Its it worth the time and sage to overclock the galaxy s2 skyrocket?
I have heard it will ruin the phone our that you can't maker it much faster without overheating it.
I'm new to cell modification and i'm interested in learning
The truth of the mater.
Any help is appreciated.
If you are just normal user than stock is good for u.
BUt if u are heavy gamer and play online games and other stuff OC is worth doin it.
OC will make your phone run some what fast but since you are new i don't think you will feel the difference unless you start doing benchmark. Plus stock might get you good battery life.
trob81 said:
Its it worth the time and sage to overclock the galaxy s2 skyrocket?
I have heard it will ruin the phone our that you can't maker it much faster without overheating it.
I'm new to cell modification and i'm interested in learning
The truth of the mater.
Any help is appreciated.
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The other alternative is to undervolt. Some people will use an overclocked kernel, set it to stock values and lower the voltage of the higher CPU speeds for better battery life.
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Thanks for the info really helped me decide if i'm going to overclock. Being i'm just a user and not gaming I think its best I don't. I do like the sounds of underclocking as way to save battery life as phoneguy589 had said. appreciate the input guys.
I under clock mine can't tell a difference honestly
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I underclock and undervolted mine, battery life has significantly improved, but I'm a heavy user so its still bad
For my purposes I haven't noticed much difference in OC-ing (I don't do a lot of gaming). For me it's not really worth placing the extra burden on the processor (or the potential to fry the processor--not sure how great that potential is but there are always dangers to overclocking).
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Hey! How overclock tg01? What program? LeoCpuSpeed didn't work
This program alredy dosen't exist.
Maybe later whose write.
Wouldn't wanna fry my phone, if you read carefully you'll see Leo users that tried it say their phones overheated seriously even with a small increase of about 1100mhz and the gain wasn't noticeable. So why bother?
real men dont care about frying a phone
Jonous said:
Wouldn't wanna fry my phone, if you read carefully you'll see Leo users that tried it say their phones overheated seriously even with a small increase of about 1100mhz and the gain wasn't noticeable. So why bother?
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totally agree with you, why overclock? why make the battery worse when it is already terrible? also 1ghz is fast enough for me and loads of other people.
overclock?? this powerplant?? r u crazy? it has a 1GHZ processor for God's sake !
but someone might want to downclock to improve battery life when they don't need too much processing power.
Your awesome!
souljaboy said:
real men dont care about frying a phone
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I was thinking the same thing to myself yesterday. How can one learn anything if one is not willing take a risk?!?!
Do you remember your first ROM install? HEHHEHE... Ahh... my good old Softbank X01HT, Hermes 200, TYTN.
-Kili.
Overclocking not a great idea
Why overclock? 1GHZ (faster than most) runs everything just great. Good idea if you want keep charging your phone every hour. I would only recommend if you are going to stick a mugen 3900mAh battery under the hood.
We must overclock the kernel in android HD2 is very fast on 1200mhz in android overclocked kernel
Sztunt1 said:
We must overclock the kernel in android HD2 is very fast on 1200mhz in android overclocked kernel
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Which is why the HD2 has terrible battery life running Android
It has a 1230mAh battery. Our TG's has only 1000mAh. And less RAM to work with.
Ok I'm kinda new to the whole overclocking thing and I was wondering what are the best settings to use if I wanted to(for instance) save more of my battery. I've done quite a bit of searching but I wanted to make sure that the voltage settings aren't different on different ROMS or phones. I'm on Zeus V3 for the record. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for your time.
Stable settings definitely vary from phone to phone unfortunately, even if they are the same device. So basically its trial and error, no matter what anybody suggests. Generally, the more you can undervolt and stay stable, the better battery life you will have. You're just going to have to experiment a bit, and just make sure you don't save any settings as boot settings until you know they are stable. I know there is a guide to overclocking somewhere on the forums, I just hate searching on my phone.
Quick tips, start with only moderate undervolting, and crank them down gradually until your phone is at the limit of stable to maximize battery life. Use the 'stability test' app in the market to test for stability. Also, running other benchmarks, such as neocore or quadrant, without freezing is a good test.
Hope I helped!
