Im looking to see some feedback from regular users who have attempted and are using the second alpha.
How usable is it really?
To be honest, webos, while is wonderful, with the lack of apps its quite not useable. i mean, i enjoy the pad, but it does not pull me to spend a lot of time with it like my smartphone did.
so.. How is android at this develoment stage?
Thanks
a few of the hardware features are better, but i stuck with A1 mainly because of the stability, and most of the problems is has can be corrected yourself using apps and doing some minor tweaks.
i did check it out, but from my own experience, A1 was better.
Currently, I spend more time in webOS because my TP is more of a toy right now. I don't need or use it for work. CM alpha for me has been rather stable, with only a minor WiFi glitch that is solved by turning off the radio, and turning it back on. All my usual apps run fine, with no more instability than on my phone. Hope this helps.
Sent from my very "non-stock" TP.
alpha 2.1 is MORE stable than alpha 1. They fixed some of the sleep issues (but it still has some) but most importantly,alpha 2 charges properly from the touchstone dock. compared to webos,alpha 1 is a tossup. the problem with webos is not the apps. The webos version that came on my touchpad wasterribly buggy alpha level software. The new version that just came out mayhelp that though. Alpha 2 inky opinion has an edge over webos (at least the version i was using) as a few of the most critical bugs are fixed. you WILL have to do some tweaking though to get it working more or less right. If you expect to throw cm7 inane have a perfect experience on first boot,your going to be dissapointed.
I haven't had any 'problems' with A2.1 - sometimes it doesn't want to resume from sleep after a long time but - whatever - it's an alpha build - the speed and usability of it far outweigh any minor problems it may still have
Haven't had to do any tweaking other than personal preferences (I use Launcher Pro instead of ADW) etc.....sync'd Titanium Backup from my phone to Dropbox and then sync'd it to my TouchPad and was able to restore all the apps/games etc from my phone.
Oh and it plays Plants vs Zombies really well too
I use alpha 2.1 as my daily driver for the touchpad. After several days with it, I nook has been given to my wife. I I have had no issues with this build and have had no problems with any apps I have placed on it. I boot into webos seldom as cm7 does everything I want to do. My latest quadrant score was 3561 running at 1.7 GHz with the governor set to performance. I would recommend this alpha to anyone who can find their way around a command line (for instillation). It can only get better from here.
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make sure you use alpha 2.1 and not alpha 2a
in my experience it has been running great and has been running on my TP since release.
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I use alpha 2.1 as my daily driver for the touchpad. After several days with it, I nook has been given to my wife. I I have had no issues with this build and have had no problems with any apps I have placed on it. I boot into webos seldom as cm7 does everything I want to do. My latest quadrant score was 3561 running at 1.7 GHz with the governor set to performance. I would recommend this alpha to anyone who can find their way around a command line (for instillation). It can only get better from here.
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Do you have any issues rebooting to alpha 2? I have had to restore to alpha 1 twice in order to reboot to cm7 .
Weird thing is since my first time rebooting to web os from cm7, I could not reboot or flash alpha 1 or 2 without a boot loop.
Only thing that has worked is restoring alpha 1 ,which thankfully I had backed up, and then adding alpha 2.
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Alpha 2.1 has been nothing but stellar for me. For an Alpha build, this is amazing!
Google Docs FCs on me. Oh well! I mainly use my TP for reading books (Kobo reader does an amazing job for .epub files).
Ive not had the sleep of death yet, i just use the wall charger and charges perfectly and my battery is amazing. Nothing to complain about so far.
Alpha 2.1 is superb, a couple of apps force closing but apart from that it is awesome...
It dual boots, so you will still have WebOS, if you dislike Android on your TP - remove it...
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I'd say it's very stable as a daily driver. I also get a few force closes here and there but nothing too debilitating.I've themed and downloaded multiple apps and they all breeze through pretty quickly. Emulators, YouTube HQ, Vevo HQ, all work pretty well. Ironically I had never opened my TouchPad until yesterday but the ten minutes I had to use it I hated WebOS. Seems ok but stuck and I hate the little dots when I press. Only thing I couldn't get to work was a 720p MKV on MVideoPlayer but I assume some sort of graphics drivers have yet to be ironed out and I can live without. WiFi works great and I was surprised that even the camera worked for Skype, etc. At $99 this is definitely the deal of the year for me. giving my Nook Color to my daughter.
