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[G Tablet General] chubb16:
Newbie question.

I am on cyanogenmod 7 nightly with the 1.1 bootloader. Can I just flash the update.zip included in the OP in clockworkmod and will it update my bootloader to 1.2 and let me play with the stock rom a bit?

If not. How do upuograde to the latest stock 1.2 release? Nvflash? Does have nyone have a link to the latest firmware and nvflash?

Thanks guys.
[G Tablet General] Sharpe351:
Easiest way is NVflash to 1.2bl 4349. Roebeets instructions worked flawlessly for me. I highly recommend it. I believe it is stickied here. Or you can try here http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/nvflash.htm . Do the 1.2 branch 4349 Stock Rom with CWM preinstalled.
[G Tablet General] janovak1:
Has anyone running 5274 tried accessing a USB thumb drive? Mine does not seem to recognized.

Thanks,

John
[G Tablet General] Sharpe351:
I had to root mine and use Root Explorer to see the USB drive (just a small 4 gig) . Also, make sure your drive is formatted fat32. Android likes it better. If your on windows it doesn't mind it either.
[G Tablet General] qoltar:
I don't have an adroid device yet but one is supposed to be on it's way to me in the mail. I ordered a viewsonic gtab after hearing it has great hardware but a sucky OS that can be replaced.

The issue is I'm debating what rom to install.

I see that if I apparently go with anything but an upgrade to the OS I end up crippling a lot of hardware, like my acceleration and maybe dual core support.

I know the original OS sucks and the official update supposedly only slightly decreases the suckiitude of it but it seems if I go to android 2.3 or above I lose hardware acceleration and get a whole lot of issues.

So I was thinking of just going with an improved version of the original system, sticking with 2.2 but getting improved versions that still let me use the hardware I paid for.

So I was thinking of going to mountain laurel, which seems to have the disadvantage of being android 2.2 and that's not supposed to be a tablet friendly OS, but has the advantage of using the hardware acceleration and updated dual core drivers.

Some people have sworn on bibles that going to honeycomb makes the gtab better even with the loss of hardware acceleration and other issues. I'm not sure.

So I may go to mountain laurel as a first new rom. I se some great videos on youtube telling how to install tntlite easily in 15 minutes and I have heard that ML is just an outgrowth of tntlite, so is it safe to assume that I could use that video as a guide for installing ML?

Mainly I want my gtab to be reliable and stable, and to surf the net, play videos in full screen (I watch some tutorial videos for blender 3d and need hires to use them) and as a pdf reader. If it can run some android apps written to help RPG players, as in dice rollers, maps, etc that would be nice too.

So, is Mountain Laurel the rom for me?
[G Tablet General] sjmoreno:
I recently switched to Mountain Laurel after using VEGAn 5.1.1 for the better part of a year. I mainly did it so that a game I recently purchased could be played on my gTab (Shadowgun).

I have to say that it is a great ROM as far as its stability and hardware support. I was already enjoying watching videos on VEGAn but I swear it looks better to me in ML.

If you haven't already done so I would suggest you do a Google search for "Mountain Laurel 3.1.0". The first link in the results will guide you through the install process.

That version of the rom comes with the stock kernel which is okay but if you want to get more out of it then I would also recommend you flash Pershoot's last Froyo kernel for the gTab. If you decide to upgrade the kernel make sure you get the one that is for the "new bootloader" which is specifically for v1.2 of the bootloader on our gTabs which Mountain Laurel also uses.

Good luck.
[G Tablet General] qoltar:
So, assuming I'm not a software engineer how would I add pershoot's kernel to ML 3.1.0? Is there a guide to that?
[G Tablet General] sjmoreno:
What I did was get Mountain Laurel 3.1.0 installed on my gTab and then by reading Roebeet's instructions on his recovery thread (link below) that let me install ClockworkMod on my gTab. Once that was done all I had to do was get the correct version of Pershoot's last gTab FroYo kernal made for the "new bootloader" v1.2 of the bootloader and boot into recovery via ClockworkMod and then choose install zip from sdcard and find and install it and reboot.

recovery options in Mountain Laurel
[G Tablet General] qoltar:
Well, got my gtab today, went from a

total

android virgin to learning to instal CWM, then messing it up and having to learn how to nvflash, had a boot lock, had to flash again, learned the diff between 1.1 ans 1.2 TnT, had a boot lock after getting 1.2 back on and CWM installed, had to flash again and install CWM again, but by god I did it with a lot of help from sites like this and that bishop of technology guy, god bless you all.

