Is overclocking worth it? - Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Ok so I'm a bit new to the community in terms of tablet hardware and wanted to understand the concept of overclocking now from what I've heard the Asus tf300t has the capability to be increased to 1.5ghz it's stock is 1.3 I believe so my question is:
what are the basic benefits of overclocking.
How do you go about doing it? (app, or what not)
What damages can be done if done incorrectly. (boot loop or brick)
If this isn't the right place to post this direct me to someplace better please! Thank you!
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You'll need to flash another Kernal. There are various guides on this forum depending on what firmware you're on
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It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

Benefit is basically making your tablet faster and smother under heavy tasks such as gaming. Light tasks wont be affected much.
In order to over clock, you need custom kernel and a software that allows you to over clock or under clock. My favorite is set CPU which is paid ( there are tons of CPU app)
If you over clock too much, tablet will become very unstable and also CPU can overheat much easier which can lead to hardware failure. I recommend you to overclock up to 1.6 max if you ever gonna over clock.
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bottom line yes. its a night and day difference on this device. at least mine.

kaos420 said:
bottom line yes. its a night and day difference on this device. at least mine.
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I second this when playing games. I do also see a very slight difference in normal day to day use. Just dont overvolt, that i heard is bad for the chip and greatly shortens the length of the chip. Overclocking isnt as bad for it.
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Ah ok so you do need a custom kernel/rom in order to gain access to overclocking. Well I've had problems before with flashing custom roms(soft bricked) and I'm kinda hesitant about it but I mean I've ran emulation on 1.3ghz and it runs smooth like for epsxe. I guess it's a matter of preference really?
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I think that it is worth to unlock if you use a 1tb hard disk. It is more useful to overlock GPU as it will boost your perfomance in UI and games.
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Overclock improved my tablet experience
When I was running cleanrom 3.4.1 and Unters TF300T 10.4.4.25 Kernel I had it O/C'ed to 1.6.
The ui and games like beach buggy blitz , dead trigger ran noticeably smoother .
Now I'm bac on stock android 4.2.1 from Asus website its nowhere near as smooth probably not even as smooth as stock 4.1.2 imo.

ya im on cm10.1 at the moment. over clocked to 1.6ghz currently. i find whether it was clean rom 3.4.4 or cm10.1 1.6ghz seems to be my tablets sweet spot. with my tablet and dock together on cm10.1 i have lasted like 4 days unplugged laying around with daily use for alittle bit. grand theft auto final fantasy dead trigger. all play so smooth.

Tergrak over clock let's you over clock any ROM, you don't need a custom ROM or kernel just root. Its on the play store.
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+1 for overclocking. You can run the tablet at the lower speeds to save the battery when just messing around but you have the option to turn it up when needed. I overclock every device I own if possible. :good:

markymark567 said:
Tergrak over clock let's you over clock any ROM, you don't need a custom ROM or kernel just root. Its on the play store.
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are you sure it works? TF300 is not listed on "supported devices" and one review from this tablet said that this tablet is not supported
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kyokeun1234 said:
are you sure it works? TF300 is not listed on "supported devices" and one review from this tablet said that this tablet is not supported
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Hmmm sorry bout that. Your right it looks like its only for Samsung chip sets. I do apologize, I'll see if there is a similar app and I'll try tegrak on my nexus 7
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The only time clock my TF300 is I am gaming. Very smooth and fast!:good:

