yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G Tablet Android Development] artbybart:
Thank you so much for your hard work!! Great job; definitely a lot smoother and more responsive than my previous ROM.

I'll let you know as I get to use it more!!
[G Tablet Android Development] artbybart:
I noticed when using XDA app and I press on a post where a menu pops up asking if I want to reply, quote, multi, etc. My screen goes completely blank with some brightness. I press the power button then the faint brightness goes away (again with nothing on the screen). I press it again and the unlock screen shows up and I'm back to where I had left off. It's strange and seeing that more consistently now when going to settings.

I hope I'm making sense. Is anybody else seeing the screen going off from time to time? Thanks.
[G Tablet Android Development] jeffc83:
I've had a few screen bugs/display glitches but I haven't had to turn the screen off and on. I've only had one reset so far...was running it for three solid hours and was just finishing up a game of Angry Birds Star Wars when it happened.

This is a nice alternative to smoothbean... this will give you the stock experience.
[G Tablet Android Development] tvm777:
i did as you said

wipe all (data,dalvik,battery,cache)

i had jelly bean from teamdhr (aka dirty bean) and the new Touch BL

but i got error

e:error in /external_sd/g_harmny.....zip

(status 7)

Installation aborted, what went wrong¡?
[G Tablet Android Development] tjohnsonjr:
Try redownloading the ROM
[G Tablet Android Development] tvm777:
i just try install it again and this time worked

now its at the "X" symbol

how much time should i let it before configure it?

I mean some roms say that after install it, let it without any use before start using it , like 30 minutes

this its same?

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btw all hardware stuff works?

camera? mic?
[G Tablet Android Development] johnnybr:
I don't think so. Still same kernel from Fosser, so same hardware stuff that don't work!

BTW, this rom seems very nice! Still in test. Thank you tjohnsonjr!

Sorry for bad english
[G Tablet Android Development] skotter:
VERY NICE!!! Just left smoothbean for this, had a bunch of slowdowns with that. So far so good.
[G Tablet Android Development] idivorceyou:
Please explain what you observe as differences and improvements between this and smoother. Thanks.
[G Tablet Android Development] redeyedjedi:
I have "free ram" envy.... nice build, must be the odexed.
[G Tablet Android Development] s9amme:
Great job with this rom. Its really fast and hardly and slowdowns. Unfortunately, Netflix won't open for some reason. It flickers the screen for a second and nothing happens. No error message or anything. YouTube videos don't seem to play either in the app. Every video says there's an error loading. Anyone else experience the same issue?

sent from my G-Tablet
[G Tablet Android Development] calraleigh:
I have the same problem with youtube, it can only play with HD turned off. This rom run better for me. Came over from the Smoother 4.1.2 Rom, snappier browser load time. I hope the next version fix the youtube HD problem.
[G Tablet Android Development] Photoelectric:
Pending on nobe1976's experience, sounds like something went badly with my install. Did you use the supercharger after or before installing a custom launcher? I ran mine before, which may have made it more difficult for new launchers?
[G Tablet Android Development] jhermit:
I installed Nova right after I installed the ROM. I am going from memory, but if I recall correctly, my procedure was:

1) NVFLASH to stock with Rooted CWM/1.2 Boot loader

2) rebooted and went through the init in stock

3) Flashed DRH350

4) Installed ROM

5) Init ROM

6) Installed Nova

7) Installed Titanium

8) Restored my apps

9) Rebooted

10) Played with it for about a week

11) Supercharged because I was frustrated with freezes and lags. But it did not help

12) Moved data to Laptop, repart to 4096/0, restored data from Laptop

13) Ahhhhh. Lag gone

I never had SODs and never had to use the DRH :laugh: during this process
[G Tablet Android Development] nobe1976:
Are you running the stock or OC version?

Sent from my SmoOth A$$ Gtablet
[G Tablet Android Development] Photoelectric:
Sounds good. Did you flash to stock first for any particular reason? (My stock was BL 1.1) Only saw something similar in this thread:

http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/290...-070212/page__st__2060__p__324281#entry324281

with multiple re-flashes to fix bad blocks. I used NVFlash for DRH350, then I deleted and reformatted everything (4096/0), then installed the overclocked version of this ROM (did not like due to a higher incidence of black SODs and some graphics glitches), and then deleted all the data AND reformatted again prior to flashing the non-overclocked version of this ROM. I then rebooted, let the ROM settle for a while, ran updates, rebooted, and ran the V6 optimizer. THEN I waited some more and installed Holo HD launcher. It proceeded to crash at various times, and I tried APEX launcher. That crashed too... So I went back to the stock launcher, and it was *mostly* okay, but got an SOD today out of the blue.

