yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
2.2 Illuminate ROM Update

Flash is working on this rom there is a site www.wechoosethemoon.org which is heavily flash enabled and you can watch Apollo 11 take off. It played nicely in Opera browser with flash enabled. Pretty incredible to watch. It doesn't play in the default browser because it is HD not HQ. Any high quality video will play in the default browser just not HD.

The Youtube app does play video in HQ and below, but no HD. The videos are really clear. If you want to play HD which it does as I stated before 1920 x 1080p get TubeMate from amazon app store and download the (Samsung Galaxy Tab high-end device) videos which play incredibly well. The audio quality is outstanding too. Angry Birds of course plays perfectly; I don't have many games to test out, I am more of a music/video buff. Radio streaming in tunein is great, quick controls is functional in the default browser and twitter apps work.
[G Tablet Android Development] rancidm:
my g2x cell has tegra 2 dual core with cm7 nightlies just like this tablet although i am only getting barely over 2000 in quadrant w my cell phone breaks 4000 when overloked..whts wrong with the software and how long untill these tablets rock ? should this tegra 2 tablet get at least close to speeds of a tegra 2 cell phone ?

i like the hc and illuminate but man.. taking along time to get a desent build..

thanks for all your hardwork make illuminate work on this tablet.
[G Tablet Android Development] usarmyaircav:
I would really like to get Plants vs Zombies to work, bu so far no luck. Still I am liking this over CM7 which wouldn't run it either. :)
[G Tablet Android Development] adam714:
Market error

Updated to 2.2 and still the same issues with dolphin browser. It runs but page display is blank. If I touch on the address bar the page displays fo a fraction of a second then blanks out again
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
I got that with News360 what do you think it could be? Market works fine. In fact it is trying to update software I got from amazon.com.

I tried to outline the cons from what I could gather from the update. It is good, of course, rom development is so time consuming and there were many things on the to do list to fix he did a pretty good job addressing the most pressing issues.

-memory management

-flash in the browser

-boot up speed time

-playing youtube videos hq

-wifi connectivity fixes
[G Tablet Android Development] nunjabusiness:
Wow! Am I to understand that you are saying LBS fixed Flash in the browser? Again? Opera, I am guessing. That's fantastic, literally.

Zebwen might be interested, and surprised to hear this news.
[G Tablet Android Development] adam714:
Not sure what it could be. like i said it happened in 2.1 as well but i haven't seen any other posts with this issue so i really don't know, and it's not just dolphin browser. Opera works ok but not crazy about using it. the only good thing about opera is the scrolling is much smoother.

i haven't nvflashed in a while maybe i'll try that.

the subject of my post was market errors but i resolved that issue, just had to delete my gmail/google account and recreate it. (forgot to change subject after first edit.)
[G Tablet Android Development] mindwave:
can someone show me where 2.2 is?

latest one I can find is 2.1?

thanks

j
[G Tablet Android Development] mindwave:
oops found it, sorry:eek:
[G Tablet Android Development] usarmyaircav:
While trying to make this work, I tried to move PvZ to the SD card. I don't see that as an option. Anyone have any thoughts?
[G Tablet Android Development] couchmonkey:
whats the easiest/best way to update to the newest version?
[G Tablet Android Development] nelomen:
You can move with titanium backup. :-)
[G Tablet Android Development] nelomen:
If you want fast and stable and high benchmarks try Beasty I think I was getting in the high 3000's or 4's but it has ben a while. It is also an awesome build. I would be on it but I really like the HC UI.
[G Tablet Android Development] tnap1979:
Im back on vegan tab for now, once the rest of the issues get worked out ill switch back to this, i did love the idea of HC on my 300$ gtab, but a lil too unstable for me.. i will keep this rom on my watch list tho for sure

