Apad-scene

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Add a modem to your Heropad for 3g! 2:26 AM

Ryanining gives his ‘pad 3g via a nifty modem hack … go here to find out how!

Pictures will say alot.
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Now i enjoy internet anywhere easily
Install quicksetting to enable airplane mode if want to turn off the Modem.
The battery still have power for more than 4 hours, very great !!

An 8-inch Android 2.2 Tablet – only $229.95 2:13 AM

Main Product Picture - click to enlarge

The nice folks at DX have yet another tablet in stock with all the mod cons:

Model:
MID8001A

Operating System:
Google Android 2.2

Processor:
SAMSUNG S5pv210 ARM Cortex-A8 1 G Hz

Internal Memory:
512 MB DDR2

Flash Memory:
4 GB Flash

External memory:
Support micro SD/TF card up to 32 GB

Display:
4:3 8" TFT LCD with resistance screen touch

Resolution:
800 x 480 pixels resolution (16M colors)

Touch Control:
Full size touch operation

Orientation Sensors:
With accelerometer, automatic steering display screen

Speacial Function:
Support external 3G: WCDMA/EVDO/TD-SCDMA

Network:
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g network supported

Camera:
Built-in 1.3 M Pixels front camera

Microphone:
Built-in microphone

Speaker:
Built-in speaker

Slots:
1 x TF card (support max up to 32 GB)

1 x Mini HDMI

1 x 3.5mm earphone

1 x Mini USB

1 x USB Host

1 x Power supply

Support Video Formats:
MPEG-1/2/4/H.264/H.263/WMV9/DIVX/XVID/RM/RMVB

Support Audio Formats:
WMA/MP3/WAV/AAC

Support Picture Formats:
JPG/BMP/GIF/PNG/PEG

Support E-book Formats:
TXT/UMD/CHM/HTML/PDB

Language:
English / German / Italian / French / Dutch / Polish / Russian / Korean / Japanese / Simplified Chinese / Traditional Chinese / Croatian / Turkish / Vietnamese / Danish / Hungarian / Romanian / Slovak / Thai / Swedish / Spanish / Finnish / Latin / Portuguese / Greek / Ukrainian

Battery:
Built-in 3200 mAh Lithium battery (manufacturer rated)

Gotta have one? Here is the link: http://www.dealextreme.com/p/8-touch-screen-lcd-google-android-2-2-tablet-pc-w-wifi-hdmi-camera-tf-usb-arm-cortex-a8-1ghz-57178

Friday, January 14, 2011

Check out Pandigitalnovelscene.blogspot.com ! 6:19 AM

The Pandigital Novel might just fly one day. There’s so much to cover with this tablet with great potential, that Apad-scene is now proud to introduce: www.pandigitalnovelscene.blogspot.com , where you will find news, hacks and howto’s, fresh (or stale, as the case may be) from the great devs who slave for us daily for next to no reward on Slatedroid.com!

And we have a nice logo:)

Check it out, and learn a thing or two about the Pandigital Novel!

Thursday, January 13, 2011

New method for flashing later Apads 9:12 PM

[Info] Apad iRobot 9v Charger Variant New Flash Method

« on: August 08, 2010, 11:50:33 PM »

Apparently there's a new method.
Don't have one, but it deserves a new thread. Referred to this:
http://www.slatedroid.com/apad-android-tablet-discussion/3545-cant-flash-apad-following-your-instructions.html
From Asure: http://www.slatedroid.com/apad-android-tablet-discussion/3545-cant-flash-apad-following-your-instructions-4.html#post30073

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1. Power switch off
2. insert top USB to PC
3. Power switch on, nothing happens, this is ok
4. press & hold menu
5. press & hold power
6. keep pressing & holding both, the device is detected
7. press the flash button in the rock usb flasher..
It stays in loader mode, as long as you keep pressing the buttons.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Apad disassembly videos 4:21 AM

aPad Disassembly videos

This first video shows the aluminum shell unit being opened. Note that this unit has the camera in the corner, The LCD screen is positioned such that there would be no room for a side camera, like the one I have here. The mainboard takes up only half the area of the interior, with the battery taking the remaining space. The background suggests this is a Hiapad video. The video can also be found on the Hiapad site.

This second video is by xaueious who is notable for his technical knowledge of the Apad. Search his name for other technical information. This video shows the plastic front bezel being removed. His unit has a red LED with the camera in the corner. The shell is plastic. It has a speaker slot in the back characteristic of the plastic shell units. He discusses how to increase the volume of the single speaker. There is discussion on this Hiapad blog on disassembly suggesting it may be the use of heat that damages the front film of the bezel. The same blog site gives a warning about flashing the blue LED units.

This follow-up video shows xaueious putting the bezel back on. Note that this disassembly results in cosmetic damage to the bezel.
This link shows a couple of Youku videos in Chinese that feature the plastic shell unit with a corner camera being disassembled. This looks like a Hiapad video.
I have written to davismicro for help in identifying the manufacturer of my unit (blue LED, plastic shell, 9V power, camera on the side, rk2808sdk, diamond on power button) and for help finding the correct firmware to download. Note: Davismicro does not answer my requests for information.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Android 2.2.1 firmware for Rockchip Apad released! (Alpha) 2:38 AM

Android 2.2.1 for Apad Batch 2 based on Cyanogen MOD (ALPHA1)

Hello
After some time working on the source, I still was able to get more or less a working build. I call him "ALPHA1".
Warn that rom is slow.
In the current build works
1) Sound
2) Wi-Fi (need testing)
3) SD Card
4) Touchscreen (might not work, because not all devices on the same screen, or perhaps for your screen need the other calibrations. Write in this thread if you have any problems with this) (in next build you can add your calibration into calibration shell script located on /data)

Does not work:
1) Sensors
2) DSP acceleration for video
3) Mounting tablet as a flash card to your computer (for sdcard it will be work in next build)
4) Move applications on sdcard (problem of old kernel)
5) Menu Settings->Status (will be work in next build)
6) Lock screen (will be work in next build)
7) Problem with read tags of sound files (not exactly, need testing. maybe problem of cyanogen mod)
8) May be some applications not working, because I have not tested them all.
9) Camera
10) JIT (will be work in next build)
11) Status bar buttons (may be in next build, how to add is clear, testing...)
Perhaps what's more, because I have not tried all the things.
Warn that can some things of cyanogen mod responsible for changing the settings of Java machine aren't work, because I replace some library to similar library of froyo (cyanogen mod's library is not working). (will be fixed in next build)
By the way, works DSPManager. To adjust the sound in your headphones you will need to change the settings for Phone speaker. Also, there are some flaws in the display of certain programs (for example - the status bar). I will try to solve this problem. Also, try to figure out how to add buttons into the status bar.
Link for download: Multiupload.com - upload your files to multiple file hosting sites!

They said it couldn’t be done – but give some hackers a community and something to aim for, and before you know it, the impossible is suddenly very possible! fkcoder releases a new Alpha Android 2.2.1 for our favourite Apad!