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[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Amalgation:
Good idea! I didn't even know what an APN list was till you mentioned it, but ill try to find the most complete one around and add that to the next version.

By New Market, do you mean the most recent version of the market app preinstalled ? Because this one should just update automagically and work fine, but it wouldn't be to much work to add the most recent one to the rom.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Amalgation:
I'm looking into the wifi problem.

Can people with wifi problems on my rom please start up in rtm mode (press volume down and power) and give me HWver and SWver of their device ?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] LayZeeDK:
I will do that later :)

Problem description:

1. Turn on Wi-Fi

2. "Searching..."

3. "Cannot search for networks"

4. Wi-Fi turns off by itself :confused:
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Letitride:
Bravo, excellent to see someone working on a customized Froyo ROM optimized for our "cute" tablet - spouse's been playing Angry Birds on it and until I can get it NAND and Titanium backed up this weekend when she's asleep, I won't get my hands on it to flash this one.

Just curious whether this ROM support the newer Touchscreen or ITE hardware (I'm assuming that it will since it's based on OS 2.2.2 just like ours for the North America regions.) Please advise before I give this a full run with a full wipe & install. BTW, it connect to our 2 wifi routers just fine (1 in g mode-WEP and 1 n mode-WPA2.)

RTM & related info (as shipped)

SWVer 3.41

FM6-0001

HWVer 107

VPAD7 - 2.2.2

2.6.32.9

1008_3.350

FM6-316R (3/22/11)

SUTL3 V1.6.5 (and 1.7.9)

The custom (Froyo Enhanced) non-overclocked ROM I'm running now is based on Froyo 2.2.1 and ITE compatible - Baseband PR3.7_125, Kernel Apps_2.6.32.9 and Build 1008_3_240

Suggestions for the next update -

Status Bar - Interface tweaks by adding Power Widgets (easier to turn on/off wifi, orientation, bluetooth, volume, brightness, airplane mode, etc.)

Also, I changed from stock to ADW Launched, downloaded easily from the "new" Market and installed with Astro FM - as I can lock down the Homescreens so that other "borrowing" & playing with it won't accidently move or delete my desktop icons, etc. etc.

Google Maps V5.9 has been out (and has many useful additions & support for tablets) and so far, it's been reported as relatively stable & NOT prone to FC or reboot, unlike earlier 5.x releases - so it's probably worth the update from the stock 4.5 ?? version as shipped.

I've managed to move some apps & data to the 16GB mSD card but definitely having App2SD or similar will free up internal phone storage space so that I can load more Apps onto it.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] haree:
hi

i dont get it i have been using the 1.1 from the morning and all works well

wifi,blooth,camara and all no problem:D

what i did is a full wipe Factory/data & wiped delvi cache

and then flashed the rom and all is very fine for me .Im very happy with this rom :D:D
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] froidsdreud:
goeie droid-droid

Hello,

This looks interesting. I only want to overclock and then restore to my present line-up of apps and will be installing mainly to get the overclocked kernel.

Q: Can I skip the whole 2sd process and not partition when installing this? Great and important feature, but no way to back-up my SD right now so would like to skip that and just benefit from the oc kernel. Or will that not work?

Also, could you please clarify what exactly the difference is from CleanViewpad. Does CleanV also have overclocked kernel?

Thanks!
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] LayZeeDK:
I think that the main differences are that this has more European languages than CleanViewPad as well as the newest version of Darktremor's Apps 2 SD script. I'm pretty sure that this ROM will function even though you have no ext3 partition on your microSD as the apps are still able to be installed on the internal memory and are - if I remember correctly - installed there by default.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Amalgation:
This rom is based on OS 2.2, not 2.2.2 and it's using tjstyle's overclocked kernel, which does not support ITE hardware.

My own viewpad 7 on which i'm developing this rom is SWVer: 3.16R (earliest i've seen so far) and it seems that people with newer versions are suffering from the wifi problem.

