yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G Tablet General] mrackley:
I've had the same issue, was worried my touchscreen was going out or something. I either have to press several times or press hard... but not all the time and mostly the home button on the launcher and the search button in Market...
[G Tablet General] Don Lettrich:
Bluetooth workaround

For those struggling with not being able to pair BT due to FC's, here is a workaround (although not pretty).

I started over with a clean install of 2.0 + 2.04 sup. This allowed me to get the BT pairing setup. Then used Titatium to backup the BT pairings before moving to 2.11. After updating, then used TB to restore the pairings.

Like I said, it isn't an elegant solution, but now my BT GPS is functional under 2.11!

PS...Thanks for all the hard work Roebeet!
[G Tablet General] jacindc:
I think just Market, Calendar and Contacts sync will be fine. (I don't think there was actually much clamoring for the entire Gapps suite, anyway--the sync was the big thing)

Thanks again for everything!
[G Tablet General] mrackley:
Yeah.... If you can get it to make coffee for me too, that would be great! Thanks! :)

Let me know if you need me to test anything before it goes prime time.
[G Tablet General] :
We need your PayPal ID/Address - just to thank you properly for all this work.
[G Tablet General] paulg1974:
Thanks! - I'll check it out. I thought I saw it while browsing the app store on the Gtab last night. Can I use that version or do I still need to restore a ripped version from an EVO? (which i dont have) My Epic doesnt have Froyo (to much of a wuss to mod it) but I'm guessing I can use yahoo on my PC and she can use the Gtab right?
[G Tablet General] greyspacealien:
+1

I would like to leave a tip ;)
[G Tablet General] Prof-KOS:
Thanks Roe. I appreciate all the work you put into this. I'm in Canada and will be venturing South to pick up my Gtab in the next few weeks and I can't wait to load up whatever the latest version of TnT lite is at that point. I know you have mentioned that you don't accept donations and I understand the reasoning behind it. I'll have to settle for thanking you for all this hard work.

Cheers.
[G Tablet General] akodoreign:
U can use the market place one it works just fine :D and yes it is cross platform
[G Tablet General] NiN39Z:
So roebeet.. I never asked what gapps package does but isnt it just the google apps package or it comes with other things? If so, like what?
[G Tablet General] foreverknight:
Thank you for your help, it worked. one more thing is how to get flash 10.1 on this device.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
I've been messing around with Gapps v2 as it added extra functionality like ActiveSync in the Contacts apk that a few people wanted. But, something in there definitely broke BT.

I never managed to find the offending apk, but I got a prototype that gives me Google Calendar, Gmail, Marketplace (with hack), Google Contacts and I believe sync works. That's as far as I'm going to go.

If someone needs extra Gapps functionality, they can alter it themselves.
[G Tablet General] LTL11:
Roe,

If you are worried about legal implications of getting donations just PM the peeps who have said they would like to donate to your kids college fund so we can help out. It has NOTHING to do with your work on the Gtab, I promise. ;)
[G Tablet General] scmobileman:
This was addressed in the first post of this thread but here is the link you need: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9172522&postcount=2058
[G Tablet General] thx69:
Roebeet just do what you think is best.

I am sure the whole comunity here is and will be happy with whatever you do. I for one will try everyone of the builds you got and be happy with it.

There is a reason why all your builds have SU access =D

You just need TB and Voila!!!! :D

Btw... can you add Quickboot? Free app anyway and is soooo usefull when you install and re-install and reboot all the time lol
[G Tablet General] mrackley:
lol.. or maybe we want to buy a piece of paper autographed by Roe?
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Don't worry about donations, seriously - but I have a favor to ask

It's really not the legal implications. I have a full time job (believe it or not haha) so I'm not doing this for the extra whey protein shake money.

I do this primarily for my own device, as I want to make it better. And because I like to tinker with things, it's just in my nature to do that. If I can make the device better for YOU then that's satisfaction enough. And when the community comes together like it did with the performance pack then it really makes it worth doing.

If you REALLY want to do me a favor, just call Viewsonic and continue to tell them how crappy their UI is and how TnT Lite (or zPad or CM6.1) has replaced it. I've done this many times, but I'm just one person - but if ten or twenty or a hundred of us do that, maybe they'll wake up and understand just why they are getting so many returns.

