New Touchpad? Here's your "Get Started" guide - Page 11

nappyloxs · 08/26/2011, 06:49 PM

Ncinerate:

I discovered something last night/this morning you may want to add to the sticky.

Okay so I tried to update through doctor. So first it got stuck at 62% program crashed according to windows.
Second time got 100%. (Note I read somewhere else if you are over 82%, the update took).

So my TP was stuck on the HP logo and would not turn on.

Reset "hold power button and keep pressing home button" (did not do anything).

Full erase "hold power, volume down and home button" (did not do anything).

Well, I was frustrated last night so I plugged it in (not the touchstone) and this morning it was fine asking for setup.

Since I am coming from a droid x phone (rooted), when I root/flash/etc the logo on the phone rotates at least lets me know its working and reboots quickly. The TP does not. The moral is PATIENCE, all though it may look like it is in recovery mode or wont start, plug it up, have a beer, watch a show, etc.... and then come back to it.

pandorazboxx · 08/26/2011, 06:56 PM

I had the same issue. I couldn't for the life of my figure out why it wouldn't let me go into that USB mode. I just had to let it start back up after the "full erase" then hold the power button down and select turn off device. then after it shut down, I turned it on and held the power button and volume with the usb cable plugged in and voila.

jamesabond · 08/26/2011, 07:01 PM

HP touch pad is an awesome device> It's operating speed is very fast and it is one of the fastest touch pad I have ever seen. This touch pad looks very decent than other touch pads and it is not very expensive like touch pads of Apple. It is affordable also.

foladar · 08/26/2011, 08:13 PM

Since it's not recommended to do the OS Doctor since people have been having issues, is it safe enough to do the speed up stuff or should we wait on everything?

sjc83 · 08/26/2011, 08:53 PM

Can anyone please help me with this error:

blakeman7 · 08/26/2011, 11:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ncinerate

Ok Drachen. You need Novacom installed - did the webos quick install program install novacom? Your touchpad is plugged into the computer and NOT in usb storage mode right?

Try rebooting your computer. If that doesnt work, try plugging the touchpad into a different usb port. If that fails, try plugging it into a usb port while webos quick install is open.

You should see the touchpad get recognized... If it's not happening let us know and we'll try and help out

.

I'm using a Macbook Pro with Lion. Novacom will not finish installing. I get a message to contact the developer. I have the newest version of Java6 sitting as the priority in utilities. And it's in dev mode.
How do I get this to work?

Also my TP doesn't have 3 options when I plug it into my computer. It has all the updates but still no option to "just charge." It seems really odd it's a missing option when I see pictures of devices with this option.

I'm new to WebOS. I'm familiar with the other two platforms and learning the WebOS tricks. Anything you can tell me will be appreciated.

sderenne · 08/27/2011, 12:08 AM

Got the touchpad yesterday and was not really impressed. After reading the original post and following directions i'm liking it much more. I find it better to browse some websites like Reddit better than on my main pc!

Once preware is installed is my touchpad considered rooted?

ncinerate · 08/27/2011, 12:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by foladar

Since it's not recommended to do the OS Doctor since people have been having issues, is it safe enough to do the speed up stuff or should we wait on everything?

Honestly, at this point I'd suggest just waiting on 3.0.2 to install on your device. It'll happen - you can probably force it in the updater by trying to update late at night, or it will happen all by itself in the next few days.

There's at least 3 reports of bricking, out of all the people using this forum and performing the basic steps to webos update using the doctor. Which that -is- a small sampling, I just don't feel right telling people to use webos doctor to update their pre to 3.0.2 if there's even a slight chance you might render the pad inoperable.

Chances are, it'd be completely safe if you performed the steps as listed. It's a risk you can choose to take.

Installing all the fixes on 3.0.0 will likely require several of them to be re-applied when you do get updated to 3.0.2.. Just wait until you are updated.

ncinerate · 08/27/2011, 12:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sderenne

Got the touchpad yesterday and was not really impressed. After reading the original post and following directions i'm liking it much more. I find it better to browse some websites like Reddit better than on my main pc!

Once preware is installed is my touchpad considered rooted?

The touchpad is basically "rooted" right out of the box. HP/palm have always maintained webos as an extremely open platform. They aren't trying to keep you from hacking on the device or installing whatever you'd like. So, yeah, installing preware is basically considered "rooted", but you had root control the whole time (or at least once you activated developer mode).

**HelloNNNewman** · 08/27/2011, 12:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sderenne

Once preware is installed is my touchpad considered rooted?

There is no "rooting" on webOS devices because Palm(HP) allows you to access the Developer Mode openly (they don't lock it up to require "rooting"). But in essence - yes. Once you install Preware, the whole world of patching, and Homebrew is opened up without repercussions. If you ever mess it up, you can simply run the Doctor and take the device back to factory settings.

Heroforever · 08/27/2011, 02:10 AM

did anyone else notice the digicamera app doesnt seem to exist...?

Misterre · 08/27/2011, 06:54 AM

Did everything up to the Hulu fix.
For some reason the WebOS Quick Installer is not showing a tools tab so I cannot get the linux command line

tp2386 · 08/27/2011, 07:40 AM

Thank you so much for this guide. My touchpad is so awesome now. This is the best $90.92 I have ever spent.

BrettStah · 08/27/2011, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Misterre

Did everything up to the Hulu fix.
For some reason the WebOS Quick Installer is not showing a tools tab so I cannot get the linux command line

That confused me too. It turns out it's a Tools menu, not a tab. So just look at the menu bar of the Quick Installer after you open it.

