http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/ Engadget Comments for HTC EVO 4G safely overclocked past 1.2GHz, battery begs for mercy http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 15th 2010 9:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 15th 2010 9:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/CPU: ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL.
Battery- :X r.i.p.ped a new one.
CPU: This form is fragile.]]>Jun 15th 2010 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 15th 2010 9:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 15th 2010 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 15th 2010 9:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/
Every chip is built differently, and undervolts depending on usage are pre-set by the manufacturer. It's very possible to lower them even further in some situations, and especially at max load where manufacturers are very generous with their voltage.]]>Jun 15th 2010 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 15th 2010 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/
I have this app and use it to underclock when the battery get's under 30%. Haven't done extensive testing, but I'll be damned if I can actually kill the battery to zero. It takes quite a bit of abuse for it to run out completely.]]>Jun 15th 2010 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/
The Evo with this overlook gets 8Flops or whatever. Stock gives Evo 6. Froyo gives Nexus One 40.

That should put things in perspective.]]>Jun 15th 2010 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 15th 2010 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/
The kernel I posted is undervolted for most of the frequencies too.

This kernel has some limitations - no camera or sensors yet - but that's because we don't have the full source from HTC yet.]]>Jun 15th 2010 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 15th 2010 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/
the answer is yes, but at this point sensors/camera are broked :(

thank bob for nandroid ^_^]]>Jun 15th 2010 10:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 15th 2010 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 15th 2010 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 15th 2010 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/
It really has nothing to do with the FP capabilities of the chip at all.]]>Jun 15th 2010 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 15th 2010 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/srsly. the Droid's OMAP3430 goes from undervolted stock 550mhz to 1.3 safely. I run it at 1ghz myself, and can go over a full day with normal usage. I usually end up charging before I go to sleep with 40-50% left.

OMAP \o

Can't wait to see what the Android community can do with Droid2 and DroidX.]]>Jun 15th 2010 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/I must be getting old. I just plug my phone in when the battery gets low.]]>Jun 16th 2010 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 16th 2010 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/
Too bad im getting the iPhone.]]>Jun 15th 2010 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Good choice my friend, good choice.
BTW, as if the battery wasn't bad enough on the Evo as it was.....]]>Jun 15th 2010 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Why do you losers downrank him? He didn't talk bad about your precious android? Now crawl back in your basements and quietly wack off to a picture of wonder woman from the '80s. It's really pathetic you fandroids. ]]>Jun 15th 2010 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 15th 2010 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/
On subject, my Evo is plenty fast, so I can't imagine how much tweeker status it would be if I overclocked it. I'll probably do it for fun to mess with the speeds. But overall, I wouldn't say it's necessary for me personally.]]>Jun 15th 2010 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 16th 2010 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 15th 2010 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/
Mine lasts all day/night and then some. Your friend is either a freak user or got a dud battery. Or he is always in sketchy signal strength areas and the radios are always going nutso. ]]>Jun 15th 2010 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Agreed. Mine easily lasts me all day. Honestly I think there was probably a batch of EVOs that may have received faulty batteries when they were manufactured because as many people as there are that have battery problems, there's just as many (like us) who don't. Mind you, the battery life isn't phenomenal but it's on par with my Hero so I don't mind.]]>Jun 15th 2010 11:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/
tun all the background and showy stuff down just a tad and the batter is the same or better then my palm pre was]]>Jun 16th 2010 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 15th 2010 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 15th 2010 9:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Does the Iphone have clocking abilities? No
The reason this is root only is because it voids the warranty and could overheat the phone or something.
Another example is wireless tethering. Nearly every carrier takes 30$ a month for that, and they wouldn't like people just skipping over that and using a tethering app...]]>Jun 15th 2010 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 15th 2010 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/LOL... yes you can over clock an iPhone
Youtube it bud, I over clocked my iPad]]>Jun 15th 2010 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 15th 2010 9:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Lol because hacking an apple product is so hard, with spirit its one button. you open the program, plugin your iOS product, hit Jailbreak, and wait for your device to reboot.
So easy even an idiot like yourself can do it.]]>Jun 15th 2010 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 15th 2010 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 16th 2010 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 15th 2010 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/
Considering the size of the chips...the current fastest mobile processor will never be faster than the current fastest desktop processor.

But current fastest mobile processor matching/exceeding previous generations of processors, then yes.]]>Jun 16th 2010 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 15th 2010 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/You're wrong.
While it would likely be better to see improvements in multi-core processors, increases in speed are not a bad thing.
The only "drawback" is that in a handheld device better interfaces will have to be developed to take advantage of capabilities.]]>Jun 16th 2010 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 15th 2010 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 15th 2010 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Problem solved.

GIVE US AN EVO WITH A QWERTY KEYBOARD !!!!!!!!!!]]>Jun 15th 2010 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/
Damn, gotta love Android and Snapdragon. :)]]>Jun 15th 2010 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/htc-evo-4g-safely-overclocked-past-1-2ghz-battery-begs-for-merc/Jun 15th 2010 9:16PM