Palm Warns Users Against Overclocking Patches

Palm has officially warned users to stay away from the overclocking patches that promise to spur Palm Pre's performance.  It is interesting to note that one of the overclocking patch boosts the Palm Pre's clock speed from 500 MHz to a whopping 800 MHz. There's another patch which overclocks the Palm Pre to 720 MHz. Two hackers code named 'unixpshycho' and 'caj2008' are the authors of these overclocking patches. The patches are believed to work on Palm Pre phones running on webOS 1.4.

On Sunday, Palm issued an official warning regarding these patches on the Palm Developer Center Blog. Palm's 'statement on the overclocking patches' mentions

"Palm is working hard to improve the speed and performance of webOS, as shown in our recent 1.4 update. While we appreciate the effort the webOS community has put forth to try and help us along that path, the use of this application is neither endorsed nor recommended by Palm and will likely result in a voided warranty. Palm encourages webOS users to let Palm release official updates that provide safe, reliable, over-the-air features that improve their device in a number of areas, as we have in the past at a rate of approximately once per month."

Many users who applied the patch have reported a substantial speed boost on their Palm Pre. Some users have reported that their Palm Pre randomly shuts down after applying the patch. All in all, the patch has evoked mixed reactions from Palm Pre enthusiasts.

Have these overclocking patches exposed Palm's lackluster performance tests? What do you think?

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Posted by Matt on March 30, 2010 in Commentary, News. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.