We had similar issues with Pandigital and their UI, and they eventually released an Open Platform Kit because of the efforts of "lawman" on Slatedroid. It wasn't the full source, but at least it was something. If we could get the same thing here, that would certainly be better than what we have now.
[G Tablet General] LTL11:
For sure, Roe's autograph is worth at least 10 bucks. Start some ebay auctions for your autograph. :)
[G Tablet General] rob_z11:
Excellent suggestion.. He has done some incredible work which makes my gTablet usable.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Anyone want some comics? I'm selling some right now on fleaBay (yep, same username). :P
[G Tablet General] LTL11:
That is a pretty cool collection up for sale, sure that is worth a lot.

If you break out a random comic into a single option I will buy it. :D
[G Tablet General] rushless:
Ironic, Roebeet would probably not even be gracing us with his work were it not for my mentioning the Gtablet in another more fanboy based forum ;)

I suggest we all chip in for Roeby's current Gtablet so he can have two: One for rom testing and one for fun :)
[G Tablet General] LTL11:
Thanks for the info Rush. Calling viewsonic right now.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
I don't think I saw this on Slatedroid - I think I saw the GTablet XDA thread while I was waiting for my 101 pre-order that never showed up. I was one of the first people in the replies on the giant thread.

I created my ID here in July because of the Pandigital Novel, which was my first Android tablet.

As for comics, I plan to sell them in bunches - some in large lots, some in smaller batches. I'm honest with my assessments on them so feel free to scan fleaBay on occasion. How do you think I got the money to buy my Gtab? :D
[G Tablet General] rushless:
I thought you saw my post on another site, but that is the site where you actually posted defending me from fanboy pushback. Now I remember. Roeby defended a homey :)
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Ah, you mean Archosfans? Yeah, I remember now. They are nuts over there. :D

I keep meaning to scan that site - I am an Archos owner so I'm allowed to complain.
[G Tablet General] rushless:
I think the Frenchness of the brand has rubbed off on some of the members there ;)
[G Tablet General] cuzzinz:
lol I tried to go look at the g-tablet at sears today and they only had a carboard cutout... oh and i got to look at the box LOL
[G Tablet General] mrackley:
From my email:

Let's make some noise!!!!

-----------------------------------------------------------------

Dear Mr.Rackley,

Thank you for contacting ViewSonic. We appreciate you taking time to bring this to our attention we will advise this to our engineers immediately.

Best regards,

Tricia

ViewSonic Customer Service

(800) 688-6688 (USA)

(866) 463-4775 (Canada)

csfax@viewsonic.com

----- Original Message -----

From: <noreply@viewsonic.com>

Date: 12/2/2010 8:27:15 AM

To: csenglish@viewsonic.com

Subject: ViewSonic - Support

A request for support was submitted.

First Name: Mark

Last Name: Rackley

Subject: Other

Comment: Your G Tablet is currently the best Android tablet on the market... thanks to the hardware... NOT the crappy software on it. Sorry.. it's just NOT good. I have replaced it with the TnT Lite UI and now I LOVE my gTablet and people want to know where to get one. However, when I told them what I had to go through to make it usable they all decide to Pass. You are losing a ton of sales... please do something. Open up the platform, release dev kits... use TnT lite for the stock UI? Something. I love my G Tablet and I want you guys to succeed. There are a ton of tablets coming out next year and ViewSonic has a chance to set its self up as the one to beat. You gotta do something about the crappy UI and lackluster performance out of the box there... There is a ton of potential here... PLEASE do something about it. Lastly, thanks for being the first to come out with a decent Android tablet... I really want this to succeed.
[G Tablet General] prerunnerseth:
Any update on a BT fix roe?
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Btw, I know VS customer service scans these threads and I'm pretty sure they know the main mods as well. So "TnT Lite" should actually make sense to them. :D
[G Tablet General] foreverknight:
Thanks Roe. Im new to this so please forgive me. I got the flash player 10.1.rar but am not sure how to install it. Can you please help.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Sideload it. Extract it to apk and drop it on your /sdcard somewhere. Then, you should be able to use the file explorer on the device to run it.

