Overclocking my phone. - XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello there, I'm here to ask how some people overclock their xperia x10 so high example to 1190 mhz, my one is instantly booting when i switch to that frequency, how do they do it ? Im on jb rom by scritch 007 and jb ferakernel . Any advices ?

loockzye said:
Hello there, I'm here to ask how some people overclock their xperia x10 so high example to 1190 mhz, my one is instantly booting when i switch to that frequency, how do they do it ? Im on jb rom by scritch 007 and jb ferakernel . Any advices ?
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To start with, no two XPERIA X10i are the same when it comes to the silicon in them.
The odd one or two may be able to sustain 1128MHz for benchmarking, but highly unlikely to be able to sustain that frequency for an extended time with a 'standard' load of user installed apps.
The XPERIA X10i is spec'd to be run stable and conservatively at 998MHz and there was no consideration for any frequency changes above that when designed.
However that does not stop most of us attempting to find the limits.
I tend to favour 1113MHz for my max daily frequency using SmartAssv2 governor, others may select something different.
I use SetCPU to change CPU frequencies, others prefer AnTuTu cpu master or some other overclocking application.
I use Link2SD on a secondary partition with a 32GB SanDisk UHS-I SDcard which gets away from the slow read/write of internal data storage.
build.prop 'tweaking' for optimisation goes a long way too.
The smart money is not overclocking, but on how low you can maintain the CPU (and thus battery life) when the screen is off and still be able to come out of deep sleep without 'hanging' the phone.
I have a screen-off CPU profile clocked at 576MHz-192MHz using SmartAssv2 to do that (work in progress).
Limiting applications that wake your phone when the screen is off it also a bonus.
CPU Governors and I/O scheduler information is a good start to understand what the CPU is attempting to do with different settings.
I have installed and run scritch007 CM10 JB ROM v5.0 (think it was at the time) with Amin Kernel and I seem to remember 1190Mhz was the raged edge of stability with AnTuTu v3 on my phone, so it doesn't surprise me a phone may not be able to clock at that speed using a CM10 JB ROM. See my AnTuTu v3 benchmark below used SmartAssV2 and noop I/O scheduler.
One should consider with the JB ROMs, the phone is doing a lot more (albeit a lot smarter) with the same amount of HW resources and even if you set the clock at 1190MHz and benchmark it, even before installing your own apps, there is still a lot of processes all completing for resources.
To get a better idea of the abilities of your phone, you may want to installed generic GB 2.3.3 and root it with an Overclocked Kernel to see if high clock rates of 1190MHz+ can be maintained without crashing the phone (WLOD - White light of death).
I can set 1128MHz on my phone without crashing it, but it always crashes on AnTuTu benchmark test at that frequency which is only about bragging rights at the end of the day anyway. I can't do anything constructive at these clock rates.
Installing JB ROMs and Kernels under rapid development with their own quirks on an X10i is probably not the most ideal why to gauge the stability of your phone when overclocked.
At the end of the day, it's more likely just luck of the draw if an XPERIA X10i can maintain 1190MHz+ clock frequencies and I'd say that 1190MHz+ is the exception and not the rule.

Dr Goodvibes said:
To start with, no two XPERIA X10i are the same when it comes to the silicon in them.
The odd one or two may be able to sustain 1128MHz for benchmarking, but highly unlikely to be able to sustain that frequency for an extended time with a 'standard' load of user installed apps.
The XPERIA X10i is spec'd to be run stable and conservatively at 998MHz and there was no consideration for any frequency changes above that when designed.
However that does not stop most of us attempting to find the limits.
I tend to favour 1113MHz for my max daily frequency using SmartAssv2 governor, others may select something different.
I use SetCPU to change CPU frequencies, others prefer AnTuTu cpu master or some other overclocking application.
I use Link2SD on a secondary partition with a 32GB SanDisk UHS-I SDcard which gets away from the slow read/write of internal data storage.
build.prop 'tweaking' for optimisation goes a long way too.
