CyanogenMod Alpha 3 Now Available For The HP TouchPad

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It looks like the hard working team over at Cyanogen have offered up the latest alpha release for the HP TouchPad tablet. The release comes as CyanogenMod 7.1 Alpha 3 and it looks to have taken care of several of the big issues that have been plaguing users with the Alpha 1 and Alpha 2 releases.

That being said, this latest comes (as evident by the name) as an alpha release. In other words, this may not be ideal for everyone to use. Still, having personally used the Alpha 1 and Alpha 2 releases I will say this, aside from some quirks and annoyances, Android on the HP TouchPad has been working rather nicely.

This release is dubbed the “I Know ICS Source Was Released” edition and for those who missed that — this build of Android for the TouchPad is not built on the Android 4.0 source. Still, while technically not the newest release anymore, we can hardly say the TouchPad build is outdated.

In terms of jumping from Alpha 2 (or even from Alpha 1) up to the Alpha 3, that can be done using either the ACME Installer or the ClockworkMod Recovery — both of which should be available provided you followed the original install directions. Anyway, without any further adieu, here are the changes that will come along with CyanogenMod 7.1 Alpha 3;

• Last prominent form of “sleep of death” fixed
• Webkit backing store(smoother scrolling)
• Minor improvements to 2D/3D performance in some apps
• Bluetooth DPad/arrows do not rotate with screen
• Battery stats now available to Android
• Serial# now populated
• Shorter hostname as a result of serial#
• General wifi fixes
• Preliminary Touchpad 4G support(no radio)
• Status bar should take less resources after an app goes full screen
• Possible fix for A2DP and wifi interference
• Possible fix for SD card not mounting
• Camera FPS improved but still nearly nonfunctional

And similar to the previous updates we have written, the files you need will not be directly linked as per the request of The CyanogenMod Team. Needless to say, you can hit the source link below which will take you to the details page which include the directions, the current FAQ and yes, the necessary files to install Alpha 3.