Now to move on to mountain laurel...
[G Tablet General] kieso:
:o

I recommend you get shadowgun...that is if you like great HD graphics , awesome gameplay, and just a top notch game overall. Its the best THD game I've seen yet.
[G Tablet General] sjmoreno:
+1 on Shadowgun

Yeah, Shadowgun was the trigger for me trying out Mountain Laurel in the first place and I love it.

If you do decide to purchase Shadowgun it's worth noting that if you have a wireless PS3 game controller you can use it with your gTab and this game via an app in the Market called Sixaxis Controller which will help you configure the PS3 controller via Bluetooth to use with the gTab on games like Shadowgun.

From your few posts you sound like you have the right spirit concerning the gTab and Android in general.

Happy tinkering!

Steve
[G Tablet General] qoltar:
Well, I appreciate the reccos for shadowgun but I don't game on my tabs much. I have a couple games for my touchpad that are OK but if I wanna game I'll load bioshock or desu ex into my desktop.

I am looking for some things for my gtab maybe the fine folks here will help with.

I'd like a good pdf reader that let me search documents for starters.

What's a good free video player and a good free image viewer? I was surprised to see I was able to watch a copy of "the x from outer space" on it, but not another video. What video player has the largest video format array? Likewise what image viewer supports the most formats?

I have mountain laurel 3.1 on my gtab now and it came with several live wallpapers. One, magic smoke, does not work. Is this normal?

I've gotten some forced close issues, do I need to partition the rom to end these? I seem to have seen that somewhere but can't find it now...:mad:

Thanks for all the help and hope you all have a good thanksgiving.:)
[G Tablet General] sjmoreno:
I use QuickOffice Pro but I think you can search using the free Adobe Acrobat Reader in the Market.

The free MoboPlayer with the free Codec Pack plays everything I've thrown at it and it has a nice interface. The only complaint I have is that it autogenerates thumbnails of your movie files and doesn't allow you to choose the cover art for them.

It force closes for me too. On a side note, I've found that when I use live wallpapers that are not part of the original OS (like the bubbles from the Samsung or the My Water from the Asus) it drains the battery like crazy. But if I use something like the grass one that is part of the OS it doesn't seem to affect the battery much at all.

I think this thread HERE talks in depth about the force close problems.

Good luck.
[G Tablet General] qoltar:
Well, had my first online experience today. Went to my library since I don;t have wifi here and the first hour totally sucked. Force close this, force close that, go to the apps store that came with mountain laurel and couldn't down a damn thing as I didn't have a device listed on my account, couldn't get a device listed. Tried amazon's apps store, that app downed and installed, then I couldn't download even free apps since there was a problem with my payment option. Hello, does the term "free apps" have a meaning I'm not aware of?!

Turned the gtab off and restarted. Tried the apps store app again and everything came up roses. No forced closings, no BS on getting the apps, I picked the ones I wanted and they came right down and installed perfectly.

Now have an infinitely better image viewer than the nearly useless that comes stock with ML. (Unless I couldn't figure out how to use it, it just didn't seem to work very well at all.) Also got a better movie player and kindle all for free.

My gtab has gone from the pitiful, crippled clusterfrak viewsonic released to a useful, effective device. I forgot to secure a better file manager, and thus still use something called "sniffer" but my next trip to the library will fix this. (Any hints on a good free file manager?)

Also, what's the best free webbrowser for a viewsonic gtab? Opera or the one that comes stock with mountain laurel? BTW, replacing the stock OS viewsonic gave the gtab with mountain laurel is like trading a ball and chain for a pair of air jordans.

