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[G Tablet General] rasen1:
I have tried it a few times to no avail. The only thing I see happening that is different from your notes is in Step 12. I don't see the "VS Birds" screen ... it moves from "g Tablet" screen to "TnT" screen.

"12) Enter the last nvflash command again and press enter WITHOUT holding the Volume key this time. When the flash finishes the tablet should boot to the "g Tablet" screen then restart to the "VS Birds" screen."

Thanks will try all the suggested above.
[G Tablet General] rasen1:
Forgot to mention ... while clearing dalvik I also get this: "E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 (File Exists)"
[G Tablet General] K J Rad:
That can be ignored.

If step 12 did not reboot to the proper screen then it's likely that the previous nvflash didn't update recovery properly. Did it boot into the 1.1-3588 stock ROM?
[G Tablet General] rasen1:
Yes, booted into 1.1-3588 stock ROM. Only thing left now is to try different computer. Maybe goat thereafter
[G Tablet General] rasen1:
any way to try this with a mac?
[G Tablet General] K J Rad:
Not natively but you can use Linux (I use Ubuntu) running in a virtual environment (I use VirtualBox).

If you got it to boot into 3588 try this...

1) Set up to do the 3588 update again (command file in recovery folder and update.zip at the root of the internal SDCARD).

2) Shutdown and restart the tablet.

3) Assuming it comes up in APX mode use the nvflash command (from a commandline prompt while in your nvflash directory) below to force a startup. Remember to hold down the volume UP key while hitting the return to start the command and continue to hold it until the nvflash has started visibly on the tablet.

Linux: sudo ./nvflash --bl bootloader.bin --download 6 part6.img --go

Windows: nvflash.exe --bl bootloader.bin --download 6 part6.img --go

4) The tablet should come up in recovery and load the update then drop back to APX mode. Redo the command again without holding the volume key.

5) The tablet should come up with the birds or go to gTablet then back to birds. If not... do step 4 again. If it still doesn't go to the birds try this whole process one more time.

If this doesn't work you can try the same thing with 4349 stock.
[G Tablet General] rasen1:
trying as you suggested now. thank you. I appreciate all of the help
[G Tablet General] K J Rad:
No problem. Let me know how it goes.
[G Tablet General] rasen1:
nvflash to bekit 1105 --> update to 1.1-3588 stock rom (your update method http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13474033&postcount=114 ) --> further update to 1.2-4349 further using your update method WORKED!!!!

Thank you thank you. I know you said you are partial to tea and cookies .. I just wish I could personally serve them to you

Did I mention how thankful I am ... you are fantastic. I was almost about to say that maybe I'll count my losses and either just use APX to boot into 3588 or never turn off the tablet so no reboot needed.
[G Tablet General] rasen1:
Is it too soon to try to move to cyanogenmod :-)
[G Tablet General] K J Rad:
I do rock, don't I? ;-)

Ask any Kzin or Klingon if it's too soon to jump into the fray. If you brought it back with that procedure once then it will work for you again. APX loops are about the worst you can do to these things without throwing them in the ocean.

As for the tea and cookies... I'll settle for you taking a few minutes to give someone a reason to smile tomorrow. Have fun ;-)
[G Tablet General] rasen1:
Multiple smile and hugs will be offered tomorrow. Sincerely, thank you.
[G Tablet General] Fastblue357:
I'm also stuck in APX mode. My comp sees that the Gtab is in recovery mode but thats it. I can't access the tab at all. If I start it up by holding just the power button or vol+ and power I get a message saying "Booting Recovery Kernal Image" but just sits there and does nothing. ANY help would be much appreciated. Thanks from a NooB
[G Tablet General] K J Rad:
You have incompatible bootloader and recovery. You'll need to nvflash the correct recovery or a complete ROM image. If you're still stuck in an apx loop at that point you'll need to force an update to a stock ROM using stock recovery.
[G Tablet General] skorzo:
I have a Hanspree Hanspad, very similar to GTab

I want to flash CWM Recovery... but im not sure ..

Do you know how to back to stock recovery, once CWM is flashed?

Is there any way to back up my current stock recovery?

