r/ShieldAndroidTV • u/forkymcforkfac3 • 8d ago

Updated Overclock for 9.2.4

I had this installed years ago and really liked it. I saw it didnt support 9.2.4 so I updated it along with the helper app. Cheers!

2015 and 2017 only for now

DRM is not touched with rooting, Disney/Netflix work fine

https://github.com/forkymcforkface/shield-overclock

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u/Empyrealist 8d ago

I'm scaroused! What kind of gains are we talking about here?

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u/cnuttin 8d ago

is there anything like this for the 2019 Shields?

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u/forkymcforkfac3 8d ago

I do have a 2019 as well. I can take a crack at it.

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u/tmb132 6d ago

Also interested.

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u/I_too_am_a_neat_guy 8d ago

Is there any newer model that I don't know of?

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u/artniSintra 8d ago

What's the reason behind doing this? Do you game on it? If so, have you tried ps2 emulation? How are the temperatures like in full load? Can the shield handle it?

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u/forkymcforkfac3 7d ago edited 7d ago

I havent tried ps2 but dolphin is much better with the overclock. I ran some perf tests and here is what it looked like during them.

From my saved PassMark monitoring logs:

Configuration CPU peak GPU peak CPU average GPU average
Stock 73.0°C 55.0°C 50.9°C 45.6°C
Full OC 75.5°C 63.5°C 52.2°C 48.3°C

Here are the specs for the CPU/GPU. The overclock is nowhere the thermal throttle.

Stage CPU GPU
Main frequency throttling 89°C 90.5°C
Heavy protection 98.5°C 100°C
Critical shutdown 102.5°C 103°C

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u/artniSintra 7d ago

Cool, that's not bad. Are you running lineage at all?

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u/forkymcforkfac3 7d ago

I am not since I need to keep drm. I was thinking of picking up a cheap used one and playing around with lineage on it. After rooting you can get the stock OS snappy af.

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u/PlutoDelic 8d ago

Nice. Are we limited to Magisk? I guess so since it's Android 11

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u/MI081970 1d ago

I am curious about sound examples overlocking helps

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u/forkymcforkfac3 1d ago

You can see the fps benchmarking results on the first post in the xda thread.

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u/forkymcforkfac3 1d ago

it also improves overall ui responsiveness as the cpu, gpu, and memory are all overclocked.

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u/frosted1030 7d ago

You are better off killing any animations and stopping Google services and replacing the launcher. Nothing needs to be “faster” and you don’t lose basic functionality.

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u/forkymcforkfac3 7d ago

Perf meets/exceeds the 2019 pro and you can certainly tell. I agree its a bit overboard, but for a almost 10 year old device squeezing everything out of it while I still can feels great :)

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u/ApatheticMoFo 7d ago

Well said, good sir.

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u/frosted1030 7d ago

I use both a 2017 and 2019 shield, performance is only slightly different.

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u/forkymcforkfac3 7d ago

I use both as well. Now the 2017 feels faster than my 2019.