NORDICTRACK ELITE 9500 PRO Treadmill w/ 10" Android Tablet

eagle132 said:

I have a feeling that no one here can help me but I have a Nordictrack c2450 (2012) that seems to be flat out broken. About 6 months ago I got the treadmill and followed the steps posted earlier to get aptoid and a side launcher installed so that I could install an XBMC remote, but that never ended up being used. I haven't accessed the android menu since, and used the treadmill many times.

Last week I noticed the treadmill's screen was on the default, blank android home screen as I walked by it. It is never like that so I rebooted it, and it went right back to the android home screen- no iFit launch or anything.

I am not sure what happened since just over a week ago I went for a run on this treadmill. Suddenly it seems that the iFit software is gone or at least not booting? Because of this literally none of the buttons work on the treadmill and it is completely unusable.

There is no visible usb port on the c2450, but I am not sure if there is one if I start to disassemble the main console. Could I try flashing the 2150 firmware from the usb key posted in an earlier post on this thread or would it be different? I'm at a loss here, it just isn't working.

Thanks for any assistance anyone might be able to give me.

EDIT: I fixed it after finding a random support page from iFit. Was like a needle in a haystack, but it is actually quite easy and quick:

https://ifit.zendesk.com/entries/21426184-reininstall-the-ifit-app-manually

Maybe it can help someone else.

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downsay said:

Thanks for all of this info.
I have a NordicTrack C1750 (as several others have mentioned). I opened up the back of my tablet, placed a micro SD card so that I could install to it. However, no matter what I do, I cannot get the tablet to recognize or allow me to mount the SD card.

Any suggestions? Without being able to mount the SD card, I cannot install any applications

Thank you in advance!

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BRANDENDEUCE said:

Try using app2sd

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downsay said:

I agree that I think app2sd should be able to take care of this; I'm just running out of ideas on how to get app2SD installed so that I can do this.

Where I stand:
My SD card is recognized by my computer, not my nordictrack tablet. I do not have any other phones or devices besides my windows computers that have an SD or microSD card slot.
I have successfully moved the app to my SD card, named latest.apk, which comes from Icon; however, I never "installed" the app to my SD card.
How do I install the app to my SD card rather than just having the APK located on it?
If I use app2SD or something equivalent to do this (which I believe I likely do), how do I use app2SD on a windows computer to install the app on my SD card?

Thank you VERY much for your assistance, I am very grateful.

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1. Turn on machine.
2. Once you see ANDROID appear in the center of the screen, hold the menu button pressed ("the dashes button that is between the home and back buttons on the console") until you see "Unable to load widget" on the screen. This launches safe mode, hence bypasses the loading of the iFit application that steals focus.
3. Go to settings, and enable side loading.
4. Launch browser and download Smart Taskbar (or plug in a USB dongle containing the Smart Taskbar apk file to the USB port).
5. Install Smart Taskbar.
6. Reboot after installing Smart Taskbar.
7. Allow normal boot up, no safe mode required. You'll notice the trademark Smart Taskbar arrow on the screen. Launch Smart Taskbar. You're in. Feel free to kill the iFit process to restore Android desktop.
8. Next: root (how?) + install apps to USB dongle (how?). Someone else, please detail these steps.

Aqua1ung said:

Got me a brand new NordicTrack Elliptical Commercial 14.9 (NTEL71517). Followed instructions, installed Smart Taskbar. Big thanks to whomever discovered this hack! Currently looking to tweak some of the built-in workout routines. Looks like they're all hosted on s3.amazonaws.com. I am guessing, however, that they should be downloaded/cached somewhere locally, as I cannot imagine one needs an internet connection to do one's workout. Any idea where these might be hosted locally?

Anyway, thank you all for your pioneering work! Someone should post a quick tutorial in the OP with steps on how to hack this machine. Here's a beginning:

1. Turn on machine.
2. Once you see ANDROID appear in the center of the screen, hold the menu button pressed ("the dashes button that is between the home and back buttons on the console") until you see "Unable to load widget" on the screen. This launches safe mode, hence bypasses the loading of the iFit application that steals focus.
3. Go to settings, and enable side loading.
4. Launch browser and download Smart Taskbar (or plug in a USB dongle containing the Smart Taskbar apk file to the USB port).
5. Install Smart Taskbar.
6. Reboot after installing Smart Taskbar.
7. Allow normal boot up, no safe mode required. You'll notice the trademark Smart Taskbar arrow on the screen. Launch Smart Taskbar. You're in. Feel free to kill the iFit process to restore Android desktop.
8. Next: root (how?) + install apps to USB dongle (how?). Someone else, please detail these steps.

Many thanks again!

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chuck1026 said:

This is very encouraging! I just set up our new c2950 (2017) and the first thing I noticed was the 22" tablet is Android based... the trouble is at / during boot I don't see any back, home or menu icons... no dash. It would be great to be able to use VLC to play MP4's from the USB port on the side of the console assembly while exercising! There must be a way to crack this thing!

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Aqua1ung said:

Those are hardware buttons, they're not on the screen. You'll see a button labelled with a stylized house. To its right you should have a menu (bunch of dashes atop each other) that's the one you should hold hold down during boot.

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chuck1026 said:

I just looked again. No Android icons (no stacked bars for menu, nothing_ on the 22" screen or surround?!?

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Aqua1ung said:

Here's what you should be looking for: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lgbNoQnc4SGwiBVHV5SvsmlNT20pFNYt/view

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chuck1026 said:

Yes, I was looking for those icons. They're not printed or displayed anywhere on the console. Thanks for the picture but the 2017 Commercial 2950's 22" display and bezel don't seem to have them. Dead in the water until I can find where they're hidden.

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chuck1026 said:

Yes, I was looking for those icons. They're not printed or displayed anywhere on the console. Thanks for the picture but the 2017 Commercial 2950's 22" display and bezel don't seem to have them. Dead in the water until I can find where they're hidden.

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So I went to maps and edit... along with the keyboard I found them
https://photos.app.goo.gl/4sCTPz1HjCym0TGm2 .

Too bad when I use any of them long press etc... I get nowhere --- when I press menu the background looks like Lollipop though https://photos.app.goo.gl/VE9vmOg5BH2bRtWE3 .

They don't appear during boot... getting closer but not there yet!

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chuck1026 said:

I got in. Turned on USB debugging... Can load apps but sadly Netflix won't run. Maybe root? Need to extract the iFit apps just in case.

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chuck1026 said:

Okay, I spoke with tech support today, which was very disappointing.



My neighbors heavy use of 2.4GHz have sucked up channels 1, 6 and 11... Buffering is an issue. I countered by moving my 2.4/5.0 WAP directly behind the treadmill. Now the bluetooth heart monitor craps out after 5 or so minutes of connecting. I suspect the 2.4GHz WAP is too damn strong in that close proximity.



My latest quest is to identify if the hardware has the capability to connect to a 5GHz wifi network because in settings only 2.4GHz is available. That seems crazy for a modern android tablet (or is it modern)? Plan B is to unlock use of the USB port to utilize a OTG USB to ethernet adapter so I can hardwire to the treadmill.

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snapper245 said:

Just for a funny test, you could create a faraday cage around the combined wifi and treadmill. A simple box box lined with aluminum foil should do the trick. Isolate that the issue is external to your system.

Just my 2 cents



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