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[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Vp10eUser:
ICS Firmware Update - UK Viewpad 10e Here

Hi

Viewsonic just emailed me a link to the ICS upgrade for the 10e version 1.1 and 1.2 devices

Unfortunately the forum won't let me post a link

If you don't get a link to the correct downloads via Viewsonic Europe then email their support and they will reply. Took them about 48 hours to get back to me.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Lofty24:
ICS

Well it's here now all I need is the ability to root and add Google Play Store and all will be well, I have tried the old method but it don't work any help would be great.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
I have trawled their site and can only find the version to 1.2 devices (http://www.viewsonic.com/products/v10e.htm click 'download' and it makes no mention of the differences until you read the pdf file). Do you want to PM me the link to the 1.1 version and I will re-post it for you?

They also make it clear once you flash you lose everything, root, apps, saved data etc. so whoever is one of the first adopters it would help everyone if there's an up-to-date guide on how to re-root this device and put market etc. back on it. I won't be upgrading until I'm sure there is a way to re-root it as ICS isn't worth me losing root.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Vp10eUser:
PM Sent

I've PM'd the link to you. Feel free to post it - apparently I need to post 10 messages to post links

I also got this reply from Viewsonic support regarding Google Play - so I am looking forward to a genius on the forum posting some ICS "advice"

The Google Play application is not open

source. Only Android devices that comply with Google's compatibility

requirements may install and access Google's closed-source Google Play

application, subject to entering into a licensing agreement with Google.

So I think it is unlikely to change with the ICS update
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] agrickard:
The pdf also states it is for devices with serial no. T0J12WWxxxxx - mine is SXNxxxxxxxxx, with the reset hole on the side as well.

I also see that the link is for the US site and there is no mention of ICS on then UK site http://www.viewsoniceurope.com/uk/products/viewpad/viewpad-10e.htm or http://www.viewsoniceurope.com/uk/support/downloads/drivers/?prod_name=viewpad+10e. Also the battery size differs on the specs on the US site compared to the UK (US = 2700mAh; UK = 5400mAh), plus the UK site qutes GSM bands, but mine doesn't take a SIM etc!
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Vp10eUser:
PM Sent
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
Thanks for the PM of the links, pleased to see it has already been re-posted on here. Also I noticed the website mentions 'ascending', thanks Agrickard for clearing up this with Viewsonic as being a typo.

It sounds good, but I'm not flashing yet until I know this firmware can be rooted. Losing the Viewsonic noise and logo on startup was worth root on its own if nothing else, so I'm going to wait for others to take the steps and see how they get on. Good luck to everyone trying to root it, you can be our forum pioneers ;)

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Actually thinking about it, is it possible the original method to root this device is likely to work with the new firmware?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Lofty24:
root

Tried it already it says it's rooted but when you test it it's not done anything.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] teis111:
receive root for ICS not so hard.

For this operation you will need ADB and UnlockRoot

Turn on USB debuging in Viewpad

run following command in CMD

receive root with UnlockRoot
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] willierwil:
ICS on ViewPad 10e here we come

hi guys,

if u 've followed some of my prev. post then I 'll give u an up2date:

1-rooted the viewpad 10e (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1320592&page=18)

2-broken the screen and then dismount it in pieces (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1320592&page=21)

4-last week after putting it back together I "glued" the screen together with clear varnish super tough for woodfloor ....('still working almost perfectly)

5-downloaded ICS from viewsonic website and INSTALLED IT.

My version is s/n SXN114.........

TA---DAAAA all working.

Fantastic, the PMtool really permit to reprogram the machine from scratch........ (this need to be explored more deeply for some more experiments).

After few try (not rooted yet) it seem much better then with GB, but there are few problems :

1- android market / play store not working ( i will root it and try with different versions)

2-when goes into sleep mode sometime it freezes then i have to reset (but that it maybe due to all the crashes and bangs that this poor thing had to suffer with me) ;))

3- WiFi works much better

4-i menage to hook it via Bluetooth to iPhone over the Personal HotSpot and get on the net.

5-squeeky sound from speakers (.....dont think is because ICS) ;)

well worth the experiment

let see if all together we can make this beautiful pad compete the iPad ...(joke)

2morrow i'll post the links of the videos so u can see the ICS running.

wil

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https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-Pl_rPbMSHNMDQ0WmV4Z2c1a1E

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-Pl_rPbMSHNWXZlZGhvcmRiaTg

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-Pl_rPbMSHNa0ZZZG8wZUVBNFU

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-Pl_rPbMSHNeWJZMzJxSnh0bUU
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Lofty24:
Root

Works thanks
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Lofty24:
Rooted now

I have rooted it but still cant get Google play store to work any help out there.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] teis111:
I'm make script for installing market it's work.

