[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mecklenburg:
I recently flashed my Viewsonic UPC300-2-2 with VEGAn-TAB GingerEdition STABLE RC1 using ClockWorkMod 0.8 using this process.

I have been working with the gTablet for several days and most everything is working very well. Specifically, I can;

1. Play compressed MPEG-4 (FFmpeg) movies

2. Sync ITunes (with Market app) and play files with stock player

3. Use wireless WAN, wireless LAN (access files on home PC), and wired USB connections

4. Access Market and install several games, Adobe Flash 10.2, live wallpapers, widgets and more.

5. Open and Edit (but not create) Word, Excel, Powerpoint and PDF type files

6. Download and read Market books

7. Very fast application launch and execution

However, I have had problems with the SDcard2 slot and a few other areas, as these observations indicate;

1.

CWM skips SD backup

- When running CWM backup, near the end of the backup process, I see the message 'SD-EXT not found', 'skipping backup'. I don't know if this is referring to the USB slot or to the SDcard2 slot.

2.

Formatting SD corrupts system partition

- when inserting my 4GB SDcard2, the system didn't initially recognize it and recommended formatting. The same card was NTFS formatted and had just been viewed on an XP machine, so I know it was working. At any rate, nothing was on the card, so I let the gTablet format it. I continued to use the gTablet, but when I ultimately rebooted, I could not boot and saw only the new animated ROM logo screen (the first thing you see on boot) flash over and over endlessly. I tried clearing cache, clearing user settings, and even reinstalling RC1. Nothing worked. However, when I repartitioned (2048,0), then the system began working again and I went back to reinstalling all my applications and re-personalizing the system.

3.

SDcard2 files are being erased

. I can't be certain when this occurs, but I've seen three occasions; after using CWM to backup, after rebooting in general, and after performing disk operations (create/delete folders, copy files) using a file manager. Note the files only are erased and not the containing folder - answer; I found a post to add an empty file called ".nomedia" to the root of any folder containing media. I did this by creating a new file using ES File Manager on the tablet. This worked in that I no longer lose files, but it didn't work in that Gallery and my Video players no longer can find these files. I also read that copying media files from SDcard to SDcard2 would prevent lost files. This is not the case. Copying media files from anywhere to SDcard2 will result in loss upon boot (unless .nomedia file resides on SDcard2).

4.

Files readable after SD Hot remove

- SDcard2 cannot be removed without unmounting (via settings, storage). This doesn't cause system failures, but what I observed is that the SDcard2 contents, after card is removed, are still accessible. I can view/play files that are no longer there. I assume there is a cache for the SDcard2 that is responsible for this behavior.

5.

SD insert on Standby crashes system

- SDcard2 cannot be inserted when gTablet is in Standby. If I do, then I cannot resume with one short press to the power button. The system instead performs a full reboot.

6.

Screen lock turns into a reboot

- Standby cannot resume after long periods, even if plugged in to AC. I've seen as little as a couple hours later, the system will not resume and must be fully rebooted.

7.

Sound levels are low

. When playing music or video with the stock players, I need to turn the volume to max to be heard through the built in speakers.

8.

Force stop message

is displayed for certain applications when the gTablet is resumed from Standby. I have seen this for Google Maps and Words with Friends only so far, if these programs are left running when the gTablet is put into Standby. Thoughts are this might be related to the wireless connection? - answer; this not related to Market problem, as I originally thought. I did several changes; I loaded VTL.Launcher 1.6.2, set wireless to never off during screen saver (advanced wireless settings), and installed the latest PERSHOOT kernel. The launcher may have solved the forced stop, but since I cannot duplicate the problem, I cannot be sure. Since it works now, I'll let that sleeping dog lie.

9.

Gallery displays duplicate icons

for the same file, after I copy a file over the USB link to either SDcard or SDcard2. If I try to delete an icon within Gallery, the source file is deleted, but Gallery continues to display the 2nd icon. The icon continues to display the photo miniature, and when selected, will display the photo full size. I assume this photo is cached somewhere since the source was deleted? - answer; I found a post here to clear media cache & reboot; go to Menu> Applicaions> Manage Applications> All> Media Storage> Clear Data. Reboot.

10.

Clock 'option bar' is not visible

. When I select the clock icon from the 'app drawer' (all application icons) view off home page, then the Clock application displays date and time and weather full page on the screen with an option bar at the bottom. However, these options aren't accessible because the home page task bar is presented on top of this, covering half of the clock option bar horizontally. It looks like the clock options are alarm, tunes, and home.

11.

Button Registration

- Sometimes (frequently) finger-to-screen registration isn't working and buttons do not respond - answer; I've found that gojimi has a tool that is much, much easier than calibration.ini. Find his tool here.

12.

Command response sluggish

- Sometimes (rarely) the gTablet seems to stall when responding to button pushes before application launches.

I've read other posts enough to suspect the SDcard2 isn't working on RC1, but was working perfectly for prior ROM versions. In my opinion, the problem seems to be cache related for this SDcard2, and something the OS does to media files only upon boot.