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The Official HP Touchpad Thread of $100 Digital Picture Frames

Dazzla

Member
Installed the CM9 Alpha 0, it's smooth as hell. The interface speed is infinitely better than CM7 was (IMO).

Had no issues whatsoever. Done a full wipe in CWM and all works perfectly. If the only way is up from here then it's incredible. Complements my Galaxy Nexus perfectly, love the consistency between the two platforms.
 

saunderez

Member
Installed CM9 on my Touchpad last night and wow, what a difference. It might be Alpha 0 but apart from the few major bugs (HW video) it's pretty damn stable and infinitely more usable than GB was. I prefer the ICS UI to WebOS so no going back now, looking forward to future builds.
 

VanMardigan

has calmed down a bit.
So, with all the reports of how stable ICS is running, I want to give it a try. This is all dual-boot, right? Meaning I can switch between webOS and ICS at will?
 

giga

Member
Side note if people didn't know already.

Since Microsoft announced the minimum resolution of 1366x768 resolution for Windows 8, looks like the Touchpad won't get it.

I'm fine with a decent ICS port.
You should still be able to run the metro interface on xga if you install it manually. It's just that OEMs can't make an xga tablet with it anymore.
 

saunderez

Member
So, with all the reports of how stable ICS is running, I want to give it a try. This is all dual-boot, right? Meaning I can switch between webOS and ICS at will?

Yup sure is. If you use AcmeInstaller2 and include moboot you'll get a nice triple boot system (WebOS, CM9 and CWM Recovery Console). Since you're coming from a clean install you'll have less issues than people already running CM7 and trying to install over the top (like I did).
 

Ashhong

Member
Man, I really don't understand the complains about CM7 from some of you guys. Alot of you are saying how great CM9 is to the shitastic CM7 and I just dont see it. CM7 is perfect for me and I have no issues that I can think of. Maybe I'll see the problems when I go to CM9? We'll see..
 
Man, I really don't understand the complains about CM7 from some of you guys. Alot of you are saying how great CM9 is to the shitastic CM7 and I just dont see it. CM7 is perfect for me and I have no issues that I can think of. Maybe I'll see the problems when I go to CM9? We'll see..

Browsing was utterly horrible in CM7. The difference in CM9 is just amazing.
 

Karish

Member
I have not done any android installs on my touchpad. Was waiting for ICS. I know this version is not final by any means, but would installing this now make it harder to install the future updates? Any reason to wait? Or should I just install this and update as they are released.
 

VanMardigan

has calmed down a bit.
I'm downloading the tools now. I really, really hope I don't screw this up. I've held out for this long, it would suck if I ruin the touchpad on my first try at android.
 

saunderez

Member
Man, I really don't understand the complains about CM7 from some of you guys. Alot of you are saying how great CM9 is to the shitastic CM7 and I just dont see it. CM7 is perfect for me and I have no issues that I can think of. Maybe I'll see the problems when I go to CM9? We'll see..

It's night and day. I thought Gingerbread was satisfactory too, but ICS is THAT much better. If it were just more polished than CM7 it would be worth the price of admission, but the functionality is increased a lot by having a UI actually designed for a tablet.
 

Ashhong

Member
Browsing was utterly horrible in CM7. The difference in CM9 is just amazing.

Browsing is perfect with Dolphin!

It's night and day. I thought Gingerbread was satisfactory too, but ICS is THAT much better. If it were just more polished than CM7 it would be worth the price of admission, but the functionality is increased a lot by having a UI actually designed for a tablet.

Well like I said, maybe I just have to test it out. Or maybe I just dont use my tablet for anything that would benefit from ICS. I just play games and browse. Hoping for the best though!
 

1-D_FTW

Member
Not for me for some reason.

You didn't remove Uber 3.04 for any reason, did you?

I removed something from preware (when I upgraded to 3.03 for the first time and foolishly thought removing things would get me the newest patch). That's lost in the void for me now. I can't add the upgraded versions because it won't appear in my Preware feeds. It's like I've blacklisted the program for eternity.

I'm sure there's some easy solution, but since it was a minor program and nothing important like UberKernel, I've just let it go.
 

VanMardigan

has calmed down a bit.
Which guide are you following? I might finally do this tonight...

Uh....I thought the ACME Installer would just install shit for me. Oops, I have no idea how to start. Anyone want to help with links to a guide or step by step? I have all the files linked in the previous page.
 

Zutroy

Member
Man, I really don't understand the complains about CM7 from some of you guys. Alot of you are saying how great CM9 is to the shitastic CM7 and I just dont see it. CM7 is perfect for me and I have no issues that I can think of. Maybe I'll see the problems when I go to CM9? We'll see..

The biggest problem with it for me was that it's quite clearly a phone OS tweaked for a tablet. They done a great job of CM7, but you can instantly tell that ICS was designed with tablets in mind, and is much better suited for the Touchpad.
 

Zutroy

Member
Uh....I thought the ACME Installer would just install shit for me. Oops, I have no idea how to start. Anyone want to help with links to a guide or step by step? I have all the files linked in the previous page.

Follow this. Exact same process, except your obviously using the CM9 version.
 

Ashhong

Member
The biggest problem with it for me was that it's quite clearly a phone OS tweaked for a tablet. They done a great job of CM7, but you can instantly tell that ICS was designed with tablets in mind, and is much better suited for the Touchpad.

Interesting...I never really felt that way about GB before, but I guess I can see that...
 
I have problems with some games. Notably Disney's "Where's My Water?" which has graphics glitches when you dig, and Amazon's free app for today, which makes my tablet restart when I try to run it.

I enjoy looking at old apps that have tablet versions on ICS, though. Where's My Water, for instance, has much higher quality graphics in ICS. Firefox has a different interface. Etc.
 
This is unnecessary if you use the ACMEInstaller. All my stuff was there and working fine after I installed CM9.

I think you have to if you do it the way I said. I just went through with it, it's not like I have any data on the thing that matters besides apps. And I couldn't find my USB cable.
 

deduce

Member
Wow, CM9 is a huge improvement over Gingerbread. Switching between apps is painless plus the whole interface is gorgeous. The touch screen also feels more accurate for some reason. The only real annoyance I have is that the on screen keyboard is really big, but maybe that's an option than can be toggled. I may stop using webOS depending on how decent the battery life is.
 

Ashhong

Member
For those on CM9, does the WIFI still stay on 24/7? I even changed the setting to turn off when the screen is on but its always on. Kills the battery when its just on standby. Not cool
 
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