yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jeb1008:
Online gaming issue

Hi

I would first like to say i really like this flashback rom. I am having a problem running Pocket Empire and online game on Flashback 8.0. The game install fine but when i try to connect to the game it says that it Can't bind to Emulator. Support tells me theres is a software issue with my tablet. I am open for any solution.

Thanks
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TEK112:
Try updating to 8.1, no wipe is required. Then, try operating the game running it from the tablet and then from USB storage. You can move the game under the settings-applications-manage applications-pocket empire options.

That was nice of their support to narrow the issue down to a software issue with the tablet...:rolleyes:
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jeb1008:
Still havig the same issue. Can't bind to emulator while trying to connect to pocket empires. Also i updated to 8.1 but in about tablet it still shows 8.0. I read they forgot to change this in the updated rom. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TEK112:
I did some searching and the general consensus is that the game does not like tablets. I don't know if it is looking for a dialer to verify it is a phone, but you are not the only one with this issue. Their tech support response is generally that they do not support tablets. Sorry, it may not be a workable option from a dev standpoint.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jeb1008:
Thanks for the help. Is there a new update coming soon?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TEK112:
I would suggest checking here periodically:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.miracle.android.pe&hl=en
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cowymo:
Just updated to 8.1. It was smooth like butter. However unable to run Sprinkle THD. It will FC. But it runs good on 7.0. Does anyone have this problem?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] couchmonkey:
I just updated to 8.1 and now have the sleep of death back, which wasn't there in 8.0.

What causes this sleep of death?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashwinmudigonda:
Potential convert. I have some questions

Hey guys,

I started my odyssey with the gTab with CyanogenMod 7. After weeks of frustrating performance, I switched to the TabComb. It worked fine for a week and then I began to see some small issues that have now started to make it frustrating to use - android kernel apps are FCing, super lag, etc. Considering that tabComb is not being supported, I want to switch.

I want to make the switch to Flashback. I have a few questions:

1) Clearly I need to flash the 1.2bl. I am at 1.1. Once I follow nVFlash, will I get back Clockwork Recovery using the procedure to flash Flashback? I am a bit confused because I'm thinking I am restoring the tablet to factory when doing the nvFlash and I need Recovery to flash new ROMs.

2) One of the main reasons I switched from CM7 to tabComb was the Sleep of Death. This has largely disappeared with TabComb, but has not entirely gone away. Any ideas about that with the Flashback ROM?

3) With CM7, I had to flash a bunch of kernels before I got WiFi to stay on when the screen went to sleep. That is absolutely not an issue with the TabComb, but is it the case with Flashback?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TEK112:
Flash back to 8.0 and see if it goes away.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] couchmonkey:
doing that now, but on a side note on 8.1 I got the Amazon App Store to install stuff that it wouldn't install before on 8.0.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NeoMatrixJR:
I get SOD's on 8.0. Look over suggestions here: http://bit.ly/qx2E9q

I just found that today and I'm trying the SetCPU solution.

On a side note, how long does it take most of you to full boot the tablet. I get a LOT of SOD's and every time I have to boot it seems to take longer and longer. I need to clock it but it's in the minutes range.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mydave1:
My answers are in RED. Good luck

Dave
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tlbardelljr:
I second Dave's recommendation, option 3 provides the best results
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TEK112:
They may disappear upon reboot. I asume that you do not have an external sdcard inserted into the tablet?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddolan:
I nvflashed back to stock but not with the recommended download and loaded flashback with option 2. And have the sleep of death. Guess I'll try nvflash4349rev4 then option 2 again and see if that fixes it...
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TEK112:
Please try this.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddolan:
After doing this and flashing flashback no more SOD. Installed CPUMASTER and the SOD was back. Uninstalled CPUMASTER and the SOD is gone...
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tom108:
anyone else having issues getting apps to download from the market?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mydave1:
When I tried an earlier version of this rom, I had to do the 'standard market fix' to get it. But not since then.

Dave,
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tom108:
thanx for the reply. i just did the same and it appears to have worked. ;)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luigic81:
Nice can't wait to try 5.0 when I get home, ok to just wipe cache and dalvik? Or do we need a full wipe? Thanks!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tlbardelljr:
You can try without wiping anything. There is a kernel change but you may be one of the lucky ones. If you bootloop or have any issues in the UI you can just boot into recovery and do the wipes.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luigic81:
Sounds good thanks!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aarayas:
After installing I am not able to setup Google Account.

"Google Account sign-in failure" my WI-FI work fine though as browser is able to browse internet any idea?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raphenucleus:
Every time I reboot, the Gallery app FCs when the homescreen comes up. It's not really a problem since the Gallery app works fine after that, but I just thought I'd mention it, since I noticed this on a4.2 and a5.0 (I skipped a4.3, so I can't say anything about that). Thanks for all your hard work!