Try mobo video player from the market. I have had very good results with various formats.BTW, the little dots on the screen in webos can be turned off in advanced settings.
Overall, cm7 a2.1 is stable and very fast. In answer to the question above on rebooting, I have not tried alpha 2. With alpha 2.1, I have never had any trouble switching between webos and cm7. Just remember to set the os you want to boot in the moboot settings when you first start up or boot and hold the volume up key to boot into webos.
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Just loaded it last night finally after fighting with Win7 and drivers to get it installed, but so far its great. I am having a charging issue though, so still trying to figure that one out. The only app so far that hasn't worked is WeatherBug which I really miss, but I can live without if needed.
Can anyone tell me if the TP on CM7A2 can handle all the games on the android market? For example games from glusoft like NovaHD2.
Can it play hd videos using flash through the browser without a lot of lag(icefilms and such sites)
Im mostly going to be using it for gaming and video streaming
any help is greatly appreciated thanks.
most of those games require chainfire3D+plugins to run because they arent compatible with the stock drivers
id post the guide thread thats in rootz wiki but apparently its not allowed, but its easy enough to find, its on the 3rd or 4th page of the TP threads, called "Chainfire3D guide" or something like that
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My GTab should be here quite soon.
I am an Android noob.. everything I own is mostly Apple (with the exception of my work laptop).
I do plan on installing a ROM right off the bat. I know there's at least 1 ROM that supports Netflix, so that'd probably be the one I lean towards. I basically just want a popular, stable one that has minimal bugs or issues.
Which ROM do you suggest and why?
(PS - I want mine to be like this guy's Tab: Search Youtube for "8gYLLvg0lnM")
I love that live wallpaper of the Penguin on ice and the lock screen. How do I get those or do they come with a specific ROM? If I had that lock screen, wallpaper, and a great ROM, I'll be a happy camper.
Thanks guys!
I am running CM 7.0.3 and it runs Netflix just fine and is a very stable ROM. There are some Honeycomb ROMs out now but I have not played with any of them on the G Tab. I have an ASUS Transformer running Honeycomb and really do love that OS so it may be worth it to try one of the HC ROMs on the G Tablet. Good luck...
I am loving GtabComb. The camera doesn't work and there is no hardware acceleration yet but videos play great with rock player. CM7 was the first ROM I installed, but I had to switch to HoneyComb. I love CM7 on my phone. The problem with CM7 is that it treats the pad like a giant phone instead of a tablet.
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I have been running HC Flashback 7.1 for 3 days now. I have tried Century Eyes, Vegan Tab RC1 7.0, and HC Illuminate. All were good roms. Since I don't skype or need the camera at this time, I love Flashback. I have flash working on it using Opera Mobile and all apps I've added so far runs w/o force closes on this app. I love it especially since I am using cpu tuner (free) to overclock it to 1.4ghz. It runs stable and doesn't freeze on me at that speed. I set it to constantly run at 1.4 until battery drains to about 10%. I've benchmarked it using a free app and it outruns the Moto Xoom which has 1G vs 512 on this speedy beast! So I love this rom and it does run stable. Good luck in whatever rom you choose..either way, this GTab rocks!
Tried all the HC ROMs, Fashback 7.1 and Gtabcomb 3.3 runs good, netflix works. Forget the camera. FB bt works ok, Gtabcomb 3.3 bt have some issue. Since I stream movie using BT stereo headphone it is important to me.
I decided to try CM7tab 080811 and found that it does everything smoothly, bt stereo works flawlessly. Camera works, flash works, voip works using bt.
Pick any one and you will truly be enjoying the g-tab.
I'm a bit old school and I like Vegan 5.1.1 with VTL. Working camera (no matter what you do it's a POS camera, tho) and HW acceleration, but it is a bit flakey. Brilliant Corners is similar but newer/better and I'll probably end up on that but I'm in no rush to switch to 1.2.
I really enjoy my GTab since I bought it in October of last year. I have been currently enjoying Flashback 7.1, but my suggestion is to flash until you find something that you enjoy. Heck, try them all. Just remember which bootloader your in.
