Gigabyte G-Style T1005M Multi-Touch Tablet Discussion - Android Working! Froyo (2.2) and Honeycomb (3.2)

trev on 25/10/2011 - 06:18

I bought one of these for a bargain price from the OzBargain post:-
"Gigabyte G-Style T1005M Multi-Touch Tablet PC $399 (+Shipping)" (http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/49446)

It's an even better bargain now that we can run Android on it as well. I have Android 2.2 (Froyo) and 3.2 (Honeycomb) Operating Systems working (with bugs!) on my Gigabyte T1005M tablet alongside the included Windows 7 Home Premium. Also I have Ubuntu Linux 11.10 (Ocelot) running so it's now a Tripple-boot machine.

Why then Android as well? It's just that it seems to be the best way to get multi-touch working in it's full glory, way better than the current Windows 7 and Ubuntu Linux offerings anyway. For example I installed the free Android "Moon+" ebook reader so now I can read epub books with pinch-to-zoom and glorious page turn animation. Cured my Ipad envy in a single blow! :)

But FBReader (faster than Moon+, also free / open source) doesn't work … one of the bugs I'm hunting down just now.

Anyone want to join in the fun of bug hunting and get ready to load Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) onto it? (Google have just announced that Ice Cream Sandwich source code will be released "before the end of the year").

If we can document the process here, it should be helpful for owners of other bargain priced X86 CPU tablets with multi-touch screens to make use of lots of those Android Apps.

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  • [Deactivated] on 25/10/2011 - 08:19

    Anyone want to join in the fun of bug hunting and get ready to load Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) onto it? (Google have just announced that Ice Cream Sandwich source code will be released "before the end of the year").

    If we can document the process here, it should be helpful for owners of other bargain priced X86 CPU tablets with multi-touch screens to make use of lots of those Android Apps.

    Then the post should be in the off topic section where you are welcome to discuss to your heart's content. Although you might be replicating discussions that can be found in more dedicated android hacking areas, where you would have access to more resources than here.

    If such discussions do start the thread will be moved.

    • trev on 25/10/2011 - 10:50

      "Then the post should be in the off topic section" …..

      Another moderator suggested I use this discussion area in a direct reply to me for a question that I asked in the "talk with a moderator" forum. Looks like we need a "moderator talk with moderator" forum. :)

      I won't link to that discussion here because only moderators and the OP for each thread can access it but the thread title begins with "Value add Ozbargain".

      • [Deactivated] on 25/10/2011 - 12:13

        The point is that your post stays here, but when and if you get into the hacking discussion, then that should be in the off topic section. So the request for a "user group" to be set up is ok here, but when you set up the user group, its more of an off topic discussion.

        Everytime a thread gets a new reply it keeps coming to the top. So being in the general discussion area May (?) just start flooding this to the annoyance of general bargain hunters.

        Being in the off topic area still makes it available, but in another part of the site. And since its not really a "bargain" but of interest, then I would think that was a more appropriate area.

        And if we leave it there, then user group posts for PS3, Xbox iphone etc hacking would also be permissible, and general discussion could then get lost with all these recurring posts. Moving it isnt saying there isn't an interest, just not in the general discussion area.

        We do have a moderators forum, where things are discussed, (visible only to mods) but not everything comes up in that. Now you point out there maybe a difference in advice, we will discuss it. It may even warrant its own area.

  • Feepitee on 25/10/2011 - 17:48

    Can you guide me through the Android 3.2 installation process? When it's Live CD, it doesn't recognise anything, I can't use the touchscreen or the keyboard or the mouse and it says Application Exchange Services has stopped unexpected. Please try again.
    I have no idea which SDA I should install Android on either.

  • Tater on 25/10/2011 - 21:49

    Feeding the troll, I know but I call crap.

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