I wrote an overclocking app today that will become opensource as soon as I put the source online(lol). This is confirmed to work on at least Haykuro's 5.0.1G ROM. Allows setting custom min and max cpu frequency. Enjoy . (Thanks buttkicker for this idea)
And the source code is now live on googlecode.
site is: http://code.google.com/p/openoverclocker/
UPDATE: New version up. Everything is now working and tested on both JF and Haykuro. Will continue to set clock even after reboot, so enjoy!
[email protected] said:
I wrote an overclocking app today that will become opensource as soon as I put the source online(lol). This is confirmed to work on at least Haykuro's 5.0.1G ROM. Allows setting custom min and max cpu frequency. Currently gets reset on restart but will fix that soon as well. Enjoy . (Thanks buttkicker for this idea)
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Nice Marcus! Just downloaded it from the marketplace, and it works! I don't mind the reset after restart because honestly, how often do we restart our phones? Confirmed working on 5.0G (apps to sd) as well. go poly! =]
Question: would it harm the phone to set min and max to 528?
wow, it works fine. thank you. its pretty fast
it doesn't seem to work in the H version
Hmm darn no go on H eh? Lol I'll have to wait till someone figures out how to overclock that one and then incorperate it.
Perrosky said:
it doesn't seem to work in the H version
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I am running 5.0.2H, and it should work.
[email protected], are you doing anything different in the app?
Hmm no, not really. Except that I'm saving the values in files and then cat-ing them out to the frequency files. Perrosky, did you set a different minimum? It will scale between them so it might not run at max when you look at /proc/cpuinfo
seems to work fine with my G1. is this actually overclocking or just clocking the processor to its max.
jaboswell said:
seems to work fine with my G1. is this actually overclocking or just clocking the processor to its max.
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As I understand it, the G1 has a scalable 512 MHz processor, so this is clocking it to it's max specs.
testing567 said:
As I understand it, the G1 has a scalable 512 MHz processor, so this is clocking it to it's max specs.
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Thats what I thought, was reading it somewhere but couldnt remember so I just asked..
well some programs seem to run faster, but that could just be me.. i ran cat /proc/cpuinfo and got a speed of 383.38...i have it set to min 384 max 524 even tried 512 as max..when i run some programs it seems faster than before..but when i run term. emu to get speed it resets the app to 384 max. 248 min.
I got the 5.0.1H...
and I don't think it works for me too...
how to check ? If I set Max to 528 MIN 248 and click "apply" nothing happen
if I set MAX/MIN both 528.. phone hang/crash
victortung said:
I got the 5.0.1H...
and I don't think it works for me too...
how to check ? If I set Max to 528 MIN 248 and click "apply" nothing happen
if I set MAX/MIN both 528.. phone hang/crash
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Hmm interesting on the phone hanging. For the 528 max and 248 min the phone will run faster when taxed but will run the same at low points. Maybe try 528 max and 400 min and then see what "cat /proc/cpuinfo" says? If it says anything over 348 then you're already over what the normal maximum is
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Thats what I thought, was reading it somewhere but couldnt remember so I just asked..
well some programs seem to run faster, but that could just be me.. i ran cat /proc/cpuinfo and got a speed of 383.38...i have it set to min 384 max 524 even tried 512 as max..when i run some programs it seems faster than before..but when i run term. emu to get speed it resets the app to 384 max. 248 min.
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App always resets to 384 max and 248 min, I hardcoded those in. Next revision should support loading the actual speed and remembering what you put last.
After reboot, sometimes it hangs while requesting superuser access, then crashes.
Doesn't seem very different thus far. Any way to benchmark it?
I guess we'll find out if our battery life shortens.
Edit: Nevermind... I found my answer in this thread.
Saw this last night during my nightly before-I-sleep market app search.
Thanks!
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Hmm no, not really. Except that I'm saving the values in files and then cat-ing them out to the frequency files. Perrosky, did you set a different minimum? It will scale between them so it might not run at max when you look at /proc/cpuinfo
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sorry for my late post, I set the min at 328 and max at 500 I hit apply and the overclock apk just stay still, then when I use the Terminal to see the speed I show 258
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sorry for my late post, I set the min at 328 and max at 500 I hit apply and the overclock apk just stay still, then when I use the Terminal to see the speed I show 258
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Do you have the superuser whitelist app installed.
You will need that.
Not sure, but since the cpu is scaling, the terminal or other program would show the current cpu usage when it reads and display it.
So, if you're not doing anything in the OS, the readout would be near the low-end, when you check the freq.
I tried the software, but I wish it had a button to monitor or show the cpu mhz somewhere.
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Not sure, but since the cpu is scaling, the terminal or other program would show the current cpu usage when it reads and display it.
So, if you're not doing anything in the OS, the readout would be near the low-end, when you check the freq.
I tried the software, but I wish it had a button to monitor or show the cpu mhz somewhere.
