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[G Tablet General] TATDC:
I don't think that any of the stores have sold out. 2 months ago I spoke to the manager at the Office Depot I go to and asked their opinion of the Viewsonic Tablets and since I have gone there for over a decade they said it is the most returned product they sell. They had hopes Viewsonic would be able to fix the problem but it has been months and still riddled with problems. I just got my tablet a few weeks ago and tried to keep it stock due to warnings and possible new update "any day now". But I got so many FC's and crashes I had to put a cusotm ROM on. Thanks to TNT Lite and Vegan modders I have had only 1 FC in the 1 week of the new ROM.

Viewsonic should just send all distributers a sticker to put on the Tablet boxes that says: Sorry but you will need to get a ROM upgrade from XDA, Slate,.... to have a fully functioning tablet":)

Just last night my son actually played with the Gtab and could not believe how quick and responsive it is and easily played YouTube!
[G Tablet General] Icewyng:
Great... just as I finally convinced myself to buy one and see the OTA updater works.

Anywhere else where we can buy those in Canada?
[G Tablet General] pm3k:
Sending mine for warranty already

Bought 2 gTablets, the first one is already going to warranty because one specific color (slightly off-white) is being displayed as a cyan color. sigh...

Hope the 2nd one doesn't go bust. I only had it for less than 3 weeks
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
Hi,

Just a counterpoint: I've had my Gtab (original) since late November, and have been on only stock since then. I did re-partition once to 2048/0, a long time ago, but the only times I've had problems w FCs was w the OOB initial firmware, and once when I installed an app (don't remember which one). The OTA update fixed the former, and doing Fix Permissions w CWM fixed the latter. I think that doing the re-partition early-on has saved me a lot of headaches, but stock has been stable for me.

Jim
[G Tablet General] lordgodgeneral:
I don't know if the earliertablets were better quality or not but I've also had my tab since November. Flashed almost all the roms on here and haven't had to nvflash yet (knock on wood). I did have to repartition the first time i tried bekkits cm based rom. Over the last six months have only seen one improvement after the next coming from the developers. Doesn't matter what your needs are there's a rom to fit them.
[G Tablet General] Reed Solomon:
I ordered one through tigerdirect.ca and it seems to be coming from the USA through UPS. So who knows.
[G Tablet General] just lou:
When they had the eBay sale last month, I picked one up. From that sale, they sold 376 of them. They may be sold out.
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
I actually have no trouble believing tigerdirect is pulling it due to high rate of returns. Let's admit it. For every person who wanders around and found xda, there are perhaps 10 others who never figured it out and were stuck with the stock rom. Without knowing about the repartition fix, a high number of them would eventually get FC's. The rest would be disappointed about not having google market because they never figured out how to fix market.

The gtab is a very fast and responsive tablet IFF you're willing to put some work into it. I've been fixing people's computers for years, and it's my experience that most users just don't want to bother with doing fixes.

This is the reason why I don't recommend the gtab to people. It's working just fine for myself and my elderly parents (and I'm a noobie with android modding). My elderly dad hasn't encountered a single issue other than calling me a few times to ask how to turn on the gps again (LOL).

If anything, the hype about the gtab should stop. We really don't need more whiners in our community. There should be a pinned thread telling people to go to buy an ipad.
[G Tablet General] evilmonkey1987:
It doesn't have a GPS...unless you're hooking one up externally through bluetooth.

What concerns me about the gtab is not the software issues, it's the hardware issues. From screens with dead pixels to sleep of death to problems with charger ports, it just seems like a cheaply built piece of equipment with no quality control. I wouldn't want people to get the wrong impression of android based on this tablet: I had a lot of fun playing with it and modding it. In the end, it's hardware issues that led me to return two consecutive gtabs. I'll be tenth in line to pick up the Asus Transform (after I read the reviews from the first nine early adopters :D )
[G Tablet General] Icewyng:
I actually asked Tiger Direct if they were out of stock and this is their answer:

"Unfortunately the item is no longer available since the manufacturer already discontinued the item. Kindly call one of our sales representative at 800-800-8300 for further assistance in finding the comparable item."

