The latest rumors from HP tells us that WebOS is pretty much dead so it is good to see that some developers are working hard on bringing us Android to the HP TouchPad tablet. While this is only Gingerbread for now, we can expect to see Honeycomb or Ice Cream Sandwich at some point on this device. The CyanogenMod team brought us Android 2.3.7 and now Team Xron released a modified version of CM 7.1 with some tweaks.
Disclaimer: Please note that we will not be responsible if you end up bricking your device. Rooting or customizing your device can be risky, if you follow the instructions you should be fine!
This version of CM 7.1 from Team Xron brings some tweaks and optimizations which are listed below:
Changelog 10/29/2011 v1.3.3
* Fixed GMAIL
* Fixed Flash
* Fixed most to do with Market
* Used more icons from ICS
* Added weather widget from Acer
* Added Acer DLNA Media Server
* Added HC bootanimation
* Restored density to 160
* only fixed stuff that was broken
Changelog 10/26/2011 v1.3.3
* Zipaligned
* New Bootanimation (please disregard the beats as it has not been enabled)
* Opted Pngs
* Swype added
* Video GTalk added
* Google Music added
* ES File explorer
* Netflix
* Voice Search added
* This includes the Market fix already
* Flashplayer
* Google+ added
* Default to allow unknown apps checked
* Updated apps
* Added Social Jogger from Acer tablet (like friendstream for HTC devices)
* Modded Framework.jar
* Modded Updater script to simplify it
* Replaced SystemUI/Status bar icons to ICS/Sprint lovers
* Density changed for smaller/clearer browsing experience
Android on the HP TouchPad looks good and starts to get usable as you can see in the screenshots below:
You can download CM/XRON on XDA @ [ROM]CM7 Base{Xronified tweaked}.
To install this Android custom ROM on your HP TouchPad follow the instructions @ How to Install CM Alpha on Touchpad.
Interested in running Android on your HP TouchPad, check out our previous articles about it:
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