Thread: Overclock using the N900
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geneven is offline geneven
2010-07-23 , 23:49
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Originally Posted by vivek5000 View Post
Thnx geneven.. Once I overclock using custom kernel, then how to go back to the default settings..

And once I go back to the default settings & take my phone to Nokia, they wouldnt know right that the phone was overclocked?/
You read the overclocking docs and they give you a simple way to get back to the standard kernel.

You can use the custom kernel without overclocking -- when you install it you aren't overclocking. Until you tell it something like kernel-config limits 500 850 it isn't overclocking. Then if you stop telling it that, it isn't overclocking any more.

But it isn't 100% sure that going back to the standard kernel would make it impossible to tell that the phone has been overclocked. Some people claim that there are ways for Nokia to tell.

I have read that the N900 is ALREADY overclocked, by Nokia, so it would seem to me that they CAN'T tell that WE overclocked it.

My bet is that if you go back to the standard kernel they can't tell.

I think that you are on your honor not to be demanding a lot of support from Nokia if you have problems that might have been caused by overclocking. However, I have seen no such problems.

Originally Posted by Pyro1099 View Post
If I overclock using this tutorial "http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=595582&postcount=774"

Will I still be able to use the AM and updater?
Jakiman is an authoritative source of information. In other words, I trust him.

Yes, you will be able to use App Mgr and the updater.

Originally Posted by Switch_ View Post
Do plenty of research before overclocking. Nokia will know because the EEPROM in the chip will state that for x-period of time it ran with a core frequency of, say, 800Mhz and not the stock 600Mhz. Nokia will know and they have the tools to find out.

In answer to all of your questions, I would have to ask that before you ask too many you gather all the research data that you can. Start in the overclocking thread, and then check the overclocking Wiki. Read, understand, digest and then make the decision which way to go. After that, bear in mind that either custom kernel you download will not allow the recently released fCamera to run properly, and they need to be uninstalled.

If you uninstall incorrectly, your phone will be bricked, requiring re-flashing. Do not go down this road unless you are comformtable with it.
This is interesting. Since you say that Nokia can tell, can you estimate how many support requests have been denied by Nokia because the phone has been overclocked? My personal estimate: zero.

I have not seen one single posting claiming that Nokia has rejected a support request due to overclocking, have you? After all, most support requests are about things like a broken usb port, which overclocking doesn't affect.
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