Poll: Do you think its possible to overclock the N900?!
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#4591
Jakiman just stole my virginity, you bastard! (what comes to overlocking) Thank you very much for good instruction, you obiviously used few hours to prepare them.

I loaded starving (thx tonism!) voltage profile with frequency range 250-700, and the phone seems to run stable and noticeably faster with it.

There is one thing that I'm not sure of though. Does anyone know how long do those voltage profiles go that are loaded to the current power user kernel? Do they all go between 0-1150 Mhz?
 
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#4592
I'm unable to remove the kernel and revert to the original nokia one, every time I try, it tells me it can't download the original nokia one. I've tried through wireless and o2. My USB is not working anymore so I cant flash it. Any ideas?
 
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Originally Posted by zimmerit View Post
There is one thing that I'm not sure of though. Does anyone know how long do those voltage profiles go that are loaded to the current power user kernel? Do they all go between 0-1150 Mhz?
Haha. Glad my guide helped you out a bit.

Yes. All the voltage profiles that comes with the "settings" package is configured for the entire frequency range supported.

See this table for the full comparison:
(ideal uses 0.975v for 125/250Mhz)

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...072#post646072
 
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@techie and Jakiman,

Thanks for the support. You guys have helped really a great deal.

Since update of PR1.2 my phone was hanging/freezing all the time no matter whichever application. Also, since the update phone would connect to wireless and try to log on to gtalk and skype. However, since it can't connect to the net unless I manually enter username and password so after picking up wireless it would constantly try to connect skype and gtalk. This would drain out the battery really fast and fone would get heated up alot.

So, last few weeks since PR update I was really getting frustrated on how to fix the freezing problem as it was happening almost when accessing any application.

However, after overclocking last night by following the instructions you guys have provided, I am surprised that it has resolved almost all the problems I have been struggling with over the last few weeks.

- Apps manager was so bad and slow in loading after the PR update - it is amazingly fast... even faster than it was when I bought the phone.
- Email App which also used to hang after PR update is super fast like never before.
- Wifi switcher would take effect literally after a min when I have disabled. However now after overclocking its back to normal. Although at times there is still slight lag.

So basically all apps that were freezing and hanging terribly since PR update have started to load smooth and fast. I am loving my fone even more now.

Thanks to you guys for the great contributions and advice.

Jakiman, your guide is really good :up: keep up the great work.

I have overclocked the phone in this way:

sudo gainroot
kernel-config load lv
kernel-config limits 250 850
kernel-config save myprofile1
kernel-config default myprofile1
I need one advice though. currently I have the above profile 250-850. However, can you guys tell me whats the difference between this profile and the one with limits as 125-850. I would prefer to keep the profile as 125-850, if it means that the phone would use 125 when it is idle mode. Does that means less (energy) consumption on the downward side?
 
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So, without any technical knowledge, but using the power kernel install and QCPUFreq, I can now have my device running at 900 Mhz without any issue. Great work guys!
 
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**Duplicate, please delete this post**
Sorry

Last edited by gtessier00; 2010-07-05 at 15:27.
 
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Originally Posted by vicegerent View Post
I need one advice though. currently I have the above profile 250-850. However, can you guys tell me whats the difference between this profile and the one with limits as 125-850. I would prefer to keep the profile as 125-850, if it means that the phone would use 125 when it is idle mode. Does that means less (energy) consumption on the downward side?
Hey!
125-850 doesn't mean that the phone will be at 125 at idle mode. At idle, the phone goes to ''sleep'' and the cpu nearly stops (sorry I don't know EXACTLY how to say it). Also, when at 125, you must know that the device will be really slow when unlocking it, or things like receiving calls.
Honestly, I suggest you stick to 250 as the lower limit, and having experienced both ''ideal'' and ''lv'' profiles, ideal was really unstable for me. It was slow and got back to 600mhz a couple of times.
I have been using LV profile with 250-700mhz (summer is hot here, I hate seeing my temp @ 40 degrees) and really, so far so good!
 
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hey guys, ive been testing the ideal profile for a few days and i have a SMALL complaint.
see, ideal works like its on drugs for a good 10 hours..but after that it FEELS like it goes back to the same state it was before on the nokia kernel.a lotta lag n random freezes.
is there a reason for this?should increase the max limit?or decrease it?
increase voltage or decrease it?(assuming lv =low voltage)
i thought i should ask this before i venture on to 900 mhz n 1Ghz !!
 
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#4600
hey!
Yeah, put it on lv. I had problems with ideal too.
Do this:
Sudo kernel-config load lv
sudo kernel-config limits 250-805
sudo kernel-config save lv8
sudo kernel-config default lv8
 
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