I would say that is quite interesting. I guess it means Canadians are out of luck if we want a new unit...
[G Tablet General] evilmonkey1987:
So according to TD, the Gtab has been officially discontinued. Interesting...
[G Tablet General] Amowagou:
I am not surprised to see that Viewsonic decide to discontinue the GTab. How could it compete with Asus Transformer? The other poster pointed out correctly, the GTab is rubbish with the stock ROM. People have to replace the ROM from day one and void the warranty. If I had known the price for the Transformer before I purchased the GTab, Viewsonic would have had one customer less now.
[G Tablet General] Icewyng:
Sure, but most people that bought it knew that and were planning to use a custom ROM anyway. I know I wanted to (I always use custom ROMS on all my electronics whenever possible).

But it would definitely explain why the GTab was so cheap these days.
[G Tablet General] DLP-ROB:
probably .
[G Tablet General] igot6strings:
my response from Tigerdirect.ca:

"We do apologize for the inconvenience.

Unfortunately our records indicate that this item is on backorder and should be available within this week.

You can chose to wait for the item or you may also contact one of our sales representatives at 1.800.800.8300 for further assistance finding a comparable item. Thank you for your time and patience."

If anyone knows where to find any in Canada right now please let me know.

Thanks!!
[G Tablet General] californiarailroader:
It is NOT discontinued.
[G Tablet General] Tremec:
I have had my grab a month now and after reading on here I was fully prepared to Rom it out of the box. But at the last minute I decided to hold off voiding the warranty in case I wanted to return it and I am glad I did. The first hour was tough especially after waiting 4hours for the thing to charge! I had 3-4 force closes just trying to set up the wireless. The OTA update finally started and had to FC it at this point Iowa's ready to Rom it. But after the restart it loaded the update, then loaded 2 more back to back and has been near flawless since. I am still stock and loving it!
[G Tablet General] ben_2g0:
Gtab Out of TigerDirect.ca

Hello,

I think I got the last order which was shipped from the U.S before they closed it. I may also be one of the reason's why they stopped it. When I got the Gtab, Yes, Mr. Roebeet was right, he was right about the Rom being crappy. I was using it for a couple of days to get my bearings then an update happened which led to a booth loop. Unfortunately, I panicked and called Tigerdirect for assistance and and even contacted viewsonic for assistance and the 2 are pointing me to each of their direction which is another loop. I was prompted to return the unit. I have had it buying sale with Tigerdirect.

Fortunately, I gambled and THANK YOU Mr. ROEBEET for your instructions. NVflashed it and installed the update and clockwork 8 plus TnT Lite 4.40, it is now working very well except I can not use an external KB. Soft KB works fine but very sensitive , with this big fingers, it is a pain.

Anyway, it is the Rom that sucks. I think it has the infamous 2991.

Mr. Roebeet, what happened to TnT lite 5.01? pulled out? Thank you very much for the Instructions.
[G Tablet General] californiarailroader:
Maybe Tiger did, but it is FAR from being closed up for sale, I just ordered one this week from J&R online-

http://www.jr.com/viewsonic/pe/VIW_GTABLET/

It will be here Tuesday, April 26th.
[G Tablet General] schettj:
At 30% less in cost, it competes pretty well except for the display, which is teh suck.
[G Tablet General] californiarailroader:
It sure doesn't sound like they've discontined it to me-

http://www.viewsonic.com/gtablet/news.htm

A Firmware update was just relased last week.

http://www.topcomputertablets.com/v...mazon-ahead-of-ipad-2-xoom-and-others/223689/ Dated APRIL 20, 2011

There is no doubt that they will eventually stop production when a new model is released, but it doesn't sound like they are yet, and like I said above I just ordered one this week from J&R online. I mean, read the article above, the thing is outselling the iPad2, Xoom and others on Amazon, you do not can a product selling like that.
[G Tablet General] igot6strings:
if only someone was selling it in Canada. J&R will ship it here but UPS sucks and they charge brokerage before shipping. Atleast with USPS theres a chance it can make it thru without extra fees at the boarder. I want to order 2 of these and cant find them anywhere up here reasonably priced.
[G Tablet General] californiarailroader:
They won't ship via the US Postal Service to Canada? That seems kinda silly. Do you know anybody in NYC or going to NYC soon? They could always stop by their store and pick one up and bring it back, though I guess you'd have tariff's or something to pay too.
[G Tablet General] igot6strings:
On their website they only offer UPS, and its $75 + taxes and/or duties. I might be able to get USPS if I call them directly however I would rather buy it within Canada to make any warranty issues I may come across easier to deal with. UPS doesn't even exist in my province either. It gets handed off to a contracted company.