Thanks goes to the rom dev!!
[G Tablet Android Development] couchmonkey:
will i lose all my apps if I just update the newest rom?
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
Yes, you can install on top of existing works fine. I left my g tab on by mistake for 24 hrs and when I woke it from sleep it still had substanial battery power left. I was pleasantly surprised. Battery usage is really good.
[G Tablet Android Development] ssnui:
I installed 2.2 on top of 2.1 without wiping data and it works. Only thing is it force close Terminal (it worked in 2.1).
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
Did you wipe dalvik cache and battery stats?
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
Has anybody watched a google movie from market yet? If so how did it work out?
[G Tablet Android Development] nccu_eagles:
thought you couldn't watch a google movie from a rooted device?
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
Movies show up in my market and I changed the name to HTC when I was trying to get netflix to work. Market sees my device as being from HTC. Didn't try to purchase a movie even though I have the option to do so. I'll see if I can find one with a preview and see how that works.
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
Yeah, I just watched the Sucker Punch trailer on Market. Looks good, it will play at 360p but it looks good enough to actually pay for the movie as long as it doesn't have a native HD play ratio. Then you get some color distortion and misplacement. 2012 Time for change trailer played with some color distortion and misplaced or color overlapping but Sucker Punch played as it should. Nice rom, I can play Google movies on G tab.

I tried another flash player -- smart flash player and in the native browser the movie is perfect. So you can watch great quality movies from Google. The smart flash version I used was the free version, pretty quick and smooth for games and movies.
[G Tablet Android Development] ssnui:
No, I did not do that, if I do it now would it fixes the problem?
[G Tablet Android Development] linuxboxsolution:
What problems are you having. Sorry haven't been around but you are also more than welcome to goto my website and email me from the contact us page (just don't want to throw my email address out there) or you can PM me and I'll be more than glad to hlep
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
The rom is very stable. I did an install on top of the previous version no wipe except dalvik and battery stats. Been using it since you posted it and have very little issues or tweaks to make, to account for shortcomings.

Occasionally when in sleep mode, if you don't wake it within a specific time it will power down and I have to restart it. Depending upon what is functioning. When at desktop I left it on for more then 24 hrs and it continued where I left off with very little battery drain. I have started adjusting the screen timeout to see if that is the issue while listening to podcasts, my settings.

The only real issue I have is I would like to move apps 2 external sd card and most of the programs I have tried failed to do it. Some have worked in the past on other roms. Any suggestions?

Keep up the good work! The multimedia capabilities are incredible, the look of all the new google apps -- everything looks and works as should with no work-arounds or in the least very few. Mainly having music in the wrong format to be clear, no wma.

What doesn't work or needs work:

-News 360 will load images and pan but won't load articles.

-Pulse won't load articles.

-Adobe Flash Player 10.3.25 has ghosting when watching movies from android market using Opera, but doesn't using smart flash player and native browser.

-One fC when hitting desktop

-apps2sd

-HD directly from source - you can download and play it in HD no problem, just not streaming from the web. Having HQ was a nice improvement as far as streaming.
[G Tablet Android Development] sw6lee:
Sorry a newbie question:

I see a few people saying that smart flash player works with stock browser. How do you get it to work? The app description says you have to download swf file from internet... so for ex. On desktop youtube website, how do you watch the flash videos?

Thanks in advance for your reply!
[G Tablet Android Development] nccu_eagles:
I can't get flash videos to play in stock browser but the opera browser plays flash video...I have adobe flash and smart flash player installed...
[G Tablet Android Development] sw6lee:
thanks for your reply! the thing is, I see a couple of people here saying that using smart flash player, flash is working on the stock browser. I want to use the stock browser instead of opera, because although opera is really really smooth and nice, it has too many small flaws. for ex. scrolling page while keyboard is on and when typing something on Google for ex, tapping enter key on the keyboard doesn't do anything, you have to always tap the "search" button. there are no issues like these on any other browsers because they are pretty standard stuff. Because these standard features arent working, its pretty annoying to use...anyway I got off topic lol

thanks for your help but does anyone know how to use smart flash player to view flash videos on stock browser?

