Difference between revisions of "Tablets"

Revision as of 21:59, 25 February 2020

fixing mystery android "tablet pc" tablets that are locked out for some weird previous purpose.

here is the firefox APK file so you can have a decent browser on there:

As an alternative to the above instructions, you may just want to start with a factory reset.

Install ADB: $ sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb

Now check that the tablet shows up: $ adb devices

That should return something like: List of devices attached 20080411413fc082 device

If the tablet shows up, run this command to perform a factory reset: $ adb shell "su -c 'am broadcast -a android.intent.action.MASTER_CLEAR'"

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 https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mobile/releases/latest/android-api-11/multi/fennec-42.0.1.multi.android-arm.apk
+== Tablet Factory Reset ==
+As an alternative to the above instructions, you may just want to start with a factory reset.
+Install ADB:
+$ sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb
+Now check that the tablet shows up:
+$ adb devices
+That should return something like:
+List of devices attached
+20080411413fc082	device
+If the tablet shows up, run this command to perform a factory reset:
+$ adb shell  "su -c 'am broadcast -a android.intent.action.MASTER_CLEAR'"