How to Overclock the Samsung Fascinate
Overclocking your Samsung Fascinate will help you get better performance off your device and that too without spending a penny. All you need to do is just flash a kernel with overclocking enabled, use appropriate apps to set clock speed and you should be good to go. Here’s how you can do that for your Samsung Fascinate smartphone:
I. Before You Begin:
1. You must be rooted before you can do this procedure. Please head to our How to Root the Samsung Fascinate procedure 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. The Franken Kernel (Download link’s available in the first post)
IV. Flashing the Overclock Kernel on the Samsung Fascinate:
1. Download and place the Franken Kernel zip on your Desktop.
2. Connect your device to your PC via USB cable.
3. Copy the Kernel zip over to the root of your SD card.
4. Once the zip has 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 inside Recovery, select install zip from sdcard followed by choose zip from sdcard.
8. Choose the Franken 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 Samsung Fascinate:
1. Download and install any of these apps on your device:
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 lead to crash of your device.
5. Once your device becomes stable at a specific clock speed, close the app.
6. You’re all set!
Brilliant! You’ve successfully overclocked your Samsung Fascinate smartphone! Enjoy the extra speeds on your device!
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!
Cool! 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.