I have made a backup with NVflash:

"nvflash.exe" --bl bootloader.bin --getbct --bct backup.bct --go

"nvflash.exe" -r --getpartitiontable partition.txt

"nvflash.exe" -r --read 2 part-2.img

"nvflash.exe" -r --read 3 part-3.img

"nvflash.exe" -r --read 4 part-4.img

"nvflash.exe" -r --read 5 part-5.img

"nvflash.exe" -r --read 6 part-6.img

"nvflash.exe" -r --read 7 part-7.img

"nvflash.exe" -r --read 8 part-8.img

"nvflash.exe" -r --read 9 part-9.img

"nvflash.exe" -r --read 10 part-10.img

"nvflash.exe" -r --read 11 part-11.img

Is this enough to backup the stock recovery in my .img??

Thanks!!
[G Tablet General] Al_C:
Here's a Video

The previous post is correct about using NVFlash. Here is a video. It is part way down the post, in the section called "How do I Recover My Viewsonic Gtablet?". The post was intended as a guide to loading Illuminate, but this recovery section is generic and takes you back to a stock GTab.
[G Tablet General] Sheetzie03:
WIll not boot into Recov/can get to OS tho

Hello, somewhat of a quick question. AFter having some installation issues I nvflashed(without installing CWM bec. I didnt know til after about it) to 1.2bl 4349 Then of course went to install CWM(CWM3028.1.2internal.zip)-followed same exact steps and link the 1st time which worked. After extract & placing the update.zip & recovery on root, try to boot into Revovery, sticks a 3 birds screen saying "REcovery key detected BOoting recovery kernel image" From there, Im able to power off and back on to OS everytime. Just not able to see any recovery.

Tried, different links, made sure it said sdcard/not sd2 in command folder, and for other small things with no luck. Been reading similar issues, and seems the answer is to NVflash w/ CWM install??? or is there a more simple fix? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[G Tablet General] aabbondanza:
Check your partition.txt file. The recovery partition is normally partition 9 (on the gTablet). If the partition name is SOS, then it is your recovery partition. Assuming you haven't yet flashed CWM, then this would be your stock recovery and you could use nvflash to write that .img file ("nvflash.exe" --bl bootloader.bin --download 9 part-9.img)...assuming yours is partition 9, if not, change the bolded numbers to whatever your partition number is.

There is also a way to build your own nvflash recovery from your backed up .img files.

Al
[G Tablet General] dakota_ev:
It works.

I followed KJ Rad's procedure and it worked. I have been working on getting my g-tab back for the past four days. I knew that there had to be a solution and if I kept looking I would find it. Thanks, for everything.

edit: I guess that I spoke too soon. It was working until I turned off the gtablet and now it will not come back on at all and the battery was fully charged before I turned it off. Guess that I will keep looking.
[G Tablet General] SoNic67:
Keep the button pressed till starts.
[G Tablet General] robmhowell:
I have spent hours and hours looking up fixes and ideas and tried so many things, and I just cannon get ClockworkMod to load to save my life. I get to the point where the box comes up with the arrow, showing that it is loading something, and it ALWAYS then goes into the area that has the tools icon first, and then basically a recovery mode. But it isn't CWM. And at the bottom, it says

E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk2

(No such file or directory)

E:Can't mount SDCARD2:recovery/command - I think this is cause I didn't erase it out when I tried to load it from the actual SD Card

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Installing update...

And then it just hangs there. From my understanding, this should be an instant thing and not hanging there for a long time. The only way that I can get this to get to this point again, is to nvflash back to original stock and then try again. But it always does this. I have options at the top, like Wipe Data/Factory Reset...should I try that, and then start over again? I really don't have a clue where to go with this. I have version 1.2, btw. Thanks to any help that can be provided!!

PS I Have also tried to install CWM using nvflash by replacing the part9.img file, and creating the new bat file, but that also didn't work.
[G Tablet General] rajeevvp:
1. Where have you placed the CWM update.zip file and recovery folder? The error message indicates that the installation process is trying the external SD card.