I'm grateful to all the people who've worked to correct viewsonic's huge and inexplicable series of bad decisions that made the gtab a mess and who shared their hard earned information with the rest of us. Best wishes to you all.
[G Tablet General] sjmoreno:
I use Root Explorer but ES File Explorer is free in the Market and I've used it in the past to map to network drives when I was connected to the office via VPN.

Dolphin Browser HD is great and it's free. It's way faster and have a lot of nice features compared to the stock browser. When you start it after you install it it will ask you if you want to browse as a mobile device or a desktop device. Choose desktop if you want to be able to watch videos on HULU or if you just want to see the whole webpage like you're on your computer and not a mobile version of it.

If you want to watch movies/shows on your gTab then you might also want to check out an app called Crackle in the Market. It's free and it's made by Sony and has a bunch of their movies and TV Shows you can watch.

Also, if you do decide you want to watch free or paid stuff on HULU you will need to get the hacked Flash file I have in another thread Link to thread HERE to view it. If you don't use this modified Flash file HULU will not let you play videos.

Even without the hacked Flash file you can watch videos on websites like cbs.com or fox.com for free.

Sounds like you've hit the ground running with your gTab. Hopefully you will enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed using mine.

I forgot one last thing; you should look into a free app/service called Dropbox. It lets you upload or download or share files from any of your devices or computers you have the app installed on. I use it a lot.
[G Tablet General] dharr18:
Personally i have flashed so many roms, I decided to just go with the CM7 nightly route. As for a good PDF reader, i like the ezpdf reader. It allows me to annotate all the PDF files I received. It is amazing how many sales presentations i have with doodles drawn all over them. Keep an eye out on the Amazon android market for apps like that, full versions that are free. The ones I really like I end up buying to support the devs. Right now I have 4 different office suites loaded on my tab.

Office suite is my favorite of those this week.

Now that you are experienced at bricking and recovery, have fun with the tab and go crazy loading different roms. Just remember to keep an eye out to what boot loader you need.
[G Tablet General] qoltar:
One question here: Is there a program that lets me store the exact rom I have and an exact image of my current OS so I can save it, apps and all, and reload the exact same system I had before if I try a new rom? I'd like to save and restore everything to the same way it is inc. passwords, accounts, apps, etc.
[G Tablet General] sjmoreno:
ClockworkMod is capable of that. I like to create backups of my grab before I install questionable apps that are not officially supported on our tablets.

Just boot into ClockworkMod recovery and select the backup/restore option and create a full backup. Then if you ever need to restore that backup you just need to be able to boot into recovery with ClockworkMod. This is also useful for switching back and forth between ROMs if you want to experiment.

A lot of us also use Titanium Backup for backing up our system and apps.
[G Tablet General] qoltar:
Does live wallpaper reduce battery life much on a gtab?
[G Tablet General] sjmoreno:
My experience with the floating spheres/bubbles that somebody got from the Galaxy tab and the My Water one from the Transformer was that it drained the battery pretty fast. The stock live wallpapers like the falling leaves or the grassy field ones didn't seem to drain the battery as bad.
[G Tablet General] qoltar:
Now I,m looking for security software. Any advice?
[G Tablet General] gkitab:
Yes, anything that uses more cpu, drains more batt. One may more than other, but they all do
[G Tablet General] sjmoreno:
Honestly the best defense is to be cautious. I don't download apk's from unknown or untrusted sources.

But if you feel like you have to have a security/anti-virus app installed then there are several folks are talking about on this and other sites. I've personally looked at Lookout when I was worried about it. Check it out at the below link.

Lookout Security & Antivirus
[G Tablet General] qoltar:
Well, I was looking for a password/startup code system to keep people from using it, any suggestions here?

BTW, I'm staying with mountain laurel. I don't care if it's not the latest android, I like having full screen video and hardware acceleration.
[G Tablet General] sjmoreno:
I have a passcode on mine only because I added my work email account on my tablet. During the setup of adding corporate email it will make you choose a passcode to enter when you unlock the screen.

