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[G Tablet Android Development] mmenzie:
ok... now that i am on stock 3588 with normal recovey (no clockworkmod installed) is there a way to back this up so that i can go to 4349 and if i need to, go back to 3588?? is there a confirmed way to go from 3588 to 4349 and back to 3588??
[G Tablet Android Development] just lou:
I didn't do anything special. I actually had it working two ways. It worked fine when my system updated from 5388 to 4369. The 2nd when I had to restore from scratch and wipe data due to semi-bricking trying to add the market files from the enhancement pack. I downloaded ADW, installed it, and it works fine.
[G Tablet Android Development] just lou:
True .

:)
[G Tablet Android Development] mydave1:
Thanks for the share.

Volume Up + Power and the tablet stays at the 'n' boot screen. 15 minutes now. Cannot power off neither.

Help ?
[G Tablet Android Development] lpsisrl:
802.1x wi-fi settings

Has anyone checked to see if the wi-fi settings include advanced settings like 802.1x EAP settings? This is critical for me as I use the tab at work. With TnT Lite 4.4 I had to install an alternate wi-fi setup, configure and the set it back. I don't know if the same process will work with the new 4349 and I don't want to begin to experiment with it until I know I can.

Thanks.
[G Tablet Android Development] just lou:
Yeah. I might have rushed to judgement thanking him. ;) My system started acting funny. It was stating my storage was full, and it was "Loading Cities".

Now I'm stuck at the boot screen too. The Market worked, but I guess it added some other unnecessary crap. :(
[G Tablet Android Development] just lou:
Hold the power and volume button. It should stop and reboot from scratch. I got mine back, but it's not acting right. I have to figure what else is running in the background now.
[G Tablet Android Development] mydave1:
Welcome to the testing club :confused:!

Have to figure out how to boot back into APX in order to nvflash from scratch again.
[G Tablet Android Development] dwkennedy:
You could always nvflash then update to 3588. Not sure why you'd want to-- if I was running stock I would run 4349. If you wanted to run an older mod that required a v1.1 bootloader, I would downgrade with nvflash and then install the mod (vegan, ztab, etc)
[G Tablet Android Development] kekinash:
Sorry my internet connection went down and right now I'm using my phone to reply.

I will pull the gapps update for now. I saw the error you describe now. Must be something with this new rom. I use a very basic setup of gapps. I don't like unwanted stuff too.

sorry for that. You can do a reflash of the stock new rom using the recovery built on the new rom to get out from the loop. It's caused by some application you already have. The update must be installed on a clean new rom.
[G Tablet Android Development] just lou:
Mine came back after I rebooted. I thought that update.zip just added the Market, but it added a bunch of other crap. Now I can turn my Gtab off. It states

"Device storage is full. Delete some files to free space." And, "Loading cities, please wait". WTF is this? :confused: My Gtab is not full either. It's practically empty.
[G Tablet Android Development] just lou:
Well, you made me happy for 5 minutes. ;)

If I would have noticed all those other apps in the update.zip, I might bot have tried it.
[G Tablet Android Development] just lou:
Ughh. Data wipe and reset didn't help. NVFlash, here I come again. :rolleyes:
[G Tablet Android Development] mydave1:
I followed the instruction in your post and installed it on a CLEAN 1.2.4349 stock. It stayed at 'n' boot forever. Could not get out of if.

Hold the power button until the screen went off. Push it again, and it returned to that 'n' boot.

I used nvflash. When the gtablet boot up, it acted weird, and had a superuser icon ??? OTA update to 3588 failed.

Will have to try nvflash one more time.
[G Tablet Android Development] kekinash:
Ignore the error, copy the new rom update from http://tapntap.http.internapcdn.net/tapntap/viewsonic/update-smb_a1002-4349-user.zip to you root sd folder and rename it to update.zip,b copy from my gapps zip file the folder recovery with the command file inside to the sd root folder and reboot into recovery using power+ volume up to recover the 4349 stock rom and erase the bad gapss udate.

Sorry for that. I have not internet. Using my phone to post
[G Tablet Android Development] bobtran:
Practice make perfect:rolleyes:
[G Tablet Android Development] mydave1:
kekinash,

Don't worry, and thanks for sticking around.

