How to Overclock the Acer Iconia Tab A700
Maybe you’re sick of poor performance of your Acer Iconia Tab A700? Maybe you want to improve the performance of your device but couldn’t find anything that can help you? No worries, this guide should help you do that. Overclocking your device will improve the overall performance of your device and there won’t be any lags in games after you’ve overclocked your device. Sounds good? huh. Let us show you how you can overclock your Acer Iconia Tab A700 and get the best out of your device:
I. Before You Begin:
1. You must have rooted your device before doing this procedure. Our root guides are located here and here, for ICS and Jelly Bean, respectively.
2. You must have CWM Recovery installed on your device. Follow our guide on the same to do that.
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 and you’ll reboot into the 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. iconiaN Kernel (Download link’s available in the first post)
IV. Flashing the Overclock Kernel on the Acer Iconia Tab A700:
1. Place the iconiaN 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 the Kernel’s been copied, disconnect your device from your PC.
5. Open the Quick Boot app from your App Drawer.
6. Hit 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 iconiaN 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’s been flashed, reboot your device.
11. You’re all done!
V. Overclocking the Acer Iconia Tab A700:
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. Keep on doing so as long as your device doesn’t crash.
4. Make sure not to select 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 all set!
Congo! Your device has been overclocked and is all ready to make you say wow!
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’re now back to the stock kernel with no support for overclocking!
If this procedure helped you please thank/donate to the original developers here.