I'm sure there are third party apps in the Market that provide this functionality.
[G Tablet General] qoltar:
I don't know if this exists or not but I'd like to make what is meant as a helpful suggestion for tablet computers.

Does anyone know how to do an app that would switch your wallpaper between tow different images when you go from portrait to landscape mode? I'd like to recommend that as very few pix transition from one to the other very well and it might be better to just have 2 separate images for the 2 modes.

I hope that idea helps out a little.
[G Tablet General] sjmoreno:
That would be interesting. Currently I use Multipicture Live Wallpaper so I can have different backgrounds on each of my home screens but what you are proposing would be cool too although I seldom use my tablet in portrait mode.
[G Tablet General] junooni:
i was on flashback and moved to this as i read the HD video is now fixed. i used the nvflash files with touch CWM and booted successfully into tapntap. then i trf this zip and flashed via CWM but got a boot loop at tap n tap logo. what am i doing wrong?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] gears1979:
King Shooter theme. I'm not completely done with the theme. Thought I would post some pics and see what you all think.

Thank King and gruesomewolf for the rom.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] linsalata28:
Looks bad ass nice work.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] djnarcotics:
haha thats ****ing sick i've been working on some icons for this gonna see if i can finish them up in time
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] gears1979:
Thanks. I'm new to all this and am looking foward to release it to the public
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dpilcher:
Good timing with GOW3 hitting soon! Looks great...my son has been a COD BO's nut case for the longest time and he is biting at the bit to get the upcoming release of GOW. Dased14 is outstanding at boot ani's!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] gears1979:
Gears of war is the reason I bought an xbox 360 many years ago. I'm probably one of the biggest nerds when it comes to gears! LOL. I actually got a tattoo of a cog symbol.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] djnarcotics:
will this work with any other sense 3.0 roms ??
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] steelemsp:
fantastic, definatley download when done. and one thing, its just me, i like the bottom of the rosie to match the titlebar, so maybe you should try to make one..... maybe?!?!?! :D great job though
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] gears1979:
It should work with any 3.0 rom and I'm working on the title bar
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] mfknboss:
Looking forward to this release :) nice work!
[Focus General] wilcoholic5:
Hi,

I was running 7712 and tried to restore a NoDo Restore Point I had. It failed. Now, it shows the samsung screen and eventually gets to the connect to PC screen but it doesnt fully bootup anymore. It can still connect to my PC and retries using the restore point but never works. Help is MUCH appreciated. Thanks
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
Had this problem too, and didn't manage to restore.

I suppose it happened because I filled more than half of the available capacity (or so I think).

I even tried downgrading to 7004 and retry the backup then, that didn't work either.

You can try that, if that doesn't work... you'd be out of luck, like I was.

Try again and again different scenarios, be imaginative, maybe you can find a solution that works in your case.
[Focus General] wilcoholic5:
I tried flashing 7004 to it with the WP7 USB Image tool and that did not work either. I keep getting an error..something about the phone not matching? The error descriptions cuts off and I cant see all of it..and I did use the correct one for my hardware rev. Help?
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
Can you detail a bit more about your phone?

Revision (1.3/1.4), card installed (type/size)

When the error started to appear etc. Anything you think might be useful/relevant.
[Focus General] wilcoholic5:
I have hardware rev 1.3. I do not have any SD card in my phone at the moment, nor have I ever. I can get to the download menu and restoration menu in zune, but it all fails. I think what messed things up was I tried to format while on 7712 to try to get back to factory default. This took me to a "new" 7712 with the default settings. I even tried formatting by holding PWR + Vol DWN + camera to no avail. When i was stuck with 7712, I tried to use my restore point to get back to NoDo. Thats when it all came crashing down. I think I need to wait until newer roms become available. Help?
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
Not being able to hard reset suggests some kind of problem, which either points to the hardware or the flash. Let's leave the hw for now, so you can easily assume it's a flashing problem.

I would go with a 7004 ROM and start from scratch. If everything works well, you might be able to use your restore.

