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Development & Tweak Ideas

2010-01-15T20:26:32Z

RayanMX: /* Patch Ideas */

{{template:patch}}
Here are some ideas for tweaks which have not been implemented yet (to my knowledge):

If you decide to start working one of these, '''please leave a note''' under the item as a second-level bullet. If you don't have wiki access, find someone in the IRC channel who does. This will help encourage collaborative discovery, and reduce duplicate effort. We also recommend starting a new wiki page where you '''take notes about any discoveries''' you've made related to the tweak idea.

Once you've figured it out, it would be appreciated if you make a write-up for the Stock App Mods page. If you don't want to do a write up, at least try to share your findings with someone who can subsequently document them for you. At the very least, jot a few notes onto a wiki page, and tag it with "cleanup".

=Patch Ideas=
* Create a patch for showing day events in month view on calendar --isn't that the "All-Day Events in Month View" patch in Preware?
* Restore "Ignoring calendar alarm repeats the alarm in 5 minutes" to WebOS 1.10, the way it was in WebOS 1.04 and Palm
* Enable simultaneous Voice and Data access. This is a limitation of sprint, not the pre
* Multiple attachments per Message
* Add date (& other info?) to time display when Pre is on Touchstone
* Enable landscape clock with bigger numbers while docked on Touchstone
* Create a minute beep or auto hang up calls for those with free voice minute plans.

=Tweak Ideas=
* Device automatically goes into USB Drive Mode without tapping on the option (For bad touchscreen issues). Another option is to do an Orange + Symbol + key sequence for that.
* Make bootup faster (parallel?)
** See [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=727224 Upstart on Ubuntu info]
* Fix the horrendous white balance issues with the camera (especially with the flash on)
** See http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/25/cameraphone_faceoff/ for a post showing the problems.
* Make the Pre vibrate differently based on caller ID
** See http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/know-whos-calling-tactile-design/
*Enable image saving/save to wallpaper from the browse.
*Enable opening PDF/doc whatever from Web browser.
** //Done a slight bit of testing with this. It's very easy to get the browser to pass along a link to the application (tested with PDF). <code>/usr/palm/command-resource-handlers.json</code> contains all of the MIME types and you just have to change <code>streamable</code> to true. Of course, the application itself has an issue with this and errors out.//
* Enable uploads in a browser (dialog box with browse, etc.).
* Enable track skipping without turning the device on.
** [[Hardware Key Track Skip]]
** [[track-skipping-using-volume-up-down-buttons|Skip tracks using volume up/down buttons]] ~ FXDemolisher
* Quick copy of locked calendar events to the local calendar so that they can be edited.
* Make the Pre vibrate longer.
** tictac is working on this [[make-pre-vibrate-longer | here]].
* Allow other messaging protocols using libpurple plugins (Facebook, Jabber, etc.).
* Trigger camera remotely.
** Wonder420 is working on this [[camera-remote-view | here]].
* Back up contact link information. (This is currently not stored in the Palm Profile, so it will be lost on a device wipe.) -- [[Contact Link Backup]]
* Landscape virtual keyboard in the Web app.
* Find better touch scroll threshold numbers so the action is not as jerky/fuzzy while moving. 1.0.3 update seems to have improved that a bit.. //~ Robi//
* Look into [http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/ PowerTop] to potentially save even more power and extend batt life. //~ Robi//
* Allow universal search to search through email text as well
* Multiple card rows in the small card view
* Add a "scrubber" to the music app to control song position
* Remove Amazon section from music app to see if it loads faster without (Music app loads instantly but then you have to wait 30 seconds or so before you can do anything until the Amazon section shows up).
** Unfortunately it seems that it's the thumbnail creation for the few albums shown in shuffle all that causes the delay- removing the Amazon entry doesn't seem to change the speed at all.
* Change the sorting of the music app so that A, An, The in band names and album names are ignored and it sorts alphabetically using the next word [[Patch MediaPlayer Ignore 'A', 'An', and 'The' In Artist and Album names]] ~ Keegan99
* In the camera app, use the volume up/down buttons to snap a picture.
** [[Patch Camera Using Volume Buttons to Take a Picture|Take a picture using volume buttons]] ~ FXDemolisher
* When camera app loads, also load photos app (for quicker review). Even better, let user choose to "keep" or "delete" a picture, and keep the photo on the screen until a choice is made.
* Stop the alert noise from obnoxiously playing every single time you put the Pre back on the Touchstone.
** [[remove-charging-event-alerts]]
* Set up the center button to wake the Pre up, like an iPhone's home button wakes up the iPhone.
* Allow copy to work from google maps, so you can get a url of your current location to paste in chats/sms/mms //~ hemna//
* Light up Navi lights when a notification is received
* Setting to disable ring for Unknown Number
* When the clock's alarm goes off, it only turns on the screen for the customary ~2 seconds before shutting the screen off. Change this to keep the screen on as long as the alarm is playing, then go to sleep when the "snooze" button is pressed.
* Make "all-day" appointments show up in calendar month view (currently invisible)
** [[Patch Calendar Show All-Day Events in Month View]] //~ Sloloem//
* Allow the phone app to run in the background, without a visible card, (to speed up ringtone playing on incoming phone calls).
* Disable the end call sound and the low battery sound.
* Add the ability to snooze a calendar reminder for a certain amount of time that user can choose.
** [[Patch Clock Changing Alarm Button Order and Snooze Duration]] //~ HebrewzHammer//
* Add additional gstreamer plugins into the gstreamer plugin directory; should allow adding support for additional media formats pretty easily.
* Make Contacts app and Universal Search search ALL contact fields. Similar to Google Contacts.
* Provide for two different brightness levels, one (brighter) for while charging, with another for when the Pre is on battery // Proposed on irc by navinag //

