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HowTo overclock to 1.3Ghz (Samsung Galaxy S 4G)

1) SetCPU profile to 1000Mhz = temp > 43C
2) Tegrak overclock
a) load module
b) load 1100Mhz
c) Save profile in SetCPU
(REPEAT PROCESS With 1200Mhz, 1300Mhz)
Please use Set CPU and make sure to add profiles.
800 Mhz = temp > 45C (audible alarm)
1000 Mhz = temp > 43C
1100 Mhz = temp > 40C
1200 Mhz = temp > 35C
1300 Mhz = temp > 30C
My FLOPS in the stress test went from 12 to 16
Now I am able to watch Jimmy Fallon Live and probably Jersey Shore
Those Adobe Flash videos were too heavy for my 1000 Mhz processor
with 1200 Mhz, I'm happy to say the video runs nice.
a few FPS drops here and there, but hey, it's 100 watchable now

rafarataneneces said:
I've read that a program called tegrak overclock can allow you to overclock, but from what I know unless you have an overclocked kernel, you can't overclock
I would like to know if there is a future with this phone.
Currently there are only 2 ROMs working (one of them, the author closed the thread)
I've spent at least one month fixing all the issues of this phone, and by the looks of it it's not quite popular here in USA
I will appreciate responses, since I know that overclocking can give a HUGE boost of speed.
I am thinking in returning my phone and hopefully getting the LG 2GX (Optimus 2X)
Has anybody overclocked their Samsung Galaxy S 4G?
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In the defence of the person who built the ROM your talking about, he did not close the thread... a moderator did.
overclocking is currently not an option for this device and only time will tell if it will be.
as for ROMs, Krylon360 of Team Whiskey will be developing more ROMs soon as he is waiting on getting a device to work with.
the LG looks to be a good device... has many features that are better than the sgs4g so i would think its a decent switch. but for me im waiting for july... the HTC and sgsII will be be out by that time and I can choose the cream of the crop.

mavictb said:
In the defence of the person who built the ROM your talking about, he did not close the thread... a moderator did.
overclocking is currently not an option for this device and only time will tell if it will be.
as for ROMs, Krylon360 of Team Whiskey will be developing more ROMs soon as he is waiting on getting a device to work with.
the LG looks to be a good device... has many features that are better than the sgs4g so i would think its a decent switch. but for me im waiting for july... the HTC and sgsII will be be out by that time and I can choose the cream of the crop.
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Any idea when it will be released?
And what price it will have?
If the phone costs around $600, I would buy it
Anything over it I'd guess it's overpriced.
the one thing that I DO NOT LIKE about the Galaxy S 4G is the lack of Flash for the camera
I'd say for a $500 device adding a $10 flash somewhere in the phone would be a good idea

worked great..quadrant score went up also..seems alot faster..thanks alot! this shouldnt do no harm to the phone right? im new to this kind of stuff so kinda nervous.

zmaroman said:
worked great..quadrant score went up also..seems alot faster..thanks alot! this shouldnt do no harm to the phone right? im new to this kind of stuff so kinda nervous.
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What kind of scores?
Let us know how this works for you.
If your phone starts getting hot pull the battery.
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phone went from 966 to 1212 on the quadrant score with a stock rom.

Works great getting scores around 12300 on quadrent using shadowman's v2.2
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i just flashed mine to v2.2 and did the quardrant score and it went down .. did i do something wrong? did u delete the bloatware? running anything else?

As long as u watch out for the temperatures you should be fine
Even if I break the unit I still have warranty on this
Plus I'll be returning this phone anyway
I'll test Quadrant right now

SethNkC said:
Works great getting scores around 12300 on quadrent using shadowman's v2.2
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I get 1224 on Quadrant
I assume u got 1230

