yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] hostyorkshire:
Hi, I got one of these at a junksale today minus the printer or anything to charge it.

I have made up a charger with correct voltage & amps and fitted a suitable plug. It charges.

I am still to get past the setup screen much help would be appreciated in knowing how you do this - if at all possible.

One thing I have been able to do is when battery warning comes on access the dashboard and connect it to my wireless network. I am looking though the settings now to see if this setup process can be overridden in there by perhaps deleting something or killing a service.

I have an IP address of it sat on my network, could you SSH into it I wonder?

Ideally I could do with taking it into a store and just plugging it into one on the shelf on display. But that would be a bit cheeky.

Can anyone help?

Thanks

Andrew
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] taylorisnotsafe:
I picked my Zeen up from a local classified site for $50 because the kid couldnt get it past the printer setup. I'm assuming it was probably stolen the more I think of it, since if it was purchased with the printer it would be setup already... but I bought it from someone who claimed to be the original owner so i cant do much more about it.

On The Way home I had a brilliant idea.

I stopped at staples, took my zeen in and docked it on their printer for 30 seconds and it finished the setup... Pretty easy...

However, I have since reset the device and foun an easier way.

YOU MUST HAVE A POWER/DATA Mini-USB CABLE FOR THIS!

it can not be just a power cable, it has to have DATA capabilities.

(I Used A MacBook For This But It Should Work For A PC)

-Plug in your USB cable to the computer

-Plug In your Zeen AC Adapter (YOU MUST HAVE AN AC ADAPTER AND MINI USB)

-then boot your zeen to the setup menu

-plug in the mini usb to your zeen and hopefully it gives you the option to continue setup. (If it doesnt give it about 60 seconds)

-If it doesnt work unplug the mini-usb and plug it back in

I have reset twice now and this has worked for me.

-If it doesn't show up unplug the mini-usb and then plug it back in.

I have reset twice now, the first time i had to unplug it a few times but the 2nd reset it took it the first time.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dennis_angelo:
I've got a bootloader that lets me update the ROM, trouble is there is no custom ROM for this device yet. Can any custom ROM like Cyanogen work on this?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jlechner:
Your saying you got the device into bootloader? How?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] geekabilly:
Yes, please fill us in on your methods -- congrats!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] revup85:
yes please fill us in. Ive been waiting for some progress on this.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jlechner:
Welp, considering his whopping 1 post count, I'd say that's a no on the bootloader.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dennis_angelo:
Step 1

1)	Insert the SD card into the PC card reader. If any files exist on SD card, delete them.

2)	Copy the “#BTBLOCK.BIN” file to the root of the SD card.

3)	Insert the SD card into the Zeen SD card slot. (The Zeen should be powered off, if it isn’t do that now.)

4)	Locate the 2 square buttons next to each other on the back side of the Zeen (volume controls)

5)	Press and hold those 2 buttons.

6)	Press the power button (located on the back side of Zeen on the same edge as the headphone jack) once while still holding the 2 buttons.

7)	Observe the screen: Once a loading bar appears release the 2 buttons.

8)	Once the loading bar completes turn off the Zeen unit.

Step 2

1)	Insert the SD card into the PC card reader. If any files exist on SD card, delete them.

2)	Copy the “#REDBOOT.BIN” file to the root of the SD card.

3)	Insert the SD card into the Zeen SD card slot. (The Zeen should be powered off, if it isn’t do that now.)

4)	Locate the 2 square buttons next to each other on the back side of the Zemea

Step 3 (I don't have the following files but I pressumed these are the android kernel)

1)	Insert the SD card into the PC card reader. If any files exist on SD card, delete them.

2)	Copy “#MMCAPP.BIN”, “#MMCROOT.BIN”, “#NORKERN.BIN” files to the root of the SD card.

3)	Insert the SD card into the Zeen SD card slot. (The Zeen should be powered off, if it isn’t do that now.)

4)	Locate the 2 square buttons next to each other on the back side of the Zeen:

5)	Press and hold those 2 buttons.

6)	Press the power button (located on the back side of Zeen on the same edge as the headphone jack) once while still holding the 2 buttons.

7)	Observe the screen: Once a loading bar appears release the 2 buttons. 3 loading bars will appear this time one after the other. The first loading bar will take a minute after completing before the 2nd and then 3rd loading bars appear. Please wait until all three loading bars complete and an onscreen message will then ask you to remove the SD card and power down the unit.

