Hello everyone, I just had one quick question (I'm also very new to Android in general so I don't want to do anything to make my phone un-useable). Does Setcpu work with samsung fascinate root and clockwork mod? I heard some people say theres a seperate application to underclock and overclock the fascinate, but then again i do not think they knew what they were talking about. Is there a better program than setcpu?
Sorry if this has already been posted. I know its been posted in other forums for different phones, but didn't find one for the fascinate.
xsalientx said:
Hello everyone, I just had one quick question (I'm also very new to Android in general so I don't want to do anything to make my phone un-useable). Does Setcpu work with samsung fascinate root and clockwork mod? I heard some people say theres a seperate application to underclock and overclock the fascinate, but then again i do not think they knew what they were talking about. Is there a better program than setcpu?
Sorry if this has already been posted. I know its been posted in other forums for different phones, but didn't find one for the fascinate.
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setcpu is the only and the best overclocking app. If u want to be able to overclock ur phone us have to flash jt1134s 1.2ghz voodoo kernel then use can use setcpu to overclock to 1.2ghz!
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xsalientx said:
Hello everyone, I just had one quick question (I'm also very new to Android in general so I don't want to do anything to make my phone un-useable). Does Setcpu work with samsung fascinate root and clockwork mod? I heard some people say theres a seperate application to underclock and overclock the fascinate, but then again i do not think they knew what they were talking about. Is there a better program than setcpu?
Sorry if this has already been posted. I know its been posted in other forums for different phones, but didn't find one for the fascinate.
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SetCPU is the most popular one. You'll need root to even use SetCPU. And you'll need CWM to flash the OC Kernels. If you dont OC SetCPU is pointless
On that note.
SetCPU must be ran on conservative and with no profiles and no load on boot.
If you do reboot your phone, mine reverts back to 800, so I need to manually change it to 1200.
Do u have to set both min & Max to 1200???
no just the max
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SetCPU is the most popular one. You'll need root to even use SetCPU. And you'll need CWM to flash the OC Kernels. If you dont OC SetCPU is pointless
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Not pointless. You can always underclock to spare your battery life
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jt1134 said:
Not pointless. You can always underclock to spare your battery life
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Yes, of course you are right. Actually the other day I forgot to slide sliders up from 800 to 1200 and I was getting really good battery life for like 2 hours my % only dropped 1% and I was like wow.
Im just pleased as punch that there are OC/UV kernels out, its the best of both worlds.
Actually my battery life is above average it seems; either that or my usage is below average so Im not draining it as much. I'd gladly mildly overvolt to something like 1350mV if it meant I'd be rock solid stable at say 1.4Ghz
BTW, jt I heard you might be getting out the kernel speed chase after these 1.2Ghz's? Just don't feel like chasing 1.3 or 1.4?
I am running Dirrk's D012 LV 1200 Kernel with SetCPU
Luckily, the LV runs EXTREMELY smooth on my phone..
So smooth, that for the past day now I have been able to run with "set on boot" and constant restarts on my phone..and with Profiles for Screen Off, Temp (probably wont get there), and Charging. I can say that I have had no problems with my profiles and set on boot. Then again, I don't want to contribute to hurting anyone's phone
Just thought I'd let everyone know how my phone (and potentially others) can seem to handle profiles and set on boot.
johnz1 said:
I am running Dirrk's D012 LV 1200 Kernel with SetCPU
Luckily, the LV runs EXTREMELY smooth on my phone..
So smooth, that for the past day now I have been able to run with "set on boot" and constant restarts on my phone..and with Profiles for Screen Off, Temp (probably wont get there), and Charging. I can say that I have had no problems with my profiles and set on boot. Then again, I don't want to contribute to hurting anyone's phone
Just thought I'd let everyone know how my phone (and potentially others) can seem to handle profiles and set on boot.
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No problems with set on boot here either. I keep it on.
so how do i use setcpu/what are the steps i need to take?
xsalientx said:
so how do i use setcpu/what are the steps i need to take?
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Install it, tell it to auto detect, set the max where you want, leave the min at 100, and then leave it alone.
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I was hoping to get some help. I have installed jt's 1200 voodoo kernal, and I can't seem to get Setcpu to clock at 1200. It still says that the max is 800, however, on the slide it is only giving me the option to goto 528. Bellow are my facts, any help would be great!
