yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G Tablet Android Development] edirector:
Not interested TJEvans I only come here to interact with other users of the illuminate rom. All the other stuff for me irrelevant. It used to be a good place to wind down after a long day and to discuss the workings of my favorite toy for the moment with those who were having just as much fun as I was. This has become a freakin nightmare all because I happen to enjoy the current rom I'm using. Never even saw this coming who would have thunk? I just don't get ruining someone else's experience with their toy.

I have tons of electronics and have joined many forums but never ever had I had an experience like this. Geez, time to start paying more for my toys so I can avoid these type encounters in the future. This was my first budget buy. There is a lesson to be learned buying cheap. Won't do that again. I'm stunned by the experience.
[G Tablet Android Development] real0325:
what

So no more updates. What's the difference when I had vegan 7.0 I went to gojimi site for bug tracking and more,with no notice of rom abandonment. YIKES! because lack of drivers.
[G Tablet Android Development] Lilwolf2000:
I'm not able to get past the first Illuminate screen. I installed it from Clockwork and cleared everything, reboot and watched a movie. No go. Then I installed stock (1.2) and then copied the 7.1 update and the recover to a mem card, reinstall from there. It didn't do it automatically (not sure why) but it did when I said install from external.

I also have a problem installing the latest FBAlpha7.1, but I heard that had overclocking on by default.

GtabComb3.2 works great (but was hoping to get HoneyComb 3.1+ for a few reasons).

Anyway, am I doing anything wrong? I have installed many roms on this (and my evo) and not a complete moron...

Thanks for any info
[G Tablet Android Development] TJEvans:
THe way I got it installed was to use the NFLASH 1.2.4349 from "Gtablet for Dummies" website that included CWM, then copy the update.zip file to the internal SD, then run the update.zip from CWM. Worked fine and had no problems.
[G Tablet Android Development] nvanlaar:
Same here. Although sometimes I will do a nuke and use the nvflash format that completly wipes the rom area and then do as above.

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[G Tablet Android Development] barqers:
So this rom is being abandoned?
[G Tablet Android Development] Ronyx:
On this forum most likely, it will still be supported on its official page. Its better that way because people will go there to get support and not to read *****ing and whining from other users on this forum who can't get over things. I mean if the rom. has no hardware acceleration as it claimed, deal with it and move to other rom. People like the rom wheather it has hardware acceleration or not.
[G Tablet Android Development] barqers:
Okay good to know! And unfortunately i read an article that says harmony based devices will likely never see drivers for hardware acceleration in android 3.0
[G Tablet Android Development] brock4111:
WiFi issues aside, this ROM is sweet!

Not being able to connect via WiFi is, let's face it, the single biggest problem an Internet tablet can have. Having said that, this ROM shows great promise!
[G Tablet Android Development] chpimentelpr:
Wireless is working for me on WEP

Wireless is working for me using WEP. Still sometimes you get a wireless error and need to restart the tablet.

CP
[G Tablet Android Development] oops_iv:
system partition full

so i nv flashed back top stock, upgraded to 3588, then 4349, then flashed illuminate .. ive encountered the same thing .. while extracting the update package the system partition runs out of space .. not all the binaries make it and majority of the busybox symlinks never get created .. it looks like, on ext3, the system folder should take up 197.8M .. on then yaffs2 system partition, which is 204800K, 200M, the files dont quite fit ..

im trying to patch this install myself by removing a few apks that are unnecessary .. ill let you guys know if this works .. i noticed that none of the iwmulticall symlinks were created .. im not sure but maybe this is causing the wifi issues ..

ill report back when i get it working
[G Tablet Android Development] oops_iv:
:)

that did in fact fix my issues.

i remounted system so it was writeable

i removed a few apks to free up some megs, you could probably remove the 11M bootanimation to free up space also

i manually used adb to push the missing folders back to the tablet .. (i think all i needed was /system/usr /system/bin /system/xbin and /system/etc)

i recreated all of the symlinks for busybox toolbox and the iw tool ..

reboot, and VIOLA!

WIFI and all :)
[G Tablet Android Development] linuxboxsolution:
:) Well a lil extensive to go through that. I feel you on the boot animation but yeah the problem really has been dependent on the wireless router your using as it's only happening on certain wireless routers. I do believe I fixed the issue though in Alpha 1.5.