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Overclocking

To those rooted users, are you overclocking, undervolting? What app / method are you using? How is it working for you in terms of stability and battery life?
I just installed EZOverClock, set at Power Save - 1ghz. This is an overclock app for the Prime that works on our device as well. If you are interested in checking this out, the apk can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1526311
I am hoping for some solid battery savings without compromising performance on games such as MC3.
I find it hard to believe that I am the only one overclocking this device?
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I dunno man I haven't found a way to get root yet haha For the others I have no idea
David Dee said:
To those rooted users, are you overclocking, undervolting? What app / method are you using? How is it working for you in terms of stability and battery life?
I just installed EZOverClock, set at Power Save - 1ghz. This is an overclock app for the Prime that works on our device as well. If you are interested in checking this out, the apk can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1526311
I am hoping for some solid battery savings without compromising performance on games such as MC3.
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I'm underclocking using system tuner pro, setting max cpu at 880mhz when not playing games. As for undervolting afaik is not possible yet, at least in the stock rom.
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Im overclocking it to 1.4 Ghz 100% of the time using antutu cpu master.
I havnt experienced any significant battery droppage and it seems to help load some of my large games faster. overall I like having it OC'd.
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jgaf said:
I'm underclocking using system tuner pro, setting max cpu at 880mhz when not playing games. As for undervolting afaik is not possible yet, at least in the stock rom.
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What speed do you take it up to for gaming? Why do you use system tuner pro vs. easyoverclock?
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David Dee said:
What speed do you take it up to for gaming? Why do you use system tuner pro vs. easyoverclock?
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I have run the games at 880mhz and they run pretty much the same, but when my pad is not connected to a power outlet I set it at 1.1ghz to run all the high end games (THD, etc.). If I have it connected I just max it at 1.5ghz
I don't use ezoverclock since it won't let me go lower than 1ghz and as far as I remember ezoverclock didn't have governors, STP lets me change governors (I'm always set at interactive).
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I have run the games at 880mhz and they run pretty much the same, but when my pad is not connected to a power outlet I set it at 1.1ghz to run all the high end games (THD, etc.). If I have it connected I just max it at 1.5ghz
I don't use ezoverclock since it won't let me go lower than 1ghz and as far as I remember ezoverclock didn't have governors, STP lets me change governors (I'm always set at interactive).
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Makes sense. Thanks @jgaf.
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No under volting until we get get a custom kernel.... That's what I'm waiting for then I'll unlock the bootloader.
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Do i have root to use that over clock app. I would to under clock at 800
tazz3 said:
Do i have root to use that over clock app. I would to under clock at 800
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Yes, you need root.
I only use OC for Testing, Benchmarks and 3D Games.
But must say when I run it on 1500Mhz and Performance for more than 45 Minutes the Pad gets really warm.
Im at 1.2ghz right now, might underclock some more.
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I did some testing and the kernel does not overclock to 1.5ghz its a miss read on the chip. 1.2ghz and 1.5ghz score the same on quadrant and antutu benchmark do this urself and see.
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deathskater said:
I did some testing and the kernel does not overclock to 1.5ghz its a miss read on the chip. 1.2ghz and 1.5ghz score the same on quadrant and antutu benchmark do this urself and see.
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I can confirm this, with the stock kernel even though I can set the CPU to 1.5 even when I set it to the "performance" setting (the CPU options one, not the Asus setting) I've never seen it go past 1.1 Ghz. I think if we want higher OC's we'll have to wait for custom kernel's. We'll probably lose the 3 performance modes that are built-in from ASUS but honestly, anyone who's rooting and OC'ing shouldn't be using options that basic anyways.
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SilentStormer said:
I can confirm this, with the stock kernel even though I can set the CPU to 1.5 even when I set it to the "performance" setting (the CPU options one, not the Asus setting) I've never seen it go past 1.1 Ghz. I think if we want higher OC's we'll have to wait for custom kernel's. We'll probably lose the 3 performance modes that are built-in from ASUS but honestly, anyone who's rooting and OC'ing shouldn't be using options that basic anyways.
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Yes but the options are just underclocking
Powersave- 1ghz
Balanced-1.1ghz
Performance-1.2ghz
The battery consumption difference between powersave and performance is minimal been testing this myself.. but to be honest after buildprop tweak an overclockis not needed everything runs at optimal performance. Only thing i see overclocking for right now is show off high numbers.
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SilentStormer said:
I can confirm this, with the stock kernel even though I can set the CPU to 1.5 even when I set it to the "performance" setting (the CPU options one, not the Asus setting) I've never seen it go past 1.1 Ghz. I think if we want higher OC's we'll have to wait for custom kernel's. We'll probably lose the 3 performance modes that are built-in from ASUS but honestly, anyone who's rooting and OC'ing shouldn't be using options that basic anyways.
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So... Is CPU Spy wrong?
dunno, In my experience I've never been able to pass 1.2 Ghz
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SilentStormer said:
dunno, In my experience I've never been able to pass 1.2 Ghz
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How are you checking? Are you using CPU Spy or a different app? I'll use whichever app you use and see if overclocking really works.
Antutu CPU master.
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TF300T Kernels??

