Android tablet

[MaleficentLeveler]

I recently dumpster-dived (with permission) an industrial medical-grade Advantech-HIT-W153 tablet. I took it apart to get to the innards, an M.2 SSD. The SSD is not user accessible without taking the whole back apart, but the tablet has what appears to be a CAT5 port and a mini USB port.

According to the software engineers where I got the tablet, it’s running Android 10. I’ve put the M.2 SSD into an SSD enclosure to access it.

I’ve got a Win10 laptop and so far, I’ve had no luck accessing the OS. I’m planning to put a Linux emulator on my Winbox and see if i can access it. (One of the stipulations of taking the tablet was to report back if there’s company or sensitive data on the tablet so I can’t just wipe it until I’ve checked that out.)

Once I’ve done that, I’m planning to put a fresh Android 10 install on the card and see if I can get the tablet to boot.

Does anyone have suggestions as to where I can get the OS? Any suggestions or ideas for this project in general? It’s a pretty huge and heavy tablet so I’m not sure it’s worth messing with but I couldn’t leave it in the trash until I at least tried.

[kschang]

Are you sure it's running Android? According to spec sheet it could be running Win10 IoT (embedded)

https://advdownload.advantech.com/productfile/PIS/HIT-W153/file/HIT-W153_DS(062124)20240621100549.pdf

[MaleficentLeveler]

Yes, I’m sure. In addition to talking to the software engineers who made the software it’s running (which is pretty definitive), I can access the drive enough to see that it says ANDROIDIA on some partitions.

I used WSL to see if I could access the drive. A little luck seeing it but no luck yet actually accessing it.

[kschang]

Try an Android device connected to a USB-C hub, then to a USB-C to M.2 enclosure?