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[General Questions and Answers] samsonslatebook:
The technician said that people who bought the tablet on hp store / fnac / carrefour received the tablet with the usb cable, on the other hand the tech guy didn't say clear informations about why people who bought it somewhere else didn't received it. If i don't receive the cable next week i will obviously call them again because my usb cable demand is written in their support files.

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[General Questions and Answers] kadett-k2:
Hi,

I installed apex launcher but how can I create folders in app drawer? There is missing menu button.Thanks a lot
[General Questions and Answers] mr.fast:
It doesn't sound correct :confused:
[General Questions and Answers] Daifex:
I think technician said not a truth, because I bought the tablet on HP store and no cable came with it. And more, no person has confirmed having got the cable.
[General Questions and Answers] samsonslatebook:
I don't know if he said the truth but the cable does exist. Go back at page 35 less or more, in this thread. Someone received it.

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[General Questions and Answers] GrievousMcG:
Any update on when you are going to receive your cable yet?
[General Questions and Answers] samsonslatebook:
I should got it this week. I'm going to wait untill Wednesday before i call them back.

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[General Questions and Answers] samsonslatebook:
It's a dead end. Support service cancelled my cable demand. I dont know how we could root this tablet ! Is HP allowed to do this? I'm starting to think that the leaked picture of the cable is a fake or someone from hp did it to troll us.

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[General Questions and Answers] bobiscool07:
Okay, so I will be reciving my new tablet soon. i went through the hardware, copared to what HP has posted on their site. And as i had mentioned eariler, this screen issues was related to hardware. Two things will be changed in this new model. 1 - 2gb DDR3 RAM replaced with 2gb DDR3L RAM (Which is lower power consumption, and less heat producing.) and 2 -, the display will be similar, but swaped out for an anti-glair one.
[General Questions and Answers] samsonslatebook:
Could you link what hp posted please? Does it mean we can all replace our tablet with this new one?

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[General Questions and Answers] bobiscool07:
No, this repacement is because I've had it sent for repairs several times, only for it to not be fixed (several months of going back and forth). Now they are giving me a replacement tablet, which they gave its specs for in an email to me. I just looked at the specs listend on HP's site for the Slatebook x2, and the onces in the email. Those were the differences I found.
[General Questions and Answers] samsonslatebook:
I switched to Asus tf701t. Good luck guys.

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[General Questions and Answers] aznmode:
I did the same then to note 10.1. No matter how much I loved the Slatebook, I couldn't stand not being able to back up or restore stuff to it. I can imagine when I upgrade to another device and I then would want to restore my HP stuff to my new tablet. I'll be SOL and will have to start over again with the new one. I can't risk it.
[General Questions and Answers] bobiscool07:
Lucky you. I wanted to return it, but I was past the 30 days mark. The New note pro 12.2 looks amazing. Unfortunatly i'm stuck with the slatebook x2. Hopfully these small changes will emlimitate the hardware flaws.
[General Questions and Answers] GrievousMcG:
I'll be interested to read what you think of your replacement.

To those guys who have ditched their Slatebook - sorry to see you go and thanks for your contribution. A couple of you have been instrumental on keeping this thread going but I understand that you like to have the freedom of tinkering with your devices. Such a pity that HP released this tablet without giving us the ability to root it as it does have a lot of potential for developers to play with it.

I guess all we can hope for now is HP to upgrade it to 4.4.2.

Moving on, I notice that HP in Australia has dropped the price of the 16GB Slatebook to $399 with free delivery (within the country I presume). I wonder if the Slatebook in other countries had the price reduced too?
[General Questions and Answers] bobiscool07:
This is the replacement tablet (image). The new screen certainly makes the colours pop, and have less of a washed up look. Both screens are on max brightness.

The new RAM doesn't change much. Mostly the same performance and battrey, and not a noticable amout of heat reduction.

Antutu benchmark on the old.one, after factory reset came upto 28 600 roughly. After installing all my apps on the new one, the benchmark came to 30 600 aprx.

On a side note, the tablet looks the same, cm for cm. However, I'm not sure if this is just because the tablet is new, but the built quality is better - it feels a lot more solid than the old tablet.
[General Questions and Answers] djashjones:
i just placed an order for the dell venue pro 11. They are doing upto £200 trade ins.