Few questions in reference to the Kernel for the Transformer....
1) Any devs working on a OC'able Kernel for the TF300T?
2) Will a Kernel from any of the other variations of the Transformer work? I know there is a few for the TF201 or 200 whatever its called.
Thats all i really have for now question wise... as usual thanks for any replies and help.
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XperianceIT said:
Few questions in reference to the Kernel for the Transformer....
1) Any devs working on a OC'able Kernel for the TF300T?
2) Will a Kernel from any of the other variations of the Transformer work? I know there is a few for the TF201 or 200 whatever its called.
Thats all i really have for now question wise... as usual thanks for any replies and help.
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I would also like to know when/if there comes a OC kernel fro tf300t/tg Tf201 kernel should work? basicaly the same hardware?
Tf200 kernel wont work right if at all. Having basically the same hardware isnt good enough. The camera is different, the memory is diffent, its the same cpu but its clocked different, the screen is different ect....
Hang tight im sure one will be released soon the devs seem to be doing there thing. Besides you can oc to 1.5 ghz now, how much more do you really need. I know i like to see how far i can push it, but in reality whats a couple of hundred mhz going to do? This tablet runs great in power saving mode let alone preformance.
i like to test the limits on the cpu as well, in my opinion every little bit helps. why have 1.5 when i can have 1.8ghz or maybe more... lol
allram said:
I would also like to know when/if there comes a OC kernel fro tf300t/tg Tf201 kernel should work? basicaly the same hardware?
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Don´t try to flash a 201 Kernel. A friend on Android Hilfe tried and now his pad is totally bricked.
i wouldnt do it unless it was confirmed to work... im not totally crazy... lol
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tf300 jellybean ota kills ezoverclock?

Just upgraded to jellybean on my tf300 but now when I try to install ezoverclock it freezes and reboots. Is there a workaround or an updated apk? I hope the dev is working on something, jellybean is nice and snappy and my i/o scores doubled but my games are slower and my antutu score droped over 2000 points! I cant believe one one has posted anything about this yet, how am I the first one?
it has been posted several times in a lot of the jb threads ezoverclock causes bootloops
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Sorry I mean that there was no specific topic about ezoverclock not working anymore .They have mentioned it as a problem after the update but no one has really talked about it not working and fixing it. And I'm freaking out cause I pretty much live on this thing and use ezoverclock constantly,keeps my emulators and video converter running fast.
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I guess the best option is to post on the original ezoverclock thread.
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Whats the difference in kernels?

There are two kernels, mystical and clesmyn that work for the infinity, and both look to work with JB. Whats the difference between them?
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gvsukids said:
There are two kernels, mystical and clesmyn that work for the infinity, and both look to work with JB. Whats the difference between them?
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1.The clesmyn is more advance and actively updating, it should works well with the best rom called "Clean Rom", including the ability to over clock/undervolt (coming soon, under testing), over clocked GPU (graphic) to 650.
2. The mystical kernel is just pure stock with no other features except for these 2: able to change screen density and carrier.
So the mystical will not provide any performance gain, but the clesmyn will.

Stock tweaks

I know I might get flamed for this, but I don't feel like ROMing. With that in mind, are there tweaks that I can do to make my TF700 run any faster?
Thanks
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jp555soul said:
I know I might get flamed for this, but I don't feel like ROMing. With that in mind, are there tweaks that I can do to make my TF700 run any faster?
Thanks
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With pure stock, no root and locked bootloader - enable force 2gpu in settings ->developer option. ...That about it!
With pure stock rooted and locked bootloader - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1758160 , and install browser2ram for smooth browsing.
But the true performance, with smooth, fast and snappy - unlocked and rooted with Cleanrom, Clemsync kernel and data2sd. It's like driving a race car versus a ford Pinto.

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