yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dman918:
Do we load gapps on as well or is it preinstalled? If needed, anyone have a link?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lsu205:
Netblix works fine now. Only camera is not working. This Rom is essentially flawless
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thfoster:
Can anyone get Friendcaster Tab to install? I've fixed permissions like one person suggested but I'm still getting a failure to install.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aasoror:
are you getting the "not installed" message ?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZebTheCalvinist:
I was able to install it without any problems. They remved the widget from the app with the newest update, though.

Sent from my SCH-I500
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FeatherKing:
Fwiw the Netflix that just came out works on this 3.2 gtabcomb
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bvd:
I flashed 3.2 and am still only seeing 2600 on quadrant...what am I doing wrong?

build - gtabcomb_b3.2_bl1.1

kernel - 2.6.32.42-cyanogenmod
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cuzzinz:
So has anyone had the problem where the clock launches when pressing the home button?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aasoror:
did you install setCPU and set the CPU to 1400/1400 min/max before running the benchmark ?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psychosonic:
I installed 3.1 the other day, and can't open anything in Quickoffice. Every time I open a new document, or an existing one, I get "The file cannot be opened". I tried copying the APK from the original 3.1 install image and it persists. Any ideas?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thejoos:
No

I get 31xx after installing it. You don't need setCPU. It has a built-in script.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aasoror:
The only way to make sure its running at 1.4 Ghz during the benchmark is to use setCPU. If the script scales dynamically based on the battery charge level and not on the running load then running the benchmark with different battery levels will get you different scores.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ensign.fodder:
Netflix is rocking on my GtabComb B3.2!

Thanks
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enigma0456:
launcher

I've been using vegan ginger for quite a while. Just installed this one and after a few start hiccups it seems to be pretty stable. I can't seem to find any settings to adjust the launcher. There seem to be some sidebars etc that could be changed. Any thoughts?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raywaldo:
"sidebars"

Those are thumb control areas. Slide your thumb in them to change pages.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dman918:
Anyone know?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZebTheCalvinist:
The Market, Gmail, etc. are included with the ROM.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enigma0456:
So they are !!! A lot of lost real estate but does work nice. What about the top area holding the google sesrch. Can i get rid of that or modify it?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whiplash13:
Many thanks again to Zyhong and the other contributors of this thread. This ROM has gone a long way over the last month plus. With Netflix now working, I can honestly say this is a complete ROM for me. I don't have any intentions of using the camera, and even w/o hardware acceleration the video playback is acceptable. Keep up the amazing work.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tutech:
That's a feature of the Honeycomb launcher that cannot be customized.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luvduchovny:
Quickoffice Pro does not work with this rom. Quickoffice HD does.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rlogan:
Whenever I try to install the netflix app that was linked a couple pages back, I'm getting an error

"Out of space

Netflix could not be installed. Free up some space and try again."

I have tons of space free both on internal storage and on the sd card.

I've done the "Factory Reset / Wipe Cache / Wipe Dalvik Cache / Install ROM" thing several times, but I still seem to get this error when I try to install Netflix.

Any idea what I could be doing wrong?

Thanks!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmart4:
make sure you have a folder created called "downloads" on the root of your sd card, then you will be able to download the app.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rlogan:
Thanks for the reply!

I am able to download the .apk - that error message comes up when I attempt to install it.

I poked around a bit more, and found that I do also have the storage reporting issue that aasoror mentioned a few pages back. I wonder if that could be causing the problem?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=15699959&postcount=416
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michaeljc70:
I am having Wifi problems with the latest version. I didn't have them with the prior version. If I reboot, it is fine. Sometimes the Wifi looks funny in the settings. The Wifi box is checked, but the whole thing is kind of grayed out. I try turning it off and on, but no networks show up even though I know there are some. If I turn wifi off and go to a different part of the settings (like Screen, etc) and go back, the wifi still shows it is enabled (but grayed out).

