I know I will probably get accused of being, umm, "frugal" but I don't want to pay for the app only to lose it when I upgrade to a new ROM later. Suggestions would be appreciated.
KDOG2020 said:
I know I will probably get accused of being, umm, "frugal" but I don't want to pay for the app only to lose it when I upgrade to a new ROM later. Suggestions would be appreciated.
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CPU Planner worked fine for me when was running stock ROM.
SetCPU is free for XDA members. Its on the forum somewhere. Though if you like it and it works then you should buy it/donate. Also I think someone made a free alternative to SetCPU and posted it up somewhere on the forums as well. Can't remember what he called it.
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SetCPU is free for XDA members. Its on the forum somewhere. Though if you like it and it works then you should buy it/donate. Also I think someone made a free alternative to SetCPU and posted it up somewhere on the forums as well. Can't remember what he called it.
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It is in the HTC Dream forum...but do contribute if the software works. It helps keep apps and developments comin'!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=505419
Its only 2 bucks and well worth it imo
Upgrade to CM7 and you get all the functionality of SetCPU already baked into your ROM
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I know I will probably get accused of being, umm, "frugal" but I don't want to pay for the app only to lose it when I upgrade to a new ROM later. Suggestions would be appreciated.
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Changing roms wont make you lose paid apps.
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I know I will probably get accused of being, umm, "frugal" but I don't want to pay for the app only to lose it when I upgrade to a new ROM later. Suggestions would be appreciated.
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Quick question: are there benefits to runing SetCPU on a stock rooted NC? I hear the most you can clock a stock rooted NC is 800MHz (the Nook's advertized clock speed), but I'm unclear as to whether the Nook Color really runs at 600MHz most of the time.
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Quick question: are there benefits to runing SetCPU on a stock rooted NC? I hear the most you can clock a stock rooted NC is 800MHz (the Nook's advertized clock speed), but I'm unclear as to whether the Nook Color really runs at 600MHz most of the time.
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The only benefits I can think of, using SetCPU on a stock rooted NookColor would be maybe preserving potential batter life and increase your CPU processing "on demand" (one of the scaling options with SetCPU); there might be more benefits, but the only thing I would think is preserving battery life and manging cpu processing when not needed.
And to monitor if your device really runs at 600Mhz, you would another app to monitor the cpu processing, a good app that might help you view what's going on behind the scenes is Norton (Beta) Utilities and System Panel, both are available within the market.
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Why would you lose it? Apps are attached to your Google account, not your ROM or device.
There's one rolled out with the 6.8.5 image called "No Frill CPU". It works fine and I am currently OC'ed to 1.1Ghz.
"CPU Tuner"
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Quick question: are there benefits to runing SetCPU on a stock rooted NC? I hear the most you can clock a stock rooted NC is 800MHz (the Nook's advertized clock speed), but I'm unclear as to whether the Nook Color really runs at 600MHz most of the time.
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I have a rooted stock NC and SetCPU is set to run at 300MHZ unless an app needs the 800MHz clock speed. I now get days of run time before charges. Originally I got less than a full day. Well worth the price.
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I have a rooted stock NC and SetCPU is set to run at 300MHZ unless an app needs the 800MHz clock speed. I now get days of run time before charges. Originally I got less than a full day. Well worth the price.
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How exactly did you do that? I just got this and I want to make sure I'm doing it right. All I want is to conserve battery life because I don't want to charge it every day.
On the Main tab I set it for "ondemand" with a Max of 800 and a Min of 300. I chose two profiles Screen Off and Battery (which I set to <20%) and set max and min at 300 for all. I didn't change anything on the Advanced tab so the Sampling Rate is 300000, the Up Threshold 95, Ignore Nice Load and Powersave Bias are both 0.
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I'm really curious to understand why most (if not all) ROM devs always recommend people to use OverclockWidget over SetCPU to set OC values for their [ROMs] custom kernels.
Why is that?
Is there something wrong with SetCPU?
Because it's easier to use.
it is easier to use and install
... and it's free!
I don't understand it myself...
SetCPU is:
- Free
- By far and above more configurable, plus you can auto detect changes in available frequencies
- Profiles much better
- not ugly as sin
OverclockWidget could do with a design upgrade.
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I don't understand it myself...
SetCPU is:
- Free
- By far and above more configurable, plus you can auto detect changes in available frequencies
- Profiles much better
- not ugly as sin
OverclockWidget could do with a design upgrade.
