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My Droid is running at 1GHZ
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messenger13
Android Expert
I am the ultimate APPS KILLER. But nothing compares to running at 1K. Smokin'! (Umm ... figuratively speaking.
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sghere
Well-Known Member
I'm sorry to post, but following this link it has steps that I'm not familiar with. When I upgraded to 2.0.1 and rooted my Droid I did everything on the phone.
When it says to run the ADB command...what is that? (not a linux guy here). Is there a program that I need to download to run these commands?
I downloaded SetCPU lastnight, but it just freezes my phone, so I uninstalled it.
Please don't flame...I'm just asking if there is a step by step guide to doing this where it's not assumed you know what programs you need to use, roms to install or where to put them.
I don't have a /system/xbin or /system/bin directory when I use Astro to look at the directory structure, however when I mount the phone and do a directory search on drive E (mounted drive for the phone) on the PC, it looks like I'm already in the System directory and there is a directory called Bin there, but you can't see it just by browsing the folder. Inside is a 7k file named "SU".
Are there other steps/programs that I need to download to use this method of overclocking? I'm not worried about bricking the phone, but would like more of a ... Here what you do...step 1, step 2 etc.
Thanks for any help...I really do appreciate it!
Shayne
aleksander
Well-Known Member
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Way too many words. I was like "what!?" and then I was like "huh!?" and then... eh, I got a little bored. Somethin' about clutches?"
i agree mods are to fit personal needs (less words )
jmccarthy14
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Fade you gotta give up the 2.1 rom, my boot/transitions move way quicker and i'm guessing its the 2.1. The fastest rom i've used yet has been the sholes 1.2. Its faster than my stock 2.0.1 i was running + my own tweaks + the 2.1 apps. Try it out and if you don't like it, well thats what nandroid is for.
messenger13
Android Expert
I would say the same to you regarding Sholes' ROM. Since moving to Pete's "Bugless Beauty", I won't go back. I'm running his 0.8.3, and it is really nice. I use Sweeter Home as my benchmark, and Pete's ROMs seem to be the only ROMs that could truly handle that home-replacement app. Now that I'm O/C'ed, it is silky smooth.
messenger13
Android Expert
0.8.3 does, yes.
jmccarthy14
Well-Known Member
Never had any issues with sweeter home. And as far as i can tell, BB is for stability. I don't see any changes in his rom that would accelerate it over a stock 2.0.1 rom. Before I show that sholes Does make performance changes, I'll let you explain to me how I'm wrong about Pete's, because I'm sure you know something I don't about it if you are saying this. No sarcasm. Just don't see XXXX for performance/optimization anywhere on his thread. So you can save me the digging-it-up-myself part.
Fadelight
Android Expert
Yeah, I keep thinking the same thing. the Greek v2 rom was SOOOOOOOO doggy, the transitions sucked even worse before. I would swipe to another home screen and there was almost half a second of lag before it would even start to move. I kept it because I was anticipating, like everyone else, that the official release would be out on the 22nd and I might as well wait rather than do anything at this point. Knowing that my phone literally tripled in speed from what it was before, and seeing that it is barely faster than 2.0.1 now was a major discouragement to me. I'm going to try a few ROMs today and see if I can find something better to hold me over until the official 2.1 comes out and the rom devs have something solid to use as a base.
Needsdecaf
Android Expert
shademar
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Bugless beast actually is the first rom I've loaded since (only rooted a few days ago)...I've been running it since early this morning, and I'm pretty thoroughly hooked. My battery life hasn't taken much of a hit, if any, and dang...it's snappy. All the little snags and lags I've gotten used to are pretty much gone. No crashes, no noticeable change in heat generation, and pretty painless to install even for my newbish self.
I'm having that 'I love this thing' glee feeling about the droid all over again.
ssantan2
Android Enthusiast
Bugless beast actually is the first rom I've loaded since (only rooted a few days ago)...I've been running it since early this morning, and I'm pretty thoroughly hooked. My battery life hasn't taken much of a hit, if any, and dang...it's snappy. All the little snags and lags I've gotten used to are pretty much gone. No crashes, no noticeable change in heat generation, and pretty painless to install even for my newbish self.
I'm having that 'I love this thing' glee feeling about the droid all over again.
Yea, I too am loving everything about the bugless beast right now and the easy update makes going to the next release a breeze. I think I found my rom
Needsdecaf
Android Expert
I was thinking about this as I scrolled through the thread. And I saw Fabulous' signature line with the speed test posted. So I decided to run a test of my own.
Best I have EVER come up with on this phone, on WiFi, was about 2.5 Mbps down and about 0.7Mbps up. I'm on Verizon Fios.
On WiFi: 8.92 Mbps down, 1.45 Mbps up
On 3G: 1.57 Mbps down, 0.75 Mbps up.
That's about a 75% increase for 3G (I have shitty signal at home).
Fooook.
altimax98
Android Enthusiast
Tomorrow my girlfriends droid comes in.. what ill do is overclock mine to 1ghz tonight using pete's 0.8.3 and ill have hers run stock clock with the same rom and ill do some boot tests and ill do some web loading and youtube loading tests.. ill take the video and post it.
Kirch21
Android Enthusiast
isnt petes rom at 800? what are you doing to bump it to 1000 or 1100?
altimax98
Android Enthusiast
the 0.8.3 runs stock clock from what I know... Ill first run 1ghz Vs. stock, then 800 vs 1ghz and see what time it takes off the clock
Ive got to figure out how to get the kernals on the phone tonight tho, i know nothing about linux
messenger13
Android Expert
Pete's 0.8.3 runs stock. His latest release, umm ... 7.1 I think, has the 800 MHz hack built into it. (Yes, the latest release has a lower number. Don't ask me, I'm just the messenger.)
altimax98
Android Enthusiast
Ive got a stupid question, but when taz says:
Code:
adb shell /system/xbin/flash_image boot /sdcard/********.img
what does he mean when he says run? he says to mount the SD card to the PC while in the recovery console, and run that command... what runs that command? a program?
Code:
adb shell /system/xbin/flash_image boot /sdcard/********.img
what does he mean when he says run? he says to mount the SD card to the PC while in the recovery console, and run that command... what runs that command? a program?
Kirch21
Android Enthusiast
the 0.8.3 runs stock clock from what I know... Ill first run 1ghz Vs. stock, then 800 vs 1ghz and see what time it takes off the clock
Ive got to figure out how to get the kernals on the phone tonight tho, i know nothing about linux
oh yes sorry thats what i meant the bugless beast is at version 7.2 and beauty at 8.3.
Kirch21
Android Enthusiast
the 0.8.3 runs stock clock from what I know... Ill first run 1ghz Vs. stock, then 800 vs 1ghz and see what time it takes off the clock
Ive got to figure out how to get the kernals on the phone tonight tho, i know nothing about linux
and how will you set it to 1ghz? its comes at 800 oh and if you need help ive got his bugless beast installed running at 800 (its amazing) just PM me
messenger13
Android Expert
ADB (Android Debug Bridge) is part of the SDK for Android. ADB allows you to run Linux commands from your PC's command prompt window to your DROID. It is basically how your flash images to your DROID, "push" files to your DROID, and so on.