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[G Tablet General] CodeNinja:
Yeah this deal was great.

I went to Office Depot to check it out, since I heard they had them there. I was planning on coming home and ordering it online, since they had it labeled as $399.

However when I came home, I discovered they had it for $299 on the website. So I attempted to print out a copy and take it in, only to find out my printer was out of ink. So now having two reasons to head up, I jumped in the car. After pulling it up on their sample GTablet in store, the salesman was like, "Huh, that's a helluva price" :D

So far I've been happy with it. It was kind of a pain to get nvflash working for some reason, but after doing a re-image to 3588 everything seems fine. Going to put TNT Lite on it and have fun. I agree with the screen being decent, it's not as good as an iPad2 screen but it's got a pretty decent viewing angle. Maybe 60 degrees? Colors are good too. And man, the battery life on this thing is insane compared to my iPhone! I kicked back last night with Angry Birds, next thing I knew I'd been playing for 3 hours and the battery still reported 90%.
[G Tablet General] propagandax:
Just ordered mine a few hours ago for local pickup, $299 plus tax, cant wait! I hope its worth it I have been on the edge about a tablet for months but for the hardware and some xda action thought I would give it a shot!
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
I hate that term, too. I think people too often get the mis-informed idea that this tablet or that tablet is just like the ipad. And then once they got it, it doesn't feel like the ipad and they get a huge disappointment.

In fact, I'm sure that half the wooters who ordered a gtab believed that they got something like an ipad. All you have to do is read the woot thread to see how ill-informed people are.
[G Tablet General] extensive:
Been on the fence for awhile... finally pulled the trigger and love it
[G Tablet General] mossmania:
I bought mine last week while on Spring Break in Ft. Myers Beach. The local Comp-USA had it for $299 so I price matched it at Office Depot in case I wanted to return it after I got home. I didn't do much with it last week and wasn't real thrilled with the lackluster tap-n-tap ui, but installed Vegan-tab on it today and absolutely love it. Still trying to learn my way around the android operating system. Lots of playing ahead. And, agree on the battery life. My iPod touch drains quickly on Angry Birds. The g-tablet battery life is much better.
[G Tablet General] Kent_Davis:
IPad killer ha ha ha. Love that term.

I have this vision of Elmer Dude in his hunting gear saying: "Come hewers you silly iPad" hee hee
[G Tablet General] Riccarr:
I just bought mine there (Office Depot) yesterday, was $299, here in Oregon.

The door knob clerk tried to convince me not to buy, saying they didn't work and they were being recalled and they weren't selling them anymore. Told him I did my homework and I wanted the hardware, not the software, picked it up in front of him, smiled and walked to the counter.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
This story is why I fear for the future of the GTablet - even the retailers want it to fade away (I had a similar situation in my local Staples, right before they pulled it).

And it is a shame because, other than the screen angles, the hardware itself is a bargain at $299.
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
Any idea why retailers and mainstream tech websites just want the gtab to die? This really is a bargain, considering what it could do.
[G Tablet General] propagandax:
I have had this for one day and am having huge buyers remorse, the screen is really bothering me, has anybody successfully returned one of these to office depot, there policy says this:

"Technology & Furniture - 14 Day Return Policy:

Your Original Receipt is required for all returns or exchanges of technology and furniture.

Technology products may be returned or exchanged within 14 days of purchase with Original Receipt, in original packaging and with UPC code intact. If product box is opened, we will offer an exchange only."

http://www.officedepot.com/specialL...rservice/Refunds.jsp&template=customerService
[G Tablet General] CodeNinja:
Could be one of two things.

1) Not a lot of margin on them. Viewsonic has them listed CHEAP. Not sure what the margin is on something like a Xoom though. Probably not much either.

2) The stock software, at least earlier versions (honestly it wasn't horrible on mine, but after flashing I've not looked back), was nearly unusable. We're all pretty tech savvy here, imagine if you were Joe Schmoe with no tech sense whatsoever? You'd get pissed off and return it.

