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[G Tablet General] snarful:
I had a lot of trepidation about abandoning my smooth-working Vegan 5.1.1 after reading about all the problems and misfires that so many others were having, but I finally decided to bite the bullet; after all, what's the worst that could happen? I'd end up with a $400.00 doorstop; but we run that risk every time we flash a new rom.

To my surprise and relief, the whole thing went smoothly, by the numbers and without incident (except for the expected hang and data wipe after the 2nd boot, and a couple of fc's after booting into 5.0).

I'll miss not being able to flit between roms (can't get my head around NVFlash on Win 7), but it seems that VS is moving away from that scenario. I must say, though, that I'm loving this 5.0--fast, smooth, responsive and beautiful! Thank you so much Roebeet and all the other devs (and packagers!) that have given us this awesome tablet.
[G Tablet General] Saurabh:
New bootloader changes.

Hi, I was planning to update my gTab with the 5.0.0 TnT Lite and I noticed that you mentioned that the boot.img has changed. I have always been using cm 0.8 to flash my updates. I hope you (roebeet) don't mind that I usually pull apart your update images and customise it with the applications that I use the most (namely comic readers and such).

Just so I am clear, the new bootloader image has checks for the kernel version that is being run and I won't be able to use cm 0.8 as my default recovery image? Any explanation as to what might have changed?
[G Tablet General] manikin13:
the new recovery used by viewsonic is similar to cwm, but does not play nice with it. Roebeet has posted a cwm hack in the first post but cautions against it
[G Tablet General] the3dman:
Anyone else have the issue of the tablet turning off when putting the screen to sleep via the power button? If I longpress the power button and click sleep it goes to sleep like it should and wakes up just fine, but if I turn off the screen with a short press of the power button then the tablet shuts off completely and when you press the power to try top wake it, it reboots.
[G Tablet General] JustSmitty:
Went home during lunch once I saw 5.0 was available. No issues during the install. Only missing Facebook app in the market (worried what the wife is going to say when she sees that it is missing).

Everything else is working great. Keep up the good work.
[G Tablet General] johnboyjr:
Can some one test and see if the wiimote works

Tntlite had a problem with adding keyboards
[G Tablet General] manikin13:
modify the build.prop and you will probably find it
[G Tablet General] johnboyjr:
Does [TWEAK]Disable sync in sqlite3(libsqlite.so) still work
[G Tablet General] Jesse6749:
The problem is that the 5.00 recovery does not work either, so I cannot wipe the user data. Man I never had any problems and I have been flashing roms for almost one year now on both my Nexus One and on my GTablet. :confused::confused:
[G Tablet General] manikin13:
check your prtition size maybe thats messed up
[G Tablet General] Jesse6749:
I did check and even repartitioned the sdcard to ext of 2048 MB swap of 0 MB.

It's weird that this is the only rom I ever had problems with on my Gtablet LOL!!
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Feel free to rip it apart - it's one of the reasons I make the update.zip modular.

This last update has a bootloader change that their new kernel requires - I actually had to recreate cwm .8 with that new kernel to get it to work on TNTL 5.00. I don't know WHAT they changed in the bootloader, only that it requires a different kernel than what we've used before.

I have the opposite -- older builds I had the "sleep of death" constantly. With TNTL 5.00, no issues anymore. I can't explain it.

Someone else mentioned the same - you need to do the Market hack for that (it's in my first post). Facebook showed up after I did that, on my device.

Yep, sounds like a semi-brick - sorry about that.

This is the toughest ROM I've done, so far. If it works, it works well. But if it fails, you have to go to nvflash to fix it. If I was a betting man, this problem is the reason why Viewsonic hasn't released this yet - they are probably terrified at the number of failures that might occur.

We have nvflash as a backout, at least. But Viewsonic doesn't have that luxury.
[G Tablet General] Jesse6749:
I agree with you 100% this sucker is a mean one, I am just glad I can backuot with nvflash LOL :D:D!!!

Hey Thanks Anyway for all your hard work and for all the great roms and help you provide us here!!

