August 24th 2010 | Posted by
Dieter Bohn
While we’re not going to glance askance at the ringer switch on Palm’s devices, we’ve been waiting with bated breath for a more robust solution for setting profiles on our webOS devices. Enter homebrew developer sconix, whose Mode Switcher app is perhaps the most customizable profiles app we’ve seen on any platform.
Mode switcher lets you set up custom profiles based on all sorts of factors, like whether the phone is on the Touchstone, a charger, the time of day, location, battery level, based on calendar events (like when you’re in a meeting), and, yes, that ringer switch.
Those profiles are equally robust, letting you change settings for Airplane mode, alert settings, ringer settings, Govnah overclock settings, security settings, and plenty more.
Check out the Mode Switcher thread in our forums for details on installation and usage. While you’re there, give sconix a huge thumbs up for an epic homebrew app.
Thanks, Dustin!
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July 27th 2010 | Posted by
Robert Werlinger
Users of competing platforms have had the ability to configure unique "profiles" – a particular setup of wallpaper, launcher, ringer and dock settings – for different times of the day and different scenarios for some time now. It hasn’t been until now, with Profiles (which can be downloaded from the PreCentral Homebrew app gallery) from homebrew developer Diov, that webOS users have had an easy to install way of configuring and managing profiles on their phones.
Profiles allows you to configure up to 11 profiles, each with its own unique launcher, dock, and wallpaper set up. The program comes preconfigured with both Day and Night profiles, and users can create their own by setting their phones up how they like, hitting "edit mode", and tapping one of the profiles.
Like many of the custom app launchers that have sprung up in the App Catalog in recent times, I find the Profiles to be inelegant namely due to the minute-long restart of the UI manager – which causes the phone to be completely unusable – every time you switch profiles. That’s certainly not the developer’s fault, however.
It should also be mentioned that this is beta software. Accidently tapping a profile without first saving your current configuration will cause it to be erased – meaning that any launcher page settings will be gone. A few of us here at PC HQ have also experienced some conflict with customizations based on launcher patches. Update: this has been resolved in the latest version. Be sure to check out the forum thread for the app.
Thanks to Braden for the tip!
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