yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] dr.ketan:
Here Seven mail client latest v7.54 with widget support, it using IMAP server.

Having schedule option for fetching email too, power saving option(disable at certain level of battery)

And yes site is not mentioning properly, It is my experience it worked on my SGS with 2.1, 2.2 and GB (2.3.3)

And just to note this is only third party push mail client for Yahoo as per my knowledge

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B747K6TM
[General Questions and Answers] shafty023:
Let's not forget Enhanced Email. Link is in my signature ;)
[General Questions and Answers] vansmack:
Hotmail can be setup for push just like Exchange.

In the email app, tap Add Account, then put in your email address and password and then tap "Manual Setup"

Tap "Exchange Account"

Set the Incoming Mail Server: m.hotmail.com

Leave Domain blank

Set your username to your full @hotmail email address (i.e. include @hotmail.com or @live.com)

Enter your password.

Tap finish.
[General Questions and Answers] trollsperm:
I recommend to use K9 mail. I use it with my 6 email adresses - 1 gmail, 1 imap and 4 pop3. As far I know hotmail does support pop3, so with K9 you should be able to check all your emails, including hotmail..
[General Questions and Answers] gman8966:
K9 is a very nice email client. I've used it for about a year now with imap.
[General Questions and Answers] Dark3n:
Using K9 with 4 mails accounts, 3 IMAP and one POP3.

Works flawless so far.
[General Questions and Answers] enotar:
K9 mail client is useless as it doesnt accept Exchange, this is ridiculous
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
I just created a website called Viewsonic GTablet For Dummies. I'm slowly adding step by step instructions on how to do things for dummies.
[G Tablet General] Mantara:
Well done! This is another great asset for new modders. Love that the first thing you did was nvflash for dummies. Its a handy tool and invaluable skill to have.
[G Tablet General] mydave1:
Great Job and this should be a 'sticky'.

Suggested to add a section for adb.

Thanks
[G Tablet General] VTDivot:
Thanks!

Very simple instructions. My Tiger Direct GTab arrives tomorrow and I want to be prepared to bring it to 1.1 so I can install CM7.

I think I could do this a couple different ways:

1. Standard recovery

2. CWM update

3. NVFlash

I have read tons of posts/articles and being a sw engineer myself I can appreciate hoe difficult the documentation task is.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
I haven't scanned the whole thing, but it looks nice - well laid out for new users, or even old users for that matter!

There are a few ways to do it, that's correct. I personally recommend flashing to stock 3588, using stock recovery. The reason why is because I feel it's the safest way to get back to 3588. nvflash is also a good way (and it's what I use) but some people feel indimidated by nvflash so I usually don't recommend it unless there's no other choice.

Btw, I already requested that the CM folks consider making a 1.2 version of CM7. My reasons:

1- It would avoid having new stock users doing a branch jump. Evidence seems to indicate that most new devices are being sold with 4349 (1.2 branch)

2- Minimizes soft-bricks

3- Allows them to also support other harmony devices such as the Adam, the Olipad and the Hannspad. These devices are also on this same 1.2 branch, with minor differences in their kernels because of the hardware.

Hopefully they will consider it and thus make this a non-issue for new users.
[G Tablet General] ToadVine:
Great idea for a website! This clean, de-cluttered info is badly needed by all the newbies coming to the dev forums.

I do have one editorial suggestion for you (based on 30 years of IT customer service experience):

If there is anyway possible for a user to misunderstand simple instructions, some of them will do so. Many of these folks don't know anything at all about computers, desktop or tablets, other than how to read e-mail and web-surf. They just want to get their hot new G-tab to work like an I-pad.

Whenever your instructions refer to doing things on the PC (rather than on the G-tab) say so explicitly:

Part A - Connect to Computer Via USB in APX Mode

1. Using your PC, download the driver for USB connector here (clicky).

2. Unzip the USB zip file and place the folder somewhere easy for you to find. I suggest your PC's desktop.

Otherwise, half of them will download it to the G-tab, and then get all wrapped around the axle trying to figure out why it doesn't work, even though they are following your instructions exactly. After all, the name of the site is "...for Dummies," right? [:)]

Again, great site!

Keep those "...for Dummies" instructions coming.
[G Tablet General] VTDivot:
Hey thnx for taking the time to respond to my first post.