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true, but as you see people like easy usage better
easier to use
I don't see how overclockwidget is any easier to use at all
Because Overclockwidget is free?
Set CPU is also free. Isn't...?
how can I find it on the market?
I just want to see how many people use one and the other.
There's one thing can't argue with is the statistic/the numbers.
No it is not: http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.mhuang.overclocking
Its free for xda users
there is a thread on xda
The dev has kindly made SetCPU available for free to xda members. Use the search on here,... and if you do like it, consider paying for it on the market as a thank-you.
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For us it is free. Everyone knows this.
SetCPU is free here on XDA. In my oppinion SetCPU is much easier to use, better looking overall better than overclock widget. Maybe it's because devs haven't tried the new version?
I think it is this
coolbho3000 said:
For now, do not include SetCPU with your ROM. If it is in your ROM, please remove it.
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and that it is not available on market makes it less popular...
So that's the reasons? I thought that SetCPU was incompatible with those custom kernels or something...
Good, I prefer SetCPU over OverclockWidget any day so...
Thanks for all your opinions.
Wow hadn't tried SetCPU til now. Quite impressed. I'd never bothered because i had to install it manually, not sure if its worth the effort, there really is little difference when it comes down to it. Both do the same job in a different manner...
SetCpu is free can be found in G1 apps...Overclock widget is hellish fugly and doesnt work right for me
Anyone have a ultimate setting for saving battery life in SETCPU for the Motorola Photon?
Bump.. Just bought it myself will read more into it... But if someone has a quick down and dirty on settings for the photon would be appreciated... I did do some initial settings but felt the screen was getting too hot so I aborted the settings I applied.
I stopped using setcpu back when i had an HTC hero (2009). You really don't need it imo lol. Wanna save battery, use an undervolt kernel or turn off mobile data when you're not using it. You could also turn off auto background data sync.
Will look into it, just seemed that the percentage based rules looked attractive inthe program.. Always nice to be able to apply less than rules, greater than etc..
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Don't think an app can control our cpu. I've tried setting frequencies only to have them ignored, pretty sure some programs will have the under volt ignored.
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Set cpu undervolting my photon def works.. I did notice (not recently though) that under a lot of stress while undervolted itll kick up to a higher voltage though I havnt seen it do that for a long time now..
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So there is or is not good reason to use setcpu on the photon?
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So there is or is not good reason to use setcpu on the photon?
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Its all based on the personal preference man. If you feel the need to use it go ahead. Myself, I don't think its necessary. I mean it's good for setting profiles in different situations (screen on/off,charging etc). Most of the time the kernels baked in settings are good enough but some people combine a custom kernel with setcpu for maximum control over CPU. Setcpu is absolutely pointless unless you're running a custom kernel. Plus if you use cyanogen roms it will allow you to set CPU values within the rom. Again, these are just my thoughts on it man.
Well I'm in the process of trying to get CM9 working, so I guess I wouldn't need it.
Thanks for the clarification.
Can I ask, how did you UV your cpu ? is it somewhere within the setcpu, or it comes from the kernel ? I really don't understand about ocing/uving an android phone, thx.
El-Nath said:
Can I ask, how did you UV your cpu ? is it somewhere within the setcpu, or it comes from the kernel ? I really don't understand about ocing/uving an android phone, thx.
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Custom kernels will allow you to over clock or undervolt. Set CPU just allows you to set clock speed upon boot along with custom profiles. If you install a kernel that allows undervolting it should have the custom values baked in. Again, use set CPU if you please. Joker has a set of custom kernels both uv/oc. I'm using his 1.3 oc kernel for CM7 at the moment but I'm only clocked at 1.2 just testing out. So far its amazing.
tcf84 said:
Well I'm in the process of trying to get CM9 working, so I guess I wouldn't need it.
Thanks for the clarification.
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How did this work out for you? Where's the install? Desperate to give it a try.
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How did this work out for you? Where's the install? Desperate to give it a try.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1413349
Doesn't voltage control also work? When I was using my Epic4g, i preferred voltage control over setcpu since it does both: OC and UV.
However, I'd agree with kennypow3rs that i dont think any of it is necesary with the Photon. It's quite fast already and the battery life is amazing. I hacked my Epic 4g like crazy, through 10 ROMs, OC/UV, Eclair through GB, and I have to say, it was a waste of my time. I am now extremely happy to have the Photon, stock and rooted.