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That will be in the next version. That's why it says MHz at the top, planning on putting the number there but gonna have to do some parsing of /proc/cpuinfo... somehow...
Hi everybody ...
I have a question regarding using SetCpu to a full potential and keeps on freezing whenever I set the clock to 1704 Mhz on main section of application. For your information regarding my GN
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and please refer to the screen capture of my about phone so you can see the kernel version etc... and also including the screen capture of the setting of SetCpu as well so anyone knows what I am not doing right in settings of SetCpu...
Every single time I set the clock to the max which is 1704 Mhz, m my phone freezes and had to reboot again !!.
Please carefully look at the screen captures and advice me what to do with these setting in SetCpu...
Thank you very much in advance !!
If it freezes, that means you've gone too high. Keep lowering it until you stop experiencing freezing.
@Seeker14491 --- YEAH thanks for your information much appreciated !
Hello XDA-Members
I wanna ask around if someone of you is experiencing the same bug when trying to underclock the SGS on CM10-Nightlies...
The first time i experienced this bug was on 20120820 - I tried to set the max freq to 800 Mhz and saw instantly the bootanimation.
The second time was today with 20120826 - when i choose max freq 800 mhz in the system settings, the hole SGS freezes. only the backlight of hardware keys shows response.
The Nightlies in between i couldn't test.
Everything is stock. Checked the md5 of the downloaded zips. No apps installed. All okay. This bug is annoying Even if nearly nobody would underclock this phone because of the "butter" in CM10...
Cheers
Hey guys so I got this problem I'm wondering if anyone else has gotten it because it is a little frustrating.
OK so my nexus 6 when I game it drops to 1ghz all 4 cores. I have chroma and elementalx. I've tried turning off thermal in kernel auditor and I have used core CPU control and system monitor and it goes fine for fee few seconds then drops down to 1ghz .
Its really annoying I really wish someone could help me. Thanks I'd advance.
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Hey guys so I got this problem I'm wondering if anyone else has gotten it because it is a little frustrating.
OK so my nexus 6 when I game it drops to 1ghz all 4 cores. I have chroma and elementalx. I've tried turning off thermal in kernel auditor and I have used core CPU control and system monitor and it goes fine for fee few seconds then drops down to 1ghz .
Its really annoying I really wish someone could help me. Thanks I'd advance.
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change how your CPU is set up(by changing your governor/scheduler), and disable mpdecision. its very simple to get your CPU to work as you want it to, just learn what the different governors and their option do.
simms22 said:
change how your CPU is set up(by changing your governor/scheduler), and disable mpdecision. its very simple to get your CPU to work as you want it to, just learn what the different governors and their option do.
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I have it on elemental governor, I heard you need busybox for it to stick but i dont know.
Sometimes I try to change the max frequency but it just won't change, the frequency's go all over the place haha.
Do you know which kernel is best for gaming on the nexus 6 ?
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I have it on elemental governor, I heard you need busybox for it to stick but i dont know.
Sometimes I try to change the max frequency but it just won't change, the frequency's go all over the place haha.
Do you know which kernel is best for gaming on the nexus 6 ?
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elemental is fine, probably do need busybox. but it sounds as you need to disable mpdecision.
BCL driver.
Check it out HERE.
You can even follow the instructions there to disable it.
Or you can install singularity kernel and the singularity kernel app with it. Singularity kernel has a option to disable it, along with a TON of other features.
The frequency drops because the CPU ***TEMPERATURE*** gets too high. Don't mess with it unless you like instability and "random" reboots.
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The frequency drops because the CPU ***TEMPERATURE*** gets too high. Don't mess with it unless you like instability and "random" reboots.
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funny, i disable thermal throttle every single time i boot up, since nov 2014, i my n6 doesnt get instability, and doent reboot.
simms22 said:
funny, i disable thermal throttle every single time i boot up, since nov 2014, i my n6 doesnt get instability, and doent reboot.
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We've already gone over this and confirmed that your observations are incomplete.
Hi, I'm on OOS 3.5.4 with stock kernel, and I just found that through the Kernel Adiutor. (I'll attach the screenshot below) I can even set the 2188MHz for the maximum frequency. (The default value is 1593 MHz) Is that normal for this device? And also, what will be happening if I set that to 2188 MHz?
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Hi, I'm on OOS 3.5.4 with stock kernel, and I just found that through the Kernel Adiutor. (I'll attach the screenshot below) I can even set the 2188MHz for the maximum frequency. (The default value is 1593 MHz) Is that normal for this device? And also, what will be happening if I set that to 2188 MHz?
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The same for me....
If I try to set it on 2188...It reverts back to 1593...
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The same for me....
If I try to set it on 2188...It reverts back to 1593...
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Oh, it seems it reverts back when I close the app and open it again.
The behavior is normal. Although it shows 1593 as the highest frequency for the little cluster, it does reach 2188 from time to time. I have checked this with EX kernel manager.