I'm not 100% set on CM7, it just appeared that would best suit my needs for a multimedia tablet.

As long as I can play embedded youtube and flash content, still play DVDs for the kiddies and have netflix working I'll try a 1.2 boot ROM. Does BC handle all of this? I am fine with one off hacks if required after the ROM is flashed. I also like the idea of HW acceleration, but that is not a top priority

*EDIT*

It appears there might be a CM7 option for a 1.2 bootloader that I didn't see.
[G Tablet General] rajeevvp:
The website is a great idea, goodintentions.

Suggestion:

Under the NVFlash tab, for people who are not complete dummies, you might consider adding the information that gTablets come with (at least) 2 different NAND-flash partitioning schemes (and it also looks like there are minor differences in the underlying hardware). This, of course, means links to the other nvflash zip file (*_46_*) that is supposed to be used for the newer gTablets.

Also, some of the latest gTablets--the ones that come with the 1.2 bootloader and the non-standard (new?) flash partitioning scheme--only work with the updated nvflash zip file that Roebeet created after he got the TnT update with the 1.2 bootloader.

I'm not a nvflash expert, and maybe you could get away with nvflashing bekit's original nvflash files onto every gTablet--thus restoring all of them to a "canonical" state--but, I'd like to know if this, in fact, is possible, and also correct.
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
ToadVine - thank you for the suggestion. I went back through and added in "using your pc" LOL.

Roebeet - I was actually thinking of telling them to do the stock recovery but then I thought it's best to get them to learn nvflash. Might as well kill 2 birds with 1 stone.

Mydave1 - I don't think it's gonna happen, since it's a separate site from xda.

Rajeevvp - I've been wondering about that version of nvflash. Is it really necessary? Why does the folder say "deprecated"?
[G Tablet General] aasoror:
lol, I thought it would have been a single page with a flashing "go get an iPad" all over it :)

Nicely done goodintentions, thank you for putting the hours in this.

If I can suggest, I would say a BL1.1<->BL1.2 for dummies would certainly be beneficial.
[G Tablet General] TJEvans:
Great idea GI...

I'm surprised you didn't start with a disclaimer:

"This site is designed for those that bought a G-Tablet, knowing it's limitations and abilities. If you bought a G-Tablet becuase you wanted an iPad that would work right out of the box, and requires no thinking on your part to use , please do the rest of the G-Tablet community a favor and return it, save up, and buy an iPad, like you wanted to do initially. THIS IS NOT AN IPAD, AND NEVER WILL BE, ACCEPT THAT FACT BEFORE PROCEEDING."
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
I'm plagonna plagiarize ideas from you 2. Check my website in 10 minutes.
[G Tablet General] TJEvans:
now that's what I expected...it's complete, now

makes me start thinking of a trouble shooting page...

For Flashing a Rom:

Troubleshooting:

If your system does not boot into the new Rom, but you swear you followed all of the instructions above, please see the disclaimer page, as you are probably lying to yourself, and didn't actually follow ALL of the instructions.

If your system doesn't boot into the new rom, and you admit that you didn't follow the instructions completely, because you think that you are smarter than everyone else and can "skip a few unneeded steps," please see the disclaimer page

If the new rom is not doing everything you expect it to do, please refer to the specific rom's information page to see if what you expect is within it's abilities. If it's not, please refer to the disclaimer page

If you are having trouble finding the iTunes icon on your device, please see the disclaimer page
[G Tablet General] TJEvans:
the worst part about this is that your website is designed specifically for people like me. I'm a dummy and damn proud of it. Prior to buying my G-Tablet, I had never heard of NVFlash, ADB, APX, CWM. I had no idea that Android 2.2 was designed specifically for phones. Hell, I almost bought a cheapo Chinese 7" tablet with Android 1.6 on it...what IS 1.6? "Popcorn, Pocket Lint" or something else retardedly cryptic?

All I knew, when buying it used on Ebay was that the screen was horrible, the stock Rom was a joke, and that it was relatively easy to mess with the software, or completely mess UP the software. I knew that it could run Flash (How you like them Apples?). I knew that I could use it for GPS, web browsing, reading books, playing stupid games, viewing PDFs and that there were drum machine apps...

