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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ultra Droid:
My experience is similar to yours. I placed the order on 11/21 (Sunday) and have read most of this thread - which has been very enlightening BTW - and a few minutes ago decided that it was probably going to take longer than I wanted to wait, in order to receive the thing, so I called to cancel it. The CS lady told me that it shipped today (the 23rd), which is pretty amazing if it's true. She said that I could expect delivery on December 3rd, which would be a pretty fast delivery time, again, if it's accurate. I asked when I would be getting an email verification of all this and she said it would be in the next 24 hours.

OK, I'm content to wait for awhile - 12/3 isn't that far off, and it seems a reasonable turnaround time - but I wonder if it's the phone call to cancel that sets in motion the process of delivery. A very strange way of doing business, IMHO, but then I've never dealt with Walgreens before, so maybe it's the norm for them. I'll wait and see...

-Mike
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jggally:
having bought 6 m-150's ...

I have been testing/prepping all 6 for xmas, and I rooted my own tablet with tipster's image for wmt2.1.1_105 tablets to convert to wmt2.1_105 and get access to the android marketplace.

I was not a droid/tablet/smart-phone owner before, albeit I have been in embedded/nw/system sw development for ~30 years, including a linux X-based touch-screen wireless pda while working at Intel ~10 years ago.

I am impressed with the m-150, and believe I got, easily, 2x value for the $100 I spent on each of these. They all have worked more than reasonably well, from my perspective, with the exception of one that initially had what I consider aberrant problems initializing/scanning/detecting my wifi router. During repeated testing, after training/securing that aberrant tablet, the problems went away ... fortunately, I have another 20 days to beat the snot out of that booger to determine if I want/need to return it.

I like the rooted rom, glad I did it, still evaluating whether doing it to them all has enough return on investment (reconfiguring/re-testing is not all that trivial for me).

Bear in mind, I got these primarily as a mobile wifi browser and e-reader. It would be fun if I could get skype to work, but I may be hoping for too much.

I downloaded my first paid novel from kindle/amazon ... with reverse video, I like it.

I can also use it as a music box (external portable speakers attached) while it slide-shows through all of my life's photo's ... pure gravy value. In this regard, I added a 16GB micro-sd to hold most of my music/photo library.

BTW, the camera works better after removing the protective plastic pull-off cover(s).

If you are an i-thingy or top-end tablet owner, you might call this a pos, but for me, dollar for dollar, it is no contest ... case in point, I have never even had the urge to go that route ... much too spendy/constrained per ROI for me (e.g I could not possibly risk rooting a $200-$800 platform ... I just aint that rich).
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lawalty:
DITTO!!! I told myself from the very beginning, all I wanted was to view Kindle, and check me email. Which this $99 dollar tablet does.

I just wish, the animation of the Kindle page turning was smoother. Sometimes it so choppy, I couldn't tell if the page turned or not!

I purchased a $25 dollar Kindle gift card, which I'm going give along with a (rooted) gift wrapped Maylong for my wife.

Happy trials.
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Now this is a voice of reason...you get what you pay for here...if this tablet had a specific OS designed for it...it would be a very special device...the fact that an OS designed for a cellphone application brings a lot of confusion and extra bulk that could be taking away from the resources that could be used for programs and system functions that could be very effective on this little device...

