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[TouchPad Development] keyexpres:
xda devs please port hp touchpad with android os, i will donate 20$
[TouchPad Development] Apeman42:
Currently there is no development being done here... all development is being done at RootzWiki and then crossposted here afterwards.

http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?t=3327&page=3&p=69265&viewfull=1#post69265

If we can port that over, then you should be able to use any Android application that is pure Java (That doesn't use the NDK... so probably no intense games) on the Touchpad. We are probably going to incorporate this into the TouchDroid project after we get dual boot working... meaning you can run some Android apps when you are in webOS.
[TouchPad Development] Roto-rooter:
Yes and no.. it's being loosely discussed at the moment...

The Touchdroid team is preoccupied with trying to get a full Android port.

But i'd like to organize some developers to try and work on it as a separate project if at all possible so as not to overwhelm those guys...

Basically what I'm aiming for is an Alien Dalvik port.

Since it was made in Qt and Qt was able to be ported to WebOS this should be entirely possible...

Any knowledgeable volunteers?

I can set up communication channels and a page on my website to dedicate to the project if i can get a team that's as dedicated to making this happen as I am....
[TouchPad Development] Roto-rooter:
Apeman, we posted at almost the same time haha, what are you going by on rootzwiki? and is there a separate thread yet for the Alien Dalvik port? or is the Touchdroid team assuming the port into their overall project goals?

I'd like to talk to you more about this since it seems like a good alternative for those that wanna keep WebOS

Never Mind! just realized who you were haha.. if you want help working on the Dalvik port let me know I don't wanna intrude on your turf uninvited
[TouchPad Development] japer85:
man, been reading this thread for past 2 hours at work, and now in class, and still reading, waiting to see if there will be a team making android for the tablet, also waiting on the donation link for the android for HP TouchPad
[TouchPad Development] Padillla:
Look:

http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#touchdroid

http://twitter.com/#!/trsohmers

http://twitter.com/#!/HPTouchDroid

http://www.touch-droid.com/
[TouchPad Development] kdoodle:
I don't know if anyone mentioned it but Tegra 2 Honeycomb may be a problem right now but the Snapdragon Honeycomb will be out soon, The HTC Jetstream 1.5ghz DC Adreno 220 running HC. So when that comes out it could help the porting process

Not sure if they're similar, all I know is that they are clocked differently.
[TouchPad Development] sheep_duck:
wow, i bought one of the firesale units today off of barnes and noble, blindly hoping that android would be ported to it, and if not then i'd have a tablet that i wouldnt use too often. but now knowing that someone is working on it, i'm definitely stoked. should the project be completed, i'll definitely be donating.
[TouchPad Development] erick161:
curious as to that too. I'm currently overclocked to 1.5ghz stable on my TouchPad. They have a 1.72 GHz overclock on both cores as well, which is insane.
[TouchPad Development] curtisimo:
I've read from a couple different commenters on various sites that storage is fixed to whatever model you buy. There are no USB or SD slots.
[TouchPad Development] steak:
If You purchased from B&N

I just got an email this morning... from an order I placed last night. :mad:

"Despite our efforts, we were unable to fulfill some or all of the items in your order, as noted below. Your order contained a title(s) that is no longer scheduled for release. This may be because the item was discontinued or replaced by a newer version.

We have canceled this portion of your order and you will not be billed for it.

-HP Touchpad 16G WiFi 1.2GHz

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused and look forward to your next visit to Barnes & Noble. "