One thing I didn't do was to mount/unmount data and system before and after the ROM install. Still unclear why those are significant and wonder if that messed up my install in any way.
[G Tablet Android Development] nobe1976:
As instucted by one that knows more then me, rajeevvp as instructed that Bad Blocks will not cause issues with ROM performance. Granted NVFlashing your device once in a great while will move and mark those blocks so that they don't get used. If I remember someone mentioning that to me once.

This is not a needed step. The recovery can wipe the system and data partitions without them being mounted.
[G Tablet Android Development] jhermit:
OC with 456 - 1200 using no frills CPU Control. To be honest I nvflashed first because I always did before since I had some three bird hangs , so no real technical reason.

I have had this tablet for over 2 years and probably flashed close to 50 times, so it is mostly habit.

This is the only ROM that everything works without problem. YouTube HD, Netflix, flash websites, etc. Very smooth!

I was about to buy a Google Nexus 10,but this is working so well I am going to wait until their next version ...
[G Tablet Android Development] nobe1976:
That is why you might not be seeing major issues. You are using the OC boot.IMG version where the other guy was using the standard version. Granted I am like you and probably flashed this thing over 100 times with NVflash just out of habit. I went ahead and switched back to my Smoother backup, because of certain things where just freezing up and had to put in standby just to get out of it. I did notice the lock screen disappearing on me when coming out of standby, but I was use to that from previous builds.

Sent from my SmoOth A$$ Gtablet
[G Tablet Android Development] rajeevvp:
I'm pretty sure that I didn't say anything categorical of that sort. What I might have said was: it's *highly unlikely* for bad block to cause these sorts of performance problems.

To reiterate: In general, and on MOST custom ROMs, you don't need to worry about bad blocks if you access (read/write) the NAND flash through the filesystem (YAFFS2) on a partition. The FS handles bad blocks nicely. Some ROMS--notably VS's stock ROM, and FrankenTAB--bypass the filesystem during installation, and those ROMs might show bizarre problems (missing apps, for instance) after an install because bad blocks were written into during the install.

It's not certain that nvflashing will mark blocks as being bad--I've never seen it doing this. What I *have* seen, though, is the kernel marking NAND blocks bad when it has trouble reading/writing them.
[G Tablet Android Development] JEZZEJAMEZ:
Same here, when in doubt smooth it out.

$3ñt F®°m my Gt@b ~Gn°t£
[G Tablet Android Development] kanaiya:
I think, is one of the best roms, it could actually play all of my games in the tablet without any problems. Thanks and keep up the good work.
[G Tablet Android Development] 7az:
best rom ever, 1tapcleaner and puffin broswer makes it even sweeter!
[G Tablet Android Development] millstone:
Great rom. but i have one problem: my tilt & brightness sensor dont work - any ideas?
[G Tablet Android Development] cwhickey420:
Just have to say this is the best ROM for my GTab, thing is blazing fast compared to all the rest and no slowdowns at all compared to to all the others on here I tested. I don't know if it's my gtab specifically as the reason why, but I couldn't recommended another ROM any more than this one. Make sure you install CPU sleeper and this will be the best ROM ever.
[G Tablet Android Development] acolona:
I havent used my tablet in over a year...last time I was on here gingerbread based roms were out but had no hardware acceleration lol.

Anyway..found this, flashed it, and i can actually use this thing again!! My only problem now is I want to disable the hardware buttons. With on screen home/back buttons..the hardware ones are just in the way and i hit them all the time. Anyone know if this is possible?
[G Tablet Android Development] lartomar2002:
Does anyone know if Boat Browser still supports flash on 4.2?

Ups, sorry wrong thread. :(
[G Tablet Android Development] schwinn8:
Yes, there is a way to disable the buttons. I think it was called "Button Savior" or something? I think there's another way by hacking at some of the files on the device, too. Search should show you the way for both/either.
[G Tablet Android Development] nobe1976:
Button Savior is just an app that allows one to add soft buttons to there device. It doesn't disable the hard keys. To do that one has to edit the codes in the key files. The instructions are some where in the forums, and it should be able to be applied in any gtablet ROM.

