yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G Tablet Android Development] TJEvans:
Today, I decided to try a HC rom for hte first time. I had never had anything other than Froyo. I wanted to see how impressive these things are, and what all the hubbub was about.

Installation from stock 4349 was a breeze, no issues to report, everythign went smooth as silk. The UI was also VERY smooth. No choppiness. Market gave me some fits at first. For some reason, I needed to update my account information as my credit card kept getting declined, for some reason when trying to get a paid app. I put in the same exact CC info, and it worked (weird). Once that was taken care of, I could download and install apps fine.

Since I use my Gtab for watchign movies, I tried to load one, but it wouldn't play on stock movie player. I tried Rockplayer, and my Xvid AVI files played fine, no issues there, for me.

Started doing batch restores from TB, which took forever (not because of the rom, but becuase of the volume being restored.

Tried out Angry Birds, so that the wife had something to play, and it worked fine, but then, when it closed, the screen went blank. I could still select the soft buttons at the bottom, as well as the notification area, but couldn't getmyself to "see" anythign I selected. Rebooted, and tried Fieldrunner (bsed on previous posts, wanted to see if it worked) It worked fine, but then, when closing, it did the same thing as Angry Birds. Rebooted again. Some games worked fine (Riptide, Mahjongg) but others would have the same annoying closing errors (Bubble Popper, Cut The Rope)

I decided to go back to Froyo (I wasn't expecting a miracle, so it wasn't a big issue) These closing problems don't bother me, but my wife will FREAK if it doesn't work exactly how it's supposed to.

It was worth a try, but I'm satisfied with my Froyo rom, right now (Calkulin/Clemsyn)

Once this thing becomes bulletproof, what with the rumors heard today, I might take another look at it.

Thanks for the work, just having the dream that these things will be possible is what keeps a lot of us going. Keep it up!!!
[G Tablet Android Development] mydave1:
@TJEvans, your first impression with gtablet HC rom is not a surprise and is shared by many, myself included. The rom seemed to behave differently to different tablet. Yours is with some apps' closing; mine is with the intial setup for market download (mine is still at 5.4). Others had FC, or Lock-up, or even long shutdown, etc . . . What I found with HC alpha, regardless of version or make, is to give it plenty of time to adjust itself in a new environment. This is a good practice to have HC running smoothly.

One of the hurdles of getting HC to the robust stage is due to the lack of a proper kernel, as a well regarded person has stated : "Right now things are kind of whacky due to a lack of a proper kernel. This leads to hardware that doesn't work and stability issue with some applications. Fixing the kernel will resolve those issues and make it easier to update to newer builds in the future." The quote is from Rayman's post in tabletroms.

My preference is Froyo as well. After playing around with Flashback and GtabComb, I began to understand why a great many users love them and are excited about them. Perhaps I became one of them as well. If you are up to it, perhaps give GtabCom and test, then back to Flashback. The issues that you encountered may or may not be the same.

I thought that I share with you, and others, a different perspective about Flashback, as I always enjoyed reading your posts.

Dave
[G Tablet Android Development] defacto:
I use this tablet equally for work and play. I use it to take notes in meetings via evernote. I also use it for media web browsing and games for personal use. I have to say i have never used the stock rom. when i got the tablet the stock rom was so bad that its amazing that anyone would buy the device. I loaded Vegan Ginger and used that for months with no issues. my movies worked great the only downside of that rom was that there was no HW accel so playing .mkv files was out of the question. Now i have loaded flashback and Gtabcomb. at first with the HC build it didnt have bluetooth working which severely affected my notes at work as i use a BT keyboard. but i held out for a week with it and now there is BT working fine.. right now I am on Gtabcomb and everything i had working in Vegan is working now just fine. My market works perfectly.. my games close with no issue.. and yes i have angry birds. So I believe this is just a matter of how it can act differently from tab to tab. I made sure i wiped cache reset wiped dalvik and then did it all again for good measure.. one thing i have found is that if you dont do this... you will be prone to 'little' issues like FC's and stuff that you might not think was due to a lack of cache wipe.

