the droid has been overclocked

[thebizz]

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I have been running mine at 900 MHz sense last night its getting no hotter but its noticeable faster thank-you to Tasmanian Droid for this kernal
Update
I ran 900mhz for about 2 hours after posting this thread
Then flashed to the 1ghz kernal and my phone ran like it was made to run at that clock speed no reboots no forced closes but this phone is a speed demean at that clock I can't wait for them to get more CPU freqs

[oOoBoNgOoO]

Hows battery life?

[geeanywhere]

i went on website and downloaded 900Mhz but i dont know how to open it from droid?

[oOoBoNgOoO]

Originally Posted by geeanywhere

i went on website and downloaded 900Mhz but i dont know how to open it from droid?

Think you have to flash it with nandroid. Probably should read the whole post before you do anything and all that good stuff.

[sniffs]

How is it installed? i downloaded the 800mhz one and all i see is a .img file..wtf?


EDIT: ah.. nandroid.. does nandroid flash it and reset the droid back to factory defaults?

[thebizz]

No change for me I have it set at 900 MHz while awake and 250 while asleep and to install you need root and adb shell

adb shell
su
/system/bin/flash_image boot /sdcard/evilboot1g.img

or /system/xbin/flash_image boot /sdcard/evilboot1g.img depending on where your flash_image is located
Tip 2 download the updated setcpu from the market or page 2

[PJnc284]

as long as you have it set to on-demand you should be fine and throttle down when not in use but I wouldn't use it excessively. Someone is bound to fry their droid.

[thebizz]

True that's why mine is set to vary between 900 and 125 while in use but screen off Max is 250 to conserve battery and give the CPU a break but I notice no extra heat plus with the HQ video hack the blocking is gone

[Genesys]

Alrighty - a few questions if the forums don't mind...

I would like to OC my Droid, but am a little weary because of....

What, other than giving me the ability to access the system as a super user, does rooting my phone do? I.E. what other system variables are being modified when I flash to a new ROM?

When you root the phone, are you permanently accessing the system as a super user? Or, as in *nix, do I have specifically tell the system to execute a command as the super user?

After rooting the phone, would it not be possible for someone to come along and take control of the phone because it has been rooted - in a similar vein as what was happening to jailbroken iPhones a few months back.

After you root the phone, is it possible to flash the ROM back to the manufacturer's default?

The reason I ask is because, as much as I want to OC my phone, I'm not entirely sure I want to enable super user access without being able to protect my phone and my data from the less trustworthy elements of this ever increasingly connected world.

[thebizz]

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I haven't heard of anyone being abler to do that and as far as I know its doubtful that someone could take over your phone
Yes your apps have permanent access to super user once you set it to remember
Yes you can flash back to a stock rom and remove busybox. And superuser
As far as protecting yourself just don't download apps that aren't in the market