You may have heard that preware.org was snatched away from webOS Internals yesterday. If not, what the heck? You live under a rock? I digress.
Long story short, preware.net is now the new home for all things Preware to include our beloved patches, homebrew apps, etc. Don’t bother copying and pasting that as a link because until the ducks are lined up there won’t be much to see. I’ve been assured that the Preware Homebrew Documentation app and get.preware.net will all be updated in the near future. Come on. This stuff takes some time. Relax.
So this domain snatching business was pretty ugly. Turns out “preware” means something very different to the folks that grabbed the domain and they have no intention of selling it back to webOS Internals which was the initial assumption. No, in fact they plan to use it for whatever “preware” means to them. Like you, I am waiting with bated breath for the answer to that mind boggling riddle. 😐
But now that preware.net exists and more importantly, ipkg.preware.net, the home of patches, apps, etc., how do you fix your broken webOS Quick Install (WOSQI) and Preware that point to preware.org?
What…Google accounts are broken? This might not be news to you but at the end of March, Google changed their connections to force secure communication. By now, you’ve either patched the problem or you’ve been suffering with a broken Google account or two on your favorite webOS device. It’s possible you may not even realize there’s a problem. But I assure you, not all is well.
A commonality among webOS enthusiasts is their ability to maintain the usefulness, applicability, and capabilities of their favorite aging hardware. The GSM Pre3 and Veer were touted as having 4G capability but truly only have “FauxG” speeds. That same fact resounds for owners of the HP TouchPad 4G or the much more rare and GSM-capable HP TouchPad Go. Oh well, speeds are slower but we don’t really care because we love these devices, right? Sort of! We DO love the devices but who can leave “well enough” alone? Grab your favorite spudger and torx screwdriver set because what I’m about to show you will have you clamoring to replace the old Ericsson card inside your “4G” TouchPad and you’ll be surprised just how simple it is to do.