Comments on: Palm pushes webOS 1.3.1 update for the Pre

By: Shawn Brown

Shawn Brown — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:26:53 +0000

Hey thanks for your input. They don’t publish all the fixes and I was thinking myself that the volume must have been upped a bit, glad I am not crazy or maybe we are both crazy.

By: Raymond

Raymond — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:13:11 +0000

I thought I’d post few more unpublished fixes included in the 1.3.1 update that I discovered while playing with the phone:
1. Audible alerts (i.e. calendar and text messages) can now be controlled by the master volume controller on the side of the phone. It used to only control the ringtone for calls.
2. You now only have to press the call disconnect button once instead of twice before the update. This was very annoying.
3. I don’t know if it’s just me but alerts and ringtones on my phone is much louder after the update was installed. I havent changed my volume settings after the udpate and it is loud!

By: Shawn Brown

Shawn Brown — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:41:06 +0000

I’m with you on that one! There were a few things that just bothered me and Palm to care of them like nobody’s business.

By: Shawn Brown

Shawn Brown — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:40:31 +0000

They added the timed lock feature but I believe it only goes up to 30 minutes. I suspect a patch to add additional lock times in the near future.

By: Carlton Brown

Carlton Brown — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:10:36 +0000

Missing Sync appears to have an issue with webOS 1.3.1. On first installation it runs fine, but if closed it will not reopen. This seems to be a more or less consistent behaviour. Resetting the phone (soft reset, no erase) will allow Missing Sync to open and operate again, but again, if closed, it will not reopen. Has anyone else had this experience?

By: RichC

RichC — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:46:56 +0000

Although I appreciate the updates, the one update that would be nice for screen locking would be a separate lock for a preset time to lock the phone. It’s not productive to have the phone lock every time the screen is off, but it would be nice to have the phone lock IF I didn’t use it for let’s say 6 hours or perhaps lock at 1AM every morning.

By: Melody Rose Epley

Melody Rose Epley — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:08:17 +0000

Love the new updates!! Some of the quirks that made it ackward are now fixed