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Mar 28 11:37:17 <Mrokii> Hello. Can somebody in here help with problems setting up (or changing) a billing account on a Pre 3?
Mar 28 11:49:39 <swisstomcat> hi mrokii
Mar 28 11:52:56 <Mrokii> swisstomcat: Hello
Mar 28 11:53:05 <swisstomcat> maybe i can help
Mar 28 11:54:51 <Mrokii> That would be nice. The problem is that purchases from the app store don't work anymore for me and all solutions I could find say that I need to open App Catalog and chose a menu item, something about Accounts. But the problem is: There is no such menu item in my App Catalog application.
Mar 28 11:55:22 <swisstomcat> let me check
Mar 28 11:57:41 <swisstomcat> you don't see "preferences" in your app catalog app menu?
Mar 28 11:57:53 <Mrokii> nope.
Mar 28 11:58:08 <swisstomcat> what do you have in it?
Mar 28 12:00:12 <Mrokii> Oh wait, it is there now, but greyed out at the moment. I had restarted the system because I removed a patch I had installed before. I wonder if that patch made the menu item disappear. I'll try to go to the app I wanted to buy again and see if I can chose the preferences item then.
Mar 28 12:00:39 <Mrokii> Sometimes these patches seem to mess up things on the Pre 3.
Mar 28 12:02:29 <Mrokii> Well, no, that specific patch wasn't the problem. If I just start App Catalog, the Preferences entry is in the menu, but greyed out. And when I chose a specific app that I want to buy, the menu only shows "edit", "Report A Problem" and "Help".
Mar 28 12:02:45 <swisstomcat> hmm, i see the same actually
Mar 28 12:02:51 <swisstomcat> preferences is greyed out
Mar 28 12:03:23 <Mrokii> Which means I can't correct any problem with the my credit card (which the error message I get when trying to purchase the app suggests).
Mar 28 12:04:02 <swisstomcat> right
Mar 28 12:04:09 <hucksy> i had an error yesterday everytime i tried to purchase an app
Mar 28 12:04:10 <swisstomcat> the question is now, why is it greyed out
Mar 28 12:04:19 <Mrokii> yeah.
Mar 28 12:04:28 <hucksy> today it works (for me)
Mar 28 12:05:40 <Mrokii> At the moment I don't even get to the former error anymore, but only the message that the action couldn't be completed and that I should try again later.
Mar 28 12:05:58 <swisstomcat> at least one german user sees the preferences entry and it's not grey
Mar 28 12:05:59 <swisstomcat> strange
Mar 28 12:10:38 <Mrokii> Very inconvenient.
Mar 28 12:10:44 <swisstomcat> yeah
Mar 28 12:45:30 <Mrokii> I'll be afk, so not answering to any messages. Thanks for now, trying to help, swisstomcat.
Mar 28 12:45:33 <Mrokii> afk-
Mar 28 12:45:38 <Mrokii> -afk-
Mar 28 12:59:39 <swisstomcat> i'll check if it's a known problem
Mar 28 13:56:51 <Mrokii> swisstomcat: I just restarted the Pre 3 once more and now the Preferences item in the menu is selectable again. I have absolutely no clue why.
Mar 28 13:57:00 <swisstomcat> hmm
Mar 28 13:57:02 <swisstomcat> that's odd
Mar 28 13:57:16 <swisstomcat> and now you can change the CC settings?
Mar 28 13:57:34 <Mrokii> yes, seems so.
Mar 28 14:03:15 <Mrokii> swisstomcat: Yep, changing the credit card info worked now.
Mar 28 14:03:30 <swisstomcat> excellent
Mar 28 14:09:08 <Mrokii> The only problem is that the payment couldn't be processed, but that is most probably a problem of my retarded credit card company. :/
Mar 28 14:24:33 <b0bben> talking about buying stuff from appcatalog, anyone have an idea how i (in unsupported country) can buy apps? american CC? german? where could i get a hold of such CC?
Mar 28 14:30:37 <swisstomcat> b0bben: american prepaid visa CC
Mar 28 14:30:53 <swisstomcat> s/visa/mastercard
Mar 28 14:30:57 <b0bben> swisstomcat: where can i get a hold of such awesomeness?
Mar 28 14:31:02 <swisstomcat> if you know someone in the us, they can send it to you
Mar 28 14:31:10 <swisstomcat> they're basically prepaid gift credit cards
Mar 28 15:09:18 <RagingMind> swisstomcat, I've heard of other people with the same app cat issue, I think there might have been a precentral article a little while back too
Mar 28 15:15:21 <bigbluehat> you guys have likely already seen this, but just in case it slipped through the cracks in the interwebs: http://www.visionmobile.com/blog/2012/03/boot2gecko-can-the-new-html5-champion-succeed-where-webos-failed/
Mar 28 15:16:21 <bigbluehat> also HP is supposed to be "announcing" stuff here at posscon.org this week...guessing it might be #openwebos related?
Mar 28 15:18:26 <swisstomcat> yeah, i read that article
Mar 28 15:25:07 <swisstomcat> http://www.posscon.org/presentation/freedombox/
Mar 28 15:25:15 <swisstomcat> doesn't sound like a openwebos presentation
Mar 28 17:13:49 <dwc-> swisstomcat / Mrokii : I've seen the grey'd out prefs on my pre2 sometimes, I'm not sure what causes it, but a restart has seemed to fix it in the past too
Mar 28 18:14:38 <Mrokii> dwc-: Interesting. I wonder how many people have had the same issue.
Mar 28 20:41:57 <Tibfib_> http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/546292_10150701090464516_833384515_9385046_913155641_n.jpg
Mar 28 21:05:33 <onr> Tibfib_: hehe nice
Mar 28 21:06:45 <PatrickC> Tibfib_, lol.. and its been a while man.. how goes things?
Mar 28 21:07:22 <PatrickC> Mrokii, i saw that issue as well (if your referring to the grey'd out preferences menu in the app cat)
Mar 28 21:08:01 <Tibfib_> PatrickC: not bad! how are you doing?
Mar 28 21:08:08 <PatrickC> doin good
Mar 28 21:08:18 <PatrickC> starting on a new, major project.. taking up all my time lol
Mar 28 21:08:53 <Tibfib_> of course you are!
Mar 28 21:09:26 <PatrickC> lol
Mar 28 21:09:39 <PatrickC> na, but i really am
Mar 28 21:09:45 <Mrokii> PatrickC: Yes, I did.
Mar 28 21:10:10 <PatrickC> Tibfib_, this one is going to get finished :P this one actually has promise.. unlike Your Radio haha
Mar 28 21:10:22 <PatrickC> if you want in on the beta, or more info on what it is.. lemme know
Mar 28 21:10:26 <PatrickC> you have my email ;)
Mar 28 21:10:31 <Tibfib_> I'll believe it when I see it
Mar 28 21:10:45 * halfhalo wants to know who sank my battleship
Mar 28 21:11:03 <PatrickC> i already have it kinda working. the next step is a big one, but a major one
Mar 28 21:11:08 <PatrickC> working on it all the time
Mar 28 21:11:34 <PatrickC> halfhalo, me
Mar 28 21:13:03 <halfhalo> well then.  I must find my hatchet.
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