Tutorial: How to overclock your Android device’s CPU

Think your smartphone or tablet has no power? Have you noticed that some games are not optimized on your Android device? Nevermind. Here is a complete tutorial boost (or “overclock”) your device’s processor and give it the best performance possible.

To do this, we will first see in more detail what hides behind this somewhat barbaric term.

WARNING : overclocking your smartphone or tablet is a risky manipulation that requires rooting your device as well. Neither I nor Moyens I/O can be held responsible for any problems that arise as a result of this tutorial.

What is overclocking, why boost your processor?

The overclocking technique consists of: Therefore, it is possible to improve the performance of the device, which allows the processor to calculate more instructions per second.

Simply put, it’s a very good way to push the capabilities of your device, but manipulations must be done carefully, because an increase in frequency can also affect the heat of componentsbut we will see all this in the rest of this tutorial.

Some applications for the management of its CPU

We will now turn to some of the apps available in the Play Store. For practical questions, I will initially present you two free apps, but I know there are two giants among paid apps. SetCPU and Tegra Overclocking (For Nvidia processors). We will have the opportunity to discover one later.

Seamless CPU Control (free)

and therefore, although the operation remains simple, it should not delay anyone in terms of understanding. First, download it from Play Store using this link:

[appbox googleplay it.sineo.android.noFrillsCPU]

Once recovered, you can launch the app directly on your smartphone or tablet. You will discover an interface that could not be clearer:

You quickly see that it is possible to configure some parameters for your processor, namely maximum frequency, minimum frequency, configuration type for CPU management and even something to manage data transmission in and out.

The button in the upper right corner of the interface, a . For example, here we can see that the processor is used at its minimum frequency in more than 70% of cases, which is a real energy gain.

Therefore, you will agree, especially since the application is free. Finally, you will need to consider checking the line. “Apply at startup” so when you turn on your Android device, your CPU is taken care of directly.

CPU Boost Lite (free)

If you were not satisfied with the interface of the previous application, I can also suggest you:

[appbox googleplay com.conap.cpuboost]

When launching the application, the interface is also uncomplicated and we find almost the same settings as the previous one. current processor speed and battery temperature (in Fahrenheit).

For information, the genre also has other applications such as: “AnTuTu CPU Master” Where “Fast CPU Overclocking” but there you will find more or less the same things. In any case, such manipulation remains very simple and if you want something more effective you will have to switch to a paid solution (hence you must have rooted your smartphone or tablet).

SetCPU (paid)

Let’s move on to this paid app. “Adjust CPU” It will be very useful for overclocking your phone or tablet:

[appbox googleplay com.mhuang.overclocking]

Directly at the start of the application, it is said that root is required to use the application, but there are also some warnings about overclocking, which is a risky process.

When you access the interface, it directly shows the current CPU frequency. The bottom two lines are therefore Set the minimum frequency and maximum frequency to be specified for the processor.

and add to the selection of conditions on different criteria such as the temperature of the battery, the level of charge and even the unlocking of the screen.

if you go to tab GovernorYou will find some information about the frequency your processor can reach and other details that we will not dwell on.

Piece “Information” As for that, it offers different sections of information about your device. It is difficult to make it more complete by having all the details about the device and its kernel. Specs of your CPU, memory, full details of your random access memory (RAM). In short, everything you need to better monitor your Android device’s activity.

In addition, we find what to specify (for data), in short, everything that is more banal.

Here are the basics to know about Android overclocking. If you want to follow the results (and compare their effectiveness) in detail thanks to these applications, I invite you to download them. The famous software CPU-Z, well known to gamers, is also available on Android :

[appbox googleplay com.cpuid.cpu_z]

With this tool, choose the app on your smartphone or tablet that turns out to be the most convincing.

Solution

Hopefully overclocking will no longer be a secret for you and you will be able to take advantage of the few apps on offer.

especially if your device is not a racing machine, but you still want to enjoy your games without having to make a new purchase.

if you have some Questions or need information about overclocking Additional information about processing, feel free to express yourself in the comments.