Update: I did try again and hit the home key and see the following message before the rom flashes:

E: Bad boot message

" C "

Don't know if that means anything?
[G Tablet General] The Ringmaster:
I looked at the build.prop and it seems that roebeet had already modified it with the fix that he listed in the first post.
[G Tablet General] manikin13:
I mean try a different fingerprint. For me each one brings different results
[G Tablet General] kgvico:
Thanks for your reponse. I had the same issue when I use stock launcher, launcherpro plus, and ADW lanucher......I am confuse.. Do you think re-flash will solve the problems.
[G Tablet General] butchconner:
Back Up and Have a Few Answers....

My G-Tablet that was locked up on the opening "Birds" screen has been NVFlashed and is back up and running. But not without some anomalies I had to take care of.

I used the files from Roebeet "NVFlash" thread -- but so far as I can tell the USB drivers in the files relating to nvflash are not complete.

BUT -- (I think this is a solution but someone else needs to help check it out) --

I found something that would work. I found the Advent Vega download site a while back and had downloaded the USB driver from their site.

I checked out what was in the package and it looked like it would work, so I installed it and it worked just fine!! It is called "SystemUSB.zip"

With the USB installed and the files in Roebeet's post extracted, I had no trouble flashing the recovery files. Just ran a batch file and watched!

I have written a rough draft of the whole Windows process and will try to get it finished when I get off work tonight -- and I will send it to Roebeet to see if it can be used to expand the "How To" and make it easier.

Rev
[G Tablet General] urbanrunner:
so this whole bootloader issue could be resolved once VS releases an official update right? If so, maybe i will wait until the update is official from VS, and have given the devs lots of time to edit and play with it.....for me its about ease of use, and i know very little when it comes to NVflash and programming in Linux....
[G Tablet General] cbalter:
Thanks for the info! Was stuck in the boot loop. Followed your instructions after going back to stock. No reboots for 48 hours and counting!
[G Tablet General] teleknEsis:
Battery

I've mostly bben playing around with my tab for the last couple days with it being plugged and unplugged to the computer and trying diff ROMs so I'm not really sure what battery life is like.

Battery shows 100% after using it off and on for several hours now including wifi flash and videos so seems there must be a bug with battery display because that can't be right. Anyone else notice the same? What kinds of battery life are others seeing?
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Just test the experimental update (if you want) - the more feedback we get, the better!
[G Tablet General] mrackley:
Will do...

Is this the correct file?

gtab_tegraupdate_test1.zip
[G Tablet General] :
I've been running the tegraupdate_test1 update for about 24 hours now - it is sweet. Besides the issues already noted, no other issues. Battery life is very good - wifi is good (put in wpa_supplicant fix for ad-hoc support).
[G Tablet General] flipper9:
I've noticed some rare video glitches when applications switch to a new screen, but it resolves after a split second.

ES File Explorer, when playing videos can play the first few seconds, then the video glitches out.

RockPlayer needs to have hardware acceleration turned on or the video glitches.

The system is lightning fast compared to before! :)
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
that's the one.
[G Tablet General] teleknEsis:
Just had my first "weird" glitch. I was trying to view my battery stats because it STILL says 100%. Screen went completely black but I could tell the backlight was still on. I got pretty worried when it didn't come back for 5 minutes so I held the power button for 5 seconds and it shut down, allowing me to restart.

All things considered not that bad, but I'd still like to know why my battery is at 100% when I haven't charged it for 6 hours and I've been playing around with it quite a bit.

And for what it's worth I'm on the tegra update test
[G Tablet General] flipper9:
I had the same battery issue before with older versions of TNT Lite and stock. I've noticed that the battery will show less than 100% after awhile. When charging, it will get to 100% but the charging light will still be red for awhile before turning green. Maybe they have an incorrect scale, and on their scale the charge goes from 0-120% but only displays up to 100%.
[G Tablet General] thx69:
Had Wifi connection issues that I didnt had since did wfi_Fix.

Also issue with AdHoc.

Update again Wifi Fix and AdHoc.

Seems working atm post updates

Edit. TnT Lite 2.0.2 with special pack :D
[G Tablet General] jasco13:
I was playing around in clockwork recovery and found an option to delete battery history or something like that. I did that before i installed zpad clean and battery seemed to be prerty accurate. Not sure if it was what i did in clockwork or if zpad juat does a better job of monitoring the battery.
[G Tablet General] thx69:
BTW I just noticed when installing th pack:

Removes the Angry Birds and Manga Browser that was installed prior.

Also dont let me re-install... from market or sideloading...
[G Tablet General] acuralegendz:
USB mouse?