Also, I made a banner for this ROM, in case anyone is interested. I figured I should remove the CyanogenMod banner I had in my signature, since this is my new daily. Feel free to use it (as long as tlbardelljr doesn't mind). It's pretty simple, but I think it works.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dave5777:
Every HC ROM (bos,ilum,fb) I've tried has the gallery fc problem.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamonthis:
i have been using 4.3 now and it works great. i have been able to get hulu to work and all my apps download no problem. now all i need is netflix
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nunjabusiness:
Loaded Alpha 5 with only a cache/Dalvik wipe and it worked a treat. Market and Amazon Appstore logged in and allowed updates/downloads.

Looks like the Gallery3D FC that I got occasionally with BoS and all the others is gone? I have rebooted half a dozen times and it hasn't shown yet.

Flashback is an apt name since the boot graphic looks a bit like the 60's show Time Tunnel. ;)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oogravyoo:
I had this issue with the last release.. if I remember right all I needed to do was re-wipe data and reboot.. upon entering info again everything went smooth.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aarayas:
How do wipe your data through Settings?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tlbardelljr:
Reboot into recovery and wipe data from there.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aarayas:
Everytime I tried that I get stuck in boot loop any suggestion on how to fix that? Thanks.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tlbardelljr:
If you are using clockworkmod recovery then wipeing dalvik may help. I have not tried reset to factory under settings/privacy. Are you installing 5.0?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jesse6749:
This rom is working fine for me and I installed it with CWM recovery 3.0.2.8 after doing a full wipe before installing the rom. The only issue I have which is not a real issue, which I had with all the HC roms is that plants vs. zombies will not run, but I will just wait till things get more stable down the road.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madatruk01:
same problem, why?????

Thank you for feedback&help nunjabusiness,

I have some problem and I installed Flashback 4.2/4.1 or the other 1.2 honeycomb, but I have seen same problem at all time. :(

After 2 rebooting, touchscreen is working.Then it reboot again, some problem :mad: I'm eating my head :confused:

I like Flashback rom than other 1.2 honeycomb rom. Today I will install Flashback 5.0, I hope I solve problem.

Tablet Info: Malata Zpad T2, TnT 1.2 4349 rom, a stupid turkish boy :D
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IllusiveDreams:
Ive been an avid ROM flasher since my HD2 days. Currently I have a Samsung Vibrant with MIUI Energy Revamped #1 1.7.1. I have also flashed this ROM on the G Tablet I just got on Saturday. Although the tablet doesnt have GPS, I couldnt pass up the $250 price at Woot.com last week!

I do have a couple of issues. At home, my wifi connection is hit or miss, meaning, sometimes it screams but mostly lags. I did do a speedtest once and got 10-12mbps I think but not since then. At work it screams on wifi though.

Also, you mentioned in your features that there was external SD access. I can see the external SD through Root Explorer but not File Explorer HD. The PC doesnt see the external SD card when I connect the G Tablet via USB to the computer either. Also the music app doesnt recognize my external SD either (where all my music is). Did I miss a setting somewhere or does that not work yet? That kind of sucks for me as I have a 32gb micro sd card coming this week.

Otherwise I like what I see and hope this gets developed into a fully fleshed out ROM for the G Tablet.

**EDIT** So I downloaded Power Amp (which i have on my phone) and the it saw my external SD and let me set my folder to be my music folder on that SD. Been listening to it all afternoon. Now a non-issue for me. Wish there was a gallery app that let me choose which folders it looked for photos. Having to scroll through all the album art is time consuming, especially when trying to show off my photography.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharshas:
I'm using this ROM from almost more than a week... It doesn't play HD videos in Youtube, but I installed other alternative app for Youtube which playes HD videos well. Flash from Market works well in Fullscreen without any issues. Looks like there is some compatibility issue with Flash with Browser and Youtube app. Apart from these 2 issues this ROM is perfect... I'm loving it :)...
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TEK112:
Was it having cpumaster installed or having cpu master running? Also, did you try different frequency combinations?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddolan:
CPUMASTER was running @ 1400 I didn't try any thing else today. but yesterday it was running between I think 800-1200.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TEK112:
Would you mind giving it another go setting the high end at 1200 to see if it stops SODs or if it doesn't matter. You can say no, but it may be helpful as SODs seem completely random and are hard to diagnose.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddolan:
ok, reinstalled cpumaster and rebooted - no SOD

installed widget left default settings - no SOD

set cpumaster to 456-1200 - no SOD

set cpumaster to 456-1400 - no SOD

set cpumaster to 1400-1400 - first sleep - no SOD

set cpumaster to 1400-1400 - second longer sleep - SOD

oh well you are right about the SOD being random...
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TEK112:
I really appreciate the help. I wonder if it has to do with how cpumaster is stepping the cpu. I also wonder if setcpu would be better. Thanks again for the information it really does help in trying to narrow down the culprit.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashwinmudigonda:
Thanks for the reply, Dave. So these are my steps:

1) Use Option 3 to get the 1.2bl. Am I right in assuming that I don't need to follow the nVFlash for Dummies step or any other procedure and just the steps in the Windows Readme First.txt file included? I am bit confused by the first step that says please follow standard posted steps and then adds that the files are included in the zip.