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Doesn't voltage control also work? When I was using my Epic4g, i preferred voltage control over setcpu since it does both: OC and UV.
However, I'd agree with kennypow3rs that i dont think any of it is necesary with the Photon. It's quite fast already and the battery life is amazing. I hacked my Epic 4g like crazy, through 10 ROMs, OC/UV, Eclair through GB, and I have to say, it was a waste of my time. I am now extremely happy to have the Photon, stock and rooted.
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I've been where you've been, done what you've done, and am now at where you're at and I couldn't be happier myself.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1413349
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thanks man!
I prefer to use this instead of the ones built in to cm7/9, personal preference i guess.
But the only real reason i use it is for the profiles feature. Which i set my phone to screen off to max at 216mhz(wish i could auto disable while using Pandora), then to any time below 100% battery to max 750mhz (with jokers kernel that disables the 2nd core) and then finely to run full speed when its plugged in.
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Custom kernels will allow you to over clock or undervolt. Set CPU just allows you to set clock speed upon boot along with custom profiles. If you install a kernel that allows undervolting it should have the custom values baked in. Again, use set CPU if you please. Joker has a set of custom kernels both uv/oc. I'm using his 1.3 oc kernel for CM7 at the moment but I'm only clocked at 1.2 just testing out. So far its amazing.
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where can I find those custom value ? and how I set them ?
and while on it, I want to ask since I'm using setCPU to undervolt, what is the normal voltage of 1.2 cpu clock ? I'm noob at this please bear with me, thx
Funny, I have been using SetCPU until Kennypow3rs said something. Although it worked, I have ROM Toolbox Pro. I figured out yesterday, It does all that performance crap and more. Matter fact, I got 15 hours out of my battery (Granted, 7 of those hours I was sleep!)
Lol.
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First I am aware that overclocking is not "safe" and all that kind of stuff
However for some reason I am unable to OC my SGS2 and run the phone on a steady way.
I have tried several ROMs (stock and custom) with different kernels and OCing apps with no avail.
I am not even able to run at 1.4Ghz or 1.6Ghz without having my phone reboot or hard lock on me.
Is there a particular or recommended setting (most successful combination) that anyone out there can suggest me trying?
Sometimes it will hang under heavy gaming but sometimes even browsing app and regular stuff will cause the phone to reboot or lock. If I work with no OCing at all then everything is fine and dandy.
Thanks, you can see my current configuration @ my signature.
Sounds like a very temperamental cpu. Currently I have the same setup you do and have never had issue with 1400mhz or 1600mhz. Though I usually leave mine at 1200mhz. What app are you running when it hangs?
And just as important, do you have alot running in the background? The modified touchwiz launcher unnamed comes with can be enabled to show a red dot next to the apps that have been opened and are in the background.
If you could list the apps with the red dots.
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The modified touchwiz launcher unnamed comes with can be enabled to show a red dot next to the apps that have been opened and are in the background.
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It does? That sounds more like one of the themes that includes TW4.5.
Not all CPUs can overclock - there's a reason it was sold as a 1.2 GHz chip.
Well as I've mentioned before, it could even hand when browsing through my apps menu, browsing the gallery, playing a game (non in particular) and the funny part is that the phone is not even hot to touch.
What I know for sure if that if no OC = no hangs, no reboots.
I do have the App monitor widget that comes with the stock ROM and currently using it on UnNamed 1.3.1 and I only have Widget Locker App. However I have try closing it and still will happen.
Not sure if maybe this CPU is somehow having an issue that makes it unstable as soon as I OC it.
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Not all CPUs can overclock - there's a reason it was sold as a 1.2 GHz chip.