=Development Ideas=
Get [[vnc | VNC]] input working with a mouse and keyboard driver. //~ ultraBlack//

Get [http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ Synergy] working with a mouse and keyboard driver. :O Why not? :P //~ ultraBlack//

Develop a power calculator app for the Pre, with DIGIT-GROUPING, more functions, and possibly even a graphing mode. //~ ultraBlack//

Put [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html?product=firefox-3.0.11&os=linux&lang=en-US Firefox] on it. Definitely not practical. Maybe [http://portableapps.com/node/9364 Portable Firefox?] //~ ultraBlack//
* Consider [http://www.opera.com/mobile/ Opera Mobile] or [http://www.opera.com/mini/ Opera Mini] as more worthwhile alternatives. //~ ultraBlack//
* Opera Mobile can successfully upload files to web servers. (re: idea to upload via browser) //~ oc80z//

Work out a good backup solution, perhaps mrb or netapp like .snapshots, so updates/upgrades are easier. //~ Robi//

Look into setting up [[ad-hoc networking | ad-hoc networking]] for file sharing over WiFi and BitTorrent. //~ Robi//

Put [http://www.apache.org/ Apache] on it. //~ ultraBlack// Done. http://predev.wikidot.com/apache //~nebula//
* Consider [http://www.lighttpd.net/ Lighttpd] or [http://www.cherokee-project.com/ Cherokee] as more worthwhile alternatives. //~ Robi//
* For limited needs thttpd + php as shown in [[ajaxphpterm]] seems to work fine with minimal resource usage. //~ djbclark//
* Sprint blocks connections to the Pre on port 80, but port 2222 and 8080 has been tested and work //~ smashman// 8000 also works //~nebula//

Make LunaSysMgr run without exclusive access to I/O, so it can be run alongside [[DirectFB]] applications (and since directfb can run GTK, QT, and X11 applications directly, also those). Some ideas on how to do this are on the [[DFBTerm DirectFB Terminal Emulator]] page's "Virtual Keyboard-Video-Monitor (KVM) Switch" section, however if LunaSysMgr source code becomes available the best method would probably be to just change it to run against directfb instead of using /dev/fb* and /dev/input/* directly. //~ djbclark//

Confirm that the device is free of Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) by installing Linux compiled from source. There is a /proc/config.gz, and palm has released the patches they used at http://opensource.palm.com/packages.html (search for "linux kernel"). This may also be useful as linux patches may be needed for some of the other ideas on this page. //~ djbclark//
* Done by //~ rwhitby// and //~ tonycpsu// at [[Custom Kernels]]

Possibly easier accessing linux procedure - create an .ipk (ipkg) file that does the accessed linux setup; have user execute either by emailing them the file (it has been confirmed that you can install ipkg files via the email client), and/or by having them temporarily manually set their DNS to a DNS server that would direct the app store somewhere else. //~ djbclark//

Make directfb (via tslib - http://tslib.berlios.de/ - or gpm - http://unix.schottelius.org/gpm/ ) work with the palm pre's /dev/touchscreen (new driver CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN_CY8MRLN=y (cypress touchscreen) included in http://palm.cdnetworks.net/opensource/1.0.1/linux-2.6.24-patch.gz) - see [[vala-terminal]] for more details. //~ djbclark//

Add more Bluetooth profiles/support such as HID so that BT keyboards can be used.

Enable printing - my testing of CUPS install failed on the 'insmod' file missing, could not installed printer driver, CUPS-DOC worked and the web interface was functioning well on localhost from the Pre browser. //~ dld121//

Implementing a learning autocorrect system. Perhaps just a process that monitors keyboard input and removes //word// from the dictionary when //word//<space><backspace>//nextword// is found.

Create or port a Usenet news reader under WebOS

Figure out how to add custom gestures to the screen/gesture area. (I'd really like to tap around the center button to emulate a 5-way pad.)

RSS Reader (Importable Feeds, Subscription to podcasts) //~ oc80z//

Get [http://www.freesmartphone.org/ (FSO) ]working on the Palm Pre as an alternative platform to the nonfree [http://www.freesmartphone.org/index.php/HardwareInteresting_Targets LunaSysMgr GUI] - http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/2009/06/20/20090620-palm_pre_wanted //~ djbclark// [http://www.freesmartphone.org/index.php/Palm_Pre Links and community organizing.]

TASK application - add categories column A-B-C like, and priority column 1-2-3-4-5, like the Treo755p Task application. Make them sortable by clicking on column header. Additional development: maybe some way to sync the Tasks with desktop or web based interface

Development & Tweak Ideas

2010-01-15T20:26:21Z

RayanMX: /* Tweak Ideas */

{{template:patch}}
Here are some ideas for tweaks which have not been implemented yet (to my knowledge):

If you decide to start working one of these, '''please leave a note''' under the item as a second-level bullet. If you don't have wiki access, find someone in the IRC channel who does. This will help encourage collaborative discovery, and reduce duplicate effort. We also recommend starting a new wiki page where you '''take notes about any discoveries''' you've made related to the tweak idea.

