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 Originally Posted by scottysxc
seriously.
overclock your pre.
the instructions are simple and easy to follow if youve ever done anything with preware.
the new overclocking craze is the uber kernel, and can be found in preware by searching list of everything for uber.
the thread with the instructions can be found on here by searching for the same type of thing.
IMPORTANT:
if you do this, set your screen-on speed to 800 and screen-off speed to 125.
this makes the battery life the same (unnoticeable change)
and no joke, REINVENTS the pre.
there is ZERO hiccup while scrolling and none whatsoever when flipping through cards, closing cards, opening cards, or going side to side in launcher.
music is also MUCH faster switching songs or going through lists of music.
if youve used an iphone and thought to yourself, "why arent all phones so smooth and fluid through menus?" or "why cant scrolling be less jumpy on MY phone?" look no further.
i loved my pre before, but now i can honestly say that i have no use for my ipodtouch any longer.
i monitor my temperature and it never is any where near a level that would be considered warm.
overclock your pre; you wont regret it and youll love using your pre more than you ever have before.
it is honestly a better feeling than the feeling you had when you first opened your pre.
-scott
Overclocking to 800 Mhz does make the Pre more responsive, but it is far from the smoothness of the iPhone/iTouch. The reason for that is because the UI is not video accelerated, and depends on the CPU for all of the visual effects. Until that happens, you will not see iPhone-level smoothness.
As far as temperature, whenever I plan on using the phone heavily, I turn off the overclock. On a recent trip, I was running the Sprint Nav app, Trapster, and Slacker Radio at the same time, so the CPU and 3G radio were pretty busy. At 500 Mhz, while charging from the USB cable, temps reached 51C, via the Govnah app. Since this was at stock speeds, and given that this phone is designed to handle any multitasking, I didn't worry about it. Which also leads me to believe that the 45C temp cutoff is sort of an arbitrary number that may not reflect the processor's true thermal design capacity. It is common for my PC CPU to reach 70C when running at full load, which is still below it's thermal design. And it's overclocked by over 1 Ghz on stock cooling. Two years and still going strong. During normal use, my Pre does not get very hot, even at 800 Mhz.
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