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Member: sir_mycroft
at: 03:08 PM 07/06/2009

Originally Posted by msumike:
In order to be able to safely remove, you need to stop the Palm Novacom service. Go to Start->Run and type Services.msc Scroll down to Palm Novacom and stop the service. Safely remove your Pre and then restart the service.

I will attempt this tonight, thanks. If it works I will update the how-to.

Member: niospecv
at: 03:12 PM 07/06/2009

Everything went flawless with me and I agree with msumike. Just stop the service and restart after you've disconnected the Pre. I love all my apps now.

Member: niospecv
at: 03:12 PM 07/06/2009

Originally Posted by sir_mycroft:
I will attempt this tonight, thanks. If it works I will update the how-to.

It does. Works like a charm cause I just did it. I added 11 homebrew apps.

Member: jamar7886
at: 03:16 PM 07/06/2009

can also just click Ctrl-Shift-Escape and click on Process tab ofr Windows Task Manager and end the Novacom.exe process and you will then be able to safetly remove the Novacom Palm.

Member: jagowar
at: 03:18 PM 07/06/2009

Has anybody gotten this to run under windows 7? I cant even get the emulator to run (the virtualbox does look like it runs just fine)

Member: shapeshiftsix
at: 03:21 PM 07/06/2009

Originally Posted by Omega33:
Mine does the same.

Also is the palm emulator actually suppose open on my PC. I see the icon on my desktop but nothing happens when i double click it. The pointer changes for a second but then nothing and nothing from it is running in task manager from it.

The same happens with me. Im on Windows 7 64 and the emulator doesn't open or anything. using the virtualbox 3.0.0, does this matter? should i download the older version?

Member: splmonster
at: 03:25 PM 07/06/2009

Yeah having issues, followed every step and its not installing anything at all. I have Virtual Box and SDK installed and both are working.

Member: Turbodteg
at: 03:29 PM 07/06/2009

Originally Posted by bakerman1:
I have followed the instructions to the t and when I drag and drop the files onto the palm install file, the command box opens for just a split sec and then goes away. I then check to see if it installed on the pre and its not there? What am I doing wrong? I want this to work real bad...please help...

Same here, I verified that I'm in dev mode, and set to "just charge". Any help is appreciated guys.

Member: hoboslayer
at: 03:30 PM 07/06/2009

I got the following error when trying this today. Really not sure why. (My pre has been rooted, but still...)

C:\Program Files\Palm\SDK\bin>palm-install.bat Z:\Downloads\dotGame_1.0.0.ipk
connecting to device castle-linux (F38C1EF7BF052494D3784CA1128698282D9DF3B2:usb:49419)
copying Z:\Downloads\dotGame_1.0.0.ipk to /media/internal/developer/dotGame_1.0.0.ipk on device castle-linux (F38C1EF7BF05249
4D3784CA1128698282D9DF3B2:usb:49419)
installing package /media/internal/developer/dotGame_1.0.0.ipk on device castle-linux (F38C1EF7BF052494D3784CA1128698282D9DF3
B2:usb:49419)
palm-install: FAILED_NOT_ENOUGH_INSTALL_SPACE

Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
6.7G 593.4M 6.1G 9% /media/internal

Member: splmonster
at: 03:42 PM 07/06/2009

Edit I have fixed it

Member: deceptacon
at: 05:00 PM 07/06/2009

Has anyone figured out how to install the apps on a mac?

Member: bakerman1
at: 05:02 PM 07/06/2009

What did you do to fix it?

Member: sir_mycroft
at: 05:07 PM 07/06/2009

Originally Posted by splmonster:
Edit I have fixed it

Do tell, please. It seems several are having the same issue.

Member: Turbodteg
at: 05:41 PM 07/06/2009

Originally Posted by splmonster:
Edit I have fixed it

do tell

Member: Felipe
at: 06:22 PM 07/06/2009

Originally Posted by deceptacon:
Has anyone figured out how to install the apps on a mac?

install parallels
install xp
install virtual box on xp.
install sdx on xp

Member: bhartman36
at: 06:29 PM 07/06/2009

Originally Posted by s4mb4:
yes, wget works great. i have tested it with the links on the forums where the ipk's are served from. the trouble is that the ipk's are not installable with the ipkg installer.

I haven't gotten wget to work with the Pre. In fact, when I'm in developer mode, I can't get any Internet access through it when it's connected to the USB port.

Having said that, I have tested installing homebrew apps, and the following seems to work (in Linux):

1) Get into Developer mode.
2) Connect your Pre via USB.
3) Run the novacom software.
4) Mount "/media/internal" on the Pre: ("mount internal" when you're in the /media drive)
5) Copy the ipk file to your Pre in Linux (outside of the novacom shell).
6) Go into that directory in the novacom shell (e.g., "/media/internal") and run:

ipkg install <ipk-install filename>

7) Reboot your Pre.

This seems to work fine.

Member: lepordgek
at: 06:52 PM 07/06/2009

Originally Posted by Felipe:
install parallels
install xp
install virtual box on xp.
install sdx on xp

Dislike you right now, my parallels isn't letting me connect to the internet

Us mac users seriously need a legit solution for the OSX platform without porting os's

Member: SGSCharger
at: 07:02 PM 07/06/2009

i cannot drag and drop the ipk files into the palm-install file on a mac.

Member: SGSCharger
at: 07:22 PM 07/06/2009

Mac Users i have figured out a way to install them. DO everything the guide says. when he says to drag and drop the .ipk files, do this instead. Search your mac for 'palm-install', when found double click on it, the terminal should pop up with brief instructions. Copy the first example from '#' to 'palm-install'. Close out of the terminal and open it up again from the utilities folder. paste the copied text, tap the spacebar to add a space, then go to your .ipk files and drag them into the terminal, then hit enter and there you go. Worked for me on my mac. Make sure your pre is on charge only.

Member: Huncher
at: 07:29 PM 07/06/2009

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