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Android for HP touchpad (WebOs)

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  • #52
    nxbyveromdwjpg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,402 ✭✭✭nxbyveromdwjpg


    bazual wrote: »
    Sounds like its booting normally for you and not into the recovery menu, strange. I have no issues.

    Just to be sure, when you boot into android and hold in power button to get the menu, you choose reboot then the next menu choose recovery (the second option) and then press OK. As soon as you do that it reboots into the recovery menu for me.

    Positive, exactly that, as in the second option. And you're right actually it is just normal rebooting - I just did a normal reboot there for the first time (the first option) and it's exactly the same (literally just installed so I hadn't done a standard reboot before).

    This is strange, and annoying.


  • #53
    nxbyveromdwjpg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,402 ✭✭✭nxbyveromdwjpg


    I've figured out I probably don't have clockworkmod installed. Now just need to figure out show to remedy that..


  • #54
    nxbyveromdwjpg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,402 ✭✭✭nxbyveromdwjpg


    Sorted, crisis averted


  • #55
    bazual
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,723 ✭✭✭bazual


    nm wrote: »
    Sorted, crisis averted

    good stuff, i dont remember installing that unless i copied it to the sdcard and it did it automatically.


  • #56
    nxbyveromdwjpg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,402 ✭✭✭nxbyveromdwjpg


    Thanks again for the point by point post bazual, very helpful, im up and running on CyanogenMod fully now


  • #57
    blankblank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 614 ✭✭✭blankblank


    do you need to install alpha 1, 2 & 3 etc if your installing android for the first time? or can you simply install 3.5??


  • #58
    iggy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,003 ✭✭✭iggy


    bazual wrote: »
    Just got my HP touchpad 16gb this morning and spent the last 30 mins or so Installing CyanogenMod Alpha 3.5, was surprised how easy it was.

    The instructions in the readme.txt for ACME installer are the best. I found it complicated to find in the wiki thread. For ease, here is my quick install for anyone who just got one in the firesale.

    1. For anyone else doing this the only app you need to install on your computer is the novacom, you can get it directly from here. This will install the Novacom drivers into the folder C:\Program Files\Palm, Inc (for windows).

    2. Download Acmeinstaller, and CM7 3.5 Alpha and moboot from the links in here. Easiest thing to do is put the files in same folder as the Novacom above.

    3. Boot up TouchPad and connect usb cable from touchpad to computer. Follow instructions to connect as a USB drive etc.

    4. Go to the drive that mounted on your computer and create a folder called "cminstall" and copy the 3 files downloaded from step 2 into it.

    5. Unmount the touchpad, disconnect cable if you had to, I did. Once touchpad comes back to life, plug in USB again but dont go to USB Drive, select close instead.

    6. Reboot the TouchPad. (settings-->device info-->reset options-->reboot) When screen goes completely black hold the volume up button till a big USB icon appears on the touchpad.

    8. On your computer, open a DOS window and go to the "C:\Program Files\Palm, Inc" folder and run the command "novacom boot mem:// < ACMEInstaller"

    9. Should start running loads of script on the touchpad, give it a couple of minutes and it will reboot into menu and choose the CyanogenMod Alpha 3.5 install to boot into.

    10. I noted that android market was missing from the install of CM3.5. I downloaded the google apps pack from the wiki and followed the instructions from this youtube clip.

    thanks for this.
    Im gonna try put android on my touchpad later.
    Hope I dont balls it up :mad:

    Edit- ok I'm up and running with cyanogen7. Quick question I have daroon player installed to play avi files.
    Where do I drop the avi file in mass storage?


  • #59
    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,248 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    I've installed Android fine by the looks of things using Bazuals guide but when I boot into recovery I don't have the Clockwork Mod recovery menu so can't install the gApps pack.

    Any ideas?


  • #60
    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,248 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    nm wrote: »
    I can't get into that recovery mode he's in, when I reboot with recovery and reboots it gives me options of: load boot cyanogenmod , boot webos, boot webos recovery or reboot, none of which are the recovery mode from the video. Anyone know what i am missing here?
    nm wrote: »
    I've figured out I probably don't have clockworkmod installed. Now just need to figure out show to remedy that..
    nm wrote: »
    Sorted, crisis averted

    Care to enlighten me as to how?