However, if something's really wrong with your phone, flashing might actually do more damage and possibly brick your phone. Not to scare you, but to make you aware of alternatives.
[Focus General] wilcoholic5:
I have already tried flashing with the 7004 rom and it did not work. I kept getting an error about the devices not matching. I am thinking that I need to flash with at least a 7712 rom, since it seems that is now the phones default version. weird.
[Focus General] wilcoholic5:
Bump. I think that if i were to have a restore point that was 7712 or above, I can get the phone back in operating condition. I'd be willing to pay if anyone is interested. However, it has to have no windows live account attached to it. I.E. restore, and skip entering in account info.
[Focus General] foxbat121:
samfirmware.com has couple firmware for Focus. If you can get your phone into download mode (connect to PC screen), you can flash the firmware to it. Not sure which tool to use (ODIN or else) for flashing firmware. Check the dev forum for help.
[Focus General] wilcoholic5:
Thanks for the reply. I checked out samfirmware.com and didnt see any specifically for the focus..any chance i can get a link to them?

Edit: Nevermind, I found them. Ill try them out.
[Focus General] wilcoholic5:
I tried flashing with the roms on samfirmware.com, I got the same results with those roms as the ones posted in the forums here. I assume I need at least a 7712 rom to flash to, as my phone has essentially "forgotten" that anything before that exists and doesnt know how to go back to it. I can still use a fresh restore point from 7712 or beyond :D please. I am stuck using some horrible old phone while i fix this lol.

Edit: Grammar
[Focus General] wilcoholic5:
Happy to report that after various configurations of my process, I finally got it work. I used the roms that are up on these forums. If anyone has the same issue i had here... try different computers. try different cables. try different ports. That's how I got it to work. Thanks to those that gave me suggestions.
[Focus General] foxbat121:
I sense that when official Mango finally hits, we will see a lot ppl hitting the same issue as you because you must roll back to NoDo firmware before you can apply official Mango updates if you're on 7712 Mango beta, IIRC.
[Focus General] schahr01:
If I read this (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1215501) correctly, you should be able to start with 7712... just jump to step 16 as indicated by step 5a.
[Focus General] foxbat121:
I'm not so sure about that. Just ask those who walshed their Focuse try to get to NoDo faster(which is actually also from Microsoft). There are likely firmware updates accompanied by the official release for Focus. Anything that's not running official NoDo updates will probably have a tough time getting that official update, or anything after that.
[WebOS Software and Hacking General] nunjabusiness:
I am really starting to like WebOS a lot and since we know it is the tablets and not the OS that were scrapped, I have to wonder about a possible groundswell of new development for the native operating system.

I am not quite as excited as most about getting FroYo on this thing, I actually think it may be a downgrade, performance-wise. GingerBread struck me as slightly different than FroYo, but Honeycomb is sweet. I also have a Viewsonic Gtablet running the FlashBack Honeycomb ROM and it is pretty damn nice, but I find WebOS to be a little more elegant and refined feeling. Especially after installing PreWare and adding the performance patches and stuff.

I am not a developer, but there are a lot of them around here and quite a few of them either already got or will get a touchpad to play with. I am hoping that some of them will be impressed enough (or intrigued enough) to look at the WebOS SDK and PDK.

Since there are already drivers for full functionality within WebOS, I would think it would not be too arduous for some of these intrepid devs to port a few of the popular apps over for those sticking with it. There is also a web-based widget builder called Project Ares that looks interesting.

Anybody else? Bueller?
[WebOS Software and Hacking General] olufs3n:
I would continue using WebOS if there's a way to use Android apps on it
[WebOS Software and Hacking General] aim1126:
Webos is probably my favorite tablet os now. The problem is there's no Apps for it. I bought the touchpad for my girlfriend yesterday and she said she loved it but after 10 minutes of just checking facebook and some websites she was like, ok what now?

They need more games optimized for it and better prices
[WebOS Software and Hacking General] Admiral688:
With no apps just think how youll never exhaust its resources :-)

Just read a site claiming to have an andriod dump from HP's tablet. There will be decent android roms in no time.