I fear the next update!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've noticed that my phone has become rather buggy since the 1.4 update. The frequency that I have to completely reboot my phone is at least 5 times as high as it was before. Also the claim was that 1.4 would be more efficient on battery life...I've found the opposite to be true. Hopefully we'll be seeing a 1.41 soon.
I am not sure where to post about a few problems I am having with the Pre.
I also didnt really start having these problems until after the update. First problem is sometimes when I am trying to reply to email the whole thing will freeze up and it either takes 10-15 mins to get back to slugish normal or I have to take the battery out and restart it. Any advice?
Second problem is sometimes when I delete pictures it will also delete pictures before it. Also some pictures are just gone that I didnt even realize were missing until recently and I did not delete them. Again any advice?
Thank you
When your phone locks up DO NOT remove the battery, It could corrupt it, Instead Hold the "Orange button+Sym+R" to reset your phone. There seems to be a few bugs with WEBOS 1.4, I'm sure we will see an update soon from palm.
Plug your phone up to your PC, Go to DCIM and delete the 999palm folder. It is a known issue.
http://forums.precentral.net/palm-pre/220189-pre-deleting-pictures.html
http://forums.precentral.net/general-webos-chat/226689-camera-photos-deleting-themselves.html
http://forums.precentral.net/palm-pre/224304-limit-number-picutres-stored.html
http://forums.precentral.net/palm-pre/223812-pre-camera-deleting-not-storing-pics.html
You should install "Preware" on your phone. Then install Jason's patch. It sets the name of the pics in this manner: "PRE_YYYY-MM-DD-hhmmss"
http://www.precentral.net/getting-started-preware
You'll need this on your PC: You will need it to install "Preware"
http://forums.precentral.net/canuck-software/228310-webos-quick-install-v3-02-a.html
It will let you install these tweaks;
http://forums.precentral.net/webos-patches/206807-official-patch-discussion.html#post2102121
It will let you install themes;
http://www.precentral.net/webos-themes-by-rating
And FREE apps;
I have to join the bandwagon and say that it seems my Pre is a bit slower after the last update. What was the purpose in adding the bllinking icon on the card before opening the application? Just open it already!
I am really surprised to hear so many having trouble with phones slowing down. I am curious about it there is a commonality? Pre? Pixi? I also wanted to note that I learned, very unfortunatley I might add, that if you get a message during use of the camcorder, it freezes! I am not sure if I place the phone in airplane mode first this will prevent that from happening. REAL bummer!
Thank you for that information. I have also had some pics disapear. I am slightly techy challenged and was wondering about this preware. Is it a risky thing to do? I have heard things like you have to uninstall it before updates..
@Rockermom, Installing Preware is totaly safe, The Dev's over at precentral are also some of the Dev's that have a lot of Apps in the official App Store on the phone. You don't need to uninstall Preware itself, Or most the patches, But a lot of use do. You do however have to uninstall any themes before upgrading. The worst that could happen is you may have to Dr. your phone back to factory settings using Palms WEBOS Dr. If you want to attempt it I could walk you through it if you have any issues doing it by yourself.
@ Levi, thank you so much for your expertise! This is my first "Smart phone" and I have so much to learn. I have not downloaded anything outside of the palm App stuff. I would like to try a theme but am a little afraid.
I am very interested in the preware stuff. You said you do not need to remove these iems before an upgrade but a lot of you do...is that just the safest thing to do or habit? I will talk to you before I try to download anything like preware or themes. This is all so new to me. Thank you again! ![]()
I went to the DCIM folder and I only have the 100palm folder. There is no 999palm folder and yet I am having the same problems reported by people with the 999palm folder problem. Any advice?
I am in the midst of installing the preware.
I am also still having that problem with my email.
Also I am trying to install Preware and the WebOS thing is not finding my device.
Did you type upupdowndownleftrightleftrightbastart (On the phones keyboard) a hidden app called "Developer Mode Enabler" will pop up, You have to turn it on, It will restart your phone, Then when you plug your phone into your PC choose "Just Charge"
Here is a good link to help with the install of Preware.
http://www.precentral.net/how-add-homebrew-apps-patches-and-themes
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i got my first palm pixi about 4 weeks ago. about 2 weeks after the update, my phone started turning off by itself. then i realized that pictures were starting to go missing. ones that i never deleted....and the turning off progressed even more .. so my mom and i went to the store and they exchanged it for us because according to them "they had never seen that happen before" . i JUST got this new one on wednesday ( 3/17/10) and this morning i looked through my pictures. i had 15, and now i have 9 ..... im really mad right now. can anyone help?
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@hillaryroland, These are bugs introduced with WEB OS 1.4, Palm is aware of them and is working on a fix. If you install "preware" on your phone and install the patch install the "improved filename patch" it will prevent you pics from being deleted again.
http://www.precentral.net/getting-started-preware
You'll need this on your PC: You will need it to install "Preware"
http://forums.precentral.net/canuck-software/228310-webos-quick-install-v3-02-a.html
It will let you install these tweaks;
http://forums.precentral.net/webos-patches/206807-official-patch-discussion.html#post2102121
It will let you install themes;
http://www.precentral.net/webos-themes-by-rating
And FREE apps;
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