yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FadeFx:
Even a non geek person can realize th3 sluggish ui...

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaos420:
Yup already plans for launcher pro

Sent from my Miui powered Evo 3D tapa tapa tapa
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaos420:
got it today. took all of about 20 minutes to root apply sd fix then install cwm and backup. i think this weekend i will do a system dump. from there attemp to build a rom for it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glorify:
Was this rooted after the update?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaos420:
no mine wasnt updated.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FadeFx:
Did u test if the update.zip gets accepted by the stock recovery? It needs to be vizio signed and replacing the files would destroy the signature...

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaos420:
working on it here rprr is giving some feedback theres a guy on that site claiming he has keys. just doesnt know how to use them. trying to get the ball rolling.

that update failed. i have no need to test im rooted already. trying to help community. if you could have a look maybe a few great minds we can figure something out.

http://www.androidtablets.net/forum...56-update-hmmmmm-want-root-back-see-here.html
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FadeFx:
The keys this Guy has are public keys only, we'd need the vizio private key. To store private key on the device would be like storing the key to your flat on a key board on the outside of the entrance, hence they are not there.

Your attempt to dd the partition to the system wont work cause this would require root allready.

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaos420:
ok got a rom working. its early stages...but if it works for all you can update to .57 and keep root. must be rooted on .56 already with cwm installed.

http://www.androidtablets.net/forum...rooted-1-5-57-zip-aligned-app2sd-support.html
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sigeltek:
nice! Will check this out tonight.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apophis9283:
Hey guys, my friend has one of these and awhile back he updated to 1.5 and the way to root was shut down. I normally mod phones only as thats what I am used to. Has there been any development in rooting these with the latest update? I am sorry if this has been explained before and I promise I am not writing this to piss anyone off. Thank you for any information that can be given. Also is there a way to "SBF" or fastboot flash these back to the previous versions?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FadeFx:
Nope, due to the lack of capable devs nothing found.

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apophis9283:
Yeah this isnt the first or last time ive heard this.

Sent from my Incredible Rezound
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FadeFx:
Also due to the lack of the update.zip of the 1.4 update we have no chance to downgrade. We do not have fastboot mode, nor we have found download mode. There is no flashtool anyways and we can not expect any help from vizio.

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamesgb:
I just got a notice that V.I.A Plus 2.0 was available - it said it included the following:

HoneyComb

System Improvements

Since I wasnt rooted before, I'm downloading and installing it right now...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marqi.k:
I'm updating now!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grnsl2:
I want to say I'm excited, but I really hope it doesn't bog this thing down any more. With no way to root and no way to remove bloat, I may turn mine into a skipping stone on a local pond somewhere. :)

Updated one this morning and it looks like the "buttons" on the side and bottom (home, back and menu) no longer light. Guessing the ones on the screen are it now. First experience with Honeycomb. Interesting. Wonder if there's a way to put it back if we wanted.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] godsponge:
Yeah, I'm not liking the hardware buttons being disabled in favor of on screen ones. My favorite launcher spb shell doesn't have a menu button anymore I guess because it doesn't understand honeycomb. Had to revert to adw.

Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt (CM7)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwelder:
I like the new update. My Vtab runs much faster now and this allows more Apps from the Market to be downloaded. It's now noticed as a tablet on the market.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] godsponge:
I really like the honeycomb update, especially the the fact it reports as a tablet. I just don't see why they disabled the buttons. Would it really hurt to have both or an option to change it back?

Sent from my Thunderbolt (CM7)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpsinners:
VTL.Launcher

i have searched for a launcher app through the andoid market place and found VTL.Launcher. I am not as proficient with my hacking skills yet so it gives me the opportunity to do as i please without having the chance of a bricked system.

Jspin
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] godsponge:
My favorites are adw or launcher pro for free or spb shell paid

Sent from my Thunderbolt (CM7)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ejsjrnc:
just got the one i ordered for the wife today. Is there really any benefit to rooting? She just wants it to surf the web, check email and play angry birds. I don't see this replacing her netbook for her heavy lifting stuff (word processing and facebook games), but if there isn't a custom ROM for this and i'm still able to load the apps on here that she would like, then i guess i'm unsure what the benefits of rooting are other then to be able to say you did it....

the other reason i ask is that the thing has asked me 8 times already to apply the update and once it starts downloading it doesn't look it'll give the option to not install it. I've had to power reset it 3 times while it was dling the update to prevent it. It is still on VIA 1.4 (android 2.3.2)...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FadeFx:
If u don't know what you need root for, I'd suggest to do the update. You still can install from market or sideload apps.