In my earlier post I mentioned that Tigerdirect.ca said they should have them in the next week. Hopefully this is correct.
[G Tablet General] californiarailroader:
WOW, that's INSANE for shipping charges! I hope they get them in next week too, good luck!
[G Tablet General] GoldenTiger:
It competes, but has half the ram and an ATROCIOUS display. Just holding it straight-on 0-degree viewing angle, it had a color shift from left to right and top to bottom on the screen, with the top being illegible due to being so dark, as was the right, in portrait mode. In landscape, unless it was straight-on to me, which was uncomfy to hold that way and difficult to maintain in perfect position, it would shift dramatically with even a 5-10 degree angle back, slaughtering quality and destroying the brightness to where it was hard to read text or watch a video.

I returned it to amazon and am glad I did, I'll be grabbing an asus transformer asap. The display just killed the thing as a whole, rendering all of the good stuff about it worthless. Yes, the tablet is snappy and has great hardware otherwise, but it's no good when you can't see the thing (and yes, this was both in lighted rooms and dark). I tried it for a day to convince myself it would be okay, but I couldn't do it.

I highly recommend avoiding the viewsonic gtab, the display is just so bad it's not even enjoyable let alone usable most of the time. It is just as bad as you have read about in the worst reviews, if not worse... and I was slothing off the really bad ones as anomalies. The cost savings of 25% is just not worth it at all. AVOID the gtab, and save up for something with a proper non-TN screen.
[G Tablet General] californiarailroader:
Thanks for the review! I will check mine out when it gets here Tuesday the 26th (ironically, the same day the Transformer releases lol), but if it turns out to be as bad as you say I will return it and pick up a Transformer too, J&R will have them on the 26th (among several other sites). It is a 100 bucks more than the gTablet, but the specs, and reviews on it are impressive.
[G Tablet General] schettj:
I guess it depends on your expectations. For me, it's no worse than the acer netbook that I also own (which costs $20 more, and runs windows 7, and, well, is actually far more functional than a tablet. But we digress...)

If you want a kick it around android tablet to play with, the $120 difference might be important.

If nothing else, a sub $300 tablet sets a good price target for Android in the future - the Xoom price was really wishful thinking :)
[G Tablet General] cutterjohn:
Works for me too plus I've had it since November plus it has a ton of developer support.

Viewing angles do suck but most other tablets aren't much better so I'm set until kal-el tablets appear.
[G Tablet General] dfin13:
For about $100 more, you get an IPS display, GPS, HDMI-out, front and rear cameras, Honeycomb, 1GB RAM, gyroscope, Gorilla Glass, and manufacturer support (ASUS makes this, it's not manufactured by one company, rebranded by another, and then distributed by yet another), not to mention the keyboard docking functionality. I really liked my gTab for the couple of weeks I owned it (sold it for what I paid for it, thankfully), but there is no competition here, even with its lower price.
[G Tablet General] aasoror:
Well to each his own, 30% lower price does in fact makes a difference.

there is nothing uncommon about the TN screen of the gtab, its still as usable/unusable as any other TN screen out there.

there is nothing special about the transformer IPS screen, still has the same super good color reproduction as any IPS screen out there, as unusable outdoors as any other IPS screen out there (just check the transformers reviews).

GPS is just $20 for a BT keychain one, for those who really needs to use it.

The necessity of a 1GB ram vs. 512MB is questionable at the best (given the current size of Andriod applications).

HC should be neither a deal maker or breaker, there is no reason for us to believe a HC port for the gtab wont be possible once google releases the code, add this to the recent advancement on the gtab development like the overclocking kernels and the recently realized hardware video decoding on GB. OS should be our least worries.

HDMI is a plus (for those who uses it) how about a simple USB port ? (for storage and other peripherals) well you need a $150 docking station for that.

LAN ? no go, not even with the dock.

