I have done a lot of experimenting over the past week with the settings I listed and my phone runs cooler, less lag/jerkiness here and there, and no ill effects on my battery life. I was surprised too as I have quite a few profiles and since I OC'd have been using "ondemand" MOSTLY.
You posted the SetCPU descriptions...read them...the system uses resources with the "ondemand" setting. For me, the phone has 3 basic states: 1) Charging 2) Screen Off 3) Me Using It. There really is no need to waste resources as I am basically MANUALLY setting my CPU to those 3 states (for the most part) with speed differences dependent upon battery life %. Under "ondemand," while one app may only max out my cpu (for example) at 700mhz normally...I'm running it at 1200mhz. But my temps have not increased and everything is smooth as silk and snappy.
Every phone is different, I suggest people experiment with it more. I've been pleasantly surprised so far (crossing fingers).
Excellent rejoinder. I have highlighted the most important part that people need to read repeatedly and thoroughly understand.
This is the
exact reason why I shudder when someone asks "What is a good ROM?" or "Which is the best theme?" or "What is the best kernel?"
The answers to these questions are purely subjective, and what works on one phone may not work at all on another - or it may work better.
SetCPU, in that it is playing with a purely subjective matter to begin with, namely overclocking, is another one of those issues that is going to be different from one phone to the next. Here's why:
Not only do we have the hardware to consider - every piece of electronics that is composed of multiple components, all of which that are mass produced, are going to have idiosyncrasies within each individual unit - but we also have individual
users who install different applications, root or don't, user one recovery or another, use a stock ROM or not, theme or not ....
With so many variables introduced there is no
given with our phones. Some phones
like having the low end set to 125 MHz, some don't. Some phones can do 1300 MHz some cannot. Some phones have no lag at 800, some do not.
It is not up to us to judge someone else and their choice of settings - it is up to us to find what is
right for us.
Now, as a caveat - yes, asking for guidelines is a good thing - obviously we know that 99.999% o DROIDs out there are not going to his 2.0 GHz. however, once you have those, it is up to you to find the right balance that suits you. If it is Conservative, if it is performance, only you can decide.
LOL, not exactly. Its already at 122F by default and I feel that is a good temp to drop my processor speed at. I don't hit it often, and sometimes I'll still hit 130F. My goal is stay away from 140F, so I felt 122F was a good place set my ' temp ceiling'.