Once you've figured it out, it would be appreciated if you make a write-up for the Stock App Mods page. If you don't want to do a write up, at least try to share your findings with someone who can subsequently document them for you. At the very least, jot a few notes onto a wiki page, and tag it with "cleanup".

=Patch Ideas=
* Create a patch for showing day events in month view on calendar --isn't that the "All-Day Events in Month View" patch in Preware?
* Restore "Ignoring calendar alarm repeats the alarm in 5 minutes" to WebOS 1.10, the way it was in WebOS 1.04 and Palm
* Enable simultaneous Voice and Data access. This is a limitation of sprint, not the pre
* Multiple attachments per Message
* Add date (& other info?) to time display when Pre is on Touchstone
* Enable landscape clock with bigger numbers while docked on Touchstone

=Tweak Ideas=
* Device automatically goes into USB Drive Mode without tapping on the option (For bad touchscreen issues). Another option is to do an Orange + Symbol + key sequence for that.
* Make bootup faster (parallel?)
** See [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=727224 Upstart on Ubuntu info]
* Fix the horrendous white balance issues with the camera (especially with the flash on)
** See http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/25/cameraphone_faceoff/ for a post showing the problems.
* Make the Pre vibrate differently based on caller ID
** See http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/know-whos-calling-tactile-design/
*Enable image saving/save to wallpaper from the browse.
*Enable opening PDF/doc whatever from Web browser.
** //Done a slight bit of testing with this. It's very easy to get the browser to pass along a link to the application (tested with PDF). <code>/usr/palm/command-resource-handlers.json</code> contains all of the MIME types and you just have to change <code>streamable</code> to true. Of course, the application itself has an issue with this and errors out.//
* Enable uploads in a browser (dialog box with browse, etc.).
* Enable track skipping without turning the device on.
** [[Hardware Key Track Skip]]
** [[track-skipping-using-volume-up-down-buttons|Skip tracks using volume up/down buttons]] ~ FXDemolisher
* Quick copy of locked calendar events to the local calendar so that they can be edited.
* Make the Pre vibrate longer.
** tictac is working on this [[make-pre-vibrate-longer | here]].
* Allow other messaging protocols using libpurple plugins (Facebook, Jabber, etc.).
* Trigger camera remotely.
** Wonder420 is working on this [[camera-remote-view | here]].
* Back up contact link information. (This is currently not stored in the Palm Profile, so it will be lost on a device wipe.) -- [[Contact Link Backup]]
* Landscape virtual keyboard in the Web app.
* Find better touch scroll threshold numbers so the action is not as jerky/fuzzy while moving. 1.0.3 update seems to have improved that a bit.. //~ Robi//
* Look into [http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/ PowerTop] to potentially save even more power and extend batt life. //~ Robi//
* Allow universal search to search through email text as well
* Multiple card rows in the small card view
* Add a "scrubber" to the music app to control song position
* Remove Amazon section from music app to see if it loads faster without (Music app loads instantly but then you have to wait 30 seconds or so before you can do anything until the Amazon section shows up).
** Unfortunately it seems that it's the thumbnail creation for the few albums shown in shuffle all that causes the delay- removing the Amazon entry doesn't seem to change the speed at all.
* Change the sorting of the music app so that A, An, The in band names and album names are ignored and it sorts alphabetically using the next word [[Patch MediaPlayer Ignore 'A', 'An', and 'The' In Artist and Album names]] ~ Keegan99
* In the camera app, use the volume up/down buttons to snap a picture.
** [[Patch Camera Using Volume Buttons to Take a Picture|Take a picture using volume buttons]] ~ FXDemolisher
* When camera app loads, also load photos app (for quicker review). Even better, let user choose to "keep" or "delete" a picture, and keep the photo on the screen until a choice is made.
* Stop the alert noise from obnoxiously playing every single time you put the Pre back on the Touchstone.
** [[remove-charging-event-alerts]]
* Set up the center button to wake the Pre up, like an iPhone's home button wakes up the iPhone.
* Allow copy to work from google maps, so you can get a url of your current location to paste in chats/sms/mms //~ hemna//
* Light up Navi lights when a notification is received
* Setting to disable ring for Unknown Number
* When the clock's alarm goes off, it only turns on the screen for the customary ~2 seconds before shutting the screen off. Change this to keep the screen on as long as the alarm is playing, then go to sleep when the "snooze" button is pressed.
* Make "all-day" appointments show up in calendar month view (currently invisible)
** [[Patch Calendar Show All-Day Events in Month View]] //~ Sloloem//
* Allow the phone app to run in the background, without a visible card, (to speed up ringtone playing on incoming phone calls).
* Disable the end call sound and the low battery sound.
* Add the ability to snooze a calendar reminder for a certain amount of time that user can choose.
** [[Patch Clock Changing Alarm Button Order and Snooze Duration]] //~ HebrewzHammer//
* Add additional gstreamer plugins into the gstreamer plugin directory; should allow adding support for additional media formats pretty easily.
* Make Contacts app and Universal Search search ALL contact fields. Similar to Google Contacts.
* Provide for two different brightness levels, one (brighter) for while charging, with another for when the Pre is on battery // Proposed on irc by navinag //

