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[TouchPad General] HP_TOUCHPAD:
The attached screenshots shows how the HP Touchpad is recognized under Windows 10 with no drivers install and there is no need to install any drivers to use it on a virtual machine.

To properly connect it:

1. Run VirtualBox virtual machine using the ISO

2. Wait until it boots into the Linux Desktop and finished the configuration of the system.

3. Turn on HP Touchpad and boot it into WebOS Recovery Mode.

( a quick shortcut, with the Tablet completely off, hold the volume key down ( closer to power button ) and connect to PC, the USB Symbol will show ( Recovery Mode )

4. The Tablet will be connected to the Windows 10 ( host ) as Palm, then go to virtual box and connect it to the virtual machine.

The HP Touchpad must be connected using the original USB cable or similar microUSB that supports DATA transfer. The best is to use another microUSB cable from another Android device that has been able to transfer DATA to PC.

I have not tested a camera microUSB cable with the Tablet and do not know if it can work.

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[TouchPad General] bighark:
thank you for the quick response.

I tried it quickly this morning and after playing around with the settings on the TP (checking and un-checking the MTP box etc.), my pc finally recognized the TP. i.e. I was able to see it in file explorer and look around the folders.

once the TP is recovery mode, i plugged it in to the PC and when clicking the Toolbox it would not connect initially (no device was found). However I could see it in VM > Devices > USB > palm bootie (or bootie palm?). Once i clicked that it said it detected the HP Touchpad and asked if i wanted to mount it. I clicked yes and after that i was able to click ToolBox! so i think I am in the right path now...

small note - One thing that is different is that in device manager it didnt show in 'Other Devices > Palm', but as 'Portable Devices > MTP USB Device' (strangely, when hooked up to my work laptop it recognize the device as TouchPad in device manager)? not sure if this step was necessary but it seemed to worked for me.

Looking forward to do a complete wipe and install of Evervolv 9 onto my TP this evening. It is currently running Android 4.4.4 (CM). my TP has been sitting in my drawer for the past year or 2 as it was running like a bag of spanners after the rom update. I didn't have the energy to fix it so i gave up on it (Nothing seemed to work and it was very buggy). but with all the new tools and advancement in development I am hoping it will bring new life into my TP! thank you once again!
[TouchPad General] HP_TOUCHPAD:
Take a look at this guide:

https://xdaforums.com/t/hp-touchpad-optimize-for-all-android-roms-with-swap-partition.3901773/

Note: The ToolBox can not be use to flash ( install ) any Android ROMs, it is lock to only allow to flash an specific Recovery and Android ROM.
[TouchPad General] bighark:
oh boy - done and the TP is running on Evervolv 9 (running at 1836 Hz)! million miles better than 4.4.4 (i am 99% sure i probably just installed kitkat wrong in the first place).

Process was not too bad in the end, just had to sit down and take my time, and it is relatively easy.

to answer you question - the MTP box i was messing around with was in the TP (settings > storage > then click the 3 dots on the top right corner and choose the 'USB storage...... ' (sorry cant recall what it was now). Note that this was in KitKat (i dont see this option in Evervolv 9).

FYI - youtube fired up and played in 720p on 1st boot, which is awesome!

Thanks again for the hard work and effort in keeping the HP touchpad alive and kicking!
[TouchPad General] HP_TOUCHPAD:
Great to know that all is working for you, it is very easy. Select the zip file and flash, all is automatically done, it can not be easier.

The HpTp_Max kernel is optimized for streaming the tablet can easily play 1080 HD.

It is not necessary to use google Open gapps ( play store ), there are other replacements for example:

https://newpipe.net/

https://www.bromite.org/

Those apps can be install by just flashing the ROM, making the tablet faster and set up to play videos and Web Browser.
[TouchPad General] DoubleStuff:
Hi Smithy, you have been asking good questions and even HPTP has acknowledged as much that fierce debate is good for learning, so please stay on these boards and offer good fierce debate.

Now about your question, I have got the Linux Live ISO working on my HP Elitebook with the Virtual Machine, but it wont work on my Dell Latitude e6500, both are windows 10 builds, because of an VT-X error I will post below in a picture. So for my Dell I will try maybe the USB method, I will try to figure it out this week. In both laptops I went on the BIOS and enabled the VT-X, but the VM only works with my HP Elitebook, this is not a fault of HPTP's ISO file, its the VM player issue.
[TouchPad General] HP_TOUCHPAD:
I will give my final reply as I did last time when the same issue occurred.

