I may sound like a tool, but scott could you explain the steps you took to get into the phone. I am extremely interested in making changes like yours.

Care to explain where that file is located? That it totally editable. I would be nice to add other search site there.

Possibly a stupid question coming...

I have an HTC touch, could it be possible to run the webOS on it or other devices? Just like I can run android on it now. The resolution is different so not sure what support there might be to handle that in the code now.

btw, you guys are doing some cool stuff, loved reading it all so far.

When running the python for windows root i get this err

ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10:

Will someone please work on tethering. I want the pre so badly but can't buy it until this is taken care. I depend on it.

dropbear is already installed?

If so, do we know the rootpw or can we add users with a passwd so we can disallow root logins if there isn't a rootpw?

I don't like the idea of having my lovely Pre accessible to anyone on my network, I work with some interesting cats and they would surely like to have root on my phone via wifi.

Given that the Pre identifies itself as castle, this really should have been "stormthecastle.wikidot.com".

I expect it changed immediately.

Oh crap. I tried making it 4 and I might have bricked my phone Stuck at the Palm screen for a few minutes. For those that are wondering how to make edits, you must remount / as read-write:

mount -o remount,rw /

Be careful though! Anyone wanna tell me how to reimage my phone?

Try using cygwin and make sure to install python during setup.

Running the originally posted JAR (just double click to launch) should begin the reimage process.

Since it's Linux, it's already built-in:
- just add a forwarding/masquerading/NAT rule in Pre's iptables
- connect the pre to you Wifi router
- set the default gateway of your computer to point to your Pre'IP.

i think he means to use tethering using sprint's network not via wifi

Yes, if you're connected to the sprint network, it would just work like I said.

Your computer ---wifi---> Pre ---> sprint network.

Ok, just bridge ppp0 to wlan0 or bnep0 (Bluetooth). Mobilestream is probably already working on this since they came up with the excellent USB Modem back in the day.

I need a way to go directly from my computer ---> Pre ---> Internet. either via bluetooth or usb.

In that case you could just use a wifi "ad-hoc" cnx instead of connecting to a wifi router (if webos supports ad-hoc networks)

I tether right now using my Instinct via usb cable (I could use bluetooth but choose not to). I am able to use my phone as a modem, set up a windows dial up connection, dial #777 and boom i can surf the web anywhere at 3g speeds. This is what I need.

ah gotcha, but it figures, the day all this info comes out is the day i leave my usb cable at home.

Did this and the phone works perfectly.... me and a friend working on getting it to work over ADHOC then it will be lovely

I also tared up the 3rd party apps and moved them to /media/internal/ and transfered to my computer ... going to fiddle with that later

This mod is not working for me.

I see that in my code is says:
// check if we should only play a sound (when you are already in a chat & a new message comes in)

Do I have to be in a chat and a new message comes in? Does the silence switch position matter?

Should I be replacing line 129 with the two you have?

Kudos to all of you for getting me/us this far!