The smart money is not overclocking, but on how low you can maintain the CPU (and thus battery life) when the screen is off and still be able to come out of deep sleep without 'hanging' the phone.
I have a screen-off CPU profile clocked at 576MHz-192MHz using SmartAssv2 to do that (work in progress).
Limiting applications that wake your phone when the screen is off it also a bonus.
CPU Governors and I/O scheduler information is a good start to understand what the CPU is attempting to do with different settings.
I have installed and run scritch007 CM10 JB ROM v5.0 (think it was at the time) with Amin Kernel and I seem to remember 1190Mhz was the raged edge of stability with AnTuTu v3 on my phone, so it doesn't surprise me a phone may not be able to clock at that speed using a CM10 JB ROM. See my AnTuTu v3 benchmark below used SmartAssV2 and noop I/O scheduler.
One should consider with the JB ROMs, the phone is doing a lot more (albeit a lot smarter) with the same amount of HW resources and even if you set the clock at 1190MHz and benchmark it, even before installing your own apps, there is still a lot of processes all completing for resources.
To get a better idea of the abilities of your phone, you may want to installed generic GB 2.3.3 and root it with an Overclocked Kernel to see if high clock rates of 1190MHz+ can be maintained without crashing the phone (WLOD - White light of death).
I can set 1128MHz on my phone without crashing it, but it always crashes on AnTuTu benchmark test at that frequency which is only about bragging rights at the end of the day anyway. I can't do anything constructive at these clock rates.
Installing JB ROMs and Kernels under rapid development with their own quirks on an X10i is probably not the most ideal why to gauge the stability of your phone when overclocked.
At the end of the day, it's more likely just luck of the draw if an XPERIA X10i can maintain 1190MHz+ clock frequencies and I'd say that 1190MHz+ is the exception and not the rule.
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[Q] CPU Governors

Hi everyone,
Like most people I've been trying to find that optimum balance between performance and battery life in my Aria. I'm running CM7.0.3 and the latest version of drowningchild's kernel. With that kernel I switched setCPU from ondemand to smartass, and I can already see the CPU spending most of it's time in either 400 or 480 MHz, but when playing a graphic intensive game it'll go up to 806 MHz and run great.
But, here's the problem. With things like less graphic intensive games, or playing videos, smartass doesn't want to scale up to a useful clock speed, and things get choppy. I switch back to ondemand and everything smoothes out again. I don't want to keep it in ondemand all the time though, because then it's spending half the time in 806 MHz and eating up battery unnecessarily.
So, is there a better governor option for me? Or maybe a way to "whitelist" apps within setCPU, to designate apps that always get the max clock speed?
tl;dr: smartass isn't that smart in certain situations. Is there a better way?
Check out the app "Tasker" in the market. It will allow you to reconfig the governors automatically based on a slew of complex conditions.
If you want smartass roll back to 7-5 of my kernel and it should be fixed as I tweaked it to jump around less in newer versions
I'm still messing around with the new kernel released & will add smartass very soon & hopefully optimized
drowningchild said:
If you want smartass roll back to 7-5 of my kernel and it should be fixed as I tweaked it to jump around less in newer versions
I'm still messing around with the new kernel released & will add smartass very soon & hopefully optimized
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Hey yea you're right, I didn't notice you had a new kernel out. I'm running 7-5 still but I'll upgrade once smartass is working in the new version.
I've been using "conservative" setting. Although when it initial opens a resource intensive app, its stutters a little, and then compensates by clocking up. I haven't had an issue where a game didnt want to run smooth (also at 806mhz).
I run on demand at 320/768. This to me seems to be a very good combo. The 320 min makes a noticeable difference in responsiveness without much sacrifice to battery. I've found the Max cpu setting doesn't make too much of a difference in most situations.
Sent from my cm7 Aria.

[Q] Enlightenment on Undervolt for WB 4.0.3

Hello guys
I'd like some help on installing the Undervolt for WB's 4.0.3 ROM
I'm on 4.0.3 stock kernel. All I have to do is flash the Undervolt addon and Ill be good or do I need other apps like CPU Master after flashing it?
