User:FreeTim Sandbox
Sandbox
This page is a test page for FreeTim
- Here is where I may create intial pages to get used to the layout and view, for creating 'actual' page at some later time.
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Here is how to install PreWare, top to bottom without omitting anything, all in one document.
Prerequisites
You MUST do these first
- free registration on precentral.com required - so go sign up (free.) Required in order to download software.
- go to this web page and do a control-f (find) for "install.jar" and download the file.
http://forums.precentral.net/homebrew-apps/194832-webos-quick-install.html
- download webosrecovery ram - WARNING DO NOT RUN THIS FILE just download it to the same folder, for We need components from this file only, not the main portion of the file which is used to restore factory settings.
download this from http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/pre_p100eww/webosdoctorp100ewwsprint.jar
- If your MAC or PC machine doesn't have at least Java 1.6, you can install that now from http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp _________ MAC instructions needed here.
Install Steps
- Unplug your phone from USB before you start, or the drive may hang on a later step.
- Enable DEV mode and restart your phone (required.) To do this, you need to enable a hidden application and then toggle it and reboot. To do this, close all applications on the phone, then just start typing and enter this EXACTLY:
upupdowndownleftrightleftrightbastart using the phone's slide-out keyboard and
when you press ENTER key nothing will seem to happen - now open the launcher and find the new "DEV MODE" application. Toggle the slider to 'on' and use button Reset the Device to reboot. This is how Palm has configured the Pre to allow root over the USB cable (this is by design) and We will toggle this to 'off' as a clean up step at the end of these instructions.
- Now run double-click WebOSQuickInstall.jar
- On the notebook, run the WebOSInstall.jar file (warning do NOT RUN the webosdoctor.jar file by mistake)
- Choose USB (this can be changed later if you want to change to the emulator.)
- PLUG IN YOUR PHONE NOW to USB - choose "just charge" on the phone. If you press any wrong button just unplug it, wait 10 seconds, then plug it back in - choose "just charge."
- On the WebOS Quick Install, Select the 3rd button (the one below the minus button.)
- Choose WebOS Internals Feed (all) from the dropdown list at the top., Select Package Manager Service from the list.
- Select DOWNLOAD, then Select Close button, then INSTALL.
- Again Select the 3rd button (the one below the minus button.)
- Choose WebOS Internals Feed (all) from the dropdown list at the top. Select Preware from the list.
- Select DOWNLOAD, then Select Close button, then INSTALL. At this point you are done.
Cleanup
- After this is done, you should see a new application "PreWare" on the phone in the launcher.
You use this similar to "app catalog" to install homebrew applications, like KeyRing and Google Voice.
- Useage of PreWare: Try to be on WIFI, it's faster that way.
- If it fails to fully load (spins forever) then just close the app and open it again.
- Removal of homebrew:
Homebrew applications are real applications, so to remove them do it the same way you would with one from the App Catalog - go to Launcher and select "List applications" from the menus. Click on any to delete (confirmation is required to help avoid mistakes.)
- Disable DEV mode as a clean up step. To do this, as before close all applications on the phone then type EXACTLY upupdowndownleftrightleftrightbastart using the phone's slide-out keyboard and hit ENTER key, this shows the Dev Mode icon in the launcher.
- In the launcher, find Dev Mode icon and toggle the slider to OFF and and use button Reset the Device to reboot. This is the clean up step from above.
Summary
This is a sandbox (wiki test page) for user FreeTim.