Blue
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Mike...unless they have changed their policy of deception to the customer...I wouldn't put too much into what they are saying without two things being apparent...first if they have retrieved the funds you can probably be assured the item has shipped...second a notice of actual shipping with a tracking number...anything else is just smoke up the nose...to keep you from getting to anxious...but it just makes one anxious even more...they lied to me twice...so I asked to have the transaction stopped...they told me they would have to do it through someone else...so I canceled the funds from my source and bought another tablet...in the meantime they contacted me to cancel the order and I told them it was canceled by me...so the cancellation was confirmed and noted on my Walgreens account...two weeks later I actually receive the device courtesy of UPS...my Wife hands me a package and I go what is this...I open it up and there it is a Maylong received on Nov 19 that I ordered on Oct 30...I checked to make sure the payment was canceled sure enough and even Walgreen showed it canceled but then I noted they had marked it shipped...this is how they do it...they take the money...Maylong ships the product from China...so I am not even sure they know I have the thing or not...since I never received an email stating that a shipment was on the way...and I haven't received an email or phone call stating what I plan to do with the device...it's a precarious position to be in that's for sure...I went ahead and checked out the device and I like it...but I really don't need two of them...so I will probably contact them and make sure I don't get charged and get the tablet back to them...I really...really want to root it just to see if it's much better...wish the best of luck with your device...

Blue
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] anthonygobot:
Those of you with the Rooted Maylong, are you all having any issues scrolling and then suddenly the pages scrolls back to the top on its own?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jggally:
re: scrolling issue

That happened to me once ...but I wondered if my touch was untrained
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] s2h2golf:
I had it with all the ROMs I tried, including the stock one. I think it was because, when I would scroll down and pick my finger up to scroll again, my finger was slightly moving up when I picked it up.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lawalty:
A question to everyone. Those folks who flashed different ROMs on your Maylongs, what is the best one - so far?

I'm using ROM 'm-150_scriptbeta010' with no issues, other than the sslloowwnneess (which is expected from such an inexpensive tablet) from Tipster's website here, is there any other ROM that the Maylong works great on?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] anthonygobot:
Anyone had any luck loading Yahoo mail? The app doesnt work and I cant add it via the email client.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] NateX:
Maylong M-150 running Tipstir's Beta M150010b

Hey all. I've been following this thread as I waited for my Maylong to arrive and now that I have had it for a couple of days, here are my impressions:

I have the serial no. M150A10 WMT2.1.1_105 build model.

First, I ran the stock ROM and played around with it. Boot times were very reasonable, and much better than I expected. I loaded ADW.Launcher 1.1.5 which improved usability quite a bit, but the screen still seemed unresponsive, even after removing the protective layer of plastic. I side-loaded a few apps like OI File Manager, Kindle, Jewels etc. and everything worked OK. I used the stock "App Market" for a couple of things, but found it too slow and unreliable to be of much use. I got most of my APK files elsewhere. Battery life was not stellar, anywhere from 2 to 2.5 hours with constant use, depending on what I was doing. The back towards the top where the camera is, gets really hot, which I am assuming is where the WiFi bits are. I actually reverted to using an old Palm stylus (the nice heavy ones) as the screen responsiveness was just too bad for fingers.

After running stock for a couple of days, I decided to take the plunge and root it using Tipstir's Beta M150010b ROM. I followed the instructions from post #601 (thank you benjbong!) and everything went off without a hitch. Following loading the new ROM, boot times seemed to be about the same, maybe a little faster, but not much. Overall, Tipstir's ROM seems a little faster, and I am getting better battery life - from 2.5 to 3 hours now. I got the Android Market working after rebooting as it would fail to download anything the first time I tried. Gmail works, but does not seem to auto-refresh - I have to open Gmail and select Refresh from the menu. SetCPU 2.0.4 does not work, I did not try other versions yet. For some reason, Contacts does not show up using ADW, but it is probably an issue with ADW as it does show up using the default "Home" launcher.

One important thing to note: I figured out that most of the issues I was having with responsiveness were due to an additional layer of protective film on the screen. I had already removed one, but discovered there were two after noticing scratches from using the stylus. I removed that one, and I have now actually stopped using the stylus altogether as the screen is much more responsive.