I am loving HC and it flows so much better than froyo or ginger.

just my .02
[G Tablet Android Development] gtabman:
Hi,

just a question on this gallery force close issue. I saw in another forum that we can uninstall it but it does not say how. Does anyone know? The uninstall button is not available on mine. It's just driving me crazy to see it every time I boot up the gTab. Thank you.
[G Tablet Android Development] usarmyaircav:
I would guess you would have to use a file explorer. This rom comes with one but I don't seem to be able to remove system apps, so not sure if it would work for gallery or not.
[G Tablet Android Development] qkster:
I haven't tried it because my gallery works very well. I just had to open gallery, clear data and force stop and reboot. Repeat once again. Haven't had an issue yet.

That said, if you wanted to remove gallery, try Titanium Back up - i believe you can delete an app there.
[G Tablet Android Development] jazzruby:
Gallery is a system app and cannot be uninstalled with 'Settings' but you can uninstall with TitaniumBackup.

Before you uninstall why not give this a shot:

Settings > Applications | All | Gallery > Clear cache & Clear data

Go to Internal [ sdcard/Android/data ] - Delete > com.android.gallery3d - (cache folder)

Reboot; you may or may not get a force close the first time (from clearing data and cache)

Please, report back with success/failure.
[G Tablet Android Development] ToadVine:
Re: Gallery FC's

Coming from FlashBack 5.4, I wiped data cache and Dalvik, fixed permissions, then ran the update for 5.5, repeated wipes and permissions fix, then rebooted. After system came up and sat for awhile, I did a full power off and then, booted it again. It runs as smooth as silk!

I have never used Gallery, but tried it out just to see if it worked -- no problem. It did FC when I tapped the camera icon, but, since we all know the camera is still not working -- so, of course, duh!
[G Tablet Android Development] skotter:
@TJevans what rumors are you talking about?
[G Tablet Android Development] gtabman:
Thank you all for the responses. I tried (twice) jazzruby suggestion, but it's the FC is still occurring. I did notice when I cleared data, the clear cache button is not active. I did delete the cache folder though.

By the way, what would be the best replacement for this from market to view pics?

Cheers.
[G Tablet Android Development] tjsooley:
do a permition repair
[G Tablet Android Development] IllusiveDreams:
Im using Quickpic...seems to pick up my different "samples of my work" folders and NOT my album artwork.
[G Tablet Android Development] gtabman:
I tried to fix permission but it doesn't look like there's an option under my recovery option?? The options that I have under Android System Recovery <3e> are:

1. reboot System now

2. Apply internal update.zip

3. Apply external SDcard update.zip

5. Wipe Data/Factory Reset

6. Wipe Cash Partition

7. Calibrate Touch panel

And I also got a message below, which I believe I can ignore from reading other posts:

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

(No such file or directory)

E: Can't mount SDCARD2:recovery/command

I'm a bit confuse when I read folks can clear davlink cache as I don't see that option in my recovery.

I follow all the direction coming from Vegan Gingerbread to stock BL1.2 and install this wonderful HC Rom. Any thoughts?

Thank you again for all your support. You guys have been great!
[G Tablet Android Development] ddarvish:
SOrry if this has been answered in a previous post but search did not result in an answer. Is there any hope for the camera to work on HC? one of the reasons i wanted a tablet was to use it for video chat but no camera = no dice...
[G Tablet Android Development] jazzruby:
You are using the Stock recovery not ClockworkMod recovery.

Flashback no longer installs CWM recovery, i.e. it leaves your gTab with whatever recovery you have at the time of flashing.

The binaries for both Stock and CWM, along with 2 shell scripts to flash recovery are now copied to your gTab so you can flash (at will) between the two of them.

Run Terminal Emulator (app) and type the following:

$ su - (become Superuser)

# cwmrecovery.sh - (installs ClockworkMod recovery)

# fixrecovery.sh - (installs Stock recovery)

After you run 1 of the recovery commands, reboot.

ClockworkMod has the extra options but pay special attention to 'Reboot system' and not 'Reboot recovery' (nested under 'Advanced') after wiping Dalvik cache.

DO NOT REBOOT RECOVERY in ClockworkMod REBOOT SYSTEM
[G Tablet Android Development] gtabman:
Thank you very much for the detail instructions jazzruby!

I was able to install ClockworkMod, wipe Davlik and fix permission.

The Gallery FC still there though...I guess I just have to remove this app.

Thank you again
[G Tablet Android Development] jazzruby:
Uninstall Gallery3D with TitaniumBackup and install from the Market
[G Tablet Android Development] kevinkaran:
Netflix

Netflix is working on this ROM with the latest update (Netflix 1.3)
[G Tablet Android Development] jazzruby:
Just out of curiosity, did you do a - [ Data wipe/Factory reset ] in CWM recovery?

