HP Touchpad tips and tricks

rocky

Motjida wrote: »

Android has been sporting proper multitasking since birth

Nope, when you switch between tabs on Android, the video playing is stopped

Kenny Logins

rocky wrote: »

Nope, when you switch between tabs on Android, the video playing is stopped

Yeah, I haven't seen multi tasking at this level on any mobile OS.

Brian

At least the browser on Android isn't a piece of crap

Tinie

Top 5 tips for tweaking, tuning and speeding up your HP Touchpad

http://www.pcauthority.com.au/Feature/267962,top-5-tips-for-tweaking-tuning-and-speeding-up-your-hp-touchpad.aspx

brian23456

Anyone know where to get the touchstone at a decent price. I know Argos have it a half price but you cant reserve it. Not sure if its worth going to shop or not. Amazon still looking for full price and ebay not much better?

stevenmu

brian23456 wrote: »

Anyone know where to get the touchstone at a decent price. I know Argos have it a half price but you cant reserve it. Not sure if its worth going to shop or not. Amazon still looking for full price and ebay not much better?

I'm looking for one of these as well. Tried Argos in Stephens Green yesterday but no joy.

stevenmu

XDA have a TouchPad Accessories forum up, some nice 3rd party cases and stuff being linked.

Brian

Just got my HP case from Elara. Not massively impressed to be honest. I guess I didn't realize what pain in the ass it would be to fold over a cover every time I wanted to use it. The propping up works fairly well, I suppose.

ShaneU

Having problems installing preware, java keeps saying

Error: could not load file/URL Specified C:\Users\win7us~1\AppData\Local\Temp\javaws18

Using win7 64bit, the file is there alright.

celj

Anyone know how to get kindle?
I got pReader but it messed up the books I put onto it with € signs everywhere!!

Tinie

celj wrote: »

Anyone know how to get kindle?
I got pReader but it messed up the books I put onto it with € signs everywhere!!

Firstly update to 3.0.2 via the Software Update then...

You need to figure out how to first enable developer mode, and how to install Preware, which Google can help with. Afterwards in Preware, install Impostah, and then do the following:

Here's what to do on 3.0.2:

- Open Impostah
- Choose Activation
- Choose US, English, a new email address, and a password
- Tap Create Profile (then click yes through everything)
- Tap Login
- Open App Catalog, which will prompt you to choose country. Choose US.


- Open up Impostah again
- Choose App catalog
- enter com.palm.app.kindle
- Get info
- Install

- Open Impostah (again!)
- Choose Activation
- Choose your own country, your preferred language, the email address of your original profile, and the password
- log in to the profile

Done!

Tinie

ShaneU wrote: »

Having problems installing preware, java keeps saying

Error: could not load file/URL Specified C:\Users\win7us~1\AppData\Local\Temp\javaws18

Using win7 64bit, the file is there alright.

Turn Developer Mode on in your TouchPad by typing “webos20090606” (without the quotation marks) into the ‘Just type…’ field and press enter. In the next window, tap the ‘off’ slider to switch on Developer Mode. Press ‘submit’ when it asks for the password.

Next, install webOS Quick Install here onto your computer. This Java app will automatically install the requisite Novacom drivers once it loads, and you’ll then need to attach the TouchPad via USB to your computer. Do NOT enable USB mode, hit cancel when the window pops up asking you to go into usb mode.

Press the Globe icon on the right hand side in webOS Quick Install to load all the available files, search for Preware in the list and click the Install button. Remember not to be in USB mode; it will take about a minute to install. Once Preware is installed on the TouchPad, you won’t need to use webOS Quick Install on your computer to sideload apps anymore, you can do it straight on the touchpad.

Worked fine for me. Using Win7 64bit laptop.

celj

Tinie wrote: »

Firstly update to 3.0.2 via the Software Update then...

You need to figure out how to first enable developer mode, and how to install Preware, which Google can help with. Afterwards in Preware, install Impostah, and then do the following:

Here's what to do on 3.0.2:

- Open Impostah
- Choose Activation
- Choose US, English, a new email address, and a password
- Tap Create Profile (then click yes through everything)
- Tap Login
- Open App Catalog, which will prompt you to choose country. Choose US.


- Open up Impostah again
- Choose App catalog
- enter com.palm.app.kindle
- Get info
- Install

- Open Impostah (again!)
- Choose Activation
- Choose your own country, your preferred language, the email address of your original profile, and the password
- log in to the profile

Done!

Thanks a lot!!
Will this work for getting the free apps from the us?

Brian

I don't think Impostah works with promo codes, unfortunately.

celj

Tinie wrote: »

Firstly update to 3.0.2 via the Software Update then...

You need to figure out how to first enable developer mode, and how to install Preware, which Google can help with. Afterwards in Preware, install Impostah, and then do the following:

Here's what to do on 3.0.2:

- Open Impostah
- Choose Activation
- Choose US, English, a new email address, and a password
- Tap Create Profile (then click yes through everything)
- Tap Login
- Open App Catalog, which will prompt you to choose country. Choose US.


