Android for HP TouchPad?

[colchiro]

cmtouchpad - Android port for HP Touchpad - Google Project Hosting

Issues - cmtouchpad - Android port for HP Touchpad - Google Project Hosting

A new bug has been found... airplane mode: issue 28 (Air Plane mode sticks) reported by daling...@gmail.com

I hope they get the airplane mode fixed. The Nook Color has the same problem and if you turn on airplane mode, then turn it off, it stays on after a reboot. They had a fix for it a couple times, but then backed out last minute.

So if you turn on airplane mode, even for just a second, every time you reboot you have to turn wireless on again. It takes an adb command to fix it by deleting the entry in a database.

O/W I read BlueTooth support is finished.

 

[A.Nonymous]

I got an 8 inch and really like it. i got it for 125

Umm, there were no plans for an 8 inch Touchpad and the 7 inch Touchpad was never produced. Very confused????

 

[colchiro]

This maybe: Ultra Thin 8" Touch Screen 2.2 Android Tablet PC - Electronic Dealz

That isn't an HP Touchpad tho.

 

[A.Nonymous]

This maybe: Ultra Thin 8" Touch Screen 2.2 Android Tablet PC - Electronic Dealz

That isn't an HP Touchpad tho.

No. It's not even a real Android tablet either. It's a very, very cheap Chinese knockoff.

 

[colchiro]

From: Build Progress [Updated 9/25]

CyanogenMod

What currently works:
COMPLETE Booting into Android
COMPLETE ADB commands via ADB
COMPLETE Touchscreen support (Multi-touch, 10 fingers)
COMPLETE Power, back/home and volume button layout
COMPLETE Bluetooth
COMPLETE Softkeys
COMPLETE Sound
COMPLETE Accelerometer
COMPLETE LED (Confirmed in IRC)
COMPLETE Backlight (Confirmed in IRC)
90% Complete Wifi
Partially Compass (Bugs need to be worked out)
Partially CPU/GPU Acceleration (Both cores are enabled) (Video drivers need to be worked on)

What does not currently work:
Light Sensor Being able to run Twisted Metal 4, the second best PSX game ever made.

Whats currently being worked on:
Fake SD card Mount
Power Management (Needs to be adapted to a supported android interface, having trouble with sleep)
Camera (Has video feedback VIA overlay, can't capture to disk) (Work started 9/23)
Vibration (Needs to be adapted to a supported android interface)

Issues:
Sleep Issues for Wifi and Magnetometer
Airplane mode stays on once turned on, happens because the touchpad doesn't have a real radio interface layer.
Magnet (Touchstone Support) (Works and charges, but no event is raised to show you it's charging)

 

[Amerie]

I reported those posts as spam, since there were only those 2 posts linking to a rather dubious site.

Very excited to hear BT is working, sounds like we should hopefully have fully working CM on the Touchpad by the end of October (just my individual guess before anyone gets too excited)!

 

[RubberDucker]

From: Build Progress [Updated 9/25]

CyanogenMod

What currently works: COMPLETE
Booting into Android COMPLETE
ADB commands via ADB COMPLETE
Touchscreen support (Multi-touch, 10 fingers) COMPLETE
Power, back/home and volume button layout COMPLETE
Bluetooth COMPLETE
Softkeys COMPLETE
Sound COMPLETE
Accelerometer COMPLETE
LED (Confirmed in IRC) COMPLETE
Backlight (Confirmed in IRC) 90% Complete
Wifi Partially
Compass (Bugs need to be worked out) Partially
CPU/GPU Acceleration (Both cores are enabled) (Video drivers need to be worked on)

What does not currently work:
Light Sensor Being able to run Twisted Metal 4, the second best PSX game ever made.

Whats currently being worked on:
Fake SD card Mount
Power Management (Needs to be adapted to a supported android interface, having trouble with sleep)
Camera (Has video feedback VIA overlay, can't capture to disk) (Work started 9/23)
Vibration (Needs to be adapted to a supported android interface)

Issues: Sleep Issues for Wifi and Magnetometer Airplane mode stays on once turned on, happens because the touchpad doesn't have a real radio interface layer.
Magnet (Touchstone Support) (Works and charges, but no event is raised to show you it's charging)

Looking good! Might have it before Halloween!

 

[colchiro]

I was thinking... two weeks.