    I can boot into it the method described below but that only works when I have it connected to my laptop:

    What do to if ClockworkMod Recovery fails to install

    It’s possible that Android may install properly, while the ClockworkMod Recovery installation fails. One theory is that this happens sometimes if you have a custom webOS kernel in the /boot partition. Here’s what you can do manually install the Recovery:

    Unzip the update-cwm_ternerloin-1012.zip file to the same director where Novacom and your ACMEInstaller files are located.
    Connect your TouchPad to your computer and reboot into Recovery by holding the Up Volume button while you reboot.
    Open a terminal and navigate to the Novacom directory.
    Type the following (without the quotes): “novacom boot mem:// < uImage.ClockworkMod”

    It boots into ClockworkMod recovery but it isn't there as an option the next time I boot to recovery just using the TP.

    Any help would be appreciated.

    Thanks.


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  • #61
    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,248 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    Anyone?


  • #62
    bazual
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,723 ✭✭✭bazual


    Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »
    Anyone?

    Hi Rowley, I was unable to update my original post to include the installation of the clockwork recovery file

    The easiest thing to do to get you up and running is to download the above zip file and connect up the touchpad to your computer as you did previously and copy the zip file to the cminstall folder on the sdcard. Then like before reboot and hold the buttons to get the big USB symbol and then run the novacom command in my original post and this should install the clockwork recovery and give you the menu. Note that I never had to unzip the update-cwm_tenderloin-1012.zip file, I just copied it into the cminstall folder the same time I did the other ones and it installed automatically. I believe the novacom installer command we use for the acmeinstaller installs anything thats in the cminstall folder so it should do the trick.

    Cheers.


  • #63
    bazual
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,723 ✭✭✭bazual


    Just to update this post to include the clockwork recovery zip.

    How to install CM7 3.5 Android Gingerbread on your HP Touchpad.

    1. For anyone else doing this the only app you need to install on your computer is the novacom, you can get it directly from here. This will install the Novacom drivers into the folder C:\Program Files\Palm, Inc (for windows).

    2. Download Acmeinstaller, and CM7 3.5 Alpha, Clockwork Recovery and moboot from the links in here. Easiest thing to do is put the files (4 files) in same folder as the Novacom above.

    3. Boot up TouchPad and connect usb cable from touchpad to computer. Follow instructions to connect as a USB drive etc.

    4. Go to the drive that mounted on your computer and create a folder called "cminstall" and copy the 4 files downloaded from step 2 into it. (you prob dont need the acmeinstaller but stick it there anyway, no harm no foul)

    5. Unmount the touchpad, disconnect cable if you had to, I did. Once touchpad comes back to life, plug in USB again but dont go to USB Drive, select close instead.

    6. Reboot the TouchPad. (settings-->device info-->reset options-->reboot) When screen goes completely black hold the volume up button till a big USB icon appears on the touchpad.

    8. On your computer, open a DOS window and go to the "C:\Program Files\Palm, Inc" folder and run the command "novacom boot mem:// < ACMEInstaller"

    9. Should start running loads of script on the touchpad, give it a couple of minutes and it will reboot into menu and choose the CyanogenMod Alpha 3.5 install to boot into.

    10. I noted that android market was missing from the install of CM3.5. I downloaded the google apps pack from the wiki and followed the instructions from this youtube clip.

    11. You can also overclock the touchpad on WebOS if you follow this threads instructions. I believe you can also use SetCPU to overclock on Android but I have not done this yet.

    Enjoy.


  • #64
    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,248 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    bazual wrote: »
    Hi Rowley, I was unable to update my original post to include the installation of the clockwork recovery file

    The easiest thing to do to get you up and running is to download the above zip file and connect up the touchpad to your computer as you did previously and copy the zip file to the cminstall folder on the sdcard. Then like before reboot and hold the buttons to get the big USB symbol and then run the novacom command in my original post and this should install the clockwork recovery and give you the menu. Note that I never had to unzip the update-cwm_tenderloin-1012.zip file, I just copied it into the cminstall folder the same time I did the other ones and it installed automatically. I believe the novacom installer command we use for the acmeinstaller installs anything thats in the cminstall folder so it should do the trick.

