Tablets

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

not to be confused with EXOPC tablets appearing in 2023

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

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'"

This will reboot the tablet, and when it boots back up it will be ready to use.