Sent from My SmOoThA$$ Gtablet.
[G Tablet Android Development] schwinn8:
Ok, like I said, I wasn't sure... but there is an app that used to work on older ROMs: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1020834

"Button Remapper"
[G Tablet Android Development] junooni:
My tablet had been unable to boot beyond HC. I used DRH JB rom 4.2 and used their NVFlash that brought my tablet back to life.

i flashed G-Harmony Jellybean 4.1.2 directly over it through recovery. It worked like a charm and this rom is bullet-train fast. However, now it won't show my 16GB space. It just shows 258mb total storage in 'settings' and i can't even see anything through file explorer.

Any idea what would have caused it and how to fix it?
[G Tablet Android Development] rajeevvp:
The exact steps that you followed is not clear from the description. For instance:

1. Did you install the DRH JB 4.2 ROM after you used their 350 MB nvflash package, or, was only the nvflash done?

2. If you installed DRH JB 4.2, did you do a "wipe data/factory reset" or a re-partition step between installing DRH JB 4.2 and installing G-Harmony 2.3.2?

258 MB for which partition? Post the outputs of these commands (and a screenshot of the Settings screen):

$ [B]su[/B]
# [B]busybox mount > /mnt/sdcard/mount.txt 2>&1[/B]
# [B]busybox df > /mnt/sdcard/df.txt 2>&1[/B]
# [B]busybox fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0 > /mnt/sdcard/fdisk0.txt 2>&1
# busybox fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk1 > /mnt/sdcard/fdisk1.txt 2>&1[/B]
[G Tablet Android Development] nobe1976:
The current setup for the new 4.2 version of DirtyBean actually places a 500m System partition on the internal nand, The are using the Nexus setup this is a quote from the other site on things are some how setup for the new rom

The fact that it is still reading a 258 MB partition is unusual since the setup procedure should utilize the entire internal storage.
[G Tablet Android Development] junooni:
I used their latest NVFLASH that sets the partition size to 500MB. Then I flashed the DRH JB 4.2 as per the entire process defined by them.

I flashed G-Harmony without applying the 350MB NVFLASH because that NVFLASH messes up my tablet. My tablet is one of those that were unable to boot beyond HC before the new DRH NVFLASH.

Results of the above commands are attached.

the Settings screenshot is also attached. since i couldn't access the internal storage, I bought a 16gb microsd to use as the default space. However, i found out that the apps don't install in the sd so basically there's no point.

Like for Soccer / Real Racing game, i can't download the additional file since it doesn't allow the sd to be used as the default storage.

Please help in either enabling the internal storage or at least the sd card for apps installation.
[G Tablet Android Development] tjohnsonjr:
I think your problem is that you flashed my ROM(G-Harmony) directly over TEAM DRHs ROM. The files in this ROM won't override those from DRH. You need to do a complete wipe(data factory reset/format system). Then flash this ROM again. This ROM is ODEXed so you should have a good amount of system storage.
[G Tablet Android Development] rajeevvp:
Internal NAND, eh? as opposed to an external NAND, I suppose?

But, seriously: what they're actually doing--in a rather peculiar way--is grabbing all the remaining space (~400+ MB) for /system--after all the other partitions on the NAND have been allocated.

Look, I understand their setup. (That emulated SDcard feature can be implemented even in old Gingerbread ROMs: even the earliest CM 7 versions have a /system/bin/sdcard.) What I wanted was the exact details for this ROM--which is why I asked for the outputs.

No, there's nothing unusual here. And, the entire internal SD card space is correctly and fully allocated.

---------- Post added 12th March 2013 at 12:18 AM ---------- Previous post was 11th March 2013 at 11:57 PM ----------

So, if I understand you correctly, you:

1. Used the 2013 TeamDRH nvflash package.

2. Installed DRH JB 4.2.

3. Right afterwards (ie. without booting into JB 4.2), you flashed G-Harmony JB 2.3.2.

If so, you could have skipped step #2.

This is puzzling because, apart from the expanded /system partition, newer CWM and a different boot splash logo, the 2013 nvflash package uses the exact same files as the 350 MB prep file. The 350 MB prep file, in turn, was derived from the 300 MB and 250 MB prep files, which ultimately, is a descendent of Roebeet's 250 MB nvflash package used originally for HC ROMs. So the, the non-Android partition images are the same as Roebeet's.