8)	Finally, press the power button once and allow Zeen to boot fully. The unit should start in OUT OF BOX EXPERIENCE (OOBE) mode. So it should be asking for your location and language
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dennis_angelo:
Adding the files for step 1 and 2
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] barakinflorida:
I like this thing ... we need a section for this

Just got the zeen and printer ... love it ... ps 1/2 root problem most likely comes from custom sh shell .. it has a command called su that echos back that line about suid ... we should be able to make a custom kernel and boot.img then change the init.rc... if not there is always hijacking the init.rc script..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jlechner:
Will confirm when I get home in the am.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jlechner:
How did you come about finding this? I would need the other 3 files to complete this so I am wondering how you know to use them.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] yankee426:
I'd like to know myself. My zeen is all of two days old and already I can't do anything with it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] barakinflorida:
OK. The bootloader installs fine. Only thing is that as far as I can tell its the same as the one that came on the device. As far as full root goes, the problem seems to be the file /system/sbin/su. its a symlink to toolbox. If you delete it root/superuser will work correctly. It might be a good idea to replace it with a symlink to the su binary in bin. That way the oem application for it can find it, at which point the superuser app will let us know what was trying to use it.

I'm waiting to get my hands on an installable factory rom b4 testing out the 2e recovery I put on it. More later.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] barakinflorida:
What do you mean by can't do anything with it?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] yankee426:
I had a problem with the tablet. It wouldn't let me past the "dock zeen to printer to continue installation" It was weird. I got it to work now but it was strange one second it was working the next it wasn't.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jlechner:
Don't let it run out of power or it will reset itself.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] barakinflorida:
Only a partial reset.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dennis_angelo:
We should keep this thread alive.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] muckman6702:
ZEEN Semi Root

Def. would like to keep this alive, and get more support on this.

I have used z4root and can get through "Root Manager" w/ superuser permissions. is this helpful to anyone? Also look up laserxperts.com they have like 80 of these open box tested working both printer and tab for like $150 i think. Thats where i got mine and it was a great deal. Reply if need help finding it.

Also Angry Birds, or Rocket Bunnies dont work, but Google maps, rock player gmail, ATK, NESoid, swiftkey beta work
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] muckman6702:
Froyo beta

Just got a message from Hp about participating in the Froyo Beta testing program. It just finished installing and is rebooting now, let ya know...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dennis_angelo:
Can you share a link to the froyo rom that we can load ourselves?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] eugene373:
You can Perm Root the device with this method... & I added a full Dev. section for barak since xda does not currently have one...

http://eb-productions.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=hpzad
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] muckman6702:
froy update beta apk

froyo update beta apk. Tested the apk on a second unit, updated it to 2.2
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dennis_angelo:
Thx for the upload, unfortunately it didn't work for me. It says failed to connect to the update server when i try and check for updates.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] muckman6702:
Well i did only try it on one other unit. BUT, i had to restart it along the way and the first one would do it untill i got to my home network which is faster. Although it was setup on my work network
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jlechner:
The servers were down on hp side. Nothing to do with apk. There is a second beta out too fyi.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jlechner:
Anyone else not able to get on update servers for over a week now?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] pentace:
**Resolved**

Important DO NOT INSTALL GOOGLE SETUP WIZARD

I was trying to get Google apps to work on this tablet and now i get stuck on a Google setup wizard FC loop, without ADB i have no idea how to get this removed. Currently the device is unusable. I've tried factory resetting it but no luck.. Anyone have any ideas? I cannot open any applications to remove the apk.

Resolution

if you plug it into a pc and reboot you will get the notification bar to appear to mound the device, from there you can get to an hp help page from one of the settings. once opened go to google and search for a terminal client, download it and install then run the commands to remove the apks

rm /system/app/apkname
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] maikolis:
hi friend, i have read what you posted, i have one zeen but not the printer, and i need to use it, and it request to connect it, is there a way to can configure it without connecting the printer?? Thank u very much and best regards
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jlechner:
I read something about using a data cable and plugging it in on your pc to bypass this. Not too sure though.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Almighty1:
Got a question, is the Zeen supposed to come with a SD card? If so, is it already in the slot when you unpack the printer or is it somewhere else?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] twhite1288:
dude i jst wana say for the longes time when i got my first posiibly stolen printer dock, it took me almost 3 months be for i just gave in and bought the printer, i end up returning it after i got it working, but i didn't wana stand in the store and trying to get it done on a display and then when walking out they think that my zeen dock tablet was theres, and then haveing cops called cause i would say not it isn't and smack and run lol .. either way if this works ill never for get it i have too that don't need to be set up and don't wana mess it up so thanks, i see the xda developers are getting close on make a custom rom for the table hopefully the get the actual market working on it cause im tiered of useing yam and all them other markets, they don't got the good stuff i look for on androids
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Almighty1:
The reason is because the /system/sbin/su is symlinked to busybox and you have to basically delete that file and link it to /system/bin/su instead.

