Cross-Platform Meta-Doctor Guide (bypass carrier activation, etc.)

[yungblu904]

BYPASS_ACTIVATION = 1
ENABLE_FIRSTUSE_WIFI = 1
MAKE_FIRSTUSE_VISIBLE = 1
# INCREASE_VAR_SPACE = 1
ENABLE_DEVELOPER_MODE = 1
# INSTALL_SSH_AUTH_KEYS = 1
# REMOVE_CARRIER_CHECK = 1
# REMOVE_MODEL_CHECK = 1
DISABLE_MODEM_UPDATE = 1
# CHANGE_KEYBOARD_TYPE = z


DEVICE = pre


CARRIER = sprint

# Latest supported version is:
# VERSION = 1.3.5.2


ifeq (${DEVICE},pre)
VERSION = 1.3.5.1
endif
ifeq (${DEVICE},pixi)
endif

ifeq (${CARRIER},sprint)
VERSION = 1.3.5.2
endif

^^^^^^^
Thats Wat my Makefile looks like and i still keep getting "make: *** No rule to make target `unpack'. Stop." i sorry to say but im just not getting it i been tryin to get by this part for about 4 days now. I even copied your makefile word by word and it still didnt worK. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ONCE AGAIN???

[rwhitby]

Originally Posted by yungblu904

BYPASS_ACTIVATION = 1
ENABLE_FIRSTUSE_WIFI = 1
MAKE_FIRSTUSE_VISIBLE = 1
# INCREASE_VAR_SPACE = 1
ENABLE_DEVELOPER_MODE = 1
# INSTALL_SSH_AUTH_KEYS = 1
# REMOVE_CARRIER_CHECK = 1
# REMOVE_MODEL_CHECK = 1
DISABLE_MODEM_UPDATE = 1
# CHANGE_KEYBOARD_TYPE = z


DEVICE = pre


CARRIER = sprint

# Latest supported version is:
# VERSION = 1.3.5.2


ifeq (${DEVICE},pre)
VERSION = 1.3.5.1
endif
ifeq (${DEVICE},pixi)
endif

ifeq (${CARRIER},sprint)
VERSION = 1.3.5.2
endif

^^^^^^^
Thats Wat my Makefile looks like and i still keep getting "make: *** No rule to make target `unpack'. Stop." i sorry to say but im just not getting it i been tryin to get by this part for about 4 days now. I even copy your makefile word by word and it still didnt worK. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ONCE AGAIN???

That's not the complete Makefile. You should attach the complete Makefile either here or at webos.pastebin.com ...

I also note that you seem to have made changes other than in the top-most variable definition lines. I recommend you start with a fresh copy of the Makefile, and don't modify it in places other than the very first set of feature definitions.

-- Rod

[yungblu904]

NOW I GETTING.......

"mkdir -p downloads
Please download the correct version of the webOS Doctor .jar file
and then move it to downloads/webosdoctorp100sprint-1.3.5.1.jar (i.e. the downloads directory that was just created under the current directory).
make: *** [downloads/webosdoctorp100sprint-1.3.5.1.jar] Error 1"

AND I NO I DOWNLOADED THE RITE WEBDOCTER, AND ALSO WAT IS THE LOCATION OF THE DOWNLOAD/WEBDOCTORP100SPRINT-1.3.5.1.JAR

[rwhitby]

Originally Posted by yungblu904

NOW I GETTING.......

mkdir -p downloads
Please download the correct version of the webOS Doctor .jar file
and then move it to downloads/webosdoctorp100sprint-1.3.5.1.jar (i.e. the downloads directory that was just created under the current directory).
make: *** [downloads/webosdoctorp100sprint-1.3.5.1.jar] Error 1

Why would you post that when the error message tells you exactly what you need to do?

-- Rod

[yungblu904]

i DID DOWNLOAD THE RITE ONE

[yungblu904]

i DID DOWNLOAD THE RITE ONE
AND ITS STILL NOT WORKING

[rwhitby]

Originally Posted by yungblu904

i DID DOWNLOAD THE RITE ONE
AND ITS STILL NOT WORKING

You may wish to reconsider your approach to asking for help from those that use their scarce free time to provide software for you to use at no charge.

-- Rod

[grndslm]

yungblu... lowercase > uppercase if you can only use one or the other, k? and perhaps you should look into a spell checker of sorts.

when you're in the terminal, and it shows you in "~/meta-doctor$"...

. . . . . .
mkdir downloads
cd downloads
wget -c http://downloads.cd.whatever/the/web...ebosdoctor.jar
mv webosdoctor.jar webosdoctor-1.3.5.1.jar
cd ..
make unpack patch pack
. . . . . . .
... continue with instructions as normal

if you had done the instructions in the way i'd set them out... you wouldn't be having a problem.

