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[G Tablet General] mgrankin:
I am trying to flash the tnt 4.10 rom to my tab. When I download it it showed up as a .rar file I extracted it and is still shows a .rar file. My question is will the gtab unzip this type of file or is there something else I should do. Thanks in advance for any help I am still kind of new to changing roms.
[G Tablet General] thebadfrog:
gtab will not extract .rar files. On windows download 7zip
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
I used rar as I figured it was the closed thing to a standard, and to differentiate it from a zip (as in "update.zip"). I guess Android itself only understands zip files?
[G Tablet General] japhule:
I use AndroZip from the market to extract the rar file on my tablet. Never need to transfer files to/from pc (other than for backing up).
[G Tablet General] thebadfrog:
Nice to know...thanks
[G Tablet General] bblackmoor:
You know, I have heard people talk about this "viewing angle" problem, but I don't have any trouble viewing my G tablet, and I read comics on it all the time. So maybe some people have this problem and other people don't.
[G Tablet General] v12xke:
See this post / thread for more detail...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10646997&postcount=269
[G Tablet General] bblackmoor:
Personally, I would suggest using 7zip over rar, as 7zip is an open standard. AndroZip can extract both, though.
[G Tablet General] cbmoore9:
For me it varies between applications, some are OK while other screen views seem to bleed out. I never had much success in turning the gtab upside down.
[G Tablet General] cbmoore9:
The Market "cuts off" the 5 star rating system on apps. I can only see the 1st star now. Happened whenI went from TnT lite 2.2 to 4.1.0. Am I messed up here or has someone else had this happen?
[G Tablet General] cbmoore9:
Duh, think I figured out the Market change,apologies for a stupid post.
[G Tablet General] bobtran:
Doesn't look like it deletes the original (TnT lite: sparks in "X" animation), it appears to over-ride it instead. I installed as documented, Started....it works as stated, droid pee's on apple, renamed bootanimation.zip to bootanimation.zip.old and sparks are back on restart (So you can revert back if you choose to).

Going to checkout the dancing droid next. Thanks for the boot humor.

Edit: Dancing droid animation lags and resolution is nowhere as good as the image above (larger screen degrades the experience). Droid peeing works good.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
It's a known issue - been there since the new Market was added and I have yet to find a way to fix it. It's not the tablet itself because VEGAn is fine, so it has to be the TnT Framework at fault.

When you are reading comics in portrait, turn it slightly in one direction, and then in the other -- do you notice the difference? That's the problem we are all complaining about. If you don't see it, then I'd like to know your model number because maybe you have a different device than the rest of us (we know there are a few 320's floating around, for example).

I had considered that, but I felt that rar was a little more common and more likely to be supported by whatever program the user might have. Heck, if it was up to me I'd use tar. :D
[G Tablet General] gsmith3246:
Help!

Tried a few bootanimations, no problems.. then tried this dancing droid. After the gTab logo, the dancing droid does his thing for a few seconds, then I get a black screen... that never goes away. No homescreen, no launcher. Just blackness.

I dont have ADB set up on the tab yet, so can anyone tell me how to get into /system/media so I can delete this bootanimation.zip????

Thanks!

-gerry
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
adb is the only way, if the UI is borked. Else you'd need to re-flash.
[G Tablet General] gsmith3246:
Roe,

What about the mount /system option in clockwork? I *really* dont want to have to reflash.. it's taken me weeks to get everything set up the way I have it. *cry*

Edit: Ok, reflashed the same ROM I already had. No lost apps or configs (except Market).

Thanks Roebeet!
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
You should do a nandroid backup, as well. Good to have in case you make a change that you might regret later! :)
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
Hi,

What is a "nandroid backup", and how do you do that?

Jim
[G Tablet General] Sprdtyf350:
It is what doing a backup in clockwork is called on a lot of other phones, tablets, etc. It is just the name of a program that does backups.
[G Tablet General] DrPaulR:
I had the same problem, but I was able to power cycle and it worked fine the 2nd time. I know it sounds silly, but have you tried rebooting a couple of times (2 second press to power off and/or 10 second power button press to recycle)? Mine worked fine and I believe I used the 10 second button press.
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
Does that do a complete backup of everything on the Gtab?

How does that (CW nandroid backup) compare to using nvflash and pulling all partitions?