In Alpha 1.5 if you setup allow it 15 minutes aprox for the initial first boot. Then once you put your google info in to sync wait for the wifi to go from Glowing White to Fully Glowing Blue and wifi runs great after reboot and all.
[G Tablet Android Development] transitoyspace:
whats the resoultion you are using for the bootanimation?
[G Tablet Android Development] xkookkuix:
Is there a mirror for 1.5? Every time i download the one from the OP the file is invalid and I can not extract it.
[G Tablet Android Development] ibeQuint:
Same issue.
[G Tablet Android Development] transitoyspace:
http://www.rom-12-honeycomb-.com

idk if he has or not, ill wait till someone sayes they got a wifi working rom
[G Tablet Android Development] nunjabusiness:
Yeah, I have tried it twice and have decided it is not quite ready for primetime. Wi-fi connection to ANY router with WPA2 is a bare minimum for me. Like having a phone that has no service, not much point in it.

I am starting to think the whole 3.X and beyond versions are just too buggy to use daily. Roebeet's 2.4 really worked great for me in just about everything important to me and seemed much faster and more responsive to me.

I may just flash back to it until Roe and the rest get their hands on the real deal.
[G Tablet Android Development] brian_h_kim:
reinstalled 1.5 after deleting the bootanimation --> wifi works

EDIT: also deleted Calendar.apk (not sure why there were 2 calendar apps)
[G Tablet Android Development] transitoyspace:
link to 2.4 please. was that hc or gb or froyo?

so everything worked on it?
[G Tablet Android Development] raphenucleus:
We're not supposed to post links to similar sites, but if you google "honeycomb gtab firmware", what you're looking for should be the first result.

Everything does not work on BOS alpha 2.4 (camera, flash, hd playback, file transfer to pc all did not work), but a lot of people have said that it's been more stable than some of the more current releases.
[G Tablet Android Development] transitoyspace:
i made a boot animation for you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs8_Kinv0qs

files: http://www.mediafire.com/?ui642vd3s6cc9om

hope you like
[G Tablet Android Development] jlytle1234:
Do you have to delete the boot animation from the update.zip or can you do it post installation?
[G Tablet Android Development] transitoyspace:
you can use root explorer and delete bootanimation

/system/media i believe
[G Tablet Android Development] goodintentions:
http://bottleofsmoke.webs.com/
[G Tablet Android Development] goodintentions:
Why in the world would bootanimation affect wifi? This makes no sense to me.
[G Tablet Android Development] brock4111:
Installed v1.5 of ROM, WiFi not working

I tried WiFi after upgrading to 1.5 of this ROM, and wiped user/cache/dalvik. WiFi not working for me in exactly the same "Obtaining IP Address" hang as before.
[G Tablet Android Development] oops_iv:
Nothing, but the system partition is full and deleting the bootanimation will free up 11megs so the u can manually copy all of the files to the tablet that failed because the partition was full
[G Tablet Android Development] nunjabusiness:
Seems like using up 11MB for a boot animation is a bit ridiculous. How about skipping it altogether for a faster boot?
[G Tablet Android Development] chpimentelpr:
Looks nice and cleaner! Good Job.
[G Tablet Android Development] temporalwar:
is this your own version of BOS 3.3 + HW acceleration?

Looking for HW acceleration for games (like Plants Vs.Zombies) and video playback

(MKV/AVI 1080P)

What files/resources are you getting to make the HW acceleration work? can you help the CM7 crew make it work?
[G Tablet Android Development] rblankman:
how do we get the SD to show in windows.

when I plug in the usb to a windows PC. I dont get the option to activate USB

I got it in CWM Mount.
[G Tablet Android Development] rblankman:
1.5 not flashing

1.5 is aborting after update.zip from SD card is selected. I have tried on 2 different gtabs
[G Tablet Android Development] jlytle1234:
Unzip it before putting it on your Gtab. The real update.zip is inside that zip along with a recovery folder.
[G Tablet Android Development] caedjar4:
Looking Good!

I'm really liking your consistent updates, and its a great work in progress.

Here's my experience so far:

I had been running Vegan-Tab 7 (Android 2.3.3) so I went through the NVFlash to get back to the 1.2 bootloader. For some reason for both the 1.1 version and the 1.2 version, the bundled version of CWM was broken. I was able to get it working by loading CWM manually, so if anyone encounters this issue, look for the commands to run from "download mode" so you can get CWM to work properly.

