https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Tlalexander 2026-04-15T02:17:59Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.37.2 https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Tablets&diff=11675 2020-02-26T06:00:39Z

<p>Tlalexander: /* Tablet Factory Reset */</p> <hr /> <div>fixing mystery android &quot;tablet pc&quot; tablets that are locked out for some weird previous purpose.<br /> <br /> https://gist.github.com/substack/1935262a09d2bf4542e5<br /> <br /> here is the firefox APK file so you can have a decent browser on there:<br /> <br /> https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mobile/releases/latest/android-api-11/multi/fennec-42.0.1.multi.android-arm.apk<br /> <br /> <br /> == Tablet Factory Reset ==<br /> <br /> As an alternative to the above instructions, you may just want to start with a factory reset.<br /> <br /> Install ADB: <br /> <br /> $ sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb<br /> <br /> Now check that the tablet shows up: <br /> <br /> $ adb devices<br /> <br /> That should return something like:<br /> <br /> List of devices attached <br /> <br /> 20080411413fc082 device <br /> <br /> If the tablet shows up, run this command to perform a factory reset: <br /> <br /> $ adb shell &quot;su -c 'am broadcast -a android.intent.action.MASTER_CLEAR'&quot;<br /> <br /> This will reboot the tablet, and when it boots back up it will be ready to use.</div>

Tlalexander https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Tablets&diff=11674 2020-02-26T05:59:34Z

<p>Tlalexander: </p> <hr /> <div>fixing mystery android &quot;tablet pc&quot; tablets that are locked out for some weird previous purpose.<br /> <br /> https://gist.github.com/substack/1935262a09d2bf4542e5<br /> <br /> here is the firefox APK file so you can have a decent browser on there:<br /> <br /> https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mobile/releases/latest/android-api-11/multi/fennec-42.0.1.multi.android-arm.apk<br /> <br /> <br /> == Tablet Factory Reset ==<br /> <br /> As an alternative to the above instructions, you may just want to start with a factory reset.<br /> <br /> Install ADB: <br /> <br /> $ sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb<br /> <br /> Now check that the tablet shows up: <br /> <br /> $ adb devices<br /> <br /> That should return something like:<br /> <br /> List of devices attached <br /> <br /> 20080411413fc082 device <br /> <br /> <br /> If the tablet shows up, run this command to perform a factory reset: <br /> <br /> $ adb shell &quot;su -c 'am broadcast -a android.intent.action.MASTER_CLEAR'&quot;</div>

Tlalexander https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Tablets&diff=11673 2020-02-26T05:59:01Z

<p>Tlalexander: Added details on how to quickly perform a factory reset.</p> <hr /> <div>fixing mystery android &quot;tablet pc&quot; tablets that are locked out for some weird previous purpose.<br /> <br /> https://gist.github.com/substack/1935262a09d2bf4542e5<br /> <br /> here is the firefox APK file so you can have a decent browser on there:<br /> <br /> https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mobile/releases/latest/android-api-11/multi/fennec-42.0.1.multi.android-arm.apk<br /> <br /> <br /> == Tablet Factory Reset ==<br /> <br /> As an alternative to the above instructions, you may just want to start with a factory reset.<br /> <br /> Install ADB:<br /> $ sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb<br /> <br /> Now check that the tablet shows up:<br /> $ adb devices<br /> <br /> That should return something like:<br /> List of devices attached<br /> 20080411413fc082 device<br /> <br /> If the tablet shows up, run this command to perform a factory reset:<br /> $ adb shell &quot;su -c 'am broadcast -a android.intent.action.MASTER_CLEAR'&quot;</div>

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