Root optimus oc question

[vtmike]

I was wondering if anyone knows why the oc threshold on the optimus one is so low. I know people with the Samsung Spica chipset have successfully got it over 1ghz. This is with an older armv6 processor than what is in the optimus.

 

[lou61166]

I am plenty happy with the stock frequency, i see no reason other then bragging rights to run the risk of frying a 200 dollar phone,but from what i have read those who do this and install custom Roms just return them when they F them up,no wonder there is a shortage and the price went from 150 to 200.

 

[vtmike]

I am plenty happy with the stock frequency, i see no reason other then bragging rights to run the risk of frying a 200 dollar phone,but from what i have read those who do this and install custom Roms just return them when they F them up,no wonder there is a shortage and the price went from 150 to 200.

You must not have played angry birds seasons because it is pretty laggy stock. CM7 is definitely worth rooting the phone over. It is so much better than stock. I also would estimate the percentage of people who buy and modify these phones is very small, and the majority of those that do are able to fix any problems without "bricking" the device. Although, it would be nice if the device could boot from an SD card like the nook color can so it can be recovered even if you can't access recovery. I'm also not aware of any software to flash roms from download mode like you can do on galaxy s devices, so this is not the safest device to modify. That being said I still say the benefits outweigh the risks.

 

[kc3]

Well, plus the Samsung Spica has an 800MHz processor anyways, only 600 for the Optimus V but the V can be overclocked past 800MHz so it's just another 200 MHz for each phone.

 

[tli]

I was wondering if anyone knows why the oc threshold on the optimus one is so low. I know people with the Samsung Spica chipset have successfully got it over 1ghz. This is with an older armv6 processor than what is in the optimus.

The ability to OC is not just dependent on the CPU's clock rate. There are many factors and issues which could be preventing higher OC. The max OC rate depends on the hardware architecture and the level of design margins used in it's design (e.g., memory accesses, I/O speeds, peripheral accesses/controls, battery condition, heat issues, graphics processing, multi-tasking capabilities, etc.) All these factors could and would impact the phone's OC capability.

 

[vtmike]

The ability to OC is not just dependent on the CPU's clock rate. There are many factors and issues which could be preventing higher OC. The max OC rate depends on the hardware architecture and the level of design margins used in it's design (e.g., memory accesses, I/O speeds, peripheral accesses/controls, battery condition, heat issues, graphics processing, multi-tasking capabilities, etc.) All these factors could and would impact the phone's OC capability.

Very true. I was just wondering if its more specifically a voltage issue. Maybe it runs at a low voltage to save power but the voltage could be safely increased to raise possible OC clock rate. This probably has already been looked into but I can't find any threads anywhere.