Overall, I am pretty happy with the Maylong. For $99, I have a very servicable E-Reader that also surfs, e-mails, makes a decent news reader and plays games. I'll definitely be keeping it, and looking forward to future improvements from Tipstir!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ultra Droid:
SURPRISE - I received my email confirmation and a UPS tracking number. Of course, when i tried to track the thing it came back with no information available. :)

I expect very little from Walgreens, but in reading through this very informative thread, I'm going to wait until I actually get the tablet, before making a judgment on it's worth. Some of the posters got a decent little machine, and felt it was a value for the money spent. I hope I fall into that catagory - we'll see... :)

-Mike
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Mike...when they had mine up it was at the 129.99 price...I was a little disappointed that it wasn't at the 88.88 price but went ahead and purchased it...I was about to order one from China but felt buying one from Walgreens which we use a lot here...I figured I would have some support behind it...after the fiasco and finally getting the thing and running it through it's paces...I probably would have kept it...but I have another one...and I can't seem to explain to my Wife how I could use one for development and one for normal usage...I just get the big H word...hoarder...you know the commercial..."It's your money use it when you need it"...well it's my money but I always have to explain the usage of it...hahahahahah...anyway...I like the device and for the 99.99 price I would like it even better...right now it's free for me...but since I am a simple honest feller...I will give it back...unless of course they decide to just give it to me because I am so handsome...anywho...enjoy your tablet...

Blue
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ultra Droid:
LOL, yeah - wives tend to be like that. I'll definitely let everyone know how the thing works out. This thread is interesting as hell, and I really appreciate everyone who posted. A truly top notch forum!

-Mike
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] rcash:
Hello everyone,

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone have a safe one! :D Well I will like to bring up some information I have find out about all the android tablets that are coming out right now... Right now is not the right time to get a android tablet all these tablets that coming out now specially around the holidays are going to be cheaply made plus android version 2.1 or 2.2 is not going to mean a thing come to next year (even the Galaxy tab will be left in the past). Google has a team that is only working on android tablets that will be running android 3.0 "HONEYCOMBS" for their up an coming tablets. These tablets will be running a tegra 2 processor which will be way faster than the Galaxy tab. I think maylong and walgreens had a good idea to sell the maylong tablet for $99 dollars which is not bad if you just wanted to see android on a 7' screen. If you are seriously in the market for a tablet right now the best bet will be to get the ipad or the galaxy tab. All other will be a waste of money except if they are selling them for under a hundred bucks anything over will be a rip off! So with that being said I will keep my maylong tablet since my wife fell in love with it and we didn't broke the bank to get it. Yea it have it lil problems but for $99 bucks you can't beat it plus tiptsir is making rom that are working really well on this device, my hat off to him thank you! Something to play around with until next year to see what honeycomb is going to be about. If anyone want to find out more information just search google honeycomb tablet. An again I hope eveyone have a a safe Thanksgiving :D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] The code stops here:
Finally rooted my tablet

I really want to root this Maylong...but better not do that unless I buy it...but I can see why people who root and it goes well have a better experience...I rooted my Ly-706...yeah I know it's not a Maylong...but has similar hardware...and I now get the full market plus it had access to Slide market...this has really opened up this little device...it truly makes it an even better experience...mine still runs 1.6...but the access to so much more makes it worth my dollar and time until the better tablets come out next year...so if you have a maylong...I suggest rooting it using the instructions posted earlier here from Tipster's sight...y'all have a great Thanksgiving now...ya hear...hahahahaha...

Blue
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] anthonygobot:
For those of you wondering about the Nook Silicone cases they wont fit. Its crazy how close it comes to fitting but no luck. I bought one at Best Buy and it was only $20 but I have no use in keeping it. I have seen a bunch of the Apad/Epad leather cases on Ebay for under $10 shipped but I think the round button may not be in the right place. I have also been trying to find some type of data cable and I noticed the Dell Streak has a similar connector but I couldnt test it out at BB. I ended up playing with the Galaxy Tab and I cant believe so many people are complaining about how it functions! The search continues...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lawalty:
Well guys (the ones who have not returned their Maylongs yet). I have been flashing rom after rom, uncovered from the AWESOME Tipstir at his website (HERE) and the one I will probable end up keeping is 'm-150_scriptbeta010' which isn't as fast as the stripped down speed enhanced tweaked 'tz_script21111c', it just has Gmail as a seperate app.

