Android on the HP Touchpad (Alpha Release)

http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/33227-alpha-cyanogenmod-7-for-the-hp-touchpad-v710-alpha-13-oct-2011/

by redfloatplane • 15 years ago

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joenathan3• 15 years ago

I'm running this on my TouchPad, it's a little rough around the edges but miles above WebOS in speed and usability.

Screenshot of my home screen http://i.minus.com/ix1hOWz4bdIsi.png

tdoggette• 15 years ago

Speed, maybe, but whenever I use my iPhone or Droid Incredible for web browsing and multitasking, I miss the WebOS app switching interface something terrible. It's the best handling of multitasking on a mobile device, period.

tiles3• 15 years ago

I can deal with having a less consistent, less beautiful interface than WebOS had, but I honestly find it very difficult to go back to Android/iOS's form of multitasking. Handling tabs in browsers makes no sense, I can't switch between applications quickly enough, and worse yet if I'm trying to copy information from one application to another (and copy/paste doesn't cut it).

I remember seeing a jailbroken iOS version with WebOS-style multitasking, that I'm going to have to look into once my Pre bites the dust.

joenathan3• 15 years ago

I agree WebOS task switching is second to none. Googles Ice Cream Sandwich release should go a long way to addressing the multitasking situation, team Cyanogen should be able to link the ICS task switcher to the "slide up" gesture, which should make for a much improved experience.

blinkingled2• 15 years ago

Using it for a day now - it is surprisingly smooth for an Alpha. Some rough cuts here and there but nothing bad at all.

The boot time is fast. Apps launch fast. GPU seems to be doing its job - no sluggishness. Google Apps install and work fine. Wifi hasn't dropped. Browser/Flash works as well as it does on any other Android phone.

Haven't tested battery life yet but for the few times I tested disconnected from power source for a hour or two it did not seem to drain abnormally.

If you install moboot - you can conveniently choose between recovery/webOS/CM7.

BUT the webOS UI has different richness and cohesiveness to it - it goes closer to Apple experience than Android. But on the other hand it is dog slow in loading apps.

Once ICS based CM port comes out - the $99 TouchPad will be the best thing I ever bought! Till then it's a great hacking machine.

angryasian2• 15 years ago

does sleep work on it ?

joenathan3• 15 years ago

Yes, but not perfectly, it has the occasional sleep of death, the power management isn't all there, and wifi my not come back on without turning the wifi off and then back on.

blinkingled2• 15 years ago

Don't think so - based on logcat and just how instantly it is there after pressing power button, only seems to turn off display.

jackson712• 15 years ago

Installed it on my 32GB Touchpad last night; here are my observations so far (YMMV).

Pros:

+ It's an alpha, but impressively stable. No more than a couple force quits all night. No random reboots.

+ It feels a world faster than webOS already.

+ Battery life isn't optimized, but wasn't horrible, either.

+ Touchstone worked for me; even had a chime when docked.

+ Many apps I restored to the device worked wonderfully.

+ Did I say apps? I'll say it again: Apps.

Cons:

+ Obviously, not all apps work perfectly.

+ Wi-Fi was flaky on 802.11n (5Ghz). Turning on and off a few times fixed it.

+ Market reported being offline when everything else on the unit was connecting fine. See above Wi-Fi fix.

+ Market is filtering many apps, but here's a fix: http://forums.precentral.net/other-tablets/303534-how-guide-...

+ Unexplained slowdowns from time to time. It's Alpha. It happens.

+ Will wipe your /media/internal directory for repartitioning. Back it up first.

Overall, I'm really impressed with the speed and result of the CM7 Team's effort although I find myself missing the multitasking/switching component of webOS (but not the slowness).

angryasian2• 15 years ago

webos user here. App switching, do you mean the card system ? I think its terrible in comparison to holding down the home button on any android. Hold down the home button and it shows you all the recent apps.

jackson712• 15 years ago

There's pros and cons to both systems; it's merely a preference of mine after having a mixture of both Android and webOS devices for a couple of years now.

xarien• 15 years ago

Just a note, if you have the sync turned on and own an android phone, it'll automatically grab the apps. This can be viewed as a pro or a con depending on the apps.

There's also an issue with the usb mounting when copying over large chunks of data. It'll randomly disconnect from time to time.

codeslush• 15 years ago

This was actually relatively painless! Got it installed in a matter of a few minutes, with the multi-boot option.

I downloaded a few apps and was happy to see Netflix work! Angry Birds too.

Facebook doesn't even show up from the market - not sure if other people are experiencing this or not. I assume the facebook app will not work on it, but strange that it doesn't even show up from market searches.

Would like to get swype on here somehow.

No problems with my wifi, at least not yet.

Very impressed!

EDIT: I see from a link lower down there is an update for the market apps not all showing. I'll install that later!

Android on the HP Touchpad (Alpha Release)

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