I'm going to have to do some more research and experiment a little, but it would help me a lot if someone could provide me with a CWM backup of the stock firmware of the newer devices. rooted or modded doesn't matter, as long as it's still stock firmware and not a custom rom.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] froidsdreud:
Yeah, I tried installing Cleanpad and am using it right now, no problem skipping those steps there so...

So by installing this ROM I get more Euro languages and a newest version of Apps2SD? Excuse me, but I can get the latest version of it on CleanViewpad, it's descriped in its thread here. So unless I want a custom ROM with a Euro language, other than English, French and German, which are included in CleanViewpad, there's no point installing this?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] LayZeeDK:
Yes, I believe that's pretty much it sø far, but Amalgation have more things cooking for this ROM and is active in this subforum.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Amalgation:
I've started this build mainly for support of the EU languages in this firmware, and I haven't done much else except integrate the best fixes (imo) I could find. I'm working on creating my own framework mod and improved memory management among other things, but it's a work in progress and for now I try to focus on getting this rom to work for as many people as possible.

So for now, if you're not interested in the EU languages, this might not be the rom for you.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] froidsdreud:
Yep, you're right, and that's good, and so are the languages for whoever might need them.

I'm happy with CleanViewpad as it's problem-free and not too ugly, and basically just overclocked CPU and Apps2SD support. Which is all I'm looking for.

But I'm gonna stay tuned here. Nice that others appreciate this device!
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] haree:
hi

i for one am using ur rom for the original touch pal keyboard as im very comfy with the same and ur rom give me around 5MB more phone storage (on ur Rom i have 160MB).As of now its perfect for me waiting for ur future release.:)

One request can u try working out a CM7 Rom for us :)

once again thanks for the very nice Rom:)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] zost:
I fhashed version 1.1.

A messsage "The process android.process.acore stopped unexpectedly..." pops up all the time.

Annoying ...
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Lanfear28:
Can you give more information. What rom were you using before? Did you do a full wipe? what tab are you on ect..
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Amalgation:
Letitride, have you tested the framework with the new localisations i uploaded a few days back?

has nothing to do with your problems, but it would be nice to know if the asian locales work properly.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] bothered:
if you read my further post you will see I uninstalled 10.1 and installed 10.2 made for arm 6. And it worked well BBC too, though you'll need a proxy I guess, if you're abroad

...oh always reboot after installing new flash
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] jaredj:
Hi

I have installed 1.6 due to sd card problem (again!!! I think I will send it back to seller) and now trying to restore apps using titanium backup but it is behaving strangely.

I don't say it's this rom fault, just seek for advice.

When I chose batch restore or single app restore - at some point TB is stack on one app. When batch restore I can go back and leave TB but then I can't install anything and restore anything, TB says that operation already in progress. When restoring single app - I can't do anything with TB apart from killing it.

Then I can't install any app in market.

So I think it's markets app fault but why and what should I kill to move forward?

Only rebooting tablet helps. But then the problem repeats, on random app, sometimes it's first, sometimes 5th.

Can anyone knows remedy for this?

Thanks.

PS: I am waiting for 1.7, looks very promising. Some already included icons are very nice.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Letitride:
Not yet & will get to it tomorrow once I'm done with getting onto a long transcon. flight eastbound home thru several time zones ..... eeeek :eek: and if jetlag isn't bad, I will test & share/advise about locales, etc.

Do you have A2SD installed & working? Device could be running low w. internal space & freezing .... maybe, and you've did a full wipe on dalvik, cache & system before re/installing or flashing the new ROM, assuming all done (I do these steps 3 times just to be sure & reboot first as it only take an extra 2 or 3 minutes.)

With so many apps, I only do a partial batch restore from TB of the basic APPS first, move them to mSD as permitted, reboot & then resume TB restore more, until everything is up (it's easy to use up 111 MB internal storage ....)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] bothered:
I don't know what free app (on pad or pc i could use to do this

I have not installed a .apk on my tablet or replaced a file in data folder before (could you please advise the best way to do this please)

I have updated my brothers Commtiva n700 very easily after following your instructions on the first page, so hopefully it woulnt be too difficult

I have added the 3 files

-scripts.zip

-framework-res.apk

-services.jar

to the root of my sd card

maybe it should be

-reservice.sh

-reframe.sh

-framework-res.apk

-services.jar

then how to run? oh im gona need sleep

im guessing i need to run some commands in terminal (terminal emulator) on pad

maybe

su

install script.zip??

