yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K J Rad:
Those files should be good. It's where I get mine from.

I didn't really think the --wipe_data would help but it was worth looking at just as an alternative to cwm for completeness sake.

I'm not 100% certain as to how the HW Reset is supposed to work. Can't really find a definitive answer. Some say just press it others say the battery has to be disconnected. So what I did when I needed to... Press it once with the battery connected, again after just disconnecting the battery then one more time after it sits for 10 - 15 minutes with the battery disconnected. Not sure if any of those is even the way to do it but I figured one would have a chance. I've also read in a couple of threads that the four "unused" contacts in a square configuration right next to the button need to be shorted out for some reset operations. Can't find an official confirmation on any of it. YMMV.

Terminal Emulator (I use the free one in the market from Jack Palevich, I think his name is...). Pretty simple. Fire it up. If the keyboard doesn't come right up you can get to it by tapping the menu key and taspping "toggle soft keyboard". You'll want to use a rooted ROM (bekit's 1105 image is rooted).

Start it up and type "su" (without the quotes...) that should bring up superuser and ask for permission. Tap allow. Follow that up with the following two commands...

cd system/bin

./busybox_fdisk fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk3 -l

This will output your current partition table. You should have two partitions if you've done the CWM 2048 and0 thing. Three if you made a swap partition. You can also drop the -l and enter fdisk (be careful in there) if you want to look around. It's similar to the old dos fdisk.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meltonch:
Partition table-

Disk /dev/block/mmcblk3: 16.0GB, 16097738752 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1957 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End blocks Id System

/dev/block/mmcblk3p1 1 1709 13720703 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)

/dev/block/mmcblk3p2 1709 1958 1999744+ 83 Linux

Thats everything that was output when I entered the command. I did try swapping partitions, but no third partition showed up. I've switched them back and run the FORMAT tool as well as flashed a few times since, but I don't know if that has anything to do with it.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meltonch:
The post didn't like my spacing. Can you understand that?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K J Rad:
Yes, I can read it fine and the data looks perfect so it's not your partitioning. So... Where do we look next...? I don't really know at this point. Damn. I'm really not focusing well at the moment but I will continue to work on it. This is another one of those I really wish I had in my hands. You guys just keep finding better ways to confound me ;-)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meltonch:
I wish i could be happy by saying "Stumped you!" :) But no. lol

All the little things that seem logical or illogical to me all seem to be normal, so I'm not sure what to do next either. Then again, I've only been reading this stuff for about 3 weeks. I can follow instructions successfully, but i really have no idea what is actually happening. Like partitioning-if you tell me to partition 2048 and 0, i can do that. but i dont know what I'm actually doing.

But anyway. we're attempting the reset button one more time. If that doesn't work I guess we'll just play the waiting game. I will gladly assist in any way i can.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K J Rad:
Try the reset as I described it a little earlier... with battery connected and then disconnected. Then follow the earlier complex nvflash procedure and let me know if anything at all changes. Please make sure to do it precisely and note anything that looks out of the ordinary.

Ok... Partitioning... Basically the concepts are the same as partitioning a hard drive though in this case it's flash memory instead so the software's underpinnings work a little differently. The end result is that you're dividing what you have into smaller segments.

CWM Sets up two or three partitions in the tablet's internal flash memory. One to hold your Tablets software and data (2048), one for swap (0 in this case so it isn't created) and the rest for storage of your personal files and a variety of support folders and data for various apps that require them.

Nvflash also sets up partitions within that first CWM partition (2048) for System, Cache, data, etc. This is similar to a traditional Linux or Unix partitioning scheme and helps to keep the filesystem organized and secure.

So in effect we have a set of "Master" partitions to organize our storage into general purpose categories and then a set of "Sub-Partitions" to organize our System software, apps and data into more specific sub-categories. It's a lot like using folders to organize but with very rigidly defined boundaries.

So... if it can be done with folders... Why do it? The truth is that Linux/Unix based systems can operate just fine with a single partition and using folders to organize everything. The OS doesn't care if it's a volume, partition or folder that's named "system" it only cares that "system" is there. However, there are some tasks the OS performs like creating temporary files and caching data that could easily use all available disk space if they get out of control. Early on the use of partitions to limit the space available for those activities became very common. It's much easier for the OS to answer the question "how much space is left here?" than to calculate the space used so far for the purposes of initiating cleanup routines. It also helped to compensate for poor programming practices (which is probably the main reason it was used, really). Rigidly defined boundaries protected "System" space from being over run by "User" space.

