Patch Launcher Unhide the DeveloperMode App

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1. Root your Pre. (Follow the Enabling Root Access tutorial for instructions on how to do this.)

2. SSH in. (Follow the Optware Package Feed tutorial to install and enable SSH on your phone.)

3. Type in sequence:

sudo mount -o remount,rw /
sudo vi /usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.devmodeswitcher/appinfo.json

4. Change the line that says (press 'i' in vi to insert/edit text)

"visible": false

to

"visible": true

5. Press ESC to exit insert mode, and save and quit vi by typing ':x' (without quotes).

Remount the file system as readonly:

sudo mount -o remount,ro /

6. Restart your Pre. It will appear at the bottom of the first page of the launcher.