November 17th 2010 | Posted by
Dieter Bohn
We know the Palm Pre 2 brings a 1GHz processor to the table and in our speed tests it seemed to be about on-par with an overclocked Palm Pre Plus. There’s a little more to the story, however, as hardcore webOS overclockers know. It’s one thing to have a fast processor, but it’s better to have a processor that’s only running hot when you need it and slows down a bit when you don’t to save battery life.
Enter the unlocked Palm Pre 2 devices making their way around the world from the UK. One ended up in the hands of WebOS Internals member Markus, who tweeted out the above image, noting that "The Pre2 seems to scale between 300Mhz and 1Ghz by default." That should account for some of the battery improvement on the Pre 2.
Congratulations, dear reader, you are now nerdier than when you started reading this blog post.
Source: @twtomcat via @webosinternals
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October 19th 2010 | Posted by
Dieter Bohn
Just how much faster is webOS 2.0 on the 1GHz Palm Pre 2 compared to the Palm Pre Plus? We won’t say it’s twice as fast, but it’s close. That’s not the whole story, however, as many of you homebrewers out there are already running your Palm Pre and Pre Plus phones at 1GHz with overclocking.
Is stock webOS 2.0 on the Pre 2 any faster than an overclocked Palm Pre Plus? The answer is ….sometimes. Check out the video above to see what we mean.
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August 23rd 2010 | Posted by
Robert Werlinger
Palm will of course tell you otherwise, but I that think if you have a little bit of time and inclination that you should absolutely go ahead and overclock your Pre and/or install a custom kernel into your Pixi. More people would jump in and do it, but overclocking has a bit of a stigma to it that stems from the PC world where you have to be fairly knowledgeable about what you’re doing or you run the real risk of damaging your hardware beyond repair.
As the video just after the break demonstrates, it’s no more difficult than installing a patch from Preware, the performance enhancements are vast, and the risk of damaging your phone is low.
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August 18th 2010 | Posted by
Robert Werlinger
Here’s some of the latest talk from the forums:
- If you’re a Pixi owner and you often encounter performance issues – namely the always annoying "too many cards" issue – then the kind folks over at the webOS Internals group have a solution for you: a replacement kernel. Forum members are discussing in this thread about the virtues of installing custom kernels and their preferences in setting up the kernel management software known as Govnah.
- Palm’s next handset release is surely looming just around the corner, and forum members are chatting it up about what they think minimum specs for a flagship level phone should be. The most popular items include higher-res screens , higher-res cameras, and faster processors.
- A lot has happened during the time that webOS has been on the market, and dawizel1 in the cross-platform chat forum wants to know if anyone’s looking to jump ship to Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 7 platform.
- I personally don’t mind it not being there, but there are plenty of webOS users who have been clamoring for a scroll bar in the browser. There’s good news for the lot of you, as TIWizard has created a patch that installs a scroll bar that works in both landscape and portrait modes.
We look forward to seeing you in the forums! Not already a member? Join us – it’s free!
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July 25th 2010 | Posted by
Derek Kessler
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webOS Homebrew Birthday!
The ultimate homebrew app is getting another update, and this one is bringing often-requested and powerful features to the mix. Preware, by WebOS Internals, is currently in testing at version 1.2.6, and this update promises to bring blacklist support to the various app feeds that Preware accesses. You may remember the blacklist App Catalog patch that came out a while back. Essentially Preware now has that same functionality and more baked in, with more advanced options that let you filter out apps by name, description, or even the package ID (the file name of the app).
Couple this with the direct IPK installation that Preware picked up just a little while ago and this is quickly becoming an even more powerful app. The new version of Preware should be publicly available soon, in the meantime if you really want to get your bleeding edge on, you can always add the WebOS Internals testing feed to your app feeds and see what happens there.
Govnah, the front-end overclocking management app has also received an update, this time adding more options and customizability. Version 0.6.1, recently released to the public, gives users a revamped advanced options screen that makes building custom overclocking profiles a cinch. Additionally, UberKernel, the backend overclockable webOS kernel (the software core that interacts with the physical components of the device), has received an update to 1.4.5-74 for both the Pre and Pre Plus as well as the Pixi and Pixi Plus. The new UberKernel now has the ability to detect how much current is flowing through the device, including while docked on a Touchstone. This info can now be displayed in Govnah, so if you’re fearing that there’s too much (or too little) juice going to or from your battery, now you’ll know.
Lastly, the Save/Restore app has received a hefty update to version one dot zero dot zero. The new update has rolled in more than 200 supported applications, as well as the ability to save and restore launcher icon positions and web browser bookmarks.
As always, the folks at WebOS Internals don’t ask for anything more than your donation to keep their awesome operation going.
Source: WebOS Internals, Twitter; More coverage: webosroundup
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