I think out of the BOX and those that like to be contained inside six WALLS will see me as a threat, but I only want to set them free.

For more user XDA USER DRAMA entertain yourself reading the following post!

https://xdaforums.com/hp-touchpad/general/hp-touchpad-optimize-android-swap-t3901773/page16

Starting on post: 155

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=79404093&postcount=155

Ending on post 160

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=79404461&postcount=160
[TouchPad General] DoubleStuff:
Hello HP_TOUCHPAD,

I have a question about your C:/Boot method using your ISO file with a VM player. It pretty much says if your /boot is damaged you can run this method. The screen says, "Use Create Boot and keep all System and User Data". Notice it says keeping all system and user data, and create a new /boot. See pic below. It does not say anything about keeping the media partition.

So lets say I am in KitKat and I induce the "Bermuda Triangle" by going into Rom Toolbox and deleting random files from the /boot. So I have the "Bermuda Triangle" error on screen. So will this method then repair /boot will all the correct files?, and I should then be able to boot into my KitKat without flashing any further files?
[TouchPad General] HP_TOUCHPAD:
Create_Boot will recreate all the files and flash TWRP 3.2.1, same as Wipe_All does, but not modifying the Android partitions ( system and data )

The / boot partition will be brand new with no Android boot files. The user then use the HpTp_Universal flash file according to the ROM already install.

That is explained in the Yellow left side area of the screen. There is not much space to describe everything on that area.

Everything stills the same as before. This can also be done to a Tablet with WebOS only or hybrid WebOS and Android. But since this is an specific Repair for Android Only.

Try it out, have fun delete everything in /boot ( format it using TWRP ). Once you are in the " Bermuda Triangle" drinking your favorite RUM drink on a clear beach, click on Create Boot and you will be back into Reality!

Flash the version of HpTp for the ROM and back to work!
[TouchPad General] HP_TOUCHPAD:
Is impossible to know what could it be without having the PC on hand. You will think that if the processor has the virtualization technology it will be enable by default by the PC manufacture, but is not. It comes disable by default, I do not know why such an important features is disabled. If is enable in Bios, is not VM Player but Windows Home Version.

I did a quick search, take a look:

https://www.dell.com/community/Laptops-General-Read-Only/VT-X-enabling/td-p/5132096

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-performance/problems-with-vt-x-in-windows-10/0c6b475a-a029-4c97-ab03-c885a17425fa

To make the USB take less time than setting up the Virtual Machine. With the proper software, listed on this page use an old 500 MB USB flash drive or any other size.

The ISO is only 355 MB to copy to the USB drive. Go to the Bios of the PC and make sure that USB is selected as a boot option, but it should be enable anyways.

Once the USB or CD is made it can be use on any Computer with no modification at all to the PC.
[TouchPad General] DoubleStuff:
I should have been more clear, I see how you misunderstood what I meant, I should have said I delete files in /boot with an app called "ROM Toolbox lite" ( not the same as TP Toolbox ) I will post pic below. Its a very nice app you can install on the Touchpad, it has a Root Classic Browser which I use to delete files, or you can use its Terminal Window and cd /boot and use rm to delete files.

Otherwise you gave me the answer I was looking for, I should have read the yellow screen on the left side.

Your answer of "The / boot partition will be brand new with no Android boot files. The user then use the HpTp_Universal flash file according to the ROM already install." That is what I was missing, because I did notice after running the C: /BOOT fix, my moboot menu did not have the Android Boot.
[TouchPad General] HP_TOUCHPAD:
There is not much space on the Wallpaper ( background ) to have all the details. The minimum screen resolution on some computers could be as low as 640x480 or default to 800x600. The layout is design for 1024x768 ( same as Tablet).

The advantage of having the HpTp_Universal for each ROM is that will make it easier to just flash that file if any issues, for example a damage /boot or a failed backup.

Other wise the boot.img must be extracted on a PC from the ROM zip file, rename it to uImage.Android copy to tablet and use TWRP file manager to copy it to /boot.

Also the USB can be made directly in the HP Touchpad Novacom Repair Android.