It only happens sometimes and I am not sure what triggers it.

My Tab also freezes sometimes at the Android boot screen (white with green letters). Not often, but sometimes.

When I upgraded, I didn't wipe anything. Can someone explain if I have to wipe to upgrade minor versions and do I lose all my settings with a wipe?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nvanlaar:
FYI-I have been experienceing sleep of death consistently since installing 3.2 bl1.1. I think I have tied it to setting the wifi to "always on while plugged in." I have since changed it back and am testing with no more occurences so far...
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rlogan:
Score! Figured out the problem. I had not repartitioned to 2048/0. I did that, cleared caches/factory reset, reinstalled the ROM, and now Netflix installs no problem. This also seems to have fixed the storage reporting issue.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tallsilver:
Just installed on the wife's Tab and really like this ROM. Moved up from vegan 5.1.

Quick question....how do I remove a widget from the home page??? Brain dead and can't get it! :mad:
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raywaldo:
Lock ups

That is possible and it sounds logical. However, I started getting true lockups (b3.2 on 1.1bl) even on a fresh boot (before it ever tried to sleep). It got so bad that I could not even get control of the GTab.

I used CWM Recovery to Reset to Factory, Wipe the Cache Partition, Wipe the Dalvik, and fix permissions (unnecessary). I even did a Re-partition of the SD Card. I decided to TRY Repart with 2k/32 and see if the extended cache would help.

Of course, I had to sign into Google accounts and let the GTab sync. It is downloading/installing/restoring the apps now. I will report back later on any lockups that I encounter.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raywaldo:
Widgets

You can click and hold on a widget and you will get the menu of what to do with it.

You add them a couple of ways. The easiest is (like CM7), just hold down a clear area of the desktop and get the menu. More help on my raywaldo.com website if you are interested.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tallsilver:
Thank you very much!! ;)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raywaldo:
Reset /Wipe

Check my post of a couple minutes ago. Because Zyhong did not previously recommend Reset/Wipe, I did not. But I have been having some problems so I DID go back and clear the whole shabang.

You can Wipe the cache (and the Dalvik) and not lose any data. But if you Reset to Factory, you WILL loose all user data and it will be like you just flashed the current rom (it does not overwrite the rom). It clears the INTERNAL SD Card so all data there is also lost. (Inquiring minds want to know.)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raywaldo:
Permissions problem

Sounds to me like a permissions problem. Use CMR to "fix permissions." You will not lose data and it will often repair Force Close issues also.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ptgptg:
is there any way to increase the font size for us older folk? I searched, but did not come up with anything. In fact, the only hit on font was the OP. Thanks in advance.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raywaldo:
Font Size

Some of the Browsers allow you to set a minimum font size.

In browsers and many other apps, you can pinch-and-squeeze or reverse

For extreme cases, a screen reader is available: Settings - accessiblity :eek:
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aasoror:
so you set the partitions to 2048/32 ?

Do you think a 32MB swap would make a significant impact on a 512MB RAM device ? back in the old days we used to set the swap partition at 2x the RAM, now the general advice is to use increments of .5 the RAM size (256MB) and increase if needed.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akman:
Bluetooth MAC address / PAN tethering

Hi. Great ROM.

Does anybody else's Bluetooth MAC address appear as 43:29:b0:00:00:00?

These threads make me suspect that this could be what's causing my BT PAN client to fail:

forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/18413-bluetooth-mac-address-incorrect/

code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/issues/detail?id=905

I haven't gotten into hacking the boot.img yet, so I haven't tried fixing it. Anyone else seeing the same thing?

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Some more info:

I use wireless tether (in BT PAN mode) on my phone, and these commands on my gtab:

pand --connect <phone's BT MAC>

ifconfig bnep0 down

dhcpcd bnep0

setprop net.dns1 8.8.8.8

This worked alright on VeganTab Ginger (and iirc I had a real BT MAC in that ROM).

