[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] binaryronin:
Thanks for the reponse

@mydave1

Thanks for replying. I'm sorry if my tone seemed rude, it was more from fustration with my tab than anything else. Believe me, I am very grateful for the support that TBJ, you and Tek have provided for everyone. Also, sorry to make you search for my 1st post, most of the problems I had were solved or I had given up. As for the cifs browser, I found ES file explorer which works great for me paired with moboplayer, although I will try your suggestion as well.

Its been too long since I installed 7.2, so memory is vague, but I recall having problems when following OP which at time of 7.2 may not have had option3, but I dont recall for sure (got stuck at android/cubes screen) so I found raywaldo's gtab for dummies site which used nvflash + similarly named batch script to flash, which worked great. Other than the problems I mentioned in the Sept post, I had no problems with 7.2. I agree, those problems have been solved by 8.1 update or will have to wait for proper Nvidia drivers and HC release.

In short, I did what you suggested, but it doesn't seem to have fixed the issue.

After my last post, I realized that the generous soul who was going to help me would req i do option3/2, so I went ahead and did that. I then left it for 20 minutes, then put it into its zipcase, and didnt touch it for 5 hours. When I got the tab out 5 hrs later, it was exceptionally warm and battery at ~5% (down from 85%). After letting it cool down (1 hr), I played nesoid for 10 minutes, then I started reinstalling apps (didnt want to use my Titanium backup to minimize problem causes). I got to 20 (installing 1 @ a time) before market froze and had to force restart after waiting 10 minutes to see if it would unfreeze. After restarting, the app that was attempting to download during crash restarted downloading and installed itself. After restarting I opened Dolphin and navigated to here and started to post reply, but Dolphin froze midway through this post and I had to force restart again.

Note:

*I dont seem to be having the wake issue (prob where screen showed for just a sec)

*Settings>Storage>Application now reporting a reasonable #

*This time shortly before both freezes, a HC pop up dialog told me that there was a net connectivity error.

*Also in Dolphin, while on this page (xda reply form), pop up saying page had error came up, then froze 10 secs later.

*I would really prefer to continue using Dolphin because I use LastPass & xmarks.

*I did install Stupid Zombies (current market version) 2-3 apps before the market crashed, I'm going to uninstall it and see if that fixes the issue. I also had it installed when doing the upgrade from 7.2 -> 8.1.

*Also, since rebooting this last time, I have noticed that a couple of apps will not install: Netflix, Darkmaze, & Jewels. When I select them in the market, the permissions dialog pops up but when I press ok, nothing happens. Other apps dont seem to have a problem (installed before, between, or after either of the other two).

Thank you for your help mydave1, I really appreciate it.

UPDATE: I uninstalled Stupid Zombies and rebooted. When it came back up, I tried to move an app icon from 1 spot to another, but the tab froze. Then once restarted, I went to move the lock icon and the tab froze again...Ok, make that twice that the tab froze on lock screen.

UPDATE2: I was finally able to log in, but my gmail & gCal widgets are gone

UPDATE3: widgets still gone, but now I am able to install the apps i mentioned earlier