I have a 2.2.0 prototype that seems to be working, but I'm putting it through the paces, now. I should probably write down all the tests I should do with a new release - Gapps, Market, AB, BT, web, Flash, etc. etc.
[G Tablet General] rushless:
Office Depot has the G on display, but with stock Tap heavy UI, so not good impression for people. With 2.04 on this device (or even better- 2.2 if bugs squashed), this device would be selling well and minimal returns by frustrated users.

Build and display even looks good, since you are looking down at it in the position the demo display is set at.
[G Tablet General] foreverknight:
That worked like a charm. Thank you
[G Tablet General] artisticcheese:
How do see messages in taskbar?

Hi,

Can somebody tell me how do I see messages in taskbar directly rather then inside "Ongoing tasks"?

I have for example "battery indicator" running which on my ATT Captivate phone puts remaining battery percentage in taskbar but on this ROM it's inside "Ongoing Tasks" and in fact I don't see any custom buttons in taskbar at all.
[G Tablet General] gojimi:
Awesome. Glad to hear you got those things figured out. My Advent Vega port is coming along nicely. Hopefully I will have more news later today!
[G Tablet General] prerunnerseth:
sweet... i just tried pairing my Droid X to the g-tab to do the GPS thing and it FCs just like trying to connect to my ODBII scanner. Anxiously update. hoping no data wipe.
[G Tablet General] Sprdtyf350:
I guess I am one of the few that doesn't really use my tablet for anything but playing.. I have always wiped everything with each change so it doesn't bother me.

I hope most people out there realize the amount of effort that Roebeet, Rothnic, Bekit, and all of the other behind the scenes folks have put into this. I have had my tablet from the same time as them and as some of you "Old" timers (I know, a month) can attest it was pretty scary times. There was NO simple way to fix a bricked tablet back then, and no recovery. Every little step was always a risk. Now I see the changes that Roebeet makes and can just envision the amount of times his tablet must be getting flashed. Install, test, change, flash. Over, and over, and over... I just hope for Roebeets sanity that we reach a point soon where it just works. So close now.. I can see it becoming a tale of chasing things that get broken by changing something else.

Basically I would like to just see some of you READ a little before you go off the deep end all flash crazed. I don't post here too often unless it is to be a smart #@$ but I have read pretty close to every single page here and have managed to flash all the different versions of everything and still have a tablet that works. The answers to pretty much ALL of your questions are here. So when you consider the amount of effort the guys, and girls are putting into building these cool roms the least you can do is read a little before asking a thousand questions....

I only bring this up because I see the zillion questions that are basically the same question over and over. I realize that patience is a difficult thing but if you use a little bit of it and search, the answer has likely been given a zillion times before....
[G Tablet General] nose13:
can i suggest that when you roll 2.2 that you include specific instructions on the wipe process? thanks.
[G Tablet General] ewitte:
Went from CM 6.1 beta 4 and here is what I got so far

- Faster response

- Less FC (but more in the settings menu)

- settings not working for ADW like in CM 6.1

- Video works a *&* of a lot better

Overall actually much happier as more things seem to just work more than they did before (like video I could not play before or was choppy).
[G Tablet General] akodoreign:
I agree 100% but still lots of people still kinda filtering in from redirects (engadget etc) GOT to be kinda leaniant for all the freshmen :)

anyway, I use my tablet more than my laptop now. thanks Roe :)
[G Tablet General] more_xda:
Do any proms have Cifs support? I read that this is necessary to be able to mount samba/samba shares. Which in turn will allow us to stream videos, music etc over the local network. Thanks for all your hard work.
[G Tablet General] wlawyer:
What type of video is playing choppy for you? All the online stuff seems fine for me (youtube, web flash). I dont stream movies from my lan atm. I have not tried CM B4 but I have been on B2. Might try it out to see if I can compare the latest TT lite to CM but so far I am very please with TT lite to be honest. Only FC I get is on the settings and responsiveness is very good.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Read the FAQ: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=842899

It's there for your benefit. :)

I heard that we need a .ko compiled for our kernel (or at least a similiar Tegra device) which no one has (yet).
[G Tablet General] short/y:
In case roebeet doesn't get to it, to wipe with clockwork mod recovery, boot into recovery (i.e. power down the device then power it up again while holding the volume up key) until you get the message that it's booting the recovery image. Once you see the cwm (i.e. clockwork mod) text screen, use the volume buttons to scroll down to the entry that says "wipe data/factory reset" (on cwm 2.5.1.2 it's the 3rd entry). Press the Home key and, on the screen that comes up, scroll down to the line that says Yes and hit home. Once it's been formatted, return to the previous screen with the back arrow until you're on the main screen where you can continue the process (flashing or booting).