Hi guys, i am thinking about to buy me a touchpad and install android on it. Now, my concerns... is it stable enough to use it as a daily driver that way?
Mostly i am watching video and playing games on my tablet right now, and i wonder if the performance with android on touchpad is good enough for my needs?
I also need to know if it has hdmi out?
If there are any big warnings please advert me now, before i make a misstake..if it all right im getting it =)
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Hi guys, i am thinking about to buy me a touchpad and install android on it. Now, my concerns... is it stable enough to use it as a daily driver that way?
Mostly i am watching video and playing games on my tablet right now, and i wonder if the performance with android on touchpad is good enough for my needs?
I also need to know if it has hdmi out?
If there are any big warnings please advert me now, before i make a misstake..if it all right im getting it =)
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I'm using my touchpad daily with the CM7 last released alpha build. I use it for videos, games, web browsing, etc. Android runs smooth and I have no issues at all. If you score a touchpad at the right price its an awesome device. If you want to spend more get a galaxy tab or an ipad. As for making a mistake, no one can either encourage or discourage you from that. Good luck with your decision.
Edit: No HDMI out port.
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I've installed it and so far I like it... The sound is choppy and I don't know how to fix it.. However, everything else works great!! I have lots of games like plants vs zombies and it works great!! I also installed dolphin browser and works great!! I have the HTC IME mod keyboard and the landscape looks good and covering the whole screen the horizontal is half screen but works good too.. I like the Android better due to more apps and more things to put..
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Very few issues here as well.
Daily driver, no problem.
I play Contract Killer...and lack of real buttons (home, menu, back, etc.) sometimes gets you locked in the game...however, ending the task gets you back to where you need to be.
I love WebOS, don't get me wrong, but Android has the apps and games I like to play.
infexis said:
Hi guys, i am thinking about to buy me a touchpad and install android on it. Now, my concerns... is it stable enough to use it as a daily driver that way?
Mostly i am watching video and playing games on my tablet right now, and i wonder if the performance with android on touchpad is good enough for my needs?
I also need to know if it has hdmi out?
If there are any big warnings please advert me now, before i make a misstake..if it all right im getting it =)
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Video performance is bad, unless you stick to watching youtube vids.
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I use both CM7 and WebOS. For Flash video and Netflix I boot into WebOS. I use both WebOS and CM7 for music and CM7 for most games, transcoded video, and web blowsing. Love Dolphin HD on CM7, much better than the default browser on WebOS.
You can't go wrong for the price... the harware is very good.
I don't think Netflix works in webOS, but in CM it works great. I got mine not knowing how much I would use it, my wife likes webOS so it was mostly for her. Turns out I use it alot more than I thought I would. I use it to search the web, music, movies and games instead of my laptop most of the time now. It was well worth the purchase.
While it has some minor quirks, its plenty usable as a daily driver. The biggest issue is that the battery life in sleep mode is terrible compared to webOS. It'll get you through a full day of use with moderate usage, so its not a deal breaker.
battery in sleep makes me barf. I wake up friday morning use it a bit, go ona weekend trip and it's dead on Monday.
Meanwhile I wake up on Friday with webOS, leave for the weekend and come back to see my device at like 77%.
Is this just how Android devices are, or is it because the Touchpad still needs some tweaking? And if by tweaking you mean we can get 10-20% better battery life in idle, that's not much. Power consumption needs to be cut in like 1/5th if not 1/10th its current state in idle.
Keep in mind folks that Gingi isn't even officially released. There are a lot of development being done in the shadows. I think it will all work out in the next few months. The source for ICS is released, which does officially support tablets. I would not mind them moving to ICS and skip HC/Gingi all together.
I use Gingerbread on a daily basis. My TP is on the Touchstone 90% of the time, so I don't see the same battery issues as others.
Hi,
Just got a 32GB HP Touchpad. Had it charged up last night and spent a couple of hours on it. I also have a Motorola Xoom 32GB and Apple iPAD.
My first thought was immediately install CMW 7, but wanted to hold back and use WebOS for a months first.
Wanted to get everyone opinion on what they've used for so far. Are you on WebOS or you went to the immediate route of Android?
If I go end up going to CMW 7 or 9 and decided to revert back to WebOS, what is the procedure / process to bring back to stock?
