iOverclock

[bbplayer5]

Ever think that maybe some people are more adept to seeing changes in framerates than others? I for one can see a big difference with winterboard themes active. I am not running any CSS or HTML in any of them and I can tell the difference easily. As I stated - animation slow down (actually skips frames), sad mac crashes, app lockups, much longer time loading your preferences app, etc. Kudos to you if your eyes dont allow you to see it I guess?

By nature winterboard uses more video ram than a base install. Its not only pure logic... its also pure logic. You use more graphics, you get less performance. And what is each and every icon its drawing? Oh... graphics!

 

[George Knighton]

I looked into what this thing does and it does not overclock your iDeivce. All it does it modify the powermanagment plist to remove the reduce processor speed setting. Removing or altering these settings only result in the iDevice not being able to reduce the processor speed to save battery life when its in sleep mode. Thus, all it will do is drain your battery faster. I will also remind everyone that there is no publicly know way to make an Apple iDevice's CPU run faster then what Apple set it to.

I've been trying iOverclock for a couple days now, and I do not really see much of an improvement in anything that I do with my iPhone.

I do not see much of a battery life change either, but this might be because I am also running Auto3G, an application that saves power by putting your phone on EDGE when there is a WiFi connection for data, or when the device goes into low power mode.

Auto3G seems to work the same way it always did even with iOverclock installed and running. I appreciate what you said about the plist, and I appreciate that you must know what you are doing, but it's interesting that Auto3G works the same way it always did if iOverclock addresses the power saver mode the way that it does.

Bottom line is that I am going to remove iOverclock and Winterboard because iOverclock doesn't seem to do anything that I can notice, and because I do not need Winterboard themes. At least, I haven't seen a Winterboard theme yet that I like better than OEM iOS 4.1 on the iPhone.

 

[thelatinist]

This thread has gotten way off topic. Regardless of whether Winterboard slows phones down or not, this application does not and cannot work.

As for the Winterboard debate, I think that both sides are right. Winterboard by itself does not affect the phone's speed at all; the effects people see come with the complex and massive themes people invariably use with it. If you use it for a tiny tweak here or there you won't see any significant slowdown.

 

[sidewinder]

By nature winterboard uses more video ram than a base install. Its not only pure logic... its also pure logic. You use more graphics, you get less performance. And what is each and every icon its drawing? Oh... graphics!

You clearly have no idea how WinterBoard works. In most cases, all WinterBoard does is alter where the UI code retrieves images and sounds from. The UI is not using more graphics, it is using different graphics.

Using old style SummerBoard themes are slower as is using themes that don't use the "Bundle" method. But that is poor technique these days. Any reasonable theme uses the correct methods and any performance difference is so small the human brain could not discern it.

Just installing WinterBoard with no themes enabled does nothing so any difference you think you see is just plain in your head.

S-

 

[mavis]

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I see a slowdown as well, but I've given up on arguing that fact on the boards. Some people just aren't observant enough to notice it, and AFAIC that's cool. Ignorance is bliss.

 

[samywamy10]

Hate to "revive" this thread and all, but I came looking for information about iOverclock. I myself have had it installed and I'm not noticing any difference, so I'm considering uninstalling it. Since October 30 has anyone done any speed tests or anything?

Also...this argument on this topic is incredibly irrelevant and really ruins this thread. You all should have started a new topic (or found one already discussing the topic) instead of hijacking this thread. Way to go...really.

 

[Orion126]

I think FakeClockUp pretty much overshadows this.

 

[plaske12]

Doesn't work

Instability - BeeJive locks up every once in a while with it installed, not without it.

Transition animations are lower in frame rate. I can tell this easily, maybe you cant.

And honestly, who cares? If you love theming your phone, why are you even wasting your time arguing with me? I notice it on my phone (and every other phone I see with it on) and you dont. Leave it at that!

First of all, i'm with bbplay on this one, i have had winterboard since ios5 and i always find it laggy and stuttering op my iphone.
but that is propably because i always used a lot of themeing.

second, i tested this tweak and i get an even lower passmark rating from my cpu (9100, now 'overclocked' 8400) so it sure as hell doesn't speed up anything

good day sir