When coming from a different ROM (especially Stock TnT) it is essential that you wipe data and all caches:

Data wipe/Factory reset

Wipe cache partition

Wipe Dalvik cache

Backup all 'User Apps' with Titanium Backup and boot into CWM and perform the above steps.

Also check your Internal [ sdcard/android/data ] for a xxx.cooliris.xxx folder and delete it.

Check your apps and make sure there is only 1 Gallery app
[G Tablet Android Development] gtabman:
Thanks again for the instructions. I did all the wipes and when I rebooted,

It stuck on the welcome screen. I rebooted and repeat the wipes and came

Out with the same result. So, I reinstalled the rom and it went back to

Normal. Deleted the cooloris and reboot and the Gallery FC is back! Aaargh!!!

Not sure what else to do at this point and just say bye-bye to gallery.

Thanks again for your help
[G Tablet Android Development] TJEvans:
Sorry to get back to this so late. The rumors that I've seen are that Notion Ink is actively requesting hardware drivers from Nvidea to provide the Adam with actual hardware acceleration. If they get it, then we can get it since our hardware is essentially identical.

The other rumor is that a developer is very close to getting a kernel completed that will solve most issues that people are having. HC runs on a different kernel than Froyo or GB, and supposedly they've been working on developing such a kernel for us to use.

If these 2 things get situated, then HC will be bulletproof, or damn close to it.

As for the responses to my post regarding the bad taste that HC gave me. I'm not abandoing it, just redirecting myself. I'll be trying Gtabcomb eventually. I was just bored and figured "hey, why not." i went back to froyo for the time being becuase the family is taking a short trip Friday and we'd need the Gtab in the car to alleviate boredom. Perhaps next week, I'll start dinking around again. Now that I've purchased the pro version of TB, I can do batch restores, so that makes it infinitely easier to mess around.
[G Tablet Android Development] jazzruby:
Stuck at the Welcome screen; you must have removed the Phone.apk, right! LOL

Anyway, following the procedure you mentioned, including 'Wipe data/Factory reset' and re-installing the ROM should have fixed this problem.

Did you try to uninstall and install from the Market? If so the only thing I can think of is that there's something on the SDCard, i.e. corruption, bad files etc....

As a last resort you could try and wipe the Internal SDCard:

Connect your gTab to your computer and backup any files you may want to keep, i.e. pictures, videos, docs, TitaniumBackup folder.

Boot into CWM recovery, wipe cache partition and dalvik cache, go to 'Mounts and storage' and format SDCard.

After success/failure you can connect to your computer and copy your backup files back to the SDCard

edit: Also, do you have an EXTERNAL SDCard; have you tried with/without one, it may need attention also.
[G Tablet Android Development] jazzruby:
Is it just me, or has anybody else noticed the Flashback thread at SD has vanished?
[G Tablet Android Development] Itchiee:
I had the same issue with Gallery (FC upon boot-up) what I did to fix was go into system/apps and reinstall gallery3d.apk.

Give it a shot if you don't want to remove.
[G Tablet Android Development] bkbrod:
Yes I noticed. It was there an hour ago, then it just disapeared.

Edit: They just posted that it was removed by accident. They are working on restoring it.
[G Tablet Android Development] qkster:
Confirmed.

Googled netflix 1.3 apk

Found it on droid

Downloaded from link.

Ran nicely.

Now all we have to do is figure how to fix the screen :)
[G Tablet Android Development] xmr405o:
I wouldn't trust Notion Ink...they tend to lie or over state things however.....I do believe in the devs. Rayman is close to completing the HC kernel so hopefully it'll be ready soon.
[G Tablet Android Development] nunjabusiness:
Boy, that is a pretty stupid "accident," someone has more power than they deserve.
[G Tablet Android Development] rob_z11:
You can find more info here on what is working and not..

http://tabletroms.com/forums/showthread.php?1525-Umodified-Honeycomb-on-Kernel-2.6.36
[G Tablet Android Development] gtabman:
Uninstalling and install one from market seem to do the trick :)

I believe I tried with external SD and it didn't make any difference, i.e. Gallery is still FC BUT now it doesn't do that anymore with/without external SD.

Will keep these instructions handy incase I have the same issue with this. Thank you again for your help.