2. What is the content of the recovery/command file?

3. You indicated that you have a 1.2 bootloader. Which version of CWM are you using?
[G Tablet General] robmhowell:
Rajeevvp, you read my mind. I ended up figuring out that I had the wrong CWM version. I was using v8 and apparently, it doesn't work with 1.2 bootloader. With all of the threads that I visited, the CWM version didn't come up very often. But there was a site for dummies that had this link hypertexttranferprotocol (http) colon slash slash viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies dot webs dot com/clockworkmod.htm (can't post links yet)that instantly made me realize what I did wrong. I was definitely using the wrong CWM. Once I nvflashed one last time, and installed the correct CMW version, I was able to get GTabComb 3.3 installed and I have been a VERY happy G-tablet user. I had no idea what I was missing. It reminds me of being on my Evo, but with a bigger screen and just way more functionality. I thank you very much for replying to this and for all the help that you and the other guys on this board give to us noobs!!
[G Tablet General] Coffeemanric:
here is a dumb question, do you think this method of boot from external sdcard would work to bring a Pantech Element back to life? mine is stuck in a boot loop too. ADB will not pick it up on my pc and nothing will mount in the stock recovery mode. Suggestions are appreciated

My goal is to make someone smile everyday.
[G Tablet General] rajeevvp:
Try this to get out of the boot loop: Clear Cache and Data from Stock Recovery
[G Tablet General] aniadoor:
boot from external sd card

I accidentally wiped my system from my Hipstreet tablet. also I can't enter the recovery mode ( its a red exclamation mark with android lying down) So I was looking at this option.

On my external SD card I created a recovery folder and added the update.zip in it and tried to recover. but my tablet didn't recognise it.

"make sure you have a command file in the recovery folder with the correct command in it!!!" What should be the command file that you are referring to?

Is there any other way to bring it back to life?

Thanks

JG
[General Questions and Answers] vistagamer:
I want to sync a folder from my PC with a folder on my SDcard...

It should automaticaly Sync over wifi in both ways... any Idea?
[General Questions and Answers] SlimDigg:
Dropbox works awesome, maybe not exactly the way you want it but it does the trick.
[General Questions and Answers] vistagamer:
No it doesn´t because at first the Dropbox doesn´t copys the Files automaticaly on my SD and second I have at least 13 gigabytes of Music and only 8gb Dropbox space...
[General Questions and Answers] Namuna:
Maybe Doubletwist AirSync?

That one is more specific with working with Music/Photo/Video, if you're looking for something a little more generic for syncing, there's also a portable app called Toucan

Good luck.
[General Questions and Answers] vistagamer:
The problem with Double Twist is that it doesn´t hold my folders as they are...

And the problem with Toucan... I can´t access my SD with that over Wifi... any idea for that?
[General Questions and Answers] mariog9:
Try "WebSharing", there is a lite and a paid version. The second one includes some extra options for videos and music I think, not sure on which are the differences, anyway, it works great for me!
[General Questions and Answers] pavanred:
You can simply share a folder on your PC and using a file explorer on your phone (I have tried this using Estrong file explorer) you can search the LAN for shared drives. Find the folder you have shared on your PC and access files from your phone.

Well, another method - this is the way I do it, but it requires root access on your phone.

If you have root access, then you can install an app "Samba filesharing". And, this enables to make the phone a samba server.

Then, you can simply connect to ip address of your phone (or the samba server name you specified) from your PC and seamlessly access/modify/delete files on the sd card all the time. I would even suggest mapping a network drive to make it even more convenient.
[General Questions and Answers] nomad4ever:
I would be also interested in a solution like that. Mainly for Music, but also for other stuff/files.

Here is what I tried out so far:

I looked into Double Twist (a cumbersome resource hog on my netbook and always crashing), Winamp Sync (playlist and not folder-based, lack of control on what is happening) and Wifi Music Sync (lots of bad reviews, people lost files and else).

Has anyone tried Sugar Sync? If I read their website right, it syncs first to their cloud, which is the last place, where I want my personal files.

The solution with Samba Server or ES Explorer works (I also tried a simple FTP setup with Filezilla on the Desktop and AndFTP or SwiFTP (FTP server on phone) and any FTP client on the desktop. Problem with those solutions, it's all manual.