But i'm can't post link heare due to nooby status.

@teis.org.ua/@wp-content/@uploads/2012/08/@market-ics.rar

Delite @ symbol from link for download
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Lofty24:
Nice one fella works a treat
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] agrickard:
Thanks - worked, so no more Viewsonic animation or boot/shutdown sounds! ICS does make such a difference, more than I expected and more than on a phone - if anyone waiting just go for it

(WANRING: I accept no liability for it no working great for you!)

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Great, it worked - thanks, again!
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Fantomas82:
So ICS works now. It is really nice I like it.

Tried to root it but it didn't work out. Unlock root said that my device was already rooted which it is not, so I'll try again. If there is any advice here I would appreciate it. Other than that thanks for the fast solutions.

We waited so long for ICS. It is nice to have the root so fast.

Can't wait to get rid of the bootscreen and the sounds again ;)

Edit: It works now. Don't know what I did differently this time but I've got root. Thanks a lot.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
I have upgraded now too, once I saw a friend with a Windows PC (seriously Viewsonic you need to sort out flashing software for Linux).

Once it booted into ICS I tried root using tels111's advice at http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=29912303&postcount=286. It took about three attempts for it to work which for me sort of confirms Fantomas82's comments about it not working first time, so keep trying if you find problems.

Tels111's script for Market works a treat, thanks.

Now with this being a Viewsonic release I feared there would be a couple of show-stopping bugs, and I was right. I left my friend's home having flashed it, sat back home and thought let's get rid of some of the rubbish they stick on it. Off went the startup/shutdown noises and logo. Then I needed to connect it to my network which is hidden SSID and WPA2. It didn't like this, and it has always been hit and miss with the WiFi drivers when it comes to hidden SSID's. Then I accidentally clicked to open the 1 Market app they bundle with it, that rebooted the tablet for some strange reason.

I turned it back on, hit the Market app to install a few things, found no network connection. Turned off the WiFi and turned it back on. Pressed the apps button, that brought up all the icons and then it sat there doing nothing. The time stopped and it was completely frozen. I've been in this position before (but with a blank screen), and others have too. So we've resurrected an old bug, a very critical bug. Nothing will release this except running out of power (which was a pain as I'd just fully charged it before the firmware update). The reset button, holding power, nothing works. All you can do in this position is wait for the battery to completely drain, let it turn off, then connect power back up and restart it. I'm convinced this is something to do with WiFi and particularly hidden networks as this problem only affects a small number of people and they often talk about network problems too.

Anyway it's up and running as things go now, I have it back to how I like it, a lot of good changes are now possible like having Chrome to browse and better email/Twitter functionality. On the whole I'm pleased I upgraded, this has been a long-awaited (and much needed) upgrade, but Viewsonic still need to address system stability so I can see another firmware upgrade before long as I suspect they will be reading this forum due to this being the most popular talking place for the device.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] willierwil:
when it freezes

laptopu, when my it freezes I press the on/off bottom while pressing the reset, always worked for me ....
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
Thanks for the suggestion but when this has happened I have tried every possible combination you can think of and nothing works when mine freezes, it has to be drained and that's the only thing that does it.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Fantomas82:
Hi, I have one more question, Can someone explain to me how I install the market?

I downloaded the files but now I don't know what to do with them.

Thanks a lot everyone.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
Double-click the install.bat file, that should do everything you need it to do. It will appear as 'Google Play' in the apps window.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Fantomas82:
Thanks for the reply,

thats what I did and a dospromt came up, but I don't think it had any effect on my viewpad...

I'll check again. I take it, it musst be connected via viewpad on debugging mode?

Maybe there's where something went wrong. When I turn the mode on it doesn't show the little bug Icon anymore and I don't know why...

Has anyone experienced this?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
Yes it has to be connected on debugging mode. If you're not sure what's happening you can open a command prompt window on your PC, change the directory to wherever you've extracted the files and type install.bat - that will leave on screen what's happening instead of quickly flashing off and closing the window. I don't know what little bug you're referring to?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Fantomas82:
Thanks for the info. It's much appreciated.

I mean the little roach or bug or something in the right corner of the screen which indicates that the debugging mode is active.

When I had the viewpad connected in debugging mode, it would display this symbol. It doesn't do that anymore so I fear I somehow "broke" something hence why the script for the market doesn't work.

I don't know why this is the way it is but I also tried to sync my viepad with My Phone Explorer and it would not work anymore. I guess something with the debugging mode is messed up on my device... :( Tried reset, restart etc. but it won't change.