- Open up Impostah again
- Choose App catalog
- enter com.palm.app.kindle
- Get info
- Install

- Open Impostah (again!)
- Choose Activation
- Choose your own country, your preferred language, the email address of your original profile, and the password
- log in to the profile

Done!

Its show com.palm.app.kindle not found!

oliver29

Thanks Tinie ... last steps are to change back to your own country - did Ireland show up on your list here?

Inquitus

celj wrote: »

Tinie wrote: »

Firstly update to 3.0.2 via the Software Update then...

You need to figure out how to first enable developer mode, and how to install Preware, which Google can help with. Afterwards in Preware, install Impostah, and then do the following:

Here's what to do on 3.0.2:

- Open Impostah
- Choose Activation
- Choose US, English, a new email address, and a password
- Tap Create Profile (then click yes through everything)
- Tap Login
- Open App Catalog, which will prompt you to choose country. Choose US.


- Open up Impostah again
- Choose App catalog
- enter com.palm.app.kindle
- Get info
- Install

- Open Impostah (again!)
- Choose Activation
- Choose your own country, your preferred language, the email address of your original profile, and the password
- log in to the profile

Done!

Its show com.palm.app.kindle not found!

it only works on 3.0.0, the 3.0.2 update fixes the issue.

Tinie

celj wrote: »

Its show com.palm.app.kindle not found!

Not sure what's wring there as it worked for me fine. Anyone else have this problem?

Tinie

oliver29 wrote: »

Thanks Tinie ... last steps are to change back to your own country - did Ireland show up on your list here?

No, I just selected united kingdom. I dint think it matters, i think it only matters what you selected when creating the account first time.

dloob

Tinie wrote: »

Not sure what's wring there as it worked for me fine. Anyone else have this problem?

Didn't work for me either, I'm also on 3.0.2 so looks like you need to do this before you apply the system update.

Tinie

I'm updated to latest firmware also and it worked for me. Not sure why its not working for some of you??

ShaneU

Tinie wrote: »

Turn Developer Mode on in your TouchPad by typing “webos20090606” (without the quotation marks) into the ‘Just type…’ field and press enter. In the next window, tap the ‘off’ slider to switch on Developer Mode. Press ‘submit’ when it asks for the password.

Next, install webOS Quick Install here onto your computer. This Java app will automatically install the requisite Novacom drivers once it loads, and you’ll then need to attach the TouchPad via USB to your computer. Do NOT enable USB mode, hit cancel when the window pops up asking you to go into usb mode.

Press the Globe icon on the right hand side in webOS Quick Install to load all the available files, search for Preware in the list and click the Install button. Remember not to be in USB mode; it will take about a minute to install. Once Preware is installed on the TouchPad, you won’t need to use webOS Quick Install on your computer to sideload apps anymore, you can do it straight on the touchpad.

Worked fine for me. Using Win7 64bit laptop.

I have everything in the first paragraph done but I can't that .jar file to install properly. Are you just double clicking on it? I've installed the latest java files too. I've tried right clicking it then using javaws.exe to open it but I keep getting a "file too large" exception error

I've tried asking on the precentral forums and they just deleted both my posts, lovely folk over there :rolleyes:

Tinie

ShaneU wrote: »

I have everything in the first paragraph done but I can't that .jar file to install properly. Are you just double clicking on it? I've installed the latest java files too. I've tried right clicking it then using javaws.exe to open it but I keep getting a "file too large" exception error

I've tried asking on the precentral forums and they just deleted both my posts, lovely folk over there :rolleyes:

Maybe try right clicking the jar file on your computer, and selecting run as administrator. Im not sure man, sounds like its a computer problem on your end and there could be many different causes for it not working.

Goolay

I got the kindle app working grand, but unable to load my previous epub/mobi files. Does anyone know of a method that'd work to copy them over. I tried copying them in to the kindle folder on the Touchpad but it's not picking them up.

54kroc

I use goodreader all the time on my ipad, is there something similar for the touchpad?

Tweaky

celj wrote: »

Anyone know how to get kindle?
I got pReader but it messed up the books I put onto it with € signs everywhere!!

I have the same problem with preader. Anybody work out how to fix it yet ? I tried changing regional settings but nothing worked.

Brian

Try the pReader Native Alpha through Preware, might have improved.

Edit: there is a character encoding setting in the preferences. Change it to UTF-8, under Text Display > CP-1252 (Latin).

ShaneU

What a nightmare! If anyone has the same trouble running .jar files as I did, download unassoc.exe, go to .jar and click on the first two options, then uninstall and reinstall java and it should work.

ShaneU

Ok I have the webos quick installer running, I have the touchpad connected (not in usb mode) yet it still says there are no devices connected?

edit: got it working, didn't realise you had to stay in developer mode, thought you could just turn it on and that's that.

acalmenvoy

Baza210 wrote: »

Try the pReader Native Alpha through Preware, might have improved.

Edit: there is a character encoding setting in the preferences. Change it to UTF-8, under Text Display > CP-1252 (Latin).