I know theres a lot about it in the topic but its all untied and confusing
If someone could take some time to explain to me how it works I'll be really thankful.
dnt have wb rom but in general I believe ud update with the file provided n I believe u would need either set cpu or cpu master to be able to adjust the minimum value to the lowest 1 possible
Sent via xda using cyanogenZmod running Enigma v2.3 on Xperia x10
So whats the difference between having just cpu master and setting it to the minimun and doing the same with the UV?
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Hi,
for undervolting you do not need an additional app.
Ralf
Kat-CeDe said:
Hi,
for undervolting you do not need an additional app.
Ralf
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I want to understand the difference between just setting the CPU speed with an app like CPU master and setting it with undervolt flashed
Could someone please explain?
i flashed the stock kernel first but there was no option to 128mhz also i believe uv works without app...you can also flash the custom kernel and choose the least frQ as i did. i also have enlightment but don't know is that from overclocking to 1113mhz or from the minimum 128mhz or from the undervolt itself??
romasalah said:
i flashed the stock kernel first but there was no option to 128mhz also i believe uv works without app...you can also flash the custom kernel and choose the least frQ as i did. i also have enlightment but don't know is that from overclocking to 1113mhz or from the minimum 128mhz or from the undervolt itself??
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I think overclock/underclock is different from undervolt, no?
Hi,
underclock = reduce frequency = gain life
overclock = increase frequency = loose life = gain speed
undervoltage = reduce voltage for certain frequencies = gain life
With good settings for undervoltage and underclocking you can gain a lot of extra batterie life.
Ralf
Kat-CeDe said:
Hi,
underclock = reduce frequency = gain life
overclock = increase frequency = loose life = gain speed
undervoltage = reduce voltage for certain frequencies = gain life
With good settings for undervoltage and underclocking you can gain a lot of extra batterie life.
Ralf
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nicely said.. I totally got the end of the wrong boat there! lol
Sent via xda using cyanogenZmod running Enigma v2.3 on Xperia x10
Under and overclocking changes the speed at which the cpu works.
Less speed means it doesnt work as hard so saves battery.
More speed means it works harder so needs more power so reduces battery life.
At the different speeds the cpu works at it uses different voltages from the battery, less speed needs less voltage, as the speed increases it pulls more volts from the battery.
The voltages it uses are controlled by the kernel.
The undervolt module changes the default voltages each speed uses so in effect a higher cpu speed can work at a lower voltage so it improves performance at no cost to the battery life.
However, if the new voltages are too low the cpu doesnt have enough power to run so you WLOD.
The UV module (and custom kernels) have been tested on loads of devices and generally are stable, however, reading the threads suggest that some phones are still vulnerable to the occasional WLOD using these modules...
Just try and see what is stable for you...
Just remember
Always backup in case you f*** up!!!
but what causes the enlightment??!!! over or under clock?
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but what causes the enlightment??!!! over or under clock?
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Sir, i think you missunderstood the point of the topic.
The enlightenment which im talking about is learning the beyond the basics of undervolting you device and not a function of the addon
10assaye said:
Under and overclocking changes the speed at which the cpu works.
Less speed means it doesnt work as hard so saves battery.
More speed means it works harder so needs more power so reduces battery life.
At the different speeds the cpu works at it uses different voltages from the battery, less speed needs less voltage, as the speed increases it pulls more volts from the battery.
The voltages it uses are controlled by the kernel.
The undervolt module changes the default voltages each speed uses so in effect a higher cpu speed can work at a lower voltage so it improves performance at no cost to the battery life.
However, if the new voltages are too low the cpu doesnt have enough power to run so you WLOD.
The UV module (and custom kernels) have been tested on loads of devices and generally are stable, however, reading the threads suggest that some phones are still vulnerable to the occasional WLOD using these modules...
Just try and see what is stable for you...
Just remember
Always backup in case you f*** up!!!
