I'v read conflicting reports on CM7's battery life.
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Yes.
Ur battery life should be better
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My battery life is considerably shorter than the stock Tom. But o love the fact that my phone is now mine to do whatever I want to. Installed cm7 and its pretty snappy.
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And what about undervolting? Can we uv our devices, so battery life could be longer?

I'll add what I hate about CM7 vs Stock sense
-Battery life is almost 2 times worse. (at 600mhz)
-Contacts facebook integration is poor. (I can live with this)
-In order to use gps I have to flash a new radio. which I didn't because I am a tech noob
-Google maps text quality couldn't be any worse. Almost unreadable.
It's a beautiful rom. Such a shame.

[Q] gaming battery life

got my n4 a little over a week ago and ive noticed terrible battery life when gaming games that i would not consider graphic intensive, like hill climb racing. the phone also gets a little hot but thats to be expected. the physical battery seems ok. but the battery life im talking about is like 40% of the battery drained for about 15 minutes of gaming, which seems crazy excessive. i even tried factory resetting, disabling sync and location reporting, blocked the maps autostarts, and having only the stock apps plus the one game, all to no avail. the screen on times also seems to be really low compared with some people. ive tried this on stock, xylon, and xylon with faux kernel and all about the same results. is anyone elses battery like this because it seems like theres an issue and im debating about whether i should RMA it or not

Use eco mode and lower max GPU clock to 200 or 128. That's what I use for NFS.
Forgot to mention snake charmer and lower your voltages too.
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Ace42 said:
Use eco mode and lower max GPU clock to 200 or 128. That's what I use for NFS.
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thanks i'll try that

Battery life feedback

I saw quite a few topics comparing consumption with various kernels, setups, roms. But most of those are done by one person using one phone with different setup. Even if there would be variety of people, the information would be lost in discussions. Here I want you to post structured informations about your achievements in battery usage. Please post in following structure:
1. Battery life hours;
2. Screen on time hours;
3. Battery type;
4. Rom
5. Kernel
6. Screenshots to prove 1 and 3
7. Special notes, like consumption in offscreen time, and during screen on or some special undervolting or anything else.
My desire to see world records in battery life discipline.
My personal records were done on gingerbread rom with don't remember what kernel and conditions but believe it was tegracs kernel.
Screenshots attached:
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test conditions
For a reliable test all must have the same apps and power mangment values.
Too many variables will lead to no conclusion.

ranhaber said:
For a reliable test all must have the same apps and power mangment values.
Too many variables will lead to no conclusion.
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To make it simpler, my idea was not testing but rather boasting about best results, records, Guinness book for i9100 stock hardware.
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I can boast!
I just hit a new record. I'm on the Bell (Canadian Phone Company) official 4.1.2. I use greenify to hibernate things like facebook and keep them from running the background. I used titanium backup to disable a host of system programs that I don't use/need. I also have setCPU running at its default settings.
Last week I made it to 7d 54m 24s
I forgot to look how much screen time I used but it made up 25% of my power consumption. When I'm at home or at work I have access to a PC so I only use the phone for texting, checking the odd email etc....
If I'm out of town I might get 2 days on it. My average is 4-5 days. I must not have used it too much last week.
I also have an Anker battery in it (as my originals charge time started to decrease). It seems to do rather well (maybe even slightly better than the stock battery).

Zod5000 said:
I can boast!
I just hit a new record. I'm on the Bell (Canadian Phone Company) official 4.1.2. I use greenify to hibernate things like facebook and keep them from running the background. I used titanium backup to disable a host of system programs that I don't use/need. I also have setCPU running at its default settings.
Last week I made it to 7d 54m 24s
I forgot to look how much screen time I used but it made up 25% of my power consumption. When I'm at home or at work I have access to a PC so I only use the phone for texting, checking the odd email etc....
If I'm out of town I might get 2 days on it. My average is 4-5 days. I must not have used it too much last week.
I also have an Anker battery in it (as my originals charge time started to decrease). It seems to do rather well (maybe even slightly better than the stock battery).
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Good job! I hope next time you will record scree time. And post some screeshots.
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U dint attach the Main battery screen which indicates how many times u have charged. 7 hrs is believable. But 11 hrs!!
Pls provide the screenshots of those..

