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[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] sirgawain123:
a2sd

I have just upgraded my hwver 106 non ITE to EUviewpad1.7 but I´m unable to run a2sd.

The way I upgraded from stock was:

1)Rooted device

2)installed latest CW recovery for viewpad (5.x.x. Can not tell which are the X as i am now away from my device)

3). Formatted Ext3 1024 partition, no swap with CWR.

4) Performed all 3 wipes/factory reset

6) Flasehed EUviewpad 1.7 (NOT ITE, not "b")

Device is running fine and I´m very grateful for yor ROM

only gripe is that I´m unable to make a2sd to work. (as i understand, a2sd is included in your ROM). I have installed a2sdGUI, but it com`plains about a2sd not installed.

I have downloaded a2Sd, and it doesnt let to be installed from CWrecovery (Can not tell what CWR compalins about, as i have not the device here as i write this post:will update tonite)

Any ideas about what can go wrong?

Thanks in advance
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Letitride:
Let's try to see if it will help pinpoint what's going on with your install:

a. what is the size of your mSD card? what class is the mSD - 2, 4, 6, 8 or 10?

b. Your install does boot up & have functionality, right - ok, do a CWM Backup to save your system first, then, copy it to a safe folder on a pc or usb drive, just in case

c. Boot into Recovery (mine is v5.0.2.6) under Advanced and check the log, it should show init.svc.recovery=running (and) init.svc.adbd=running (these were installed by the EUv1.7 ROM or DT's a2sd...a04-signed.zip) If it's not there, you will need to reinstall by flashing the linked zip file (from DT's site) below again (from Recovery)

d. If you have Titanium Backup installed, open it and the screen will show whether sd-ext is available (total space & free space)

e. copy the a2sd...a04-signed.zip file to the mSD card, boot into Recovery and select zip to flash - this will reinstall/configure the sd-ext properly as sd-ext3, and, from my experience, not wipe or reformat the entire mSD card (your backup mSD can be restored from saved location but most unlikely unneeded)

f. when finished, reboot & wait for system to come up. check it quickly first with TB - the 2nd. line info on the SD card (a2sd) is: 959 MB (687 MB free) should be listed.

g. Open A2SDGUI and it will list all the available memory/space/rom space total & free - and, have a toast, it's working .... (it should look like my screenshots as shown above)

h. if this isn't working, from A2SDGUI - there should be error msg. - something about scripts not working/running, please .... (then it close & exit.) Okay, now go ahead, do an "A2SD check" command. This got mine working & system did not need rebooting to hold it. Still no good, try an "A2SD reinstall" - your pad might shut down & reboot.

Version 2.7.5.3 Beta 04 - http://www.darktremor.info/files/a2s...a04-signed.zip

Otherwise, non-ITE hardware users can try & use my suggested steps, just remember to download & select the correct v1.7 zip file - as it finish up the ROM installation, it should display msg. about success in moving boot.img to SD and mounting, etc.

Any other details & specifics about your installation (error messages/codes, etc.) would be helpful too .... Good luck & Cheers !
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] sirgawain123:
Thanks for your reply, Letitride.

I will try tonite (GMT) and edit-update this post with the results!

EDIT

a/My SD card is class4, 4gb

c/my recovery is also v5.0.2.6 and log shows init.svc.recovery=running (and) init.svc.adbd=running

i run terminal emulator, run "A2SD check" command, and voila, ext3 partition is identified!

A2SD GUI now working, everything running as it should.

I still dont know what initially prevented A2SD to run or be reinstalled, but, either it was solved by itself (!) or by running the A2SD CHECK from terminal.

Many thanks!!!!

edit 2

My problem is not solved. After every reboot, when i try to run A"SD GUI i get following message:"Exiting A2SDGUI. A2SD script does not run properly, better do "a2sdcheck in terminal emulator. Maybe your version is below 2.7.5.2". I check with titanium backup, and A2SD partition is properly identified, 1 gb size, 854 Mb free.

if i run a2sd check in terminal, it reports as ver 2.7.5.3 beta 4a. Then a2sdGUI runs as expected!

ANY CLUE!