2) I need to then follow Option2 to get the Flashback ROM, right?

Sorry for the confusion. I have never used nVFlash and want to make sure I am doing this right. Is Option 3 the same as the instructions on this site:

http://raywaldo.com/2011/01/nvflash-for-dummies/ ?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TEK112:
Would you mind me reposting these results over at SlateDroid? With credit to you, of course.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mydave1:
Good luck,

Dave,
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddolan:
No problem, anything to help...:)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashwinmudigonda:
Thanks! I did it! Everything went exactly as described. Except I had 2 issues:

1) When I finally got to install:sdcard/update.zip in CWM, it would open the .zip file and then say Unable to find e:/sdcard/update.zip. Error opening file. I re-transferred the file. I even tried the 8.1 alpha. On a hunch I unmounted and remounted the sdcard and then it worked. So that was a bit unusual.

2) I only had Titanium (not Pro) and I made sure that I had checked the option that said that it would restore the app data after a wipe. But after I reloaded Titanium everything was vanilla fresh. So I had lost all my app data. Not a biggie. It's for my wife and she was upset that all the Angry Birds levels were gone.

Everything else looks fine. Then again, event the tabComb was great the first few days. The FCs and widgets stopping to work began after that. Let's see. Thanks once again for your help.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TEK112:
Titanium is not interfaced with clockwork. So, it will not automate a restore. You have to manually tell it to under the batch operations option in titanium. From there you can restore user apps and data.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yelrx8:
openvpn & tun.ko

Hi,

Is there any chance someone can get openvpn to work for this Flashback ROM?

It may be missing the tun.ko driver.

openvpn works out of the box on the gtabcomb rom, I just had to install "openvpn installer" & "openvpn settings"

This flashback 8.1 rom seems to be more stable than gtabcomb. Also, flashback seems to work with the hacked-abode flash so flash works in the dolphin brower. On gtabcomb, I can only use opera for flash videos.

Thanks
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashwinmudigonda:
That was my assumption too. However, after launching Titanium, every app has a symbol saying "No backup" So I really have no clue how to restore whatever it did before flashing.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TEK112:
It is present on my device. Under system/lib/modules/tun.ko

I don't have a vpn I can connect to to test as my work uses citrix only clients. However, it is there.

---------- Post added at 08:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:48 PM ----------

If you repartitioned your sdcard it is all gone. Remember that 2048/0 step? Partitioning the sdcard literally wipes it and re-establishes the partitions. NVflashing alone does not affect the sdcard. Sorry, it looks like it is lost. Normally (for when you reflash in the future) you would copy the titanium folder from the tablet to your desktop and put it back when you are done.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abu-7abash:
Can you link me to that please? :)

EDIT: i found it but its not heping on Dolphin neither on the stock browser!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yelrx8:
Hacked flash from /system/data/

I used hacked flash from /system/data/ as described in the original post. Also, reboot after install. I'm on the dolphin pad browser, but I don't think that matters.

Yeah, i found that after i posted.

When i try to login with "openvpn settings" i get the dreaded "... cannot allocate the tap/tun dev dynamically..... "

With my evo4g, i got the same message when the tun.ko was missing.

Otherwise, 8.1 flashback seems to be the perfect rom for me.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Githrog:
A question about compatibility on another device

is it possible to install flashback on the galaxy tab 7 gsm model? would it work? i just would love to see a nice working version of HC on it and i figured i would ask if it would work with it or not before i just tried and possibly turn my tab into a paper weight. any response would be greatly appreciated,

Thanks in Advance
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abu-7abash:
Ofcourse not mate, two totally different devices. Could be ported ,but needs loads of work i think.

Im no dev though.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pabdaddy1995:
Freezes and Lockups

Hi Guys....I don't think this is specific to this Rom as I have seen lock ups and freezes on Flashback, Gtabcomb, and brilliant corners. Each time I have installed a rom I have done the partition of the SD card and I also continually try to fix permissions but it locks up several times a day. The majority of the time all we do is play Angry Birds nothing special.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TEK112:
Install titanium backup (free form the market) open it and look at the bottom and see how big the system is. It will either be 200-ish MB or 250-ish MB. Report back which one.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pabdaddy1995:
System Rom: 259mb(22.8 free)

Internal: 2.01gb (1.78gb free)

SD card: 13.8 gb (13.6gb free)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Githrog:
Yeah I thought so. Thanks for the reply, when I saw gtab as the device in the thread label I thought it was the galaxy tab which is also called the gtab. I forgot all about the viewsonic g tablet and when I figured that out I had already asked my question. Thanks again for the reply

Sent From Githrog's Tab
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TEK112:
That is the correct system partition size, so that is really good news. I would suggest fixing permissions in clockwork mod and clearing the cache. The first reboot may take an extra minute or two.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firewater88:
Wake from sleep/ screen off

Anyone got a fix, or something to try to remedy the sleep of death? If the screen is off for a while, the unit will not wake from sleep and I have to re-boot the tablet.