    Cheerseers.

    Cheers, will try that. Really enjoying android on the touchpad.


  • #65
    iggy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,003 ✭✭✭iggy


    bazual wrote: »
    Just to update this post to include the clockwork recovery zip.

    How to install CM7 3.5 Android Gingerbread on your HP Touchpad.

    1. For anyone else doing this the only app you need to install on your computer is the novacom, you can get it directly from here. This will install the Novacom drivers into the folder C:\Program Files\Palm, Inc (for windows).

    2. Download Acmeinstaller, and CM7 3.5 Alpha, Clockwork Recovery and moboot from the links in here. Easiest thing to do is put the files (4 files) in same folder as the Novacom above.

    3. Boot up TouchPad and connect usb cable from touchpad to computer. Follow instructions to connect as a USB drive etc.

    4. Go to the drive that mounted on your computer and create a folder called "cminstall" and copy the 4 files downloaded from step 2 into it. (you prob dont need the acmeinstaller but stick it there anyway, no harm no foul)

    5. Unmount the touchpad, disconnect cable if you had to, I did. Once touchpad comes back to life, plug in USB again but dont go to USB Drive, select close instead.

    6. Reboot the TouchPad. (settings-->device info-->reset options-->reboot) When screen goes completely black hold the volume up button till a big USB icon appears on the touchpad.

    8. On your computer, open a DOS window and go to the "C:\Program Files\Palm, Inc" folder and run the command "novacom boot mem:// < ACMEInstaller"

    9. Should start running loads of script on the touchpad, give it a couple of minutes and it will reboot into menu and choose the CyanogenMod Alpha 3.5 install to boot into.

    10. I noted that android market was missing from the install of CM3.5. I downloaded the google apps pack from the wiki and followed the instructions from this youtube clip.

    11. You can also overclock the touchpad on WebOS if you follow this threads instructions. I believe you can also use SetCPU to overclock on Android but I have not done this yet.

    Enjoy.


    Cheers for this.
    I followed this you tube video and it worked perfectly.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=997I8k1AIzc&feature=youtube_gdata_player


  • #66
    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,248 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    Haven't gotten around to installing CM Recovery yet but did run into some pretty serious WiFi issues at the weekend. Tablet would not connect to WiFi and any button press in WiFi settings would lead to a force close.

    This is the fix I used, no problems since.
    su "enter
    rm -rf /data/misc/wifi && reboot "enter" in terminal


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  • #67
    iggy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,003 ✭✭✭iggy


    I have CM7 installed. It had been running fine for the last week but now it reboots itself every couple of mins.
    I have tried a hard reset but no joy.
    Anyone know how to fix this?


  • #68
    Meesared
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,234 ✭✭✭Meesared


    Wipe and reinstall?


  • #69
    iggy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,003 ✭✭✭iggy


    Meesared wrote: »
    Wipe and reinstall?

    Yea might wipe it- what do I use to wipe it?
    I'd alpha 3.5 the latest version?


  • #70
    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,248 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    iggy wrote: »
    I have CM7 installed. It had been running fine for the last week but now it reboots itself every couple of mins.
    I have tried a hard reset but no joy.
    Anyone know how to fix this?

    I've run into the same problem this evening, any fix?


  • #71
    Sniipe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,932 ✭✭✭Sniipe


    I just saw this today... interesting: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/13/hps-touchpad-running-ice-cream-sandwich-mmmm-thanks-cm9-vide/

    Icecream sandwich on HP touchpad


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  • #72
    griffdaddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,417 ✭✭✭griffdaddy


    Sniipe wrote: »
    I just saw this today... interesting: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/13/hps-touchpad-running-ice-cream-sandwich-mmmm-thanks-cm9-vide/

    Icecream sandwich on HP touchpad
    Looks good. I wonder whether I'll have a stable Icecream sandwich on my touchpad or my galaxy s2 first


  • #73
    long_b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,946 ✭✭✭long_b


    Rough alpha of ICS out
    http://androidcommunity.com/hp-touchpad-cm9-ice-cream-sandwich-alpha-ready-to-download-20120118/


  • #74
    peejay1986
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,760 ✭✭✭peejay1986


    Been using the alpha version for a day now. Amazed at how smoothly it runs despite it being such an early build. The DPI isn't ideal so things don't look as sharp as they could, but this is apparently going to be sorted in the upcoming versions.