I then started with Illuminate 1.3. For some reason I was unable to get the installation to complete. It would install in CWM, but when it went to load, it never got beyond the loading screen, which would freeze after about 5 minutes. Its possible I did something wrong somewhere, though as I'm relatively new to this.

As soon as 1.4 was released I got it installed. It was a smooth install, since I was already prepped for 1.3, I just had to run the update in CWM and it was done. I had no issues with wireless networks and I've connected to my home wireless(Netgear), public wifi(unknown), and through an Android phone hotspot. I was able to sync my Google account, and even got my mail to sync, but none of my apps would load. They all failed to install, and the updates to Google Maps, which was already installed, didn't work. I'd planned to manually reload the marketplace and start again, but 1.5 dropped, so I figured it'd be better to upgrade and see what came next.

I picked up 1.5 last night, and I'm very happy so far. The market place worked for me outright and everything seemed to be solid at first. Of course I could install Flash from the marketplace, but it didn't work, which was expected. Additionally, I was unable to get SkyFire browser to work as well. I did get 1 video to play in YouTube, but every video after that said that it couldn't play. I've been unable to get any YouTube vids to play as of yet. I've not had any issues with other apps at this point, but if I do, I'll drop some info here in case that helps with future builds.
[G Tablet Android Development] jlytle1234:
Try disabling any HD on the videos.
[G Tablet Android Development] brian_h_kim:
delete bootanimation before install
[G Tablet Android Development] caedjar4:
Awesome!

I'll check this out as soon as I get off work! Thanks!
[G Tablet Android Development] MDCole9761:
For anyone that has been able to load this ROM correctly, is the repeating "Illuminate" boot animation part of the initial load?

For me, the first Illuminate animation is rough (no hardware acceleration), the second one and a few more after that are smooth (once hardware acceleration kicks in), then they go back to being rough. Then after a few minutes the screen turns off.

I keep thinking that I'm doing something wrong, so I NVflash and start all over again. After the screen turns off, am I supposed to wait?

Thanks,

~Mark
[G Tablet Android Development] MDCole9761:
Nevermind- went into CWM and did the "Wipe Data/Factory Reset" and it booted fine after that.
[G Tablet Android Development] 1tytesc:
1.5 is working well here. I'm like'in it!

And Google Music is awsome.
[G Tablet Android Development] cotangent05:
how do you delete the bootanimation before install?
[G Tablet Android Development] syrupofwood:
Cyanogenmod7 to Android Illuminate

Hey all,

I am sort of lost and looking to answer a question.

As of now I have installed CM7, to install Android Illuminate do I have to follow the procedure on the provided YouTube video to nvflash my GTablet?

Or should I just copy the update.zip into my device, wipe and then enter recovery mode, wipe and install the update.zip?

Thanks for the help!
[G Tablet Android Development] jlytle1234:
Just make sure you have 3588 stock and put the update.zip in your CWM and off you go. It will update your bootloader to 1.2 for you.
[G Tablet Android Development] jlytle1234:
Open the zip file using a program like Winrar or 7zip. Dont actually unzip the file, just browse into it. Browse to system/media. Right click on the bootanimation and choose to delete it.
[G Tablet Android Development] runner989:
I was going to say to wipe/format data. Seems to have resolved all my problems with the ROM. I wiped boot, system, data, and cache before flashing and I still had problems. So I went back and wiped data again and life is good!
[G Tablet Android Development] runner989:
Loving IT!

I have to say, I am really digging this ROM. So far, knock on wood, everything I have tried (except Flash and Netflix) works. Not having Flash kinda sucks, but acceptable for me. Netflix doesn't work on but 1 or 2 of the other ROMs, so no biggie there either. So far all of the Tegra2 games work beautifully (Pinball, Samurai II, and Monster Madness). Haven't run into any Market issues yet. MoboPlayer and Rockplayer both work great for movies.

I am amazed at how much you guys can do without actual source code for the OS and/or drivers.

Can't wait to see what's next! Thank you to all ROM developers/contributors for all of your work.

edit: Oops, I lied. Monster Madness does not work beautifully. Opening animations are REALLY choppy and it takes forever to actually load the game after selecting character. It appeared to have locked up but finally progressed forward after about 5 minutes or so of just sitting there. Luckily I was distracted or I never would have let it sit that long. Bummer, thought I would be sticking with this ROM, but now I am not so sure...
[G Tablet Android Development] MDCole9761:
That's what I had too- it wasn't until I found one sentence in the OP that said "if you are having trouble after loading the ROM, boot to recovery and wipe data/factory reset and try one more time" that I realized that I needed to do that! Oh well- still learning about this device (I love the gTablet though- so worth it).