Thanks for reminding me just how long I've been doing this... :-p
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fordmanck:
Hard reset didn't do a thing for me..
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K J Rad:
You guys are really just trying to see how long I'll keep writing in this thread aren't you?

Damn. Well I still think that if we can find a way to force that bootloader update to happen properly your problems will cease. Maybe if we tried it with 3991 or 4349 since those should also at least check for the appropriate loader.

I'll be honest here... What we've done so far should have worked. I'm running out of ideas and without direct access to the tablets there isn't much more I can do. Feeling the need for inspiration that comes from immediate feedback and tactile response.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meltonch:
The exact error i get when trying to wipe dalvik:

E: Can’t mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

(file exists)

If I hit back when I get to the “Are you sure you want to wipe Dalvik” screen, or if I hit one of the thousand “No”s on the page, it still displays “Dalvik Cache wiped” under the error above.

If i knew how to look for errors myself, believe me, I would. I'm just not fluent in code =(

Is there not some form of specific bootloader file that we can try dragging to the tablet?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fordmanck:
K J is going to with in something like that for me this week. He wants to build a custom bootloader for me to see what we can do.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zKnuckles:
Possible fix.

Hey, guys.

I have been lurking this thread for a while now, because I have the same apx boot loop. And so far none of the fixes posted here have helped. I have been nvflashing to get my tablet to boot so that its still usable.

Well, just now I decided I wanted to try out Roebeet's Honeycomb port. So I followed the instructions, using the new nvflash for the 1.2 bootloader or whatever, then installing the update zip for honeycomb through the stock recovery. Well, i was getting a bootloop so I decided to turn it off and reflash the zip. So I turned it off, then turned it back on with the vol + button held getting ready to have to run the nvflash to get to recovery. But to my surprise before I ran nvflash I saw those beautiful birds, which I have not seen in months.. And now my tablet reboots no problem.

I think what was responsible for this was nvflashing the new 1.2 bootloader. But I am not completely sure.

I just thought I would post this here, in hopes that this might help you all, as well.

Cheers!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fordmanck:
Any chance you can link me to the new bootloader?

Never mind, got it. I'll try in the morning.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zKnuckles:
Go to this link and follow the instructions, make sure you download the 1.2 image.

http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/171...-using-either-11-or-12-based-images-g-tablet/

The 1.2 image is different from the one I downloaded from that post a few days ago. The one I used got removed for some reason. Im not sure if it will make a difference or not. If this one doesnt work and you need the one I downloaded just let me know and I will upload it or something.

Also if just nvflashing that doesnt work, I suggest downloading and installing the honeycomb rom from that same forum. If you don't like honeycomb you can always flash back. But personally I am loving this honeycomb rom.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fordmanck:
So I tried the 1.2 NvFlash and no birds. So then I went and flashed to CWM and repartitioned and then NvFlashed again with the stock recovery and the HC Rom update.zip on the internal memory and booted to the stock recovery image. I hit the home key while the update was installing and got this error.

Bootloader_file[0]=”/tmp/bootloader.bin”, partition_name[0]=”EBT”

E:unknown command [/tmp/bootloader.bin]

I'm not sure what it means but I'm thinking it might mean something to K J Rad.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K J Rad:
That's all part of moving the bootloader to the correct partition on the tablet which is what isn't happening correctly.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeremytippetts:
I'm having the same issue as others. I can use NVFlash to boot up a stock 1.2 rom but as soon as I turn it off it's dead again and I have to use NVFlash to get it back up. I have been able to hold Vol + while NVFlash goes and get into the stock recovery or CWM. I have repartitioned with CWM and I have tried applying update.zip (Honeycomb Rom) with the stock recovery and come up with the same error message as listed above. No matter what solution I try the thing still loses everything when I turn it off and won't power up or boot into recovery. I've tried about 20 different fixes from other threads and nothing has worked yet. Currently I'm using the newest 1.2 download to NVFlash and still the same issue.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zKnuckles:
Sorry, guys. I hoped that'd work for everyone. I must have just lucked out somehow or done something I wasn't aware of.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K J Rad:
I'm thinking it has more to do with the way the bootloader is updated not necessarily which bootloader is used. The order with which things are done may be more important than what is actually loaded also. Hard to say unless copious notes are taken throughout the process. There's just too many potential causes and not enough symptoms to get a good diagnosis without careful direct examination. I'd really like to get a few more of these in my hands to try to turn all this around once and for all.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fordmanck:
Gtalk me your address. You'll have mine by the weekend. :)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K J Rad:
Good. Sent. We'll put it through the process and Exorcise the Demons...
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zKnuckles:
So, I decided I wanted to go back to cyanogenmod7, and to do so I had to nvflash back to 1.1. When I did so I got the apx loop again, and honestly I was aboot to throw my g tab through the wall. But I decided to try to nvflash 1.2 again, after doing that I still got the apx boot loop. I thought I had just pressed my luck too far and I couldnt fix it again.