  • #75
    Standard Toaster
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    HP releases Android kernel for TouchPad

    Should progress nicely now! Nice one HP


  • #76
    long_b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,946 ✭✭✭long_b


    Standard Toaster wrote: »
    HP releases Android kernel for TouchPad

    Should progress nicely now! Nice one HP

    The dev said it'll help a bit with fringe stuff (like Bluetooth) but it won't help with the missing stuff (like hardware acceleration).
    Shows goodwill from HP alright though.


  • #77
    long_b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,946 ✭✭✭long_b


    Oh yeah - hardware acceleration !!
    http://liliputing.com/2012/02/cyanogenmod-9-alpha-1-for-the-hp-touchpad-accelerated-video-support.html


  • #78
    Meesared
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    I could almost leave WebOS entirely now, not quite but it very nearly there, still a few little bugs, but nothing major.


  • #79
    griffdaddy
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    long_b wrote: »
    Oh yeah - hardware acceleration !!
    http://liliputing.com/2012/02/cyanogenmod-9-alpha-1-for-the-hp-touchpad-accelerated-video-support.html
    That's alpha 1 you've linked to there by the way, alpha 2 was out yesterday and includes Netflix support!


  • #80
    god's toy
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    griffdaddy wrote: »
    That's alpha 1 you've linked to there by the way, alpha 2 was out yesterday and includes Netflix support!

    Ding Ding Ding!!! And that's just the info I was waiting for!
    Time to get my tab upgraded.


  • #81
    edanto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,809 ✭✭✭edanto


    Would the instructions above from bazual still be the best way to go about this upgrade?
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=76219575&postcount=63

    (obviously I'll need to find the links to the newer release etc)

    thx


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  • #82
    Ste-
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    god's toy wrote: »
    Ding Ding Ding!!!

    Ice cream man, ice cream man.



    /end offtopic post.


  • #83
    long_b
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    griffdaddy wrote: »
    That's alpha 1 you've linked to there by the way, alpha 2 was out yesterday and includes Netflix support!

    Linked there for the easy to follow instructions - I find the rootzwiki page a tad intimidating myself :)


  • #84
    iggy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,003 ✭✭✭iggy


    Just put Alpha2 on it today and find it very very good.

    I had a few problems with the igapps file I had and it kept rebooting.
    I changed the igapps to 'gapps-ics-20120215-zip' and it's working great.

    I got pissed off with it so I Acmeuninstalled android and ran WebOS doctor on the WebOS and started from scratch.
    The YouTube vids on rootzwiki are good to follow.
    The guys name is reverendkyle and he has an android app in the market called Revtv.


  • #85
    neacy69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭neacy69


    Running alpha 2 now took about 30 mins or so cos I wasn't used to the acme installer stuff

    Impressive so far!!! Is there any solution for flash player?


  • #86
    Meesared
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    neacy69 wrote: »
    Running alpha 2 now took about 30 mins or so cos I wasn't used to the acme installer stuff

    Impressive so far!!! Is there any solution for flash player?
    Solution to what? It works fine :s


  • #87
    neacy69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭neacy69


    Meesared wrote: »
    neacy69 wrote: »
    Running alpha 2 now took about 30 mins or so cos I wasn't used to the acme installer stuff

    Impressive so far!!! Is there any solution for flash player?
    Solution to what? It works fine :s

    I had to uninstall flash and reinstall the new version to get it to work
    Working great for me altho i think tge battery might be draining a bit quicker than before...

    Also i had to uninstall/reinstall a few apps to gwt them to work


  • #88
    mik_da_man
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 9,954 ✭✭✭mik_da_man


    griffdaddy wrote: »
    That's alpha 1 you've linked to there by the way, alpha 2 was out yesterday and includes Netflix support!