The Gallery available from market is Gallery 3D, I checked the version and it is the same that came with Flashback although the UI is different. I would assume no market fix needed, but for some reason I don't see Amazon mobile app in market.

Cheers and thank you.
[G Tablet Android Development] sixvoltsystem:
looks like xpad.ko is missing from the pershoot kernel on 5.5 am I losing my mind? that and the file that it needs to run.
[G Tablet Android Development] mydave1:
[YouTube] Flashback - Honeycomb - Alpha 5.5 [G-TABLET\ZPAD T2] by tlbardelljr

http://www.androidtablets.net/forum...-g-tablet-zpad-t2-tlbardelljr.html#post113938

The video gave a quick view of Flashback 5.5 with Aldiko, UPnPlay, NY Times, SetCPU, Smarbench (the score was around 2700), Youtube, Angry Birds, Cut the Rope, Fruit Ninja, Plants Vs Zombies and few others.

The original video is 9 minutes long, H.264, 1280 x 720 frames, 7440 bps, 60 fps.

It is a very pleasant rom to use.

Dave,
[G Tablet Android Development] mumboender:
anyway to get Hulu...not hulu plus working on a Honeycomb Rom? I have it working on my Transformer so but the flash fix for hulu doesn't seem to work on any GTab honeycomb ROMS?

Either way nice work...now that Netflix is working everything seems to be coming together for the G-Tab. In fact I tend to use it more than my transformer...with the exception of the screen there is no reason to move away from the gtab yet...
[G Tablet Android Development] nelomen:
Has anyone actually got netflix working? I start a movie and it freezes after a few minutes and tablet needs to be rebooted. Any one know how to fix?
[G Tablet Android Development] mumboender:
I loaded the netflix 1.3 that is floated around here...I think in the general android forum. It loads, and plays just fine. Watched several TV shows the last couple of days. Volume is a little low but other than that no issues. No tweaks or changes either.
[G Tablet Android Development] stinkbud:
I just loaded up this rom, upgrading from the 1.1 branch version of honeycomb. Bletooth seems to be working here, so I think I can use my Bluto case....but I cannot get anything from the market now. Is there a workaround for the market in honeycomb? the 1.1 version I had worked pretty well, but it was time to upgrade. I love the honeycomb and I dont want to downgrade.
[G Tablet Android Development] usarmyaircav:
large downloads seem slow to me, anyone else seeing that? i will try to do a comparrison with my wifes nook on cm7
[G Tablet Android Development] usarmyaircav:
i see you have done a bunch of posts, so not trying to sound noobish, but have you tried clearing the market cashe? mine worked right from the start
[G Tablet Android Development] stinkbud:
I am no android noob, I have been using it since it was useable on the touch diamond. My main rig is an evo 4g which was rooted from day 1. Of course the first thing I did was try to clear the market cache. Actually, there was no cache to clear. I will try it again...and I did. Cleared cache, tried deleting data....nothing. I see there are TWO "Google Service Framework" files in my apps manager. I can't remember seeing that before. While I am familiar enough with the android environment, I am not nearly adept enough to go removing things all willy nilly without asking peers who know more than I do, and now is no exception. Could the extra service framework file be screwing me up and how do I get rid of one. Both say they are the same version.
[G Tablet Android Development] raphenucleus:
Do the Market fix from this post and clear data in both of the google service frameworks. You might have to reboot the ROM another time than it says in the post, but this fixed it for me on several occasions.
[G Tablet Android Development] sixvoltsystem:
never mind I'm a dork, copied from the gingerbread modules and loaded running fine now.
[G Tablet Android Development] saturnspike:
Took the plunge with Alpha 6 thanks to working Flash in Opera, and I have to say that I'm super impressed with how well everything's working. Thanks for the hard work!
[G Tablet Android Development] xmr405o:
Nice update. Seems smoother than 5.5 especially with wifi connect.

I'm starting to get a little sick of Opera though, haha. I wish Dolphin Pad would work with flash vids.
[G Tablet Android Development] morchu:
tlbardelljr,

nice work with the flashback rom.

I have a suggestion though. between 5.5 and 6.0 I dont think there is any updates other than kernel + one extra apk. I think such minor updates are better handled with an "delta" update package release which will be very less compared to the full ROM zip (maybe around 5MB or so I guess for the delta 5.5 to 6.0).

Release a full ROM.zip make sense when there are some major updates (which kind of makes the delta-update.zip too much.)