I side ported a the Kindle, Nook app from the SD card.

I also created my own custom splash screen which is a 800x480 bitmap image with a love poem i made for my wife, which has an image of us (just to make it special). If you want to make your own custom splash screen, just overwrite it in the script folder on the external SD card before you flash.

Anyway, i love this tablet. It's okay for just being an ereader, and a email checker. Great gift for my wife.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] player911:
I'm really looking at a Tablet for my 4 year old son to play touch games such as Angry Birds and such... I like the fact that there are already roms available for this Tablet but is it suitable enough?

All this started by seeing the Sylvania one in the ToyRUs ad for $139. I hear the Sylvania is faster. I really heard good things about the Coby 7005 (and its sexy too) but I can't find it. Does this Maylong play Angry Birds well? I guess we'd also use it maybe to stream Pandora and more then likely to couch surf.

[EDIT]

I think I found my answer:

http://www.merimobiles.com/Herotab_X5A_Multitouch_Gsensor_800Mhz_Android_2_1_p/meri0524.htm

Herotab X5A Gsensor 800Mhz Android 2.1 1080P HDMI OUT+Free Case. It has a Resistive screen but somehow also does multitouch.

[UPDATE]

I just purchased the HeroTab X5A. After lots of research and videos, the device seems to run great and perform well.
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Multitouch has more to do with processor speed and programming than it does as to what type of touchpad is used to transfer the input/output below the screen...the multitouch is more suited for a capacitive screen because it requires less effort to get the input/output to react and creates a more desirable result...

Blue
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I see you ordered that tablet...looks nice ...almost makes me wish I had held out a little longer...but I bought a bottom line tablet primarily to keep me anxious until they have a better crop come out next year at more reasonable prices...

I sideloaded angry birds on this Maylong I have and all I could get out of it was a top banner after several minutes of a blank screen and a couple of times hitting the back button...could hear some music associated with the game but never got the graphics to run...but I am sure there are other games that will work on it at the market...I am still perusing it...

Blue
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] FredOak3:
For the 2 days that my Maylong worked, I couldn't get angry birds, Pandora or Slacker to work on it. But I didn't have time to root it or load another ROM.

However I have all 3 working on the Sylvania. I've got it rooted but haven't flashed any other ROM on it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jammallnyte:
I'm interested in that hero tab
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] The code stops here:
I tried angry birds on my rooted device and it wouldn't play either...but I need to download some type of program where I can actually adjust the cpu and maybe even the gpu on it...I did get pandora to work on the maylong...

Blur
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lawalty:
I just purchased the Herotab X5A, and also I've done some research, seen some videos from YouTube about it, and it seems to run smooth, even with live wallpaper running in the background. Can't beat the price since it comes with a leather case and all.

We should make a separate thread just for the Herotab X5A!

Sent from my rooted Vibrant using the XDA app.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fast96:
I am the latest to bring my M-150 back to Walgreens. The wifi disconnecting was the unacceptable part, I tried everything I could to get my DIR-655 router to stay connected, but to no avail. An X5A or 8" 805 will be next. I know they're more, but the bitter taste of poor quality lasts longer then the sweet taste of a cheap price. LOL

Too bad, I really liked the screen response on the M-150.

Not bashing the M-150, just would not stay connected to MY router.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jammallnyte:
To add to that Hero Tablet. There is an 8 inch running 2.2.

http://www.merimobiles.com/Herotab_M802_APAD_IMX515_Android_2_2_Flash_10_1_80_p/meri0532.htm

Looks interesting and only $200
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] s2h2golf:
Finally took the Maylong back - it was a sad day, but I just couldn't stand how slow it was. I had fun playing with it for the 2 weeks I had it.

