yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G Tablet Android Development] poymeister:
I abandoned HC a few releases ago because of the lack of flash support but with the various workarounds in place, i thought i would give it another shot. The switch to this 1.1 ROM was painless. I followed the recommended steps: from CWM, cleared data/cache/dalvik, loaded 1.1 GtabComb ROM, cleared data/cache/dalvik, and rebooted. I was a little freaked out by the amount of time it spent on the "A N D R O I D" screen but I sat on my hands and eventually HC came up.

For flash, I decided to go with the latest 10.3 with the Opera Mini browser. Works great.

For videos, RockPlayer with software decoding enabled worked for me. Videos transcoded from DVDs played perfectly. HD videos were jerky and will probably need full HW-assisted decoding if that ever happens. Streamed video from the NAS also worked well. I also loaded up Playon for the first time (which also requires an app on your PC as well) and the free content played ok. I had to play it in full screen mode however and the video quality was so-so. I was primarily interested in Playon to get access to Netflix so I will have get my free membership and try it out.

Oh -- and it was very nice to have WiFi location working for the various Google map apps.

Thanks to all the devs who have put effort into HC! I would say this is truly a Beta-level release.
[G Tablet Android Development] toonvox:
I've been scouring all the forums (fori?) for the answer to this:

I'd love to try GTabComb, but I'm currently running CM7. Do I need to reflash to Bootloader 1.1/1.2 before I flash the GTabComb ROM? It's not terribly clear in Robeet's post on bootloaders in another thread.

If I don't need to reflash the bootloader, which GTabComb ROM do I install?

I know, I know...it's a question. But a relevant one for those who wish to make the leap to this particular ROM. (Okay, me.) Thanks!

And if I need to throw this over to the General thread, let me know and I'll smuggle this post out in a shroud of darkness. I can take it. Thanks.
[G Tablet Android Development] zyhong:
you do not need to reflash the bootloader, and the installation do NOT do that as well. The point why i make this available for both BL1.1 and BL1.2 is so that you do not need to bother with the bootloader (but you do need to know which bootloader you are in now).

Assume you are using official CM7, not the one I build for BL1.2. Then you are in BL1.1 and you should download the rom for BL1.1.
[G Tablet Android Development] toonvox:
Thanks, zyhong! I'm using 7.1.0 RC1 from the official CM7 download site. So 1.1 it is. Thank you...I spent a lot of time seeking this info out. Beauty...
[G Tablet Android Development] thejoos:
don't need to

You don't need to reflash the bootloader. I assume that you have the 1.1 bootloader. Install the most recent ROM. I believe it is 3.1
[G Tablet Android Development] april5th:
Holding off on BT working before I upgrade. Will gladly donate if you can get it going.

Keep up the fantastic work! I check back here daily for your updates.
[G Tablet Android Development] LordApocolypse:
Settings for Launcher

Which Launcher is Beta 3.1 using? I was wondering how to change some of the Launcher settings..

Thanks!
[G Tablet Android Development] johny.mnemonic:
Hi zyhong, another vote for fixing BT. There is no need for new release just because of this, this rom is doing fine, again, so small patch will do.

And for the folks having issues with Titanium Backup, I have small recommendation. I had issues with android.vending FC even on 1.6.2, when I restored all my apps in one batch. So I then restored them in three smaller batches and it was fine. But with 2.1 the issue was much more serious and even batches of 20 apps did some damage. So after I flashed 3.1 and found the same issue as on 2.1 I decided to restore most of them manually...and guest what, no issues so far.

So either there is something wrong with market on this rom, or Titanium Backup is restoring too fast for HC market, but manually the restore works, just not in batch...

Hope it helps someone.
[G Tablet Android Development] LordApocolypse:
Force Closes in 3.1

I am using 3.1 (1.2) and am getting a LOT of FC's in Google Market. (MyApps)

Any ideas? Looked through thread and didn't find anything specific.

Thanks!
[G Tablet Android Development] schettj:
Looks like the standard Honeycomb launcher.
[G Tablet Android Development] johny.mnemonic:
Almost forgot to mention one small issue with 3.1.

The issue is, translation is missing in some google system apps, like settings, gmail or email. Calendar and Market are translated though...

