Rooted and installed SetCPU, I know the kernel probably won't support it, but tried setting it up anyways. In SetCPU I set the max to the 1.5 GHz, but constantly saw it running at the 1 GHz. So I installed CPU spy, and its stats matched what I was seeing in SetCPU, the time is spent mostly in 3 states, 1 GHz 37%, 702 MHz 39%, and 384 MHz 18%, the rest vary in between those, but never over 1 GHz.
Is anyone else seeing this? Any ideas why its running like this?
I would try a kernel manager and download a new kernel. Or try rebooting your phone.
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Do you have the cpu limited under power saving settings
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Do you have the cpu limited under power saving settings
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That was it, thanks. Would have taken me forever to think of that.
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Hi All,
I am writing this post to know what are the pros and cons for overclocking the phone. I know it helps to increase the clock rate, however if the phone can support it, why didnt the manufacturers made it that way.
And if we do it, are there any chances that the phone might blow up and stop working or something.
I tried to search on this topic but cudnt find anything.
please reply
Iam using LG Optimus One
Thanks !!
Hello.
The main plus is the increase in productivity phone.
The downside is that, theoretically possible to burn the phone, but I repeat it theoretically.
I myself have clocked the phone and nothing terrible has happened to him.
I don't think anything's going to burn as kermel always goes in panic if it can't handle it.
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I don't think anything's going to burn as kermel always goes in panic if it can't handle it.
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The processor won't burn, as 4silvertooth says the kernel will panic and you'll end up in an endless bootloop; 729 - 748 mhz is safe, 800mhz in most cases cause the kernel to panic.
Well oc has nothing to do with proceesor (don't laugh). Well at hardware level the clock (MHz) and processor are two different thing the crystal provides the MHz to processor and in return it computes at that speeds. So by oc we are telling crystal to oscillate at higher frequency. So if our processor can't handle higher frequency it tells kernel get lost I am not doing this for you as I am not able to execute instruction at such speeds. And all the governers are nothing but a rule for processors to execute tasks. Like if you select performance governer it tells CPU to execute at Max speed you have set. So what ever you set the min frequency it always uses Max speed no need to change min if u r using performance governer same for powersaving governer no matter what you have set for max it always work on min. So all the governers has different sets of rules.
Pros: CPU speeds up the execution
Cons: Crystal may get hot.
Bye.
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The processor won't burn, as 4silvertooth says the kernel will panic and you'll end up in an endless bootloop; 729 - 748 mhz is safe, 800mhz in most cases cause the kernel to panic.
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No you wont go in bootloop.
Let me explain.
You will go in boot loop if you have set speed that processor can't handle and selected set on boot option. As the processor can't handle it and you are telling it to be always in that mode. Dont select set on boot. After reboot manually select oc. The second reason would be currepted filesystem as after kernel panic your phone has rebooted with unsaved changes chances are that filesystem table is currepted. Theres a command to check that I forgot name its like chkdsk for Linux. But no rom impliments that on unhandled reboots.
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Good info
4silvertooth said:
Well oc has nothing to do with proceesor (don't laugh). Well at hardware level the clock (MHz) and processor are two different thing the crystal provides the MHz to processor and in return it computes at that speeds. So by oc we are telling crystal to oscillate at higher frequency. So if our processor can't handle higher frequency it tells kernel get lost I am not doing this for you as I am not able to execute instruction at such speeds. And all the governers are nothing but a rule for processors to execute tasks. Like if you select performance governer it tells CPU to execute at Max speed you have set. So what ever you set the min frequency it always uses Max speed no need to change min if u r using performance governer same for powersaving governer no matter what you have set for max it always work on min. So all the governers has different sets of rules.
Pros: CPU speeds up the execution
Cons: Crystal may get hot.
Bye.
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i'm more concerned about the processors life. can overclocking to 729 in long term kill the processor.
coolbuy said:
i'm more concerned about the processors life. can overclocking to 729 in long term kill the processor.
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Even I am concerned about such facts, and also why didnt the manufacturers made it that way if it can support such speed without any problem.
Thanks for those who replied, Much appreciated
Can anybody enlighten me or point me to a thread as to why the second core only works when I have setcpu installed on my resound?
Thanks!
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Second core only comes on when it's needed, and Gingerbread really wasn't designed with more than 1 core in mind. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1461875 Search is your best friend.
Be happy it does, I spent 3 days trying to figure out why my 2nd core wasnt coming online. I finally found a post about it on xda.
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Second core only comes on when it's needed, and Gingerbread really wasn't designed with more than 1 core in mind. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1461875 Search is your best friend.
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Even then, when it's needed, and using ICS it doesn't turn on unless you're using SetCPU.
If you want to enable it manually do this from either "adb shell" or from the console on your phone:
Here's the full command string:
su
echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
I know benchmarks don't really mean that much but with my second core enabled and both OC'd to 1.7 GHz while on Newt's Senseless ICS, my scores destroy the GNex and anything I was getting before!