And I share the comments/sentiments about this ROM- so far, this thing ROCKS!!! True there are still a few performance bugs and there are some apps that don't work, but like runner989 said "I am amazed at how much you guys can do without actual source code for the OS and/or drivers." Keep up the good work!

Question:

Would the developers appreciate me/us posting what apps we find that aren't working so that they can investigate and fix issues? I'd be happy to post them as I find them, but I don't want to sound like a whiny user that's ungrateful because an app that I like to use doesn't work.

So far, I haven't loaded many apps but it appears that Google Earth doesn't work (gets stuck at opening screen and then usually FCs)

I work in IT for a living and I am eternally grateful for the all the hard work that these developers VOLUNTEER so that we all can get the most out of our devices. Although not a developer myself (I have some programming skills, but not enough to call myself one) I do know what an immense undertaking it is to do this kind of work. And I also understand that things not working right (or at all) should be expected when using anything other than the manufacturer supplied ROM on a device (which I think some people tend to forget). So

thank you

to everyone who contributes here and on the other sites for all types of devices- you embody the principles of open source (i.e. Linux, which Android is based on) and community that makes it all tick.

Sorry- I'm just really passionate about Linux and open source community!
[G Tablet Android Development] megabyte2365:
Very nice! All my apps work with this one (angrybirds, plants vs zombies) I like it....
[G Tablet Android Development] goodintentions:
I can't for the life of me get overclock to work. It stays at 1.0ghz no matter what. Any idea anyone?
[G Tablet Android Development] Whodas:
i dont think it could be better said , i second this statement.
[G Tablet Android Development] grimmy311:
I don't really understand what I am doing wrong, I have nvflashed to 1.2-4349 which works fine, it boots into the stock rom and everything, but for the life of me I cannot get into clockworkmod. When I hold in the power button and vol + it will bring up the view sonic screen and go directly to a blackscreen like I used when I nvflashed the device. Is there any reason its not booting into CWM?
[G Tablet Android Development] grimmy311:
nevermind I'm a dumbass lol was holding vol- instead of vol+
[G Tablet Android Development] goodintentions:
CWM 8 ain't compatible with 1.2. You have to use this one.

Personally, I'm annoyed that people aren't stressing this enough.
[G Tablet Android Development] jlytle1234:
Dont use setcpu. You have to use CPU Master.
[G Tablet Android Development] TJEvans:
+1, this needs to be stressed above all.
[G Tablet Android Development] jcflman:
There's also a newer rev5 - http://www.mediafire.com/?2flqn8b10ebcq44
[G Tablet Android Development] goodintentions:
THANK YOU! You are DA MAN.
[G Tablet Android Development] goodintentions:
I'd like everyone to know that I just tested my bluetooth gps with illuminate 1.5 OC to 1.5ghz. IT WORKS!

I'm using BluetoothGPSprovider after I paired. The software is copilot. The gps module is this thing. It connects to the sat in like 5-10 seconds.
[G Tablet Android Development] phatsacks:
Thanks for confirming the GPS; will be trying this out.

Hopefully Netflix works soon.
[G Tablet Android Development] goodintentions:
Anybody got the thumbdrive to work in the usb?
[G Tablet Android Development] runner989:
Yep. Works just fine. Shows up under /usb_storage and /mnt/usb_storage
[G Tablet Android Development] wincerely:
can*t connect to WLAN...

...telling me permamemtly "obtaining IP-Address". I did try Roebeets+Clemsyn's Honeycomb COMBO alpha before without any WLAN problem. Any hint what I can do?

My Router is Ftritzbox 7240 withWPA/WPA2-PSK. Signalstrength is changing between very strong an weak even when I'm standing just beside the router.
[G Tablet Android Development] Gadgetman99:
I am having the same problem. I tried Bottle of smoke 4+ and wifi works fine, but the first install of Illuminate 1.5, and the second install (after Bottle of smoke) just wont connect to either of my routers.
[G Tablet Android Development] goodintentions:
You needed to delete bootanimation.zip from updat.zip before flashing. The bootanimation is too big and so its been causing problems in unrelated areas.
[G Tablet Android Development] goodintentions:
Anyone have success with yahoo messenger or google talk?
[G Tablet Android Development] scottder:
I am currently running CM7 (a nightly build,around 80 I think), would I need to flash back to stock with the 1.2 bootloader?