This will be my last HP device. They never care/listen to their customers.

does anyone what to buy a 2 month old slatebook cheap? :p
[General Questions and Answers] GrievousMcG:
Thanks for letting us know. Good to know that that the new RAM has increased the Antutu benchmark just a bit. Just hope it doesn't have a negative impact on the battery life.
[General Questions and Answers] mp035:
Debug Cble

I ordered a cable from HP, it is part number 728141-001 and is referred to as a "SPS-MICRO USB TO USB CABLE" which is kind of confusing because there is no micro-usb connector on it. It was rather expensive ($AUD 50).
[General Questions and Answers] GrievousMcG:
As a fellow Aussie, I'm curious to know if that thing works? And $50 for a cable?? Does that includes delivery? Seriously a rip off. But if it works, I'll bite.

Huh...so what do you know. According to the HP website, the cable is design to work with our Slatebook: http://h20141.www2.hp.com/Hpparts/p...9D4927FEA8E785C9F12&SearchCriteria=728141-001.
[General Questions and Answers] bobiscool07:
It says part unavaiable. Not sure if that is location based. Does not show up in Canada. Product is there, just not avaiable.
[General Questions and Answers] GrievousMcG:
It comes up on the Australian HP website. It just ask you to check for availability before you place the order.

I'll just try the chat line to see if it's available for delivery.

EDIT: I've asked on live chat about availability and this is what they say:

Also made a comment about the price and this is their response:

Meh, still expensive but I'll wait and see if others has any success with the cable and rooting the Slatebook before taking the plunge.
[General Questions and Answers] mp035:
Limited Success

UPDATE!! THIS CABLE ALLOWS DEBUGGING :) I had to add 0x03F0 to the adb_usb.ini file to get the device to be recognized by ADB. I CAN DEBUG!!!!!!!!! :) :) (I may be a little too excited.)

The cable allows me to use PTP and MTP when it is plugged directly into the tablet, but it does nothing when plugged into the base station with the tablet docked. USB debugging does not work. The device is reported correctly by lsusb, and the notification area on the slatebook says "usb debugging enabled" when I connect it, but adb reports:

me@ubuntu:~/bin$ ./adb devices
List of devices attached

me@ubuntu:~/bin$ ./adb usb
error: device not found
me@ubuntu:~/bin$
[General Questions and Answers] GrievousMcG:
Nice work, mate.

Please keep us updated with your progress.
[General Questions and Answers] blender3d:
That are great news!!! Is it possible for you, to measure the contacts and if there are resistors within the cable? Or may you resell it, once you are done with your usage?
[General Questions and Answers] groumfi:
Hum,

Same device as my Slate 8 Pro. Maybe you would have the opportunity to use the same method for rooting the device : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2573350
[General Questions and Answers] mp035:
I took a look at the process, unlocking the bootloader is easy on linux, but CWM for TF701T comes with a warning that it will not work with 4.3 so I am not game to try to install it. Don't want to brick my new toy.
[General Questions and Answers] groumfi:
On the slate 8 pro I didn't install CWM, just boot on it : fastboot -i 0x03F0 boot recovery.img

Once booted in recovery, I selected "reboot" and then CWM noticed that device was not rooted and offer to drop su into /system.

I'm not expert but this should not brick the device. Anyway, having also a slatebook X2, I will order the magic cable and give a try !

Keep you posted

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S.
[General Questions and Answers] mp035:
I gave it a shot. It stalls at "Booting downloaded image". I waited 5 minutes, and then long-pressed the power button to restart.
[General Questions and Answers] groumfi:
Got the same issue on the Slate 8. I had to restart the operation few time before it worked.