Thanks,
i just got a 32GB a few days ago as well
i also have a ipad and a transformer... only reason i got the touchpad is to kinda beat on it
(use it in my car audio setup/media player for my 2 18" BTL's )
i installed android (xron cm7.1) right away as i felt webOS is just not well developed yet and the fact that i LOVE the openness of cm7 and android...
it is easy to go back to complete stock... about as hard as rooting a "new" phone (using CMD/ADB)
i recommend staying away from the android builds if you use it as a daily pad due to the bugs and wifi issues right now...
in my experience my wifi sticks and bugs are minimal but like i said... i use it to beat on and dont really care to much if it gets broken
now i plan on selling my ipad and transformer for a transformer prime in a few weeks but i am really starting to like the touch pad for its simplicity
I use it for web browsing in bed and on the couch. I stayed on webOS for a few days before giving android a try. I greatly prefer webOS for my use. CM7 is gingerbread, and I don't feel gingerbread is a good fit for a tablet. All the apps are just phone apps scaled. At least there are a few tablet apps for webOS.
My biggest reason for sticking in webOS is the cards. Its just so intuitive to multi-task, and navigate.
The next reason is the browser. The stock webOS browser is far better than any browser I have found for android. Its not perfect, but its smooth and has native good flash support. I also really like the TouchPad keyboard with the number row.
I think I will change my mind when ICS comes out for the TouchPad. I have an android phone, and love Android, but don't feel a phone OS is a good fit on a 10" screen.
Check out the forums on webosnation, formerly precentral. There is a great guide there for tweaking webOS, using preware. The add-on I use the most us the thumb controls for the browser, it means a swipe from off the left or right edge gives you back, forward, refresh etc, so I can use my TouchPad one handed most of the time.
Edit:
Another note: you don't replace webOS with Android. Its a dual-boot set up. When you power up the device you get a choice (cyboot in pre ware lets you change delay and default) of webOS or Android (or CWM). Right now there is no way to fully remove webOS. The devs have given the following reasons: most devs like webOS, and it gives you a contingency if something goes wrong, you have a stable usable OS to fall back on
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I am not sure what someone with a Xoom and an Ipad would use the Touchpad for, but I use mine as a laptop replacement for most things. I got mine the first day of the sale so I used WebOS for a few weeks until they got android on to it. I liked webos, but it was quite obvious that it wasn't anywhere near a finished product (touch not sensitive enough, many MANY browser issues [only some of which were taken care of by purchasing advanced browser], waiting for 10+ seconds for any app to open). Still I liked its concept and it did well enough. I didn't like the lack of apps (I took the TP with the HP BT keyboard to school to take notes), but I would just used the web based version of the things I wanted to do (google docs, etc) which kinda sucked since they werent touch optimized but what can you do?
Then, when it was available, I put android on it. I used android to mess around, but still used WebOS 98% of the time since android was incredibly buggy and unusable for my purposes (plus the Gdocs app didn't work - LOL!). Things went like this for about another month and when CM7 a2.1 came out I installed it and things really started to smooth out. There were still bugs (though I never had wifi issues), but then I found the XRON flavor of CM7 and Leo's tweaks seemed to make an enormous difference in usability. I pretty much have not booted into WebOS since this time.
I use the TP for web browsing, taking notes (cant wait until HC or ICS on here so I can use the ASUS supernote app), playing games, controlling my new Onkyo Receiver, watching TED talks... The BT keyboard greatly increases its usability (for me).
Now once again, there is nothing there that you couldn't do with your existing tabs. You may consider making it a bathroom TV, or a part of your car stereo system. There was more I was going to say, but I can't really remember.
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Hi,
Just got a 32GB HP Touchpad. Had it charged up last night and spent a couple of hours on it. I also have a Motorola Xoom 32GB and Apple iPAD.
My first thought was immediately install CMW 7, but wanted to hold back and use WebOS for a months first.
Wanted to get everyone opinion on what they've used for so far. Are you on WebOS or you went to the immediate route of Android?
If I go end up going to CMW 7 or 9 and decided to revert back to WebOS, what is the procedure / process to bring back to stock?