thanks!
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
Just install it from market. Certain sites are primed to look for Adobe Flash. Once you install it you don't have to do anything, but, the functionally or purpose of using it as your main flash player is contingent on what you want to do. I like it because I can rent movies from android market and play them at pretty good quality and youtube videos but don't expect HD youtube playback.
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
That's the problem you have to choose one. Also the version of Adobe flash player makes the difference try 10.3.25. After install reboot first then open cnet, youtube or cnn or something that plays flash video. It will not play HD just HQ (high quality). If you want to play high end youtube videos at 1920p x 1080p then get TubeMate from amazon and download the videos and play them. The picture quality is incredible, like watching flat-screen TV.
[G Tablet Android Development] sw6lee:
I'm really confused. I already have adobe flash and smart flash installed, but when I go to the youtube DESKTOP version on stock browser, only audio plays. No flash video. I'm not expecting HD videos.. haha I thought I could play flash video on stock browser using this method, so I flashed honeycomb again from froyo. I'm disappointed that it isn't actually working for me..
[G Tablet Android Development] nccu_eagles:
Embedded videos will not play for me on stock browser. you say choose one? but the smart flash player says that adobe must be installed in order to use?:confused:
[G Tablet Android Development] sw6lee:
I just fell in love with this particular honeycomb rom. I'm not sure if this is because of the kernel cache increased in the version a2.1 but I can actually multitask with this honeycomb rom! I have 5 apps open right now and they are ACTUALLY open, not loading again when clicking them in task switcher. in other hoenycomb roms, I could usually open MAXIMUM 3 apps. and opera browser was reloading EVERYTIME, and it was so annoying. I really hope this rom also gets HQ and HD youtube videos working. I kind of miss that from flashback rom. btw this rom is smoother than flashback and gtabcomb. I love these two for different reasons but, MAYBE because this rom is based on BOS and the other two are based on Adamcomb and vegacomb or whatever that is..haha

anyway thanks for the rom and please keep the updates coming!!
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
You can get Youtube HQ it does play in the Opera browser, even cnet HD video plays in Opera browser at desktop setting. As long as you have Adobe Flash 10.3.25 installed. This is probably one of the few areas that needs more tweaking because of the color distortion and ghosting sometimes.

As far as multitasking you are on point. Sort of reminds me of my laptop without the keyboard since it is so zippy and stable. I was listening to All About Android the podcast while cruising the web earlier and I could easily switch to opening and closing files, reading emails and adjusting settings; no freezing and no crashing. It does sometimes power down if you catch it before a deep sleep or right after it goes into sleep before it settles.

It is hard to imagine it getting any better than this except for the consistent streaming HD and more optimization. I'm like you keep the updates coming.

I was waiting for someone else to post their findings on this rom and your post mirrors what I have been able to achieve. I use a program called superbox and I can free up memory with just a touch along with clear cache and task killer for even more optimization when needed. I haven't tried any of the other HC roms because this one works so well.
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
I tried it your way and there was some conflict. It worked without flash for me on some things. If flash is not playing in the default browser it is because of the mobile view. In Opera you can set pages to load as desktop. It makes a difference. Again this is the area where the rom could use some tweaking. All in all, this is a minor hiccup because you can install both browsers which I use 3 to 4 on my laptop always. I think there is another flash player that can be used on the apps and themes thread.
[G Tablet Android Development] iluvmonkeys2:
Help getting back to GB

I have been trying, quite unsuccessfully, to go back to a gingerbread rom for days. I have done an nvflash and then wiped data before loading roms. I've loaded both cm7 and vegan7. Both load and set up perfectly. Then, when I power down, the tab will not reboot. It gets stuck at the birds and won't even go into recovery.

The honeycomb is okay and I can run it if I have to, but I really prefer GB.

Any ideas??? It's making me crazy!
[G Tablet Android Development] nccu_eagles:
NV Flash to 1.1 stock rom/BL then flash gingerbread rom
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
Been toying around with the flash in the native browser, not much to troubleshoot or tinker with on this rom since it works. Yesterday I went back to a previous back up I made before I fine tuned it to my computing habits and youtube played in full window. I just tried it a few minutes ago and it was having difficulty with it.

