Why does battery status show 300MHz on a 400MHz phone?

[beluczywo]

Title pretty much says it all -- the Battery Status today plugin shows 300MHz as the processor speed but a Mogul/Titan has a 400MHz processor in it.

Is there a way to tell what speed the device is really running at?

Do performance add-ins like "HTC performance" or "Oxios" affect it and underclock?

If so, shouldn't you see the number bounce up under heavy load like watching video? I never see anything but 300MHz in the screen.

[justpctech]

Ive heard that its reading cpu speed in metric standard, hence the difference in speed.

[jarmenti]

or does it have to do w/ the qualcomm 7500 having 2 cpus, 133mhz for the phoen, and the rest for the os?

[beluczywo]

Justpctech -- I'm laughing, I think, please tell me you meant that as a joke? Any real thoughts on the weird read? Do you think battery status just has a bug or is there another way to know for sure what speed it is really running at?

[dan-htc-touch]

wow, your lucky, when I enebled the cpu speed plugin on my vogue, I could not boot up, had to hard reset her

[chappy]

Originally Posted by beluczywo

Justpctech -- I'm laughing, I think, please tell me you meant that as a joke? Any real thoughts on the weird read? Do you think battery status just has a bug or is there another way to know for sure what speed it is really running at?

I'm pretty sure it idles at 300mhz, and peaks at 400 when needed.

[beluczywo]

Wouldn't you think the number would change under heavy load in the speed monitor? I kind of like "battery status" in the latest kitchen -- it is handy software, but I suspect this part of it is broken.

[cycomachead]

Originally Posted by dan-htc-touch

wow, your lucky, when I enebled the cpu speed plugin on my vogue, I could not boot up, had to hard reset her

yeah I was about to say the same thing! Though I could boot up it only sorta worked.


All I needed was an easy to read battery meter so now I use the Vista Battery and it takes less room!