HTC Wizard, Qtek 9100 & MDA Vario Overclocking and Single-Handed Usage
Along from myself, I’ve seen two other main complaints from others about this great device is:
- The OMAP proc isn’t “quite” fast enough, depriving us of a real snappy interface
- No easy single-handed usage
I’ve found some REALLY great solutions for these issues and I’m really happy with the results. My Qtek 9100 is very fast now and I can easily use it one handed that rivals some Blackberry devices (But that is debatable 
)
I’ve installed an app called SmartKeys to provide single handed usage and an app called Omapclock to overclock the proc almost 50Mhz with no side effects. On top of that, the install was easy as cake. Mmmmmmm…cake. Anyway…
Smart Keys
With smartkeys, you can add an extra layer of functionality to your softkeys and volume slider (the keys right above the call and end buttons). What it does is if you hold down the right softkey, it acts as the close button so you can close windows (you can set it to close or quit) and if you hold the left softkey it acts to open the start menu. And then it programs the volume slider to work as page up and page down while your in any application. If you’re on the today screen, it acts as a regular volume slider again. The program autostarts and on top of that it directly integrates with Omapclock (which I will talk about next) so that also starts automatically on start up and sets the proc speed to whatever you please. There is a PDF install doc in the download below.
You can download the latest smartkeys here: SmartKeys 0.52
OmapClock
Basically this overclocks the processor and is completely transparent once you install it. The original proc runs at 195-200Mhz depending on the device, with this I’ve set it to a constant 240Mhz (I’ve read plenty of people setting it as high as 255-260Mhz with no problems) with no problems or side effects. Its not any warmer than before and the battery life is the same. I have it setup with smartkeys to run at startup and automatically set the processor speed (otherwise on restart everything is set to default.) Please also note if you’d like to speed up your device considerably then you should upgrade to the latest ROM update, (I’m running version 2.17.7.2 WWE release on 2/10/2006) the speed increase with that alone is ridiculous. Read the install PDF that comes with Smartkeys to integrate these two (you basically edit the config file and drop OmapClock i the same folder on your device as SmartKeys)
You can download OmapClock here: OmapClock
You can download the latest Qtek 2.17.7.2 ROM here: 20710_QTEK_WWE_Ship
For more info you can go to the discussion post on this: forum.xda-developers.com
Good luck and hope you find as much joy in these two little utilities as I have, it has really made this device an extra joy to use.
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Posted on May 5, 2006
Filed Under Daily Thoughts, Hardware, Mobile Tech, Tech
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