Hi everyone!
I've been an imperihome user for a long time and just realized they've gone out of business!
I found out because a couple of my wall mount tablets are dying after 3+ years on the wall. (Batteries swelling, blotches on the screen)
I went looking for a replacement tablet, and this particular one works quite well. I don't have any relationship to them (or BB), other than just being pretty satisfied with the tablet after using it for a month. It's on sale (since Black Friday).
10.1" Andriod 10, pretty quick, certainly usable. $69. Phenomenally better than the 3+ year old Lenovo I had mounted.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/digilan...?skuId=6424716
If you want a good mount, these are awesome. (Again no connection to the company)
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I put a deep new-work box behind it, installed the power supply and there is a little notch the cable comes out of. It holds the tablet very firmly. Just give it a day after you hang it for the glue on the plate to set. Otherwise it will come off when you try to remove it.
I guess I'll be moving to HSTouch eventually, but my first attempts have not been good. There isn't an easy way to replicate good looking switches (like Imperihome), so I need to do a lot of work there, and time is limited.
Because of that, I created a workaround to load Imperihome on the new devices. It uses the accessibility options in Android to automate all the manual steps to load Imperihome. I'm happy to share the tasker code if you would like.
Here's how it works.
1) Go to your working tablet and export the config to your google drive. (I created a separate account for my tablets, so they all share a google drive) It will require a password.
2) Pull the installer from a working tablet, store it on the google drive.
On the new tablet:
1) Install Imperihome. It won't be able to log in.
2) Go to your google drive and "open" the config file by tapping it. It will ask for the password.
3) Enter the password. It will load Imperihome with the list view.
4) Tap the top left corner and select dashboard.
My script basically emulates steps 2-4. I have it set to execute on startup after a delay.
You can also use a similar script to automate daily reboots as well. You just script something like - Long press power, select reboot, select OK
I hope this helps somebody. If you want the tasker code, I have some notes that I used to create it on each tablet. Nice thing about tasker - you can export the config and import it on the 2nd - vastly simplifying install of tablets 2-x.
-Garry
I've been an imperihome user for a long time and just realized they've gone out of business!
I found out because a couple of my wall mount tablets are dying after 3+ years on the wall. (Batteries swelling, blotches on the screen)
I went looking for a replacement tablet, and this particular one works quite well. I don't have any relationship to them (or BB), other than just being pretty satisfied with the tablet after using it for a month. It's on sale (since Black Friday).
10.1" Andriod 10, pretty quick, certainly usable. $69. Phenomenally better than the 3+ year old Lenovo I had mounted.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/digilan...?skuId=6424716
If you want a good mount, these are awesome. (Again no connection to the company)
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I put a deep new-work box behind it, installed the power supply and there is a little notch the cable comes out of. It holds the tablet very firmly. Just give it a day after you hang it for the glue on the plate to set. Otherwise it will come off when you try to remove it.
I guess I'll be moving to HSTouch eventually, but my first attempts have not been good. There isn't an easy way to replicate good looking switches (like Imperihome), so I need to do a lot of work there, and time is limited.
Because of that, I created a workaround to load Imperihome on the new devices. It uses the accessibility options in Android to automate all the manual steps to load Imperihome. I'm happy to share the tasker code if you would like.
Here's how it works.
1) Go to your working tablet and export the config to your google drive. (I created a separate account for my tablets, so they all share a google drive) It will require a password.
2) Pull the installer from a working tablet, store it on the google drive.
On the new tablet:
1) Install Imperihome. It won't be able to log in.
2) Go to your google drive and "open" the config file by tapping it. It will ask for the password.
3) Enter the password. It will load Imperihome with the list view.
4) Tap the top left corner and select dashboard.
My script basically emulates steps 2-4. I have it set to execute on startup after a delay.
You can also use a similar script to automate daily reboots as well. You just script something like - Long press power, select reboot, select OK
I hope this helps somebody. If you want the tasker code, I have some notes that I used to create it on each tablet. Nice thing about tasker - you can export the config and import it on the 2nd - vastly simplifying install of tablets 2-x.
-Garry
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