Is your Android device Overclocked?

[Kaiser17]

Is your Android device Overclocked? Why or why not?

My phone is not overclocked because its fast and runs smoothly even with a good amount of apps open so I have no reason to overclock it. The other two reasons for me to not overclock my phone is that if you don't know what you are doing you can easily screw up your phone. Also the higher the frequency the more battery usage, and me being me im always looking to save battery on my phone.

 

[B2L]

Is your Android device Overclocked? Why or why not?

My phone is not overclocked because its fast and runs smoothly even with a good amount of apps open so I have no reason to overclock it. The other two reasons for me to not overclock my phone is that if you don't know what you are doing you can easily screw up your phone. Also the higher the frequency the more battery usage, and me being me im always looking to save battery on my phone.

I typically undervolt to save battery, but I will overclock when I'm playing games or doing benchmarks.

 

[Kaiser17]

I typically undervolt to save battery, but I will overclock when I'm playing games or doing benchmarks.

So its more of a temporary thing for you? Where you overclock for certain occasions?

I guess that's better then just setting it to higher frequency permanently like which is what most people do.

 

[B2L]

So its more of a temporary thing for you? Where you overclock for certain occasions?

I guess that's better then just setting it to higher frequency permanently like which is what most people do.

Yeah, I use different profiles for different occasions. It seems to work extremely well, and I'm still able to save a ton of battery.

 

[chanchan05]

Considering that I've grown tired of playing games on my phone and use it more for communication, social network, music and camera, i've foregone my old decision to overclock. No use for me.

 

[Shocky]

Only if I'm messing around with benchmarks, otherwise I don't see the point, the CPU in the SGS2 is more than enough at 1.2GHz.

 

[jerofld]

I undervolt and have my phone underclock when the screen is off. If I ever need the processing power, I can get it back quickly enough. Which is why I think the whole benchmark thing is really silly.

I can see it now: "OMG, I scored 3583 in quad, time to play Words with Friends, text, and check facebook"

Really? Why?

Edit: But if you're into playing graphic intensive games on your phone, then the more power to you. I understand overclocking for that.

 

[ironass]

I overclock my Galaxy SII to 1.6Ghz with an Ondemand setting in SetCPU governer using the excellent Siyah 1.8 kernel.

In reality it spends very little time at 1.6Ghz but the extra horsepower is there under the hood when needed.

Most of the time, in use, it is around 800 to 1,000 MHz and battery life is very good.

 

[Slug]

I undervolt and have my phone underclock when the screen is off

^This for the GS2. Overclocking gave me no noticeable real-world benefits and I don't "do" benchmarks other than when testing.

The Desire Z is clocked to 1.2GHz (50% up from the stock 800MHz) and the Hero to 691MHz (from 528MHz).