Jim
[G Tablet General] gsmith3246:
I probably rebooted 5 or 6 times, using all the variations of shutdown. Also tried the clear cache and fix permissions in clockwork.. all no-go. Reflashed my ROM, and fixed market.. didnt take long, but a lesson learned: the squiggly x boot animation is not so bad. Oh, and a nandroid backup would be wise :)
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
It's effectively the same thing - and you can actually take nandroid backups of images like system.img and incorporate them in an nvflash backup. Two different tools to backup your partitions.

I usually do nandroid backups in clockworkmod from time to time, and then make a "baseline" nvflash image for myself occasionally.
[G Tablet General] Sprdtyf350:
Between doing a clockwork backup and a titanium backup for apps you can cover everything. I don't use Nvflash for backups so I don't really know. I only use Nvflash to restore back to stock. The nice part about clockwork is you can make a backup and it stays with you on your tablet, external sdcard, etc. I have a bunch of different ones and it lets you switch back and forth between roms in a couple minutes. I also copy the clockwork folder to my pc so if I really screw up I still have them.

I usually just do the 2 wipes on the main clockwork page, and then restore my backup. Normally everything comes back the way it was and only needs minimal fixing. With titanium only restore apps, and there data and all your stuff comes right back.
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
roebeet,

I had the impression that the CW nanddroid backup doesn't backup some of the partitions like the BCT, the BLO, etc., but just the system, data, and boot?

I guess that I'm still thinking/wondering about that other thread/problem from tcrews, but been too worried about really bricking my Gtab to try stuff :(...

Jim
[G Tablet General] chief1978:
Can anyone help me, I can run the xda app, but as soon as I login it force closes. Does anyone have any ideas?

Sent from viewsonic g tablet using browser cause app crashes!
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
That's correct, it doesn't backup all the partitions - that's why I use nvflash for a baseline image.

It's good enough though, because most of the time I only need a backup of /system and /data, as that's what's most likely what I'd be changing and potentially screwing up. If I start messing with kernels and trash my system, that's when I go back to APX mode.
[G Tablet General] Sprdtyf350:
Yep.. Don't use the XDA app. Use Tapatalk Pro instead. That app I have seen people say does that on lots of different devices.
[G Tablet General] MarkF001:
I never got the XDA app to work well either. The Forum is a much better experiance on DolphinHD broser anyway.
[G Tablet General] chief1978:
Now that I finally have my tablet a few questions.

1 - I connect my HTC desire via USB, choose to share files on the phone, but can't then find it on the tablet. Thought it would be in /mnt/usbstick but nothing there?

2 - can you get to accounts & sync settings somewhere?

3 - is there a good keyboard with arrows? Trying to edit text is a nightmare without this.

Sent from viewsonic g tablet using dolphim HD.
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
roebeet,

Thanks for the clarification/explanation.

Jim
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
Re. 1) Are you trying to connect you HTC Desire miniUSB directly to the USB (regular size USB) on the Gtab? I think that the Gtab USB only sees disks with a single FAT32 partition (not sure about tnt lite), but the "partition" that HTC Desire exposes would probably be yaffs2, or something like that. Maybe that's why you can't see it in the Gtab?

Re. 3) Smart Keyboard has cursor keys.

Jim
[G Tablet General] dehidding:
Thumb Keyboard has arrows - and is well suited for the 10 screen held horizontal. It's in the market.
[G Tablet General] MarkF001:
Hey roebeet, thanks again for all your hard work. Have you thought about prominantly adding a link to your explanation on what the install and the scrpts do? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=854175. This greatly helped me to get my tablet running TnT_lite just the way I wanted. Well I did have to add 'homescreen' back in, even if I didn't want it. It's only way I found to use 'classic home' rather than 'launcher'. Icon spacing looks so much better on big screen (IMHO) and it has no phone key. The info in that thread should be considered must reeding for those who want to change lite's setup.
[G Tablet General] chief1978:
Thanks jim, but if windows comes up with the fat32 partition when this is done, then shouldn't it work for tablet as well?
[G Tablet General] drk0524:
4.1.0 fixed my issues

I finally had to do the full wipe/factory reset and load of 4.1.0 to get Market to work correctly. Guess the 4.0.0 dataloop gremlins got my system all jacked up. It still seems pretty zippy to me even though the Quadrant scores are down 800 points.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Thanks - it makes sense so that way it's not hard to find.
[G Tablet General] tguellich:
I got stuck in a bootloop with the dancing andy and tried all options. The only thing that worked was a full reflash. Oh well, I found an animation I like from the above link. Is there a program out there to view these in windows?
[G Tablet General] racedog:
Bought thumb keyboard from the market but I can't select it in "xettings-keyboad". No matter what I do it doesnt become available.