Not big issue, as I have no problems with English, but it would be nice to have it translated again to my language (Czech).
[G Tablet Android Development] juanaraya92679:
Flash Update and Camera Question

Just an update to my previous post about flash and this rom, Personally i had to download flash from the market and with Opera Mobile it started working on most of the sites I've visited. (After install reboot tablet)

Also I had my first random freeze, was browsing net and then switched to the Nook App and going back and forth between the two my tablet froze up and randomly the screen went black. I pressed the Power button to turn the tablet back on and everything was smooth again. Only little bug i've found but everything else is working great.

Has anyone attempted to use Tango or any video conferencing app? I know the Camera APK app is not installed but does not mean that the camera won't work with other apps?
[G Tablet Android Development] :
is there any way to remove the bloat (for my needs). it seems like there are many more apks and system files stock, and I do not know which are safe to delete. also, is there a way to remove languages from the os and overall system apks. I am using 3.1 upgraded from 1.6. I also get a gallery error every time I start (stock).
[G Tablet Android Development] aasoror:
I love this ROM thanks zyhong

I did the manual edit prior to flashing (3.1) and I get no bootanimation at all during booting :)

A side note, I am getting lockups for any thing graphically intensive apparently due to overclocking, which version of pershoot's kernel is included with GtabComb ?

Thanks,
[G Tablet Android Development] sggrant323:
Just got this installed and it is great. Does anyone know if there is a way to hide the status bar at the bottom, since the gTab has a hard one, and there is no need for the soft status/notification bar.

I guess moving it to the top or side would also work. Really I just need it out of the way so I can use Splashtop without problems.
[G Tablet Android Development] zyhong:
you are welcome. from b2.1. the kernel are all the same: pershoot 07/02/11 kernel
[G Tablet Android Development] aasoror:
Is that the GB or the Froyo release ?

On a side note, I couldn't get Samurai II to install (same for PES 2011), is that common or you guys got it working ?
[G Tablet Android Development] vargomedstart:
Thanks

LOVE this! Was a little uneasy about the "beta" aspect, but I pulled the trigger. (BL 1.1) easy to install and absolutely no issues to date. THANK YOU!!!!!
[G Tablet Android Development] johny.mnemonic:
Same issue here.

When gTablet is overclocked and you run something demanding that really push it hard, it usually overheats and freezes.

So for real performance gain by overclocking, we will need to do some cooling mod. But for responsiveness in general use, O/C is fine.
[G Tablet Android Development] tkrahling:
I would like to be able to do this also
[G Tablet Android Development] Hravz:
Support the Devs

Hey guys just wanted to urge you all to give a donation to the guys that make your tablet 10000time more useful and fun. so many people pay $$ for app that do nothing please give to the people that change your whole user experience
[G Tablet Android Development] MyNarwhalBacon:
I agree. When my next paycheck comes in, I will be donating.

I have tried all the Honeycomb BL1.2 roms as well as a few BL1.1 roms. Out of ALL the Honeycomb roms this one has to be the best. It is the quickest, most stable Honeycomb rom to date. I can't wait to see further development with this project. I praise you for you skills in this rom good sir. zyhong you are a scholar!
[G Tablet Android Development] aasoror:
So you mean:

cracking the case open

Applying thermal past

Well I might be tempted into doing that, but thing is from my experience, the tab freezes then overheats its as if its continuously doing something. Isn't it the case that when overclocking is unstable the the CPU will overheat then freezes and temp doesn't go up any further ?!
[G Tablet Android Development] johny.mnemonic:
Yep, something like that, maybe even adding some copper cooler, not only using paste and original cover...

It overheates more and more, because it freezes on endless loop still on that high frequency, but it is usually pretty hot even before lockup.

Unstable O/C can't cause overheating, it's vice versa, overheating is one of the causes of unstable CPU (no matter whether its OCed or not).

But high O/C usually paired with increased voltage usually cause overheating if you don't upgrade cooling according to more heat produced...and that is our case.

For short term bursts on high frequency stock cooling is adequate, but when you push it for longer time, it slowly overheats and becomes unstable or even freeze.
[G Tablet Android Development] johny.mnemonic:
Is automatic brightness working in 3.1?