Facts:
1. flashed jt's overclocked voodoo use clockwork, but did it through "install ROM from sd card". I am not sure if this is correct, but it seems to be running voodoo.
2. I have no idea how I need to have Setcpu set up.
I feel like I am blindfolded and I am trying to wack at a pinata.
thanks.
Edit: never mind...even a blind folded monkey hits the pinata every now and then
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Now that the X10 is rooted, anyone install SetCPU yet. And if so is it fully functional?
Yeah, it's working fine for me.
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Yeah, it's working fine for me.
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And you can change ur signature now
Fuzalert2k said:
Yeah, it's working fine for me.
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Ok, good, I'll buy it now and get back to yaz...
Fuzalert2k said:
Yeah, it's working fine for me.
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Oh... did you manage to overclock, if so, what was the highest stable overclock?
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Ok, good, I'll buy it now and get back to yaz...
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No dude, don't buy it! it's free for XDA users.
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Oh... did you manage to overclock, if so, what was the highest stable overclock?
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No, it won't let me go higher than 993 mhz
if decrease the clock speed to the max of 600mhz,will it save more power?
yeah tried as well and the max is 993mhz. weird
(unless i'm missing something, I never used setcpu before)
I use OverclockWidget for my wife's X10.
Off screen frequency : 250~384
On screen frequence : 576~1000Mhz
it work like charm !
but your not going over 1000mhz? not overclocking
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No dude, don't buy it! it's free for XDA users.
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It's free, really. How does that work?
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if decrease the clock speed to the max of 600mhz,will it save more power?
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Well, I just leave it set to "ondemand", so that way it will automatically adjust the speed as needed (Max: 998MHz, Min: 245MHz). My max is 998MHz.
what firmware we can use? which is highly recommended? R2BA026?
SetCpu and more, can we use Juice defender to increase autonomy
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Well, I just leave it set to "ondemand", so that way it will automatically adjust the speed as needed (Max: 998MHz, Min: 245MHz). My max is 998MHz.
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you know the phone does that anyway right?
I don't speak French so I can't comment on that but I've been using SetCPU since the 020 root and it SEEMS to work alright. Sometimes when I open it, it says something about failing but then it works OK.
I'm currently on R2BA026 rooted and it works for me. I also use JuiceDefender but to be honest I'm getting more and more convinced that's not helping any more. JuicePlotter in particular is struggling and keeps stalling, with gaps in the graph frequently, not sure why but that's not relevant to this thread so I'll leave that.
But I do NOT use it to overclock and would not recommend that! For a start, it would cane the battery. Rather, I use it to "throttle" the CPU speed. I think that's what most of us use it for. E.g. when the screen is off, it stops the CPU working too hard (and thus saves battery). Also when power is running low, CPU is throttled to save it. By throttled I mean "restricted to 245Mhz".
It's free to XDA members because the dev kindly put it up here somewhere for download - if you're looking for "how that works" on the Market, stop now because that's not how it works! The Market doesn't give you a discount for being on XDA.
Just search for it on here, or wait for someone who has used it to point you in the right direction. I'd search for it for you but I'm about to head out.
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I don't speak French so I can't comment on that but I've been using SetCPU since the 020 root and it SEEMS to work alright. Sometimes when I open it, it says something about failing but then it works OK.
I'm currently on R2BA026 rooted and it works for me. I also use JuiceDefender but to be honest I'm getting more and more convinced that's not helping any more. JuicePlotter in particular is struggling and keeps stalling, with gaps in the graph frequently, not sure why but that's not relevant to this thread so I'll leave that.
But I do NOT use it to overclock and would not recommend that! For a start, it would cane the battery. Rather, I use it to "throttle" the CPU speed. I think that's what most of us use it for. E.g. when the screen is off, it stops the CPU working too hard (and thus saves battery). Also when power is running low, CPU is throttled to save it. By throttled I mean "restricted to 245Mhz".
It's free to XDA members because the dev kindly put it up here somewhere for download - if you're looking for "how that works" on the Market, stop now because that's not how it works! The Market doesn't give you a discount for being on XDA.
Just search for it on here, or wait for someone who has used it to point you in the right direction. I'd search for it for you but I'm about to head out.
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we cant overclock anyway until there is a custom kernel. and you get bet your arse that when there is one, ill be overclocking to the max zoooom
I've used SetCPU for a few weeks and now I've been using my X10 without SetCPU for a few weeks and I've noticed zero difference in power consumption.