Running FB 8.1, did option 3 for installing

Thanks
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TEK112:
The development team has created a SOD thread over at Slatedroid. Since it is a competing site, I won't post the think, but I am sure you can find it.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abu-7abash:
I was wondering if the stock kernel that comes with this is OCed by default and consequently me not having to use any app to do so, like let say setCPU
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TEK112:
It is not, it will natively run at 1Ghz max. You will need setcpu or cpumaster to overclock.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abu-7abash:
Thought so. I was using SetCPU for a while but sudden freezes made me uninstall it along with other apps, which fixed that issue.

Gonna retore SetCpu and see if its the issue then.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TEK112:
Some others have seen that issue. Rare, but not unheard of. Also, try running it at 1200 instead of 1400 and see what happens.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rozelle25:
My gtab is bricked, I know there are a lot of moving parts but this is the first time I have bricked a phone or tablet and I was running this. Just an FYI...
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TEK112:
What do you mean by bricked? Do you mean soft bricked? I don't know of anyone who has truly bricked their G-Tab. Also, what do you mean by moving parts? The only moving parts on the tablet are the hinged door that covers the micro sdcard slot.

If you tell us what happened, we can most probably fix it.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MH32U:
No Bluetooth for stereo headphones

Can anyone tell me how to pair Motorola BT headset? Everytime I try, the only thing the G-Tab finds is the Blackberry. :confused:
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rozelle25:
I just did nvflash back to stock. This hasn't happened with any other ROM-moving parts means I know this could happen to any ROM on any tablet but it happened on this ROM for me.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pabdaddy1995:
Option 3 seemed to help

I ended up reinstalling using option #3 (nvflash) and it seems to be doing alot better. I still get some FC (not as much) but it does not appear I'm getting the lockups.

I do notice that overclocking does seem to cause some instability.

I would like to know if I should try Caulkulin's Kernel? Would I still have USB access in CWM? Is it worth trying?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TEK112:
I seem to remember USB mounting not supported with Calkulins kernel. The instability with OCing is hit or miss. I would suggest running it at 1200 and see if that helps, plus if you were using setcpu, try cpumaster instead (free from the market). Pershoot has made mention of setcpu causing some issues in rare instances.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pabdaddy1995:
Ok Just got another lockup. This time as I was watching a youtube video. Any other ideas? I'm not running any overclocking app (no setcpu or cpumaster).
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junooni:
reflashed with the above method and been running much better for the past 3 days. there are still some auto closures but greatly reduced to an acceptable level.

A big thanks for a happy user! :)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arveeee:
Im going to hold off with flashing to the 1.2 BL Flashback until the new Kernel comes through with positive results.

I do not want to soft brick or run into any other problems early.

Tek thanks for the help boss!

I finally figured out how to NVflash with the link provided in the first page of the Flashback 8.1 rom thread.

Wondering if the Kernel thats being worked on with HW Accel. will have a 1.1 BL version?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TEK112:
Not a problem. It is not that difficult to do, but if you are happy with what you currently have, don't change. Have fun with it!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rozelle25:
Quick question-can I drop my Titanium Backup file on my PC and reload it to recover apps, etc. if I brick again?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TEK112:
Absolutely. Just remember, even if you soft brick it (remember, bricking a device means the device is completely unrecoverable), the contents on the sdcard are preserved. Nvflashing does not affect the titanium backup folder. Only if you reformate the memory card or set up new partitions (remember the 2048/0 step?) will it delete those items.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paul1965:
Can't mount both SD cards?

I flashed to 8.1 from 7.1 the other night, and immediately noticed that I now have only the external SD card icon showing in the status bar. When I connect to my PC via USB, I can only see the internal SD card. I flashed over 7.1 w/o clearing any cache, and other than this issue all is good. Anyone else run into this?:confused:
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankencat:
So what are the benefits of 8.1 over 7.2 which I already have installed?

P.S. Thanks for your work on this great ROM.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TEK112:
Please see the change log:

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1XH_rFSQR1A7JR4KF4Ioq2ZWgDUrJhzNIXCMd_Q00s0k

Posted on the first page of this thread.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankencat:
Thanks I read the changelog. Doesn't appear to be much changed so maybe I will just stay with 7.2 for now.