On Your Mark, Get Set, GO! Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989 Gets Overclocked To 1.8 GHZ

Now it’s not like the phone actually needed it, but it looks like there is a kernel released for the Galaxy S II SGH-989 (Hercules) phone that sups up that damn thing to 1.8 GHZ. Okay so does this mean it can travel into the future? Maybe the Past? This just goes to show you that “fast” isn’t fast enough.

XDA Developer Romanbb is the mad man behind this fast and furiousness, by creating this kernel for the device. Not only does this boost the clock speed of your phone, this kernel also patches in the BFQ I/O scheduler and the ability to customize your voltages to suit your particular silicon. So basically you just might cause it to blow up. It’s possible, right? Here’s a list of what it comes with:

OC up to 1.836 ghz
should boot into stock frequencies
added BFQ I/O scheduler and made default
patched drivers from newer Telus 989D source
added zram
working init.d support
insecure

So there you have it folks. You got yourself the Hercules phone, well turn that phone into a full on God of all phones and let it fly out of your hands. Link below to the XDA-Developers page for all the info.

Source: XDA-Developers

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