Summary: a2sd gui refuses to run after everyreboot, until an a2sd check command is run
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] sirgawain123:
Thanks for such ellaborated answer. yes, system is running ok as far I have tested,except a2sd issue. I will wipe cache/dalvik and reinstall a2sd from CW as you suggest. will report once done
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] haree:
hi

app2sd is part of the 7B or 7 rom of amalgation

but it will work only if u have a SD card ext partition. SO id suggest use the CWM and do a ext partition and then reflash the ROM and im sure ur apps will get installed on ur SD. IM right now using the recent version and i have 150MB phone storage free

REMEMBER : When u partition the SD u will lose ur SD data so take a back up of the same on ur PC
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] sirgawain123:
A2sd is the only thing which didn't work in my ver 7 ROM unless a Sdcheck was performed.

Reinstalled a2sd from the cwr after dalvk and cache wipe, now everything works as expected.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Letitride:
Sipping my late weekend coffee - wonderful - glad everything worked out with a simple reinstall of the a2sd signed zip file, and you didn't lost anything on the mSD card (no reformatting done as it's already formatted/installed by the ROM as ext3, correct?) and v107 ROM start up with everything, include cache & zipalign, etc. working with plenty of ROM/internal storage space. Nice to be able to see "Working" when A2SDGUI open & displayed all the info. Very stable & no freeze or FC'd at all and home screen transition much faster than before.

Just read about a new OC kernel released, but apparently, it won't work on our ITE hardware device, oh well .... can't ask for the moon. Regards!
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] strieckel:
Hello together

I got now although a Commtiva N700 delivered with HW103...

As I have it bought for my wife to play Angry birds…I notice the low cpu performance.

How is it going with that rom will Angry bird run on it?

Is there any problem with N700 and this rom and works it women stable?

German Language is supported?

Which requiments are necessary for MicroSd will class 4 be OK or must it be higher?

THX for Answer and I believe for the Help in Future when I try to Root and Flash :-)))

Br

Strieckel
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] sirgawain123:
Thanks for your advices!

As for the oc kernel, please provide me with a url to look at ¡

Is it compatible with v 1.7? My device is non ITE

Thanks

EDIT

found new kernel thread!
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Letitride:
Googlehome only mentioned that it's not ITE compatible and nothing about v1.7 so you should be able to get it working - here's the link, right here in this sub-forum: (ok, I see that you found it - have fun) ;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1333553

It does involved ext4 - so the potential for the mSD card to be wiped & reformatted is there (I did not go into details, so please backup your card's content first via Recovery ....)

Hi, welcome to our forum, I have not heard of any problems or issues playing A.B. (or AB Rio) with this or other custom Vpad7 ROMS (true also for factory/stock ROM) so just have fun. My own "problem" was that it ran out of battery power recently when I was on a 5 hour flight, playing nearly non-stop on the plane. EUv1.7 is very stable and I'm running the newer hardware with ITE multi-touch screen.

Based on an European ROM, yes, it support Deutsch, Francais, Espanol, Italiano, Polski & Portugues, etc. and Korean, Japanese & Chinese (traditional & simplified) were added. Enjoy it.

I haven't pay much close attention to mSD card's class or speed rating, I think if you go out & buy a name brand 8 GB minimum (I suggest 16 GB for extra space, believe me - you will run low soon enough especially if you store music files & picturs on it) storage size, it will be fast enough for everything this device is designed for (it's the older/slower 2GB or 4GB card that might have trouble with some apps.) I have a 2 years old 8GB mSD card for testing & experimental purposes, and it's running just fine, no problem whatsoever.

Cheers & welcome abroad!
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] strieckel:
Hi Letitride

Many thanks for your answer...so I will try to get this rom working on my tablet in the next days.

I have although orderd a Adata clas 10 16GB msd.:-) Shoud be enough for my wife...

Br

Strieckel
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] mazyar262:
thanks so much.one question ?this tablet are capablity to show 720p video truly?my tablet overclack but dont show the video 720p correctly.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] haree:
hi

ican tel u one thing no problem with angry bird on our pad as my wife plays it a lot and hasnt complained on any problem

From my SpiceMi410 via XDA Premium
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] norcis:
Thanks! At last I solved my Wifi problem with this rom.