Once is running in the Virtual Machine, connect the USB drive you want to copy it to and connected to the Guest ( Novacom Repair )

Go to Application -- Setup --->> BootFlash install Puppy to USB

Download the ISO using the browser and follow the on screen instructions.
[TouchPad General] HP_TOUCHPAD:
The guide was updated to use UNetbootin to make the Live USB.

Using this program allows for the USB drive to also be use for data storage, just create a folder or directory where all the data will be copy.

The FAT32 file system format makes it compatible with all Operating System.

Basically this set up can be use as

" The Portable HP Touchpad Master Data OS"

Create a Folder example:

HPTP_DATA

All ROMS, HpTp settings files, Google Apps, backups from TWRP ( everything the user uses on the Tablet )

Plug the USB drive to any Computer anywhere and have everything as if it was on your original PC.
[TouchPad General] DoubleStuff:
Hello HP_TOUCHPAD, I don't expect you to solve this issue, because you don't have this PC on hand, but I do want to document it, in case future users run into the same issue.

Using the above "BootFlash/Browser" method on my HP Elitebook Window 10, I had a blank USB drive and using the browser on Linux I downloaded the ISO to my USB. Then I placed it in the port of my DELL latitude E6500 Windows 10 machine and at boot received the following error ( see pic ), I tried to boot it on my HP Elitebook and it just don't boot. I am going to try this method again before I try the new "UNetbootin" method you posted earlier today.
[TouchPad General] HP_TOUCHPAD:
Try the UNetbootin program, there is nothing to install, is a self contain or portable .exe (executable)

Once is done, connected to the PC and it will boot, the only thing, which is cosmetic. The background splash image will not be display only a text menu. The vesamenu, need it to be updated. I fix that already on my side.
[TouchPad General] DoubleStuff:
OK I will try that method when I get the USB drive that I used for the previous method fixed.

Something happened to the USB thumb drive, and now it does not show up on the computer as a drive when I plug it in. You might ask me why did I use a 14 GB disk for a 355 MB ISO file. Well looking back maybe it was not the smartest thing to do, but it was my only clean USB I had around the house. As you can see by my pics, it shows up in Computer Management tool, and it appears empty, but when I try to format it, I get the error in pic, and if I try to use Command Window Admin and use the tool DISKPART, it gives me an error when I try to "clean" it.....like Smithylovestouchpad might say "now all I got is a 14GB USB paperweight!!!" :highfive: LOL
[TouchPad General] HP_TOUCHPAD:
The USB drive is perfect nothing is wrong, is working as it should, a CD !

That is the reason windows can not format it and why I posted the process of using the UNetbootin, it will not create the ISO file as a CD format on the USB drive.

It can easily be fix, run VM Player and boot the HP Touchpad Novacom Repair Android.

Connect the USB so that it will show, just like the Tablet.

Go to Applications --->> System --->>GParted partition Manager

Select sdb USB Flash drive

On the Gparted Menu select Device --->> Create Partition Table, it will be automatically selected msdos, if not select and apply, then formatted to fat32. Now on the VM player menu disconnect USB drive and connect to Host ( Windows 10 ) Now windows see the USB drive and follow the onscreen instructions for UNetbootin.
[TouchPad General] DoubleStuff:
Hello HP_TOUCHPAD, I finally got to fixing the USB drive, I followed your instruction steps to fix it and now it shows up on my Windows machine at G: drive. So I will post my pics below for future users, and sometime this week I will get to do the UNetbootin instructions. I am looking forward to learning, see for me this Touchpad is a "toy" and instead of watching videos or playing podcasts I am playing with the "toy" but learning about Linux and Live USB's. its all relative.
[TouchPad General] DoubleStuff:
This is a great idea, because there are people at work with TOUCHPAD's still in WebOS and they think its bricked, but when I come along with the "magic USB drive" I will show them that the tablet is not bricked, and I will fix it right on their PC before their very eyes. This is definitely an idea that is outside of the six walls of a a box, and it will set some people at work "free" to have Android, with just a USB and a plug and click.
[TouchPad General] HP_TOUCHPAD:
Yes the Tablet is the perfect toy, Android is based on Linux. To really play with the Tablet the most important is to use a Linux OS, it makes everything easier as is the native language of Android.

The real fun will begin soon when I finish the Universal Authority guide. Take control of all the ROM and finding out the hidden secrets of Android.

