Hi, i have an hp touchpad webos that also has android installed on it. How to install android on the hp touchpad the easy way. The hp touchpad isnt the newest tablet on the block, but it has excellent hardware and can often be found for sale at a low price. Cant mount usb drive with cm11 and windows 7 plug the hp touchpad into your pc with the usb cable. As i cannot afford an ipad for my daughter so that her mother and i can work with her i saw the hp touchpad as an affordable alternative to then learn there was a way to add the android market to it and thus more available applications for educational purposes. That message warned that the new driver might not install properly unless i. I liked webos and had no issues using it however after migrating from an iphone to a android powered phone something i feel was definitely an upgrade i was delighted to see that some clever people had. Install android to breathe new life into your hp touchpad.
Finish the install let the tablet boot to android kitkat then transfer over the 3 android install files to the hp touchpad. Go to the cminstall folder and select the file gapps. When enabled by required software, the touchpad component is recognized by computers and all developed features are made accessible. Some things to note before running android on your hp touchpad. Windows operating systems automatically apply a generic driver that allows users to benefit from basic touch functions. If windows doesnt find a new driver, look for one on the device manufacturers website and follow their instructions. Under mice and other pointing devices, select your touchpad, open it, select the driver tab, and select update driver. Place two fingers on the touchpad and pinch in or stretch out. On start, search for device manager, and select it from the list of results. You dont like android, or you dont like the space it takes up. Msi installer file the hp license agreement pdf date modified august 2011. How do i remove cyanogen mod 7 and install android 4.
Note that touchpad toolbox is designed to run from a windows pc or mac with a touchpad tablet plugged in via usb cable, although the linux. These days there are plenty of inexpensive android and windows tablets that are thinner. Yes, im not messing with you, as the cyanogenmod developers managed to. It is an easy and efficient drag and drop method of putting files on the tablet instead of using kde connect. Picture instructions for installing android on hp touchpad download this picture here. Finish the install let the tablet boot to android kitkat then transfer over the 3 android 7. I asked him about the popup message that i received the first time i started to run the hp package sp81892 that contained the new driver. It scans your current pc to see if it is ready for windows 8 and then provides a compatibility report and optional steps for you to buy, download, and install windows 8. It has tiny number of apps good luck finding useful ones and very few developers open their hands for it, even though it was a great piece of hardware and software too.
Boot the touchpad in webos and plug it into your computer with a microusb cable. You can now close any windows that you have open on your. First of all, enter cd to move to c then, enter cd program filespalm, inc. Tap the touchpad with two fingers, or press in the lowerright corner.
How to use touchpad toolbox to install android, erase. Download and transfer android install files to the hp touchpad. This is an early alpha release of the software entitled lower your. Cant download novacom drivers for windows to connect hp. Once you have copied the files, click the eject button next to hp touchpad in your devices list. Darien grahamsmith reveals how you can install android on the hp touchpad. Last week we showed you how to install cyanogenmod 9 android on your touchpad. I was looking online trying to see how i can install android kitkat on it but i cannot seem to get the novacom drivers to install it just seems to say it is installing and 10 hours later no change. As to first steps, and especially doing it properly, ie without windows, that might be tricky. How to install android ice cream sandwich on the hp touchpad. Picture 14 instructions for installing android on hp touchpad download this picture here. See it for yourselves, the working android os on the hp touchpad.
So, just as we put up that guide in the spirit of letting you do what you want to do. Upgrade to windows 8 before upgrading to windows 8, we recommend that you run the windows 8 upgrade assistant. After your hp tablet reboots and you wait for the cyanogenmod bootup to finish, you should see the familiar android homescreen. Click start and type cmd, then press enter to display an order entry window picture 4 instructions for installing android 4. You can also transfer files directly from twrp by plugging in the usb cable to the pctransfer over the 3 android 9.
How to uninstall android from your touchpad webos nation. Afraid i am an apple or even a pc person, but have been looking forward to playing with android to see how i like it and if so, i may skip apple next time. In the meantime, i have dl to my macbook pro, at the moment, a. The touchpad should work properly after windows 10 is installed, but installing the windows 10 touchpad driver allows you to use edge swipe features from the touchpad to switch between open applications and other useful functions. How to use touchpad toolbox to install android, erase webos on. A list of files that are loading will appear and, once it finishes, you will have a tablet that is running on the android os. So i just recently received the hp touchpad from a friend who just acquired an ipad.