R
[G Tablet General] Sprdtyf350:
Using TnTLite? You can't without some trickery. Easiest way is to replace the TnT settings menu with a stock Android menu. Then enable the keyboard. After that you put the TnT settings menu back because other things need it to work right.

Take a look here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=857939&highlight=alternate+keyboards
[G Tablet General] racedog:
Thanks for the info and link! Its working now.

R
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Make sure you put the old Settings.apk back, when you're done. If you don't, the vanilla Setings.apk "mostly" works but you will break two things:

1- Brightness Controls

2- The ability to add new widgets to your homescreen.

Just a heads up. If it wasn't for these two issues, I would have pulled the TnT Settings.apk out a long time ago.
[G Tablet General] Sprdtyf350:
Don't forget you can long press the bottom left button and set it to 10" tablet, and then go in the settings from there also...
[G Tablet General] MarkF001:
I have gotten SwiftKey to work by putting the "apk" in /system/apps, rebooting, then picking it. Didn't mess with the settings files. Don't know that it's any easier, but at least one other option.
[G Tablet General] MarkF001:
et al

Sorry to those who got their systems borked by this. Have added warning to post.
[G Tablet General] tguellich:
No worries man, how would you know if it never happened to your tab. I appreciate the info on how to change it and the link to all those animations. I love having a blue Droid instead of the nexus x. Thanks for the information.
[G Tablet General] kevinaj45:
Whats the most reliable version of tnt lite?
[G Tablet General] v12xke:
Load either 4.1 or 3.14 and you will be fine. I found 3.14 to be very stable with no issues to report on either of my g-tabs. Be sure read the first page of this post, there is a lot of good information there in terms of getting started. Best of luck.
[G Tablet General] thebadfrog:
The 3.14 version of TnT lite still has the media deletion on the external sdcard. You need to put an empty file named ".nomedia" in whatever folder you put media files in. I think the reports are that the 4.1 version fixed this.

The 3.14 version also has a lag on wake issue which can be fixed by flashing a different kernel.
[G Tablet General] kozmo2k4:
Re: Most reliable version of TnT-Lite

I (and the wife on Tab#2) love 4.1.0. Feels very solid, no FC's (so far, hope not to jinx...lol) and bench's are a little higher from 3.1.4 and previous ROM's....

Makes you wonder what's cooking up "in the lab(s)" for next release...

Thank Roebeet!
[G Tablet General] cutterjohn:
I think that I may have "discovered" something rather "odd"... I charged my gtab last night to max and did a clear batt data in cwm, and it ran "fine" this morning, however when I just now booted it again it was giving the FC acore crap. So, I rebooted to recovery and cleared cache & dalvik cache -> FC acore again...

Bug in cwm maybe? Or some bug in the tapncrap crap that cwm batt wiping is triggering?

i.e. anyone else noticing this? I always wondered why the FC acore cropped up, and am now thinking AFTER clear batt data in 0.8 cwm...

[EDIT]

Still on 3.1.4 revert ATM... doing a cwm restore to a couple of days ago...

...those tapncrap guys need a new job in a salt mine FFS!

[/EDIT]

[EDIT2]

duuur... forgot what erudite comment that I was going to make, but I'll replace this later if it smacks me again.... something about sqlite db corruption by tapncrap though I think...

[/EDIT2]
[G Tablet General] chief1978:
Media Scanning.

Guys I have 10gb of MP3 on my G Tab, and every single time I restart it it scans for media "Scanning SD Card - ongoing task" this takes about 10-20 minutes.

Is this normal? Surely it would only look for files with changed date etc?

Is it faster if on SDCARD2 (its on SDCARD)

Any help at all?

:Edit: This also happens anytime i delete/add/edit a file to the SDCARD - this cant be the normal?

Dan
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
This probably not answering your question directly, but I've noticed when I boot my gtab some things like market don't work until I see the scanning notification, and even though I don't have much on /sdcard, it takes awhile (< minute) to appear. So maybe w 10gb it might take that long, but not sure. I'm not sure why it's scanning.