3) nVidia just announced they are dropping driver support for the hardware. Viewsonic claims development will continue, but the GTab may be at the end of it's life.

I, honestly, had the opposite experience. The local Office Depot only had two tablets on display, this and the Archos 7. The sales associate flat out called the Archos 'crap' and said, "Look at this, it's been here three weeks and the touch screen is busted!".
[G Tablet General] Riccarr:
There's a lot of chatter on complaintsboard.com about them and their return policy. If the "technology" box is open, then only an exchange. I can't post links so you'll have to search it.
[G Tablet General] propagandax:
Ya I am sure its going to be a fight. Gosh I really really love this tablet but the one view angle when facing away from me is completely unmanageable (I will be working with my tab on a desk most of the time) every other direction the view is fine (especially upside down). I still just cant believe how great this tablet is and how they could completely botch that one viewing angle. FAIL!!!!
[G Tablet General] tarponbeach:
Just picked one up and flashed Vegan 5.1. Great tablet now. Performs flawlessly. Even the screen is not terrible, as far as viewing angle goes.
[G Tablet General] qipengart:
Okay I just picked up my second GTab this morning so now I have two of them!
[G Tablet General] rob_z11:
I would return the tablet if I were you. It appears that our tablet has become obsolete because nvidia has refused to support the Harmony chipset in our tablet for the google Gingerbread and Honeycomb.

We will be stuck on Froyo, and lackluster Gingerbread without proper driver.
[G Tablet General] davewinkwink:
ya man, I work at depot and the best i can tell ya is exchange it and hope they dont open the second one, (find the dumb cashier) and then return it at a differnet locatiion.
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
I've never exchanged an electronic device at home depot before. They open the second one?
[G Tablet General] propagandax:
Thanks guys. Went to Office Depot, got the BS I expected, walked out with my purchase and put it on Ebay. Sold within an hour. Nice to spend time with the g-tab dudes for a few days. see ya.
[G Tablet General] jazzmanmonty:
in reply to:

"The screen is different. When completely powered off for me it looks like a very, very dark green or 90% gray. Slightly different colored than the outer frame. Turned on simply incredible. You have to really turn it at some odd angles to get bad viewing. Angles you wouldn't normally view at. I could view it clear as day holding it flat overhead looking directly on. Completely flat and turned on good for internet and reading, just has a silvery or metallic tone, slightly, nothing as describe as before. For viewing pictures flat it has to be directly in front of you not at a distance, but, much better at a slight angle. Video not much change flat serious ghosting on dark colors. "

are you saying that viewsonic has swapped out the screens in the newer produced gtabs that have better quality and viewing angles? can anyone vouch for this?
[G Tablet General] arveeee:
When I first bought my Gtab...the manager working at Office Depot was tryna help me out on the pros and cons of buying a tablet PC..he had some very interesting points. Then he asked why I was looking for a tablet PC...I explained that I was waiting for a certain tablet and that I was simply looking to buy a temporary "toy tablet". Then I continued to tell him that I knew a bit more about certain tabs. So when he finally convinced me to buy the gtab, we went to the cash register and I payed...I didn't realize til I've payed that the manager gave me almost close to half a discount..so now after finding out about this forum and vegantab site...I think ill hold off on buying that other tablet. Thanks to all the devs!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gihanfx:
After having problems with Android NAND i have decided to move back to win mobile 6.5, so i flash back to 3.14.xxx

every time when i turn off and on the phone its do everything that a first time boot do, after ages when the phone finally gets on all the settings are stock,

any solution for this ?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T-Macgnolia:
Did you run a Task 29 before flashing the Win Mo ROM?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gihanfx:
yes, i did
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T-Macgnolia:
Hmmm what ROM is it? Is it a official or custom ROM?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gihanfx:
RUU_Leo_S_hTC_Asia_WWE_3.14.707.3_Radio_15.42.50.11U_2.15.50.14_LEO_S_Ship

tried another ROM but same results
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T-Macgnolia:
Ok that is a official ROM. did you get it from HTC.com using your serial number to confirm it is for your HD2? Also have you thought about flashing it via SD card?

