yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmejia25:
ICS Code-Open Source

will we be seeing an ICS Rom for our Viewsonic G-tab now that the source code was released??
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doug3673:
This tablet is on life support. ROM development is a small fraction of what it used to be a year ago. Updates are scarce. Be grateful for the value we got out of it over the past year.

The time to move on is fast approaching... and my eye is on the Asus Transformer Prime.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nospin:
Part of that is to blame on no Honeycomb source, why would devs waste time reverse engineering when they could wait for ICS? Someone will make an ICS ROM, the lull has been to blame on their actually being NOTHING to do on this device with no Honeycomb source.

Now if those Nvidia drivers end up being a pain, it might be another story.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] revision78:
You can blame the lack of source code, I think I'll stick with blaming Viewsonic for not pushing at all to get drivers or any type of updates to us on this device. Without Viewsonic or Nvidia providing drivers we're going to be in for a rough ride.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cgingermany:
Why that tablet if you don't mind me asking
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yashmack:
it might have something to do with the quad core tegra 3 :p
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enigma0456:
The point is that anyone that really wants a "state of the art" tablet can just go out and buy one. What makes the g-tab interesting is that it has good hardware and came with a crappy os. The devs here are all about the challenge of figuring things out. When I think back on my g-tabs out of the box and compare them to what they are like today running Flashback 10.1 it is truly amazing that devs with no official support can do what they do. If they are empowered with the actual source code I think we can expect to see some more amazing roms before the g-tab finishes its run. Why would they work on it? Because they can!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fosser2:
teaser pics ;) yep this is for real. (on gtab)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdds13:
Did you make the custom rom for it? or where did you get it?

P.S. If you did make it, do you you'll release it to everyone?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fosser2:
Its a custom rom and a custom kernel based on .36. Its extremely alpha so its not for distribution. Keep watching for it though, it will be out ;)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nyciz:
:D

+1
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drizzt5:
Why the boggy green?

And I am excited! :P
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1tytesc:
ICS Comming Soon to Gtab? Nice to dream!

Thanks for any effort!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fosser2:
An overlay driver is still missing. For the most part you dont see the green, but when you take screen shots it shows up.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imdaman99:
Looks sexy, I am a lil bit excited :p
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Doomguy123:
So Fosser are you dumping Honeycomb for ICS? Also how's the hardware acceleration? Does the market work? Did the power button script work?

Can I send you a box of cookies?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fosser2:
Literally, I am not really the one doing the serious development. There is still too much to be worked out. HW acc works. Power button script works (kinda). Still no wifi. I had to take apart my tablet to access the reset button because it froze so bad. Def not ready for public, but keep eyes and ears peeled. Also don't beg for "trial" builds because it is so beta. If you wanna see it running check this vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdClRBLG8K4

It shows it booting on the hanspad a close relative to the gtab. Its the same build.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] retailguy:
This is great news. I'm excited!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mf9120:
bounty

I'm offering up $40 to the developer of the rom to release it within the next 2 weeks with it being compatible with 1.2 and 1.1 (different versions obviously) and making it much more stable then gtabcomb, I hope others with the tablet will contribute even as little as $5, I had this going on the gtabcomb thread and the maker never pulled through so I'm just waiting. Anyway, I want it to work, I want a power button hold menu like the gtabcomb one (power off, reboot, airplane, recovery etc.), usb working for mouse, keyboard, other phones and an external hard drive (if it was properly formatted). Some nice customization options like the cyanogenmod settings app, lots of options for changing stuff. Any other features that can be thought of would also be appreciated, and if someone actually takes this up I would probably end up continuing to donate for nice updates and such. Oh, also an integrated pretty much skinned and slightly modified and adopted rom manager. umm, maybe try and find a way to get the screen brightness actually working dynamically and based off of the light sensor since it never seemed to work well in any of the honeycomb roms. I'm now at a loss for ideas so when someone can start on this and actually follow it up with new bug fixes and maybe some new features being added I'd personally be willing to send a little green your way in donations out of appreciation. Thanks to all who listened!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fosser2:
lol you crack me up. You do know that kernel development for .36 started in Aug. and just entered the Alpha state right? On top of that for such a high demand that is a small price. Everyone developing right now is doing it out of their own time on the side. Keep that in mind.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pawnty:
This /\

I laugh everytime I see one of these "bounty" threads. People seem to think that if they throw a bit of money around things will get done faster. Not the way the world works. Money doesn't make the world go 'round despite it may seem that way. Dev's work at their own pace and around their own schedule. This is a hobby, not a job. People have no patience :P
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lanegd01:
Well done Fos. You are an adventurer first the GPS now ICS. I really hope this works
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bender83j:
Yumm, Ice Cream Sandvich