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Now that is new to me, I thought that all of them were OCable. Is there anyway to identify which can be or not OCed?
nope.. just by testing. it does have to do a little bit with the kernel and rom. the roms didnt originally have stable OC. i would assume that all of them do now. one thing you might try is giving them a little more voltage (just a little) at the higher clocks, but be careful. if you increase the voltage that means that you will sink more enery through the cpu and it will get hot quick. make sure you watch the temp.
i find that setcpu is less stable than the built in cm7 oc menu but cm7 doesnt have a voltage menu.
but on the same token... why OC? i can and i did but i dont need to... everything is like butter and i didnt see that huge a gain by OCing it anyways
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nope.. just by testing. it does have to do a little bit with the kernel and rom. the roms didnt originally have stable OC. i would assume that all of them do now. one thing you might try is giving them a little more voltage (just a little) at the higher clocks, but be careful. if you increase the voltage that means that you will sink more enery through the cpu and it will get hot quick. make sure you watch the temp.
i find that setcpu is less stable than the built in cm7 oc menu but cm7 doesnt have a voltage menu.
but on the same token... why OC? i can and i did but i dont need to... everything is like butter and i didnt see that huge a gain by OCing it anyways
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I know, this Exynos processor is the best out there right now, forget about Qualcomm's Snapdragon on the Skyrocket. I am just trying to OC for the fun of it
Guti1977 said:
I know, this Exynos processor is the best out there right now, forget about Qualcomm's Snapdragon on the Skyrocket. I am just trying to OC for the fun of it
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Although it makes me wonder if the CPU could be having an issue, since it hard locks when attempting to.
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Although it makes me wonder if the CPU could be having an issue, since it hard locks when attempting to.
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have you ever overclocked PC CPUs? if you have spent much time doing that, then you would know that not every chip, even within the same model/family, will clock the same. take 2 CPUs, from the same batch, same model, with identical hardware tied to them. you will probably find that one clocks higher stable speeds than the other.
its very likely the proc in your phone just cannot handle the overclocks that the next person's could.
Like pirate said, no two pieces of hardware are identical. Sort of shows how much variance there can be in a manufacturing process. Id guess theres a few chips that come off the same line that arent stable at 1.2 ghz, but they dont make it to the devices, whereas one that can handle a higher clock will. (No sense tossing one that exceeds minimum requirements, thatd just be throwing good hardware away)
You could try nudgin the voltage up and seeing how it behaves, just use caution.
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It does? That sounds more like one of the themes that includes TW4.5.
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My bad. You are correct.
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To get mine to overclock to 1.4 and 1.6Ghz I had to actually INCREASE the voltage settings via Voltage control app. So my settings are: 1.6Ghz= 1475mV and 1.4Ghz=1325mV
Try those out and see if is better for you. I tried undervolting the higher voltages and would either lockup or reboot instantly until I tried adding voltages. So you may need to play with your settings to get it to work for you.
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Like pirate said, no two pieces of hardware are identical. Sort of shows how much variance there can be in a manufacturing process. Id guess theres a few chips that come off the same line that arent stable at 1.2 ghz, but they dont make it to the devices, whereas one that can handle a higher clock will. (No sense tossing one that exceeds minimum requirements, thatd just be throwing good hardware away)
You could try nudgin the voltage up and seeing how it behaves, just use caution.
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Yup, or if they want to sell a "premium" device with a higher clock rate, they will take the parts that test well at 1.4 and sell them as such - meaning parts rated 1.2 will be LESS likely to be overclockable if a device comes out with CPUs rated at 1.4 - like the Galaxy Note did.
Before, anything that could meet the requirements of stable at 1.2 was sold to any Galaxy S II - but now, the premium parts are going into the Note.
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To get mine to overclock to 1.4 and 1.6Ghz I had to actually INCREASE the voltage settings via Voltage control app. So my settings are: 1.6Ghz= 1475mV and 1.4Ghz=1325mV
Try those out and see if is better for you. I tried undervolting the higher voltages and would either lockup or reboot instantly until I tried adding voltages. So you may need to play with your settings to get it to work for you.
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I am having the same issue as the original poster on my new GS2. I will have to try the settings you mention but would it be possible to do this and also apply /UV to the remaining lower (1000ghz to 200ghz) processor speeds and maintain stability?
So I installed SetCPU today. Been testing the kernels ability to work underclocked at the max of 918mhz. Also set the scaling to conservative. After a days use it's been as good as normal full speed, 1512mhz
The battery lasted throughout the day, compared to my first two days of stock settings with only 6 hours of good use.
I'll keep playing. Still want to do some testing and benchmarks to make sure it's not under performing. But at least at the user level it seems to react the same.no lag.
I did confirm the clock speed out side of SetCPU using system panel.
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Don't bother using benchmarks to rate a phones performance that is a fatal error there. Benchmarks never effectively rate a phones performance. I just go by how smooth the phone runs and it does it run everything I throw at it. If so gg pz end of story.