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Thanks, that was very helpful!
Just to complement, which cpu speeds (low/high) are the recommended to undervolt the X10 on WB's rom?
GuilhermeXOT said:
Thanks, that was very helpful!
Just to complement, which cpu speeds (low/high) are the recommended to undervolt the X10 on WB's rom?
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It seems to change from phone to phone because the chips inside are not all exactly the same.
They are tested to conform with stock speeds and voltages but can become unstable when changing these.
Some phones (Luckily mine included) can handle 128 - 1113 Mhz with ony a few (Very rare, about 2 a week) WLOD's while other people say their phones WLOD constantly with any change.
The best way is to apply the mod you want and check.
I seem to remember that the UV and the UC/OC modules are not compatble on WB's ROM, you have to choose what you want.
However, I am running freekernel 4.05 which allows me to use UV and then configure which speeds to run via SetCPU.apk.
If you install a kernel there is no need to apply the UV or OC/UC modules..
Read DooMLoRD's custom kernel thread, he has a lot of good info and useful tips on how to test which is best for your phone.
exactly, wolfbreak also mentioned in his thread about the incompatibility of overclock and undervolt with some devices.
unfortunately i'm at the short list of devices that can't handle both, for users like me he gave the option for stock kernel with optional undervolt, which i'm using now with no problems.
Thx for all the info guys! Now ill try the undervolt
I have one more question: everytime that i flash a update on the ROM i need to reflash Undervolt?

[Q] KERNEL PANICS - what are the relations and causes? [not a simple question]

I have made a lot of searches and read a lot about battery calibration... and of course i know what the hell is kernel panic, its definition and its symptoms.
However I still have some confusions and I hope some of you may be able to solve them
Maybe some of them are noobie questions but I honestly sorry for that also this may help others who has these confusions too
My situation:
The system stats are shown in my signature.
on 5/9 I have flashed franco.Kernel v19.4 bfs and then started a lot of OC tests,
finally I was stable on stress test (SetCPU) 729mhz for 2 hours non-stop,
and also I used the phone stably for over 24 hours without reboot.
However I faced a problem which is related to Darktremor scripts.
I used 2 weeks to solve it and finally it is gone now.
I started battery calibration which is the final process before I use my phone normally in my daily lives.
But in these two days, my kernel panics after ~4 hours of usage of 729mhz max CPU frequency.
without the need of advice, surely i have downclocked to 710mhz max and its all good. but however i am super curious about why 729 becomes from stable to unstable before and after.
1) Does battery stats related to kernel panics in ANY extent? if yes, how?
Ignore all questions under 1 if the answer is No.
1.1) Does wiping battery stats before flashing a kernel helps you OC higher?
1.2) Does wiping battery stats before flashing a ROM helps you OC higher?
1.3) Does wiping battery stats (for calibration purposes) has possibilities to produce kernel panics?​
2) Why is there a sudden drop of battery level (~4-5%) after kernel panics?
3) Is there any other possible causes of kernel panics BESIDES overclocking too high?
3.1) *2sd scripts?
3.2) ext4 barrier = 0?
3.3) inputting EXT4 data writeback?
(tune2fs -o journal_data_writeback /dev/block/mmcblk0p2)​
4) Is SetCPU the problem?
Some says "dont use SetCPU when you can overclock using CM7 settings."
Is that true?​
5) BESIDES the max speed, does it also depends on Governors?
Ignore powersave governor or others which forces the clock to the minimum frequencies.
So, is there any difference between setting the same maximum speed, different governors?
(for example) Would smartass gives a panic at 729mhz but ondemand doesnt?​
6) Does the "change of frequencies" gives easier kernel panics?
Situation A: 729min, 729 max
Situation B: 480min, 729max
In situation B, the system makes the frequencies change due to load, means it may switch from 480 -> 600 -> 729 -> 710 -> 691 -> 480 etc.
so does this "change of frequencies" makes the kernel loads more and finally gets it to panic?​
Thanks for your time reading and answering my questions!
