SetCPU does not allow me to overclock beyond 1512mhz on my 64gb (white) touchpad (slider ends there). On my 32gb touchpad I can over clock to 1728mhz. I am running CM7 on both. Any thoughts as to why? Very strange. I know that the native freq for the 64gb touchpad is 1512mhz and under webos I can overclock higher than 1728mhz. Thanks.
note: I have managed, by utilizing setcpu.txt, to get the slider to go to 1728mhz but when despite setting it there the maximum I see out of it is 1512mhz. I suspect that the difference in cpu's between the two that the 32gb model is unlocked in the kernel and the 64gb cpu is not? Oh well, would like to be able to OC it but it still runs fine at 1512. Just sad that I can tweak the slower cpu higher than the faster cpu...lol
If you use CPU Tuner, you can manually add the frequencies that you have listed in Govnah on the WebOS side. I do that so I have more options. I've even used the 1836000 for 1.8ghz overclock. It works, but benchmarks better at 1.7. Point being, with cputuner, you have the flexibility. Its worth a try.
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Hi... I have rooted my Samsung GS2 and payed for the OC app TEGRAK ..
But every time I go over 1400mhz the phone gets very unstable.
It even feezes at 1400 mhz when i use my navigon app...
I have tested it at 1500 mhz.. But reboots in a kind of save mode.,,,
At 1400mhz i runs Quadrant smooth with 4200 in score
And 56 MFLOPS in Linpack
But why is my phone so unstalbe?
But why is my phone so unstalbe?
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Because it's supposed to run at 1.2Ghz.
If every SGS2 was able to run at 1.4Ghz without any issue I guess Samsung would have set them at 1.4Ghz by default (since battery life is obviously the least of their concerns ^^). When CPUs are produced, there's always variations in quality. what usually happens on x86 CPUs is that they're tested, sorted according to their max stable frequency, and then sold under different names and at different prices. For Exynos my guess is that any CPU that fails to pass the 1.2Ghz bar is just ditched, and they keep the others, some of which will work at 1.4Ghz, whereas some won't.
Now if you want to gain more stability, you can always try to increase the voltage, it usually gets more stable as voltage increases, but it also gets hotter (which can cause it to crash, or may even permanently damage the processor).
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Because it's supposed to run at 1.2Ghz.
If every SGS2 was able to run at 1.4Ghz without any issue I guess Samsung would have set them at 1.4Ghz by default (since battery life is obviously the least of their concerns ^^). When CPUs are produced, there's always variations in quality. what usually happens on x86 CPUs is that they're tested, sorted according to their max stable frequency, and then sold under different names and at different prices. For Exynos my guess is that any CPU that fails to pass the 1.2Ghz bar is just ditched, and they keep the others, some of which will work at 1.4Ghz, whereas some won't.
Now if you want to gain more stability, you can always try to increase the voltage, it usually gets more stable as voltage increases, but it also gets hotter (which can cause it to crash, or may even permanently damage the processor).
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At 1.4ghz the phone will also get hotter and it decreases the lifetime if you run 24/7 at 1.4ghz
Ok.. I know about the x86 cpu's.. But didn't think it was the same in ARM cpu's-
But I see ALOT SGS2 that runs 1800mhz..
I guess that I just have one of the not so OC lilkes...
Overclocking won't always work for everyone at same levels.
I've also seen evidence to suggest that OCing significantly reduces the life of the SGS2. Nobnut had his phone vastly overheating even on stock speeds, and constantly rebooting... He overclocked. A number of others reported similar.
Overclocking is not simple and it is not that you just click on 1400/1500 MHz and you are Overclocked. A lot of things matter here. When we overclock in our Desktops then we have to test it very thoroughly, setting up the right VCore, Bus voltage, Multiplier, checking the stability and temperature etc. etc. Tegrak OC is a nice and simple software to use, but it can't be perfect when you can't set all the settings manually other that just higher the clock rate. Personally I'd always stay with stock speed as incorrect OC could harm my CPU and GPU.
