Why is a Developer device so much work to root?

[6tr6tr]

Mr. Obvious - You should really look me up on precentral before making your comments. I have been on precentral since 2004 and had palm devices going back to original 650 which I transplanted from Sprint to VZW.

I had Palm pre, pixi and Pixi plus which i converted myself from vzw to sprint. By homebrew I meant Preware (which skipped my mind and I didn't feel like searching for it, but since you obviously think that I have never done this before I actually decided to login to precentral and track it down for you). Obviously you need preware to install any of your kernels, patches, etc. And do you remember what you need to do to get preware on your WebOS device? I believe its around 8 steps.

Now take a look at number of steps for Preware:
Applicationreware - WebOS Internals

and now take a look at number of steps for NS4G
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sp...61-how-unlock-install-su-custom-recovery.html

Hmm - which one is easier?

Again, you do NOT need Preware. I installed a new kernel on my pre and it was a one step thing (using a pre-written ".sh" file). All you had to do was something like:

sh /var/home/root/800MHzOS14.sh install

Preware/WOSQ is their suggested way of installing kernel patches, etc but you do NOT need them to do so.

 

[nmoreman]

kalex1114,
Thanks for the giggle, that was funny, brought back memories of all my years with Palm - it almost makes me
want to go play with a Touchpad - the Pre got easier, but this one is a piece of cake.

But I do miss the penguin, he is cuter than Lloyd the Android.

 

[kalex]

Again, you do NOT need Preware. I installed a new kernel on my pre and it was a one step thing (using a pre-written ".sh" file). All you had to do was something like:

sh /var/home/root/800MHzOS14.sh install

Preware/WOSQ is their suggested way of installing kernel patches, etc but you do NOT need them to do so.

i'm not really sure what you are arguing about? yes u are right u can install patches and kernels via sh scripts. but at the same time preware is recommended way of installing it as it provides QA controls in place. Have you read the 7 commandments of webos patching written by rwhitby on precentral?

But your argument is still flawed. Both NS4g and WebOS are easy to root and do whatever you need to. Its a bit different though since one is webos and one is android. WebOS is good operating system but lack of apps and devices is what drove me to android. NS4G overall is a much much better phone than pre/pixi were. And 6 months after announcement there are still no pre3 phones out. When is HP going to learn

 

[enik]

If its that much of a problem they still sell palm pre/pixis just saying

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