Right still no beans

I made sure i - su

I gave 755 permissions and tried 777

cd to sdcard

ran both scripts

sh reframe.sh

sh reservice.sh

nothing appears to have worked I get error on reservice.sh

-reservice.sh: line 37: unexpected EOF while looking for matching '""

-reservice.sh: line 39: syntax error: unexpected end of file
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Amalgation:
Try downloading Script manager and running the script with that. Make sure to check Run as Root when doing that. I use these scripts all the time to replace files on the fly. You don't need to change permissions, the script takes care of that.

I've been a little busy with some other things, but I just need to fix 1 more image in the framework to finish that and then I can start working on integrating the new languages in the other system apps. I hope to have a release ready soon, but if anyone is interested I can make a quick beta build with the updated framework tonight.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] jaredj:
I have a2sd and running, I can tell that by seeing that free space on ext partition is going lower. Still don't know how to check where the application is - well, I can tell it's on internal memory or on SD but how to tell it's on ext or fat _ don't know.

As to hanging I have found that there must be a process used by both apps - market and TB, to install applications. This process hangs on installing something. Market executes this when you click download on the app page. If this is the case - market stays on greyed out button and nothing happens. If I could identify that process then can possibly cure the problem without rebooting the tablet.

I have tried to shut down download manager, market service - no joy.

Amalgation - good job, these icons are what froyo lacks.I like those.

And the ROM seems to be much faster than previous one.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] haree:
hi

1.u need to keep clearing the cache which is accumulated when u are on the net

use cache cleaner or history erazer both available free on the Market site

2. u also need to do the partition via CWM this will give u the req ext part for the apps to be installed on the SD.But when u do the ext part u will lose ur SD data so do a backup before doing the same

3. u can see ur ext part via titanium back u or i use Quick info pro both free on the market site:D

hope it helps:)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] jaredj:
I have partitioned SD using CMW on the tablet, I have copied all things from fat part to PC, and then after partitioning back to SD.

I did cleared market cache ones from TB but it didn't make things better. Or you are referring to system cache?

How can I see in TB where is particular application?

Right now - almost every operation I want to make in TB (like app move to SD for example) ends up in endless loop.

I have also noticed that I can't see application information in system info about sizes - it always says - Processing....
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] haree:
hi

i dont know how to see on TB i use this : Quick system info pro

its free get it from the market and it will show the details:)

in quick system info pro when u go to basic info tab

1st will be SD card storage and details

2nd will be A2SD and details on the same :)

mine show

1. SD 26.76 Gb free 26.35GB

2.A2sd .89Gb free 776MB
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] bothered:
I think the problem was with my x64 driver not reading teh tablet correctly, but this always worked before. Anyway I realised this too late and did your update in an alternative way.

Is it ok that I opened your "EUViewpad7v1.6.zip" with 7zip and replaced the files

framework-res.apk - with your new one

services.jar - with your new one

bootanimation.zip - one I found on xda blue android swirl - forgot where i got it but i downloaded it a month ago

Do you think it was a problem re-installing all again like this - it all seems to work fine? Thank you for your help (I basically followed your guide again from the front page as i got my new 32gbmicro sd and needed to format and partition anyway so I never really lost anything)

Anyway it all works fine and well :D
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] zbig0:
Hi guys!

Big thanks to Amalgation!!! man you done hell of the job by compiling all of this Im really impressed how it all looks and works :D still doing some tests but overally there is nothing big to complain... 1.6 really rocks :D

When Ive done update to hackers keyboard from market and integratted it with rom it stopped working uninstalled and installed it fine...little shame there is no space to put it back to Rom as only gained 35 kb after removal(Titanium backup) hyhy(so no space to move it back to ROM) but thats not that important as still have 160mb free on internal(rest on SD).

Good things: All looks and works sharp, youtube green issue fixed :D

with new flash player 10.2, flash video started working finally...

