Add Some Power to First Generation Snapdragon CPUs

Some older devices still remain very popular. Phones like the HTC Desire, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, and HTC HD2 are considered legendary and have many developers still actively working on ROMs, kernels, and tweaks to keep these old devices kicking. All of these old devices feature the first generation Snapdragon SoC with the Adreno 200 GPU. And although top-notch back in its time, the SoC has long since been forgotten by all but just a few who keep these older devices.

It goes without saying that devices that use the QSD8x50 platform could stand to have their performance improved. Luckily, the Adreno 200 and Qualcomm Scorpion CPU can be overclocked. XDA Senior Member FeraVolt has shared the results of his research regarding hacking this platform. By following this guide, you will learn how to overclock the GPU and CPU to play the newest games. You will also learn how to get the most performance out of the Adreno 200. While some changes require kernel hacking, the others can be done by build.prop and hw_config.sh editing.

This guide is aimed to provide performance improvements for the older line of devices, but with the proper changes they can be useful with newer phones and tablets–and not only with Gingerbread. If you own an older device with a first generation Snapdragon CPU, you may want to give it new life. You can find the tweaks by visiting the  Overclocking and tuning Adreno200 GPU & misc qsd8k development hacking thread.

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