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[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seshmaru:
Does not belong in the dev section.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crimton:
Just sideload it. That's what I did.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Q.Entity:
:) Thanks!
[Milestone XT720 General] vari9:
Guys can anyone tell me how can i play full hd videos on my phone. I have khalpowers v4 galaxyXT installed.

It would be better if i can play mp4 hd videos.

Thanks in advance. :)
[Milestone XT720 General] khankuan:
maybe try rockplayer?
[Milestone XT720 General] vari9:
No it doesn't work....audio and video out of sync!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] kampen72:
Need help for my Touchpad (HTC TYTNT II)

Can NOT acces my touchpad anymore (screen is not broken or damaged)

Installed a NEW (original) battery form HTC but still unabel to activate/callibrate my touchpad.

Any advise/help is welcome.

Thanks in advance.

Alex Jansen
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] manikin13:
Caveat: Running VegaN GingerEdition - Stock No Modified Kernel.

Searched for the SI tablet edition, and it finally showed up, and installed.

I already had the SI phone edition, and as a hardcopy subscriber have access to the digital edition.

Intresting issue was that the web market (on the PC) still shows my device as incompatible, however the market application found the app, and allowed me to install it.

My 2cents review - No significant gain installing this app, as it still forces the use of portrait mode. The downloads seem to take longer, however the swimsuit issue now has all the images :D
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parson33:
What do you like or not like about your G-Tablet?

For 299.99 shipped I couldn't pass it up.

Did I get a good deal? Should I have picked a different tablet?

Is there anything beside viewing angles that I should have to learn to put up with?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebadfrog:
You should have spent another $100 and bought an asus. There are multiple issues that don't exist in the asus and are well worth $100
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vlad_z:
Asus got its own perks... and besides viewing angles this tablet is doing what I need. I see no other issues unless you have to have HC OS.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lrs421:
How does this help him? Buy an Asus, ipad, xoom or whatever the flavor of the week is?

The dev community and the price tag make the g tablet a win. If you were forced to run stock that's a different story.

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[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebadfrog:
Where shall I start.....

Hardware accelleration is hacked at best.

Quality control is less than stellar

Viewing angles are horrid

You have about 50% chance of soft bricking your device whether you customize it or not

You have about 5% chance of hard bricking it doing the exact same thing everyone else does and they have no issue

This product is most definitely at the end of its life

The newer tablets work with the market out of the box

The newer tablet have hardware acceleration

The newer tablets have better screens

The newer tablet have support from the manufacturer

He asked for opinions. IMO spending $100 for way better viewing angles, newer software, support from a proven laptop/netbook manufacturer, google market out of the box, and official support from app devs as these tabs are authorized to have the market.

BTW.....most of the top devs are either moving to the asus or something like it. As well as all the top devs who haven't jumped into the tab market yet are gettting the asus or something like it. If you want to follow the dev community then buy what they are buying not what they are putting down
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerdog:
Don't forget to mention that the touchscreen itself is a pain - hardly multi-touch at all.....
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schettj:
If you bought this tablet to screw around with, it's teh awesome.

All tablets are obsolete about 5 months after they're announced, let alone shipped. That doesn't make any of them any less useful. Android support from the manufactures is currently the thing that is most horrible compared to that other tablet OS - where you get an update, and - well - all of the devices are updated. Android updates? Yeah... up to each manufacturer. Good luck with your 3 - 6 month old tablet, the new OS will be on the next tablet. Welcome to Android, it's Open! And Free! Yay!

You made a bad choice if you think you did. If you're happy with your choice, you made a great choice.

If you have doubts or regrets already, and you can still return it, DO IT. Get something else. Maybe even a different OS.

I'm quite happy with mine, and I've had it nearly two weeks :) I'm learning a lot, and the price was right. Personally, for $400, I'd still NOT have an android tablet, but that's just me.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lrs421:
All nice...but...none of this is what the OP asked. He/She wanted to know was this a good purchase at a good price. I'm sure he/she saw other tablets on the market and shopped within budget. There's always a step up you can spring for, show me a better tablet at or under $300.00 and I'll recant.

Should I buy the BMW, why not the Mercedes.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebadfrog:
I agree with schettj 100% btw....he just asked for opinions :)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebadfrog:
I believe my response answered the OP
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lrs421:
Well said, the technology is moving so fast all of these things are becoming obselete :eek:.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lrs421:
Yeah I probably need to dial it back a bit, it's all good. ;)

As a side, where the hell can you get an Asus these days (I tried :)).
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerdog:
There is a difference here that I don't think is recognized.