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skinnyveganboy:
bump.... for honeycomb root.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superbeak:
No hardware butttons is a mandate of honeycomb. That's just the way it is.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdspieg:
So have we given up all hope for a root on this tablet??? I yesterday saw that they are STILL selling the tablet at Costco's, so there must be quite a large user base...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azturbomini:
This looks to be the case. :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr_dilly:
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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azturbomini:
Mine has a new owner.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superbeak:
This is what I typed.. how did it turn I to that?!?!?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dtr145r:
Bump
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandrumheller:
I find it highly unlikely that anyone new interested in developing on android tablets will pick up a vtab, given the other options now available. Since all of the current (if they even still have one of these) are pretty much stuck, I don't think we are gonna see root for the newer firmware...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gigaah:
I'm not very well versed in these matters. I've been trying to dig up some sort of information on what to do with the vtab1008. I stumbled upon The "one laptop for every child" project. Low and behold. In addition to the XO-1.75 running very similar hardware. They have a Tablet called the XO-3. Same dimensions and appears to be AT LEAST a direct relative to the VTAB1008. They have signed roms for it. Source code.EC Firmware(Boot loaders/Recover?) You have to dig around a bit. I have not tried to do anything with any of it. I'm just not really familiar enough with how things work.

From the perspective of a newb dumbo like me it seems getting this information into the right hands would almost certainly get something moving and generate some interest from coders and generally people who know what the hell to do with this stuff.

I did notice as well in december there was an update to the EC firmware that closed some some loopholes. Funny that the update that put the brakes on our rooting happened right about then huh?

wiki.laptop.org/go/Vizio_VTAB1008

The files labeled Q5XXX are for the XO-3

The site no longer has signed rom files for anything under Q5A03. which is where I think the Firmware was changed to close up loopholes.

Here is a change long of the project and code.

code.coreboot.org/p/openfirmware/timeline/all/?_px_sk=creation_dtime&_px_so=a&_px_p=31

Link to the XO-3 portion of the project.It has hyperlinks to the firmware

wiki.laptop.org/go/XO-3

Firmware Section.

wiki.laptop.org/go/Firmware

Boot Sequence Info

wiki.laptop.org/go/Category:XO_startup

You have to dig but there is a wealth of information about flashing and recovery and security etc.I hope this can help someone.If the information is as closely related as I'd like to think it is. It could maybe turn the vtab into a very awsome project for the people who actually have skills in these matters.

--Gigaah

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drop box for the signed stuff. only saw ones for the XO-1.75 not the XO-3. Still possibly usefull.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GhettoBSD:
What have you guys fine with your bricked devices?

Samsung note ii
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grnsl2:
Luckily not bricked here. Although my kids no longer really like it. :( To slow and locked down for it to be useful for any kind of gaming or anything. Lesson learned. I wish these obsolite devices they'd release and open up. I think that would help drive interest. Knowing it's not as fast will keep those that don't like to tinker away and stuff, but it would be good for more to get familiar with it and then hopefully drive interest.

Looking for a lightweight launcher, I've been using HOLO on it for a while. Trying not to bog it down.

Have you guys settled on something you like? Saw the typical ADW and ICS listed about a year ago. Just wondering.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GhettoBSD:
Same thing happened here, we just stopped using it because it couldn't keep up with our needs. So I thought clearing it out would work and started modifying... forgot to read my own instructions whoops!

But I had been using the zeam launcher

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.zeam&hl=en

I had to side load it because the tablet wasn't recognized as being able to run it. It had the smallest footprint for me and used the least amount of resources so it was free for other things.

Good luck!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skinnyquiver:
Got a honeycomb root for this device.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47852635
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnoober:
Link doesn't work. My tab is a brick tho. just flashing hardware lights
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skinnyquiver:
sorry here is the corrected link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47852635

You may be able to recover if you can get to the recovery mode and follow the steps here -> http://www.androidtablets.net/forum/vizio-tablets/46053-guide-downgrade-gingerbread.html
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnoober:
Convo moved to new thread. Good job
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackcog:
I used a couple methods of extraction. I have 3 sets of images. The only one I believe we should be interested in at the moment is mmcblk0p5, should be the recovery image...

'dd' seemed to yield the best results.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rprr:
Many thanks. Using dd, I was able to get to both 'p1' and 'p5' and can extract the contents. But I don't know how to proceed further :( From what I read, there is usually a /boot partition containing both kernel (zImage+ramdisk.img.gz). But there is /kernel, and /ramdisk partitions on the Vizio.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackcog:
I have another vtab, but its been stuck at the recovery menu since... day 2 I think...