I have tried a usb keyboard and that works fine, I was wondering if we could get usb mouse support just like Cyanogen has? Is this possible? or has anyone tried bluetooth mouse/ keyboard?
[G Tablet General] flipper9:
I plugged-in my USB wireless mouse under CM and it worked, but there was no visible cursor. I tried it in TNT Lite 2.02 with the speed enhancement, and it doesn't seem to work. I didn't try rebooting.
[G Tablet General] mrackley:
Latest update

So.. some quick testing with latest updated, I notice that my wifi signal strength is showing much less and internet does not seem as fast. Also, the video freezes for a few seconds every few seconds (but not the audio) when watching Flash in full screen on Fox.com (tried watching latest episode of the Simpsons).

Angry Birds and Pocket Legends have also disappeared.

Seems to be fast though. :)
[G Tablet General] thx69:
Also homecatcher.API needs to be reloaded post Vega install.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
If you mean the experimental pack, the supplicant was changed - I haven't had any issues, but of course others could have different issues.
[G Tablet General] cjbailey75:
I have an issue when I try to move widgets around or finger swipe up the ADW.LAUNCHER menu doesn't work and it hides and comes back. Any ideas?
[G Tablet General] manfly9884:
Tried the Vega update but loosing angry birds, home catcher, and some other apps was not worth it for me. Think I'll stick with 2.02 and wait for a new update from Roe.
[G Tablet General] flipper9:
Why not reinstall them?

I did a fresh install of TNT Lite 2.02 with the experimental patch and was able to install Angry Birds from the market (after market hack).
[G Tablet General] xtinamd:
removing clockworkmod?

I'm pretty new to this and I've spent the whole day trying to get my gtab back to 3588 and I'm about to give up. I was using TnT 4.25 and had installed it using clockworkmod. I've been trying to go back to the stock from there. I was able to nvflash it back to a number lower than 3588. I couldn't find directions on how to use nvflash to go straight to 3588, so I flashed whatever number the tutorial linked to. Once it's running, I used the updater to download the ota update to 3588, it downloads, but when it goes to install and reboot, the installation fails and stays on a screen with an exclamation point and the android guy.

To get around this I tried using nvflash again, flashing the same lower number (can't remember exact number, not 3588) but editing to include clockworkmod recovery. After this, I was able to install 3588 from a file I downloaded from a link on here. This did not work either, until I deleted a line from the script in the updatezip. SO...right now I've got my gtab on 3588, but still have clockworkmod on here, and I'm not sure what to do next. Is it possible to remove the clockworkmod recovery at this point so I can move forward and install 5.0? Or can someone explain or point me to a link on how to nvflash 3588 directly? I have hit a wall, I have googled and searched ALL DAY. If someone could point me in the right direction, I'd be hugely grateful. If not, I'll give up and go back to 4.25. Thanks! -xtina
[G Tablet General] dony71:
Other Links of Note:

- NEW Clockworkmod v.8 only update.zip (for technical users only -- NEW for use with TnT Lite 5.x.x only!) : http://www.mediafire.com/?ykn3jwq7kvegc4g

This is a replacement for standard recovery. It adds the ability to backup and restore system images, for example. My builds will be tested with this, as I use it myself.

- An explanation on how this update.zip is designed, in case you want to alter what I've done or build your own: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=854175

- Pershoot's customized kernel for TnT / VEGAn builds: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=903505

I manage to flash this TnT Lite 5.0.0. successfully, however system will

hang when updating latest Pershoot's boot-cm_2632.32-xtra-vfpv3_fp-030711.zip. Anybody experience the same?
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
I haven't seen it on the stock launcher (yet) - maybe a user data wipe first, then a re-flash second (if that doesn't fix it).

I was pretty sure that the customized kernels would not work with TNTL 5.0.0.

My 3588 nvflash works on Linux, only - it's what I use. I don't have the USB drivers of nvflash Windows binaries / DLL's in my ZIP. Sorry about that -- I just don't use Windows for this so I don't have them. You could add them yourself, as you mentioned. I also added a Windows nvflash reference in the Instructions section of my first post.

Honestly, we don't know. This UAT version is almost a month old, but they have not released it yet.