What thebadfrog says above:

is a huge deal IMHO. I don't recommend anyone buy a Samsung phone because their support sucks (even Google Android devs can't stand them and hate working with them). While their hardware is great.

HTC is the best smartphone maker out there - hands down. The continued support they provide the community and their phones is second to none. Look at how many of their old phones are still getting updates? My Evo is almost a year old and is about to get Gingerbread direct from HTC (even though CM7 is out for it).

So that's another thing to look at. You don't want to drop $300 every 6 months in order to maintain support - you want to find a device made by a manufacturer that has a proven support track record - and Asus is one, Acer is another. Viewsonic is not. We're in an age where, while there is new stuff coming out daily, the existing hardware is still viable due to the community and the manufacturer support (when you pick the right one).

I think it's often overlooked.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smokexz:
Quality is everything to me, my Xoom does everything I need and it's stable, plus it will most likely get regular updates to issues and featurees. Still, it looks like a great tablet compared the Galaxy Tab.

Sent from my HTC Dream
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lrs421:
That's a good point and the reason I chucked my Captivate in favor of the HTC Inspire. I admit that I didn't realize how bad Viewsonic's support was going in, with that said, I still think this is the best choice at or under $300.00 Now if the OP wants to fork up the extra cash I say go for it, I looked for the Asus myself and may infact purchase one whenever they become available.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebadfrog:
Mine is on back order hopefully to be delivered next week.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lrs421:
Well that's good news. Enjoy, they're pretty much gone and many stores stopped accepting back orders.

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[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parson33:
I didn't seriously consider any tablet when they were 400 dollars or over. I would buy an Asus down the line (when it is close to obsolete) when it hits 299.99 or lower.

However I was not aware Viewsonic did not support the G-Tablet very well. Is support in this forum from developers going to dry up in the next year? If I could get year out of this tablet I would be happy. Obviously I hoping for Gingerbread. Or Honeycomb rather? I am a newbie. (can't you tell?)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lrs421:
Its hard to say what support is going to look like, but the older this item gets the more development its likely to lose, its the natural order of things.

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[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerdog:
There are different factors too.... Look at the Nexus One. Still getting updates (albeit it's Google's), but TMobile is still pushing updates for the myTouch.... The Evo is 1yr old. Others are older and still getting development from the community at-large. A company's willingness to be open to the community contributes as well....
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lrs421:
Yup. Good point.

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[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xmr405o:
IMO, if $300 or below is your price point then this and the nook color are your best options. Both have their shortcomings and its been said in this thread already. For the average consumer this tablet is good enough especially if you are one that doesn't know if they want a tablet or not. I'm happy with this tablet but I do regret paying $379 for mine. I should have waited. Viewsonic sucks. Haha. I wouldn't be so regretful if I only paid $300 or below for mine.

As for dev support, I think CM team is "enough" to keep the gtablet not to mention Gojimi's roms.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adampdx:
I can't believe how negative some people are on this forum. Why is there so much trash being talked about the G Tab? It's not a bad product at all and I think we all knew what we were getting in to when we bought the thing.

Edit: By the way I love my G Tab. I think about switching to another device someday, but I'll only abandon it when the devs leave. I bought this to mod it and that's what I'll do until I can't do it anymore.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ntnunk:
I think whether you made a mistake or not depends entirely on why you bought the gTab. If you want the latest and greatest, this ain't bad but probably isn't what you want. If you want a low cost tablet that can be made very functional with a little bit of tinkering, this might be it.

I had a need for a tablet and bought mine primarily as a stopgap to get me through until the non-apple tablet market stabilizes somewhat. I knew the gtab had issues, but a little TLC from me and some software and guidance courtesy of various folks on this site turned it into a very functional, stable, and fun tablet that handily fills every need that made me want a tablet in the first place, and a number of other needs besides. And all for half the cost of a Xoom.

Just my 0.02.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xmr405o:
Negative Nancys can share their opinions too along with Positive Pollys. :)

We've had a ton of threads like this when future or new gtablet owners ask our opinions. You should be used to it by now. :p
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schettj:
This works for me too,

So, as a bridge, or as a fun learning/play with it tool, it's wonderful.

It's actually quite functional (other than the screen) too. Mine rides the sofa with me, and I've taken to having it be my other screen when pounding away on a desktop or laptop at work... because I can grab it, check teh twitters and facebook, peek at an email, and put it down. No loss of context on the main portal :)

Pretty much think of it as a $300 investment in "do I really need a tablet" - if you never figure out what the hell you'd use it for, you just saved yourself a little green. If you become hyperadicted to it, you can use it as your second tablet when you get its replacement at Christmas (when the next wave hits that make the current wave look like poo.)

