I never tire of saying it: one of the greatest advantages of the Android operating system, especially on its biggest rival, iOS, is the versatility it offers. And there was a time when many took advantage of this versatility to even modify how the processor of our devices worked.
Many years the most advanced users or hardcore Mobile Android that we used to make the processor of our devices to Press the power of the chip to the maximum who was carrying inside. It was in the golden era of personalized ROMs, but it is a practice that almost forgot. Now Xiaomi plans to bring it back.
Absolute processor control and performance, as in the past
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The Chinese company works on a new function which Allows the processor on the GPU of mobile devices In a simple way, via a new series of options and tools directly available in the operating system. The idea is to offer greater control to equipment users of their smartphones and tablets. Interestingly, the same company a few months ago began to hinder the start of the start -up charger.
This function is called “Processor and performance control panel“, And it was discovered in the MIUI code. Basically, what it offers is the possibility of adjusting the frequencies of the CPU and the GPU of the device to an achieveable point. The mobile will then be responsible for checking whether it can function properly or not, and if this is the case, it will apply the corresponding changes.
This is a simple process, which could be done directly from mobile parameters, with the warning that they are advanced parameters for users with greater knowledge. Once we adjust the processor frequency, the device must be restarted to apply the modifications. The process also involves frequency verification by the system to ensure that everything is working properly after overclock. Otherwise, the adjustments will return to the way they were originally configured, without overclock.
Overclock was a very common practice in the Android world, in days when many users liked to install personalized ROMs And make other advanced adjustments, either by experimenting and pressing the potential of the device to the maximum, or simply by improving a device whose operating system poses problems, or has become obsolete (I remember having installed a ROM to “restart” my HP Tablet touchpad, which is originally with the web operating system).
However, as the processors have become more powerful and above all more effective, just like the same Android operating system, it was every time Less necessary to make this type of advanced modificationsS, and the community of users in general left him behind. There are still those who make overclock and this type of modifications, but not like a decade or more. In addition, the manufacturers themselves have brought more restrictions over time.
Xiaomi seems to want, with these tools, to offer the most advanced and most demanding users A greater number of options And the possibilities, for this versatility we are talking about. They could be for those who want to use them, and others would simply pass them. Of course, we do not know which mobile phones will have these options, it is only estimated that they could arrive with the update of Android 16.
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