So far nothing satisfactory. I'm with the OP on this one, a small, neat, small resource solution, where you simply define the folders to be synced, would be best. Any more ideas? Thanks so far!
[General Questions and Answers] bearlyme86:
Just my 2 cents (definitely an UGLY solution): I've been using Syncness to sync over wifi. It's not the worst solution and has the benefit of working both with locally shared network drives as well as dropbox.
[General Questions and Answers] geevee11:
Actually, i love syncness. I've been using it for a month now. It's not perfect, but it works well for me, like syncing my documents folder to my Milestone and DHD, and back.
[General Questions and Answers] winnici:
Titanium Media Sync can do this - syncs all types of files (not just media) - search on market (I can't post a link)
[General Questions and Answers] lord t:
mmm I go for Sugarsync....
[General Questions and Answers] jafo5236:
I'm using PCFileSync and have no problems. It's always being updated.
[General Questions and Answers] thenimboo:
I have Titanium Media Sync, and it works very well for syncing files to dropbox, but I would really like to set it up to work with ftp, so I could sync files straight to my computer. How do I set something like this up? I"m a super ftp noob :(
[General Questions and Answers] 0okami:
I believe what you are looking for is possibly The Missing Sync.

http://www.markspace.com/products/android/missing-sync-android.html

However, I have asked the developer questions and received no answers. There is a trial version available but i'm having issues which need answered by the developer. The software is not cheap at $35.00 single machine license.

If you decide to try it, let me know how it goes for you.

Here's my scenario:

2 computers, htc evo 3d (now trying on a galaxy tab).

Desktop and laptop sync the "My pictures" folder (1gb and growing) by using microsoft live mesh. And then, I have The Missing Sync reading the "My pictures" folder and syncing that folder to the Galaxy Tab SD card into a folder called "My Pictures".

Questions I have asked the developer (Ticket# 813081)

the issues i am having are that the whole process takes about 7 minutes from the moment sync is pressed, to any activity is noticed. And then, files start flowing, but 15 minutes later, it stops at random with very vague error log.
[General Questions and Answers] michaelmastery:
maybe you can try FolderSync

its many feature and powerfull
[General Questions and Answers] endolith:
+1 for FolderSync. It lets you sync individual folders with Dropbox, with a Windows share, etc.
[General Questions and Answers] daz9001:
this is so simple

This is so simple why is there no app that does this, we don't want cloud storage to interfere all we need is a PC/Mac app where you can see your folders/files . Then you want to be able to select folders and files using a checky box ready to sync to ur android device.

Why do you need to select files/folders? Because when you have an mp3 collection of over 40gb you only want a small portion of this on ur android device. The app needs to ensure that ur android device always keeps in sync with the selected PC files so that if you ever add music to ur PC it will get added to android through the sync app.

Now does this app exist or am I going to have to learn to write an android app??
[General Questions and Answers] 0okami:
Look into cheetah sync app. Its the closest thing i could find that works for me.

https://play.google.com/store/search?q=cheetah+sync

Its been working beautifully for me granted its not fully automatic and requires some configuring before it can do what you want it to do.
[General Questions and Answers] daz9001:
Good but its not quite right

No this is still not right, cheetah sync is just a small service that sits on your pc. you can't use it to select the files on your pc you want on your phone, everything has to be done with folder pairing on the phone. Now if I want to choose 10 albums that are in random locations on my hard drive that would take ages to do on my phone. On the PC this would be a simple task.(If the app exists!!!)
[General Questions and Answers] 0okami:
oh, i see... so you are looking for something that will do what itunes can do for the ipod/iphone, but for the android? hmm...
[General Questions and Answers] febrilabs:
how about wifi explorer pro?

or for simple tips try using usb :p
[General Questions and Answers] Pramod9964:
try this

try this app

SyncMe Wireless search it on play store
[General Questions and Answers] knut-inge:
FolderSync works fantastic !
[General Questions and Answers] booki56:
simple and effective

I use Syncme app

It's perfect for my needs. I sync my camera folder to hard drive every night as a back up. The best thing is that it doesn't require any additional software to run in background of my windows. All I needed to do was to share folder in my windows. The rest was configured from the app (BTW very intuitive and helpful UI). Well worth small donation if works for you ;)
[General Questions and Answers] ashik992:
I found one app that is perfect for me. I syncs folder between PC and my Nexus7 over WiFi.

It also supports syncing rules like connecting to charger, sync delay, connect WiFi etc..

