On webOS Homebrew's Birthday, we asked you what your top patches and tweaks for webOS were. You answered and here they are, in alphabetical order:

• 4x4 Launcher icons (or several different variants): Changes the number of icons visible on a Launcher page
• Add Bing and Yahoo: Adds more options to universal search. Some also remove Twitter
• Ad blocker: blocks ads. Makes bloggers cry
• Add Date to Top Bar (either MM/DD or some variants): Adds the date next to the time in the top bar
• Advanced Configuration for Launcher: A grand, unifying patch that adds a ton of options to the launcher
• Advanced Reset Options: Replaces the pop-up menu that you get by holding down the power button with something much more powerful
• Audio/Video Attachments: More MMS options
• Battery Icon and Percent (and variants): replaces the battery icon with a percentnage
• Call Duration in Call Log: Shows the call duration in the call log.
• Character Counter: Shows a character counter in the Messaging app
• Close slider to end calls (& variants): Makes hanging up much more satisfying
• Device Menu Megamix: Adds options to the righthand dropdown menu, giving easier access to the Flashlight, GPS, Brightness, and Phone settings
• Enable Verizon aGPS Server for Improved GPS: Helps the busted GPS on Verizon webOS devices
• Faster Card Animations (& variants): Adds the illusion of speed by shortening animations and transition effects
• Glass Effect: replaces the dull grey background of the launcher with something much better looking
• Hiding Apps (various versions): Don't like any of the preloaded carrier apps? Hide them
• Match State to Area Code: If you don't have a caller in your address book, you can at least see what state they are calling from
• Notification repeat: Repeats the notification sound
• Open to Alarm List: When you open the Clock app, jump right to the alarm view
• Read/Delete All Email: Adds the ability to triage your email
• Ringer Switch Icon: Shows an icon in the top bar indicating your ringer switch state
• Slider Blocks Orientation Change: Stop webOS from going into landscape mode when the slider is open
• Unthrottle Download Manager: provides for faster downloads
• Video Downloads (for YouTube): Gives you the ability to download and save YouTube videso
• Virtual Keyboard: Adds a virtual keyboard to webOS.

That's how your average PreCentral patcher tweaks up a Pre. Everybody is a little different, though. Any of your favorites that didn't make the list?

Once you get starting down the path of homebrew and patching, it can become pretty addicting to tweak the heck out of your device with your own mix of patches and apps. PreCentral forum member snowdizx put together his list of patches and tweaks that truly make his Pre a power user's dream.

After the break, find his list of patches and tweaks and settings, all done, we might add, without the need to flash a ROM, unlock a bootloader, or 'get root' on the device. Yeah, webOS is truly open even if it's not opensource.

Since today is the homebrew-aversary, we thought it would be a good time to ask our Power Users: what is the mix of patches and tweaks that make your webOS device yours?

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Welcome to the third and last installment of "There's a Patch for That!" Part 1 and Part 2 have already shown 28 of the top patches. Today we'll be exploring more of these user patches (tweaks), including Calendar, Camera, Clock, and Email patches.  

Patches are modifications that add key features to existing Palm webOS applications. Maybe you wish you could change sounds or add a feature. Fortunately many of our Pre users are also talented developers who didn't just wish for these fixes. They made them! Note that the Homebrew Apps are separate programs, not patches.

Again, patches can be installed using webOS Quick Install or Preware using these instructions.As always, the usual warnings apply.  You're patching system webOS files, so stuff can break here. Plus the patching system is constantly evolving. For many Pre users, though, the risk is well worth the reward. (See: How to Revive a Pre.)

To remove a patch, click on the same patch again.  You can even remove all patches at once before an upgrade or any time you like. Using WebOS Quick Install, click Tools, Tweaks, "Online Repository" tab, and then install the Emergency Patch Recovery (EPR).  In Preware, install the Emergency Patch Recovery patch and restart your Pre to remove all patches. For much more see Patches.

And now for today's patches...

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Welcome to the second installment of "There's a Patch for That." Patches are modifications (tweaks) that add key features to existing Palm applications. For instance, have you wished for message forwarding or landscape mode for messaging, email, or PDF's? Do you wish the Palm Pre webOS had other key features? Pre users have developed over 60 patches to make these and other wishes a reality!

In There's a Patch for That (Part 1) we saw 14 of our favorite patches including the On Screen Keyboard, LED Notification, Launcher, and Email patches. Today we will explore patches that customize alerts and notifications, as well as the Messaging, Calendar, Contacts, and Phone Apps.   Note that the 250 Homebrew Apps are separate programs, not patches.  

Again, patches can be installed using webOS Quick Install (or Preware using these instructions). As always, the usual warnings apply.  You're patching system webOS files, so stuff can break here. Plus the patching system is constantly evolving. For many Pre users, though, the risk is well worth the reward. (See: How to Revive a Pre.)

To remove a patch, click on the same patch again. You can even remove all patches at once before an upgrade or any time you like. Using WebOS Quick Install, click Tools, Tweaks, "Online Repository" tab, and then install the Emergency Patch Recovery (EPR).  In Preware, install the Emergency Patch Recovery patch and restart your Pre to remove all patches.   For much more see Patches.

Here are more of our favorite patches...

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The Palm Pre webOS 1.2.0 and 1.2.1 updates brought users 125 new features and improvements (and some issues). Now it is the Pre user community's turn to give back. Users have developed dozens of patches (tweaks) including the On Screen Keyboard, landscape modes for Email and Messaging, plus upgrades for the Launcher, Sounds, Calendar, Contacts, and Phone.  Patches are modifications that add key features to existing Palm webOS applications.  Homebrew Apps are new programs.

The PreCentral forums are abuzz with brainstorming and testing while the patch source code and development are at webOS-internals.org. Patches can be installed using webOS Quick Install or Preware using these instructions. As always, we need to throw the usual warning and provisos up there: you're patching system webOS files, so stuff can break here. For many Pre users, though, the risk is well worth the reward.  (See: How to Revive a Pre.)

To remove a patch, click on the same patch again.  You can remove all patches before an upgrade or any time you like. Using WebOS Quick Install, click Tools, Tweaks, "Online Repository" tab, and then install the Emergency Patch Recovery (EPR).  In Preware, install the Emergency Patch Recovery patch and restart your Pre to remove all patches.

Here are some of our favorite patches so far.

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So the big WebOS Quick Install v2.5 release happened today.  Aside from the theming support there were several other important and useful changes.

v2.5 - September 19, 09
- Completely redone patcher code
- Full theming support
- Added/updated many system mods
- Added "Messaging Mods" section
- Added virtual keyboard config settings

Theming is of course a very nice new addition (special thanks to madolen), but as you can see, it's not the only new feature.  The big thing of 2.5, that easily took the most time developing was the new patcher that powers the Tweaks section.  It's far more accurate, much more safe, and best of all has the ability to read standard unified format difference patches (the .patch files people also use with Qulit), though this functionality isn't exposed for custom patches yet.

What does this mean for the average person?  It means I can add new mods and update existing mods to the Tweak section very quickly.  When WebOS 1.2 hits, it'll take far less time to update and become compatible.

And of course, with a new patcher system comes more mods for the Tweaks section! Based on work done by fritos1406, there's a whole array of Messaging mods to customize it however you'd like; enabling landscape, adding an avatar, adding a character counter, and much more.

There also several updated tweaks, including clipcarl's iPhone user agent spoof.  As well, for those of you out there who use the Virtual-Keyboard, there's a section for extra configurations like adding haptic feedback and setting a click sound.

So go and try out the new v2.5 (be sure disable all Tweaks from previous versions first), it's got something for everyone.