    Cheers was waotomg for this to update my touchpad.
    It's a pretty slick OS, was waiting for ICS.
    the install was very easy.
    Browser is very snappy, I really like it


  • #89
    Squeeonline
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,560 ✭✭✭Squeeonline


    Finally bothered to put CM9 on. It's fantastic. Few bugs, such as audio out not working, camera not working, microphones not working but these are driver issues I'm led to believe.


  • #90
    griffdaddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,417 ✭✭✭griffdaddy


    Does anyone else's email force close when they open the app? I've had this problem since the pre-alpha. I'm sure if I installed a third party app it would help, but I haven't gotten around to it yet


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  • #91
    Squeeonline
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,560 ✭✭✭Squeeonline


    griffdaddy wrote: »
    Does anyone else's email force close when they open the app? I've had this problem since the pre-alpha. I'm sure if I installed a third party app it would help, but I haven't gotten around to it yet

    I opened my email app there for the first time and it ran fine. I just use gmail though.

    If this is a big issue for you, you could get your mail forwarded to your gmail account and attach a label to it to separate it.


  • #92
    mik_da_man
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 9,954 ✭✭✭mik_da_man


    my e-mail is fine, I use gmail and Hotmail on it.


  • #93
    griffdaddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,417 ✭✭✭griffdaddy


    hmmm might do a reinstall later.

    Anyone using nightly builds on this? Might start banging them every few days to see how things are progressing. My galaxy S2 is still my main Android anyway so I don't mind a few 'disruptions' on the pad


  • #94
    neacy69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭neacy69


    griffdaddy wrote: »
    Does anyone else's email force close when they open the app? I've had this problem since the pre-alpha. I'm sure if I installed a third party app it would help, but I haven't gotten around to it yet

    i had that happen with a few apps (I came CM7 3.5 to CM9 aplha 2)...

    Once I uninstalled the app and re-installed it was fine


  • #95
    neacy69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭neacy69


    neacy69 wrote: »
    griffdaddy wrote: »
    Does anyone else's email force close when they open the app? I've had this problem since the pre-alpha. I'm sure if I installed a third party app it would help, but I haven't gotten around to it yet

    i had that happen with a few apps (I came CM7 3.5 to CM9 aplha 2)...

    Once I uninstalled the app and re-installed it was fine

    Any updates to CM9 alpha?


  • #96
    griffdaddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,417 ✭✭✭griffdaddy


    Haven't used the touchpad too much lately but have a nightly build of CM9 from a few weeks back on it and it runs perfectly . Have you installed any nighlies?


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  • #97
    neacy69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭neacy69


    griffdaddy wrote: »
    Haven't used the touchpad too much lately but have a nightly build of CM9 from a few weeks back on it and it runs perfectly . Have you installed any nighlies?
    I normally wait for a release ... The wifi dropping issue has been doing my head in lately... Apart from that it work well


  • #98
    blankblank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 614 ✭✭✭blankblank


    neacy69 wrote: »
    I normally wait for a release ... The wifi dropping issue has been doing my head in lately... Apart from that it work well

    I wouldnt underestimate the nightlies, was having an awful lot of screen freezes etc on the alpha 2.0, upgraded to the latest nightly and it completely froze up all my gapps, after a gapp reinstall the t'pd is running very smoothly, no freezing, no wifi loss, all apps running well! Big improvements over the second alpha in terms of stability.


  • #99
    Standard Toaster
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    Davie89 wrote: »
    I wouldnt underestimate the nightlies, was having an awful lot of screen freezes etc on the alpha 2.0, upgraded to the latest nightly and it completely froze up all my gapps, after a gapp reinstall the t'pd is running very smoothly, no freezing, no wifi loss, all apps running well! Big improvements over the second alpha in terms of stability.

    You you have a link handy for them nightlies?


  • #100
    opus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,027 ✭✭✭opus


    Standard Toaster wrote: »
    You you have a link handy for them nightlies?

    You can find them here...


  • #101
    blankblank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 614 ✭✭✭blankblank


    opus wrote: »
    You can find them here...

    Yup, these are the ones!! When ever i put one on it deletes my gapps may be worth keeping that in mind, just have the gapps zip on the sd card too and reinstall after you install the nightly. Im running one from about 2 weeks ago so cant speak for any builds after that


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