Antutu: 6,929
Quadrant: 3,594
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If you want to enable it manually do this from either "adb shell" or from the console on your phone:
Here's the full command string:
su
echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
I know benchmarks don't really mean that much but with my second core enabled and both OC'd to 1.7 GHz while on Newt's Senseless ICS, my scores destroy the GNex and anything I was getting before!
Antutu: 6,929
Quadrant: 3,594
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How is the battery life after 2nd core is activated ?
Thanks
I dont see a difference, as each core shares responsibility. So instead of one core being at 1.7ghz each core an be at 850mhz. Although sometimes the one core will max out without intiating the 2nd core.
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How is the battery life after 2nd core is activated ?
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Pretty crappy, but then again I have it at 75% brightness and the performance gov set to 1.7 GHz and 192 MHz with the screen off. My phone was fully charged at 1 PM, and it's currently at 45% using the standard battery. I only ran a few benchmarks with antutu and quadrant and a few other less intensive things. Looking at the battery info 78% of my battery usage is from the screen.
Try the AnthraX kernal in the development section. I believe its clocked at 1.51 to force the second core to turn on.
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I have it up and running, so far so good.
I just tried it and it will boot up for me but the touchscreen won't work. I'm using Newt's Senseless.
System Tuner Pro will allow you to force both cores online. Also it overclocks and undervolts aswell.
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I just tried it and it will boot up for me but the touchscreen won't work. I'm using Newt's Senseless.
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It currently only works with GB roms. Ignore me if Newt's Senseless is one, I thought it was ICS.
It is an ICS ROM I saw some people had it working with ineffibilis so I decided to give it a shot for the hell of it to see if it would work.
You dont need to force the 2nd core on, it will kick on. If you arent using setcpu that could be an issue. Antutu doesnt work. Also use cpu usage monitor and you can see both cores work.
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Just a note i read on one of the kernels they stopped forcing the second core on because it caused issues. In the end i truly believe it would be unwise to do so. Let the cpu do its thing. Im on bamf 1.02 and my second core kicks on when it needs to.
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apophis9283 said:
You dont need to force the 2nd core on, it will kick on. If you arent using setcpu that could be an issue. Antutu doesnt work. Also use cpu usage monitor and you can see both cores work.
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so it's wise to use setcpu over antutu? I'll have to try again since I usually get freezing using setcpu with all kernels. no oc nor uv. might just be a bad combo between undeclock and current governor
I just tried enabling both cores with system tuner pro and it worked but evening started going a little jerky. I disabled it again and everything was fine again.
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Yeah forcing 2nd core online is a bad idea. Using setcpu, oc max 1.7 min 192. No profiles no uv. Using cpu usage monitor to view cpu usage.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1233103
I suggest everyone go give that a quick read through, turns out our dual core snapdragons are quite a bit different then most of the other dual core soc's out today.
On cf-bench mine has a higher score than the s2. Im not worried
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after root... i have installed SetCpu, i have overclock my processor to 1.4ghz.. the question is, can i use this setting for daily use? is it will cause my processor hot or damage??
Every CPU is different, some can handle 1.4, some can 1.6 and some can't even 1.3GHz.
I've been using 1.4GHz max and 400GHz min, and I get about 4700 in Quadrant, and I reduced homebutton lag to minimum. Some can't see difference between 1.4 and 1.2 and some can (like me). Works just fine.
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after root... i have installed SetCpu, i have overclock my processor to 1.4ghz.. the question is, can i use this setting for daily use? is it will cause my processor hot or damage??
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well overclocking or undervolting ur device is not recomended for daily usage as they r done only to do some benchmark tests
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after root... i have installed SetCpu, i have overclock my processor to 1.4ghz.. the question is, can i use this setting for daily use? is it will cause my processor hot or damage??
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The higher the min frequency is the higher the chance something will go wrong.. Ie overheat, reboots
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emoskremo said:
after root... i have installed SetCpu, i have overclock my processor to 1.4ghz.. the question is, can i use this setting for daily use? is it will cause my processor hot or damage??
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1.4 will be fine ;-)
I've overclocked all my previous androids & never had issue
OT: I was surprised that a stock 1.2Ghz ph can't go higher than 1.6!?
my moto defy is b/l locked 800Mhz @ stock & I run it @ 1.2Ghz w/o probs. 50% increase... SGS-II should be able to do 1.8Ghz on that math
Hi, i'm just got my SGS 3 a few day, and try to run several benchmark. But when i'm used quadrant benchmark 2.1, it's say that my max proc is 1.4 GHz, but running only 1 GHz. My question can i get maximum speed for my SGS 3 to 1.4 GHz?
Install CPU app such as Voltage Control or SetCPU and set min frequency to 1400MHz.
Paid donate versions (well worth it) found in Google Play and XDA free versions found with a little searching.
Do not set on boot for testing! Run benchmark app. Obviously root is required.
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the clock varies at the time of reporting, when the clock speed is checked it is running @ 1 ghz. btw an update has been released, try updating it.
okay, i try to update.
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.