Oh and you don't have to hit the thanks button for every reply but thank you for the gesture.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gihanfx:
Ill try and it let you know, Thanks a lot
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imanh:
Yes Flash through SD and the problem will be gone , keep that in mind that flashing through SD will DELETE HSPL and be carefull what you flash , Flash stock rom that you have downloaded from HTC for flashing through SD and before flashing any custom rom besure to have HSPL installed if requiered

tell us what happend
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T-Macgnolia:
Thanks for adding that as I forgot to mention that. But there is very few custom ROMs that do not require HSPL.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gihanfx:
did everything as in the guide, but still the same problem
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T-Macgnolia:
The only thing I can think may be causing your issue is if you have a bad block or twoin your NAND memory and it is not letting it save your your information and thefact that it has went through the set up. I would tell you how to check your blocks bit to be honest I really am not sure how you do it.I know you have to use some kind of softwarecto do it with your computer and have your HD2 connected to your computer. Sorry friend, maybe some other members here can help you further.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gihanfx:
Thanks again for the Help, after installing the new ROM i got far too many errors, but i restarted the phone so many times and things are back to normal, still when i access google maps the phone restarts and cant access the market place cus the update always fails, i also feel there is something wrong with the memory, anyway thanks again
[Thunderbolt General] thejondude:
Im running das bamf 1.4 and its awesome but i would rather have no rescent apps or power widgets on the pull down so maybe stock transparent pull down with the recents apps removed?? is it possible to flash just that and keep the new batt icon and 6 bar sig and not do anything else to the rom? if so any1 have it
[Thunderbolt General] thejondude:
I found a mod to remove the rescent apps so im thinking it will also remove the power controls

here is the link to the signals23 post :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1004975

here is the link to the zip that only removes the rescent apps:

http://www.edit didnt work

im assu...arent in that file :( because it didnt work \
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hd21337:
Hi,

I currently have Darkyy's ROM on my Galaxy S but I'm not very happy with it (bluetooth doesnt work and so on...).

So I want to install a stock firmware... 2.3.3 to be exactly.

I just found the Link in the Thread "Stock Firmwares..." but the filename is "I9000XXJVK"... my current firmware is "I9000XXJPY" - so is this a problem?

Would be nice to get an answer soon!

Thanks! (:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xXNCHAMPXx:
Which Darky Rom are you at? You should realy try 9.5 its the best ROM Darky has ever made.

But back to your topic, you should flash the JVK with bootloaders I guess or you will have a creapy screen at the boot. Stock JVK isn't a final Gingerbread. Its still beta but very stable.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzledazzle:
no problem. just remove the lagfix and follow the procedure step by step.

if you want to be extra safe, you could flash back to stock samsung rom, with repartition and pit file, and then go to JVK - gingerbread.

aslong as you follow the instructions to a Tee, you wil be fine.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hd21337:
I'm running 9.3 and it doesnt work for me right. Bluetooth doesnt work, my music player starts random and much more...

Oh and I thought that JVK is the official one by Samsung.. so should I try it or should I change to the MIUI Rom for example (looks also good and is 2.3.x)?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzledazzle:
i am running MIUI rom now and i have to say. ITS FRIKKIN AWESOME.

its so customisable, so completely different from samsung roms. i would highly recommend it, i have been thru every rom going, but MIUI is definately one to stick to.

quick updates, very helpful devs, issues fixed asap. overall 10/10
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hd21337:
Sounds good so far (:

So I'm going to try MIUI, thanks azzledazzle!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roostaamir:
HI

Please help me!

If it was my phone,I wouldn't be so worried.(It is my friend's)

See,I accidently flashed a on-file only firmware with a .pit file and didn't uncheck re-partition

After flashing the phone will restart and boot up in recovery mod.saying that the storage is not ready and i should use ui menu for formatting actions.I tried choosing format storage in the recovery mod but it's not working.

I can boot up in download mod.I think I need a full firmware but I don't know where to find one.