PS, I've come to the realization that it all doesn't make THAT huge of a difference, and if you switch roms anywhere as frequently as me, its a waste of time. Not to discourage you, just my two cents. If you like to pick a rom and stick with it, then definitely play with it.
*edit* Got on my computer and found the guide for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1036020
Obviously, since the guide is based on a captivate, the values you will end up with will be different, but he explains the process of fine tuning very well. Enjoy!
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what i do with all my ROMs is put it from 100 mhz (min) - 1600 mhz (max)
and put the governor to "ondemand"
i usually get about 18 hours on battery life a day.
give it a shot doesnt hurt to test it out cause you could always charge your battery haha
I was wondering which CPU settings / governor everyone else is using on their Skyrocket. I'm running the official CM9 nightlies, and am currently using a 1188/384mhz combo with the conservative governor. Battery life is OK, but isn't as great as it was with Sky ICS. I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestion on how to improve it.
Thanks!
i suggest you use the app set cpu. with it you can make profiles that change your cpu level depending on factors like if your screen is off or if your phone is charging. it really helps with battery life
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mhuang.overclocking&hl=en
it all about the $$$$
lets see what it will cost me i have a thrill, a sr , do i need another phone ..yes!! but i also need other things too. like food and gas it all about do i have extra capital to drop an a new toy. my partner at work still has a unrooted g1 it makes me sad.
Try testing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721235
I currently have mine on 192/1512 will see how it goes testing it for a full day but so far its a little less draining than the original (at least for me).
Hi XDA Community. I use Trinity Kernel by Morfic and i was wondering if it is okay to have an Overclocked Nexus 5 and use the phone at a regular basis like a normal stock clock Nexus. I don't want My phone to just randomly explode because of overclocking it. One of the features the kernel has as said at his/her XDA thread is "Up to 2726MHz (higher clocks will vary from device to device)". Is that frequency trustworthy when just using the phone normally or is that a benchmark frequency?
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Hi XDA Community. I use Trinity Kernel by Morfic and i was wondering if it is okay to have an Overclocked Nexus 5 and use the phone at a regular basis like a normal stock clock Nexus. I don't want My phone to just randomly explode because of overclocking it. One of the features the kernel has as said at his/her XDA thread is "Up to 2726MHz (higher clocks will vary from device to device)". Is that frequency trustworthy when just using the phone normally or is that a benchmark frequency?
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Don't overclock that high. 2419MHz at most. Overclocking too high will cause more heat and throttle earlier, only useful for a short benchmark such as HWBot Prime or Quadrant (Antutu takes longer and will overheat by the time it finishes). Trinity also supports up to 3014MHz, OP hasn't been updated.
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Hi XDA Community. I use Trinity Kernel by Morfic and i was wondering if it is okay to have an Overclocked Nexus 5 and use the phone at a regular basis like a normal stock clock Nexus. I don't want My phone to just randomly explode because of overclocking it. One of the features the kernel has as said at his/her XDA thread is "Up to 2726MHz (higher clocks will vary from device to device)". Is that frequency trustworthy when just using the phone normally or is that a benchmark frequency?
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You don't want to push the phone too much I think the Nexus 5 runs at 2.3 GHz. 2.7 MAY not be too bad but honestly, the phone runs pretty smooth as is. What benefits are you looking for from overclocking?
Thanks guys for sharing your knowledge. You know.. To get the MOST out of the Phone while at the same time being Safe.
if you really wanted, the phone won't explode if you run it at 3015mhz either. the worst that will happen is that your phone won't be able to run that high, and will freeze and reboot.
and don't listen to all.. run your phone how YOU like. yes, it'll cause a little(not much) more heat, and will throttle a little earlier, but that's why people like me disable throttle, so that's a non issue. I run my phone at high CPU speeds all the time, and use 2880mhz high/300mhz low quite often. just because I feel like it, no other reason.
oh, I run trinity as well, and do all of Trinity's testing
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Thanks guys for sharing your knowledge. You know.. To get the MOST out of the Phone while at the same time being Safe.
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It's just what @jsgraphicart said. You're not really getting more out of your phone by overclocking. It's not going to run smoother, and most games don't lag anyway so they probably won't run better. I think most people just do it for benchmarks or just to check if it can run on a certain clockspeed.
