What is overclocking and underclocking? What is available For our phone? How to do it?
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Over-clocking->
By default our phone has a processor with a capability of a 1 GHz speed. But, the processor can do more. To make the processor do more speed is OVER-CLOCK. Currently, We have a Over-clock kernel of 1.1 GHz. Overclocking can heat up your phone and lessen battery life
Underclock->
If you feel your processor is heating up a lot or you dont need a large processor, there is an option to make the processor do less work at a lesser speed. This is underclock. Underclocking may give you more of battery life, but, the speed of the processor is decreased.
I dont think we have an under-clock kernel. But, here is a OC kernel:
-> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357747
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This is a question for those who have overclocked their Xoom. How much is overclocking to 1.5Ghz affecting battery life?
Overclocking would be the only reason I would root right now, and I am trying to make up my mind on whether to do it.
My battery life is better after using setcpu to overclock. The reason is that the tegra2 chipset scales the performance based on whether it's needed(IE, when you're using your xoom) with setCPU you are extending the top end of how fast the CPU can go. The clever bit is you can also tell your xoom to slow itself down and go very efficient when the screen is off or if the chipset gets too hot (which it never has). If you do go for it I recommend using setcpu using interactive scaling (prioritising the user interface) and whack the max speed up to 1500 and the min speed down to 217 mhz
I wouldn't recommend setting screen-off profiles at the moment. It seems to lead to some strange issues once in a while.
That said, because you're only going to 1.5 GHz when needed, battery life doesn't really suffer. Additionally, at least in my usage, my screen uses ~70-85% of my battery. This is even during heaving gaming, where the Tegra 2 really has to work hard.
I wouldn't worry about its effects, personally.
MrGinger said:
The reason is that the tegra2 chipset scales the performance based on whether it's needed(IE, when you're using your xoom)
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All CPUs do this, not just Tegras.
Re scaling, never said otherwise I've never had a problem with screen off profile. Maybe just lucky
Right so my phone can get pretty hot some times and I was just wondering if I undervolt it will it reduce the heat of my phone?
Also how much difference does UV actually show
It can't, because you can undervoltage not much or your phone won't be stable anymore.I think the easier way is to downclock your cpu speed.
likuku said:
It can help in term of technical, but in actually at the rate you can see the different of it.I don't think your phone will still stable or functional.
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That's really hard to understand what you're trying to say...
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likuku said:
It can't, because you can undervoltage not much or your phone won't be stable anymore.I think the easier way is to downclock your cpu speed.
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Galaxa12 said:
That's really hard to understand what you're trying to say...
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He means that you can use an app like SetCPU to underclock or lower the clock frequency of your phones CPU, this will leave you a slower but cooler phone.
yes, if you undervolt you reduce cpu "power consuption" as equally as how many volt you decrese.. but.. if you undervolt too much, you lose cpu stability, so, if you undervolt you have to underclock, the same for overclock, if you overclock you may overvolt
it's different for all peoples, some users could have a better cpu (with less impurity), it can be overcloccked better with less overvolt, some can have a bad cpu chip, it means they have to overvolt so much for a little overclock
i have a sensation normally with -75mV undervolt and stock clock, it's stabe, so, am i lucky?
Temperature is a function of voltage + clockspeed. It is recommended you stay at 1.2ghz for good balance b/w performance, temp, and battery consumption.
To easily find your optimal voltage threshold, globally undervolt in stages of 12.5mv until your phone because unstable. Then increase it by 1 stage and that is the optimal voltage your phone should be running at.
Of course you can even go as far as tweak voltages at different clock speeds. Usually there is much more room to UV the lower clocks (192 and 384mhz around 800 or 812.5mv) than the higher clocks.
Hope this helps
iba21 said:
yes, if you undervolt you reduce cpu "power consuption" as equally as how many volt you decrese.. but.. if you undervolt too much, you lose cpu stability, so, if you undervolt you have to underclock, the same for overclock, if you overclock you may overvolt
it's different for all peoples, some users could have a better cpu (with less impurity), it can be overcloccked better with less overvolt, some can have a bad cpu chip, it means they have to overvolt so much for a little overclock
i have a sensation normally with -75mV undervolt and stock clock, it's stabe, so, am i lucky?
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Getting a Poco x3 pro soon and thinking about undervolting could you add me on discord and help me? If so add Gokn#4488
I have question about 1,5 ghz ang 1,7ghz kernels. Is it huge different compare to 1,2? Did phone is faster or have better performance in games or what? And if they are safe for the phone? I have HTC Sensation.
Yeah, usually, the higher clock frequency, the better performance. It also means higher battery drain.
I flashed Sebastion's overclock kernel and installed System Tuner. I see that I have option to set the CPU overclocked to 1.8 GHz, I didn't even know it could go this high. Then I see "CPU0" and "CPU1". Are these both cores? Because if they are, I only see "CPU0" being overclocked. Does this mean only one core is being used at such a high speed?
I've set it for 1.51GHz and "ondemand". That seems reasonable, right? Any other suggestions?