Jim
[G Tablet General] chief1978:
I know why its scanning, to see if any new media files to add to media database, but surely it should record

Last scanned xxxx

and only check files with a date > than that?
[G Tablet General] erraskey:
Same happens to me - running 4.1.0 - very stable. I don't find the scan intrusive as it runs in the background. Just adds a bit to what's already a very fast boot process, so I'm living with it. I'm sure it'll be picked up some time in the future.

Also I've noticed this thread tailing off a bit ... a good thing (the software's really great and stable - thanks Roe) and a bad thing (no more fun borking your tab and having to figure your way back!)
[G Tablet General] manikin13:
This thread seems to be slowing down

As per the viewsonic rep in the general thread another update is due this week. Dont worry this thread will be back up to speed.

:D
[G Tablet General] cutterjohn:
Interesting thing this morning, got an accept / decline user agreement @ market and almost no apps. Normal clear market and Google services framework then FC got me nowhere on first try. Going to redo now and see what happens....

Still on 3.1.4
[G Tablet General] satishraman:
With the latest update (4.1) - very stable, whenever I get the market error, I do "retry" like 5-10 times (did not count exactly though), it fixes it automatically and no wipe data or anything.
[G Tablet General] cutterjohn:
'twas a false alarm, as I am almost positive that I made the same mistake last night as I did this morning and accidentally installed 4.0.0 instead of my 3.1.4 backup.

Retrying, yes knew about that since it started happening by madly punching it, since I really didn't want to redo the fix, then I saw that someone else had already posted it here.

Anyways updated to 4.1.0, had a bit of trouble but reclearing caches and fix permissions plus clearing market and Google services then FC got it fixed up.
[G Tablet General] geeter:
I still have no problems with 4.0.

Am I the only one?
[G Tablet General] jpap2002:
Batter issues

Ok to start I just flashed 4.1, dancing Andy boot animation (android pirate. com) and all is running good. Except for battery dranning faster than usual. Unplugged from charger at 1:00 pm, at 6:30 pm I was at 68%. What would the best fix for this? Thank you all in advance.:o
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Slow is a good thing - means things are (hopefully) somewhat stable.

But yeah, expect it to ramp up if there's an update this week or next week.

Wifi is the most likely candidate - I usually turn off Wifi when not in use for long periods. You could also alter the Wifi sleep policies (although it might make Wifi less stable).

Btw, a 32% drop after 5 1/2 hours is pretty darn good - assuming you were using at all that time, of course.

You're one of the lucky ones. But you definitely want to back your stuff up before you upgrade or go to another ROM, in the future. That data2loop is a double edged sword.
[G Tablet General] jpap2002:
Thank you Roebeet for the reply, I have been on it the whole time. You and the other dev's are the best thank you all for your hard work. Also 4.1 is blazing fast TO ME at least, but I also drive a Ferrari to work everyday. JK :D
[G Tablet General] tguellich:
No Mouse support

I am running 4.1.0 and I cannot get a mouse to work. When I plug in a keyboard, it works great. What do I need to do to get a mouse to work for me?
[G Tablet General] geeter:
Good advice no matter what. I always back up. I plan on upgrading to your next iteration. Thanks for the great work. :)
[G Tablet General] manikin13:
Roebeet, quick question re: the "refurb" Sears outlet units. I have been combing the sears outlet site to pick up a second dev/experimental unit, but have not been able to find any in any location other than Ohio. You had mentioned that you picked up a unit, and as I am currently in the Scranton, PA area for work, was wondering if the unit you picked up was anywhere in this area, or in an area driving back towards New England (where I am headed). I81 -> I84 PA, NY, CT (wont mind detouring through NJ if need be).
[G Tablet General] DeathCry:
I am near Philly and I got my 'returned' one from the outlet over a month ago. That day the closest was in upstate NY. Fortunately for me I knew someone close and got it. After she picked it up, the closest was Alabama.

In other words you have to keep trying back.

Sorry for being off-topic
[G Tablet General] insight3fl:
Had market problem tonight for the first time since downloading 4.1.

I thought the problem was gone, but it looks like there was a Market update pushed from Google? Has anyone else all of a sudden had the problem today ?
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
I think there was a $179 unit in Scranton, a few weeks back (I'm serious). I'm in North Philly so it was too much of a hike to get there, for me.

