Hot off the heels of webOS Doctor v1.3.1 being released, WebOS Repair Utility has been updated. Not only were there expected bugfixes, but there was a major shift in the way it handled webOS versioning, allowing the more devices, like the Pixi, and more device variations, like the GSM Pre and its webOS 1.1.3.
WebOS Repair Utility has been updated to v1.7 and introduced a number of needed features:
v1.7 - November 19, 09
- Fixed issue with repairing PreThemer theme and patch backups
- Works with Pixi and GSM Pre
- Works with 1.3.1 (Sprint/Bell/Emulator) and 1.1.3 (GSM)
webOS is amazing, in that it's possible to patch and theme virtually any part to your liking. Unlike with other OSes, users don't have to install whole other programs to accomplish what patches can do. Patches and themes have quickly become a highpoint of the webOS.
However as more new users take to making their own system modifications, more and more people make mistakes and need to restore files. A quick look across the forums will show many people in such situations. Unfortunately only official solution is lengthy and wipes all data on your device (thankfully, the 1.3.1 Doctor doesn't touch files on the media partition).
WebOS Repair Utility gives an alternative, correcting only the damaged files and leaving all other data like homebrew apps and PIM data intact. So if you're having such an issue, try WebOS Repair Utility before calling on the Doctor. Who knows, ya might save some time and frustration!
Comments
Even though the new webos doctor doesn't nuke your USB partition anymore this repair utility keeps you from having to relog back into your palm profile or loose data from your 3rd party apps.
can i use the doctor to install 1.3 to my german o2 Pre safely?
And does this fix the touchstone problems?
thanks, J
Yes, you can do that, but you are stuck with english and spanish as the only available languages so far - which is quite funny as Google tends to think you are from spain if you use the webbrowser to search for something :)
As I do not have issues with my Stone, I can't say if this will fix any problems with it.
Bye,
donbachi
So, if I have a patch installed through Preware that won't uninstall for some reason, if I use the repair utility to replace the files in which the patch resides, will Preware still think the patch is installed or not?
Hmmm, if it doesn't nuke the usb partition what happens if you used the meta dr to create a 2gb / var partition, would that still be intact or not?
It will do the same thing that webOS doctor would, if you allow it to. This tool acts like webos doctor, the differnce is one ask if you want to replace the nonstock file while the other does it weather you want to or not.
If you edit some scripts to get more var space then this utility will detect those changes and ask if you want to replace them with the stock scripts. Hitting yes to replace will lose those changes.
Good times.
i have a little problem when i try to do it. it does not let me because a screen pops and says to connect my device and i have all ready did but it wount find it can u help me out.
for some scripts it works. for most i get the ERROR 3 & ERROR 5 connection refused.
I'm in dev mode so i don't understand what is causing the problem. Is this happening to anyone else? Does anyone know what the cause is?
I get this error as well. I don't know what causes it.
I am getting the same error. And I always have issues when trying to install a new theme. This says it will fix it so I would love to be able to have the repair tool work!!
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