Thanks,
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quarlow said:
I use it for web browsing in bed and on the couch. I stayed on webOS for a few days before giving android a try. I greatly prefer webOS for my use. CM7 is gingerbread, and I don't feel gingerbread is a good fit for a tablet. All the apps are just phone apps scaled. At least there are a few tablet apps for webOS.
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You typed ALL of that on the Galaxy S II?! Wow! Lol! You must be a professional Text'er
I think that would be one reason and potentially major reason I would hold off CM due to it being Gingerbread. I might rethink once it get ICS.
Thanks for the feedback from everyone on this.
The minute I got the HP and installed Accurweather. The first thing came to mind for me was to Velcro to the kitchen backsplash and use it as a calendar / To-do/ daily weather & news device
The only thing is trying to properly hide the charge cable.
Wasn't really sure what I would use a tablet for when I got it. We have a netbook, a home theater PC connected to the TV, a netbook for the couch, and both my wife and I have smartphones (my infuse and her iphone). To be honest, I haven't used it as much as I would like. We did take it on vacation last week and it was great on the plane for watching a movie (used mobo player) and finding things in the city. Aside from that I'll poke around on in it while watching TV if the wife is on the netbook and I don't feel like coming back here to the office to use the real PC. I have a feeling I'll be using it quite a bit at work to surf and screw off when I should be doing other things lol
I got it and immediately put CM7 alpha 2 on it. Haven't had any wifi issues, but I do have some charging issues (won't charge in CM7 if it gets below like 20 or 30% battery). I think webOS is very pretty, but it seemed very slow to me and the lack of apps just completely killed it for my use.
Trying to figure out of I want to get at BT keyboard for it still....
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You typed ALL of that on the Galaxy S II?! Wow! Lol! You must be a professional Text'er
I think that would be one reason and potentially major reason I would hold off CM due to it being Gingerbread. I might rethink once it get ICS.
Thanks for the feedback from everyone on this.
The minute I got the HP and installed Accurweather. The first thing came to mind for me was to Velcro to the kitchen backsplash and use it as a calendar / To-do/ daily weather & news device
The only thing is trying to properly hide the charge cable.
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Most of my posts are from my Galaxy S II, I've definately typed some diatribes on this soft keyboard. The 4.3" screen is perfect for me for one handed thumb typing. Good auto correct helps.
The Touchstone may help with the kitchen placement. They are $40 shipped on amazon if you can be a little patient (the prices fluctuate daily). They look like a little easel, you set the TouchPad in, and it charges wirelessly. The TouchPad goes into Exhibition mode, to display a clock, pictures, calendar (I think), or other apps. My favorite is LCARS Clock.
It also works in Android. It enters the clock app to display the time and weather.
It will even charge if you have a case on it. You should be able to hide the cable fairly easily. Then when you want to use it, just grab and go. The Touchstone was the first accessory I bought.
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quarlow said:
My biggest reason for sticking in webOS is the cards. Its just so intuitive to multi-task, and navigate.
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I think I will change my mind when ICS comes out for the TouchPad. I have an android phone, and love Android, but don't feel a phone OS is a good fit on a 10" screen.
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This basically sums up my feelings. I've only owned my Touchpad for a week, but I find webOS does basically everything I need it to do. It's my only tablet, and I really enjoy the webOS experience.
I'll add that I was also extremely happy when I found out that Dropbox file opening and editing worked flawlessly right away.
There may be a limited number of apps, but the stock apps work really well in my opinion. Most other things that don't have apps can be found through the browser (at least for what I use). For example, a Netflix app might be nice, but Amazon Prime Instant Video works perfectly through the browser.
If there is ever a decent Android ICS release, I'll give it a shot. Until then, I'll probably stick with webOS. I already have a phone on Gingerbread.
I use mine for web browsing, email and basic document editing. Basically a laptop replacement.
When CM7 came out I was using that primarily, but as of late I've switched back to webOS. Not because I prefer it, but because Android simply cant hold a candle to webOS in terms of battery life. Most of what I do in Android can be accomplished in webOS, so while I dont like the OS as much I cant justify staying in Android for long.
If the battery life ever gets better, I'll switch back to Android. Alternatively, once ICS comes out I'll take another look since from what I've seen of it I like the ICS UI far more than webOS enough that I can overlook the battery issues.