1. Instaled latest firmware from http://www.viewsoniceurope.com/uk/kbase/article.php?id=1072 using SUT method below.

2. With SuperOneClick 1.7 rooted it (don't forget to remove sd card).

3. Solved flash_image not found problem by:

1. download and extract http://www.villainrom.co.uk/uploads/lennyflash_image.zip

1.1 - place the required files (flash_image binary and recovery.img - naming shouldn't matter i kept the version number on it) on your sdcard - you can do this with a microsdcard reader, adb push, whatever you like =)

2 - start a root session using adb shell and su

3 - mount -o rw,remount /system - this makes /system writable (not needed for me)

4 - mkdir /system/xbin - if it already exists you will simply get an error

5 - cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/xbin/flash_image

6 - chmod 700 /system/xbin/flash_image - validate permissions on /system/xbin/flash_image - you are the root user afterall, don't need world and group executable or even read =)

7 - sync - flush changes to block device

8 - mount -o ro,remount /system - remount in read-only - you shouldn't need to make any more changes

9 - as /system/xbin is in your path, you can simply type: flash_image recovery /sdcard/RECVOERYIMAGENAME.img

10 - hit power button, select power off

11 - hold x, hit power button

12 - you should be greated by the custom recovery firmware​

4. installed this rom.

Btw. This ROM build number is 4027_3_420 and the latest official (my link above) is 4027_3_620. Maybe author could update his rom?

---------- Post added at 04:37 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:34 AM ----------

Btw. is it possible to add new language? E.g. my HTC Desire with CM7 has Lithuanian language. I would be very glad if it could be added to Viewpad too.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Amalgation:
Hi norcis. I'll look into adding Lithuanian language files. If I can find proper xmls it should be no problem.

On another note: I'm planning to build final version of this rom as I will be selling my viewpad 7 and moving on to other hardware. (I recently got a viewpad 10 and am using my streak 5 daily, so my viewpad7 is gathering dust atm.)

I'll fix the small things that have been found so far and I'll attempt to rebuild the ITE boot image to see if I can get it running properly with this ROM straight from the install.

I would like for people to post any requests they have for improvement in this thread so I can consider them for the final build.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] mozart:
V7 wishlist

Hi Amalgation, too bad you're leaving us! Thanks very much for all your work. I am very happy with your ROMs (now running EUViewpad7v1.7b-ITE since release). But you asked for requests for improvement, so I have some:

- Final solution to problems Android has with managing Wifi in combination with 3G. Both work OK apart from each other, but working together Android doesn't switch correctly and I get connection errors whlie both signal strengths are OK.

- Completely rotatable screen content.

- Overclocked cpu

- Fastest sd card partition for a2sd (ext4)

- And everything in one fully automated install-procedure (and the secret to life, the universe and everything, excuseer)

Have fun with your lady-sized Viewpad (?, 10" needs a handtas) and your streak 5(??).
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] bothered:
Well many people including my bro has really enjoyed the ViewPad so much more because of your roms. So thank you so much.

Yeah I hope ext4 with guide for optimum set up.would be final tweak for me. Great work.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Letitride:
Amalgation - we sincerely thank you for all that you've done on tweaking the EU footprints of this ROM and I know that your "fans" are coming from Asia as well as the Americas in addition to the Western hemisphere.

Getting ext3 working is a milestone (a bit tricky for ITE hardware) as it freed up a lot of internal space & memory, and, providing the ITE verison is pure bonus.

Been running the latest release for the past month, and really have no issues whatsoever - getting it to work with an OC kernel would be excellent, providing that we get the drivers from VS (which we haven't been able to manage - I contact their online support & submitted a request, haven't been acknowledged yet & no followup or reply, so .... keeping wishing, I guess)

Now that Adobe is officially dropping Flash for mobile (and TV) devices, any thoughts on what to do with the existing bundled Flash player - leave it, uninstall it, freeze it, or, unbundle it as a standalone apps?

