NOTICE 02/01/2013:
due to the nature of this instructable and the many failures that have been had by many fellow makers, i will no longer be providing support for you if you mess up your pandigital tablet. i have now in the last year alone not even have owned one of these silly things, so let it be made known, if you continue, your on your own!, so sucsess of failure will be determined on your comprehension and exact execution of these instructions.
so it occured to me yesterday that this stupid pandigital e-reader was actually a super locked down version of andriod that lacked the regular interface, i mean Heck, it said it ran on android right on the side of the box! but since it was supposed to be a "e-reader" the manufacture locked down the front end of the system (not cool guys) so it would preform one task and one task only, but were gonna change that and this is how:
btw: your gonna need a sd card:]
UPDATE!
after a large community response to the flaws with pandigital's download site and their android open platform , and a desire to have the android market place, the ability to change the background, retain the ability to read E-books, and many other features its lacked, i have done extensive research into how to add this functionality back in, but in doing so i have discovered someone who has already done so, this individual goes by the name jackbox he is a member of the slatedroid forum he released 3 versions of his work all of which i have briefly tested and the best one is his second version which you can download from media fire here their is only one problem with it is that you still cant change the background easily but i found an app called AndroPaint Lite which can be installed by just copying it to the sd card and selecting it through the file browser to install it, this should give you the ability to change the background which you can download from this instructable. thanks goes out to slatedroid member jackbox!
UPDATE!
due to users being fruskrated with thier device regardless what they try to do to it, i am including a list of urls that will tell how to restore the device back to factory settings so they can return it and get their money back cause ill admit it the pandigital novel is a complete piece of crap not worth the money.
WHERE TO GET FACTORY FIRMWARE AND HOW TO USE IT :http://www.pandigital.net/?PageID=391
due to the nature of this instructable and the many failures that have been had by many fellow makers, i will no longer be providing support for you if you mess up your pandigital tablet. i have now in the last year alone not even have owned one of these silly things, so let it be made known, if you continue, your on your own!, so sucsess of failure will be determined on your comprehension and exact execution of these instructions.
so it occured to me yesterday that this stupid pandigital e-reader was actually a super locked down version of andriod that lacked the regular interface, i mean Heck, it said it ran on android right on the side of the box! but since it was supposed to be a "e-reader" the manufacture locked down the front end of the system (not cool guys) so it would preform one task and one task only, but were gonna change that and this is how:
btw: your gonna need a sd card:]
UPDATE!
after a large community response to the flaws with pandigital's download site and their android open platform , and a desire to have the android market place, the ability to change the background, retain the ability to read E-books, and many other features its lacked, i have done extensive research into how to add this functionality back in, but in doing so i have discovered someone who has already done so, this individual goes by the name jackbox he is a member of the slatedroid forum he released 3 versions of his work all of which i have briefly tested and the best one is his second version which you can download from media fire here their is only one problem with it is that you still cant change the background easily but i found an app called AndroPaint Lite which can be installed by just copying it to the sd card and selecting it through the file browser to install it, this should give you the ability to change the background which you can download from this instructable. thanks goes out to slatedroid member jackbox!
UPDATE!
due to users being fruskrated with thier device regardless what they try to do to it, i am including a list of urls that will tell how to restore the device back to factory settings so they can return it and get their money back cause ill admit it the pandigital novel is a complete piece of crap not worth the money.
WHERE TO GET FACTORY FIRMWARE AND HOW TO USE IT :http://www.pandigital.net/?PageID=391
Please note, this update is for Pandigital Novel 7" Color Multimedia eReaders only!!!!
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so first you'll need the new firmware download it from this(( link: this is the crappy manufacturers version)) ((jackbox version much better)) this is the new firmware the manufacturer released once they discovered that people were doing bare installs of android without any difficulty trust me, its much better than a bare install. once you have downloaded the file, copy it to your sd card and then your almost half way now!
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i have the same problem that sqy21 (black screen) after update the firmware....
i have to read much much and find the solution in other post, is the following_
the problem is the kernel file and the recovery.img file.....therefore the system not recognized this files and the screen not function, but the pdn is on.......
ok, you must download the sdk, kernel and recovery.img files
see this post, there is part of the solution....
http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/37852-walmart-wpdn-r7t40wwhf1-firmware/
there describes step by step the solution
if to do this steps and the screen is on but the operative system no charge, you must installing the jackbox firmware or the original kit firmware again and the screen is black again...then....do the step ADB again and the pdn is on and funtinally.......
if no undertand write me and try to solution both.......
thanks for the instructions to install this version of android, the last version I was using required to rebind the volume keys, and DOS in to install apps.
I have tried with the two g-mail accounts. But I still get a server error....
Do you another way to get the market working?
Thanks anyway
http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/27275-guide-how-to-install-android-market-on-arnova-9-g2/
I hope it helps. It worked on my tablet arnova 9 2G
I need much help here. Also did this just to get "Scrabble free" app for my mommy :)
When searching google for pandigital hacks, your FIRST :D!! lol....so naturally everyone clicks your link!
Anywho.... I have the 9" black pandigital and couldn't find apps :(
I found this link and it explains how to find apps that do work.
If I may post this link to help those that are looking for help on their 9" black pandigital....
http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/google-android-market-alternatives-and-must-have-e-reader-applications/
~this helped me tremendously...hope it helps others too!
Backs up android apps from your phone to SD card, and then onto whatever device you like.
Regards
gvnmcknz
When you run AppSaver tick "checkall" box at bottom, then hit "Backup" button at top.
Should backup into a folder called "appsaver" on SD Card.
Then put SD Card into your device, and run .APK files from there.
You might need to allow Unknown Sources on Applications.
This all on the basis that my phone is only running Android 1.5, but hopefully it should work.
Regards,
gvnmcknz
Try AppSaver ,as above, to do it by hand, should work.
Have a look on the SlateDroid etc. forums, they're very helpful.
Regards,
gvnmcknz
Thanks, John