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I use mine for web browsing, email and basic document editing. Basically a laptop replacement.
When CM7 came out I was using that primarily, but as of late I've switched back to webOS. Not because I prefer it, but because Android simply cant hold a candle to webOS in terms of battery life. Most of what I do in Android can be accomplished in webOS, so while I dont like the OS as much I cant justify staying in Android for long.
If the battery life ever gets better, I'll switch back to Android. Alternatively, once ICS comes out I'll take another look since from what I've seen of it I like the ICS UI far more than webOS enough that I can overlook the battery issues.
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Battery life? My battery life on çm7 is tripple what it was on webos. I go atleast 3 days on a charge.
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Used WebOS for 1 day and then dual booted with the XRON ROM. I have occasional wifi issues on Android but it is stable enough to use it instead of a laptop for browsing the web, email, FB, LinkedIn, productivity apps etc. and of course games.
WebOS is nice but the selection of apps is minimal...if you don't care about that it is a nice UI. Install Preware to speed things up...
swaze said:
Battery life? My battery life on çm7 is tripple what it was on webos. I go atleast 3 days on a charge.
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I get 3-4 days on webOS and 1 1/2 days on Android. While usable, I dont want to wear out the battery since I think good ones might be hard to find later.
Games, games, and more games. I have 150+ apps installed and 90% are games.
Using a sixaxis controller with GTA III, Backstab, Modern Combat 3, and many other games is just to cool!
for photo display
Mainly use it as a monitor during photoshoot.Use with eye-fi card. So far so good.Thanks to the CM7& Drink team
internet emails alerts calender, remote access to my lappy, Facebook, watching bbciplayer, watching movies while trying to go sleep, alarm clock....lecture and meeting notes....infact the only things i use my laptop (Asus G73) for are games Photoshop and design programmes that won't work on the touchpad
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Larry94 said:
Games, games, and more games. I have 150+ apps installed and 90% are games.
Using a sixaxis controller with GTA III, Backstab, Modern Combat 3, and many other games is just to cool!
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Same!
I used WebOS long enough to hit the shutdown button only. Alpha 3.5 has treated me well. I have the nes, snes, n64, psx, and gameboy emulators paired with two ps3 sixaxis controllers. This tablet runs emulators wonderfully.
Second to games I monitor my alarm system, control my googletv, adjust my home thermostats, and while not being directly used it is a battery backed up home security camera dvr via ipcam.
Thirdly I use it for book reading, netflix, rdp control of a home media server, and web browsing. The a.I.type intelligent keyboard is free on market and has a split keyboard that allows me to type faster than I could with swype.
Jotokun said:
I get 3-4 days on webOS and 1 1/2 days on Android. While usable, I dont want to wear out the battery since I think good ones might be hard to find later.
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You won't "wear out the battery" by using it!
You'll end up getting more life out of it if you "work" it all the time.
You may have issues with battery stats as android battery monitoring is very unreliable so make sure you clear them on ever ROM flash while fully charged.
I got mine a few months ago. I tried to play with WebOS and it wasn't bad but compared to Android it did suck. Long boot times aswell as loading apps.
Nice idea but android is more complete.
Currently updating with each Xron ROM and its been fine, apart from the old issue with wifi and FCs.
Currently use it for a alarm clock and browse the internet in bed.
I agree with the using WebOS for a while. It's not a bad OS. I like the cards too, but i can't say wouldn't want more icons on the dock and it would be nice to have widgets to put on the desktop behind the cards. But I'm sure when the source is released we can expect some better flavors of WebOS.
Android is fun to mess with, but it's still buggy and some features don't work well. It's not as fluid and i can't get the camera to work on mine for skype or taking pictures (with FC'ing.)
Currently I only use Android for a couple games, Google Voice SMS, ebuddy to chat, and browsing the net with Skyfire. As for WebOS, I play some WebOS-specific games, video chatting, Kalemsoft video streaming from my SMB share, ereader, and organizational things. Currently WebOS is more useful than Android by far. Other than not having a good chat program. When android isn't so buggy and is more fluid i'll give it a better shot.
Can anyone recomend stable Rom for tp which is pretty stable and has everything working (gapps , WiFi)...
Wrong section. And none are stable fully yet.