For me it just raise brightness to maximum few secons after I switch it on.

Sometimes I had similar issue also on 1.6.2, but reboot usually fixed it...

I remember Vegan-Tab has option to configure behaviour of auto brightness. Is there any app that can do that or at least point me on config file that is used by auto brightness.
[G Tablet Android Development] aasoror:
Thats exactly my point, how is freezing on an endless loop relates to overclocking ?

As you noted, it should be "running" on that high frequency, and as it runs it generates more heat which at an instance will cause a crash.

Engaging in an endless loop seems more like some kind of a bug, which might be a side effect of overclocking scheduler or something.

The reason this puzzles me is that it freezes without significant overheating then overheats afterwards, so I bootup from cold, bump it to 1.4Ghz, open a flash video (HD) it runs for 10~15 seconds then it freezes (still cold), if then I leave frozen for a while it starts getting significantly warm.

I am not sure if I am explaining this correctly, but at some point I would get an instant freeze at startup, so I rebooted tab and it froze at startup (again) and then I left it frozen for about an hour, I then noticed both heat and battery consumption (upon next reboot) during the freeze so it wasn't like it crashed, it was more like its stuck endlessly looping somewhere.

I see b2.0 used Clemsyn kernel, might try that with pimpmyGtab on b3.1 but I don't even know which version can be used with HC (GB or Froyo). ?!?
[G Tablet Android Development] zyhong:
For pershoot, I use GB kernel, for clemsyn I use Froyo. By the way, you could also edit /system/etc/script.sh to get rid of cpu scaling, etc. Just add a line "exit 0" right before "#01cpufreq_governor" or totally delete anything after that line.
[G Tablet Android Development] aasoror:
Thanks zyhong, I will play around and share my findings.
[G Tablet Android Development] [IO]ERROR:
I am coming from 2.0 to 3.1 and everything works except I keep getting FC on Music Beta. Every time I open it, it will FC right away. This wasn't an issue in 2.0. I have wiped all caches and rebooted but nothing.
[G Tablet Android Development] aasoror:
build.prop

I have checked several of my applications that wont side load, they don't appear in the market, logging into the market from my PC it says these application isn't compatible with the Gtab.

How is that related to build.prop in this ROM ? these apps installed and worked fine under CM7, any chance we would lose the honeycombness of the current apps if I changed some of the parameters to match CM7

ro.product.model=GTablet
ro.product.brand=nvidia
ro.product.name=smb_a1002
ro.product.device=smb_a1002
ro.product.manufacturer=malata
o.build.product=smb_a1002
ro.build.description=passion-user 2.3.4 GRJ22 121341 release-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=google/passion/passion:2.3.4/GRJ22/121341:user/release-keys

which is currently

ro.product.model=GtabComb
ro.product.brand=ViewSonic
ro.product.name=Gtablet
ro.product.device=harmony
ro.product.manufacturer=nvidia
ro.build.product=harmony
ro.build.description=WW_epad-user 3.0.1 HRI66 WW_epad-8.2.3.6-20110414 release-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=asus/WW_epad/EeePad:3.0.1/HRI66/WW_epad-8.2.3.6-20110414:user/release-keys
[G Tablet Android Development] johny.mnemonic:
Simply, there are only two major causes of endless loops, poor programming and CPU error. The latter is probably our case, but that high load causing overheating can be caused by lousy programming...

But as you describe your issue, it looks like more serious than just overclocking. Try overclocking your gTab with different rom, if you didn't do it before.

Mine usually last at least one minute or more of heavy load before lockup. Honestly I experience lockups only with flash video in HD or with browser with lot of open tabs. Even games are OK.
[G Tablet Android Development] [IO]ERROR:
I fixed the issue by clearing the application data.
[G Tablet Android Development] aasoror:
Using pershoots kernels and CM7 I only had deterministic freezes only one or two HD flashes and in couple of specific 3D games (and typically after 3~4 minutes of playtime) always @ 1.4Ghz and never random and it was always "run - overheat - freeze".