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Note: just a suggestion. you are already doing some wonderful magic here, and people like it whether it is a delta or not.

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-morchu
[G Tablet Android Development] tlbardelljr:
I agree. In the kernel section there is a kernel package that just changes the kernel. The full 6.0 is really intended for for new flashback users.
[G Tablet Android Development] mydave1:
And for new users, a couple of (not very good) videos that could give a quick view of the functionality :

http://www.androidtablets.net/forum...b-alpha-5-5-g-tablet-zpad-t2-tlbardelljr.html

and boot-up :

http://www.androidtablets.net/forum...b-alpha-6-0-g-tablet-zpad-t2-tlbardelljr.html

Dave,
[G Tablet Android Development] wd5gnr:
Really love this ROM. The video acccel and the camera aren't any worse than Vegan-Tab Ginger. AND THE MOUSE WORKS. Hooray!

But I did notice that if you open, say, Opera and then open Gmail that going back to Opera causes it to reload. The memory was being disposed of, I guess, and so Opera had to restart.

I found this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1126940

It is hard to read, but I figured what the heck -- I could always go figure out what the script did if I got worried about it. I already had script manager installed. The "Multitasking settings" and "Hard to Kill" launcher settings seem to have made a huge difference!

I have not tested to see if the autostart is actually working, but I rarely reboot so if not, no big deal to reapply each time.

I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has been brave enough to try this and if they are seeing improvements or if it is just the placebo effect.

Great job on the ROM.
[G Tablet Android Development] tjsooley:
anyone know if hulu+ works now with 6.0?
[G Tablet Android Development] smishra:
wd5gnr were you able to get the camera working on this ROM? I noticed your comparison to Vegan...

Be interested to know how you did it and what app you used.

tlbardelljr great work on the ROM, I have been using it for the past few builds and have to admit it keeps getting better, I cant imagine going back!

cheers!
[G Tablet Android Development] wd5gnr:
No I did not get the camera working. I was saying that it was no worse in that regard than VeganTab.
[G Tablet Android Development] dony71:
anybody knows whether Bluetooth tethering works on this rom?
[G Tablet Android Development] gruuk:
I've been using FB 6.0 for a few days now and haven't been disappointed. The only real issue for me was the battery drain in standby, so I finally decided to rename the phone apks and see if all the claims of vast improvements with regards to battery life were true after this change.

Turns out they were; I should have tried it way earlier as it makes a huge difference.
[G Tablet Android Development] smishra:
gruuk, do you have instructions for renaming the apk's?
[G Tablet Android Development] gruuk:
Earlier in the thread: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=15797551&postcount=247

I renamed those files instead of deleting them; since I don't use any bluetooth devices, the known issue doesn't matter too much to me.
[G Tablet Android Development] raphenucleus:
The original instructions are from this post, just FYI.
[G Tablet Android Development] wd5gnr:
After playing with this I am convinced it has improved multitasking performance. I had to set scriptmanager to autostart /data/99SuperCharger.sh or whatever it tells you in the instructions.

If I am running with the default I will do this:

1) Go to Opera and open gmail (full version) and log in with one of my accounts which is not synced to the device.

2) Go to regular gmail app which is using an account synced to the device.

3) Switch back to Opera. Most of the time it will reload (you see the opera splash)

With the multitasking settings, I can switch back and forth instantly with no reload. Of course, if you start doing other things you will eventually go back to gmail or opera and it will have been booted and has to reload. That's just how things work.

Interested to know if anyone else has tried this.
[G Tablet Android Development] jazzruby:
I created 2 flashable zips:

1 will remove (-del) Mms.apk, Phone.apk and TelephonyProvider.apk

1 will install (-add) Mms.apk, Phone.apk and TelephonyProvider.apk (for the paranoid)

Download to remove: http://www.mediafire.com/?f3aaad2nxk031g5

Download to install: http://www.mediafire.com/?19c9kt6og6htf1c

Just flash from recovery like any other flash, no need for wipes.
[G Tablet Android Development] jcarlospr:
Movies

Any of you have been lucky playing movies with this ROM?
[G Tablet Android Development] raphenucleus:
Standard definition movies and tv shows have been playing fine for me with moboplayer. I haven't tried any high def ones yet, but as far as I can tell, video playback is as good as it is on gingerbread with CM7.
[G Tablet Android Development] AcIdC0R3:
Yeah, playing Avatar using QQ Player right now. Detail is phenomenal.