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As Leo said there are no stable roms out, currently there are only 2 roms as it stands, Cyanogen's CM7 who's running Alpha 3 and XRON's CM7 build.
Personally I've been running CM7 Alpha 3 with no huge issues. The screen will freeze here and there, but a reboot fixes it with no problem, everything seems to work, gapps, wifi, my apps are smooth as butter and my movies and music sound amazing. If your looking for something stable stick with WebOS until Cyanogen puts out a stable rom, perhaps it'll include an easy install, as the current install is a bit tricky and even the 'detailed' tutorial posts on installation leave some parts out.
there is that other "no credit" ROM in the general forum (where this thread should belong) and actually that's working better for me than alpha 3 and xron
although that said it is a bit difficult at 1st cuz it's in chinese and you have to reset it to english....etc etc...then the keyboard....then a reboot
LlirasChosen said:
As Leo said there are no stable roms out, currently there are only 2 roms as it stands, Cyanogen's CM7 who's running Alpha 3 and XRON's CM7 build.
Personally I've been running CM7 Alpha 3 with no huge issues. The screen will freeze here and there, but a reboot fixes it with no problem, everything seems to work, gapps, wifi, my apps are smooth as butter and my movies and music sound amazing. If your looking for something stable stick with WebOS until Cyanogen puts out a stable rom, perhaps it'll include an easy install, as the current install is a bit tricky and even the 'detailed' tutorial posts on installation leave some parts out.
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you also excluded MIUI on purpose?
As XRON is build from CM7, and so the rest are I believe.. there is by means only 1 ROM with different mods around.. well.. they're all based on CM7..that's what I'm trying to say.. not that they have the same flaws and equal each other.. but the base is the same?
Puenos said:
you also excluded MIUI on purpose?
As XRON is build from CM7, and so the rest are I believe.. there is by means only 1 ROM with different mods around.. well.. they're all based on CM7..that's what I'm trying to say.. not that they have the same flaws and equal each other.. but the base is the same?
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Just found out that scott is about to update miui soon. But all roms right now are based on cm7
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To answer op, CM7 for the Touchpad is actually pretty stable. I'm running 3.5 Alpha from the CM team and it is smooth as butter. Unlike webOS for the TP, I can even use my blutooth keyboard + mouse on Android.
To whoever said it was difficult, I gotta say that's bs. It's definitely no more difficult than installing Preware on your TP, and it's worth it for added functionality. The most annoying problem was how long downloading everything took. Having all the apps Android has alone makes it worth installing.
I ran the N64 emulator on Android and it ran perfectly. Haven't tested other games yet, but I don't play many games anyway. Is it as smooth as my SGS II I777? Nah. But it IS smoother than many other Android tablets and phones that are dualcore.
Finally, a heads up for the only program I saw stutter: Netflix doesn't play as smoothly as I'd like, and but it plays good enough to not ragequit. I'm not sure if all video playback is like that, but again, it's not so bad that you couldn't watch your videos - just don't expect them to play as smoothly as a native android phone or tablet. The next thing that might bother you on 3.5 Alpha is the lack of useful headphone jack. When you plug your headphones in, the audio still comes out the speaker, but honestly, I don't see myself or anyone reasonably using their TP as a media player while in a gym or other public settings.
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autonomous-inc said:
To answer op, CM7 for the Touchpad is actually pretty stable. I'm running 3.5 Alpha from the CM team and it is smooth as butter. Unlike webOS for the TP, I can even use my blutooth keyboard + mouse on Android.
To whoever said it was difficult, I gotta say that's bs. It's definitely no more difficult than installing Preware on your TP, and it's worth it for added functionality. The most annoying problem was how long downloading everything took. Having all the apps Android has alone makes it worth installing.
I ran the N64 emulator on Android and it ran perfectly. Haven't tested other games yet, but I don't play many games anyway. Is it as smooth as my SGS II I777? Nah. But it IS smoother than many other Android tablets and phones that are dualcore.
Finally, a heads up for the only program I saw stutter: Netflix doesn't play as smoothly as I'd like, and but it plays good enough to not ragequit. I'm not sure if all video playback is like that, but again, it's not so bad that you couldn't watch your videos - just don't expect them to play as smoothly as a native android phone or tablet. The next thing that might bother you on 3.5 Alpha is the lack of useful headphone jack. When you plug your headphones in, the audio still comes out the speaker, but honestly, I don't see myself or anyone reasonably using their TP as a media player while in a gym or other public settings.