=Development Ideas=
Get [[vnc | VNC]] input working with a mouse and keyboard driver. //~ ultraBlack//

Get [http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ Synergy] working with a mouse and keyboard driver. :O Why not? :P //~ ultraBlack//

Develop a power calculator app for the Pre, with DIGIT-GROUPING, more functions, and possibly even a graphing mode. //~ ultraBlack//

Put [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html?product=firefox-3.0.11&os=linux&lang=en-US Firefox] on it. Definitely not practical. Maybe [http://portableapps.com/node/9364 Portable Firefox?] //~ ultraBlack//
* Consider [http://www.opera.com/mobile/ Opera Mobile] or [http://www.opera.com/mini/ Opera Mini] as more worthwhile alternatives. //~ ultraBlack//
* Opera Mobile can successfully upload files to web servers. (re: idea to upload via browser) //~ oc80z//

Work out a good backup solution, perhaps mrb or netapp like .snapshots, so updates/upgrades are easier. //~ Robi//

Look into setting up [[ad-hoc networking | ad-hoc networking]] for file sharing over WiFi and BitTorrent. //~ Robi//

Put [http://www.apache.org/ Apache] on it. //~ ultraBlack// Done. http://predev.wikidot.com/apache //~nebula//
* Consider [http://www.lighttpd.net/ Lighttpd] or [http://www.cherokee-project.com/ Cherokee] as more worthwhile alternatives. //~ Robi//
* For limited needs thttpd + php as shown in [[ajaxphpterm]] seems to work fine with minimal resource usage. //~ djbclark//
* Sprint blocks connections to the Pre on port 80, but port 2222 and 8080 has been tested and work //~ smashman// 8000 also works //~nebula//

Make LunaSysMgr run without exclusive access to I/O, so it can be run alongside [[DirectFB]] applications (and since directfb can run GTK, QT, and X11 applications directly, also those). Some ideas on how to do this are on the [[DFBTerm DirectFB Terminal Emulator]] page's "Virtual Keyboard-Video-Monitor (KVM) Switch" section, however if LunaSysMgr source code becomes available the best method would probably be to just change it to run against directfb instead of using /dev/fb* and /dev/input/* directly. //~ djbclark//

Confirm that the device is free of Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) by installing Linux compiled from source. There is a /proc/config.gz, and palm has released the patches they used at http://opensource.palm.com/packages.html (search for "linux kernel"). This may also be useful as linux patches may be needed for some of the other ideas on this page. //~ djbclark//
* Done by //~ rwhitby// and //~ tonycpsu// at [[Custom Kernels]]

Possibly easier accessing linux procedure - create an .ipk (ipkg) file that does the accessed linux setup; have user execute either by emailing them the file (it has been confirmed that you can install ipkg files via the email client), and/or by having them temporarily manually set their DNS to a DNS server that would direct the app store somewhere else. //~ djbclark//

Make directfb (via tslib - http://tslib.berlios.de/ - or gpm - http://unix.schottelius.org/gpm/ ) work with the palm pre's /dev/touchscreen (new driver CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN_CY8MRLN=y (cypress touchscreen) included in http://palm.cdnetworks.net/opensource/1.0.1/linux-2.6.24-patch.gz) - see [[vala-terminal]] for more details. //~ djbclark//

Add more Bluetooth profiles/support such as HID so that BT keyboards can be used.

Enable printing - my testing of CUPS install failed on the 'insmod' file missing, could not installed printer driver, CUPS-DOC worked and the web interface was functioning well on localhost from the Pre browser. //~ dld121//

Implementing a learning autocorrect system. Perhaps just a process that monitors keyboard input and removes //word// from the dictionary when //word//<space><backspace>//nextword// is found.

Create or port a Usenet news reader under WebOS

Figure out how to add custom gestures to the screen/gesture area. (I'd really like to tap around the center button to emulate a 5-way pad.)

RSS Reader (Importable Feeds, Subscription to podcasts) //~ oc80z//

Get [http://www.freesmartphone.org/ (FSO) ]working on the Palm Pre as an alternative platform to the nonfree [http://www.freesmartphone.org/index.php/HardwareInteresting_Targets LunaSysMgr GUI] - http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/2009/06/20/20090620-palm_pre_wanted //~ djbclark// [http://www.freesmartphone.org/index.php/Palm_Pre Links and community organizing.]

TASK application - add categories column A-B-C like, and priority column 1-2-3-4-5, like the Treo755p Task application. Make them sortable by clicking on column header. Additional development: maybe some way to sync the Tasks with desktop or web based interface

Development & Tweak Ideas

2010-01-15T20:25:27Z

RayanMX: /* Tweak Ideas */

{{template:patch}}
Here are some ideas for tweaks which have not been implemented yet (to my knowledge):

If you decide to start working one of these, '''please leave a note''' under the item as a second-level bullet. If you don't have wiki access, find someone in the IRC channel who does. This will help encourage collaborative discovery, and reduce duplicate effort. We also recommend starting a new wiki page where you '''take notes about any discoveries''' you've made related to the tweak idea.

Once you've figured it out, it would be appreciated if you make a write-up for the Stock App Mods page. If you don't want to do a write up, at least try to share your findings with someone who can subsequently document them for you. At the very least, jot a few notes onto a wiki page, and tag it with "cleanup".

