ok this is wierd...i usually check my clock speed with TCPMP, and at first when i got this device, it said 400 like its supposed to, now i installed batterystatus( just for the battery status, not overclocking) and left it alone...i checked my clock speed, and it says its at 474 MHZ!!!! anyone else notice this?
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ok this is wierd...i usually check my clock speed with TCPMP, and at first when i got this device, it said 400 like its supposed to, now i installed batterystatus( just for the battery status, not overclocking) and left it alone...i checked my clock speed, and it says its at 474 MHZ!!!! anyone else notice this?
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What version of batterystatus?
I've try a weeks ago, and suppoprt for overclock was disabled (and can't actiovate) cause batterystatus dosn't support the TyTN processor.
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What version of batterystatus?
I've try a weeks ago, and suppoprt for overclock was disabled (and can't actiovate) cause batterystatus dosn't support the TyTN processor.
Regards.
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agreed, its not supposed to support it, the option is also disabled, but it automatically does it, batterystatus shows its clocked at 400mhz, but tcpmp shows 474...im using batterystatusExt 1.04 beta
Malik05 said:
agreed, its not supposed to support it, the option is also disabled, but it automatically does it, batterystatus shows its clocked at 400mhz, but tcpmp shows 474...im using batterystatusExt 1.04 beta
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Same version i tested before.... so TCPMP perhaps gives a bad Mhz value.
Think the TyTN processor can change the clock frecuency when has more work to do, so probably TCPMP gives the higest value for TyTN (i'm not sure in this).
as i know, no overclock soft for Hermes is working today.
PD: Coming from Wizard too, and love baterystatus...very ussefull soft.
yeah that is possible...too bad batterystatus doesn't give exact percentage of battery instead it does the 10% increments
That's actually the case with all battery indicator software for the Hermes.
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That's actually the case with all battery indicator software for the Hermes.
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yeah i know =( hopefully there will be a solution to this madness
in the meantime... heres an update on the overclock situation...i left my device on standby and idle for 30 min, and now its clocked at 100 mhz, i had no idea that the cpu fluctuates its clock speed depending on how heavily the cpu is being used...very impressive
hmm I think if you want to be sure, if CPU is really overclocked you must do some benchmarks, and compare results...
Yeah can you do some benchmarks with say TCPMP or even SKTools to verify there is actually a difference. XCPUScalar would also report the higher MHz speed but in actuality there was no difference.
installed Batterystatus. did benchmark with Sk Tools. Benchmark is the same
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Yeah can you do some benchmarks with say TCPMP or even SKTools to verify there is actually a difference. XCPUScalar would also report the higher MHz speed but in actuality there was no difference.
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a quick question. after installing battery status. i notice it also shows the cpu status. currently i am running PK's excellent PK1 rom. the information i get is:
cpu = 312 mhz
battery = between 190mA to 700mA depending on what i turn on.
is this normal??
i thought we are running a 624 mhz rite? so why is it 312 mhz (or half of what the cpu speed)?
thanks for your help!!
It's a known bug in batterystatus, check their website and it's mentioned in the faq.
LOL 312 * 2 = 624 Mhz !!!
it's a dual Core CPU ????
et209 said:
a quick question. after installing battery status. i notice it also shows the cpu status. currently i am running PK's excellent PK1 rom. the information i get is:
cpu = 312 mhz
battery = between 190mA to 700mA depending on what i turn on.
is this normal??
i thought we are running a 624 mhz rite? so why is it 312 mhz (or half of what the cpu speed)?
thanks for your help!!
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Battery status has a maximum of showing the CPU speed and thats at 312 MHz and when u install it on devices greater then 312 MHz then it will show just 312 MHz !!!! it sfault of the software u are using !!!
ha.i c. thanks for the update. for a moment.. i was raking my mind what happend to the other 312 mhz too.
another comment.. what is the so called "normal" battery consumption? as mentioned, i am running PK's excellent PK1 rom, bluetooth 100% of the time. i use it like a phone.. a little bit of notes writing.. i am getting between 200 - 500 mA. is that normal?
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ha.i c. thanks for the update. for a moment.. i was raking my mind what happend to the other 312 mhz too.
another comment.. what is the so called "normal" battery consumption? as mentioned, i am running PK's excellent PK1 rom, bluetooth 100% of the time. i use it like a phone.. a little bit of notes writing.. i am getting between 200 - 500 mA. is that normal?
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"Normal" is a broad term here. It depends most on the brightness of the LCD and what hw modules you have switched on and used. It also depends on the radio ROM, some of them increase power usage quite dramatically, there are fixes available in PK2 thread if you suspect it's affecting you, although I don't think so at 200mA.
Normal for ME - ie 80% brightness, GPS on, GPRS on, GSM on, GPS software running and reading maps from HD I would expect something floating around 750-1100mA.