I ordered the cable (50 €) and should receive with 1-2 weeks. I will give a try as well

I'm pretty sure we're closed to have a rooted Slatebook x2 soon !
[General Questions and Answers] conan1600:
Just got ours in and it feels great to me. I love the way it looks and feels. The performance so far is excellent and I'm rather impressed with it. For an HP product I am well pleased. I benchmarked it and it surpasses any soc currently sold by large margins. I do not like that it has no auto bright feature and customizing the system tab is a pain. Going to need some theming. I am quite sure a root method can be done from SD or even USB. As its mostly stock android it runs smooth but of course not at CM 10.2 levels. All in all if your not going to root anyway this machine is awesome. If your going to root well help attract Dev attention to the product.
[General Questions and Answers] mixerabc:
Hp support website have data cable

h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c03790400&tmp_task=setupCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&jumpid=reg_r1002_usen_c-001_title_r0016&lc=en&product=5399974#N257
[General Questions and Answers] aznmode:
Nice catch. I see there is supposedly a usb to port connector so rooting via usb might still be possible.
[General Questions and Answers] jinnk:
just got mine..everything looks good..

but i am wondering why do we have the fn key? how can we use it??:confused:
[General Questions and Answers] aznmode:
If you look at the arrow keys theres also home, end, pg up, pg down. If you hold fn down you can activate those sub buttons.
[General Questions and Answers] aznmode:
I just realized how handy the placement of the volume and power button are when I'm using it without the dock. I can easily reach them with my index fingers without repositioning my hands :thumbup:
[General Questions and Answers] raptir:
That USB to dock connector is a great find. I think I will exchange rather than return my tablet for the bad backlight bleed and ask them about the availability of the connector.
[General Questions and Answers] scanline:
I called hp tech support and asked about the cable to connect the tablet to a PC and she said oh it must be missing and we will send it I got a sent a power cord
[General Questions and Answers] aznmode:
lol typical tech support. Maybe do a chat with them and send them the link to the cable.
[General Questions and Answers] mali_nay:
Battery and lag..

Dude thanks for letting me know about the gaming on it. Just tell me that NOVA 3 lagged a little? or it was as smooth as butter. Also if possible please send me the screenshot of the NOVA 3 gaming. As well tell me how long it battery actually works.
[General Questions and Answers] aznmode:
I'll see if I can record a video sometime today. Battery I haven't done any sort of test on it but it seems the dock battery runs out quite a bit faster. Its the first to run out while the tablet stays at full the whole time which is actually an advantage in case you want to undock you still have ample battery left on the tablet. But I'll see if I can monitor it better but you are probably better off getting that info on line whos done intrusive tests.
[General Questions and Answers] mali_nay:
Dude just tell me that can I separately charge the slate or it can be only charged with dock. Also am not asking for a video ( if you can make it that's great) , I am just asking you to take screenshot while gaming. Also tell me that did nova 3 lagged a little or with smooth.
[General Questions and Answers] aznmode:
lol how would a video not show a better idea for yourself if it lags? You seem very picky and a bit rude for someone requesting for information. Maybe ask someone else.
[General Questions and Answers] mali_nay:
Sorry dude, if you think am getting rude. All right am not now interested anymore to ask something from a guy who is thinking that am getting rude rather I am bit kind. Anyways dude sorry again.
[General Questions and Answers] Angus66:
I picked up one of these tablets today at Microcenter. While attempting to get it set up I found that the touch screen doesn't work. :mad:

I took it out of the dock and the touch screen still doesn't register any taps and/or swipes. Is there something I'm missing to turn the touch screen on? This is my 1st tablet with a keyboard...
[General Questions and Answers] toanau:
I notice the dock battery does drain kinda fast compare to the Asus transformer. I have all the transformer tablet series and I can't believe how silky smooth this devices is. Still debating weather to return or keep this device

Google Edition S4
[General Questions and Answers] aznmode:
It should work right away so you probably have a bad one. My first unit had a bad wifi but the replacement is perfect so far. How much is micro center selling it for? They usually sell tablets $50 cheaper.
[General Questions and Answers] Angus66:
Thanks for the reply. Micro center has them listed on their site for $499.99 but I got them to price match the HP site so it was $479.99.

They had six in stock at my local Micro center but no one at the store even knew they were there.

I guess I'll do an exchange for one of the five remaining tablets... :mad:
[General Questions and Answers] aznmode:
It does seem that way but then the Asus ones tries to balance both batteries so while the tablet battery is being used the dock battery isn't used until the tablet needs it again. Unless you're talking about when its idled then ya I noticed it drains faster like it's not really sleeping.

