Re-purposing a cheap, old Android Tablet

[AlexFl]

Hi guys,

Looking for your help here please....

I bought my 6yo a really cheap Android tablet 2 or 3 years ago. From the get go, it was slow and useless (sub par = slow-er & useless-er than ever anticipated) and has gathered dust since.

I've started a business and want to leave one of my products at a retailer and thought of finding a 2nd hand digital photo frame ($ are tight) to run through photos of the product's application. I couldn't find any and was told that resolution would be bad. The old tablet rang a bell then... It could work great because it'll have a reasonable picture quality for photos with a handful of presentation slides (and videos with sound could be attempted too).

Is there any way that I can re-purpose this old Android tablet (specs below) to faultlessly run through a repeating set of photos, presentation slides and videos with sound?

Is there a low resource version of Android that would make it workable for the above purposes? Or can a skimpy version of Linux (not command line please - too tech challenged for that) be installed? Should it be rooted?

Anyone have any thoughts on how a tech buffoon can get this sorted?

Brand: LifePad
CPU: Dual Core
Processor Speed: 1.3GHz
O/S: Android 5.1
Touch Panel: Capacitative
Memory: DDR2 1GB
Internal Storage: 8GB
Extended: Micro SD Card Slot (max. 32GB supported)

Thanks a whole stack in advance!

Alex

 

[ronz91]

probably a gallery app that could do this, whether it will be smooth I am not sure.

 

[AlexFl]

LineageOS – LineageOS Android Distribution

LineageOS Android Distribution

lineageos.org

Thanks. Things quite packed with bloatware. Will lineageOS overwrite this all?

 

[AlexFl]

LineageOS – LineageOS Android Distribution

LineageOS Android Distribution

lineageos.org

Never mind. Lineage OS not available for this device (Sansui LifePad, Model: ETAB M9021G).

 

[Nithan15]

I found my 2010 Samsung Tab 10.1 brand new when cleaning up I think I must have unboxed it and it got stored. Its in perfect condition would be a shame to waste. Tried rooting it but just didn't work its a P7500 has anyone had any success with this? want to upgrade to an OS that will allow me to use the device for youtube and Netflix and maybe VLC player.