How To Install Android 2.3.5 On HP Touch Pad

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The day has arrived for the HP Touch Pad users and now we can install Android 2.3.5 on HP Touch Pad. Both CyanogenMod team and the TouchDroid team was trying hard to boot Android 2.3.5 on Web OS and finally the TouchDroid has posted a complete step by step guide on installing Android 2.3.5 on HP Touch Pad.

If you want to have a try then just follow this long and frustrating  tutorial. These steps are taken directly from TouchDroid community.

And they stated that this is just an alpha build where as WiFi won’t be working and may have lot of bugs.

How To Flash Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread on HP TouchPad

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  1. Download system.tar.bz and android.uImage from the torrent here [Direct Link]
  2. Place these files in your novaterm installation folder. Visit this wiki page and follow their  instructions for setting up novaterm on your OS (it works on Windows, Mac and Linux).
  3. Plug your HP TouchPad to a PC
  4. Open a command prompt / terminal window on your computer and type: “novaterm”
  5. Now create partitions for android on the device. Run all commands in novaterm

Resize /media first:

lvm.static lvresize -L -1706M /dev/store/media
lvm.static lvcreate -L 10M -n android-persist store
lvm.static lvcreate -L 32M -n android-etc store
lvm.static lvcreate -L 320M -n android-system store
lvm.static lvcreate -L 320M -n android-cache store
lvm.static lvcreate -L 1024M -n android-data store

 

Then Create partitions

mkfs.ext3 /dev/store/android-cache
mkfs.ext3 /dev/store/android-data
mkfs.ext3 /dev/store/android-etc
mkfs.ext3 /dev/store/android-persist
mkfs.ext3 /dev/store/android-system

6. Mount the partition in tmp/system, using novaterm:

mkdir /tmp/system/
mount -o loop -t ext3 /dev/mapper/store-android–system /tmp/system/

 

7. Open a new command/terminal window (to be done in cmd/terminal and not in novaterm) and run the following:

ovacom put file://tmp/system/system.tar.bz < system.tar.bz

8. Unzip system.tar.bz and move files to /tmp/system/ (in novaterm):

cd /tmp/system/
tar -xvf system.tar.bz
cd system
mv * ../
cd ..
rm -rf system

9. Unmount /tmp/system by running the following:

cd /
umount /tmp/system

10. Now you need to boot into bootie by running the following in novaterm:

tellbootie recover

11. Using command prompt/terminal, change to your novaterm folder and run the following:

 

novacom boot mem:// < android.uImage

12. Begin pressing Volume UP on the TouchPad till you see a purple line on the right hand side.

If you have followed everything correctly, you should boot right into Android 2.3.5 and have a working touchscreen.

Now every time you want to boot into Android you simply have to follow steps 10 and 11 above.

Run the following in novaterm if you want to do away with Android and revert to WebOS only:

lvm.static lvremove store/android-persist
lvm.static lvremove store/android-system
lvm.static lvremove store/android-data
lvm.static lvremove store/android-cache
lvm.static lvremove store/android-etc
lvm.static lvresize -L +1706M /dev/store/media

Following is also a video to give you a walk-through guide to installing Gingerbread on your HP TouchPad:

 

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