Root Overclocking Motorola Milestone / Milestone XT / Droid / Droid X

[droidBar]

Milestone Overclock consists of a kernel module for OMAP3 phones with Android to unlock any processor frequency/voltage combination and a companion graphical app to ease the configuration. The phone must be rooted so that the kernel module can be loaded.

The module has an interface in /proc/overclock/* that allows enabling and disabling of overclock in runtime without rebooting. No flashing of custom roms or kernels is needed, since that is not even possible with the Milestone, Droid X and others.

Supported Phones
Motorola Droid
Motorola Droid X
Motorola Milestone A853/A854
Motorola Milestone XT701/XT702/XT720/XT800/XT800W
Samsung Galaxy Beam

Taken from milestone-overclock - Project Hosting on Google Code

 

[Szadzik]

We've been overclocking our Milestone since the very start of the project.

Thanks for this information nonetheless.

 

[droidBar]

We've been overclocking our Milestone since the very start of the project.

Thanks for this information nonetheless.

Out of curiosity, what's the maximum frequency you have tried and is stable?

 

[TelusMilestone]

Out of curiosity, what's the maximum frequency you have tried and is stable?

1.2GHz for me

 

[Szadzik]

Out of curiosity, what's the maximum frequency you have tried and is stable?

I use 900MHz with 100% stability.

Why only 900MHz? Because in combination with vsel 56 it gives the best performace vs battery life results.

 

[TelusMilestone]

I use 900MHz with 100% stability.

Why only 900MHz? Because in combination with vsel 56 it gives the best performace vs battery life results.

At 1.2GHz I get a day out of it with light surfing, watching tv shows, and texting. I'm usually around 50-40% after 12-13 hours of use.

 

[Szadzik]

At 1.2GHz I get a day out of it with light surfing, watching tv shows, and texting. I'm usually around 50-40% after 12-13 hours of use.

Yeah, I usually use the phone a bit more and that is why I need a bit more battery, but still I am not certain there will be any change in performance at 1.2GHz.

 

[TelusMilestone]

Yeah, I usually use the phone a bit more and that is why I need a bit more battery, but still I am not certain there will be any change in performance at 1.2GHz.

I'll agree there, it won't be a huge difference so longer battery life would be a bonus for sure.