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<h1 id="many-issues">Many issues</h1>
<p>I don't like this tablet.</p>
<h2 id="market-problem">Market problem</h2>
2012-09-30 18:43:41 +03:00
<h3 id="no-android-market-google-play">No Android Market / Google Play</h3>
<p>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.</p>
<h3 id="amazon-market">Amazon Market</h3>
<p>[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!</p>
<h3 id="f-droid"><a href="https://f-droid.org/">F-Droid</a></h3>
<p>F-Droid is the solution for this problem. It describes itself as &quot;<em>an easily-installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform.</em>&quot;.</p>
<h4 id="application-compatibility">Application compatibility</h4>
<p>I am experiencing many issues with different applicaltions on this tablet. Luckily <a href="https://f-droid.org/">F-Droid</a> clearly tells where the issue trackers and homepages are.</p>
<p>I will list them in them in table below</p>
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Fix in <a href="https://f-droid.org/">F-Droid</a>?
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Upstream issue
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More details
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<a href="https://wififixer.wordpress.com/">WiFi Fixer</a> crashes when it's started
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Yes
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No
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<a href="https://github.com/Zanshinmu/Wifi-Fixer/issues/11" >Gives &quot;force close&quot; messages on Impression I10 tablet. · Issue #11 · Zanshinmu/Wifi-Fixer</a>
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<a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Platforms/Android">Firefox for Android</a> crashes when started
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No
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No
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<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=795572" >795572 Firefox for Android crashes shortly after starting it on Impression I10</a>
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<a href="https://github.com/github/android">GitHub for Android</a> crashes when started
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No
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No
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<a href="https://github.com/github/android/issues/238" >Crashes when started on Impression I10 tablet. · Issue #238 · github/android</a>
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2012-09-30 18:39:27 +03:00
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<a href="https://code.google.com/p/zxing/">Barcode Scanner</a> crashes when started
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Invalid
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<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>
2012-09-30 18:41:09 +03:00
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&quot;<em>This is a device bug</em>&quot; I am not surprised...
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<a href="http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=terminal&amp;fdid=jackpal.androidterm&amp;fdpage=1">Android Terminal Emulator</a> crashes when started
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No
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No
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<a href="https://github.com/jackpal/Android-Terminal-Emulator/issues/162" >Crashes immediately after started on ImpressionI10. · Issue #162 · jackpal/Android-Terminal-Emulator</a>
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<p>Why &quot;Fix in <a href="https://f-droid.org/">F-Droid</a>&quot;? It's the only market, which I have found correctly working on this device.</p>
<h2 id="adb-logcat-doesnt-work."><a href="https://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html">ADB</a> logcat doesn't work.</h2>
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<li>I have plugged the USB cable.</li>
<li>USB debugging reports to be on.</li>
<li>Device detects the cable.</li>
<li>I have tested <a href="https://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html">ADB</a> with another device and it worked.</li>
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<p>It's good that at least <a href="https://code.google.com/p/alogcat/">alogcat</a> works. I haven't tested other features of adb yet.</p>
<p>What happens when I run it? Nothing as you can see below.</p>
<pre><code>% adb logcat
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
- waiting for device -</code></pre>
<h1 id="something-works">Something works :)</h1>
<h2 id="games">Games</h2>
<p>I tried installing some <a href="http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?page_id=0&amp;fdpage=1&amp;fdcategory=Games">games from F-Droid</a> and for some reason they all work. Below there is another table of games which I installed and what I thought about them.</p>
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<a href="http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdcategory=Games&amp;fdid=com.gpl.rpg.AndorsTrail&amp;fdpage=1">Andor's Trail</a>
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I am lost. I should go to &quot;storage cave&quot; and I cannot find it. There are too many caves and the nearest one was empty.
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<a href="http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdcategory=Games&amp;fdid=cz.hejl.chesswalk&amp;fdpage=1">Chess Walk</a>
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I keep losing...
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<a href="http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdcategory=Games&amp;fdid=de.stefan_oltmann.kaesekaestchen&amp;fdpage=1">Dots'n'Boxes</a>
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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.
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<a href="http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdcategory=Games&amp;fdid=com.glTron&amp;fdpage=1">GL Tron</a>
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I keep losing in this too...
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<a href="http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdcategory=Games&amp;fdid=org.tof&amp;fdpage=2">Taps Of Fire</a>
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Maybe I am a little better on this than <a href="http://fretsonfire.sourceforge.net/">Frets on Fire</a>, but I am bad in this.
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<a href="http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdcategory=Games&amp;fdid=com.dozingcatsoftware.bouncy&amp;fdpage=2">Vector Pinball</a>
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My new favourite Android game :D
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