Please just quote one of them if you would just like to answer one of the above
Thank you very much!
1) no.
2) It happens when u remove the battery and put it back.
3) There are some strange reports of kernel panic at 600Mhz which are weird. Sometimes Roms/kernel play a part(unknown).
4) it is because you can overclock in Cm7 settings menu, so no need to install another app such as SetCpu
5) Maybe, a governor who stays more on the highest frequencies i think are easy to panic because hardware can't handle it.
6) for me, i would say situation A would be easier to kernel panic, as it is constantly on the highest frequency and stressing your cpu too much that it can't handle it.
Since you get stable at 729mhz for 2h and panicked when 4h of use, that means the cpu can't handle 729mhz for above 4h.
@terratrix
thanks for your reply!! at least im not using my stupidity to wipe battery stats and trying to avoid kernel panics, lol.
@info update and conclusion after 1 more day of testing
And there, after some readings on the forum and the experiences myself, i think i have found the critical point already - QUESTION NO.5
Conclusion : kernel panics are related to governors, at least, our new amazing profiled one - SmartassV2!!
On the thread of Franco's .35 v1 kernel, there are some users reporting the panic issues faced with ONLY SmartassV2.
And me myself, has joined the party as well
Smartass(v1) has been my best bud all the time at 729mhz or even higher for more than 6 months. And when I left it and went to choose his next generation, my phone got a generation gap with Mr.V2, lol.
On my phone: (Franco.kernel 19.4bfs and no any reflash or stuffs between testings)
SmartassV2 ---
very unstable panics AND random shutdowns at random times
729mhz - sometimes 2 hours, sometimes 4 hours
710mhz - yeah I justnow kernel paniced with this also, you know how long after boot? 30minutes!!!
Why 30minutes? I suspect that it.is related to franco's network speed hack. I'm on EDGE data plan and because of Franco, I can enable HSDPA with 4x more speed.
On 710mhz, my phone was stable for over 8 hours with EDGE on (I intended to save battery), but after a reboot (manual one for some other purposes) I started to use (the hacked) HSDPA. After 30 minutes, panic. I remembered when I was at 729 on smartassv2 I panicked after 3 hours and at that time I was using HSDPA too.
Smartass (v1) ---
Well now I'm on smartass v1 at 729mhz stably typing this message. Funny huh...?
Results:
Franco's network speed hack
OR
3G network/HSDPA network
OR
Even just because of specific phone hardwares
IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE ALMIGHTY SMARTASS-V2 GOVERNOR AND WOULD RESULT IN KERNEL PANICS AT THE FREQUENCIES WHERE THE PHONE CAN BE STABLE WITH OTHER COMMON GOVERNORS.
If I am wrong or you can confirm this by testing yourself, please let me know!!! thanks and hope I have provided some useful information
Goodnight and I'm going to continue working with my old friend smartass-v1 despite v2 has better profiling tweaks, lol
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Dude, as i had mentioned earlier in franco's thread, that it had to do with the governors... cause i usually try and find out the cause of the issue myself before posting a bug..
SO all i tried were playing around with the performance settings... and i start off with changing the governors... the best targeted experimental ones are MINMAX (my personal fav), SMARTASS, SMOOTHASS (now removed but one AWESOME governor), and INTERACTIVE-X (rewritten by franco i guess).... About the frequencies... from what i have observed so far apart from reading stuffs is that, at 729 Mhz our optimus DOES pretty much stay stable even in the ****TIEST devices.. LOL i can say that cause we indians get the crappiest hardware of all... the point is... if you got a kernel panic at 729, it is most likely that you would get it again at 600 Mhz too cause its not overclock related..!!!
Bottom-line: Avoid SmartassV2 unless your phone is made of the finest hardware i.e. you can easily overclock it to 806 Mhz (ive seen some users using it at this frequency without any issues at all .. :O ) Use Smartass older or Minmax instead...!! And avoid overclocking above 729..!!!
P.s.: mine works fine even at 768 BTW....
