As we know, overclocking MSM is possible now. Just check :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725290
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But the thread is over 1400 post & most of them are about blackstone, Rhodium, etc.. I think it's about time we make a thread about overclocking our Touch Pro(s)
I use GSM unbranded TP100 & TAEL v.5 ROM.
I'll start with my experience :
What Works
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1. grab the v.2 file from the thread above. (1st page)
2. Install it to phone Memory.
3. Open the Msm7kCpuSpeed & You can see the current CPU speed in Real Time.
4. Whatever speed you select when on Battery Power, it will revert back to 528Mhz because of the Windows component that make sure the clock speed is 528 Mhz every (xx) second.
5. The only way you can overclock is when u plug your USB to Laptop / Stock Charger. Only then you can move the slider to any speed supported by your device.
6. Every device's speed are varied from the ROM used & quality of the MSM in your device. Try what speed are the best speed in your phone before it locks up. I use TAEL v.5 & I can achieve 768 Mhz in AC (original Charger / USB in Laptop/PC) on 787 i get random lockup
7. If you unplug your Raph from USB / Charger on ANY freq other than 604.8 Mhz, your raph will LOCK UP. So, when unplugging / pressing power button make sure u change the freq to 604 Mhz first. (604 Mhz is special Freq that don't Lockup our device)
8. A couple of seconds after we unplug our Raph in 604 Mhz freq it will revert back to 528 Mhz freq.
What almost works
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From the explanation above we can use Overclock in Our Raph, but only when plugged into a charger / laptop / PC.
In this
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725290&page=120
thread Qzytor in post 1191 found a way to overclock our MSM devices when using battery power. But in my experience, it ALWAYS lockup a few seconds after opening the phone dialer, coreplayer (playing video for a few second the lockup), SMS messaging, and Teeter (lockup when level up)
I'll write my experince using above method :
The method is : (Credit goes to Qzytor)
Code:
Install NetRippers Msm7kCpuSpeed V.2 App. in your Device
Install SetCpuSpeed v1.0d on SD card. --get it @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7426966&postcount=1000 --
Take SD card out and soft reset the phone.
Open registry.
Go to HKLM\Software\Msm7kCpuSpeed.
Edit the values as below:
BootTime = 90000 (This is important. This value gives enough time for the
phone to fully boot up. The phone has to fully boot up
before the OC kicks in)
CheckTime = 20 (Stable at 20, otherwise yoyos between base and OCed
cpu speed)
Command = 0
PerfomanceLevel = 35 (This speed is stable for me without SOD)
ScreenOffPerfomanceLevel = 27
SettlingTime = 10
Close Registry editor, insert SD card in the phone and soft reset the phone.
Once the phone has fully boot up, give it a minute before opening NetRippers Msm7kCpuSpeed and you should see your OCed cpu speed.
If your OC cpu speed isnt stable then take your SD card out,soft reset the phone and registry edit PerfomanceLevel to a lower value.
To restore back to phone default speed:
Open File Explorer.
Go to Windows\Startup folder and delete SetCpuSpeed.
Soft reset the phone and phone default speed will be restored.
Before deleting SetCpuSpeed from Windows\Startup folder , save it in Documents folder so if you want to overclock again, copy and paste it from Documents folder to Windows\Startup folder.
1. Performance Level 35 is overclocking @ 672 Mhz
2. Add 1 level means add 19.2 Mhz in clock speed
3. The best speed i reach in AC power (USB / Laptop) is 768 Mhz = performance level 40
4. I change my performance level into 40 & I can see in MSM7kCpuSpeed that i'm running 768 Mhz after 90 seconds from the bootup as written above.
5. a few programs can run ok in 768 Mhz or any speed in that matter, but most causes lockup. This does NOT happen in Rhodium (Touch Pro 2)
6. Even on performance level = 35 (672 Mhz) or even in Performance level = 27 i still got a lockup opening phone, SMS, coreplayer, teeter, & FPSECE (only when exiting). they work fine on AC power.
7. I dont know if it's because of my ROM (TAEL v.5) or if all RAPH experience the same Issue.
I hope we can continue to improve overclocking our RAPH to the point it can perfectly works ^^
Im happy that there are people that want to work on oc project for touch pro..I want to help even i dont know much..
I dont get the disconnect ac issues at all, but definitely get the freezing on the phone app, but apparently other phones do as well.
Im waiting for somesort of blacklist option that can actually close the overclock *and not just revert back to 528*.
Have done tests with netrippers app, setcpuspeed 1.0d, iwfratz oc tool, and oc auto 4.1 (this doesn't work with mine, I use the latest Energy rom, and Im part of the "1%" that doesn't have certain registry settings, and it doesn't work by adding them.)
hartleyshc said:
I dont get the disconnect ac issues at all, but definitely get the freezing on the phone app, but apparently other phones do as well.
Im waiting for somesort of blacklist option that can actually close the overclock *and not just revert back to 528*.
Have done tests with netrippers app, setcpuspeed 1.0d, iwfratz oc tool, and oc auto 4.1 (this doesn't work with mine, I use the latest Energy rom, and Im part of the "1%" that doesn't have certain registry settings, and it doesn't work by adding them.)
