7 Android overclocking apps to get the most out of your rooted device

Overclocking, as you may know already, is forcing a computer or component to run on a faster clock frequency than what the manufacturer intended for normal usage circumstances. A true hallmark of a hardware enthusiast that stretches towards devices as unpredictably overclock-able as the Sega Genesis, overclocking trades processing speed for increased power consumption and heat generation - a challenge entire overclocking teams pride themselves in taking.



Of course, it's no surprising that overclocking has been alive and well on Android since the operating system's dark ages. In fact, if ...