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# Many issues
I don't like this tablet.
## Market problem
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### No Android Market / Google Play
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It doesn't have Android Market nor Google Play officially. Of course it can unofficially be installed, but that doesn't fix the compatibility of applicaltions.
### Amazon Market
[Leader Interational INC], the author of this tablet, suggests installing Amazon Market in one of the papers which come with this device. This has a problem that you must give credit card details < strong > even with free applicaltions< / strong > . I don't have credit card!
### [F-Droid]
F-Droid is the solution for this problem. It describes itself as "< em > an easily-installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform.< / em > ".
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#### Application compatibility
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I am experiencing many issues with different applicaltions on this tablet. Luckily [F-Droid] clearly tells where the issue trackers and homepages are.
I will list them in them in table below
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< td > Issue< / td >
< td > Fixed?< / td >
< td > Fix in [F-Droid]?< / td >
< td > Upstream issue< / td >
< td > More details< / td >
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< td > [WiFi Fixer] crashes when it's started< / td >
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< td > Yes< / td >
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< td > Probably (it's at least in Google Play)< / td >
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< td >< a href = "https://github.com/Zanshinmu/Wifi-Fixer/issues/11" > Gives "force close" messages on Impression I10 tablet. · Issue #11 · Zanshinmu/Wifi-Fixer</ a ></ td >
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< td > < center > < em > "The crash is caused by a framework method that should be there in Android
2.3.x not existing.< / em > "< / center > < / td >
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< td > [Firefox for Android] crashes when started< / td >
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< td > ?< / td >
< td > ?< / td >
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< td > < a href = "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=795572" > 795572 – < / a > < / td >
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< td > < center > "< em > Should we consider blocklisting the Impression i10? We use many Gingerbread+ APIs and checking them all via reflection instead of Build.VERSION.SDK_INT does not seem practical.
< / em > "< / center > < / td >
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< td > [GitHub for Android] crashes when started< / td >
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< td > ?< / td >
< td > ?< / td >
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< td >< a href = "https://github.com/github/android/issues/238" > Crashes when started on Impression I10 tablet. · Issue #238 · github/android</ a ></ td >
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< td > < center > "< em > This exception:< / em > ""< em > is due to a broken implementation of Java on this OEM's custom ROM.< / em > "< / center > < / td >
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< td > [Barcode Scanner] crashes when started< / td >
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< td > Invalid< / td >
< td > < center > -< / center > < / td >
< td > < a href = "https://code.google.com/p/zxing/issues/detail?id=1377" > Issue 1377 - zxing - Crashes on start with Impression I10 - Multi-format 1D/2D barcode image processing library with clients for Android, Java - Google Project Hosting< / a > < / td >
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< td > "< em > This is a device bug...< / em > "< / td >
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< td > [Android Terminal Emulator] crashes when started< / td >
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< td > < center > ?< / td >
< td > < center > ?< / center > < / td >
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< td >< a href = "https://github.com/jackpal/Android-Terminal-Emulator/issues/162" > Crashes immediately after started on ImpressionI10. · Issue #162 · jackpal/Android-Terminal-Emulator</ a ></ td >
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< td > < center > "< em > Assuming your ROM reports that it's API 9 (Android 2.3) or later, it's broken -- java.io.File.canExecute() is documented as being available in API 9 and up.< / em > "< / center > < / td >
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Why "Fix in [F-Droid]"? It's the only market, which I have found correctly working on this device.
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## [ADB] logcat doesn't work.
1. I have plugged the USB cable.
2. USB debugging reports to be on.
3. Device detects the cable.
4. I have tested [ADB] with another device and it worked.
It's good that at least [alogcat] works. I haven't tested other features of adb yet.
What happens when I run it? Nothing as you can see below.
```
% adb logcat
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
- waiting for device -
```
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# Something works :)
## Games
I tried installing some [games from F-Droid] and for some reason they all work. Below there is another table of games which I installed and what I thought about them.
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< td > [Andor's Trail]< / td >
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< td > I am lost. I should go to "storage cave" and I cannot find it. There are too many caves and the nearest one was empty.< / td >
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< td > [Chess Walk]< / td >
< td > I keep losing...< / td >
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< td > [Dots'n'Boxes]< / td >
< td > I didn't read the description and thought that this was just X and O game, but was surprised by it being in German and I didn't understand anything.< / td >
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< td > [GL Tron]< / td >
< td > I keep losing in this too...< / td >
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< td > [Taps Of Fire]< / td >
< td > Maybe I am a little better on this than [Frets on Fire], but I am bad in this.< / td >
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< td > [Vector Pinball]< / td >
< td > My new favourite Android game :D< / td >
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[Leader International INC]:http://www.leaderinternationalinc.com/
[F-Droid]:https://f-droid.org/
[ADB]:https://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html
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[alogcat]:https://code.google.com/p/alogcat/
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[WiFi Fixer]:https://wififixer.wordpress.com/
[Firefox for Android]:https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Platforms/Android
[GitHub for Android]:https://github.com/github/android
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[Barcode Scanner]:https://code.google.com/p/zxing/
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[games from F-Droid]:http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?page_id=0& fdpage=1& fdcategory=Games
[Andor's Trail]:http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdcategory=Games& fdid=com.gpl.rpg.AndorsTrail& fdpage=1
[Chess Walk]:http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdcategory=Games& fdid=cz.hejl.chesswalk& fdpage=1
[Dots'n'Boxes]:http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdcategory=Games& fdid=de.stefan_oltmann.kaesekaestchen& fdpage=1
[GL Tron]:http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdcategory=Games& fdid=com.glTron& fdpage=1
[Taps Of Fire]:http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdcategory=Games& fdid=org.tof& fdpage=2
[Frets On Fire]:http://fretsonfire.sourceforge.net/
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[Vector Pinball]:http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdcategory=Games& fdid=com.dozingcatsoftware.bouncy& fdpage=2
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[Android Terminal Emulator]:http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=terminal& fdid=jackpal.androidterm& fdpage=1