With max brightness the Ameo will discharge even when connected to a weak USB power, like some low-amperage car adapters. It did happen to me once.
When you say you have usage of around 200-500mA it means it's rather low, probably most modules inactive (GPS, WiFi, 3G, BT etc.) and brightness in a decent range.
Unfortunately our Athena is rather energy-hungry in real life use. I have to charge her nightly and even sometimes I'm forced to charge from car/laptop when having longer support sessions on RDP+WiFi/3G.
Then again it's just physics and arithmetics, you can't expect such a monster of a screen to run on 1mA. Not as long as you want it lit.
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Mahmood said:
Battery status has a maximum of showing the CPU speed and thats at 312 MHz and when u install it on devices greater then 312 MHz then it will show just 312 MHz !!!! it sfault of the software u are using !!!
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no actually it's a fault as above person said , ip posted this question in thier thread on this board and got a reply look around their thread as i can't recall the post number at moment.
but I know that it reports 100% correct on my HTC Hermes ( Vario II ) and my HTC Universal ( Mda Pro ) as well as even my really old HTC BlueAngel ( M2000 )
so it's more likely just not supporting the newer chip
edit found post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...postcount=3341
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edit found post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...postcount=3341
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Link not working - I think it's truncated at show... can you post full link please.
My dopod U1000 processor speed is working at only 312Mhz. Its only half the rated speed of the processor. how can i set it to full speed? or its just at half speed when the device is at idle state when battery plugin shows processor speed? I can feel the screen generates very slowly. icons dont appear all at the same time when a window is opened. Please help. thanks.
How do you know it's running at 312Mhz?
I've read here that a certain tool (don't remember the name) incorrectly reports the speed at 312 when in fact the CPU is running full-speed. Supposedly this is confirmed on the web site for that tool. What are you using?
i believe he is using battery status and a old version. update to latest version and it should show correctly. i believe the old ones didnt want to report over 312mhz
Battery Status 0.05
Hi, thank you for your reply. Yes, im using an older version of batterystatus and its reporting 312 mhz. Where can get the new version? is there any version that can make the processor go faster? its a little slow when playing movies and listening to music gets affected when us send messages. thanks.
You can get the latest version here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=270751
However, My display still shows a CPU speed of 312 MHz using the latest version. Does anybody have different results?
Hi im thinking of doing a overclock to 1.5 ghz is it safe for the processor and the battery life witch already sucks. has anyone on here whos done it using setcpu and the rom had any problems after doing so ? and how much faster is 1.5 ghz compared to 1.2 ghz on the galaxy s2 ? and is it safe in general for the hardware of the phone will the phone get hotter or have over heating problems ? also what should my settings be for minimum maximum and the voltages ?
Of course oc is going to make ur battery life a lot worse.
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I haven' used Setcpu in a while but I believe it's got a feature to stress test the settings to see if it can handle it. Generally the worst that happens is it'll crash. So long as it doesn't get hot. Heat=death for electronics :')
I'm using tegrak (from market) to overclock to 1.4. I found 1.5 was too unstable. Noticeable difference between 1.2 & 1.4 is almost none. Also voltage increase of 50mv was needed to gain stability. There is not much point of overclocking the device IMO unless like me u just get some satisfaction out of knowing its running faster!
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I'm using tegrak (from market) to overclock to 1.4. I found 1.5 was too unstable. Noticeable difference between 1.2 & 1.4 is almost none. Also voltage increase of 50mv was needed to gain stability. There is not much point of overclocking the device IMO unless like me u just get some satisfaction out of knowing its running faster!
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This is true. I see no difference between 1.2 & 1.5ghz. But that doesn't keep me from running it at 1.5 when I'm playing a game anyway :'D
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Hi im thinking of doing a overclock to 1.5 ghz is it safe for the processor and the battery life witch already sucks. has anyone on here whos done it using setcpu and the rom had any problems after doing so ? and how much faster is 1.5 ghz compared to 1.2 ghz on the galaxy s2 ? and is it safe in general for the hardware of the phone will the phone get hotter or have over heating problems ? also what should my settings be for minimum maximum and the voltages ?
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Well it's not safe, that I can say. Nothing is safe when you don't know what other things are changing with the clock rate. But still you could do that. You just have to make sure that the temperature is within limit, it will be definitely high, but make sure it's not that high.
And upping the clock rate to 1.5 GHz won't drain any extra battery than 1.2 GHz.
Regards.
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Hi im thinking of doing a overclock to 1.5 ghz is it safe for the processor and the battery life witch already sucks. has anyone on here whos done it using setcpu and the rom had any problems after doing so ? and how much faster is 1.5 ghz compared to 1.2 ghz on the galaxy s2 ? and is it safe in general for the hardware of the phone will the phone get hotter or have over heating problems ? also what should my settings be for minimum maximum and the voltages ?
