LAST UPDATE: 6/12/2011 (2.2.0)
STANDARD DISCLAIMER: USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. By running this firmware mod, you agree that there is the possibility that you may brick your device and neither myself, Slatedroid nor Viewsonic are responsible for supporting you if that occurs. I would highly recommend that you learn and setup nvflash prior to running any mods, as you may require that as an emergency backout.
Users on 1.1-based ROMs or mods, PLEASE NOTE: Installing this mod might work for you, but there is a chance that you might soft-brick your device, as well. Please be aware of this risks. Any move between 1.1 and 1.2 based mods (or vice-versa) is a risky endeavor and should be thought out carefully, before proceeding. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
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What this IS
Century Eyes is an alternate 1.2 based ROM for the GTab, based on the Notion Ink Adam firmware. This will flash system, recovery, bootloader and your kernel, so be aware of this. You are also REQUIRED to wipe your user data after you flash to this ROM, so please BACKUP ALL DATA before attempting this. Since this is based off the vendor's 1.2-dev branch, it includes their enhanced recovery which you can use for the data wipe.
Century Eyes also adds the following features:
- Rooted and Busybox added (TB friendly)
- Clem custom 1.2-based kernel added (as of v2.0.0)
- Gapps
- Adhoc networking support
- Flash Player (on new installs)
- Dock config file added, for the Ethernet port
- Improved battery life by the removal of the Phone apks
- Youtube and Home Switcher apks added
- Live Wallpapers added (in case you want to use an alternate launcher)
What this is NOT
It's not a ROM for Adam owners! Although this mod should actually boot off an Adam, there will be things broken such as the g-sensor and the camera, so it is not recommended. Please see sites such as tabletroms.com for the latest mods for the Adam.
Recommended Pre-requisites
1. Setup and learn how to use nvflash. This is your backout in case something bad happens, so I would recommend you understand how to use this, in advance. Link details: http://forum.xda-dev...ad.php?t=861950. nvflash is specific to Tegra 2 devices only. For users on 1.1-based ROMs (ie. stock, VEGAn, gADAM TNT Lite 4 etc.), learning nvflash is HIGHLY recommended as the risk of a soft-brick is higher.
2. Have your device on a stock 1.2-based ROM baseline, or a previous version of Century Eyes. For example, build 4349 is the latest 1.2-based stock ROM, as of this writing. Details on how to return to a stock 1.2-based ROM are here: TBD . A previous version of Century Eyes is also an acceptable baseline.
Other 1.2-based ROMs should also work (ie. Mountain Laurel), but the lowest risk imo is 4349 stock or a previous version of this mod. This is how I generally test my mods.
Installation for 1.2-based stock/mod users
- Extract the RAR to the root of your internal memory. So, you'd have a recovery folder and an update.zip on the root of the mounted drive.
- Reboot into recovery. The Century Eyes update should occur automatically (click on the Home button to see the build details while it's running) . Once completed, it should reboot automatically.
- The device should take two to three minutes to initialize, then will boot into the GUI. If it gets stuck (and it likely will if you came from a different ROM), reboot into recovery one more time and wipe data / factory reset and reboot.
Installation for gADAM (or 1.1-based ROM) users
- Ensure that your device is running build 3588 standard recovery. This is a requirement to minimize the risk of a soft-brick - I cannot stress this enough! gADAM 1.3.0+ and TNT Lite 4.3.0+ have a Recovery Pack built-in to allow you to easily add standard recovery, if you are using clockworkmod. Do NOT use clockworkmod to flash up to a 1.2-based ROM or you WILL soft-brick your device. For other 1.1-based mods, you can install the 3588 Recovery Pack or flash 3588 standard recovery via an update.zip file. Or, flash to 3588 stock (with stock recovery) for the safest baseline.
Other than this requirement, the instructions to install are the same as 1.2-based users, above.
Backout
This is a 1.2-based mod and I would recommend that you backout to the latest stock ROM (4349, as of this writing). Please see this post on instructions on how to flash to a stock 1.2-based ROM: http://www.slatedroi...sions-g-tablet/
If you want to backout to a 1.1-based ROM or mod, you MUST have a standard 1.2-based recovery (like 3991 or 4349). If you installed the 1.2-friendly clockworkmod, then you need to remove it (see "Recovery Pack" for details on how to revert back).
Once a standard 1.2-based recovery is confirmed installed, you can use any of the following ROM's to backout to a "legacy" 1.1-based firmware: 3588 stock, TNT Lite 4.3.0+ or gADAM 1.3.0+. You would just use the standard instructions for these (ie. add the update.zip and recovery folders to the root of your drive, and reboot into recovery). Other 1.1-based ROM's may not work (ie. VEGAn or any of the GB ROMs), so PLEASE tread carefully here!
I have tested all of these scenarios and the backout does work, most of the time. However, as always, there is a risk here so I would HIGHLY recommend that you setup and master nvflash BEFORE you attempt backing out. That's just in case the backout fails and you need an emergency procedure to unbrick your device.
NOTE FOR TNT LITE 4.3.0+ / gADAM 1.3.0+ -- recovery will be broken, after the downgrade. In this case, just run the Recovery Pack and you can fix it (see the TNT Lite first post on XDA, for details).
