first tablet

[JayIce]

Well decided to give the scroll 7" tablet a try after having several android phones, and must say awesome little piece of kit for the price (£86.99 @ maplins) altho was advertised as b-grade, was absolutely no sign of previous use.
My only gripe, after a little search thru forums, is why oh why does it come with phone features? Seems i am on f/w 1.02s, so unless I'm reading wrong, am I unable to mod this, if only to at least remove the phone options to extend battery life?
cheers ppl for any help with this
Jay

[combatgerbil]

Hi There,
I am on firmware 1.02 myself and I have rooted and Renamed the phone APKs on my own scroll. So 1.02s should be ok. We are just unable to use the backup software that other users can use.. (at least I haven't used it)

[bloggs]

Hi Jay,

I'm not sure which forums you've been looking at but, once your Scroll is rooted (I used Z4Root), you shouldn't have any problem removing the phone stuff. I have the 1.02s firmware and was able to remove the junk with no problem that I can recall. It's certainly worth doing as it gave me more than an hour of extra battery life. I don't have my Scroll to hand at the moment, but if your still having a problem finding the procedure, let us know and I'm sure someone can help.

Eddie

[JayIce]

many thx to you both, will grab z4root and go ahead right now
Jay

[JayIce]

hmm strange, did z4root, su in terminal showed it was successful
now it just seems to have crashed on homescreen, with full charge
anyway of powering off?
lol scrub that, seems it was just taking a rest!
phewwww!

[JayIce]

Hi Jay,

I'm not sure which forums you've been looking at but, once your Scroll is rooted (I used Z4Root), you shouldn't have any problem removing the phone stuff. I have the 1.02s firmware and was able to remove the junk with no problem that I can recall. It's certainly worth doing as it gave me more than an hour of extra battery life. I don't have my Scroll to hand at the moment, but if your still having a problem finding the procedure, let us know and I'm sure someone can help.

Eddie

Hi root done, many thx, phone.apk renamed
just wondered if you have done the clockwork mod? or any others ?
all the best Jay

[bloggs]

Hi root done, many thx, phone.apk renamed
just wondered if you have done the clockwork mod? or any others ?
all the best Jay

Hi Jay,

Glad you've got your scroll suitably hacked!

I haven't tried the clockwork mod, but I've installed a USB GPS driver so I can use the Scroll as a map display device (running Copilot, MM Tracker etc). I've been planning to try some other stuff, e.g. interfacing to some Arduino gadgets, but just haven't had time yet.

Eddie