Palm isn’t hot on Pre overclocking, indicates warranties are at risk

You know the hacked Pre firmware releases that have been coming out lately, first for 1.3.5.1 and then recently for 1.4? We tested out that later one and found the results to be good, and indeed one of the creators, caj2008, sent us plenty of data from early testers showing minimal heat gains and battery losses. Still, Palm isn’t exactly thanking these guys for their hard work, going so far as to issue a warning:

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.

Frankly you can’t be surprised that Palm isn’t thrilled about users cranking up the clock multiplier on their phones, nor can you think less of the company for indicating that those doing so might face some warranty issues going forward. And, as we’ve said before, despite all data that these mods are safe users should exhibit caution before dialing up the megahertz. After all, you wouldn’t put a manual controller on your turbo’d car, double the PSI, and then try to get your blown headgasket warrantied… right?

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