It's almost impossible to lose. Unless you already hate it. :)

EDIT: I also have a netbook from 1.5 years ago. The answer to the "do I really need it" question for the netbook for me was "yeah, it's good for vacations when you don't want to bring the full laptop." It doesn't get used nearly as often as the tablet does... but there are times when I'd prefer it hands down, because it runs Win7. And Linux. and MacOS. Which is kinda handy. Worth that $300 bet, too.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adampdx:
LOL yes I should be! Thanks for reminding me that we all get to express ourselves. I know I've wanted to throw my GTab out the window once or twice. :)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebadfrog:
HAHAHAHAHA.....like I said....he asked for my opinion. Your obviously one of the fanbois. Enjoy your Gtab but don't be so blind to reality. You can pick apart what I said all day but it doesn't change the fact that the Gtab is junk in this current market. I had one for 5 months so I get to express my opinion. And yes the real devs are getting the Asus and the Acer and the G Slate and everything else that is coming out. The Gtab was fun for awhile but its not a long term device.

Be sure and pick this is apart line by line too
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aasoror:
Don't worry I wont bother picking because apparently your conversation only goes one way.

Any way for closure, let me sum up, you buy a gtab, you don't like, you sell it, and while waiting for your transformer to arrive you are spending your time on GTab forums telling current and future members how bad of a purchase it is ?! you criticize your fellow members' attempts to get nvidia to release the HW drivers for HC, yet you use that very same lack of nvidia support as a point in that one sided argument of yours ?!

And you are calling me a fan boy ? and asking me not be so blind to reality ?!?

well whatever, you are entitled to your own opinion, and so do I ;)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebadfrog:
You can't argue with fanbois and you can't fix stupid

Actually I've spent the last 2 months without the device helping people unbork the thing on IRC so when someone asks for opinions I'm gonna give them

Nvidia has stated repeatedly publicly and privately (yes I'm one of those people contacted by Nvidia) that they would be more than happy to release drivers for whatever the vendor asks for. So screaming at Nvidia is pointless. Malata made the GTab and they need to ask for the drivers or maybe the people who wrote the Tap n Tap firmware or maybe even Viewsonic. Malata or Tap n Tap or Viewsonic needs to write a kernel for Gingerbread and/or Honeycomb and then ask Nvidia to supply drivers for their hardware. Nvidia has no obligation to release proprietary drivers.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aasoror:
So brilliantly said, I rest my case.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerdog:
It's running fine on Froyo because the drivers for it are native. On GB they are in fact hacked together. We do not have official hw video accel drivers and probably won't get them. As to pershoot (and clemsyn's) OC kernels they've done a great job. But the fact is there is only so far they can go. And they've gotten there. CM7 is having those hacked drivers put in and they do help but it'll never be what it is in Froyo unless Viewsonic requests the drivers from nVidia.

None. Zilch. Because the manufacturers have moved on to their latest. nVidia will provide the drivers if the manufacturers request - but they aren't requesting for the legacy tablets because they have new stuff coming out.

Quantified by the fact that from the manufacturer there are at least 2 different partition structures from Malata. That's not quality control. And quantified by the fact there are plenty of obvious issues with touchscreens between devices.

Viewing angles are bad - that's just reality - because it's a basic laptop screen. But depending on your application it's fine. If you're trying to share viewing, then it sucks. It's just subjective based on your use.

He didn't say he wasn't going to hack/reflash a device - just that people need to take responsibility for f'ing up their devices and reading instructions completely instead of just jumping in without a life preserver.

Android Ice Cream is for handsets not tablets...... =) But that is a decent point. Which goes back to the manufacturers asking for drivers and committing to their devices.

It boils down to a manufacturers commitment to their product and their customer. Look at HTC vs Samsung. Samsung's response to upgrades is to tell their customers to buy a new device. HTC continues to provide updates over a year after a device is out. Asus has a good history of supporting their product - it remains to be seen.

Actually all new tablets have better screens than the gTablet - he didn't say they would be IPS equipped.

He's not seeking manufacturer support on XDA - he's stating the fact that these devices are getting better support right now - and in order to continue to advance those devices the manufacturer will have to help.

Wouldn't be surprised if the concentrated, gangup on asus by parties unnamed who were not in fact having those problems contributed to that.....

