Exactly what she said lol.
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I think I fried my droid
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Exactly what she said lol.
I couldn't agree more. I have my profiles set to the following:
Charging: 1200/250
Sleep/Standby: 250/250
Power < 25%: 550/250
Battery > 40C: 550/250
My phone only jumps to 1200 when I'm on it. If it sleeps and is charging, it's at 250MHz. So it never gets hot while I sleep.
Most noobs don't think about what they're doing. They see more power like Tim Taylor from Home Improvement and go full throttle. Then they complain when their phone gets hot or randomly reboots.
I was weary of going to the processors actual speed of 600MHz when it was unlocked. 2 weeks after it came out I took the plunge and ran 600MHz for about 2 weeks. Then I made the jump to 800MHz for 2 weeks. Then I went to 1GHz for 3 weeks and now I've been at 1.2GHz for about 3 weeks.
So my overclocking has been gradual. This allows my cpu to kind of get adjusted and warmed up to the higher speed as opposed to maxing it out from the start. It's worked great and I think it's the real success behind my stability. And since I've been overclocked, my battery life has increased an amazing amount. But, that's mostly because I underclock it through setcpu. :icon_ banana:
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Not the worlds first. I fried mine a few days back
. Already got my replacement though :icon_ banana::edit:
and before i get anyone saying "should of used profiles NOOB"....
Profiles WERE set in place, just a wierd string of cicumstances led to my phone locking up with the alarm going off, temps skyrocked and the phone died... don't know why failsafe didn't kick in.......
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nothing says that this was caused by ocing since countless other people oc at the same speed and nothing happens.......could have something to do with charging cause another person fried theirs when it was charging
there is really no way to tell what did it but glad to hear everything worked out for you
there is really no way to tell what did it but glad to hear everything worked out for you
You are SO wrong. It was OCing. The chip is made to go 600, some of them can go higher and some of them cant handle it. He got one that couldnt handle it. If all of the chips could safely go 800 then why are we are 550? They would want to advertise 800.
More of you that OC'd will be killing your Droids. Maybe not the 800 ones but more than that is dangerous. Even at 800 you don't know over a period of time what you're doing to it.
More of you that OC'd will be killing your Droids. Maybe not the 800 ones but more than that is dangerous. Even at 800 you don't know over a period of time what you're doing to it.
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Everything works so fast on the phone though. I have heard that OCing can shorten the processors life, but I really only need it to last another 8 months anyway. After a year you can pay the 20.00 early renewal fee and upgrade to the latest and greatest phone. Even if it doesnt last a whole year I have no problems whatsoever with paying the deductible on my insurance to get another Droid, and then I'll OC the replacement phone too :icon_ banana:
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ok buddy show me the compelling evidence proving me SO wrong.......your whole argument goes out the window seeing that his chip is perfectly fine and the problem was with his screen so yea YOU are SO wrong
I don't need to show you ANY evidence. The chip is rated at 600, they have it set to 550 for safety. Some can go faster some can't. Running any device hot over a long period of time will kill it - common sense.
I don't care if people overclock. I don't care if they get a replacement for free - Verizon can eat it they charge enough.
But don't pretend that overclocking as as safe as you say - it is for some and it's not for others.
I don't care if people overclock. I don't care if they get a replacement for free - Verizon can eat it they charge enough.
But don't pretend that overclocking as as safe as you say - it is for some and it's not for others.
there is nothing wrong with his chip you obviously didnt read what happened....no one has ruined the CHIP with ocing and there is no evidence here that ocing definitely did this since he said it got hot during charging and verizon noted this as a defect
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IMHO, you make some broad, unfounded statements and pass them off as fact when they are actually groundless assumptions on your part. Case in point:
"they have it set to 550 for safety". How in the world do you know this? You don't think they did it for battery conservation? You think the chip is safer at 550 verses 600? I can promise you there is no temperature difference between those to frequencies.
"Running any device hot over a long period of time will kill it - common sense." Do you care to define "hot"? Do you know that Texas Instruments rates this chip's upper temp limit at 70C !!
"But don't pretend that overclocking as as safe as you say - it is for some and it's not for others." The chips that won't run at the higher oc rates do not get hot and fail, they simply will not run. They go into repeated reboots. There is no "china syndrome" with these chips and overclocking. Did you know that we are talking about these elevated temps for a matter of seconds? I have the chips temp in my info bar (refreshed every 2 seconds) and I can watch it zoom up to 111 from 89 when I surf to a new page and then just as quickly zoom back down to 93 and then down to 89 by the time I'm through browsing that page. The chip temp doesn't go up to these elevated temps and stay there for hours, its seconds in most cases.
Ok, if we are allowed to make broad generalizations, here's mine. These phones are designed to last 6-10 years. I say that because I have smart phones in that age range that still work. If running this chip, not the phone, the chip, at 10-20 degrees hotter than it will run at 550, but still 30-40 degrees below it's upper limit (as defined by the manufacturer) is going to reduce the phone's life by 50% - well so be it. We will all replace these phones in 2 - 3 years anyway. Most of us have to have the latest and greatest and will only keep this phone one year. So I say, "burn baby burn". Its just a phone after all. And quit being so condescending and get some facts!! Data man, Data! (oh, was that too condescending?) Sorry.
Ok, fine. I said I was done with the argument. If you want to win you can. I stick by what I said. You are doing something to a device that was not meant to be done. You ARE taking a risk.
That's all I need to say - I think I made it clear I don't care if you screw Verizon out of a new phone if it burns.
That's all I need to say - I think I made it clear I don't care if you screw Verizon out of a new phone if it burns.
Aw, that's not fair. You give up as I was writing, and right before I posted, my epic! I was prepared to defeat you with data and logic (real logic, not that internet kind). At least come back long enough to read my previous post and give me at least one good snide remark. My post is good and has a little humor built into it.
Well, just don't go away mad. I was mostly just having some fun because I'm bored. I even sort of agreed with your "totally unfounded"
statement that the phone is being damaged, by saying that if it lasts over a year or two then I'm happy. And by the way, I would never ask Verizon to warranty a phone I fried. I would file an insurance claim though and get one of those refurbs from Asurion (sp?). I'm convinced they pay less than $89 for them and therefore their 6.99 a month fee is still 100% profit (minus some commissions and paperwork overhead) even if everyone got a replacement from them. But that's another discussion altogether.