Misterre · 08/27/2011, 08:10 AM

Thanks that worked. It took me a few minutes to figure out to right click in the linux window to paste.
I had to load java as well but it is working great.

foladar · 08/27/2011, 08:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ncinerate

Honestly, at this point I'd suggest just waiting on 3.0.2 to install on your device. It'll happen - you can probably force it in the updater by trying to update late at night, or it will happen all by itself in the next few days.

There's at least 3 reports of bricking, out of all the people using this forum and performing the basic steps to webos update using the doctor. Which that -is- a small sampling, I just don't feel right telling people to use webos doctor to update their pre to 3.0.2 if there's even a slight chance you might render the pad inoperable.

Chances are, it'd be completely safe if you performed the steps as listed. It's a risk you can choose to take.

Installing all the fixes on 3.0.0 will likely require several of them to be re-applied when you do get updated to 3.0.2.. Just wait until you are updated.

Both devices are already updated to 3.0.2, so it's safe enough to run the speed patches without putting doctor on the device, or should that be installed and it's safe as long as you have 3.0.2?

drfp · 08/27/2011, 08:33 AM

I installed these I think are pretty good

Tap note light for taking notes
Dev mode button
Preware
pReader
KalemSoft Video player ( not free)
MediPDA
Digicamera Light

Software updated
then some patches suggested

I like it so far just took some reading work and then boom its set up and runs great.

lilola8 · 08/27/2011, 10:12 AM

Great help! Thank you all for doing this. It is appreciated.

ncinerate · 08/27/2011, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by foladar

Both devices are already updated to 3.0.2, so it's safe enough to run the speed patches without putting doctor on the device, or should that be installed and it's safe as long as you have 3.0.2?

Yes, totally safe once you have 3.0.2. Patch away!

CaFe88 · 08/27/2011, 11:07 AM

a Hulu patch via Preware was added today maybe update the post to add that instead of the directions on how to do it....

08/26/2011, 06:49 PM	#201 (permalink)
nappyloxs Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 4 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ncinerate: I discovered something last night/this morning you may want to add to the sticky. Okay so I tried to update through doctor. So first it got stuck at 62% program crashed according to windows. Second time got 100%. (Note I read somewhere else if you are over 82%, the update took). So my TP was stuck on the HP logo and would not turn on. Reset "hold power button and keep pressing home button" (did not do anything). Full erase "hold power, volume down and home button" (did not do anything). Well, I was frustrated last night so I plugged it in (not the touchstone) and this morning it was fine asking for setup. Since I am coming from a droid x phone (rooted), when I root/flash/etc the logo on the phone rotates at least lets me know its working and reboots quickly. The TP does not. The moral is PATIENCE, all though it may look like it is in recovery mode or wont start, plug it up, have a beer, watch a show, etc.... and then come back to it.
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08/26/2011, 06:56 PM	#202 (permalink)
pandorazboxx Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 28 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I had the same issue. I couldn't for the life of my figure out why it wouldn't let me go into that USB mode. I just had to let it start back up after the "full erase" then hold the power button down and select turn off device. then after it shut down, I turned it on and held the power button and volume with the usb cable plugged in and voila.
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08/26/2011, 07:01 PM	#203 (permalink)
jamesabond Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 3 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	HP touch pad is an awesome device> It's operating speed is very fast and it is one of the fastest touch pad I have ever seen. This touch pad looks very decent than other touch pads and it is not very expensive like touch pads of Apple. It is affordable also.
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08/26/2011, 08:13 PM	#204 (permalink)
foladar Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 7 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Since it's not recommended to do the OS Doctor since people have been having issues, is it safe enough to do the speed up stuff or should we wait on everything?
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08/27/2011, 12:08 AM	#207 (permalink)
sderenne Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Got the touchpad yesterday and was not really impressed. After reading the original post and following directions i'm liking it much more. I find it better to browse some websites like Reddit better than on my main pc! Once preware is installed is my touchpad considered rooted?
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08/27/2011, 02:10 AM	#211 (permalink)
Heroforever Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	did anyone else notice the digicamera app doesnt seem to exist...?
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08/27/2011, 06:54 AM	#212 (permalink)
Misterre Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 15 Likes Received: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Did everything up to the Hulu fix. For some reason the WebOS Quick Installer is not showing a tools tab so I cannot get the linux command line
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08/27/2011, 07:40 AM	#213 (permalink)
tp2386 Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 87 Likes Received: 10 Thanks: 46 Thanked 12 Times in 9 Posts	Thank you so much for this guide. My touchpad is so awesome now. This is the best $90.92 I have ever spent.
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08/27/2011, 08:10 AM	#215 (permalink)
Misterre Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 15 Likes Received: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks that worked. It took me a few minutes to figure out to right click in the linux window to paste. I had to load java as well but it is working great.
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08/27/2011, 08:33 AM	#217 (permalink)
drfp Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 309 Likes Received: 43 Thanks: 34 Thanked 14 Times in 13 Posts	I installed these I think are pretty good Tap note light for taking notes Dev mode button Preware pReader KalemSoft Video player ( not free) MediPDA Digicamera Light Software updated then some patches suggested I like it so far just took some reading work and then boom its set up and runs great.
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08/27/2011, 10:12 AM	#218 (permalink)
lilola8 Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks! Great help! Thank you all for doing this. It is appreciated.
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08/27/2011, 11:07 AM	#220 (permalink)
CaFe88 Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 7 Likes Received: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 2 Posts	a Hulu patch via Preware was added today maybe update the post to add that instead of the directions on how to do it....
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