[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RolandDeschain79:
Troubleshooting

Problem: YouTube videos appear broken and blurry

The solution: The blurry broken playback issue is solved by changing the default video quality from the minimum to maximum 1080p setting and then repeating as needed.

Step by step: Tap the screen to pause the video. Click on the 3 dots in the upper right corner. Select "Quality" and set it to "1080p". You will have to switch the video quality back and forth if the problem persists.

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Problem: YouTube keeps crashing to the Homescreen

The solution: Reducing background app usage and activity will help to keep this from happening. Playing videos gradually eats up all the available memory and results in crashing. Setting up a task manager app can help to reduce the frequency but won't entirely fix the issue.

Advanced Task Manager here

Note: From the 3 dots menu/settings/ select, Screen off kill, Regular kill, stat up kill and then disable auto kill notice. You can whitelist apps to kill by unchecking them in the menu.

Problem: My AOSP Keyboard keeps crashing at start

The solution: Download and install an apk for the Google Keyboard here

Problem: Help I'm missing Super User/Root Access

The solution:

To enable Super User/Root access download and flash this SuperSU zip here.

Note: Root is available by default on most roms such as Lineage11 but missing from Oreo 8.1 DU.

-To get root with Oreo 8.1 DU you must also flash Sumashs SKZ custom Kernel here

-You will need to reflash both of these zips each time you update your rom.

How do I overclock my HP TouchPad?

-Us the Kernel Adiutor (ROOT) app here to overclock your CPU/GPU.

-In order to overclock the Touchpad you must have root access.

My HP TouchPad won't turn on is it bricked?

-If your battery has been fully drained, then you may need to leave it charging for a full day

-When the battery is fully drained it can take the TouchPad a long time to reach even the lowest battery level

-The USB cable does not transfer enough power to effectively charge the tablet

-You must use the wall plug when charging the HP TouchPad

-After charging the HP TouchPad try the following key combinations

key combinations to turn the HP TouchPad off or on when not responding:

-Hold down the Power and Home buttons together for 30sec

-Hold down the Power button and click the Home key 14 times

-hold down, home + power + volume down for 30+ seconds

I've tried everything and the tablet won't turn on?

-If the tablet does not turn on after the previous steps it may be bricked or have a dead battery(white battery symbol with ? in the middle).

-If bricked you can run JCSullins TPDebrick procedure to revive your tablet, links below:

TPDebrick v004 Jcsullins dedicated TPDebrick thread(Rootzwiki)

TPDebrick v004 Jcsullins TPDebrick thread(XDA)

Download Jcsullins tpdebrick v004 and v005

-Here is an instructional video made by Joshsnice. It's a little hard to follow and has three parts but with this and the forum threads, you should have enough info to get through the procedure.

Note: Run the 32bit version of Linux

How do I replace the HP TouchPads battery?

-Replacing the battery is not an easy procedure and you'll have to find a replacement battery on eBay/Amazon

-HP TouchPad Battery Replacement guide from iFixit here

-HP TouchPad battery replacement disassembly video here

How can I check my battery drain and performance to compare with your guide?

-Test your Battery drain with the 3C battery manager here

-Benchmark your HP TuochPad with PassMark Performance Test here

How can I check my current Android version and System Partition size?

-Get the free Quick System Info pro app to check the size of your partitions and remaining free space here

-Check your version of Android by going to settings/About Tablet/Android Version.

How can I check my MD5 in Windows?

-Download and extract the free Hasher program here

-Run the Hasher.exe, browse to the file you want to check and push the "Calculate" button.

-Compare the MD5 result with the MD5 of the file in question, if it doesn't match exactly redownload the file.

How do I make a Nandroid backup?

I highly recommend you make a Nandroid backup after installing and setting up Android on your HP TouchPad. This perfectly preserves your current configuration and can easily be restored through TWRP, CWM, Philz CWM Recovery.

How to make a backup and flash roms from TWRP recovery Video

Note: skip the part about Goo as it no longer exists

Problem:

Help I can't steam video with apps like Netfix, Amazon, MagineTv, Waipu TV and many others.

The solution:

Checkout Widevine's streaming fix in his thread here. Download his android 7.1.1 widevine.zip or Android 4.4.4 widevine.zip file and flash it TWRP recovery.

Can't mount USB drive with CM11 and Windows 7

-Plug the HP TouchPad into your PC with the USB cable

-Go into Device manager. You will see "MTP USB Device" under portable devices.

-Right Click it and select update driver software

-Select Browse my computer for driver software

-Select Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer

-Select USB Mass Storage Device then click next to install the driver