HTH
[G Tablet General] akodoreign:
You can use upnplay and any transcoder such as tversity for now (to get you through till we can get some source code) :D;)
[G Tablet General] LRiley:
Reboot?

Roebeet I really appreciate what you and others have done to make this device favorable and I'm not usually one to as or more, but I think that if you could add reboot to the power option it would help yourself and everyone else to reboot faster whether it be to recovery by holding + or just to reboot...

not really necessary just a little faster...
[G Tablet General] NewbTrader:
I'm on 2.0.4, and the tab has been rock solid stable for me (I think maybe only 1 force close total over 2 full days). I've rebooted it many times, installed apps/games from market/etc. I don't use BT though.

Regarding videos (I'm using rockplayer), they're a little choppy for me on the more processor intensive codecs. I copied an mpeg2 VOB file to test, and it plays a buttery smooth 30fps. Also, I reencoded toy story 3 (movie only, to about 1.5GB) w/ the xvid codec (don't have the damn specs unfortunately, but it was about 1.4GB's), and it plays at a smooth 30fps as well. Comparing the stream to the mpeg2 original dvd, there's a very clear loss of quality here, so I'm thinking the xvid codec isn't very efficient.

Moving onto more processor intensive codecs (read: efficient), the fps drops. I reencoded toy story 3 again using handbrake and h264 w/ a set file size of 1.5GB, and fps can drop down to as low as 15fps during scenes where there's motion (probably due to a higher bitrate). This encode looks VERY clean/pretty much indistinguishable on the pad to the mpeg2 stream to my eyes, whereas the xvid had a lot of artifacts in the stream. Youtube framerate clearly drops at times like the h264 encoded stream I made, but both are certainly bearable.

Seeing as how the Nvidia drivers are seemingly new, and it isn't even using hardware encoding for these videos (the tegra2 is stated to have hardware decoding of various mpeg4 formats), it seems pretty good to me. That's what has me wondering exactly what the changelog is for these Nvidia "experimental" drivers. I'd love to see higher framerates on the more processor intensive codecs, and I'm sure we will in time. We just need better drivers from Nvidia and more app devs to enable hardware decoding on the tegra2 chipset. We all just need to be patient here.
[G Tablet General] downshift00:
Why isnt this working?

Im new to this forum and just attempted to flash the G Tablet using 2.00 TNT lite.. i followed everything on the hot to install good rom link (which it wont allow me to post here) and when I hold the volume + and power, etc, and after i let go at gold letters, its still going to the stock screen after bootup.

I rooted it first using z4root. Anyone have suggestions what the deal is?

Thanks,

Scott
[G Tablet General] scmobileman:
I use Quick Boot for this and it's great. It allows you to quickly reboot normally or into recovery.
[G Tablet General] akodoreign:
probably missing the step where you open up the 2.00 zip file and edit the command file in recovery to \sdcard2\

the way i always do it is through CW (flash that using nvflash) then extract the update.zip and just apply it in clock work (CW)
[G Tablet General] jacindc:
No need to put it in \sdcard2. Just put it in the root of the directory that you see when you're connected by USB to your computer.

Extract the file you downloaded, which will result in an update.zip file and a /recovery folder. Put those in the root of the directory that opens when you connect your tablet by USB to your computer. Reboot, using the power/volume + buttons.
[G Tablet General] downshift00:
Thanks for that reminder, I looked in the recovery folder and the command file for some reason didnt copy over, only the folder did haha. Thanks, its installing now!