Sorry, I get around 1230.. To many 0's
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rafarataneneces said:
1) SetCPU profile to 1000Mhz = temp > 43C
2) Tegrak overclock
a) load module
b) load 1100Mhz
c) Save profile in SetCPU
(REPEAT PROCESS With 1200Mhz, 1300Mhz)
Please use Set CPU and make sure to add profiles.
800 Mhz = temp > 45C (audible alarm)
1000 Mhz = temp > 43C
1100 Mhz = temp > 40C
1200 Mhz = temp > 35C
1300 Mhz = temp > 30C
My FLOPS in the stress test went from 12 to 16
Now I am able to watch Jimmy Fallon Live and probably Jersey Shore
Those Adobe Flash videos were too heavy for my 1000 Mhz processor
with 1200 Mhz, I'm happy to say the video runs nice.
a few FPS drops here and there, but hey, it's 100 watchable now
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When setting Profiles,
Do you have all of them default to "Charging"?
For scaling do you have them default to "Conservative"?
Do you leave all the Min at default 100000?
Do you leave all the priorities set at default 50?

This wont work due to there is no kernel that allows OC yet for the SGS4G. Ill work on building one after i get CWM and Black Ice going for the device.
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krylon360 said:
This wont work due to there is no kernel that allows OC yet for the SGS4G. Ill work on building one after i get CWM and Black Ice going for the device
Will black ice be running on ext4?
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krylon360 said:
This wont work due to there is no kernel that allows OC yet for the SGS4G. Ill work on building one after i get CWM and Black Ice going for the device.
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It seems to work and it's also listed as supported on the list of devices in the market. I've only used Quadrant standard so far and was getting higher benchmarks.
On another note. Can't wait to get my TW fix when you get Black Ice working on our phones.

Can you upload the presets so I can just load it please ans thanks
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A few comments.
1) Some SG4G's don't like 1.3 gig. I'm finding that at 1.2 gig at a high and 200 meg at the low, it's the most stable...at least for my particular unit. Your mileage may vary.
2) I'm using the "Temp >" profiles for all the settings.
3) I suspect that the reason for why it's wonky for some and works great for others is due to the fact that there isn't a true overclock kernel for it. We're taking potluck as to whether it works or not.
-Steve

I would take a word of advice from Krylon. The Kernel that is on our phones is not set up for this to work correctly. The app may support our phone but, our kernel doesn't yet.
I wouldn't recommend doing this. Wait for a compatible Kernel. It will happen but when your phone gets hotter than it was meant to, things on the mother board get loose and you have a very expensive paper weight.
Secondly, quad scores aren't that accurate. Meaning a single piece of code can tell the quadrant app to read higher than its actually running. The phone may run a little faster but its not what it will be with VooDoo lagfix.
This phone should get a true quad score in the mid 900's stock. With the right kernel, and voodoo lag fix (ext4) this phone should get around 1750-1850. That is without overclocking at all. it will have better battery and you won't overheat your phone .

Bl4ckpheniX said:
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Secondly, quad scores aren't that accurate. Meaning a single piece of code can tell the quadrant app to read higher than its actually running. The phone may run a little faster but its not what it will be with VooDoo lagfix.
This phone should get a true quad score in the mid 900's stock. With the right kernel, and voodoo lag fix (ext4) this phone should get around 1750-1850. That is without overclocking at all. it will have better battery and you won't overheat your phone .
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I thought that Voodoo lagfix wasn't applicable in the SG4G because of the fact that the SG4G doesn't use an abnormal file structure. Or am I wrong?

sgyee said:
I thought that Voodoo lagfix wasn't applicable in the SG4G because of the fact that the SG4G doesn't use an abnormal file structure. Or am I wrong?
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I think the only real speed difference is with the browser. My vibrant / and sgs 4g get similar quad scores when the vibrant has voodoo disabled.
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[Q] Overclocking the Inspire?

Hi guys,
I just flashed my Inspire to the RCMix3D ROM. Is there a way to overclock the Inspire? I've seen a few apps on the market for it, like setcpu, but I'm not sure where a good place to start is. That and underclocking to help save battery life. Sorry if this is a repeat thread. Couldn't find any relevant to the ROM I have.
Thanks in advance!

elijahpr said:
Hi guys,
I just flashed my Inspire to the RCMix3D ROM. Is there a way to overclock the Inspire? I've seen a few apps on the market for it, like setcpu, but I'm not sure where a good place to start is. That and underclocking to help save battery life. Sorry if this is a repeat thread. Couldn't find any relevant to the ROM I have.
Thanks in advance!
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Imm on a similar ROM. RcMix Kingdom rom and I use CPU master free from the market. I underclock to: 245 and overclock anywhere from 1.2 to 1.7 usually with a conservative setting to save battery life. It works rele well.
*srry iff I typoed*
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Get setcpu from the Market, works great!