(make sure to fill-in the website correctly... and the filenames, too! I was only giving you an example here of the commands)

[GodardErik]

I followed all the steps but when I flash it to the device the firstuse app comes up without the option to enable wifi.
I am using a Palm Pre on Sprint.
Here is the terminal output (I'm on a Mac)

rm -rf build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5.1
mkdir -p build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5.1
cp downloads/webosdoctorp100ewwsprint-1.3.5.1.jar build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5.1/webosdoctorp100ewwsprint-1.3.5.1.jar
( cd build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5.1 ; \
		unzip webosdoctorp100ewwsprint-1.3.5.1.jar META-INF/MANIFEST.MF resources/webOS.tar resources/recoverytool.config )
Archive:  webosdoctorp100ewwsprint-1.3.5.1.jar
  inflating: META-INF/MANIFEST.MF    
  inflating: resources/webOS.tar     
  inflating: resources/recoverytool.config  
mkdir -p build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5.1/webOS
gnutar -C build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5.1/webOS \
		-f build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5.1/resources/webOS.tar \
		-x ./nova-cust-image-castle.rootfs.tar.gz \
		./nova-installer-image-castle.uImage ./castle.xml ./installer.xml
gunzip -f build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5.1/webOS/nova-cust-image-castle.rootfs.tar.gz
mkdir -p build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5.1/rootfs
gnutar -C build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5.1/rootfs \
		-f build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5.1/webOS/nova-cust-image-castle.rootfs.tar \
		-x ./usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.firstuse ./usr/lib/ipkg/info ./etc/event.d ./md5sums
touch build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5.1/.unpacked
rm -f build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5.1/.patched
[ -d patches/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5.1 ]
mv build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5.1/rootfs/md5sums build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5.1/rootfs/md5sums.old
for app in com.palm.app.firstuse ; do \
	  ( cd build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5.1/rootfs ; \
	    find ./usr/palm/applications/$app -type f | xargs md5sum ) \
	      > build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5.1/rootfs/usr/lib/ipkg/info/$app.md5sums.new ; \
	  ./scripts/replace-md5sums.py \
	    build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5.1/rootfs/usr/lib/ipkg/info/$app.md5sums.old build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5.1/rootfs/usr/lib/ipkg/info/$app.md5sums.new \
	      > build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5.1/rootfs/usr/lib/ipkg/info/$app.md5sums ; \
	  rm -f build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5.1/rootfs/usr/lib/ipkg/info/$app.md5sums.old build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5.1/rootfs/usr/lib/ipkg/info/$app.md5sums.new ; \
	done
xargs: md5sum: No such file or directory
( cd build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5.1/rootfs ; \
	  find ./usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.firstuse ./usr/lib/ipkg/info ./etc/event.d -type f | xargs md5sum ) \
	    > build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5.1/rootfs/md5sums.new
xargs: md5sum: No such file or directory
make: *** [build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5.1/.patched] Error 127

The only changes I made to the manifest were was to uncomment a couple of the lines at the top (BYPASS_ACTIVATION and ENABLE_FIRST_USE_WIFI)

Thanks for any help you can provide.

[rwhitby]

You need to install md5sum from MacPorts.

-- Rod

[GodardErik]

That fixed it. Thanks alot!

[dobigcano]

hey bro,
i am getting an error on the
When you're done, just hit Ctrl+X to exit and 'Y' to save your changes.

make unpack patch pack it gives me error 1

[yungblu904]

I keep gettin this..............

mkdir -p downloads
Please download the correct version of the webOS Doctor .jar file
and then move it to downloads/webosdoctorp100sprint-1.3.5.1.jar (i.e. the downloads directory that was just created under the current directory).
make: *** [downloads/webosdoctorp100sprint-1.3.5.1.jar] Error 1

And the file in their with the rite version and all, Also it's in my directory like this "/home/yungblu/meta-doctor/downloads/webosdoctorp100ewwsprint-1.3.5.1.jar"

[grndslm]

I honestly don't know what to tell ya guys.

If you logged out of the terminal, you might have dropped root permissions (aka: sudo)???

So... just do the "sudo -s" to get back to the root shell and try again??

I'm not sure if this will actually work, but it's the only thing I can offer since it's worked many, many times. Perhaps Rod has changed something in the Meta-Doctor and you'll need to "make clobber" and then "git pull"??

[yungblu904]

I finally passed step 7 now im getting this....

cp build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5/webosdoctorp100ewwsprint-1.3.5.jar ~/Desktop/guestOS/
cp: cannot stat `build/pre-p100eww-sprint-1.3.5/webosdoctorp100ewwsprint-1.3.5.jar': No such file or directory


WHAT DO I DO?

[grndslm]

Try using the right version in the pathname, first of all.

Here's a PRO TIP...

~~ When you're typing a folder or filename, even longer commands... try using the TAB key after typing a few characters, even TWICE if nothing comes up after only typing 1 or 2 characters ~~

So... "cp build/pre<TAB>webo<TAB> ~/Des<TAB>gues<TAB>" ENTER!

... should get you where you need to be without typing every last detail.

[dfwguy]

hey is it possible to use verizon webos doctor on a sprint pre?

[rwhitby]

Originally Posted by dfwguy

hey is it possible to use verizon webos doctor on a sprint pre?

Yes, if you choose the REMOVE_CARRIER_CHECK option in the meta-doctor.

Note that it will also remove any carrier-specific customisations, so that you don't inadvertently use Sprint apps on a Verizon Pre, or vice versa (since this would be breaking some TOS or other).

-- Rod

[Jumpman6235]

So sharing a modified WebOS rom is illegal... but making your own is not?..

... anyways thanks for the tut, i need to enable wifi so i can create a profile and pass activation

[rwhitby]

Originally Posted by Jumpman6235

So sharing a modified WebOS rom is illegal... but making your own is not?..

Correct. Simple copyright law. You don't have the right to redistribute proprietary Palm files, but you can download those files from Palm, modify them, and use them for your own device, all without violating any copyright.

-- Rod