Check this out:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bv.wifisync&hl=en

Try adding folder from 'User' in your PC if you can't access any drive directly. Gust account doesn't work in my case let me know if works for anyone else. You must connect over same LAN/WLAN network with the PC.
[General Questions and Answers] AngeloMollame:
Try GammaSync

Try GammaSync (you can find it in the Play Store). It's a simple free app I developed to handle folder synchronization between PC and Android. Maybe you'll find it useful ;)

For any feedback:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2271739
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Sogarth:
----- Announcements -----

The poll is now being treated as closed. As such, since I would be unlikely to look back after moving to a newer Ubuntu, and since the two efforts are effectively incompatible (unless I wanted to try my hand at flashing a new /osh which... no), I'm concluding that there are enough users who are happy enough staying on Ubuntu 9.04 that I'll work on the union filesystem first before moving on to newer versions of Ubuntu.

----- Your regularly scheduled post below. -----

I believe I'm getting close to having a reasonable "first pass" of having a working Ubuntu on the Atrix. The interesting question becomes: what next? There are two steps I can see right now:

Get a FUSE kernel module working so that we can get a union mount for our modified Linux so that we can have more effective space. Note: this process is almost guaranteed not to work with the next option.

Now that source code is available for the Ubuntu files (I need to find out if we have everything we need, mind you), port newer releases of Ubuntu (starting with either 9.10 or 10.04).

Users, what would you like to see? The numbers at "closing" were 48/47/3.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] raybond25:
i think it would be cool to see a 10.04 ubuntu - but what can be done with that without very much effective space? if you could find a way to expand the storage with an ubuntu port (even if it's after you port ubuntu, then find a way to increase storage) i think that makes more sense than trying to improve the inherently crippled current webtop setup
[Atrix 4G Android Development] seven2099:
It would be great to see more storage! That is the biggest limitation at this point..
[Atrix 4G Android Development] SS2006:
im all for 10.04 or 10.10
[Atrix 4G Android Development] seven2099:
Wouldn't you require more space for this though?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Sogarth:
Not really. Remember that the 1 GB filesystem file is a copy of the partition that Motorola ships. Upgrading would be swapping out Ubuntu 9.04 packages for Ubuntu x.yy packages, so it would be a matter of trading space, not strictly losing it.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] seven2099:
Forgive my stupidity but... you are reffering to the 1gb file called Ubuntu.disk right?

Meaning, I can move that to SD to leave more space internally?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Sogarth:
I'm pointing out that ubuntu.disk is 1 GB, but once it's created, it has no reliance on /osh. So as long as the Ubuntu x.yy installation is < 1 GB like the current 9.04 installation is, the space issue won't get any worse. No better, though.

And, no, moving ubuntu.disk to /mnt/sdcard won't work. If it did, I would have created a partition on the SD card to start with. :(
[Atrix 4G Android Development] molotof:
NUKE webtop and make it run ubuntu Pure ubuntu with the option to show it on the atrix screen too HEHE !
[Atrix 4G Android Development] tical2k:
union mount! Also I bet this has non-ubuntu implications (internal and sd card as 1 mount point would be hot). Also why do we need a newer version other than to say "i have ubuntu x now which version number is greater than y was". What features are there in 10 over 9?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Sogarth:
I dunno. Minor things like Firefox 4, chromium browser, stuff like that. ;)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] tical2k:
once again... what was wrong with firefox 3 other than 4 > 3? just being the devil's advocate here. :-)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Sogarth:
You're asking somebody who's typing this from IE9, so I can't help you there. :D But, interest seems high, and it is true that newer software isn't available as easily for older versions of the operating system.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] lindsaytheflint:
Would it be possible to move it to SD card if there was an ext2 partition there? For example, on my 16gb SD card, have a 14gb fat32 partition, then a 2gb ext2 partition, with your mod mounting the latter instead of a file on /data.

I started playing with this idea yesterday, but ran out of time before I got it to mount properly in Android... Do you think it's feasible?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Sogarth:
From the been there, done that file, no, it's not feasible at this point in time. Sorry. :(
[Atrix 4G Android Development] swanga:
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[Atrix 4G Android Development] lindsaytheflint:
Ah I see... What about symlinking a whole lot of stuff over to /cache, since it's a 600mb partition doing not much? I'm guessing you've probably tried that avenue too?