Also what @simms22 said. You can do it if you want to, but simply because you want to because as far as I know there aren't really any benefits.
Back in my Palm Pre days, we used to overclock that thing to 1GHz. The default setting was 500MHz. I think it was even pushed to 1.2GHz. And it ran fine. But back then, you could tell the difference between a little lag at 500MHz and smoothness at 1GHz. With this phone and how Android has gotten smoother with every update, it's kind of hard to see any difference when overclocking. It will be smooth regardless.
oh, benefits, not really. a little more speed, yes. bit I would never call it a benefit, unless the speed difference was drastic, and its not.
As mentioned, overclocking the CPU can actually turn out to run slower because of aggressive thermal throttling. You could disable or extend the thermal throttling, but 2.3Ghz is already plenty fast for today's mobile software so you won't notice any difference in day to day usage.
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As mentioned, overclocking the CPU can actually turn out to run slower because of aggressive thermal throttling. You could disable or extend the thermal throttling, but 2.3Ghz is already plenty fast for today's mobile software so you won't notice any difference in day to day usage.
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Even if you run your phone at 2880MHz/3014MHz/whatever with thermal throttle off, you can't really do anything too intensive as it'll hit 105C and shutoff lol
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Even if you run your phone at 2880MHz/3014MHz/whatever with thermal throttle off, you can't really do anything too intensive as it'll hit 105C and shutoff lol
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actually, no, youre wrong. when you run your phone at 2880/300 or 3014/300, you phone will hardly scale up that high, sometimes it will. you wont see any real difference between those high cpu speeds and running it at 2265/300. and battery will be similar. the difference will be if you run it at 2880/2880 or 3014/3014. now i run my phone at 2880/300 very often, and you know i disable thermal throttle. yet, i see no difference in temperatures, except if im doing something thats very cpu intensive.
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actually, no, youre wrong. when you run your phone at 2880/300 or 3014/300, you phone will hardly scale up that high, sometimes it will. you wont see any real difference between those high cpu speeds and running it at 2265/300. and battery will be similar. the difference will be if you run it at 2880/2880 or 3014/3014. now i run my phone at 2880/300 very often, and you know i disable thermal throttle. yet, i see no difference in temperatures, except if im doing something thats very cpu intensive.
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Ah true. But still, a bit easier to hit it if doing something intensive Not to mention it may be a little unstable on some devices
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Ah true. But still, a bit easier to hit it if doing something intensive Not to mention it may be a little unstable on some devices
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on some devices??? on most devices! anyways, stability is overrated
LOL...no explosions on XDA allowed!
since i use my galaxy s6 for basic stuff , browser viber whatsapp , ebay , amazon , no games at all , can someone help me to undervolt and underclock my phone sisnce i dont need all his power , i like to to it to gain extra batterylife ,
i use arter kernel 8.2 and v11_exposed rom ....
i miss my old experia z3 with 8SOT and 2 days battery life
I get pretty good battery life on mine. Undervolt and underclock is the same thing. I don't understand why u would want to do this to a great phone. Buy a Nokia 3210 you should get loads of battery life and fast enough for you
My stand by time is easily 2 days just using basic things. I do like to use my phone so I do get 1 day which is good enough for me.
Check the wakelocks that should help way more the undervolting
bahmonkeys said:
I get pretty good battery life on mine. Undervolt and underclock is the same thing.
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Not the same thing at all! Undervolting is more sensitive and gives better results although very risky!
Fullmetal Jun said:
Not the same thing at all! Undervolting is more sensitive and gives better results although very risky!
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Ya I understand! I don't see the point in undervolting unless you have heat issues which would make it more stable. I know u can extend your battery life a small bit but its not like u well get days out of your battery by undervolting and underclocking.
The best thing is kill the apps that keeping your phone awake. That would save more battery but at the end of the day you will still be plugging your phone in to charger.
What they need to do is improve battery's
Agree, let your cpu/gpu handle its tasks. For others, maybe they preferred on doing this undervolting stuff etc.
Others wanted to freeze wakelocks, alarms, services just to lower battery usage.
I find it funny LoL *kidding I would not bother buying S6 at the first place if thats how you usually use a phone. But it is your choice
You could opt for units with larger battery capacity but with good SOTs and reviews.