The units I've bought were in both around exit 10/11 on the NJT. I've also seen them show up in Jersey City and Long Island. I remember the Scranton one only because it was the cheapest I had ever seen on the Outlet. I've definitely seen some in CT before, also.

As DeathCry mentioned, you just have to keep watching, every morning. At least they do have them, but for how long is anyone's guess.

One other caveat about the Outlet - if you want to return it later, you HAVE to go to the store it was picked up from to return it.
[G Tablet General] chief1978:
anyone,

am I the only person that as soon as i change the wallpaper the "notification bar" at the top of the screen doubles in height when on the desktop and never returns to the size it was when i flashed the Rom?

I have now re-flashed 3 times to confirm this.

Before changing it is the same height as it appears when apps are open, after changing the wallpaper it is basically exactly 2 times the size, and starts to appear under icons/widgets that I have on the top row.

I am running Launcher Pro, but cant see how this would cause it as its fine until I change wallpaper.
[G Tablet General] khoachino1:
I tried upgrading to tnt lite 4.1 and now it kept on looping to start up screen couple times and then turns off... any1 have this happening to them?? and how to fix??
[G Tablet General] cutterjohn:
I make a backup as soon as I'm sure that a new firmware install is stable/functional...

Back when I HAD been running 4.0, I didn't have any problems with it which is why I originally left the backup copy of it lying around in my cwm backup folder... unfortunately it only "labels" the backups by a date/timestamp... on other tablets w/cwm I got into the habit of backing up backups to my notebook however since the gtab has so much internal storage I've gotten out of the habit with it... I really ought to start backing them up to a notebook/desktop/file server though... I'd hate to lose all those (hopefully) stable backups...
[G Tablet General] manikin13:
Thanks to both of you. I will probably stop at scranton on the way out, today.
[G Tablet General] ItsDon:
I'm still running 4.0. Love it for the speed, it is so freakin' fast. I lost my Market a week ago though which sucks. I get the accept/decline screen almost every time and it only shows a couple apps. I tried all the tweaks/fixes to get it back but nothing works. I've got most of the apps I want on there already so it's not been a big issue. Plus, while not ideal, I can sideload apps (download first with my Evo) if I really want them. Having the Market work fully again though would be awesome.

Would the older Market work?
[G Tablet General] dvanarts:
They are available at:

Store # 1204

3710 Route 9 Ste 1100

Freehold, NJ 07728-4801

$279.93
[G Tablet General] tguellich:
I know mouse support is limited, but I have tried 4 different USB mice and I get nothing. Could someone please tell me if there is a setting I need to change or if it is just dumb bad luck that all 4 mice I own will not work.
[G Tablet General] v12xke:
No, both of my gtabs are running 4.0 and everything appears fine. Market works well on both. I do expect to have issues when upgrading, but will wait for a compelling reason to do that. The old addage of "if it 'aint broken..."
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
No mouse support that I'm aware of. It's a TnT stock limitation. My USB mouse works fine in VEGAn, but not in the TnT or Tnt Lite.

Upgrading from what? 4.0.0? Known issues, because of data2loop. Even if it was something else, my suggestions are the usual ones - clockworkmod, data wipe, fix permissions or lastly the SD repartition (2048/0). That last one will wipe /sdcard and /data, but it will also wipe out the data2loop stuff (which is a good thing).
[G Tablet General] Sprdtyf350:
Just in case you didn't know. You can rename your backups to something that makes sense and clockwork will still restore it just fine. My daily vegan setup I have labeled as veganb5all for example.
[G Tablet General] ItsDon:
Correct. Just be sure to not use any spaces. I rename every one of my backups. Makes life much easier.
[G Tablet General] dblanketyblank:
Does this improve over the default TnT's wireless? I dislike how that one keeps getting disconnected.
[G Tablet General] kozmo2k4:
No, you got it wrong.

It goes like this around here: "if it ain't broken, BREAK IT"!!!! :p
[G Tablet General] dpappyp:
Anyone know how to rip the music player from tntlite or where to dl it? Its better than any other one I've tried but I prefer zpad 3.0
[G Tablet General] chief1978:
Anyone?

10char
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
I've never seen this on any mode I've worked on, and I don't think it's been reported before. TNTL 4.1.0, I assume?