Fearless Modder Flexes New Palm Pre Firmware, Overclocks to 1.2GHz
Fearless Modder Flexes New Palm Pre Firmware, Overclocks to 1.2GHz
Posted 07/20/2010 at 8:06am
| by Paul Lilly
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Palm Pre modder who goes by the name "unixpsycho" is living up to his nick with a new bit of firmware that comes with following disclaimer in big, bold, red lettering:
"DO NOT INSTALL THIS IF YOU LIKE YOUR PHONE!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!"
If that sounds over the top, consider that his latest firmware -- SR71 Blackbird -- pushes the Palm Pre's OMAP 3430 processor to 1.2GHz. That's twice the speed this little chip was meant to run at, which ships stock at 600MHz.
For those willing to throw caution to the wind, there are some safety measures that keeps this from being a total smartphone suicide mission. Temp monitoring comes built in, and whenever the chip jumps past 55C, the firmware ramps things down to 500MHz, "or at least it should."
Grab the firmware (at your own risk) here.
Image Credit: GSMArena
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BuLLg0d
July 20, 2010 at 4:11pm
Now that's a phone that would definitely make you quickly aware you are holding it incorrectly.... The fan would HURT!
paladaxar
July 20, 2010 at 8:54am
I like how the link to this page is "...new_palm_pre_firmware_overclocks_12ghz". :) Although I may look back on this comment a few years from now on my 120GHz smart phone and have another laugh...but for the opposite reason.
devin3627
July 20, 2010 at 8:47am
i don't see the specs matching up with the hertz such as cache size, fsb, and all that... call me an idiot, but i thought all things in a device have to match at a balanced specification in a full performance non-bottle necked manner. plus, how do we know the software isn't at a fixed framerate/performance? like xbox360 for example, if you overclocked the processor, your games wouldn't be faster.
techot
July 20, 2010 at 10:38am
In going from 500MHz to 800MHz, the bootup time improved about 30% on my Pre. Granted, it's still painfully long, but quite an improvement. I've read that the 1.2GHz mod cuts boot times in half. So, yeah, you won't see the 200% improvement in everything, but there will be some.
Sushikawa
July 20, 2010 at 9:33am
While bottlenecks are a problem, you'll still see a benefit from increasing the amount of instructions you can execute on the CPU. It wont be a full 100% improvement, but it'll still be much faster. As for your xbox360, thats a software issue, most game have frame rate caps so they don't run super fast when the GPU isn't being stressed. They will however run slower when the GPU or CPU is taxed. If you were overclock either CPU or GPU on a 360 they wouldnt slow down as much.
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