Running BC, I can do all of the above, very well. I've installed launchers that make it a bit less "phony." and I've even impressed some iPad users that thought they had the best tablet on the market. I'm always being asked "What the hell is that?" And frankly, it's one of my favorite questions to answer...

I've had it for 1 month, and I'll admit, I still haven't tried NVFlashing anything yet. I've downloaded all the files necessary (to my PC, lol) but find that leaving well enough alone might be best for me, for now.
[G Tablet General] Mantara:
From the kernel section.

1. Using your PC, download appropriate kernel. Or you can just download it straight into your gtab. Should be in folder called "download".

2. Boot into CWM recovery.

3. Navigate to where the kernel zip file and select.

4. Watch it install into your gtab. Should take about 10 seconds.

5. Reboot and enjoy.

Between 4 and 5 should be "from the cwm home screen navigate to advance and then select wipe davlik cash." I believe both pershoot and clemsyn recommend doing this post new kernel flash.

P.s. The site looks good, you have been quite the busy beaver since last night.
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
I'll be the first to admit I'm a dummy, too.

I got my gtab months ago and had flashed in every rom in existent. Didn't even pay attention to the 1.1/1.2 thing until last week. Then a couple days ago I flashed in the honeycomb rom from a 1.1 rom and actually bricked my gtab for the first time. This was what I needed to push me to perform nvflash.

The reason a lot of people are intiminated by nvflash is because, frankly, all the instructions out there just seem too complicated.

Hopefully, my site is a bit more easy to understand.
[G Tablet General] TJEvans:
I'm tentative to NVFlash because most softbrick threads contain the words "I tried NVFlashing... and now I'm stuck in APX boot loop" etc.

Here's another section you may want to include...but it may be to comprehensive for you to write and link to all the relevent pages, but a basic "known G-Tablet issues" page. Include stuff like the .nomedia fix for media files on the external SD card. I'm getting tired of people asking where their files went. Or the screen angles, occasional phantom audio static issues, the battery meter from hell issue (not charging to 100%, staying at 100%, etc)

It would just be nice to have a troubleshooting section for problems that are inherent with the G-Tablet itself, regardless of what Rom you are running. Everyone has the battery indicator issue, the audio static doesn't descriminate against any specific roms, and the .nomedia fix isn't a bad thing to have on every external SD card.

screen angles...yea, refer them to the disclaimer page, or the hundreds of product reviews that illustrate how terrible it is.
[G Tablet General] Mantara:
Totally true. I would read and read and I never feel like I had a good grasp on it until I finally just used it and realized its just program controlled by a batch file. Its easier than using a happy bake oven.
[G Tablet General] TJEvans:
must be Canadian...we had "Easy Bake Ovens." As long as you're referring ot the devices that use the power of a 100 watt light bulb to make the worst tasting baked goods you've ever forced your parents to taste.

You think the Canucks will finish it out tonight? I'd like to see them win, but I'd prefer if it gets dragged out a bit. Now that the Miami Heat show is over, it would be nice if Hockey were the only relevent sport to discuss on Sports Center.
[G Tablet General] fosser2:
very impressive, keep up the good work!
[G Tablet General] Mantara:
For common issues. Why are the new apps I just downloaded force closing? If the you go on a market rampage and ininstall 30 new apps you might want to reboot and fix permissions. Many new games (dungeon defenders, vendetta, shadow era, gun bros) and some apps have large secondery data files downloaded after app instalation. Save yourself the frustration of FC's and the next time you go on a market binge reboot into recovery and fix permissions.
[G Tablet General] vicgolf:
CWM recovery

Hi, I just followed all the steps in NVFlash and CWM on your website, but in "Entering CWM Recovery" (press and hold Power and Volume +) my gtablet says "detected a recovery key pressed" and "booting recovery kernel image". Then, after a few seconds of an open box image and what looks like a task bar, the tablet boots up and goes to the normal menu screen. I don't see a CWM menu. Did I miss something?
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
Which option did you use? Chances are you downloaded the wrong cwm version.

On second thought try booting up again into recovery mode. Should boot into cwm second time assuming you used the right cwm.
[G Tablet General] rajeevvp:
Well, I might need it, I have a gTab with the newer partitioning scheme wherein the bootbmp and misc partitions are switched. And because of this, I lose the boot logo if you select either "Recovery" or "Bootloader" options when you "Reboot Tablet".