Just be careful when overclocking. Don't overclock too high. It can cause issues and if you have set on boot checked, it can a real pain if you set it too high. I usually don't go any higher than 1200 mhz.
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coredroid is good
The newest version of Coredroid (v.8.1) allows for a 2ghz overclock! be careful tho, as running the processor that fast WILL make the phone very hot! and drain your battery. If for some reason tho you need the performance, its there.

[Q] Safe Overclock Speed?

Hello everybody I looked all over the Infuse Forums for a Safe OverClock Speed... but i couldnt find anything... so im sry if i missed it... Does anybody know of safe number? thanks in advanced!!

seijyennite said:
Hello everybody I looked all over the Infuse Forums for a Safe OverClock Speed... but i couldnt find anything... so im sry if i missed it... Does anybody know of safe number? thanks in advanced!!
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All CPU's are different. Some phones will have no problem running at 1.6ghz. Some will. It's a trial and error thing.
If you are worried, start conservative and work your way up.

would you say that overclocking your phone is worth it? i know that it can really improve the performance of the phone... but it greatly decreases the battery life... and vice versa u can lower it and increase bat life n lower performance. im looking at opinions also thanks for the reply!!

seijyennite said:
would you say that overclocking your phone is worth it? i know that it can really improve the performance of the phone... but it greatly decreases the battery life... and vice versa u can lower it and increase bat life n lower performance. im looking at opinions also thanks for the reply!!
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I personally have the Infusion kernel running on my phone, which allows me to OC my device, but I don't want to. I've come across no normal instance when I've found that I needed the extra power. I mainly wanted it so that I could undervolt (UV) which improves battery life.
Adding a custom ROM and also adding voodoo (most ROM's have voodoo) will increase the performance of your phone.
I'm running Infusion 2.0 on Infused 1.5.3 right now (waiting for GB HDMI capabilities...thanks AT&T) and I'm loving it.

sweet man thx for the reply!! ive been looking for a custom rom to install but just havnt found one that i like yet... i like Miui but they dont have one built for the Infuse yet... so im kinda waiting on that... but who knows when that will come out..

seijyennite said:
sweet man thx for the reply!! ive been looking for a custom rom to install but just havnt found one that i like yet... i like Miui but they dont have one built for the Infuse yet... so im kinda waiting on that... but who knows when that will come out..
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I like how miui looks too. I'm running launcher pro with a miui icon pack installed. Compromises...
oh well!
Oh and I think some people actually do have MIUI, not sure who, but I know it does exist in some unofficial form or another for the infuse.

ah cool!! i cant wait for miui!! what is launcher pro? if u dont mind me asking...

seijyennite said:
ah cool!! i cant wait for miui!! what is launcher pro? if u dont mind me asking...
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Launcher Pro is a homescreen alternative. You can change things up, add different transition effects.
For instance, my homescreen is attached.