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Yes, I agree, Iwfratz's OC tool are NOT WORKING on other device other than RHODIUM. So the best option i have is NetRipper's App + SetCPUspeed 1.0d. Can't work OC auto for some reason (no key binding App to bind mortscript down.mscr to power button).
What i did, is try the newest energy ROM (rel. 23673, GTX, dinik version) & it all work like a charm. Sure, i still got occasional SOD but it's waaaaaaayyyyyy better than having to OC in Laptiop USB only..
So i think the issue i had earlier is definitely with the ROM (I think TAEL rom has some kind of energy saving script that keeps telling the CPU what clock it's running -- even when setCPUspeed already installed)
After i change to Energy Rom rel. 23673, on battery power, MSM7kCPUspeed+setCPUspeed v1.0d runs just as smoothly as AC power. I get occasional SOD only when exiting Fpsece (it makes the CPu drop to 384 Mhz then it froze). Using WMP, TCPMP, & other apps that usually crashes on TAEL v5 did NOT give me the "freeze"
@ 748.8 Mhz FPSEce gives me 5-8 fps boost with no frameskip , with frameskip i can play Final Fantasy Tactics @ 50 fps with no noticable errors (about 29 fps in landscape no frame skip)
And that makes me...
--> very happy TP owner
p.s. a little trick when having a non OC applicable ROM is to use your GPS programs (garmin, sygic, etc), minimize them, & run MSM7kcpuspeed to OC your device. this usually works ok.. Just a very bad battery consumption
& dont forget to change back to 604 Mhz before shutting down your GPS program & then u can power off the screen -- or else u get the SOD.
b0z0k said:
Yes, I agree, Iwfratz's OC tool are NOT WORKING on other device other than RHODIUM. So the best option i have is NetRipper's App + SetCPUspeed 1.0d. Can't work OC auto for some reason (no key binding App to bind mortscript down.mscr to power button).
What i did, is try the newest energy ROM (rel. 23673, GTX, dinik version) & it all work like a charm. Sure, i still got occasional SOD but it's waaaaaaayyyyyy better than having to OC in Laptiop USB only..
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After i change to Energy Rom rel. 23673, on battery power, MSM7kCPUspeed+setCPUspeed v1.0d runs just as smoothly as AC power. I get occasional SOD only when exiting Fpsece (it makes the CPu drop to 384 Mhz then it froze). Using WMP, TCPMP, & other apps that usually crashes on TAEL v5 did NOT give me the "freeze"
@ 748.8 Mhz FPSEce gives me 5-8 fps boost with no frameskip , with frameskip i can play Final Fantasy Tactics @ 50 fps with no noticable errors (about 29 fps in landscape no frame skip)
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Im getting with the newest nrg rom the same problems..new calls or sms and the phone needs reset..
The best trick of all its just to overclock your phone to max mhz your phone can stand unlagged and move the shortcut from startup to start menu..So you can use it from start menu only for the programms you want to use..When you finish you make a reset..And everything goes to normal again..In my "normal mode" im using nuedynamicclock for max performance of cpu..From "Battery life" side - nuedynamicclock(max performance)+timolols rom it stands <> 2 days..
New Method, No Freeze in Phone dialer, but battery more inefficient
New Method, No Freeze in Phone dialer, but battery more inefficient
I have tried SetCPUspeed v1.0d & it made the Overclock working BUT i dont know why every time I open dialer screen or an SMS came, it always freezes.
I think it has to do with the fact that WinMo in our TP consistantly checking the speed/ frequency of our MSM.
The only way we can bypass this :
1. When we connect to our laptop (activesync) -- when we connect Raph to PC & it starts sync-ing in activesync, the speed/ freq check disabled, this is an exploit that we can use to overclock safely. BUT..
We do need our laptop / PC to do this (we can't overclock when we're traveling & want to play FpseCE in full speed ^^)
2. THE NEW METHOD -- more battery draining though.. We can bypass the freq check using GPS module. When the GPS is ON, the speed check is disabled. This way, even when we're traveling, we can still Overclock our Raph safely (wont freeze when opening dialer / receivinf SMS.
But, it's still opening GPS module, it's a battery drainer. In my experience it's about 20% faster draining the battery. Use HTC GPS tool & choose "open port"
What i do is :
when the phone is not used (deep sleep), i don't use the Overclock. When i want to use something in my phone & i want to boost it's speed i will turn on HTC GPS tool & overclock my phone to 729,6 (the most stable for me). When i'm done & want to put my phone to sleep, i made my MSM7kCPUSpeed to 604 Mhz (safe speed, wont freeze) & i turn off the GPStool.
When i press the power button the freq will change to 528 Mhz again & the battery consumption became normal again. ^^
It's a turn around from the problem we're facing.. but Hey, i got to play Final Fantasy Tactics @ nearly full speed ^^
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2. THE NEW METHOD -- more battery draining though.. We can bypass the freq check using GPS module. When the GPS is ON, the speed check is disabled. This way, even when we're traveling, we can still Overclock our Raph safely (wont freeze when opening dialer / receivinf SMS.
