I’m pretty sure it’s safe to say there are more HP TouchPads left in the world than there are their matching original barrel chargers. This means if you have a TouchPad today, you’re probably using a TouchStone, a computer, or any other random USB A charging brick to (very slowly) charge your 13 year old device. And it means you’ve seen the error message in the image above every time you’ve plugged it into anything other than the original barrel charger or a computer. Fun fact, you can trick the TouchPad into charging normally and not feeding you the message by creating your own custom micro USB or USB C cable if you’ve modified your TouchPad.
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Guide: Converting the TouchPad’s Micro USB Port to USB C
Well, it’s 2024 and technology continues to advance. The TouchPad isn’t new by any means, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be slightly modernized to be more convenient today. Specifically, it is entirely possible to convert the TouchPad’s Micro USB port to USB C for charging and USB storage access. I’ll show you how.
This is a tough mod which requires micro-soldering and modifying a PCB which you will have a hard time sourcing a replacement for without buying another TouchPad. Proceed at your own peril.
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webOS Talk at VCF East
The Vintage Computing Federation hold a number of events. This year’s VCF East festival will be of interest to fans of webOS phones, tablets and other computing devices of the past.
The festival is held at the InfoAge Science Center, 2201 Marconi Rd., Wall, New Jersey, 07719 and runs over three days from the 12th to 14th of April. The festival includes three elements:
- Exhibition of various old computer systems – some with modifications to function in the modern environment.
- A programme of talks and discussion.
- Sales of devices and other collectables.
For readers of this blog, representation of webOS devices will be in two of those areas. Jon W of the webOS Archive is attending over the weekend and will give a 50 minute talk at 900am on Saturday the 13th. The consignment shop will have a small selection of webOS devices for those who are interested.
So if you are in the area, why not go along?
If you can’t make it, you can follow along via the VCF video channel and TouchPads are available remotely at Tindie
Discussion is at the VCF East forum thread. You can read more about the InfoAge museum.
Picture Credit: Apc106, Wikimedia Commons.
Bing Maps Patched for webOS
Bing Maps has been patched for their latest API change for webOS. webOS Nation forums user, Misj’, has developed two patches to cover both the Pre and TouchPad bases.
Unlock your HP TouchPad 4G
Anyone who could help me with a source to get an unlock code for a SIM-locked #webOS #HPTouchpad 4G #LuneOS locked to AT&T?
— Herrie (@Herrie1982) October 18, 2017
webOS friend and LuneOS project aficionado, Herrie, recently embarked on an unlocking adventure. His HP TouchPad 4G gave up the ghost and passed away quietly. So he did what anyone would do and got a new one! That’s what you’d do if your TouchPad died too, right? Continue reading Unlock your HP TouchPad 4G