Scott
[G Tablet Android Development] goodintentions:
Yes.

I highly recommend you just nvflash to 1.2. This kills 2 birds with 1 stone in that you learn how to nvflash just in case you soft brick your gtab and you will also have 1.2. The first time should take you about 10 minutes. After that, nvflash is as easy and fast as 2 minutes. I swear.
[G Tablet Android Development] scottder:
Now we just need an OS X nvfalsh :) Thanks
[G Tablet Android Development] Jay321:
man i need help. i cant get anything to install i trying to nvflash but i cant find the nvflash gtab .bat file. im getting frustrated as hell. so how do i get this new rom on my gtab someone please help
[G Tablet Android Development] goodintentions:
Wait about an hour. I'm bringing up a gtab for dummies site. First thing to be on the site will be the dummy version for nvflash.
[G Tablet Android Development] davidukfl:
after a few hours of hassle i finally got this up and running.

I was originally running CM7 nightly 86. I ended up nvflashing back to 3588 and updating to 4349. I was unable to boot into stock 4349 and spend the last couple of hours trying to assuming if i couldn't boot into that then i won't be able to boot honeycomb.......turns out i was wrong.

I nvflashed clockwork recovery and then from there was able to install this rom. Now its up and running with no problems. Even the gallery works fine :cool:
[G Tablet Android Development] xmr405o:
I can't wait for this one. Haha. :)
[G Tablet Android Development] davidukfl:
for those interested i recommend this boot animation. It's the xoom honeycomb one and only 2mb

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=967061
[G Tablet Android Development] goodintentions:
Look at my siggy. :)
[G Tablet Android Development] transitoyspace:
so installed coming from a 1.1.

so easy, i think the countless threads that stress on 1.1 or 1.2 makes it seem harder then it really is

I didnt use the NVflash method but the update method.

Install was fine, but froze since i came from other rom, factory wipe and reboot fixed it

wifi wasnt working

deleting(i replaced it with the xoom one) bootanimation fixed wifi issue

GPS Status STILL DOES NOT WORK. please please please support this. If others get it to work with Bluetooth GPS devices please let me know

no native camera app comes with it so havent tested to see if it works

market seems slow, cant download multiple files without lag.

overall seems a pretty solid build a probably will use a daily rom

adfree doesnt work, sayes cant find right partition

720 vids still have some lag to them(using vplayer)

1080 lag here is the least amount of anyrom ive used so far.

after playing and using vplayer it crashed the default launcher multiple times to where it rebooted by itself.

then showed a error in wifi..could not turn on or turn off

gmail works. music works.

big question here

why do i get pixelated display, like it seems like its 8bit/small resolution, but its not. dont know how to explain.

Is it a driver issue? seen it on gb roms aswell. havent seen/tested on froyo roms

could you guys implement a restart when pressing power off?
[G Tablet Android Development] nunjabusiness:
Nicely done site. I see you are still working on the list/links of ROMs.

Be sure to put SlateDroid on your link page and maybe TabletRoms too.
[G Tablet Android Development] davidukfl:
I've noticed the "pixilation" too. I think it's only in gapps brought over from other honeycomb devices. It's like our gtablets don't have high enough resolution.

I also have the same market issue. I could install 2 apps at a time but that slowed things down a fair amount.

Only other issue I'm having is that my tablet isn't waking back up if it's left with the screen off for more than a few minutes. I have to hold down the power button and restart the whole device.

I'm not sure if that is related to the rom or kernel i have installed. I will reflash illuminate and see if it fixes it.

And "restart" in the power off menu would be sweet
[G Tablet Android Development] Slightly Askew:
Removing bootanimation fixed wifi for me, kinda

I was having the wifi stuck at "obtaining IP-Address" problem, read the posts here about the bootanimation and did the following:

First I re-partitioned

Then I NVflashed to stock

Recovery flashed to 3588

Recovery flashed to 4349

Recovery flashed to Illuminate 1.5 (sans bootanimation.zip)

Factory Wipe, reboot

Now I can connect to my cell-phone (which is in hotspot mode) but not to my work wifi (which is a PEAP)

Any ideas?