The short answer is that there's nothing to be worried about. All the space on the internal SD card has been correctly accounted for. (But, 300 MB is being set aside for /cache, which is wasted space on this ROM.)

What you're seeing in Settings is the statistics for the highly reduced /mnt/sdcard space. You can still install apps (those which don't need to put large data files into /mnt/sdcard) into their usual location in /data which now has plenty of room (15GB).

That's easy. You can resize the partitions on the SD cards whenever you want for apps which insist on putting their files in /mnt/sdcard.

It's pretty easy to do that SD card emulation trick on this ROM too (and also other Gingerbread+ ROMs), but, most users will find resizing the partitions to be a much easier method.

---------- Post added at 12:35 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:18 AM ----------

No, it should be OK to flash this ROM right after installing DRH 4.2 because:

1. the boot partition is rewritten (standard for a ROM install)

2. /system is formatted before it is written into ( ditto ).

The only extras to your ROM install is the harmless addition of the Amazon app store, and the extra Google apps like Magazines, Books, Currents and Docs from the DRH ROM. And this too only if the user's selected the ROM + Gapps option for installation in their Aroma installer.

You're right about this, but, I don't think the user booted into DRH JB 4.2. If he had, without a factory reset, he would've encountered boot-loops, system hangs, or other obvious problems.
[G Tablet Android Development] tjohnsonjr:
This ROM doesn't use the Aroma installer nor or some of the apps you mentioned aren't included but that's not important.

My issue is that I don't think that the system isn't being properly formatted.
[G Tablet Android Development] junooni:
Hey everyone, thanks for helping me trying to figure out the solution....

To clarify, I DID boot into DRH JB 4.2. In fact, I used it for a couple of days until i got fed up of the lag and decided to try the G-Harmony rom (and simply loving it!!!!)

I did a factory reset and wipe, as is the standard procedure and flashed the rom, which means i'm using the 2013 DRH NVFLASH.

Earlier, my tablet always used to get stuck at the birds if i used any of the 250MB or above NVFLASH. some devs have been kind enough in helping me in private by trying out mods to the NVFLASH files for me but that hasn't worked.

If there's anything you would like me to try so I can regain the internal storage, I'd be happy to do it. I can NVFLASH as many times as needed as my tablet is either ways out of commission till this gets fixed. I also have the DRH hole drilled and I'm not afraid to use it!

I would ideally want the internal 16gigs to be available, but if there's no hope, i'll go for re-partitioning sdcards as explained above.

Hope this makes some sense of my setup and that I can re-use my gtablet to the full soon.
[G Tablet Android Development] MrWicket:
every once in a while the lock screen graphics glitch out, like others I can swipe right and unlock but I'm doing it blind. I searched the thread and saw that someone was having the same issue but I never saw a solution and then the conversation got swept away in a different direction so I figured I'd outright ask if we had a solution or should I just be happy I got JB on the G-Tab and live with it for now. ;) Thanks guys and awesome ROM! :D
[G Tablet Android Development] JediBrooker:
Has anyone come across not being able to install Google+ from the Play Store? I'm getting a "Your device isn't compatible with this version" error. I've scoured the net and all I can find is issues with DPI but that doesn't seem to help.
[G Tablet Android Development] junooni:
The ROM has become VERY slow over the time. now it takes around 3 seconds to input text after pressing the buttons on the keyboard. also, i keep getting force closures. any help in this regard anyone?
[G Tablet Android Development] rajeevvp:
Try these.

Boot into CWM and force a filesystem check.
[G Tablet Android Development] bertoman33:
Hey duders. I love this ROM so hard, but I've had problems with location access since the jump. Does anyone have a GAPPs build where location access actually works? I'm at a loss.

Thanks in advance :)
[G Tablet Android Development] agentstatic:
Terrible host.

Is there another source to get the needed files from? I can't even complete a download from dev-host.
[G Tablet Android Development] junooni:
My GTab is one of the unfortunate ones that are unable to boot beyond HC roms. After trying many different NVFlash / ROM combos, I was able to get this ROM working, though it was very slow, so had to move back to HC.

Now i'm attempting again to make my tablet usable and have been running this ROM for the past 3 days. However, there are frequent FCs of apps like Facebook and Chrome (even slightly heavier apps). I haven't tried any games / videos yet but without HW acceleration it seems a long shot.

