yes OC is possible and great even if it lessens the phone's life. 2years? good enough for me, i dont plan on keeping this phone more than that anyway..
profile:ideal
min: 500 MHz
max:1000 MHz
24/7 setting. gets a bit warm at maximum load, but stable. very fast even with 8 apps running.
no music stutter when entering phone mode. web page rendering faster. transitions faster. loading apps faster. faster!!!!! weeeee!!!
I dont have to wait for my contacts to load when there is an emergency.
yes OC is possible and great even if it lessens the phone's life. 2years? good enough for me, i dont plan on keeping this phone more than that anyway..
There is no proof that it will reduce the life anyways.
Unless you run it at 1.1Ghz with SETI running 24/7 maybe.
I have mine always at 1.1Ghz using ulv profile now. Love it.
Well, if it does die anytime soon, I'll let you guys all know.
Jakiman, thanks a bunch for the guide, it really helped me to get my N900 up and running on overclocked speeds,
1> Just reading through this thread I understand that any call switches the min. freq. to 125, correct? is there any way I could stop that, just so I don't have to keep loading the ideal profile again and again? (ideal profile seems perfect for me as of now)
2> I got health check to check on the frequencies, any other app that would be better?
Jakiman, thanks a bunch for the guide, it really helped me to get my N900 up and running on overclocked speeds,
1> Just reading through this thread I understand that any call switches the min. freq. to 125, correct? is there any way I could stop that, just so I don't have to keep loading the ideal profile again and again? (ideal profile seems perfect for me as of now)
2> I got health check to check on the frequencies, any other app that would be better?
Cheers
Jackie
If I understand the 125 min freq issue correctly, you should just forget about it. It looks like that is happening, but in fact it doesn't actually go to 125. So you don't have to reload Ideal at all; that just makes you feel better but doesn't actually change anything. Don't worry, be happy.
I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but this seems to be a problem that concerns people but that isn't actually an issue, just looks like an issue.
If I understand the 125 min freq issue correctly, you should just forget about it. It looks like that is happening, but in fact it doesn't actually go to 125. So you don't have to reload Ideal at all; that just makes you feel better but doesn't actually change anything. Don't worry, be happy.
I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but this seems to be a problem that concerns people but that isn't actually an issue, just looks like an issue.
So it just reports it as 125 while still being at the ideal min. (500 in my case) sweeet !! cheers and thanks a bunch !
I run 500/1000 with my N900 and its great and stable. The temperature gets sometimes high but so far everything looks really great. Even could run 1150 without troubles but was afraid to burn my beloved device.
Some comments on the posts that the phone reboots after chages: If your N900 reboots you may switch off the SmartReflex option. This is a conflict to the settings and lets your phone reboot...at least that is my experience.
hey, ive had the n900 for a bit and it does seem extremely laggy. the application manager seems to lag for like a second and gets unresponsive when i touch on "1 application successfully installed". multitasking seems to be such a drag when i open two web pages at the same timeand it gets stuck alot. help?would overclocking solve this issue?and if so, to what speed?i am a power user and i do go to youtube very often(which also LAGS ALOT too!) using the cellphone is a drag sometimes. hope some one has an answer.
and please tell me how to over clock it the safest way possible please!!
(too many posts so i couldnt find the right one .)
has any phone been destroyed or malfunctioned after the overclock?
please reply.
hey, ive had the n900 for a bit and it does seem extremely laggy. the application manager seems to lag for like a second and gets unresponsive when i touch on "1 application successfully installed". multitasking seems to be such a drag when i open two web pages at the same timeand it gets stuck alot. help?would overclocking solve this issue?and if so, to what speed?i am a power user and i do go to youtube very often(which also LAGS ALOT too!) using the cellphone is a drag sometimes. hope some one has an answer.
and please tell me how to over clock it the safest way possible please!!
(too many posts so i couldnt find the right one .)
has any phone been destroyed or malfunctioned after the overclock?
please reply.
Go there (http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=39753&page=78), it was save for me and worked great. As I wrote earlier the only puzzeling experience I had with the overclocked N900 was that, depending on the settings, the "Smart Reflex" results in rebooting. Once I stopped this option it runs great at 500/1000 (even 1150).
hey, ive had the n900 for a bit and it does seem extremely laggy. the application manager seems to lag for like a second and gets unresponsive when i touch on "1 application successfully installed".
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has any phone been destroyed or malfunctioned after the overclock?
please reply.
Application manager unresponsiveness, particularly after installing an application, is a known bug. Overclocking doesn't help.
No N900s have been reported to have persistent problems after overclocking. Some freezing and glitching occur on some units when pushing 900MHz, but these problems are fixed by reducing the overclock margin. On the other hand, it has been less than three months since widespread overclocking began.