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actually my rom is based on CM 3.5 and the headphone jack is just fine. But agree with how you put all else.
Just wondering if there is a stable ICS rom yet for this gTab?
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Just wondering if there is a stable ICS rom yet for this gTab?
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[ROM - 1.2] BETA ICS 4.0.X - Team DRH (Update 04/01/12)
This is the only ICS rom for the Gtab that I know about. Been running it since launch and its seems to be doing fine. There are little quirks here and there, mostly sound dropping out, and there is a small list of stuff not working currently, but I have been very pleased to use it as a daily driver. Hell man a awesome rom with HW accelerators, you have to try youtube on this just to see what I mean. Thats worth rebooting every now and then to get sound with it.
one thing I WISH I could get is when I stream video clips through various online pages.. right now I am using RockPlayer lite to open the video clips... but there is no ability to automatically REPEAT the clip once it is done playing.
Is this something ICS fixes?
I decided not to wait for HDMI and took the plunge this morning. Easy install with just one or two scary moments (due to my lack of patience). Now I'm watching Champions League soccer from foxsoccer.tv. Best handling of streaming Flash video I've seen yet. Not a single pause or lockup in more than an hour. And my wireless USB kb/touchpad combo works and looks great (I'll take an arrow pointer over that faint "x" any day). Congratulations to Team DRH. Any guess as to when I can hook my GTab up to the big screen?
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I decided not to wait for HDMI and took the plunge this morning. Easy install with just one or two scary moments (due to my lack of patience). Now I'm watching Champions League soccer from foxsoccer.tv. Best handling of streaming Flash video I've seen yet. Not a single pause or lockup in more than an hour. And my wireless USB kb/touchpad combo works and looks great (I'll take an arrow pointer over that faint "x" any day). Congratulations to Team DRH. Any guess as to when I can hook my GTab up to the big screen?
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Soon
There are no stable versions out. All buggy.
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anything for ICS yet on the GTab? or how about going straight to JellyBean?
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There are no stable versions out. All buggy.
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Team DRH beta 1.3 was released 2 July. A little less bug, speed improvements etc... Jelly Bean will come hen it's ready or release.
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I loaded the latest beta on and although it looks great and I really do like it, my gtab is now a dog when it comes to doing anything...very laggy, widgets take forever to load up when going back to home screen. Over all just very slooooow. For a dula core tab with a not so very high screen resolution it should be a lot faster. I am hoping for more speed improvements, or did I do something wrong when I went through the install process? I dunno, but keep up the good work because it makes me want to use the gtab again (if it was not so laggy).
Did you let it "bake" after install? Many folks have had good results with letting the tablet sit undisturbed for 30 minutes or more after flashing, before connecting wifi and registering with Google. I let mine "bake"over night, and it has seemed to prevent the lag.
Good Luck.
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DRH's ICS is very stable. I'd highly recommend it to anyone who wants to have a good time.
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same thing here.. just installed the beta... slow as hell!
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I loaded the latest beta on and although it looks great and I really do like it, my gtab is now a dog when it comes to doing anything...very laggy, widgets take forever to load up when going back to home screen. Over all just very slooooow. For a dula core tab with a not so very high screen resolution it should be a lot faster. I am hoping for more speed improvements, or did I do something wrong when I went through the install process? I dunno, but keep up the good work because it makes me want to use the gtab again (if it was not so laggy).
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same thing here.. just installed the beta... slow as hell!
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I ran it for a week, loved the interface and all the customization options, and HBO GO worked flawlessly.
Just couldn't get past all the freezing and stuttering, some of my games wouldn't work and my avi files wouldn't play off the sd card with the default player and I couldn't find a place to set preferences to use MX player, wouldn't even prompt me as to which player to use, so I went back to C&C 1.2 final.
Who knows, might be damaged internal flash memory or just felt slow after running overclocked at 1.5ghz for so long.
But still it's shaping up pretty darn sexy and heads and shoulders above most of the Honeycomb roms I tried.
Hats off to DRH.