How to Overclock the HTC One (Sprint)
Maybe you have just rooted your HTC One (Sprint) smartphone? Maybe you want to tinker around with it and see what it can do for you? Either way, this guide should help. Overclocking is one of the customizations you can do after you’ve rooted your device and is considered as a great option to improve the performance of your device. So if you feel your device’s performance is a bit slow and you would like to improve it, here’s how you can go about doing it:
I. Before You Begin:
1. You must have rooted your device before doing this procedure. Please head to our How to Root the HTC One procedure and root your device first.
2. You must have CWM Recovery installed on your device. If you followed our root guide above, you have it already.
II. Make a Backup:
1. Head over to the Google Play and download and install the Quick Boot app on your device.
2. Once the app’s been installed, open it from your App Drawer.
3. Hit the Recovery option and you should reboot into the Recovery mode.
4. Once in Recovery, select backup and restore followed by backup.
5. It’ll create a backup of your current firmware and save it on your device.
6. You’re done!
III. Downloading Required Files:
1. Elemental Kernel (Download link’s given in the first post)
IV. Flashing the Overclock Kernel on the HTC One (Sprint):
1. Download and place the Kernel zip onto your Desktop.
2. Connect your device to your PC using the USB cable.
3. Copy the Elemental Kernel zip over to the root of your SD card.
4. Once it’s been copied, unplug your device from your PC.
5. Open the Quick Boot app from your App Drawer.
6. Hit the Recovery option and you’ll reboot into the Recovery mode.
7. Once there, select install zip from sdcard followed by choose zip from sdcard.
8. Choose the Elemental Kernel zip to be flashed on your device.
9. As soon as you select the zip, it’ll begin flashing it on your device.
10. Once the zip has been flashed, reboot your device.
11. You’re all done!
V. Overclocking the HTC One (Sprint):
1. Download and install either of these apps on your device:
2. Once installed, launch the app from your App Drawer.
3. Now drag the slider or use the available option to increase your CPU clock speed and keep on doing so as long as your device doesn’t crash.
4. Make sure not to choose save on boot option in the app as it may crash your device.
5. Once you’re fine with a specific clock speed, close the app.
6. You’re all set!
Excellent! You’ve done it, your device’s been overclocked and is all ready to provide you blazing faster speeds!
VI. Reverting Back to the Stock Kernel (Optional):
1. Launch the Quick Boot app from your App Drawer.
2. Hit the Recovery option to reboot your device into the Recovery mode.
3. Once there, select backup and restore followed by restore.
4. Restore the most recent backup you have there on the list.
5. It’ll begin restoring the backup and once it’s done, reboot your device.
6. You’re all done!
Great! You’ve just reverted back to the stock kernel with no support for overclocking!
If this procedure helped you please thank/donate to the original developers here.