My gtab is one of these units with reversed partitions (where you would lose the boot logo if you booted into recovery). And I did repartition SD to 2048/0 earlier as well, I wonder if this might contribute to the problem (of locking under HC), what other possible values to try ? does anyone happen to have one of this special gtabs ? I am just wondering if 2048/0 isn't optimal for these units.
[G Tablet Android Development] johny.mnemonic:
Yeah, the behaviour you describe under CM7 is exactly how it should be, so your HW seems OK. So its definitely SW issue.

I would try full wipe or even reformat before playing with different partition sizes.

Anyway, Good luck!
[G Tablet Android Development] rajeevvp:
Partition sizes should not matter unless, of course, you make /data too small. After looking at the amount already used on my gTablet, I think I can get away with a small 512MB /data partition and give the rest over to /mnt/emmc.

I have one of these non-standard gtabs.

Nah, it is extremely unlikely that partition sizes or even alignments will cause any problems. Corrupt data or metadata on a partition, caused by improper shutdowns, bad RAM chips, overheating CPUs, failing SD cards, OTOH, will definitely cause problems.
[G Tablet Android Development] aasoror:
lol, I was just wondering when would rajeevvp jump in and help :) thanks buddy

r u suggesting nvflashing ?
[G Tablet Android Development] rajeevvp:
Use nvflash for what?
[G Tablet Android Development] aasoror:
to clean up (erase and restore) partitions back to stock.
[G Tablet Android Development] rajeevvp:
We were discussing SD card partitions, and nvflash doesn't work on those devices.

And, I generally don't recommend nvflash (and I've never done it so far). I've encountered many boot loops though, and because most of the time since I'm the one who caused it, I know what's wrong and I fix it using an adb shell in CWM. For dire situations, I resort to a factory reset in CWM.
[G Tablet Android Development] aasoror:
All clemsyns kernels booted fine (Froyo and GB) but it killed my wifi so I couldn't do further testing.

Sorry I misunderstood, thought you mean corruption to the flash partitions.

I already did a factory rest so I guess next step would be to format the SD partition.
[G Tablet Android Development] toonvox:
So far, 3.1 is playing nice on m y GTab...but there's one problem I'm having with the Market (both old and new versions). It asks me to log in (the info I entered when I first launched 3.1). When I do, I get:

"Account already exists

There is already a xxxxxxx.gmail.com account on this android device"

So I cannot access the market. Moreover, if my Google account is already in the device, why isn't the Market recognizing it? Weird...

UPDATE: Well okay...I actually figured it out by myself. If it happens to you, just Settings>Applications>Manage> force close and clear data. Market came up fine. Carry on.
[G Tablet Android Development] aasoror:
Update: not related it, it didn't make a difference, wonder if its a HC compatibility issue.

Even Amazon free app of today (icook) didn't install !!
[G Tablet Android Development] MicroChip:
I actually found the solution for this. If you're like me, and you have a GTab and an Android phone (I have thunderbolt), you are constantly flashing ROMS and then adding Amazon Appstore. Well Amazon keeps track of that, so if you go to Amazon on the web, go to Appstore for Amazon, and click on Your Apps and Devices, you will see all the device/rom combinations you've authorized on Amazon. Delete a few and then you won't have a problem authenticating the new device/rom combination. I actually went so far as to delete almost all of mine just for cleanup...

MC
[G Tablet Android Development] kekinash:
To Zyhong

I just want to point some interesting experiment I've done this last 2 days.

First I installed the 1.2 Version of your room ( My tablet is formatted 2048/0 since the beginning). I have a Live wallpaper called Blue Skies. After reinstalling all my apps using titanium, I set this wallpaper and my gtab launcher (default one) started to work very slowly, switching pages took more than 10 secs. I installed Flashback 5.4 rom and the same happened.

After that I just went back to vegan 5.1 (BL 1.1) and I tried the bt 1.1 of your room. For my surprise this time the live wallpaper didn't slow the default launcher and it runs like in froyo, smooth. Opera and flash runs perfectly.

So maybe there is something with bl 1.2 that slows down the HC roms?

Thanks for you rom and best regards.