Scott
[G Tablet General] pogul:
Any chance of getting this info copied to first post (or the FAQ post)? It's very helpful! :cool:

Short/y - hope you don't mind that I took some liberties with the formatting in order to make it easier to copy and paste to the top thread. Thanks again for the info!
[G Tablet General] jfholijr:
Should this be done every time before flashing a new rom?
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
I'm going to steal it. Thanks!
[G Tablet General] rushless:
Me too. My M11X is collecting dust now, since so much easier and no Windows baggage to deal with for Flash, web, comics, easier to hold, three times the battery and lighter.

If we can get the BT and input option issues fixed, I can get into some Wiimote action for emulators :)
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
BT will be fixed. Wiimote is a problem with stock itself, so VS needs to fix that.
[G Tablet General] P_6:
Roe-

Any chance we might be able to include a Mouse fix? I'm sure more than I could foresee the use of this tab for word processing tasks. Put the G-tab on a stand, KB+Mouse (w/ working cursor) and with all the work you've put in, I have no need for my netbook anymore.
[G Tablet General] rushless:
Read some have had luck with a forcing the wiimote apk to system, but will not bother with that until 2.20 is released :)
[G Tablet General] LRiley:
this guy installed wiimote

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9519014&postcount=9
[G Tablet General] anlog:
Downloading Files Through Web Browser

I haven't seen this mentioned previously in the thread - is anyone else having problems downloading files through the web browser? Every time I try to download a file I get an error in the notifcation area that says "Download unsuccessful".

???

***UPDATE***

Installed Dolphin browser - works great!
[G Tablet General] ewitte:
720p skyline trailer. Seems to play fine with 2.1.1 and even stock. CM video just plain doesn't work for me. I installed RockPlayer and that got them to work but seems like I have to stick to SD to run smooth. Not that its a huge problem DVD quality on this size of screen looks decent.
[G Tablet General] spyderman33:
Loaded 2.1.1 earlier today...

Running rock solid... small issues here and there but overall very quick...

Having a force close on the settings... Will try to fix.

Quadrant score is 2411!!!!!!!!!!!
[G Tablet General] mdwalker@yahoo.com:
Sudden force close loop

Strange, my tablet appears to have spontaneously shutdown/crashed this afternoon, and upon reboot has entered an endless series of errors saying that "process.android.acore" has stopped responding, and requires a force close. A few seconds later this repeats, forever....

I tried a reboot; and tried wiping the dalvik cash just for grins. No luck. Wiping data and going to reload things slower than the last time.
[G Tablet General] landykos:
Browser downloads I've had no issues. Downloaded a couple apks the other night.
[G Tablet General] prerunnerseth:
My Wiimote works perfectly (after hack). Just cant pair my phone or OBDII scanner.
[G Tablet General] short/y:
If you're moving between different ROMs (e.g. CM6 <-> TnT Lite), yes, you should wipe. If you're just upgrading (e.g. TnT Lite 2.0 to TnT Lite 2.04) , generally no, you don't need to wipe. Sometimes, though, the author of the ROM will suggest that you wipe (like going from 2.04 to 2.1.1). So, you should read the author's posts.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
BUMP for 2.2.0

Seems very stable to me - I think it's release time. No issues with BT, adhoc works, base gapps (Market, calendar, gmail, contacts and sync), Angry Boids, no more Settings apk FC's, ~2400 Quadrant scores. I don't think I missed anthing major. I hope.

I'm going to re-write my OP a bit, since a lot of stuff is consolidated, now.
[G Tablet General] LTL11:
U da Man!

Cant wait to put this on tonight.
[G Tablet General] more_xda:
Thanks Roebeet! looking forward to testing it out. Is there a way to change things like the status bar and settings menu? Also is there a way to get rid of the "g tablet" splash screen at boot?
[G Tablet General] prerunnerseth:
Sweet, eagerly awaiting as usual. Thanks again for all the awesome work.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
"GTablet" is in the kernel so we'd have to rip that open which ain't easy. But the bootloader screen is definitely fixable in nvflash.
[G Tablet General] rushless:
Could you check usb storage mode to make sure files change and make that apps like Angry Birds do not vanish after a reboot :) Those were 2.03 issues though.
[G Tablet General] New2Android:
cant wait to try this one.

Any chance of getting any alternate keyboard to work?
[G Tablet General] prerunnerseth:
Wooohoooo Downloading now! does this one require a wipe from 2.1.1???