[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] enetec:
Moto Z2 Force is a blazing fast smartphone. This out of any doubt. :p

Fore sure it is the fastest phone I've ever worked on.

On the shelf a lot of phones seem to be fast, BUT when you install over 200 apps on them and you are using 7 home screens full of widgets (ehm...:rolleyes:) things become "a bit" different... :(

Not this time: over 200 apps installed didn't change it's fantastic speed. It's like working on an iPhone.. BUT this *is* doing something too! :laugh:

What's more interesting is that... it can be even faster too!!! :eek:

Many smartphones can be sligtly overclocked because of heating and battery life needs that lead manufacturer to lock frequencies to lower values respect of SoC capabilities. BUT usually root isn't enough to have overclock access, since higher frequencies need a modified kernel to be unlocked..

But Moto Z2 Force is not "one of many" smartphones... :cool:

Motorola confirmed my first impression I had on my old Griffin (Moto Z): they are making smartphone for "geeks"! :p

Moto Z2 force is using an 8 core Snapdragon 835 using "big-LITTLE" architecture:

- 4 high performance Kyro 280 cores clocked between 345 and 2361 MHz (big)

- 4 low power Kyro (???) cores clocked between 672 and 1900 MHz (LITTLE)

(frequencies adopted on EU unbranded XT1789-06... on different markets/versions they could differ...)

Obviously, low power cores work most on screen off conditions and during light tasks, while high performance ones enter the game when more performances are required as we have already seen on many similar architectures...

What's particularly interesting is that 2361 MHz is NOT the higher frequency of Kyro 280 and 672 MHz is NOT the lower frequency low power Kyro can work before going to deep sleep condition...

In fact big cores can work up to 2457 MHz (in a single step) and LITTLE ones down to 300 MHz (with 300, 364, 441, 518, 595 MHz intermediate steps available!) :p

What's is even

more interesting

is that simply by having root and a (great!) app called Kernel Adiutor - available on Play Store too - we can go to change (temporary or permanently) these values to overclock and/or underclock our system, eventually having better performances and/or better battery lifes...

I'm testing this and results are confirmed (by Kernel Adiutor statistics too...) and interesting: Z2 Force is not a device prone to overheat (like was my old Griffin instead... :rolleyes:) and so it seems to work with no issues at all [MENTION=6649920]245[/MENTION]7 MHz with interesting Geekbench 4 results as attached (please note that results are taken with all my 200 apps still installed & working... on lighter conditions they could be quite better too...).

In any case they are better than any Android Device recorded to date in Geekbench 4 charts... expecially for Multi-Core results...!! :highfive:

Underclock LITTLE cores from 672 MHz to lower values could (and I underline could...) improve battery life expecially during screen off conditions, BUT there are considerations to be taken:

- lower frequencies involves more time out of "deep sleep" condition too... :confused:

- on many devices adopting very low frequencies often lead to slow (or difficulties in...) "screen back on" operations :rolleyes:

BUT there are MANY frequencies to eventually test so... games are open!!! ;)

In any case, Motorola again! :good: