yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
This update caused me nothing but problems. I only updated because I got a pester message that started appearing every 20 seconds and ignoring the update didn't seem to work. I updated it and when it rebooted I got that awful Viewsonic animation with the annoying startup sound. I then went to file explorer to delete the animation and it had lost root. When I looked more into it, sure as anything yes I had lost root.

I'm not on a Windows machine here I only have Linux so I tried using the adb toolkit to re-root it. After so far it seemed it was working well but then it got stuck on the animation boot logo and wouldn't do anything. I tried resetting it and managed to put it into flash mode but it wouldn't do anything at all after this, it seemed stuck in flash mode. After a hasty phone call to a nearby friend with a Windows box I put on Sidenk's custom rom (I was using the original stock rom with ICS when it came out before Sidenk made his rom). That has solved the issue for me.

As a bonus I also replaced those three birds during the reflash so now there's nothing Viewsonic about this when I'm using it. It's an okay tablet but I won it as a prize, I certainly wouldn't have paid money for this and It is not an easy item to use when there are no mainstream custom roms out there.

My advice? Don't do the auto upgrade, it causes problems. Does anyone know how to disable auto upgrade notifications?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] mash666:
For the update notification go to system/app and change file extension (i add ".off" to autoupdate or update file (same icon than update, the name i'm not sure)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Fantomas82:
:( I also did the update only because it was pestering me with the pop up. I was very happy the way my Viewpad worked before that. No sounds, no apps that I don't need or use...

Can I root it again the same way I did it the first time or is something else required now after that update?

Thanks folks

Would installing the sidenki rom and then turning off the update solve my problem? sounds like it right?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
I tried rooting mine but that caused me problems, as you can see someone else has tried superoneclick but it hasn't worked for them, try it but no promises it will work.

I abandoned rooting mine completely and installed sidenk's custom rom which gives you root anyway. There's a post a couple of pages before that which tells you how to replace the res.img file so you don't have those annoying three birds when you turn the phone on, so as a bonus I now don't have to see the Viewsonic Three ;)

Couple of questions I do have though with this custom rom. I don't want McTweet or the screen lock packages. How can I remove these? Also I have lost my Google people address book and in Google Sync there is no option for syncing contacts. How can I get this back, is there an apk?

Edit - I have been reading back through some of my older posts to see how I got the contacts sync working, and whilst I was reading back I noticed I wrote to someone else it took me three attempts to root mine. Having put on the custom rom I'm glad I did, but if others are trying superoneclick give it a few goes if you want before going to the custom rom (but honestly I'm pleased I have gone onto the custom rom after Viewpad's done this, I won't be installing another update again).
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Fantomas82:
Thanks for the answer. I think I'll just try the custom rom then. What Sidenki did with it sounds very good and I am so pissed with the results of the new update that it sounds like the best solution, so again thanks for the head-up.

Update: So again a really big THANK YOU Sidenki. Everything worked like a charm and even faster than expected from your description. The damn birds are gone (and I really like the new bootimage and animation)

The device is rooted and I got rid of those annoying sounds again. Now the machine will be again as it should be after I reinstall my stuff and I am very grateful.

Haven't had time to check the other changes and differences in performance, I will do so and give feedback if I see something.

So what do we learn? Stay away from the autoupdate, nothing good comes from that. And use Sidenkis custom rom. :)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Fantomas82:
So first Feedback:

First the positive. I do have the feeling that some stuff is a bit aster now. Like reading a pdf in Adobe Reader seems less jerky and I can move through the pages faster. I assume that I will make this experience in other programs aswell in time.

EDIT: Forget what I wrote in the brackets before! I did the stupid mistake to install the 3G Version, so no wonder it did not worked as supposed... such an embarrasing oversight on my part.

Everything works like a charm now after installing the proper ROM. Now I am very happy about that.

(Unfortunatley there are two negatives aswell:

Three times the display would go into standby after the the two minutes and I could not wake the device up with the on/off switch so I had to reset it. Hope this doesn't happen too frequently and even better if there is some good advice other than never to time out the display?