I would like help in finding a ICS ROM that would be compatible with this NVFlash so I could flash it for HW acceleration. I have tried a couple of ICS ROMs but they're not compatible with my partition structure. Would appreciate any help here.
[G Tablet Android Development] rajeevvp:
It's not a tablet HW problem. It's a kernel bug. Try an older ICS kernel with the current ROM: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=31390102&postcount=38

Any time you run the nvflash command with a --create flag, you write a new partition structure, based on the .cfg file, to the NAND flash. So, you shouldn't have any compatibility problems if you use the nvflash package recommended in your ROM's OP.
[G Tablet Android Development] junooni:
So you're suggesting i should NVFlash the one recommended for THIS rom, then flash the rom and immediately flash the kernel as explained in the post you linked?
[G Tablet Android Development] junooni:
Bump!
[G Tablet Android Development] Jerome.Ramos:
Hello...downloaded this awesome rom today...blazing fast man!....but only problem is I am having problems with sync...I downloaded the new google calendar app and I do not see my events....anyone can give tips on how to fix this?
[G Tablet Android Development] striker59:
Installed yesterday, worked great. Installed all of my google apps updated a few. Only problem yesterday was text-to-speech not working. This morning turned it on, let it sit for 1/2 hour. Tried using and only apps showing were apps I downloaded. Very sluggish. After a few minutes all apps finally showed. Only thing I did was in developers checked box to kill processes when exiting and limit running processes to no more than 2.
[G Tablet Android Development] striker59:
Super Charger has improved my tablet making it usable. I like this version of jelly bean, without Super Charger I was ready to dump it. Thanks
[G Tablet Android Development] richbutler1:
FYI, after first loading this ROM, the G-tab was sluggish, long waits. Yes, cleared Dalvik and cache. I implemented Supercharger which marginally helped. I wasn't too pleased with screen refresh, click response, video stuttering on HBO Go and Netflix. Since then I have SetCPU dialed into 1500Mhz peak, 650Mhz(ish) low. Finally in developers options, I set force GPU rendering to on. After these things, the tablet is now much more responsive and usable.

The only thing missing is camera capability. If anyone has info on a fix/tweak, please advise. Should work for Native camera app, Skype, Hangouts minimally. Thx.
[G Tablet Android Development] TheFlyingPig:
I tried to install the rom and I got this.

Installing update...

assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "smba1002" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "smba1002"

Status 7

Installation aborted.

Any idea what I did wrong?

I'm pretty sure I wiped syste, data and cache.

Thanks
[G Tablet Android Development] TheFlyingPig:
The problem was with the version of clockwork mod. It took awhile for a newbie like me.

These are the things I jotted down, if anyone run into the same issue.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2475690

It's working beautifully now. I was watching netflix on it for an hour, then I casted it to chromecast for another hour.

There were a bunch of games that didn't work on the froyo, they are working now.

It's a huge improvement.

I hope jellybean doesn't degrade as fast....but if it does, I'm ready to wipe and reflash.
[G Tablet Android Development] Fazettit:
Best ROM for the Malata tablet ! Fast, stable & perfect.

Thanks for bringing life back to my device...with other ROMs it was not usable...kudos!
[G Tablet Android Development] TheFlyingPig:
Ditto!

I feel in love with the tablet all over again.
[G Tablet Android Development] MrWicket:
so, figured I'd ask and see if there are going to be any KitKat plans for our rusty but trusty G-Tablets?! I'm excited at the prospects of the lower memory footprint and only requiring 512MB RAM that KitKat is bringing and oh man if we could finally get a lag free smooth experience on the G Tablet that would be great! :)
[G Tablet Android Development] tjohnsonjr:
I moved on to the Nexus 7(2013) so this ROM probably won't be updated.
[G Tablet Android Development] lartomar2002:
I'm sure someone will attempt to do something with KitKat. It's one of those things developers can't resist.
[G Tablet Android Development] MrWicket:
ok, thanks anyways.

yeah I suspect someone will feel the need to tinker.
[G Tablet Android Development] hungrymr2:
For those who still have problems installing because of status 7 and got the installation aborted. here is the file for the 350m

Power off,

Power and volume -- (minus)

connect gtab to windows computer. It will ask for the driver that is inside the zip.

Window- warning->install anyway

start -->run --> nvflash_gtablet.bat

done.