You had the kindness to share what you have, and we appreciated very much. At times, things may not turn out as expected. It is part of the risk to gain something better. I still try to get back to a working 1.2.4349. May take sometimes.

Best

P.S. Do not let this incident to discourage you from sharing again. Your knowledge would be much appreciated.
[G Tablet Android Development] kekinash:
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[G Tablet Android Development] mydave1:
This thing from kekinash is doing funny thing. nvflash did not give a clean image. Wifi stayed. Other craps added. Update failed.

It's alright. Got nothing else to do.:eek:
[G Tablet Android Development] kekinash:
You need to reflash Rom 4349 from : http://tapntap.http.internapcdn.net/tapntap/viewsonic/update-smb_a1002-4349-user.zip.

You can do over the one you have now (4349+gapps) from the recovery utility, and then erase all used/factory restore. Then apply the new one I just made.

Sorry for that. Not need to nvflash. The new recovery has a function to flash from the recovery utility

By the way the culprit was a framework for the home button to be able to view the latest apps you opened. It didn't work well with the new rom. So I took out it and another stuff from the bin folder that doesn't apply to the new rom.
[G Tablet Android Development] just lou:
I noticed that some crap stayed, and it remembered my wifi too,. My updates worked though, and I'm at 4349 again. Gonna try kekinash's latest creation and see what happens. ;)
[G Tablet Android Development] kekinash:
nvflash doesn't delete the user data, that's why you need to do it manually.

Anyway the new rom has lots of troubles. I think they rush to publish after all the pressure from here and is not finished. Calendar setting crashes after adding a exchange gmail account and is useless. Desktop wallpapers crashes all the time when trying to select one. looks like unfinished rom. I better recommend to wait for a more polished one, especially if you run vegan. For stock TapnTap users it's just fine to update, but knowing all the not working stuff inside the new rom.
[G Tablet Android Development] mydave1:
kekinash,

Got back to 1.2.4349 now using nvflash and OTA several times.

Before trying your new file, I got to boot recovery in order to wipe data/factory reset. But there are these lines at the bottom of the screen:

E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk2

(no such file or directory)

E: Can't mount SDCARD2:recovery/command

Is this normal, or do I have to flash the 1.2.4349 again ?
[G Tablet Android Development] kekinash:
I think that's normal if you get the rest of the menu options, is referring to the external micro sd card.
[G Tablet Android Development] just lou:
I installed it on a fresh 4349. When it rebooted, it went to a "Google Services Framework" login screen. I did, and now it says: "Signing in... Your phone needs to communicate with Google servers to set up your account. This may take up to 5 minutes.". It's been 10, and nothing is happening.
[G Tablet Android Development] kekinash:
Have you checked your internet connection? Must be connected to the internet for google setup to work
[G Tablet Android Development] just lou:
Yes. It was fine. I was connected. I rebooted, and this time just skipped the sign in process. Everything appears to be working. Gonna play around, and reboot a few times and see what happens. So far, looks good.
[G Tablet Android Development] kekinash:
Ok,I'm glad to hear it. I'm just doing some tests by myself, but the rom definitively lacks polish and it was rushed to publish.
[G Tablet Android Development] just lou:
It definitely feels slower than 3588.

I know this is probably a stupid question. How do I get rid of the lock screen? :rolleyes:
[G Tablet Android Development] roebeet:
Lock screen is in framework, so probably unremovable.

I assumed it was like 3991 -- I hope it's fast. I won't know for sure until I build out TwoTapsX. Build 3991 had Nenamark scores of 44fps.
[G Tablet Android Development] Koreylaw:
Build FRF91?

I look at my build and it is different than the ones people are posting, it says "FRF91" Does anyone know what this means? I don't want to brick it....

Thanks
[G Tablet Android Development] just lou:
Oh well. Thanks.

After a few reboots testing to see if there are any ill effects from kekinash's latest market patch, everything seems to be OK. Boot-up time seems to be faster on 4349 than 3588. I can't get Quadrant to work now for some reason. keeps force closing on the results.
[G Tablet Android Development] atakapa:
Quadrant sometimes force closes if you're not holding the tab in portrait mode when you hit the results. This is common on many Gtab roms.
[G Tablet Android Development] absorbers:
Still can't make ADW works on 4349. So bad. So sad.
[G Tablet Android Development] just lou:
I rebooted, and got it to finish. Very disappointing. 1590. I was getting around 1800 on stock 3588.

