Installing Android CM7 Alpha 2.1 (Part 1)

Firstly, this version of Android for the HP Touchpad was developed by the Cyanogenmod team and full credit goes to them and the other developers out there who worked very hard to make this happen in such a short amount of time.

Secondly, this version of Android is still VERY BUGGY. It is not the full release and therefore certain things do not work at 100% and some not at all.

Thirdly, if you are not confident with computers DO NOT DO THIS TUTORIAL as you may very well brick your Touchpad. Neither myself or any of the developers at Cyanogenmod take any resposibility for damaged/bricked devices so consider this a warning.

For those of you that want to go ahead I will make this as easy to follow as I possibly can. I recommend that you read every step twice and then another 3 times until you are fully familiar with what needs to be done. This tutorial, once completed successfully, will allow you to have a dual booting Touchpad with WebOS and Cyanogenmod 7 (Android Gingerbread) given as boot options when you turn the device on. This tutorial also shows how to install Clockworkmod Recovery, which will allow us to install the Android Market and other google apps.

1. THINGS YOU WILL NEED BEFORE STARTING!
DO NOT FORGET TO CHECK YOUR MD5 VALUES AFTER DOWNLOAD TO AVOID BRICKING THE DEVICE!!!

1. Read http://rootzwiki.com/topic/3477-releasealpha2discussion-cyanogenmod-team-touchpad-port/ before you start in case I have forgotten to mention something that the original post did. (I will include the download links from that site here)
2. Download MD5 Checker http://www.softpedia.com/dyn-postdownload.php?p=22900&t=4&i=1 (use this to check the integrity of your downloads against the MD5 value provided)
3. Download the ACME installer http://goo.im/devs/jcsullins/cmtouchpad/testing/ACMEInstaller3md5: b28627584691f88eb119697a43822433
4. Download CM7 http://goo-inside.me...-fullofbugs.zip                                                            md5: 2d3a4f1984c025a07f7cff0d43b3aae1
5. Download Clockwork Recovery http://goo-inside.me...erloin-1012.zip md5: 1308300f38685d44afde730efd9132cc
6. Download Moboot http://code.google.c.../downloads/list
7. Download the WebOS SDK from HP

32 bit windows: https://cdn.downloads.palm.com/sdkdownloads/3.0.2.652/sdkBinaries/HP_webOS_SDK-Win-3.0.2-652-x86.exe
64 bit windows: https://cdn.downloads.palm.com/sdkdownloads/3.0.2.652/sdkBinaries/HP_webOS_SDK-Win-3.0.2-652-x64.exe
I do not have a Mac so I cannot make a tutorial that suits Mac. If you have specific questions please google it and you will more than likely find your answer.

Please continue to Part 2 for installation preparation.

Update

So I've been busy over the last couple of days that's why I haven't got any posts out. I am still working on compiling a list of good webOS apps, which will come eventually. I wanted to post today to tell you that, and also to tell you, in case you hadn't heard yet, that the Cyanogenmod team have apparently been working very hard on getting android over to the HP touchpad. They announced yesterday that they have developed an alpha Android rom for it. This rom IS NOT released but they have announced that they will be releasing the Beta once completed. The only other information given was a video showing the touchpad running this OS and some information which hinted that the device would be able to multi-boot e.g run webOS and Android.

The Rom allows them to boot into Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread but many of the components are barely functional at this point. The touchscreen isn't supported yet, the graphics are a bit dodgy because graphics acceleration is not yet supported, and also the general layout of android is optimized for mobile phone rather than a tablet which would normally run 3.x.x Honeycomb Android.

This is great and exciting news that we've all been waiting for and I can't wait to get an easy to follow tutorial out for all of you to be able to enjoy what is bound to be a great $98 experience. Lets all show our support by donating over at the dev sites like Rootzwiki and Cyanogenmod

Click HERE to view the post on Rootzwiki

Stay Tuned

Daniel

News from the community

Ok people, change of plans. I was going to bring you a list of good apps. I have changed my mind because today I was trawling the web for news on porting android and it turns out that progress has been made.

Soo....
you may have already heard and/or seen the video of someone with android running on a hp touchpad. There was a spoof one and then there was a legit one supposedly (that's what I'm running with because I like to be optimistic :) <---like how I turned the close bracket into a smiley face?? Anyway I found out over at rootzwiki that there is an image dump of a hp touchpad with Android 2.2.1 Head over to rootzwiki to see for yourself.

I have downloaded this dump and had a bit of a look at it (it doesn't look like much to the untrained eye).
One thing I can be sure about is that progress is truly underway. At one point there I thought that the Touchdroid Team had disbanded, but clearly I was wrong. This means that soon we should have a working rom out on the web and available for me to make a tutorial on. Until then, get excited, because I definitely am and it looks weird if I'm the only one.

I will keep trying to get this image on my touchpad and if it works well and is easy enough I'll make a tute for that otherwise we'll just have to wait until a proper rom release is out.

Stay Tuned

Daniel