And totally agree how so much better this tablet is compared to my infinity and even the prime when I had that. Even better than nexus 10 that had UI lag but not as bad. Just waiting for that root and it will be a keeper. 18 days and counting....
[General Questions and Answers] atg284:
Really?! Which Micro Center did you go to?! The one by me had no idea what I was talking about. Also, did they have a display model out? I wonder if they will soon .....
[General Questions and Answers] GrievousMcG:
Well, the two gentlemen above us hope to unlock the bootloader soon. But cable that was required to connect it to the computer was elusive for a while until mp035 managed to track it down on the HP website not that long ago. Now that we know the cable exist and where to find it, its just a matter of time before someone successfully root it.

If you are any good at rooting tablets, feel free to order the part from HP and give it a go. Mind you, its expensive for a cable.
[General Questions and Answers] Defreak:
Just got myself one, will evaluate and het back to ye!
[General Questions and Answers] GrievousMcG:
Does anyone here have any troubles connecting their Slatebook with a bluetooth speaker? I'm trying to get it connect with the UE Boom so I can play music while I'm working but it won't pair. I've tried to pair this with a Jabra car speaker too but no deal. I'm having trouble connecting the Nexus 7 device with the above speakers too.

When you go to bluetooth in settings, it doesn't give you much options. It has no problems finding my phone and the phone doesn't have any problems finding the speakers!

Any advice is welcome.

EDIT: never mind, problem solved.
[General Questions and Answers] wkarlo:
Any news about root? Thinking of buying a cable, but without root possibility it is too expensive and not so necessary.
[General Questions and Answers] groumfi:
I received my cable today and apply the root procedure I used for HP Slate 8 described here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2573350

Outcome:

- adb list devices => successfully list the Slatebook x2

- adb reboot bootloader => works

- fastboot -i 0x03F0 oem unlock => unlocked

- fastboot -i 0x03F0 boot recovery.img => succesfully upload the CWM to the device but the tablet is stuck and displays "Booting downloaded image"

So, we have to find a CWM image that works for the Slatebook X2. The one I used is originally dedicated to Transformer 701 by Drgravy. It worked for HP Slate 8 but doesn't for our Slatebook x2

I will try various CWM and post results here
[General Questions and Answers] Popol640001:
Thank you very much for your repport :good:

Hope that you will find a solution. Did you succeed in rooting the tablet or are you trying to install a custom rom ?

Best regards
[General Questions and Answers] groumfi:
Rooted !

Hi,

It's rooted !

After bootloader unlock I gave a try to Cydia Impactor (http://www.cydiaimpactor.com/) using only the # drop SuperSU su to /system/xbin/su option

su was successfully pushed to the device

I've to say that I'm in 4.2.2 stock rom (never ran any OTA update)

Somebody in 4.3 with the cable should now give a try : unlock bootloader and then run Cydia

Cheers

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S.
[General Questions and Answers] kseise:
I am new to unlocking with adb, but I have a fully updated X2 and a cable. I want to root this. How exactly did you unlock the boot loader? Was it just using the commands you listed?
[General Questions and Answers] groumfi:
HP SlateBook x2 rooted

So, seems that you're running 4.3 and have the cable...

I used the method which worked for my HP Slate 8 here : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2573350

As a sum-up :

You have to have adb installed to your computer. This could be done by installing the full Android SDK or a light version from here : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42407269

Normally, the package should install the naked USB drivers. If this not the case have a look at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2386956 and download the naked USB drivers

Into your home directory (ie: C:\Users\<Username> you should find a .android directory. Check the adb_usb.ini file within this directory and ensure that content is 0x03F0

Then, enable USB debugging into the Developper options of Android parameters

Once done, connect to the PC with the dedicated cable, wait for a moment for adb drivers to install

Once installed, check that adb can detect the tablet with by entering adb devices at a command prompt on your PC

If it is detected, reboot in bootloader mode : adb reboot bootloader

Once in bootloader, unplug / plug again the tablet and wait for adb drivers to install. Then unlock the bootloader by issuing the following command at command prompt : fastboot -i 0x03F0 oem unlock. Warning this will reset your tablet and loose all your data

Once bootloader is unlocked, reboot your tablet and perform the initial android setup

Then, enable USB debugging again, download Cydia Impactor and give a try to the # drop SuperSU su to /system/xbin/su option. Some warning should be displayed on the tablet. Accept them

If Cydia Impactor doesn't report any error on your PC, tablet should be rooted. Quick way to test is to install "Super Utilisateur" or any SuperSU tool from the play store

Since mine is rooted, I've been able to install Trebuchet (the Cyanogenmod launcher) by a manual copy of Trebuchet.apk to /system/app

Hope this helps, cheers

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S.
[General Questions and Answers] Popol640001:
Congratulations for the root Groumfi :p

I'm planning to buy the HP cable, could you confirm that the reference is well 728141-001 ?