Prashanthme said:
U dint attach the Main battery screen which indicates how many times u have charged. 7 hrs is believable. But 11 hrs!!
Pls provide the screenshots of those..
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I didn't save the main screen, I think those shots were made about 3 years ago. And you just have to trust me that that 11 hours were true. BUT there's one trick here. My phone had an issue at that time, it couldn't go to sleep. I put it by my bed and closed flipper over the screen. When I woke up, I picked up the phone and noticed that screen was just a little darkened but not off. I looked at screen time and was shocked, made that screen... The rest you know. so, you right that this result is out of range.
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Here's my 7hour+ screenshot.. sorry I didn't screen shot the screens that go into more detail:

Zod5000 said:
Here's my 7hour+ screenshot.. sorry I didn't screen shot the screens that go into more detail:
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Unfortunately screen is not clear, do you mean screen time is 7+? Can you mention rom etc.?
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brack11 said:
Unfortunately screen is not clear, do you mean screen time is 7+? Can you mention rom etc.?
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I'm on the Bell (Canadian Phone Company) official 4.1.2. I use greenify to hibernate things like facebook and keep them from running the background. I used titanium backup to disable a host of system programs that I don't use/need. I also have setCPU running at its default settings.
I went 7 days before I had to charge it. There's no way that was 7 days of screen time.. lol. Maybe a few hours of screen time in there. If you click on the thumbnail it will go to imagebam and make it bigger.
I never thought to screenshot the detailed screen page where it says the hours you used. I just took that snapshot because I'd never made it to 7 days before (even though I rode it all the way down to 1% power). I also use an Anker battery in it, which seems to give it a smidge more power (even though the physical battery is the same size as a stock battery).

Zod5000 said:
I'm on the Bell (Canadian Phone Company) official 4.1.2. I use greenify to hibernate things like facebook and keep them from running the background. I used titanium backup to disable a host of system programs that I don't use/need. I also have setCPU running at its default settings.
I went 7 days before I had to charge it. There's no way that was 7 days of screen time.. lol. Maybe a few hours of screen time in there. If you click on the thumbnail it will go to imagebam and make it bigger.
I never thought to screenshot the detailed screen page where it says the hours you used. I just took that snapshot because I'd never made it to 7 days before (even though I rode it all the way down to 1% power). I also use an Anker battery in it, which seems to give it a smidge more power (even though the physical battery is the same size as a stock battery).
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No, problem. That's also a result to boast.
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I got 2hrs of screen on time yesterday wid android 2.3.6 wid battery being 50% (I flashed for checking this only )
All time I was using net on edge..
So I assume 5 hrs screen on time wid gb is not a big deal...
Now I reverted back to stock 4.1.2 coz there are several features I missed in it..

doctor_droid said:
I got 2hrs of screen on time yesterday wid android 2.3.6 wid battery being 50% (I flashed for checking this only )
All time I was using net on edge..
So I assume 5 hrs screen on time wid gb is not a big deal...
Now I reverted back to stock 4.1.2 coz there are several features I missed in it..
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Understand you, I also had tremendous results on gb (see first post) but everything is changing nowadays, and after sitting on jb for a while you can't go back even if you want.
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doctor_droid said:
I got 2hrs of screen on time yesterday wid android 2.3.6 wid battery being 50% (I flashed for checking this only )
All time I was using net on edge..
So I assume 5 hrs screen on time wid gb is not a big deal...
Now I reverted back to stock 4.1.2 coz there are several features I missed in it..
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5 hr screen on time is achieveable on jb rom.I got 4 hr screen on time with 35% battery remaining.
See this
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umair42 said:
5 hr screen on time is achieveable on jb rom.I got 4 hr screen on time with 35% battery remaining.
See this
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Can you tell more? Rom, kernel, presets, usage?
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This is my personal record back from good old Gb times...
Gathering +6 hours out of 2 days average usage was quite normal....
Now on 4.3 I'm happy if I scratch 5 hours...
Always Samsung's stock 2000 mah battery.
One day i was sick at home and I got more then 8 hours screen on time but within 9 hours...
Regards
Tapatalked from my Galaxy SII

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Can you tell more? Rom, kernel, presets, usage?
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Neatrom lite
Apolo kernel
Fb,youtube,xda app and little bit of gaming.
Some calls and sms
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Karpfenhai said:
This is my personal record back from good old Gb times...
Gathering +6 hours out of 2 days average usage was quite normal....
Now on 4.3 I'm happy if I scratch 5 hours...
Always Samsung's stock 2000 mah battery.
One day i was sick at home and I got more then 8 hours screen on time but within 9 hours...
Regards
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Did you get 2000ma as stock battery? Is it some different from international model?
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brack11 said:
Did you get 2000ma as stock battery? Is it some different from international model?
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I used to do pretty good on stock ICS 4.0.4 roms. They never released 4.0.4 in Canada so I think I used a rom from the UK. It was really light on battery consumption. Way better than gingerbread, 4.0.3 or 4.1.2.
The only downside was wiping the phone with 4.0.4 using certain programs would brick the phone so I think alot of people avoid the 4.0.4 roms (and probably why the didn't finish spreading globally).

Wow.
You guys have some good results there.
But 7 days I can hardly believe.
Cheers.