2 Cameras ? well hopefully no one is eager to hold the 10" transformer for video capture, reviews shows that as buggy at the best, so assuming no hardware problems further updates are still needed to get this ironed out.

Support ? well, when do you think Asus will release an overclocking kernel for the Transformer ? or how long will it keep porting android OS'es once they release their Tegra3 tablet ?! Any continuous support for any of these devices would be community driven and the unbelievable surge in the GTab sales in the last several weeks is guaranteed is sustain this community.

Don't get me wrong, a $400 IPS tegra 2 tablet is such a sweet deal (coming from someone who paid $400 for the TN gtab only few months ago), but man there are members here who are selling their gtabs for $250 (with couple of weeks of usage) and others claiming they got the same price brand new locally, at sub $300 for the gtab build quality, features and current community support there is certainly deals to be had.

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I guess their quotes vary by Canadian location then ? last time I checked on J&R it was $43 for UPS to ON (WWE so brokerage is prepaid) but taxes are extra.
[G Tablet General] igot6strings:
for 2 units it was $75
[G Tablet General] dfin13:
I don't think the gTab is a bad device, despite the fact that it has a low-quality screen, and $300 was quite a deal a couple of weeks ago, especially since I was days away from dropping $600 for a Xoom. But the Transformer has suddenly appeared and changed that, and while the gTab is a nice tab, there's no way I'd pay $300 for it again with a much better tab out there for $400.

As for the video, yes, they both have netbook screens. That's not really news. Thing is, you don't use a netbook the same way you use a tablet, so viewing angles do matter.

The gTab made me realize that I really did want a tablet, and this gap between selling it and getting the Transformer kinda sucks, but it'll be worth it come Tuesday (hopefully, still a question about b&m stores stocking them).
[G Tablet General] pyro530:
Have you talked to Steve @ electronic crap?
[G Tablet General] igot6strings:
Yes I have actually. I'm waiting on a price on express shipping to Canada. I don;t know if you folks are aware but Canadapost may be going on strike any day now, most likely the end of May but theres a potential for it to be sooner. If theres anything you folks want to order you may want to try shipping thru another service. I'm weary of buying from the US cause if theres a warranty issue I have to ship it back at atrocious costs. With the gtab being so flakey I'm not too sure I still want one. I'm halfway between buying 2 gtabs(one for my gf) or 1 transformer(gf can suffer :p). Sigh these decisions are so tough.
[G Tablet General] californiarailroader:
Wow, some more good reviews and insights on the gTablet, I am even more excited to get mine this Tuesday! It sounds like I will be more than happy with it, despite any shortcomings it might, or might not have, thanks everyone!! It is actually replacing a Toshiba T135D-S1320 Laptop (which is for sale on eBay right now, IM me if you're interested), and will more than than fit the bill for me.
[G Tablet General] aasoror:
Why would you say so ?
[G Tablet General] igot6strings:
I've been searching high and low to find somewhere that still had some that would mail it to Canada and in my search I found alot of posts about folks having to return it for various issues besides the poor viewing angle. Nothing overly major and probably rare but I'd rather not take chance on ordering it from the US only to have to pay an arm and a leg to ship it back. If it was here in Canada sure, I'd take the chance but now that the Transformer is due out and only $100 more I'm thinking I'll take advantage of that deal.
[G Tablet General] jason1332:
I think you will enjoy it.
[G Tablet General] aasoror:
Thats huge have you considered parcel forwarding services ? they usually charge actual postage of whatever services you like + nominal fees.
[G Tablet General] shanghei:
if I just paid $300 for a gtab one week before transformer I would be trying to convince myself I didnt make a huge mistake as well
[G Tablet General] schettj:
What if you paid $280 lol.
[G Tablet General] dfin13:
:D I dunno about HUGE mistake. If someone is happy with their gTab, then that's awesome. I just looked at mine, looked at the Transformer, and figured I'd sell while I could get a good price and hop aboard the HC train. A guy on Craigslist gave me $300 for the tab + M1 case, and he emailed me this morning raving about how he and his wife love it. So it went to a good home, and I get a Transformer tomorrow, everyone wins!
[G Tablet General] Spazmogen:
Tiger Direct Canada has them online again. $319.97 this time. $7.20 shipping + $42.50 tax. For a total of $369 CDN ($390 USD) if bought online.

