is it possible to install a linux operating system from an android tablet?
so that I can later connect it to a screen and keyboard to work with it like a normal pc?
the tablet is an unknown manufacturer and has android 8.1 on it:
32gb internal memory
mediatek quad core processor
(up to 1.4ghz)
so gbs, camera, microphones all must not work main thing wifi and i can surf normally.
many thanks.
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Hello,
I was searching the forums, but didn't find anything about this tablet...
Recently I have bought a broken Tablet: Leader Tab R70
CPU: Rockchip 2818A 600MHz
RAM memory: 256MB
ROM memory: 2GB
Screen: 7' 800x480 (WVGA)
OS: Android 2.1 Eclair .
I was hoping I would be able to revive it, but it seems it's not that simple.
The tablet turns on, I can see the droid icon on the left top side of the screen, and then a sign saying "Android_", and that's it.
When I plug it to the PC nothing happens, the PC doesn't see the tablet (I have tried it on two Windows 7 x64 machines), though it seems it does get the charge, as it turns on (same thing on both USB ports). Since the PC won't see it I am unable to flash it by RKAndroidBatchUpgrade (or anything else)
Is there any other way (like by booting a ROM/flash image from SD card) to flash it? Is there a hardware way? (I was able to open the case, didn't find anything magical inside). Is there a way to reset it? Is there a CM somewhere capable of running on this tablet?
I'd appreciate ANY help
Regards
Hello,
I have a pretty cheap but good android tablet made by craig, it is a Craig CMP 738a Android Tablet, and I was wondering with the specs that the tablet contains, that it might be able to run Windows XP.
I will do everything myself, like rebuilding the XP to run with drivers that might make the touchscreen and stuff work, but I've run into a major problem that I cannot seem to figure out.
I cannot figure out how to boot from say, a bootable flash drive on the tablet to where I can install Windows XP. I can't figure out how to load the files to install the OS. (The tablet does have a USB Port to use)
Can anyone possibly figure out how to boot from a flash drive instead of the default Android OS?
Thank you, and I would also love to try a Linux OS like Ubuntu on that tablet as well. Might be easier.
Android Tablet Specs
RAM: 256 MB
CPU: 700 MHz
HDD: 4GB Flash Memory w. External SD Card (8GB Memory)
Hardware: 7" (i think) 720x480 Resistive Touch Screen
Hard Home Button, Hard Option (menu) button, and Power Button, the back button is software.
Volume buttons and a power switch, Mini HDMI Port, USB Host, USB Port (for connecting to computer), SD Slot (up to 32GB memory).
TheRPGLPer said:
Hello,
I have a pretty cheap but good android tablet made by craig, it is a Craig CMP 738a Android Tablet, and I was wondering with the specs that the tablet contains, that it might be able to run Windows XP.
I will do everything myself, like rebuilding the XP to run with drivers that might make the touchscreen and stuff work, but I've run into a major problem that I cannot seem to figure out.
I cannot figure out how to boot from say, a bootable flash drive on the tablet to where I can install Windows XP. I can't figure out how to load the files to install the OS. (The tablet does have a USB Port to use)
Can anyone possibly figure out how to boot from a flash drive instead of the default Android OS?
Thank you, and I would also love to try a Linux OS like Ubuntu on that tablet as well. Might be easier.
Android Tablet Specs
RAM: 256 MB
CPU: 700 MHz
HDD: 4GB Flash Memory w. External SD Card (8GB Memory)
Hardware: 7" (i think) 720x480 Resistive Touch Screen
Hard Home Button, Hard Option (menu) button, and Power Button, the back button is software.
Volume buttons and a power switch, Mini HDMI Port, USB Host, USB Port (for connecting to computer), SD Slot (up to 32GB memory).
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I don't believe your tab has the power to run XP. You'd need at least a gig of ram. Also this project is futile. You'd need to compile a new boot loader and technically it would be illegal based on Microsoft software stuff. It's a nice idea but just buy a Windows tab. In the end it'll be cheaper lol.
Its damn near impossible considering we don't have the source code for XP. All programs that run on desktops and laptops are compiled to run on x86 processors, just about all mobile devices are using ARM processors so you would need to recompile the code for ARM.
All it was really was an idea to do in my free time, and no source code for XP would be a problem, though, I do have 98 laying around somewhere. What about linux? Would that be easier to do?