Some kernels allow you to clock to 1.9, but its not recommended as you can easily fry your chip. CPU 0 and CPU 1 are the two cores, you are correct. I'm not entirely sure if one or both cores are overclocked, but my suspicions would be only the first core, simply because the 'ondemand' governor only turns on the second core if the first one is unable to run process the load efficiently. 1.5 is pretty reasonable yes, but you can even make it lower an still get good performance, an lower clock speeds mean slightly better battery too. I'm running at 1.4 with a badass governor, which is better again for battery consumption.
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Does anyone know if it will eventually be possible to overclock the GPU in the Nexus 5 to match the S800 MSM8974AB chip?
The S800 chip in the Nexus 5 is the MSM8974 chip which has the GPU clock of 450MHz, but there is another version of the S800 chip called the MSM8974AB which has the GPU clocked at 550MHz.
Here is a link for anyone that is interested in seeing all the differences between the MSM8974 and the MSM8974AB
http://www.androidbeat.com/2013/09/difference-snapdragon-800-2-2ghz-2-3ghz/
It will definitely be possible with kernels. Don't know how safe it will be to overclock by 100mhz, but on my HTC One Elemental X gives the option to overclock from stock 400mhz to 550 (very bad for the device though). So the Nexus 5 will definitely be able to hit 550 as well.
Adreno 330 overclock 450MHz to 550MHz
Hello,
Is there any update about this?
I Overclocked the CPU to 2.5GHz via a custom kernel, but I am unable to pass the 450MHz of the CPU.
Please let me know if you have a solution.
Thanks
which device use MSM8974AB chip?
I have the Z1 also, which has the same chipset as the N5. There is a custom kernel for the z1 that OCs the GPU to 533mhz which I run stably with excellent battery life. So I'm sure it's possible to do the same with the N5 since it's the same processor. I'm sure one of the smart devs here can look at the github posted here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448613
my GOD, what did i just read
http://www.qualcomm.com/media/blog/...gies-newest-snapdragon-805-ultra-hd-processor
Adreno 420? As a heavy gamers, this thing really make me annoying -_-
I have 600MHz GPU overclock implemented in my kernel for the Xperia Z1, which uses the lower binned version of the msm8974 (the one that comes with a stock clock-speed of 2.2GHz).
We have 450/487.5/533/600 MHz scaling steps.
You can take a look at the OC commits here, it's pretty straight-forward:
https://github.com/RevolutionDev/android_kernel_sony_msm8974/commit/4136fb7713887a0561d399ecc1adc3af55d65a88
https://github.com/OmniHonami/android_kernel_sony_msm8974/commit/96dd342f1015a71e9139de8057ee16b86c6005ff
Androguide.fr said:
I have 600MHz GPU overclock implemented in my kernel for the Xperia Z1, which uses the lower binned version of the msm8974 (the one that comes with a stock clock-speed of 2.2GHz).
We have 450/487.5/533/600 MHz scaling steps.
You can take a look at the OC commits here, it's pretty straight-forward:
https://github.com/RevolutionDev/android_kernel_sony_msm8974/commit/4136fb7713887a0561d399ecc1adc3af55d65a88
https://github.com/OmniHonami/android_kernel_sony_msm8974/commit/96dd342f1015a71e9139de8057ee16b86c6005ff
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@Androguide.fr
Is it possible to control also gpu voltage?
You got 600mhz at stock voltage?
Carter07 said:
@Androguide.fr
Is it possible to control also gpu voltage?
You got 600mhz at stock voltage?
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It is, but not yet implemented on the nexus 5 custom kernels.
Also mhz does not mean voltage (V) or (uVolts on this case). MHz means a frequency of 1 million times per second (used on this case for CPU, GPU, RAM speed)
GUGUITOMTG4 said:
It is, but not yet implemented on the nexus 5 custom kernels.
Also mhz does not mean voltage (V) or (uVolts on this case). MHz means a frequency of 1 million times per second (used on this case for CPU, GPU, RAM speed)
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True, but @Carter07 is right that if the maximum allowed voltage is too low the GPU won't be able to sustain higher frequencies, as those demand more power.
The 600MHz OC is stable with the stock voltage, though, at least on the Z1 it is.
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True, but @Carter07 is right that if the maximum allowed voltage is too low the GPU won't be able to sustain higher frequencies, as those demand more power.
The 600MHz OC is stable with the stock voltage, though, at least on the Z1 it is.
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indeed, I misinterpreted him
You can flash Bricked kernel and use Kcontrol to force-overclock your gpu up to 650...but I wouldn't recommend anything above 550 since you will get little to no performance and it'll consume a lot more battery
Is there a huge performance boost noticable if you oc the cpu? And what's about the battery life?
lol98lol98 said:
Is there a huge performance boost noticable if you oc the cpu? And what's about the battery life?
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There's no recognisable boost in performance apparently. And yes,battery drain will be higher if you raise voltages and you also risk damage to the core.
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lol98lol98 said:
Is there a huge performance boost noticable if you oc the cpu? And what's about the battery life?
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CPU or GPU? Some users reported less lags (OC GPU) with energy-consuming games.