How to Overclock the HTC Incredible S

Maybe your HTC Incredible S isn’t as enjoyable as it was when you first purchased it? Why don’t you try-out some tweaks on it and make it enjoyable to some extent? Overclocking is one of such tweaks that help you get the best out of your device, it modifies the clock speed of your device to allow you to get better performance off your device. So if you’re ready to overclock your device, here’s how you can go about doing that:

I. Before You Begin:

1. You must have rooted your device before doing this procedure. Please head to our How to Root the HTC Incredible S procedure first and root your device.

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, launch it from your App Drawer.

3. Hit the Recovery option to reboot your device into Recovery mode.

4. Once in Recovery, select backup and restore followed by backup.

5. Create a backup of your entire filesystem and save it on your device.

6. You’re done!

III. Downloading Required Files:

1. XS ICS Kernel (It’s attached in the first post)

IV. Flashing the Overclock Kernel on the HTC Incredible S:

1. Download and place the XS ICS Kernel zip on your Desktop.

2. Connect your device to your PC using the USB cable.

3. Copy the Kernel zip over to the root of your SD card.

4. Once it’s been copied, disconnect your device from your PC.

5. Open the Quick Boot app from your App Drawer.

6. Tap on the Recovery option to reboot your device into Recovery mode.

7. Once inside Recovery, select install zip from sdcard followed by choose zip from sdcard.

8. Choose the XS ICS Kernel zip to be flashed on your device.

9. It’ll begin flashing the kernel on your device, will take a couple of minutes to finish.

10. Once the kernel has been flashed, reboot your device.

11. You’re all done!

V. Overclocking the HTC Incredible S:

1. Download and install either of these apps on your device:

SetCPU

IncrediControl

2. Once installed, launch the app from your App Drawer.

3. Now use the available options 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 your device becomes stable at a specific clock speed, close the app.

6. You’re done!

Cool! Your HTC Incredible S has been successfully overclocked and is all ready to provide you with much better performance than ever!

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 Recovery mode.

3. Once in Recovery, select backup and restore followed by restore.

4. Choose the most recent backup you have there to be restored on your device.

5. It’ll begin restoring the backup on your device, will take some good time to finish.

6. Once the backup’s been restored, reboot your device.

7. You’re all done!

Great! You’ve successfully flashed back the stock kernel on your device!

If this procedure helped you please thank/donate to the original developers here.