EricNagel said:
I personally have the Infusion kernel running on my phone, which allows me to OC my device, but I don't want to. I've come across no normal instance when I've found that I needed the extra power. I mainly wanted it so that I could undervolt (UV) which improves battery life.
Adding a custom ROM and also adding voodoo (most ROM's have voodoo) will increase the performance of your phone.
I'm running Infusion 2.0 on Infused 1.5.3 right now (waiting for GB HDMI capabilities...thanks AT&T) and I'm loving it.
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EricNagel said:
I personally have the Infusion kernel running on my phone, which allows me to OC my device, but I don't want to. I've come across no normal instance when I've found that I needed the extra power. I mainly wanted it so that I could undervolt (UV) which improves battery life.
Adding a custom ROM and also adding voodoo (most ROM's have voodoo) will increase the performance of your phone.
I'm running Infusion 2.0 on Infused 1.5.3 right now (waiting for GB HDMI capabilities...thanks AT&T) and I'm loving it.
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Ditto same setup here and i consider myself super lucky but i can push the overclock up to 1.8 with voltage control play N64 emulator (starfox,mariokart) all day long and its perfectly stable with undervolt settings..
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EricNagel said:
I like how miui looks too. I'm running launcher pro with a miui icon pack installed. Compromises...
oh well!
Oh and I think some people actually do have MIUI, not sure who, but I know it does exist in some unofficial form or another for the infuse.
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Mikey passed out 1-2 MIUI builds as a proof of concept on IRC a while back, but it took the existing problems with CM7 (MIUI is layered over CM7) and added new ones, so it's on hold until more of the issues with base CM7 get fixed.
mv1luv said:
Ditto same setup here and i consider myself super lucky but i can push the overclock up to 1.8 with voltage control play N64 emulator (starfox,mariokart) all day long and its perfectly stable with undervolt settings..
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There's no way you took your device to 1.8 - our devices can't go past 1.6 without overclocking the system bus, and the system bus does NOT like to overclock. The best anyone has done was around 1664 MHz and it was unstable as hell for a lot of people.
Some versions of Infusion reported operating at 1.8, but that's because bedwa made some mistakes in his PLL calculations - he thought those settings would run the CPU at 1.8 but they actually ran it at around 1.55

Way to burst my bubble.. I learned something new today thankyou

mv1luv said:
Way to burst my bubble.. I learned something new today thankyou
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fastest anyone has reported to have gotten a hummingbird legitamately that i have seen was a kernel for the fascinate that had a really goofy timing stucture and had problems with other hardware. they reported the cpu running @ 1.7ghz with the gpu and bus at some really goofy speeds and fluctuated as the cpu scaled. it looked like a total mess.

Really the highest most people can go is 1.6 stable, which is what I'm running at.
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I downloaded setcpu but I can't tell if my phone is being overclocked... I also installed infused on my phone...not sure if that would make
a difference
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I just downloaded voltage control but not sure exactly how to tweak it with out messing something up...anybody have a quick run down (good / bad)?
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Camaro1LE said:
I just downloaded voltage control but not sure exactly how to tweak it with out messing something up...anybody have a quick run down (good / bad)?
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I use cfq/ on demand or conservitaive.
Undervolting is hit or Miss for each phone so hard to justify what's good just try and see
Overclock- I'm at 1600 with min at 100 and have to say no issues I love Oc.
.......infuse.....Infused....infusion.........

My max is 1664 and it locks up sometimes so i backed it down to 1456. Is there a quick guide to use voltage control
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Camaro1LE said:
My max is 1664 and it locks up sometimes so i backed it down to 1456. Is there a quick guide to use voltage control
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If your on froyo use the a kernel its more stable buddy. What exactly do you need to know?
.......infuse.....Infused....infusion.........

Im running infused 1.6.0 w/ core B kernel. I read people adjusting certain areas to make it more stable and increase speed and battery...
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[Q] A question about overclocking

Hi,
having registered here some time ago i've been reading many threads about custom ROMs and the kernels used. Many of them seem to support overclocking your phones CPU. The thing i'm wondering about is that there's kernels which actually overclock your CPU to double the speed its CPU is supposed to be running on (!!), giving the CPU some more voltage i believe.
Actually i'm a bit sceptical about how setting the CPU to such sick frequencies has a bad effect on the CPU's lifetime. The way i understood the problem with clocking the CPU high is always the heat development, meaning without proper cooling the CPU will simply "melt away" (at least that's how it is on desktop computers). Of course, CPU's on smartphones are not cooled or anything. Now that there seem to be many people here, developpers or not, who got deeper into the hardware, probably already opened up a phone, or have some experience with the long term consequences of overclocking.
So my final question is: What is safe and what is not? I saw for the Galaxy 3 for example exist different kernels, some non-overlock kernels, as some kernels only doing limited overclocking up to 800 MHz (which seems to be the most healthy option to me), but also some kernels overclocking up to 1300 MHz, which as i said seems kinda sick to me. Well i bet there's someone out there with a bit more experience than me regarding this so i'd be thankful for any answer.