Now (in GtabComb), dhcpcd appears to exit immediately, and does not output anything. And it is certainly not getting an IP address from wireless tether.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ptgptg:
Thanks, but I was looking for a "system font" change. In looking for something to change, I found the screen reader, but thankfully, I am not yet at that stage, although I am currently typing this with my granny glasses on!

Getting old sucks!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dman918:
Thanks for the last reply. I have a new issue. I am having some force closes. One is whenever I try the facebook widget. The other is when I first turn on the tablet. It reads "The application gallery (process com.android.gallery3d) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again". I went into Clockworkmod and fixed permissions. Still not working. Any advice?

Also, when you first load your gmail account, it asks if I want to load my previous settings and such. I did say yes. Could that be the problem?

Thanks for everyone's help!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blacksea1:
stuck at birds

Tried to install the 3.1 stuck at birds, i was using vegan, what did i do wrong????
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dman918:
Did you follow these instructions: http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/

Code Red
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raywaldo:
32meg cache

Personally, I don't think it will do ANYTHING except stop the notifications that there is no SD Ext.

One thing, 32M is considerably LARGER than 0Meg. :cool:
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raywaldo:
Fonts

Yeah, I'm with you. I retired in '09 so go figure...

I deal with vision problems also but the GTab is so much easier to read than my G2 phone, that I forget about the problems! :cool:
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blacksea1:
No, what ithe latest rom for honeycomb, i just reinstalled vegan and everything works
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raywaldo:
Force Close

Some of those FCs are probably because the Wifi has not yet connected and therefore the app cannot reach the required data. Many of us get the Gallery FC upon first boot. Unless it does it regularly at other times, just ignore it.

Of course, if a single app gives a lot of FCs (not related to wifi), then open Settings- Applications - Find the app and clear the data.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dman918:
Is there a way to avoid the gallery FC? I'd like to try to eliminate FCs (as I am sure everyone does).
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raywaldo:
Stuck at birds

This is called a "soft brick." It can be fixed.

You probably tried to use the wrong version of CMR or you flashed a ROM based on the version 1.1 bootloader onto your GTab which still has the version 1.2 bootloader.

I have a SIMPLE, step-by-step guide to clear it and get you going. Visit NVFlash for Dummies on my site.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raywaldo:
Honeycomb

Vegan is getting pretty old and there are a lot of newer roms. If you want to flash 2.3 then I recommend CM7.0.3 - it is full-featured and stable.

However, THIS THREAD is all about Zyhong's EXCELLENT Honeycomb rom.:D It is HC v. 3.0.1. You can visit the 1st post in this thread for his guide to install.

I have built a SIMPLE set of instructions to install this (or almost any other compatible ROM) on the G-Tablet.

Visit New Guide for Rooting the ViewSonic G-Tablet to start. Or, see my review of Zyhong's ROM (with links to the install guide) here: HoneyComb on GTab!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billsan101:
couldnt really find much info on this

Installed gtabcomb earlier this week, runs excellent, though i cant seem to access my external_sd (16gb microsd) card when it's in the tablet after i hook up the tablet to my computer with USB storage on.

I can save files to the internal sdcard from My Computer, but can't access the external_sd card.

