Tips and Tricks for webOS

Welcome to our Tips and Tricks gallery! We aim to bring you a tip a day, from keyboard shortcuts for webOS to how to copy and paste text. Have a suggestion for our gallery? Contact us and select "Suggest a tip." You can do a search of our tips below or even filter by category for, say, all the tips about email. If you find a tip you like, please be sure to rate, comment, share it so we can help others find it too. :)

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Tip Tags Rating Date
Fix a missing lock screen [webOS 3.0+] Tips

Mon, 6 Feb
Bluetooth keyboard: Close an application card [webOS 3.0.5] Tips, bluetooth-keyboard, close-apps, keyboard-shortcut, tip-a-day, webOS-3.0.5

Fri, 3 Feb
Create Music Playlist [webOS 3.x] Music-Player, Tips, create-playlist, music, playlist, tip-a-day, touchpad

Wed, 1 Feb
Determine a photo's filename Tips, email, photos, share-photos, tip-a-day

Mon, 30 Jan
Hide apps from the launcher and Just Type (homebrew) Tips

Fri, 27 Jan
Keyboard shortcut: Double space for period [webOS 3.0.5] Text-Assist, Tips, keyboard-shortcuts, tip-a-day, touchpad, webOS-3.0.5

Wed, 25 Jan
Manually set date and time Clock-Sync, Tips, clock, date-&-time, set-time, tip-a-day

Mon, 23 Jan
Bluetooth keyboard: Navigate between cards [webOS 3.0.5] Tips, bluetooth-keyboard, card-view, cards, stacks, tip-a-day

Fri, 20 Jan
Toggle auto-correct on or off using keyboard [webOS 3.0.5] Tips

Wed, 18 Jan
Bluetooth keyboard shortcuts: copy, cut, paste [webOS 3.0.5] Tips, bluetooth-keyboard, copy-paste, keyboard-shortcuts, tip-a-day, touchpad, webOS-3.0.5

Mon, 16 Jan
Set up App Catalog carrier billing [webOS 2.1+] App-Catalog, Tips, carrier-billing, tip-a-day, webOS-2.1

Fri, 13 Jan
Bug Fix: Access App Catalog Preferences and Accounts [webOS 2.x] App-Catalog, Tips, bug-fix, tip-a-day, webos-2.x

Thu, 12 Jan
Access album art view in Music app [TouchPad] Music-Player, Tips, album-art, full-screen, tip-a-day, touchpad

Mon, 9 Jan
Facebook Tablet App: Navigating articles Tips, facebook, facebook-app, facebook-tablet, tip-a-day, touchpad

Wed, 4 Jan
Roundup: Favorite tips of 2011 2011, Tip-Roundup, Tips

Fri, 30 Dec
Get SMS and Instant Message timestamps [webOS 2.2.4] Messaging, Tips, timestamp, tip-a-day, webOS-2.2.4

Thu, 29 Dec
Get HSPA+ "4G" speeds on your AT&T Pre3 4g, AT&T, HSPA+, Tips, pre3, tip-a-day

Wed, 28 Dec
Save email attachments [webOS 2.2+] Tips, attachments, email, save-attachment, tip-a-day, webOS-2.2

Fri, 23 Dec
Add all your Contacts' Birthdays to the calendar with iCalImporter MetaViewSoft, Tips, birthdayevents, birthdays, calendar, google-calendar, iCalImporter, metaview, tip-a-day

Thu, 22 Dec
Add Google contacts' birthdays to your calendar Google-Contacts, Tips, birthdays, calendar, facebook-birthdays, google-calendar, tip-a-day

Wed, 21 Dec
Access Patch feeds for earlier webOS versions [homebrew] PreWare, Tips, custom-feed, homebrew, patch-feed, patches, tip-a-day, webOS-Doctor

Tue, 20 Dec
Set a web browser homepage Launcher, Tips, homepage, phones, tip-a-day, touchpad, web, web-browser

Mon, 19 Dec
Improve Google Calendar sync by setting it up as a Microsoft Exchange account Tips, accounts, calendar, google-calendar, ms-exchange, sync-times, synergy, synergy-accounts, tip-a-day

Mon, 12 Dec
Change your TouchPad's boot sound (Homebrew) [webOS 3.x] Tips, boot-sound, homebrew, internalz-pro, tip-a-day