All the settings will happen in Android, doing a backup and restore will fix anything that was that desire at the end is a Toy, but it has a lot of uses !
[TouchPad General] HP_TOUCHPAD:
If you really want to create Magic, this can be done:

Here this App will use the Tablet to boot the ISO file, the only thing need it is to have the ISO file on the /internal SD!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softwarebakery.drivedroid&hl=en_US

Keep in mind that if the Tablet has only WebOS and is showing the Bermuda Triangle, the WebOS doctor needs to be use to keep and use WebOS.

The Create /Boot is only for Tablets with only Android.

If the user does not want to use WebOS anymore then is best to load Wipe_All.

It was a while back that I tried DriveDroid, here is exactly how it works. I just tested it now with the ISO from this guide and works perfectly.

This was tested using Oreo 8..1, what makes it works is the kernel. Do not know if it works with older ROM as the kernel is different, but I am guessing should work on 7.1.2 and 9 also.

Flash SuperSu (TWRP)

Install DriveDroid ( Android )

Copy the ISO file to the root directory of the internal storage ( /data/media/0 ( The Android Folders location )

Open DriveDroid and follow the steps.

When connected to PC, at boot time always select ( Charging ) do not select file transfer.

Host image using ( Read only USB on MSM HSUSB 1 )

After the PC finished booting into the Linux Desktop, then unplug the Tablet. The OS is loaded into a Ramdisk in memory. Now plug in any tablet to repair it.

There is no need to use a USB drive if using this App, just copy any Linux ISO file to the Tablet !

Attached are screenshots.
[TouchPad General] DoubleStuff:
Hello we have a successful landing on the moon with Unetbooting method ( see pic of laptop below ), I went with a smaller USB drive 8 GB, and loaded the ISO on there, then booted it up on my DELL Latitude e6500 with Windows 10.

Also HP_TOUCHPAD said this earlier....

".....Booting from a Virtual Machine will work 100% on anything even on an ARM processor. It can even be run on any modern Android Smartphone, meaning your phone can connect to the Tablet to repair it. Virtualization adds a layer of software codes that mimic the hardware that the OS needs to run from...."

See context in this post:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=80131608&postcount=17

Doublestuff adds,

So are you saying I potentially could bring an Android smartphone to work, and fix up "bricked" HP TOUCHPADs with just a smartphone loaded with the ISO file and an OTG type C cable which would connect the smartphone to the tablet?

Hey everybody! Are we having fun yet?? playing with this Touchpad toy with Linux is more fun than watching 1980's Music videos!!! :highfive:

I know the image below is upside down, and I tried my best to fix it, but any position I upload it the pic remains upside down, and just when I was having fun....:(

8/28: Fixed the pic, but kept the upside down one for posterity.
[TouchPad General] HP_TOUCHPAD:
That is the none-gravity effect that you experienced on the Moon, but I fixed the picture on Earth for the terrestrial's viewing.

Let's go back into the past to 2009 and 2012, take a look at the videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rjxvZUNS5Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNo6pn-dnSQ&feature=youtu.be

If VMWARE for Android was publicly available now all the Android Version can be easily run on the HP Touchpad and it will be available as soon as Android release the OS.

The App Limbo Emulator allows to run x86 processors on Arm ( Android )

Look at this video, Windows 10 on any Android Smartphone ( must have RAM available to work )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpUSQxHwQT8

I have RUN windows 3.1 Windows 98 and Windows 2000 using Limbo on the HP Touchpad.
[TouchPad General] DoubleStuff:
Doublestuff replied in BLUE above.
[TouchPad General] HP_TOUCHPAD:
I removed packages from the original version, download the original version here for the full experience.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/zestypup/files/Upup-Bionic/bionicpup32-8.0%2B11-uefi.iso/download

Always use the Virtual Machine to test and learn a new Operating System. Never run it from a USB flash drive, unless the PC Hard drive is disconnected.

By doing mistakes is how is learned and a Virtual Machine is isolated from the real PC and Hard Drive, nothing can happen if any mistakes. But playing around by booting with a USB or CD, full access is available to the Hard drive and any mistakes can wipe it out completely.

Have fun, open a Terminal Window and start experimenting with commands, it will help you with Universal Authority, coming soon!
[TouchPad General] smithylovestouchpad:
:(:crying:
[TouchPad General] DoubleStuff:
Hello Smithy, I know your good at hardware you might be interested in trying

DriveDroid method on this post

I might try it later, but when HP_TOUCHPAD posted it I thought of you because you know about the /internal SD and /data/media/0 of the touchpad.