After trying some different things I was able to get out of the apx loop again. And I have been able to duplicate this 4 or 5 different times from apx loop to make sure I knew what I did to fix it.

So, here goes:

Using the 1.2 nvflash, run the nvflash_gtablet.bat while holding the volume + button. It should boot into the recovery after it all runs. Make sure you have the update.zip and recovery folder from the honeycomb bottle of smoke rom on your gtab or sd card. While in recovery run the update.zip from where ever you have it. After it installs your gtab will reboot to apx again. Now you need to run this line of code which I am sure most of you are well aware of;

"nvflash.exe" --bl bootloader.bin --download 9 part9.img --go

It should then say something to the affect of: update partition4 update "edt"

Or something like that, I dont recall exactly what it said.

Then you should see three little birds perched by my doorstep, Singin' sweet songs of melodies pure and true... (Bob Marley reference, haha)

Again I hope this method works for all of you, as well. The only issue is you can only use roms based off the 1.2 bootloader.

Also like I said in my first post the 1.2 img file that I downloaded from the site is different from the one that is up there now, the one I have makes one of the partitions bigger, I believe. I dont know if it makes a difference, but if it does I can upload it.

Good luck to those of you that try this!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeremytippetts:
WORKED! I have tried everything else and nothing worked but this did. I did have to get a bootloop at the Honeycomb boot animation so I had to go back to recovery and wipe everything again but then it booted right up! THANKS!!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zKnuckles:
Groovy! I'm glad it worked for you.

And the bootloop at first is a know issue of the honeycomb rom, I believe Roebeet's honeycomb rom post says that you need to let it bootloop its self for a little while then eventually it will stop bootlooping.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K J Rad:
Very cool. Good work. Have you tried downleveling back to 1.1? It might work if you clear everything then load the 3588 update using stock recovery. Might have to doctor up a custom nvflash to fix the partition sizes but it might just work...
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zKnuckles:
I didn't even think about trying that method with 1.1.

So I just attempted to using my method just changing to the 1.1 nvflash and using the 3588 update.zip. And I had no luck at all. What the difference is, I am not sure.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fordmanck:
You could have posted a couple hours earlier! ;)

I just sent mine to K J Rad to play with.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SkullScrew72:
It worked!

I know I'm coming out of nowhere, as I haven't posted anything. But I've been following this thread for a couple weeks now, trying everything listed. I've been stuck in APX forever. But now I'm seeing birds!

I also dropped back down to stock 3588, and it's working perfectly. Now if I can get the courage up to try Vegan again...
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K J Rad:
Guess what might be the first thing I try... ;-)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Citi:
Well I haven't been active on this thread in a few weeks however I am returning with some good news (for me). I was able to return the tablet for a full refund. At this point in time I will hold off on any additional purchases and will just continue to search and sift through the recent tablet offerings. Both Acer and Asus currently have my attention :)

I feel bad that we were never able to find a solution to help me...but I can't thank you enough K J for the amount of time and effort you put into this situation.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K J Rad:
I'm sorry we weren't able to help more but glad it worked out positively for you.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zKnuckles:
I have been wanting to go back to cm7, but every time I have tried nvflashing back to the 1.1 bootloader I kept getting apx loop.

Today I read a couple of threads and tried a different way to get back to cm7. So what I tried ended up working, now I am running cm7 with no apx loop.

If anyone is interested in getting back to any 1.1 rom from the 1.2 bootloader but have not figured out how to, just let me know and I can write up some instructions.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sperug:
sorry to bother...

I'm stuck in apx looping. Followed the whole thread, tried everything... nothing helps, now I'm kind of lost... Better begin all again!

When I access the db.tt site, to download the nvflash files, only the windows ones are at hand. Could some of you send me the nvflash_linux_tar.gz? Since the link seems broken, I get only a 9kb file...

