New official MetroPCS update that "overclocks" the Ascend

[ciper]

As unlikely as it sounds Metro is releasing a FOTA to improve the Ascend. You will still have 2.1 after this update but the performance is supposed to be much better.
I read it here Huawei small update/upgrade, not 2.2 though...... and a friend that works at Metro confirmed it

Huawei small update/upgrade, not 2.2 though...

I received the following info earlier last week. Anyone actually get this update? Thoughts? I'm not sure if I'm reading it right, but that processor seems under clocked like no other from Metro...

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[xtreemgreen]

We dont need this.. WE have cm7

but good post

 

[nuttmeg]

We dont need this.. WE have cm7

but good post

+1

yep cm7 will be faster than the update metro suppose to bring out, but i bet this is just another myth.

 

[MoneyHoarder87]

The newest build is much faster.

 

[kevinrubio]

The newest build is much faster.

which newer build?

 

[nuttmeg]

which newer build?

05142011, is the latest...

 

[xtreemgreen]

05142011, is the latest...

psssssst... secret... new one coming soon...

 

[nuttmeg]

psssssst... secret... new one coming soon...

yep yep, isaac still tweaking it as its coming more official...

 

[Anduiril]

As unlikely as it sounds Metro is releasing a FOTA to improve the Ascend. You will still have 2.1 after this update but the performance is supposed to be much better.
I read it here Huawei small update/upgrade, not 2.2 though...... and a friend that works at Metro confirmed it

Okay. Increasing the idle speed from 245 to 400 isn't going to do anything but decrease battery life. That isn't overclocking.

 

[kevinrubio]

yep yep, isaac still tweaking it as its coming more official...

Do you know the estimated date when it's going to come out nuttmeg?

 

[SalvoWolf]

So that's what that firmware update thing was.

 

[BlastGT1]

1. I don't believe anything I hear about Ascend "updates" unless someone actually gets it, implements it, and confirms it. Pics or it didn't happen.

2. CM7-Ascend now has 05212011 on the wiki.

 

[jimmy513]

2. CM7-Ascend now has 05212011 on the wiki.

What bugs are associated with it?

 

[nuttmeg]

What bugs are associated with it?

CM7-Ascend - Prepaid Android

 

[pip2kk]

Lol

 

[septembersrain]

Lol

LOL @ Pips randomtastic LOL.

 

[septembersrain]

As unlikely as it sounds Metro is releasing a FOTA to improve the Ascend. You will still have 2.1 after this update but the performance is supposed to be much better.
I read it here Huawei small update/upgrade, not 2.2 though...... and a friend that works at Metro confirmed it

I'd bet that they got the same OC Kernel that Isaac is using, Or one he has used before. I'd laugh forever...

 

[BlastGT1]

I'd bet that they got the same OC Kernel that Isaac is using, Or one he has used before. I'd laugh forever...

It's not an overclock, all they did was raise the minimum speed to 400Mhz, which won't do jack.

 

[nuttmeg]

It's not an overclock, all they did was raise the minimum speed to 400Mhz, which won't do jack.

or it just might jack up the phone, lol

 

[BlastGT1]

Well played, sir.

 

[JJWoodyNYC]

or it just might jack up the phone, lol

Yea, FYI it jacked the $#*! out of my phone and got stuck on the reboot screen. I had to go to metro and get a replacement...FML

 

[nuttmeg]

Yea, FYI it jacked the $#*! out of my phone and got stuck on the reboot screen. I had to go to metro and get a replacement...FML

that sucks, hope they didnt charge you from that messing up your phone did they?