I believe its safe as long as you dont keep the phone at high overclocked spds all the time. Besides, this chips are designed to last 5 years at least so if you overclock and shorten its life, you would have already changed your phone. In short, dont worry, just dont leave your phone at above 1000mhz all the time
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bscraze said:
Besides, this chips are designed to last 5 years at least so if you overclock and shorten its life, you would have already changed your phone.
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You got a point there hehe. Technical progress is moving in light speed. Anyway, i want to make my phone last as long as possible of course. But it's true, with CPU stepping it won't run on the highest frequency the whole time, even if overclocked, so i guess that overheating won't be an issue.

The only time i overclock is when im playing 3d games. Other times mine is 700mhz at most
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hi bscraze..,& others...
pls share ur setcpu setings...i've started a thread in Q&A...so that we can get an idea...
i'm always using 1200mhz...is it safe...??

LooksLikeSmart said:
hi bscraze..,& others...
pls share ur setcpu setings...i've started a thread in Q&A...so that we can get an idea...
i'm always using 1200mhz...is it safe...??
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No.. 800mhz should be your main profile. When charging i put 1200mhz 300mhz on demand. You shouldnt always leave it at 1200mhz. Only when you need it
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LooksLikeSmart said:
hi bscraze..,& others...
pls share ur setcpu setings...i've started a thread in Q&A...so that we can get an idea...
i'm always using 1200mhz...is it safe...??
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if you use a governor like OnDemand/Conservative, your phone wont always be on 1200 but usually on the lower values...It will go only to 1200 when needed

[Q] overclock 1.5ghz...yes or not?

hi, I'm running android revolution, the rom works fine...during the flash 4ext ask me what kernel I want, if stock or 1.5ghz...
what do you think about? battery? cpu damage?
all softwares run very well, I don't think is necessary to set cpu at 1.5....but have more power is better XD
suggestions? can I use any software to set the cpu clock?

I'm using vi4.0 at 1.512ghz. I'm actually impressed with the 13-15 hours of text/call/video/music mid to high usage.
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but is better? more...reactive, speed?

I think 1.2Ghz is sufficient for a Sensation !
All games don't lag on 1.2Ghz..

I am also using ARHD 6.3 and overclocked to 1.83ghz. I did not notice a difference in battery life. But my phone is noticeably very fast! I am using "setcpu" apk.

throcker said:
hi, I'm running android revolution, the rom works fine...during the flash 4ext ask me what kernel I want, if stock or 1.5ghz...
what do you think about? battery? cpu damage?
all softwares run very well, I don't think is necessary to set cpu at 1.5....but have more power is better XD
suggestions? can I use any software to set the cpu clock?
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You will notice a difference in speed and responsiveness! You can always try and if you don't think that it is worth the slightly reduced battery life you can always revert to stock! ( i'm running IC 5.11 on 1.5 GHz and i get 1.5 day with moderate to heavy usage ). Don't worry it is safe as the CPU of the sensation is meant to run at 1.5 GHz ( like the sensation XE )!

ok, I did it, works fine, very very responsive....that's good!....
but!....I want smartassv2!....smartass at least!...
here there are only default governors!
are there kernels compatible with android revolution?
and is not clear, setcpu works with dual core CPUs?

throcker said:
ok, I did it, works fine, very very responsive....that's good!....
but!....I want smartassv2!....smartass at least!...
here there are only default governors!
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The source code for the 3.0 kernel isn't released yet, so all that can be done are hex edits. Because of this, only the default governors are availible.
are there kernels compatible with android revolution?
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The overclocked kernels are compatible with every ICS ROM.
and is not clear, setcpu works with dual core CPUs?
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SetCPU is compatible with dual core CPUs, however it turns core 2 permanently on. You can use System Tuner if you don't want this.

thanks a lot, any link or suggest for a good kernel?

throcker said:
thanks a lot, any link or suggest for a good kernel?
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SebasianFM is the only one who edits kernels for ICS so far.

I am currently on Sebastian's kernel clocked at 1612MHz and everything is just fine.. feel free to flash

I use his 1.78GHz kernel and its very fast, stable, and also has decent battery life.
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