Please help.I beg of you.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bala_gamer:
Relax Dude!! Start the same procedure from the scratch , you will get it back to action
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roostaamir:
I did the flash thing for three times.

Still the phone will boot in recovery mode(for the first time) and say:

Can not mount / dev/block/stl10 (Invalid argument)

copy_dbdata_media: Can not mount DBDATE

Not Prepared your storage yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions

please somone help me
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Samsungfirmware.com

Flash your area stock Froyo or Eclair if that fails . With pit 512 and repartition checked via Odin .

Old XDA saying man who not read Faqs FFFF up fone pretty damn quick .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bockwurst31:
You could maybe try this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=984140&highlight=mount+stl10&page=1

Alternatively you can try to flash speedmod kernel with odin and apply the EXT4 lagfix on all partitionsm so that you have a working filesystem.

The latter worked fine for me the last two times I got this error, hope it helps :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roostaamir:
Thanks!Thanks!

It worked

Thank u so much
[Epic 4G General] jkrough0728:
Anyone know how to add sound back to the bootanimation on ACS frozen 1.1?
[Epic 4G General] chris41g:
Copy PowerOn.wav to /system/etc/

It might still be there just renamed to PowerOn.wav.Bak or PowerOn.bak
[Epic 4G General] jkrough0728:
Sorry should have mentioned already tried that but it still isn't playing.

I was able to on ACS 1.01 and since I updated to 1.1, I can't get sound out of it now on boot.
[Vibrant Accessories] crunkhead18:
Is GT-1900 case compatible for vibrant?
[Vibrant Accessories] holiday5804:
Yes it will. If anything, you might have a hole for the FFC that the vibrant does not have and the button cutouts on the bottom may be different, but the actual shape of the phone is the same.
[Vibrant Accessories] SuaveCanadian:
There are some differences in the buttons, and an extra hole for the front facing camera, otherwise it's exactly the same.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] j3.cole:
What are the odds of T mobile blocking or removing the phone.apk, like the other tablets that they offer?
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] bcmobile:
Who knows. Will have to wait until they release it.

Not to worry though, the odds of it lasting more than a week before someone hacks it are pretty slim, so the overall odds that you will be able to use it to make calls are in your favour. :)
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] j3.cole:
I must say the opptimism is appreciated :D
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] ovigt71:
just wonder if the function can be additionally installed.....
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] rolloverboi:
I'd be all over this, if phone calls can be made . .
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] ovigt71:
best way is to wait until is coming out, then will see. I already preorder mine....
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BroodjeBami:
I'm kinda new to all this root stuff so I hope you guys can help me out :).

So here's the problem;

Recently I've been trying to explore the world of rooting and with a little help of a friend I was finally able to root my DHD with these guides (I also did the engineering s-off thing):

From addictivetips

*Since I'm a new user I can't post any links. Please PM me if you want the links*

After that I flashed cyanogenmod on it, but now I want to go back to stock rom to prepare for the gingerbread update coming soon from HTC.

So I flashed back this rom:

HTC Desire HD Stock ROM from MoDaCo

*Same as above*

All went fine and stuff but there are a few problems after I flashed the last rom:

- I can't enter recovery mode the normal way: When I press volume up+power button, the phone will vibrate 3 times and the little (orange) led light will keep flashing and it stays that way until I pull the battery. I can get into recovery mode through rom manager and hboot though.

- Hboot doesn't work properly anymore (first it did and I could get into recovery through hboot, but not anymore). When I get into hboot it will show the usual menu, but it will not respond to anything I do. After some seconds it automatically starts doing some weird things that I don't understand, giving the following message:

SD Checking...

Loading...[PD98DIAG.zip]

No image!

Loading...[PD98DIAG.nbh]

No image or wrong image!

Loading...[PD98IMG.zip]

After this a new message appears:

Parsing... [SD ZIP]

[1] BOOTLOADER

[2] BOOT

[3] RECOVERY

[4] SYSTEM

[5] USERDATA

[6] SPLASH1

[7] SPLASH2

[8] TP

[9] TP

[10] TP

[11] TP

[12] RADIO_V2

[13] RADIO_CUST

Do you want to start update?