And also annoying, the sensor seems to be messed up. So I hold the device vertical and it turns the image horizontal, you can trick it whith holding the device the other way and then put it flat on the table but that is a poor solution. You can also tell it to stop automatic rotation but an advice for restoring the normal functionality would be cool.

Other than that everything seems to be great so far, so any help here would be really really cool.

Thanks)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] willierwil:
viewpad 10e (viewsonic) latest update

after a year from my last post, I took back the viewpad 10e and upgraded it to the last version ICS taken directly from viesonic.

The first mistake a made was to choose the wrong rom. grrrr

Be careful there are two version of 10e ........ the 1.1 and the 1.2,

follow this link

http://www.viewsoniceurope.com/uk/s...ystem-and-upgrade/viewpad-10e-ics-upgrade.htm

then you click on your type

version 1.1 = http://frmdrv.viewsoniceurope.com/downloads/tablet/viewpad10e/V10E_WW_V2.0_20120730.rar

reset guide: http://www.viewsonic.com/support/do...t/viewpad10e/viewpad_10e_v1.1_ICS_upgrade.pdf

version 1.2 = http://frmdrv.viewsoniceurope.com/downloads/tablet/viewpad10e/V10E_WW_V4.0_20120721.rar

reset guide: http://www.viewsonic.com/support/do...t/viewpad10e/viewpad_10e_V1.2_ICS_upgrade.pdf

it all works absolutely ok ...... apart the fact that I had to try the reset and pc connection few times as the on/off switch is

so small for my big fingers that I had big difficulties to hold it constantly for few seconds steadily .... lol

then not satisfied I found this BEAUTIFUL rom from SIDENKI (THANK you Sidenki)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1320592&page=36 (bottom page)

he made two version ....... for both 1.1 and 1.2 viepads

installed and TADAAAAA already super mega big differences and already ROOTED and with google play working !!!!!!!!!!

few twicks ther and ther and voila a very good tablet ..... FINALLY

oh! remember do not install the carusell 3D, it takes a lot of memory for nothing, stick to plain but efficient things

wil

let me know if links are working, otherwise I will upoad the files on my server and pass u the download links
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
Can anyone help on my problem with contacts? Using Sidenk's custom mod, I believe I need contacts.apk, googlecontactssyncadapter.apk and contactsprovider.apk. From what I gather they all need to work together. I have downloaded several different versions and nothing seems to be working. I get the message the application cannot be installed, or it cannot be parsed, or there is another version with a different signature.

Sidenk has included a contactsprovider.apk but I tried deleting that and replacing it with one I have downloaded as part of a gapp zip file to see if they'd work, still no.

Having spent the last four hours on this and reading forum after forum I'm stuck and need help please!!
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] snmp-dynamo:
ViewPad 10e have the Kernel 3.0.8-vimicro (for Vimicro VC882) base of work MIPS developer (where you could found the source code => developer.mips.com )

They have Kernel for Jelly Bean (release 4.2.2 r) who need to port to the SOC
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
I can't see the 10e getting Jelly Bean though, it took enough effort squeezing ICS.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] snmp-dynamo:
For have Jelly bean for VP 10e you need to have :

1 - Kernel for the SOC Vimicro VC882

2 - Jelly bean driver (or/and the source code) for VP 10e (For exemple the touchscreen drivers are integrated into the kernel)

The ICS VP 10e have Kernel 3.0.8-vimicro base of the Linux 3.0.8 kernel develop by "MIPS Develope"r and port to the SOC vimicro VC88x

"MIPS Developer" have develop an Kernel for Jelly Bean (release 4.2.2 r), who need to be port to the SOC vimicro VC882.

The Arnova Gbook have use the kernel 3.0.8-vimicro and you could dowanload GPL parts of the code to the web page of Arnovatech.com => Support & Account => Downloads => got the " Notice of GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE and LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENCE" =>GPL release for GBOOK
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
You mean a custom Jelly Bean ROM? Would be nice but again I'm not sure who would have the time and skills to develop this, sidenk has been quiet and he's the only person to have developed a custom ROM.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] mark2410:
OMG just installed the new rom, what a massive difference!!!
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] HakiLTU:
Default version

Hello guys, few weeks ago I installed to my viewpad 10e ver 1.1 custom android version, can somebody explain to me how to get back to default version? Because my pad now crashing all the time, and became very slow, so I would like to go back to old good android version.

Thanks for your time ;)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
Here's the files to display Google Contacts (People)

https://disk.yandex.com/public/?hash=53chhngBgcMdzcoQUYcGIdR6J2vEbUNYPMZ3rG6XRZE=

:D

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Get the image you want, all the versions are in this thread earlier on, flash and that's it :)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Fantomas82:
No WI-FI

Hello, I'm in need of your help again.

Until a few weeks ago my Tablet would work perfectly, then it had trouble finding my girlfriends Wi-Fi but I did not mind it since it worked everywhere else. The strange thing was, that it would show all the networks around the house but not hers when you search for a connection.

Today I made the unfortunate discovery that it would not log on to my very own internet spot but it doesn't even show any other connections so I assumed that the Wi-fi is somehow still disabled although i enabled it...

Any ideas? I would be much appreciated. Thank you
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
The very first thing I would do - and this is possibly not the answer you want - is reflash it totally with either one of the stock ROM's from Viewsonic or the custom ROM earlier on in this thread (whichever is appropriate to your version of hardware, remember there are three variants).

If this doesn't work and you are finding the problem on multiple hotspots it may be time to speak to Viewsonic about it to see what their guys say - IMO they tend to be reasonably good at responding. I'd definitely reflash it first though, that way you're certain there are no missing files or any other issues.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Fantomas82:
Thank you for the reply. Indeed I thought about this aswell but I hoped there might be something quicker and simpler I might have overlooked. I guess that's what I'm going to do in the end but as you say, not quite the anwer I hoped for. :)

Edit: I tried the Factory data reset and it did work, now I only need to reinstall my apps and don't have to hassle with reflashing the device. So anyone with the same troubles don't be to quick with reflashing your tablet. :)

Gotta check if it also solved the Wi-fi Problem at the other place. :)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Reisen Udongein Inaba:
Okay guys, new Vpad10e owner here. Installed the custom ROM and just going through installing some Apps, when I came across an issue with Google Plus and Google Play Services. Launching G+ just gives me this "Google Play Services, which some of your applications rely on, is not supported by your device. Please contact the manufacturer for assistance".

Any ideas?

Edit: There's quite a substantial hit with play services not working properly, so far the issues I've come across are as follows:

Google Plus: Not usable

Youtube: usable but you can't sign in

Google Keep: Not usable

Google Hangouts: Opens and stays open but still not usable.

Now you can manually install Google Play Services apk straight from an internet browser using the web store since the tablet is identified as an Epad. A few other things, whilst most of the apps are stable, Opera, Chrome and even the stock internet browser will randomly quit. The Chrome browser is the worse affected. Now I know the recovery isn't custom and won't allow the installation on unsigned packages, you can't even update SuperUser, so flashing a Gapps package would be out of the question. However could I install a Gapps package whilst in the android system?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] nitrowing:
Try installing the apks in the Gapps. If that doesn't work, I'd advise using one of the previous updates and running through rooting it. This update is a step back from what we had :(

I'm running the current update and have the Play Store, Hangouts etc but I think they're left over from when they were installed before I updated.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] trifo:
What about gmail app?

Hi!

I have the ViewPad 10e running the rooted ROM from here. I succeed to get customed to the well, laggy, work of the tablet, but apps ran quite reliably. Now, maybe by some app updates, gmail app is crashing every time I try to write a mail. I can read and browse through all my mail, but when I tap to reply ro compose, it collapses.