Justin.tv wrzuta.pl and more all works ok(and this Rom is compatible)...

note:when I had flashplayer 10.1 quite often it was crashing browser or video was distorted hmm not anymore so be sure guys to update it...

if someone need source its here:

http://www.androidcampus.in/2011/07/app-working-adobe-flash-player-for.html

Thank you Amalgation for including Polish localization works like a charm :D which makes me and I'm sure loads of people really happy :D

Was wondering can standard wallpapers be removed and some cool and actually working(fitting) walpapers be added(maybe the hdpi work you told earlier will fix it if yes thats cool ) as the ones included hmm only birds img fit right others looks not that right.

Wishing you all good night... Im hitting bed hehe ;)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Letitride:
I can relate to your frustration, been puzzled myself for the past week while traveling as I didn't load all the tools needed on my notebook pc nor have the time to stay put & experiment - but had been systematically trying to troubleshoot incrementally.

It seemed that the newest CWM Recovery 3.x that I am running isn't formatting & partitioning sd-ext properly, for whatever reason, and I keep seeing the NOT MOUNTED message when I ran a2sd check from terminal. I pull my 16GB mSD card today, backed it up & reformatted it in another Android device, which offered the option to move to ext3 and/or ext4 - something that I couldn't do otherwise. Restored my files back to mSD afterward & did a full dalvik/cache/system wipe AGAIN on a new reboot, and now, I can see the SD-ext size in TB, and even in Astro File Manager - I am getting about 30MB free internal space (since it's been moved by A2SD) With another App2SD still running as the likely source of A2SD not fully functional, I will now go about stripping my APPS, uninstall & reboot/wipe for a fresh and clean V1.6 ITE install - and report back on results or findings.

Still can't get Flash 10.1 or 10.2 to work no matter what browsers being used after install/reboot - oh, well - home again, jetlagged with lots of work to catch up - one step at a time but making progress, a small price for having the newer ITE touchscreen hardware ....

Postscript/technical remarks: Using Amon_RA Recovery on another device, it can format mSD, partition, set swap & size for ext2, and, upgrade ext2 to ext3 or ext4 - mSD with files restored & then reinserted into VPAD7 worked fine, SD-ext info is read & recognized in TB. CWM Recovery 3.x.x.x has no option/submenu to upgrade to ext3 after formatting (FAT32) & setting partition. EUv1.6 ITE would create symlinks, settings permissions, install busybox & apps2sd, move cache to SD, install boot.img so it appeared working - but NOT.

Using A2SDGUI, it showed no SD-ext installed when using CWM & EUv1.6 ITE zip file to setup/install. With Amon_RA Recovery instead, it showed SD-ext available (even w. reinstall) but not mounted or working properly.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] ynot_mil:
wifi tether not working

Hi all,

Wifi tether not working for me both 1.5 and 1.6v.

It shown Wifi tether on, but other device cant find it.

Tried install Barnacle wifi tether and giving this error:

"shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied.

Thanks in advance.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] dadoo370:
same for e ...

i think the wifi doesn't work with this rom 1.6

NEED HELP PLEASE
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] flez1966:
I tried the new framework and update script, didnt work, even after fixing the line 1 typo.

I tried unzipping the 1.6 zip, replaced the framework in the zip, then did a wipe and reflashed with it, still no wifi...

I just cant see how others have got the wifi to work at all.

I see a mention of ''old wifi settings'' but cant find where they are or how to delete them /lacking.clue
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Amalgation:
Wifi settings are located in /misc2/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf Delete that file to manually delete your Wifi AP settings.