My guess is that they were going to release it, realized the potential backlash if the user update failed, and have been sitting on it ever since. Heck, maybe they were waiting for XDA to get their hands on it and UAT test it for them to see the results. :) Maybe they'll scrap the whole thing and go back to their old bootloader (wouldn't THAT be annoying for all us that already upgraded? rrrrrrrr)

I made a 3588 nvflash backup, last night: http://www.mediafire.com/?ui5rd1bm3s31yj3 It has the Linux binaries, but if you need Windows you can grab them from what you already have in place. This link is in the refrences area of my first post.
[G Tablet General] RojasTKD:
Well, with 5.0 my tablet will not wake from sleep 100% of the time (Never wakes!). Very frustrating.
[G Tablet General] Morantz:
Installation on Brand NEW gTablet was quick and successfull! Once out of box, I allowed the auto update to bring me to v3588, rebooted, then installed this ROM as directed. I still had to force into recovery and wipe Data/Cache. Booted up fine after that!
[G Tablet General] xtinamd:
I downloaded that earlier but I couldn't figure out how to use it. I do need Windows, but I'm not sure which are the Linux binaries and which ones to use from what I have in place. Sorry for all the questions, thank you for answering them!
[G Tablet General] coolking2k:
I have an exact problem as above, I can't wake my tab up from neither volume key nor power button.
[G Tablet General] dony71:
same issue here

i think i will go back to vegan 5.1.1

but i start to worry that i will break the tab

anybody can assist step how to go back to vegan 5.1.1 ?

can i just flash back 3588 stock update.zip, then flash cwm 0.8

and flash vegan 5.1.1 with cwm 0.8 ?
[G Tablet General] astevens54:
I noticed that CM changed after flashing up to TnT 5.0. Does this change that?
[G Tablet General] notsob2002:
You may be close to the truth...:rolleyes:

Remember they were asking for help not long ago with a developers forum hosted by them. They should still do that and allow people to test like you do here prior to release to general public who don't probably understand anything about what everyone here does so easily (change roms).
[G Tablet General] danny727:
I have been using roebeets Rome since December when I got the Gtab. I did the 3588 flash first, rebooted then did the tnt5.0.0, rebooted 1st time it froze.....waited 10 min then did a long hold on the power button to restart again....it took around 5 min, never had to delete anything or clear data, all my apps work great and the market works looks almost full to me, I was on tnt4.2.5 before this but just wanted to say thanks again to Roebeet.

Also I did read first page 3 times before I started this one because it looked tough, but was easy and love it so far, tested Facebook, YouTube and a few others and all works great :-)
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Weird - my sleep problems actually went away with TNTL 5 - go figure.

To back out, you could try 3588 and see what happens, it should flash the bootloader as well (which I believe is the key, here). If 3588 boots up, then you should be good. If not, it's probably nvflash time.

Some Windows specific nvflash information: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=914039. Again, apologies but I don't use nvflash on Windows so I have to assume these posts are accurate.
[G Tablet General] rushless:
Sure hope folks read roebeets posts and do not assume this process is the same as previous roms. gTablet has gone from "easy for the masses" to mod, to techies-only apply.

4.2 level is probably my swansong. Works great, so not seeing the need to risk a brick :)

Seems the good old days of the G mods may have passed :( Oh well! :)
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
I feel like it's a turning point, I guess. When I started delving into TnT 3991 (on which this 5.0.0 is based), I started shaking my head wondering what the devs in VS had gone and done.

I had considering holding off, but if this is where they are headed then I would have just delayed the inevitable. At least most users seem to have been able to unbrick their devices, so far.

And I almost considered pulling it , but there's also a lot of success stories. It's just not for the faint hearted - it's a major update.
[G Tablet General] rushless:
If the update was a huge update for features and performance from the previous, I would consider, but just like at work, I approach everything based on value-add and risk verses reward :)

Not seeing that the reward is greater than the risk in this case.
[G Tablet General] notsob2002:
Biggest thing I don't like is the sidebar with a phone icon?

Wish It had the stock sidebar I guess I'll have to reread old post in this thread and see if that is possible.

I didn't have any issues with the update (I had it set to stock to begin with and didn't wipe any data) other than having to reboot 3 times on the second boot it looked like it was stuck at the honeycomb boot animation (installing new kernel?).

Why does it first boot with the screen lock on? took me a bit to figure to hold it and go up to unlock.

Very good update overall!

