[sverbanic]

roebeet, on 09 May 2011 - 10:54 AM, said:

4349 was out for about 24 hours -- not a long time but probably hundreds of stock users got it. And once VS / US Merchants finally releases a new firmware, there will be many more. The modders in XDA should be preparing for this, imo. And if I was moderating over there (which I'm not), I would be pushing that agenda right now. As far as I'm concerned, they caught a break when 4349 was pulled and they should have taken advantage of that window of opportunity.

Roe, did you happen to notice that that other site has starting updating some of their posts, pointing out that the new 1.2 bootloader has been RECALLED [their capitalization, not mine] by Viewsonic?

http://forum.xda-dev...d.php?t=1036956

Seems more than one person over there is hellbent on proving themselves "right". Really mature if you ask me. I only went there because I clicked on my wrong bookmark

[JustinTime]

Roe, I think that the term 'root' or 'rooted' should also be explained.

This post has been edited by JustinTime: 12 May 2011 - 09:24 PM

[mikespe]

Thank you so much for this thread...the confusion I had about 1.1 & 1.2 has been minimalized! LOL

[twotimesadingo]

Yeah, as mikespe said, the explanation on 1.1 vs 1.2 was tremendously helpful to a relative newbie. Coming from XDA, where just about everything is 1.1, to here, where most of the current projects are built on 1.2, it was a huge help in being able to narrow down a selection of ROMs.

[Hawk68]

OK, I have an interesting issue with my gtab. Got some help under the mountain laurel rom development page but am still stuck. I installed the mountain laurel rom on my gtab which had 1.1 3588 on it. Install went smooth as silk and boots up into mountain laurel fine. Now I would like to try some different roms (obviously) so I downloaded and extracted century eyes. Pulled the recovery folder and update.zip over to the root of my tab and rebooted with power + vol up. I see the vs birds screen and get recovery key detected and then booting recovery kernel image. Gtab stuck at this point, will not go any further. Wondering what I can try next. Thanx in advance for any information.

Hawk in SF

[bankster]

First of all, Thanks roebeet. I have been lurking the forums for awhile and just signed up the other day, but it appears you are The Man! not like "The man" who oppresses people, but more like the guy who does awesome stuff.

Aside from that,I finally ordered a G-tab. I was trying to decide between the G-tab and Archos 101, but the G-tab appears to have a much wider user base/support. Anyways, The G-tab is going to be here today and I want to install the "Brilliant Corners" (this is assuming the device was shipped with 1.2 stock. And after reading how to's on installing ROM's, I have a couple of questions.

1. Do I need to get Clockwork mod or is that something of the past now? If I do need Clock work Mod which version now?
2. Is it really as easy as opening the g-tab hooking it up to my PC and extracting the RAR to the root and then rebooting into recovery?
3. Do I have to root the gtablet before I can install a new ROM?
4. What is ABD and am I understanding correctly that it is essential for rooting?

Sorry if this seems directed at roebeet, I am not trying to initiate a direct question to Mr.beets, so please anyone who wants to answer go at it!

Edit: I was stupid

This post has been edited by bankster: 26 May 2011 - 05:00 PM

[roebeet]

Hawk68, on 22 May 2011 - 08:38 AM, said:

OK, I have an interesting issue with my gtab. Got some help under the mountain laurel rom development page but am still stuck. I installed the mountain laurel rom on my gtab which had 1.1 3588 on it. Install went smooth as silk and boots up into mountain laurel fine. Now I would like to try some different roms (obviously) so I downloaded and extracted century eyes. Pulled the recovery folder and update.zip over to the root of my tab and rebooted with power + vol up. I see the vs birds screen and get recovery key detected and then booting recovery kernel image. Gtab stuck at this point, will not go any further. Wondering what I can try next. Thanx in advance for any information.

Hawk in SF

Most of my 1.2 based ROMs don't flash recovery, so when jumping directly to them from a 1.1 ROM, recovery breaks. But that's why I have the Recovery Pack in each of my ROMs, so you can fix it. Just read my ROM first post for instructions on how to flash back standard recovery.

The only exception to this is the HC alpha, as clockworkmod is needed to get mount access to your PC. So I need to add cwm for that.

bankster, on 26 May 2011 - 11:39 AM, said:

First of all, Thanks roebeet. I have been lurking the forums for awhile and just signed up the other day, but it appears you are The Man! not like "The man" who oppresses people, but more like the guy who does awesome stuff.

Aside from that,I finally ordered a G-tab. I was trying to decide between the G-tab and Archos 101, but the G-tab appears to have a much wider user base/support. Anyways, The G-tab is going to be here today and I want to install the "Brilliant Corners" (this is assuming the device was shipped with 1.2 stock. And after reading how to's on installing ROM's, I have a couple of questions.

1. Do I need to get Clockwork mod or is that something of the past now? If I do need Clock work Mod which version now?
2. Is it really as easy as opening the g-tab hooking it up to my PC and extracting the RAR to the root and then rebooting into recovery?
3. Do I have to root the gtablet before I can install a new ROM?
4. What is ABD and am I understanding correctly that it is essential for rooting?