I'd like to try researching the wifi problems a little more, since many people have no problems at all, but the people who have problems are of course the most vocal about it :P

If you have problems with wifi (not tethering, just basic wifi) can you please provide me with the following info:

1. Baseband version (Go to Settings > About Phone)

2. HWver (boot with volume down pressed)

3. SWver (boot with volume down pressed)

If I can get enough info, maybe something will come out of it. I've got a theory that flashing another Official Firmware from viewsonic before installing my rom might fix it, but I need more info. (if anyone feels like testing it out > I've used base firmwares 316R and 3340 with my rom without any problems with wifi, so install one of those, root it, install cwrecovery and install v1.6 and check if your wifi works)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] flez1966:
I'm vocal because i'd like to see it fixed because if its not working for me it may not be working for others etc, and because i have the time to try things and fiddle, i'm not monaing etc but trying to be helpful.

swver 3.16I

model fm6-0001

hwver 103

cwmod 2.5.1.2

i'll go get an official fw or delete that file first, throwing a coin...

edit: the coin said delete the file..

file deleted, re-enable wifi, same error, the file has reappeared with an error about java and not finding something from an unknown source, thinking maybe i should have deleted and rebooted, I have deleted it and done a hard reset after a few seconds so it should not have created a new file, then into recovery mode, then a wipe to factory, then a reboot, which I am now waiting to complete, damn the trendy animation has gone back to standard...(yes i am updating this in real time...)

edit:

ok after boot in misc2 the files come back and says

Failed to open the file (java.io.exception
at com.estrongs.android.pop.app.g.run(unknown source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1096)
)

off to find an official fw to update from as suggested
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Amalgation:
I was not complaining :) I don't mind at all, you have problems with wifi and they should be fixed (if I can, I will.) It's only logical people with problems post the most.

If you are willing to test things and fiddle to get it to work, I'll be happy to provide test scenarios, maybe we can make some progress together.

Please provide the baseband version before you flash anything, I have no info on that so far and it might prove usefull. So far it seems most problems with wifi are encountered on HWver: 103, but I'm pretty sure there is something more to it.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] flez1966:
oh dont worry no sour grapes here, as someone whi is just getting in web design (way too late) i know how things fail for the stupidest of reasons.

bb pr3_128

and the error in the file is...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18594463&postcount=198
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Amalgation:
Ok, my baseband is pr3.7_128 so if you made no typo, there is a difference there.

Going to need more info, so anyone with wifi problems, please be so kind as to provide your baseband version and SWver.

The file wpa_supplicant.conf should be recreated on reboot / activating wifi, it contains the settings for the acces points, problems can come from a malformed wpa_supplicant.conf.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] bothered:
all same version as me and wifi works fine, I have connected via tethering but not made a tether connection
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Letitride:
While flashing (zip files, that is) - ran into no WiFi situation with MAC address not showing under Advanced Tab. Suggest checking it for WiFi "unable to scan" & being quickly "disconnected" - on open network or WEP/WPA/WPA2 secured modes ....

Do full TB & CWM backup, then re-start & go to Settings > Privacy > under Personal data, do Factory data reset. Turn off Auto Restore for now. Once completed, go back to Recovery, do full wipe/clean - dalvik, cache & system/data (twice or 3x to assure that all residual data/info are cleared) - before flashing new ROM. Upon completion & initial boot/setup, go pass Activation & thru the basics for a minimal ROM with basic Apps working, go & re-check WiFi (might need to turn it on/off more than once or twice, if necessary.) That's how I restore mine as I've gone thru nearly all of the uploaded ROMs here.

HWver 107 (with ITE, build date 2011-03-24 M)

Baseband PR3.7_125 (radio verison) USA / No. America region, 11 Channels per FCC

Kernel Apps_2.6.32.9 Build 4027_3_420 - Android Froyo 2.2.2

Other ideas, it's sometimes helpful to reboot/restart the router, switch to a different channel, turn off security & use open WiFi settings for initial setup/testing purposes. If you have another working WiFi device that's known to work, use it side-by-side for comparison - turnoff firewalls if the Vpad7 is broadcasting its unique MAC address but not connecting - these are simple/obvious troubleshooting steps that I follow, sometimes, it's the obvious or taken for granted. Both router & device need to use identical settings for same region/country, i.e. we are authorized for 11 channels but I've seen neighbors using 13 or 14 channels while sweeping the spectrum - maybe to avoid congestions - so align those "handshaking" protocol if they're incorrectly set by defaults (EU mode in Asia, G mode to dual N mode ....) Cheers ....