Edit: Disregard. Ran quadrant in portrait, and got 1879! :)
[G Tablet Android Development] just lou:
Strange. I had to NVFlash again earlier, and ADW installed fine again.
[G Tablet Android Development] ACDFx3:
I successfully went from stock 3991 to 4349. I had to download 4349 and copy to my GTab over USB and upgrade via NVFlash.

I did a complete user wipe/reset from inside 3991 and from NVFlash.

Received 1816 on Quadrant after upgrade.
[G Tablet Android Development] kekinash:
Well after a lot of test this rom is not what I want. I'm moving back to vegan 5.1. To many troubles with 4349 stock. I recommend to nvflash and stay in whatever tom worked for you before 4349. Wait for a better rom version. This one sucks. I just stuck on the n logo after doing a full erase, and doesn't move from there. A lot of apps doesn't work. Just FCs anywhere.

Do you want that I will pull the market fix? I don't want to cause troubles to others.
[G Tablet Android Development] just lou:
So far, the latest Market fix seems fine on my end.
[G Tablet Android Development] just lou:
Hmm. I wonder why my score (1590) is so low. I reset and wiped everything too.
[G Tablet Android Development] joe2262:
You also get lower scores in landscape, when it doesn't FC.
[G Tablet Android Development] kekinash:
OK, I just added a warning in big letters to the original post. :D
[G Tablet Android Development] just lou:
Wow. you're right. Just got 1879! :D
[G Tablet Android Development] ACDFx3:
Correct, I received 1549 in L and 1811 in P.

I've also updated Flash to 10.2 and bumped up my P score to 1844.
[G Tablet Android Development] roebeet:
Thanks. I'm actually having issues but I think I need a SD repartition (probably flashed too many times).
[G Tablet Android Development] Lokisince89:
I just got my GTab yesterday, how do you get the benchmarks? I tried searching for Quadrant, but nothing came up.

Running stock 1.2- 4349.
[G Tablet Android Development] Turbo4V:
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[G Tablet Android Development] captainharlockus:
Need Help

I have a g-tablet that I got from Woot a couple of weeks ago. It had the 3588 update that installed when I first configured it and nothing else added except for apps, no clockwork, no mods or anything.

Last night it installed the new update to 4349 and after the install it just kept going from the ViewSonic logo to the G-Tablet logo and would not go past the logos.

I used volume up and the power button to get in the restore menu (or whatever it is called) and told it to reload the system from the sd card. It put me back to an older version, prior to 3588.

I was then able to update to 3588 again, without any visible problems.

I then let it update to 4349 again, but this time all I get when turning it on is the ViewSonic logo, it does not even switch to the G-Tablet logo anymore, and press the volume up button with the power button does not do anything other than turn it on now, it does not load the restore menu.

All I can get it to do now is turn on and off and show the ViewSonic logo while on.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[G Tablet Android Development] brian_h_kim:
suggest:

(1) NVFlash

(2) after you update to 3588, do a factory reset

(3) then update to 4349
[G Tablet Android Development] brettdwagner:
captainharlockus,

It's been reported that it may take as long as 10 minutes to boot after updating.
[G Tablet Android Development] PrepP:
Same thing happened to my Gtab last night. I just got it yesterday and after I charged it , it updated to 3588 I think. Then once that installed successfully it said there was another update to 4349 so I downloaded it. After it installed I had the same problem of it going back and forth from the "gtab" screen to the viewsonic "bird" screen. I let it do that for about 30 minutes then I powered it down and turned it back on and it came up fine after that. Only problems I have been having are the same ones other people are reporting for the 4349 update. like wallpaper FC's when trying to set a static wallpaper. have only played around with it for a couple hours tho. Can't wait till Roebeet gets TTx working with the 4349 update.
[G Tablet Android Development] captainharlockus:
How do I do NVFlash, I am new to working with devices like this, more experienced with PCs, that is one reason why I still had everything as from ViewSonic with only their updates.
[G Tablet Android Development] captainharlockus:
I am pretty sure I let it go longer than that, but I will try leaving it on for a long time again, and see what happens.
[G Tablet Android Development] vkurup:
My Gtab just came today, so I'm doing a lot of reading on this forum before I decide to do anything. I did do the upgrade to stock 3588, but I think I will wait a while before doing anything else.