Also see gojimi's post on backing out from a 1.2-based ROM to a 1.1-based ROM: http://forum.xda-dev...d.php?t=1036956
1.2-Based Recovery Pack
I have included a recovery pack in this release in case you install clockworkmod (see below) and need to backout to standard recovery (oe vice versa). To do this, either use adb or a Terminal Emulator, then type "su" and then this:
Code:
fixrecovery.sh
Code:
cwmrecovery.sh
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Downloads
Century Eyes 2.2.0 Link: http://www.mediafire...esb645tl4ugdm43
md5sum: 3b9f0be536125d7e65b8047c849c7522
(updated 6/12/2011)
There is no supplement, for v2.2.0.
The supplement is layered over the base build - these are just file copies, like a "hotfix".
Changelog:
(2.2.0) Based off the EDEN NIA020060611 firmware.
(2.1.0) Based off the EDEN 1.5 (3105) firmware. Back button should now be corrected, with this update.
(2.0.0) Based on the EDEN 1.5 updated firmware (3005 version), with Clem's custom kernel added.
(1.0.1) Flash 10.3 update, new Market, ASUS LW added, update cwm to rev5.
(1.0.0) First release
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Tips and Tricks
- Click on the upper left corner to minimize the status bar
- Click and hold the ribbon button to get a "icon drawer" UI
- Long hold the home button for a Panel view
- calibration tool seems to work just like our GTAB (calibration.ini on either /sdcard or /sdcard2 to calibrate)
Issues and Items of Note
- If there apps missing from the Market, try this hack to correct it: http://forum.xda-dev...ad.php?t=845175. Also, for the Market on v2.0.0+, make sure that "Background Data is ENABLED via the Settings, or else the Market / Gmail logon will fail.
- GMail is cutoff. This happens on a real Adam device, as well.
- There are some early reports of high-def videos not playing properly. I'm looking into that, further. Standard def videos (ie MP4's and AVI's) seem to work fine. EDIT: I'd have to go back to Adam stock to see if a stock device has issues, which might take some time - just assume right now that high-def video access is spotty at best.
- Do not attempt any 1.1-based custom kernels, as they will not work! This includes the GTAB kernels from Clem and Pershoot, but NOT Pershoot's Zpad new bootloader kernel - that one does work and will be included in a future ROM.
- An explanation on how this update.zip is designed, in case you want to alter what I've done or build your own: http://forum.xda-dev...ad.php?t=854175
- Clockworkmod v3.0.2.8 rev5 (1.2-ROM friendly) update.zip (for technical users only -- ONLY use with 1.2 ROMs like TnT Lite 5.x, 3991 or higher stock or Century Eyesl!!): http://www.mediafire...2flqn8b10ebcq44
This is a replacement for standard recovery. It adds the ability to backup and restore system images, for example. WARNING: YOU CANNOT BACKOUT to 1.1-based legacy mods with clockworkmod, you WILL semi-brick the device if you try. If you already installed this, then reflash to 3991/4349 standard recovery, as mentioned below. Century Eyes users can use the Recovery Pack instead of this (see above).
NOTE ON CWM: Do not use the Android GUI tool to wipe user data, or else cwm will get stuck in a reboot loop! If this occurs, there are two ways to fix this:
1- ADB required
In clockworkmod, go to mounts and storage and mount /system. Then, run this on your local PC:
adb shell
cd /system/bin
./fixrecovery.sh
Then reboot. What should occur is that standard recovery should pop up and complete the data wipe. On the next reboot, you should be able to get back into the GUI.
2- nvflash required
Using the 4349 nvflash image, run this:
nvflash --bl bootloader.bin --download 9 part9.img
Then reboot. What should occur is that standard recovery should pop up and complete the data wipe. On the next reboot, you should be able to get back into the GUI.
- 1.2-3991 standard recovery update.zip -- ONLY use with 1.2 ROMs like TnT Lite 5.x, TTx, 3991 or higher stock or Century Eyes!!): http://www.mediafire...ripr3c96h55alg0
This will add the 3991 standard recovery back on a TNT Lite 5 / TTx system. You'd need this if you wanted a functional recovery to backout to 3588 stock, TNT Lite 4.3.0+ or gADAM 1.3.0+. Century Eyes users can use the Recovery Pack instead of this (see above).
- For custom kernels by Pershoot, you can download them from his web site: http://droidbasement.com/db-blog/ (GTAB "new bootloader")
- For custom kernels by Clemsyn, please see his thread here: http://www.slatedroi...or-notion-roms/
2.0.0 homescreen (based off the EDEN 1.5 Launcher):
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ARCHIVES:
Century Eyes 2.1.0 Link: http://www.mediafire...fnff07t45zvf59a
md5sum: b1e65221f4dd993e229369d1d3760378
(updated 6/02/2011)
Century Eyes 2.0.0 Link: http://www.mediafire...76bc2cn8wbxkt9a
md5sum: 10a5137e413b47253545b0306e8839a6
(updated 5/30/2011)
Century Eyes 1.0.0 Link: http://www.mediafire...eercqalhy8by67l
md5sum: 06906cea0dd79e57dbd143b9ab4db14a
(updated 4/17/2011)
Century Eyes 1.0.1 supplement Link: http://www.mediafire...x27cr599ttc0xdy
md5sum: 96413d8c250f26c71df74016c6e75f5d
(updated 5/20/2011)