I'm guessing Android does a fine job itself at downclocking the CPU when it doesn't have to do heavy tasks.
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I've used SetCPU for a few weeks and now I've been using my X10 without SetCPU for a few weeks and I've noticed zero difference in power consumption.
I'm guessing Android does a fine job itself at downclocking the CPU when it doesn't have to do heavy tasks.
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Same here. i just uninstalled it and my phone is also more stable.
Hey everyone. First off, I am very new to all this. I started reading last week about the idea of rooting a phone, and ended up doing it the next day. I have bionix-v installed now for almost 1 week, and no problems at all, except for one. The max speed limit in the "conservative" mode in SETCPU is 1000, but the TEAMWHISKEY Website says to set it from 200-1200. I was wondering if anyone can tell me why it's not allowing a speed higher than 1000, and what I can do about it to speed it up? After doing auto detect, the conservative mode simply gives the range of 100-1000. Any help is appreciated.
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Hey everyone. First off, I am very new to all this. I started reading last week about the idea of rooting a phone, and ended up doing it the next day. I have bionix-v installed now for almost 1 week, and no problems at all, except for one. The max speed limit in the "conservative" mode in SETCPU is 1000, but the TEAMWHISKEY Website says to set it from 200-1200. I was wondering if anyone can tell me why it's not allowing a speed higher than 1000, and what I can do about it to speed it up? After doing auto detect, the conservative mode simply gives the range of 100-1000. Any help is appreciated.
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You need to get a overclock kernel look at their post for more info.
I suggest u don't, it gives horrible battery life
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You need to get a overclock kernel look at their post for more info.
I suggest u don't, it gives horrible battery life
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yeah...
Bionix-V comes with VooDoo kernel...but it can't be overclocked...if you want overclocking get the Dragon kernel or DoW (Destroyer of Worlds)
Personally i would wait for a while until kernel devs get their hands on the official source code...so the OC kernels won't have such crappy battery life
Hey guys thanks for the quick replies. I tried to read up as much as I could but missed that info. Since you both suggest not doing it, or not doing it right now, I'll take your advice. Thanks a lot!
It isnt really needed anyway unless you just want to see higher numbers. just remember higher overclock doesnt always mean higher test scores.
Infact I often will underclock my kernel to 800mhz. these guys do such a good job you dont really even notice the speed difference.
Dow=fast kernel but leaves your battery dead and lonely.
dragon kernel has been my fav up until eugene's but still worse on battery.
Dont mess with eugene's kernel as it isnt overclocked yet and it isnt very noob friendly.
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You need to get a overclock kernel look at their post for more info.
I suggest u don't, it gives horrible battery life
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i agree, it's possible to make overclock kernels only when devs have source codes of a kernel. we had not had one until eugene recently released one (still not official vibrant kernel source). this means both dragon and dow kernels are based on galaxy-s i9000 model. because the kernel is not optimized to our phones, battery drain is quite bad. since we do have kernel source codes and eugene and team whiskey are working to improve it, we will probably see good overclock kernels soon.
I dont know if anyone is having this problem but on pretty much any rom/bootloader combination my tablet will only run at stock speeds and if the rom is overclocked on first boot my tablet just wont boot at all, I know some processors are slower than others but is it really likely that mine maxes at 1 GHZ? If i use setcpu to OC when a rom is running smoothly it will run fine for about 1-2 minutes or until i needs a lot of cpu then it just freezes. Any ideas to fix this, or just help understanding what is going on would be appreciated. My CDMA hero overclocks just fine and crashes instantly if i go too far unlike the tablet.
I know that this will sound like a stupid question, but are you certain that you've loaded a kernel that allows for overclocking?
what rom/kernel combinations have you tried?
Calkulin Clemsyn combo is what I'm using, and the overclocking appears to be working fine with Clemsyn's kernel.
Try CPU master from market. The free version works fine. Should do what your looking for. I have the paid version of Set CPU and it has never worked on gtab for me.
Mantara said:
Try CPU master from market. The free version works fine. Should do what your looking for. I have the paid version of Set CPU and it has never worked on gtab for me.
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Well, I'm surprised no one before me has tried to make this clear yet. Pershoot's kernels are written for setcpu. Clemsyn's kernels are written for cpu master. Make sure you use the right cpu app.