The misc partition is the communications channel between the normally running system and the software running in recovery mode (ie. ClockworkMod). According to the ClockworkMod source on the CM github, both seem to scribble to that partition when they want to pass commands to each other. I'm guessing the same thing applies for the bootloader (I can't confirm this bit without looking at the bootloader source--do we have that, BTW?).

No clue. Someone else care to shed a light on this?
[G Tablet General] vicgolf:
My gtablet is the 1.1 branch, I downloaded & installed the appropriate stock rom 1.1 and cwm v8. The install seemed to have worked, as far as I can tell. At least, everything behaved as described in the instructions.
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
Fine, I put the version 46 of nvflash for windows in my page.
[G Tablet General] vicgolf:
Woops, missed link

I'm getting "Page Not Found" on the Part D NVFlash.

Thanks for your help, in spite of the head-banging, I'm having fun.
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
Thanks. Fixed the link.
[G Tablet General] vicgolf:
32 files?

I've downloaded the alternative for NVFlash, but when I continue with part B, I'm now counting 32 files instead of 30. Is this OK? Thanks,

-John
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
Hahaha, yes it's ok. Those are junk files. Damn, I forgot to take them out before I zipped them. Goddamn it!
[G Tablet General] rajeevvp:
In the Kernel tab, you could have small tables for the different kernel/ROM-type/bootloader combinations.

Pershoot, for instance, supplies 4 different kernel zip files:

For Froyo ROMs with 1.1 bootloader.

For Froyo ROMs with 1.2 bootloader.

For Gingerbread ROMs with 1.1 bootloader.

For Gingerbread ROMs with 1.2 bootloader.

The naming scheme he uses for these kernel zip files is, of course, indicated on his site, but you could make it clearer with example filenames in a 2x2 table (bootloader version vs ROM type).

And, under the Common Issues tab, (6) Touchscreen not sensitive:

The filename is "calibration.ini"--case matters on Linux.
[G Tablet General] ToadVine:
Wikipedia has a good explanation of the various meanings for "deprecated" -- essentially, it means: replaced by a newer/better version, which should be used instead.
[G Tablet General] vicgolf:
Uh-oh!!!!!

After following all the steps to install NVFlash, now my Gtab won't power-on. Not at all. I've tried holding + and - and both, to no avail. Am I now the proud owner of a black mirror. Help!
[G Tablet General] K J Rad:
Is it charged? If no... charge it. If yes... You're probably in an APX loop.

Open a terminal window (DOS Command Window)

Navigate to your nvflash directory

plug in your tablet and make sure it is in APX mode

Type the following command for your OS...

Linux: sudo ./nvflash --bl bootloader.bin --download 6 part6.img --go

Windows: nvflash.exe --bl bootloader.bin --download 6 part6.img --go

nvflash should start and when finished should boot the tablet up

If that works then one of the following should get you working...

1) nvflash with a different image

2) install a factory ROM using factory stock recovery
[G Tablet General] vicgolf:
Thanks KJ, but I'm the quintessential dummie... how do I navigate to my NVFlash directory?
[G Tablet General] K J Rad:
Using the dos or linux cd command. If you are using windows and you created the nvflash directory named "nvflash" at the root of your c: drive...

1) Open a dos command window.

2) Type "cd \nvflash" without the quotes.
[G Tablet General] DroidxManiac:
Hey GI,

Can you verify this step from your site? Flashing ROM In Part D after the backup you don't want to go to Install ZIP? I skipped that because it is repeated after the cache wipes and that made more sense...

Thanks!

Part D (flashing a 1.2 ROM)

After backup is done, ----->>>>>>go back out and select "install zip from sdcard". <<<<<<<---------

Choose "wipe data/factory reset".

Choose "wipe cache partition".

Once it's done, go back out to root menu and choose "advanced".

Choose "Wipe Dalvik Cache".

Go back out and choose "install zip from sdcard".

Go into folder "Rom" and choose the Rom that you picked from the list. Watch it install.

After ROM installation is complete, repeat steps 6 and 7 for the GAPPS file IF YOU NEED TO.

Once everything is done, go back out to root menu and choose "reboot system now".