Wed, 7 Dec
Prevent Bluetooth audio stutter [webOS 2.2] Tips, audio, bluetooth, bluetooth-preferences, pre3, tip-a-day, touchpad, webOS-2.2

Tue, 6 Dec
Create Google Calendar events via SMS message Google, Messaging, Tips, calendar, google-calendar, google-events, short-code, tip-a-day

Mon, 5 Dec
Adjust Bluetooth connection preferences [webOS 2.2] Tips, bluetooth, bluetooth-preferences, pre3, sms-forwarding, tip-a-day

Fri, 2 Dec
Adding pauses to a phone number / Speed Dial [webOS 2.2 update] Phone, Speed-Dial, Tips, pauses, pre3, tip-a-day, webOS-2.2

Thu, 1 Dec
Fix a missing lock screen Tips, bug-fix, keyboard, lock-screen, slider, tip-a-day

Wed, 30 Nov
Change system images on Pre3 Tips, boot-logo, customize, exhibition, homebrew, lock-screen, pre3, tip-a-day

Tue, 29 Nov
Remove unwanted web searches from Just Type [webOS 2.x & 3.x] Tips, browser-history, just-type, open-search, tip-a-day, web-preferences

Mon, 28 Nov
Mark email as unread [webOS 3.x] Tips, email, mark-as-unread, tip-a-day, touchpad

Wed, 23 Nov
Press-and-hold on Links, Photos and more [webOS 3.x] Tips, browser, email, press-and-hold, tip-a-day, touchpad

Mon, 21 Nov
Add Facebook friends' birthdays to your calendar Tips, birthdays, calendar, calendar-sync, facebook, facebook-birthdays, google-calendar, tip-a-day

Thu, 17 Nov
Set Wallpaper from the Photos app [webOS 3.0.2+] Tips

Wed, 16 Nov
Mark email as unread [webOS Phones] Tips, email, mark-as-unread, phones, tip-a-day

Tue, 15 Nov
View and edit your App Launcher in a Text File [webOS 2.x] Tips, app-launcher, homebrew, internalz-pro, save/restore, tip-a-day, webos-2.x

Fri, 11 Nov
Delete an IM/Messaging conversation [webOS 3.x] Messaging, Tips, instant-messaging, sms, swipe-to-delete, tip-a-day, touchpad, webos-3.x

Thu, 10 Nov
Adjust your default applications Default-App, Tips, device-info, homebrew, tip-a-day

Tue, 8 Nov
Swipe up vs Slingshot to close an app [webOS 3.x] Tips, close-apps, gestures, slingshot, swipe-up, tip-a-day, touchpad, webOS-3.0

Mon, 7 Nov
Tip Roundup: webOS phone-based tips that work on the TouchPad, part 3 Application-updates, Text-Assist, Tip-Roundup, Tips, calendar, email, exhibition, touchpad, webOS-3.0

Fri, 4 Nov
Quickly determine an app version number Tips, app-launcher, app-version, press-and-hold, tip-a-day

Thu, 3 Nov
Workaround for an orphaned card Tips, advanced-gestures, bug-fix, card-view, full-swipe, gestures, orphaned-card, tip-a-day

Wed, 2 Nov
Access Google Maps on your webOS device [webOS 3.x] Bing-Maps, Tips, driving-directions, google-maps, tip-a-day, touchpad

Fri, 28 Oct
Set focus area on the Pre3 camera Tips, autofocus-camera, camera, pre3, tip-a-day

Thu, 27 Oct
Add Promo Codes to Just Type [webOS 2.1+] App-Catalog, Tips, just-type, open-search, promo-codes, tip-a-day, website

Wed, 26 Oct
Set Messaging status [webOS 3.0.4 update] Messaging, Tips, away-message, im, instant-messaging, status-update, tip-a-day, webOS-3.0.4

Tue, 25 Oct
Fix stuck email Tips, Yahoo, email, email-sync, tip-a-day

Fri, 14 Oct
Adjust Email retention times Tips, email, email-preferences, sync-times, tip-a-day

Thu, 13 Oct
Swipe to delete [webOS 3.x update] Tips, enyo, gestures, swipe-to-delete, tip-a-day, touchpad, webOS-3.0

Tue, 11 Oct