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I know that this will sound like a stupid question, but are you certain that you've loaded a kernel that allows for overclocking?
what rom/kernel combinations have you tried?
Calkulin Clemsyn combo is what I'm using, and the overclocking appears to be working fine with Clemsyn's kernel.
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Ive tried pershoot and clemsyn neither work though pershoot is more stable
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Try CPU master from market. The free version works fine. Should do what your looking for. I have the paid version of Set CPU and it has never worked on gtab for me.
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Im installing that now, hopefully it works, it should, ive only tried setcpu to this point.
EDIT: nope, it still locks up, maybe my tablet just wont go that fast?
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Im installing that now, hopefully it works, it should, ive only tried setcpu to this point.
EDIT: nope, it still locks up, maybe my tablet just wont go that fast?
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Not all chips can be overclocked to the extreme. A few can't handle it at all. Try some small increases at first to see if your chip can handle it.
I've also had some luck with finicky chips using PimpMyCPU with Celmsyn's kernel since it allows you to set specific speed and voltage combinations (Not sure if CPU Master allows that... never used it). So you might give that a try.
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I dont know if anyone is having this problem but on pretty much any rom/bootloader combination my tablet will only run at stock speeds and if the rom is overclocked on first boot my tablet just wont boot at all, I know some processors are slower than others but is it really likely that mine maxes at 1 GHZ? If i use setcpu to OC when a rom is running smoothly it will run fine for about 1-2 minutes or until i needs a lot of cpu then it just freezes. Any ideas to fix this, or just help understanding what is going on would be appreciated. My CDMA hero overclocks just fine and crashes instantly if i go too far unlike the tablet.
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me to Calkulin Clemsyn combo is what I'm using, and the overclocking appears to be working fine with Clemsyn's kernel. from 1k to 1.5 k and works great and I am using CPU master also
Are you clearing davlik cash between each kernel switch?
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Well, I'm surprised no one before me has tried to make this clear yet. Pershoot's kernels are written for setcpu. Clemsyn's kernels are written for cpu master. Make sure you use the right cpu app.
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Only his latest kernels have worked with it. Setcpu didn't get on there end of the process until late may-ish, I believe, when they finally supported tegra2. Still CPU master works with pershoots kernels too. Its basically a re-branded copy of setcpu anyway.
No matter what combo of app/kernel/rom it wont go to 1200 and not lock so im just thinking its one of the slower tegras, which sucks but oh well
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Well, I'm surprised no one before me has tried to make this clear yet. Pershoot's kernels are written for setcpu. Clemsyn's kernels are written for cpu master. Make sure you use the right cpu app.
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WHAT?! How have I never read that! Thanks GI.
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WHAT?! How have I never read that! Thanks GI.
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That's just it. It's not written anywhere before I wrote it. It's like masturbation. It's not really written anywhere for a 12 year old to learn about. Eventually, they all figure it out on their own... or they become the 40 yr old virgin.
Not positive it will work but for desktops, back when I overclocked religiously, instability could be helped by raising voltages. But it might increase heat which also leads to more instability. Lucky for us, tegra 2 is low voltage.
I tested it once and I'm losing 4% per hour. Its 800-200 on demand as main, screen off at 500-200 and less than 50% battery also at 500-200.
I haven't toyed around with different kernels, I'm using the kernal that came with Zedomax's root instructions. Also, 200, 500, 800, 1000 and 1200 are my only options, this is because of the kernel that I'm using correct?
In your experience is -4%/hour average or does it seem like SetCPU is working? 500-200 is the lowest I can go otherwise it would be 200-200.
Thanks
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Sounds like you have some apps or widgets draining your battery. I've overclocked mine to 1.6 and get less than 1%/hr drain on idle.
First off, what rom are you running. Try unnamed or serendipity. Don't do the 50% or less at 500-200 its gonna slow you down. Also switching to entropys daily driver should net you an improvement. Also try out the conservative governor. Its just as good as ondemand but with better battery.
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I am running stock ROM. Should I bump the 50% up to 800-200? I don't have many options with this kernel/rom.
Im still new to this process as well
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I am running stock ROM. Should I bump the 50% up to 800-200? I don't have many options with this kernel/rom.
Im still new to this process as well
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800 should be fine for most things, only adds a tiny bit of lag to paging around the apps and home screens. I just benchmarked mine at 800 and got a 2721 on Quadrant, which is only ~500 less than what I got at 1200mhz on stock.