=Patch Ideas=
* Create a patch for showing day events in month view on calendar --isn't that the "All-Day Events in Month View" patch in Preware?
* Restore "Ignoring calendar alarm repeats the alarm in 5 minutes" to WebOS 1.10, the way it was in WebOS 1.04 and Palm
* Enable simultaneous Voice and Data access. This is a limitation of sprint, not the pre
* Multiple attachments per Message
* Add date (& other info?) to time display when Pre is on Touchstone
* Enable landscape clock with bigger numbers while docked on Touchstone

=Tweak Ideas=
* Device automatically goes into USB Drive Mode without tapping on the option (For bad touchscreen issues). Another option is to do an Orange + Symbol + key sequence for that.
* Make bootup faster (parallel?)
** See [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=727224 Upstart on Ubuntu info]
* Fix the horrendous white balance issues with the camera (especially with the flash on)
** See http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/25/cameraphone_faceoff/ for a post showing the problems.
* Make the Pre vibrate differently based on caller ID
** See http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/know-whos-calling-tactile-design/
*Enable image saving/save to wallpaper from the browse.
*Enable opening PDF/doc whatever from Web browser.
** //Done a slight bit of testing with this. It's very easy to get the browser to pass along a link to the application (tested with PDF). <code>/usr/palm/command-resource-handlers.json</code> contains all of the MIME types and you just have to change <code>streamable</code> to true. Of course, the application itself has an issue with this and errors out.//
* Enable uploads in a browser (dialog box with browse, etc.).
* Enable track skipping without turning the device on.
** [[Hardware Key Track Skip]]
** [[track-skipping-using-volume-up-down-buttons|Skip tracks using volume up/down buttons]] ~ FXDemolisher
* Quick copy of locked calendar events to the local calendar so that they can be edited.
* Make the Pre vibrate longer.
** tictac is working on this [[make-pre-vibrate-longer | here]].
* Allow other messaging protocols using libpurple plugins (Facebook, Jabber, etc.).
* Trigger camera remotely.
** Wonder420 is working on this [[camera-remote-view | here]].
* Back up contact link information. (This is currently not stored in the Palm Profile, so it will be lost on a device wipe.) -- [[Contact Link Backup]]
* Landscape virtual keyboard in the Web app.
* Find better touch scroll threshold numbers so the action is not as jerky/fuzzy while moving. 1.0.3 update seems to have improved that a bit.. //~ Robi//
* Look into [http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/ PowerTop] to potentially save even more power and extend batt life. //~ Robi//
* Allow universal search to search through email text as well
* Multiple card rows in the small card view
* Add a "scrubber" to the music app to control song position
* Remove Amazon section from music app to see if it loads faster without (Music app loads instantly but then you have to wait 30 seconds or so before you can do anything until the Amazon section shows up).
** Unfortunately it seems that it's the thumbnail creation for the few albums shown in shuffle all that causes the delay- removing the Amazon entry doesn't seem to change the speed at all.
* Change the sorting of the music app so that A, An, The in band names and album names are ignored and it sorts alphabetically using the next word [[Patch MediaPlayer Ignore 'A', 'An', and 'The' In Artist and Album names]] ~ Keegan99
* In the camera app, use the volume up/down buttons to snap a picture.
** [[Patch Camera Using Volume Buttons to Take a Picture|Take a picture using volume buttons]] ~ FXDemolisher
* When camera app loads, also load photos app (for quicker review). Even better, let user choose to "keep" or "delete" a picture, and keep the photo on the screen until a choice is made.
* Stop the alert noise from obnoxiously playing every single time you put the Pre back on the Touchstone.
** [[remove-charging-event-alerts]]
* Set up the center button to wake the Pre up, like an iPhone's home button wakes up the iPhone.
* Allow copy to work from google maps, so you can get a url of your current location to paste in chats/sms/mms //~ hemna//
* Light up Navi lights when a notification is received
* Setting to disable ring for Unknown Number
* When the clock's alarm goes off, it only turns on the screen for the customary ~2 seconds before shutting the screen off. Change this to keep the screen on as long as the alarm is playing, then go to sleep when the "snooze" button is pressed.
* Make "all-day" appointments show up in calendar month view (currently invisible)
** [[Patch Calendar Show All-Day Events in Month View]] //~ Sloloem//
* Allow the phone app to run in the background, without a visible card, (to speed up ringtone playing on incoming phone calls).
* Disable the end call sound and the low battery sound.
* Add the ability to snooze a calendar reminder for a certain amount of time that user can choose.
** [[Patch Clock Changing Alarm Button Order and Snooze Duration]] //~ HebrewzHammer//
* Add additional gstreamer plugins into the gstreamer plugin directory; should allow adding support for additional media formats pretty easily.
* Make Contacts app and Universal Search search ALL contact fields. Similar to Google Contacts.
* Provide for two different brightness levels, one (brighter) for while charging, with another for when the Pre is on battery // Proposed on irc by navinag //
* Create a minute beep or auto hang up calls for those with free voice minute plans.