The lack of support from Viewsonic on this devise is something I never expected when I bought my tab from Woot, lol. A big thanks again to the android dev community for putting in the hours that Viewsonic isn't willing to.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jedibbq:
Okay so since ics is open source that means an ics rom ,ie. Cyanogenmod 9, should be possible on gtablet. But without drivers from nvidea and/or viewsonic is it possible to build a rom with say hardware acceleration,camera,flashplayer,HD video? Will the new .36 kernel answer all our prayers? .....or at least mine? I've never flashed a froyo based from but my understanding is that everything works on those roms. How is that achievable on froyo? Is it cause it was open source and it played nice with the .32 kernel? Looking for a little clarification. Thanx in advance.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tcrews:
It's because the Gtablet shipped with a version of Froyo so had hardware drivers and all, written by Nvidia. They never went beyond that and instead Nvidia moved on to a new development board which the "main" tablets were build based on (Motorola Xoom, ASUS Transformer, Samsung Galaxy Tab, etc..).

So the Viewsonic Gtablet has limped along to higher OS versions by using mostly drivers for Froyo with some rewritten and some tweaked by devs.

The .36 kernel will help a LOT but again it's kernel based drivers for a lot of the hardware is having to be coded by devs as nothing is out there for the Gtablet.

Froyo was pushed to AOSP, Gingerbread was pushed to AOSP and now both Honeycomb and ICS are....but that's the OS and not the proprietary hardware drivers for any of the devices...which you still need. Froyo has them available because that's what the Gtablet shipped with.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jedibbq:
Hmmmm...then we all owe a great deal of gratitude to all the devs/hackers out there for sharing their talents with us all! Even a somewhat stable rom with a pieced together kernel is more than we can ask for. We just have to be patient and active on these forums so that devs out there know that they are appreciated and that we want these roms and hacks for our beloved gtablet. All you guys are awesome! Lets make our voices heard!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] persichini:
Just wondering how you guys were coming along? I would love to have this on my gtablet because there are some apps i need that are 3.1+ compatible... i would hate to have to ditch the gtablet..
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qkster:
direct quote from fosser: dec26th 2011

"We're working on getting a stable build of ICS running. Right now we're using CM9 which is running Android 4.0.3 but it seems to be unstable. This is probably because it was compiled using a makeshift device tree. Basically the task of making a new kernel for the gtab is pretty tough because now we're stuck creating a ROM (ICS) and a proper kernel that runs it. This is whats taking so long. Basically we're stuck developing 2 massive projects when we were initially only going to work with one. Ch3vr0n5 was intending to release a HC rom based on .36 soon, so I guess we'll see if that happens. He was still having some freezing issues with it so that is why it is not "officially" released yet. If anyone has created a device tree to build android before we would love the help. Getting a more stable device tree would greatly help the progress of this project. A more stable rom means our kernel means we will be able to pinpoint "broken" parts of the kernel and get them fixed. We were hoping that the holidays would help people "find" some extra time to put into this project but it doesn't seem that way... Sorry for the wait everyone, but you're just gonna have to keep waiting and play the refresh this page game. "
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] topsider:
I haven't built a device tree for android but I'm sure I could. I can do machine programming and am interested in writing device drivers if that would help out. Contact me and let me know what you need. Just got a gtab for the wife for christmas so only have had a week of tweaking and crashing it. I just want a good focused reason to poke around in it's fiddley-bits.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fosser2:
Well if you wanna start here's a few link of what we have.

First: here is a "blueprint" of what you have to do. Use this git as the backbone of the tree. https://github.com/rrathi/adamICS

Here is what we currently have for gtab. It is generic atm and needs to be completed like the above.

https://github.com/dpw13/android_device_malata_smb-common

https://github.com/dpw13/android_device_malata_smb_a1002

PM me if you need any more information.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] topsider:
That's a heck of a list to start with. This will be fun.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fosser2:
Capacitive keys are now working on 2.6.39. ICS functions great with them ;)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fp99:
keep it up!

Thanks for keeping us updated on the development. I hope eventually you will get it working. Until then, as you said earlier, we play the refresh game.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fosser2:
Bluetooth code implemented and its super close to working. Working on lots of tweaks with the clocks and system memory.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BinaryFabric:
I remember on the first builds there was this green flash on the screen when it refreshed, can you tell us if there was any progress on that?

Thanks for all the updates, maybe next time you can make a videos update?

Cheers!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fosser2:
Green overlay problem is already fixed. Been fixed for awhile. I personally dont do video reviews, but there are others out there already.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jesse6749:
Great Work!!!!!