No, you're mistaken. The gTab is not authorized to have the Google Market because it didn't fit Google specs at the time. It didn't ship with it - and never would. That's why you have to do a Market fix..... and install the market yourself.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adampdx:
I think you're forgetting why we are here. We all want to learn more about and develop this device. Our support can have the ability to propel this tablet to be better than or at least retroactively competitive with future devices. There has been a tremendous show of support for the G Tab aimed at Nvidia and Viewsonic and I believe that it will be the adoration for our underdog tablet that will help it remain a blip on the radar. We are here to further our knowledge of Android and I don't think anyone wants to jump ship at the sight of something new and shiny just because there is a chance that it is "easier". There has been a commitment made, both in man hours and in money, and we have to stick by that until there is no more hope, no more chance of forward movement, until the boundaries of our imagination have been stretched to the breaking point.

;)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerdog:
There was a tremendous, coordinated blitz of VS - but it ended up not doing anything. I believe that we should always try and make something better instead of jumping to the next best thing - and I do strive for that which is why I am still active even though I will bet getting something else in the next few months. But I don't think it's inappropriate to accept that our tablet is most likely done from a manufacturer support level (as a reseller for VS I know they've stopped selling them for almost 2 months to the distribution chain and have moved on) and we will have to rely on those who are able to (and have the time and resources to) continue to try and keep the gTablet on the edge of relevancy.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xmr405o:
Thebadfrog is right, viewsonic needs to ask for the drivers but I don't think they will. Unfortunately, I believe, the only hope for actual gb drivers would be from Notion ink...yikes! They are the only manufacturer that has come out and said GB is in the Adams future but then again....its NI.

For what I use the gtab for, I'm happy with the roms that are out now. I think a lot of people feel the same way.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GooseCopVid:
I gave my son a gtab in January. With the help of this forum, flashed Vegan 5.1, then 5.1.1 and we use it every day. It does everything I expected it to do and actually much more. At $300 it was and is a good purchase IMO.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enigma0456:
Call in the firemen!

I'm not exactly a newbie - I've flashed most of the well known Roms on my two g-tabs (I bought the second before I understood clockwork restoring). There will always be something newer or better but the g-tab is a pretty neat little tool for the money. Right now I'm running cm7 on one and vegan ginger on the other to compare. I hope that we may yet see more upgrades, better drivers, etc but if it ends right here I will enjoy these tabs for a long time to come. They get more use than my lonely netbook and that runs Ubuntu!

I do get tired of all the people that come here to confess they are selling their grab, to tell us why a zoom, an ipad,or something else is so much better, or who just want to tell us how stupid we are for buying this piece of junk. I wish they would hang out on the forum for their chosen device (assuming there is one) and stop cluttering this one with their detritus. I waste more time wading through that kind of crap while I am looking for real information. As my grandma used to say - if you can't say something nice, better to say nothing at all.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] novalkar:
I'm having audio issues with my tablet, and i'm not the only one (i've read at least 15 people having the same issue), most of the cases end up in sending the tablet to viewsonic and wait for about a month to get a new one back, and I can't do that since in my country there is no support :P.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jhreid1969:
thebadfrog may express his opinion all he wants, but why the name calling? That is so immature and only causes problems. Express your thoughts, if some one thinks you are wrong, oh well, move on. Everybody has the right to defend their thoughts, but again, name calling isn't required to get your point across. I just think some people here need to grow up and be adults about things. I'm really disgusted how people act on this forum some times. If it was not for some of the good people on this forum, I probably would not ever come back here and check out whats going on.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebadfrog:
Because I'm not allowed to express my opinion without being called a hater or having my pms flamed. As a consequence I just don't care to edit myself anymore.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jhreid1969:
Well, it is your right to do what ever that falls within the rules I guess. Criticism is always a good thing to have, but there is a wrong way of doing it and a right way. Just saying.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebadfrog:
There is no wrong way or right way when dealing with people who don't wanna hear anything negative no matter how true it is. "nananananananana...I can't hear you. Your a meanie" I'm just gonna sink to the level they understand....just saying
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jhreid1969:
LOL You will always have people like that, but is not having self respect not enough just to ignore those people. Or is there something you are trying to prove? I have read a lot of your post in these forums and I that is the picture I have gotten so far. If you are trying to get respect from people on the internet, that is a sad thing all by itself. I hope that is not the case though.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebadfrog:
I promise if I was looking for respect or donations on the internet I would post completely differently. I've spent 100's of hours helping people fix these stupid devices so the people I respect...Gojimi, clemsyn, pershoot, kornyone, ejhart.....etc (many more) don't have to waste their time answering the same stupid questions over and over. I haven't owned the device for 2 months yet I'm still unborking these things because of people like Gojimi. All these fantastic devs will move on to new devices. The GTab is a great Froyo device and fun to hack around on but it is no way competitive with the devices being released.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lrs421:
Wow, just wow.

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