Overclocking App available in the market!

[andonnguyen]

Hey everyone, there is an overclocking app in the market, anyone care to give it a try?

Edit: So I downloaded it lol. Here are some screenshots. BTW, is there anyway I can verify that the cpu freq is actually being adjusted?

*Just for fun I ran neocore to see if it would raise my FPS. lol.

[Gameloft]

just notice the difference in speed. If you notice please post. And its not overclocking its just clocking. Overclocking will be beyond 528 MHz

[andonnguyen]

Originally Posted by Gameloft just notice the difference in speed. If you notice please post. And its not overclocking its just clocking. Overclocking will be beyond 528 MHz

The app is called Overclock, you can argue with the developer about the name not me.

Anyways, I do notice a very nice speed increase.

For example, atrackdog would take me at least 20-30 seconds to load my full app list (184 apps)

After installing overclock, it loaded in under 5 seconds.

i'll run other programs, and post my results.

I ran droidgear (game gear emulator) before and after, and I can honestly say it was faster (not a placebo affect).
-Before: droidgear would take over 4 minutes just to get to the menu screen
-After: i was actually able to load a game in under 1 and a half minutes, I even let it sit to run the demo, and it is the fastest ive ever seen an emulator run on this device (compared to NesEmu, and GB emu)

It would probably actually be playable if tweaks were made to the application codebase, and android Open GL stack.

Also, the camera loads instantly after pressing the camera button and via the icon in the home screen.

[wootroot]

well, i was too, and then i downloaded it and said "aahh, what the hell, if i break mine, ill just take my wifes haha..." probably not the best of plans but i installed it anyway


sooo i havnt burnt up my phone yet, but here is my issue with the app, does the app only work untill you reboot your phone?
because when i reboot my phone, it goes back to the default speed according to the app

also, my phone tends to hang up (stuck on the apps screen, no buttons work, screen wont rotate, power button wont shut screen off) when using the 528MHz


so far, i havnt found a reason to pay a dollar for it, but ill keep testing



[UPDATE]

resolution for all below tests is 320 x 480

i tried neocore like posted above, using the mid level setting, and i actually did raise my fps from
DEFAULT CPU (248 MHz): 20.5 (with sound off)
384 MHz: 25.0! (with sound off)
DEFAULT CPU (248 MHz): 14.5 (with sound on)
384 MHz: 20.8 (with sound on)

still havnt gotten the fast speed to work yet, but im still trying to figure that out, on another note, sweeter home does seem to load a little faster

[UPDATE]
Incase you didnt see my sig, im not running on a ADP1 phone, so that might by why the fastest setting doesnt work for me, but so far 384MHz is making a noticeable difference with NEOCORE and SWEETER HOME

Originally Posted by andonnguyen The app is called Overclock, you can argue with the developer about the name not me. Anyways, I do notice a very nice speed increase. Also, the camera loads instantly after pressing the camera button and via the icon in the home screen.

i use snap photo, which used to take FOREVER to load up on my g1 using the camera button, its significantly faster using the 384MHz setting, good observation




Ok, so so far here is a list of things ive noticed (using 384MHz vs 248MHz):

-FPS in NEOCORE increased on adverage 5 to 6 fps
-Sweeter Home doesnt lag NEARLY as much as it used to (ALOT less force closes)
-Snap Photo doesnt take a month to load using the camera button
-G1 Wakes up properly which was a issue my g1 (and others on this forum) had
-Even though the app says it will "kill" the battery, using 384MHz during normal use of the phone isnt "killing" my battery, however, doom (while runs better (even with sound on)) seems to be dropping my battery level faster, but the game is running faster, which is the trade off id expect when running these apps together

[speoples20]

At this point is there really a need? My phone doesnt lag that much that I need to over clock not to mention my battery life sucks already.

[wootroot]

Originally Posted by speoples20 At this point is there really a need? My phone doesnt lag that much that I need to over clock not to mention my battery life sucks already.

all of our battery life sucks unless you have the extended battery, im not getting THAT big of a battery drain according to the system monitor app, and it DOES make a difference on g1's that have lag issues (running tons of apps like i do)

in other threads, people have complained about the g1 not waking up quickly sometimes, ive yet to have that issue since ive clocked mine up to the 384MHz setting

[andonnguyen]

@woot, you do know that the default cpu freq on the G1 is ~384mHz. So you might want to change in your sig that you're overclocked to 384mHz lol.

The program installs a script on your sd card called ocx_tmp.sh and adjusts it that way, it'll write to /system as -rw (from what I've discussed with someone) would probably cause instability.

The program will reset the cpu freq back down to 384mHz after the phone sleeps. You can verify this in terminal emulator by typing:

$su
#cat /proc/cpuinfo

Try it before and after setting the cpu freq in overclock and you'll see what I mean =)

[ivanmmj]

I thought the the CPU ran at 528 MHz by default? Or is it clocked dynamically and this forces it?

[wootroot]

Originally Posted by Gameloft just notice the difference in speed. If you notice please post. And its not overclocking its just clocking. Overclocking will be beyond 528 MHz

Originally Posted by andonnguyen @woot, you do know that the default cpu freq on the G1 is ~384mHz. So you might want to change in your sig that you're overclocked to 384mHz lol.

im not as familiar with clocking/overclocking so i wasnt sure if i was clocking it to 384, overclocking it to 384, or what, so what would be the proper thing to put in my sig? lol because according to my first quote, true overclocking wouldnt be untill i went beyond 528, so from the view of my first quote, im not OVERclocking, im clocking, wheras your saying im overclocked

[wootroot]

Originally Posted by andonnguyen The program will reset the cpu freq back down to 384mHz after the phone sleeps. You can verify this in terminal emulator by typing: $su #cat /proc/cpuinfo

so is it infact the program thats changing the cpu freq or is it the phone? if its the program, is this to avoid overworking the cpu without the demand?