Some time ago in the hp firesale i purchased a 32gb hp touchpad. I would like to know if i need to restore my touchpad to factory settings and also do i need to remove all the files on my pc that were used to install the initial cm7. It runs webos which is, to be frank, halfbaked cake. Copy the 4 files you downloaded above onto the resulting extracted. I need help installing andriod on my hp touchpad webos. Enter webos recovery mode and connect the touchpad to your pc with the. Windows 7 x64 usb connection doesnt work for file management or android development. If those steps didnt work, try uninstalling your touchpad driver.
Now youll need to copy one of the files you downloaded to a specific folder on your mac. I plan on installing ics on my hp touchpad but i am currently using the cyanogen mod 7, which works fine. Open up a finder window and select your hard drive. Place three fingers on the touchpad and swipe them away. Most models and software can perform all the gestures listed. Hp notebook pcs using the touchpad or clickpad windows 10. This is hp s official website that will help automatically detect and download the correct drivers free of cost for your hp computing and printing products for windows and mac operating system. Installing touchpad driver hp support community 6462368. This installation, if not done properly may result in turning the device dead. Using dolphin in kde plasma to drag and drop files right on the hp touchpad file system is such a fantastic feature.
As a temporary remedy, you can use alternative players e. Download hp pavilion 15ck000 elantech touchpad driver 18. Use the volume button to select install zip from sd card, then continue to press home. Okay, first things first, hp touchpad is a discontinued flagship tablet by hp. While this is a risk, i have never had this happen. Instructions for installing android on hp touchpad. Your hp touchpad is now running the android os, thus having all the benefits of this great os.
I have had the hp touchpad for close to 7 years now, and i really dont believe it is getting lots of love from the developer. To return to the operating system selection screen, we just need to reboot the device and use the newly installed bootloader feature, select the operating system using the volume and home buttons picture 11 instructions for installing android on hp touchpad download this picture here. Just in case that link disappears, heres the breakdown. No other operating system should be used to install the android on touch pad.
Unfortunately installing android on the touchpad has always been a. I spoke with someone at hp support about installing the new synaptics touchpad driver for my hp probook 4530s windows 7 64bit. I figure, more options are better than fewer options for sharing data. If you were lucky enough to get your hands on a cheap hp touchpad a few months ago or even if you paid full price youve probably been. Yep, we did it, we successfully installed android on the hp touchpad. So maybe youve made that halfjump, or maybe youre sitting on the fence, but you want to know how to undo it. Since i last made a thread on this topic, some wonderful new tools have been made to make this process much easier and less risky however be aware, if you do not follow these instructions carefully, there is a chance that you can brick your device. The hp touchpad users can now enjoy the android experience on their own tablet. Although the hp touchpad has been removed from windows, devices are actually connected to the device. How to install android on your hp touchpad boyhealth blog. Once the drive mounts, create a cminstall folder and copy the cyanogenmod zip file, the clockworkmod zip file, and the moboot zip file into the folder. Install android ice cream sandwich ics on your hp touchpad. We will take no responsibilities for it whatsoever. Windows, and copy the gapps, recovery image and android build into the ttinstall folder.
I have downloaded the orginal drivers from hps site, after it successfully detects my computer model. Place two fingers on the touchpad and slide horizontally or vertically. When the touchpad is plugged in, tap to share device in usb drive mode. With ice cream sandwich slowly trickling out to android devices, now is the opportunity to give your hp touchpad some love from the big green robot. Im not going to agree that the solutions are outdated get yourself over to xdadevs specifically ubuntu touch. How to install android on your hp touchpad using os x. I tried doing a driver rollback from device manager, but after the computer restarts, under settingsdevicestouchpad it still shows your pc has a precision touchpad, and the problem persists. If youve used the files that i will include in my comments section below, your hp touchpad should be running a rooted version of android 4. The most commonly used touchpad and clickpad actions are gesturebased and provide shortcuts for quickly navigating in and working with windows and files.