26.03.2010 18:36 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

Pre gets a nasty 800MHz overclock patch for all to enjoy (at one's own risk)

Looking to harness the real power inside of your Pre (or Pre Plus)? If that's the case, you're going to love what a couple of Palm-loving hackers have come up with. Namely, a major overclock kernel patch for the device which boosts the CPU speed from a measly 500MHz all the way up to a finger-searing 800MHz (there's also a more tame 720MHz variation available). The two phone magicians, unixpsycho and caj2008, have tapped into the power of the Pre's CPU with a small file that can be semi-easily installed using WebOSQuickInstall and a tiny bit of Linux command-line activity. So far, it looks like phones being tested with the somewhat risky tweak haven't experienced too much of the normally expected issues (crashes, freezing, phones exploding). Also a surprise is the fact that the creators of the

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