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Don't bother using benchmarks to rate a phones performance that is a fatal error there. Benchmarks never effectively rate a phones performance. I just go by how smooth the phone runs and it does it run everything I throw at it. If so gg pz end of story.
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True, but people still like to get the general idea. There are many factors.hence why I said the over all feel seems the same. Im going to use antutu, and quadrant. 5 times each to get a range.=-)
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True, but people still like to get the general idea. There are many factors.hence why I said the over all feel seems the same. Im going to use antutu, and quadrant. 5 times each to get a range.=-)
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Well whatever works for you. Just saying Quadrant is a poor tool to use to bench for many reasons which I won't go over. Antutu is nice for SD speed testing I think, oter than that meh. Benches are just for numbers for people to flex their epeens with. They just really don't truly gauge a devices performance.
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Well whatever works for you. Just saying Quadrant is a poor tool to use to bench for many reasons which I won't go over. Antutu is nice for SD speed testing I think, oter than that meh. Benches are just for numbers for people to flex their epeens with. They just really don't truly gauge a devices performance.
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Benchmarks do have a some good uses... while comparing different phone models with benchmarks can be iffy, it can give an overall insight, (things like graphics capabilities with very GPU extensive games) but in the end user experience and daily use are the real judges.
Where benchmarks can be of the most use, is when comparing changes to the same phone model.
E.G. Comparing performance impacts of AOSP vs Sense, overclocking and under-clocking, and de-sensing/bloat removal.
When used for these reasons, you can get a really good feel for how changes are affecting your device overall. Even then, benchmarks are not the be all end all, and user experience is still important. As you may introduce lag or other performance issues that do not show up in benchmarks.
Which temp root method are you using? Mine isn't staying rooted long enough for me to justify using setCPU at all...
The new version and the one that comes with the newest clean tool stays until reboot.
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The new version and the one that comes with the newest clean tool stays until reboot.
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Thx for the info, guess I must still be using the outdated method. I'll run the latest version of Scott's Clean tool and give it a shot.
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So I installed SetCPU today. Been testing the kernels ability to work underclocked at the max of 918mhz. Also set the scaling to conservative. After a days use it's been as good as normal full speed, 1512mhz
The battery lasted throughout the day, compared to my first two days of stock settings with only 6 hours of good use.
I'll keep playing. Still want to do some testing and benchmarks to make sure it's not under performing. But at least at the user level it seems to react the same.no lag.
I did confirm the clock speed out side of SetCPU using system panel.
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Please let us know what settings you use that work for you.
I generally stay temprooted unless I'm going to be away from a charger for a bit and need BT (since you can't turn BT back on after temproot). I wouldn't have SetCPU autostart on boot (since it won't ever be able to get root access immediately after boot).
Meanwhile, I also set it to conservative and will see what that accomplishes.
A kernel needs to support setcpu, stock kernels do not. You need to flash a custom kernel, so you need a development phone or s-off.
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This kernel apparently does work with SetCPU. I've confirmed using other cpu monitoring apps that the clock speed changes are capped.
I own 7 android phones, and have been rooting, overclocking, undervolting each and every single one of them (well one I still cant get rooted). I know when the cpu is under clocked and when it is not. Been doing these tweaks for 4 years now. If you use a tool like System Panel, at stock settings you can see the max cpu around 1500 on our little bad boy. When it peaks out the clock speed is shown. When you under clock it, then check again it won't go beyond the max cpu set in my testing I put a ceiling at 918mhz. System Panel reported full CPU usage (100%) at clock speed 918mhz. Typically with stock kernels, your absolutely right, changes to SetCPU do nothing at all to the real cpu. Which is confirmed, when I reboot and dont have root, if I attempt to use SetCPU and make the changes, System Panel reports 1500mhz (roughly) at full load regardless of what I set it to in SetCPU. If I did this to any of my other phones with stock kernels, you are correct it makes no difference as SystemPanel reports the stock max setting.
No I'm not being mean or aggressive, just saying. =-) And no don't believe me, but test it yourself and confirm or prove me wrong some other way and I admit error. Either way, half the fun is messing with the phone and trying to get it to do things it should not do.
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A kernel needs to support setcpu, stock kernels do not. You need to flash a custom kernel, so you need a development phone or s-off.
