Android time saver

[funmonkee]

I got hold of a chinese(maybe) 7 inch Android tablet. It has OS 1.6 on it and it's painful! I'd like to attempt to upgarde it to 2.1, if that's possible.

Can anyone suggest a .apk that I can download that will tell me as much info about the hardware as possible before I brick it

I plan to follow these guides https://www.taranfx.com/upgrade-android-2-1

Any advice would be good I just want to upgrade the tablet so I have access to apps that are unavailable in OS 1.6, such as a decent PDF viewer, a .chm viewer and synchronization with my google mail contacts and calendar.

Cheers
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[panrider_uk]

If you don't have any success then Tesco are selling the Storage Options Scroll 7" tablet for £103.

It has Android 2.1 on it but 2.2 is almost ready from here

Mark
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[Stevie GooGs]

This is the problem with Andriod at the moment it is so fecking fragmented,
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[panrider_uk]

No different to Windows.

You can buy pcs with xp, vista or win7.

Mark
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[Stevie GooGs]

No i understand but Android early versions were not designed for tablets, Google even say that so why are manufacturers still selling them with it.
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[Phil.]

What's the make and model of the device?

[panrider_uk]

[schooleydoo]

[funmonkee]

[Pernig]

I'm not entirely sure if this will help, but if you go to settings (menu button then Settings), scroll to the bottom and there should be a submenu called 'About Phone' or maybe 'About Device' in your case. Scroll to the bottom of this menu and it will say things like Model number, Baseband version, OEM Version and Build number.

If you type some of these into Google you might be able to find out a bit more about what's inside.
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[funmonkee]

^ Yeah, but all that gives me is

memory: 256mb
model number: generic
firmware version: 1.6
kernal version: 2.6.29-00236.g4f8dbbb-dirty
build number: WMT2.12_88

I'm looking for something that'll give me a hint as to what branded machine it's closest to so I can follow the upgrade for that machine.
The tablet cost me £75, TBH if I'd seen the tesco one with 2.1 already on it I would have paid the extra £28.. Grrr

Thanks for the replies so far
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[panrider_uk]

You could take the case apart and look on the board/chippery.

The Scroll tablet has only just dropped to £103 at Tesco. I bought mine just over a week ago and paid £132.

Mark
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[Colin Edwards]

[funmonkee]

^ but they are out of stock afaics
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[Doovy]

I bought this one last week and its amazing.

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/8-Freescale-IMX515-Android-2-2-G-sensor-4GB-512MB-/140477480933?pt=UK_Computing_Laptops_EH&hash=item20b51c3fe5#ht_5081wt_1141

Can run flash, runs 2.1 android and pretty fast. very solid device!
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[MattHirst]

As far as apk's go, 'Quick System Info' should tell you what you need to know, provided that it's available on your device.
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[funmonkee]

While I'm on the scrounge, does anyone had the .apk for MobilePDFViewer
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[Doovy]

[funmonkee]

the Adobe reader I have doesn't remember the last page you were reading; which is a pita
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[Doovy]

Ah I see..

i dont have that APK sorry! There are many torrent sites that have hundreds of apps in one bundle, maybe can find in there?
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