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Call me dull, but why don't you just build an android app and buy a Fire Tablet to power your project. A Fire Tablet is probably on par for power and is fully
by charlesju 7y ago
Call me dull, but why don't you just build an android app and buy a Fire Tablet to power your project.
A Fire Tablet is probably on par for power and is fully integrated with a touch screen and battery, and with discounts it costs almost or cheaper than a bare Pi.
I feel like we bend over backwards to try to use the Raspberry Pi to do cool things, but a lot of these projects can be developed more easily and powered by a more consistent framework using a Fire Tablet.
- penkia 7y agoBecause the boot loader is locked, so does its launcher, unless LauncherHijack installed and abuses Accessibility feature to draw Overlays on top of your screen.... Speaking of modifying existing hardwares, Nexus 7 is my personal favorite: http://i.imgur.com/8H9LH9U.jpg http://i.imgur.com/8H9LH9U.jpg
- charlesju 7y agoWhat projects do you need a tablet and you need it unlocked?
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- penkia 7y agoAnything related to flashing eMMC, anything kernel related, especially KMS/DRM, bionic libc... etc. If you don't find it limited with locked device, you're simply not playing hard enough. :-))
- freedomben 7y agoI'm guessing you've never tried to modify a Fire tablet. It's an exercise in extreme frustration. I will never "buy" a Fire tablet again. I say "buy" in quotes because the way Amazon locks down the tablet means I clearly don't own it. It's just a long term pre-paid lease.
- charlesju 7y agoCan't you just install a regular android app? Why do you need to unlock it to do anything?
- yjftsjthsd-h 7y agoYou'll always have just a layer on top of FireOS. Which means you can't rely on security updates for terribly long, and have to fight the system every step of the way. It could be made to work for a lot of uses, but it's way more friction than just running GNU/Linux to start with.