For the final build/release, it would be useful for newbies to list what user-customization can be done easily (plus, what'll work as substitute/alternative Apps) - i.e. Keyboard choices (stock vs. Gingerbread, Touchpal, and, Swype, etc.) browser (stock vs. dophin HD, etc.) and launcher (stock vs. ADW or Go EX,) etc.

Otherwise, this is a very stable custom ROM for rooted users, both ITE and older hardware (non-ITE) owners - the so called "set & forget," wake up or turn it on and it simply work.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Amalgation:
Thanks for the nice words people, you are all very welcome.

After I deliver the final version, I will continue to support wherever possible of course. I've had a lot of fun making this rom and I might reconsider at a later time and come back to it, but for now I'm just lacking the time to take this rom to the next level.

I might keep the viewpad7 out of sentimental reasons, since this was my first android device. I've learned a lot while creating this rom and my enthusiasm for this kind of work (and android itself) has motivated me to get a job in the mobile industry. Just recently I've started working as a QA tester for a mobile app company so i'm surrounded by developers all day and have amazing opportunity to really learn how to develop for mobile devices. There are many skills I still need to pick up, but I'm determined to go as far as possible with this.

As for the viewpad 10 being a ladylike device ? I have to disagree. It might be too big for pockets (so is the viewpad7 btw) but it is very versatile. I'm currently running Windows 8 and Honeycomb 3.2 and planning on adding Meego, Ubuntu and Snow Leopard once I install a bigger ssd. (already upgraded the ram to 2GB) As far as tweakable devices go, it's pretty amazing. It's the same as a Tega V2 (just rebranded) and they are happy to provide support and upgrades for it. (unlike Viewsonic.)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] haree:
hi

buddy very sad:( to see u leaving:( i for one am ur great Fan and have used all ur Roms and ur roms are great man:D.Infact ever since i started using ur ROM i have never used the stok rom:eek::).

My only request is if some how u can give us a working 2.3.3 GB:D or a workaround to make skype front camera to work on 2.2

thanks buddy for all ur efforts as long as i am concerned u really did breath a lot of life into this device:D
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] strieckel:
Hi Guys

At first many thanks for this fantastic ROM!!!

I have already flashed it and it looks really nice, and the handling is also really smooth now.

But one question...during the installation I had to format my SD for a APPS partition, how could I use this partition or how could I move my installed APPS to that partition?

Many thanks for help.

Br

Strieckel
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Amalgation:
Hi strieckel,

If everything went well during setup new apps will be moved to sd automatically, you dont have to do anythings else to use it.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] strieckel:
Many thanks Amalgation.

You are right, no user handling requiered all APPS install directly to the SDCARD.

No additional "move to SDcard" necessary, as availble under Androids APPS configuration.

Br

Strieckel
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] sirgawain123:
AFAIK, Ext4 support and overclocking is achieved in EUviewpad 7 v1.7 just by flashing goglehome´s Kernel
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] norcis:
I installed it and don't know is it the reason why Youtube shows no HD videos. With HD turned off, it shows fine?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] mozart:
@sirgawain123: In http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19170839 Googlehome says it does not support ITE and I use EUViewpad7v1.7b-ITE
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Letitride:
A bit of confusion between the EUv1.7 verisons being runned on non-ITE and new(er) ITE hardware, and Ext-4 support with overclocking ?

I have managed to get EUv1.7 ITE verison running with ext-3 running (and Apps moved over automatically without need to do anything by user) with CWM Recovery 5.x (and, at least 1 other fellow XDA'ers managed to do it following my steps) - just go back a few pages for all the details. This is based on DT's A2SD which does support both ext3 and ext4, but I only setup for ext3 based on what I read, plus another variable being the speed/class rating of the mSD card (possibly) being a factor. OC is working on those kernels, assuming you are following detailed directions & using it accordingly.

By design, EUv1.7 will install, format & setup all of these automatically and it works for non-ITE users, only ITE-hardware pads are having difficulties (ext4 not used for mine nor confirmed to work/not work) Overclocking has NOT worked for me at all, since the kernel used and/or patched thus far did not have the necessary (ITE/hardware/device) drivers ....