Crap!
[TouchPad Development] japer85:
unless ur getting an Apple product, some items, like the touchpad, ull never get ur hand on it
[TouchPad Development] jonhern:
I would wait for ICS before I put android on it, honeycomb is way too unstable. Was able to pickup a like new xoom for $350 a couple of months ago and loved it when it worked, but too often it would not with constant FC, had to start using a task killer again BC apps that fc would not open again without killing them, sometimes mulitple times. Got sick of it but luckily I decided to sell last week before this whole HP thing happened, sold it for $400. Now going to get 3 HP tabs for the same price I paid for the xoom. But I will not be putting honey comb on it, will give webos a try. Plus I believe it has more tablet apps than honeycomb. Saw a video of the WordPress app for webos and it looks 100times better than the android version. Hopefully HP does continue to support webos, and if not and someone ports ics over I will do that, but for now Google has lost me with their bug ridden tablet os that manufacturers have the audacity to charge premium prices for. And don't get me, HP was doing the same thing but at that price it is a steal and I will give the platform a try before putting another halfbaked os on it.
[TouchPad Development] drtechy:
Not sure why you have problems with honeycomb, its solid as a rock on my g-slate running 3.1. I did order the HP touchpad yesterday though at that price, just in case. I always loved webos though, really solid operating system, its a shame to see it go down the tubes like this.
[TouchPad Development] T0yman:
I ordered one this morning and I have a confirmation that it is coming.... dunno time will tell :)
[TouchPad Development] steak:
I did place a new order right after opening the email, I also have a couple at Kmart and another 2 at PCMall but I think most of the PCMall orders got cancelled as well. Like you said we'll see :D
[TouchPad Development] erick161:
it is solid, just lacking developer support. I would like simple things like internet radio apps, browser options, etc.

yup, its fixed. The only plugs are a micro USB for charging and a headphone jack. As long as you don't store movies or a ton of music, you'd never use even my 16gb, let alone 32gb. Hell I don't even think there's 16gbs of apps in their appstore lol
[TouchPad Development] jonhern:
I am not alone, almost all the reviews you read they will talk about the stability issues. And I had 3.2 on it. Often the settings would frezze the tab, that is just unacceptable. I love android but I am not a blind sheep like ios fanboys, I will call a dud out when I see and use it, and honeycomb is a dud, should be a beta release at best or be sold at a much lower price. So happy I did not pay full price for the xoom. Its funny how Google did not release the source bc they did not want to see it on phones and give android a bad name bc it would not work the right way, lol.honeycomb on a tablet gives android a bad name, Google should have waited to release it or put more resources in to releases stable os instead of rushing it out to beat the ipad 2 to market, much good that did them, ipad destroyed them.
[TouchPad Development] drtechy:
Sounds to me more like an issue with the Xoom than honeycomb. All the people I know that have used it on their g-slates (including myself) say its solid as a rock. In fact I can't really remember the last time I got a force close on it, except for when I try to force apps to work that I know aren't compatible with it yet. Don't blame honeycomb because Motorola didn't do their full development on the product before putting it out there.
[TouchPad Development] dooboo73:
Come on people. Lets not talk about whether your order got through or not. But talk about finding a way to run android app on TouchPad. Don't really need the who le android os but emulator to run apps on this device would be all of can ask for.
[TouchPad Development] slayaman22232:
I ordered at 2:57am est but i got this message (Unable to process order. Please call 1-877-379-0036, or 212-414-6024, if outside U.S.) anyone else get that and if they did do you think you will get it? Also my order status hasnt been updated since 7 am so i hope that it will go through.
[TouchPad Development] jonhern:
Maybe, idk, only used the xoom any significant amount of time, but it left a bad taste in my mouth and kept me from going out and trying another android tab. At this point going to use the touch pad and give windows 8 a try when it comes out next year. I did use the xoom alot,the tablet form factor is great for web browsing and the webos should fit my needs for that.
[TouchPad Development] __kozak__:
I saw some info on code aroura 's website mentioning support for its APQ8060 based dev board. check QAEP on codearoura website.

I am new to webOS and dont know if we can get a console/ can be rooted to get more peripheral info. If this is the case then we can move further in that direction.

BR

Kozak
[TouchPad Development] Jackalo:
I got the same response on my first order, so I immediately placed a second order and woke up this morning to it too being declined.
[TouchPad Development] SamWhite:
There is now a TouchPad development board, so this thread should be moved over there.
[TouchPad Development] Sincitybronze:
Sounds good. I just wanted to get something posted for people who were interested in discussing the development of the project. Thanks guys.
[TouchPad Development] timothydonohue:
because this isn't a development thread, but looks more like a 'current info' thread, it most definitely should NOT be moved to the development forum. development forums are for developers to post kernels, ROMs, etc. they are not designed for 'general info'. 'general info' belongs in the 'general' forum
[TouchPad Development] Sincitybronze:
Agreed. Thank you.
[TouchPad Development] cullinet:
Android for Touchpad

Bought mine from Amazon for $99 yesterday, hopefully it ships. Count me in for a donation if any developers are working on a port. I am sure there will be many more requests. Thanks
[TouchPad Development] JasonOT:
PLEASE someone port Android to run within webOS, similar to how Ubuntu is being run right now, or how Android was run on some older WinMo devices.

