Hello all,
I found this extract from a forum whilst googling.
"i've heard someone who made a custom firmware for nokia n93 and n95, both are nto the same firmwares. he overclocked his phone to 500mhz and opened it soo people can access private files and locked files and no signing is need for applications on his firmware...and he moddes applications soo that it becomes better... i tried a modded gba game of his and it was Zelda and the sound and all worked perfect on vbagx and it's optimized....
a true genius.... and yes i believe him... have tested his products on applications but nokia have seen what he has done and now his firmware won't work cos nokia has fixed the prob. on NSU... hmmm ill say if i hear anything else from him..."
Is it possiable or just a crock of SH1T. I am inclined to belive it a crock of sh1t as it is the only thread i found regarding to custom firmwares.
Personally i would be a little worried about overclocking my 8gb, however i know window devices have been able to overclock for some time, and there has been no main cause for concern unless you overclock too much.
what do you guys reckon? is it possiable? and if it was, would you overclock???
i have not ever heard of a nokia s60 being overclocked, so i dont know how credible that is...
Smells tbh. Besides that, what would be the point? I can only think of very very few instances where the processor *might* get maxed out, and if it was being overclocked, the batterylife would be abysmal.
Not to mention whatever damage hes causing it. They are not designed to be overclocked and no capacity for extra cooling.
I couldn't agree more, its just i am curious. Why if a Windows Mobile device can be overclocked, why cant i do it with a symbian????? sometimes i feel they have a better deal when it comes to software, but for a hardware point of view especially with the 8gb, iwould never use a wm device.
I think Bart is right, to get more CPU clock cycles you need to give the CPU more volts which = more heat. More heat = more stress and a shorter CPU life.
This is complicated by the fact that the N95 power scaling throttles back the CPU clock rate when the demand is lower, so you would have to redesign or override this. Result - appalling battery life.
The N95 has a dual core CPU and 3d graphics accelerator, and I get the impression that there aren't that many apps (if any) that utilise it's full power anyway - YET!
Bring on the software!
s.
bring on the software indeed, my only concern is that when they release FP2, and then the new touch UI the software houses will concentrate there production of applications on the new firmwares. And then were will we be left. I feel as if the n95's came too late to fulfill its full protential.
I think they are beginning to realise that touch interfaces don't float everyone's boat - or work well in some situations.
s.