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I tried the overclocking and each phone is different, increase then test, there are many benchmarking apps out there, I was stable at 1.4, my kernel does not include 1.5 GHz, and irregardless of what people may say, running the phone at higher clock speeds consistently DOES drain the battery more than 1.2GHz, unless you have found a way to manipulate the laws of physics. I don't see how one can fathom the thought that you can get a faster CPU at absolutely no cost.
Many people think when the CPU running faster means you complete tasks faster, hence 1.5 would complete a task faster than 1.2 and hence save battery, but I believe we use this phone as more than a calculator, so when you are performing a task that causes the CPU to run at 1.5 for a period of time e.g playing a game, browsing or whatever you do with your phone, then the CPU has to draw more power to keep the frequency at 1.5 as compared to the CPU running at 1.2
All in all, I dialed back because I was doing fine without it and I did not need it, other people may need it, and I wasn't gaining anything. to answer your question directly, it all depends on what you do with your phone, I'm not a huge gamer or anything and the 1.2GHz has proven to be more than enough for me to have a very pleasant experience using this device
Using it occasionally is safe, unless you stress your mobile at 1.5+ ghz for more than an hour or so.
The cpu governor will only make use of higher frequencies when there is a need, so mostly you will see your mobile idling at 200 mhz.
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Of course oc is going to make ur battery life a lot worse.
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Not necessarily a lot worse. It depends on how you are using your phone, and what is causing it to run fast. If overclocking allows the phone to spend longer in deep sleep state, your battery will win. If its games, and by OC you achieve a higher frame rate, then the phone is doing more work, and this will be reflected in the battery life going down.
Most of the time, screen on is going to dominate. If you are a low screen-on user, I guess there is more chance for a higher max_cpu to be beneficial (it won't be used unless there is a task that requires it). More accurately, it helps some of the time, so the net result is not always obvious to predict.
How about undervolting?
Any danger in doing so- other than crashing when voltage is too low?
Before over clocking it might be worth downloading cpuspy from the market and seeing what time you spend in each speed.
Chances are most of the time you won't even hit 1.2 so might not have anything to gain by over clocking.
Then again I dont know how you use your device but I do know I was surprised when I found out.
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I've played with the SuperSonic version of this phone (which has a 1.5Ghz core) and the results from photos/video are much better, I'm pretty sure the cameras are exactly the same but the SuperSonic benefits from the higher CPU.
I think it would be cool if somebody could write an app that states
IF user opens Camera application voltage + clock speed is increased to allow stable 1.5GHz speed
WHEN user closes camera application overclock turns off.
Thoughts?
You have a smartphone! Not a pc!
I didnt see any advantage if you oc to 1.5
Btw In normal use your phone keep in 200mhz not 1.2.
I think i only hit 1.2 two or 3 times for 3 seconds in a full battery cycle.
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oc dosnt make sense ,there no noticeable diff,an yes very few times i hit 1.2 mostly its on 800 or few times on 1000....using a device with 1.5ghz proccesor an oc a device to 1.5 ghz which has 1ghz processor is very diff in nature....
Fair enough.
Well I wouldn't mind an app that mazes out at 1.2GHz with camera app open, as it can lag when shooting HD.
oc upto 1.4 ghz is fair enough, anything more than that is a waste. though you cant find any visible difference between 1,1.2 and 1.4 it does helps in maintaining smoothness on some situations.
yes very true i had oc my sgs1 at 1.2ghz and sgs2 at 1.4ghz but frankly i dint see the diff so after few days use i turnd to orignal settings....but many use oc an phone works fine,but depends on personel use......an yes as bala_gammer says its fine on 1.4ghz......cheeeerz
is overclocking galaxy s2 to 1.3gh safe
HEY pople and friends i want to overclock my samsung galaxy s2 to 1.3gh soo is it safe ??????.
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HEY pople and friends i want to overclock my samsung galaxy s2 to 1.3gh soo is it safe ??????.
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hey mate
u really think 100mhz would make that much change? its safe btw... seen people running s2 at clock speed higher than 1.3ghz
Plz help @..Longtime hd gaming(gta sa,nfs mw , asphalt,modern combat...) using 1.4 ghz is safe?
I also noted that gameloft games are makes more over heat for phone..
Which is the best and safe voltage level for 1.4 ghz 1250mv or 1275mv or 1300mv
Iam using siyah v6.0b5 kernel with wizzedkat 3.1..
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Well u do not see much difference on daily usage due to oc..but it does give a smoother experience while playing high quality games
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Is it possible to overclock the Adreno 130 GPU of the HTC Hero? Like with the SGS2 you can overclock the Mali400
I dont think so, since i believe Adreno 130 is not a real GPU like an actual chip, but a part of the CPU that does some GPU functions so we are very restricted...
That makes sense.