Question: is the latest gmail app is working on your devices? Or, where I can obtain an older version of the gmail app?

Thanks,

--Trifo
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Reisen Udongein Inaba:
Okay, downloading Gapps for 4.0.3/4 from Goo.im. Where can I find the links to the previous versions of the custom ROM if this doesn't work?

Edit: This isn't gonna happen, it's just outright refusing it all. We need a custom recovery, but that's not going to happen either. Just trying to install these it's giving me "Application not installed"

Edit 2: Google Hangouts is working! Which is further than I got before. I couldn't install the apks, so what I did was, out of the System folder in the gapps zip, I copied everything and pasted it in the device's system folder. Now I have the updated play store, and hangouts is working so far. I've yet to test Youtube and Google Plus is currently giving me "Couldn't connect to server". Well at least it's not complaining about the play services anymore.

Edit3: Google Plus working, all I had to do was clear the app data for it and then it signed in fine!
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] nitrowing:
Everything you need is in this thread... somewhere.... :rolleyes: :eek:
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Reisen Udongein Inaba:
Just one last question.....screenshots. 3rd party apps or is there actually a button combo? Thanks for your help by the way.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] nitrowing:
I think screenshots require root, someone else might know - I just take a photo :silly:
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Reisen Udongein Inaba:
Ah okay, in using screenshot it with mixed success though. Works fine on the home screen but not in apps. Also have you got Google drive and books working? Both are FCing immediately and the usual tricks aren't working
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] trifo:
What are that usual tricks?

--Trifo
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Reisen Udongein Inaba:
Stopping the app and clearing the cache/data then trying to run it again. Just Drive and Books refuse to start outright, doesn't even start to sign into the account. I'm not sure what else to try without a proper recovery...
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] demobig:
Hi,

I installed this rom to viewpad 10e,works nice and more speeder than orginal rom :)

But I didnt do VPN connection (L2TP IPSEC PSK) to server.

I think it is about vpn.ko files.

Can you to help me about fix this problem?

Regards,
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] unixdood:
I am sorry to hijak this thread but i have no where else to look. I just got a Viewpad 10PI dual boot. It did not come with the disk for it and is stuck in windows only. The android partition was overwritten.

1- does anyone have a link to download the recovery disk?

2 - Do I need the recovery disk to repartition the viewpad 10PI to install a custom rom and windows 7?

any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Viewsonic has been less than helpful (actually they are just ignoring me). Please if anyone can help I would like to get this as a new travel laptop. As much as i hate windows and love android, i need windows for business when i travel and i am tired of carrying a table and laptop with me.

Thanks in advance.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] sparkyuiop:
Viewsonic 10e flashed

I flashed this to my daughters Viewsonic 10e as the Android 4.0.4 official OTA firmware I was previously running was eating up the small 512MB of the installed non-upgradable RAM.

I have to say it is about 50% better so thanks for that although she is unhappy she can't play 'Subway Surfers' as well as her sister's IBM Lenovo tablet can!

Just if anyone wants to know, the two flash files (I didn't bother with the 'vold.fstab' myself) are on the Russian 'Yandex' website which you need an account to download from. If you go to the Yandex website in your language and register for the free account (actually very good with nothing to install or add-on to your browser) and log in you can then click the link given and download the file directly; which by the way is in English!
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Fantomas82:
:( Help needed again.

Hello everybody,

I need your advice again. After the tablet ran fine for a long time with the sidenki custom rom, I encountered WLAN Connection problems again. I did a factory reset because that helped last time but still it would not find my WLAN so I decided to flash the device again and so I did. But after flashing it would stay on the boot animation and that's that. I tried one more time, then I tried to flash the viewsonic original ICS rom which worked. Now I tried to flash the sidenki custom rom again and it is stuck on the boot animation. What can I do? I was so satisfied with this rom and I do not understand, why it won't work anymore now.

Help is very much appreciated.