If only I could obtain a signed vizio update.zip, I'd make use of it....:D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaynrb:
thanks for the instructions... I had to use the superoneclick method with the alternate files... thanks again!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abtxpress:
Ugh. I'm stuck. I can't for the life of me get neither win7 or ubuntu to connect to adb. Both see it but won't connect. I cannot get the drivers to install no matter what I try. Any suggestions?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackcog:
I suppose I'll steal my wife's so I can extract these and let you know what's going on :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rprr:
I can put images of the relevant partitions available for download if you wish.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abtxpress:
I am about to smash this. Why won't the adb drivers install.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dylanparrish:
follow thread here got working adb drivers
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abtxpress:
Finally ROOTED!!! Was a pain in the @$$ to get the ADB interface going on. I finally own my device!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rprr:
Congrats and have fun.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackcog:
If you want to post them, I will continue to work the port. Rather than ruin the wife's vtab (to touch it would be to ruin it :D), I'll go buy another one... maybe tomorrow.

I would rather test CWM on my own than set you up for a failure...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KJ5ES:
HOW did you do it? Get the adb drivers to work I mean. When I try "adb devices" I get no list of devices. WHen I try "adb reboot" I get device not present. HELP! Yet when I plug in to the computer, it sees it, it'll let me use it as a usb drive etc, but adb just can't see it...

Any help is appreciated. And yes, I have scoured the forums, read the same few vtab / adb "solutions" but nothing has worked.

Thanks BTW for proving SOMEONE can do it! Hahaha
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaynrb:
All I did was follow the ADB instructions for installing the Vtab1008. I just added the " ;Vizio Tablet

%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0489&PID_E040&MI_01

%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0489&PID_E040&REV_0227&MI_01"

to the android_winusb.inf file in the android-sdk drivers folder. I uninstalled all the drivers that had installed the first time... then reconnected. That worked for me.

If you havent seen the thread its right here...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1227345
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnoober:
i think the biggest issue everyone is having with root is using the wrong adb.exe. i could never get it to work with the one supplyd in the file download. i instead used the adb in my android sdk folders. im attaching the files folder i used so just replace the contents of your files folder and all should work ok.

has anyone been able to make a backup of this thing. i pretty much bricked mine and need to reinstall. i can get to the recovery screen but not into the operating system
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rprr:
Blackcog -- I sent you a PM with links to the partition images.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] relepper:
Driver Issue - What worked for me

I also could not get the Vizio or SDK drivers to work for me. I installed PDANET which allows for force reinstall of it's drivers and it worked.

Since this is my first post, I cannot post URL to PDANET.

Just search for PDANET android.

Good luck

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So, where do I find the best instructions for enabling ad-hoc connections? I've seen tons of info on this but none of it makes me feel very comfortable yet.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnoober:
would you mind letting me get those?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rprr:
Here are three of the partitions extracted in their entirety with the 'dd' command.

mmcblk0p1 -- ramdisk

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/45219104/mmcblk0p1.img

mmcblk0p5 -- recovery

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/45219104/mmcblk0p5.img

mmcblk0p8 -- kernel

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/45219104/mmcblk0p8.img

There is no /boot partition containing a boot.img. This type of partition system is fairly unusual in an Android device. Most of them have a /boot partition which contains both kernel and ramdisk together.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abtxpress:
This is how I was successful to get adb and root. Took a few tries and arguing but this is what I did. It took like 5 tries, then I hooked up my htc inc 2 and it registered right away, unplugged it, hooked the vtab back up and the above method finally worked.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bycoo222:
I have been having a wifi problem ever since root where it will conect but i cant get it to actually use the internet for the life of me any sugestions?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dylanparrish:
im still getting "broken image file" when i try to unyaffs it

heres the unyaffs.exe.stackdump

Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION at eip=004010B0

eax=F6102B41 ebx=000000D5 ecx=FFFFFF29 edx=00C314DA esi=0040130E edi=610E21A0

ebp=0028EE88 esp=0028EE50 program=C:\Users\Dylan\Desktop\adb\unyaffs\unyaffs.exe, pid 83288, thread main

cs=0023 ds=002B es=002B fs=0053 gs=002B ss=002B

Stack trace:

Frame Function Args

0028EE88 004010B0 (0028EEE9, 00000000, 00000000, 00401333)

0028EEB8 004013AF (00000002, 00C301B8, 00C30090, 610A5E22)

0028EFA8 61004DD2 (0028EFC0, FFFFFFFF, 0077BA48, 007500C4)

0028FF58 6100594F (00000000, 00000000, 00000000, 00000000)

End of stack trace

any thoughts?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rprr:
I am not able to get unyaffs to work on my Mac. I have tried compiling it but it fails to build. I was able to use gzip/cpio to extract the recovery and ramdisk portions. I can put zipped versions of those partition contents.

ramdisk:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/45219104/mmcblk0p1.zip

recovery:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/45219104/mmcblk0p5.zip

At this point I am unable to extract the kernel reliably...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abtxpress:
Now doesn't Vizio have to give us the kernel because of the GPL? Has anyone asked for the source code from them?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KJ5ES:
FIANLLY!! My VTAB is Rooted.... Yeah!!!