Was about to post that, you beat me to it.:)
Works perfect now, good options to tweak in preferences.

Brian

ShaneU wrote: »

Ok I have the webos quick installer running, I have the touchpad connected (not in usb mode) yet it still says there are no devices connected?

1. Did you put it in Developer Mode (enter 'webos20090606' in Just Type...)
2. Did WOQI install the Novacom drivers?

celj

Have Kindle now but its useless as I can't put my books onto it!

Fiskar

Anybody care to check out the free apps indicated in this article and report back?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20097584-64/hp-offers-free-apps-to-touchpad-tablet-owners/?tag=TOCmoreStories.0

celj

Well it shows how many of got the Touchpad!
I thought this thread would be a lot bigger by now!


I downloaded a game,NFS,from a site thats not deviloid,and managed to put it on the pad.
Sound and everything was ok but everything was in blue and white!

Was meant for a phone but was webos so hope someone has luck finding a few more!:pac:

Kenny Logins

Fiskar wrote: »

Anybody care to check out the free apps indicated in this article and report back?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20097584-64/hp-offers-free-apps-to-touchpad-tablet-owners/?tag=TOCmoreStories.0

Why don't you?

ShaneU

Baza210 wrote: »

1. Did you put it in Developer Mode (enter 'webos20090606' in Just Type...)
2. Did WOQI install the Novacom drivers?

Yeah it's all sorted now

groom

Anyone secured their 50gb box.net account. I created an account and the logged into webOS app on it but I've only got 5gb

Kenny Logins

groom wrote: »

Anyone secured their 50gb box.net account. I created an account and the logged into webOS app on it but I've only got 5gb

Yeah. Two, first one accidentally with the wrong email address.

blankblank

Yeah got 50 gbs too, uploading to it as we speak!!! Did you sign up to in on your touchpad first or your computer first?

dloob

Tinie wrote: »

I'm updated to latest firmware also and it worked for me. Not sure why its not working for some of you??

I missed the open app catalog and select US as country step doh

loopymum

Hi, got my touchpad yesterday. When I am registering to use the apps with HP, will I select Ireland?

the_syco

ShaneU wrote: »

I have everything in the first paragraph done but I can't that .jar file to install properly. Are you just double clicking on it? I've installed the latest java files too. I've tried right clicking it then using javaws.exe to open it but I keep getting a "file too large" exception error

I've tried asking on the precentral forums and they just deleted both my posts, lovely folk over there :rolleyes:

Syntex in cmd.exe prompt: java.exe -jar (program)

Example: goto C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre6\bin>
and run
java.exe -jar \WebOSQuickInstall-4.2.3.jar
if the jar file is in the root of \

Ensure you keep the dos prompt open when this is running, as if you close the dos prompt, the installer closes as well.

Any questions, and I'll answer in 20 hours or so

ShaneU

the_syco wrote: »

Syntex in cmd.exe prompt: java.exe -jar (program)

Example: goto C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre6\bin>
and run
java.exe -jar \WebOSQuickInstall-4.2.3.jar
if the jar file is in the root of \

Ensure you keep the dos prompt open when this is running, as if you close the dos prompt, the installer closes as well.

Any questions, and I'll answer in 20 hours or so

All fixed now I had to do this

ShaneU wrote: »

What a nightmare! If anyone has the same trouble running .jar files as I did, download unassoc.exe, go to .jar and click on the first two options, then uninstall and reinstall java and it should work.

ShaneU

For anyone looking to import music from itunes, this makes it very easy

http://hpplay.com/

Soarer

Can anyone get PaddyPower working?

neonitrix

Soarer wrote: »

Can anyone get PaddyPower working?

Soarer do me a favour and try www.2fm.ie and see if it loads on yours if not pm me back and i have a fix which i have done to mine that works.

the paddy power site works for me on mine but i have the fix done already.

ps. it involves getting into the unix code of the touchpad but easy enough steps to follow


neonitrix

Soarer

That seems to work ok Neon. Maybe its because i havent updated to the latest firmware?

The page opens blank with a tab on the right with a "bet" button in it. When I press it, it tells me it cant install this mime file type, or something like that.

Charlie Haughy

Any news if europe has got those 6 free apps yet?

Tinie

Quick tip I found; when typing, when the keyboard pops up, on the bottom right, click and hold the mini keyboard button to resize the keyboard.


Also, anyone know how to remove the extra search engines here?



The extra search engines are annoying me, and I cant find out how to remove them. They keep getting added.

EI_Flyboy

Tinie wrote: »

Quick tip I found; when typing, when the keyboard pops up, on the bottom right, click and hold the mini keyboard button to resize the keyboard.


Also, anyone know how to remove the extra search engines here?



The extra search engines are annoying me, and I cant find out how to remove them. They keep getting added.

Actually, I think you keep adding more! Somehow I doubt Boards.ie has been listed as a search choice the world over... Just tick the few you want to use and leave the rest unticked. I haven't found a way to remove any site off the options list but it's a settings menu, not general use so you shouldn't have to put up with the long list very often.