Either way youtube works fine in Opera, but it is a little puzzling. Anyway, it gave me something to tinker with.
[G Tablet Android Development] Step1Mark:
HD Video Playback on Android Illuminate

I am having issues playing back HD video on this rom. I see some people use TubeMate to download the HD video. How are you guys playing it once you have it on the Gtab?

Android Illuminate 2.2
[G Tablet Android Development] iluvmonkeys2:
That's what I've been doing...except to 1.2 stock since that's my tablet's bootloader.
[G Tablet Android Development] gobluewolverines4:
Is it possible, since the honeycomb buttons are there, to make the side home, search, back, and menu to not respond purposely? That would be nice, to just have it like legit Honeycomb,
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
With QQPlayer and they play outstanding.
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
I actually like the functionality of those buttons, I guess I have gotten into a rhythm of using them. What happens if your screen locks up what would you use to unfreeze it, power down? Just curious on how you would handle a situation like that since these are still alpha roms and any new update could throw the balance of what is now working off.
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
Do you still have cwm? If so, you might need to wipe your cache partition along with everything else. Then go to the Partition SD Card option under the advance tab and partition your SD Card.
[G Tablet Android Development] gobluewolverines4:
That Is true... but I'd kinda like them off
[G Tablet Android Development] Zaphod-Beeblebrox:
Try this:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.beansoft.buttonremapper&feature=search_result

It's a paid app. But will allow you to re-map the buttons to something else (app says use map to 'Focus' to disable the button)
[G Tablet Android Development] iluvmonkeys2:
Yep. I'll try that. Thanks for your help.
[G Tablet Android Development] nccu_eagles:
Depending on the rom you might need 1.1BL

Look here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1035983
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
Is there another flash player besides adobe and smart flash?
[G Tablet Android Development] macbroom:
I would suggest Roebeet's Brilliant Corners ROM if you are on 1.2 BL.

This rom still offers the best of the best if you don't want the latest HC. Everything works HW acceleration, flash, camera, the whole smash. I just went back to BC frrom Flashback until all the issues are sorted out.

Good luck with your flashing!
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
I'm excited HC 3.2 is out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slv9EXTOozE can't wait until the next update for this rom. The video is funny because it shows the actual updating and it takes awhile but at the end they show the version in settings.

At least it will give me something to tinker with this one has nothing to troubleshoot which is good. I guess after awhile you get in the rhythm of having to do so when you flash 5 or 6 roms. That's what makes g tab so fun.
[G Tablet Android Development] Al_C:
Illuminate 2.1 -> 2.2

I updated from Alpha 2.1 -> 2.2 this morning with no apparent issues. I tried a pretty minimal approach:

- Downloaded the 2.2 package (RAR was a pain by the way);

- Found a free trial on software that would let me extract the update.zip on my WinDoze platform;

- Connected the GTab via USB and placed the update.zip in the /sdcard directory;

- Booted into recovery mode (power and volume +);

- Used clockworkmod to load the update.zip (took a long tine for the first part of the progress bar, be patient);

- Cleared cache using clockworkmod;

- Rebooted.

All seems well so far.
[G Tablet Android Development] Rustang:
Flashed to stock BL1.2 rom, then installed CWM and flashed this. Stuck at the initial loading screen. Why?
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
Wipes, you need to wipe everything... user data, dalvik, battery stats under advanced in cwm and then try it again.
[G Tablet Android Development] kiran_tp:
Rom Rocks. Cnn app crasing.

does anybody have a solutions to make the cnn app working. Its crasing on my G tablet. I am running 2.2

Thank You
[G Tablet Android Development] Step1Mark:
You have been here a while... By now you should know that it is VERY unlikely to get a answer in a thread that isn't relevant to your issue. Most people in this thread are on Honeycomb... Android 3.x.