Thanks again to GI for his excellent web site. The new ROM is installed and it also fixed my WiFi issue
[G Tablet General] misterminkz:
Wow..

Quite impressed with the website. It has lots of information and easy to navigate as well.

Thanks for your effort to the community goodintentions!!
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
This comes from someone who just said he nvflashed...

At least give us a hint at which steps you skipped, which files you used, etc.
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
I have modified my website several times to compensate for rare cases of special brickary. There's been dozens of people using my site to unbrick their gtabs in the 3 days since I launched the website.

Any chance this thread could get stickied for beginners to keep seeing the link? Not meaning to promote my own site, but I really do think it's causing a positive effect on the overall experience of gtab users. And since my site doesn't show up on google search...
[G Tablet General] TJEvans:
This forum actually needs quite an overhaul. There are stickies that aren't needed, potential stickies that are needed. I made a request for the 1.1 to 1.2 switch thread to be made sticky, and it's now been burried...

in fact, these forums have been relatively unmoderated for a while...I do agree that this should be a sticky though. Not sure what you need to do to get anyone's attention, but I hope it works out. If not, I'll help bump this thread until it is stickied...
[G Tablet General] Jedis:
FYI,

The "gtab.nvflash.1.1.branch.20110422 with cwmv8.zip" file does not have the necessary batch file and exe to flash using NVflash. I had to grab the 1.2 zip and copy the DLLs, exe, and bat file over.

I managed to soft-brick my TigerDirect gTablet. I had installed CWM for my 1.2 gTablet and then tried to flash the firmware downgrade zip linked elsewhere here on XDA. It soft-bricked. Followed your guide to use NVflash and was successfully able to downgrade to the 1.1 bootloader once I got the needed files from the 1.2 zipfile.

Thanks for the awesome guide!
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
Thanks man. Ill correct it when I get chance. Out of town now. Wedding.
[G Tablet General] vzq:
This website rocks. I had to look around for quite a bit when I wanted to root my G-Tablet and this is what aided me. I also agree with a previous poster that this forum needs to be overhauled, from my personal experience, it was very hard getting a good picture of what was ahead of me a few days ago when I received my device. Thanks OP and XDA-Developers, I'm very happy with what I've added onto my G-Tablet by proxy of this website.
[G Tablet General] nunjabusiness:
Excellent point!

The problem with "sticky-ing" threads is that eventually, the entire first screen or two is filled with stickies and they lose their significance. I would like for the first page of a section to actually have some new posts on it, but you sometimes have to scroll quite a bit to get past the many many stickies. Titling a thread "please read this before posting" doesn't work for a lot of people.

An actual FAQ that reflects the questions that have actually been asked here (edited for space) would help a lot. Then, you require people to read them before asking the same stupid questions (does Netflix work? does flash work? how do I fix market? how do I get hdmi-out?) in every single new thread.

There are MANY stickies that need to be culled because they are no longer relevant. Others just need to be cleaned up by removing duplicate questions and sarcastic and off-topic remarks. Most of them reduced to just the question and a proven valid solution will be one page after an editor who knows what he is doing finishes.

Moderators who actually moderate would be an essential part of this. New users who make their first post on the 50th page of a major ROM thread with an elementary question add nothing but delays to communication, especially when the next 5 posts address THAT post instead of the topic at hand.

I started lurking/reading here last year before I bought my G-tab and it helped make my decision easier and more informed as to what i was facing.

I feel sorry for any new people trying to find a definitive path here.
[G Tablet General] TJEvans:
My point exactly...like, 1.2 bootloader is locked? It's been proven not ot be, yet the post still sticks. The one and only honeycomb post? HC has been ported, so Jerdog's infinite wisdom no longer applies. Others that claim to have say, videos of all the roms available? Not any more. There are twice as many roms out there, and others that have been retired. Basically, one sticky that leads to a link of Good intentions dummy site is really all that's needed for the General section.
[G Tablet General] bajan5026:
WOW!!

This is amazing. Thanks for taking the time to produce such a well laid out page.

I have been following XDA since I got my Gtab and used to get lost and confused trying to keep up with the amazing development for the Gtab.

We really have grown as a community and I have learned so much here compared to having an iPad and being left in the dark. ( magical?)

Now I am going to get some serious work done