 

[colchiro]

from: Build Progress [Updated 9/26]

CyanogenMod

What currently works:
COMPLETE Booting into Android
COMPLETE ADB commands via ADB
COMPLETE Power, back/home and volume button layout
COMPLETE Bluetooth (Fixed 9/24)
COMPLETE Sound
COMPLETE Accelerometer
COMPLETE Vibration (Fixed 9/26)
COMPLETE LED (Confirmed in IRC)
COMPLETE Backlight (Confirmed in IRC)
COMPLETE Fake SD card Mount (Fixed 9/26)
COMPLETE Softkeys
COMPLETE (With Minor Bugs!) Touchscreen support (Multi-touch, 10 fingers)
90% Complete Wifi
Partially CPU/GPU Acceleration (Both cores are enabled) (Video drivers need to be worked on)
Partially Compass (Bugs need to be worked out)

What does not currently work:
Gyroscope

Whats currently being worked on:
Fast Switch Boot (Going from webos to android, and vice versa)
Light Sensor (Works in kernel, needs an interface written for android) Power Management (Needs to be adapted to a supported android interface, having trouble with sleep)
Camera (Has video feedback VIA overlay, can't capture to disk) (Work started 9/23)

Issues:
CPU stays on max frequency
Sleep Issues for Wifi and Magnetometer
No root access
Airplane mode stays on once turned on, happens because the touchpad doesn't have a real radio interface layer.
Touchstone works and charges, but no event is raised to show you it's charging
Plugging in headphones does not mute external speakers
Touchscreen has issues with pinch gestures
Touchscreen stays on at all times, even when screen is turned off

 

[Deleted User]

BTW, one of the primary reasons I bought a tablet - for sharing photos with family and friends - is seriously diminished by some HP programmer's ridiculous decision to allow photo sorting only by last modified date in the photo app.

You've gotta be kidding me. I sucked it up and bought SlideRSS from the WebOS market, which works somewhat but is not a photo viewing app and only works really if you want to see a whole slideshow, since you can't view a grid of photos and select one.

Go, Android, go!

 

[colchiro]

I haven't done an update for a few days....

From: Build Progress [Updated 9/30]

Fixed Issues
No root access (Fixed 9/30)

IRC Logs:
<@dalingrin> fwiw, i don't plan to wait until everything is perfect before we release <--
<@dalingrin> just want to shore up a few problems first

<@fattire> you can use wifi, but something called "combo scan" needs to be added to it to get it to rescan/reconnect if it drops.. also I think there may be some kernel issue w/it at the moment..

<@ciwrl> they are already focusing on delivery mechanisms (ease of install)
<@ciwrl> we'll be doing the dual boot as well

<@dalingrin> we have HP's kernel but unfortunately HP tries to do everything in userspace
<@dalingrin> many of the drivers were missing
<@dalingrin> and what drivers are there are for the wierd firmwares HP used
<@dalingrin> for example: our touchscreen has a very capable controller..literally top of the line
<@dalingrin> but HP uses a firmware that pretty much disables the controller
<@dalingrin> and they process in userspace instead
<@dalingrin> (on cpu)
<@dalingrin> many of these funky userspace drivers/libs cause slowdowns as well

 

[GAMESHARQ]

Thanks for the update.

I hope they can get the WiFi issue sorted out. Also, I don't know what userspace is, but it sounds like a real problem.

 

[colchiro]

Hmmm.... multiboot is finished now too.

I suspect they need stability like the battery warning fixed so it doesn't ruin batteries and an easy to install procedure that doesn't brick.

This is what they're working on, which with the exception of the camera, I would think need to be finished before release:

Fast Switch Boot (Going from webos to android, and vice versa)
Power Management (Needs to be adapted to a supported android interface, having trouble with sleep)
Camera (Has video feedback VIA overlay, can't capture to disk) (Work started 9/23)
Clockwork Recovery (Started 9/30)

 

[RubberDucker]

Very exciting! I think you might be right about two weeks....

 

[colchiro]

That seems do-able, right?

 

[colchiro]

Build Progress [Updated 9/30]

Geez, CWM Recovery and Multiboot are finished now.

 

[GAMESHARQ]

Are the items listed under the Issues section things that they are going to work on fixing?

 

[colchiro]

Yes, they'll eventually need fixing.

If you saw the issues list for the Nook Color, airplane mode and bluetooth would be listed there, along with sleep issues.

 

[colchiro]

An Android installation video has been released.

ACMEInstaller demonstration with dualboot capabilities - YouTube

At this rate, we could see a download available in two weeks.

 

[GAMESHARQ]

What apps is he referring to at around 5:36?

 

[colchiro]

Google apps (youtube, gmail, market, etc) is not bundled with CM7 and needs to be installed as well.

 

[GAMESHARQ]

Is he going to provide us with a tutorial on how to install those too?

 

[Deleted User]

They will be flashable through recovery, just like they are now.

 

[colchiro]

You won't have recovery until you do this first step, then they can be updated via recovery.

They'll have directions online (rootzwiki, probably) and I'll make sure we have directions here that a novice can follow.

 

[potsey2007]

Since this will be Android 2.3 (I think), will we be able to download the tablet apps, e.g. Facebook or Angry Birds HD (even though there is a webOS version), or will we be stuck with the phone versions stretched out?