OR even better (and obviously a lot more involved, much more of a pipedream) develop a Dalvik VM for webOS (cough*Alien Dalvik*cough cough*QNX/BBOS App Player*cough).

webOS is too good to just trash. With access to Android's app library, it could be more useful than everything out there.
[TouchPad Development] callmeraymon:
port to webos

I think being able to open android apps within WebOS would be flippin' awesome. Card are so handy.
[TouchPad Development] bigsnack:
can qnx be any help here to get android software working on webos?
[TouchPad Development] Apeman42:
The Touchdroid team has all of this done, and available on the wiki which is currently down for maintenance... keep checking here http://touch-droid.com for more info, and click the big 'W' to go to the wiki
[TouchPad Development] Hammich:
Android

I would also donate for a android 3.x port for the touchpad :D
[TouchPad Development] Eat it iPhone:
Am I wrong in saying android 3.2 was made to support Qualcomm chips?
[TouchPad Development] phistyle:
you clearly do not know what's going on. The thing was they did not say they sent it back to HP already. They said they were GOING TO send it back to HP meaning sending it back later. I'm pretty sure Best Buy was waiting on confirmation from HP to see if they would be reimbursed instead of selling the touchpad at a loss since they had the majority of all touchpads. HP probably didn't want to waste even more money from best buy sending the touchpad backs to them so they gave them the go ahead to sell it.
[TouchPad Development] benrees21:
Sorry if this is wrong of me posting this here. Ok got a touchpad coming in a day or 2. Just want some info. I hear there is an update for it, so how do you update it? Is it as easy as going to software update>check for update? Also I hear about applying patches and overclocking to make it run silky smooth so how do I go about that? Thanks for your help, I'm only experienced with Android lol.

Sent from my Nexus S running NSCollab ROM and Netarchy 1.3.4 CFS Kernel
[TouchPad Development] lynyrd65:
That and it was also made to support smaller 7"ish tablets.
[TouchPad Development] Jotokun:
Yep. Open the app drawer, hit settings, hit System Updates.

As for making it run smoother...

1) put your device in developer mode (click on the Just Type bar and enter without quotes "upupdowndownleftrightleftrightbastart", click the icon and slide to on)

2) Download webOS QUick Install from here:

http://forums.precentral.net/canuck-coding/274461-webos-quick-install-v4-2-3-a.html

3)Plug in touchpad, use the app from step 2 to install Preware on the device.

4)Install the patches posted by codecrumb in this thread using preware:

http://forums.precentral.net/hp-touchpad/287848-my-hp-touchpad-seems-running-so-fast-2.html

5) Optionally, install Uberkernel and Govnah and overclock to 1.5ghz.
[TouchPad Development] Kameo:
@benrees21:

Check this thread mate, it'll help you.

http://forums.precentral.net/hp-touchpad/293028-new-touchpad-heres-your-get-started-guide.html

Edit : was late ^^
[TouchPad Development] mapleleafs89:
Woo, Im 70th next customer to have theirs shipped from HP canada according to the online order tracker. Will ship tomorrow, cant wait to get android on it :)
[TouchPad Development] thieflord:
Qualcomm has android on the touchpad!

http://www.androidcentral.com/and-winner-1500-bounty-android-touchpad-qualcomm

proof that qualcomm has android 2.2 on the touchpad up and running! A bit strange though that they would get into this..
[TouchPad Development] Darmokk:
b&N sent me an email stating BOTH of the touchpads I ordered weren't coming....bummer dude :confused:

anyone know where some are available by chance lol?
[TouchPad Development] dan-fish:
didn't see that one coming
[TouchPad Development] overthinkingme:
This is amazing news
[TouchPad Development] hardik1us:
Hope we will get it soon...... :)
[TouchPad Development] d557charger:
I work for bb and I worked Saturday night. When I came in everyone was talking about the HP Touchpad being flamed, then we were told they would be sent back to HP for reimbersement (so probably BB hoped that would happen), then after we closed we got the call to sell them, so the management didn't know is what most likely happened. I was thinking all night "should've gotten one when they were just $499.. damn" and then they were $149... even my manager excitedly bought one because he wasn't sure if he would be allowed to buy one the next day, so... I really don't think bb was trying to screw anyone, they were just trying to get their investment back from HP first. Plus selling these at all now is a liability. Regardless of cost people are gonna complain 6 months from now when they have no updates or a speaker blows... and how is bb gonna help them? I wouldn't have sold them at all if I were in charge. This is a physical chain store where people will come back on you.
[TouchPad Development] linkinpark4175:
Someone tell him how to dump the rom!
[TouchPad Development] kevina90:
well that was.... unexpected....
[TouchPad Development] btate0121:
Ok... Any android is better than no android and I hate to sound picky... But any hope for honeycomb?
[TouchPad Development] overthinkingme:
No hope for honeycomb, source for it won't be released. Ice cream sandwich will be the thing to hope for.
[TouchPad Development] btate0121:
Oooooh, that's right. Totally forgot about that, thanks! Ice cream and gingerbread it is then.
[TouchPad Development] sysu3peat:
Apparently it is a fake....http://androidandme.com/2011/08/news/video-android-2-2-running-on-an-hp-touchpad/

It seems fairly fishy as the poster of the video stated that "A coworker ordered his HP Touchpad for $99 from bestbuy, this is the 32g, when he got it, it came with android already on it, I just ordered mine, so if anyone knows how android go on it, please let me know."

But i do hope it is true...
[TouchPad Development] absolutechaos92:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmpmlOpvoC0&feature=player_embedded#!

A coworker ordered his HP Touchpad for $99 from bestbuy, this is the 32g, when he got it, it came with android already on it, I just ordered mine, so if anyone knows how android go on it, please let me know.
[TouchPad Development] dastin1015:
There has been one instance of Android being ported to a WebOS device. The device being the Palm Pre. It is a dual-boot of WebOS and Android, albeit nothing really works except WiFi (occasionally), touchscreen and UI. It can be found here: http://forums.precentral.net/other-handhelds/278450-android-pre.html

Now it may be possible to follow the procedures they took to get Android booting and make it for the Touchpad. I've ported for Android before, but never to a non-Android device so the procedure is going to be completely different.

In the meantime here is root: http://www.fzservers.com/touchdroid/index.php?title=How_to_root
[TouchPad Development] keatre:
It's either a "movie" being played or that backstory is bs to protect innocent parties.

I seriously doubt there'd be another "new iPhone lost in public" story with the 1 HP TP that had Android on it...

Although -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXMl0XISYnY&feature=youtu.be
[TouchPad Development] cityengineers:
USB port on TouchPad

After successful porting of Android OS to touchpad, can the micro USB port that it has be used to connect external flash drive or 3G dongle etc. ?

Sent from my "Samsung Fit".
[TouchPad Development] Nburnes:
Who knows? That's so far ahead at this time that it is way to early to say....
[TouchPad Development] tikblang:
Were you able get everything?

Thanks,

Pabili Isa
[TouchPad Development] stefan.buddle:
Best to ask question in General, till we get a Q&A section
[TouchPad Development] scifan:
IF that's real, you/he can dump it without damaging it...
[TouchPad Development] bendystrawboy:
this is your first post... You want me to get my delorean up to 88mph at this hour of the night?
[TouchPad Development] scifan:
$99 for a device that's been going for $149... and "ubuntu loading" ... what? wait...

And the boot screen could be altered... but it wasn't on long enough... android doesn't boot THAT fast... and why 2.2.1... instead of 2.3.3 or even 2.2.2... 2.3.3 is the default dev sdk package now... (or it was last time I tried cross-compiling it for my phone...)
[TouchPad Development] Anaminus:
Porting would be near impossible I say.
[TouchPad Development] ChrisDownunder:
To those putting Android on the TouchPad

Another project would be to develop an emulator that would run Android apps from within the webOS environment -- ie virtually as occurs with RIM's Playbook. People would then have the best of both worlds. They would be able to keep webOS but fire up Andriod apps too.

People could then choose whether to ditch webOS entirely for Honeycomb or add Android emulation to their existing Touchpad environment.
[TouchPad Development] superNES64:
It could be that they are running an android virtual machine within ubuntu (kinda like what Amazon does when it lets you try out apps on its app store)
[TouchPad Development] fubunics:
Time for us to all move along then, just wait until the team of developers sees this, they'll surely be kicking themselves for wasting their time. :o
[TouchPad Development] phrenicthenub:
I'm curious as to whether there'll be future options for the microusb slot..what I would love is a card reader option (like the ipad) so I could slot in an SD card to load photos.
[TouchPad Development] benrees21:
Thank you very much. Do I install webOS quick install on my pc or touchpad?

EDIT: Nevermind I see how this works. Thanks.

Sent from my Nexus S running NSCollab ROM and Netarchy 1.3.4 CFS Kernel
[TouchPad Development] benrees21:
Thanks. Very informative.

Sent from my Nexus S running NSCollab ROM and Netarchy 1.3.4 CFS Kernel
[TouchPad Development] scifan:
That's a possibility.
[TouchPad Development] jmhalder:
The android version that its running is irrelevant, companies and groups lock onto 1 platform, and normally don't update to each new branch available... as it will break things, they would literally never finish testing/QC if they always ran the newest version.

btw, the current versions is 2.3.5, I know that the CM team uses the most current branch, but its not important for them to NEVER have any bugs, since it isn't something that's going to ship with a product.

It's most possible that it either is a video of x86 android running, or android in qemu, either @ 1024x768...

OR.... its a bogus backstory, and it's legit, honestly, a android port is trivial, especially for a company like Qualcomm.
[TouchPad Development] Samzebian:
I think this is definitely possible. Remember when the CR-48 (chrome notebook tests) were out, people were trying to port windows on it, and some guy got one running a chinese build of windows from a test unit? He was able to dump the boot rom or bios or what ever it was, and we were able to run Windows on our cr-48s!

Hopefully it's the same for the touchpads, I wanna run android on mine too!
[TouchPad Development] troyftw:
I work for Best Buy Mobile. Early saturday we were asked to box up and create a transfer shipment for all HP touchpads and accessories. It wasnt til almost closing time that we got the email saying that we could sell them only if the shipments weren't already created. The stores who say they already sent them back most likely have already made the transfers in which case were instructed not to sell them.
[TouchPad Development] benrees21:
Android will happen on this baby, I have faith in the devs. Untill I actually get mine and play with webOS, I don't know whether I would install Android on it. I'll probably have a play around and think ok Android is a good idea lol.

Sent from my Nexus S running NSCollab ROM and Netarchy 1.3.4 CFS Kernel
[TouchPad Development] Dark lord me:
Remember the person who got a transformer and it had Froyo on it.

It makes sense they need to make sure the hardware works and if they don't have the OS ready they need to test it with another one
[TouchPad Development] mythamp:
Huh...gotta wait till wednesday to start tinkering with my $99 gadget :)

I love the idea of the emulator - I think that would be a fantastic solution if its possible to implement! instantly increasing the longevity of the device.
[TouchPad Development] mblakev:
Android Port from hp smartbook...

I've seen this a few times through the forum, the hp smartbook that ran android. It has a snapdragon processsor as well. video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUlciEp3Hb0&feature=related

Wouldn't this be an easy port?
[TouchPad Development] chessmaster W/nook:
Some guy over at touchdroid says he has Android on it out of the box.

Sent from my CM7 Nook Color @1200mhz
[TouchPad Development] nocode99:
Yep and I've seen pigs fly.
[TouchPad Development] nocode99:
If the continuation of webOS development stays, I'd love to see a dual-boot option of webOS and Android!!!
[TouchPad Development] RealLordK1:
Oh Yeah !

Come on Devs, get the money, and all my thanks !
[TouchPad Development] chessmaster W/nook:
No, really... http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?t=3327&page=4&p=72150&viewfull=1#post72150
[TouchPad Development] kenny_dd:
I have my unit in Germany, Munich, in a market SATURN bought. (Large electronics market) And the seller said he had sold 2 or 3 devices with Android. This should have been at work on the device. The devices are said to have all 32 GB models.

Translate whit Google
[TouchPad Development] pukemon:
really? you had to link to it? will you buy all my enquirers? there are some really good articles worth reading, so much so you should buy my collection. really.
[TouchPad Development] chessmaster W/nook:
I'm not sure how smart that other guy was, so I thought I'd be helpful and link to it.
[TouchPad Development] EroThraX:
It's not the only one being posted online, someone else has different photos of a touchpad running android with the same kernel and build numbers.

http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?t=3327&page=4&p=72150&viewfull=1#post72150