Thanks

EDIT: Ok, one again problems solved. The flashing did not work properly over my usb hub. Once I flashed it connected directly to the Notebook everything worked like a charm. Also found out what the problem with my WLAN connection was. I had to set the channel on my router lower so the tablet would find it. Seems to have problems with higher channels...so now everything is back on track...
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Reisen Udongein Inaba:
I've managed to get my 10e back into use, but I want to put the recent google search Velvet apk and Google Home on it, but I'm running into parsing errors. Any ideas?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] santiagoisi:
hello guys, can you please reupload the file, i have a viewpad10e tablet that got erased the launcher now i have to reflash the rom, tanhk so much
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Vp10eUser:
Fingers crossed

Looking forward to finally being able to access the android market. Glad there are developers out there that want to see the current problem solved. I had similar issues with Iplayer via the web browser but the official Iplayer and 4od apps from the market work well with gingerbread. Watching this space eagerly.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] nyiregyhazi:
Have you used any updates first- or you only had to download those? I just posted about various related issues in the other thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1320279&page=4

Before I found this. I've got iplayer working, but only the lowest possible quality- and only if take the trouble of reinstalling flash 10.3 EVERY time I boot up. Otherwise it's back to square 1.

Does anyone have a link for the mentioned update on the viewsonic website? I had a google around but couldn't find any official updates being mentioned by them. I only found this:

http://android.modaco.com/page/news/_/android/exclusive-viewsonic-viewpad-10e-rom-update-r98

The pdf looks official enough, but I'm just a little wary-due to the file being hosted on some random 3rd party site. Is the upgrade effective? Oh and I couldn't even get the device to connect by USB, so I'll have to get that sorted before there's any hope of following the instructions.

Edit- okay, I found the upgrade details direct on their site. Here's the link for anyone who needs it:

http://www.viewsoniceurope.com/uk/kbase/article.php?id=1120

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Okay, making some progess now. For some reason, I had to pull down the top of the screen and turn off something called "usb debugging", in order to connect to the PC. Now I just have to save my files and decide which pdf of (completely conflicting) instructions to follow. The one on the viewsonic site sounds a hell of a lot easier than the one on the other site, so it looks like the more natural choice. :)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
I am on the firmware version you linked to and have never been able to get iplayer working yet, that is one reason I am so keen to get the market installed to get the proper apps.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] nyiregyhazi:
There is an iplayer app that can be downloaded from sources other than the market. I forget exactly where I found it (or the specific version of flash 10.3 I had to download) though.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] guvno:
I did update my 10e according to:

http://android.modaco.com/page/news/_/android/exclusive-viewsonic-viewpad-10e-rom-update-r98

and it all worked fine, I think a friend of mine updated according to the official viewsonics page and instructions and the FW version in the settings show up as exactly the same, so I think it's safe to use the above link and instructions.

I can confirm that the updated FW fixes the "auto rotation" bug of the camera when using Skype, also, the tab seems very slightly faster

I can't say that I have tried any BBC or ITV players.

The cbeebies games on BBC webpage do however work which they didn't before and the only thing I did was download the latest flashplayer, 11.something, went to cbeebies, started a game, that did not work at all as I got some sort of a message saying that the flashplayer wasn't compatible, I then uninstalled the 11.something flashplayer, went to cbeebies again and the games worked all of a sudden.

BTW, did I hear someone say something about Viewsonic releasing a ICS for the 10e?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] guvno:
Hi laptopu,

do you have a thread where u read about the planned ICS release for the 10e?

It would be quite nice but I'd b surprised if Viewsonic would do this... as far as I have understood it, Viewsonic aren't the most "proactive" company... TBH, I was surprised to even see a "bug fix" release for the 10e... Anyway, even if there will be a official ICS release, I'm not sure that will give us access to the official market, only a "custom ROM" will sort that... For now, one can use another "rooted" Android device that has full access, download whatever .APKs and send these over to the 10e, but I agree, it's a hassle, direct access would be so much nicer, hope someone out there will do a custom ROM, I'd sponsor that!