How To Root

GET YA ROOTZ HERE

In general, simply installing the Palm SDK gives you everything you need for full access to the Linux operating system on any webOS device. There is no special "rooting" or "jailbreaking" process. Simply installing the SDK provides you with unlimited access to the Linux operating system logged in as the root user. H/Palm does not see this as a bad thing. H/Palm provides all these tools for download by anyone, anytime, for free.

1. Download the Palm SDK http://developer.palm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&layout=page&id=1788&Itemid=321#
2. Install it using the installation instructions
   • Mac: http://developer.palm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&layout=page&id=1545&Itemid=55
   • Linux: http://developer.palm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&layout=page&id=1585&Itemid=55
   • Windows: http://developer.palm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&layout=page&id=1661&Itemid=55
3. Enable dev mode on your Touchpad:

   a. Launch Device Info and tap its top-left menu.

   b. Select "Custom Application..." and type in: ##3386633#

   c. In the application, move the Developer Mode slider to the On position

   d. Tap Reset the Device. When reset is complete, Developer mode is enabled

4. Plug the device into the computer via the USB cable and just close out the USB storage mode thing
5. The next step varies:
   • On Mac or Linux, type novaterm in a command (terminal) window to directly access the Linux command line
   • On Windows you will need to download and install a novaterm program.
     • On 32 bit Windows download novaterm1.zip and unzip it into the \program files\palm\sdk\bin directory
     • On 64 bit Windows download novaterm64.zip and unzip it into the \program files\palm\sdk\bin directory
     • Then, just like the Mac and Linux users you can just type novaterm.
6. At this point you will have a window with a prompt that says root@webos-device: or something similar

You are now logged in as root on your webOS device and can do anything you would normally do on a Linux device.

Please be careful... we are not responsible for anything we break, but we will take responsibility for anything awesome (50/50 split? Deal)