Known issue? anyone have any suggestions?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dman918:
So would I be best off to just wipe and reinstall again, but this time not restore from my gmail backup? Could that lower my number of force closes and/or increase performance?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zyhong:
If you do not mind that market could mess up a little bit, you could try increasing the lcd_density in /system/build.prop (e.g. from 120 to 140. 160 is the default before HC, which is for phone). It is easy enough to do it by yourself or you could find some app from the market to do it.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blacksea1:
Thanks for the reply, I tried to flash "GtabComb b3.2 bl1.2.zip" is this the correct Rom?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zyhong:
do you check the /external_sd or /mnt/external_sd folder? i have no problem to access a 4gb micro sdcard
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zyhong:
since your are in vegan and you do not know too much about the difference between bl1.1 and bl1.2, you should have a 1.1 bootloader and GtabComb b3.2 bl1.1.zip is the one you should use.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billsan101:
I probably worded my question a bit confusingly, the microsd works fine in the tablet, i meant i simply can't access the microsd (external_sd) from my computer, when the tablet is plugged into my computer (via usb, with usb storage on). I can see the both storage drives in 'my computer' (sdcard/external_sd) but i can only access the sdcard.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blacksea1:
My Gtab doesnt have the stock rom, according to you stock rom has a bootloader version 1.2, so i should have a 1.1, why i need to downgrade
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zyhong:
stock rom has both 1.1 and 1.2 depends on which version it is. both vegan 5.1 and vegan-ge-7.0 only works for 1.1. The only vegan-ge-7.0 works for 1.2 is the one I build, and I believe if you have flashed the vegan-ge-7.0 for BL1.2, you should know the difference between 1.1 and 1.2 quite well. I would suggest you read this post (and all other excellent post in xda for gtab, e.g. how to nvflash, etc) first before you flash this rom: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1035983

And do NOT flash until you are super clear about which bootloader you are at right now, or you are very confident that you have no problem to use nvflash to solve soft brick problem in case it happens.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akman:
"Installation was unsuccessful" message when installing large apps

For those of you who are getting the "Installation was unsuccessful" message when trying to install apps that prefer installation to SD:

Try unmounting /mnt/sdcard (Settings -> Storage -> MicroSD -> Unmount shared storage) then go back to the market and try installing the app again.

I can't figure out why it can't put apps to SD (or "Move to USB storage" in Applications -> Manage applications -> Application Info). A first guess is that it might have something to do with data2loop (since both mount loop devices in /mnt/asec). Or are the permissions on /mnt/asec incorrect (0755)? Or maybe is it wanting to put apps to the physical microSD? I tried with a USB memory stick inserted and it didn't work.

Other things I tried:

1. I tried clearing cache and data from Market - no effect

2. I tried deleting my (empty) /mnt/sdcard/.android_secure directory - again, no effect, and it has not yet been recreated
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blacksea1:
Thanks so much for your help, I flashed with "GtabComb b3.2 bl1.1.zip" seems everything working, except camera. havent done much reading, i had the Gtab since last year tried many roms but didnt use it for over 3 or 4 months and seems there has been many new roms.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clintre:
Camera is not working just yet in any of the HC roms yet (unless I missed it), hopefully that will get sorted out. Of all the HC roms this has been the best in my opinion.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwinn35:
Sound prob

I am having an issue with my sound. I had the 4*** version which meant bl 1.2 and everything seemed to have installed properly and working okay but the sound. It is all or nothing. You turn it down all the way and it is off and if you even put it up just one click its full blown loud as it gets. Any solutions? Thanks jwinn oh and i just got my gtab this afternoon so i have just started playing with it

I am also unable to install any app that is over like 10mb so im guessing its trying to install to an sd card but i dont even have an sd card in my gtab so i dont know.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blacksea1:
Thanks I will check back
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xyrcncp:
Anybody using Spotify Premium on their GTab running? It installs fine, but keeps going offline and won't stay connected to sync up with my music.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hravz:
upgrading form 3.1 to 3.2

So i got the Gtab a week or so ago and have been running 3.1 and loving it just wanting to know the best way to update to 3.2.

do i just need to do a factory reset and data wipe in CWM or should i go back to a stock rom and then update?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aasoror:
Just update from CWM then clear the cache and dalvik cache.

Everything should remain intact after the upgrade.

If you notice problem then go back and do factory reset and data wipe.

There is no need to go to stock rom.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akman:
Does this help you?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pcguru000:
Random Power off

Seems this was working fine lastnight while i had the charger plugged in..

Now (with 96% charge) - it seems to just power off at random... i will hit the lock button to "sleep" it- set it down, pick it back up a minute or two later and its off... and i have to hold the power button and I am then back to the viewsonic boot screen..