I did find this link to the NVFlash howto: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=861950
[G Tablet Android Development] HackaMathecian:
OTA notification?

I have a stock tablet, on which I installed a few apps.

I received an OTA notification last night. This afternoon,

I successfully did a factory reset on the tablet (under

Security -> factory data reset).

The tablet is back on but I do not see the OTA notification.

When I go under updates, it says the system is up-to-date,

with the current version being 3588. Wifi is working fine, I'm

not sure what the problem is.
[G Tablet Android Development] TJEvans:
I just want to give a quick thankx to all of the volunteers on this site for all of the hard work they do to provide hte ingredients to make lemonade from a giant lemon.

that being said, I find it interesting that VS would release these updates that modify or all out replace the bootloader that made the Gtablet the easily modified piece of garbage that it originally was. After all, recently CS had been directing users to this forum for technical help, indicating that the folks here know more about their software than they do. XDA is also listed as a link on their site.

Why is it that instead of working WITH the developers that originally polished this turd, they seem to be making it more and more difficult to mod it into hte jewel that we all know it to be.

I mean, if they are pissed at Google for not giving permission to use their official market, why not leave, in it, a way for the market to be accessed with a simple mod...kinda turning their nose up to them, saying "OK, we won't GIVE them the market, but we'll surely give them a way to get the market themselves."

Anyway, once again, thanks to everyone that's working to figure out this new update. I received my Gtablet 2 days ago...the day AFTER I read about VS/Nvidea not supporting it anymore. I flashed Vegan and have not been this happy with a piece of technology before. I'm keeping it this way until something stable and impressive comes along.

thanks guys!!!

Todd
[G Tablet Android Development] youthmindave:
I was having the same problem, so I just downloaded it from xda and installed it manually. I wonder if VS pulled the update?
[G Tablet Android Development] HackaMathecian:
perhaps the servers are down...
[G Tablet Android Development] HackaMathecian:
can you post the link where you downloaded the firmware from? Did you flash the old-fashioned way

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=892090

or using CWM?

Thx.
[G Tablet Android Development] roebeet:
Manual is still alive: http://tapntap.http.internapcdn.net/tapntap/viewsonic/update-smb_a1002-4349-user.zip

I have NOT updated the stock ROMs thread yet, given how different this is. We might want to make a new post instead (I haven't thought this all the way through, yet).
[G Tablet Android Development] youthmindave:
I think I got it from this post.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12927747&postcount=134

And DO NOT use cwm to flash it. I used nvflash to revert to stock and then updated to 3588. I then used the old fashioned way to flash the new rom
[G Tablet Android Development] captainharlockus:
I just tried leave it on, with the ViewSonic logo screen showing for over and hour, and still the same. Will not load the restore menu with volume up and power press together, will not go past the ViewSonic logo.

Any further help would be appreciated.
[G Tablet Android Development] wasserkapf:
Well, I got an odd situation, and i didn't even install the update yet. i have a stock g-tablet with 3588 installed, rooted and the original market installed

After reading the comments that installed apps don't work after the update, i decided to first backup my apps with Titanium Backup. I then wiped the data, and it rebooted. A setup wizard started, and I had to setup my tablet again. Then I got the "Welcome to UPC300-2.2" "Touch the android to begin" screen. I touch the android, it changes color to show I touched it, but nothing happens. I rebooted several times, and I always get this screen.

I guess that I will just re-install the 3588 firmware.
[G Tablet Android Development] roebeet:
I called Customer Service, and they were useless (as usual)

The guy just yessed me to death - "sure we support whatever is on the tablet" - he had no idea what's going on.

I swear I'm ready to jump off a bridge. I was so happy that they finally had closure with this, and now we're back to where we were a month ago. I'm actually beginning to wonder if they really didn't want to release 4349 after all.