EDIT: I've solved the booting problem though. I just need to unlock the device's bootloader. I need to know how to enter bootloader mode on this device though, can I do it through ADB? It is a rooted device.
This is a windows tablet, but I think it would be cool to have this run android as well, so I tried a few emulators running under windows 10, but they are very slow, unstable or didnt run at all. Doid4X, an Nox worked, Andy refused to start).
I kept the Nox App Player, cause that was the one I found most responsive of these.
Perhaps the fact that they barely meets the minimum RAM requirement is a major cause for it being slow.
Then I decided to try the android-x86, which is not an emulator, but an andoid port to x86, and will run natively.
The Lollipop EFI image does work as a live usb media , and I was able to install it to another usb stick, but that got stuck on the aandoid logo when booting. The 4.4r3 EFI image did work better, and was able to install to a second usb stick and boot up into android.
I must say that android-x86 did impress me. It feels quite quick and responsive, and any app I have tried so far does run. Even MineCraft PE works well. The display and touchscreen works well, and volume buttons works.
There are a few driver related issues though, here is a list of some things not working:
- onboard wifi
- onboard Bluetooth
- Sensors (auto rotate will not work)
- Audio out and mic
- Power button
- Battery status
- Camera
I did a few tests, and as a workaround I did use an external usb wifi adapter to get internet working. Also connecting a usb headset with mic did work fine, external keyboard. Also a non branded bluetooth adapter was accepted and the BT icon was enabled, but it didnt find any devices when searching. Even a logitech webcam did work with opencam.
Given the current state of andoid-x86 on this tab, it doesnt make sense to partition the disk to get a dual boot. But if there was working drivers for wifi and audio etc, this could be a decent android system.
Now the android version of the tab 8 looks quite similar to the w1-810, so that makes me wonder how much of the hardware components that are the same. And if it may be possible to get the drivers from the original android to work on android-x86.
I will try to list the hw configuration as I can read from devicemanager/drivers in win10:
wifi: broadcom 4330 / Sound: intel SST audio device / camera: Intel Imaging signal processor 2400 / Bluetooth: BCMBTBUS / Sensors: BMA2x2 ( BMA250E) / Battery control hardware ID is PNP0C0A
Any ideas on how to get these things working would be great.
forum administrators:
I did tag this thread with iconia-tab-8, but for some reason it will not show under "Acer Iconia Tab 8 Discussion" list.
Did I miss something, or doesnt the tag system work properly.
Is there anything I can do to fix this?
I also have this tablet and I am also eager for installing fully functional Android on it. Please guys help us on this. Thanks in advance.
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what app can i use to see if my WiFi password is crackable or not ? thanks
depends on what chipset your phone has, or what chipset your external uses (if you have an external you would know the answer to your original question)
run kali linux with a working wifi adapter, it is alot easier to run it on a laptop than a phone, also more effective
Hello everyone
I have a Prixton PC02 Windows 10 tablet (and bluetooth keyboard), Windows 10 asked me to update it and I said no then the tablet went crazy, now when I boot the tablet up it shows the Prixton logo then the screen stays black (but with brightness so I can still see it is on). With the screen black if I press the touchscreen I can slightly see the cursor and a blue loading circle.
I have tried a few solutions to get Windows 10 to load normally which are:
1- Drain the battery completely with it on the black screen and then charge and restart
2- Use the Windows 10 USB recovery.
Now, with the USB plugged into an adapter into the tablets micro USB slot, the tablet loaded from the USB drive, once in the recovery menu I tried to diagnose and fix problems with the boot of Windows, it shown as attempting repairs and then after a while it gave me a message saying that it cannot be repaired.
Another option I tried was resetting the device, this starts to work up to 2% then it boots me back to the recovery menu.
Now the tablet won't load the USB at all
Just wondering if anyone knows of any other possible solutions? And thanks if you do
Later I will buy a MicroSD card to see if I can boot from that.
Tablet details:
Touchscreen: 7" 1024x600 TN
Operating System: WINDOWS 10
CPU: Intel® AtomTM Z3735G (Quad Core, up to 1.83GHz)
Internal memory: 16GB RAM 1GB DDR3L
Bluetooth Keyboard
External 3G support
WIFI IEEE802.11b/g/n wireless network
Camera: 0.3 MP y rear 2.0 MP
Bluetooth 4.0