The Kindle Fire is off to a great start and became most likely the fastest selling Android tablet this Holiday season. There are various reasons for that: great price, amazing content available through Amazon and also the fact that it can be modified / hacked easily. As you already know the Kindle Fire can be rooted so you get full control over the Android OS running on it and you can now also overclock it using a custom kernel. More info after the break.
Disclaimer: Please note that we will not be responsible if you end up bricking your device. Rooting or customizing your device can be risky, follow the instructions at your own risk.
intersectRaven @ XDA released a custom kernel for the Kindle Fire with some minor optimizations for now but since he is making some good progress it will only get better.
You can find the installation instructions as well as the files to download on XDA @ [KERNEL][.35.7][SEMIOFFICIAL OVERCLOCK]intersectRaven's Kernel.
Here is the changelog for this custom kernel [from XDA]:
20111212_2327:
- integrated commits from OMAPZOOM repositories to enable 1.2Ghz with temperature controls to prevent overheating
*DO NOT BOOT KERNEL WITHOUT RENAMING EXISTING WIFI DRIVER FIRST!!!20111211_0801:
- first build with custom wifi driver
- switched to preemptible tree RCU
- other optimizations
*DO NOT BOOT KERNEL WITHOUT RENAMING EXISTING WIFI DRIVER FIRST!!!20111210_1138:
- more fixes for too much sleep20111210_0434:
- rollback compiler optimizations since it was causing the device to not exit from sleep
- enabled generation of last_kmsg for future debugging20111209_2140:
- compiler optimizations
- compressed the kernel using LZMA to make it smaller
- accelerated RCU grace periods20111209_1418:
- wifi won't drop now20111209_1352:
- stock wifi works now20111209_0755:
- Initial release
Let us know how this custom kernel works out on your Amazon Kindle Fire.
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