Could you please write a tutorial of all the rooting process ? It will be very usefull for all people (as me) that own the Slatebook X2 (you are too fast dude ! Big big thanks !). To my side, the tablet is on Android 4.3, so I will buy the cable and when I receive it I will give a try too :)

Best regards !
[General Questions and Answers] groumfi:
Yes, I confirm the reference

Regarding the procedure, little credit for me. See above some sum-up of what I did.
[General Questions and Answers] Popol640001:
Thank you so much :cool:

I just ordered the cable, hope to receive it soon. I will post here when I will be able to try the rooting story !
[General Questions and Answers] aznmode:
Congrats guys. I don't have the HP anymore but I'm glad it finally can be rooted. HP shot themselves in the foot for not making the cable available sooner as far as I'm concered.
[General Questions and Answers] kseise:
Thank you. Step 8 was what I wasn't sure about. I also have to back this up now. I will post back with my progress. Thank you for getting this rooted! I am dying to mount my linux server over sshfs.
[General Questions and Answers] aznmode:
Can you guys try "Folder Mount" app to see if it can store game or app data to SD card
[General Questions and Answers] mp035:
Tried impactor on 4.3, no joy. :(
[General Questions and Answers] groumfi:
According to this thread http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Androi...roid-since-4-3-slatebook-x2-16gb/td-p/3426315 lots of 4.3 users complained about a sound issue with 4.3

And therefore, HP is still providing the latest 4.2.2 image here : http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-124649-1
[General Questions and Answers] Popol640001:
Just downloading the 4.2.2 image from HP right now.

mp035, what is occuring when you try the method for the root on Android 4.3 system ?

Could you try another time to see if it works on 4.3. Or you have to reflash the Slatebook with 4.2.2 image and do again the operations (seems that a lot of users can't roll back to 4.2.2...).

Please let us know, best regards.
[General Questions and Answers] GrievousMcG:
Hey mate, I'm interested to see how you go with this. I'm looking forward to your updates.

To groumfi - great work mate! :good:

It's a pity that this wasn't achieved sooner (no thanks to HP for being slow with the cable) as we would have few more people keeping their slatebook.

I've also spread the word to the HP forum as well in case there are others there who will be interest in this development.
[General Questions and Answers] scanline:
Just ordered the cable on amazon http://www.amazon.com/HP-728141-001-MICRO-USB-CABLE/dp/B00G2FSUOK kinda pricey 42 + 12 shipping but I really want root anyone have problems downgrading to 4.2.2
[General Questions and Answers] roustabout:
Those on the 4.3 release who want to root that release should take a look at what's available for the Asus TF 701 (which is where I got the CWM image that boots the Slate 8.)

the 701 has been updated to 4.3 and the 4.3 recovery and root methods are worth investigating.

Also the folks on the Shield forum are very knowledgeable and I think the Tegra Note 7 has its own forum?

just remember that you want fasboot boot until you are SURE that the image can successfully boot your device.

Fastboot flash writes the file to your device, so it's much riskier.
[General Questions and Answers] groumfi:
I already gave a try to the method used for the HP Slate 8 using the Asus TF701 image. No joy.

On SlateBook x2, image is downloaded but tablet get stuck after displaying "Booting image"

Fastboot doesn't write the image to the device when using only the boot option (ie : fastboot boot recovery.img). So no risk to brick the device
[General Questions and Answers] mp035:
The tablet is detected, the app scrolls through some codes, and then says "signature bugs unavailable".
[General Questions and Answers] groumfi:
Yeah, actually, got the same error message when I tried it. Cydia is relying on some security flaw/bug of Android. Unfortunately, these have been fixed within 4.3