You would have better luck looking in a thread about your rom or at-least the same release of android.
[G Tablet Android Development] Zaphod-Beeblebrox:
Umm ... the latest version of Illuminate is version 2.2

There are too many 'versions' to keep up with ... the version of your bootloader, the Android version (3.01) and the version of the ROM itself.
[G Tablet Android Development] nccu_eagles:
LMBO. did he think dude was talking about froyo? :eek:
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
Which CNN app? The News360 doesn't work yet. You can get the -pics or images and it will scroll but the articles won't load. Maybe we might see some change with the next version. For now just go to the website, the videos and flash play fine in Opera.
[G Tablet Android Development] Rustang:
I did. I wiped, reinstalled, and wiped again and have the same issue.
[G Tablet Android Development] kiran_tp:
Its the "CNN app for Android Tablet".
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
Here is the interesting part, gtab seems to differ in functionality and response. Did you begin with a 1.2 baseline? Did you migrate from another custom rom or stock? This could also have effect on installing any rom. You may have residual files.

You may have to go back to 3588 or 4349 and load to the desktop and start from there. You can or opt not to wipe from settings, but in 4349 do it from the built in cwm and wipe the partition. Then boot to desktop and side load the rom, power down and install it from the cwm menu. Hope this helps, it is well worth the effort.
[G Tablet Android Development] couchmonkey:
that is what I did. damn gallery is still force closing.
[G Tablet Android Development] :
Bluetooth Audio help!

I can get my bluetooth headphones to be recognized by the settings app, but it says "paired but not connected", won't connect and audio doesn't get streamed! ANybody else have this problem?
[G Tablet Android Development] adam714:
yes. I have the same exact problem.
[G Tablet Android Development] :
We need a fix for this ASAP! Thanks
[G Tablet Android Development] nccu_eagles:
I may be late but the Netflix app from the market works great now...
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
Really did they update it?
[G Tablet Android Development] nccu_eagles:
Updated yesterday I'm watching a movie now :)
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
When you first hit the desktop it does pretty much a small problem that affects all these custom HC roms. Merely a small inconvenience considering everything else works. I'm looking forward to the 3.2 update and advancements. That's what I keep checking for.
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
Cool I just turned G tab on and will try it. Thanks, I am excited.
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
Yes, it works and movies are clear too. I was wondering why I could get movies through Android Market streaming and not netflix. Glad to see netflix has stepped up their game after charging us for more.
[G Tablet Android Development] kiran_tp:
I used the instructions from the post 7 and I did a partition SD card 2028 then 0.
[G Tablet Android Development] thiz:
To install, after placing the "recovery" directory and "update.zip" file in the root of the external storage device, I rebooted into recovery using PWR + Volume Up and I ended up at CWM. I thought there was some other process that would kick in and install everything... was I mistaken?

Anyway once in CWM, I just "apply sdcard:update.zip" and chose the update.zip from the root. It seemed to install fine, but with these mysterious error messages at the end:

Illumination Process Complete

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

Is this expected behaviour?
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
Keep going, it has been awhile so I think i may have seen them too but am not sure. Did you hit the desktop yet?
[G Tablet Android Development] thiz:
Thanks for the quick reply. I'm not sure if that error was normal, but the tablet booted up fine and everything appears to be running quite well.
[G Tablet Android Development] kevinkaran:
Youtube

Is anyone having trouble with youtube on 2.2? Youtube gives me an error "There was a problem while playing Touch to retry"

Tried reflashing 2.2, NVFashing to stock and reflashing 2.2 and same result. Next I'm going to try nvflashing to stock then installing 2.1. If that doesnt do it im going to probably format SD and nvflash stock then 2.2
[G Tablet Android Development] nccu_eagles:
turn off "HQ" and make sure it isn't a HD video then the video will play
[G Tablet Android Development] kevinkaran:
Yup, non HD videos seem to play ok, HD ones give the error. I never get the button to turn off HQ on the HD ones, nothing in the menu to disable HQ mode on wifi. Is this an issue with this ROM? Flashback plays youtube ok, though choppy. I restored my CWM backup of CM7 and Youtube works ok.