While its working its great... just randomlly shutting down.

Any ideas?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enigma0456:
Launcher

This rom is running pretty well for me. Sometimes when you are playing with them so much you forget some of the obvious things you learned a month ago. I was a little frustrated because I couldn't do much with the launcher that comes with this rom. I upgraded from Vegan Ginger and restored my apps with Titanium Backup. At first I didn't bother with the launcher but then I realized I could restore that as well including all the settings. I restored my VTL launcher by gojimi and now I have the best of both worlds. Nothing major really but just a reminder that we can change the look a bit by changing the launcher. Sadly, my thumb keyboard doesn't seem to work on this rom. I wen searching though and found "hacker's Keyboard" which is quite interesting and works well. Like another writer, I wish there was an easy way to make the font bigger - I'll keep looking and if anything turns up I'll post it. Well we got our first wish - honeycomb now all we need are the video drivers - it could happen - these devs are pretty resourceful. Thanks for the great rom!:)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zyhong:
in b3.2, the cpu might run on 216mhz speed for up to one minute after you try to wake up the device. this is one of the change i have made to save some power when machine on sleep state. so, after you push the power button, it could take a long while to response since it is running in quite low speed (depends on how many app the system needs to wake up, i have never had these problems maybe because i use them quite light) and you will feel like it is dead (SOD) or freeze. if this rom go somewhere, i might start to make these parameters configurable in UI. for now, you will have to be more patience when you wake the device up, or you could change this in the script (/system/etc/init.d/02cpufreq_screenstate_scaling). Just search "sleep 60" and change it to a value you want it to be (i suggest 5-10).
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akman:
Bluetooth PAN tethering

I'm wondering if my BT PAN (tethering) problem is kernel related. Somebody in this thread said it worked on beta 2. I just loaded up b2.0 and my BT MAC address looks normal (not the generic one).

What would it take for me to try Clemsyn's kernel on b3.2 (bl 1.1)?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajeevvp:
If this ROM uses an unmodified Pershoot kernel, then it will not support swap (see line 44, here). I would use that 32MB for something other than swap.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zyhong:
i would NOT think changing to Clemsyn's kernel would help you fixing this. one place you could look at is /system/etc/bluetooth folder, especially the bdaddr file in it.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akman:
I've looked at the /system/etc/bluetooth folder (the contents of bdaddr are 00:22:33:44:77:00 - not the generic 43:29:B0:00:00:00 MAC address). Permissions on bdaddr look alright (bluetooth:bluetooth I think).

I've also tried changing the MAC address in a terminal emulator using the bdaddr command. Whenever I change the MAC address, the UI is no longer able to interact with the device (ie for setting Discoverable or Pairing). And resetting the device with hci_config (or turning off bluetooth and turning it back on) always sets the MAC address back to the generic value.

I have b2.0 loaded right now, and I'll try BT PAN later. I'll also load up b2.1 later and see if BT PAN works. If it works on b2.0 but not on b2.1, and if the only difference between b2.0 and b2.1 is the kernel, then that would make me think this is a kernel issue.

Why do you think that Clemsyn's kernel won't help here?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nvanlaar:
Thank you for the explaination. My experience with this behavior so far: It was really, really bad when I changed the wifi to "always on when plugged in" whether it was plugged in or not. After changing the setting back to "always on" I have not seen the sleep of death (real or just slow wake). Any ideas why?

Also, is there a way to set it to never go to sleep while plugged in?

Thank you for an awesome rom!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tekrhino:
Six Bricks Later!!

Ok so, after some Serious Bricks (Through no fault of the ROM)! Serious Formatting, AXP/ADB low levelling I finally got my TAB where to I can Flash this ROM and have it work as stable as the OP claims..

Am Loving IT!! And my GTAB for Proving that no amount of F*UPS on my end will bring it down! *LOL*

Awesome Job DEVS & OP!!

:cool: