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I am no longer working on this project (see the 3/15 update below).

However cas_xp is already working on porting ICS/CM9 to the LePan TC970.

The XDA thread with all his work is here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1483954

(if anyone has a link to the thread specific to CM9 for the TC970, please let me know and I'll update the link above).

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This thread is about gathering and sharing info about the hardware, firmware, Linux kernel and modules for the Mitsunichi/Innocom 'Griffin' M6001 tablet, aka Le Pan TC970 in order to be able to port ICS/CM9 to it, if possible.

I'd like to keep this thread about 'low-level' hardware/kernel, i.e. please do not post questions about rooting this tablet (it has already been done, see here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1353951) or about problems with specific applications.

Since there are so many awesome developments in this thread, I decided to just put the interesting news and links here and move the historical info in the second post below.

Franco

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Update 3/15/2012

Last Sunday flying back home they had me check-in with the regular luggage my bag with the LePan 970 and when I turned it back on at home that night, it had a bunch of stripes of dead pixels on the screen; it is pretty much unusable now.

Also my wife gave me a new different tablet (which already runs ICS) for my birthday yesterday, so at this point I won't be working on the LePan TC970 anymore.

I just saw that the great cas_xp is already working and making good progress on a version of CM9/ICS for the LePan TC970 (see here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1483954 and here https://github.com/cas-xp/device_lepan_griffin) and I wish the best of luck in this project.

I had really fun working on this tablet with all the people here (chinabull, cas_xp, and everyone else of course) and I am already working on the new one.

See you later,

Franco

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Update 2/20/2012

I was finally able to compile all of CM9/ICS with specific files for the griffin/TC970 (no ROM yet).

All the details, how to get the files, and compile it on your PC are in the 'how-to' post ( http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22007753&postcount=113).

Please do try to compile it yourself, but don't try to run those files on your tablet.

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Update 2/7/2012

Big news!

cas_xp has released a beta version of Gingerbread/CM7 for the griffin/TC970. The thread with all the information is here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1483954

Awesome job cas_xp!!!

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Update 1/30/2012

I tried to put together an initial attempt of an 'how-to' docoment about trying to build CM9/ICS for the griffin/TC970 tablet (movie spoiler: no, I can't build/run ICS yet).

The link to the post is here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22007753&postcount=113

I also created a github repository with the device specific code and configuration files to port CM9/ICS to this tablet (it is all in the post).

Comments, contributions to the code and conf files in the repo are most welcome!

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Update 1/27/2012

cas_xp was able to get Gingerbread (CM7) running on the first time! (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21888312&postcount=93)!!!

Congratulations to cas_xp for this big success!

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Update 1/22/2012

I finally found the time to write the Innocomm firmware 'packer' (and a newer version of 'unpacker'), so we can create our own firmwares for the TC970/griffin.

Since I thought it is better if I keep this post just for the progress updates for this this thread, I just put the descriptions on what 'unpacker 'and 'packer' do and how to use them here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21707308&postcount=80.

Sometime I'll also clean up this post a little bit (and put all the historical information in the second post).

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Update 1/19/2012

chinabull has created a working ClockworkMod Recovery for the LePan TC970/griffin; his post with all the instructions is here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21563628&postcount=44.

Please read his whole post wuth all the instructions; please not that this is still a work in progress and that there are risks with your tablet involved with this installation; you may want to read all the posts after chinabull's to have an idea of the possible risks and workarounds.

Again my hat off to chinabull for this great achivement!

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Update 18/1/2012

More great news!

chinabull figured out a way to replace Innocomm recovery with an already existing ClockworkMod, sign the firmware with this new version and install it on his tablet.

This means that we should now the able to build our own firmwares for the TC970/griffin.

Many thanks to chinabull for his awesome achievement!

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You can find all the other information in the 'historical' log below.