Back to my holding pattern again.... wonderful....
[G Tablet Android Development] TeamSpeed:
Hey roebeet, I have a quick question. I have 3588 along with the gapps enhancement, but I also just recently installed cwm. However, I see that this will cause issues should Viewsonic re-open this latest update.

Is there a way for me to take the 3588 viewsonic update zip, and alter it so that only the recovery.img would update over my current version, and it wouldn't touch anything else? Basically a 3588 recovery only update.zip?
[G Tablet Android Development] roebeet:
Tmk, no - when they reactivate, it's on the server end not the client (tablet) end.

Btw, even if they don't reactivate this weekend, I still plan to deploy 4349 in my mods. Regardless of the reasons, it's clear to me that 1) 1.2 is their new branch as they now have two builds out there and 2) 3588 as a gateway ROM was proven to work going on what I saw last night. So that is their plan and it worked, even if it was only for a day.

Maybe they found a bug in the release and they need to fix? Not sure. But I will start planning for 1.2, just like I was going to do. Plus, they might have hundreds of 4349 users right now, if not more - so 1.2 is already in the wild for stock users. It's already happened.

The mods here don't need to worry about soft-brickage since my new 1.2 mods won't be on this forum anyway.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emdaftrave:
Ok, so i decided to go with cyanogenmod, and i'm not sure what i did wrong, but when the phone started up all i'm getting is the Cyanogenmod boot animation, then it keeps looping that same animation. Made a different thread because i felt it was unrelated. Is it bricked or...? Thanks for any help!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pmcqueen:
how long did you wait upon initial boot? did you perform a full wipe before installing?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emdaftrave:
About 15 minutes. Nothing happened, so i pulled the battery. I realised now i probably shouldn't have. I wiped the second option, can't remember what it said again, began with a D though. I backed up everything though using clockworkmod beforehand.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OriginalGabriel:
If you're coming from. Stock, you need to do a full wipe (factory reset) before flashing. If that doesn't work, restore your backup and redownload (it might just be a bad download, make sure you're on WiFi with a good signal).
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emdaftrave:
How do i do so? I cant get into my phone because it's stuck on the loading screen xD
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pmcqueen:
gotcha. yeah, it should boot long before 15 minutes.. 5-10 minutes isn't unheard of upon initial boot, though.

you should be fine, just go back into recovery and wipe everything. I've attached a tool that will come in handy for wiping, provided by our good friend amazinglarry. it is a flashable zip, so you can install it through recovery by selecting "install zip from sdcard" and finding superwipe.zip.

please note that running this script will delete EVERYTHING on your phone (aside from stuff on your sd card). it formats /system , /data , and /cache.

so:

-download this attachment, place it on your sdcard

-reboot into recovery and select "install zip from sdcard", then choose superwipe.zip

-let it wipe and format each partition, the phone will automatically reboot.

-reinstall CM7 & gapps through recovery

that should get you going.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emdaftrave:
Sorry for the late reply... but how do i boot into recovery again? xD Sorry, complete noob. :P

Right... I get into Hboot and it instantly goes onto try and update to my stock update thing i used to get it down to 1.34 (PC10IMG.zip) instantly, it wont let me go down to recovery...

ANOTHER edit - i tried it without my SD in and it worked fine - but i didnt have my back up because its on my sd card -.-
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
plug your sdcard into your computer and delete the img.zip file off of it
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emdaftrave:
yeah... i can't really, my only means of accessing my sd card was through my phone.
[Epic 4G General] Xiutehcuhtli:
So my first Android phone was a Motorola Cliq, and while the phone was awful there was one feature that I really liked and that was the Universal Email Client that it offered, that would take 2 or 3 email addresses and push them all into the same queue.

I am wondering if anyone knows of a good widget that has this capability.

On the Cliq I had a hotmail account, a corporate exchange server account, and two gmail accounts all with one notification and one email inbox. It was really handy for an email junkie.
[Epic 4G General] rangerover_95:
Try k9 mail on the market place. I love this app, its free, and it really works......

1st!
[Epic 4G General] slybarman:
Maildroid does it. It is a very good (and free) email client.