The HP TouchPad is eternal. The old tablet that was launched with WebOS in 2011 still survives to this day. Of course, that’s after several hacks and updates already. The last platform it ran was Marshmallow as made possible by Evervolv ROM. It was able to run Android 5.1.1 Lollipop and Android 4.2 and got Bluetooth functionality. Previously, it also ran MIUI and Ice Cream Sandwich.
Years before getting a taste of Marshmallow and Lollipop, CyanogenMod builds were used and the tablet got a working camera. It has gone through a lot and now we’ve got word that it’s able to run Android 7.0 Nougat. Is there anything that this tablet can’t run? With a few tweaks here and there, you old HP TouchPad can be new again.
This is an unofficial Android 7.0 Nougat use. It’s such good and surprising news that the tablet is even capable of Nougat because most flagship phones haven’t gotten Marshmallow much less Nougat. Thanks to the Evervolv ROM that made this possible.
We’re not sure if all Nougat features will work on the HP TouchPad but noted on the download page is that the WiFi model will have the camera function and the EVToolbox is launched from the launcher. Not many features are installed but it’s Nougat. As for the 4G model, there’s still the camera and not many functions are available. EVUpdater is broken ATM according to an XDA developer.
Download the build from XDA Forums AT YOUR OWN RISK.
VIA: XDA Developers
LOL!!! This is awesome.
All of the builds will remain unofficial primarily because of SELinux. SELinux needs to be set to enforcing before ROM teams, like CM will deem them official. Since SELinux has been set to permissive on these ROMs post-CM9, I don’t foresee any new ones to come carrying the “official” label by Android standards.
Nevertheless, I’ve been using Evervolv for almost 2 years and have not suffered anything greater than minor bugs which the team works really hard to address.
The current Android 4.4.4 build from jcsullins has been working flawlessly for me over the last 8 months. If an official build for Nougat is ever released , I won’t hesitate to upgrade. HP’s hardware is definitely capable.
My how time flies… I feel as if I just put Marshmallow on it a couple weeks ago when my Lollipop was lagging (instead of cleaning it up, just refresh completely right?!) Will be playing with the Nougat version soon… at least taking it for a test drive.
Does the new build of Android improve the speed of how the HP touchpad works?
5-feb-2017, I installed 7.1.1, and it works, if its faster…. I don’t think, but I will test and reply later again. but I read that it must be beter and battery shoot stay alive more.