Well in the worst case I'll have to install it all again but I hope it is just a hickup :)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
I have noticed the debugging mode doesn't survive a reboot, so if you set it to debug mode it's for that session only.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Lofty24:
I just set it to debug mode after reboot and rooted all is well appart from the file system says its read only when i try to rename the boot mp3 and start up animation.

any ideas
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Mr_Erratic:
Use Root Explorer. Near the top of the screen it will show: Mounted as r/o

The button next to it should show:Mount R/W. Press this to mount the system as Read/Write and you can then make the necessary changes
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
As mentioned, in ES File Explorer put the settings to mount system directories as writeable, but I can add a bug to this - it doesn't always work which means you still get the error when modifying files in the system folders. If you un-check the option and re-check it you should then have access to the system folders as writeable. Not perfect, but it's not a huge problem since you'll rarely need to modify the system folders in normal use.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Fantomas82:
I tried the install on antoher Pc and voila it worked. Thanks for the help and the answers though it is much appreciated.

It's a nice forum here.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Lofty24:
Tried that didn't work I try root again
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] willierwil:
well at the worst you can disconnect manually the battery.

Its not nice but .... efficient

If u check some of the pics when I opened mine u can see where the battery is , just chop the red wire, solder an extension to outside where you will put a bridge between the wires.

1) open the back case with a fine knife, passing it all around the edge u will fill where clips are = next to it u make leverage

2) once opened access the 2 wires from battery to motherboard, try to cut the red wire in a point where u can solder a joint (there is no much space in there) and extend the 2 choped red wire of a good 30cm each.(before soldering disconnect the mini plug from motherboard and DO NOT make the red (+) wire touching anywhere the MB

3) root those wires in the best way to try to come out on the edge of the case.

3b) decide which connector/bridge u will use .... very good are the bridge pins used on HDD selectors Master/Slave or PC motherb. (you can buy from Maplin)

4) once found the right place take a big needle, hold it with players and heat it up, then perforate the edge of the case where those cables or the connector will come out.

5)Install the connector as embedded as possible, reconnect the battery, put the pin on the new bridge and check if all works

6) close everything checking to not clip any wires and that everything is flat as it will push the cover out .....

good luck
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
Did you notice my earlier post about this? Try un-checking that and re-checking it, this worked when I had the same problem as you. Hope that helps. :)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
Yikes, that's a good guide but I'm not going to go ahead with that as it's a touch drastic for my taste :D
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Lofty24:
Yes but no luck thanks
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
Are you certain it's rooted? Mine took about 3 attempts to root.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Lofty24:
It installed the Market and titanium and superuser say it is.

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Rooted again and it WORKS YEsssssssss

Thanks

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Now do any of you know how to get rid of the three birds on the pre boot screen?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
Great, sounds like it wasn't rooted properly the first time. Pleased you have sorted it.

You're not able to get rid of the birds, only the shimering ViewSonic logo and startup noise by deleting the relevant files in the media folder. The birds screen is built into the firmware, sort of like a bios boot screen and no files can change that. The only ones who can change this are people at ViewSonic and I doubt they'd ever release the software to allow us to change this.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Lofty24:
Bummer, oh well suppose you don't have to look at it for the short time it's on.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] mark2410:
is it me or is the download from viewsonic horrifyingly slow? currestly going at 14 kbps
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
It was very slow when I downloaded it, no more than about 50k for me at its peak, took almost two hours. You could always email ViewSonic and ask if they would consider uploading the file to an online file sharing service?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] mark2410:
nevermind, fixed
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] mark2410:
btw does anyone else find their viewpad 10e cant locate itself. via google maps or anything else. its nothing major but its somewhat annoying.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] agrickard:
Hi

Glad others have been able to get root and market access sorted - have been away since I did mine, but like others have found I had to try rooting it a couple of times as well and also the download of the update was dead slow from Viewsonic's site, bu thought that was just me:laugh:

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I haven'y had this happen when I'm using, but there have been a couple a times I could have sworn I had powered off completely, then gone to use it the next day or something and nothing... dead. Needs to be plugged in and charged, sometimes with a paper clip in the old reset button. I thought it was me forgetting to power it off properly, but it has happened a couple of times.

However, like you, I'm glad I upgraded - feels like a proper tablet now, rather than just a stretched phone interface.

Keep the faith, guys :victory:
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] thediksta:
viewpad 10e rooted on ics with inverted market and apps

i hope this helps some people to root the new ics update and get google market working,

you must first input these commands via cmd:

adb root

adb shell

cd /bin

ls -l --color=never su

rm ./su

then use unlock root instead of super one click, super one click worked on gingerbread but doest work for me on ics, and make sure that you have the drivers installed first(it doesnt matter if you use htc drivers or not) you may have to try and root it more than once. it took me 4 times.

when you have root then use any file manager than allows root access and copy the inverted data apps from the nexus 7 page to your sdcard and then copy the vending.apk and talk.apk to /system/app/ and the rest to /data/app/. i know its only a rough guide but you should get the gist of it. i hope it works for you coz the viewpad is a much better tablet now, everything that didnt work in gingerbread now workS perfectly(SO FAR)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] flonikl:
rooting viewpad

Hi,

I´m verry interested in rooting my Viewpad 10e (with ICS uprade installed) and install google play. Unfortunately I´m a newbie on android, so could anyone post a step-by-step guide with all details for rooting the device (android ICS)?