Also, I was wondering, is the issue with screen-off speeds below 500mhz still around? I have mine at 200-1600 conservative and I haven't had any issues yet.
Thanks. I flashed UnNamed and now I can finally overclock, but SetCPU won't allow me to set my main to conservative. Ive tried it multiple times and re-booted as well.
I also want to undervolt, I've reduced each one by 50, thoughts? Is this too little?
Thanks again, im trying to get the hang of this
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Thanks. I flashed UnNamed and now I can finally overclock, but SetCPU won't allow me to set my main to conservative. Ive tried it multiple times and re-booted as well.
I also want to undervolt, I've reduced each one by 50, thoughts?
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Is it giving a error could be the new kernel didn't flash. Go to entropy's thread download the newest version and flash via CWM. See what it does then.
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Is it giving a error could be the new kernel didn't flash. Go to entropy's thread download the newest version and flash via CWM. See what it does then.
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Nevermind, it worked. SetCPU was just using a different governor for a profile that I set.
So far I've just been using SetCPU for over/underclocking but have never messed with undervolting. I was wondering what most people use if your main priority is undervolting for better battery life. I'm running Siyah 2.6.7 with SHOstock ROM. Any help/feedback is appreciated.
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So far I've just been using SetCPU for over/underclocking but have never messed with undervolting. I was wondering what most people use if your main priority is undervolting for better battery life. I'm running Siyah 2.6.7 with SHOstock ROM. Any help/feedback is appreciated.
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Well, undervolting is very tricky. Each CPU differs in its ability to undervolt, so settings that work for one may not work for others. You'd have to do some testing. I recommend either a.) undervolting one tick and run AnTuTu benchmark multiple times as well as a demanding game/app (Run them for a long time), or b.) undervolting one tick and using your phone normally as per your current usage and if by the next morning it's still running as normal, repeat one tick.
Do NOT set "Set on Boot" to on until you've run these tests and have had no issues.
Hope this helps a little.
Do not worry about 1400,1600 mhz till later since that's when your overclocking.
Bump everything else down by 25mv, run the stress test and a few intensive programs like benchmarks/games.
Keep doing that till you start to notice problems and then revert to the best setting you had. (make sure to backup or not set on boot)
Once you go through all that then you can do it for individual mhz and see which can still be lowered.
This should keep you busy for a hour or so.
I'll share what I posted in another thread. Doing stress tests are fine, but if you test throughout the course of a day or more, you have the opportunity to come across situations you might not think of during testing.
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Ouch....I think the best way to experiment with undervolting is to use Voltage Control. Save the stock settings as your boot settings (it saves everything - governor, frequencies, etc; so, make sure those are what you want them to be as well), then undervolt (at the beginning of the day). If you make it to the end of the day with typical usage, you can save those as your new boot settings. Undervolt further at the beginning of another day, etc. Once you make it to the point where you get locked up, voltage control will set the previous values at boot and you'll know that those are your limits.
EDIT: If you want to play it extra safe, run values for more than one day.
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I'm at work right now trying not to get easily distracted by xda since I keep checking whether or not an ICS leak has been ported or something. Thanks guys for your much appreciated input. I've been running with all voltage values knocked down by 50mV with the exception of 1.4 and 1.6 GHz. Those I kept stock since I'm not overclocking. So far so good actually with sio/ondemand and Max 500 Mhz. It's surprisingly smooth and battery of course is doing exceptionally well at these settings. Switched over to voltage control for now.
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I personally have become very fond of voltage control where as I'd previously been using set-cpu for nearly ever since the H1 and mytouch days. Voltage controls just allows more freedom and tweakability.
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I personally have become very fond of voltage control where as I'd previously been using set-cpu for nearly ever since the H1 and mytouch days. Voltage controls just allows more freedom and tweakability.
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Right there with you. just "converted" to Voltage Control. (thanks Simba!)
K Rich said:
Right there with you. just "converted" to Voltage Control. (thanks Simba!)
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Heh, glad I'm not the only defector
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I'll share what I posted in another thread. Doing stress tests are fine, but if you test throughout the course of a day or more, you have the opportunity to come across situations you might not think of during testing.
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That's the post I was thinking of, I just honestly couldn't figure out where I saw it or who wrote it.