See the following thread for more info:

http://eb-productions.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=hpzad&action=display&thread=297

Didn't realize this was already posted in post #41 of this thread.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Almighty1:
Can someone who has Adobe Flash running and installed on the Zeen please share the apk? Thanks!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Almighty1:
Can someone post the apk for the second beta or whatever the latest beta is?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jlechner:
I can when I get home tomorrow.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Almighty1:
Thanks, did they really update the apk because on my zeen, when I did the check for updates, it installed the HP Froyo beta program, basically the March 2011 version of the apk and then when I ran it, it sent a e-mail using yahoo! Mail and the response was:

Friday, May 6, 2011 6:59 PM

From: eStaion Beta <eStationBeta@hp.com>

To: my email address@yahoo.com

Subject: Out of Office: HP ZEEN Beta Froyo update program

Greetings HP eStation Product Update Beta,

Thank you very much for your participation in the HP eStation Product Update Beta.

HP takes its Customer Feedback very seriously and is continuously working at improving our Customers’ experience. We appreciate your willingness to try out the eStation Froyo Beta Update and provide us feedback.

We have reached our quota on responses and have turned off the survey.

An official release of the Product Update will be available shortly and it is highly recommended that you accept that update as additional improvements are included.

If you require any technical assistance, please contact HP Support: at www.hp.com/Support<http://www.hp.com/Support> and then search for “HP Photosmart eStation”

Thank you again for your participation,

The HP Beta Team

So it seems like they claim the quota for the beta has been met and a official release of froyo will be available shortly and ofcourse the above e-mail was sent on May 6, 2011. When I tried uninstalling the apk and resending that email request last night, there was no reply at all.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Almighty1:
Follow the link below to get the latest Adobe Flash with my hack to allow hulu.com to work on mobile devices, be sure to uninstall Adobe Flash first before installing and setting the UA-String in the browser to desktop:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=802133

When I tested this, just like the stock ROM on my Motorola Droid 1, the apk with the fix integrated doesn't work, not sure why as flash sites will think flash is not even installed yet installing using the market's apk and then replacing the libflashplayer.so file works fine.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jlechner:
Here you go! Sorry it took so long.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Almighty1:
Thanks! I almost thought the file was the same as the .apk posted and the HP Zeen Beta Program that the Zeen downloads when you click on update because the apk was the same size and when I viewed the apk in Root Explorer, it still has the March 12, 2011 timestamp but it installed froyo 2.2 successfully except when I goto Settings -> Tools -> Product Updates, it says cannot connect to server, does this happen for you too? Thanks again!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jlechner:
That happened to me a lot, I just had to keep at it. Trying at different times of day and whatnot. Be sure you have it docked too.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Almighty1:
Mines is always dock except I notice that there are some small scratches on the screen right where it slides onto the dock, I'm actually amazed that HP basically had this thing in a cardbox box loose and there is no plastic film when they shipped it, and it seems none of the skin companies that makes water based protection skin like Best Skins Ever, Invisible Shield has a custom skin for it yet.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jlechner:
It's just not a popular device. I doubt we ever see the bootloader/recovery hacked. It'd be nice, but no one really has this thing.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Almighty1:
I meant they should still have it packaged well so it can't get scratches, etc. One thing that puzzles me is that in the terminal, traceroute doesn't work even with /etc/resolv.conf defining the DNS/nameservers. Ofcourse, it could be the mDNS that is causing it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Almighty1:
HP Zeen C150 Tablet - Adobe Flash Player 10.3.185.23 hacked to work with hulu.com

The following is a hack to get hulu.com working with the latest Adobe Flash Player 10.3.185.23 for the Android platform which is a hack of /data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib/libflashplayer.so by hex editing AND 10,3,185,23 to WIN 99,9,999,99 so it will work with HULU.

Replace the original library file with a hacked version of the library file which consists of the following steps and requires root and Android 2.2 (Froyo):

1) Download attached Adobe Flash Player 10.3.185.23.apk

2) Extract the zip file and copy libflashplayer.so to sdcard

3) Copy libflashplayer.so from sdcard to /data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib using root explorer and make sure the permissions for libflashplayer.so is rwxr-xr-x or chmod 755libflashplayer.so.