The option I'm looking best now, could be the reinstallation of the whole system through adb, but that only later, perhaps the windows drivers i used are corrupted, I don't know, I should like to try the linux ones, but that 200kb file I was never able to get, in any site...

Thank's...
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphac3:
Thought I would post here. My G tab will not power on. With charger inserted into tablet red indicator light comes on as soon as I push the power button red light goes out and no tablet activity, lcd does not light. Indicator light does not come back on when charger is plugged back in, only way for the indicator to come back is to physically unplug the battery and plug back in. I also let it charge over night and got a green light but same situation. I also thought it may be stuck in an APX loop but I can not get the tab to connect via USB I have refreshed the device list and installed the nVflash files on my pc but the tab just does not come up acts like nothing is plugged in. I have tried different combinations of buttons to power on and even pushed the reset button on the board to no avail. Any idea or help would be appreciated. Thank you.:(
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fordmanck:
It sounds to me like you're stuck in apx mode and just don't have the correct drivers.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphac3:
Well I loaded the drivers from the advent vega site and still no go on the pc seeing the g tab at all. About ready to bury it out back.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K J Rad:
I use linux to avoid the driver issues. You might try using that in VirtualBox or perhaps a liveCD. If that doesn't help let me know. I've got a pretty good recovery rate on these things and they make lousy fertilizer... ;-) Worst case I'd be interested in the parts before they become mud encrusted.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt1544:
Hi - haven't been any posts in here lately. Hope some folks are still around and reading this.

I was stuck in APX loop with my new Gtab, and used the instructions above to get my tab back.

It's now running bottle of smoke - but I'm curious to know which other ROMs are "safe" for me to try out. By safe, I mean are running via the 1.2 bootloader. Is that all I need to be aware of, or are there some other restrictions on ROMs that I should be aware of?

thanks

Matt
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodintentions:
Here's the thing. The honeycomb roms have a different structure than everything else. So, you really have to go to my website and follow code red to flash into and flash out of a honeycomb rom.

As far as jumping branches, you can simply do that with code yellow.

Go to my ROM page to see the list of all available roms at the moment.

Link in signature.

PS - If you want to thank me go out and get some drugs like morphin and stuff and send them my way to ease the pain...
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt1544:
the list here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1035983

of the current 1.2 ROMs was just what I was looking for. Thanks.
[Non-Touchscreen Windows Mobile Other] prophet_prince:
help, how can i flash and hack samsung i325

thank you
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kgdadon:
all of a sudden all my folders on my sd card for my evo now end in .lnk extension i dont know what happened every single folder and file go converted in lost i dont understand i dont wanna loose all my data
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k2buckley:
This just happened out of the blue? Had you downloaded and installed any new apps or anything like that? Were you making any changes or doing anything out of the ordinary when it happened? I've never heard of that before, and it's rather odd. Have you tried deleting the .lnk extensions from the files to see if you can still access them by deleting the extension?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kgdadon:
WELL I REMEMBER SWITCHING TO A NEW ROM AND TRYING TO USE A NEW FORMAT ALL ZIP , THEN WHEN I FINALLY BOOTED INTO THE ROM ALL WAS OK BUT WHEN I WENT TO TRANSFER NEW FILES FROM MY PC TO MY SD CARD I FOUND ALL MY FOLDERS HAD THAT .lnk extension at the end .. i was like wtf ??? then i noticed i can acess all my files from with in the phone but not through my computer .. and when i connect to my pc a pop up pops up and says virus detected on sd drive. thats why i think its a virus but i dont understand how to fix it i dont wanna loose myy daughters pics.. everything else i dont care to loose
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emcp422:
man what a bummer, now have you tried downloading the free lookout or avg from the market and checked your phone for viruses, see if they find any. if not have you tried to disable your antivirus in your computer and try to open the sd files then. if you can create a restore point in your computer before you disable the antivirus, to do this just click on start menu and on the black search space at the bottom type system restore and it will take you to where you can create a system restore in case there really was a virus
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayharper08:
This may be a stupid question but can you just rename them? I mean erase the extension or something? I know on some of my hidden files that's all it does is rename the extra at the end. If I change it I can see the file.

Edit: Just re-read buckleys advice and it was the same thing. Sorry.

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[Android Themes] donj001:
I would like to know if anyone has a line on batman icons
[Android Themes] gplock:
Tired to upload. Didn't work google images and batman icons i found a few really nice ones.
[Android Themes] squidbutt:
heres my launcher 7 phone icon idk if that helps :p