Regards.
If you know anything about overclocking then you'll understand that there are a variety of factors that affect the overclocking of a system. The overclock headroom you get from a processor varies, add to that the variables in component tolerance in the circuit board and you have a huge variety of factors that can limit the maximum frequency that you can overclock your system to.
I'll give you an example using my computers. Click on the images below:
Both processor overclock similarly on using the same components and that was the maximum I could get out of them. Now when I bought an EVGA X58 Classified motherboard and overclocked the Xeon W3520 I got it up to 4704 MHz with less vCore and less CPU VTT. All of this was done with aircooling.
My point is that not all systems will overclock the same even though they share the same model components.
tegrak promised he was going to upgrade his tegrak overclock app to work with all kernels and it looks like he's delivered! (see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1101355
I'd installed the free version as tegrak suggested a couple months back to see if it would work with my phone. It didn't, but yesterday, it upgraded to version 0.6.0.9. I had a bullet kernel that allows OC to 1.2 ghz with no voltage adjustments. The free version doesn't OC but will let you know if the paid version will work with your phone.
The paid version ($2) works. At least on my phone it does. Maybe no need for special kernels anymore. I haven't tried it with a rom that doesn't support OCing and overvolting yet but I'm going to do that this weekend.
The higher speeds need overvolting and there's no directions on how to do it. tegrak overclock will officially only let you go to 1.3 ghz but if you select the fine "optimization" you can go way up beyond that. I immediately zoomed it up to 1600 mhz with no voltage adjustments and the phone locked up and started buzzing. I had to pull the battery and reboot. Don't do that! Go up a little at a time and then let the stability test run (pull down notification screen to see how many seconds are left.)
There are buttons to adjust by small amounts. You should be able to set it at 1.4 ghz with a little overvolting without too much trouble. Right now my phone is stable at 1524 mhz and core voltage of 1361 mv using an "on demand" profile of 100-1524mhz and it's not hot. Quadrant score at that setting was 3201. That's pretty good for a kernel that only supports OC to 1200 mhz.
I couldn't get to 1600 yet without locking up the phone -- needs more overvolting I figure.
If you have sgs overclock, after you up the speed, it will have the top speed bar at the bottom 100mhz and you will have to drag it up there. I don't know why this should make a difference but my quadrant score was in the 2700s before I did it.
Write down your figures 'cause if the phone locks up and you have to pull battery and reboot, the phone will ask you if you really want that speed that didn't work, and when you say "no" you'll be back at the beginning again.
There is more discussion in the 19000 forum on tegrak's 2.3.4 kernel (for I9000) and the OC app. according to tegrak's guide, the Galaxy S can be stably undervolted using his utility at various speeds and I guess save battery life:
speed standard core voltage undervolt
1000mhz 1275 mv 1225 mv
800mhz 1200 mv 1125 mv
400mhz 1050mv 950mv
200mhz 950mv 825mv
100mhz 950mv 800mv
There is a dialog in the app to set the voltage for each of these speeds in addition to setting the OC speed and voltage. I'm not sure whether tegrak has tested this on the various flavors of Galaxy S or whether he means the I9000. I'll just have to see.
here is his figure for a 1200mhz OC.
speed standard core voltage overvolt
1200mhz 1275 1310
Seems to be working good!
All nonsense and misspelled words courtesy of my unsupported samsung device.