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No I'm not being mean or aggressive, just saying. =-) And no don't believe me, but test it yourself and confirm or prove me wrong some other way and I admit error. Either way, half the fun is messing with the phone and trying to get it to do things it should not do.
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Or I would say, "half the fun is messing with the phone and trying to get it to do things it should have always been allowed to do...." Just sayin'.
Are you using the profiles at all? Im interested to know what seems to be working out the best for you.
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True, but people still like to get the general idea. There are many factors.hence why I said the over all feel seems the same. Im going to use antutu, and quadrant. 5 times each to get a range.=-)
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In my view, the "benchmarks" would be an OK measurement if you were comparing apples to apples.
I tried running both Linpack and Quadrant on the very recently and dearly departed Incredible right after a fresh reboot and having charged the battery overnight...when the thing should have been at it's freshest.
I got wildly different scores each time I ran it after a reboot...knowing that on both programs the scores would improve the more times you ran the test.
It didn't seem to me that either program was a reliable indicator of what my phone was capable of. I didn't even trust them to tell me whether something I'd done...cleared cache or deleted bloatware...had any real effect.
It simply boils down to how the phone feels. That's not scientific, but it works for me.
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In my view, the "benchmarks" would be an OK measurement if you were comparing apples to apples.
I tried running both Linpack and Quadrant on the very recently and dearly departed Incredible right after a fresh reboot and having charged the battery overnight...when the thing should have been at it's freshest.
I got wildly different scores each time I ran it after a reboot...knowing that on both programs the scores would improve the more times you ran the test.
It didn't seem to me that either program was a reliable indicator of what my phone was capable of. I didn't even trust them to tell me whether something I'd done...cleared cache or deleted bloatware...had any real effect.
It simply boils down to how the phone feels. That's not scientific, but it works for me.
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Linpack and Quadrant are not reliable benchmarks. TBH I don't take any of the benchmarks seriously, they are more for entertainment for me. But to each their own right?
Yeah some of the benchmark apps are a bit unreliable to say the least...
If I use one, I try to use ones that Anandtech uses. I trust them to find the better benchmark tools.
i was wondering if it is possible to overclock on a locked bootloader? i was guessing it won't be because of something with kernels but i just want to be sure.
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i was wondering if it is possible to overclock on a locked bootloader? i was guessing it won't be because of something with kernels but i just want to be sure.
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Overclock on locked Photon's is not possible. The kernel doesn't support it. Unless you need 4G there really isn't much reason to remain locked at this point.
eh...I think i might keep 4g since i get between 4 - 8.5 mbps here compared to 0.3-1 mbps on 3g *shrugs* sucks ahah
I personally don't see why anyone needs that much downspeed on a mobile device. Especially at such an extreme battery hit. But that's just me.
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Overclock on locked Photon's is not possible
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Technically right, but you CAN use SetCPU to lock the phone to max speed whenever the display is on, which on a Photon is practically equivalent to overclocking because Motorola's stock firmware is normally so annyoingly aggressive about slowing down the phone (think: lockscreen sliders that stutter and stall because the stupid phone is only running at 200MHz).
Just make sure that you use SetCPU's profiles feature to set at least two different profiles: one with "performance" governor (or if it's grayed out with 2.3.5, just kick minimum and maximum both up to 1GHz), then create a second profile that kicks in when the phone's display is off and allows it to drop down to 200MHz.
Acvice said:
I personally don't see why anyone needs that much downspeed on a mobile device. Especially at such an extreme battery hit. But that's just me.
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Good point
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Acvice said:
I personally don't see why anyone needs that much downspeed on a mobile device. Especially at such an extreme battery hit. But that's just me.
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Cause people need to run servers off their phones obviously...I enjoy my occasional 4g coverage, but it's never a need I'm on wifi 90% of the time anyway so sprint's 3g though lacking, never gave me any problems, I say to the ones that complain, go pay an arm and a leg elsewhere and free up that bandwidth for me
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[QUOTE=Acvice;I personally don't see why anyone needs that much downspeed on a mobile device. Especially at such an extreme battery hit. But that's just me.
I use my MoPho to stream Netflix and programs off of my Dish DVR in hotels when on the road (3-4 days a week). Most hotel 'free' wifi is pitifully slow so I need the 4G speed and I just plug in the charger as well as the hdmi cable so when I am finished the battery is freshly charged.