=Development Ideas=
Get [[vnc | VNC]] input working with a mouse and keyboard driver. //~ ultraBlack//

Get [http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ Synergy] working with a mouse and keyboard driver. :O Why not? :P //~ ultraBlack//

Develop a power calculator app for the Pre, with DIGIT-GROUPING, more functions, and possibly even a graphing mode. //~ ultraBlack//

Put [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html?product=firefox-3.0.11&os=linux&lang=en-US Firefox] on it. Definitely not practical. Maybe [http://portableapps.com/node/9364 Portable Firefox?] //~ ultraBlack//
* Consider [http://www.opera.com/mobile/ Opera Mobile] or [http://www.opera.com/mini/ Opera Mini] as more worthwhile alternatives. //~ ultraBlack//
* Opera Mobile can successfully upload files to web servers. (re: idea to upload via browser) //~ oc80z//

Work out a good backup solution, perhaps mrb or netapp like .snapshots, so updates/upgrades are easier. //~ Robi//

Look into setting up [[ad-hoc networking | ad-hoc networking]] for file sharing over WiFi and BitTorrent. //~ Robi//

Put [http://www.apache.org/ Apache] on it. //~ ultraBlack// Done. http://predev.wikidot.com/apache //~nebula//
* Consider [http://www.lighttpd.net/ Lighttpd] or [http://www.cherokee-project.com/ Cherokee] as more worthwhile alternatives. //~ Robi//
* For limited needs thttpd + php as shown in [[ajaxphpterm]] seems to work fine with minimal resource usage. //~ djbclark//
* Sprint blocks connections to the Pre on port 80, but port 2222 and 8080 has been tested and work //~ smashman// 8000 also works //~nebula//

Make LunaSysMgr run without exclusive access to I/O, so it can be run alongside [[DirectFB]] applications (and since directfb can run GTK, QT, and X11 applications directly, also those). Some ideas on how to do this are on the [[DFBTerm DirectFB Terminal Emulator]] page's "Virtual Keyboard-Video-Monitor (KVM) Switch" section, however if LunaSysMgr source code becomes available the best method would probably be to just change it to run against directfb instead of using /dev/fb* and /dev/input/* directly. //~ djbclark//

Confirm that the device is free of Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) by installing Linux compiled from source. There is a /proc/config.gz, and palm has released the patches they used at http://opensource.palm.com/packages.html (search for "linux kernel"). This may also be useful as linux patches may be needed for some of the other ideas on this page. //~ djbclark//
* Done by //~ rwhitby// and //~ tonycpsu// at [[Custom Kernels]]

Possibly easier accessing linux procedure - create an .ipk (ipkg) file that does the accessed linux setup; have user execute either by emailing them the file (it has been confirmed that you can install ipkg files via the email client), and/or by having them temporarily manually set their DNS to a DNS server that would direct the app store somewhere else. //~ djbclark//

Make directfb (via tslib - http://tslib.berlios.de/ - or gpm - http://unix.schottelius.org/gpm/ ) work with the palm pre's /dev/touchscreen (new driver CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN_CY8MRLN=y (cypress touchscreen) included in http://palm.cdnetworks.net/opensource/1.0.1/linux-2.6.24-patch.gz) - see [[vala-terminal]] for more details. //~ djbclark//

Add more Bluetooth profiles/support such as HID so that BT keyboards can be used.

Enable printing - my testing of CUPS install failed on the 'insmod' file missing, could not installed printer driver, CUPS-DOC worked and the web interface was functioning well on localhost from the Pre browser. //~ dld121//

Implementing a learning autocorrect system. Perhaps just a process that monitors keyboard input and removes //word// from the dictionary when //word//<space><backspace>//nextword// is found.

Create or port a Usenet news reader under WebOS

Figure out how to add custom gestures to the screen/gesture area. (I'd really like to tap around the center button to emulate a 5-way pad.)

RSS Reader (Importable Feeds, Subscription to podcasts) //~ oc80z//

Get [http://www.freesmartphone.org/ (FSO) ]working on the Palm Pre as an alternative platform to the nonfree [http://www.freesmartphone.org/index.php/HardwareInteresting_Targets LunaSysMgr GUI] - http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/2009/06/20/20090620-palm_pre_wanted //~ djbclark// [http://www.freesmartphone.org/index.php/Palm_Pre Links and community organizing.]

TASK application - add categories column A-B-C like, and priority column 1-2-3-4-5, like the Treo755p Task application. Make them sortable by clicking on column header. Additional development: maybe some way to sync the Tasks with desktop or web based interface

WebOS Doctor Versions

2009-12-17T20:55:50Z

RayanMX: /* Telcel GSM, Mexico */

== Download links ==
It seems the webOS Doctor jar files provided by Palm keep changing:

=== Sprint ===
* version 1.3.2 (Pixi) http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/pixi/px132r0d12032009/sr1ntp132rod/webosdoctorp200ewwsprint.jar
* version 1.3.1 (Pre) http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/pre/p131r0d11172009/sr1ntp131rod/webosdoctorp100ewwsprint.jar
* version 1.3.1 (Pixi) http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/pixi/px131r0d11172009/sr1ntp131rod/webosdoctorp200ewwsprint.jar
* version 1.2.1 (Pre) http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/p121r0d10092009/sr1ntp121rod/webosdoctorp100ewwsprint.jar

=== Bell Mobility ===
* version 1.3.1 (Pre) http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/pre/p131r0d11172009/b11ep131rod/webosdoctorp100ewwbellmo.jar
* version 1.2.1 (Pre) http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/p121r0d10092009/b11ep121rod/webosdoctorp100ewwbellmo.jar

=== O2 Germany, UK and Ireland ===
* version 1.3.1 (Pre) http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/pre/p131r0d11172009/wrep131rod/webosdoctorp100ueu-wr.jar
* version 1.1.3 (Pre) http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/p113r0d10122009/wr640xdfgy12z/webosdoctorp100eww-wr.jar

=== Telcel GSM, Mexico ===
* version 1.2.5 (Pre) http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/pre/p125r0d11252009/tce11p125rod/webosdoctorp100ewwtelcel.jar

== License ==

Note that the webOS Doctor package comes with the following license:

RESTRICTIONS: The Software is licensed for use only with the single Palm device you originally purchased, and you may not distribute or make the Software available over a network or for use with multiple devices. The Software and supporting documentation may be copied only as necessary for backup or archive purposes in support of your use of the Software.