We have to wait for Franco's next release for more smartass2 updates
Sent from my LG-P500
SmartassV2 is kind of strange, at least in my phone. I notice my battery draining faster while I use it, and it's probably because it stays in the max frequency longer for some reason, despite screen off. I use NoFrills for my CPU setting and it has the ability to view stats, and when I'm using V2 it stays longer at the max than at the min (65 vs 35%). The opposite is true for Smartass v1, which to me makes more sense because my phone stays at standby more often than being used.
As comparison data, my phone with smartass v1 can typically be OCed up to 787 MHz. 748 MHz on v2 is stable, but I haven't extensively tested higher freqs.
I have a Indian phone , smartass v2 oc to 768 stable xD
Sent from my LG-P500

[Q] Overclocking/tweaking questions

Disclaimer: I realize overclocking and tweaking is very much device specific and what works for one person won't necessarily work for another. That said, I've done a fair amount of reading on the subject but need some clarification on the finer points, along with some opinions on what's working for other people. Most of my questions pertain to the Devil kernel, as most of the settings aren't very well explained. I'm running AOKP M6 with Devil kernel and I've set a modest overclock with 200 minimum and 1200 max, which seems to be pretty smooth and stable. I haven't really felt the need to push it yet
1) What governor do you prefer? From what I read in this thread, SmartassV2 sounds the best and so far it seems to be working okay for me. Also, do the profiles matter (smooth, normal, powersave)?
2) Is it wise to mess with the memory settings in the Devil kernel (zRAM, etc) or should I just leave it alone? What about swap files? Worth the hassle or not?
3) What's the difference between using Live OC and the ROM settings to OC? I've left Live OC alone, and just used the AOKP overclocker to set my values.
4) I know that I've read Deep Idle doesn't work for our phones, but what's the Devil idle setting do?
5) Right now the Screen Off- Min/Max Freq setting is off, but should I set the values for that or does the SmartassV2 governor automatically handle it?
6) Any thoughts on I/O Schedulers? From what I was reading, SIO seems to be the best choice, but then again it seems to be all a matter of opinion.
Thanks for any input you might have on the subject
Alright well I think I'm getting a better handle on this since I've had a few days to mess around, and I'll post some of my thoughts in hopes it might help someone else who's trying to mess with OCing. Problem is that AOKP ICS is already so buttery smooth that overclocking really isn't that noticeable of a gain (at least for me).
As far as clock speeds I've been sticking with 200MHz min 1.2GHz max but might just drop back down to 1.0GHz to save some battery life (I don't really run cpu intense apps that often so I don't really see a huge need). I'm not really going to mess with Live OC now that I understand that it overclocks the bus too... I've screwed around enough with PC overclocking to know that it's going to seriously compromise stability which is a risk I'm not willing to take right now (not to mention it'll probably drain the battery a lot more than 'standard' OCing). I've also found that screen off 400MHz min and 800MHz max works well for me, because although 200MHz min will work too, it lags far too much coming back from standby for my liking.
2 things I still haven't messed with are the RAM settings and devil idle (which I assume doesn't work anyway). As far as the RAM I've never once ran into a low memory issue so I don't really think it's worth the trouble (due to reading this forum post I found).
I changed to SIO for the I/O scheduler but really can't notice any difference from just the default, but I'll keep it set there for good measure I guess.
Well that's it for now, if I notice anything else that might be helpful I'll post again, and if anyone wants to jump in with their experience or settings feel free.
Thanks

[Q] S3 i9300 CPU dropping to 800Mhz constantly!!!