It was $299.97 so why the price increase? I called the London store and they have plenty on hand for $299.99 hmmm.

Amazon.com has it online for $312 USD (that's $295 CDN) But they won't ship to Canada, so you'd need to use a place like www.usparcelpickup.com to receive it.
[G Tablet General] svenelven:
I had trouble finding them as well, Just got mine from Office Depot this last friday. They had three "in lockup", no adverts not a space on the shelf, I think they had pulled them as well. The manager told me they did have them "on sale through tomorrow" for $299.99, so even the wife said "why not?"

The OTA works better than the previous iterations (as I have read), but I took a leap and was able to NVRAM to the 3588 and then used the CM mod 0.8 to get VEGAn Ginger 7.0.0 on it. It runs everything now and before I had a few things that either FC'd at random or would just never run (black screen).

I am VERY happy and I have never owned, NVRAM'd or changed a ROM on anything before!

Anyway, from what I can see it runs as good as the XOOM or Transformer and for half the price, and they do not have stock issues (Transformer).
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kidnoble:
...and it's saying that I need to flash CWM first before I can do anything, but already have CWM 3.0.0.6 running. If I select flash CWM within Rom Manager, will it adversely affect anything? Will I need to flash a rom again after flashing CWM (again) in order to use my phone?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dubar:
ROM manager doesnt work properly with Epic right now. You'll cause yourself a lot of headaches if you try to use it
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kidnoble:
ahh...thank you for the advice
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Just reading the title and you know this can get bad fast :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Censura_Umbra:
I use ROM MANAGER on the Epic, I haven't had any major problems with it, except it doesn't like to quick boot on a few roms without a little extra push. Any way, it isn't really a necessity unless you get the paid app, you can do everything easier (and on the epic, sometimes quicker) in CWM.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k0nane:
Exactly.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mpscmedic:
I have never used rom manager. Everything I do is through odin or clockwork
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RandomKing:
Rom Manager doesn't help me in any way that CWM can't, plus it generally wants to install its own problematic version of CWM... If you make multiple Nandroid backups with clockwork, then you can rename their directories to whatever you choose, just make sure there's no space in the name (i.e. try something like Nandroid_Backup-1).
[General Questions and Answers] Eyec0n:
I love the Syndicate Frozen Rom and all but the only thing I noticed and did not like was the fact that they took away the stock Clock with all the world clock, stop watch, and timer things..

Also MEMO, which was removed for some reason.

So my question here is : How do I re-install these apps?

I downloaded the stock app zip already and have them sitting on my sd card but dont know where to go from there.

If possible i'd like some steps to where i dont have to re-do everything again and just do some sort of update.
[Android Themes] danniehansen:
Anyone know theme or app that looks like HTC HD2?

I like the front screen, and know how to make the icons, but can't find any app look like the calender.
[Nexus S Accessories] leyvatron:
Here is the link... its like $3.68 total after checkout.

Not a bad deal...

http://www.cellularfactory.com/deals/item-45790_2478.html?eng=dn
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zjalloul:
Hello,

I am facing a problem with my HD2 (rom 3.14 spl 3.030000 Radio 2.15.50.14, the phone is freezing and do an auto restart by itself, i have done my very best and tried everything but nothing worked, here are a list of things done :

1) I Hard Reset the device (didn't solve it)

2) Installed back the original rom through USB from HTC site (didn't solve it)

3) I extracted the .nbh file and renamed it to LEOIMG.NBH and run it from the SD card and the rom worked but that also (didn't solve it)

4) Run HSPL4 and got HSPL 2.08 installed and successfully installed a cooked rom (didn't solve it)

5) Tried to run NAND Androind but couldn't get it run despite MAGLD1.13 installed (didn't solve it)

I am really desperate out here is anyone faced the same problem?

Can someone please help me and show me what should be done to resolve the issue, and do you think it is a Hardware issue ?

Many Thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T-Macgnolia:
Try taking a look at the three batterry pins that make contract with the battery. You might have one slightly bent and out of alignment espesisaly if you have been doing a lot of battery pills to resetvhour HD2.