So we can't host different versions of it anywhere - the best we can do is record the md5sums of the versions we know about so that individuals can match this to the files they have for use with their Palm device.

== MD5 sums ==

Here is a list of the versions that we know about (with md5sums for each, and the date of release or when they were first spotted and recorded here):

=== Sprint ===

==== Pre ====

4b3e396f8b1f1c5d3388e3c298af0484 webosdoctorp100ewwsprint-1.0.2.jar (10 June 2009)
0c8027b5a707eb0d02b1997d48021bd5 webosdoctorp100ewwsprint-1.0.3.jar (24 June 2009) (changes in [[WebOS_Doctor_version_1.0.3]])
32852c4b57d938e85f0fc819e57eacb7 webosdoctorp100ewwsprint-1.0.4.jar (9 July 2009) (changes in [[WebOS_Doctor_version_1.0.4]])
fc602490fdd7b3be8c5f727349c6195f webosdoctorp100ewwsprint-1.1.0.jar (24 July 2009) (changes in [[WebOS_Doctor_version_1.1.0]])
3123efda0a40821bd03daf1dd11cf2e3 webosdoctorp100ewwsprint-1.2.0-0830.jar (4 Sep 2009 - accidentally released early) (changes in [[WebOS_Doctor_version_1.2.0-0830]])
93c3f106b7a7e5ef572465dcb4488e1c webosdoctorp100ewwsprint-1.2.0.jar (29 September 2009)
e7600251e12e5b96f3143138ba61b9eb [http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/p121r0d10092009/sr1ntp121rod/webosdoctorp100ewwsprint.jar webosdoctorp100ewwsprint-1.2.1.jar] (9 October 2009)
8261682a25ac21bb2f3107ec5c50dc84 [http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/pre/p131r0d11172009/sr1ntp131rod/webosdoctorp100ewwsprint.jar webosdoctorp100ewwsprint_1.3.1.jar] (17 November 2009)

==== Pixi ====

1957476e6d9d221413285c6d5ab697d6 webosdoctorp200ewwsprint-1.2.9.1.jar (18 November 2009)
063c2f66682dd246fa3bf518adae0f53 [http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/pixi/px131r0d11172009/sr1ntp131rod/webosdoctorp200ewwsprint.jar webosdoctorp200ewwsprint-1.3.1.jar] (17 November 2009)
eb33e68b07ccad81847d96f546303880 [http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/pixi/px132r0d12032009/sr1ntp132rod/webosdoctorp200ewwsprint.jar webosdoctorp200ewwsprint-1.3.2.jar] (3 December 2009)

=== Bell Mobility ===

ffd1bc50066d8f54d134b7aac194e3ec webosdoctorp100ewwbellmo-1.1.0.jar (27 August 2009)
c8f80b3cdbb9b96fd73bbb6062950a83 webosdoctorp100ewwbellmo-1.2.0.jar (29 September 2009)
52f4a4cd9b182004a7060cfaa5be2c6f [http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/p121r0d10092009/b11ep121rod/webosdoctorp100ewwbellmo.jar webosdoctorp100ewwbellmo-1.2.1.jar] (9 October 2009)
c4202a32ca49a1c843f30b77515cac46 [http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/pre/p131r0d11172009/b11ep131rod/webosdoctorp100ewwbellmo.jar webosdoctorp100ewwbellmo-1.3.1.jar] (17 November 2009)

=== O2 Germany, UK and Ireland ===
WR = World ready 1.0

bc29e1144823afc05a50dcdc2c84475d [http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/p113r0d10122009/wr640xdfgy12z/webosdoctorp100eww-wr.jar webosdoctorp100eww-wr-1.1.3.jar] (12 October 2009)
9bb8e7547996b5b62ce8742198a9d8bb [http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/pre/p131r0d11172009/wrep131rod/webosdoctorp100ueu-wr.jar webosdoctorp100ueu-wr-1.3.1.jar] (17 November 2009)

== Notes ==

1.0.3 is the last version to contain PmModemFactory

WebOS Doctor Versions

2009-12-17T20:51:40Z

RayanMX: /* Download links */

== Download links ==
It seems the webOS Doctor jar files provided by Palm keep changing:

=== Sprint ===
* version 1.3.2 (Pixi) http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/pixi/px132r0d12032009/sr1ntp132rod/webosdoctorp200ewwsprint.jar
* version 1.3.1 (Pre) http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/pre/p131r0d11172009/sr1ntp131rod/webosdoctorp100ewwsprint.jar
* version 1.3.1 (Pixi) http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/pixi/px131r0d11172009/sr1ntp131rod/webosdoctorp200ewwsprint.jar
* version 1.2.1 (Pre) http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/p121r0d10092009/sr1ntp121rod/webosdoctorp100ewwsprint.jar