Sorry if this seems directed at roebeet, I am not trying to initiate a direct question to Mr.beets, so please anyone who wants to answer go at it!

Edit: I was stupid

I think the GTAB over the Archos was a good call, just for the modding options (I was actually going to buy an Archos myself, back in October. But delays in shipping made me consider the new GTAB, instead).

clockworkmod is still a viable option, and I personally use it with my 1.2 branch work - nandroid backups and SD repartitioning are a must have. Right now there's a 3.0.2.8 rev5 that's an option in all my 1.2 ROMs, and it seems to be fairly stable.

As for #2, yep it's that easy. Still, read the instructions as there are some caveats (mainly the ones about jumping to 1.2 and also data wipes).

These update.zip mods will root the device for you, so there's no need to do it yourself.

adb is like an remote shell to your Android device. A lot of users don't have it setup, so I wouldn't consider it a requirement. But I personally find it very handy. If you know what SSH / SCP is, it's a similar concept. I can push up apks or system updates for testing, or use a tool like logcat to troubleshoot mod issues. But again not everyone needs it.

This post has been edited by roebeet: 26 May 2011 - 08:22 PM

[saturnmek]

I am a new owner of a gtab. Iam also wondering if I should try installing a new rom or wait for VS to send a update. If I decide to mod my gtab should I install NV flash just in case something goes wrong or wait until it happens.

[mike ekim]

saturnmek, on 16 August 2011 - 05:34 PM, said:

I am a new owner of a gtab. Iam also wondering if I should try installing a new rom or wait for VS to send a update. If I decide to mod my gtab should I install NV flash just in case something goes wrong or wait until it happens.

Few of us expect additional updates from Viewsonic.

[Richiela]

thank you for taking the time to teach new G tablet owners. I'm anew owner with 1.2 and the 4349 build. I'm thimking I would like to flash Brilliant Corners. It this a reliable platform?

thanks

[tyler8881]

Thanks for the guide

[Lectric_Chuck]

Big load of 'thanks' to Robeet for all the great advice here. I was able to get my soft-bricked Viewsonic tab back to life again. It is telling me I need to learn more from the users here before jumping into any mod. Plan the moves, plan the moves!

[Toad]

Thanks SO MUCH for this Tutorial.
There is an evergrowing mountain of confusing instructions.
Keeping this updated would be the best possible happening.
You go man;
Roebeet rules!!

[ThinkDPr]

Thanks Roebeet! Very helpful and I've gone and printed me a copy.

[jdj]

thanks roebeet but i think moor simplicity needed

[Holtend]

Thanks for very informative thread.
I have a pretty basic question.
Is the g-tab the same as the uk viewtab?
thanks, and yes im a noob

EDIT, thinking about it, is g-tab galaxy tab?

This post has been edited by Holtend: 04 April 2012 - 07:26 PM

[Whitewind]

Holtend, on 04 April 2012 - 06:18 PM, said:

Thanks for very informative thread.
I have a pretty basic question.
Is the g-tab the same as the uk viewtab?
thanks, and yes im a noob

EDIT, thinking about it, is g-tab galaxy tab?

Hi Holtend. I'm new too but I can supply a basic answer your question.

The "G-Tab" is a ViewSonic G-Tablet. It's an inexpensive (originally $400 but now can be found quite inexpensively considering it has a decent CPU) 10" tablet with NVidia's Tegra 2 CPU. "Galaxy Tab" is Samsung's Android tablet product.

It's a great value for a 10" Tegra 2 tablet but keep in mind that the (ViewSonic) G-Tab isn't an especially good purchase unless you're planning to flash/upgrade the operating system or are an Android hobbyist.

BTW. Here in the northern suburbs (city of Cumming) of Atlanta GA, I see that Office Depot has them on clearance for $180. Don't know yet if they have any left but I'm seriously considering buying a 2nd one to play with.

[Xopher]

Holtend, on 04 April 2012 - 06:18 PM, said:

Thanks for very informative thread.
I have a pretty basic question.
Is the g-tab the same as the uk viewtab?
thanks, and yes im a noob

EDIT, thinking about it, is g-tab galaxy tab?

I would say that the gTablet and the ViewTab are two different tablets. Who distributes the ViewTab?

On a side note, the gTablet is manufactured by Malata (smb1002) and distributed by several different companies. Viewsonic calls it the gTablet, Olivetti has a version of it (with 3G) I believe is called the OliPad (or something like that). Other companies may also have released it under different names. Malata makes a lot of tablets as well, so it may well be made by the same manufacturer, but still a different device.

The gTablet is definitely different than the Samsung Galaxy Tab.

[kenharvey]

Awesome post, thanks for the info. Will try to use it wisely.

[The-Truth]

Hi, I have a viewpad 10e and a Viewpad 7.

Have some minor niggles with the 10e. Will open up a thread but posting to get my three responses in just now.