I am now trying out the Velocity Cruz Reader (not tablet) and may pick up the Coby Kyros at Toys R Us today when I get my last Christmas shopping completed. The Kyros is the same as the Heropad X5A.

The Cruz Reader is OK - they just posted at slatedroids.com a fix to help increase the speed to 800mhz and it runs well, but now I am out of space for apps and haven't loaded anything on it yet. I think the rooted ROM I am using sucked up all the memory. If I hadn't found the Kyros at TRU, I think I would have kept it, but it sounds like the Kyros/X5A is the smoothest resistive tablet out there - plus it looks like they have a 2.2 ROM available for it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ultra Droid:
UPS has my M-150 "Out for delivery", so it looks like I'll get it today. Not bad turnaround time (order was placed 11/21), not bad at all. :)

-Mike
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bpotts:
Maylong - It is what it is

Folks,

I've had the Maylong 150 for a few weeks,, I rooted with one of the files that Tipster generously produced.

I use it for checking emails, internet radio, some light browsing. You can connect a mouse to it, and it seems to work well, I haven't tried to connect a keyboard and a mouse at the same time. For the $100 that Maylong direct offers these for, it's not a bad deal at all. It is no speed demon, but for particular use, it works very well.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ultra Droid:
UPS just delivered the M-150. Took it out of the box to charge it, no obvious scratches or sloppy packing like earlier posts mentioned. Looks nice and clean, and after it charges a bit, I'm going to fire it up. I'm excited! :)

-Mike
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ultra Droid:
A quick run through just now indicates that this is a pretty cool little device. Once I've got the wifi hooked up I'll know more about it, but it's *clean* and attractive looking, and using the supplied stylus isn't a major hassle. Kind of reminds me of my days with a Palm PDA. I'm confident that I got my money's worth.

Next up, rooting...

-Mike
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] s2h2golf:
I suggest that everyone who wants to get the most out of their Maylong visit Tipstir's website and download his Power 101 package. It includes Helix Launcher, which will really speed everything up.

http://tipstir.the-talk.net/downloads-f19/tipstir-s-power-collection-package-101-11-13-10-t486.htm
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ultra Droid:
I ordered mine on Sunday, November 21, and received it today, November 30th. In between was the Thanksgiving weekend. But, I also know that the thing shipped from Michigan, and I live in northern Ohio, so that cut the shipping time a lot.

-Mike
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] anthonygobot:
I dont see how anyone got Pandora to work on this thing! Mine about had a major meltdown and I had to poweroff to get Pandora to shut down. I downloaded the Power 101 apps so lets see how everything functions...

*UPDATE*

Anyone know why Fancy Widgets would stop working with Helix Launcher? Conflicts?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fast96:
Mine wouldn't do Pandora or live backgrounds, also would not do HD youtube vids. I think it may be the processor speed and/or Android 1.6 OS.

The X5A I have does all that with 2.1.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] anthonygobot:
I installed Helix, ADW, Battery Boost and Memory Boost and all pretty much made the Maylong battery go to crap quicker. The Battery Boost is sad because you can watch your battery life drain like a countdown. Helix and ADW wouldnt let Fancy Widgets (time and weather) run correctly no matter if I resized the widget.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] s2h2golf:
I didn't like Battery Boost that much - my battery monitor was flaky and would bounce from 80% to 60% and then back to 70% so I uninstalled it. I also think that it had something to do with an increased battery drain. I had problems with ADW working smoothly, so I never used it. I used Beautiful Widgets for a short time with Helix and it worked OK.

The Coby Kyros 7005 I have has a major battery problem - it will drop from 90% to 10% in an hour. I think these tablets have cheap batteries with poor QC and will always be a problem on these type of tablets. The Kyros is great, much better than the Maylong, but for almost 2x the price I do have some regrets that I returned the Maylong and didn't keep it.