Let "boldly go where no man has gone before!" -Star Trek 1966
[TouchPad General] smithylovestouchpad:
So if I understand this, once you get Linux running on your PC by booting it from your TouchPad that is acting like a thumb drive, you can disconnect the TouchPad and Linux no longer needs any data from the TouchPad/thumb drive.

Smithy
[TouchPad General] DoubleStuff:
Yes thats the way I understand it, no data needed from the Touchpad "Thumb drive"

Once you fix the tablet using C:/boot or WipeAll, then use TWRP to install zips if needed.

This DriveDroid is the next method I will try, so far I have had success with installing VM Ware player on my PC to install the ISO file, then another success with creating a boot-able live USB drive using UNetBootin.

So I might as well keep learning, and playing....

I will Flash SuperSU in TWRP, then install DriveDroid from the play store on the good tablet.

Then copy the ISO file from the PC to the /internal SD which is /data/media/0.

Currently DriveDroid only works for Nougat or above, not sure on older ROMs like KitKat, but I will eventually try it on KitKat.

Then I will open DriveDroid and perform these steps:

When connected to PC at boot time, always select charging do not select file transfer.

Host image using ( Read only USB on MSM HSUSB 1 )

After the PC finishes booting into the Linux Desktop, unplug the Tablet, the OS should be loaded into Ramdisk in memory. So now just plug in the bad HP tablet into the PC to repair it.

So essentially the good tablet acts like the boot-able USB drive of the UNetBootin method.
[TouchPad General] smithylovestouchpad:
Guess I won't be using this method. Both of my TP's have CM11 installed and I don't plan on changing Android versions just to try this. I can confirm that Drive Droid does not mount the TouchPad as a USB drive when running CM11. I also discovered that DD sets up SD 0/download as the location for the .ISO by default and I did not see a way to change that. I believe HPTP states to put the .ISO in the root of SD/0. So if I decide to play with this, I will just burn the .ISO to a DVD and boot from that.

Smithy

P.S. Yup, just checked and he says to copy the .ISO to the root of SD/0. DD wants it in SD/0/Download.

P.S.S. I gather that when I boot my laptop from this DVD that I have burned, I will see the desktop like the picture that is in the OP of this thread?
[TouchPad General] DoubleStuff:
The only way I got my touchpad to mount on the PC to copy the ISO, was to turn off USB debugging in the Development Options section, and select "transfer files". I am doing it on Nougat. Mine says Image Directory Configured:

User Path: /storage/008-7C9E

Root Path: /mnt/media_rw/0008-7C9E

Then I plug toucpad into my PC to boot ( using charge options now ) and it gives me a Boot screen but then when I press the button it tries to boot LINUX but fails with this error:

Boot....

ISOLINUX 6.02 EHDD COPYRIGHT (C) 1994-2013 H. Peter Anvin et all, but then nothing happens....

Here are some screenshots, I am so close I can taste it....
[TouchPad General] DoubleStuff:
[MENTION=8005714]HP_TOUCHPAD[/MENTION] and [MENTION=9896613]smithylovestouchpad[/MENTION]

We have liftoff with the DriveDroid method going from and HP TOUCHPAD in Nougat to

a Windows 10 PC Dell Latitude E6500. See pic below, now to fix a tablet!!!! LOL

Just plugged in a bad touchpad with a corrupted boot sector and fixed it with

a touch of a button!! Are we having fun yet!!! YEA, YEA!!!

There was a song by MeatLoaf in the 80's called "2 out of 3 aint bad" well I am

3 for 3 now, and learning so much, about LINUX, about hardware and USB drives and tablet

partitions.
[TouchPad General] DoubleStuff:
Yes I just tried in KitKat and I mounted the Touchpad, but like you said on my PC

it says: This PC\TouchPad\SD card and this is where I copy the ISO file, but then I can't seem to get DD to look for it there it goes to /storage/emulated/0/Download and it only finds the

DriveDroid Boot Tester file. And in settings for DD seems like the directory /storage/emulated/0/download is grey in Image Directories, meaning you can't change it. But like HP_TOUCHPAD said earlier, he was not sure it would work in older versions of Android, so maybe we just proved his point. Its been a long day for me, I am going to hit the rack.