Well as though the title of the post doesn't say enough, the VTAB is rooted!! Finally!

SO the problem was never the adb, or the exploit etc etc, it was that I could never get "adb devices" to return a serial number...in other words it wasn't connected as far as adb was concerned.

One I got that fixed, rooting took about 3 minutes via SuperOneClick 2.3 and the zergRush exploit.

So how did I fix it on my Vista 64bit machine? Well it really was pretty easy after two days of trying things that didn't work. I downloaded USBDeview (google it) and used that to uninstall both of the VTAB1008 drivers that were loaded. Then, while still on the USBDeview screen, I unplugged the device, checked on the NASCAR rain delay, then plugged it back in. When it reloaded the driver (the millionth driver reload I have done)....it worked.

adb devices resulted in the expected serial number and rooting via SuperOneClick was simple....amazing how well it works when its talking :)

Thanks guys for the help!

//theunlockr.com/2009/10/06/how-to-set-up-adb-usb-drivers-for-android-devices/ <---Here is the link that got me on the right track ...

Thank again devs and others for the help!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dylanparrish:
okay so let me get this straight in the boot.img contains boot header + Linux kernel + ramdisk/rootfs

the vtab however has the kernel and ramdisk/rootfs in different partition hense the no boot partition

what exactly is required to port the CWM recovery?

i looked here about porting the recovery http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/10/porting-clockwork-recovery-to-new.html

but it only talks about the boot.img itself

we have the ramdisk extracted so we need the kernel extracted and then using those will it be enough to finally port the recovery?

thoughts
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rprr:
This is my first Android device though I have a fair bit of experience with linux/unix based systems. I am not sure what exactly is needed in order for clockwork mod.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rprr:
Just a related question: What does the Factory reset do when in "recovery" mode? Does it take the tablet to new condition?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dylanparrish:
It just wipes the data and cache partition

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Called and asked they said they wont be releasing the source code for the kernel
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sigeltek:
Hey, good to see we are working on porting recovery now..

You guys on freenode, do we have a #vtab or similar channel? Maybe we can get something going.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rprr:
Thanks for the info. So it really doesn't bring the device to out of the box state.

I called them up as well and got the exact same response. They also told me that I should get it from google.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dylanparrish:
looking at the extracted contents of the mmcblk0p1.img i found the initlogo.rle which is supposed to be the image that an android device shows before the boot animation on the boot up process, does this mean it uses that as the boot partition
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rprr:
How did you extract the contents of this partition?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dylanparrish:
yeah that's why it kept the root when i did a factory reset

well google is a big place and i wouldn't even know where to start asking about the kernel

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it was the mmcblk0p1.zip file you posted on here
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rprr:
Sorry, I mistakenly assumed that you had extracted the kernel partition.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rprr:
It's been years since I was on 'irc'. Shows my age ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KJ5ES:
HEY boys and girls...just a note of encouragement as you work to get a recovery and ROMs for this tab.... Cheer cheer cheer...you go, you developer you! Hahaha Seriously, good luck....lots of us who can't do it are waitng on those of you who can figure it out.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bycoo222:
opened it up a little more for th op5 one
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rprr:
Thanks. It looks like we can open both 1 (ramdisk) and 5 (recovery). The problem is with the other partitions. primarily, 8 which has the kernel.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dylanparrish:
Does anyone know any information about uboot?

Under About Device:

Uboot Version

1.1.18

From what i can find this is the Uboot Bootloader (correct me if im wrong)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot/

Description

The U-Boot Universal Bootloader project provides firmware for many CPU architectures and boards with full source code under GPL. See http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot for more information and http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/SourceCode for current source code

When searching for the source code I can not find 1.1.18 however it claims

to have source code under GPL

I called their support and asked and was told that "Uboot" meant nothing and that it is just a name given to a part of the device and wouldnt tell me what.

then asked again about the kernel and the tech helping did not know what a kernel was and had to explain to them what it was. then was told to google it.

so not a lot of help coming from vizio

anyone have any info on it?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rprr:
I think that is correct. U-boot is the bootloader.