NB. I did this experiment twice to be sure is not something I left on the gtab. I always did a full data format and cache dalvik clean.
[G Tablet Android Development] decaturbob:
Great Rom, only issue I have is netflix not running on this platform yet
[G Tablet Android Development] luvduchovny:
Oh yeah, I forgot about that. I did have that issue once where I had flashed the GTab so many times that Amazon App listed me as having like 3 tablets! :)
[G Tablet Android Development] PlayfulGod:
The amazon apps tracks more than I feel comfortable with ;)
[G Tablet Android Development] nvanlaar:
FYI - I have figured out my problems with Books and google+. It was related to my using a google app account instead of a plain gmail account. Apparently google app accounts are slow on the Android/new services uptake. I switched accounts and am now enjoying full gtabcomb goodness. Thank you!
[G Tablet Android Development] zyhong:
Just to give you guys a quick update on Bluetooth issue. I have thought that fixing bluetooth should be easy since it is working before, but I have been trying to fix this in these days without too much success. I could fix it. But the UI render will be back to the same as b2.1, which is a key reason why we have b3.0 and up. (By the way, not sure how many people notice from 3.0 up the UI render is much better than v2.1, but i notice it immediately when i start to test adamcomb as our base) . Those adam guys have updated a lot of system libs and daemons in adamcomb from adam hc and we could not just simply replace the bluetooth dameon and libs because of dependency.

Anyway, the good news is: MrGuy, the guy who make this honeycomb work in tegra2 harmony platform and anyone using honeycomb in tegra2 harmony platform owe a big thanks to him, has fixed the bluetooth issue in adamcomb. So we will wait his next release to fix our bluetooth issue as well.

On our next release, we will also fix some issues discussed here that is fixable at this stage and also have some tuning on system hopefully to improve the battery life.
[G Tablet Android Development] aasoror:
Thanks for the update zyhong.

By the way, I have posted this over *latedriod and got confirmation that it doesn't happen on the 1.2 branch was wonder if any of you guys running 1.1 port can give me feedback.

FIXED: CWM Reboot -> FIX Permissions -> Reboot
[G Tablet Android Development] sggrant323:
So is there not a way to remove the notification bar at the bottom? At the least, perhaps move it to the top?

I've read there are some launchers that claim to be able to hide the bar, but I can't seem to find one that will actually hide it. Any suggestions? Thanks.
[G Tablet Android Development] raywaldo:
Good work! I wrote a review and help at my site http://raywaldo.com/2011/07/honeycomb-on-gtab/

That may get you a few more users.

1. Any idea about when the DRM libraries will be included? I believe that is why NetFlix will not work?

2. What about the camera? Any hope for that?

3. The Wifi is dropped sometimes on my GTab.
[G Tablet Android Development] raywaldo:
I vote to NOT break ClockworkMod.
[G Tablet Android Development] raywaldo:
Eliminate the soft buttons?

There are some places where the hard buttons do not work. I have had trouble with the menu button not working when a soft-menu button was being displayed.

My point being that you might not be able to do what you need if you eliminate the soft buttons. They ARE part of Honeycomb's UI.

Actually, I would like to turn OFF the hard buttons. Too many times, have I passed my GTab to someone and they touched the back button and everything disappeared. I even unintentionally bump it sometimes.
[G Tablet Android Development] sggrant323:
Well, I can't get splashtop to work correction without view it on the full screen. Even if I could just temporarily hide the soft buttons, that would accomplish what I am trying to do.
[G Tablet Android Development] zyhong:
a quick update. got some inspiration from cm7, finally got bluetooth working. will get a release out at this weekend. several changes need some well testing.
[G Tablet Android Development] aasoror:
Thanks for the update zyhong,
[G Tablet Android Development] zyhong:
Thanks for the review.

1. those DRM libraries. not sure if it will work or not after applying the trick on cm7.

2. the camera service actually start good and some user have claimed that it work in some application. for camera.app, not sure when we could get it to work. but we got hope.

3. wifi is always complex. it might work well with some router and not well with some other router. mine works quite well. even apple could not manage wifi well:) my macbook wifi used to work very well but it keep dropping me after upgrade to 10.6 2 years ago and i endup add a usb dongle on it. a lot of users complain about this, and they never fix it all well.
[G Tablet Android Development] asankasl:
Flash not working on Opera

I have Flashplayer 10.3 installed, but flash videos still do not work in Opera. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.