But, it's still opening GPS module, it's a battery drainer. In my experience it's about 20% faster draining the battery. Use HTC GPS tool & choose "open port"
What i do is :
when the phone is not used (deep sleep), i don't use the Overclock. When i want to use something in my phone & i want to boost it's speed i will turn on HTC GPS tool & overclock my phone to 729,6 (the most stable for me). When i'm done & want to put my phone to sleep, i made my MSM7kCPUSpeed to 604 Mhz (safe speed, wont freeze) & i turn off the GPStool.
When i press the power button the freq will change to 528 Mhz again & the battery consumption became normal again. ^^
It's a turn around from the problem we're facing.. but Hey, i got to play Final Fantasy Tactics @ nearly full speed ^^
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Ive played around with the gps issue before. Silly me forgot about simply opening the port in gpstool. I was using google maps till the gps would time out on me.
Without the constant cpu checking, I can safely go up to a much higher speed now! (710. 729 makes sense start to crash occasionally)
Now a few questions I will probably answer myself in the next few hours. Will the gps port ever turn itself off? even when going to sleep? Is there a way to open the gps port at start up? will setcpuspeed work better with this? (turn the check time up to 500, or 1000, not 20 like we were working with earlier?
And the big one.. can we use mortscript to enable/disable the gps port? we could just use our own script to overclock our phones. will look more into mortscript later.
edit: this makes me begin to think this might be a rom issue. what is causing the cpu checks? can anything be done to disable it? i know the blackstone users have a similar issue to us with the cpu checking. any chefs/programmers want to shed some light on this?
Whenever I enter the app, it looks like all my settings have been reset, and it shows me running at 1000mhz (despite me setting the max to 800).
Here's how I'm using it, I change all the settings, click apply, then save profile, then save boot settings. Then I reboot my phone.
Additionally, all the menu items under I/O Scheduler and CPU Governor are tripled. What's going on?
I have problems with the boot settings...from what I understand you have to just reconfigure it every time your phone boots. Kinda sucks.
Also, you don't have to reboot to apply settings: it does it as soon as you hit save.
Hey guys,
I noticed another issue but don't know if it's rom-related.
When I push the power or volume-button to wake up the device, it sometimes takes 3-5 seconds until it wakes up and display powers on.
It seems that this issue is showing up more often than a few days before. I would say it happens every 5th to 8th time I wake up the device. :-/
Can anyone confirm this?
Check your minimum Clock speed i.e. in SetCPU or NoFrills what is the minimum speed the processor can run at?
If it's very low then increase it a little.
Minimum CPU-speed is 384Mhz set through SebastianFMs kernel I think. Will NoFrills overwrite kernel settings for testing?
Ive seen an undervolting option in systemtunerpro and ive seen people talking about undervolting.
what will it do to my phone?
if so what should I under volt it to?
the app has 2 buttons that add or subtract 12.5(I think I can't check right now) to all the values at one time. how many times should I press it?
I've searched but cant find nothing
rom is Prime 5 with bricked kernel 1.0 badass gov
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If you do it right your battery lasts longer and your cpu will be cooler.
It means that the cpu needs less power than normal. But every cpu is different, so you can probably not undervolt that much like someone other.
If you want to do it right, try this:
Search the App "Stability Test".
Then go into System Tuner and look, which Cpu-Freq. are needed most. These are the ones on which you should focus on to undervolt.
First you can set all freq. -25mv, then run the "scaling stability test" in the stability test app. If your phone doesn't freeze in the next 15 min, you can set -25mv again. Do this until your phone reboots or abort the test itself. Then set it 2 steps above the values which didn't work to prevent reboots.
Now you should change only the freq which were used most. But only one after one. If your phone uses (for example) 192 mhz, 1,08ghz and 1,5 ghz most, first undervolt the 192mhz (again till your phone reboots or you can't set it lower).
Then the same with 1,08 Ghz and then 1,5Ghz. If your phone reboots, set it 2 steps above the value which didn't work, so you can be sure that your phone doesn't reboot again.
If you found out which values your phone can handle, go into "System Tuner", CPU, Voltage, Boot settings, then "Re-apply CPU Settings". For the first time you should set it to "On boot completed", if you didn't notice any problem you can set it to "init.d script".
If this doesn't work for you, go back to "voltages", then hold "reset all/clear" till it changes to "save defaults". Press it once, so your values are set as defaults. If you rebooted your phone you have only to go into "System Tuner" and press "Reset all/clear" once, then it will set your values again.
I hope my englisch is good enough to understand it
What is the benfit to turning on the "set on boot" setting for CPU clocking. As far as I can tell, the CPU settings i have selected (governor and speed) automatically go into effect once the tablet is up and running.
ChiefIlliniwek5 said:
What is the benfit to turning on the "set on boot" setting for CPU clocking. As far as I can tell, the CPU settings i have selected (governor and speed) automatically go into effect once the tablet is up and running.
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I thought that the settings that you set go into effect a few minutes after boot up, so that if they crash the device, you have time to switch them back to a stable settings. Set on boot must then put then into effect immediately. Either that or the feature is broken lol.