Thanks for the hard work all of you are doing on this :p. Take your time and ignore people who are trying to rush you, we all know eventually you will have a stable rom for us to run on our aging but beloved G-Tab. :D
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fosser2:
A screenshot a day keeps the Dr. away right?

Working Bluetooth :)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BinaryFabric:
Fixed that for you ;)

Seems as though this project is coming along very nicely. I must say that I am quite happy about my GTab for the first time in a long time. Is there a list of things that currently don't work?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jerome.Ramos:
RE: Ice Cream Rom for Gtablet Bootloaders

Will the Ice Cream Rom being worked on be available for both bootloaders v1.1 and v1.2?:D
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the3dman:
It will be for 1.2. so its time to upgrade :-)

and here are some more screenshots for you!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaggerDave:
Wow this looks great! I am so glad to see that the Gtab may still be far from dead. Appreciate the updates and screenshots!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pawnty:
Isn't that the horrible music widget from Android 2.3 and whatnot? I hate that widget with a passion -_-
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the3dman:
Yeah it is lol, I will make sure you get the new one when a Rom is ready to go. :-)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cgingermany:
Wooww!! Are these really for the Gtab? I know it's a dumb question but I'm really looking forward to having 4.0!!!!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fosser2:
Lol, yes this is really for gtab.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sfreemanoh:
Hey Fosser, I know there were some driver issues on HC rom's (specifically the camera, preventing video chat). Is that going to be an issue on ICS as well, or do you not know yet?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the3dman:
Here is a new teaser video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m3_1CJqRgk thanks to pagantek.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fosser2:
Probably not because we actually have source code.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] persichini:
Hows the stability of the Rom? Are you guys still having a lot of SOD that require a hardware button reset?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the3dman:
It is starting to get more stable day by day. I have not had SOD recently, but I can't speak for other devs.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BinaryFabric:
I'm starting to get more excited each and everyday.

Can one of you guys give me a link to the original thread?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cannonfoddr:
Thanks

Just wanted to give another shout out for all the work and let us have some updates....

Good to hear you aren't having any SODs recently, i can't go a day on mine with another rom and not have 4 or five....lol

Thanks again
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cf3esbestia:
Will there be any camera functionality? Not like its a big deal. I've never actually got to use my gtab camera lol. I'm just really hoping for hardware acc because I have Shadowgun purchased but can't play it :(
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] familiarstranger:
I hope we can get all the driver issues sorted since I know alot of the framework has changed for ICS. I dont think I've seen a fully functional ICS mainly because of the updates to the camera.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fosser2:
I'm pretty sure that after today, SOD is beaten :D
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abrin:
You have no idea how happy even the thought of that makes me feel
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoTeC:
Great work guys! Thank you for your efforts. I put the leaked MFN ICS soak test on my Xoom yesterday and my God, it is awesome.

I am looking forward to tweaking my GTab again. Maybe someone not directly working on the development of the ROM can start a preparation list for us?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the3dman:
This was my GTA 3 with an xbox controller test on ICS. ICS is getting closer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxTSA0hOpc8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

---------- Post added at 07:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:55 PM ----------

Basically you will need to be on BL 1.2 with CWM, that will be the main way to get your GTab ready.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pawnty:
I'm pretty sure you also need CWM 5.5.0.2 rather than the 3.x.x.x one that is being used for the flashback rom and whatnot. At least thats what I used and was provided.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoTeC:
Thanks guys. I'm gathering the procedure ahead of time so I'm prepared.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the3dman:
This is not a requirement at this point but more of a recommendation, I have been working with ICS for a little while now and I am still using v3.0.2.8 and have not had any issues, however if you are comfortable with NVflash (which you should be if you are planing on flashing your Gtab) then there is no reason not to move to the newer 5.5.0.2, in fact it would be a good learning experience for anyone who is not familiar with NVflash to do so. NVflash is your best friend with the Gtab.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rissk:
So excited

This looks amazing! Im assuming you need the usb extender still to use the xbox remote? Have you tried a wiimote as well?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusufmotiwala:
Font rendering

Great, I look forward too.

A question, how is the font rendering? I personally do not like the font rendering on G-tablet (Flashback or Gtabcomb), may be it's due to the display limitation. I have installed roboto on my g-tablet but still it's not as good as ICS on Samsung Galaxy phone.

