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Google Nexus S overclocked to 1.3GHz with Bionix NS1 ROM

Michael Kwan — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:47:44 +0000

Maybe you’re one of the lucky folks who managed to snatch up a shiny new Google Nexus S (by Samsung) smartphone over the holidays. Maybe you’re loving that curvaceous display and the Gingerbread-flavored OS, but you want a little more. You want a speed boost. Well, you can now overclock the Nexus S, but it comes at a price.

The guys and gals over at XDA Developers have managed to take that 1GHz Hummingbird processor and boost it up to 1.3GHz. That extra 300MHz of juice may not be all that noticeable to the average user, but it can give you even more street cred among your other Android-fueled compatriots. The price? You lose Bluetooth functionality.

If you have any intention of using a headset or streaming your media to some kind of speaker system, this hack probably isn’t for you. If you can do without Bluetooth and don’t care about the potential degradation of battery life, though, an extra 300MHz might be nice. All you have to do is “flash from recovery, reboot, [and] enjoy,” assuming that you’re running the Bionix NS1 ROM.

Don’t know what that is? Not particularly experienced in smartphone hackery? It may be best to leave this overclock alone, then, because you don’t want to end up with a $500+ paper weight.

[IntoMobile via XDA]

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T-Mobile G2 overclocked to 1.9GHz

Michael Kwan — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:05:22 +0000

Battery life? Forget about it. That’s like considering fuel economy when you’re trying to make the world’s fastest racecar. I might not put the T-Mobile G2 in the same sentence as a Bugatti Veyron or a Pagani Zonda F, but they have managed to make this thing soar with some overclocking genius.

Last month, the enthusiasts were able to take the stock 800MHz processor under the hood of the Android phone and push it to 1.344GHz, almost doubling its clock speed. Now, someone has pushed it even further to a whopping 1.9GHz.

The T-Mobile G2, which is basically the same as the HTC Desire Z, has been permanently rooted and this is opening all sorts of possibilities. At 1.9GHz, that makes the processor in the G2 even faster than certain netbooks and notebooks, at least in terms of clock speed.

Is it stable? Probably not. Will it suck through your battery life like there’s no tomorrow? Most definitely. Even so, this is quite the feat and their efforts should clearly be applauded.

SOURCE: Android Police via XDA Forums

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Overclocking the Motorola DROID X, DROID 2 to 3.0GHz

Michael Kwan — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 23:03:03 +0000

What’s that? You thought overclocking the T-Mobile G2 to 1.344GHz was an impressive feat? How about overclocking another Android phone to be even faster than most notebook and desktop computers? It happened and it’s amazing.

A couple of guys from Team DeFuse took their hacking hands to the Motorola DROID X and DROID 2 smartphones, seeing how fast they could make that mobile processor go. After some mucking around, they managed to double the clock speed to a very impressive 2.0GHz… but they weren’t done.

While the release isn’t quite stable just yet, the duo felt that they could take it to the next level. Shortly after word broke out of the 2.0GHz accomplishment, Team DeFuse’s Matt comes forward with proof that he’s bumped the DROID 2 up to 3.0GHz.

Is this going to kill the battery life on the Moto smartphones? Definitely. Will it likely crash a thing or two, possibly caused by the intense overheating that will probably result? Yeah, most likely, but who cares? This is a face-melting accomplishment.

Original Video- More videos at TinyPic

SOURCE: BGR

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Overclocking a T-Mobile G2 (HTC Desire Z) to 1.344GHz

Michael Kwan — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:09:52 +0000

Overclock shop talk usually happens around people with water-cooled desktop computers, but smartphones are no stranger to this realm either. You know that 800MHz processor under the hood of the T-Mobile G2? While the phone remains locked, they’ve figured out how to turbocharge that sucker up to 1.344GHz.

That’s getting close to doubling its effective clock speed, resulting in quite the monster of a smartphone. Remember that a stock G2, which is basically the same as the HTC Desire Z, is already reasonably peppy with its 800MHz processor and it’s mostly able to keep up with its 1GHz compatriots.

This monumental increase in performance was achieved by some guy who calls himelf coolbho3k and the score was shown using the Quadrant benchmarking tool. This tool handles CPU speed, file input and output speeds, and 2D and 3D graphics speed, but the only tweak was the CPU speed increase. A few more upgrades in those other areas and you’ve got one crazy phone.

Similarly, coolbho3k ran his super-clocked T-Mobile G2 through LinPack. This software measures the ability of the processor to perform “floating point operations,” which are random, complicated “new math” problems. The G2 pumped out a score of 40, which is more than respectable. Anything about 35 is considered pretty darn fast.

Will your battery life suffer from running at almost double the stock clock speed? Definitely. Will you want to run it at 1.3+ GHz full-time? Probably not, but this is still a very cool exercise in what is possible.

SOURCE: Android Central

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