My Omnia got snappier
After seeing the iPhone 3GS fly with its software, I was kinda feeling sorry for myself because my Omnia was so slow. I know it is one of the fastest, if not the fastest Windows Mobile phone out there, and if it was this slow, what else could you say about the rest.
However, I remember my phone running faster than this some time ago, and all this time I was blaming the firmware for this slowness. But last night, I wanted to see if that was really the case.
Usually the phone runs at a slower clock speed when it is not used much. Not just that, most OEMs do not use the full potential of the CPU to save power. For example, the original iPhone has a 600MHz capable CPU, but it only ran at 412MHz max.
I was wondering if it was the same with my CPU. Maybe it was limited by the current firmware. I looked around for an app that could show the current CPU speed. I couldn’t find one, but I came across XCPUSCALAR app which allows playing with the CPU clock. However this is not the first time I’ve come across this app.
Though the app didn’t have full support for my CPU (as in setting the max clock of 624MHz manually; it was limited to 500MHz), once I installed and ran it, the phone got very very snappy. Programs loaded faster, animations such as kinetic scrolling, screen switching in MS3 etc got smoother and also the Touch Player audio stuttering issue while loading webpages in Opera Mobile went away. I instantly fell in love with this app.
People who have been using the app have said that instead of setting the clock speed to set value, it sets to max value of 624MHz. That’s better for the performance, HOWEVER I don’t know what will happen to the battery life. Well, I’ll just have to wait and see. (I can always close this app when I’m not using the phone)
So the app over (or whatever you want to call it) clocks the CPU when its running.? How can someone overclock the CPU on the run? Maybe the app is getting you some CPU time. Are you sure that it really overclocks?
It doesn’t overclock.
It doesn’t really support my CPU. All it does is that it allows the CPU to run at its max clocks, which is 624MHz. Usually it runs at 200MHz. Maybe it is this firmware, but I didn’t feel it come out of power saving mode when there is a demand for more clocks. But I remember it used to be much snappier in the early days.