=== Bell Mobility ===
* version 1.3.1 (Pre) http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/pre/p131r0d11172009/b11ep131rod/webosdoctorp100ewwbellmo.jar
* version 1.2.1 (Pre) http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/p121r0d10092009/b11ep121rod/webosdoctorp100ewwbellmo.jar

=== O2 Germany, UK and Ireland ===
* version 1.3.1 (Pre) http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/pre/p131r0d11172009/wrep131rod/webosdoctorp100ueu-wr.jar
* version 1.1.3 (Pre) http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/p113r0d10122009/wr640xdfgy12z/webosdoctorp100eww-wr.jar

=== Telcel GSM, Mexico ===
* version 1.2.5 (PRE) http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/pre/p125r0d11252009/tce11p125rod/webosdoctorp100ewwtelcel.jar

== License ==

Note that the webOS Doctor package comes with the following license:

RESTRICTIONS: The Software is licensed for use only with the single Palm device you originally purchased, and you may not distribute or make the Software available over a network or for use with multiple devices. The Software and supporting documentation may be copied only as necessary for backup or archive purposes in support of your use of the Software.

So we can't host different versions of it anywhere - the best we can do is record the md5sums of the versions we know about so that individuals can match this to the files they have for use with their Palm device.

== MD5 sums ==

Here is a list of the versions that we know about (with md5sums for each, and the date of release or when they were first spotted and recorded here):

=== Sprint ===

==== Pre ====

4b3e396f8b1f1c5d3388e3c298af0484 webosdoctorp100ewwsprint-1.0.2.jar (10 June 2009)
0c8027b5a707eb0d02b1997d48021bd5 webosdoctorp100ewwsprint-1.0.3.jar (24 June 2009) (changes in [[WebOS_Doctor_version_1.0.3]])
32852c4b57d938e85f0fc819e57eacb7 webosdoctorp100ewwsprint-1.0.4.jar (9 July 2009) (changes in [[WebOS_Doctor_version_1.0.4]])
fc602490fdd7b3be8c5f727349c6195f webosdoctorp100ewwsprint-1.1.0.jar (24 July 2009) (changes in [[WebOS_Doctor_version_1.1.0]])
3123efda0a40821bd03daf1dd11cf2e3 webosdoctorp100ewwsprint-1.2.0-0830.jar (4 Sep 2009 - accidentally released early) (changes in [[WebOS_Doctor_version_1.2.0-0830]])
93c3f106b7a7e5ef572465dcb4488e1c webosdoctorp100ewwsprint-1.2.0.jar (29 September 2009)
e7600251e12e5b96f3143138ba61b9eb [http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/p121r0d10092009/sr1ntp121rod/webosdoctorp100ewwsprint.jar webosdoctorp100ewwsprint-1.2.1.jar] (9 October 2009)
8261682a25ac21bb2f3107ec5c50dc84 [http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/pre/p131r0d11172009/sr1ntp131rod/webosdoctorp100ewwsprint.jar webosdoctorp100ewwsprint_1.3.1.jar] (17 November 2009)

==== Pixi ====

1957476e6d9d221413285c6d5ab697d6 webosdoctorp200ewwsprint-1.2.9.1.jar (18 November 2009)
063c2f66682dd246fa3bf518adae0f53 [http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/pixi/px131r0d11172009/sr1ntp131rod/webosdoctorp200ewwsprint.jar webosdoctorp200ewwsprint-1.3.1.jar] (17 November 2009)
eb33e68b07ccad81847d96f546303880 [http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/pixi/px132r0d12032009/sr1ntp132rod/webosdoctorp200ewwsprint.jar webosdoctorp200ewwsprint-1.3.2.jar] (3 December 2009)

=== Bell Mobility ===

ffd1bc50066d8f54d134b7aac194e3ec webosdoctorp100ewwbellmo-1.1.0.jar (27 August 2009)
c8f80b3cdbb9b96fd73bbb6062950a83 webosdoctorp100ewwbellmo-1.2.0.jar (29 September 2009)
52f4a4cd9b182004a7060cfaa5be2c6f [http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/p121r0d10092009/b11ep121rod/webosdoctorp100ewwbellmo.jar webosdoctorp100ewwbellmo-1.2.1.jar] (9 October 2009)
c4202a32ca49a1c843f30b77515cac46 [http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/pre/p131r0d11172009/b11ep131rod/webosdoctorp100ewwbellmo.jar webosdoctorp100ewwbellmo-1.3.1.jar] (17 November 2009)

=== O2 Germany, UK and Ireland ===
WR = World ready 1.0

bc29e1144823afc05a50dcdc2c84475d [http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/p113r0d10122009/wr640xdfgy12z/webosdoctorp100eww-wr.jar webosdoctorp100eww-wr-1.1.3.jar] (12 October 2009)
9bb8e7547996b5b62ce8742198a9d8bb [http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/pre/p131r0d11172009/wrep131rod/webosdoctorp100ueu-wr.jar webosdoctorp100ueu-wr-1.3.1.jar] (17 November 2009)

== Notes ==

1.0.3 is the last version to contain PmModemFactory