I´m looking forward to your posts... :o

flonikl
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
Hi, welcome along. All the information you need is in this thread, find the initial posts about the ICS upgrade then you'll see how people have subsequently rooted the device and installed play.

I appreciate you're new on android but all the info is already on this thread, it is pretty much already there in a step by step format as well, so it's not really fair to ask others to re-post what is out there and you just need to carefully read the posts.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] thomsalter:
Can anyone upload this RAR to another site?

It seems that the domain may have been taken down and therefore URL doesn't work.

Cheers.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] flonikl:
new flash upgrade

Hi,

I`ve got a big problem and hope that somebody could help me:

I had the ICS upgrade on my device, worked perfect. After root, I had some problems and flashed the Viewpad again with the upgrade file. That wasn´t a good idea, because now I have android 3.2 on my device and don´t know how to get ICS again. I think MB-Tool flashed that because of the wrong android version number. Is there any way to flash new and get again ICS (perhaps somehow change the version-number?

Please, I hope, that sombody can help me...
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
You must have downloaded the wrong upgrade version. When MPTool flashes the tablet it uses whatever files are there, it isn't possible for it to install anything other than what you have downloaded so you should make sure you have downloaded the right upgrade package, delete any existing packages to make sure you are not getting files confused, then try again. You should follow ViewSonic's upgrade info to the letter as well, reading very carefully and doing exactly what it says.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] flonikl:
:victory:Yeees! Thank you so much!! I am really stupid, in fact I had an old version on my computer and didn´t recognize that. Now all works perfect.

Again thanks for that quick and usefull reply.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] jjk0091:
I sure hope someone tweaks the ICS rom for the 10e. After upgrading to ICS I was hoping it would improve the performance but its almost painful to use this thing. Trying to use facebook is nearly impossible for me. Scolling is laggy and its so slow displaying pages I've put it down and went back to my laptop.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] gironimo:
Hi,

i search the drivers for Viewsonic 10e, can i Help me ?

Big thanks
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
All the answers you need to connect your tablet to your PC in order to flash or use ADB are already in this thread, read back from this page to see how people have connected their tablets in order to flash ICS.

As I have said to another poster it is not fair to ask this question when you can find the answer by looking.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] jjk0091:
When I get to:

rm ./su

I get:

rm: can't remove './su' : Read-only file system

any ideas?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
Have you tried

sudo rm ./su
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] jjk0091:
sudo: not found
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
Doesn't sound like it's rooted, I had to give it two attempts before it worked properly even when it said it had. Someone else had four from memory.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] salpap:
automatically closes apps after a few minutes

Hi guys i have updates my favourite tablet to ics, got the market working too thanks to everybody on this forum. the only problem i am having is that when i open apps they automatically close after a few minutes, does any one else have this problem.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] laptopu:
I haven't had this problem. Is it any app or specific apps? If it's a specific app you could try looking for an update on Play, if it's all apps if I were you I would re-download and reinstall ICS. It is a hassle but you could have a corrupt system file on there that's causing the issue and a fresh re-download would ensure your ICS upgrade software isn't corrupted.

Aside from this, The Register is reporting ViewSonic is pulling out of the tablet market: http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2012/10/01/viewsonic_quits_consumer_tabs/

I reckon this means ICS will be the last official update for this device.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] snmp-dynamo:
you could found update from clone

In fact, Viewsonic Viewpad 10e is OMD/OEM tablet that could's found with the name Zinglife Z97T (india) ou Divo Z97T (china)

* CPU Vimicro VC882 1 GHz ARMv7 Cortex A8

* GPU Vivante CG400 (base on TI OMAP4470 CGPU )

* LCD 9.7" 4/3 IPS 1024x768 XGA 400 nits 800:1

* capacitive 5-Point Multi Touch panel

* RAM DDR3 512 MB, 667MHz & ROM 4GB NAND

* Li-Polymer 7.4V / 2700mAh, 20Wh

* AC Power Adapter ADP WA24A12 same that's you found with the Lacie wifi router
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] gironimo:
Hi,

i can overclock my Viewpad 10e ?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] jjk0091:
Has anyone been able to make adjustments to the vold.fstab file so the external sd card will mount first. I've tried swapping the words sdcard with external_sd and vice versa but that doesn't seem to work.