Thank you
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I think it's possible, but would not recommend doing so.
If i am not mistaken our heros work at 576 MHz by default. Changing the value to a higher one could damage the phone, as greater frequencies require more cooling and our heros were not made to deal with that.
Overclocking also means a faster battery drain.
Please correct me if i'm wrong.
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I think it's possible, but would not recommend doing so.
If i am not mistaken our heros work at 576 MHz by default. Changing the value to a higher one could damage the phone, as greater frequencies require more cooling and our heros were not made to deal with that.
Overclocking also means a faster battery drain.
Please correct me if i'm wrong.
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That is CPU, he is asking GPU, btw I can OC my Hero to 672 MHz CPU without any damage
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That is CPU, he is asking GPU, btw I can OC my Hero to 672 MHz CPU without any damage
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Oh, Thank you then (still a newb here)
But doesn't a hero at 672 MHz cause a faster battery drain?
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Oh, Thank you then (still a newb here)
But doesn't a hero at 672 MHz cause a faster battery drain?
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It does, but i like speed over battery, it can still last a day or two
Ok I bought a GT-I9300 and after some months I thought about installing a custom rom.The cynanogen 10.1 rom installed perfectly ran a benchmark test and got 15568 after installing siyah custom kernel i started benchmarking at 1300 mhz,1500mhz and finally 1800 mhz.
The results were quite impressive but i want more the results i got were 18843 but i saw 20218 running at 1600 mhz and the resolution was 716x92 this got me thinking how did he manage that and it was android 4.1.2. By the way im running 4.2.2.
the results don't mean anything
it may be low because apps running background and actually you may get good score on 4.1.2 roms as there are many roms based on 4.1.2, so the developers do so much to improve perfomance.. so try without any app and if you search you may fina an thread which may help you to overclock to an whooping 2ghz
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Ok i increased the voltage from 1400 mv to 1475 mv and got 19470 killed some background apps and overclocked my GPU to 700mhz max minimum 440 mhz to get a constant 700mhz i have to set them all at 700 mhz.And by the way a guy got 27312 HOW DID HE GET THAT??!!!
and another guy has 1080x1980 resolution on s3??? how? is there some kind of mod?
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Ok i increased the voltage from 1400 mv to 1475 mv and got 19470 killed some background apps and overclocked my GPU to 700mhz max minimum 440 mhz to get a constant 700mhz i have to set them all at 700 mhz.And by the way a guy got 27312 HOW DID HE GET THAT??!!!
and another guy has 1080x1980 resolution on s3??? how? is there some kind of mod?
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If you search across the web,you may find that there are some cheating cases with these benchmarks..
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Ok i increased the voltage from 1400 mv to 1475 mv and got 19470 killed some background apps and overclocked my GPU to 700mhz max minimum 440 mhz to get a constant 700mhz i have to set them all at 700 mhz.And by the way a guy got 27312 HOW DID HE GET THAT??!!!
and another guy has 1080x1980 resolution on s3??? how? is there some kind of mod?
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Why the obsession with particular scores? My S3, running codecrom 10.6.1 is silky smooth and tbh I have no idea what my benchmark scores are and don't care. Yes there are endless tweaks and settings that can be changed to massage your scores but they wont make your phone any better.
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Why the obsession with particular scores? My S3, running codecrom 10.6.1 is silky smooth and tbh I have no idea what my benchmark scores are and don't care. Yes there are endless tweaks and settings that can be changed to massage your scores but they wont make your phone any better.
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Exactly, I really don't get why people overclock their CPU/GPU to get higher scores. I mean what good does it do? I undervolted and underclocked my CPU to get a better battery-life and the device is still smooth as silk but also gives me better battery-life. It`s never really healthy to overclock your device.
Try to cool down your CPU.
Liquid nitorgen or helium can do the job.
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Exactly, I really don't get why people overclock their CPU/GPU to get higher scores. I mean what good does it do? I undervolted and underclocked my CPU to get a better battery-life and the device is still smooth as silk but also gives me better battery-life. It`s never really healthy to overclock your device.
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I only use 2 cores on my sgs3 at 1ghz )))) that was a test on how high my phone could go i disable the other 2 cores because they drained battery life.
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I only use 2 cores on my sgs3 at 1ghz
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it's a joke, right?
Glebun said:
it's a joke, right?
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Yes mate a clue is the title of the thread .
No sane person would be serious with that topic would they ???
jje
"Look, these numbers must mean something!"
No, they don't. This benchmark is pointless. You can get better "using" results on lower numbers than on high ones. For example cpu governor. Pegasusq based on Perseus kernel will try to balance used cores based on system load to improve battery life and performance at the same time. Because of that you can get much less points but overall it'll still perform as good as locking 100% all cores, of course if you'll in fact need such power. What's the freaking point using 100% of CPU for simple 2d game for example if it needs only about 10%?