Hello, I have an HTC thunderbolt, rooted with CM7, and installed setcpu and used autodetect and I put the CPU govern to "conservative" with minimum GHz 245 and maximum 1.8GHz and I am just wondering if this is safe? because I read some threads about Compatible kernels and I jave no idea what that means, they were also talkimg about undervolting, which agaim I do not know means, anyways thanks for reading
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Hello, I have an HTC thunderbolt, rooted with CM7, and installed setcpu and used autodetect and I put the CPU govern to "conservative" with minimum GHz 245 and maximum 1.8GHz and I am just wondering if this is safe? because I read some threads about Compatible kernels and I jave no idea what that means, they were also talkimg about undervolting, which agaim I do not know means, anyways thanks for reading
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If your device will run reliably at 1.8GHz, then there's not much to worry about as long as the voltage isn't too high. High voltages and heat can shorten the SoC's life or kill it altogether. Generally, I don't recommend running that fast because the performance increase isn't as great from 1.6GHz to 1.8GHz as it is from 1.41GHz to 1.6GHz. These cores weren't meant to run any faster than 1.5GHz really, and anything past that doesn't increase the performance as much as the numbers might suggest.
Also, a conservative governor probably isn't ideal if you're willing to run a device that fast. That governor would seldom, if ever, use that kind of speed. I'd suggest smartass, smartassV2, ondemand, or interactive if you're looking to see a good boost in performance.
If you're looking for an app to view and adjust voltages, IncrediControl works well. For all the nitty-gritty of overclocking, I'd recommend reading my OC guide. It's in the "Second Post" of my Q&A thread. If you've got any questions, feel free to hit me up.
So does over clocking just speed things up? What are the real benefits
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So does over clocking just speed things up? What are the real benefits
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I look at it like this. My screen eats up most of my battery. The less time it's on, the better. Overclocking uses more power for the CPU, but the display spends less time telling you it's waiting. It doesn't really add functionality, just speed and efficiency.
just a quick question
Depends on what the phone is doing. Stock can go to 1200mhz if required. By the same token, if the phone only needs 200mhz for a given task, then that's what it will use.
In what context are you asking the question ?
No basically i was checking antutu benchmark and the maximum it said was 800mhz.
was i just looking at the wrong info or is it the max its clocked at? cpu it says is 200 - 800
Default Clock speed for the Galaxy S2 is 200mhz to 1200mhz (1.2Ghz)
In Antutu, if you click on the 'i' on the bottom of the screen and scroll to System Info, it should show CPU Frequency as 200.00 - 1200.00 MHz, unless you have it underclocked.
Also, from what i understand, Antutu aswel as other apps always show the S2 cpu as ARM Cortex-A7 processor, when in actual fact its an ARM Cortex-A9 processor
Have you set a profile in an app that can set the CPU min/max (Voltage Control, Set CPU, etc, etc) ? I use 200-800 as a default profile.
So far as benchmarks/info they provide are concerned, I wouldn't know given I personally think benchmarks are a complete waste of time (and have never run one on my phone).
Essentially, on stock, your CPU should have a 200-1200mhz range, and the CPU speed at a given point in time will vary depending on what the phone is doing as I said in my previous post.
Oh I see thanks to both of you
i was messing aroud with voltage control and cpu spy and i noticed that the cpu speed was only topping out at like 1ghz these phones come with dual core 1.5 ghz correct? mine has never seen that high of a speed is there a reason or am i missing something? on my s2 it had a 1.2 dual core cpu i believe and it said how long each speed had seen action and i even bumped it up to like 1.4. im nervous to mess around with the speed if its already 1.5 i was just gonna set it to like 1.6 or something.but it seems mine is running each core at just 1ghz can anyone lend me some light on this.
You have Power Saving ON , that limits max cpu speed.
ahh thank you so much another question on spu spy it says unused cpu stats im guessing is 1.1 and 1.2 is there a reason they are unused? also just a guess but looks like i cant go any higher than 1.5 with voltage control? is there another app that lets me bump it up to like 1.6? or 1.7?
Don't worry about it , cpuspy doesn't have full history of your cpu activity, cpu clocks up and down depending on load.
CpuSpy is not very reliable from my experience.
You need to flash a different kernel that will allow you to over clock the cpu. Voltage control will allow you to do this but you need a kernel that will let you over clock first.
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ok thanks.