Thanks for all your time and hard work.
[G Tablet General] Dawg Fan:
I am not a techie and have been reluctant to attempt this upgrade to 5.0. AND I wasn't crazy about losing all of my apps and starting over. You are the first one to say that you didn't have to delete anything. Did you have to do the market fix to get it working again? Any FCs at all?
[G Tablet General] johnboyjr:
Can i add keyboards

like the wiimote ime
[G Tablet General] tyy10002:
Olivetti Olipad 100 is running stock 3991

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/10/olivetti-olipad-100-gets-unboxed-and-handled-in-italiano-video/

Look at the lock screen.. the bad viewing angle..

Roebeet, You are going to get some new friends (italian) soon.. if you know what I mean..:D
[G Tablet General] MrBG:
Did the upgrade

Windows 7 64 bit user here, no problems with the drivers and nvflash, installed nvidia's bootloader, did the 3588 update, installed TnT lite 5.0.0 locked up on first boot, rebooted everything works fine. I did not wipe data and everything works just lost some account information.

Nice work!
[G Tablet General] karlkarloff:
I've been running 5.0 for about a day now, and other than a few tense moments during install, its been awesome. I have noticed a bit of video issues as mentioned in an earlier post, but as I'm using zeam, its probably not the fault of the ROM and definitely something I can live with. In all other ways, it seems faster and more responsive. So far all of my apps work great and i'm now getting more apps to appear in the market. Thanks Roebeet for another great ROM.
[G Tablet General] cgingermany:
Good install

Windows 7 64 bit user here, no problems with the drivers,did the 3588 update, installed TnT lite 5.0.0 locked up on first boot, rebooted, wiped, rebooted G2G Fam!! I did loose my info but, that always happens when you wipe data so what ever lol.

Nice work!
[G Tablet General] secfincorp:
anyone have launcher.apk

I want to try to get the tnt homescreen to work on tnt lite 5.0
[G Tablet General] butchconner:
secfincorp --

Look on the Droid Pirate web site -- I think they have a download directory that has it.

Rev
[G Tablet General] butchconner:
Followup -- Reloaded 5.0.0 and Working Fine Now

After my serious problem with the first install of 5.0.0 -- I have nvflashed and then updated to 3588. Than reinstalled 5.0.0 and got what I believe are the lockups we were told to expect. Wiped data. Now working fine and setting up programs, software, etc. No FCs, Market fine. Quadrant 2110.

Roebeet:

After doing a lot scrambling, reading, problem solving and thinking:

1. Yes, 3991 (and 5.0.0) are more complex. But remember that VS has been basing all of there upgrades on a "stock" vanilla system. I have not had a reinstall yet -- even the nvflash I did -- where some stuff didn't get carried forward. I suspect if one doesn't have all the baggage hanging around a lot of us do....it might go smoother.

2. Also, I see the complexity as being what a lot of people want. G-Tablet, much as we like it, is never going to compete with Xoom, iPadx, etc. But a lot of us want toys to play with, and a lot of folks like the modest price -- and this should work for them.

3. Plus, if this is a "major" step forward, maybe they are waiting to see what we find out and what will "smooth" things out before distributing. We've wondered before if these early releases may be tantamount to betas -- and we DO a lot of testing for them deliberate or not!

IMHO, we just shake it off and move forward....learning as we go. And if it gets worse we can always go back a couple of notches and move from there.

Rev
[G Tablet General] danny727:
I didn't have to do the market fix, all my apps showed up after I logged in...like 1 min wait.

I did this around 9pm est Wednesday and not 1 FC also no shutdown when sleeping, I was getting FC,s and shutdowns when asleep with 4.2.5

I did have to reload my apk for my notion ink browser because 5.0.0 reloaded stock browser, but I had it in the gtab download folder so that was easy.
[G Tablet General] P00r:
I decided to try 5.0 even if I am not a fan of the TNT setup menu

I am impress I can see why you decided to release it even of the process to flash it may be a little tricky for some

it's the best rom available now !
[G Tablet General] etkallio:
I transferred the 3588 stock and the 5.0 files at the same time. Went in and applied the 3588 update. Rebooted came up and confirmed the 3588. Tried to reboot into recovery but showed that an update was being applied before the menus showed up. Rebooted regular and ended up with 5.0.

???

So far, so good.