For Googlehome's newest release for ext4 support and overclocking is, I believe, intended for non-ITE hardware owners running Vpad7. If one's using EUv1.7 ITE ROM with Ext4 installed and overclocking, it's wonderful & exciting news, please reconfirm & share, i.e. did everything installed automatically or one had to format mSD and setup/upgrade partition w. swab size. I do not believe any of the developers on this subforum are using both non-ITE and ITE vpads, neither do I, so it's sometimes difficult to validate & check the results for errors or problems - posting a generalized comment about "oh it worked on mine" without backup details isn't going to help out newbies confused with all the terms & unfamilar with all the work involved in rooting & flashing .... (just my 2 cents, of course)

My EUv1.7 ITE is running just fine, it is NOT overclockiing, but Flash 10.2 is installed (but not running properly at all) - You Tube is working, even with HD turned off, I am happy using it over a fast broadband WiFi connection as 3G/Edge is just too slow for animation. (My hardware specs. are shown below my signature/profile line, and WiFi is for the Americas, 11 channels in secured modes on 2.4 Ghz band, yours might be different in the Asia Pacific elsewhere with the build based on the locales)

P.S. I will go thru all the extra steps to try out ext4 with this ROM, if needed but I don't think OC is possible (still waiting to hear from Viewsonic support) - plenty of free ROM/internal space & so on, I'm not going to "fix" what isn't broken yet as it's several hours of "fun" backing up, saving, (re)formatting, booting & flashing, moving files & folders, re-installing & setting up accounts & apps, etc.

BTW, anyone with ext3 (or ext4) running in OC mode getting a valid Quadrant benchmark scores, even if it's based on non-ITE hardware as I just cannot get it to run & yield a score at all, just popup an error message after running the tests & then try to close ....
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] mazyar262:
hi my friend

i have wifi error on my brand new viewpad7.please explain clearly how u can solve this problem.u post is not clear enough for me.thanks so much
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] LayZeeDK:
Thanks for your work for this device, Amalgation :)

A week ago I got it back after having the screen replaced for the third time (it took 9 weeks(!)). I decided to sell it and save money for the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime :D I got the chance to flash EUViewPad v1.7b and it seemed stable and smooth and pure eyecandy compared to stock :)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] stinkywinky007:
German Language Pack

Is a german language pack included in the ROM? If not, can somebody tell me where I get a german language pack please?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Letitride:
Ja, das ist deutsche enthalten oder verfügbar (translation by Google via the Vpad7 apps) - Yes, German is available or included in this ROM, which is for Eurpoean with over 20 languages supported.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] boxtraenco:
EUViewpad7v1.7b ROM Sim problem...

I EUViewpad7v1.7b ROM rooted with Ginger break. It works super easy ...

But now come into a problem with my SIM card. This can not be found. This is T-Mobile. I do this whit Tele2 (alsoo T-Mobile network) no problems.

I already looked settings, but no solutions. SIM worn? He does it in my phone!!!

Finally: Do Flash 10.2 installed, but there are div. programs that require a Flash player, while it is installed!

Sorry for my English.It is not great.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Letitride:
boxtraenco - did your T-Mobile SIM card work before? can you try it on another Android-base smartphone? There are some advanced settings (APN & proxy, etc.) that needed to be downloaded or edited for use, depending on your mobile phone carrier's requirement. Do you have to provide your Vpad7's IMEI number to T-Mobile & "register" your pad on their network/database?

Have you try a Factory Reset to wipe & restore all settings to default, and see if the Sim card will re-register and get authenticated/recognized on the mobile network? Do a CWM & TB backup first, Reset and then full wipe/cache/dalvik to clear, before rebooting.

As for FlashPlayer 10.2, some users are reporting success while others are NOT, I have ITE hardware (Hwv=107) and even when installed, it does NOT work on my device.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] s2k7:
updated the ITE kenel

I just updated the ITE kenel adding

in init.rc.

I am not sure if it is the reason for some people cannot use A2SD well.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] boxtraenco:
Thanks for your response. The SIM works now. I ordered a DUO-SIM card. But the Flash Player 10.2 is still not working. Who knows, there is a solution. I have lots of fun with this device. But also thanks to the developers ... Great ROM. Thank you.