Thanks
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the3dman:
I have not tried the wiimote yet. So I will have to let you know on that one. As for the Xbox controller I used a wired USB controller.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] persichini:
I see you've been testing ICS have you noticed the touchscreen lacking responsiveness? Seems to require long presses to recognize your touch.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the3dman:
The touch screen on the Gtab has always lacked some responsiveness for me, and I don't think that it is in any way a ROM/Kernel issue. I believe it is an issue with the hardware they used in the tablet. That said it is not horrible but sometimes can take an extra swipe/tap.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoTeC:
OK, thanks guys! I reverted back successfully to stock TapnTap 4349

Model number UPC300-2.2

Android OS version 2.2

Tap UI version 1.2-4349

Kernel version 2.6.32.9-00001-g0e0c333-dirty

hudson@tapntapsvn #1

Build number FRF91

Thanks again for all the help and advise!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deuce0_7:
cwm upgrade

I too am looking up upgrade cwm from 3.0.2.8 to 5.5.0.2. I have downloaded the .img file but not to sure which img file gets replaced? I also heard somewhere that it can be flashed but my limited knowledge tells me different, is it possible?

I have also heard people are running ICS with the old 3028?

Please advise.

dave:)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lydian8:
Dope head Question

I'm one of those Wooters who knew nothing about modding when I began working my G Tab. I've tried really hard to read up on everything instead of being annoying. I know enough now to be dangerous and certainly not enough to be really competent. Will one of you wonderful devs be posting a step-by-step or adding to G tab for Dummies so people like me can take advantage of ICS?

Lydian8
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoTeC:
Here are some recommendations from our community. If anyone can contribute, please do, we can have this "how to" written early. Thanks again to all the developers working on this.

[DRAFT] This is a work in progress and needs to be verified by community

We can edit the procedure and steps as we move along

This help website is a must before starting your upgrades. Make sure to familiarize yourself with it.

Viewsonic GTablet For Dummies Guide

NVFlash

NVFlash guide

NVFlash stock TapnTap 4349 software, 1.2 bootloader with ClockWorkMod version 5.5.0.2 preinstalled download link
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the3dman:
All you will need to know to test this when released is how to install Clockwork Mod and use it to flash roms, and how to use NVflash in case you Bork your tablet. Knowing how to use NVflash is the most important thing you can learn with the GTab if you will be flashing anything, not just ICS. That said if you can't use NVflash already, then learn it now before you need it. There is plenty of info on nvflash available, I run Linux so I am really only able to help Linux users with it.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoTeC:
Any answer on which CWM version? I have looked for the v5 and can't find a link anywhere. Does anyone know where to find it?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the3dman:
Try this: http://www.multiupload.com/0SYF8HZSL0
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoTeC:
Any document on loading this and I'm guessing with NVFlash it is not bootloader specific?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the3dman:
I have no idea for windows users, you would have to look for a guide on using nvflash on windows. Like I said I only run linux sorry :-(. And no nvflash is not bootloader specific because it flashes a bootloader. This is 1.2 bootloader.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoTeC:
Thanks! Is that just a 1.2 bootloader ClockWorkMod file or is that an entire FlashBack rom?? I will add it to the preparation list if this is what we need. Maybe the devs working on this can let us know if this is the correct file for CWM and let us know which CWM version they want us to use. Thanks again for your input! It is much appreciated.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the3dman:
That will bring you back to stock TapnTap software except it has CWM 5.5.0.2 instead of the stock recovery. I am one of the ones on the GTab ICS dev team working on it, and it is definately the correct one ;-)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoTeC:
Updated how-to post #87, thanks!

Let me know if I have everything correct or if I have omitted anything you guys want to see. Thanks again for all your hard work. I feel that this rom will finally bring our GTabs back to the game.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the3dman:
I would probably remove everything except:

Viewsonic GTablet For Dummies Guide

and the NVflash Guide with my download.

It has to much information the way you have it, and might be confusing to someone new. Those couple things have all the info needed for anyone who would be flashing ICS or anything else, so the rest is not needed. But very good start, and thanks for taking the time to organize that.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoTeC:
OK. Done.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusufmotiwala:
a long wait for ICS it seems, I wish there was an alpha version at least for public consumption and feedback.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kieso:
If you didn't already know. They released an alpha to some for testing about a week and a half ago. The rom was from Adam and they were trying to make it workable for our gtabs. They decided to scrap that rom and build one from scratch for our gtabs instead of hacking up the Adam one. The Adam rom ran fairly well but I think they made the right decision. I can't wait either but I'm patiently stalking the boards looking for any info I can get.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Doomguy123:
There was a public pre-alpha a few weeks ago. A stable public alpha is on the way.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dualBooter:
That link is indeed posted, the3dman, but when you attempt to download the file, you get a government warning page, and information about the offenses that MegaUpload is accused of.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skesseks:
Indeed you do. And the link redirects to a megaupload URL.

Nice.