Hi there to all!!! I've been flashing various Android Roms for a few yrs now & really enjoy trying out new custom roms etc... Now i have a weird problem, Most customs Roms I have tried for my S3 i9300 are great & most 4.3 Roms come with a Custom Kernel such as Beoffla, GoogyMax, devil kernel & so on.... Now the problem is when leaving the CPU at defualt governer & settings everything is fine eg: min 200 & max 1400 but games lag now & again, When setting the CPU min & Max settings to 1400MHz, the results are much better but not for long, The CPU always drops to 800MHz when gaming as i notice the lagg, I've noticed this same thing with just about every kernel & rom ive tried wether its set to 1400 or even overclocked to 1500 or 1600max, I've also tried every trick to make them settings stick , like trickster mod etc, none seem to work for long, its like another system service is interfering with the settings or so.....im pulling my hair out to figure out what this is, I just want the CPU min & max to stay firmly at 1400Mhz or 1500 etc....without changing at all!!!
Any help or suggestions would be really appreciated.... FlashJunkie83
Sent from my NeatRom'ed Galaxy S3
CPU/GPU can under-perform if they get too hot from playing resource-intensive games or apps. Maybe this is the issue.
~ RazorMC
RazorMC said:
CPU/GPU can under-perform if they get too hot from playing resource-intensive games or apps. Maybe this is the issue.
hey yea would make sense but when running rooted stock 4.1.2 with stock kernel, this doesnt happen at all, i can set performance governer in set cpu & it stays at 1400 Mhz throughout, also i would of thought a Cpu thats ment to run at 1400 would be fine to do so all the time as its ment to be able to... even with a little heat behind it... its still only doing what its ment to lol, i remember in the days of my s2, i could push the cpu to 1200mhz & it would happily stay there even tho it got hot lol, im really sure its a system thing that upsets the cpu frequency, other than that there must be a way to stop the cpu/gpu from under-performing with a little heat..... thanks for reply tho dude....
Sent from my NeatRom'ed S3 i-9300
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@FlashJunkie83
- High temp will always cause freq throttling since this is how devices are designed. This over-rides whatever the max freq the cpu was designed to run on.
- try undervolting from the boefla config app (if you use the boefla kernel). I use -25mV with almost no difference to performance. Some users have gone on to -50mV but that gave me random freezes and massive lags sometimes.
- Test different governors. I mostly use the default pegasusq and it works well enough. Constantly high freq can affect the CPU in the long-term. So I use max freq of 800mhz and increase it to 1400mhz only when I play games.
- I'm not a fan of SetCPU. It's a great app but i find specific apps (like boeffla config) for kernels to be more precise.
- You can also try a different battery and borrow one from a friend to test it out. I had slight heating issues long ago and changing the battery reduced the heat for me somehow. It was not much, but it was enough for me to notice.
~ RazorMC
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@FlashJunkie83
- High temp will always cause freq throttling since this is how devices are designed. This over-rides whatever the max freq the cpu was designed to run on.
- try undervolting from the boefla config app (if you use the boefla kernel). I use -25mV with almost no difference to performance. Some users have gone on to -50mV but that gave me random freezes and massive lags sometimes.
- Test different governors. I mostly use the default pegasusq and it works well enough. Constantly high freq can affect the CPU in the long-term. So I use max freq of 800mhz and increase it to 1400mhz only when I play games.
- I'm not a fan of SetCPU. It's a great app but i find specific apps (like boeffla config) for kernels to be more precise.
- You can also try a different battery and borrow one from a friend to test it out. I had slight heating issues long ago and changing the battery reduced the heat for me somehow. It was not much, but it was enough for me to notice.
~ RazorMC
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thanks mate will give it a go
sent from my NeatRom'ed S3 i9300
finally fiqured it out, it seems that cynogenmod has a diffrent approach to thermal throttling as ive flashed CM10.2.0 Android 4.3.1 along with Boeffla 2.1 for CM & the issue seems to have gone completely, have been running a performance test on games for best part of the day at 1600MHz with 4 enabled cores & just going back to normal settings for normal daily use, & not 1 issue with throttling, so now im very happy with the smoothness in games although its gets warm, but most high performance CPU's do anyways,So ive come to the conclusion that thermal throttling must be handled more by sammy roms it seems, but got the result i wanted in the end, thanks for all replies tho guys
Sent from my blazing S3 i9300 now running CM10.2.0

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