Samsung Galaxy Tab Overclocked To 1.2 GHz, Gets Strenuous Warning Attached

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One for the “leave well enough alone” pages comes to us from the xda-developers folks, who have apparently managed to overclock a Samsung Galaxy Tab up to 1.2 GHz. Under normal circumstances, this would be pretty good, but there’s a pretty hefty risk associated with this, and it comes our way in a warning from the same people who developed the method to overclock the Galaxy Tab in the first place.

It’s always something of a dark sign when the developer of  a product or application provides a warning about their own product–responsible, sure, but it implies that the item is pretty hazardous. And it helps that this warning is a little bit on the facetious side. The warning in question goes like this (and yes, it’s in all caps. I have replicated it as faithfully as possible to impress upon you just how disastrous overclocking your Samsung Galaxy Tab might prove):

WARNING: THIS KERNEL MAY NOT WORK ON YOUR DEVICE, MIGHT DESTROY YOUR DEVICE, MIGHT PUNCH YOUR CHILDREN, I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED BY THIS KERNEL, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

See what I mean? I believe about 80 percent of this warning–a device that might actually “punch your children” is a bit beyond the realm of possibility–because it’s pretty plausible. Still though, on the off chance that you actually try it, it doesn’t fry your systems, and it’s still not sufficiently powerful, you have even more potent Android tablet goodness well on its way in the form of the Motorola Xoom, and of course, the next generation of Samsung Galaxy Tab on its way soon (which in turn will be packing, at last report, dual-core processing and a seven inch Super AMOLED screen).

So are you really in danger of having your tablet go all Ike Turner on your children? Probably not. But still, it’s pretty risky, so if you want to try it, proceed with caution and head out to the via link for a more detailed description of how to pull it off.