After you apply the above, to get this working, make sure to set your browser User Agent string to Desktop. With the stock Android browser and probably other browsers excluding the Dolphin browser, you might have to do this each time you run any flash based site including hulu.com or start the browser:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=686765
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] winnici:
Look forward to trying the hulu hack - thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Almighty1:
HP Zeen C150 Tablet - Adobe Flash Player 10.3.185.24 hacked to work with hulu.com

The following is a hack to get hulu.com working with the latest Adobe Flash Player 10.3.185.24 for the Android platform which is a hack of /data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib/libflashplayer.so by hex editing AND 10,3,185,24 to WIN 99,9,999,99 so it will work with HULU. The reason for setting the version number to 99.9.999.99 is when the Windows version of AdobeFlash Player is updated, hulu won't stop working because the version number is not equal or greater than the current version which normally would require another hack.

Replace the original library file with a hacked version of the library file which consists of the following steps and requires root and Android 2.2 (Froyo):

1) Download attached Adobe Flash Player apk which is the Android Market version 10.3.185.24

2) Extract the zip file and copy libflashplayer.so to sdcard

3) Copy libflashplayer.so from sdcard to /data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib using root explorer and make sure the permissions for libflashplayer.so is rwxr-xr-x or chmod 755 libflashplayer.so.

After you apply the above, to get this working, make sure to set your browser User Agent string to Desktop. With the stock Android browser and probably other browsers excluding the Dolphin browser, you might have to do this each time you run any flash based site including hulu.com or start the browser:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=686765
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] twhite1288:
why lie, if you got a way to do this then let people know but i seen your all talk lil walk but i know how to put it in safe mode, thats new
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] twhite1288:
turn the zeen off and u see the 3 touch screen buttons home, back and 3 bars, well turn the zeen on and keeep your finger on that one, and then go like i say touch the top left corner the bottom left corner and then the bottom rright corner and then back to the bottom left, you should press longer then 1.and a half seconds and have to go in that order so its like a L but when you get to the bottom right corner you have to go back to the bottom left, the top right never gets hit and the tablet has to be long ways like this

[ ] not up and down tal ways, i can't make a example like i just did for side ways so sorry and root access is done with z4root and after get a terminal up and running and type theis commands just as i did

1--system/bin/su (enter)

2----- mount(space)-oremount,rw(space)/dev/block/mmcblk0p1(space)/system (enter)

3-------rm(space)/system/sbin/su (enter)

4------- /system/bin/su(space)/system/sbin/su (enter)

then reboot to remount the shizit.. ps i did not find this out... no credit goes to me.

twhite1288@gmail.com for help
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] twhite1288:
that was how to get it into safe mode and for full root accesss, i also have the beta program froy 2-2 on file so if you mist the temp upgrade or didn't say yes and now you can't and you want flash and android market that only can work on them and yes the market does work just didn't come with it or the flash player but it still works, holer at ya boy, to bad im not smart enought to upload file so drop a email and ill send it to you just put it on your s d card and install from there, and then make sure you have a email and your good, and don't try this with a dock, aka printer, the wire that connects it to the laptop only works if your computer is connected to the printer so any computer wont make it upgrade or start up like some a hole said be for just plug it in to your cpu and it will work, i hate when peoplle talk right out the vajjays
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Almighty1:
HP Zeen C150 Tablet - Adobe Flash Player 10.3.185.25 hacked to work with hulu.com

The following is a hack to get hulu.com working with the latest Adobe Flash Player 10.3.185.25 for the Android platform which is a hack of

/data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib/libflashplayer.so by hex editing AND 10,3,185,25 to WIN 99,9,999,99 so it will work with HULU. The reason for setting the version number to 99.9.999.99 is when the Windows version of AdobeFlash Player is updated, hulu won't stop working because the version number is not equal or greater than the current version which normally would require another hack.

Replace the original library file with a hacked version of the library file which consists of the following steps and requires root and Android 2.2 (Froyo):

1) Download attached Adobe Flash Player apk which is the Android Market version 10.3.185.25

2) Extract the zip file and copy libflashplayer.so to sdcard

3) Copy libflashplayer.so from sdcard to /data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib using root explorer and make sure the permissions for libflashplayer.so is rwxr-xr-x or chmod 755 libflashplayer.so.

After you apply the above, to get this working, make sure to set your browser User Agent string to Desktop. With the stock Android browser and probably other browsers excluding the Dolphin browser, you might have to do this each time you run any flash based site including hulu.com or start the browser:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=686765
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] proth3us:
i know im a little bit off topic here but can anybody post the original facebook apk that comes with the zeen?

i deleted mine by mistake :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Almighty1:
Not off-topic as it is related to the HP Zeen. Here is the May 25, 2011 date stamped version from the latest froyo 2.2 beta, Facebook.apk which goes in /system/app
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] proth3us:
thanks ill give it a try when i go home

it might not work for me since im running 2.1 ( don't have the printer to update the zeen)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Almighty1:
Good luck! I'm sure there are still some people on 2.1 who can help you though.