Thread: [NEWS] How Palm Re-Enabled iTunes 9.01 Sync with webOS 1.2.1
View Single Post
  #1  
Old 10-03-2009, 07:09 PM
D/\SH's Avatar
D/\SH D/\SH is offline   Thread Starter  
Owner - Staff
Mobile Model: TP, TP2, soon Hero
Mobile Carrier: SPJ
Mobile OS: 6.5

  
Join Date: February 7th, 2007
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Posts: 47,711
Downloads: 0
Uploads: 0
D/\SH Knows Their StuffD/\SH Knows Their StuffD/\SH Knows Their StuffD/\SH Knows Their StuffD/\SH Knows Their StuffD/\SH Knows Their StuffD/\SH Knows Their StuffD/\SH Knows Their StuffD/\SH Knows Their StuffD/\SH Knows Their StuffD/\SH Knows Their Stuff


View D/\SH's Profile   Edit Options Edit Profile Picture View D/\SH's Photo Album Add D/\SH's to Your Contacts Show Groups Edit Avatar Subscribed Threads Private Messages
Default How Palm Re-Enabled iTunes 9.01 Sync with webOS 1.2.1
How Palm Re-Enabled iTunes 9.01 Sync with webOS 1.2.1




Palm re-enabled iTunes sync with webOS 1.2.1 by continuing their trend of making the Pre look like an iPod. Palm's webOS 1.0 hack had the Pre mimic an iPod Nano. webOS 1.1 re-enabled it by setting its USB Vendor ID to Apple's. webOS 1.2.1 re-enables it by settings its Manufacturer to Apple and also perhaps by changing the USB Product ID to the iPod Video's (they even changing the serial number that appears when you plug it in with Media Sync). You can see the entire timeline in our post on the USB-IF response to Apple.
Here's what your computer sees when you set your Pre to Media Sync Mode (changes from webOS 1.2.0 and previous in bold)
USB Product ID: 0x1209
USB Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple, Inc)
Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
If it wasn't clear before, it's clear now - Palm is committed to making iTunes sync work, USB-IF be damned. At least they are until it becomes too difficult.


originally found here:

Code

http://www.precentral.net/how-palm-re-enabled-itunes-901-sync-webos-121
Reply With Quote