<VOL UP> Yes

<VOL DOWN> No

If I press update, it will load but nothing will happen (First time I flashed the stock rom, I got into a bootloop and this 'update' helped me out of it for some reason, but as for now, it keeps displaying the same message, but no noticeably changes this time)

Also: This problem does NOT occur when my sd-card is removed.

Now the REAL problem I've actualy wanted to go to; I can't update to the latest official release of HTC. I did update once after I flashed the rom and now I'm running version 1.32.405.6 right now, but if I try to find a new update it says that it can't find any and that I'm running the latest version already...

I want to update to gingerbread as soon as it comes out and I don't think I will be able to if I can't even upgrade to the 1.72 update...

The other 2 problems above were only mentioned because it makes figuring out the problem a lot harder and I figured that it may have something to do with this problem. First I thought it wouldn't really matter, because I'm not going to enter recovery and hboot anyway, but I do need it now, to solve this problem I guess..

So, any suggestions?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flussen:
The bootloader problem: You have the PD98IMG.zip on your sd card so your bootloader wants to install it. Boot your phone and delete it from sd.

Recovery: its normal that the only thing you get is that triangle.

Ota update: 1.32 is the newest firmware at the moment. 1.72 was pulled due to some bugs

Tapatalked with Tapatalk from my Desire HD using Tapatalk.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BroodjeBami:
Wow, it really was all this simple? Thanks for the help! Just weird that the triangle is actually normal... Never saw that mentioned somewhere before..
[Xoom General] bmancell:
Hey, I just picked up my Xoom from Futureshop yesterday. I am in Canada and it is the WiFi only version.

I see there are many threads on Rooting and all that good stuff. My issue like always is there is too much information. I can never find what I want, or be 100% sure it's what I need.

So my first question is, is there a point to rooting the Xoom right now? Are there any useful and good ROMs for it yet? What other reason should I do it, I have rooted and installed ROMs on my Desire for ever now and the only benefit I see is the ROMs and a couple apps, yet I think I am missing a point lol

Second, for my North American (Canadian) WiFi only Xoom, which rooting steps and files do I need/follow? Thanks

Thirdly, excluding the Google applications and Games (because I already have them) what are some apps that support tablets currently? Also, what cool things are you doing with your Xoom?

Thanks.
[Xoom General] jondwillis:
This thread is definitely in the wrong section!

But I'll answer the first question:

The main reason I rooted was to overclock to 1.5 GHz. I also did it because I know that eventually I'll want to try out a custom ROM or run some other SU apps somewhere down the road. I also wanted USB host capabilities. As far as I know though, there aren't any custom ROMs yet, but there is a custom kernel, Tiamat. I haven't tried it yet, because I've been content with the stock OC kernel.
[Xoom General] bmancell:
Oh crap, yea I didn't notice I was still in this section. Sorry, please move MOD.

Thanks for the reply. Overclocking eh? Will that destroy my CPU/device quicker or any other bad side effects?

And link to do that with my version?
[Xoom General] willverduzco:
Moved to general.

Generally, 1.5 GHz seems to be tolerated very well by the majority of XOOMs. If you notice random pauses, lockups, or restarts, tone it down a little bit.

You will likely notice a little additional battery drain, but as long as you're not on "performance" governor in SetCPU, you'll be fine for the most part.
[Xoom General] funnycreature:
Screenshot ER is a good reason :) Lets you take screenshots (no kidding!) without adb. I also have some other apps that need root like Root explorer.

EDIT: You might also want to ask: Why should I NOT root? Sometimes it helps to see both sides but I haven't found any disadvantage.
[Xoom General] bmancell:
Ok, so I found this thread which seems to be my model.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1010568

Instructions aren't exactly clear, I know it takes time but why do people not do step by step, pictures even. Geez.

And where do I get this overclock stuff?

Thanks